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class who averaged 64.8. The F value fortesting the null hypothesis that the averages are the same was 0.087 providing a P-value of 0.76.Clearly the difference in the means are not statistically significant due to the small sample size.The test does however favor the 5 students under study.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. A. B. Chiquito, “Metacognitive learning techniques in the user interface: advance organizers and captioning,”Computers and the Humanities, vol. 28, no. 4-5, pp. 211--33, 1995.2. V. Vadhan and P. Stander, “Metacognitive ability and test performance among college students,” The Journal ofPsychology, vol. 128, pp. 307--309, May 1994.3. J. R. Anderson and J. M. Fincham, “Acquisition of procedural skills from examples,” Journal of

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

inthe Appendix. Thus, you are to: a. Develop the objective function Total cost per year = Cost of equipment per year + Cost of pumping per year a. Calculate and tabulate the Cost of Equipment per year for all pipe sizes. b. Calculate and tabulate the Cost of Pumping per year for all pipe sizes. c. Calculate and tabulate the Total Cost per year for all pipe sizes. d. Plot on one graph, the Total Cost per year, Cost of Equipment per year, and Cost of Pumping per year vs. the nominal pipe diameter in inches and determine the optimum nominal pipe diameter.A 3000 foot pipeline must be installed to handle 5 gallons of water per second at 20qC. The costof the pump may be assumed to be

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/cm.Figure 3. B. Standard Mixture Spectrum at a Sensitivity of 0.005 PA/cm. Page 2.39.7 Figure 4. A. Extracted Gas Mixture Spectrum at a Sensitivity of 0.5 PA/cm.Figure 4. B. Extracted Gas Mixture Spectrum at a Sensitivity of 0.005 PA/cm. Page 2.39.8 hi * p = Hi 1did m (4)where hi is the sensitivity factor at M/C number (i) expressed in Ampere/Torr, p is the partial pressure of the pure gas in Torr, Hi is the positive ion current at M/C number (i) in Amperes, and m is the largest M/C number

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James E. Cross

,n,i,N; int f,f2; char c; phi = 3.1416; Fs = 48.0; /* Fs in KHz so enter all frequencies in KHz */ N = 21; for (k = 0; k<=50; k++)h[k] = x[k] = 0.0; /* Initialize all values of h and x to zero.*//* Set up AD16 chan0 to use timer 0 and get D/A data from dataregister */ *chan0_cnt = AD_CONTROL;/* print menu */ f=0; printf(" MENU FOR FIR FILTER USING A HAMMING WINDOW \n"); printf("Enter A a for Low-pass Filter, B for a High-pass Page 2.43.5Filter, n"); printf("C for a Band-pass Filter and D for a Stop-band Filter\n"); printf("uit\n\n"); printf("Enter selection >"); while(f==0) { scanf("%c",&

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Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 (Response %) Figure 6. Which of the follow ing RF equipment's operation and understanding is important to the job preformance of EET graduates? Vector s iginal analyzer Power meter Advanced understanding B a s ic understandingDigital/analog s ignal generator Modulation domain analyzer 0 20 40 60 80

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Sumit Ghosh; Raymond Kuo

including Ivy league schoolssuch as Brown, is elaborate and comprehensive. Applicants, typically high school students in their senioryear, are required to submit a comprehensive package that may include their (a) transcripts from grades 9through 12, (b) recommendations from three or four teachers, one or two preferably from the areas ofmathematics, physics, and chemistry, (c) SAT verbal and math sub-scores, (d) Achievement Test (ACH)scores in math-II, physics, chemistry, history, English, etc., (e) AP test scores in chemistry, computerscience, etc., (f) evaluation from the school's guidance counselor with a statement relative to class ranking,(g) a school profile listing the percentage of the graduates going into four-year degree programs, (h) a

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are specializing in powersystem engineering and offering graduate level courses in protective relaying. Engineers workingat electric utilities or for consulting firms are enrolling in graduate courses offered via videotapealong with graduate students at other universities.These "distance education" students generally want a more applied course which they can use attheir jobs or that contributes to their graduate education. The authors incorporated PC-basedEMTP relay simulations as a means for the on-campus and distance students to "see" theresponse of protective relays to power system events. B. Protective RelayingProtective relaying is a specialized field within electric power engineering. Students must

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David L. Walters

T T n. ω sin( n. π ) A n 3. n. πThe B terms were evaluated in the same fashion. Page 2.254.13 T 0 2

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Susan C. Grant; Sarah A. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Kristine C. Lawyer; Hugh Fuller

, Karen L., “The Impact of Cultural Norms on Women,” Journal of Engineering Education, July1996, pp. 217-225.8. O’Neal, J. B., Jr., “Engineering Education as an Ordeal and Its Relationship to Women,” ASEE 1994Annual Conference Proceedings, Edmondton, Alberta, June 26-29, 1994.9. Felder, Richard M., et al., “A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance and Retention.III. Gender Differences in Student Performance and Attitudes,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol.84, no 2, 1995, pp 151-163.10. Robinson, Debra A. G., and Reilly, Barbara Ann, “Women Engineers: A Study of EducationalPreparation and Professional Success,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 1993, pp. 78-82.11. Besterfield-Sacre, Mary E., and Atman, Cynthia J., “Survey

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 2570 Internal and External Challenges for Minority Engineering Programs Mary Ann McCartney, Maria A. Reyes, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland Arizona State UniversityAbstractThe Office of Minority Engineering Programs (OMEP) in the College of Engineering andApplied Sciences (CEAS) at Arizona State University (ASU) is a growing support system forunderrepresented minority students and others. Nearly 500, approximately 14%, of theundergraduate students in the CEAS are underrepresented minorities (African Americans,Hispanics, and Native Americans). During the Fall 1995 semester, the OMEP served over 300students

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Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

where"author A" submitted a joint paper prematurely. He failed to follow "author B's" suggestion thatthe paper be proofread by a non-author before submission. The paper was poorly written andcontained unusual grammatical construction. One reviewer refused to read past the first page.The other reviewers suggested moderate revision. "Author B" performed a major rewrite withminimal help from his collaborator. Situations like these can be avoided by following a good setof work rules agreed to by both parties.ConclusionGood papers result from careful planning and hard work. The suggested steps for successfulpaper writing described previously do not guarantee success. However, not following a similarset of directions will guarantee a less than

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Michael J. Brandemuehl; Lawrence E. Carlson

Session 3226 A LIVING LABORATORY Lawrence E. Carlson, Michael J. Brandemuehl Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at Boulder“BUILDING-AS-LAB” CONCEPTThe College of Engineering and Applied Science has recently built a new laboratoryfacility designed to facilitate hands-on, team-oriented learning across all of its sixdepartments. The three-story, 34,400 sq. ft. Integrated Teaching and Learning (ITL)Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. Its curriculum-driven

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and K. Bradley, Labs for Signals and Systems using M ATLAB, PWS Publishing Co., 1996.[5] The Mathworks Inc., M ATLAB User's Guide, Natick, MA, 1985-1995.[6] S. Wolfram, Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, Addison-Wesley, 1988.[7] J. B. Schodorf, M. A. Yoder, J. H. McClellan, and R. W. Schafer, “Using Multi-Media to Teach the Theory of Digital Multi-Media Signals”, IEEE Trans. on Education, Aug. 1995.[8] J. H. McClellan, R. W. Schafer, and M. A. Yoder, DSP First: A Multimedia Approach, Prentice-Hall, 1997. (URL is www.prenhall.com/~dspfirst.)8. BiographyDr. James H. McClellan received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in

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., Taylor, Martha B., and Rodney J. Parrott, Teaching in a Diverse Community: Multicultural Awareness, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1994.6. Widnall, Sheila E., AAAS Presidential Lecture: Voices from the Pipeline, Association Affairs, September 30, 1988.7. Eschenbach, Elizabeth A., Taylor, Martha, and Gerald Rehkugler, Implementing a Teaching Assistant Development Program with Continuous Improvement, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1993.Biographical InformationSUSAN C. ROBERTS, the 96-97 Head TA Fellow for the TA Development Program, graduated with highdistinction with her B.S. in chemical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992. She is currently aPh.D. candidate in chemical engineering at Cornell University

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Richard Gilbert; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

AC 1997-185: A Good Lecture: A Framework for Classroom ManagementMarilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community CollegeRenata Engel, Pennsylvania State UniversityRichard Gilbert, Page 2.17.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1997 Session 3230 A Good Lecture: A Framework for Classroom Management Dr. Marilyn Barger, Dr. Renata Engel, Dr. Richard Gilbert Florida State University/Pennsylvania State University/University of South FloridaABSTRACTClassroom management involves global course communications as well as parochial classroomconcerns. A good series of

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Don McMurchie

Session 1547 A Materials Science Laboratory Serves a Program Don McMurchie, Ph.D Oregon Institute of Technology AbstractMost of the time a laboratory is used to serve one course, which may or may not be offered everyterm during the academic year. This paper suggests a way to utilize one lab, in this case a materialsscience lab, to serve other lab courses across the curriculum. Minimum lab elements, along withtheir development, are described. Courses that may benefit from this lab are listed, as are therequirements for

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Kathryn A. Neeley

Session 3261 THE ENGINEER IN THE MUSEUM: Helping Engineering Students Experience Technology as an Art Kathryn A. Neeley Technology, Culture, and Communication/University of VirginiaIn Getting Sued and Other Tales of the Engineering Life, Richard Meehan describes the processof design and the satisfactions of being a designer: “I learned the pleasure in . . . design, thesatisfaction in making a clay bowl or a painting or writing a sentence or a symphony. . . .I wasable to experience technology not as the stepchild of science (which is, after all, impotent) but asan art

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Alisha A. Wailer

Session 1230 ERM : Who Are We and Where Are We Going? Alisha A. Wailer, Session Organizer Macalester CollegeERM - Who are we? Unlike the EE Division, the ME division, the WIED division, and most ofthe others, even knowing its full name (Educational Research and Methods Division) does not givenew ASEE members very many clues as to its identity and whether they want to be involved. Thissession will be a fun, exciting, and participative introduction to the talented, risk-taking, and caringcommunity that is ERM. Each segment will be a brief ( 8 minute) snapshot of a vibrant area

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Peter A. Rosati

Gender Differences in the Learning Preferences of Engineering Students P.A. Rosati The University of Western Ontario AbstractThe results are compared of the responses of female and male engineering students to anIndex of Learning Styles. This self-report forced-choice instrument classifies the learningpreferences of the respondents on four scales; Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuition,Visual/Verbal and Sequential/Global. Both male and female students showed a clearpreference for Active, Sensing, Visual, Sequential learning. However, the female students’learning preferences were

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Richard A. Young

Session 3220 LabVIEW : A MODERN DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN AN INTRODUCTORY MECHANICS LABORATORY Richard A. Young Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Portland, Portland, OR 97203. young@up.eduI. IntroductionAs the title suggests, this paper describes our implementation of LabVIEW in our freshman levelmechanics laboratory. The laboratory is closely coupled to a traditional lecture based physicscourse composed of engineering, physical science, mathematics, and computer science students.Over the past

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Joan A. Burtner

Session 2553 Nine Years of Freshman Design Projects at Mercer University Joan A. Burtner Mercer UniversityIntroduction For the past nine years, the Mercer University School of Engineering has requiredfreshman engineering students to enroll in a three-quarter freshman engineering sequence: EGR101, 102, and 103. In EGR 101 and EGR 102 students are taught basic visualization skills andengineering drawing techniques. They learn to use WordPerfect, Lotus 123, and AutoCAD. Theywork in teams to deliver a brief oral presentation

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Roger A. Messenger

Session 3233 Photovoltaic Power Systems An Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Senior Elective Course Roger A. Messenger Florida Atlantic UniversityABSTRACT A 3-credit, undergraduate elective course in photovoltaic power systems was developedand taught during the spring, 1995, semester. A revised version was then offered during summer,1996, and the third offering was during spring, 1997. The objective was to create a course whichwould stimulate the interest of electrical engineering students in photovoltaic power production,while

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Jerry A. Caskey

Session 1526 A Polymer Analysis Laboratory at Rose-Hulman Institute Jerry A. Caskey, Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology AbstractThe production and processing of materials into finished goods constitutes a large part ofour present economy. A significant portion of new products are developed frompolymeric materials. The chemical engineering department at Rose-Hulman introducedan elective course in Polymer Engineering some years ago. In keeping with our beliefthat the student understands and appreciates

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David A. Lopez

Session 2348 Project Based Instruction in Manufacturing: A New Approach David A. Lopez Central Michigan University This paper will describe the instruction methodology of an undergraduate course inmanufacturing which was restructured to use small “hands-on” projects as a basisinstruction. the course was previously taught using a methodology of sequentiallypresented lecture material. the revised course divides the class into teams ofstudent and has each team completely analyze an entire product by dissecting theproduct into its various component parts. An engineering report is written by eachstudent

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James A. Reising

Session 1232 Senior Design Project Course Sequence Electrical and Computer Engineering James A. Reising University of Evansville AbstractThis paper describes the senior design project course sequence at the University of Evansville.The two-semester sequence of courses (along with a non-credit seminar) serves as the capstonedesign course for electrical and computer engineering students. It combines a senior designproject, practice in oral and written presentation of a design proposal

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Kathryn A. Neeley

Session 2561 To Arrive Where We Started and Know the Place for the First Time? Re-visioning Technical Communication Kathryn A. Neeley Technology, Culture, and Communication/University of VirginiaTeachers of technical communication are likely to welcome the emphasis the ABET 2000accreditation criteria place on effective communication as an integral component of engineeringpreparation and practice. But we would do well to remember that we are hardly the first toattempt to transform engineering education by giving communication a more prominent place inthe curriculum.’ Engineering educators

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Henry A. Wiebe

Session 2242 Using The Baldrige Criteria To Reengineer Higher Education Henry A. Wiebe Engineering Management Department University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409 IntroductionHigher education has been the target of much criticism. Various groups have been quick to pointout the failings of all educational institutions from primary schools through institutions of higherlearning. State legislators have been stepping in with their own solutions to perceived problems

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William Peterson

Session 2242 Partnering - a University, a Community College, and Industry Developing a Paradigm for Cooperation William R. Peterson Western Michigan UniversityIn September of 1996 Western Michigan University, Muskegon Community College, andindustry in the Muskegon, Michigan region reached the latest milestone in a cooperative effortstarted three years ago. A bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering from a state universityis being offered, in its entirety, through on-site classes in Muskegon, Michigan.This cooperative effort started three years ago when the

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Domingo Molina

Session 2632 A DO and Understand Approach to a Networking Course Domingo Molina III The University of Texas at Brownsville ABSTRACTThis paper presents the nuts and bolts of how a senior level computer science networking courseis being successfully taught to students without requiring them to have any prior experience innetworking. Because of the nature of indigenous industry, a pure theoretical approach to learningnetworking is inadequate to prepare the students for the job market. Just as lab work supportsother computer science courses, the