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Richard B. Englund

Session 2793 Case Study for a First-Year Seminar: A Plan Which (mostly) Worked Richard Englund The Pennsylvania State University at ErieAbstractA First-Year Seminar is now required for all students entering Penn State University. The goalis to provide interaction between faculty and small groups of students early in every program ofstudy to personalize the university, to get the students to work collaboratively from the start, andto introduce the students to academic life. Some of the offered seminars are general, applicableto any major, and

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John B. Troy

Session 2209 EC2000: Lessons learned during review of a biomedical engineering undergraduate program John B. Troy Northwestern UniversityAbstract The Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Program at Northwestern Universityexperienced its first review under EC2000 in this academic year. The campus visit by theevaluation team took place in October 1999. Preparations for the accreditation review had beenunderway obviously for a number of years and were stepped into high gear for the final twenty-four months preceding the visit. This is my eleventh

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Steven B. Shooter; Catherine A. Shooter

Session 2325 Enhancing Design Education by Processing the Design Experience Steven B. Shooter, Catherine A. Shooter Bucknell University Tresseler Counseling ServicesAbstractExperiential learning can be simply described as learning through doing. It is a process throughwhich individuals construct knowledge, acquire skills and enhance values from directexperience. Traditional engineering education has included experiential components throughlaboratory assignments often linked with a course. Students would read the lab handout, performthe procedures, and then write a brief lab report

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Jeffrey B. Hargrove

Hardware and Software”, to be presented at the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, July 18-21, 2000. 6. URL: http://www.swcp.com/~dodrill/; Coronado Enterprises.JEFFREY B. HARGROVEJeff Hargrove is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University in Flint,Michigan. His research interests include smart materials and structures, mechatronics and biomedical engineering.He has developed and implemented the mechatronics curriculum at Kettering University, and is actively working tointegrate mechatronics into the mechanical design curriculum. Dr. Hargrove received a B.S. degree in ElectricalEngineering (1987) and an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering (1992) from GMI Engineering & ManagementInstitute and

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Purvesh B. Thakker; Gary R. Swenson

Session 3432 PACE - Project Automation and Collaboration Environment, a Web-based system developed for a Senior Design course in Electrical Engineering Purvesh Thakker, Gary Swenson University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignAbstract With the creation of the Internet, the world has standardized a way to share information overcomputer networks. Such a standard will have no less an impact on communication thanstandardizing a verbal or written language. The Project Automation and CollaborationEnvironment (PACE) provides a case study that illustrates these

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William M. Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

Session 2793 Creating a Course in Engineering Problem Solving for Future Teachers William Jordan, Bill Elmore, Debbie Silver Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractThe health of science and engineering tomorrow depends on improved mathematics and sciencepreparation and problem solving skills of our students today. One cannot expect world-classlearning of science, mathematics, and problem solving techniques by students if U.S. teacherslack the confidence, enthusiasm, and knowledge to deliver world-class instruction 1. One wayto improve K-12 science education is to improve current knowledge and preparation

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Jeffrey A. Griffin; Dewey A. Swanson; Gary B. Randolph; Dennis O. Owen

Session 1375 Practice Makes Perfect: A simple Javascript Routine for Student Practice Tests that Anyone can Implement Gary B. Randolph, Dewey A. Swanson, Dennis O. Owen & Jeffrey A. Griffin Purdue University School of Technology – Anderson/ Purdue University School of Technology – Columbus/ Purdue University School of Technology – South BendAbstractBeginning in the spring 1999 semester and continuing, the authors have used a simple Javascriptroutine to create web

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J. Nazalewicz; H. Hadim; D. Donskoy; B. Gallois; Keith Sheppard

Session 2468 Teaching Mechanics to Freshmen by Linking the Lecture Course to a Design Course H. Hadim, D. Donskoy, K. Sheppard, B. Gallois and J. Nazalewicz Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030AbstractStevens Institute of Technology recently revised the Engineering Curriculum to include anexpanded design course sequence, having a design course each semester to form a Design Spine.The Design Spine allows development of many of the “soft skills

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S. Hiranniah; N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone; M. A. Mannan

Session 3220 Teaching One degree-of-freedom vibration on the WWW N W Scott * , S Hiranniah +, M A Mannan + and B J Stone* + Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, The National University of Singapore. * Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Australia.AbstractThis paper describes an extensive set of WWW pages that include the transient and forcedvibration of a single degree of freedom system. There are Java applets that allow animation,parameter variation and self-test questions with diagnostic feedback. In addition there are moreconventional

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Nathan Stott; Gregory B. Markus; Diann Brei; Deanna M. Winton Hoffman; William W. Schultz

AppliedMechanics) with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in August 1999. She also received her bachelors and mastersdegrees at the University of Michigan in mechanical engineering. Deanna was the program coordinator forProCEED in the fall of 1998. She is currently working at Ford Motor Company in powertrain product development.GREG MARKUSGregory B. Markus is a senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Research and a professor of politicalscience at the University of Michigan (PhD 1975). He recently completed a 14-city study of causes andconsequences of civic engagement in America. His research on the academic benefits of community service wasfeatured in Congressional hearings leading to enactment of the National and Community Service Act of

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Albert B. Grubbs; Michael R. Kozak

Session 3247 Engineering Technology Masters Program: Thesis Required! Albert B. Grubbs, Jr., Michael R. Kozak University of North TexasAbstractNot a single Engineering Technology doctoral degree-granting program could be located in theUnited States by the authors. Therefore, it could be argued, and has been, that the master’sdegree is the terminal degree for Engineering Technology. In many programs located at doctoralgranting institutions, a doctoral degree is either implicitly or practically required for tenure andpromotion. Two recent national studies, conducted by the authors

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N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone

Session 3668The Design of Java Applets for Vibration Teaching on the WWW N W Scott and B J Stone Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Australia.AbstractA search of the WWW reveals very little available material for teaching vibration that includesanimations of motion. In the past such animations have been developed for other deliveryplatforms and have proved to be very useful in allowing students to gain a goodunderstanding of vibration. This paper describes the results of a project aimed at writingJava applets that should have a wide range of applications. The design objectives are

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Mohammad H. Alimi; Howard B. Wilson

]=read(labl)%% [a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,a7,a8,a9,a10,a11,a12, ...% a13,a14,a15,a16,a17,a18,a19,a20]=read(labl)%~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~%% This function reads up to 20 variables on one% line. The items should be separated by commas% or blanks. Using more than 20 output% variables will result in an error.%% labl - Label preceding the% data entry. It is set% to ’? ’ if no value of% labl is given.% a1,a2,...,a_nargout - The output variables% which are created% (cannot exceed 20)%% A typical function call is:% [A,B,C,D]=read(’Enter values of A,B,C,D: ’)%% User m functions required: none

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Sanjiv B. Gokhale; Michael O'Dea

Effectiveness of Community Service in Enhancing Student Learning and Development Sanjiv Gokhale, Michael O’Dea Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUIAbstractSince 1996, the Department of Construction Technology, Purdue School of Engineering andTechnology, IUPUI, has been involved in a University-Community partnership, through astructured participation of students with community housing projects. In four years since it’sinception, the partnership has had a significant and lasting impact on the communities and thestudents engaged in providing service to these communities. This paper suggests that communityservice presents a powerful pedagogy for

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Patricia B Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

Session 3230 1 + 1 = 3: Unanticipated Benefits of an Integrated Teacher Development Curriculum at Cornell Kathryn Hollar, Patricia B. Spencer Cornell UniversityAbstractOne of the strategic goals of the Office of Instructional & Research Support in the College ofEngineering at Cornell University is to enhance the undergraduate experience throughexcellence in peer instruction. Through curriculum integration and expansion of existingteacher development programs, we have been able to construct a student community whereteaching is discussed and valued. Since our

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Joanne M. Goode; James B. Stenger

Session 2793 An Intervention to Improve Information Research Skills James B. Stenger, Joanne M. Goode Miami University, Oxford, OHAbstractReviewing the literature cited by undergraduates in research and design projects revealedsignificant use of World Wide Web resources and a lack of journal citations. To determine whythe imbalance of information sources was occurring a survey of students was conducted. Thesurvey sought to determine their knowledge of and comfort level in using the variousinformation resources available to them. The results of the survey led to the creation of a

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Theodore J. Stokes; Jeffrey B. Hargrove

Session 2632 Mechatronics Education at Kettering University: Development of Learning-Specific Hardware and Software Jeffrey B. Hargrove, Theodore J. Stokes Kettering University / Toshiba America Electronics CorporationAbstractA series of learning-specific electronic circuit boards and associated software has beendeveloped to support mechatronics education in the Mechanical Engineering Department atKettering University. The boards are designed to interface to the Toshiba TLCS-900HMicroprocessor Trainer and Evaluation Board. The purpose of these boards is to providemechanical engineering students of

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Robert Schottler; Kamal B. Rojiani

Session 1315 Java Applets for Structural Analysis Kamal B. Rojiani and Robert Schottler Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VirginiaAbstractA series of Web-based instructional units for the first undergraduate course in structuralengineering are developed. The instructional units are centered on computer programs written inthe object-oriented Java programming language. Each instructional unit consists of a series ofHTML documents containing Java applets. The HTML pages have a standard format and containthe

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Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus

Session 1322 On-Site Courses and Programs and Delivery of Student Services Thomas E. Hulbert, Robert B. Angus Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115IntroductionThis paper outlines the results of many different on-site programs and courses, credit and non-credit run by two departmental units at Northeastern University. A program description of eacheffort is presented. Each includes: the organization, the key outcomes, and an analysis of the effort.This section is followed by the results of a

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Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus

., Hansberry, E. W., and Scott, R. E., “In-Plant Technical Training: WhichDirection is it Flowing?”, 15th Annual Symposium on Technical Education on Innovation, Curriculumand Teaching, Klamath Falls, OR, April 30 to May 2, 1998.3. Hulbert, T. E., Hansberry, E. W., and Angus, R. B.,” Just-In-Time Education©: An Idea Whose Timeis Overdue”, ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June, 1996.4. Mager, R. F., Preparing Instructional Objectives, Fearon Publishers, 1962. Page 5.212.5BiographiesROBERT B. ANGUS is a Senior Lecturer at Northeastern University with 52 years of teaching experiencecovering mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering courses

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Richard Turton; Roger A. Schmitz; Mark J. McCready; Mark A. Stadtherr; Joan F. Brennecke; Wallace B. Whiting; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

Session 2513 Minimizing Environmental Impact of Chemical Manufacturing Processes Joan F. Brennecke*, Joseph A. Shaeiwitz#, Mark A. Stadtherr*, Richard Turton#, Mark J. McCready*, Roger A. Schmitz*, Wallace B. Whiting† *University of Notre Dame/#West Virginia University/ † University of Nevada, RenoIntroductionKnowledge of technologies and strategies for pollution prevention and the remediation ofhazardous pollutants, as well as the environmental impact of pollutants that are released into theenvironment, is

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William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

Session 1430 Keys To Success: Self-Directed Learning Sharon Fellows, Richard Culver, William Beston SUNY-Binghamton/Broome Community CollegeIntroductionEvery study of engineering education and the skills required of practicing engineers lists life-long learning (LLL) as a necessary ingredient. And yet, there has been little developed in theway of formal preparation for engineering students so that they will become life-long learners.In fact, the loaded curriculum presented in most engineering programs works against developingthe learning skills and love of learning required to be a successful LLL

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Michael B. Spektor; Malcolm Grothe; Walter Buchanan

Session 1347 Outreach Degree Completion Program Michael B. Spektor, Malcolm Grothe, Walter W. Buchanan Oregon Institute of Technology/The Boeing Company/Northeastern UniversityI. IntroductionIn our previous paper entitled “Delivering a Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program toBoeing Company”, in June of 1999, we reported about the mutual educational project betweenOIT and Boeing.1 In this paper we address the Initial Plan, Memorandum of Understanding,First Academic Quarter, Lessons Learned, and our Future Plan. All of the recommendationsfrom the earlier paper have been achieved during this academic year

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William E. Cole; Walter Buchanan

lab periods a week for students to makeup a missed lab.A student evaluation of the lab course was conducted at the conclusion of the course. Overall,the students gave the course a “B”. They found the hands on features of the course veryinteresting and fun. However, there was some disparagy in the remarks here. About ten percentof the students implied that this lab was totally duplicative of things they had done in highschool. Another twenty percent indicated that the material was totally foreign to them and toocomplex. Thus it appears that the overall complexity of these labs was appropriate for theEngineering Technology students. This is an interesting observation since the labs weredeveloped for Engineering Students. Overall, the complexity

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William F. Horton; Thomas Agayoff; Saul Goldberg

Induction _ Motor Line to Line IC τload nm WM2 AM 2 ωm τload Figure 4.1-2 Instrumentation for Testing A Three-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction MotorThe dynamometer is a means for loading the shaft of the motor with a known load torque, τload.Both τload and speed nm are “read out” by dynamometer instruments. The line to line voltage isread by voltmeter VM1. Since this is a balanced three-phase system, the magnitude ofI A = I B = IC = I L , and this value is read by AM1 and/or AM2. An instrumentation listing isshown in Table 4.1-1

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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

Measure Success? Designing Effective Processes for Assessing Engineering Education. ASEE Professional Books, Washington, DC, 1998, p. 45.4. Angelo, T. A. and K. P. Cross, Classroom Assessment Techniques. A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd ed.), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1993, pp. 13-23.5. McNeill, B. and L. Bellamy, “The Articulation Matrix. A Tool for Defining and Assessing a Course,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 33, 1999, pp. 122-127.6. Bloom, B., ed., Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Book 1. Cognitive Domain, Addison Wesley Longman, Reading, MA, 1956.7. Stice, J., “A First Step Toward Improving Teaching,” Engineering Education, vol. 66, 1976, pp. 394-398.8. Banta T. W., Making a Difference. Outcomes of a Decade of

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Oguz A. Soysal

beginning of the semester. In each section, threeteams are formed to work separately to design and develop the following parts of the system:Team A: Water pumpTeam B: Photovoltaic power supply and motorTeam C: Tank and control system Page 5.307.5By the end of the semester, each section is supposed to make a reduced scale model of theirrigation system that meets the stated requirements and restrictions.IV. Generated Design IdeasStudents in two different sections of the class worked separately to generate design ideas andmake a prototype. The highlights of their designs are summarized below:• Both sections decided to use

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Howard A. Canistraro

Lab #8: Evaluation of John Deere 9.12-9.20 9.7-9.17,24,26 Gear Box Bearings13. Keys and Splines 16.1-16.6 16.1, 3,7,9 Lab #9: Evaluation of Woodruff Key on the John Deere Gear Box.14. Review Final design review of the gear box. Final Exam APPENDIX B Laboratory Handout and Associated MathCAD Analysis Laboratory #7 – Fatigue Analysis of the John Deere Gear Box Pinion ShaftObjective: Analyze the John Deere Gear Box shaft for fatigue at the location with the maximum bending moment a sustained torque

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James A. Newell

Page 5.612.5 Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, Md, (1998).6. Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), "Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report, Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Graduates," Dearborn, MI (1997).7. Seat, E. and S. Lord, "Enabling Effective Engineering Teams: A Program for Teaching Interaction Skills," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 88 (4), p. 385, (October 1999).8. Newell, J.A., A. J. Marchese, R.P. Ramachandran, B. Sukumaran, and R. Harvey, "Multidisciplinary Design and Communication: a Pedagogical Vision," International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 15(5), p.376, (1999).9. Ludlow, D. K. and K. H. Schulz, "Writing Across the Curriculum at the

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Nicholas A. Scambilis

included tenth through twelfth grades, associate degree andbachelors degree. For example, it was determined that the competency “DemonstrateEnvironmental Sampling Procedures” could be introduced at the twelfth grade level, attained atthe associate degree level and reinforced at the bachelors degree level. This leveling process wascompleted for each competency. A typical training unit, with competencies, competency buildersand grade levels, is shown in Appendix B. Upon completion of the leveling process, both theeducators and industry teams finalized the competencies, developed course objectives andprepared curriculum pathways.Curriculum Development: The curriculum was designed to provide a full range of courses thatwould prepare students for entry