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. His current area of research is in the combustion of solid rocketpropellants as well as other fluid and heat transfer problems.WILLIAM E. MADDOXDr. William Maddox is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at Murray StateUniversity. He received the B.S. degree in Physics and Math from Murray State University, and theM.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the Indiana University. Along with over 30 years experience teaching inthe Engineering Physics program at Murray State, he has eight years experience working as a contractor with NASAin the field of instrument design and six years as a contractor in industry in the field of computer aided engineering.His area of research is in applied x-ray physics.THEODORE D

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antennas intended to receive signals from single hertz toapproximately 100 hertz. The intent of the physics students research was to detectand analyze signals, especially those of terrestrial origin such as the Schumannresonances, lightning resonances, and the postulated electromagnetic signals thatare pre-cursors to earthquake activity. Purdue Electrical Engineering Technologystudents designed amplification and active filter circuitry for the IUS physicsstudents to use in their research. The Purdue students did this as a part of their RFand Power Electronics class. The relationship between these two universitiesrespective programs proved to be mutually beneficial. The Purdue students hadthe experience of designing and fabricating a device which

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activities of the SLOPE program provide the following services to the local community:(i) Improved awareness of Physics/Engineering education and its objectives and impact on Page 5.549.2 the Eastern Shore Community and high school students.(ii) Student projects in partnerships with local community service organizations.(iii) Development of teaching aids for classes and laboratories in local schools.“Service-Learning” has been introduced in selected Engineering and Physics courses. Thestandard format involving preparation, action and reflection have been incorporated 11. Studentprojects that address community needs that dovetail with the

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

. Page 5.492.9GEOFF SWANGeoff Swan is a physics lecturer at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. He mostly teaches firstyear tertiary physics to science and engineering undergraduates. He received a B.Sc.(Hons). in physics from theUniversity of Adelaide (Australia) in 1984, and a Ph.D. for work in condensed matter physics from the Universityof Canterbury at Kent (United Kingdom) in 1989. After completing a Grad.Dip.Ed. from the University of Adelaidein 1990, Geoff taught physics, general science and mathematics in Australian High Schools for three years. Geoffundertakes research in physics education and is particularly interested in the use of modern technology as it relatesto the learning process.GEOFF SWAN

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.), Research in Physics Learning: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Studies Proceedings of an International Workshop, University of Bremen, Germany.8. Redish, E. F. (1994). Implications of cognitive studies for teaching physics. American Journal of Physics, 62(9), 796 – 803.9. Arons, A. (1981). Thinking, reasoning, and understanding in introductory physics courses. The Physics Teacher, 19(3), 166 – 172.10. Hein, T. L. (1995). Learning style analysis in a calculus-based introductory physics course. Annual conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Anaheim, CA (Session 1480).11. Hein, T. L. & Zollman, D. A., (1997). Digital video, learning styles, and student understanding of kinematics

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Rhett J. Allain; Jeff Saul; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

specially designed multimedia classroom for 54students to teach the introductory physics course for engineering majors. This is an intermediatestep to the full SCALE-UP classes (99 students) that will be taught in Fall 2000 when the largerclassroom is completed. Both classrooms are designed to encourage students to work in groupsof three, provide each group with to a laptop computer that has access to the Internet, and allowinstructors to interact with each student group. Traditional lecture and laboratory are replacedwith an integrated approach using active-learning cooperative group activities. The project isinvestigating several aspects of instruction including classroom design, classroom management,and curriculum materials. The curriculum

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Timothy Benson; Paul Berke; Nathaniel Bair; Matthew Scholtens; Kristen Lantz; David Woessner; Daniel Lappenga; Dale Corlew; John Krupczak

supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grantDUE-9752693. Support for summer research participation by undergraduates was providedfrom the National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, and aNational Science Foundation Award for the Integration of Research and Education.Bibliography1.) National Science Foundation, “Shaping The Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology”, NSF 96-139, October 1996.2.) O. Ames, “A Program for Technological Literacy in the Liberal Arts,” Journal of College Science Teaching, March/April (1994) 286-288.3.) N. A. Byars, “Technological Literacy Classes: The State of the Art,” Journal of Engineering

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. Department of Education(PB116B71905), Hewlett Packard, and the National Science Foundation (DUE-9752313)for their support.V. References Page 5.411.81. ABET, (1999). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.: Baltimore, MD. Available at http://www.abet.org/downloads/2000-01_Engineering_Criteria.pdf2. Arons, A., (1990). A Guide to Introductory Physics Teaching., New York: Wiley.3. Astin, A., (1993). What Matters in College?, NY: Jones-Bassey.4. Beichner, R., (1994). Testing student interpretation of kinematics graphs. American Journal of Physics, 62: p. 750-762.5

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shortage of electrical engineers and technicians with adequateknowledge of industrial power distribution theory and practice has now reached a critical point.Electrical power distribution and loading as a specific learning module is a timely and essentialpart of the electrical and power systems curriculum.The industrial power distribution system, as any engineering system, typically includes threestages of a life cycle. These stages are:• Research And Design• Construction, Assembly, Adjustment• MaintenanceThe member of an engineering team (engineer, technologist, and technician) is required to workin three typical situations superimposed with the above mentioned stages of the life cycle: wherethe work is planned in advance; where there is no

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funded bythe NSF-CRCD (Combined Research-Curriculum Development) program. Moreover, OSU’sHonors House is funding an interdisciplinary course on "Sensor Materials," targeted for honorsstudents in engineering and physical sciences. This multifaceted program is strengthening tiesbetween the federal, state, university and industry partners. The greatest benefit has come fromintroducing industry projects into the university’s engineering and physical sciences, thusproviding students and faculty the opportunity to work on research relevant to industry.I. Introduction On most campuses of higher education with significant research activity, there is acontinuing debate on the appropriate balance between research and education. Should we bedoing

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Charles V. Camp; Anna P. Phillips; Paul Palazolo

Team Teaching Technical Topics: An Innovative Approach to Instruction in an Introductory Civil Engineering Course (ID 473) Anna Phillips, Paul Palazolo, and Charles Camp The University of MemphisIntroductionThis research presents findings from a pilot study involving a multi-disciplinary team-teachinginstructional approach in an introductory civil engineering course. The study evolved from aradical redesign of the introductory course sequence in civil engineering in 1994, and theobjectives of the pilot study focus an integrated approach to teaching communication skills,advanced critical thinking skills

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Jacek Jarzynski; Sheldon M. Jeter

Session 2566 Development of an Innovative Engineering Sciences and Systems Laboratory Course Sheldon M. Jeter and Jacek Jarzynski Georgia Institute of Technology INTRODUCTION In the fall of 1999 Georgia Tech changed from a ten week quarter to a fifteenweek semester schedule. This change created the need and opportunity to revise theundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. An important overall curriculumchange was to discontinue the dual track curriculum that featured some concentration oneither mechanical systems or thermal energy and fluid systems. The curriculum

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

Session 2532 Innovations in Curriculum Integration, Delivery, and Assessment For Engineering and Technology Education Saleh M. Sbenaty, Ph.D. Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe current paper outlines an innovative approach to curriculum integration, development, anddelivery that improve engineering and technology education and revive student interests inpursuing these programs. This is one of the objectives of the three-year NSF-funded grant titled“The South-East Advanced Technological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium isa collaborative effort of

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Technology program. Undergrad Engineering Training related to the curricula in this Average 30 Technology program. students / semester Table 1. Summary of the major cooperative teaching/training projects between RCBI and Marshall University.IV. ConclusionInstitutions of higher education are using varied innovative tactics to stay technologically up-to-date. University-industry cooperation in technology training and the Federal Manufacturing Page

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Peter Milne; Pascal Rol; Jean-Marie Parel; Fabrice Mann

. Page 5.595.43. Limitations and challenges3.1. Background knowledge in optics and lasersCurrently, one of the main limitation of our curriculum, and biomedical optics curricula ingeneral, is that most biomedical engineering students do not have a sufficient initial knowledgeof optics or lasers to be able to understand even basic design considerations for a biomedicalapplication. This can be compared, for instance, to having to teach biomechanics to advancedundergraduate biomedical engineering students that have no background knowledge ofmechanics other than what is covered in undergraduate physics courses. Consequently, asignificant section of the classes must be used to cover basic general principles of optics andlasers rather than topics and

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Melvin J. Montgomery; Saleh M. Sbenaty

Session 2249 An Innovative Approach to Curriculum Development for Engineering Technology Programs Saleh M. Sbenaty, Melvin J. Montgomery Middle Tennessee State University/Jackson State Community CollegeAbstractThis paper describes a curriculum development and delivery approach that improves engineeringand technology education and increase student interests in pursuing these programs. This is oneof the goals of the three-year NSF-funded grant ($1.8 million) titled “The South-East AdvancedTechnological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium is a collaborative effort of fivedifferent teams

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Session 2220 Using Mobile Robots to Teach Artificial Intelligence Research Skills Daniel M. Gaines, Natasha Balac Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractSuccessful Artificial Intelligence researchers must be able to think creatively and critically,communicate effectively and evaluate the results of their work. Therefore, it is importantthat we include courses in our curriculum that develop these skills. Since one usually learnsbest by doing, we believe a project-based course, in which students receive hands

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Thomas Stanford; R.J. Bennett; R. Jacoby; M.I. Mendelson; D.A. Keating

Page 5.413.1 21.3 Funding of U.S. Graduate Education for ResearchAs the 1995 NRC report noted:“ … The American system of graduate education of scientists and engineers, organized around an intensive andrealistic research experience, has become the world model for simultaneously conducting basic research andeducating graduate scientists and engineers.The efficacy of our system originated in a series of policy decisions that were prompted by the major role thatscience and technology had in the outcome of World War II. Among those decisions were the following:• The public, through a number of government agencies, would assume an

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evaluation of the problem-solving,research and innovation abilities of your fourth-year engineering students who are about tograduate. Please read the following questions carefully and answer them to your bestability. We truly value your input and thank you very much for your cooperation!Part I: Information about yourself and your University:1. What is your current official title in your University? ____________________________2. How long have you been teaching in your University? Please specify in years ________3. What is your main official duty? Administration [ ]Teaching [ ] Research [ ] Other: _________________4. What is your gender? [ ] Male [ ] Female5. What is your age? Specify: ______________________6

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thatmuch of the first two years of engineering education occurs outside engineering, in math,physics, chemistry, and English. Paradoxically perhaps, we believe that qualitativeresults may speak more forcefully to our colleagues in these predominantly quantitativefields. We believe the qualitative research methods will give us ways to approach ourcolleagues with solid evidence on what engineering students are actually experiencing,learning, feeling, and thinking in those initial classes. We believe that this evidence willnot match what those professors believe is happening in their classes.We undertook this investigation of qualitative research methods in order to be able to usesolid methods in tackling our “why” questions. We hoped that and have

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Terry Dwan; Kiriakos Kiriakidis; Jennifer Waters; George Piper

Engineering and the Ocean Engineering Departments atthe U.S. Naval Academy have collaborated to offer an innovative course sequence inenvironmental engineering [1]. In this course sequence, a host of engineering principles areexplored under the umbrella of environmental topics for non-environmental engineeringstudents. The course sequence is a technical elective track that is offered to systemsengineering majors during their senior year. The systems engineering curriculum at the U.S.Naval Academy is a four year, undergraduate, ABET accredited, program specializing in theinteraction between mechanical, electrical, and computer systems. The curriculum focusesmainly on linear systems theory, feedback control, and mechatronics. Throughout thecurriculum

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Ray Price; Jonathan R. Dolle

Page 5.565.8successful.JONATHAN DOLLEJon Dolle is currently a senior at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is double majoring in GeneralEngineering and Philosophy and plans on graduating with his B.S. and B.A. in the Spring of 2001. Jon has beeninvolved with the Engineering 100 program for two years, as well as been active in campus community servicegroups. Jon is a research assistant for Professor Price.RAY PRICERay Price is a Professor of General Engineering and Severns Chair of Human Relations at the University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign. He was invested in the spring of 1999 and has advised the Engineering 100 Program for oneyear. Professor Price is currently teaching a course on Engineering Emotional Intelligence and has

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Graciela Munoz Padilla; Francisco J. Gonzalez

5.91.1staff comprises more than 300 teaching and research personnel, including more than 80 full-timeprofessors.The Faculty has 8 programs at postgraduate levels (including three Master’s degrees and one Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering). The School also offers a great variety of short courses anddiplomas. (These Diplomas must be supervised by the central Academic Department of theuniversity which, among other things, requires a minimum of 160 hours of instruction.)In the 1950’s, San Luis Potosi had an incipient industry; which, however, began to demand agreater number of engineers, normally arriving from larger cities in the country. Engineers in thefield began to teach in the newly opened School of Engineering, as a social service. But soon

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College of Engineering of Central Philippine University,Iloilo City since 1974. He finished his B.S.C.E. in Central Philippine University and Master ofEngineering at University of the Philippines. He teaches geotechnical engineering, highwayengineering and has been doing work in fabrication of CE equipment. He is now doing researchin innovative engineering methods used in education. Dean Rio is also deeply involved inhelping other CE schools improve the laboratory expertise of their personnel. Page 5.258.8

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Where Others Fail, New York: Villard Books, 1995.13. Cross, K. Patricia, “Teaching for Learning,” AAHE Bulletin 39: 3-7, April, 1987, ED 283 446, 6pp MF-01, PC-0114. Eccles, J. 1989. "Bringing Young Women into Math and Science," In M. Crawford and M. Gentry, eds, Gender and Thought: Psychological Perspectives, New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. Page 5.573.1115. Evans, D. L., G. C. Beakley, P. E. Crouch, and G. T. Yamaguchi, "Attributes of Engineering Graduates and Their Impact on Curriculum Design," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 82, no. 4, October 199316. Frair, Karen and David Cordes, "Sharing Innovation: The NSF Foundation

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materials at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.P. K. MALLICKP. K. Mallick is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Interdisciplinary Programs in theCollege of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He received his Ph.D. inmechanical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1973 and, after several years of working inindustry, joined the university in 1979. His teaching and research interests are mechanical properties of polymers,composites and other materials, manufacturing processes and design-processing interaction. He is a registeredprofessional engineer in the State of Michigan and a Fellow of ASME. He is also a member of SPE, ASM, SMEand ASC

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arelatively privileged few who were selected for their academic ability. These imbalances arethe cause of many of the tensions that U.K. engineering education now experiences13.II. The Robbins and Dearing ReportsIn the former period, the Robbins Report (1963) was a landmark for the changes in the 1960s,whilst changes in the later period 1989-94 are likely to be associated with the publication of theDearing Report (1997). Let us examine their respective contributions in more detail. The fiveyears following the publication of the Robbins report saw13: • an expansion of student numbers and funding which in percentage terms more than matches recent experience; • the creation of new universities; • the transformation of

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the specific models more and more precise on thesame background.Faculty and engineers may use PhysioLAB edu for (i) teaching (because the correspondingsimulations can be used for solving problems given by the teacher), and (ii) research (becausetheir own models can be inserted in the time and space algorithm that allows traversing levels oforganizations). The aim of this system is to make possible integrative physiology by accessingmodel database and model integration without programmingReferences:1. G.A. Chauvet and P. Chauvet, The Purkinje local circuit as an example of functional unit in the nervous system.In Advances in Synaptic Plasticity, Eds Baudry M., Davis J.L., Thompson R.F., The MIT Press, Cambridge, Chap.12, pp. 277-298 (1999).2

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isemphasized to students that products fail, not engineers. Oftentimes products and/or projects faildue in no part to the engineering. As a case in point, during the 1998 offering one E-Team wasfaced with going bankrupt. After spending approximately 10 weeks researching and developing aprototype air filtration system that utilized water as the filtering media, the team found that theconcept could not compete on a price/performance level with existing electrostatic filters. Facedwith certain bankruptcy, the team exercised some innovative thinking and managed to apply thesame filtration technology to develop a system for automatically removing lint from clothesdryers. Due to the water-based filtration, the system also provided a means of

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Page 5.362.10Engineering in 1998.JACK M. WINTERS Dr. Jack Winters is professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering atThe Catholic University of America. His research areas of interest include neuromusculoskeletalsystems, muscle mechanics, human performance assessment, rehabilitation engineering,telerehabilitation. He has also be active in issues related to innovation in biomedical engineeringeducation. Dr. Winters received his bachelor's degree in bioengineering from the University ofCalifornia at San Diego in 1979, and both his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering (1980) andhis Ph.D. in bioengineering (1985) from the University of California at Berkeley