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Warren R. Hill

the cost increases, in the twelve year period from 1980 to 1992,professional salaries have gone up 102%, fringe benefits have increased 167% and the cost oflibrary acquisitions have risen by 138%. 5 To offset some of these increases, residentundergraduate tuition in just the five year period from 1991 to 1995 in public colleges anduniversities has increased an average of 40%.3 Comparing the increase in state spending forhigher education across the country for roughly that same period (1990 to 1993) showed anincrease of only 1%.4 Increased costs coupled with little or no increases in fiscal support haveplaced significant restraints on many institutions.Another reason for the emphasis on workload is in anticipation of the apparent glut of

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James N. Peterson; Herbert Hess

essentiallymandate using the existing water diversion method and hardware. From there, the waterdescends a vertical head of approximately 30 meters to a generation site optimal for the terrainand customer location. Minimum stream flow occurs in late autumn, but allowable diversion issufficient to sustain approximately 360W of continuous electrical generation. To gain thenecessary flow, an existing 1½-inch pipe must be replaced with 4-inch pipe. With batterystorage, the peak power requirements and overall energy demand can be met. A reasonableamount of expansion of the generating system can occur by adding storage in the form ofadditional deep-cycle batteries. Inverter

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Allen Leybourne

are naturallyinterested in successfully securing that position even if it does not fulfill their personal interestand goals-- their aspirations. Upon entering an academic career it may be impossible toarticulate one’s aspirations beyond simply securing the position. Such a limited motivation isunlikely to result in successfully obtaining tenure and future promotions. Would it not be betterto enjoy the process for its own sake?Ford 1, in his book, Motivation Through the Work Itself, describes industry’s concern over highrates of employee turnover that occurred during the post World War II economic boom. Duringthis period, employees had many job choices; they simply would no longer continue positionswherein work was nonfulfilling. In an

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Kathy Bearden; Donald D. Harter; Jerry W. Samples

they are not underthe gun. They have tenure and are reflecting on what made them stay for the long-term. Currenttenure stream assistant professors may have a different view of the future. To obtain the view ofthe tenure stream assistant professors another survey was developed with the same caveats aboutstatistical validity and scientific development of the instrument. The questions and the answersare listed below:1. Why did you decide to take your current job? • To Teach!! • Background fit the requirements. • Teaching rather than research institution. • Comfort with department size, members and university size. • Goals of engineering technology fit with what I liked to see on “other side” as a

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Z. Chambers; Terry H. Walker; M. B. Taylor; A. J. Baker

adapt to a wide range ofcurricula. Specific examples of biological problems are discussed. These problems includetransport phenomena in biochemical and biological systems solved with the finite elementmethod presented in this web-based course using readily accessible computational software,i.e., MATLAB® 1.I. Introduction Computational Mechanics for the Engineering Sciences is offered at the University ofTennessee in Knoxville (UTK) for students across engineering and science disciplines. Thecourse introduces the finite element method applied to a wide array of engineering andnatural science problems with focus on transport phenomena and solid mechanics, i.e.,computational continuum mechanics 2. Momentum transfer problems include the

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

. TheEngineering Science program at UTK has developed and taught the first level graduate course inthis area, specifically tailored for students majoring in computational mechanics. It has provenhighly useful as well in addressing students across engineering disciplines, and the naturalsciences, with an interest in using scientific simulation in thesis or dissertation projects.Developing a hands-on practical computing environment has been a course focus, with softwaresystem growth leading to ever broader applications capability. One outcome of this process wasthe introductory textbook Finite Elements 1-2-31, published in 1991 and containing a PC code ona 5.25” floppy disc (how ancient!). Developments since then have led to utilization of

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Roger Ruggles

Criteria(1), indicate that theobjectives of the course have been met and students are in addition developing a sense ofthe engineering diversity within design projects.IntroductionExperience obtained through advising sessions with students, has shown that mostentering first year engineering students do not have an understanding of the variousfields of engineering nor the engineering design process. In order to provide exposure toeach of these topics a required course was adopted for all engineering majors at LafayetteCollege in the Fall, 1995 semester. The initial offerings of this course provided a design Page 4.12.1theme from which student design teams

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Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

Educador. (org. Bicudo and Júnior). São Paulo: UNESP, v. 3,1996.8. Byrne, J. A. “Management theory - or fad of the month” Business Week, New York, v. 129, n. 3, 1997, p. 37.9. Hernandes, V. K. “Confluências externas e internas”, Psicologia Ciência e Profissão, Brasília, v. 17, n. 1, 1997,p. 44-52.CLAUDIO DA ROCHA BRITOClaudio da Rocha Brito is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Head of Department of AppliedSciences and Mathematics at University Center of Lusiada. He belongs to the Technical Consultant Council ofABENGE – Brazilian Society for Engineering Education. He is also Presidency Adviser for International Relationsin the same Society. He is Secretary of Santos region of SBPC – Brazilian Association for the Advancement

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Sivasubramaniam Krishnan; Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

activities. Under the auspices of the Foundation Coalition,1 a program of the NationalScience Foundation, several activities have been developed. The students taking ENGR 213, aproperties of materials course, perform a tensile test, a thermal conductivity experiment,2 anddetermine the behavior of several electrical components in addition to the 4-point beam bendingexperiment for determining the modulus of elasticity. 3 The core engineering science courses developed are listed in Table 1.4,5 The connectingthread through these classes is the application of conservation principles.6 The experiments weredeveloped for a materials course (ENGR 213), which is course is taken by the majority ofdepartments within the College of Engineering at Texas A

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Vincent R. Canino; John D. Gassert

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Joseph Cecere

Session 1321/1 FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUMS: REVISING THE REQUIREMENTS Joseph J. Cecere ,Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University HarrisburgI. IntroductionThe goal of any educational program is to provide each student with the necessary informationand skills which allow him or her to perform successfully in a chosen career. Yet this goal mayprove difficult if the curriculum offered by the university is not revised and updated to keepabreast of the changes and advancements being made, especially in the

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Thomas Wagner; Daniel C. Gray

Data Stage 1 Finite 8 8 (D 0-D 7) State Write Clock Machine Write Enable 128 byte SRAM Data Stage 2 8 8 (D 0-D 7) Clear Load Count Latch Enable Output Enable Output Register A2-0 8 (D 0-D 7) 3 RS

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Brian Butz

provides to tasks andquestions. From the analysis of the student’s responses, the expert system infers the level of thestudent’s knowledge about the subject area and modifies dynamically the presentation and levelof the interactive material.1. Introduction Interactive multimedia educational systems are becoming increasingly accepted asanother technique in helping a student learn better and more efficiently. A logical next step is toplace intelligence within multimedia presentations so that an intelligent tutoring system (ITS)results. The ensuing ITS contains a multimedia presentation, an expert system, and an invisiblecommunication channel between them. The expert system, the intelligence of the IntelligentTutoring System, "watches" the

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Patricia M. Yaeger; Rose M. Marra; Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

in active learning classrooms reported statistically significant gains in teamworkand computer skills. The data indicate the new course design reinforces the ABET goals of en-couraging innovative practices in the classroom that enhance learning and develop skills neededin the workplace.This paper addresses several issues: (1) how do we develop measures that accurately reflectlearning objectives given the innovative teaching practices, (2) what learning outcomes are af-fected when active learning strategies are employed in the engineering classroom, and (3) howcan we use these assessments to improve teaching, learning, and assessment in future semesters?We used the data to enhance activities and assessment for classes being taught during fall

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Scott Wayne; Alfred Stiller; Kristine Craven

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Frank Franklin; Ed Espin; Christopher Viers; Lawrence Fryda

of the respective institutions that had been developed through the prior attempts.The prior unsuccessful attempts were not failures; they represented the necessary preparation thatwas needed to bring the international partnership program to fruition.The program:The newly developed Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at HC involves two“diploma” programs. The first diploma is granted after completion of four semesters of the METprogram and results in a “Technician” diploma. The second diploma is granted after completionof two more semesters in the MET program and results in a “Technologist” diploma. Thebreakout of courses for the Technician diploma and the Technologist diploma are shown inTable 1 (see attachment

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Bahman S. Motlagh; Alireza Rahrooh

experiments, students are left with rather vagueconcepts regardless of the instructorÀs effectiveness. Laboratory assignments clarify textbookmaterials and examples, as well as help to close the gap between theory and real-life problems.An efficient laboratory experiment must [1]:clearly relate to and support textbook theory,relate to real life instances,challenge studentsÀ ability to design, build, and test, andencourage student to analyze the design and draw conclusion.With these considerations in mind a laboratory workbook has been developed at the Universityof Central Florida for the digital technology course [2].II. Overview of Laboratory ExperimentsThe experiments are designed to compliment and reinforce the lecture material throughout

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

inaccurate,model-based control can provide unsatisfactory results. Even with an accurate model,approximations are applied if parameter values are partially known or vague.Algorithmic control based on such incomplete information will not usually givesatisfactory results. Often, the environment with which the process interacts may notbe completely predictable and it is normally not possible for a hard control to respondaccurately to a condition that it did not anticipate 1.However, use of intelligent control may improve the performance and efficiency ofsuch systems 1-5. Intelligence can be embedded into a controller in the form of aknowledge base typically expressed as a set of rules and an associated inferencemechanism.Human knowledge and experience

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Michael Sexton

: Problem StatementA simple cycle gas turbine engine, shown in Fig. 1, operates with the following parameters whenoperating at design conditions:Engine pressure ratio, Po2/ Po1 = 4.0Engine running speed, N = 10,000 rpmTotal temperature of air entering the engine compressor, To1 = 530 RTotal pressure of air entering the engine compressor, Po1 = 14.7 psiaShaft power output of engine = 500 hpCompressor isentropic efficiency, ηc = 84%Turbine isentropic efficiency, ηt = 90%Turbine inlet temperature, To3 = 2000 RAssumptions:Neglect mass of fuel addedAssume constant specific heat of 0.24 Btu/lbmR for air and combustion productNeglect pressure loss in combustor and connecting ductingShaft power required by the load varies directly with the cube of the

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Milan Degyansky

patterns and interest in math and science suggested thatgirls begin to lose their interests in these subjects in the middle school years. The CET graduatesindicated that they decided to pursue a career in the civil field at the following ages: Age at which decision made 14-16 17-18 19-21 22-25 over 27 Number making decision 2 1 8 2 1 Another area of interest is how females go about choosing a technical field of study. Inaddition to asking this question the survey tried to uncover what person or circumstances Page 4.273.2influenced the choice to enter the civil field. Many of the

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John D. Cremin

) standard for DGPS data broadcast by the US Coast Guard and otherservices, some of them commercial. In order to explore other applications for the GPS receiver,documentation of the interface characteristics for the NMEA, ARINC 429 and the RTCMinterfaces is required.To understand where these interfaces occur in the larger system context, Figure 1 was generated.The TBXL falls in the category labeled Airborne/Marine GPS Receivers. Using signals from theGPS satellites and error correction signals from an Airborne/Marine DGPS Receiver, the TBXLcan internally correct errors in the measurement of range to the satellites, which the TBXL usesto triangulate its position. The range errors, which can be corrected by the DGPS capability inthe TBXL, are errors

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Marilyn Dyrud

l statistical process control47l environmental17, 26 l writing39, 54Judging from this small sampling of articles, exciting things are happening.Group work is not limited to the traditional classroom setting; several instructors areexperimenting with multidisciplinary groups, in response to ABET 2000.6, 8, 28, 53 Other groupsare inter- and cross-disciplinary.1, 17 And at least three faculty are using the Internet and variousinstructional technologies to experiment with cooperative learning in virtual environments. 3, 12, 27Group FormationAccording to the literature, group formation is a result of either random selection, studentselection, instructor selection, or personality-type testing. The purpose of

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Paul Waters; Jim Greer; James P. Solti

recognizing and practicinggood instructor traits is fundamental to success and is the primary objective of the "getting fromhere (good traits) to there (course goals)” diagnostic model. Additionally, the model recognizesthat this progression is unique to each individual and therefore is manifested only through one'sown personal philosophy.Active learning is a central theme to this progression for two reasons: (1) Each student enters theclassroom with his or her own set of desired outcomes for the course. Often these outcomes areinconsistent with, or a subset of, the instructor's goals. Active learning empowers each student tocontrol how learning takes place and, in addition, holds them accountable for success (or failure)in obtaining the end

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Russel C. Jones

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Albert Lozano-Nieto; Willie Ofosu

Ma M, 1991. Fields radiated by electrostatic discharges. IEEE Trans. on ElectromagneticCompatibility, Vol.33, N. 1, 10-18 Page 4.92.5ALBERT LOZANO-NIETO is Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State, Wilkes-Barre Campus. He teachesin the Biomedical Engineering Technology and Electrical Engineering Technology programs. His research interestsare focused on Bioengineering and developing cooperative learning in Engineering Technology.WILLIE OFOSU is Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State, Wilkes-Barre Campus. He teaches in theTelecommunication Engineering Technology and Electrical Engineering Technology programs

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Robert L. Powell; Michael J. McCarthy; Michael H. Buonocore

need for general USIndustry, in particular Food Science, as well as Medicine. This project is a unique collaborationof Radiology, Biomedical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, and Agricultural andBiological Engineering. It brings together both Medical and Engineering Disciplines.Agricultural and Biological Engineering, as well as Food Science, are particular engineeringdisciplines where MRI will have major impact. The collaboration with Medical departmentsbrought state-of-the art MRI to these non-medical disciplines.The Web site1, shown in Figure 1, serves as a repository for technical education in MRI, as an Page 4.278.1information

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Peter Rosati

statistics. The results below do not show all these detailed typedifference combinations but highlight the more significant (at a probability level of at least p <0.05) main effect type difference trends obtained from the SRTT analyses.ResultsCross-cultural American / Canadian type differences and genderA cross-cultural comparison of the personality types of two groups of American and Canadianstudents is shown in Table 1. The MBTI types of a group of first-year Canadian general scienceand humanities students (U. of Ottawa, Casas7) is compared with the types of a large group ofAmerican traditional college age students ( MBTI Atlas8) and shows that the Canadian students,both male and female, are significantly more N than the Americans and that the

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Christopher Field; Brian Jenkins; Deborah M. Mechtel

useful in electrodynamics since keyelectromagnetic concepts involve time dependent multidimensional problems.1 As an additionalbenefit, modeling this type of problem helps students improve their computer skills. The extensivestudent use of computers and industry standard software as engineering tools is a USNA electricalengineering department goal.MATLAB, a popular technical programming tool with inherent graphical analysis features, is usedthroughout the electrical engineering curriculum at the USNA to (1) develop student proficiency inprogramming, (2) enhance the students’ numerical modeling expertise, and (3) improve the students’comprehension of core subject matter. For the introductory electrodynamics class, a key to achievinga more rapid

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Pedro Arce

students (partners).Students also learn about professionalism in homework submission, home writing style,and they are introduced to the different learning methodologies. In addition to classdiscussion, the course includes, class exercises, homeworks, formal reading assignments,midterms, a number of pop-quizzes, and a final exam that is based on the material of allthe projects assembled during the term.In summary, the course will have the following characteristics: (1). The course is taughtis a student-centered fashion technique (see below and Arce, 1994) where discussions,group work, etc cover most of the learning activities. (2). The course will have periodichomework assignments that are handed out for detailed work. (3). The quizzes will be

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R. J. Soukup