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funding for coursedevelopment, and our plan to repeat the collaboration in the future. Not bad for a rare and riskyacademic venture. Page 3.146.3References1. O'Connell, J. P., M. A. Shields, E. R. Seeloff, T. C. Scott, and B. Pfaffenberger (forthcoming, 1998) Professionaldevelopment at the University of Virginia: Attributes, experiences, ABET 2000 and an implementation. In D. Ollis,K. Neeley, and H. Luegenbiehl, Eds., Liberal Education in the 21st Century. A volume in the WorcesterPolytechnic Institute Studies in Science, Technology, and Culture series. New York: Peter Lang.2. Shields, M. A. & J. P. O’Connell (1997). Professional development

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Literacy for Undergraduates,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1996, pp. 23 - 26.6. Kolar, R. L., and D. A. Sabatini, “Changing From a Lecture-Based Format to a Team Learning/Project-Driven Format: Lessons Learned,” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, ASEE, Washington DC.7. Graedel, T. E., and B. R. Allenby, Industrial Ecology, Prentice Hall, A Simon and Schuster Company, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995.8. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), A Technical Framework for Life-Cycle Assessments, SETAC Foundation for Environmental Education, Inc., Washington DC, 1991.9. Vigon, B. W. et al., Life Cycle Assessment: Inventory Guidelines and Principles, EPA Report Number EPA/600/R-92/245, January

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Assessment in Higher Education, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1993.3. Banta, T. W., J. P. Lund, K. E. Black, and F. W. Oblander, Assessment in Practice. Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1995.4. Olds, B. M. and M. J. Pavelich, “A Portfolio-Based Assessment Program,” 1996 ASEE Conference Proceedings, Session 2313.5. Shaeiwitz, J. A., “Outcomes Assessment in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 3, 1996, pp. 239-246.6. Shaeiwitz, J. A., “Outcomes Assessment Measures,” Chemical Engineering Education, in press 1998.7. Angelo, T. A. and K. P. Cross, Classroom Assessment Techniques. A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd ed.), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco

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can be obtained from interfacing the three basic teaching methods are a)lecture/design (LD), b) lecture/case study (LC), and c) lecture/design/case study (LDC). Model ApplicationThe faculty of the Architecture/ Environmental Design Studies Program at Bowling GreenState University decided in 1991 to incorporate lighting and other environmental controlsubjects into a newly developed, second-year level, two-course sequence in buildingsystems technology. Lighting, covered through lecture and laboratory sessions, wasinstituted as a segment of Building Systems Technology II (BST II), the second course inthe sequence. Chronologically, lighting succeeded the segment on building electricalsystems. In its lecture

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) Lift andmoment coefficients are plotted as functions of the angle of attack; (b) the drag coefficient isplotted as a function of the lift coefficient. After Abbott & von Doenhoff1.of time (or with similar effort required) to solve a single problem in the past. Such GUI-basedutilities are provided for solving: ● Compressible flows with area change for isentropic flows and flows with normal shock waves; ● Potential flow problems within arbitrary two-dimensional geometries for any mix of Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions; ● Dimensional analysis problems to find dimensionless groups of variables for any set of dimensional input variables; ● Solutions of steady-state pipe network flows

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engineeringcourse at the University of Colorado [10] and the SGID technique developed at University ofWashington [11].) The instructor responds to the midterm feedback in the next classroomsession. Examples of constructive criticism are highlighted and the instructor models professionalresponses to the constructive criticism.Endterm EvaluationAt the end of the semester, each student is again required to complete a peer evaluation. Theevaluation form is that same as the midterm evaluation found in Appendix B with the twofollowing questions added: 1. If your team was paid $10,000.00 for this design, how would you distribute the money among your team mates? 2. List how each of your team members (including yourself) has grown or improved

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Kang K. Yen; Cesar D. Aguilar; Armando B. Barreto

Session 1220 PC-based Personal DSP Training Station Armando B. Barreto1, Kang K. Yen1 and Cesar D. Aguilar Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Florida International University This paper describes the setup of a Personal DSP Training Station (DSPTS), based on a Personal Computer (PC) with a soundcard and a low-cost prototype DSP board. It will be shown that, with these minimum requirements, a student or a practicing engineer can have an environment to acquire the skills needed for the real-time implementation of

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

Session 3253 Engineering Design and Communication: Jump-starting the Engineering Curriculum P. Hirsch, B. Shwom, J. Anderson, G. Olson, D. Kelso, J.E. Colgate Northwestern University Abstract: A new course for Northwestern University’s engineering freshmen— Engineering Design and Communication or EDC—is noteworthy for its emphasis on the user-centered nature of design and its thorough integration of design and communication. Team-taught by faculty from two schools, EDC creates a new model for integrating core courses in engineering and liberal arts

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Stephen B. Affleck; Marvin C. Gabert; Hahns J. Kuhr; Donald J. Parks

Session 1547 QUANTIFYING ACADEMIC FACULTY WORKLOADS Donald J. Parks, Marvin C. Gabert, Stephen B. Affleck, and Hahns J. Kuhr Boise State University, College of EngineeringSummary Recently there has been a ground swell of persons demanding more accountability at publiccolleges and universities. Members from the Board of Education and legislators are askingadministrators and departments to justify and explain how faculty time is being spent. Duringthe 1993-94 academic year, the Construction Management and Engineering Department at BoiseState University undertook an assignment

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Tran Thi Hong; Trevor B. Davey; Ngo Dinh Thinh

Session 3660 Joint US/Vietnam Engineering Education Programs Trevor B. Davey, Ngo Dinh Thinh California State University, Sacramento Tran Thi Hong Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City The opportunity for student exchange programs between engineering schools inthe United States and Vietnam now exits. An agreement to establish such a programinvolving students from California State University, Sacramento and the VietnamNational University, HCM City, has been signed and is in the process of implementation.It will initially involve Vietnamese

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Thomas V. Mecca; Sara Cushing Smith; Lynn G. Mack

reading a. Measurements, measuring equipment, data takingb. Oral directions b. Record keeping and procedural stepsc. Electronic communication c. Fundamental math operations, units and unit conversion (computer/software, phone, fax, email, etc.)d. Planning and short reports d. Problem solving/decision makinge. Teaming/small group activities e. Graphical analysis of data f. Precision and experimental errors Page 3.490.4

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: Page 3.45.6 Figure 7. Schematic Diagram for the Control Scheme a. For each specified increment of movement (Aout and a 12-v power supply system), a proximity sensor (Ain) is to check if the object is within the sensible range. b. If the object is within the sensible range, the moving speed of the gripper will slow down. c. Check if the other sensor (Ain) from the LVDT has reached a specified amount, then the gripper stops and completes the gripping action. 3. When the gripper grasps the object, the PC sends another hand-shake signal (Aout) to

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Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; James Kang; Hans Soelaeman

-8dynamometer and dynamometer controller 5240 from Magtrol. Also used are voltage and currenttransducers LV-25 and LA-25 from LEM for voltage and current waveforms acquisition. PCM 4 S peed 10B aseT C o n tro l L in e D a ta A c q u is it io n B o ard M in a r ik M a g tro l 1 hp R G 500U A H D -7 1

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Scott A. Starks; Reza Torkzadeh; Michael E. Austin

Young of JPL for their assistance in this project. This work has beensupported by JPL under the grant #96053.Reference1. M.C. Robbins, B. Usevitch and S.A. Starks, “Minority Universities SystemsEngineering Program at the University of Texas at El Paso,” in NASA UniversityResearch Centers Technical Advances in Education, Aeronautics, Space, Autonomy,Earth and Environment, M.Jamshidi (Ed.), pp. 617-621, 1997.Biographical InformationSCOTT A. STARKS, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a Ph.D. in ElectricalEngineering from Rice University in 1978 and a BSEE from the University of Houston in 1973. Inaddition to his faculty duties, Dr. Starks serves as Director of the Pan American Center for Earth &Environmental Studies

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K. Swyler; A. Peskin

Prism, March 1997, pp 30-36.2. R. Kouzes, J.Myers, W. Wulf, Collaboratories: Doing Science on the Internet, IEEE Computer, Volume 29, Number 8, Auguest 19963. R. Fielding, G. Kaiser, The Apache HTTP Server Project, IEEE Internet Computing, Volume 1, Number 4, July-August 1997 pp 88-904. A. Peskin, J. Curry, R. Denning, J. Waintraub, Engineering Technology Enrichment Through Distance Collaborations, Conference on Industry Education Collaborations, Savannah GA, February 19985. A. Peskin, B. Andrews, B. Dowd, K. Jones, P. Siddons, Microtomography with 3-D Visualization, Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Meeting, Denver Co, June 19966. ASEE Prism Special Industry Issue, January 19977. A National Agenda for the Future of

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Prism, March 1997, pp 30-36.2. R. Kouzes, J.Myers, W. Wulf, Collaboratories: Doing Science on the Internet, IEEE Computer, Volume 29, Number 8, Auguest 19963. R. Fielding, G. Kaiser, The Apache HTTP Server Project, IEEE Internet Computing, Volume 1, Number 4, July-August 1997 pp 88-904. A. Peskin, J. Curry, R. Denning, J. Waintraub, Engineering Technology Enrichment Through Distance Collaborations, Conference on Industry Education Collaborations, Savannah GA, February 19985. A. Peskin, B. Andrews, B. Dowd, K. Jones, P. Siddons, Microtomography with 3-D Visualization, Proceedings of the SPIE Annual Meeting, Denver Co, June 19966. ASEE Prism Special Industry Issue, January 19977. A National Agenda for the Future of

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Melissa S. Goldsipe; Martha J.M. Wells; Harsha N. Mookherjee; Dennis B. George; Arthur C. Goldsipe

70Sociological Considerations 90Engineering Considerations a. Alternative Selection Criteria 80 b. Design Considerations 80Economic Analysis a. Capital Costs or Amortized Costs 90 b. Operation and Maintenance Costs 90Presentation of Action Plan 85Plan Achieves Objectives 95Final Report a. Formatting & Editing 80 b. Figures & Tables 80 c. Referencing of Materials

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J. C. Sener; R. R. Mirsky; David R. Haws; Stephen B. Affleck; J. L. Mason; L. C. Aburusa

our Co-op/Internship Coordinator, Leandra Aburusa at (208)385-4432 or e-mail: Page 3.623.11employers Co-op/Internship Employers Links to past and present* BSU College of Engineering Co-op/Internship Employers. Engineering B&A Engineering Boise Heating and Air Conditioning Brownsfields Bureau of Reclamation *Carlisle Spring Brake City of Boise Central Maintenance Design Concepts International *Engineering Consultants Inc. First American Title Hewlett-Packard Hoff

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torque.When a bolt is tightened in this model, it elongates. This initial stretching puts the bolt in tensionwhich tension is the preload, (Fi) . With the proper micrometer this stretch can be measured.Call this initial elongation,Gb . Next the bolted plates are considered as springs in compression,following the same spring equation as the bolts except that the combined length of the plates (ortotal thickness ) is shortened. Thus the bolt has stretched an amount G b and the plates havecompressed a total amount of G p .Here a brief review of free body diagrams is presented. Taking the bolt as a free body, thecompressed plates tend to expand putting the load Fp on the bolt. This force tending to elongatethe bolt is opposed by the tension in the bolt

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; Rutledge Ellis

. Circuit schematic of the single-phase system III. CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION A 486 IBM PC housed a System Board [9] consisting of: a) the Digital Signal Processor(DSP), b) Two Analog-to-Digital converters, c) Two Digital-to-Analog converters, d) Associated Page 3.205.2circuitry to enable memory, parallel, and serial bus expansions along with the software tools 2form the main controller components. The DSP used is the Texas Instruments TMS320C30, a 33MHz, 40 pin, floating-point type digital signal processor. Software

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Abraham Michelen

: (a) DC analysis (for BJT and FET transistors),and (b) AC analysis for the calculation of small-signal amplifier parameters for both typeof transistor circuits.In the next two subsections the sub-menu items corresponding to these two groups arediscussed.3.1 DC Analysis. There are two menu entries related to DC analysis of transistor biascircuits, namely BJTDC and FETDC. The following list shows all the sub-entries Page 3.227.22 The program shows the circuits, but does not allow the user to draw them.3 The database is easily expandable to satisfy the needs of an instructor. Figure 1. Main Ecalc Windowof these items

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Michael F. Young; Sheryl A. Sorby

exam dealing withvisualization abilities, there is a clear delineation between those who passed the exam and thosewho failed the exam. An exception to this is in the series of the problems covering isometricsview interpretation. For this part of the exam, there was virtually no difference between the twomarginal groups of students, however, there was a large distinction between those who passedand those who failed the exam. Page 3.113.3 a b Figure 1. Student Performance On Specific Areas of the Placement ExamFor the graphical standards portion of the exam (the

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John E. McInroy; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

illustrated inFig. 1. The students are given a handout that explains the physical situation and explores thesmall perturbation analysis for the system. The outer chamber is heated by a flow of steam that iscontrolled by a valve the dynamics of which may not be neglected. Fig. 1 is labeled with theperturbed temperature variables (x1(t), x2(t), w(t)) and the perturbed valve gate motion variable(x3(t)). The current used to produce that perturbation is denoted as u(t). The perturbation in theenvironmental temperature is denoted as w(t). w(t) b x2(t) u(t) x1(t

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Richard J. Reid

: Primitive Commands Command Character Action R Reset and clear the display window. b Move backward. c Next drawing color. Cyclic sequence: Black, Red Green,Blue,Custom,White d Put the pen down to leave a trail. f Move forward. l Left turn, CCW, 10 degrees. n Narrow the trailing line. r Right turn, CW, 10 degrees. u Move the pen up, so there is no trail. w Widen the trail line. + Push the Hexobot State onto the State Stack

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quality assurancefunction, especially when participating in the development of new products, processes, or systems.ASQ’s Body of Knowledge for the CQE exam 2 uses the following first and second-level groupings:1. General Knowledge, Conduct, and Ethics2. Quality Practices and Applications A. Human Resource Management B. Quality Planning C. Quality Systems D. Supplier Management E. Quality Audit F. Cost of Quality G. Continuous Improvement Tools3. Statistical Principles and Applications A. Terms and Concepts B. Distributions C. Statistical Inference Page 3.51.2 D. Correlation and Regression

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Majdi Najm

first conceived, this module wassupposed to provide the basis for the class project, that is, to analyze the way MODOT plans andmanages projects and to recommend improvements to this process. Once the class started,however, the students wanted to focus on a topic that would be of better use to them as Armyofficers, and thus the topic of the class project changed.Figure 2. a) Screen for Overview Module b) Screen from Case Study ModuleThe class chose the following project goal: to write a how-to manual that can assist Army projectmanagers in the development of a project management plan for a typical Army constructionproject. The class was divided into groups or functional teams, each focusing on a phase of the projectlife cycle

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Yacob Astatke

after theuse of WebCT . Before the use of WebCT (Spring ‘96 and Fall ‘96), the class average atthe end of the semester was 82 . After the use of WebCT (Fall ‘97), the class averageincreased to 86. A greater improvement was obtained in the class distribution of grades.In the Spring and Fall 96 semesters, 62% of the students received an ‘A”, 16 % receiveda ‘B”, 11% received a “C”, and 11 % received an “F” grade. After the use of WebCT, theclass grade distribution improved significantly: 74 % of the students received an “A’, 13% received a “B”, 10% received a “C”, and 3 % received an “F”. 80% % of Class 60% S p rin g /F a ll 9 6 40

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Beverly J. Hunter; James L. Hales

part of the survey for the first time. A comparisonwas made between the UPJ graduate data and that collected by the Engineering WorkforceCommission of the American Association of Engineering Societies.[2] In June 1996 theCommission published data concerning starting salaries for B. S. engineering graduates of alltypes of engineering programs. That data was compared to the average starting salaries of UPJET graduates in Figure 5. At the time of graduation, it appears that UPJ graduates receivesalaries that are lower than the national average. It must be noted, however, that UPJ confersonly CET, EET, and MET degrees, but the national values represent an average of many types ofdegrees, including those that traditionally have had high starting

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Vipin Kumar; Scott Grove; Rajendra K. Bordia; John E. Weller

, pp. 1703-1706.5. http://me.mit.edu/2.670/, 1997, course materials for mechanical engineering 2.670, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, MA.6. Hibbard, W.J., and Hibbard, R.L., 1995, “Generating Excitement about Mechanical Engineering by Using Hands-On Projects,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, pp. 2471-2476.7. Furman, B. J., 1995, “Towards a More Hands-on, Design Oriented Course on Mechanisms,” ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, pp. 2763-2771.8. Morell de Ramirez, L., and Beauchamp, G., 1995, “Integration of Skills Development Across the EngineeringCurriculum,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, pp. 1098-1101. Biographical informationJOHN E. WELLER is an Acting Research Assistant

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faculty among the discussion group had no need for the software to be able toevaluate mathematical functions and these non-engineering faculty also had a high need forcomputer-based student discussion groups. In the end, I decided on Mallard™ unilaterally.1-b. I was frustrated by the political struggle over who would control my server. This struggledelayed bringing my server on-line until about week 6 of the fall 1997 semester.1-c. I was initially frustrated at how hard it was for me and my undergraduate student helpers tocreate PERFECT problems. We sometimes made silly mistakes. We sometimes madeunthinking assumptions based on our greater experience that beginning students could not make