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problems in physics, to think creatively and to developinterpersonal skills. Many students who have taken physics can talk about plasmas andBlack Holes in Astronomy, but they cannot solve physics problems. TCI requiresstudents to follow a syllabus, which includes basic mechanics, Newton’s force laws,conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, universal gravitation, rotationalmotion, and waves.1V Creative RequirementsStudents learn creative thinking by following five major paths. 1. Compositions 2. Classroom lectures 3. Homework 4. Laboratory experiments 5. Class participationV Examples of Creative Projects in the curriculumThe textbook for the course is “Physics for Scientists & Engineers”, third Edition, byDouglas C. Giancoli

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students.ConclusionsIt has been well documented that the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students ofcolor is an issue for all engineering colleges throughout the country. We believe that theprograms that we have discussed here have had a positive impact on the University ofMichigan’s efforts. The climate-related events had the greatest impact on the College as a wholebecause students, faculty, and staff from throughout the College and University attended them.However, the outreach projects are useful to us as a student group because it gives us anopportunity to work with underrepresented minority student societies directly and allow for us toget their feedback on educational issues within the College.SARA SODERSTROMSara Soderstrom is currently a

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exam and asks students to identify the two-dimensional image on a plane that cutsthrough a solid object.12 Another test is the Differential Aptitude Test: Space Relations(DAT:SR) that consists of 50 items.13 The questions show a two-dimensional plan that, whenfolded, becomes a three-dimensional solid. The student is to select the correct solid from fourchoices.Figure 1, Sample of a PSVT problem.II. Project DescriptionWhile the correlation between spatial visualization and engineering graphics seems intuitive,does the visualization skills transfer to other courses; for example, the first course in vectormechanics, statics? Many consider statics as one of the first really engineering courses studentsoutside the math and science prerequisite

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Vincent Scotto; Peter Schuyler; Howard A. Canistraro

2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”employed, laboratory projects and requirements, as well as discussion of math, computer, andcommunication requirements integrated into our courses. Our advisors are asked to comment onthe relevance of the material, the desirability of certain skills, as well as suggesting futuredirections or any deficiencies they may note. This process has allowed us to have many verymeaningful exchanges regarding not only the specific content of our curriculum, but theimportance of certain skill sets for our students to function within industry. A secondaryoutcome has been that advisors have

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possibilities needsto take three major considerations. First, a selected language must contain the solutionsnecessary to the project of representing complex models and outcomes. This is, ofcourse, the main priority in choosing a language that best fits the product. Second, thelanguage itself must not present a barrier. The language’s intricacy and easy of use mustbe carefully balanced for optimal performance and time efficiency. Third, support for thelanguage must be adequate. This problem presents it self in situations where a languagehas fulfilled the first requirement but is not very popular and is therefore not supportedwidely on the network, thus inhibiting proper performance.II. Design of Web Pages for the Online ModelingA web site is designed

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Michael Case; Bruce Segee

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 8. Main code loop Figure 9. Data output function Page 6.77.7Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education2.3 EducationAbove all, while constructing this device we were able to see how an LCD Display operates andwhat is required of it. Also, some of the features of the C coding language were learned by arather inexperienced programmer. From an educator’s perspective the project would be

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Don Zeller

. Webb, John W. & Reis, Ronald A. Programmable Logic Controllers Principles and Applications, Chapter 1, page 5, ©1999, 1995 by Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey2. Kissell, Thomas E. Industrial Electronics, Chapter 3, page 75, ©2000, 1997 by Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey3. Newcorn, David, Special Projects Editor, Debating the Future of Packaging Machine Control, Packaging World Magazine, page 118, September, 19994. Stenerson, Jon, Fundamentals of Programmable Logic Controllers, Sensors, and Communications, Preface, page x, ©1999, 1993 by Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New JerseyDON ZELLERDon Zeller is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Technology Department, Fenn College of

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marketingapproaches have allowed the cost to the student of this approach to be similar to thetraditional approach.The advantages of using an actual PLC are • Allows the student to wire up the PLC to inputs and outputs, • Allows the student to program using an actual commercial version of the PLC programming software, • Allows the student to use the PLC in actual applications after the class.In addition this greatly facilitates distance learning in a subject that has been tradionally tiedto expensive laboratory facilities.II. EquipmentFor this project a Model DL05DD PLC manufactured by Koyo and distributed byAutomationdirect.com is used (Fig. 1). This PLC is part of a broad family of PLC’s that usethe same programming

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" mantra of Java developers. Using Java for all of the simulatorsdeveloped by the authors allows maximum reuse of code. The assembler for this simulator is alsoused in another simulator which simulates a computer system incorporating the Relatively SimpleCPU. As an additional benefit, the authors have found little difficulty in attracting students to workon this and other simulators. Java is a desirable skill for graduates entering the workforce, andstudents seek to gain experience in Java programming. Projects of this type are exactly what thesestudents are looking for.The rest of this paper is organized as follows. The specifications of the CPU simulated by thispackage are described in the following section. The functions of the simulator are

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Sanjeev Arora; Masoud Naghedolfeizi; Jim Henry

Session 2150 Remote Laboratory Operation: Web Technology Successes Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Sanjeev Arora, Jim Henry Fort Valley State University/ Fort Valley State University/ University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded Fort Valley StateUniversity (FVSU) a three-year project to develop an undergraduate minor program in computerbased measurement and instrumentation. The primary objective of this program is to enhancethe existing mathematics, engineering technology, and computer science programs at FVSU.The

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Suzanna Rose; Mariesa Crow; Susan Murray

of this project. The University of Missouri-Rolla is a small, Midwestern university with a strongemphasis in engineering. Nearly 85 percent of the student body majors in engineering ora closely related field. The enrollment of the school is approximately 5,000 students withover 75 percent male. The average ACT score for entering freshmen is very high atnearly 28. As of 1999, the university had a total of 299 tenured and tenure-track facultymembers with 26 (8.7 %) female (3). Rolla is a small rural community in centralMissouri, one hundred miles from St. Louis. Local employment opportunities outside ofthe university for professionals are limited.Statistics Concerning Female Faculty at UMR An analysis was performed of the

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class.• Network trafficA very large part of the development of HDTV as a form of communications that could beprovided, in high quality, by all aspects of the television broadcast medium was the developmentof a standard that would pack a large amount of digital signal into a relatively small bandwidth.The second project in our network labs will introduce the students to network traffic monitoringand analysis• Digital imagingStarting from the origination of a picture we will introduce the principles of file size and the needfor image compression. Working with raw still images, we compare full resolution, 24 bit colorimages with lower resolution, and lower bit rate color map to illustrate size and quality differences. This sets up a good

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have the skills needed to undertake the development of such projects, or even toborrow and revise them for their own use.The Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED), anNSF-sponsored engineering education coalition composed of the engineering colleges of eightsoutheastern universities, is committed to a comprehensive revitalization of undergraduateengineering education for the 21st Century. The eight institutions comprising SUCCEED are:Clemson University, Florida A&M/Florida State University (FAMU/FSU), Georgia Institute ofTechnology (Ga Tech), North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T), North Carolina StateUniversity (NCSU), University of Florida, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Walter J. Gomes III; Rulph Chassaing

documentation materials are available from TI3-10 atwww.ti.com.ImplementationThis project was tested on the following platforms: the fixed-point C6211-based DSK, the floating-point C6701-based evaluation module (EVM), the fixed-point C6201-based EVM, and the C31-based DSK. The C6xxx are all members of the C6x family of VLIW-based processors. The C31 isa member of the C3x family of floating-point processors based on the Harvard architecture.The fixed-point C6211-based DSK9 is TI’s lowest cost development system based on the C6xprocessor. The DSK board includes TI’s 16-bit AD535 data converter, which contains an A/D anda D/A. The AD535 on board the DSK has a sampling rate of 8 kHz.The C6701 is a floating-point processor. Operating at a clock rate of 150

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Oguz A. Soysal

Three view drawings of a machine part 4 Basic principles of water pumps Dimensioning 5 Midterm Exam 1 Team work: brain storming on the design project 6 Principles of energy conversion, power Data analysis using MS Excel generation 7 Electric power generation using solar cells Team work: Preparing presentation slides using MS Power Point 8 Preliminary design presentation Team work: Revision of the design 9 Development teams and product Team work: Drawings of prototype parts development

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Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Saeid Y. Eidgahy

undergraduate degree in Mech. Eng. and an MBA, and is currently working on his Ph.D. He held a number of engineering and project management positions for more than ten years, before joining education. SAEID Y. EDIGAHY is the Dean and a Professor of Engineering Technologies, Applied and Computer Sciences at Jefferson Community College in Steubenville, Ohio. An experienced educator at both 2 and 4- year levels, he has written and presented on numerous distance education and engineering education issues. He is professionally affiliated with ASEE, ASTD, AECT, NAIT, Chair Academy, League for Innovation, and the National Alliance for Business

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Bogdan M. Wilamowski; Aleksander Malinowski

feedback to students is very important in the process oflearning. This is usually achieved by returning graded homework and projects. However, in caseof assigning many various types of work, which contribute with different weights to the finalgrade, it is difficult to keep the student informed about his or her current standing. While keepingtrack of grades is usually easy to perform using a simple spreadsheet, the process of informingstudents requires more effort and time. Therefore, the need for a database that would be easy touse by both an instructor and students was determined.There are many database systems available. Each university registrar’s office has one. However,these systems are not available for everyday use. For security reasons

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Duane L. Abata

, Project Management: A Critical Area of Study for Engineering and Engineering Technology Students, proceedings, Annual conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, 1998. Page 5.343.6DUANE ABATADuane L. Abata is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity. He is also the Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Propulsion which is a graduate andundergraduate center focused on engine research and curriculum development. Dr. Abata served in administration forseveral years before returning to the department to initiate ICAP. Dr. Abata is a

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W. Bradford Cross; Susan M. Morgan; Mark P Rossow

CE 399 Cooperative Education CE 493 Engineering DesignTable 4. Examples of course materials chosen to represent student performance. Outcome Portfolio Target Course Example Material Communication CE 380 Intro. to Environmental • Personal P2 project report Engineering and Science CE 493 Engineering Design • Course memos • Final report • Videotape of final presentation Professional CE 380 Intro. to Environmental • Student attendance at activities

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Mike L. Rioux; Bruce Segee

ofproducts. (a) (b) Figure 4: Sample Database Entries.OutcomeThe physical product of the Intelligent Production Cost Allocation System is a databasecontaining a wealth of information. This database, similar to the example shown inFigure 4b, associates every tool used in production with an operator, a station, and aspecific product. Using this database, queries can be run to enumerate the precise toolingcost for each product. With this information, a company can realize the true profit eachproduct brings forth. It is also possible, given the company’s projected production plan,to keep only the tools necessary for upcoming production runs in

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Anthony J.A. Oxtoby; Adam G. Sanderson

implement the data transfer and handshaking has been developed and is now Page 5.393.1included in selected laboratory exercises. This way one can extend the interfacing options in the course, take advantage of a wider range of I/O devices such as push buttons, LCD displays, multi- channel ADCs etc. and provide a direct link to earlier micro-processor courses. Student projects can also take advantage of this technique.II. Microprocessor Hardware The DSP course uses the ADSP-2181 based EZ-Kit Lite, an inexpensive yet versatile development system from Analog Devices. Incorporated onto the EZ_KIT Lite is a 16-bit fixed point, 30ns ADSP-2181 processor

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W. Ernst Eder

for successful designing.They also think that merely taking part in some sort of design exercise or competition willdeliver a sufficient range of object and design process knowledge to enable students toeffectively design an engineering system (a product and/or its usage process) in their futureoccupations. Teaching and learning to design is much more complex.An old Chinese piece of wisdom credited to Confucius says: Tell me and I will forget Show me and I will remember Involve me and I will understand Take one step back and I will act.In the usual interpretation, the first two of this set of items are used to decry lectures anddemonstrations, and to advocate only project-based learning. The last of these items is

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Robert Sumrall; Nuggenhalli S Nandagopal; Gilbert J. Groendyke

over thirty(30) years experience in the piping design field including extensive experience in the development andimplementation of design practices and procedures using CADD systems. He has served as the lead pipingdesigner in several projects. He is currently the President of SPED. Page 5.69.5

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Ted Eschenbach

, Page 5.70.2this includes exams based on memory vs. using the text and my notes. I also recognize when the Session 3642instructor’s needs are given priority over my and my classmates’ needs, such as when homeworkis neither assigned nor collected. I can tell if a course has been designed so that I can developand demonstrate my understanding.While the student’s focus is on outcomes – developed and demonstrated understanding, thefaculty member’s tool is pedagogy. What will the homework, labs, case studies, exams, quizzes,lectures, team assignments, projects, etc. accomplish – individually and collectively?Is the instructor fair and reasonable? For many engineering

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Bodgan M. Wilamowski; Aleksander Malinowski

User Input: daemon Perl Interpreter Source Code Java VRML Graphical ActiveX Post Processor for Java AppletsFig. 1. Data flow in an Internet Compilers package.These software design problems were considered and solved in the ICP. The user interface isprogrammed in HTML enhanced with JavaScript. The purpose of the project was allowing Page 5.715.2students to get familiar with different compilers and compiler optimization techniques rather thanmake another huge GUI application to wrap

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Madhu Gourineni; Badrul H. Chowdhury

. degrees also inElectrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA in 1983 and 1987 respectively. Heis currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering department of theUniversity of Missouri–Rolla. From 1987 to 1998 he was with the University of Wyoming’sElectrical Engineering department where he attained the rank of Professor. He has served as thePrincipal Investigator in several engineering education-related projects sponsored by the USNational Science Foundation.MADHU GOURINENIMadhu Gourineni obtained his B.S degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering fromOsmania Univeristy, Hyderabad, India in 1998. As soon as he completed his undergraduatedegree, he joined the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Master

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Vijay Arora; Lorenzo Faraone

technology) that answers the question “How?”. Even if we have know-how, we still have to face the societal concerns when many other factors and questions come intoplay before undertaking a new project: whether, what, why, when, whom, where, and how much.If technopreneurship becomes all technique and technology, it will make us more materialisticignoring that we are human beings. If there is very little understanding of the higher humanpurposes that the technology is striving to serve, we will become victims of our own creation. Inthe spirit of providing service to the community, we must decide what is to be done to developnew products and services, cut costs, increase productivity, turn waste into environment-friendlyproducts or assure its safe

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Dick Bickerstaff; Hamid Y. Eydgahi; Robert Speckert

Lima TechnicalCollege (Ohio). He holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology, an MBA, and Ph.D. inOperations and Information Management. He held a number of engineering and project management positions formore than ten years before joining education. Dr. Eydgahi’s previous accomplishments have included such areas asprofessional development and educational technologies in instruction.ROBERT SPECKERTMr. Speckert is the Chair and Professor of Engineering Technology at Miami University (Ohio). He holds an MBAfrom University of Cincinnati and a BS in Applied Science from Miami University – Oxford. He is a CertifiedManufacturing Engineers and has presented at such national conferences as the League for Innovation in

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Barbara L. Christe; Elaine M. Cooney

mother of two grade school agechildren should negotiate so hard and long for a part time position. She tried to explain thatschool brought the complications of homework, field trips, having friends over to play and workon group projects, music lessons, sports, etc. Parents are the only ones willing to spend the hoursfrom 3:00 to 9:00pm every day as driver and chaperone. Many times every child will have to bea different place - necessitating both parents pitching in and there still not be a way to get it alldone. Since most universities do not treat part-time faculty as permanent employees, let alonesupport advancing part-time faculty in rank or tenure, asking for a part time position for womenfaculty is the same as resigning. Women faculty must

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Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

classes eachweek, one geared to students from preschool through second grade; the other for children ingrades three to five. Each class followed the same basic formula: an introduction using booksand pictures, several hands-on activities, a craft project, and a snack. The snack was tied to theclass theme and preparing it was an activity unto itself. The first summer, we filled our classes tothe capacity we had set merely by word of mouth and passing flyers to about 30 parents weknew.When the school year began, we had requests from the parents of our students to offer afterschool science lessons. So, we developed a series of hour-long science explorations, and offeredour services to parents for “science birthday parties.” In this case, we charge