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Venkatramana N. Reddy; Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

(Raich and Cinar, 1994).Singular value decomposition (SVD) provides a computationally efficient method for PCA. Anym x n matrix A of rank r can be decomposed into the following form (Strang, 1988): A = u1s1vT1 + u2s2 v T2 +... +ur sr vTr ( s1 ≥ s 2 ≥...≥ sr > 0)where si (i = 1, 2, ..., r) are positive scalars in descending order, ui (i = 1, 2, ..., r) are m x 1orthonormal vectors and vi (i = 1, 2, ..., r) are n x 1 orthonormal vectors. The first f terms of theabove decomposition provide the best approximation to A with f principal components.PCA is a linear technique in the sense that it uses linear functions to model relationships between

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Michael J. Brandemuehl; Lawrence E. Carlson

leaving the air handling unit passes through a single, five-foot diameter duct on its way through the maze of ducting that is an architectural design element throughout the building. View windows in the air handling unit reveal moving fans, and at a later date, a window placed into the side of an air duct will reveal streamers placed inside to help visualize air flow. Mechanical equipment, such as pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, etc., is normally hidden from view, but in the ITL Laboratory it is visible through large windows, and students may walk through the two mechanical rooms unsupervised. Signs and system diagrams will explain the equipment, and various pipes are color-coded for easy identification (Fig. 1). Piping is

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Gary R. Crossman

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Robert Engelken

to prove/“establish” himself/herself in his/herdiscipline and hop on the treadmill in a mad rush toward the “life and death” (or so they seem atthe time) goals of promotion, tenure, merit raises, and national/international professionalreputation [1-4]. In many instances, the intensity of the effort and associated time and energydemands outweigh even those of graduate school. The new professor often is totally dedicated toand immersed in this effort, essentially placing all other priorities, even family, on the “backburner”, as an “investment” in the future that will pay dividends after the above goals arereached, say in roughly a decade. As a relatively new/young professor (during my fifth academic year), I presented“Development

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Virleen M. Carlson; Susan C. Roberts; Kathryn A. Hollar

have been incorporated, responses to the question “which additional topicswould you like to see addressed?” have dwindled, and the question was eliminated. Inretrospect, removal of this question may hinder the introduction of new ideas, so re-inclusion of Page 2.277.1this question is currently being considered. The current feedback form, which has not changedsignificantly since 1991, includes four questions in which TAs rate (on a scale of 1-5) the valueof the workshop, its usefulness in developing their teaching skills, how it fulfilled its statedobjectives, and if it should be offered again. In addition, the form asks participants

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K.A. Forland

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Lynn Fountain; Donna Llewellyn

strong family pressure to remain at Tech once enrolled.There was a hypothesis, though, that women find explicit coping mechanisms in order to remainat Tech. One proposed such mechanism is changing majors - the search for a niche where theycan feel comfortable. In order to properly investigate these hypotheses, there are severalnecessary steps:1. Analyze major changes to see if there is a quantitative difference across gender;2. If there is a quantitative difference, investigate if the patterns of changes are different;3. Interview students to find out their opinions of major changing.Investigation of number one above was immediately hampered by the fact that Georgia Techdoes not explicitly keep records of students’ major changes

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

participated activelyin the design of the following tools:• SURVEYS. Various surveys were designed using the following strategy: .Assessment Design Matrix: The first step was the development of an Overall Project Assessment Design Matrix, where each task's goals - as defined in the Strategic Plan were outlined. Associated with each goal and objective, the matrix also included the stakeholders (or those identified as having a vested interest in the information gathered). Table 1 shows the Overall Project Assessment Design Matrix. .Individual Task Design Matrices: Once the overall project's goals were summarized in the Design Matrix, four sets of matrices - one for each

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

. Page 2.281.1 2BACKGROUNDDuring the last decade, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has sponsored coalitionsand partnerships between various higher educational institutions, which focus onenhancing undergraduate engineering education.1 The goals and objectives of theseprojects - oftentimes multi-million dollar, multi-institutional, and interdisciplinary - arecarried out by working teams. In 1994, NSF granted (with funds from the ARPATechnology Reinvestment Program) a unique group of universities - Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez - in collaborationwith Sandia National money to a project called the

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James R. Sherrard

perhaps this time fatal) attack on technical education. The curriculum for the nuclear program is shown as Table 1. The 78-credit program is activelyreviewed each year by our 25-member Nuclear Advisory Committee (NAC) for meeting theadvanced education and employment needs of our graduates. The NAC membership includes a vicepresident or higher from each and every nuclear business, currently 20, in Connecticut as well as the5 department chairpersons from four year universities that our students typically attend for theirbaccalaureate degree. Their guidance and direction have optimized employment opportunities forour graduates and guaranteed acceptance as entering juniors in ABET-accredited BS programs.Their program involvement is substantial

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John E. Mayer

. Written and oral reports are made by the students. Eachteam works on an industrial manufacturing problem with an industry sponsor, therefore theprojects are industry driven. Example projects are described.INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on the senior projects course as it is taught in the manufacturingengineering technology curriculum at Texas A&M University. TAC/ABET requires a capstoneprojects course in the final year of the baccalaureate program which draws together majorelements of both design and manufacturing processes 1. It should be project oriented andcomprehensive in utilizing prior course work.METHODOLOGY The primary emphasis of the manufacturing engineering technology projects course is toprepare senior students to face the

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Satinderpaul Devgan

5GUUKQP /#56'41(5%+'0%'+0 %1/276'4#0&+0(14/#6+105;56'/5'0)+0''4+0) 5CVKPFGTRCWN5KPIJ&GXICP 6GPPGUUGG5VCVG7PKXGTUKV[#DUVTCEV9KVJVJGKPXGPVKQPQHVTCPUKUVQTCPFVJGGPUWKPICFXCPEGUYGJCXGOQXGFKPVQVJGKPHQTOCVKQPCIG6JGKPHQTOCVKQPITQYVJKURJGPQOGPCNCPFEQORCPKGUYKVJTGCF[CEEGUUVQRGTVKPGPVKPHQTOCVKQPKPVJGCRRTQRTKCVGHQTOYKNNJCXGCPCFXCPVCIGQXGTVJGKTEQORGVKVKQP&GXGNQROGPVQHUWEJU[UVGOUKUVTCFKVKQPCNN[FQPGD[GPIKPGGTUYKVJDCEMITQWPFKPGPIKPGGTKPIQTEQORWVGTUEKGPEGCPFOCP[[GCTUQHQPVJGLQDGZRGTKGPEGKPU

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Shelly D. Burnside; Oliver K. Tse; Laura L. Beecroft; Jeffrey A. Smith; Eric D. Rodeghiero; Emmanuel P. Giannelis

and Engineering, as a tool to attract and recruit high school students to enrollat Cornell University’s undergraduate materials science and engineering program. The frontpage of the Materials by Design web site is shown in Figure 1 and the table of contents for theweb site is presented in Appendix I.We have chosen to produce a web site because the delivery of information via the Internet hasseveral advantages over other forms of media such as print magazines, videotapes, and CD-ROM’s. Because we only need to distribute the content electronically as “bits” rather thanhaving to package the content into delivery containers made of “atoms” 5, we can distribute thecontent ourselves simply by uploading the information onto our department’s web

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Ed Gohmann

backgrounds the course is geared to accepting the student skills asthey are and by careful interaction with the student, to bring them up to university level learningskills by the end of the semester without sacrificing the technical content of the course.Lab exercises are done to complement the lectures and to give the students first hand experiencein setting up equipment, recording data and writing reports.The content level of the course follows that of generally used text on materials technology.(appendix 3)OBJECTIVESThe objectives of the course are:1) Give students a firm background in metals, plastics and ceramics: properties, structure, types, heat treating, testing, applications and a basis for further study

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Don McMurchie

training of lab personnel. ConclusionIntegration of facilities such that one laboratory can serve several areas of study within themanufacturing engineering technology program is a way of maximizing available facilities. Using Page 2.22.4a materials science lab to serve many other labs in the program will provide efficient use of availableequipment and laboratory facility funds, personnel, and laboratory space.Required to implement this plan is: 1. Initial funding to set up the lab properly. 2. A qualified person to develop and implement the plan. 3. Cooperation from the

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Richard Parker; Walter Buchanan

time scales, the eventual winnowing of diversity is a long way off. Theparticular organism we want to talk about is an integrated math and electronics modular package.The modules incorporate Electronics Workbench [1] for circuit simulation, and Maple [2] formathematical simulation. What's more, the curriculum is further organized by the use of a“supervisor package”, called Electronics Testbench, that guides the student through the learningprocess by providing tutorials and practice quizzes. The instructor can concentrate on thecreative task of instilling the crucial concepts rather than being a drill master for rote exercises.Maple has hot key linking built in. Electronics Testbench does not provide for unlimitedhypertext, but it does provide

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Robert Underwood; Loren Douglas Poole; Barbara Blake Bath

bearing on the plane. The first ranger sights the plane at 41o east of north and 2.3o above the horizon. The second ranger sights the plane at 83o west of north and 1.6o below the horizon. The coordinates are in feet. 1. Draw a reasonable accurate sketch of the problem. Although you have three dimensions in the problem, it may be easier to work with a two dimensional sketch with the elevations listed next to the points. 2. Calculate the coordinates of the plane at the two sightings. 3. Find both the displacement vector and the velocity vector (in feet per second) for the plane between the two points. 4. If the plane is heading toward a meadow averaging 6300

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Clifford R. Mirman

to various analysis techniques which are demanded in industry.IntroductionThe goal of any engineering educator must be to produce marketable students which have the ability toundertake a variety of engineering tasks. That is to say that we, as engineering educators, must supply thestudents with the necessary skills which will allow them to tackle difficult industry problems[1-4]. Ingeneral, engineering students graduate with the necessary theoretical skills, however, when it comesdown to experimental skills, or application of theory in an experimental environment, many of thestudents are not as well equipped. To solve this problem, the Mechanical Engineering Department atWilkes University has developed a capstone Mechanical Design Laboratory

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Peter A. Rosati

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T.R. Hsu; P. Reischl; P. Hsu; J.C. Wang; F. Barez; B.J. Furman

application of electronics,microprocessors and software in designing electro-mechanical systems , mechatronicsproducts and process control systems. The laboratory development is a principal part ofan award for “ Undergraduate Curriculum Development on Mechatronics SystemEngineering ” by the division of undergraduate education of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). Major task of the new laboratory is to support instruction and providehands-on study of two of the five new courses : ME106 Fundamentals of MechatronicsSystem Engineering and ME 190 Mechatronics System Design. This paper presents theprogress made in developing the new mechatronics engineering laboratory.1. Introduction The rapid advances of microprocessor and microcomputer technologies

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Richard Campbell; Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gustavo Roig; Gordon Hopkins

ayounger, developing person. A review of the research literature tends to show that mentoring Page 2.291.1programs, however vague, do have a positive impact upon the academic life of the students ormentees. Valadez [9] found that mentorships tend to provide an effective way of producing minorityresearch scholars. Unfortunately, Boyer [2] found that mentoring of minorities and women incolleges and universities is rare. Additionally, Blackwell [1] found that only one in eight AfricanAmerican students had a college or university mentor. However, more and more businesses andinstitutions of higher education are using mentorship as a method of

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Deborah Hochstein

and service. INTRODUCTION: In his book, Scholarship Reconsidered, Ernest Boyer examines the history of scholarshipin American Universities, as well as proposing an expanded definition of scholarship. 1 Anunderstanding of the historical development of the academic profession is valuable to educatorsand administrators as they attempt to deal with many of the dilemmas facing higher educationtoday. There is much discussion about the research and publication requirements for tenure andpromotion and how they appear to be diametrically opposed to teaching and service. Boyerclaims that it is time for America’s colleges and universities to clarify their missions and to relatethe work of the academy more

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

mentor in a particular course for one or two semesters.Each department selects students (1 - 4) who are both academically sound and interested inteaching and finding out what it is like to perform the teaching duties associated with being afaculty member.The goals of the Teaching Intern program are to • improve the Intern’s presentation and interpersonal skills through interaction with the faculty member and with students, • improve the quality of the teaching and learning in the class via the additional resources provided by the Intern, Page 2.24.6 • stimulate Intern interest in graduate studies and

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Tian S. Lim

differential equation using ACSL(Advanced Continuous Simulation Language). ACSL is a simulation language designed formodeling and evaluating the performance of continuous systems described by time-dependent,nonlinear differential equations. Introduction The interrupting capability of an air magnetic type circuit breaker is controlled principally bythe ability of its arc chute to generate the required arc voltage. The magnitude of the arc voltageis given by the following approximate relationship 1 : Va = 25(N+1)where: Va = arc voltage N = number of platesFor the type of breaker being considered for modeling, N = 65, the arc voltage is calculated asfollows: Va = 25(N+1) = 25(65

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Lambert J. Van Poolen

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John E. McInroy; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

ofthe course is given below in Table 1. Table 1. Topic Outline for the Linear Systems Course Solution of Linear Equations The Unit Step Function The Dirac Delta Function The Laplace Transform Development of Transform Pairs Time and Exponential Multiplication Partial Fraction Expansion Linear Ordinary Differential Equations System Modeling Mechanical Systems Electrical Networks System Concepts The Transfer Function Poles, Zeros and System Stability The Frequency Response Function Bode Plots

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Gregory M. Dick

discusses how technology enabled cooperation at theUniversity of Pittsburgh has supported the disbursement of locally developed automatedmanagement tools to the University's four regional campuses.IntroductionProviding student computing laboratories is a challenging task. In addition to the normal issuesinvolved in managing a networked computing system, situations unique to the student labenvironment exacerbate the management problem. Included among these are: (1) the issuessurrounding the management of a large number of student accounts and (2) the maintenance of astable disk configuration on a large number of client PCs. These problems could be effectivelyaddressed only by building customized tools. Small campuses typically do not have

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Joseph Herkert

Session 2661 A Multidisciplinary Course on Technological Catastrophes Joseph R. Herkert North Carolina State UniversityThis paper describes a multidisciplinary course entitled “Technological Catastrophes” that isoffered as a General Education elective in Science, Technology and Society (STS) at NorthCarolina State University. All students entering the university since Fall 1994, includingengineering students, are required to take at least one STS course [1]. The purpose of the STSrequirement is threefold: 1) develop an understanding of the influence of science and

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Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

in ENGR 1201/1202 over time, leading to incorporation of demanding team and creative thinking skills in disciplinary courses; • evolution of the course sequence to meet the changing needs of all stakeholders, while maintaining the integrity of these founding purposes.The goal of widespread faculty involvement has been both challenging and rewarding. It has ledus to choose a rather unorthodox team approach to developing and teaching the course sequence.1 This course sequence is a part of a general curriculum restructuring of which the common freshman year wasimplemented in the fall of 1995. It is supported by the SUCCEED NSF coalition as a part of implementation of

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

Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997AbstractAll freshmen engineering students at Rowan University are introduced to engineeringexperiments and calculations through a series of integrated laboratories. These laboratories havethe student examine the facets of engineering through fabrication, reverse engineering,engineering measurements, experiment and prototype design.Introduction:The school of engineering at Rowan was created through a $100 million gift from Henry andBetty Rowan in 1992 to Glassboro State College [1]. Mr. Rowan is the founder and CEO ofInductotherm, Inc. which has headquarters in Rancocas, New Jersey. Inductotherm is the world'sleading induction melting equipment manufacturer with plants located internationally.The Rowan engineering