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Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley; D. Jack Elzinga

1.134.4 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings1. Preparation: Identify a group of faculty members (and staff members, if desired) who will serve asparticipants in the strategic planning process. Note that if strategic planning is being done solely for curricularpurposes, this planning group could be, but does not have to be, the CDT. From this group, select four teams(with two to four individuals on each team) to address the following questions and to develop summaries of theirobservations and findings: a. What are the organization's strengths and weaknesses? b. What future projections can be made concerning the practice of the discipline(s) taught in the

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) (b)Figure 2. 1024-Point FFT of sine input function: (a) real output component; (b) imaginary output component Page 1.167.4 fhx&:} 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘O,+,ylnc: . . ,v~ FIR and IIR filter examples were developed and tested on the EZ-Lab board. The following is anexcerpt from an assembly code program which implements the convolution equation of an FIR filter: lcntr=Rl, do mac until Ice;mat: F12=FO*F4, F8=F8+F12, FO=dm(IO,MO), F4=pm(18,M8); {mat/fetch}The first line of code

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William R. Conrad; Earl F. Brune; Elaine M. Cooney

executed under CUPL where the .JED file is created.The resulting .JED file can be used to program the G16V8. The students use either a Chipmaster 3000 or aLogic Lab programmer to program the GAL 16V8. Name Exp2; PARTNO Xxxxx; REVISION Xxxxx; DATE Xxxxx; DESIGNER Xxxxx; COMPANY Xxxxx; ASSEMBLY Xxxxx; LOCATION Xxxxx; DEVICE G16V8; /**** **************************/ /** Input pins **/ /**** **************************/ Pin 1 = A; Pin 2 = B; /**** **************************/ /** Output pins **/ /**** **************************/ Pin 12 = NAND; = Pin 13

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Benoit Cushman-Roisin; Elsa Garmire

● Poor perception of the overall project engineering process ● Narrow view of engineering and related disciplines ● Not wanting to get their hands dirty ● Considering manufacturing work as boring ● No understanding of the quality process ● Weak communication skills ● Little skill or experience working in teams “ Being taught to work as individuals 1- b. Management courses Thayer School has developed management courses specifically designed for the M.E. program. All students must take three specific management courses: Engineering Economy & Financial Management, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior. The first course is a 3

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L. Christopher Komo; John W. Sheffield; E. Keith Stanek; Burns E. Hegler

Page 1.178.2 .- . - ?$iii’ ) 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..+,13ypj .calcul~qxj, Figure 2 shows the method of determining the coincident demand of two devices that operate atdifferent power levels. 0.6 n a) b) c) Figure 2: Possible Demand Levels of Two DevicesThe probability of operating at a certain power level is the percent of time that the device operates at that level.For example, if Device 1 operates at 50 kW for forty percent of the time, the probability that Device 1

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F. Coowar; Rosida Coowar

committed ones, for the latter years of study, ElectricalEngineering must be made attractive and interesting. One subject which is suited for this purpose is“Introduction to Electrical Systems”. The aim is to expose the student to real-life engineering installations in away that he/she is able to appreciate that, when searching for solutions to engineering problems, socio-economic, environmental and other issues should also be considered [4]. At the end of the course, the student isexpected to have developed the following:(a) an understanding of the operation, from a technical point of view, of a major electrical engineering concern,(b) an appreciation of the complexities involved in the search for solutions to engineering problems,(c) an

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Patrick Kangas

synthesize systems and develop analogous theory. pp. 291-297. in: Proceeding of the Cullowhee Conference on Training in Biomathematics. H. L. Lucas (cd.). Institute of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 6. Patten, B. C. 1993. Toward a more holistic ecology, and science: the contribution of H. T. Odum. Oecologia 93:597-602. 7. Kangas, P. 1995. Contributions of H. T. Odum to ecosystem simulation modeling. pp. 11- 18. in: Maximum Power, C. A. S. Hall (cd.). University Press of Colorado, Niwot, CO. 8. Mitsch, W. J. 1994. Energy flow in a pulsing systems: Howard T. Odum. Ecological Engineering 3:77-83. 9. Hall, C. A. S. 1995

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Stefanie L. Lozito; Karen M. Bursic; Cynthia Atman

SLIDE4nalysis hmmm...hmmm, two of the walls, so tbst fourteen foot wide times two four six eight eight dolfars sixty-four 116 cents plus twenty- four...dollar six told, [inaudible comment] thirty-two dotlars...sixtf ourur AM BUD CAL SLIDE cenrs, hmmm,thirty-two sixty -fcur plus tiftc.m sixty-eight total of one scvcntcen times thrce- eights brings.. fcrty-eight thkty-two for the smsdler slide 347 [Inaudible] Any equipnmt you design must be safe for the chifdren, PD S/w CON B L A N K 348 remain outside sdl year long

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Sandra Gronhovd; Sudhir Mehta

I .—-. Session 3230 Use of Hypermedia Modules on CD-ROMs to Teach Communication Skills in Engineering Laboratories — Sandra Gronhovd, S. L Mehta North Dakota State UniversityA b s t r a c t The ability to communicate is essential for engineering students, and coursework is frequently offered toprovide these skills: However

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Michael L. Swafford; Donna J. Brown

Gateway,” WWW http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/~nholtz/tut/doc/doc.html, November 1995.[4] Web Education Support Tools, Ltd., “Welcome to WEST,” WWW http://west.ucd.ie/, November 1995.[5] A. Hubler, “CyberProf,” WWW http://www.ccsr.uiuc.edu/cyberprof-docs/general/, November 1995[6] B. Oakley II, “Use of the Internet in an introductory circuit analysis course,” Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education 93 Conference, Washington, DC, November 6-9, 1993.[7] Netscape Communications Corporation, “The Netscape Server API,” WWW http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/server_api.html, November 1995.[8] R. Rivest, A. Shamir, and L. Adleman, “A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems

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E. Carr Everbach

relevance to the measurement of acoustic output of medical ultrasonic equipment.” J. Page 1.527.6Phys. E. Sci. Instrum. 16:786-796, 1983.7Everbach, E. C., “An inexpensive wide-bandwidth hydrophone for lithotripsy research.” J. Acoust. Soc.Am. S1(87):S128, 1990 (A).8Everbach, E.C., and Holz, B, “A durable, wide-bandwidth lithotripsy hydrophone.” J. Acoust. Soc. Am.98(5):2943, 1995 (A).9 Hicks, J.C., and Jones, T.E., “Frequency dependence of remanent polarization and the correlation ofpiezoelectric coefficients with remanent polarization in polyvinylidene fluoride.” Ferroelectrics 32:119-126,1981.Biographical InformationERICH CARR EVERBACH

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shows how geometry can affect theload carrying capacity of a material used in construction how different materials have different failurecharacteristics, and how construction affects the performance of a composite material.The student will learn to:1. Fabricate different types of layered beams such as A. Built-up beams of a single material, and B. Composite beams of a mixture of materials,2. Test these layered beams to determine how and where the beams fails,3. Use knowledge gained from 1 and 2, to design a layered beam that will fail in a predicted manner, and4. Capture a knowledge of the effects of lamination, adhesion, and geometry in layered beam construction on beam strength and failure location.Equipment and Supplies:1. Forster

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Raj Mutharasan; Alan Lawley

, received B. S. from IIT(Madras), India and Ph. D. from Drexel University. After a Post-Doctoral year at University of Toronto, hejoined Drexel in 1974. Dr. Mutharasan, member of AIChE, AIME and ACS, was on the Editorial Board ofMetallurgical Transactions (1983-87) and was the Programming Chair of FPBE Division, AIChE (1986-89).Research interests include materials processing, biochemical engineering and education technology.ALAN LAWLEYAlan Lawley, the Grosvenor Professor of Metallurgy and Head of the Department of Materials Engineering atDrexel University, received B. SC. (1955) and Ph.D. (1958) degrees from the University of Birmingham,England. He is a Fellow of ASM, a former President of the Metallurgical Society (1982) and of AIME (1987

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Merl Baker

. process in U. S. universities is an integration of (a) a block of academic courses, (b) literaturereports, (c) academic work experiences, and (d) an original basic-~search dissertation. Initially in this paper, challenges byrespected leaders of the traditional process has been recognized. However, since it has been proven highly successful inmost respects the conclusion is that, “radically displacement is unnecessary and ill advised”. In response to Armstrong and GrifMhs’ deep concerns, significant and tangible incremental changes in the macroprocess by small sub-processes substitutions are deemed essential to achieve continuous improvements and provide highquality services to customers of all types. Customer demands are changing rapidly

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Timothy Sexton

illustrated in Figure 9- 17C. Figure 3: Section of a tangent lines tutorial (A) (B) (c) Figure 4: Illustration (Figure 9- 17A, B, C) used in a tutorial on drawing tangent lines Page 1.449.3 . - . . .-x . {tig~~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.JHly’j _ JJsing step-by-step guided tutorials has proven to be successful but there are some drawbacks: 1)tutorial are very time consuming to develop

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Lt Col Rosario Nici; Col John Russell

throughouttheir four years at the Academy. How well they develop this skill has always been a matter ofconjecture because it is difficult to objectively and reliably evaluate. This report explains our initialattempt during AY 94-95 to assess framing and resolving ill-defined problems, describes our activitiesassociated with this effort, and presents the results of our evaluation. Method Assessing cadets’ ability to frame and resolve ill-defined problems is itself an ill-definedproblem. The problem was framed by defining the outcome in terms of behaviors that describedifferent levels of performance (See Appendix B). Initially we classified performance as beingexcellent, satisfactory, or deficient. Next

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Steve Moser; Michael Bluhm; Allan Goodman; Sarah Lynn Garrett

until senior design and capstone courses to show them. By nottapping -ihto the students motivational core at the beginning of their university educatio~ we have missed one ofour best educational opportunities. Using our architectural engineering program at Kansas State University, we have developed,implemented and tested a new model of an integrate~ application-oriented curriculum. Our department focussesprimarily on undergraduate educatio~ with two large B. S. programs (330 students in architectural engineeringand 240 students in construction science and management). We have a large number of faculty who havereturned to the classroom afler working in the engineering and construction industries(1). We are in our finalyear of a three year

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Robert Madar; David L. Huggins

their learning and worked harder so as to “not to miss out on anything.” Attendance wasalmost 100% at both site locations. The result ended with students having better performance and greateraccomplishments. VII. Summary: Students attitudes, theirs fears and apprehensions, is a critical issue in teaching a coursevia PictureTel. The initial assumption was verified b y the evaluations taken during the semester and the surveytaken several months after the completion of the course. Thus, preparation for teaching a course by distantlearning techniques, must involve the critical issue of student attitude. Page 1.413.3

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Denise Dorricott; Richard Devon

• problem has a singular, • problem is novel and has definitive answer many possible solutions • context is singular • several contexts are • several contexts are B. • perspective is imposed explored explored • multiple perspectives are • multiple perspectives are imposed offered • learner is encouraged to

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Hameed Hindi; Ben Humphrey; Swami Karunamoorthy

sequence has been prepared.A typical ply has a thickness of 1/8 mm.Vacuum Bagging & Room Temperature Curing: A list of materials required for vacuum bagging include, a) vacuum bag film, b) breather cloth, c) bleedercloth, d) peel ply, e) vacuum bag sealing tape, f) release film, and g) mold release (Partall #lO). A typical lay upsequence is shown in Figure 1. After the assembly is complete, a vacuum was created inside the bag with anelectric pump. Typically, the laminate was cured for twenty four hours at room temperature. At the end of curecycle, the assembly was removed from the vacuum bag and the laminate has been separated. Then the specimenfor tension, bending, and vibration tests were prepared.(ii) Sandwich Beam A typical sandwich

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Robert F. Abbanat; Jeffrey W. Honchell

information that is not available from either. Lectures (traditionally performed with chalk and ablackboard) and textbooks can be usefid for providing information on almost any topic, but from a pedagogicalstandpoint, both are lacking in three areas: a) both are constrained to two dimensions, b) both are static, and c)neither allows the student to interact with the material. With any field of education it is advantageous to allowthe student to interact with the material, but the ability to effectively present dynamic material and material in Page 1.331.1 $i!iii’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference

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Robert C. Waters

. Retch, B. R. Allen, & C. R. Smith, Dame ‘Publications, Inc., 1993. [R] Engineering Economic Analysis, 5th Edition, by Donald G. Newnan & Bruce Johnson, Engineering Press, 1995. [N] Session Date Assignments* Due Date 1 Aug. 30 2 Sept. 6 R Appndx A&B Accounting Problem 3 Sept. 13 R1,2 1-2,3; 2-3,8,9,10 4 Sept. 20 R3,4 3-3,4,5,6,7; 4-1,4 5 Sept. 27 R5,6 5-3,6,9,11; 6-4,6 6 Oct. 4 R7,9 7-2; 9-all

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Gad Engler

number of times a particular journal title was stated by faculty 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.193.4members as needed in the form of conventional subscriptions. For example, in Line 5, the entry of "2" meansthat two faculty members from the entire population surveyed specified that they needed a certain title and thatthey needed it as a subscription, not through document delivery. This entry, as explained above, is our measureof worth. Column B lists the total number of titles thus requested. For example, 80 titles were requested twiceeach. Column C is

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Richard L. Marcellus; Jr., John Felver; Joy Pauschke

Housing Services at Northern Illinois University. References1. Landis, R. B., “Academic Gamesmanship: Becoming a ‘Master’ Student,” Chicago, IL: National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc., 1987.2. Hacket, G., N. E. Betz, J. M. Casas, and 1. A. Rocha-Singh, “Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Cognitive Factors Predicting the Academic Achievement of Students in Engineering,” Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 39, No. 4, 1992, Pp. 527-538.3. Light, R. J., “The Harvard Assessment Seminars: First Report, 1990,” Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1990.4. Light, R. J., “The Harvard Assessment Seminars: Second Report, 1992,” Cambridge, MA: Harvard

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John O. Dimmock; Stephen T. Kowel

Typical Course Schedulealthough the program also supports alternative and nontraditional schedules. Four new courses weredeveloped specifically for this program. These are the three listed in Table II under Optics Design andManufacturing Technology, namely “Optics and Photonics System Design”, “Optomechanical Design andManufacturing” and “Optical Fabrication and Testing”; and the “Integrated Production and Process Design”course under Engineering Management. Table II Curriculum Requirements21 Hours Required Core Courses a. Optical Systems and Engineering b. Quantum Optics 6

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W.G. Steele; M. H. Hosni; H. W. Coleman

‘.,,,plpj B,=[( -&BJ2 +(A B2)2+ . . . ..+( ~BJ)2 ]1 ’ 2 (16) 1 ax2 Jand P, = [(-& PJ2+(~ P 2 ) 2 +..... +( &PJ)2 ]1’2 (17) 1 2 J The bias component (B, ) is a fixed error that may in some instances be reduced by calibration. Theprecision component (1?, ) is a variable error that may be reduced by averaging repeated measurements takenover an appropriate time period. The uncertainty in the result is then given u, = [B

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Paulo S. F. Barbosa; Enno 'Ed' Koehn; J. G. P. Andrade; E. Luvizzoto Jr.

public concern inseveral areas such as hydropower generation (only 25°/0 of the total potential has been exploited), urban floodcontrol, sanitation works, fluvial navigation, etc. Therefore, we have other reasons to explain the decline oftraditional hydraulics in the Brazilian context. Firstly we think the impact of informatics was a major factor in shifiing move students and professorsfrom the laboratory to computers. The pace of this movement towards computers modelling was accelerated bytwo simultaneous factors: (a) the scarcity of financial fi.mds for research, mainly those requiring highermagnitudes (e.g., hydraulic physical modeling); (b) the decreasing cost of personal computers, nowadaysaccessible to a great majority of graduate

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David J. Beebe

1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Hours of human subject Hours of animal experiments 15% 0-20 31% None 23% 20-40 10-20 60 or more 69% more than 20 62% (a) (b)Figure 1 - (a) Most medical instrumentation course series contain 20 or fewer hours of hands-on experimentsinvolving human subjects. (b) None contained more than 20 hours of hands on

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Khalid K. Naji; Fazil Najafi

. 2nd. Ed.. McGraw-Hill. New York, 1995. 7. VREAM, Incorporated. PRCreator Reference Manual. 1995. 8. Sense8 Corporation. WorldUp Reference Manual. 1995.KHALID K. NAJI is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Florida. Hereceived a B. Sc. in Civil Engineering from The University of Qatar in 1990, and a M. Sc. in Civil Engineeringfrom The University of Texas at Austin in 1993. His research interests include computer aided analysis anddesign, visual programming techniques, expert systems, object oriented programming for civil engineering appli-cations, computer graphics, and graphical simulation techniques.FAZIL T. NAJAFI earned his BSCE from the American College of Engineering, Kabul

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Osama Ettouney; Don L. Byrkett

. Students were expected to do someresearch on scientific toys and use their creativity to design an interesting toy. The documentation that theywere required to submit in phase 1 was as follows: a. A description of the product, the scientific principle they are trying to teach, and how they have made it exciting for a 7 to 12 year old. b. AutoCAD drawings of the assembled product and each component they plan to manufacture. c. A complete list of components and whether each component is to be manufactured or purchased. d. The estimated cost of the product. Students were encouraged to provide design details, but were advised that design is an iterativeprocess and they will likely modify some of the design