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William H. Hubbard; Robert D. Murphy

Session 1658 ORGANIZATION AND GENERATION OF CLASSROOM MULTIMEDIA TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL USING ASYMETRIX MULTIMEDIA TOOLBOOK Robert D. Murphy, William H. Hubbard Purdue University AbstractStudent needs vary from student-to-student. The student’s background, general level ofintelligence, competence with peripheral disciplines (math and physics for example) and priorexperience all factor into his or her ability to comprehend new material.The use of multimedia computing in the generation of classroom instructional

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Scott J. Amos; James L. Otter

Session 2348 “Real-World” Approach To Construction Education: Phase 1 -- Construction Graphics James L. Otter, Scott Amos Pittsburg State University/Weber State University INTRODUCTIONWhat happens when successful professional construction company practices are directlyintegrated into an established four-year construction education program? Hopefully, the resultwill be a highly skilled and educated construction professional prepared to respond to the everchanging fast-paced world of construction. This desired result can be

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Pradeep K. Agrawal

Session 1213 Integration of Critical Thinking and Technical Communication into Undergraduate Laboratory Courses Pradeep K. Agrawal School of Chemical Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe ability to communicate technical concepts well distinguishes an outstanding engineer from amerely competent one. Widespread consensus holds that writing should form an integral part ofan engineering education, but there is considerable debate over how best to achieve this goal.Most engineering programs require courses in technical

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William E. Cole

generalization of the results.10,11 However, for the purposesof student projects, I have developed a simplified method of determining the network trainingand topology that, although not mathematically rigorous, does produce good models. Page 2.305.4 Session 2533 Standard Deviation of Error (MW) Figure 3: Neural Network Training 10 . 1 0.1

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Kathryn A. Neeley

integral part ofprofessional engineering education, we will need to go beyond generalizations and readyexplanations to inquire into (1) the specific knowledge, skills, and experiences that constitute the Page 2.442.1ability to communicate effectively about technical matters and (2) the cultural and historicalcontexts that have shaped contemporary views of engineers and technology.We need a new vision of technical communication that is interdisciplinary and integrative andestablishes strong links between communication and intellectual activity. It should have severalkey components.1.) It should be consistent with the notion of career preparation

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Brian A. Alenskis

Session 2247 Integrating Ethics into an Engineering Technology Course: An Interspersed Component Approach Brian A. Alenskis Purdue UniversityAbstract The format or approach to teaching professional ethics in engineering or engineeringtechnology can be troublesome. The issue is often how to present ethics as an important aspect ofthe technical profession, without hindering the learning of more technical matters. To accomplishthis, institutions have employed a variety of approaches, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Purdue University is

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Mary Kathryn Mathis; Duane Stucky; Ahad S. Nasab

items of the future service contracts for thecogeneration plan. Page 2.457.2Students participating in the activities listed above are provided the rare opportunity towitness a major on-going university project and be involved in many aspects of theproject. The students appreciate many facets of the project and realize that any sizableproject includes much more than mere engineering and economic analysis. Findings ofeach group is discussed in class sessions to inform all the group members and provideroutine progress reports.Figure 1: Schematic of the MTSU 5 MW gas-fired co-generation plant1. “Comprehensive Energy Management Performance Services and

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

initiatives. Page 2.343.2 Session 2242 Core Curriculum IssuesThe college has been addressing this issue for several years through the work of a corecurriculum and a General Education Committee which have been delineated a set of specificcore/general education competencies expected from the graduates. In 1994 the college-wideCurriculum Committee established a subcommittee to examine the issue of core studies at thecollege. After reviewing core curricula requirements at several other schools with missionssimilar to

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Ronald H. Rockland

graduation TECHNICAL COURSE ANALYSIS There were two questions in the survey that dealt with technical courses that the studentsperceived were most helpful and least helpful to them in their first position after graduating.Many of the courses that were taken might have some impact later in a graduate’s career.However, it is important to understand the relevance of these courses immediately aftergraduation. There were numerous courses listed as most helpful in the first position after graduation.Students were able to list up to three courses, although some students would list completecategories (i.e. computer courses or labs). The three courses or course areas, which had thehighest response rate, were general

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Joseph Herkert

Session 2661 A Multidisciplinary Course on Technological Catastrophes Joseph R. Herkert North Carolina State UniversityThis paper describes a multidisciplinary course entitled “Technological Catastrophes” that isoffered as a General Education elective in Science, Technology and Society (STS) at NorthCarolina State University. All students entering the university since Fall 1994, includingengineering students, are required to take at least one STS course [1]. The purpose of the STSrequirement is threefold: 1) develop an understanding of the influence of science and

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Ed Gohmann

backgrounds the course is geared to accepting the student skills asthey are and by careful interaction with the student, to bring them up to university level learningskills by the end of the semester without sacrificing the technical content of the course.Lab exercises are done to complement the lectures and to give the students first hand experiencein setting up equipment, recording data and writing reports.The content level of the course follows that of generally used text on materials technology.(appendix 3)OBJECTIVESThe objectives of the course are:1) Give students a firm background in metals, plastics and ceramics: properties, structure, types, heat treating, testing, applications and a basis for further study

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

Table 1. This was an importantopportunity to reach out to general populous publicizing the fact that technical education provides a viable career.A film, viz., Skill Trades and Engineering: Explore the Possibilities, was shown as part of the program. Manyparents had not visited a neighboring college and this was our opportunity to promote technical programs as well asother opportunities the institution provided. Page 2.426.2 There was a lot of informal interaction with parents pertaining to their children’s schools, career paths, etc. 2Parents were also given a

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Ray Adams; Paul Duesing; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 Improving the Laboratory Experience with Modern Computer-Based Instrumentation David McDonald, Ray Adams, Paul Duesing, and Ajay Mahajan Lake Superior State University AbstractThe extensive use of modern, computer-based instrumentation in industry has created a clearneed to provide students with instruction in this technology. This type of instruction is bestaccomplished by integrating learning experiences in computer-based instrumentation throughoutthe curriculum. The instrumentation system is first introduced in technical

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James A. Newell

technical journal receives a submission froma researcher, the editor sends the article to another expert in the researcher’s field. This peerreviewer identifies strengths and weaknesses of a paper, locates inconsistencies in reasoning orargument, evaluates the technical merit of the paper, and makes two specific recommendations thatchange the paper. First, the reviewer makes a general assessment of the paper and recommends oneof four courses of action. Specifically, 1. Publish the paper as is (This seldom happens) 2. Publish the paper after minor revisions are made 3. Have the author make the suggested major revisions and I’ll review it again 4. Do not publish this paperNext, the reviewer makes a detailed series of

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Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

in ENGR 1201/1202 over time, leading to incorporation of demanding team and creative thinking skills in disciplinary courses; • evolution of the course sequence to meet the changing needs of all stakeholders, while maintaining the integrity of these founding purposes.The goal of widespread faculty involvement has been both challenging and rewarding. It has ledus to choose a rather unorthodox team approach to developing and teaching the course sequence.1 This course sequence is a part of a general curriculum restructuring of which the common freshman year wasimplemented in the fall of 1995. It is supported by the SUCCEED NSF coalition as a part of implementation of

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Sheela N. Yadav-Olney; Jill M. Clough

Session 2325 1. Start as early as possible. 2. Let each student work on an area that interests him or her.1. Start as 3. Get as many people involved as possible.early as 4. Hold meetings of the whole team to keep people informed of progress on all fronts.possible. It is 5. Compromise, mutual respect and communication will make the team successful.difficult toconvey the 6. Let everyone contribute ideas for overall strategy, team logo, and animation story.massive scope 7. Take more spare parts to the competition than you think you will need.of this project. There are three distinct, but inter-related competitions: Robotics, Animation, and

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

Session 1532 The Obstacles to Teaching Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications Dr. Henry L. Welch. P.E. Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractOne goal of an engineering curriculum is to produce graduates who are knowledgeable in currenttechnology and practices. One of the better ways to do this is to provide a variety of senior-leveltechnical electives in new and popular technology areas. The danger inherent in this is that manyundergraduates are unprepared for exposure to these topics due either to a lack of prerequisitematerial or technical maturity. Further, inappropriately scoped

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Mogens Henriksen

Session 2225 An Overview of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 Mogens Henriksen, Ph.D., P.E. Mercer University School of EngineeringA BRIEF HISTORYThe physical length of the document specifying the accreditation criteria for programs inengineering has increased yearly in recent memory. The general criteria now occupy over twelvefull-sized double column pages in the ABET publication “Criteria for Accrediting Programs inEngineering in the United States."[ l] The society generated program criteria require 15additional pages. The detailed specifications have also grown increasingly complex

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David B. Beyer

communications will be delivered on a “just in time” basis. As material is coveredby the major technical courses, the supporting material will be introduced and developed withinthe mathematics or science course, timed to be introduced to students as needed.The general approach in the ongoing development of this program was to create a list oftechnician competencies upon which the actual courses would be developed. The essentials ofthis list were provided by our industrial partners. These include: AT&T Corp., Siemens Rolm,York Engineering, Visual Media Group, Madge Networks, Inc., Lucent, and Eastern Datacom.The entrance requirements to this program are one year of high school algebra and one year oflaboratory science. The program is being designed

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John G. Nee

Session 2348 Design to Competition: SAE Energy-Efficient Vehicle John G. Nee Central Michigan UniversityA high-interest design and manufacturing problem that students developed multiple solutions forin advanced CAD classes dealt with a very timely topic--energy-efficient single-occupant vehicledesign. The goal for the courses was to design and eventually produce a vehicle that wouldsuccessfully compete. The students, after considerable research and discussion, decided topropose some solutions consistent with the rules and

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James E. Simon

consideration of the “clients”, “site”, and resources.Consequently, the following account of two projects describes the specific context in which theyare assigned, provides problem statements of requirements and evaluation criteria, reports someexamples of both technical and general learning that may be observed, and offers someconcluding remarks. Page 2.91.1ContextStudents enrolled in a two- or three-year curriculum leading to the Master of Architecture degreeare required to take a one-semester, 1 unit (4 credit hours) course titled Structural Planning. Thecourse is intended to help students achieve sufficient understanding that they may

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Mark A. Shields; Bryan Pfaffenberger

Session 2561 Teaching Engineering Career Literacy and Teamwork Communication Skills in the First-Year Writing Course Bryan Pfaffenberger, Mark Shields Technology, Culture, and Communication/University of VirginiaOne of the challenges that has long faced engineering education is to adaptcommunications instruction to the needs of engineering students. English compositioncourses, while appropriate for liberal arts students, do not focus on the communicationskills prized by the organizations that hire engineering students. Such skills include thecapacity for clear technical exposition (including process analysis and

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Wessel Koning

Session 1532 Innovations in the NHL Teaching Concept of Engineering Education Wessel Koning, Department of Engineering, Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.Abstract.Recently a new teaching concept has been proposed by the Board of Governors of theNoordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden in The Netherlands. In our Engineering Departmentsome parts of this concept were already a reality. It also supported our teaching philosophyand stimulated us to evaluate and to improve our teaching concept. This paper describes inconcise form the Dutch system of technical education, the new teaching concept and

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Ted G. Eschenbach; Robert Madigan; Patricia Linton; Catherine Frank

Editors Style Manual Committee3. Hacker, D. (1995). A Writer’s Reference, 3rd, St. Martin’s Press.4. Linton, P., R. Madigan, and S. Johnson. (October 1994). “Introducing Students to Disciplinary Genres: The Role of the General Composition Course,” Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, 1(2), pp. 63-78.5. Madigan, Robert, Susan Johnson, and Patricia Linton. (June 1995). “The Language of Psychology: APA Style as Epistemology,” American Psychologist, 50(6), pp. 428-436.Biographical InformationTED G. ESCHENBACHHe is the founding and current editor of EMJ (‘97 is Volume 9). He has taught at UAA, the Naval Postgraduate School,and the Univ. of Missouri-Rolla (Robert Koplar Professor of EM). He earned his Ph.D. in IE from Stanford

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Richard C. Anderson; Michael R. Duffey; Michael McDermott

control, material handling and flowthrough the factory. They also determined economic order quantities and reorder points. TheHuman and Plant Resources Team set up the personnel structure. They determined that fullproduction would require a total of 82 employees from unskilled workers to management for atotal payroll of $174,000 per month. Job descriptions, training programs, a total quality controlprogram, and safety/ergonomic guidelines were outlined. Figure 1: Production redesign of portable solar generator Mirroring the real world, the team responsible for the engineering economic analysisreceived cost- and schedule-related information that was repeatedly revised from the other teamscited above due to

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Mark A. Shields; John P. O'Connell

anticipated the demands of ABET 2000 for the formulation Page 2.333.1of objectives and for the educational process to achieve them. Our attributes were developed bya varied constituency of alumni, business, faculty and staff. Further, the experiences given inTable 2 are general expressions of a process intended to achieve the objectives. Thus, we areconfident that a UVa PD program can meet all of the items - and more - expected for ABET2000. TABLE 1 Relationship of ABET 2000 Criteria to UVa PD AttributesABET 2000 Criteria 3 Outcomes2 a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics

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Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

Session 1275 Academic Advising Tips for New Educators Michael L. Mavrovouniotis Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)IntroductionHave you ever had students who seemed to be in the wrong class or even the wrong major –given their talents and desires? Or perhaps students who did not even understand their talentsand goals – let alone how a particular class might fit them? The goal of the academic advisor isto avoid these counterproductive situations, by helping the student navigate the maze ofeducational options and opportunities. Good academic advising is a pre-requisite

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Bob Lahidji

1. Engineering Technology Council. (1991). Educational issues of importance to the engineeringtechnology council (ETC) of the ASEE. Unpublished manuscript. 2. American Society for Engineering Education. (1994). Directory of Engineering and EngineeringTechnology Undergraduate Programs. Washington DC: Author. 3. Israel, E. N. (1995). Technology education and other technically related programs.Foundations of technology education. In G.E. Martin (Ed.), 44th Yearbook. New York: Glencoe,McGraw-Hill. 4. Speelman, P & Lahidji, B. (I 996). Reasons for adding to or changing from Industrial Technology (IT) toEngineering Technology (ET). National Association of Industrial Technology. Manuscript submitted

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Halvard E. Nystrom; Diego Rodriguez

high intrinsic motivation since all participants are interested volunteers Limitations: low budget long distance limited experience and technical knowledge on both sidesIDENTIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES - The cognitive domains presented inthe earlier section help the instructor clarify what is really sought from the session. A summaryof the application of this and the following steps are presented in TABLE 1.IDENTIFICATION OF MOTIVATIONAL OBJECTIVES - The list of motivational enhancershelp to explicitly design into the distance education sessions activities that enhance theeducational interaction.RECOGNITION OF EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGIES - The range of

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Cheryl A. Hilman; Bruce R. Dewey; Jerry Hamann

. Annotatesoffice hours, e-mail address and telephone number as demonstrated in Figure 1.Syllabus Current syllabus for course.Policies General course policies regarding homework and grading.Schedule Current topic schedule for each course instructor, updated dynamically with reading Page 2.487.2assignments and fluctuations in topic coverage.Help Sessions Current schedule for Teaching Assistant help sessions.Homework Solutions On-line listings of graded homework assignment solutions.Previous Exams On-line listings of previous semester examinations and solutions.Bulletin Board Posting area for each instructor, providing real-time response to