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criteria, the concept of which was endorsed by theTAC in July of 1998.The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC of ABET), having experienced similar problems, hadalready begun to implement outcomes-based criteria by 1996. Both the new EAC criteria and theproposed TAC criteria were intended to be more compatible with assessment philosophies being used bymost universities and regional accrediting agencies. Regional accrediting agencies focus on institutionalself-assessment, and their approach to accreditation requires institutions to a. define their objectives, b. perform a self-assessment to see how well their objectives and accreditation criteria are met, c. address the weaknesses found in the self-assessment, and

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theMechanical Engineering Technology programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Thetopics presented in the paper include the development of the simulation laboratory, thecurriculum, students’ response and future plans.IntroductionThe Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology at SUNY Institute of Technology atUtica/Rome, N.Y., has established a successful baccalaureate degree program over the past twodecades. The department offers B. S. and B. Tech. degrees in Mechanical EngineeringTechnology and the program is accredited by TAC/ABET. Recently a new Master of Science inAdvanced Technology (MSAT) degree program has been initiated. All of these programs aresupported by fifteen well equipped laboratories as a consequence of the fact that the

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Peter W. de Graaf; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

message to the students which doesnot go unnoticed. We have found these methods highly beneficial to the overall development ofour students—give them a try!Major PETER W. de GRAAF, PhD, PE, is an Associate Professor in the Department of ElectricalEngineering at the U.S. Air Force Academy. His research interests include spread spectrumcommunications and biomedical instrumentation. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, and Tau Beta Pi.Email: degraafpw.dfee@usafa.af.milCommander THAD B. WELCH, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of ElectricalEngineering at the U.S. Naval Academy. His research interests include multicarrier communicationsystems analysis and signal processing. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, and Eta Kappa Nu.Email: t.b.welch

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has to findsupporters who will donate either time, materials, expertise, or money. These additional tasksrequire an organization which will make sure that all of the required tasks are completed. Theofficers of the organization are CEO, Financial, Secretary, Head of Mechanical, Head of Electrical,and Publicity. The publicity has two purposes. One is educational and the students makepresentations to different schools and to the public. The other purpose is make presentations tosponsors and potential sponsors. This organization provides leadership training to several of theparticipants that is not present in the other D/B/T projects.Once the first car was built, additional cars were more of a refinement and redesign than a newconceptual design

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Mahlon Heller

in preparing their MOBOT for contest andneglect their other studies. On the other hand, students generally have few opportunities to beexposed to situations where cooperation is required "to get the job done" and they have fundoing it.Bibliography1. P. J. McKerrow, Introduction to Robotics. Reading. MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (1991).2. J. L. Jones, A, M. Flynn, and B. Seiger, Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation . 2nd Edition, Wellesley,MA: A K Peters, Ltd. (1998).3. Motorola, M68HC11 Reference Manual. Phoenix, AZ: Motorola Inc. (1991).4. J. L. Jones, The Mobile Robot Assembly Guide with Interactive C Manual. Wellesley, MA: A K Peters, Ltd.(1996).Mahlon HellerMahlon Heller is presently a Professor of Electrical Engineering at

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Jim Henry

, aslisted in B-1. The desired web experiment is chosen by a graphic web page. Page 4.600.9Table B-1. Controls Laboratory Experiments available. System identification (1-5) and controller design (6 & 7) NAME APPLICATION 1 Constant input Developing the steady-state operating curve for the system 2 Step input Finding the first-order plus dead-time (FOPDT) parameters 3 Sine input Developing the Bode plot 4 Pulse input Refining the

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Pedro Arce

, Page 4.281.2Florida. The table also shows the suggested pointers that are included as part of thematerial given to the groups. These items can be viewed as the "seed points" that studentscan use to formulate their own version of the project outline in collaboration with theinstructor of the course.III.1 Group Member Selection and Choice of Project TopicsOne of the first activities that students are involved with is the selection of the member oftheir groups. This is a very important step for the successful outcome of the project.Students are briefly reminded of the importance of step and that, in a way, this selectionprocess is very similar to buy a used car. They must determine that this car will takethem from point "A" to point "B" and that

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Luiz Lourenco; Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

gradients in the entire flow field therefore producing images analogous to thoseobatined using traditional schlieren methods, (figures 6(b) & 6(c)). Similarly, the second orderspatial density gradients analogous to tradition shadowgraph (figure 6(d)) can also be obtainedvia reconstruction of LSD data. The existence of a periodic shock cell structure in a supersonicjet is important since it can interact with the jet turbulence and generates intense screechingnoises (screech tones). These high decibel tones can produce premature material fatigue andsignificant structural damage to neighboring mechanical devices. Also, the propulsion efficiencyof a jet decreases significantly because of the loss of thrust due to the presence of these

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Rama K. Vedachalam; George L. Engel

EvaluationWhile it is always difficult to assess the effectiveness of a course,the performance of the studentsin the class was encouraging. This was reflected by the final grade distribution: A 9 B 11 C 1 D 0 E 0 I 0 Average grade: 3.3 / 4.0Moreover, each semester, students are provided with course evaluation forms which theycomplete in class, collect, and then return to the department’s secretary. As part of the courseevaluation, students are asked to evaluate the course and the instructor in very specific ways. Asummary of the responses to two of the questions is provided below.• Was this course interesting and

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Phillip C. Wankat; Frank S. Oreovicz

this has resulted in more student learning. It certainlyhas resulted in some friendships across disciplinary lines. The students complained that the1998 version of the course was too demanding. [We don’t dismiss this complaint since theprevious offering students thought there was not quite enough work. We appear to have over-reacted when we increased the workload.] The next time we offer the course we plan to drop theundergraduate redesign project, reduce the scope of the paper on psychological theories, andmake the web project due earlier.Although not originally designed with this in mind, the course has become an A/B course.Students who receive B’s do so either because they choose to put insufficient time into thecourse, or because their

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Scott Southall; Lee Drouin; H. Javan

Company, Inc.,1988. Page 4.139.83. Keown, John, Pspice and Circuit Analysis, Southern College of Technology, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993.4. Yarbrough, Raymond, B., Electrical Engineering Reference Manual, Professional Publication Inc., 1990.HANK JAVANHank Javan received a B.S.E.E. in 1965, M.S.E.E. in 1970, and a D.Sc.E.E in 1980 fromUniversity of California and Washington University respectively. Dr. Javan is currentlyan Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering, University of Memphis. Dr. Javanhas several years of academic and industrial experiences including University of NorthCarolina, Research Consultant for IBM, NASA, and Navy

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Yousef Haik

distinctive sections: Statics and Dynamics. Commercially available textbooksare usually come into two parts. One part deals with the statics concepts and the other deals withthe dynamics concepts. These concepts are covered into two distinctive classes for themechanical and civil engineering majors, whereas for the other majors these concepts arecovered into one class. If the class is taught by covering the statics concepts then merge to coverthe dynamics concepts then students feel lost and there is no relation between the two areas. Forthis class the author developed lecture notes that integrate the two subjects in a coherent manner.The material is divided into four units: (a) Mechanics of particles include statics and dynamics ofparticles (b

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Tony N. Rogers; David R. Shonnard; Besty M. Aller; Kirk H. Schulz; Anton Pintar

anappropriate-level engineering position [ABET Outcomes (a), (c), and (e); all the AIChEProgram Criteria]; (2) Students should master, or have the ability to acquire, the followingskills necessary to tackle new problems and/or technologies: critical thinking, resourcefulness,problem-solving and research skills [ABET Outcomes (b), (c), (e), (i), and (k)]; (3) Studentsshould be able to communicate effectively their technical/professional material in written, oral,visual, and graphical forms [ABET Outcomes (d) and (g)]; and (4) Students should be aware ofthe impacts on and responsibilities to society of chemical engineering [ABET Outcomes (f), (h),and (j); AIChE Program Criteria: “...including safety and environmental aspects...”].Assessment tools were

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Alexander N. Cartwright

) The professor launches the discussion, e.g. design a laser. b) The class discusses the launch, in cooperative learning groups, and the professor suggest reading. c) Laboratory experiments consisting of real experiments (in a laser lab) or virtual experiments on a computer are assigned to improve understanding. Upon completion of these experiments, we discuss the topics again to see if the experiments spurred more questions. d) If the questions are related to previous readings, we return to those topics. If not, postpone the discussions and incorporate recently acquired knowledge into the design. e) Once a discussion topic is included in the design process, we need to see if more information is necessary

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Scott McNamara; Martha Cyr; Barbara Bratzel; Chris Rogers

creative and gain ownership ofwhat they do. They also motivate the students to learn the material so that they can improve theirdesigns.VI. AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank NSF, NASA, and LEGO for funding of this work. We also would like tothank the many faculty members, teachers and students who have helped develop the whole idea;including Ben Erwin, Merredith Portsmore, Kyle Donnelly and Vinnie Miraglia.Bibliography:1. Martha N. Cyr, Chris B. Rogers, Enhancing Education with LEGO Bricks and Paperclips, FEDSM98-5137,Proceedings of FEDSM’98 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 21-25, 1998,Washington, DC.2. Martha Cyr, V. Miragila, T. Nocera, C. Rogers, A Low-Cost, Innovative Methodology for Teaching EngineeringThrough

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licensing. Even if there areno problems with using the development tools, a Web-based testing system could complement thetools by providing more comprehensive feedback and possibly unique displays of the code’sbehavior.Bibliography1. See http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~linder/Courses/EE4713/labs/ (use social security number 111223333 to experi-ment with the assignments).2. A. Yoshikawa, M. Shintani, and Y. Ohba, “Intelligent Tutoring System for Electric Circuit Exercising,” IEEETransactions on Education, vol. 35, pp. 222-225, August 1992.3. E. Kashy et al., “CAPA—An integrated computer-assisted personalized assignment system,” American Journal ofPhysics, vol. 61, pp. 1124-1130, December 1993.4. B. Oakley, “A Virtual Classroom Approach to Teaching

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kian-Huat Tan; Kurt C. Gramoll

Oklahoma. He received his B.S. inMechanical Engineering from University of Oklahoma, Norman. Before returning to graduate school, hespent two months training with Motorola. He is currently a graduate research assistant in Multimedia. He isa member of ASME, SAE, Tau Beta Pi, Golden Key Honor Society and Tau Pi Sigma.TZE-LEONG YEWTze-Leong Yew is in his last semester as a B. S. student in Mechanical Engineering from University ofOklahoma. He is returning to graduate school in the Fall semester. He is a member of ASME. He iscurrently an undergraduate research assistant in Multimedia.KURT GRAMOLLKurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering and Director of the Engineering MediaLab at the University of Oklahoma. He has developed and

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Barry Jackson

Multimedia Course on Manufacturing Processes and Systems”, International Journal ofEngineering Education(IEEE), Vol. 11, No. 1, p. 46-57, 1995.Bengu, G. and Swart, W. “Interactive Multimedia Courseware over Internet”, IEEE Transactions, Special Issue onEducation, 1997.Dillman, D.A., Christenson, J.A., Salant, P., and Warner, P.D., What the Public Wants From Higher Education,Social and Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State University, Pullman, 1995.Gay, G.K., and Grosz-Ngate, M., “Collaborative Design in a Networked Multimedia Environment”, Journal ofResearch on Computing in Education, Vol. 26 No. 3, Spring 1994.Gay, G.K. and Thomas, R.J., “Collaborative Design in a Networked Multimedia Environment”, Educom Review,Jan 1992.Jackson, B

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Valerie L. Young

Session 2213 Using Your Unit Operations Laboratory Valerie L. Young Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio UniversityAbstractThrough planned exposure to the unit operations laboratory, students in introductory coursesgain a deeper understanding of chemical engineering. In the "Energy Balances" course at OhioUniversity, students worked in groups to design a system to preheat the feed to the distillationcolumn in the unit operations laboratory, using waste heat from the column. In their anonymousend-of-course review, many students named this project as the one they learned the most

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Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

Session 2302 Developing an Integrated Curriculum for Small Satellite Engineering Bruce C. Chesley, Michael J. Caylor U.S. Air Force Academy, ColoradoAn ongoing challenge in undergraduate engineering education is creating a meaningful designcurriculum that integrates disciplines and provides hands-on experience for students to learnabout science, engineering, and organization management. The U.S. Air Force Academy(USAFA) has attempted to address this challenge by developing a multi-disciplinary program forundergraduate students to “learn space by

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William Shelnutt; Monica Lumsdaine; Edward Lumsdaine

for (a) a one-semester freshman course, (b) a one- ortwo-semester capstone design project, and (c) a vertically integrated, mutidisciplinary design course.Other course assignment sets may be created by selecting from the examples in Chapter 17—thedesign document “library” of the text. Auxiliary uses are in pre-college programs and teacherworkshops, as well as in undergraduate and graduate courses in engineering management, educa-tion, and communication.Looking at a broader context, just over this past year we have noticed a strong increase in interestin the teaching of creative thinking and innovation inside and outside of engineering. For example,Singapore has mandated the teaching of creativity, and the government is funding a large Innova

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Prawat Nagvajara

. In the monorail system the virtualexperiment software provides a simulation of a dynamic model, describing the voltage drivingforce and damping (break) to a dc motor and moving train. The graphic animation displays themoving train according to the dynamic model. The control signals consist of the voltage to themotor and the damping force (break). The virtual experiment provides the position of the train tothe external controller. Similarly, in the elevator system we have a dynamic model of themoving elevator car with countered weight and dc motor.The object of the monorail problem is to provide service to passengers (transporting) between asequence of terminals- A, B, C, D and E. Actual systems of this type already exist at someairports. The

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Edward Gehringer

of the reviewers will have a good idea of how hard ita In one case, the author of the textbook used for the course made this compendium one of the resources listed onthe textbook’s Website [http://www.bell-labs.com/topics/books/os-book; see "Links to other OSC pages"].b See, for example http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/e/efg/501/f98/course_locker/www/lectures/annotations. Page 4.415.6is to come up with material on that topic, while the other reviewers will be less than experts(and therefore better judges of the clarity of the writing).If students are assigned to review others who have chosen the same topic, there is a danger

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N. Yu; Peter K. Liaw

vapor infiltration techniques at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)and industrial companies, such as DuPont, 3M/Delta G, B. F. Goodrich, Amercom, RefractoryComposites and B. P. Chemicals Ltd. The CFCCs are being recognized as necessary for high-temperature structural applications. The pertinent applications include heat exchangers,combustors, hot gas filters and boiler components in power generation systems, and first walls andhigh heat flux surfaces in fusion reactors. The technology for fabrication, characterization,modeling, design, and applications of ceramic composites is of crucial importance for improvingUS industrial competitiveness in the worldwide market.A three-year project on "Ceramic Matrix Composites - A Combined Research

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Sima Parisay

a student on how much the course objectives have been met is in Appendix B. Page 4.294.43. Implementation of the Internet Web PagesBartz3 stated, "The utility of Web servers and browsers as a personal communication mechanismoffers numerous opportunities for innovative instructional methodologies. In its simplest form,servers disseminate course material such as syllabi and homework assignments and solutions. Inmore sophisticated arrangements, the Web client/server relationship provides self-pacedinteractive tutorials or proctors regular examinations". He further mentioned, "There arelimitations. Internet response time can be unpredictable and

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George W. Garrison; Garry D. Coleman

withconsiderable technical assistance to develop and maintain web sites in support of a distancelearning courses. Under the new approach, one instructor attended an HTML short course anddeveloped and maintained his class web page by creating pages in HTML. This approachrequired an up front investment to learn HTML, but gave the instructor greater control andflexibility in the development of the class web pages. The other instructor adopted a graphicaluser interface course management system (CMS) resident on a third-party server. This approachrequired little development and allowed the instructor to focus on maintaining his class webpage; however, the instructor had to work within the framework of the CMS structure and pay alicense fee to the provider. The

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Paul D. Schreuders; Arthur T. Johnson

change in temperature.7) What is the open loop gain for the system? Page 4.61.48) What are its poles and zeros?9) Generate a root locus plot for this system. Check yourself using MATLAB.10) It is always stable? The Shaming of the True Dramatis Personae (Instrumentation Systems)A LORD  B LORD  Persons in the Induction  O LORD BAPTISMAL, a rich gentleman of PaddockPINOCCHIO, a wooden-headed gentlemen of PizzaENGINEIRIO, a stalwart technologio, played by

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Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

– Brazilian Association for theAdvancement of Science. Dr. Claudio da Rocha Brito received a B. S. degree in Electrical Engineering, B.S. degreein Mathematics, B.S. degree in Physics, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering all from the University of SãoPaulo.MELANY MARIA CIAMPI TENENTE DA ROCHA BRITOMelany Maria Ciampi Tenente da Rocha Brito is a Researcher of University Center of Lusiada. She belongs to theState Council of SBPC – Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science. She received a B. S. degree fromCatholic University of Santos. She has many works in Engineering Education in several International Congresses. Page

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Clark Colton; Bonnie D. Burrell

project.. What goals would you put in place to maintain friendliness and cooperation within the team?. How will you learn to work together?l What team goals would you establish to grow in your interpersonal communication skills?l How many hours will you have to spend each week to accomplish all of the team goals?l What kinds of obstacles might you encounter reaching your goals?. Do you need consensus to accomplish team goals?l What technical skill sets and knowledge do you possess which will help other team members and the team accomplish its goals?l What happens if you all decide you want to get an “A” in the course and then, because of time constraints, one of the team members decides that a “B” will be all right

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Voula Georgopoulos; Constantinos Vassiliadia; Brian Manhire

is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio University.His research interests are intelligent computer applications. His is currently investigating integration problemsbetween enterprise resource planning systems and real-time intelligent decision making processes. Dr Vassiliadisreceived a B. S. degree in Physics from the University of Patras, Greece and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in ElectricalEngineering from the Mississippi State University.BRIAN MANHIREBrian Manhire (bmanhire1@ohiou.edu) received BEE, MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from TheOhio State University in 1972 and 1980 respectively. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the School ofElectrical Engineering and Computer