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. Multidisciplinary Teams Eng. 10, ME 106, 120, 195A,B Eng. 10; ME 120; AE 170A, 170B (Wang) 5. Engr. Problem solving Eng 10; ME 101, 111, 113; 114, Eng 10; ME 101, 111, 113; CE112 (Agarwal) 147, 154; CE 112 AE 162, 165 6. Professional & Ethics Eng 10, 100W; ME 195A, 195B Eng. 10, 100W: AE 170A, 170B (Pernicka) 7. Effective Communication Eng. 10,100W; ME 106, 114, 120; Eng 10, 100W; ME 120; Page 5.192.12 (Desautel) ME 154, 195A, 195B AE 170 A, 170B 8. Global & Societal

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Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

) .01(.02) 0.10 .01(.02) .01(.01) .01(.01) .01(.01) 0.00 A C E F K I B D G H J L Other ABET Learning Outcom e (see Table 1 for key)Figure 2. Distribution of Subject Responses across ABET Learning Categories (The numbers

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Osama Ettouney; James Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl; James Moller; Christine Noble

qualitative data, consistent and constant feedback, and a built-in mechanism that helps in facilitating further improvements. A medium rating is considered asecondary method of evaluating the criteria. Table 1. Use of Assessment Methods to Evaluate ABET 2000 Criteria ASSESSMENT METHODS ABET CRITERIA 2000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12(a) Knowledge of math, science & high high high high high high engineering(b) Design & conduct experiments high high high high high(c

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Natalie D. Segal

in the fall ’99 semester, with 19 students divided into fivegroups, four of four, one of three, as follows:Table 2: Group Formation,Fall 1999Group A: 1 CET 2 AET 1 AUETGroup B: 2 AET 1 EETGroup C: 2 AET 1 AUET 1 EETGroup D: 1 CET 2 AET 1 AUETGroup E: 2 CET 1 AUET 1 AETThe students in these groups produced their projects and presentations on time and withno reports to me of inability to do the necessary work.What We Require for the ProjectThe following is a synopsis of the project description each student received before teamswere formed. Page

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Raul Ordonez; Harriet Benavidez; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran; Julie Haynes

. The minimum attractive rate of return for this project is 18%.Conclusions Students appreciate that communication is an integral part of the design process. They learnthat communication is an active and creative process rather than a static tool or artifact, and, that itis a communicative and interactive process that engages writer/speaker and reader/audience.References1. A. J. Marchese, R. P. Hesketh, and K. Jahan, “Design in the Rowan University Freshman Engineering Clinic”, Proc. Conf. Amer. Soc. Eng. Edu., Session 3225, 1997.2. J. Schmalzel, A. J. Marchese, and R. P. Hesketh, “What's Brewing in the Engineering Clinic?”, Hewlett Packard Engineering Educator. Volume 2, 1998.3. J. A. Newell, A. J. Marchese, R. P. Ramachandran, B

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Wei Lin; Sharon Cobb; Floyd Patterson; Carol Davis; Robert Pieri; G. Padmanabhan

Session No: 2793 THE GENESIS OF A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE PROPOSAL Carol Davis Turtle Mountain Community College G. Padmanabhan, Robert Pieri, Wei Lin, Floyd Patterson, Sharon Cobb North Dakota State UniversityAbstractA proposal for a collaborative educational initiative between the five tribal colleges in NorthDakota and the North Dakota State University was funded ($1.27M) recently by the Office ofNaval Research. The initiative is aimed at increasing the

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Paul F. Hadala; Freddy Roberts; David Hall

, the strain gage raw data was posted to theweb for the students to analyze. Theinstructor should explain theprinciples behind measurement using 3 inch visesstrain gages (stretching the straingage causes its resistance to change 1 inch all threadwhich can be associated with a givenlevel of strain) and give theappropriate relationships forconverting the voltage or resistancemeasurements to strains. Additional 1 inch bar stockinformation on this laboratory setup resting in 1 inch angleis given in Appendix B. 12Deflection of Beams Experiment. inStudents must learn to

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Behnam Kamali

Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202.2. B. Kamali, Development of an Undergraduate Structured Laboratory to Support Classical and New Base Technology Experiments in Communications. IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 37, No. 1, February 1994.BEHNAM KAMALIBehnam Kamali is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mercer University. He received a B.S.E.Edegree from Tehran Polytechnic in 1972, a M. E. degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomomna, in1979, a M. S. E. E degree from Oregon State University in 1981, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineeringfrom Arizona State University in 1985. Dr. Kamali is a registered

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Seung H. Kim; James Scudder

teaching tool has the potential to meet changingeducational needs: particularly, the needs for students to choose their own time, place, and studystyle. The development of a multimedia-based laboratory manual provides a proper preparationin fundamentals of plastics testing for students in distance learning program at R.I.T. Using aninteractive multimedia laboratory manual, students will be prepared to deal with inevitablechanges in modern plastic technology in the future.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe development of the multimedia-based laboratory manual is supported by Provost’sProductivity Grant at R.I.T.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. Poli, C. and Wolf, B., Design for Manufacturing Tutorials-a Multimedia Approach, 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 3263

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Jr. , John A. Hamilton; Jeanne L. Murtagh

: 6 a) Traceability to the requirements of the software item b) External consistency with the requirements of the software item c) Internal consistency between the components of the software architecture d) Appropriateness of design methods and standards used e) Feasability of detailed design f) Feasibility of operation and maintenanceIn order to attain maximum benefit from use of this standard, students must do more than simplyfollow the standard during their project development, and submit documentation describing theirsoftware architectural design at the project’s final due date. Instructors must evaluate eachstudent’s high-level design, in accordance with the criteria in IEEE/EIA 12207, before

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Ofodike Ezekoye; Min Liu; Derek Baker; Colleen Jones; Philip Schmidt

interpretthe graphic with regard to differences in entropy. Next, the student is asked whether the controlmass would spontaneously proceed from state A to B or from B to A. This second question Page 5.664.5lays the foundation for the section on the Second Law, which immediately follows. In theSecond Law section these same examples are revisited but the graphics become animated,proceeding spontaneously from the low to high entropy state with an entropy bar graphshowing how the entropy increases as the process proceeds.Figure 4 shows a sample page from the tutorial “Analysis of Thermodynamic Cycles”. Figure 4 - Sample Tutorial Page on

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of the revised syllabus.Here are minor drawbacks and ways to avoid them:1. Problem: Receiving a virus in an e-mail attachment Solution: Virus protection software can be set to automatically check and clean incoming file attachments.2. Problem: Trouble sending file attachments Solutions: a) If this is a text document in Word or WordPerfect, saving the attachment as a Rich Text File (.RTF) may be all that is needed. b) If the sender’s version of Word or WordPerfect is a more recent version than the recipient’s version (Word 2000 vs. Word 95), then saving the file in the older version and re-sending it should work. c) In my outdated version of Eudora Light, sending a file to one person received as an attachment from another

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Stephen G Ritchie; Carlos C. Sun

% Strongly Disagree Figure 5 (a). Response to Question 1 Page 5.471.7 7 0% 3% Strongly Agree 11% Agree Neither Agree nor 31% 55% Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree Figure 5 (b

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Josette L. Rice; Edwin L Zivi; Christopher T. Field; Thad Welch

Session 3532 Real-time Data Acquisition in a Signals and Systems Course Thad B. Welch†, Ed Zivi‡, Christopher Field†, and Josette Rice† † Electrical Engineering Department and ‡Systems Engineering Department U.S. Naval Academy, MDAbstractA sophomore or junior level course entitled Signals and Systems or Linear Systems Theory iscontained within almost every electrical engineering program in the country. The United StatesNaval Academy offers a junior level Signal and Systems course that includes a significant amountof hands-on lab time. This course is taught in a 2-2-3 format. The

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Robert Gray; Robert Weissbach

strategic plan. Theinformation provided by a Satcom/GPS class will provide a student with the necessaryunderstanding to accomplish this goal.Senior ProjectsTwo projects, involving three EET students in an interdisciplinary setting with electricalengineering students, have been developed and industrially sponsored. They allow thestudents both design and hands-on experience. These projects are:A. Satellite communication system and GPS link margin effects, due to materials on top of the radome, and;B. A bit error rate (BER) test & evaluation of at least two different Satcom transceivers and antenna designs for fixed and mobile use.In the first project, the effect of materials such as coal, dirt, water and ice on the system willbe evaluated. An

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John T. Bell; H. Scott Fogler

Session 3613 A Virtual Reality Safety and Hazard Analysis Simulation John T. Bell and H. Scott Fogler University of Illinois, Chicago / University of Michigan, Ann ArborAbstractA virtual reality based chemical plant simulation has been developed for the study of safety andhazard analysis in undergraduate chemical engineering. The simulation focuses on a pilot plantscale polyether polyol production facility, and also includes relevant features of the nearbyenvironment. The virtual plant is based upon information and photographs collected from a realnearby facility, but is not intended to accurately

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

. We are suggesting, however, that you considersimilar factors as the ones we have described in this paper. Namely, • Who are your new faculty and what characteristics do they have? Do they come in knowing a lot about teaching already? • What sort of institution is yours? Ours is a large, research institution, thus we could correctly assume that faculty would have other opportunities to prepare themselves for a research career, or else they have already started one (and that’s one of the reasons they were hired here). The other side of that coin is that this is definitely a prime opportunity to let these folks know, that a: teaching is important too, b: here’s a “primer” on teaching and learning

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Stephen M. Batill

as part of a capstone designclass for many years. This requirement, outlined in Appendix A, has allowed the students tofocus on one aspect of the project, define for themselves the inner and outer environments for thetopic at hand and then establish justification for making design decisions. A scoring rubric forevaluating this type of project is provided in Appendix B. With such a assessment tool, thestudents are provide some means of determining how they have approached an open-endedproblem. Since the solution of this class of problems is not unique and students will arrive atmany solutions, it is the process they follow that is important as well as the result. This also

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William C. Oakes; Leah H Jamieson; Edward Coyle

opportunity to docommunity service as a major factor in their EPICS participation. Many of the students reportthat they have done community service in the past, in activities such as tutoring, church work,scouting, soup kitchens, crisis hotlines, and volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity. To date,none of the students has reported prior experience that combines community service withengineering.To complement the descriptive evaluations, we have collected evaluation data along thedimensions of the specific program goals. To date we have responses from 898 studentevaluations, collected at the end of each semester since the Spring 1996. Each aspect was to begraded on a letter-grade scale, with "A=excellent, B=good/above average; C=average;D=marginal

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Jason Puzniak; Flora McMartin; Alice Agogino

: Cambridge University Press, 1991.5. McMartin, F. Preliminary Findings from Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education User Study Focus Groups, URL: http//www.smete/info/survey/user_study_dl.html. 1999.6. Jones, S. Computer-mediated communication and community: Introduction, Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine, 2 (3), p. 38, 1995.7. Hiltz, S.R. & Wellman, B. Asynchronous learning networks as a virtual classroom, Communications of the ACM, 40 (9), pp. 44 - 49, 1997.8. Reference 5.9. Shaffer, C.R. & Anundsen, K. Creating Community Anywhere: Finding Support and Connection in a Fragmented World. Los Angeles, CA: Tarcher/Perigee, 1993.10. Mynatt, E.D., Adler, A., Ito, M. & O’Day

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Pete Tschumi

Arkansas at Little Rock. Hereceived his BS with a double major in Physics and Mathematics at Tulane University and did graduate work inPhysics at the University of Texas at Austin.AcknowledgementsOther members of the Information Technology Committee, who produced the study on which this paper is based,include Tom Teeter (chair), Janet Bailey, Don D. Cherepski, John Faucett, Robert J. Hines, Nickolas S. Jovanovic,Jeffery T. Walker, and Gretchen B. Watson. A special thanks goes to Chancellor Charles Hathaway without whosesupport the study would not have been possible. Page 5.63.10

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Samuel Homsy; Wayne Whiteman

of the overall Teaching and Learning Initiative goals. B. Advanced Faculty Workshop Work GroupThe Advanced Faculty Workshop Work Group is focused primarily on the part of the Teachingand Learning Initiative vision statement that addresses invigorating faculty teaching andscholarship by continuous development. As faculty members continuously grow, emphasis isplaced on an environment that promotes teachers as role models of Army values and self-growers. Through this development, faculty members also become more proficient in applyinglearning tools and promoting an effective learning environment.While this Work Group is just beginning their work toward a structured program of facultydevelopment, they have a partial road map toward

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Jianping Yue

. Students must also take HSS 101 EnglishComposition: Writing, Speaking, Thinking 4 concurrently. The semester contact hours are sixand three respectively.To teach engineering design to a true freshman who has never taken any college courses and toexpect a design project, including a formal report and CAD graphics, presents a lot ofchallenges. There are many topics to cover in FED. What should be covered in FED forfreshman students? For a freshman who lacks the necessary preparation, a comprehensiveengineering design project is unrealistic. Instead, freshman design projects should setreasonable goals, such as: a. Understanding the engineering design process b. Working in teams to design a simple product c. Using some software

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John I. Hochstein; Deborah Hochstein

facilitators identified 108 discrete and unique tasks thatwere organized into the 7 duties that eventually became the draft DACUM Chart. During theprocess there was considerable give-and-take with panelists debating the relative merits of howeach task was defined as well as the organization of the tasks into duties. The facilitators did notprovide any content but rather provided guidance to the panel as to what kind of information wasdesired and how it could be organized to conform to the DACUM process. A recorderpreformed the clerical tasks required to document the process.The draft DACUM Research Chart produced by this panel identifies seven main dutiesperformed by engineers in a manufacturing environment: A) Manage Projects, B

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Paul I-Hai Lin; Hal Broberg

Session 1358 Design of a Distance Learning Course in Data Communications and Networking Paul I-Hai Lin, Hal Broberg Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, INAbstractThis paper presents teaching activities of a distance-learning course in Networking andData Communications via a combination of live TV lectures, hands-on and web labs,lectures posted on the web, and email. All course materials including lecture and labs aredescribed. A web-based information delivery system that

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Jody A. Knoll; Jan T. Lugowski; Nancy L. Denton

seeking a Master of Science inTechnology at Purdue University, specializing in industrial engineering technology. She completed her B. S METdegree at the West Lafayette campus in 1998 and has been involved with the design documentation course for threeand half years. She belongs to SME and SWE, and has held several automotive industry internships. Page 5.285.9

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Patrick E. Devens

tracing and significant digit accountability receive special attention as a part ofABET self-assessment.Problem Answer: There are several possible solutions to the problem described in theIntroduction, which are based upon assumptions made about the number of significant digitsprovided in the problem statement. The more common solutions are: a. Assumed all given values are exact => 39 457.6 J 4 b. Assumed only that all zeros are significant digits => 3.9(10 ) J 4 c. Assumed nothing about given information

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0.6 0.8 1 1.2 Report1 Figure 3. Correlation of assessor 1 (supervisor) and assessor 2 written report scores.The results of a statistical analysis of the form of marks allocated by the different markingprocedures are shown in Figures 4(a,b,c and d).. Figure 4a represents the distribution ofmarks given by the student’s own supervisor for the major written report. It can be seen thatall that there is a uniform trend and well balanced distribution of marks. With the majoritybeing over 70%. Mean 74.0909 Mean 68.8312

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Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

Myers Isabel, Myers Peter B., “Gifts Differing – Understanding Personality Type”, CPP Books, Palo Alto, California, 1993. Page 5.42.1028. Briggs Myers Isabel, “Type and Teamwork”, CAPT Publication, 1979.Biographical InformationJEAN BROUSSEAUJean Brousseau is a professor of Electromechanical Systems Engineering at Quebec University atRimouski. He teaches Design, Computer Aided Design, Machine Elements and FEM. Dr.Brousseau received a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Laval University in 1994. . He is aregistred Professionnal Mechanical Engineer in Quebec Province and he conducts researchactivities mainly in topics related

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Karen Al-Ashkar

learning, political clarity, and the critical practiceof adult education. Adult Education Quarterly 43 (4), 227-242.2. Caffarella, R. Planning programs for adult learners: A practical guide for educators,trainers, and staff developers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass (1994).3. Calvert, J. Instructional design for distance learning. In Johnson, K. & Foa, L. (Eds.)Instructional design: New alternatives for effective education and training. New York,NY: Macmillan (1989).4. Duning, B., Van Kekerix, M., & Zaborowski, L. (1993). Reaching learners throughtelecommunications. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.5. Gagne, R., Griggs, L. & Wager, W. (1992). Principles of instructional design (fourthedition). New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich