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1998 Annual Conference

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Steven W. Peretti; Richard M. Felder

credit for it, and no one beingheld individually accountable for any of the material covered. The chemical engineering laboratory course sequence at North Carolina State Universityis currently being restructured to conform more closely to principles of effective pedagogy. Thefollowing features of the new sequence constitute the principal departures from the traditionalinstructional model:1. The students design and run a small number of experiments to accomplish broadly stated objectives, rather than following prescriptive instructions for a large number of predesigned experiments. At the beginning of the semester, the students are told that for each experiment they will be given an apparatus description, safety precautions

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Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom (1675)

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Deborah M. Mechtel, United States Naval Academy

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New Engineering Educators (NEE)

extended to other courses with students of varying levels of preparation. INTRODUCTIONObjective and Goals: One of the challenges of the Introductory Electrical Engineering course atthe United States Naval Academy is teaching students who have varying levels of priorengineering experience. Prior experience includes: no exposure, electrical engineering courses atother institutions, or military technical courses. This experience mix further diminishes theefficacy of the traditional passive-student listening/active-instructor lecturing format, that hasbeen shown to be the least effective teaching methodology [1]. Therefore, a new variant of thecooperative learning technique was used in two sections of this course

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1998 Annual Conference

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Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

college students in the late 1960's . The Perry Model has a rangeof "positions" from 1 to 9, where each level represents an increasingly complex and mature level Page 3.18.2Marra/Palmer/Litzinger 2of intellectual development. Table 1 summarizes the Perry positions. College freshman tend tobe somewhere between Positions 2 and 3 on the Perry scale. This means they are stronglydualistic thinkers who tend to rely heavily on authority when making decisions. A typical entrylevel professional should be at Perry Position 6. At position 6, individuals use evidence andlogic to make

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stephen E. Aylor

for the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1994 ever increasing usage of this media has beenexplored. The World Wide Web currently allows us to include a combination of on-screen text,graphics, pictures, sound and movies as has been the case in traditional classrooms. The mainadvantages of the WWW is that it (1) no longer ties the student to the classroom on campus, (2)allows the student almost instant access to new materials posted by the instructor, (3) has theability to deliver instruction to remote students easier and cheaper than other distance learningmethods and (4) provides a truly asynchronous learning environment. This paper presents theinitial efforts at Kettering University to include asynchronous learning networks (ALNs) as partof the

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1998 Annual Conference

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James Rehg

heating element from a 37-watt soldering iron. Thesystem block diagram, illustrated in Figure 1, indicates that the temperature is measured with a J-type thermocouple with a thermocouple transmitter used to generate a process variable (PV) thatis set by the user, either to a current from 4 to 20 milliamps or to a voltage from 0 to 5 volts. Figure 1The process variable is compared to the set point value by the controller, and the resulting controlvariable (CV) is applied to the input of the pulse control module. The pulse control module(PCM) is connected to a solid-state relay with the entire assembly mounted on a heat sink. Thepulse control module takes the 4- to 20-milliamp control variable output and

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Jeffery McDowell; Sandra Yost

either.Institutions of higher education in the United States have for some time recognized that womenare under-represented in these fields. They have attempted to rectify that by increasing thenumber of women that they recruit and admit into these programs. Other institutions haverecognized that merely increasing the number of women who have been admitted to theseprograms is not enough. They realize that they also need to increase the number of women whocomplete these programs and graduate with degrees in the sciences, engineering andmathematics.There have been a number of studies, including [1-6] and many others, that have examined whywomen leave science, engineering and mathematics majors. Some focus on the impact thatprecollege experiences have upon

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Donald L. Buchwald

system is not just aset of artificial eyes to permit a robot to see where it is going, navigate about its workplace or workas an object avoidance system. Such systems of the past bear little resemblance to today's machinevision systems, which may perform multiple manufacturing operations from inspection tomeasurement and small component assembly. Machine vision and machine vision systems willusually have specific assignments such as checking for proper part alignment, identifying parts,searching for specific defects, or checking alignment for assembly. 1 These procedures can be usedadvantageously with robotics systems to concentrate ways of employing integrated automated-visionsystems for practical work

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1998 Annual Conference

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John Marshall

, actuator devices, hydraulic valves, pump parts, and motors (Conrad, 1992).Procedure: Safety Considerations: 1. Protective eye wear is mandatory for all those in the lab area. 2. Do not force the syringes as they may break. Breakage may result in plastic fragments as well as exposure to the magneto-rheological fluid. 3. Obtain a "Material Data Safety Sheet" on the fluid from the supplier. Read the sheet completely and ask questions to any information you do not understand. Observing Magneto-rheological Fluid as a Liquid: 1. With the magnet removed, slowly push on one syringe allowing the fluid to force the opposite syringe outward. 2. Record on the data sheet the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Jordan Cox; Alan Parkinson

attribute could be entered in a cell. As we discussedchanges in our courses faculty taped notes in the cells for new activities which they proposed toimplement. A “wallet-size” version of the matrix was also developed; one page of the four pagedocument is given in Fig. 1.Use of the curriculum matrix makes it possible to provide for much better coverage of attributeswith only a minimal impact in terms of requirements for students; indeed, no new courses wereadded. Rather, there is incentive to develop learning activities which address several attributes atonce since these are highly efficient. As an example, a lab activity which previously focused onlyon having students learn about viscous flow was modified such that they work in teams and learnsome

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1998 Annual Conference

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E. L. Gerber

graphically. Then we will use Maple tocalculate the period of a complex function and the maximum and minimum of a decaying sinefunction.• Add S0 and S1, plot the results, and calculate the minimum value of the sum. > S0 := 10, S1 := 5*sin(2*t): S01 := 10 + 5*sin(2*t): > plot (S01, t=0..5); minimize(S01); 5The results, shown below, are simple and straightforward; the sine wave is shifted up by the Dcvalue. The minimum value of S01 (5) was calculated in a single Maple statement using the command“minimize”. The sum is plotted in Fig. 1. Fig. 1. S01 = 10 + 5Sin(2t)• Add S2 and S3, and determine the period and then the frequency of the result.> S23 := S2

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Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

and developing the program. Page 3.399.2• Form the MST team, composed of DOT faculty and administration and regional business and industry leaders.• Develop instruments to survey alumni for needs assessment and analysis.• Review similar programs at other Kentucky and U.S. universities.1• Review the program approval process at the institutional and state levels.• Analyze existing NKU Masters program proposals.• Develop a Gantt Chart and Critical path, which includes items, related to the design, development, and implementation processes.Team Approach The Department of Technology at NKU offers

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1998 Annual Conference

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James S. Burns

manufacturing process. The most common use forautoclaves (outside the medical field where they are used in equipment sterilization) is in theprocessing of polymeric matrix, fiber reinforced composites. Applications for these materialsabound in aircraft systems and are found increasingly in marine infrastructure and surfaceship due their high specific structural performance and resistance to corrosion. An autoclaveunder construction at San Diego State University’s Facility for Applied ManufacturingEnterprise [1,2] is shown in concept drawing form in Figure 1. The steel shell for theautoclave was donated by a commercial gas company and has a length of 15’, a workingdiameter of 28” and a thickness of 3”. Working diameter, shell thickness, pressure

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1998 Annual Conference

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S. K. Gupta; M. R. Scanlon

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Michael J. Pavelich; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

communication skills; students are assumed to be developing intellectually, especially in theirability to think critically, but rarely are meaningful data collected and reported which supportsuch an assumption.Using the techniques presently available to us, measuring intellectual development is difficult,time-consuming, and expensive. However, the recent movement towards outcomes assessmentnow requires reliable measures of students’ abilities to make reasoned decisions as they solvecomplex problems. For example, ABET requires institutions to develop assessment processeswhich can demonstrate “that the outcomes important to the mission of the institution and theobjectives of the program are being measured.” [1]Numerous pencil-and-paper test instruments

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1998 Annual Conference

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Melvin Neville; David Scott; Bryan Knodel; Debra Larson

University’s (NAU) College of Engineering and Technology (CET) hasdeveloped and implemented a sequence of novel design courses. This through-the-curriculum program, formerly known as the Path to Synthesis, was renamed the Design4Practice program when the freshman level course was fully developed The Design4Practice EGR 486 and added in the Spring of 1997. The Program through-the-four-year courses, as shown in EGR 386 Figure 1, were expressly created to

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1998 Annual Conference

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Mark Mawlawi; Hamid Y. Eydgahi

entirely self-paced with no regularscheduled classes and combines auxiliary subject areas such as communications, mathematics,physics, and humanities into basic objective in Industrial Engineering. The IET programconsists of 7 Modules, as shown in Table 1. The course of study is keyed to a list of one hundredand ninety (190) competencies, grouped under various courses. The students, who can enter theprogram at anytime without the constraint of a traditional curriculum calendar, continue study Page 3.403.2until these competencies are achieved. Although there are no final examinations, there are a

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1998 Annual Conference

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M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

namedengineering programs provides the minimum requirements [1]. The Engineering Criteria 2000lists similar requirements in the form of desired competencies for an engineering graduate [2].Recent ABET visit and our desire to review, evaluate and plan for development of computerfacilities within the College of Engineering and Technology and the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering in specific, provided us an opportunity to access our current level ofcomputer use and computer facilities. This evaluation is listed in tabular form. This also providedus an opportunity to develop guidelines for meeting ABET computer use and facilitiesrequirements and plan for future developments in our program to meet Engineering Criteria 2000requirements. The

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1998 Annual Conference

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M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

namedengineering programs provides the minimum requirements [1]. The Engineering Criteria 2000lists similar requirements in the form of desired competencies for an engineering graduate [2].Recent ABET visit and our desire to review, evaluate and plan for development of computerfacilities within the College of Engineering and Technology and the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering in specific, provided us an opportunity to access our current level ofcomputer use and computer facilities. This evaluation is listed in tabular form. This also providedus an opportunity to develop guidelines for meeting ABET computer use and facilitiesrequirements and plan for future developments in our program to meet Engineering Criteria 2000requirements. The

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1998 Annual Conference

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Larry Hoffman; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

required program at Montclair State is notprovided, but the author does offer guidelines and recommendations that should be noted: 1. Appoint an effective director of the program who has autonomy and who can maintain a close working relationship with administration and resource faculty. 2. The program must address the needs and concerns of new faculty. 3. Capable and committed resource faculty must be selected to serve as mentors, and their responsibilities must be made clear to them. 4. The mentoring program must protect the integrity of the curriculum.The mentoring program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany is written aboutby Xu and Newman (6). This program is required of all new faculty and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Susan L. Murray; Linda M. Manning; Catherine A. Riordan; Elizabeth Cummins; Philip B. Thompson

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1998 Annual Conference

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

3.407.2because of problems with financial aid). Session 2670THE RETENTION ISSUERetention is a major issue at ASU. ASU is primarily a commuter school. Over 80% of thestudents commute and over half of them work, many over 20 hours a week.4 In a study by theNational Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), retention in an engineeringschool was examined relative to five institutional characteristics: 1) institutional control (publicversus private), 2) college cost, 3) selectivity 4) number of accredited engineering programs, and5) number of student support programs.5 Among the variables examined for this study,selectivity of the institution was the most

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1998 Annual Conference

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Charles W. P. Finn; William E. Cole

titles are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Current Job Titles of Respondents Title Alumni Alumni Current (Bachelors) (Associates) (55) (7) (65) Engineer 32 2 20 Manager 11 5 Technician 4 1 19 Designer 2 2 2 Student 14 Other 6 2 5The first column of this

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1998 Annual Conference

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James B. Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl

Scholars at the opening retreat. The Program Director then co-ordinates the scheduling of speakers, collects from the participants one-page lists of questions tobe explored and anticipated outcomes from the seminars, and selects appropriate readings to en-hance the discussions. Table 1 lists typical conference and seminar topics for the program.Early in the fall the participants travel to another school for a weekend retreat to interact with dif-ferent faculty and participate in discussions and seminars. The Teaching Scholars participate inthe Lilly Conference on Miami’s Oxford campus in the fall, a University-wide teaching effec-tiveness retreat in February, and a national teaching conference outside of the University in thespring.Stenger

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1998 Annual Conference

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Emin Yilmaz

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1998 Annual Conference

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Jennifer T. Ross

Session 1526 A Microelectronics Curriculum Designed with Industry Input and Project- Based Laboratories Jennifer T. Ross Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of the Pacific 1. Introduction With the changes in the ABET 2000 criteria, universities have considerably more freedom indefining “sufficient” coverage in their curricula. With this freedom comes uncertainty in findingthe right mix between depth and breadth for the fast paced microelectronics field. Another issuein preparing students for this field is not only

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1998 Annual Conference

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Joan F. Brennecke; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz; Mark A. Stadtherr; Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin; Mark J. McCready; Roger A. Schmitz; Wallace B. Whiting

/ † University of Nevada, RenoIntroduction Knowledge of technologies and strategies for pollution prevention and the remediation ofhazardous pollutants, as well as the environmental impact of pollutants that are released into theenvironment, is an increasingly important part of the average Chemical Engineer's jobresponsibilities. Therefore, in the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the University ofNotre Dame, West Virginia University and the University of Nevada at Reno, we areimplementing through courseware, research and design projects a program to 1) develop thestudents' appreciation of the impact of pollutant release from chemical processes and of theenvironmental, ecological and long-term economic benefits of pollutant minimization

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1998 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; James Solomon; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

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1998 Annual Conference

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Terri Estkowski; Mary Ann Bowman; Liwana Bringelson

Session 3592 The Model Mentor: A Telephone Survey of Mentoring Experiences Among Women Engineering Faculty Terri Estkowski, Liwana Bringelson, Mary Ann Bowman Engineering Management Research Laboratory Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Western Michigan University Introduction In their study of mentoring from the mentor’s perspective, Blackburn, Chapman andCameron [1] conclude that there are questions left unanswered about mentoring, such as, “Whatare the attributes of successful mentors” (p. 326). Hunt and Michael [2

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1998 Annual Conference

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Salim A. Elwazani

Session 3606 Models for Lighting Design Education Salim A. Elwazani Bowling Green State University IntroductionWhile educators assure the need for equipping architecture and design students withlighting design knowledge,1 the nature of the teaching methods employed in imparting thatknowledge is not easy to define. The mere number and diversified orientations of academicprograms speak for the enormous proportions of such a task. However, lighting educatorsare familiar with one or more methods of instruction that contribute to developing

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1998 Annual Conference

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Douglas G. Schmucker

acommercially available children's toy consisting ofplastic beams and columns, each cast in a wide-flange (“I-beam”) shape. Figure 1 shows a typical10-story office building constructed from the set.From the constructed models, the student can see firsthand the "actual" structure that is represented by the Figure 1: 10-Story Office Building made from Page 3.413.2drawings. Additionally, the small scale of the model the Girder & Panel Building Set.facilitates an understanding of the entire structural system.These sets are also exceptionally useful for demonstrating the behavioral differences betweenrigid frames, braced frames, and shear