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Julia Morse

Techniques - Spring 2000 Reading Assignment Read Sections 1-6 and 1-7 in your Rehg textbook (pgs. 17 - 23, including the figure and table on p. 23). Answer the following question. (For some there is more than one right answer.) For the following products, suggest which type of manufacturing system would be appropriate: project, job shop, repetitive, line, or continuous. Explain your reasoning. Manufacturing Product Reasoning System Type ball point pens aftermarket automotive parts electronic calculators

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Rosalyn Berne

human consciousness?In the life sciences, current research is mapping out detailed knowledge of the humanbody. The human genome project is making rapid progress. Meanwhile, in thetechnological and engineering sciences machines are being designed and built to functionlike the human organism. Robots are being built and designed not just to perform dirty,repetitive tasks humans prefer not to do, but for complex, reasoning tasks requiringcognition, perception and sensitivity. In Japan, at the Science University of Tokyo, arobot has shape-memory actuators that move like muscles creating facial expressionsbeneath the robots silicon skin.' Tatsuya Matsui, creator of RoboCup, the robot soccerplaying team, is now working on the next evolution of his

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2001 Annual Conference

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Willis Marti; Wei Zhao; Steve Liu

allocation, prioritization and scheduling of connections, protection from performance attacks, e.g., distributed denial of service (DDoS). • Internet applications DNS/Web/File/Mail Server configuration, intrusion detection and protection.4. Summary VNL represents an aggressive approach to quality instruction of network engineeringstudents in higher education. Integrating numerous complex functions into a livelytraining environment makes it a major challenge. The research team is vigorouslypursuing the project, with helpful input from industry partners. The laboratory is anongoing activity, benefiting from continuous improvement and frequent technologyupdates. The remote-access technology provides a useful tool for both

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Joseph Orlins

Design Project,” 1999 ASCE/EWRI International Water Resources Engineering Conference, Seattle, WA. 6. Hydropower! Contest web site: http://www.ultranet.com/~hands-on/hydro/contest.htmlJOSEPH ORLINSJoseph Orlins is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering atRowan University. Dr. Orlins is a registered Professional Civil Engineer in Washington and Minnesota and isactively involved in water resources engineering education and research. Dr. Orlins received his B.S.C.E. degreefrom the University of Washington in 1993, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering at the University ofMinnesota in 1996 and 1999, respectively

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Mike McCracken; Wendy Newstetter

whichresearchers have advanced this project. They have developed: 1) descriptions of design processes 2) prescriptivemodels of design activity based on best practices of design found in industry 3) computer models of designprocesses 4) languages and representations 5) analysis to support design, and 6) design for manufacturing and lifecycle. While these models and prescriptions have helped practicing designers improve design processes, it is notclear what contribution they have made to advancing our understanding of design learning. Some design educators 2drawing on this work advocate "guided design" as a pedagogic strategy . Here students follow a set of design stepsand phases that

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N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone

Session 3668The Design of Java Applets for Vibration Teaching on the WWW N W Scott and B J Stone Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Australia.AbstractA search of the WWW reveals very little available material for teaching vibration that includesanimations of motion. In the past such animations have been developed for other deliveryplatforms and have proved to be very useful in allowing students to gain a goodunderstanding of vibration. This paper describes the results of a project aimed at writingJava applets that should have a wide range of applications. The design objectives are

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2000 Annual Conference

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Shawna L. Fletcher; Mary Anderson-Rowland

1999 semester GPA and 79% improved theircumulative GPA. Although results are preliminary, data received from the pilot programindicate that the student success program was effective.An overview of the WISE Student Success Program will be presented and will include adiscussion of the need for and impact of retention programs specifically geared toward femaleengineering students. In addition, future projections of implementation and direction of WISEstudent retention programs will be discussed.I. IntroductionNationally, less than half of all engineering freshman graduate with an engineering degree.According to statistics at Arizona State University (ASU), less than 66% of freshmanengineering students (male and female) are retained in engineering

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Richard L. Martin; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Service Guide, HP 33120A/Option 001, Phase-Lock Assembly, Hewlett-Packard,Edition 1, 1994.RICHARD MARTINProfessor Richard L. Martin is Associate Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at theUnited States Naval Academy. He teaches the EE majors’ senior design course and laboratorysequence and coordinates the senior design projects. He received his PhD from the University ofMaryland, College Park, in 1968. Dr. Martin is a registered Professional Engineer in the State ofMaryland and has been actively involved in research with the Naval Research Laboratory(Washington, D. C.) and the Naval Surface Warfare Center (Annapolis).Email: rmartin@nadn.navy.milMIKE MORROWLieutenant Commander Michael G. Morrow, PE, is a Master Instructor in the

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Debbie T. Brown; Masoud Rais-Rohani

post questions to a specific instructor Provide instructors with a tool that would • help make their lecture presentation more effective • enable them to experiment with an alternate method of teaching • reduce the lecture time devoted to mundane aspects of the course • facilitate teaching students with different learning styles • assist them in organizing collaborative study sessionsOnce fully developed, VLSM will have ten modules as identified in Fig. 1. A typical moduleconsists of concise theoretical discussions, interactive MathView® example problems, a Java-enabled design and analysis tool, and a collection of test-your-knowledge exercises. With oneyear into the three-year project, three of its modules (i.e., Geometric

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Thomas Lombardo; Stephen R. Fleeman

(DE 2) Use language appropriate to the situation. B.07 (DE 1) Participate in meetings in a positive and constructive manner. B.08 (DE 3) Use job-related terminology.Fabrication II EET 115 B.09 (DE 3) Write technical reports, letters and memoranda as appropriate to the audience (e.g., management, customers, co-workers, and manufacturers).Fabrication II EET 115 B.10 (DE 2) Document work projects, procedures, tests, and equipment failures.A web-based course with an asynchronous conferencing component has the potential to developgood

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2000 Annual Conference

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Walden S. Rio

, manuals, exam papers and projects for review by the accreditation team. Since this areais also important the school undergoing accreditation should obtain a score of three to pass theaccreditation survey. A new requirement in this area is that the school should have a track recordwhich shows that the performance of the graduates of the school has been at par or above thenational passing average for the past three to five years.Laboratories follow this area. The team will take a look at the laboratory rooms as well as thecomputer room used by the college of engineering. The team will also take a look at the typeand number of each equipment available in the laboratory and determine if the students haveused it. It will also take a look at the

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Jr., Michael E. Hanyak; James A. Van Fleet

workfor me, and I can report on a completely transformed research process.Methodology, 1999The assignment and the schedule of library lab sessions for CHEG 400, Process Engineering,have not changed much in ten years. The change in research methods and tools is dramatic. Myfirst meeting with the chemical engineering seniors now takes place in the library’s electronicclassroom, where I can project images from the instructor’s workstation and students can followalong on their own PC's. I demonstrate the library web page and the online catalog, showinghow a keyword search for “(styrene or ethylbenzene) and dehydrogenat?” will retrieve severalbooks, a doctoral dissertation (Kim, Jae Jo, 1991), and even a Bucknell honor's thesis (McClaine,Brian, 1997

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Jr., Vernon W. Lewis

choose the time and place to learn. Some institutions have abandoned the concept ofsynchronous delivery of distance learning2. This is not the case at Old Dominion University,which places a high value on faculty/student interaction, and endeavors to have at least 50percent of all classes by synchronous. In the case of laboratories however, it is not feasible tobroadcast such classes because of limitations of the screen resolution that can be produced at theremote sites.At the time the project was conceived, alternate methods of delivery were just starting to beinvestigated. Other possible choices include video streaming of the class, either live orasynchronously, or streaming of a series of still images with narration. It was determined

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James C. Sherman

registration accordingto web-based instructions, and some changes were necessary to use the telephone-basedsystem. While the web-based system never went down, a large number of new freshmendid report delays in registration access and being directed toward the telephone system. Page 5.92.4There was also an apparent sense of unwarranted anxiety by the new freshmen because,prior to the registration day, these students noticed on the web that a limited number ofseats were available in the recommended classes. They did not realize that the number ofseats available in courses on registration day is increased to meet projected demand. Itseems that these new freshmen

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2000 Annual Conference

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Scott White; Kirsten Lowrey; George M. Bodner; Dawn Del Carlo; Ala Samarapungavan; William C. Oakes

institution. Facultyand representatives from the Dean’s Offices in both Science and Engineering became involved in thisproject because a significant fraction of the “freshman engineering experience” is delivered by facultyin the Departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics within the School of Science. From thebeginning of this project it was clear that the first step toward making significant, worthwhile, andlasting changes in the freshman engineering experience involved obtaining a better understanding ofthe lived experience of freshman engineers from the perspectives of both the students, the faculty whoteach courses taken by these students, and the faculty who teaches courses that build on thisfoundation. A significant fraction of the first

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James E. Fuller

Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Education from the University of Hartford. He is also anarchitect and project manager with Schoenhardt Architects in Simsbury, CT. with a primaryfocus on educational facilities, especially K-12.He was President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1994,Vice-President in 1993, Commissioner of Design for 1991 and 1992 and was on their Board ofDirectors from 1991-1995.He currently serves on the Executive Committee and Program Committee of the ConstructionInstitute. He also is a member of the New Hartford (CT) Board of Education TechnologyCommittee and the Curriculum Sub-Committee.He has lectured around the country on the use of computers in architecture including

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Donna J. Michalek

Session 2633 Implementing a Team Exam in Thermodynamics Donna J Michalek Michigan Technological UniversityI. IntroductionAn increased emphasis on the importance of developing team skills within the undergraduateengineering curriculum has taken place over the past several years, and has culminated in itsinclusion as one of the ABET 2000 outcomes1. While in the past this portion of the curriculumwas primarily regulated to design project teams, typically occurring in the final year ofinstruction, teaming exercises are currently being implemented in a number of courses

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Timothy C. Scott

point out that the success of such exercises is very much a function of they waythe project is presented. Most students are “direction followers” and seek to do what they believethey are to be graded on. This means that the written and lecture materials accompanying theexperiment need to stress the objective and clearly state what the student is to look for. One mustalso provide “idiot proof” instructions for construction and use of the device since failures heretend to discourage the student who then dismisses the activity as just another exercise to Page 5.676.7complete. Too often this leads to copying someone else’s result and little

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William F. Horton; Thomas Agayoff; Saul Goldberg

Thailand and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena California. While at JPLhe worked as a compatibility test engineer on several deep space projects, notably the Mars Viking Lander mission andthe Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. He has been employed in the Electrical Engineering Department at theCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, since 1983. He has taught courses in mini-computer applications, logical system design and analysis, microcomputers and robotics. Page 5.72.8

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Jack M. Winters; Binh Q. Tran

communication using POTS is limited to the capabilities of copper wires withmost recent computers equipped with 56 kbps modems. Telephone carriers (e.g. Bell Atlantic)have recently begun offering, on a limited basis only in select areas, a new service calledAsynchronous Digital Subscriber Line or ADSL. ADSL modems are capable of sending between500 kbps and up to 1.5 Mbps depending on service type purchased. Lastly, most academicinstitutions use local area networks (LANs) for connecting student, faculty and staff computers.Most LANs transfer data between computers at a rate varying from 10 Mbps up to 100 Mbps,though of course this bandwidth may be shared by many users.As part of our telehealth initiatives at CUA, a current project investigates the

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Terry Beck

effect can also be demonstrated quantitatively with the existing rocketmodels, by adding additional gently-tapered streamlined shapes to the trailing edge of thecylindrical rocket body. Interestingly enough, addition of a streamlined shape to the trailingedge reduces the resultant drag force, even though there is a significant increase in surfacearea—clear indication that pressure drag effects are at work.The model rocketry DBT activity has been very well received by the students, and the level ofenthusiasm demonstrated by the students is clear indication that they enjoy the project, as well asthe competition. They clearly spend considerable time outside of class to refine their rocket

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Eugene McVey; Gary Dempsey

. The Control System Toolbox, MATLAB, and SIMULINK has been the platformused at Bradley. Once the control system is optimized in simulation, the controller is then converted tosoftware or hardware for implementation.The optimum phase margin approach has been used in senior capstone projects which have consisted ofphase-locked loops, switching power supplies, and a temperature controller. It is currently being appliedto a small robot arm system by two senior students and to an industrial hydraulic application by a Page 6.152.11 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Lorenz; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec; Kurt DeGoede

are among the renowned scholars whohave led workshops hosted at the University of Michigan. The Educational Research MethodsDivision of the ASEE assisted with partial funding to the Student Chapter for some of theseworkshops.The most recent addition to the teaching programs and workshops is the Engineering TeachingDevelopment (ETD) Project. In 1999, the UM-ASEE Student Chapter started this multi-component program designed to improve the long-term teaching skills of graduate studentinstructors. The program consists of three parts: college-wide workshops conducted by nationallyrecognized engineering educators, departmental training and mentoring programs for graduatestudent instructors and a Teaching Fellows Program for graduate students to

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Jr., Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

-4, 1990). Page 6.213.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationCAROL L. CONSIDINECarol L. Considine is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. Shejoined the faculty of Old Dominion University in fall 1999. She has fifteen years of industrial experience inconstruction estimating and project management. She received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Techand her M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at

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Neil Quinn; Tim Healy

be anticipated at the time of the assessment.The first of these objectives is addressed by introducing the class in the initial sessions toexamples of technologies that have been developed in the past, and which have led tomajor impacts on society, some of which were not anticipated. An example is theInternet. It is impossible to give an exact date for the beginnings of the Internet, althoughthe year 1969 is often given as the birthyear of this phenomenon. It was in that year thatthe Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) set up the first nodes for what wouldbecome the ARPANET, which in time evolved into the Internet6. The ARPANET wasset up to provide for communications among scientists at a number of research institutesand universities

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Paul Furth

Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Submitted to ABET, June2000.3. Occupational Outlook Handbook, Professional and Technical Occupations, Engineers,http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm.4. Placement Manual, 2000-2001, New Mexico State University, Placement and Career Services.5. Placement and Career Services, New Mexico State University, http://www.nmsu.edu/~pment/.PAUL M. FURTHPaul M. Furth received the BS degree in engineering from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, in1985. From 1985 to 1989 he was a project engineer for TRW Technar, Irwindale, CA. He then received the M.S.E.and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, in 1992and 1996, respectively. In

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Patrick Tebbe; Bijan Sepahpour

inthe small lab environment (system of large lumped-masses). The momentum gained in the useof LabVIEW both in the previous laboratory course and the Control Systems courses is alsomaintained throughout the semester. In addition, the final design project (design of anexperiment) must be fully interfaced with the software.CHALLENGES OF THE FORMAT1-Credit limitation The 1-credit limitation was a compromised solution and was made based on thefollowing criteria. While all other programs on the campus of TCNJ require approximately 120credits for graduation, the engineering program has managed to maintain a 135 creditrequirement. Although it was desirable to have four 2-credit courses, the already higher cap of135 credits prevented such an

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Steven Chapra; Gary Huvard; David E. Clough

onspreadsheet problem solving with Excel. The bulk of the course teaches programmingfundamentals using Excel and VBA. Students develop a major Excel/VBA project and make aPowerPoint-based presentation that is videotaped and critiqued.The contact time allocated to the course does not allow for inclusion of other software packages,such as Mathcad or Matlab.University of Colorado: Introduction to Engineering Computing [ GEEN 1300 ]This 3-credit-hour course has been taught at Colorado since 1986 to all engineering students,except EE’s. It is not taught to computer science students. The course was based on the Fortranlanguage with some content covering Excel and Matlab, but Dave Clough revised the course forthe Fall 2000 semester to use VBA instead of

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William E. DeWitt; Timothy L. Skvarenina

operation Relay construction, motor starters, control ladder 3.0 hours 1. Motor control circuits diagrams, solid state control 2. Reversible motor controllers Single phase motor characteristics and selection 1.0 hours Single-phase induction motor characteristics National Electrical Code calculations, fuses and 3.0 hours circuit breakers PLCs 6.0 hours PLC and AC drive programming project (2 wks) 120/240 volt wiring calculations 1.0 hours Grounding

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Ian R. Simpson; Brian Manhire

two-day seminar is held with all the industrial lecturers present. The seminar is led by a per- manent member of faculty and has the following aims: + To see if pedagogical objectives have been met. + To analyze the questionnaires completed by the students on courses given by industrialists. + To modify objectives for the following year, if necessary. Courses given by industrialists are also corrected and graded by the same industrialists in collaboration with full-time faculty.• Internships : The vast majority of final-year projects in French engineering colleges are per- formed in industry, either in France or abroad. The fact that so many industrialists actually participate in course-design and in teaching