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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

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Audeen Fentiman; John Demel; Richard Freuler

using techno logy.One might be tempted to remark that incorporating design in the freshman year is mostly just avery logical extension of engineering up front. Certainly on the whole this may be true. But atOhio State the results of a College of Engineering survey in 1992 of 20% of the most recent fiveyear graduates18-19 revealed a strong reason to introduce team-oriented design/build projects.The survey of the graduates (and also of their employers) gathered information about both theimportance of and their preparation in skills grouped in four broad areas: a) basic engineeringskills, b) basic graphics skills, c) computer skills, and d) communication and problem solvingskills. Without exception, the graduates from the years 1987 to 1991 and

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

context, the overall course score is thesum of up to 15 points for regular labs, up to 20 points for quizzes, up to 20 points for themidterm, and up to 20 points for the final. In other words, the final project points made upbetween 10 and 40 points, with all other grades comprising 75 points maximum. The totalcourse score was converted into a letter grade using an approximate scale of 90-100 = A, 80-90=B, etc., regardless of the final project chosen.Project Title Point No. Value 1 Basic Robot Arm Motion Control Logic Using Control Box 10 2

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Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

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Scogtt Magids; Sarah Djamshidi; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

its first license and is continuing technology development incident tocommercial products using grant funds and service revenues.5.1.4.1.3. Incubator StartupThe founder of a six-person, $1M revenue-per-year XML software company soughtVentureAccelerator help in identifying and capitalizing upon growth opportunitiesbeginning October, 2002. VentureAccelerator aggregated a team including an MBAstudent, multiple undergraduates, and one full-time staff person. First, this team analyzedthe XML data market and concluded (a) significant opportunities exist to convertdisparate data to XML if tools and services are easy-to-use and affordable; and (b) themarket is a fragmented, “cottage-industry.” Second, the team conducted business modelfinancial

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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Thompson; William Oakes

Education, edited by MD LeCompte, W. L. Millroy, and J.Preissle. New York: Academic Press.Stott, N. W., Schultz, W. W., Brei, D., Winton Hoffman, D. M., and Markus, G. (2000). ProCEED: AProgram for Civic Engagement in Engineering Design, Proceedings of the ASEE 2000 AnnualConference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2000.Tinto, V. (1993). Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition, Chicago:University of Chicago Press.Todd, R. H., Magleby, S. P., Sorensen, C. D., Swan, B. R. & Anthony, D. K. (1995). A survey ofcapstone engineering courses in North America. Journal of Engineering Education, 84(2), 165-174,April 1995.Tsang, E., editor (2000). Projects That Matter: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning inEngineering

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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Avitabile; Charles Goodman; Jeffrey Hodgkins

natural frequency maycompare, the physical characteristics of the system may not be believable.III.2.b Cantilever BeamThe cantilever beam is actually much simpler than the single DOF system. The system is shownin a photo as well as schematically drawn in Figure 5. The moving mass characteristics must bedetermined. The exact materials are not given so the students need to determine both mass andstiffness characteristics. As in the single DOF system, many fail to recognize that theinstrumentation mass has a significant effect in this case. The spring stiffness can be determinedvarious ways - analytically or experimentally (but the students need to be reminded that theyhave already determined this characteristic experimentally as part of their

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Linda Katehi; Leah Jamieson; Katherine Banks; Kamyar Haghighi; John Gaunt; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

, National Research Council Report, Washington, DC: National Academy Press (1995).4. Wulf, W. A. and Fisher, G. M. C., “A Makeover for Engineering Education,” Issues in Science and Technology, www.nap.edu/issues/18.3/p_wulf.html (Spring 2002).5. Vinod K. Lohani, Bridges for Engineering Education: Virginia Tech (BEEVT), NSF Award No. 0342000 (Engineering Education) https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0342000 (2003).6. Katehi, L., Banks, K., Diefes-Dux, H., Follman, D., Gaunt, J., Haghighi, K., Imbrie, P. K., Jamieson, L., Montgomery, R., Oakes, W., and Wankat, P., Preeminence in First-Year Engineering Programs, 2004 ASEE National Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City, UT. (2004).7. Newberry, B. and Farison, J., “A Look at

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus L. Carter; Amy G. Yuhasz; Misty Loughry; Matthew Ohland

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education9. Layton, R.A., and M.W. Ohland, “Peer evaluations revisited: Focus on teamwork, not ability,” Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Ed., Albuquerque, NM, June (2001).10. Ohland, M.W., and C.J. Finelli, “Peer evaluation in a mandatory cooperative education environment,” Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Ed., Albuquerque, NM, June (2001).11. Finelli, C.J., “Assessing improvement in students’ team skills and using a learning style inventory to increase it,” Proc. Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE/ASEE, Reno, NV, October (2001).12. Mikic, B. and D. Grasso, “Socially-Relevant Design; The TOYtech Project at Smith College,” J Engr Ed 91(3), July 2002, pp. 319-326.13

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Klaus Rütters; Bernardo Wagner; Andreas Böhne

between collocated and distributed student groups still hasto be analyzed.AcknowledgementsWe like to thank Nils Faltin and Christoph Richter from the Learning Lab Lower Saxony for Page 9.584.12their support in the educational evaluation. Nils Hagge and Jörg Tuttas from the University of Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationHanover supported us by developing the programming environment and basic embedded systemsoftware.Bibliography1. Böhne, A., Faltin, N., Wagner, B., “Synchronous Tele-tutorial

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Ollis

creating new courses with a college, rather thandepartmental, designation. Moreover, the college has no experience in offering servicecourses to NCSU undergraduates. Thus, no prior model existed for the development of anew lecture-lab format in technology literacy. Nor were there existing administrativeconnections to promote cross-college development of such a service course. Our path toreceipt of approval to offer a new course was thus not straightforward, as we failed toanticipate. a. Submission as a full, new NCSU course was received and accepted by theCollege of Engineering Committee on Courses and Curriculum (CCC) and passed on tothe University level. b. The University committee secretary sent the package back, indicating that

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kevin Dahm

the practical value of the material. The software is currently being revised anddebugged in response to feedback from students who used it in the Fall 2003 semester. Thecompletion of the software will make the simulation available for dissemination to otheruniversities, and allow its adoption with a minimum investment of time on the part of theinstructor.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0126697.References1. Newnan, D. G., Lavelle, J. P. Engineering Economic Analysis. Engineering Press, Austin, TX, 1998.2. White, J. A., Case, K. E., Pratt, David B., and Agee, Marvin H., Principles of Engineering Economic Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY 1998.3

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Khan Saeed; Beverlee Kissick

1793Expectations: Leadership, Dialogue and Continuing Commitment to Diversity Promotion Beverlee Kissick Ph.D. and Saeed Khan Ph.D. Kansas State University at SalinaIntroduction:An individual’s growth is linked to the growth of the society to which she or he belongs.As our society becomes increasingly diverse the success of each person becomesincreasingly intertwined with the growth of the whole society. The following quote fromGeorge Land’s Grow or Die [1] attests to this interdependence of the individual and thecollective, “In a multicellular relationship or in a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

an additionalthree students dropped the course. In the future this is a course that we should watch to makesure that the students are taking advantage of tutoring and study help which are available free.At midterm, each of the assigned groups gave a practice presentation. This was a mostworthwhile exercise. Through the presentations some groups learned that they hadmisinterpreted parts of the assignment. Other groups learn that they were far behind the othergroups in their work. Other groups learned that their presentation to date was very poor. Thestudents also benefited from a practice presentation in front of the class. At midterm, three of thegroups were graded at A and two of the groups at B. The final group presentations were all of A

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Trevor Hassall; Jose Arquero; John Joyce; Ian Robinson; Michael Bramhall

Publications (1984).12. V. P Richmond and J. C. McCroskey, Communication Apprehension, Avoidance and Effectiveness. Scottsdale, AZ, Gorusch (1989).13. M. Allen and J. Bourhis, The relationship of communication apprehension to communication behaviour: A meta-analysis. Communication Quarterly, 44, (2), pp214-226 (1996).14. B. H Spitzberg, and W. R. Cupach, Interpersonal Communication Competence, Beverly Hills, California, Sage (1984).15. M. L. Boorom, J. R., Goolsby, and R. P. Ramsey, Relational communication traits and their effect on adaptiveness and sales performance. Academy of Marketing Science Journal, 26, (1), pp16-30 (1998).16. T. Biggers and J.T. Masterson, Communication Apprehension as a personality trait: An emotional defence of a

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

time in Fall 2004) to help students gain a betterunderstanding of fuel cell fundamentals that they can apply to their project work. Thismodule will cover the following topics: 1. History of fuel cells 2. Overview of fuel cell technology, advantages and disadvantages of fuel cell types a. Fundamentals b. Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cells c. Alkaline Electrolyte fuel cells d. Direct Methanol fuel cells e. Phosphoric Acid fuel cells f. Molten Carbonate fuel cells g. Solid Oxide fuel cells 3. Review of electrochemistry 4. Fuel Cell Efficiency and Fuel Cell losses 5. Concepts of fuel processing and reforming 6. Characteristics of fuel cells 7. Fuel cell catalysts, “platinum

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Orth

of someinstructors is illegible on the chalkboard because they use several colors of chalk, have badpenmanship, or write notes in cursive. He also mentioned that it is easy to lose control of theaudience because instructors will talk to the chalkboard and not to the audience. According toStafford, the chalkboard may be used for a variety of reasons, but it is most effective whenfollowing these guidelines: The instructor should a) write, then turn facing the audience to talk,b) print using lower-case letters, c) write straight across, and use no more than five colors ofchalk, and d) use templates to draw shapes. Some additional information Carl Stafford providedis that the larger the room, the larger the print needs to be. He recommended that

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

AC 2004-145: USE OF CAMBRIDGE ENGINEERING SELECTOR IN AMATERIALS/MANUFACTURING COURSERichard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar Page 9.1350.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 Use of Cambr idge Engineer ing Selector in a Mater ials/Manufactur ing Cour se Dr. Richard B. Griffin, MEEN Dept. 3123 Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3123Abstr act During the 1998-1999 academic year, Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M Universitydecided to combine a materials course that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

Session number 2004-1340 Differentiated Team Training in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Projects Course Dr. Ray Luechtefeld, Dr. Steve E. Watkins, Vijay Rajappa University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThe ability to function effectively in teams is an important contributor to career success inengineering. Unfortunately, specific training designed to improve team effectiveness is not oftenincorporated into engineering education. Even when such training is provided, the absence ofclear comparisons makes it difficult to evaluate effectiveness. Providing two kinds of teamtraining to

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pramodh Viswanathan; Molu Olumolade

Session 2463 Manufacturing System Improvement through Measurement and Redesign: A case study. Molu Olumolade and P. Viswanathan Industrial and Engineering Technology Department Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI. 48859Abstract:Systematic improvement is a buzz word in the manufacturing world. Companies want to hear orknow about how they can do one or all of the following three things: a) Produce more by keepinginput at the same level, b) produce at the same level with a reduced input, or c

Conference Session

Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Sokol; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Judith Norback

Session 3157 Using a Communication Lab to Integrate Workplace Communication into Senior Design* Judith Shaul Norback, Joel S. Sokol, Garlie A. Forehand, Beverly Sutley-Fish School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractRecently engineering students whose training has traditionally focused on preparing them for thetechnical aspect of the workplace are receiving more instruction in communication. SeniorDesign courses offer an excellent

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lehman; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

popularity and acceptance of computer networking have created a need toprovide students in Electronics Engineering Technology with a training coursebased on the aforementioned technology. Computer networking training can beintroduced as an integrated approach to traditional communication topics andcomputer networking. In an effort to introduce students to computer network-based communication, the Electronics Engineering program at Savannah StateUniversity and Savannah Technical College has developed a course in whichemphasis is directed towards a balanced curriculum that includes topics bothfrom traditional communication area and computer networking concepts.This paper includes the course outline and information for an innovativecomputer-networking

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" Session 3130BiographiesJEFFREY B. CONNOR is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University. He received his M.S. degree in civil engineering from VPI&SU and B.S.degree in civil engineering from the University of Lowell and is currently pursing a Ph.D. in civil engineering fromVPI&SU where he teaches freshman and civil engineering. He is a co-PI of BEEVT project.VINOD K. LOHANI an associate professor in the

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

limit the spread of the virus. Several of these antigenic “co-proteins”, co-Hep B, co-Hep C, co-Human Papilloma Virus, co-RSV, co-Rotavirus, and co-HIV, are now in Phase I clinical trials (see Table 1 [contained on the web site] for protein characteristics). The management of PeptiVax Inc. would like your group to evaluate and recommend a proposed product line, design the corresponding Escherichia coli based processes for protein production (see Table 2 [contained on the web site] for E. coli growth data), and determine the required modifications to their existing facility (see Figure 1 [contained on the web site] and Tables 3 & 4 [contained on the web site]). PeptiVax’s senior management would like to see

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

contributing, well-rounded member of society. Graduates of baccalaureate programs in Information Technology must have the ability to: (a) Use and apply current technical concepts and practices in the core information technologies; (b) Analyze, identify and define the requirements that must be satisfied to address problems or opportunities faced by organizations or individuals; (c) Design effective and usable IT-based solutions and integrate them into the user environment; (d) Assist in the creation of an effective project plan; (e) Identify and evaluate current and emerging technologies and assess their applicability to address the users’ needs; (f) Analyze the impact of information technology on individuals

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

each school) connected in a network, with Internet access.The implementation of the program started in February of 2002; it has been dimensioned to serve10 thousand students per year, including the qualification of teachers and technical staff for thenext four years.7. Infra Structure of the ProjectThe project physical infra structure counts with 16 laboratories with 20 points of network each,in according to the international pattern EIA/TIA 568-A, where each lab contains one Rack withkey and the local network active element (Switch 24 doors 10/100 MBITS).The whole project is compounded by: 320 Celeron computers 800 MHZ/ Disk of 20GB and 128MB RAM/ Colored monitor with 15”/ CDRom/ Stabilizer; Supply of 32 printers, 2 for each lab;Large b and

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Appanaboyina; Kendrick Aung

, Montreal, Canada, 2002.3. Hodge, B. K., “Alternate Energy Systems A New Elective,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, 2002.4. Culp, A. W., “Principles of Energy Conversion”, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1991.5. Sorenson, H. A., “Energy Conversion Systems,” John Wiley & Sons, 1983.6. Berinstein, P., “Alternative Energy: Facts, Statistics, and Issues,” Oryx Press, 2001.7. Hazen, M. E., and Hauben, M., “Alternative Energy,” Delmar Learning, 1996.8. Ristinen, R. A., and Kraushaar, J. J., “Energy and the Environment,” John Wiley & Sons, 1998.9. Thumann, A., and Mehta, D. P., “Handbook of Energy Engineering,” 5th Edition, Fairmont Press, 2001.10

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Lessons Learned From Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Avitabile; Jeffrey Hodgkins

., “Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching”, 3rd Edition, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 19699 Wolkson,A. “Employers Demand New Skills”, Machine Design, Sept 199210 Knight,C.V., McDonald,G.H., “Modernization of a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory using Data Acquisition with LABVIEW”, ASEE Session 226611 Onaral,B., “A Road Less Traveled”, ASEE Prism, September 199212 Wankat,P., Oreovicz,F., “Learning Outside the Classroom”, ASEE Prism, p32, Jan 200013 McConnaughay,K., Welsford,I., Stabenau,E., “Inquiry, Investigation, and Integration in Undergraduate Science Curricula”, Council on Undergraduate Research Quartley, pp14-18, September 1999Peter Avitabile is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and the

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Trevor Harding

. and Jenssen, G.B., "Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Aluminum and Steel Bumper Carriers," Proceedings of the 2000 Total Life Cycle Conference, P-353, Warrendale, PA: Society for Automotive Engineers, n.2000-01-1495, pp.225-231, 2000.8 Gibson, T.L., "Life Cycle Assessment of Advanced Materials for Automotive Applications," Proceedings of the 2000 Total Life Cycle Conference, P-353, Warrendale, PA: Society for Automotive Engineers, n.2000-01-1486, pp.161-171, 2000.9 "Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles," Official Journal of the European Communities, pp. L 269/34 - 42, 2000.10 Kirkpatrick, N., Dowdell, D. and Glazebrook, B., "A Life Cycle Assessment of the

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramon Vasquez; Anand Sharma

formidable challenge, givenacademe’s interest in preservation of the status quo.” The entire process can be summarized intothe following key steps9: “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Page 9.340.2 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”(a) The Institution requests an evaluation visit(b) The Engineering Accreditation Commission selects the Team Chair(c) The Team Chair contacts the Dean of Engineering to select dates for the campus visit, and to determine the status of self-study materials

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

-disciplinary teams are on the project, the amount the projectcounts toward each discipline can vary. Final grade distribution has ranged from A to D with themajority earning a B or higher. This high grade average is due to the fact that the studentsinvolved in the project are typically very highly motivated and take a serious view of theresponsibilities given to them.ResultsWhile the process still continues to mature, we would point toward various measurable indicatorsof research success such as external funding, external publications, realized educationaloutcomes, and student satisfaction.Our laboratory has secured three federally funded projects totaling over $700,000. These fundshave allowed the development of a modern experimental laboratory in

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

, AIChE J. 40, 1312 (1994).17. T.K. Bhatia and L.T. Biegler, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 36, 3708 (1997).18. S.H. Chung, D.L. Ma and R.D. Braatz, Can. J. Chem. Eng. 77, 590 (1999).19. Z.K. Nagy and R.D. Braatz, AIChE J. 49, 1776 (2003).20. R.D. Braatz, Ann. Rev. Control 26, 87 (2002).21. F. Wang and K.A. Berglund, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 39, 2101 (2000).22. A. Tadayyon and S. Rohani, Part. Part. Syst. Char. 15, 127 (1998).23. http://www.lasentec.com24. J. Garside, A. Mersmann and J. Nyvlt, editors, Measurement of Crystal Growth and Nucleation Rates, 2nd edition, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, UK, 2002, pp. 7-10.25. E.J. Hukkanen and R.D. Braatz, Sensors & Actuators B 96, 451 (2003).26. A.P. Featherstone, J.G