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William H. Hubbard; Robert D. Murphy

presentationsprovides an opportunity for preparing material in a format best suited for both the student and thesubject. Some topics are easy to explain with just words, some require pictures and diagrams andothers can enhanced by use of animation, video and sound.The material generated to accommodate classroom delivery is prepared in a familiar format anduses graphics, sound and animations. EET student versions include a Chapter/Topic book-likeformat, an introduction and summary at the beginning and end of each chapter, quiz questions toprovide a quick self evaluation of the chapter content and practice problems including answersand detailed solutions.This paper describes some of the techniques used and the organization of material used in EETcourses at

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Fahmida R. Masoom; Abulkhair M. Masoom

equipment. Involvement of undergraduate engineering students ofdifferent levels in research projects with different levels of guidance from faculty or engineersfrom industry has been found to have positive outcomes.At the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, several initiatives have been undertaken to exposeundergraduate engineering students to engineering design. Apart from the conventional upperlevel engineering design courses and senior capstone design courses, the most recent initiativehas been the introduction of design at the freshman level in the Introduction to Engineeringcourse required for all incoming freshmen. Another undergraduate research program - PioneerUndergraduate Research Fellowship (PURF) initiated about a half dozen years ago

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Byron S. Gottfried

Session 1253 Teaching Computer Programming Effectively Using Active Learning Byron S. Gottfried University of Pittsburgh SummaryOver the past three years, we have learned how to provide effective instruction in computerprogramming within an active-learning environment. The use of active-learning does not initself assure success in this area. However, we have found that we can provide effectiveinstruction by utilizing a series of “mini-lectures” based upon carefully prepared examples

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David S. Cottrell; Stephen J. Ressler

assessments are used to validate the effectiveness of the projects.IntroductionIn recent years, much has been written about the many potential benefits resulting from afreshman-level “Introduction to Engineering” or “Introduction to Design” course. Despitethese benefits, however, many institutions have been unable to add such a course to theirengineering curricula, for a variety of legitimate reasons. The United States MilitaryAcademy is one such institution. At USMA, all students take 31 common core courses, 16 ofwhich are in the humanities. This substantial core curriculum leaves precious little room forthe critical engineering topics necessary for maintaining viable, ABET-accredited engineeringprograms. In addition, our students do not select

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Session 1221 Attributes for Engineering Accreditation Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractRecently, the American Society of Civil Engineers sponsored an Education Conference torecommend changes for the Civil Engineering curriculum. In addition, various studies have beenconducted to investigate methods to strengthen undergraduate education.The present study suggests that both practicing engineers and undergraduate/graduate studentsbelieve that 3 educational attributes have been and should optimally be incorporated into theengineering program at a high

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Sun-Chai Lee

Session 2312 Issues Confronting Campus Representatives Sun-Chai Lee Lamar UniversityAbstract A campus representative acts as a direct link between the ASEE and other faculty oncampus. His or her role is vital in assisting the ASEE to improve its services and toaccomplish its goals. Besides his or her busy profession as a university professor, a campusrepresentative must be willing to commit time and energy to the growth of ASEE and itsmission of promoting excellence in engineering education. The first issue confronting thecampus representative is his or her

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Patricia Olesak; Christine L. Corum

Session 3264 From Pennies to the Internet: Tools of the Trade Christine Corum, Patricia Olesak Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstractThe various subjects associated with a materials course can be difficult for the students to learnand the instructor to teach. Over several semesters, we have found various teaching aids, rangingfrom the simple to the complex, that help us better explain topics in a materials course.Our simplest tools use the well understood topic of U.S. money for explaining the reading of amicrometer, Hume-Rothery solubility rules, diffusion, dislocations, grains and

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Walter S. Lund; Trudy L. Schwartz; Lee D. Peterson; Lawrence E. Carlson

Session 2659 Facilitating Interdisciplinary Hands-on Learning using LabStations Lawrence E. Carlson, Lee D. Peterson, Walter S. Lund & Trudy L. Schwartz Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractCulminating five years of planning by faculty and students, the Integrated Teaching andLearning (ITL) Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. One of the goals of the newfacility is to link theory and experimentation in a hands-on way. Custom designedLabStations facilitate this goal with the capability to

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Fahmida N. Chowdhury

Session 2432 Interdisciplinary Course on Neural Networks at The Graduate Level Fahmida N. Chowdhury Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 499311 Motivation For some areas of science and engineering education it is increasingly important tomove beyond traditional departmental boundaries. Neural networks is one such field,because even though it was developed largely by electrical and computer engineers,its applications are now very widespread. It has become a truly interdisciplinaryarea of study, research, and applications. Neural networks have found applicationsin fields ranging from

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Patrick L. Walter

this program was graduated in 1996. This paper describes howinstrumentation or measurements system design is providing a general engineering focus forthe two semester Capstone sequence. Specifically, the first senior class’s design, prototyping,testing, and environmental qualification of telemetry compatible flight hardware to measurerocket engine performance and loads delivered to a flight payload are described. This flighthardware was comprised of a piezoelectric accelerometer, charge amplifier, strain gagepressure transducer, and dc amplifier/power supply all manufactured within TCU. A Requestfor Proposal (RFP) containing fifty-six (56) aerospace specifications was presented to andsatisfied by the students. A written proposal response and

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Thomas R Phillips

Session 3260 North American Engineering Education & Academic Exchange: -- Canada, Mexico, the United States -- Thomas R Phillips, ABET/FlPSE Project Consultant Managing Director, Collegeways Associates (USA)From 1993 to 1996 the author served as ‘External Evaluator’ for the Regional Academic MobilityProgram (RAMP), a multilateral exchange program run by the Institute of International Education(IIE). RAMP has brought together 26 institutions in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, movingover 200 students in its first three years. However, only about 12% of the exchanges

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Philip R. Dail

Session 1213 Techniques For Teaching Large Classes Philip R. Dail North Carolina State UniversityLarge classes are generally harder to teach effectively than small classes. The number thatqualifies a class as large is not clearly defined, but most believe that a class of more than 100qualifies. The idea that small classes automatically solve communication problems betweenstudents and teachers is false. Most students will agree that a large class with a good teacher iscertainly better than a small class with an ineffective one.Having taught as many as 325 students in

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

) to name a few.In order for faculty to work with students in these types of programs, they must be aware of thestudents who are eligible for or in these programs. In addition, an awareness, by both studentsand program coordinators, of which individual faculty are interested in the mentoring program, isimperative. At New Jersey Institute of Technology, the authors not only meet the aboverequirements, but are also involved with programs for minority students K to 12. These effortswhich have led to enrollment of students at NJIT, have raised the profile and familiarity of thefaculty by students from these programs and led to mentoring involvements. Over the past threeyears a number of students, both graduate and undergraduate who are in various

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Joseph Herkert

Session 3561 STS for Engineers: Integrating Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences Joseph R. Herkert North Carolina State UniversityThis paper discusses the use of science, technology and society (STS) courses as a means ofintegrating perspectives drawn from engineering, humanities and social sciences, with particularfocus on the STS general education requirement (GER), the STS Minor Program, and theBenjamin Franklin Scholars dual-degree program in engineering and humanities/social sciencesat North Carolina State University.Why STS for

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Donald R. Woods; Dianne Dorland

Session 1213 STUDENTS PLUS! HANDLING LARGE CLASSES EXTENDED ABSTRACT Dianne Dorland, Donald R. Woods University of Minnesota Duluth/McMaster UniversityWhat might you do when you encounter a class that is much larger than you are used too? Whatdo you do to cope? How do you promote discussion when you have too many students? How doyou manage writing projects? You might search for suggestions of how to handle the mechanicsof the larger class: how to monitor what is happening in the classroom (red cards, ombudspeople,one minute message), how to mark the larger

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P.E., Dr. Henry L. Welch

Session 1532 The Obstacles to Teaching Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications Dr. Henry L. Welch. P.E. Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractOne goal of an engineering curriculum is to produce graduates who are knowledgeable in currenttechnology and practices. One of the better ways to do this is to provide a variety of senior-leveltechnical electives in new and popular technology areas. The danger inherent in this is that manyundergraduates are unprepared for exposure to these topics due either to a lack of prerequisitematerial or technical maturity. Further, inappropriately scoped

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Sheela N. Yadav-Olney; Jill M. Clough

Session 2325 FIRST - Engineering Partnerships Between University of Wisconsin-Platteville and Platteville High School Jill M. Clough, Sheela N. Yadav-Olney University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleAbstractThe University of Wisconsin-Platteville College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science haspartnered with Platteville High School and Wisconsin Power and Light to participate in theFIRST National Robotics Competition for the second year. FIRST, which is an acronym-- ForInspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a program initiated by Dean Kamenof New Hampshire to

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K. P. Brannan

Session 2312 What Would Engineering Education Be Like Without the Campus Representative? K. P. Brannan The Citadel Abstract Campus Representatives often never realize how great an impact they may have on theircolleagues or on engineering education. This discussion and fictional narrative portray howimportant the Campus Representative is by showing what would be lost without the CampusRepresentative. The paper is intended to not only give Campus Representatives a glimpse of thesignificance

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Christopher G. Braun

Session 1526 The CSM Electronics Prototyping Facility Christopher G. Braun Colorado School of MinesWhy an Electronics Prototyping Facility is NeededMost electronic laboratory projects require building simple circuits that are torn apart as soon asthe lab is over -- resulting in a limited opportunity for the students to construct anything useful.Students are often frustrated in electronics courses and laboratories as they never quite get to thelevel where they can design and build anything practical.[1] The CSM Electronics PrototypingFacility (EPF) provides students with

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T. Hannigan; James E. Simon; K. Koenig; G. Cruse; K. Poh

Session 2259 Flowfield Mapping and Cooling Fan Flowrate Measurement Systems Development by Aerospace Engineering Laboratory Students T. Hannigan, J. Simmons, K. Koenig, G. Cruse, K. Poh Mississippi State University/USDA, Agricultural Research ServiceGraduate and undergraduate students actively participated in a successful research project for aUnited States Department of Agriculture laboratory to monitor ventilation air flow in largepoultry houses. Aerospace engineering laboratory students, graduate assistants, and facultyassisted in determining the flow rate through a stock cooling fan enclosure, evaluated

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Richard S. Marleau; John Bollinger; Jeffrey Schowalter

Session 3226 Student Control of Engineering Mall Richard S. Marleau, Jeffrey Schowalter, John Bollinger College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-MadisonDuring the 1993-94 academic year a fountain included in an associated park-like structure,covering an area 115 ft. by 300 ft. designed by sculptor William Conrad Severson, wasconstructed in front of the University of Wisconsin Engineering Hall, becoming part of the largercampus complex, Henry Mall. This extends from the engineering campus well into the entirecampus and builds a visual link to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.At

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Michael D. Amos; Bruce E. Segee

Session 1559 Artificial Neural Networks Using Microsoft Excel for Windows 95✝ Dr. Bruce E. Segee, Michael D. Amos University of Maine AbstractArtificial Neural Networks have been researched now for decades. The standard method ofimplementing Artificial Neural Networks is by using C++, Fortran, Pascal, or other high levelcomputer language to develop a system able to take a set of inputs and generalize to produce asatisfactory output. The property of generalization allows Artificial Neural Networks to respondreasonably to

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T.R. Kurfess; M.L. Nagurka

Sesssion 0575 Session 0575 Fostering Strong Interactions Between Industry and Academia T.R. Kurfess, M.L. Nagurka Georgia Institute of Technology / Marquette UniversityABSTRACT This paper highlights a number of key issues in the development and execution of jointuniversity-industry engineering projects. Government funding reductions have lead to decreasedsupport of university research and economic forces have driven corporations to reduce or elimi-nate internal R&D centers. These are two driving factors

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Mohammad M. Asoodeh; Carl W. Steidley

education facility, using existing equipment andfacilities as a basis upon which to build. This facility will be used in courses that emphasizecomputer-aided manufacturing, computer-controlled systems, robotics, and real-time physicalsystems with the goal of incorporating the concepts of teamwork, communication, concurrentengineering, and continuous improvement as a major part of the curriculum as well as developinga steady supply of students interested in science, engineering, and technology.As part of our effort, we are incorporating an outreach component to encourage local students tostudy science and technology and to learn about the career potentials in these fields. We believethat modern computer integrated technology needs to be incorporated

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John K. Estell

Session 3520 Introducing CPU Scheduling Algorithms: The Photocopier Scenario John K. Estell Bluffton College Retention is obtained from a combination of repetition and association. Onemethodology for promoting retention is to introduce a topic by first alluding to an association towhich students can relate. This serves as a foundation upon which the technical material canthen be based, making the learning of the involved concepts easier. Unfortunately, in the area ofoperating systems there is little time for repetition in the lecture and few materials are

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Barbara Olds

Session 2647 Using Portfolios to Assess Student Writing Barbara M. Olds Colorado School of MinesIntroductionPortfolios as a qualitative assessment tool are nothing new—art, architecture, and writingstudents, for example, have long used portfolios to showcase and evaluate their work. However,portfolios have become increasingly popular over the past few years; they are now used to assesseverything from student outcomes to faculty accomplishments. In this paper I focus on the use ofportfolios for feedback to individual students in writing or writing-intensive

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Stephen Gwinn; Kenneth Reid

of the course: students were required to obtain the project requirements from the instructorduring office hours, identify a customer for their project, submit a proposal to the customer,obtain an acceptance letter, and deliver results that were complex enough to be useful to thecustomer, while modest enough to be completed in a four to six week period. The customercould not be the course instructor, but could be the department, a campus group or organization,or another instructor.This project requirements were based on real world examples of project management, where aproject team would submit a project proposal to a customer, identify the customer needs andwork with the customer to deliver satisfactory results within any cost or time

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Scot Douglass

Session 3561 Teaching Students, Not Texts Scot Douglass Herbst Humanities Program, University of Colorado--BoulderContext “What works and doesn’t work?” in the integration of an engineering curriculum with thehumanities has been a question we’ve been asking since the fall of 1989 when the College ofEngineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder, began a new andinnovative program of Humanities for Engineers. This program was made possible by thegenerous gift of an alumnus, Clarence Herbst, Jr. (Ch. E., ‘50). Now in its eighth year, theprogram

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 An Innovative Integrated Learning Laboratory Environment Ajay Mahajan and David McDonald Lake Superior State University AbstractThe current paradigm in engineering course instruction builds on a lecture prerequisite structurebut ignores the need for a laboratory prerequisite structure. Educational quality is thereforediminished as instructors optimize specific laboratories but fail to optimize the overall programlaboratory experience. This paper presents a learning environment that forces students to use notonly concepts and skills but

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Richard Newman; Michael Lesiecki

Session 3586 Faculty, Teacher & Industry Partnership In The Semiconductor Industry Richard Newman, Michael Lesiecki Maricopa Advanced Technology Education CenterThe Maricopa Center (MATEC) has been established by the National Science Foundation through itsAdvanced Technology Education program to promote the development of a world class work force in thesemiconductor related industries. MATEC acts through its education and industry partners to developcurricula at the community college and secondary school level. In addition