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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan

material behavior.Experiment Performed: Students (a) design and write their own test routines to control the LCR using the computer and its operating program, (b) analyze various polymers, observing flow instabilities, relaxation and thermal stability, (c) analyze and interpret the collected data under different test conditions, and (d) relate the experimental results to viscoelastic behavior and capillary rheometer's operating principle.Expected Results: Students learn (a) the programming and operation of the state-of-the-art computer-instrumented capillary rheometer (b) the design, planning, and execution of rheological properties testing, (c) the elastic nature of polymers which cause extrudate swell and "melt fracture" or flow

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Stephen E. Aylor

the graduate programundergraduate courses (provided in traditional on campus classrooms) are being developed forasynchronous learning. This paper will look at two of these courses, one a graduate course called"Automation Topics for Management" , the second is an under graduate course in “NumericallyControlled Systems”.ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING NETWORKSThe Distance Learning Team at Kettering University adopted the use of “asynchronous learningnetworks” to define the school's intent to provide anytime, anyplace based learning. Page 3.19.1Kettering is using ALN as a framework for developing effective learning environments in whichKettering plans to

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Amir Mirmiran

within these courses.The planned experiments include rebound methods, probe techniques, mapping reinforcementtopology in concrete, detection of various forms of flaws in concrete, ultrasonic methods, acousticsemission, and instrumentation of concrete members. It is believed that the new laboratory willsignificantly increase students’ interest in, and learning from, the concrete coursework.ACKNOWLEDGMENTThe support for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation, ILI/IP Program, NSFgrant DUE-9651215. Matching funds were provided by the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering and the College of Engineering at the University of Central Florida.BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION[1] Collins, S.A., and Alexander, H. "Establishment of

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Alexander D. Poularikas

, electronic circuitsincorporating photonic devices. Simple circuits of this type can easily be inserted into theconventional electronics circuits courses. The suggested topics include driver circuits for laserdiodes and light-emitting diodes, photodectector receiver circuits, and repeaters and equalizers. Page 3.436.4With the tremendous impact of fiber optics on communications, and modern course on the topicshould include a description of the properties of the fibers as a transmission medium-bandwidth,dispersion, coherence versus optical modulation, modulators and optical receivers.5. ImplementationThe plan consists of the following five parts:1. A

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Kenneth Miller; Jeffrey Morehouse; Edward Young; David Rocheleau; Jed S. Lyons

paper describes a plan to develop aunique capstone laboratory course that provides this experience. The course, EngineeringSystems Laboratory will be based upon an integrated sequence of laboratory experiments on anautomobile and its subsystems. The automobile is chosen as the system to study because it iscompact, relatively inexpensive and in the direct realm of experience of most students. Moreimportantly, its many complex subsystems provide opportunities for the students to apply thespectrum of their mechanical engineering knowledge, including the principles of mechanics,dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and controls.INTRODUCTION An integral part of the undergraduate mechanical engineering curricula at the University ofSouth

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J. Michael Heneghan

commands, such as scAC2, which puts channel 2 in theAC mode, are stand alone. Others, such as scVOLTSPERDIV1, are followed by anadditional integer that gives the desired numerical level.Future EnhancementsSeveral enhancements are planned for this software package. While this system is on-line24 hours/day, only one student can use it at a time. It would be desirable to have morethan one set of laboratory instruments connected to each server via separate GPIB cards.It may also be possible to have two students accessing the same instruments on a time-multiplexed basis. Another possibility would be to have two students working togetheron the same experiment from different locations or have one student do the experimentand allow others to observe the

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S. D'Souza; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

in Australia by a federal committee.specified. This will prove to be an excellent means of His research interests include vibration suppression anddeveloping critical awareness skills in students. computer simulation of dynamic systems.The computer control and the low speeds ensure that the rig isinherently safe and so it will be possible to allow students touse the rig unsupervised. It is also planned to arrange to havethe rig to be accessed from more than one computer. Studentsmay thus be queued and single rig may be used for multipleand parallel student experiments

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John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

elevated to higherimportance. Since teaching is a primary area of activity, it should have a high level ofachievement. Teaching may be separated into the two components of instructional delivery andinstructional development. If one thinks seriously about the art and science of teaching, it is clearthat these two components have a huge impact on student learning and, in reflection, thecandidate’s achievement. In essence, both of these components are distinct, yet interdependent.Effective delivery depends upon careful planning and development. Course developmentdepends on the commitment of continual improvement of delivery and subject mastery. Themeasurement of teaching effectiveness often takes the form of student evaluations, peerevaluations and

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Stephanie G. Adams; Karan L. Watson

solving, and met regularly to study problems in their work andmake recommendations to management5. Although a number of companies were successful withquality circles, in the 1980s, most organizations abandoned them and moved to total qualitymanagement. Total quality management (TQM) is a management system whose basic elements werecustomer focus, quality planning, process measurement, continuous improvement cycles, quality Page 3.542.3goals and objectives, and total participation within an organization. It can be tailored for a

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George F. List; Simeon Komisar

Engineering at RPI. Dr. Komisar was educated atYale University (BA), UMass (BSCE, MS Environmental Engineering) and the University of Washington (Ph.D.).His research work focuses on biological processes in water and wastewater and hazardous waste remediation. GEORGE F. LIST (Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania) is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Civil Engineeringat RPI and director of the Center for Infrastructure and Transportation Studies. Dr. List’s research is focused onreal-time control of system operation; hazardous materials transportation; capacity investment decision making,especially for highway and railroad networks; and operations planning, routing, scheduling, and fleet sizing

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Ronald D. Earley

/instructor evaluation is planned at the end of the course. Student comments regardingthe use of FEA software will be solicited at that time.References1 Budinski, Kenneth G., Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection, Fifth Edition, Prentice Hall, 19962 Beer, Ferdinand P. and Johnston, Russell E., Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 19873 Mott, Robert L., Applied Strength of Materials, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 19964 Roylance, David, Mechanics of Materials, First Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 19965 Huebner, Kenneth H., Thornton, Earl A., & Byrom, Ted G., The Finite Element Method for Engineers, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 19956 Introduction to ANSYS Release 5.3

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J. Darrell Gibson

, & project management, and & applications of engineering economics.It is hoped that the following discussion of the procedures for the planning and the administrationof these project design courses at Rose-Hulman will assist other institutions in realizing the samebenefits.PROJECT PLANNINGThe two most important aspects of a senior design course are to learn the methodology of design,including engineering economics, and to gain design experience. The methodology can be learnedin the classroom but the experience is best gained by completing actual projects, preferably as amember of a design team. These projects can be chosen by the students, i.e. something they'reinterested in, or they can be created by the instructor

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Zenaida O. Keil

of a $100million gift from New Jersey Industrialists Henry and Betty Rowan in May, 1992. The Page 3.583.1University, then Glassboro State College, formed an advisory council of leaders ineducation and engineering industries to develop the best plan for a college of engineeringand an engineering curriculum to meet the needs of students, the profession and thecountry into the 21st Century. This effort led to the development of engineering curriculain the four major disciplines (chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering) thatintegrated design throughout and incorporated liberal use of computers. Design isincorporated throughout the four

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John E. Shea

thickness of metal washers. Students charged right into the project and many werequick to blame the gage for the high variability that had been measured. But “What-if youcontributed to the variability?” I asked. It was only then that it became clear that the large gagevariability was due primarily to how it was being used, not the gage itself.Exercise #9: Sampling Inspection. Sampling inspection is used to pass or reject a group (lot) of material. A sample of material isdrawn from the lot, which is then passed or rejected based on the number of defective units in thesample. A solid understanding of the statistics involved is necessary. Exercise #9 was a hands-onexercise in How to generate operating characteristic curves for two sampling plans

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Ronald Whitwam; James Ridge; Amy Dickinson; Jorge Rodriguez

).Proper modeling techniques require preliminary planning, as well as proper use of CAD systemspecific functionality, to create robust models. By using certain techniques, such as relations, andfocusing on Design Intent, the probability of robust models is greatly increased and wasted timeand wages is virtually eliminated(3). Often in industry, design alterations are made which mayrequire changing the solid model dimensions. A model, created without consideration of DesignIntent, may need hours of labor to implement changes, which typically should require little timeand effort. Consequently, the additional time spent correcting these problems and rebuilding themodels results in thousands of wasted company dollars. Overall, the basic need for using

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Robert H. Mayer

rubble stone, erosion of both shorelinesis evident and continues unabated. Given its proximity to the new Naval Academy Bridge, thesite is highly visible and supports limited recreational activities including fishing and boating.Provision of shoreline improvements was an excellent opportunity for the Naval Academy tocontribute to the environmental restoration of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.Accordingly, the design teams were tasked to develop plans for the restoration, protection andenvironmental enhancement of the Arundel Estate shorelines. Creation of an intertidal wetlandand a recreational beach was to be given strong consideration. As with the previous capstoneproject, students were expected to investigate the erosion processes; gather

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Arnold F. Johnson

in 1996-97. Theirfeedback was incorporated into the second phase of the pilot program starting in the fall of 1997, inwhich three students (one mechanical and two electrical engineers) participated in capstone design.Engineering faculty have met to discuss capstone design with representatives of two large corporationswho currently have a number of students enrolled in the CEDP. Industry has been very cooperative andsupportive of the program.A survey of both faculty and students is planned to get their input and perceptions regarding the distanceeducation implementation of capstone design. Results of this survey will be used to modify the coursefurther and to provide faculty development in areas where needed.To date, the capstone design

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Susan Ambrose

which are more coherent than the fragmented knowledge; and figure 3(c) shows ahierarchical knowledge organization. Without connections like those in 3(b) and 3(c), students'ability to use the information at appropriate times in appropriate ways is impeded. (a) (b) (c) Figure 3: Schematic representations of various knowledge organizations. (a) Incoherent knowledge consisting of largely disconnected elements. (b) Knowledge elements linked to form a network. (c) Hierarchical knowledge organization.Faculty should plan to both share with students their organizing schemes for the material in thecourse and in sections of the course as well as periodically check students

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W. Poppen; J. E. Seat; G. Klukken; D. Knight; A. Glore; J. Roger Parsons

addition,the coaches were to help the team to use this information to further the development of theirpreviously learned communication skills, and to design more effective ways of working together.The coaches accomplished these goals through the use of structured and unstructured approaches.For the more structured approaches, coaches led brainstorming sessions for problem-solving andscheduled practice sessions for the teams' final presentations. In a more unstructured fashion,coaches met with design teams while they worked on their project and intervened when theydeemed it necessary.Program Evaluation The present study was part of an evaluation plan for investigating the effectiveness of thecoaching program. The overall goal of the study

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Shahla Keyvan; Xiaolong Song; Rodney Pickard

Animation,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 3, 1995. pp. 121-131. [2] M. F. Iskander, “Interactive Multimedia CD-ROMs for Education,” Computer Application in Engineering Education, Vol. 4(1), 1996. pp. 51-60. [3] The Synthesis strategic Plan. WWW Synthesis Coalition Home Page: http://synthesis.org Page 3.150.7 [4] E. C. Neu, “Computers and Overheads vs. Multimedia in the Classroom,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 1996, session 2220. [5] S. E. LeBlanc and H. Scott Fogler, “ Interactive Creative Problem Solving,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 4(1), 1996

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

teams on design problems that have a real client and address a realcommunity or local industry need. Projects have included designs for new playgroundequipment for a nearby elementary school , a homecoming float for NU’s residential collegesystem, and a novel self-healing composite material. Regardless of the source of a project,student teams follow a fairly rigid framework defined by a series of communication assignments:project plans, weekly progress reports, midterm updates, final proposals or reports, and finalpresentations. Design mock-ups are strongly encouraged and in some cases required; prototypesare encouraged when appropriate. At the end of the course students complement their group workwith a portfolio of writing about what they

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Gary D. Keller; Fred Begay; Antonio A. Garcia; Albert L. McHenry

. For example, summer bridge programs recruit students from high school andneighboring community colleges who may actually attend college at a different institution withinour alliance. This provides students with a broader peer and mentor network than if they wereattending the same school in the fall. Graduate Preparation Institutes similarly recruit fromwithin our alliance, thus increasing the motivation factor for students to spend a summerperforming research and preparing for the GRE and increasing the pool of mentors that they candraw from for writing letters of recommendation for graduate programs around the country.Shared Planning And Management Our AMP is provided oversight by the Governing Board. The specific activities of our

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Zbigniew Prusak

area investigated and its historical development (through available books and journals)3- later searches done on the Internet were exploring more possibilities and stayed more focused (less hacking and more up-front planning)A positive side of using the web is high enthusiasm of students, rapid access to information and a very Page 3.297.4appealing tool. As suggested by early results of the project, before using the web there is an absolute 4necessity of doing preparatory work: defining the scope of search, listing basic ideas what to look for,learning about basics of problem on hand

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James L. Hales

day we flew to Shanghai; students were filling the streets demonstrating therealso. Four days later we flew to Wuhan. Our hotel was on the opposite side of the YangtzeRiver from the airport. The bus carrying us was stopped at the bridge crossing the river, asdemonstrating students had closed it to all traffic. We had to take a commuter ferry filled withpeople returning home from their work. While in Wuhan we met with the Yangtze River Planning Commission and were briefedon the plans for the Three Gorges dam and hydroelectric project. The multi-billion-dollar projecthas subsequently been approved and is underway. On May 31 we left Hong Kong and returned to the United States. We were verysurprised four days later to hear news

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

, VR can beenhanced through wired clothing, body tracking sensors, tactile and force feedback systems,spatialized sound, and even olfactory displays. Some of the earliest uses of VR have been inmedical and military applications, where budgets are large and the consequences of even smallerrors are sufficient to justify the expense of high-quality equipment and initial softwaredevelopment. More recently VR has been used for computational fluid dynamics visualization,operator training, construction engineering, maintenance planning, and EPA site remediation.Although high quality VR still requires prohibitively expensive computers and equipment, it isnow possible to deliver VR simulations of a somewhat lower quality on student affordablepersonal

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Colin S. Howat

write a plan for every set of simulation runs and every set of altered specifications explaining why they are changing a specific specification and what the expected impact on the constraint closure will be. (Having students treat each simulation study as the equivalent of a laboratory experiment accomplishes two tasks. First, the requirement that they must write the explanation and justification of what they expect to accomplish focuses the simulation run. Second, writing the experimental plan eliminates unnecessary simulation studies and runs within a study.) • Enforce the development of a run log recording every run and elapsed personal times. (Run logs are the equivalent

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Lynn Bellamy; Barry McNeill

Thermodynamics applies as much to courses and productsas it does to heat engines.There are a number of different continuous improvement processes (e.g., Plan Do Check Act). Inits simplest form, the continuous improvement process is a cycle made up of the following threesteps:1. define a course,2. assess the course, and3. modify the course returning to step 2.The authors of this paper have developed, assessed, and modified four major courses during thelast five years (Introduction to Engineering Design, Intermediate Design Methods, UnderstandingEngineering Systems : Computer Modeling and Conservation Principles, Thermodynamics).This paper presents our current thinking about the continuous improvement process and providessome of the tools and techniques

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Zbigniew Prusak

deciding that a solution is ‘good enough’.. 9. Preference to work as individuals (no desire to work in teams). 10. Little project planning skills. 11. Little hands-on skills. 12. Overreliance on computer modelling and little understanding of field-testing.4. FUTURE ENGINEERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS: GENERALISTS OR SPECIALISTS “Three things are required at a university: professional training, education of the whole manand research. For the university is simultaneously a professional school, a cultural center and aresearch institute” [4]. The trend in technical education, particularly engineering education since1960’s, has been to concentrate on engineering sciences and to eliminate the influence ofengineering practice. It becomes increasingly

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Narayanan Komerath

full throttle: The first day’s reading assignment included 47 pages on the historyof flight. This was based on alumni surveys (in the research lab) which declared lectures onhistory to be boring, because they had heard most of it in elementary school, seen it again on TV,and read it again the day they got the textbook. Considerable time was saved, and learningachieved, by requiring students to draw the Plan, Elevation and Front views of an airplane (anyairplane) and point to each of a list of 26 parts. Responses included pictures downloaded fromweb sites, artistic sketches with no straight lines, semi-professional-looking drawings, and a Page

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Louis L. Bucciarelli

, requiring no more thanwhat is already available to us in our current teaching. This mode of integration of designrequires the largest institutional investment - in faculty able to plan, manage and evaluate adesign task. Despite their diversity, all of these efforts have a common characteristic that make themsignificantly different from traditional teaching modes and offer the potential for leveraging achanging of our culture. They are all open-ended. Page 3.391.2How is this significant? The argument here is that the reform of engineering undergraduateeducation is not primarily a matter of new laboratory equipment and space, instrumentation