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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadia Craig; Michelle Maher; Walter Peters

their teammates. In assessing themselves, the students wererequired to give a self-evaluation of their performance in the class. They were reminded that thesyllabus indicated that the final grade will be determined from attendance, class participation,homework, presentations, the midterm exam, and the final exam. Most of the students said that they did well, and gave convincing arguments for this. One student who had missed some classes and not turned in all of his work wrote, “Not a “B.” A “B+” perhaps, or maybe even an “A.” Not an “A+” that’s for sure. This class has been one of my least missed classes this semester. I made a strong effort to always come (I enjoyed this class.)”A goal of incorporating teamwork

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Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Giesey

Mechanical Engineering. In September of 2000 the Polytechnicinaugurated a new Engineering Building consisting of 15 classrooms, 13 laboratories, 34 offices,and auditorium and study areas for students. In 2002 the Polytechnic offered its first B Techdegrees in Mechanical and Civil Engineering. A B Tech in Information Technology is planned tobegin in 2003 and the B Tech in Electrical and Electronics in 2004.I found the academic environment in Namibia to be very similar to what it is in Ohio. Facultymembers are primarily concerned with how to help students learn while fulfilling their other dutiesrequired in the job. In addition to this, they also worried about how to assess student learning,what employers desire from graduates, and what needs to be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R Wane Schneiter

forthese deficiencies and simply get to the issue of writing, English professors may require readingfrom literature, poetry, non-fiction, and other sources familiar to them. In this later case, theobjective of developing technical writing skills is unavoidably lost. Alternatively, wheretechnical writing is taught by engineering professors, these barriers are naturally eliminated. Anote received from a "writing expert" by an engineering professor concerning a consultation withan engineering student at a campus writing-center illustrates this point. "The student's paper had little interest from my point of view because it simply detailed the obvious... [B]ut I am not sure how he can interest a reader in the fact that treatment plants purify

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

Session 2268 A New Approach to Teaching and Learning Statics Paul S. Steif, Anna Dollár Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 / Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Department Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056IntroductionAs engineers need to be increasingly flexible in their careers and adjust to an ever-widening rangeof technologies, a firm command of basic engineering subjects, such as mechanics, is increasinglyimportant. Such a command must include the

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Denise Driscoll ; Klod Kokini; Linda Katehi; Jeff Wright; Carolyn Percifield

participants’ ratings of quality directly after attending (i.e., areactionary measure). 3 In this paper, we more systematically assess the long-term impact of themulticultural forum on the attitude of participants according to the tri-component “ABC” modelof attitude theory.The ABCs of AssessmentAn advantageous approach for understanding how an individual will behave with respect to anissue (i.e., diversity) is to consider the three ABC components of their attitude: 4, 5 1) The Affective (A) Component that includes positive and negative reactions and feelings (i.e., the diversity forum elicited strong positive feelings about diversity and fellow participants in the forum); 2) The Behavioral (B) Component that includes

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

Session 3548 QPSK Modulator: A Design Example for EET Kenneth Burbank Western Carolina UniversityAbstractQuaternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) is a fundamental method of encoding digital data in thephase of an analog carrier. This technique was used by early modems using the public telephonenetwork. While the technology is no longer economically valid, the components of the modemspan the coursework of most EET curricula; i.e. both analog and digital circuits, within acommunications framework.A directed design project approach was used. The instructor defined the

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

levels in particular, need to be cognizant of thischaracteristic and must devote significant effort to developing it through novel approachesin their engineering curricula.AcknowledgementsThe ideas in this paper arise from numerous discussions and from the collective work ofthe NSF Galileo Fellows and their Directors at the School of Engineering, University ofConnecticut.Graduate Fellows include Jennifer Shea, Walter Doll, Elias Faraclas, David Giblin, RezaNassiri, Tony Cyril, Angel Rodriguez, Sonia Sanches, Bill Ballard and Kim Rodriguez.References 1- Winfred M. Phillips, George D. Peterson, and Kathryn B. Aberle, Quality Assurance for Engineering Education in a Changing World, The International Journal of Engineering Education

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patsy Brackin; Clark Merkel

activation of the device. Initial location of the cube will be marked. After activation, the displacement of the cube will be measured along a straight, horizontal line. After your second attempt, if your cube is not visible, you will need to demonstrate that the object that was displaced did contain a cube. Before disassembling your design, you need to a) Get a picture taken of your design which clearly shows the completed EM103 Information Display Sheet. b) Have a faculty site official verify that all the information required has been measured and have them initial your ME103 Cube Displacement Documentation Form.. c) Turn in your EM103 Information Display Sheet at the sign-in table. Top Teams will be determined for each section by the

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

://www.usfirst.org8. A. B. Wright and A. M. Wright, “FIRST in Engineering: a Service-learning Approach to Mechanical Design”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Session 2002-109.9. Meeden, L., “Using Robotics as an Introduction to Computer Science”, In Proceedings of FLAIRS-96, http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~meeden/flairs96.html10.Young, J. F., “ELEC 201: Introduction to Engineering Design” http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~elec201/11.MIT's 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition http://www.mit.edu:8001/courses/6.270/home.html12.BrickOS: Lego operating system. http://brickos.sourceforge.net13.leJOS: Java for the RCX http://www.lejos.org/14.Brooks, R. A., “A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile

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Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theresa Jones

quiz. The twoquestions on this first quiz were a) What are the two primary objectives of this course? b) Why have we adopted a different pedagogical style in this course.Both of these questions had been addressed on the course syllabus and orally in class. Fortunatelythe class average was high for this quiz but then the instructor had told me “I think on this quiz,I’m going to give high marks to everybody…This is the point at which a good attitude, goingalong with me, is going to get you a good grade, and so I’m not going to ding anybody inparticular.” “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

Intelligent Robotics and Computer Vision Conference, Nov. 8-9, 2000, Boston, MA. 5. Kelkar, N. and E.L. Hall, "Fuzzy Logic Control of an AGV," Proc. of Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision XVI, Oct. 15-17, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA. 6. Tedder, M., M. Cao, B. Grote, and E.L. Hall, “Global-Local Navigation using a GPS,” in Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 12, ASME Press (2002), pp. 989-994. 7. Alhaj Ali, S.M. and E.L. Hall, "Technologies for Autonomous Operation in Unstructured Outdoor Environments," in Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks, Vol. 12, ASME Press, New York (2002), pp. 57-62. 8. Liao, X. and E.L. Hall, Beyond Adaptive Critic

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Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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S. Michael Condren; Ken Lux; George C. Lisensky; Donald Stone; Arthur B. Ellis; Anne Bentley; Amy Payne; Robert Carpick; Wendy Crone

laboratory experiment “Aqueous Ferrofluid Synthesis” in the Laboratory Manual for Nanoscale Science and Technology developed by the UW MRSEC are shown in (a- d). a) A solution of nanoparticles formed by mixing Fe(II), Fe(III) precursor solutions. b) A suspension of nanoparticles is formed by adding ammonia to the solution. After an initial brown precipitate, a black precipitate will form (magnetite). c) After the magnetite has settled the clear liqid can be decanted and surfactant added. d) The ferrofluid can be observed to form spikes in response to a magnetic field.14-15Nanorod Template Synthesis LaboratoryRecently, a nanowire synthesis lab has been developed that can be incorporated into introductoryscience and engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec

inertia) affects strength and therefore performance.An important constraint of the beam shape was that the width and height were at least 10 timesthe length of the beam to ensure the long, slender beam assumption for beam theory. Acetyl-Cand PVC materials were chosen for the beam since they are lightweight, easy to machine andallow for some visible deflection. (a) (b) Figure 2: Visual Simply Supported Beam a) Solidworks drawing, b) physical model Page 8.303.3Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanda Cleja-Tigoiu; Raluca Rosca

in-depth study of this problem has illustrative potentialfor the whole syllabus of the Mechanics of the Material class. i3 i2 i1 Figure 1 Cylindrical specimen in uniaxial testA cylindrical specimen in a uniaxial test (see figure 1) supports an axial deformation of λ3 and aradial deformation of λ1. Assume that the material is hyperelastic. Denote by F the gradient ofdeformation, by B=F FT and by J1, J2, J3 the invariants of B. trace ( B) trace ( B 2 ) J1 = ; J2

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

look somethinglike this:Enter a character from the keyboard: aa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a ^c a a a a a a a a a a a aa a a a a a b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b ^c b b b b b b bbbbb bbbb bxxxxxxxx! was pressed 02 timesThe characters input in this example were in this order: When a is pressed their ISR will be called automatically, and the count updated.When an is pressed, their program should exit the loop and print out the number of times was pressed. This count is a byte count and should print out at least 2 ASCII digits in amessage something like was pressed 13 timesTheir program should then restore the original interrupt that they saved and then exit to DOS.A student’s implementation of the assignment follows:%TITLE "CNS

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Session 3268 Is There A Better Way To Present An Example Problem? Timothy A. Philpot, Richard H. Hall, Ralph E. Flori, Nancy Hubing, David B. Oglesby, Vikas Yellamraju University of Missouri – RollaAbstractStatics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials are introductory engineering courses that employ principles ofmechanics and mathematics to solve a wide array of engineering problems. Accordingly, these courses are taughtlargely through the use of example problems, traditionally delivered to students either by the professor in aclassroom setting or

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

APPENDIX II - Mechanical Engineering Technology Assessment Instrument - Excerpt6. Consider a weightless bar with forces applied as shown below. Determine the magnitude of the resultant force. a) 19.2 lb, b) 9.5 lb, c) 13.4 lb, d) 8.5 lb.7. What moment M exists at the support A. a) 5,000 N-m, b) 4,400 N-m, c) 4,000 N-m, d) 5,600 N-m.8. To ensure equilibrium, what couple must be applied to this member: a) 283 N-m ccw, b) 400 N-m cw, c) 283 N-m cw d) 400 N-m ccw.9. Determine the magnitude of the horizontal reaction at point B. a) 1,500 lb, b) 1,750 lb, c) 2,000 lb, d) 2,200 lb. Page 8.1037.11 “Proceedings

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tara Madhyastha; Jessica Masters; Ali Shakouri

reduce the amount of irrelevant or useless information each student is exposed to. Collaborative filteringsystems use historical preferences to predict future preferences. The key assumption is that if student A is“like” student B in some meaningful way, student A’s explanation will be more useful to student B thanfor some very different student C. Student rankings are obtained explicitly, by ranking icons provided inExplaNet, as well as implicitly. An implicit but positive ranking, for example, would be logged if a studentdownloaded and saved another student’s explanation to their own computer. Collaborative filtering has been implemented to sort content ranging from movies to news articles.Tapestry, the earliest system to implement

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntyre

well as, specify theirintended educational objective. Two options were available: A.) research uses and applications ofPDAs, specifically Palm applications that have been developed for construction management andengineering or B.) research uses and applications of PDAs, specifically Palm applications that have beendeveloped for academic (i.e., student learning) purposes (and could possibly be adopted and usedwithin the CME program). The students were required to attend bimonthly meetings and to submit twowritten reports, an interim report due at the end of the Fall Semester and a final report at the end of theSpring Semester. The call for student proposals for the Palm Education and Evaluation Program isoutlined in Appendix A.Based on the

Conference Session

Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shannon Twigg; Eric Johnson

) Angle of Attack radians beta (β) Sideslip Angle radians u x-component of velocity feet/second v y-component of velocity feet/second w z-component of velocity feet/second p Angular roll rate radians/second q Angular pitch rate radians/second r Angular yaw rate radians/second phi (φ) Roll angle radians theta (θ) Pitch angle radians psi (ψ) Yaw angle radians A State matrix B

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

ability of learners to immediately apply new Transfer ofF knowledge and skills to operational tasks and job-related goals and Knowledge/Skills objectives Table 2: EW Instructional Strategies Tied to ROI ObjectivesInstructional Strategy IT/Learning Capability ROI Objectives Produce robust representations of dynamic tasks and systemsSimulation to increase understanding of complex technologies and work A, B, C, D, F environments Link words, concepts, and graphic objects together to produceHyperlinking

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski

” by M. Bennion and B. Scheule,was used to cover the material on food composition and its properties.Class format This class was taught for the first time in the fall semester of 2002. The class is a seniorelective/graduate student course this means that it is opened to senior chemical engineeringundergraduates and graduate students in the program as well. The total enrollment for the coursewas 20 with 12 of them being undergraduates. The class met once a week for two and a halfhours and the class activities were then clearly divided in two segments. During the first part ofthe class a brief introductory lecture to the topic was presented usually followed by a laboratoryexperiment. The brief lectures focus on background only to allow for

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Yoon; Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University; Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Arizona State University; Fariaz Karim, Arizona State University; Sheikh I. Ahamed, Arizona State University; Yu Wang, Arizona State University; Bin Wang, Arizona State University

3important functionalities of a Smart Classroom to facilitate collaborative learning. Depending onthe current situation, such as the location of the current classroom, class schedule, and availabilityof other group members, the PDAs in the classroom can form device groups so that students cancollectively work on various in-class exercises. These device groups are dissolved as soon as thegroup-forming situations are no longer true. This feature of Smart Classroom addresses S1) andS4). In addition, an instructor’s PDA can dynamically join a student group to monitor andevaluate a group’s progress and provide timely feedbacks during a classroom exercise. Thisfeature addresses S2).B) Situation-Aware Interactions Among PDAs: In order to address S3) among

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Max Anderson

student by introducing him or her to engineering design through five design projects.Specifically, the goals of the project are to:1) Create a “portable” first year Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICEE) course based on the Sooner City program.2) Assess the success of the ICEE course at meeting the following global objectives: a) Stimulate interest in engineering among freshmen; b) Provide freshmen with an understanding of the breadth of the civil and environmental engineering profession; c) Positively impact retention of freshman civil and environmental engineering students.3) Provide course materials on a web page to facilitate

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Goolsby

programming experience, in each expected grade category------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Expected Grade A B C D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------% Of students 45 54 0 0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fig. 1 Page 8.323.4Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

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Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

- Page 8.44.3 Briggs)Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education b. Design process i. Failure as a part of the design process, iteration (Henry Petroski) ii. Visual arts as part of the design process and problem-solving (Graphic Design – possible visit from Fine Arts faculty) c. Exercises in problem-solving i. Creative problem-solving (brainstorming) ii. Oral presentation: (suggest solutions to everyday problems, being aware of the presence of

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ives; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Session 2420 commDSK: A Tool for Teaching Modem Design and Analysis Thad B. Welch Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering U.S. Naval Academy, MD Michael G. Morrow Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Cameron H. G. Wright Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wyoming

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sreenivas Sathyanarayana; Saravanan Rajendran; Robert Bolton

-figure display, and an LED Strip. The LED strip shows the actual activefunction. In the laboratory students are taught basic NC oriented programmingtechniques using manual inputs to the controller. All functions of the system includingcommissioning, programming, operation and diagnostics are executed directly on theSPC 100 in a manner similar to the approach used in an industrial setting.Response of Festo™ ControllerThe response of the Festo™ Controller from the intial position to desired position asshown in Figure 3. Figure a & b shows the movement of slider from 208 to 130 units(right to left) and from 24 to 130 units (left to right). a b

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Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Budny Dan; Teresa Larkin

Kolb learning cycle and the 4MAT system in engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 82(2), 70 – 77. [13] Sharp, J. E., Harb, J. N., & Terry, R. E. 1997. Combining Kolb learning styles and writing to learn in engineering classes. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(2), 93 – 101. [14] Herrick, B., Budny, D., & Samples, J. 1998. Teaching to your audience. Frontiers in Education Conference, Session T1H, Tempe, AZ. [15] Meyers, C., & Jones, T. B. 1993. Promoting active learning: Strategies for the college classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. [16] Hein, T. L. 1995. Learning style analysis in a calculus-based introductory physics course. Annual Conference of the

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Semahat Siddika Demir

, 1998.7. Pandit S.V., Clark R.B, Giles W.R. and Demir S.S. A Mathematical Model of Action Potential Heterogeneity in Adult Rat Left Ventricular Myocytes. Biophysical Journal, vol. 81, p. 3029-3051, 2001.8. Rasmusson R. L., Clark J. W., Giles W. R., Robinson K., Clark R. B., Shibata E. F., Campbell D. L.: A Mathematical Model of Electrophysiological activity in a Bullfrog Atrial. Am. J. Physiol., 259 : H370-H389, 1990.9. Riemer T.L., Sobie A., and Tung L.: Stretch-induced changes in arrhythmogenesis and excitability in experimentally based heart cell models. Am. J. Physiol., 275:H431-H442, 1998.10. Winslow R.L., Rice J., Jafri S., Marban E., and O’Rourke B. Mechanisms of altered excitation-contraction coupling in canine