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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

twoinstruments are similar enough to be normalized for comparison. At the same time, the higherreliability of Layton’s instrument lends credence to Layton and Ohland’s conclusion thatfocusing on identified behavioral characteristics of good teamwork (as Layton’s instrument does)can improve peer evaluation. Layton’s instrument accomplishes this to an extent, yielding amodest improvement in reliability. More focused attempts to define teamwork successbehaviorally, such as the modification of Brown’s instrument by Kaufman et al., may yieldfurther improvements in reliability. The overall reliability of the two instruments validates suchinstruments as repeated measures of a consistent trait.I. IntroductionIn order to satisfy ABET EC 2000’s charge for

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Robert H. Mayer

River, N.J., 1998.5. Laws, E. A., Aquatic Pollution, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993.6. Coleridge, S. T., The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, 1798.7. Department of the Navy, “Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia Solicitation,” issued by NAVFAC ContractsOffice, Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, 15 Apr 1998.ROBERT H. MAYERAssociate Professor Mayer is a past Program Director of Ocean Engineering. He currently teaches courses in oceanengineering design and marine-related environmental engineering. Research interests relate to the application ofstatistics and operations research methods to the management, engineering and construction of ocean facilities. Hepreviously served in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy as an ocean

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Bob Lahidji

essential to the success of manufacturing engineering technology inindustry.Engineering Technology ProgramsFour-year Engineering Technology programs started in the early 1960's because engineeringprograms were becoming too theoretical. A baccalaureate in engineering technology preparesindividuals to become engineering technologists. The Engineering Technology Council has Page 5.155.1defined engineering technology as a: 1 Profession in which knowledge of the applied mathematical and natural sciences gained by higher education, experience, and

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1997 Annual Conference

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Josef Rojter

engineering.However this secondary system had considerable support from the employer groups andstate governments, though there was a class dimension here. It reflected the prevailingBritish attitudes that engineering was an occupation for the labouring classes. An attitudethat has not quite disappeared till this very day.The introduction of four year engineering courses at post year 12 level by the successors of Page 2.346.1the technical colleges in the 1970’s changed the landscape of engineering education inAustralia. Research allocation by government bodies increasingly placed greater emphasison fundamental science based research. In response, these

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John R. Williams

strip attached AISI 4340 Cold rolled steel tensile sample Common steel nails, one bent, one straight Brass tensile sample, CA 360, half-hard Aluminum tensile sample, 6061-T6 Copper tensile sample Inconel tensile sample Hastelloy tensile sample Bright zinc plated steel hardware, such as an "S" hook Punched zinc coated steel strip used for shelving Hot-dipped zinc coated roofing nail Cadmium plated bolt or screw

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1997 Annual Conference

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

sincere gratitude to Dr. Earl E. Keese, Dean, College of Basicand Applied Sciences for his commitment, support, and guidance throughout the project whichmade the venture such a success. Many thanks are due to Dr. Jeffery S. Allbritten, AssistantDean, College of Basic and Applied Sciences and Dr. James H. Lorenz, Chair, Department ofEngineering Technology and Industrial Studies for their supports and encouragement in the newand improved SolaRaider V project. Finally, the author is grateful to every team member who Page 2.351.5spent and will spend countless hours to achieve the ultimate goal in Sunrayce 97.REFERENCES1. Sunrayce Web Page, URL: http

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Patrick L. Walter

final report, and proposal and finaldesign presentations, provided realistic communication experiences for the studentengineers. IntroductionPrivatized Launch Systems (PLS) has been contracted to deploy its STARFIRE rocket systemto launch a 200M$ payload to support a joint U. S., French, British, Japanese consortium.The payload will image atmospheric contaminants as a function of altitude. The MIDGET IImotor used previously in the third stage of the three stage STARFIRE rocket system is nolonger commercially available. A new STAR VI motor will replace it. One performanceverification flight of this modified system is planned prior to actual payload launch.Verifying the integrity of the STAR VI motor, in

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1997 Annual Conference

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Gary Benenson; Benjamin Liaw

. ProfessorM. Lucius Walker, Jr. of Howard University is the P.I. and Dr. William S. Butcher of NSF is theProgram Manager. The authors would like to extend their most sincere gratitude to all colleague,students and industrial partners participating in this ECSEL effort on manufacturing education.References1. G. Benenson, B. M. Liaw and E. Schaefer, “Undergraduates as Course Developers, Instructors and Evaluators: The New Manufacturing Course at CCNY,” Investing in the Future, 1995 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Anaheim, CA, June 1995, pp. 2784- 2788.2. G. Benenson, “Teaching Apprenticeships for Engineering Students,” Engineering Education for the 21st Century, Frontiers in Education 25th Annual Conference, ed. by D. Budny

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Mohamed A. Bourham; Donald J. Dudziak

. Doster), December 1996.5. S. Hayden, “Calibration and Evaluation of the Prompt Gamma Facility of the NCSU PULSTAR Reactor for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy,” Undergraduate Research Report, NCSU, (advised by K. Verghese and M.S. Yim), December 1996.6. A. Sakabe, “Calibration Experiments for Nuclear Well Logging,” Undergraduate Research Report, NCSU, (advised by R. Gardner), November 1996.7. J. Velez, “Mechanical Properties of Nuclear Materials Using an Automated Ball Indentation Tester,” Undergraduate Research Report, NCSU, (advised by K.L. Murty), December 1996.8. A. Loeb and Z. Kaplan, “A Theoretical Model for the Physical Processes in the Confined High Pressure Discharges of Electrothermal Launchers,” IEEE Trans. on Magnetics

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1997 Annual Conference

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Anton Pintar

involve one or morecolumns and usually a recycle stream (absorption or liquid extraction followed by desorption or distillation withsolvent recycle and with energy recovery). The students can also compare the enthalpy and equilibrium dataused in hand calculations with the values estimated by the software.All of the above objectives have been achieved. The computer projects must be carefully formulated and beappropriate for the level of the course. Adequate assistance must be provided on use of the software. Thestudents like the design and economic aspects of the computer projects.INTRODUCTIONIn the late 1980’s the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity (MTU) developed a policy of using computers and computer

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Teresa L. Hein; Dean A. Zollman

impact of video motion analysis on kinematics graph interpretation skills. American Journal of Physics, 64(10), 1272 - 1277.9 Brungardt, J. B., & Zollman, D. (1995). Influence of interactive videodisc instruction using simultaneous-time analysis on kinematics graphing skills of high school physics students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(8), 855-869.10 Chaudhury, S. R. & Zollman, D. (1994). Image processing enhances the value of digital video in physics instruction. Computers in Physics, 8, 518 - 523. Page 2.472.6

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1997 Annual Conference

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Janak Dave; Thomas G. Boronkay

4 Mechanics of Materials I 4 Mechanics of Materials II 4 Design of Machine Elements 5All of the above courses are one quarter in duration and all of them except Statics have alaboratory period associated with them.In the Engineering Drawing courses students learn fundamentals of design and drawing,introduction to ANSI standards, dimensioning and tolerancing, fits, etc. In this sequence thestudent is assigned an individual design project which s/he completes each step of designprocess, starting from conceptual ideas and design to final working drawings. They are requiredto produce assembly drawings and bill of materials

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1997 Annual Conference

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Henry A. Wiebe

concept is more widely accepted and itsapproaches are more structured.The start of Total Quality Management in the United States is generally credited to the work andwritings of W. Edwards Deming in the early 1980’s. (13) His book, Quality, Productivity, andCompetitive Position, contains fourteen points for management which formed the earlyfoundation for TQM.TQM has since evolved into a philosophy of management. (14) The thrust of this philosophy is oncontinuous improvement and a focusing of organizational priorities, goals, and resources toidentify and efficiently meet the needs of those served by the organization. The implications ofthis thrust is that systematic measurements must be conducted to assess whether or not resourcesare effectively

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1997 Annual Conference

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Christopher R. Carroll

, which in this case, is connectedto the 29205's main timing reference, MEMCLK, that runs at 16 MHz. This external reference,16 MHz, can be divided internally by any factor from 1 to 16 to produce the internal shiftregister clock, which becomes the bit rate for the video data. The factor chosen determines theresolution of the display along a scanline of the CRT, In a standard CRT display, scanlines aregenerated with a frequency of 15 KHz to 16 KHz, which yields about 65 µsec for eachscanline. Generally 10% to 20% of this time is not available due to overscan of the monitorand required retrace time, so typically one can count on about 50 µsec of usable time on eachscanline for image generation. With the maximum resolution available, using a clock

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

them to market at anever accelerating pace. Designs that lag behind, even though sometimes technically better,never see the market. Many software packages have been developed to help designers achieveand produce their designs more efficiently. One of these classes of software packages is thehardware description languages or HDLs. VHDL, a hardware description language for Very High Speed Integrated Circuits(VHSIC) was developed in the early 80’s to help the government standardize methods of Page 2.49.1describing hardware designs. This later became IEEE standard 1076 [1] and was modified andupdated in 1993. Most digital designs today use the

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1997 Annual Conference

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D.M. Hummels; D.J. Rawnsley; Bruce E. Segee

calling one of the following routines: 1. v-send-lo: S end commands or data to a specified instrument physically connected to the same workstation this procedure is executed on. 2. v_receive_l(): Receive data from a specified instrument physically connected to the same workstation this procedure is executed on. 3. v_bustimeout_l(): Sets the timeout value for the local bus. 4. v_findlisteners_l(): Poll the local bus to find the number of listeners.Each one of these routines calls vender specific GPIB interface software to communicate onthe bus.4.2.2 Instrument Database ServerThe Instrument Database Server is run as a background process which is configured bythe startcommd executable. When this process is started during workstation

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1998 Annual Conference

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John E. Shea

experiences without major investments inequipment and facilities. This is important at OSU because many of the engineering classes arebeing converted from three to four quarter-credit hours. The new structure will provide theopportunity for faculty members to experiment with new approaches to instruction and learning. Page 3.66.6 REFERENCES1. Bonwell, C.C, and J.A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom, ASHE-ERIC HigherEducation Report No. 1, George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development,Washington, D.C., 1991.2. Wanket, Phillip C. and Frank S. Oreovicz

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1998 Annual Conference

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Hossein Moini

project.The author thanks the contributions made by the above organizations. He also expresses hisappreciation to Dr. Mark Meyer of Advanced Educational Systems and Mr. Richard Kensley ofPiezo Systems Inc. for their technical assistance on the use of their products. Opinions expressedin this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NSF and companiesmentioned.REFERENCES1. Moini, H. and Barua, S., Development of Intelligent Systems Laboratory, National Science Foundation Grant DUE-9651082, 1996.2. Gandhi, M. and Thompson, B., Smart Materials and Structures, Chapman and Hall, 1992.3. Moini, H., "Concurrent Design of a Structure and its Distributed Piezoelectric Actuators," Smart Materials and Structures, 6, 62-66, 1997.4

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T. T. Maxwell; J. C. Jones; D. L. Vines; M. E. Parten

Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 17-18, 1988, pp. 24-30.6. Alexandrou, Andreas N., and Durgin, William W., "An Interdisciplinary Project Approach to Engineering Design," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.7. Benedict, Arthur H., et al., "The Use of Interdisciplinary Teams in Successful Senior Engineering Design Projects," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.8. Fletcher, L. S., et al., "The Role of Design Projects in Engineering Education," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.9. Kennedy Francis E. Jr., and Collier, John P., "Interdisciplinary Design as an Introduction to Engineering," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.10

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Ryan B. Wicker; Rolando Quintana; Michael Camet

Texas at El Paso. He is currentlypursuing a master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering.RYAN WICKER, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the UTEP Mechanical andIndustrial Engineering Department. His current areas of research include alternative fuels in internal combustionengines and experimental fluid mechanics. Hie s a member of SAE, ASME, and ASEE.ROLANDO QUINTANA, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and IndustrialEngineering at The University of Texas at El Paso. His areas of research include algorithm design for systemssafety engineering, and the design and analysis of work. He is a senior member of the IIE, an associate member ofHFES, and a member of the ASEE. He is a

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1998 Annual Conference

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Michael A. Magill

a full-scale mechanical analysis. These projects have proven successful with several creative problems. A sample of intriguing final projects include a fracture mechanics analysis of rock climbing carabiners, S-N curve of coat hanger failure, fatigue failure of piston rods, brittle fracture of a telescope bracket, and fracture of a bike frame.5. Videos do an excellent job of communicating the concepts and supplementing the regular lectures and laboratory experiments. The best videos can be expensive, however. The videos used in this course range between $80 and $300.6. The laboratory equipment required to properly run the experiments is costly. An axial fatigue machine costs around $100,000. Several of the fatigue experiments

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1998 Annual Conference

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Health and Safety Issues Social Ramifications Political Factors Legal IssuesIn addition, each program must develop an assessment process and document the results.Specifically, the outcomes should be utilized to further develop and improve the engineeringprogram(s) at the institution.Undergraduate Perceptions of ABET Recommended Design ConstraintsAs a segment of a continuing review of the curriculum, a survey instrument was distributed tostudents enrolled in a required senior and typical construction related graduate course offered bythe Civil Engineering Department of Lamar University. Thirty-eight usable forms were returned,the tabulated results of which form the data base for the investigation

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1998 Annual Conference

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William Gay

new technical program is theformation of an advisory committee. Such a committee was formed, and its first task was todetermine program need. Employment opportunities as commercial pilots was a primeconsideration. Also, of concern was whether there was an institution of higher education in thearea offering such a program. Predicted employment opportunities seemed good for the 1990's and the beginning decade ofthe next century. Pilots who had been trained by the military for the Vietnam War and laterbecame commercial pilots would be nearing retirement age of sixty. Pilots who reachedmandatory retirement age will generate several thousand job openings each year.1 The militarywas making concerted efforts to retain their present pilots due to

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1998 Annual Conference

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Julia L. Morse

transfer the excitement of creative engineeringapplications, this approach was successful. Students were excited to learn how the math andscience concepts they already knew could be applied to real life. REFERENCES 1 Byrd, Joseph S. And Jerry L. Hudgins, “Teaming in the Design Laboratory,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 84, no. 4, October 1995, pp. 335-341. 2 Morse, Julia L., “Design of a Gage R&R Experiment for a Basic Manufacturing Processes Course,”Thesis, Auburn University, 1996, p. 99. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJULIA MORSE is an Assistant Professor within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering andTechnology

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert H. Mayer

Session 2478 Capstone Design of Coastal Wetlands Robert H. Mayer U. S. Naval AcademyINTRODUCTIONNatural wetlands are found in many forms throughout the world: as inland salt flats in aridregions; as bogs and tundra in cooler, humid regions; as riparian forests and backwater swampsalong rivers and streams. In coastal environs, tidal salt and freshwater marshes and mangroveswamps (mangals) are typical 1.Although not easily defined, wetlands are often identified as transitional lands between uplandsand aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stanley J. Pisarski; James L. Hales

Session 1148 A Cooperative Co-op Experience James L. Hales, Stanley J. Pisarski University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ABSTRACT The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) is a branch campus of the University ofPittsburgh system. Engineering Technology in three departments--civil, electrical, andmechanical--was commenced in the early 70’s. The BSET degree is offered exclusively on theJohnstown campus. Engineering programs are offered in Pittsburgh. In 1977, a co-op program was implemented on the Johnstown Campus for ET

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1998 Annual Conference

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Theodore Branoff

with regards to the influences of the coordinate axes.4. The study needs to be replicated with different samples (non-engineering students, high school students, etc.) to verify the effects of the coordinate axes on gender differences.Bibliography1. Paivio, A. (1986). Mental representations: A dual coding approach. New York: Oxford University Press2. Carter, C. S., LaRussa, M. A., & Bodner, G. M. (1987). A study of two measures of spatial ability as predictors of success in different levels of general chemistry. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 24 (7), 645-657.3. Battista, M. T., Wheatley, G. H., & Talsma, G. (1982). The importance of spatial visualization and cognitive development for geometry learning in preservice

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1998 Annual Conference

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John K. Estell

make sure that the value being stored in memory is alegitimate byte value; this can be easily done via the brute force method of storing the valuemodulo 256 into memory. The Register class is similar to the Flag class, except now one storesan integer instead of a boolean value. For this module one can present the students with achallenge by asking them to implement the class such that one can specify the number of bitsneeded for the register. This is beneficial as in a typical processor one often finds registers ofvarious widths. From the width value a mask of all 1’s can be easily constructed and is then usedto insure that the register value does not fall out of the allowed range. The traditional set and getmethods are included; one can also

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Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Sleiti, University of Central Florida; Eileen Cashman, Humboldt State University; Peter Lehman, Humboldt State University; Richard Engel, Schatz Energy Research Center; Michael Mann, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

ofLos Angeles Technology degree) and Mechanical EngineeringMichigan Technological Interdisciplinary Minor in Hydrogen TechnologyUniversityUniversity of North Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Concentration (partCarolina Charlotte of Engineering Technology degree)University of North Dakota Concentration in Sustainable Energy EngineeringUniversity of North Dakota M. S. in Sustainable Energy Engineering Page 15.907.6California State University Los AngelesObjectivesThe main goal of the DOE program at CSULA is to establish an effective educational program inHFCT to work with the local industry and support