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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christopher Byrne

are simply information continuums yet are distinct and often not fluidin transition. Integration in the WKU mechanical engineering program also includes anexperimental component and a professional component. The courses described here relateprimarily to the integrated delivery of the materials engineering topics within the program.However, as a result of the integrated curriculum, the courses also contribute to the experimentaland communications aspects of the curriculum. Mechanical engineering students with diverse academic backgrounds are introduced tothe fundamentals of engineering materials in both lecture and laboratory settings as freshman.That lab experience is then complimented in the sophomore year in a lab connected to the

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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

Session 2166 Senior ME Capstone Laboratory Course Kevin Schmaltz, Chris Byrne, Robert Choate, Joel Lenoir Western Kentucky UniversityAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering faculty at Western Kentucky University have developed andimplemented a Design of Experiments Plan to assure that graduates of the program haveacquired the skills necessary to design and conduct experiments and analyze experimentalresults. Instruction is integrated throughout the ME curriculum, with students finallydemonstrating the ability to both define and analyze experimental problems in a capstone class.In its

Conference Session

Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ming Sheu; Michael Ohadi; Arman Molki

An Undergraduate Instructional Laboratory Model for a Modern Mechanical Engineering Program Michael Ohadi, Ming Sheu, Arman Molki Department of Mechanical Engineering The Petroleum Institute P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.Abstract Hands-on laboratory skills play a vital role in preparing the next generation ofmechanical engineering students to assume successful career paths in the 21st century. Our teamreviewed several undergraduate laboratory models at a number of well-recognized undergraduateengineering institutions. When possible, we also sought the feedback of some of

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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Ficken; Subha Kumpaty

2005-114Learning Enhancement of Systems Dynamics via Laboratory Demonstrations Subha K. Kumpaty and John Ficken Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1025 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202AbstractIntroduced since Spring 2004 into the MSOE’s mechanical engineering curriculum is a four-credit sophomore level course, Dynamics of Systems. This course is a perfect sequel to thecalculus sequence that culminates in differential equations and the mechanics sequence (statics-dynamics) and a crucial prelude to the numerical modeling and analysis and a host of mechanicalengineering courses such as thermodynamics, fluid

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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Andre' Butler; William Moses

Introducing Experimental Design in Mechanical Engineering Laboratories André J. Butler, William M. Moses Mercer University School of Engineering, Macon, GA AbstractMechanical engineering students at Mercer are required to take two laboratory courses, one inthe third year of the curriculum and the other in the fourth. Prior to 1996, the junior levellaboratory consisted of 10 well-defined, single period experiments, in which students executed aprescribed procedure, analyzed the data that were collected, and reported the results obtained.The lab was modified in 1997 to include a set of three experiments that

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

Increasing Undergraduate Laboratory Experiences T. Hannigan, K. Koenig, V. Austin, E. Okoro Mississippi State UniversityAbstractUse of higher level programming environments have made it increasingly easy to formulatetheoretical solutions, but at the cost of distancing the students from understanding the physicalphenomena. In an attempt to allay this, our undergraduate laboratory experiences have beenincreasing as our aerospace engineering curriculum undergoes modernization. Two laboratoryclasses of the upper division of the MSU curriculum have been moved ahead one semester in thecurrent curriculum, and may be moved even further ahead. Although these courses are

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeid Moslehpour

Session 2548 Distance Computer Architecture Laboratory Saeid Moslehpour, Patrick Keene, Thomas Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractWorking in a laboratory environment is vital for students to master the technological concepts inscience and engineering. Besides re-enforcing what is covered in lecture, lab time allowsstudents to engage in experience-based learning. The educational community largely uses onsiteexperimentation for electronics/computer engineering laboratory experiments. How can we offerdistance laboratory activities in computer engineering technology? The objective

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paolo Tamayo; David Florida; Ramakrishna Gottipati; Janos Grantner

Laboratory for Microcontroller Applications Janos L. Grantner, Ramakrishna Gottipati, Paolo A. Tamayo, and David Florida Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo MI 49008-5329, USA janos.grantner@wmich.edu, r.gottipati@wmich.edu, p3tamayo@wmich.edu, david.florida@wmich.eduAbstract The course ECE 451 Microcontroller Applications [4] is offered by the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering of Western Michigan University and it is a required coursefor students majoring in Computer Engineering. In order to pass the course students

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Hall

Creating Professional Laboratories versus Academic Laboratories for Construction Materials Courses Kevin D. Hall, Ph.D., P.E. University of Arkansas ABSTRACTMost Civil Engineering programs contain courses related to construction materials –Portland cement concrete (PCC), aggregates, soils, and hot-mix asphalt (HMA).Traditionally, laboratory sessions associated with these courses have been taught using an‘academic’ approach, which differs in many respects from method used in professionalmaterials laboratories. Examples of differences include the use of an instructor-developed or third-party ‘laboratory manual

Conference Session

Web-Based & Distance Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite; David N. Pocock; David Dutton

Web-Based Real Electronics Laboratories Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite, David N. Pocock, and David Dutton Electronics Engineering Technology Oregon Institute of TechnologyI. Introduction and BackgroundIn recent years, numerous institutions of higher education in the United States and abroadhave started to offer Web-based courses and complete degree programs on the Internet. Inthis context, the Internet continues to demonstrate its versatility and effectiveness as atool for curriculum delivery. As stated by Plaisent, institutions of higher education willincreasingly rely on various forms of web-based delivery in order to survive in the 21stcentury. This

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Session: 2247 SIMULINK Laboratory Exercises In Communication Technology Jai P. Agrawal, Omer Farook and C.R. Sekhar Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Purdue University CalumetAbstract In this paper, we present simulation exercises with emphasis on learning to build blocksand subsystems and integrating them into a communication system. Through these exercises, thestudents learn to build communication subsystems from the basic building blocks that areavailable in the SIMULINK library. The subsystems are built as close approximation

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Scoles; Harriet Millan

Bringing Writing into the ECE Laboratory † †† Kevin Scoles, Harriet Levin Millan † †† Electrical and Computer Engineering, Writing Program, Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104AbstractDrexel University has instituted an across-the-board policy requiring all students to completethree Writing Intensive (WI) courses after their freshman year. The freshman and sophomoreyears at Drexel, called The Drexel Engineering Curriculum (TDEC), are an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Perry Li; David Waletzko; William Durfee

Session 1526 At-Home System and Controls Laboratories William Durfee, Perry Li, David Waletzko Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of MinnesotaAbstractWe are piloting the concept of distributed laboratories in the form of kits that students take homeand work on much like a problem set. The kits have an embedded microcontroller andcommunicate to the student’s home PC over a serial port. The home PC provides the neededcomputational horsepower for experiment control, data collection, data analysis and reporting.The microcontroller handles real-time control tasks. Two kits have been developed

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Eppes; Peter Schuyler

Novel Distance Laboratory LabVIEW Control Panel Tanuj Oruganti, Tom Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractThe paper discusses the use of National Instrument’s LabVIEW for distance laboratoryexperiments. LabVIEW is being used in conjunction with a proprietary distance laboratorysystem called ALTE (Automated Laboratory Test Environment). ALTE is used by students inthe Electronic & Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) Department at the University ofHartford to perform experiments over the Internet on a 24/7 basis. The system architectureconsists of a management server that provides access control and archived experimentalprocedures. The

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

Session 3133 Evaluating a Remotely Accessed Energy Laboratory William J. Hutzel, Heather L. Cooper, & Sarah E. Leach Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue UniversityAbstract Web-based monitoring and control of instructional laboratory equipment has becomecommon. It is less clear how well remotely accessed laboratories satisfy the learning objectivesfor engineering technology courses. This paper describes a web-enabled energy laboratoryfeaturing both solar energy and HVAC systems. Although the facility is physically located onthe West Lafayette campus of Purdue University, the

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. C. Clifft; Shivan Haran

Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Laboratory Experience Dr. R. C. Clifft, Professor of Civil Engineering, and Dr. Shivan Haran, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Arkansas State University, P. O. Box 1740 State University, Arkansas 72467-1740 ABSTRACTThe importance of experimental activities is being increasingly recognized as integralelements of engineering curricula today. A reflection of this trend is evidenced by thereview criteria applied by educational accreditation boards such as ABET. The crucialrole that laboratory experiments play in providing a meaningful engineering experienceto the

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Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Swami Karunamoorthy

Session xxxx DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY EDUCATION Swami Karunamoorthy Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MissouriAbstractDesign of experiments is a necessary skill for a test engineer in an industry. In anyengineering program, it is an important learning outcome. In this paper, an emphasis isgiven to how this skill can be developed in undergraduate laboratory education. Someexamples are presented along with theoretical background that can be easily implementedin laboratory courses. It is a viable approach to give an exposure to design ofexperiments as

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy

Session xxxx DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY EDUCATION Swami Karunamoorthy Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MissouriAbstractDesign of experiments is a necessary skill for a test engineer in an industry. In anyengineering program, it is an important learning outcome. In this paper, an emphasis isgiven to how this skill can be developed in undergraduate laboratory education. Someexamples are presented along with theoretical background that can be easily implementedin laboratory courses. It is a viable approach to give an exposure to design ofexperiments as

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Erwin D'Souza; Mehmet Ozturk

An Introductory Virtual Laboratory for Electrical Engineering Erwin D’Souza1 and Mehmet C. Öztürk2 North Carolina State University 1 Department of Computer Science 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Raleigh, NC 27695Introduction Educational Java applets are gaining popularity as the number of applets available on theWorld Wide Web continues to grow. An important advantage of applets is that they can be runon Java enabled internet browsers without the need for storing the actual program in the user’scomputer. Hence, in

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary McDonald; Charles Knight

Attributes of a Modern Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Dr. Charles V. Knight, Dr. Gary H. McDonald Mechanical Engineering The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractSenior level mechanical engineering labs have traditionally been devoted to investigatingenergy utilization systems while providing little support for mechanical systems. Thiscreated mechanical engineering graduates who had varying degrees of fundamentalexperimental knowledge. The thermal science graduates were taught principles ofexperimental design, experimental analysis and uncertainty, properties of measurementsystems, and oral/written communication that was not similarly emphasized for

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven York; Lynn Nystrom; Elizabeth Joyce; Michael Gregg; Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor

Student Funded Laboratory Exercises at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jeffrey Connor1, Margaret Joyce2, Lynn Nystrom3, Steven York1, Michael Gregg1, Richard Goff1 1 Department of Engineering Education 2 Student Engineers’ Council 3 Office of the College of Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityTraditionally the methods of engineering education have been an outgrowth of the fact thatengineers solve practical

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie Ofosu

Session 2247 DEVELOPING COST-EFFECTIVE LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS 1 Austin B. Asgill, 2Willie K. Ofosu Southern Polytechnic State University1 / Penn State Wilkes-Barre2AbstractTelecommunications equipment that are commonly utilized in industry are generally expensiveand it is becoming increasingly more difficult for universities to afford even some of the mostbasic of these equipment for their laboratories. As a result, Engineering Technology programshave had to resort to alternative means of providing the requisite laboratory training for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

A Case-Study of Assessment in Materials Laboratory Claudia Milz, Rufus L. Carter University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 / Marymount University, Arlington, VA 2220 Materials engineering students are often ill prepared to enter the workforce upongraduation. While students master the content knowledge they often lack critical skills forsuccess. Our industry feedback of internship students indicates weakness in the areas of:technical writing, critical thinking, professional attitude & teamwork, analysis, reasoning anddecision making. We have examined the effectiveness of new teaching and assessment methods in theMaterials

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ECE Lab Development and Innovations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hazem Refai; James Sluss

Session # 3432 A Laboratory Course for Telecommunications Systems Engineering Hazem H. Refai and James J. Sluss, Jr. School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Telecommunications Systems Program University of Oklahoma – Tulsa Abstract An integral part of the curriculum in the recently developed Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems program at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa is a laboratory course. The course is designed to enhance student understanding of fundamental computer networking

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel

Session #1526 A Vertically-Integrated Application-Driven Signal Processing Laboratory Lisa G. Huettel and Leslie M. Collins Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC AbstractHardware-based laboratories have been successfully integrated into individual Digital SignalProcessing (DSP) courses at many universities. Typically, most hardware-based DSP laboratoryexperiences are offered to upper-level students and focus on programming the signal

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Justin Davis

Designing an Evolving System-on-Chip (SoC) Laboratory Justin S. Davis Mississippi State UniversityAbstractIn the digital age, information is very easily accessible. This creates many problems forthe traditional classroom which uses the same exam questions and lab assignments fromone semester to the next. Instead of fighting the flow of information (which industry hasfound to be exceptionally hard), the learning environment must adapt to not only toleratethis, but use it to further educate. We have redesigned our digital systems design courseto incorporate these changes.In traditional digital systems design, silicon chips from different manufacturers arebrought

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

Shelving the Hardware: Developing Virtual Laboratory Experiments T. Hannigan, K. Koenig, V. Austin, E. Okoro Mississippi State UniversityAbstractTime is at a premium in a crowded aerospace engineering curriculum, and offerings oflaboratory classes in lock step have become a stumbling block to students who deviate from thetraditional paths. Students who participate in cooperative education programs, internships, andthose who transfer into the upper division from other disciplines and colleges have often sufferedgraduation delays from limited course offerings. These delays often arose from prerequisites forand sequencing of laboratory courses. However, a survey of activities

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

Session 1526 Laboratory Enhancement of Digital and Wireless Communications Courses Jeff Frolik University of VermontIntroduction Over the past decade, the field of wireless communications has come into its own and isposed to become a ubiquitous technology with the recent arrival of 3G cellular, wireless localarea networks and wireless sensor networks. As such, today’s graduating electrical engineersneed marketable skills which are typically not developed in undergraduate curricula. This paperdescribes an ongoing program at the University of Vermont (UVM

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

UTILIZING OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS IN THE NETWORKING LABORATORY Ece Yaprak Wayne State University Division of Engineering Technology Detroit, MI 48202 yaprak@eng.wayne.edu Lisa Anneberg Lawrence Technological University Electrical Engineering Department Southfield, MI anneberg@ltu.eduAbstractHands-on engineering applications bring real world experiences to students as well asreinforce the

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New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazim El-Mounayri