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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

and resulted in the highest 25-year life cycle cost (LCC) at $8,450. B. Solar Water Heater with South-Facing Panels and Flash Heater—A solar water heater with panels oriented to the south and tilted at a angle equal to latitude (Figure 7b) required a collector area of 37 ft2. This alternative involved less capital than Alternative A and resulted in a 25-year LCC of $7,820. C. Electric Water Heater—Replacing the existing electric water heater with a similar model involved the least amount of capital investment and the greatest operating costs. The 25- year LCC for this alternative was $8,180. D. Flash Water Heater—Replacing the existing water heater with a propane-fired flash heater involved more

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karen Willcox; Gergana Bounova

it was important, but notwhy.”5. Also talk about characteristic values – where does this fit?6. Fourier/Laplace transforms: see Fourier series in 18.03, not FT. In 18.03, LT are taught as a “tool” to solved.e.’s. Important to teach bilateral transforms and region of convergence.7. Two major problems: a) have learned material and forgotten it; manageable. b) lack of mathematicalsophistication Additional QuestionsFor the checked fields, answer the following questions:1/ If the knowledge is expected from the students and utilized in your course, in what course from the AAcurriculum do you think they learned it?2/ If the topic is reviewed, to what extent do you review it, how

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

(2000): 369-87.19 Mikulecky, L. and P. Lloyd. “The Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs: A New Model for Evaluating theImpact of Workplace Literacy Programs.” NCAL Technical Report TR93-2, National Center on Adult Literacy,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993.20 Norback, Judith Shaul, Joel S. Sokol, Peter J. McGuire, Garlie A. Forehand. “Engineering WorkplaceCommunication: Presenting and Writing.” In Introduction to Engineering through Case Studies, editors ChetanSankar and P.K. Raju. Taveneer Publishing Company, Anderson, SC, 2004.Norback, Judith Shaul; G.A. Forehand; Stephanie A. Jernigan; Alexander B. Quinn. “Teaching WorkplaceCommunication in Senior Design.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Byron Newberry; James Farison

“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition Copyright (c) 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”These institutions range from small private liberal arts (including several church-affiliated)colleges to state university campuses and branches. They include programs first accredited in1936 and as recently as 1999.The questionnaire and the accompanying analysis make the distinction between two categories.Category A represents institutions in which the Engineering program is the only engineeringprogram offered on the campus. Category B represents institutions for which other engineeringprograms in addition to the Engineering program are offered on the campus. The

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

one (1) three (3) semester hour computer aided design course. These coursesprovide the student with competence in the use of analytical and measurement equipment. Page 9.786.1These laboratory courses also help to enhance/introduce the student to the following: Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education a. Verbal and written communication skills. b. Working in team concept c. Use of simulation software d. Use of data sheets e. Use of standard design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rosa Pinkus; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Mark Sindelar; Larry Shuman; Carl Mitcham; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Harvey Wolfe

/eac_criteria_b.pdf.7. Sindelar, MF, LJ Shuman, ME Besterfield-Sacre, RL Miller, C. Mitcham, B Olds, RL Pinkus and H. Wolfe, “Assessing Engineering Students’ Abilities To Resolve Ethical Dilemmas,” Proceedings, 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO, November, 2003.8. Nair, I. “Decision Making in the Engineering Classroom,” Journal of Engineering Education, 86(3), October 1997, pp. 349–356.9. Stephan, KD. “A Survey of Ethics-Related Instruction in U.S. Engineering Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, 88(3), October 1999, pp. 459-464.10. Whitbeck, C. “Problems and Cases: New Directions in Ethics 1980-1996. http://onlineethics.org/essays, 1996.11. Bernhardt, KL and MJS Roth, “Active Ethics: Philosophy, Cases and Writing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

Education Annual Conference &Exposition Page 9.4.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education ‚" Office A: Ethernet LAN. ̇"Various configurations and topologies. ̇"Fast/Gigabit Ethernet. ̇"Voice/video over IP. ̇"Multimedia applications. ‚" Office B: Wireless LAN. ̇"LAN, Personal Information Machines (PIMs)/mobile terminals. ̇"2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G, IR. ̇"Voice/video over IP. ‚" Office C: PBX - Hybrid Telephony – Wired and Wireless. ̇"Digital telephony, VoIP, wireless. ̇"Transmission, Signaling System 7 (SS7), ISDN, traffic engineering

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; Jian Peng

Session 1432 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIS AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Jian Peng and Mark E. Cambron Department of Engineering Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101AbstractThe Department of Engineering at Western Kentucky University (WKU) has been given the rareopportunity to develop an entirely new engineering program. Western’s challenge is to create aunique undergraduate curriculum focused on the needs of current and future industrial partners.In the 1990’s, a move towards a

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

an adequate justification for Ford’s decision? • Discuss the moral basis of Ford’s opposition to NHTSA standard 301. .Guidelines to Comprehensive Discussion and Presentation 1. Introduction: What are the facts in this case? Summarize neatly. 2. Issues: What are the ethical issues that need to be addressed on: a. An individual level? b. An Organizational level? c. A societal level? 3. Evaluate each alternative according to Teleological Theory (Act and Rule Utilitarianism) 4. Evaluate each alternative according to Deontological Theory (Act and Rule Non- consequentialism) 5. Evaluate how each significant group (company, society, special interest group) perceives each alternative for itself. 6. Choose

Conference Session

Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson; Mary Vollaro

Session 1464 Materials Education 2004 Topical Trends and Outreach Efforts Mary B. Vollaro, Craig Johnson Western New England College / Central Washington UniversityAbstractThis research explores the history of topical trends in the ASEE Materials Division. This historywill be compared with national trends. It is observed that creative materials education efforts innon-major curricula are highly sought, following national trends of higher contact numbers ofstudents in related engineering programs versus relatively small numbers of students in materialsprograms. Issues of implementing laboratory

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Almeida; Guillermo Salazar

facility planning andmanagement. a. Foundations b. Enclosure Figur e 3 Sequential views of the building dur ing constr uction Page 9.1359.4 (model by A. Elia, J. Lopez and V. Samdadia, WPI) Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntr oduction of the 3DPBM into the Under gr aduate Pr ogr amThe 3DPBM concept was introduced at the undergraduate level through a 1-week module in thecontext of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilkat S. Soysal; Oguz Soysal

Contact Typical Hours Hours Section a b c d e f g h i j k EnrollmentENES100 Introduction to Engineering Design 3 4 15 – 20 Programming Concepts for 4 6 12 – 16ENEE114 Engineers Numerical Techniques in 3 4 10 – 12ENEE241 EngineeringENEE244 Digital Logic Design 3 4 10 – 12ENEE204 Basic Circuit Theory 3 4 10 – 12ENEE206 Fundamental Circuits Lab 2 4 10 – 12Assessment MethodologyThe assessment system is based on two sets of information sources: surveys andevaluations. Surveys are used to obtain the

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen McClain

R i i R i , ref fuel Fhc (11)The difficulty in solving equation (11) for the adiabatic flame temperature is that whensolved using the tables, an iterative approach must be used. The temperature of theproducts must be assumed. The internal energy of the products must be evaluated basedon the assumed temperature and compared to the internal energy of the reactants.Appendix B demonstrates how a Given-Find block in MathCAD is used with the CHONfunctions to quickly solve this problem.Mixing and Compression of Products and Intake air Problem Statement: Exhaust gases at 1000 flC and 100.0 kPa reside in the clearance volume of a piston/cylinder with a compression

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

the changes: a) Moved from Assembly language to C language, b)Selected to teach Microchip PIC Microcontroller(s), c) Doubled the lecture time and labtime; have made a marked improvement in students ability to carry on with confidencethe design work in the area of Embedded System Design. This change has been reflectedthrough the number of projects completed in Senior Design. Many of these projects havesignificantly improved in sophistication and complexity. Page 9.515.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Georgiopoulos

) Page 9.348.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society For Engineering Education Session 1332Step 5: We now distinguish two cases: (a) If p ≠ PT , go to step 2 and present the next insequence input pattern, and (b) If p = PT and the weights did not change in the last PTpresentations of the input patterns, then the training is complete. If on the other hand, the weightschanged at least once in the previous PT list presentations, then we go to step 2 to present thefirst in sequence input pattern corresponding to index p=1.As Gallant points

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

Session 2615 Using Information Technology for Nationwide Engineering Outreach to Middle-School and High-School Students: Assessing the Outcomes Stephen Ressler, Eugene Ressler, Jay Daly, Michael Edmondson, Stephen A. Marionneaux, Matthew McDaniel United States Military Academy/Newtown High School/ Northside High School/ Lexington Traditional Magnet School/Douglas MacArthur High SchoolIntroductionThis paper presents a description and comprehensive assessment of the West Point BridgeDesign Contest—a nationwide, Internet-based competition that has

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Engineering Education 87 no. 3: 355-361.10 Besterfield-Sacre, M., L. J. Shuman, H. Wolfe, C. J. Atman, J. McGourty, R. Miller, B. Olds, and G. Rogers. 2000.“EC2000 outcome attributes: Definition and use. [cited 14 August 2001]. Available from .11 Rogers, G. 2003. Assessment tools for busy people. Proceedings: Best Assessment Processes V, 60-0167. Terra Haute, Indiana: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.12 Fromm, E. 2003. The changing engineering educational paradigm. Journal of Engineering Education 92 no. 2: 113-121.13 Carter, M., R. Brent, and S. Rajala. 2001. EC2000 Criterion 2: A procedure for creating, assessing, and documenting program educational objectives. Proceedings: American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

,” ENR, 247(6), 19.Beder, S. (1999). “Beyond Technicalities: Expanding Engineering Thinking,” Journal of Professional Issues inEngineering Education and Practice, 125(1), 12-18.Bellinger, R. (1998). “Professional development sessions dominate; new poll on engineers' image released—PACEconference hits ‘a year of transition’,” Electronic Engineering Times, September 14, 1998.Bogen, M. A. (1991). The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms, Basic Books, New York.Bushouse, B. (2002). “Changes in Mitigation: Comparing Boston’s Big Dig and 1950s Urban Renewal.” PublicWorks Management and Policy, 7(1), 52-62.Childs, M. (2003). “‘Father of Creativity’ E. Paul Torrance, UGA Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology,Dead at 87,” www.uga.edu/news/newsbureau

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Odis Griffin

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmachining one part using a lathe and another part using a vertical mill. Parts must be machinedwithin specified tolerances. The test normally takes approximately two hours to complete.Students are allowed access to the welding shop if they have taken and received a grade of B orbetter in a course entitled “Advanced Welding Technology,” in which the students learn gas, arc,MIG, TIG, and plastic welding techniques, along with gas and plasma cutting. Students areallowed in the CAD Lab if they have attended an orientation and agreed to the rules of the CADLab, which include appropriate use of information systems, no hacking, no

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carpenter

Location B. optimizes f({x}) while satisfying the constraints, gi({x})≤ 0, i=1,..n.3. The Ethical DilemmaTo help explain Kant’s theory of Respect for Persons and Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism, thesetheories will be used to arrive at a solution to an ethical dilemma. The following engineeringethical dilemma will be considered:Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Page 9.1178.3 Ethical dilemma: Company (A

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina

outcomes. Page 9.716.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Table 1: Comparison of EC 2000 and TC2K Outcomes “a” to “k” EAC Required Outcomes (Criterion 3) TAC Required Outcomes (Criterion 2) (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, a. an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, science, and engineering techniques, skills and modern tools of their (b) an ability to design

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacob Chen; Joseph Chen

Pre-test 20 Post-test 15 10 5 0 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 Subject Figure 2. Results of three PSM tests: (a) the PSM knowledge test, (b) the PSM skill levels evaluation, and (c) the Mental Rotation test 1. For the knowledge test, the pre-test scores averaged 9.1 (45.5% of 20 points) and the

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai

Electronics, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997. 6. R. Redl, and N. O. Sokal, “Current-mode Control, Five Different Types With the Three Basic Classes of Power Converters: Small-Signal AC and Large-Signal DC Characterization, Stability Requirements and Implementation of Practical Circuits,” IEEE PESC Conference, pp. 771-785, 1985 7. M. R. Emami, 1. B. Turksen, and A. A. Goldenberg, “Development of A Systematic Methodology of Fuzzy Logic Modeling,” IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Systems, Vol.6, No. 3, August 1998. 8. M. Sugeno and T. Yasukawa, “A Fuzzy-Logic-Based Approach to Qualitative modeling,” IEEE Trans

Conference Session

Provocative Presentations & Lunch

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ikhlaq Sidhu

A B C Page 9.1075.4 Figure 1: Capability-Market Matrix Illustration Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education2.1 Theoretical FrameworkTo formulate a CM matrix, assume a set of n companies in the target area where economicdevelopment is desired. There are n companies (i.e., company 1, company 2,…, company n) eachof size xi employees, where 1 ≤ i ≤ n. The vector cij represents the nc potential capabilities ofcompany i, where 1 ≤ j ≤ nc. The vector mij represents

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marina Pantazidou; Paul Steif

. and H.A. Simon, 1993, Protocol Analysis: Verbal Reports as Data, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 10. van Someren, M.W., Y.F. Barnard, and J.A.C. Sandberg, 1994, The Think Aloud Method: a Practical Guide to Modelling Cognitive Processes , Academic Press, London 11. Atman, C.J. and K.M. Bursic, 1998, Verbal Protocol Analysis as a Method to Document Engineering Student Design Processes, J. of Engineering Education, 87:2:1-12.PAUL S. STEIFProfessor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PADegrees: Sc. B. 1979, Brown University; M.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1982, Harvard University.Research area: solid mechanics and engineering education.MARINA PANTAZIDOUAssistant Professor, Faculty of Civil

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Morris; Dawn Conniff; J. Ledlie Klosky

play the nostalgic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” tune starting from apre-determined location in the song. As the students listened to the song, their heads wereswaying with the tune and some lips were singing along. “Birds fly over the rainbow… why ohwhy can’t I?” Immediately the students began to groan. The instructor boomed, “It’s IY-Y! JudyGarland knew all along!”b. Video ClipsDue to advances in technology, video clips have become extremely easy to show during classusing overhead projectors and computers with DVD capability. Video clips were used to bothgrab students’ attention before class and enhance the point being made for the particular lesson.An example from class involved showing a vehicle test video that was testing guard rail

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs(d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a globaland societal context(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mitch Keil; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

The DTS are used because is this test because there are well accepted in the industry, andits preparation is a standard process. The materials selected for the runs presented here are: a)sand: silica sand (Illinois AFS/gfn 50, rounded and neutral pH), and b) binders: Number I:organic, 50% phenolic and 50% polyisocyanate, with a 1% of catalyst; Number II: inorganic,silicate, with a 10% of catalyst. The binder to sand ratio was used according to manufacturerspecification, i.e., based on weight of sand, a 2% binder for Number I and 3.5% binder forNumber II. The sand, binder and catalyst are mixed in a laboratory sand mixer for two minutes.Then the mix is placed in a fixture that has, in our case, 4 spaces of 5.0 cm diameter by 0.80 cmthickness

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Cupp; Paolo Moore; Norman Fortenberry

outcomes, and 2) to characterize and categorize teaching andlearning practices. Desired student learning outcomes identified in published sources mirroredtwelve of the engineering accreditation criteria supplemented by five additional outcomes notexplicitly addressed within current accreditation criteria: a) multidisciplinary systems thinking,b) business aspects of engineering practice, c) appreciation for diversity, d) good work ethic andcommitment to continuous quality improvement, and e) logical thought process. Sixty-onepercent (11) of the learning outcomes are categorized as Technical, and 39% (7) are categorizedas Social.With respect to teaching and learning practices, an initial investigation uncovered six publishedsources that collectively

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Law; Brian Johnson; Herbert Hess

their present form for introduction next year.Assessment will be the subject of a future paper.References[1] Johnson, B., and H. Hess, “Undergraduate Research and Teaching Opportunities from aTransient NetworkAnalyzer,” ASEE Annual Conference, June 2002, Session 1333.[2] Mohan, N., Electric Drives: An Integrative Approach, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003.[3] Mohan, N., (2004), NSF-Sponsored Developments in Teaching of Power Electronics and Electric Drives,http://www.ece.umn.edu/groups/PowerElectronics_Drives/, (6 March 2004).HERBERT L. HESSHerbert L. Hess received the PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. He served on thefaculty of the United States Military Academy from 1983-1988. In 1993, he joined the