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Gregory M. Dick

Session 2520 MultiCampus Parcel: A Cooperative Approach To Computer Laboratory Management Gregory M. Dick University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractMaintaining student computing laboratories presents special problems to the laboratory - networkmanager. Tasks associated with managing student accounts and PC disk files consume largeamounts of staff time. At the initiation of this project, commercial automated solutions to theseproblems were not available. Small campuses do not have the resources to develop automatedtools to solve these problems. This paper

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James vanPutten; Brad Mulder; John Krupczak

Session 1661 Multidisciplinary Student Experiences in a Liberal Arts Engineering Program John Krupczak, Jr., Brad Mulder, and James vanPutten, Jr. Hope College AbstractA two-semester senior undergraduate design sequence has been developed for an engineeringprogram in a liberal arts college. The courses provide a wide range of design experiencesincluding: study of structured design methodologies, individual and team projects, prototypeconstruction, communication of design results, incorporation of industrial design

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Dr. Mihir K. Das

Session 2470 A Novel Summer Camp for the Underrepresented Minority High School Students Dr. Mihir K. Das California State University, Long Beach ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the experience gained from an innovative summer camp called FluorDaniel Summer Camp (FDSC) designed for underrepresented minority students with a specialgrant from the Fluor Daniel Foundation. The FDSC project specifically supported the academicenrichment of 20 high caliber students from the Compton, Long Beach, and Lynwood SchoolDistricts in

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John Valasek

Session 2502 A Safe, Responsible, and Accountable Approach to Teaching Airplane Design John Valasek Western Michigan UniversityPapers relating to the teaching of capstone aircraft design courses typically focus on eitherpedagogy1 (suggested topics and tools) or on how aircraft design should be incorporated into theoverall aerospace engineering curriculum 2-4. This paper proposes that the topics of flight safetyand professional responsibility and accountability be given increased emphasis in existingaircraft design courses. The

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Raymond Yannuzzi; Edward McDonnell; Bradshaw Kinsey; Robert Bowman

Session 3686 Shipyard College: Building a Consortium to Deliver Workforce Education and Training Raymond Yannuzzi, Delaware County C.C. Robert Bowman, Shipyard College Bradshaw Kinsey, C.C. of Philadelphia Edward McDonnell, Camden County C.C.Abstract: Shipyard College, created in 1994 to help retrain workers after the closing of thePhiladelphia Navy Yard, is continuing to operate as an innovative education and trainingconsortium and has become a partner in economic development efforts at the site now known asthe

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Don M. Coleman; Arthur S. Paul

Session 2432 Systems and Computer Science: A Curriculum for the Twenty First Century Arthur S. Paul, Don M. Coleman Howard University ABSTRACTThis paper discusses the evolution of an innovative curriculum in Systems and Computer Sciencebeing offered by a department within the School of Engineering, Howard University. It presentskey concepts and principles of systems engineering. It discusses how the merger of systemsengineering and computer science addresses some of the deficiencies identified by critics

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Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

Session 3561 A Tale of Two Programs: Integrating Humanities and Engineering Barbara M. Olds, Ronald L. Miller Colorado School of MinesIntroductionIn this paper we will describe two programs at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) whichintegrate the humanities and social sciences with engineering. The first, HumEn(Humanities/Engineering Integration), is a small-scale, single-course program which has been inplace since 1988; the second, the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs for Engineers, is alarge-scale program involving about 10 percent of the CSM undergraduate student body

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Amer Mokaddem; James Moller

Session 3266 A TOOL FOR TEACHING STRESS TRANSFORMATION BY MOHR’S CIRCLE James Moller, Amer Mokaddem Miami University, Oxford, OH ABSTRACTThe determination of transformed and principal stresses is frequently a significant conceptualhurdle for Mechanics of Materials students. Mohr’s circle is commonly introduced as a toolostensibly to make the transformation concept easier to understand and apply. Yet learning theMohr’s circle conventions frequently introduces an additional challenge. A computer program toassist

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

Session 2630 Transferring the Knowledge in a Bridge Program: Engineering Students Become Coaches Maria A. Reyes, Mary Ann McCartney, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland Arizona State UniversityAbstractA unique, very successful summer bridge program was held for incoming underrepresentedminority freshman and transfer engineering students at Arizona State University (ASU) duringthe summer of 1996. The Minority Engineering Program (MEP) Summer Bridge Program was atwo week residential program designed to ensure academic success for the 44 studentparticipants. The program was supported by a

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Session 3520 Using A GUI Shell to Focus Computer Graphics on Algorithms Dr. Henry L. Welch, P.E. Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractMany computer graphics systems, such as the X Windows System, require a steep learning curveand extensive coding before even a single pixel can be activated on the screen. In a single quartercomputer graphics class this places an extensive burden on the student who may have to generatea significant block of code that has little or nothing to do with the fundamentals of computergraphics algorithms. At the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) we have

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Andrew Grossfield

Session 2265 WHAT ARE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: A Review of Curve Families Andrew Grossfield College of Aeronautics AbstractThis paper is a review of curve families in light of their importance in a course on differentialequations. Many texts depict curve families but do not treat them as an important mathematicalconcept that can greatly add to a student’s comprehension of differential equations andcontinuous mathematics in general. It is not an accident that the solution of an nth

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John A. Orr; David Cyganski; Richard Vaz

Session 2532 Teaching Information Engineering to Everyone John A. Orr, David Cyganski, Richard Vaz Worcester Polytechnic Institute AbstractThe first offering of a course in "Information Engineering Across the Professions" is being heldin the Spring semester of the 1996-97 academic year at WPI. This course is offered by the ECEDepartment, but is intended to be relevant for students from virtually all disciplines, and isspecifically intended for students who are not majoring in electrical engineering. The authorshave developed this course based

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Sohail Anwar; Roy Sheehan; Durel Hauser

Session 1532 AK68: A New Cross-Assembler and Integrated CPU Simulator For The Motorola M68000 Microprocessor Dr. Sohail Anwar, Durel Hauser, Roy Sheehan Penn State Altoona/US Postal Service/Sheehan Electronics ABSTRACTThis paper describes a cross-assembler and integrated CPU simulator for the Motorola M68000 microprocessordeveloped by the authors for use in an undergraduate introductory course on microprocessors. The principal designobjective of the authors was to

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Stephen J. Ressler; Colonel Kip P. Nygren; C. Conley

Session 2525 Building Bridges: Computer-Aided Design as a Vehicle for Outreach to High School Students Stephen J. Ressler, Kip P. Nygren, Christopher H. Conley United States Military AcademyThis paper describes the use of a specially developed computer-aided design (CAD) softwarepackage as a vehicle for outreach to high school students. The CAD package was conceived anddeveloped for future use in a nationwide engineering design contest, to be administered as part ofthe West Point bicentennial commemoration in the year 2002. In preparation for that event, thesoftware has been

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M. Hossein Hariri

Session 3513 A Case Study in Stoichiometry Course Using Excel and Power Point Presentation M. Hossein Hariri Department of Chemical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN 47803 AbstractProduction of syngas from coal was considered as a case study project for thestoichiometry course. In this case study we showed the students how to divide a complexprocess such as above to smaller single units as the first step. The flowsheets of eachsingle unit was drawn on a

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Nicole Washington; Mohamad Parnianpour; Jared Walkenhorst

Session 2263 Development of a CAI for use in an Industrial Biomechanics and Ergonomics Course Nicole Washington, Mohamad Parnianpour, and Jared Walkenhorst The Ohio State University, Columbus, OhioAbstractMultimedia technology offers a more interactive approach to instruction than the traditional classroom lectures.Through computer-aided instruction (CAI), a number of teaching styles can be used that take into account thedifferent preferences of the students. The Biomechanics Tutorial program, is a CAI that incorporates audio, video,simulations, and graphics to: review concepts of

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Ali Behagi

Session 1526 DEVELOPMENT OF A WIRELESS AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATION LABORATORY AT PENN STATE HARRISBURG Ali Behagi, Ph.D. Associated Professor of Electrical Engineering Penn State Harrisburg 777 W. Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057 Phone: 717-948-6379 Fax: 717-948-6401 Email: e0y@psu.eduSummary: With the strong support from the National Science Foundation, the Hewlett-PackardCompany and the Penn State administration, a state of the art RF and microwave

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E. J. Mastascusa; Maurice F. Aburdene

Session 2659 An Electronic Design and Laboratory Lesson Using a Switched Series-Parallel Network Maurice Aburdene, E. J. Mastascusa Electrical Engineering Department Bucknell UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an electronic lesson for first year engineering students. The objective of thelesson is to introduce students to design using series-parallel circuits. The lesson focuses on thedesign of a switched series-parallel resistor combination to provide the “best” approximation to adesired current waveform by selecting

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James L. Hales

Session 2333 Enhancing Electric Energy Conversion and Power Systems Laboratory Experiments Utilizing a Power System Simulator James L. Hales, P.E. Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ABSTRACT In 1993, the Engineering Technology Division of the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown purchased and installed a Hampden Model 180 Power System Simulator. Fundingwas provided in part by a $100,000 National Science Foundation Instrumentation and LaboratoryImprovement (ILI) equipment

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Vernon W. Lewis

Session 1649 Expectations of On-campus and Remote Students in a Course in Civil Engineering Technology V. W. Lewis, Jr. Old Dominion University AbstractOld Dominion University has developed an extensive distance learning system (Teletechnet)which includes over 21 remote community college sites and a total of 13 hospital, military andindustrial sites. The course which instigated this paper is a course in Plans and Specifications.This course was taught on campus in its current format in the spring semesters

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Barbara Blake Bath

Session 1265 Field Session at Colorado School of Mines A Capstone Applied Mathematics/Computer Science Course Barbara Blake Bath Colorado School of Mines Each student at the Colorado School of Mines completes “Field Session” as one of thegraduation requirements. In Chemical Engineering, the students do unit operations labs, inPetroleum Engineering, they get hands on experience in petroleum extraction, in CivilEngineering, they learn to survey, and in Mining Engineering, they actually work in the school’sexperimental mine. In the Department of Mathematical

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Ward J. Collis; Shih-Liang Wang; Esther A. Hughes; John Chen

Session 1225 Implementing a Multidisciplinary System Design and Engineering Course Using Solar Splash ‘97 John C. Chen†, Esther A. Hughes*, Shih-Liang Wang†, and Ward J. Collis* †Department of Mechanical Engineering *Department of Electrical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411Abstract In this paper we describe our experience with implementing amultidisciplinary systems design and engineering course by participation in anational student design competition, while simultaneously satisfying the capstone-design requirement within the

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Stuart Wilkinson; G. Mark Pennington

Session 1559 An Innovative Student Project to Develop a Precision Instrument for Undersea pH Measurements Stuart Wilkinson, Ph.D., G. Mark Pennington, M.S.M.E. University of South FloridaAbstract The present paper describes the design and prototype construction of a teleoperated robotic sensorfor precision pH measurement of sea water at deep ocean locations. The need for such an automateddevice originated with NOAA. The design and construction was undertaken at the USF MechanicalEngineering Department's Robotic Systems Laboratory. The completed prototype will be

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Josue Njock-Libii; Sunday O. Faseyitan

Session 1426 Data Acquisition Systems in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory: Draining of a Tank Josué Njock Libii, Sunday O. Faseyitan School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Indiana 468051499 USAAbstractThis paper illustrates one way in which computer data acquisition systems are being utilized inthe laboratory. The examples used are from the first course in Fluid Mechanics. We choseexperiments related to the draining of a tank to demonstrate the use of data acquisition systemsand their

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Barry J. Farbrother

Session 2432 A New Approach to Electrical & Computer Engineering Programs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Barry J. Farbrother Ph.D. Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractTwo new degree programs1 are now being offered by the department of Electrical &Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The new Bachelor'sprograms in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, are the result of atop-down curriculum design process which took several years to complete.‘Renaissance Engineers

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P.J. Fisher; N.J. Quick; S.J. Steiner

ASEE 1997 Annual Conference June 15-18, Milwaukee, WI, USA Session 1263 PRODUCT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (PAMS) IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING - a lesson in Team Working S.J. Steiner, N.J. Quick, P.J. Fisher School of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering University of Birmingham, UKSynopsisPAMS was first introduced into the manufacturing engineering undergraduate degreeprogrammes offered by the School in 1988/9

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Karen E. Schmahl

Session 3657 UNIQUE APPROACH TO TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A QUALITY PLANNING AND CONTROL LABORATORY Karen E. Schmahl Ph.D., P.E. Miami University, Oxford, OhioIn recent years, Total Quality Management tools and principles have been increasinglyintroduced into engineering curriculum. This paper describes a unique approach to integratingTQM in the laboratory of a Quality Planning and Control course which had previously focusedsolely on statistical control of quality and precision linear measurement. The new approachincludes a team building component, Lab Development Project and TQM

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Melissa S. Tooley

Session 2360 The WIN Program - A Mentoring Program for Women in Engineering at the University of Arkansas Melissa S. Tooley, P. E. University of ArkansasABSTRACTEngineering has traditionally been a male-dominated profession. While progress has been madein opening up technical fields to women and minorities, there is room for improvement.Nationwide, 18% of undergraduate engineering students are female, whereas the percentage is15% at the University of Arkansas. At the University of Arkansas, the College of Engineering islosing a disproportionate number of

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Barbara Mirel; Atul Prakash; Leslie A. Olsen; Elliot Soloway

Session 3232 Improving Quality in Software Engineering Through Emphasis on Communication Barbara Mirel DePaul University/ University of Michigan Leslie A. Olsen, Atul Prakash, Elliot Soloway University of MichiganAbstractWe will describe the integration of a communication component into a senior-level design coursein software engineering, the structure of the component, and methods for testing its effects. Thegoal is to improve the usability of the software product, to overcome some problems due

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Sandra L. Doty; Dr. Kathryn A. Svinarich; Cynthia Finelli

Session 0575 Session 0575 ISSUES INVOLVED IN CROSS-DISCIPLINE COLLABORATION AND OFF-CAMPUS RESEARCH Dr. Kathryn A. Svinarich, Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, and Dr. Sandra L. Doty GMI Engineering & Management Institute Abstract Satisfying the research requirements for tenure and promotion at a small, predominantlyundergraduate teaching institution can be daunting. This is especially true since the time involvedwith effective teaching, another key