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Kenneth Van Treuren

. The students are asked tocomment on what helped them succeed and what they think caused others not to besuccessful or lose interest in engineering. ResultsData was taken for each graduating class. The majority of students graduate in thespring. Some students, due to academic difficulties or scheduling conflicts graduate inthe fall. Table 1 shows graduates in their respective semesters. The department offersthree separate B.S. degrees: Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), MechanicalEngineering (ME), and Engineering (EGR). It is important to track the individual majoras this has an enormous impact on topics such as which courses contributed the most andleast to their education. While the numbers are

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Shunmugham R. Pandian

standardsof economic and educational systems in their home countries are increasingly attractingmany of these well-trained engineers, scientists, and educators to return home.In many high-tech industries in the US, ranging from autos to space, there has been asharp “greying” of the workforce: many of the engineers who entered their fields in thepost-Sputnik era are nearing the retiring age, while there are not enough young engineersto take up their place. For example, at the National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA), the engineers and scientists over sixty outnumber those in theirthirties by a factor of nearly three to one. Such generational imbalances would seriouslyaffect the smooth development of these industries in future.There are

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Donald J. Bagert; Stephen V. Chenoweth

prepared forworking with “real-world” clients because of this experience. Furthermore, although this modelwas used in a software engineering class, the authors believe that it could be easily adapted foruse in other engineering disciplines. IntroductionSoftware requirements courses have generally been confined to the graduate level. A courseentitled “Specification of Software Systems” was included in the 1989 Software EngineeringInstitute’s graduate Master of Software Engineering (MSE) curriculum model1, which remains tothis day the primary standard for MSE curricula. Students in such an MSE program usuallyalready have industrial experience in software development, and therefore have some experience

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Jerry Dwyer; Katherine Hitchcox

math clubs designed to encourage greater participation of women in math, scienceand engineering. The models have formed the basis of a course offered to practicing teachersand also have been presented at teacher workshops. Lesson plans have been designed fordifferent topics. Teacher feedback and assessment are considered an important aspect of thisdevelopment program. IntroductionThis paper describes a set of science and engineering models used by the authors in K-12classrooms. The models have been used as enrichment activities in regular classrooms and alsoas special projects in math clubs designed to encourage greater participation of women in math,science and engineering.The models have also formed the

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Ronald Barr; Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Barbara Austin

. The major lecture topics covered in the course have included: 1. Musculoskeletal Physiology and Anthropometrics; 2. Analysis and Simulation of Human Movement; 3. Biomechanical Systems and Control; 4. Computer Graphics Modeling and Simulation in Biomechanics; and 5. Experimental Techniques in Biomechanics. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education In the Fall 2003 semester, theclass was used for testingeducational materials as part of amuch larger educational

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H. R. Myler

Education Pipeline: Deploying The InfinityProject Statewide. This grant enabled the department to join ten other universities (Baylor,Prairie View A&M, Rice, Southern Methodist, St. Mary's, Texas A&M, University of Texas atArlington, Austin, El Paso and San Antonio) in a consortium to implement various aspects of theInfinity Project2, a program developed to generate interest in K-12 and early college studentsin math and science-based engineering and technology. The project is an educationinitiative that helps educators deliver a maximum of engineering exposure with aminimum of training, expense and time. A key element of the Infinity Project is the useof Digital Signal Processing (DSP) hardware and a graphical software developmentsystem in

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Chau Kim Tran; Amir Karimi

Society for Engineering Education IntroductionBackgroundNucleation is fundamental to all phase changes. It is of importance in boiling andcondensation phenomena. Classical homogeneous nucleation theory provides a simplephysical model that describes the formation of a new phase from a supersaturated phasein the absence of foreign seed particles. By assuming isothermal conditions classicalnucleation theory is possible to solve for the steady state, isothermal rate of formation ofstable particles of the new phase as the function of the bulk physical properties of thematerial, the temperature, and the degree of supersaturation of the system 2. The simplestform is homogeneous nucleation from the vapor phase so it

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring one of the sessions dealing with the topic Creativity and Design, a poster session washeld. Research projects from all engineering departments were showcased using posters, withfaculty and/or graduate students on hand to describe the project and explain results. Studentsfrom the class were expected to circulate among the posters, and gather information about one ormore of the projects. An average of 30 minutes was allocated for this activity. Students werethen asked to write a summary of one of the projects in 100-150 words. For a class of 200students, approximately 15

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E. H. Shaban

curriculum. The electrical engineering design curriculum is enhanced byoffering the integrated circuit design course elective that provides real, practical, handson experience in circuit design for the graduating seniors. Such projects can either beused as a stand alone cap-stone design or to assist the student to accomplish amultidisciplinary design projects in collaboration with other engineering disciplines. IntroductionABET program criteria for electrical engineering curriculum require that the curriculummust provide the depth and breadth across the range of engineering topics implied by thetitle of the program [1]. The acquired knowledge in the program should allow the studentto analyze and design complex

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Ahmed Musa; Virgilio Gonzalez

assignments have been assignedin senior and graduate level communication systems courses in the University of Texas atEl Paso. Students run assignments using computer modeling and simulation, submitindividualized lab reports, and complete evaluation forms to give a feedback in order toimprove and update the assignments for coming semesters. Students find this lecturecourse along with lab assignments helpful to them in understanding the theory ofcommunication systems, gaining practical experience, and learning the performance tradeoffs involved in setting up communication systems.In the future, more lab assignments will be designed to cover more advancedcommunication topics. For example, new assignments dealing with wavelength divisionmultiplexing

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Wayne J. Zimmermann

prototyping thecomplete design is infeasible, and that is generally the case, then a component of theproject is identified for prototyping.Course 1. Digital Logic & Design. For the past several years this course has used the text “Digital Design” by Wakerly.The topics typically include: Introduction, Number Systems, Digital Circuits,Combinational Logic Design Principles, Sequential Logic Design, and Memory.Currently the material is presented with a little more of the basic principles fromelectrical engineering embedded into the syllabus. Care must been taken keep in mind Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright

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Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

workshops will beoffered in the senior class. The interaction has just begun with the sophomore course andwill not be discussed in this paper. The expectation is that this interaction is on the vergeof expanding to other courses and other departments in the College of Engineering. IntroductionIn “Why Johnny Can’t Write, Even Though He Went To Princeton,” the Chronicle ofHigher Education1 highlights the problem of students progressing through theirundergraduate education without developing the writing skills necessary to communicateeffectively in their chosen fields of study. A reduction in general communication skills isan added problem for colleges of engineering who have been under increasing pressurefor many

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor; Paul Ruchhoeft

-disciplinary, capstone course in 2001. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education ECE/INDE/MECE 4334 CALENDAR Fall 2003Classes are from 8 am to 10 am unless noted otherwise. Writing Workshop are conducted in the UHWriting Center . Presentations will be in E223 D3. Meetings are in W122 D3 for the first week. Time andPlace for the Final Presentations will announced later.Class topics: black, Group due dates: red, Lectures: green, Writing Center: purple and Individual due dates:blue.Monday

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Randall D. Manteufel; Jason B. Pleming

found to increasestudent interest in the topic. References1 University of Rochester, SP1 Tank Draining, http://www.courses.rochester.edu/funkenbusch/ME241/SPLabs/SP1.html2 Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State, Efflux from a Tank, http://www.che.msstate.edu/academics/courses/che3232/experiments/efflux_from_a_tank.htm3 Olinger, David J., 2002, “Pedagogy of Integrated Thermal-Fluid Experiments in WPI’s Discovery Classroom”, Session F3F, 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, November 6-9, 2002.4 Kreyszig, E., 1999, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 8th ed., Wiley.5 Fox, R.W., and A.T. McDonald. 1992. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 4th ed., Wiley.6 Potter, M.C, and D.C

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Paul Ruchhoeft

,smart materials, bio-medical engineering and micro-medical systems, etc. These areasare considerably more “high-tech” than electrical circuit bread-boarding, antenna design,engine testing, HVAC systems testing and classic controls which are some of the hands-on technologies utilized in undergraduate laboratories and design projects. Also, some ofthese “advanced” topics are not taught as part of the core undergraduate curriculum, noreven as part of special electives. The issue is then how to provide exposure to theseemerging technologies to engineering students without introducing new courses. Wehave been attempting to solve this problem through our interdisciplinary capstone designcourse with the help of faculty working in these emerging