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A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

Session 3225 Design in the Rowan University Freshman Engineering Clinic A. J. Marchese, R. P. Hesketh, K. Jahan T. R. Chandrupatla, R. A. Dusseau, C. S. Slater, J. L. Schmalzel School of Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 Session 3225, Paper No. 4 1997 Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997ABSTRACTFreshman engineering students at Rowan

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Michael J. Pavelich; Barbara Olds

assessment measures to meet their specific needs.The Assessment Committee is focusing its efforts on advising these faculty groups as they developappropriate assessment strategies. We believe that our experience over the past decade has providedus with insights and experiences that will make the new CSM assessment process even more effective.1. Forrest, Aubrey, et. al. Time Will Tell: Portfolio-Assisted Assessment of General Education. The AAHE Assessment Forum, 1990. [2] [3]2. Pavelich, M. J. and Moore, W. S. "Measuring Maturation Rates of Engineering Students Using the Perry Model." 1993 Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 451-455, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 1993.3

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Samuel P. Clemence; Daniel J. McGinley

University TX01 Lamar UniversityCA18 U of California - Berkeley MO03 U Missouri - Rolla UT01 Brigham Young UniversityCO01 Colorado State University MT01 Montana State University VA03 Virginia Military InstituteCT03 University of New Haven NE01 Uof Nebraska - Lincoln VA05 Virginia Western CCFL06 University of Florida* NH02 New England College VT01 Norwich UniversityHI01 Uof Hawaii at Manoa NH03 U of New Hampshire WA04 University of WashingtonIL03 S. Illinois U at Carbondale NJ01 New Jersey Inst of TechIN03 Tri-State University NJ03 Rutgers University * Multiple programsLA03 McNeese State University NV01

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Richard Parker; Walter Buchanan

). Maple V. (Purchase address: 450 Phillip Street, Waterloo, Ontario,Canada N2L 5J2), 1-800-267-65833. Parker, R. & Buchanan, W. (1996). Circuit Simulators and Computer Algebra: An Integrated Curriculumfor Electronics Students. Proceedings 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. Area UniversityConsortium, June 1996, pp. 165821-26.4. Olive, S. & Parker, R. (1992). A Canadian College Introduces Maple to Engineering Technology Classes,The Maple Roots Report, 2(1): Seneca CollegeRICHARD PARKERRichard Parker, B.Sc., M.Sc., after having been a instructor and administrator in the School of Electronics andComputer Engineering at Seneca College, is currently working on the use of technology in education. He facilitatedthe successful

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Robert Underwood; Loren Douglas Poole; Barbara Blake Bath

sphere changes as its radius decreases withwear. The initial radius is 3.00 inches, the final radius is 0.75 inches and the steel density is 7.88g per square centimeter. Consider 0.25 increments. Acceleration (from Dynamics course) The acceleration of a particle is a = k sin(S t/T). Knowing that both the velocity and theposition coordinates of the particle are zero when t = 0 and that T is a constant, determine 1. the equations of motion, i.e. v in terms of t and x in terms of t 2. the maximum velocity 3. the position at time t = 2T.The interesting thing about this problem was the difficulty which students had in integrating thesine function with the added constants. The other

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Matthew R. James; Mario G. Beruvides

., “An evaluation of Engineering Management Graduate Curriculum: Content in the Reduction of Uncertainty,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1995, pp. 2070-2075.[3] Bok, D., "The improvement of teaching", Teachers College Record, vol. 93. no. 2, 1991, pp. 236 - 251.7 Page 2.318.9 Note, the other group (which had a different research problem) did follow-up on their tasks and did not have half theproblems this group experienced.[4] Bruner, J. S., Towards a theory of instruction, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966.[5] Cross, K. P., "Effective college teaching," ASEE Prism, October, 1991, pp

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Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Education Research Institute.5. Chronicle of Higher Education. (January 12, 1996). This Year's Freshmen: A Statistical Profile. Chronicle of Higher Education, A34.6. Purushothaman, S. (June, 1996). Factors influencing the selection of universities by minority women in engineering. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network, Denver, CO.7. Campbell, G. (1995). Bridging the ethnic and gender gaps in engineering. Proceedings of Bridging the Gender Gap in Engineering and Science: The Challenge of Institutional Transformation. Carnegie Mellon University.8. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1991). Healthy People 2000. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health

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1998 Annual Conference

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Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

performingsuch analyses.Design ModuleIn this module, rising juniors in the Engineering Design class (MEEN 474) present to juniors inthe Strength of Materials class (MEEN 336) an example of truss design. A POWERPOINTpresentation of truss design objectives and procedures is followed by a demonstration of designusing MATLAB.The Engineering Design class (MEEN 474) learns to design machine elements for static andfatigue loads. The major objectives of the course include (1) identification of the stress type(s) inmechanical elements, (2) selection of materials suitable for a given application, (3) selection andapplication of the appropriate theory of failure, and (4) iteration procedures to obtain safedesigns. These objectives are highlighted in the module

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Peter T. Cummings; Hank D. Cochran; Juan J. dePablo; Denis J. Evans; Peter A. Koen; Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos; Richard L. Rowley

publishes original research). Such contributions will be refereed by theprincipal investigators of this proposal, who will form the nucleus of an editorial board for theongoing WWW-based textbook. Thus the WWW-based textbook will evolve into both aninstructional text accessible to the neophyte and an electronic journal capturing the mostimportant research developments in the field, and providing for all users of the text a bridgebetween the most fundamental aspects of molecular simulation and its most advancedapplications. In order to encourage participation in the WWW-based textbook, each contributionwill carry the by-line of the author(s), much like an encyclopedia.Features of the WWW-Based Textbook on Molecular SimulationA “WWW-based” book

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Milo D. Koretsky

tracking of Cpk in time. Finally, many students were excited tosee the same control charts they constructed in homework assignments, in use and presented onthe walls of the factory.ASSESSMENTThere has been no formal attempt to assess the effectiveness of Chemical Process Statistics onOSU ChE graduates in industry. In fact, the first students to take the class (F 1996) have justgraduated (S 1998). However, the initial course offerings have been well received. Studentevaluations were 3.77/4.00 and 3.91/4.00 for Fall 1996 and Fall 1997, respectively. Thiscompares to the College of Engineering average of 3.15/4.00.Anonymous student comments from the course evaluation follow : “This was an excellent introductory course for ‘laying down the basics

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Patrick E. Connolly; Theodore Branoff

Press.Sorby, S. A. & Baartmans, B. J. (1996). A course for the development of 3-D spatial visualization skills. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 60 (1), 13-20.VI. Biographical InformationTHEODORE J. BRANOFFTed is an assistant professor of Graphic Communications at North Carolina State University and has been anASEE member since 1986. He has taught courses in introductory engineering graphics, computer-aided design,descriptive geometry, and vocational education. Ted has a bachelor of science in Technical Education, a master ofscience in Occupational Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. His current academic interestsinclude spatial visualization ability, information processing theory, geometric dimensioning and

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Lloyd Feldmann

years in the U S Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. He thenworked eleven years for Cummins Engine Company in a variety of industrial engineering positions. He has alsotaught as a full-time lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at IUPUI, Columbus campus,for seven years. Currently he is an assistant professor in the MET Department of the Purdue University School ofTechnology at Columbus. Questions or comments can be directed to (812) 348-7214 or lfeldman@iupui.edu. Page 4.174.9

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H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

facultysalaries. During the 1980s, we were very successful in obtaining additional funds to increasefaculty salaries. In the 1990’s, however, financial changes occurred within the university thathave made it harder for our school to obtain the needed additional base funds to bring our facultysalaries to the level of our peer institutions. We realize that there is a need to explore otheravenues to reward faculty, especially in light of the fact that increases to base funding in highereducation remains difficult to acquire.In this paper, we outline the development of a compensation plan specifically designed to attract,retain, and motivate faculty. In order to do this, we will first look at the challenges and changeshigher education faces pertaining to

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Eric Connell; David L. Batie

in Relation to the Models of Design. Unpublisheddoctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station.3. Connell, Eric and Anton VanBakel (1995). “Design Methodologies of Internet Designers”. Paper presentation Page 4.179.10at 1995 InterSymp Conference, Baden-Baden, Germany.4. Design/Build Gains Appeal. Architecture July 1994: 107-111.5. Kreikemeier, Kraig G. (1996, March/April). Design-Build: A Concept Whose Time Has Come...Again.Construction Business Review, 40-42.6. Learning from Construction. Architecture August 1996: 145-149.7. Peña, William. (1987) Problem Seeking. Washington, DC: AIA Press.8. Ross, Steven S

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James Dally; William L. Fourney; Peter C. Chang; Hugh A. Bruck; Dave K. Anand

Strength of U.S. Industrial Science and Technology: Strategic Issues", Report of the National Science Board, August 1992.[2] "Improving Engineering Design: Design for Competitive Advantage", National Research Council, National Academy Press, 1991. Page 4.193.8 -8- Development of Integrated Statics and Strength of Materials Curriculum, Bruck et al[3] Tobia, S., "Revitalizing Undergraduate Science", Research Corporation, Tucson, AZ, 1992.[4] Pister, K.S., "Major Issues in Engineering Education", A Working Paper of the Board on Engineering

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John H. Ristroph

commonpractice to derive formulas within the context of a single savings account or loan with a statedrate of interest. Then these formulas are ported to a totally different environment, that of industrywherein reinvestment occurs in a multitude of projects with different rates of return. This canlead good students to ask potentially embarrassing questions such as:1. Why use formulas derived under one set of conditions in a totally different environment?2. Why is the minimum attractive rate of return (MARR) used as the discount rate?Answering these questions merely requires a few pages of reading. Oakford and Theusen [1] provided the first empirical validation of the effectiveness ofpresent worth (PW) analyses in the 1960's when they:1. observed

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E. H. Shaban

graduate programs in Englandand the USA.There is no state of the art equipment in the college of engineering laboratories. All computationsare made using the slide rule, logarithmic and trigonometric tables. During the 1970’s a Britishcomputer company donated a main frame computer for the College of Science, that uses alanguage called “ALGOL”. The computer was strictly for research and all data entry wasthrough a punished tape. The hand held calculator came along, but it was too expensive for theaverage student to own. The University is supported financially by the State Government, andthe majority of the students are supported by the State. Textbooks are provided by the State,including the slide rule.At the time, computers or computer aided

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John R. Wagner

desire to harvesttechnological innovation from creative individuals and suppliers worldwide. To observe theimpact of globalization activities on manufacturing, lets examine the introduction of globalsourcing by General Motors in the early 1990’s. General Motors traditionally procured over 70% of its automobile parts from captiveinternal suppliers, now called Delphi Automotive Systems, per the idea of vertical integration.In 1992, J. Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua was appointed as GM’s worldwide purchasing directorand quickly promoted the concept of global sourcing automobile parts for its assembly plants [2].Although somewhat different from the Toyota Motor Company’s policy to develop long termmultiple (primary and secondary) supplier

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A. J. Baker; Z. Chambers; M. B. Taylor

of the weak statement WS for problem domains Ω with arbitrarily non- regular boundary ∂Ω. The key theoretical issue is the trial space basis set spanning FE domains Ωe . Symbolically, the resultant FE solution process is approximation: q(x) ≅ q N(x) ≡ ∑ Ψ α(x)Qα α h Ω ≈ Ω = ∪e Ωe discretization: q N ≡ q h = ∪e N T Q e GWS h = ∑ W S e error extremization

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Thomas Wagner; Daniel C. Gray

. The Programmable Logic Data Book. San Jose, CA: Xilinx, Inc. (1998).4. S. Yalamanchili. VHDL Starter’s Guide. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (1998). Page 4.70.6DANIEL C. GRAYDaniel C. Gray is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering andComputer Science. He received a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1994. Hisprimary research interests are digital design using VHDL and FPGA’s, and parallel computing.THOMAS D. WAGNERDr. Thomas D. Wagner is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science

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Scott Wayne; Alfred Stiller; Kristine Craven

/ILSdir/styles.htm.6. Wales, C., Nardi, A., Stager, R., Center for Guided Design, West Virginia University, 1992.7. Wayne, S., Stiller, A., Craven, K., " Integrating Design and Decision Making into Freshman Engineering at West Virginia University", 1999 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, ASEE, Washington, D.C., 1999.DR. SCOTT WAYNEScott Wayne received his Ph.D. in May 1997 and is presently a Research Assistant Professor in the Mechanical andAerospace Engineering Department. Dr. Wayne has taught in the freshman program for the past two years and hasworked closely with Drs. Alfred Stiller, Afzel Noore and Kristine Craven to improve the freshman-engineeringexperience at the University.DR. KRISTINE

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Russel C. Jones

volumepublished by the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education wasdistributed at the beginning of the Congress, and each paper was summarized by itsauthor(s) to stimulate discussion, at breakout sessions during the Congress. On the finalday of the Congress, plenary sessions involving all participants were conducted to allowgeneral discussion of the conference topics, and to pull together a summary statement andrecommendations. This paper attempts to capture the essence of those summary plenarysessions, and thus the essence of the Global Congress. In the judgement of the author, itprovides a valuable snapshot of the status of engineering education in the World at thistime

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Stanley J. Pisarski

the ramifications of these experiences in the courses, student’scollege education and beyond.I. IntroductionThe objective of this paper is to provide examples of circuits and systems that the electricalengineering technology students simulate with various software simulation packages. Specificcourses have been chosen to examine the effect that the software has on student learning ofcircuit analysis and design concepts.Software simulation has been used in the electrical engineering technology program at UPJ sincethe early 1970’s. Early circuit software was executed on an IBM 1130 mainframe computer thatrelied on hand-coded information for the circuit, punched computer cards, and submission of thecard deck to the computer operator for the

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Sima Parisay

administrators in the Faculty Center for Professional Development atCal Poly Pomona and CSU for providing useful workshops and supporting faculty. My work isbased on information obtained through such workshops. I also wish to thank my students fortheir cooperation with this experiment and their feedback.Bibliography1. Thomas A. Angelo and Patricia Cross, Classroom Assessment Techniques. Second Edition, Jossey-Bass, Inc. Page 4.294.6 (1993).2. Nelson C. Baker and Paul S. Chinowsky, "Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom: Introduction and Assessment", Session 3515, 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.3. Michael Bartz

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Michael McGeen; Larry Groser; J. Michael Hassler; Douglas C. Stahl; Craig Capano

funded by the 1998 Jellinger Award from Associated General Contractors Education Foundation, the1998 Ameritech Partnership Award, significant contributions by Associated General Contractors of GreaterMilwaukee, and contributions of software and services from MP Interactive, Inc.References1. Budiansky, Stephan. A Web of Connections. ASEE Prism 8(7). March 1999. p.20.2. Doherty, Paul. Cyberplaces: The Internet Guide for Architects, Engineers, and Contractors. Kingston, MA: R. S. Means Company, Inc. (1997).3. Dutson, Alan J., Robert H. Todd, Spencer P. Magleby, and Carl D. Sorensen. A review of literature on teaching engineering design through project-oriented capstone courses. Journal of Engineering Education 86(1). pp. 17- 28.4

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Raymond B. Landis

: • They do not feel they have adequate information and background to be effective in guiding their students toward engineering as a field of study and as a career choice. • They view their lack of effectiveness in engineering guidance as a problem. Page 4.301.1 • They would welcome a solution to this problem. 1999 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsThe author’s solution was to offer a modified version of Cal State L.A.’s ENGR 100, Introductionto Engineering course. The modified course was designed to accomplish three objectives:1. Increase participants’ awareness of engineering as a career opportunity for their students.2

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Frank Cheng; Daniel M. Chen

professor of the Department of Industrial and Engineering technology (IET) at CentralMichigan University (CMU). He has a M. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering (1990) and a Ph.D. in IndustrialEngineering (1995) from the University of Cincinnati (UC). While he studied in Cincinnati, he participated inresearch projects conducted at the Center for Robotics Research at UC. Since 1995, he has been actively involved inconducting research and teaching courses in robotics and automation at CMU. His teaching and research interestsfocus on technologies of rapid deployment manufacturing including robotic simulation, Petri Nets, flexibleautomation, control systems, and robot workcell design. He also serves as the technical director for the IETRobotics

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

offered by the institution. Adetailed study of these two aspects of the criteria was recently published.8,9 In addition to theforegoing, each program must develop an assessment process and document the results.Specifically, the outcomes should be utilized to further develop and improve the engineeringprogram(s) at the institution.III. Undergraduate Perceptions of the Civil Engineering Program CriteriaAs a segment of a continuing review of the curriculum, a survey instrument was distributed tostudents enrolled in required senior and typical construction related graduate courses offered bythe Civil Engineering Department of Lamar University. The tabulated results of the study formthe data base for the investigation. Specifically, the questionnaire

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Craig Johnson

theirperformance.Bibliography1. Kalpakjian, S., “Manufacturing Engineering and Technology,” 3rd ed., Addison Wesley, 1995.2. Schuler, C., “ISO 9000: Manufacturing, Software and Service,” Delmar Publishers, 1996.3. Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, http://www.abet.org/tac/9899TACr.html, 1998.4. Krumsieg and Baehr, “Foundations of Learning,” Pacific Crest Software, 1996.5. Third Boeing/University Key Schools Workshop, 1997.6. Schmidt, K., “Applying the Four Principles of TQM to the Classroom,” Tech Directions, 1998.CRAIG JOHNSONCraig Johnson is currently an assistant professor in the MET Program of the Industrial and Engineering TechnologyDepartment at Central Washington University (www.cwu.edu/~cjohnson). He has an education B.S. in PhysicalScience and

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Mel I. Mendelson

not have the motivation, experience and skills to integrate engineering andbusiness [4]. In all cases, our faculty has extensive (~10 years) industrial experience and priorteaching experience. Since most traditional Ph.D. engineers tend to be narrowly focused intheir disciplines, we hire the best qualified instructors with broad engineering and businessexpertise regardless of their educational background. About one-half of our instructors havePh.D.’s in engineering; one-quarter have M.S. degrees, and one-quarter have B.S. degrees inengineering. In addition, many of our instructors have MBA degrees. All of our instructors arecommitted to integrating both technical and business skills into their courses.V. ConclusionsOur Engineering and