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Jim Farison

“draft of a survey related to the faculty issues at non-traditional engineering programs."The meeting was actually listed as Session 1732 Forum for Non-traditional EngineeringPrograms, with Dr. Gosink and Dr. Jones as Moderators (and the ECE Division, again, asSponsor). The published advance description of the session read, “ABET recognizes non-traditional engineering programs with titles such a general engineering, engineering science, engineering physics, or engineering systems. This forum will provide an opportunity for department heads/chairs and others interested in non- traditional engineering programs to discuss the problems, issues, opportunities, and unique Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual

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M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; M. M. Holt; R. H. Cox

Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Both scholarship programs provide female mentors and internships through TWU, TTU, TI and theon-line program MentorNet. The programs also provide individual tutoring, career counseling, trainingin job search skills related to technical careers, and assistance in applying for graduate study. WIN andCSEMS students are required to join departmental student organizations and to attend professionalsymposiums and conferences. They are also provided organized opportunities to visit industry andacademic partners. The FutureTWU and TTU are currently pursuing Objectives #3 and #4. In order to achieve

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Heinrich D. Foltz; Hamid Zarnani; Edwin LeMaster

a campus-wide freshman retention rate of 65%. Many students areunder pressure to contribute financially to their families, and thus take on outsideemployment regardless of whether they receive financial aid. Conflicts between workand school are frequently cited by students and appear to be a major negative factor,particularly for freshmen and sophomore students who have not yet developed realisticexpectations about the amount of time required for successful engineering studies. In the initial phase of our program, a group of sixteen electrical engineeringstudents were offered part-time jobs within the department, under the condition that theyagree not to accept outside jobs. The assigned tasks were related to electrical

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Shunmugham R. Pandian

, and environment.8. The collaboration of faculty and students with local institutions such as K-12 schools and museums provides the engineering students with valuable insights into the relations between technology and society. Moreover, the publicity for such efforts is valuable to universities in marketing themselves among local youth and attracting talented local youth to pursue their engineering programs.9. Some of the more enterprising student projects can be used to establish collaboration with local industry in the form of student internships. They can also be used in offering short-term and online workshops to local and regional engineers, thereby creating additional finances for the department to improve its curricular

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Wayne J. Zimmermann

, specifically the University of Texas at Dallas andTexas A&M. In these early reciprocating activities the idea was that each school award abaccalaureate degree to the student at the completion of a five-year plan, three years atTWU and two calendar years at the cooperative university. Under such a plan the studentwould have degree in mathematics from TWU and a degree in engineering from theselected university. To quote the TWU 2003-2005 catalog, “The dual degree program in mathematics and engineering combines the strengths of Texas Woman’s University and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) or Texas A&M University at College Station (TAMU) to enable our Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest

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Mario G. Beruvides; Terry R. Collins; Elliot J. Montes

research is done at the masters level or is in PhDprograms that are in related fields (such as industrial engineering, operations research,management science, or POM-Production Operations Management, to mention a few). This finalpoint again shows the multidisciplinary nature of the field and at times creates some crises ofidentity. With respect to the masters level work, due to the applied nature of the subject matterand market demands by industry on the degree, most EM programs offer masters degrees with athesis or non-thesis option. The non-thesis option being the most popular choice of the twograduate degree options. Thus, research in the area is strongly influenced by this.The research funding sources for engineering management are disperse

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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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Brian Nutter; Tanja Karp; Sunanda Mitra

, provides a highly effectivesoftware development environment for developing and debugging signal processingalgorithms in C language.Additionally, Matlab’s Simulink can be used to communicate with the DSP. Simulink isblock diagram-based and offers an easy graphical user interface to program the DSP. Inaddition, it offers many predefined blocks, e.g. to design digital filters. As part of theDigital Signal Processing course, the TI DSK is regularly used for week- and semester-long projects. Through these projects, students gain practical experience using thehardware and software tools, learn to solve problem statements independently, researchliterature, and familiarize themselves with state-of-the-art engineering tools. They arealso more interested in

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M-A Demuynck; D. E. Edwards; W. J. Zimmermann

understanding at all levels of student ability through increased variety, flexibility, exposure to the subject matter, and learner control, enhance the educational experience of students with limited access to the traditional university resources outside of the classroom, and increase student comfort levels with technology through continuous exposure, thus promoting increased interest in pursuing computer science and engineering careers.The anticipated final outcomes of the project include a continuously improving and growing setof independent web-based interactive modules that present a wide variety of topics, related tomathematics, statistics, computer science and engineering, flexible enough that they can be usein a

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationadvantages of being attached to a specific department. There will undoubtedly be additionalchanges to this format made in subsequent semesters as student feedback and facultyrecommendations are incorporated with continuous improvement being the goal. References 1. Mullins, C.A., Atman, C.J., et.al., 1995, “Freshman expectations of an engineering program”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Anaheim, CA, June 25-28. 2. Jahan, K., Dusseau, R.A., et.al. , 1998, “Engineering measurements in the freshman engineering clinic at Rowan University”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA

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Ms. LaQuasha M. Morgan; Ms. Faye Moore,; Dr. David A. Kirkpatrick

University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, we will present details about our current activities, their effectiveness, andfuture plans to develop our program through research involvement, competitions andconference presentations. INTRODUCTIONPrairie View A&M University (PVAMU) was founded on March 11, 1878. It is one ofover 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in America. Prairie View A&M’sdoors opened, enrolling eight young men as a comprehensive public institution of highereducation. Part of the Texas A&M University system, PVAMU was actually founded in1876, the first year of the Texas constitution. Prairie View A&M University

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Donald J. Bagert; Stephen V. Chenoweth

created as part of anew Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering program at the Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology (RHIT). CSSE 371 (a junior-level course) was made a prerequisite for the capstonesenior project course sequence, where the students work with a real-world client, including thedevelopment of a requirements specification over several weeks of interaction with thatstakeholder. Since all of the software engineering majors and about 85% of the computerscience (CS) majors take senior project, and because it is in general important for peopleworking in software-related areas to be able to elicit, negotiate and manage requirements for thesystems they build, whether these systems are for research or for production, CSSE 371 wasmade a

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system ismost suitable for this type of problems. Three detector system is selected which resultsin a set of three simultaneous equations. There are three unknown, two angularcoordinates (θ, φ) and one related to the peak signal level. When three measured outputsignal values and the preset angles are available, a small computer program can generatethe unknown angles.In this paper the system set up, formulation, and computation of the direction of theoptical source are presented. A relationship between the number of bits of the Analog-to- Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

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Ronald Barr; Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Barbara Austin

5 1.13 1.90 3. Some skill/ability 6 0.25 0.53 7 0.87 0.70 4. Significant skill/ability * Bold gains are the higher for each case 5. Very significant skill/ability Table 3: The ME Student Program Outcomes. 1. Knowledge of and ability to apply engineering and science fundamentals to real problems. 2. Ability to solve open-ended problems. 3. Ability to design mechanical components, systems and processes. 4. Ability to setup, conduct and interpret experiments and to present

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Jennifer Spurrier; Charlotte Welch Smith; Bonita Butner; James Gregory

Program Texas Tech University James Gregory, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies College of Engineering Texas Tech University AbstractVarious advising tools can be used by students and advisors to aid in determining future careerpaths. The results from such assessments can provide insight to other factors that may beaffecting the education system. In our case, there is evidence that the nature of teachers fromkindergarten through middle school may cause a bias against math and science subjects.The objective of this study was to

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Puneet Bhatia; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

beginning of Computer-Aided Design (CAD). Inindustry, engineers extensively use both CAD and CAM but there is very little communicationbetween the two. Computer-Aided Process Planning emerged as the communicationagent between CAD and CAM. The CAPP system solves planning activities, such asselection of cutting tools, determining calculations of cutting parameters, tool path planning,generation of NC part programs, etc. Process PlanningRequicha and Vandenbrande [1988] describe process planning in the following way, "Aprocess planner and a set-up planner (often the same person) examine a part's blueprintand consult various files and handbooks to produce specifications and information onfixtures and clamping

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engineering programs is on the “Propertiesof Construction Materials”. The majority of text books for this subject focus on the use,selection, and specifications of common construction materials; such as aggregate,concrete, asphalt, wood and masonry. Courses of this nature often centered aroundlaboratory sessions focused on test procedures designed to measure the properties that aretypically used in specifications of these materials. There is a desire to include morescientific concepts and improve the linkage between the fundamental material propertiesand the behavior of construction materials under different loading and environmentalconditions. Available textbooks vary widely in their treatment of fundamental concepts.Although standard ASTM test

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Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

ASEE-GSW2004-046 Integrating the Teaching of Technical Communications into a Multidisciplinary, Capstone Design Course Jenna Terry Program Coordinator, Writing in the Disciplines University of Houston Writing Center Paul Ruchhoeft Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Richard Bannerot and Ross Kastor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Houston AbstractThis paper describes the evolving and growing relationship between the Cullen

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Charlotte Welch Smith; Bonita Butner; James Gregory

Session 005 E-COACH: Successful Career Advising Tool for High School Juniors Charlotte Welch Smith Counseling Department Frenship High School Jennifer Spurrier Higher Education Program Educational Psychology and Leadership Texas Tech University James Gregory Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies College of Engineering Texas

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Guanlin Tang; Larissa Gorbatikh

then incorporated into a computer code to calculate total relativedisplacement under arbitrary history of shear loading. MotivationIt is hard to find structural elements in engineering applications that would not have anyjointed connections. The search for joints’ accurate modeling has been on-going for yearsbut with limited success. The latter is mainly attributed to the complexity of physicalprocesses taking place in the contact region when a joint is subjected to loading. Forexample, a contact between two surfaces always results in energy dissipation caused byfriction in shear micro-displacements. It leads to a highly non-linear behavior of a joint.The other challenge is related to the fact that the

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Roman Taraban; Arne Weigold; Edward E. Anderson; M. P. Sharma

, processing graphicalinformation, and using interactive elements? A related question was ecological validity:Does producing a verbal protocol change how the student uses the CD? If the methodwas useable and valid, we could apply it to the questions above. Other questions wewanted to answer were how the students thought using the CD compared to using atextbook and lecture notes, and how the CD could be improved to give the students abetter learning experience. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education MethodParticipantsTwenty undergraduate students were

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Chau Kim Tran; Amir Karimi

Session 060 AN INVESTIGATION OFTHE LIMITS OF LIQUID SUPERHEATAND VAPOR SUBCOOLING IN METASTABLE REGIONS (Student Paper) Chau Kim Tran (Student) Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 78249-0670 Amir Karimi Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomechanics The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 78249-0670

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Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor; Paul Ruchhoeft

werepetroleum-related. The remainder of the projects were provided and sometimessponsored by faculty. In addition to the client-provided “engineer-in-charge,” each team Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationwas assigned a faculty advisor. Short, weekly progress reports were submitted to thecourse instructor. Formal written and oral proposals and final reports were required fromeach team. There were also several other individual “reporting documents.” The coursealso had considerable content, e.g., the design process, oral and written communications,project planning, risk analysis

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Gurubaran Veeravel; Enno Ed Koehn

Session 048 Impact of Air Quality – Including Ozone formation in the Troposphere Gurubaran Veeravel Chemical Engineering Department Lamar University Enno “Ed” Koehn Civil Engineering Department Lamar University AbstractAir pollution, which makes the air harmful for human inhalation, is not only due to outdoorpolluters like automobiles, industries, etc., but also due to indoor pollutants like asbestos,carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, tobacco smoke, etc

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Alison Reed; Kenneth Van Treuren

anygrabbed frame can be related to a measured temperature value from the thermocouple. A Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsurface color to temperature calibration can be developed which allows for a hue totemperature conversion on any image.Figure 3. Thin Plexiglas Plate with a Reynolds Number of 22433A flat plate is used as the preferred geometry in this experiment because the theory for aflat plate is well understood. The local heat transfer coefficient (h) is based upon adifference in temperature between the plate and the flow. The increase in flowtemperature is produced