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that: a. The SHARC is the fastest and most powerful floating point processor and therefore is better suited for numerically intensive applications. b. The TMS320C80 design seems to well suited for most operations associated with video processing. c. The TMS320C40 six I/O ports gives this processor the most flexibility in design of multi- processor implementation. d. The DSP96002 is a general purpose micro-processor suitable for most DSP applications requiring reasonable precision and speed. Also the software tools that accompany this processor may make it the processor of choice to perform multi-processor operations.The authors have also identified some

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). Page 2.271.2The MOTHER-DAUGHTER workshops in 1995 and 1996 consisted of six Saturday half-daysessions with lectures, demonstrations, hands-on experiments, contests, factory tours and careerexploration and were conducted in Spring 1995 and Spring 1996 at California State University, LosAngeles.The goal of the project was to:a) encourage girls to consider engineering as valuable option for their future careers,b) to dispel a myth that engineering is physically difficult and “non-feminine”,c) to raise the level of scientific knowledge of the general population (especially female),d) to foster appreciation of the general public for engineering professionsThe workshop concentrated on the four most common engineering branches: mechanical, civil

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, Internet address: joeturner@delphi.com., November 15, 1996.Dr. Matson and Ms. Goreham can be reached at jvm4@psu.edu, and 254 East Hamilton Avenue, State College,Pennsylvania, 16801.JACK V. MATSON, Ph.D., P.E. has BS and MS in chemical engineering from The University of Toledoand a Ph.D. from Rice University. He has work experience with Sun Oil, Exxon Chemicals, and S&B Engineersand Constructors. He has been an environmental engineering professor for 22 years, first at the University ofHouston and now at Penn State University, State College, PA. From 1991 to 1993 he served on the Texas AirControl BoardELIZABETH A. GOREHAMMs. Goreham has a BS degree in political science from The George Washington University. Her relevant prior workexperience

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structure, pattern, anomalies, trends, and relationships.Most students are eager to use computer software that can simulate real world imageryeven if some surrealistic shading is evident. Here, the challenge lies in refocusing thisenthusiasm to the subject matter at hand; in this case, solid state engineering.Applications of three dimensional visualization techniques have been applied to circuitanalysis [4] to circumvent abstractions in the learning process. Here, the use of computeranimation and three-dimensional viewing techniques are investigated as instructionaltechnologies to enhance classroom subject delivery and undergraduate researchparticipation.Approach The basis of the operation of all solid state devices is a set of

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application called LI Contour (A B Consulting Co., Inc) topreview their work for completeness and for blunders previously undetected. The(X,Y,Z) coordinates can also be edited in the program, if necessary. The student groupsthen produce preliminary plots of planimetric detail, again to ensure completeness.Preliminary plots of the hypsographic information are also produced to ensure adequatedensity of data and as a blunder check. Once they check these data, the program producesa .DXF file of the planimetry showing point location and point name and another showingthe location of hypsography points and their elevation. Page 2.379.6 Figure 3b. Students

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Denny C. Davis; Richard W. Crain; Michael S. Trevisan; Kenneth L. Gentili; Dale E. Calkins

appropriate sources of information, retrieve information, judge its relevance to a specific situation or design project, and synthesize it to improve its usefulness.3. Graduates are able to define (a) clear statements of goals for a design project, (b) specific customer requirements for a successful design, and (c) constraints to be observed in the process, and to refine these requirements as improved information becomes available.4. Graduates are able to select methods appropriate for idea generation, effectively employ these methods alone or in groups, and improve creativity by modifying processes or environments Page 2.95.9 as

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theircommunication and synthesis skills in the process. Portfolios are a powerful tool for guiding anddocumenting this endeavor.References.Bloom, B.S., Ed. 1953. Taxonomy of educational objectives, handbook I: Cognitive domain. Longmans, Green,New York, NY.Camp, R. 1990. Thinking together about portfolios. The Quarterly, 12(2): 8-14.Cress, D. and McCullough Cress, B. 1995. Reflective Assessment: Portfolios in Engineering Courses.http://fairway.ecn.purdue.edu/asee/fie95/4c1/4c14/4c14.htmLangford, D.P. and B.A. Cleary. 1995. Orchestrating Learning with Quality. ASQC Quality Press, Milwaukee,Wisc.McClelland, K. 1991. Portfolios: Solution to a problem. In Portfolios: Process and Product. P. Belanoff and M.Dickson, Eds. Boynton/Cook Publishers, Portsmouth, NH

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Josef Rojter

engineering curricula is needed to strengthen theprofessional practice and to make the profession attractive to higher calibre entrants,including women. An argument is presented for increasing the liberal arts and materialsscience components in engineering curricula, the first to broaden the professional practice,the latter to enhance engineering literacy.INTRODUCTIONEngineering practice cannot be anything but a cultural artifact, the way of doing things,setting up the societal infrastructures reflect the cultural traditions that encompassengineering enterprise. It is therefore no surprise that engineering education flows from suchcultural nexus; the structure and curricular of engineering education are anchored to societalbeliefs and traditions. In

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Bahador Ghahramani

Phillip B. Swan and Richard Chi-chung for their inputs. Also,his sincere gratitude is given to Systems Engineers in Bell Laboratories and IBM Watson Research Center for their Page 2.234.9reviews and recommendations.REFERENCES[1] Widmann, E.R. “Capability Assessment Model for Systems Engineering”, Proceedings of the Third Annual International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering, 1993.[2] Mackey, Dr. William “Conducting a Systems Engineering Process Assessment”, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual International Symposium of the National Council on Systems Engineering, Volume I

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James R. Sherrard

MANDATORY CREDIT REDUCTION OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS - CAN QUALITY HIGH CREDIT PROGRAMS SURVIVE? James R. Sherrard Three Rivers Community-Technical College The late 1980's and 1990's have proven to be very difficult times for engineering technologydegree programs nationally. Not only have the numbers of enrolled students declined whileemployment opportunities have generally diminished, but the costs to support quality programshave continued to grow. The perceived reduction in interest for technology as a career choice hasput added pressure on both institutions and program faculty to save and revitalize these programs.Business and industry have

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pretest, posttest and a three-month posttest on the job. Forty-two management skills criteria were collapsed to identify seven main leadershipskills for reliable evidence on the hypotheses tested: Leadership/ Organization, HumanResource Management, Financial Management, Decision Making, Strategic Planning,Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and Managerial Communication. The important resultsof the study are summarized below.No significant differences were found in the Importance of each leadership skills:(a) by the type of company's business, (b) by the number of years of employment with the currentemployer, (c) by the number of years in the industry, and (d) by the type of degrees held.Significant Differences were found in the

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Sherman K. Ward; Dan Budny; William LeBold

SCIENCE INVENTORY (1994)The primary purpose of this survey is to provide information regarding your MATHEMATICSand CHEMISTRY background. Your individual responses will be kept confidential. Pleaserespond on the optical scan sheet provided. Listed below are a number of topics in mathematics.Using the following response categories, MARK THE CORRESPONDING CIRCLES ON THEOPTICAL SCAN ANSWER SHEET. Responses Weight Never Heard of it A 1 Heard of it B 2 General Knowledge C 3 General & Detailed Knowledge D

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Yixin Shao; Laura Walhof; Joseph J. Biernacki

Science - Strategies for DevelopingScientific Literacy, sixth edition, ch. 10, p.150, Prentice-Hall (1996).3 National Research Council, National Science Education Standards, Washington, D.C., National AcademyPress, 1996.4 Pauschke, J. M., and Ingraffea, A. R., Recent Innovations in Undergraduate Civil EngineeringCurriculums, J. Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, v122, n3, p.123(11), (July1996).5 Biernacki, J. J., Walhof, L., and Shao, Y., Infrastructure Materials, Materials World Modules - AnInquiry-based Science & Technology Education Program, Northwestern University, expected completiondate: June 1997.6 Baumgartner, E., Reiser, B. J., “Engaging Students in Inquiry Through Design: How Teachers EnactDesign in the

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undergraduate courses. My thanks to LarryRichards (Old Dominion), Dundar Kocaoglu (Portland State), Don Merino (Stevens), and SteveRaper (UMR) for sending the material for this paper.My final thought is this: if engineering management is the discipline for the 21st century, howcan we as practitioners best get the message out? My recommendation is a compilation of thebest programs we have, much in the manner of The Fiske Guide to Colleges, making engineeringmanagement a subject to discuss among high school and college counselors, as well as universityconsortia world wide.Bibliographic Information 1 Marklein, M. B. (1997, February 14). Education gaps leave graduates ill-prepared. USA Today,p. 13D. 2 Task Force on High-Performance Work and

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Barbara Tedesco; Sanford Bordman; Iftekhar Hasan

their respective analyses of the scenario and itsattendent questions for a period of two weeks, after which the reports werecollected. During the last two weeks of the semester, the reports were given back tothe groups. They were requested to make any changes, additions, deletions orrevisions of any type that they might feel necessary in view of the semester's work. The summary results of evaluating the students’ reports are as follows:1. Virtually all the groups were able to delineate the problems of: Page 2.64.5 5 a. Poor quality control. b. Loss of the Chief Financial

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morewomen and minorities into engineering fields, and this will only benefit the society as a whole.4. References[1] DiTomaso, N., and Farris, G. F., “Diversity in the High-Tech Workplace,” IEEE Spectrum, pp. 20-32, June 1992.[2] Johnston, W. B., and Packer, A. H., “Workforce 2000: Work and Workers for the Twenty-First Century,” Report, Hudson Institute, Box 26-919, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1987.[3] Mozans, H. J., “Woman in Science,” University of Notre Dame Press, London, 1991.[4] National Science Foundation. “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering,” Report, Washington, D.C., 1994.[5] Phillips, D. T., et al. “Operations Research: Principles and Practice,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1976.[6] Whimbey

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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

to achieve all of the precedingbenefits and has attracted significant attention from the manufacturing community worldwide.Concurrent engineering may be defined as the design of the entire lifecycle of a productsimultaneously using a product design team and automated engineering and production tools.The definition underscores the importance of two key factors - people and equipment, with anemphasis on their interdependence upon each other.Concurrent Engineering It has long been recognized that as much as 70% of the production costs of amanufactured part are tied to the engineering design process1. These costs are defined implicitlyby the materials, dimensions, tolerances, surface finishes, and other parameters that determineprocessing

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conclusion of theprogram (b) Qualitative and descriptive responses to some open ended questions. and (c)Composite program evaluationMeasure of Learning: Learning was measured by Kolb (1981) Learning Skills Inventory of Pre,Post, and ComparisonMeasure of Behavior: Change in perceptions by Knudson (1989) instrument of importance andcompetence of management skills Pre, Post, and Comaparison.Measure of Results: (a) Hersey and Blanchard (1994) change in leadership adaptability indexmeasured at Pre, Post and comparison (b) Measure of effectiveness by using a 3-month postsurvey after the manager returns back to the realities of job situations. The difference between thePre and three month post is the real impact of the training program

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Leonard Sokoloff

Session 2259 Acoustical Radar Leonard Sokoloff DeVRY Technical InstituteVirtual Instrumentation is making a significant impact in today’s industry, education and research.DeVRY Technical Institute selected LabVIEW as an excellent representative of this technologyand is implementing LabVIEW into its curriculum at all DeVRY campuses in the United Statesand Canada.LabVIEW@ (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench) a product of NationalInstruments@, is a software system that incorporates data acquisition, analysis and presentation,and

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James S. Tulenko; Edward T. Dugan; David E. Hintenlang

2000 ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 has been designed to focus on the needs of theeducational progress of various constituencies. The crux of the new accreditation process is anongoing evaluation (assessment) program that demonstrates achievement of these objectives andthat uses the results of the assessment program to improve the effectiveness of the educationprogram. To quote from ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; Page 2.52.1 (b) an ability to design and conduct

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Halvard E. Nystrom; Diego Rodriguez

discussion on: the paper,the various delivery media utilized, trends in distance education, and implications to futureeducational efforts. This will further the objectives to comprehend, analyze, synthesize andevaluate specific issues regarding distance education.Together the two parts of the interaction take advantage of the strengths of current distanceeducational tools while avoiding their weaknesses to fulfill the predetermined objectives.REFERENCES1 Martin, B., Moskal, P., Forshee, N., and Morse, L., “ So You Want to Develop a distance Education Course?” ASEE Prism, February, 1997.2 Wankat, P.C. and Oreovicz, F.S., Teaching Engineering, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.3 Lepper, M.R., Woolverton, M., Mumme, D.L., and Gurtner, J-L, “Motivational

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John G. Nee

with both the nature of the assignedwork and University standards and procedures for the IET cooperative internship education program.2. The IET Department agrees to supply students to work in areas closely related to the students’academic program at [__________].3. [__________] and the University will mutually agree on the number of job positions availableeach academic semester.4. A student Cooperative Internship Employment Agreement for each student to be employed willbe appended to this Agreement and will show the following: a) Student’s name b) Student’s social security number c) Student’s address d) Period of performance for each student e) Hourly wage rate for each student

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William W. Durgin

Session 2325 University Participation in FIRST WPI’s Experience William W. Durgin Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractWPI has entered the FIRST Competition every year since its inception and continues to stronglysupport the contest precisely because the philosophy is critically important to high schoolstudents in our technological society. A number of organizational models have been used inattempts to effectively involve the university community as well a corporate sponsors and highschool students and faculty. Every entry

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Shonda L. Williams

Session 1220 An Analysis of Clock-Jitter on an Analog-to-Digital Converter Using the Signal Processing Worksystem (SPW) Environment Shonda L. Williams Student, Department of Electrical Engineering Florida A&M University and Florida State UniversityABSTRACT- A sound fundamental understanding of electronic circuits and devices can be usedas a basis to formulate an understanding of ADC computer interface devices. However,secondary effects such as offset, drift, clock-jitter, etc. may represent critical

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Jeffrey W. Roule; Carl W. Steidley

Session 3520 FROM FINITE STATE MACHINES TO COMPLEX 1 REACTIVE SYSTEMS WITH VISUAL FORMALISMS Carl W. Steidley, Jeffrey W. Roule Department of Computer Science Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, Louisiana 70402AbstractIt is well known, that a digital computer stores information internally in binary form. At anyinstant, the computer contains certain data, so its internal storage is set in certain patterns ofbinary digits. We call this the state of the computer at that instant. Since the

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Jon E. Freckleton

Session 2563 CASE STUDIES IN ENGINEERING ETHICS Jon E. Freckleton, P.E. Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York 14623ABSTRACT The case studies presented in this paper are based on 22 years of experience at two majorUS companies, four years on active duty in the military, and 11 years of teaching. Cases arepresented first as the situation, with the results of action taken in a later section so that they canbe used for discussion with students. These occurred over a career that started as a new collegehire and

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Vincent Allen; Bruce E. Segee

Session 1559 Session 1559 Factory Automation Emulator Design Using Object-Oriented Programming Bruce Segee, Vincent Allen University of Maine AbstractDevelopment of a factory automation emulator for a complex material handling system havingmultiple interconnected conveyor belts can be a difficult task. Our goal was to develop a factorywide emulator that would mimic the actions of all conveyor belts, photosensors, barcode readers,diverter arms, motors, other

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Mark J. Sebern

Session 1532 Evolving an Undergraduate Software Engineering Course Mark J. Sebern Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractMany undergraduate software engineering courses combine team projects with discussion ofdevelopment cycle concepts. It can be difficult to connect these elements in a coherent way, especiallywhen the lecture is a broad survey and the project is sharply focused on meeting the needs of a client.This paper describes the evolution of a senior software engineering project course that incorporatesiterative development of a classroom example and an object-oriented

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scrutiny. Considerations ofquality are many in every aspect of the engineer’s work including further education. There aremany popular concepts of quality including TQM, Kaizen, QFD, Employee Involvement andEmpowerment. The author strongly believes that Continuous Quality Improvement or CQI is thebest approach to ensuring quality in engineering development programs. TRAINING NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT: Training of engineering professionals is acritical component of the U.S. competitiveness across global markets. Since there is a greatvariety of differences in education and work experience among engineers; two issues must beconsidered closely; including the determination of training needs and assessment of trainingefforts. Needs analysis allows the

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Robert George; Allen Soyster; John Lamancusa

Session 1463 Industry-Based Projects in Academia - What Works and What Doesn’t John Lamancusa, Allen Soyster, Robert George Penn State/Northeastern University/DuPontAbstractIn June of 1994, three universities and a national laboratory (Penn State, the University ofWashington, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Sandia Labs) formed a partnership, underthe auspices of the Technology Reinvestment Program (TRP) of the Advanced Research ProjectsAgency (ARPA). This partnership focused on injecting a stronger manufacturing emphasis intothe engineering curriculum