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1998 Annual Conference

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James Stice

informative. As she was unfamiliar with my“problem”, she asked pertinent questions. Who is affected by this? Is this problemunique to Duke? If not, how are other institutions dealing with this? Is my solutionunique? Would I get buy-in from the Duke community, from colleagues? Anyopportunities for partnerships in my plan? She offered a useful suggestion to focus mythoughts. Compose a single sentence that captures your problem and provides the solutionin simple English. Make this statement so clear that anyone could immediately grasp thesituation.Writing the Need/Problem StatementThere are 3 basic parts to your need/problem statement: 1) describe the problem; 2)describe the underlying conditions creating this problem; 3) describe your solution(s).Base

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Jon A. Leydens

; Effectively incorporate persuasive strategies & Use and cite an appropriate variety of sources & Carefully evaluate research sources from the web, books, articles, etc.Following the format outlined in A Guide to Writing as an Engineer, students will write & A memorandum & An e-mail message & An engineering reportStudents should also finish this course with an expanded understanding of these areas:1. Rhetorical Knowledge -- Students should develop diverse ways of organizing and approaching assignments for a variety of audiences and purposes, particularly for argumentative writing.2. Genre Knowledge -- Students should develop knowledge of appropriate genre conventions.3

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1998 Annual Conference

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George F. List; Simeon Komisar

-based 2methods, ready for the new demands of engineering practice, and leaders in the re-creation,refurbishment and renewal of the infrastructure. Course Structure We have divided the course into three main sections. Table 1 is a course outline. Thestructure intends to first introduce students to the generic concept of an instrument. It follows upwith exposure to conventional and cutting edge instrumentation. And finally it forces thestudents to install and use the instrumentation in the field. In the first section students are introduced to general concepts of instrumentation andmeasurement. Along with traditional lecture material (e.g. precision and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Nizar Al-Holou; N. Mohankrishnan

5GUUKQP 619#4&56*'+06')4#6+101(%1/276'4$#5'& +05647%6+109+6*/#6.#$ s 0K\CT#N*QNQWCPF0/QJCPMTKUJPCP &GRCTVOGPVQH'NGEVTKECNCPF%QORWVGT'PIKPGGTKPI 7PKXGTUKV[QH&GVTQKV/GTE[ &GVTQKV/+ CNJQNQWP"WFOGTE[GFW#DUVTCEV #WVJQTYCTGsKUCRQYGTHWNRTGUGPVCVKQPOGFKWOHQTVJGFGUKIPQH%QORWVGT$CUGF+PUVTWEVKQPOQFWNGU*QYGXGTQPGNKOKVCVKQPKUVJCVKVKUPQVXGT[UWKVCDNGHQTVJGWUGQHQRGPGPFGFRTQDNGOHQTOWNCVKQPUYJKEJTGSWKTGVJGNGCTPGTVQOCMGRCTCOGVGTEJQKEGUKPVJGUQNWVKQPRTQEGUUUWEJEJQKEGUJCXGVQDGRTGFGVGTOKPGFD

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1998 Annual Conference

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

. Susan Montgomery and co-workers in the MultimediaEngineering Laboratory (MEL) at the University of Michigan.There are several unique aspects to the project which separate it from routinecourse work, while providing a solid grounding in material balances and problemsolving. The students are divided into groups of three "project engineers" andare assigned to a "group leader", who is typically a junior or senior chemicalengineering student (Note: The upper division students participate in a 1 cr.Leadership and Mentoring course which is described in paper 2213-03). The "chainof command" that is established is similar to that the students will encounterin industry, with the instructor as the "project director", the upper divisionstudent as the

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1998 Annual Conference

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W. Poppen; J. E. Seat; G. Klukken; D. Knight; J. Roger Parsons

in engineering could benefit from early exposure to a team 1 2based design component. 60 freshman students were divided into twelve design teams to workon five design problems over the course of the semester. However, there was some concernabout the teamwork skill level of the average entering freshman. It was decided that one way tohelp build the teamwork skills necessary to complete the problems would be to place a groupfacilitator with each design team. Because of financial realities and to offer engineering students additional educationalopportunities, it was decided to use engineering upperclassmen as facilitators. Therefore,members of the College of Education and the College of Engineering at the

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1998 Annual Conference

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F. Jalali

several half-wavelengths long onphysically small models at operating frequencies well below 1 MHz. At the low operatingfrequencies, measurement and data collection can be accomplished using general-purpose labinstruments that are readily available in most basic laboratories. The prototype “lines” built bythe author and used in a transmission line course are described and the lab exercises andprocedures for determining the propagation properties such as standing wave pattern, phaseconstant, and wavelength are outlined. Typical experimental results are also provided.INTRODUCTIONThe experiments for the study of the basic characteristics of the propagation along transmissionlines are performed at frequencies above 1 Ghz. These experiments usually

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1998 Annual Conference

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Scott Huff

Mineral Aggregates by WashingNAQTC TM 1, Determining the Percentage of Fracture in Coarse AggregateAASHTO T 176, Plastic Fines in Graded Aggregates and Soils by Use of the Sand Equivalent TestConcrete:NAQTC TM 2, Sampling Freshly Mixed ConcreteNAQTC TM 10, Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed Portland Cement ConcreteAASHTO T 119, Slump of Hydraulic Cement ConcreteAASHTO T 121, Mass per Cubic Meter (Cubic Foot), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of ConcreteAASHTO T 152, Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure MethodAASHTO T 23, Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the FieldAsphalt:AASHTO T 168, Sampling Bituminous Paving MixturesAASHTO T 248, Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing SizeNAQTC TM 3, Sample

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Joseph R.V. Flora; A. Steve McAnally

were developedduring year 4: one software instructional module and five instructional modules based onindividual and multiple combinations of unit operations (see Table 1 for module titles anddevelopment timeline). The philosophy behind the development of the software module was toprovide instructors in the field of water and wastewater treatment a means of assessing SuperProDesigner£ for potential use in instruction. The module was intended to complement the user’smanual provided with the software package. The tutorial section in the user’s manual wasgeneral and showed many facets of the software. However, the tutorial may not contain sufficientdetail for individuals to immediately use and evaluate the software. The module was developedto

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1998 Annual Conference

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Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

can be in any of the rooms. Before extinguishing the flame, the robotmust navigate to within 12" of it and show that it has recognized the flame. Each robot makesthree runs, which begin at a designated starting spot. The score is the sum of the fastest two runtimes, multiplied by reduction factors for: 1) reliability (success on all three runs); 2) obstacleavoidance ability; 3) ability to return to the starting spot after extinguishing the candle; and 4)ability to trigger the robot's run using a 3.5 KHz tone that simulates a smoke alarm. The 1998contest encourages the development of robots that do not rely on dead reckoning. Robots willreceive a deduction for succeeding when ramps, which add uncertainty about path lengths, areplaced in the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Beverly J. Hunter; James L. Hales

members. In the most recent school year (1996-97) there were 257students enrolled and eighteen faculty members. There are more than 1900 graduates of the threeprograms working throughout the United States and in foreign countries. A graphicalrepresentation of the enrollment trends for the three programs since 1975 is shown in Figure 1. All Data as of September of FY 600 Seniors Juniors 500

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1998 Annual Conference

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Vito A. Guido; Jameel Ahmad

Tensile Tester (DTT) are used to conduct the properties tests. The sequence of agingprocedure and properties testing is illustrated in Figure 1. Original Binder DSR RTFO RV PAV DTT BBRFigure 1: Sequence of Superpave Asphalt Binder Test Procedures Page 3.593.2The Rolling Thin Film Oven (RTFO) The RTFO procedure serves two purposes. First, it prepares aged binder that will be usedfor further testing of physical properties. Second, it is used to determine the mass quantity ofvolatile lost from the

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Renecia Jones; Kerric Bennett; Ganelle Grace; Bala Ram

Carolina A&TState University. The overall objective of this project was to develop a means of outcomesassessment that would enhance student performance and satisfy the requirements set forth byABET 2000.1.2 Scope This project was limited to the outcomes assessment process for the Department ofIndustrial Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. However, the results of thisstudy could be used as a guideline for other educational organizations that may be interested inoutcomes assessment.2.0 METHODOLOGY The methodology for developing undergraduate portfolios for the Department ofIndustrial Engineering consisted of the following steps:1) Planning the study: This step involved defining all activities

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1998 Annual Conference

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Thomas K. Jewell

you to the Union College Civil Engineering Department home page. The report can beviewed by clicking on the 1997 ABET Report, V2 link. Volume 1 for the Institution, and theElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Volume 2s, can also be accessed via the Web.PREPARATION Our status as a pilot school made our preparation somewhat atypical, but our experiencesshould still give schools with upcoming visits some help in what they should do to get prepared. We had other conditions that made our preparation different than usual. We were midwaythrough developing and implementing an entirely new curriculum under a General ElectricFoundation grant. The first year of the curriculum was implemented during the 1996-97academic year, the same year

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1998 Annual Conference

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Do Ba Khe; Ngo Dinh Thinh

, i.e., University of Architecture, University of Education, Universityof Agriculture and Forestry…. The community colleges were transformed into in-servicetraining centers or specialized schools. In 1992, the country counted 102 institutions ofhigher learning, almost all public, the largest enrolling 6,750 students (Ho Chi Minh CityPolytechnic University), the smallest only 40 (Superior Normal School of ChildDevelopment and Kindergarten of Ho Chi Minh City) [Ref. 5 & 8]. Recognizing that the system of small, isolated and fragmented institutions hindersthe use of human and material resources, in 1995 the Ministry of Education and Trainingintroduced several measures to restructure the system. Two of them were: (1

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1998 Annual Conference

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Zhang Wenxue; Yuan Dening; Chen Zhi

high level who candrive the social development. As a whole, the content of teaching should be transferred fromthe over-specialized and microscopic to the broad and macroscopic. The over-specialized andover-deep courses, contents in actual details should be greatly selected and dropped out in thecurrent system of courses. Whereas, the contents that spread macroscopic and tactic thoughtsas well as ideas should be largely enriched. To teach thinking, method and key point of viewin the teaching method should be enormously encouraged to reach the goal “teaching-exercise-examination in the ratio of 1:2:3”.Inheritance and pioneering The reform, pioneering and development should be emphasized.The current system of teaching, from the curriculums to the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert J. Beichner; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

be emphasized. Most class periods are taught by individual IMPEC faculty members, but several times during each semester “workshops” on specific topics (e.g. statistical analysis and angular motion) are team-taught by the full faculty.• The course instruction makes extensive use of active (experiential) and cooperative (team- based) learning and other methods designed to address the full spectrum of student learning styles,1 reducing but not completely eliminating formal lecturing. All laboratory experiments and most homework and in-class activities are done by teams of students. Exercises are designed to provide positive interdependence, individual accountability, and periodic self- assessment of team functioning

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1998 Annual Conference

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William H. Jermann

. This setincludes functions that put a number into a matrix, retrieve aspecified element from a matrix, read and print matrices,performaddition and multiplication of matrices, and find inverses anddeterminants of square matrices. These functions are used inimplementing Matrix class methods when object orientedprogramming is introduced.C code may be recompiled and used in C++ programs. However,there are several differences between C++ and C. Some of theseare: 1. Class definitions that lead to object orientedprogramming techniques. 2. Use of inline functions. 3. Function and operation overloading. 4. Default argument values. 5. Passing arguments by reference. 6. Use of the "new" and "delete

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1998 Annual Conference

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Charlie P. Edmonson

drawn on8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper. The parts must be cut out, folded, and then glued together to form theairplane.Assembly ProcessThe fuselage is one piece that is cut out and folded on premarked lines and then glued together.Figure 1 illustrates the fuselage part. There are two fuselages per sheet of paper. Workstation 1cuts out the aircraft fuselage, then passes it to Workstation 2. Workstation 2 folds the fuselageaccording to the fold lines and then passes it to Workstation 3. Workstation 3 cuts out the cavityfor the canopy and then passes it to Workstation 4. XF - 27 XF - 27FIGURE 1. FuselageThe canopy is one piece that

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1998 Annual Conference

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George G. Karady; Daniel Tylavsky

solving.The difficulty observed in the undergraduate program, namely low student interest, is the resultof several interacting factors. Most of these factors are beyond the control of the students andinstructors. One factor that affects student interest and that we, as faculty, can control, is the waywe present material in the classroom. Students get bored when they do not understand what weteach and they do not understand what we teach when we offer material in a mode that isdifferent from their natural learning mode. Research has shown that about 75% of undergraduateengineering students are visual learners while (typically) in excess of 90% of our instruction isoral and written verbal communication [1]. Further, most students (60%) learn

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1998 Annual Conference

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Josue Njock-Libii

important physical variables involved in the equation. Ineach case, a reference is given from which the interested reader can get the derivation ofequations and other relevant details. It is hoped that these illustrations can be of use to instructorsof mathematics if they need to illustrate how conic sections are used in a variety of applications. Conic sections in the study of the Mechanics of fluids:a) Steady Flow of a viscous fluid in a circular pipe: Hagen-Poiseuille’s equation If u(r) is the velocity in the axial direction and r is the radial distance, then (ef. 1),(see Figure 1, for a graphical illustration) R 2 ∂p ru( r ) = − ( )[1 − ( ) 2 ] 4 µ ∂x Ru( r ) = velocity; R = radius; µ

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ronald D. Earley

be taken to help prepare students todeal with structural analysis problems using the method of finite elements. Clearly the general topics listed beloware contained within the curriculum of most associate degree mechanical engineering technology programs.1. Ample instruction and hands-on experience with materials testing should be provided, especially in the area of tension tests.12. A firm foundation in the area of equilibrium force analysis of static structures should be provided. The concepts of structural system and structural component equilibrium should be emphasized.23. A thorough understanding and comprehension of material mechanical properties and Hooke’s law as related to loads and displacements

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1998 Annual Conference

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J. Darrell Gibson

teams usually have fivemembers. The selection of the teams is made by the instructor and this has been found to be aneffective procedure. The students are reminded that in industry engineers are assigned to groups andare assigned projects and that an essential skill that they must learn is teamwork on projects and withothers not necessarily of their choosing.Each project team in the course, (typically 18-20 teams in SD) meets with the instructor once a weekat a pre-arranged time and submits a written status report. The company contact may also requestweekly status reports. Formalized design methodologies are required. (See for example Paul andBeitz [1] or Dekker and Gibson [2].) Basically this process is 1) Define the Problem in its

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1998 Annual Conference

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Zenaida O. Keil

use of the HYSYS@ chemical engineering process software aspart of an engineering laboratory course. The course aimed to introduce students to thedesign function and basic fluid mechanics principles through the development of apreliminary flow sheet for a ketchup manufacturing facility.The Rowan Sophomore Engineering Clinic:The Rowan Sophomore Engineering Clinic is a laboratory, project oriented course. It ismodular in that different faculty present topics in the different engineering disciplines.The course is interdisciplinary and is required for all engineering students. The theme ofthe course is engineering design. The Clinic contains 1 s.h. of engineering content and 2s.h. of written communication. The communication portion of the course

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

Page 3.584.1The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) recently publishedEngineering Criteria 2000, which sets new standards for evaluating, assessing and accreditingengineering programs in North America [1]. The criteria are purposefully vague in nature toencourage innovation in engineering education [2]. Proceedings from the National Conferenceon Outcomes Assessment for Engineering Education [3] reflect educators’ frustration with thisissue. The process for implementing new means of assessment will be iterative in nature, andwill involve collaboration among educators, industry leaders, accreditors, and stakeholders [2].Engineering Criteria 2000 cited the student portfolio as a means for meeting criterion three:program

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1998 Annual Conference

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Walter W. Fisher; Carol Crowley; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

thedevelopment and establishment of the “cluster” program or powerful learning communities forthe benefit of beginning SEM students who are not calculus ready, and therefore, not qualified tobegin the standard engineering or science undergraduate programs. “Clustering” involves placingstudents in cohorts and scheduling them to attend the same blocked and linked courses thatintegrate subject matter across courses. Each "cluster" of courses includes (1) either Introductionto Engineering and Physical Science or Introduction to Biology, (2) a module-based class in pre-calculus, and (3) a first-year English composition class designed to integrate English with

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter A. Koen

previousstudies2,4-8 limited their alumni cohort to the last 3 years. The final 4th step was to implement apilot test of the survey to insure that the instructions and questions were worded correctly. Thiswas done by mailing the survey to 10 alumni, all from different companies, and conductingphone interviews with them following their response to the instrument. Page 3.604.2 ABET 2000 Criteria Stevens Undergraduate Survey1. Ability to apply knowledge 1. Fundamental understanding of mathematics.of mathematics, science and 2. Fundamental understanding of Physical and Life Sciences.engineering

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Stephen A. Fulling; David L. Barrow

. The year is conveniently divided into 30weeks, 15 each semester.FIRST SEMESTER 1. The transcendental functions ex, ln x, ax, and loga x briefly appear early in the Page 3.605.2semester, because engineering is using them to fit data. We return to them early in the secondsemester for the standard, thorough calculus treatment. In the meantime, it is sometimesconvenient to have available these extra examples of nonpolynomial functions. 2. We cover antiderivatives and one-dimensional (1D) motion in week 4, to coincidewith their use in physics. This compares with about week 10 in the traditional course. Thestudents get a head start on

Conference Session

Integrating Design in the Freshman Year (3553)

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1998 Annual Conference

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Sharon Fellows, Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science SUNY -Binghamton; Richard Culver, Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science SUNY -Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Freshman Programs (FPD)

of DTeC. The structure of DTeC is designed to accommodateapproximately 100 students who meet as a total group in a General Session of 20 minutes threetimes a week. At the end of the General Session, 1/3 of the students go to Graphics and Design,1/3 to Communications, and 1/3 to Computers; by the end of the week students have attendedeach two-hour lab. The skills taught in each lab revolve around the current engineering designproject, in this case, the ADDP. In Communications lab, students were required to write aseries of memos, one at each stage in the design process, to document their work. Theirlogbooks were periodically reviewed and were graded at the end of the semester to emphasizetheir importance in engineering practice. Each student

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert Rippy; Jason Dutcher; Jang Yi; Baber Raza; Herbert Hess

fifty hours a week. G P IB b o ard S erv er WWW R em o te U ser G P IB O -S C O P E cab le s V o ltage C u rren t P -S U P P L Y Iso lato r A m p lifier 25 V 6 V A C m o to r 3φ R elays A C D riv e Fig. 1. Block Diagram of the Proposed Remote Laboratory Experiment