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J. Michael Doster

Session 2477 Complex System Simulator for the Time Dependent Simulation of Nuclear Power Systems J. Michael Doster Nuclear Engineering Department North Carolina State University Box 7909 Raleigh, NC 27695AbstractFor the past several years, a full plant engineering simulation code has been under developmentin the Nuclear Engineering Department at North Carolina State University to simulate thedynamic response of Pressurized Water Reactor Systems. The software is used in theDepartment’s Reactor

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David P. Heddle; Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

Session 1532Combining Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Networks in Engineering Robert F. Hodson David C. Doughty David P. Heddle Christopher Newport UniversityAbstract For the past year faculty at Christopher Newport University have been experimenting withSynchronous Learning Networks (SLNs) and Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALNs)throughout the computer engineering curriculum. Learning Networks are introduced inintroductory physics courses and used in many courses throughout the four year program. A web-based software tool, Web-4M, is being used as a common thread to combine SLNs and ALNs

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

Session-2547 Industrial Partnership for the Enhancement of Engineering Technology Education Saleh M. Sbenaty Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractPreparing and increasing the number of technology students in order to meet demands in the 21stcentury through industry-based case studies curriculum development approach is one of thegoals of a two-year National Science Foundation, NSF, grant titled “Tennessee ExemplaryFaculty for Advanced Technology Education, TEFATE.” A coalition of five teams, each ishosted by a two-year technical college and includes

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Wallace Fowler

Session 2230 Teaming in Engineering Design Courses Wallace Fowler The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe ability of new engineering graduates to work in teams is a skill that is highly valuedby industry. It is reported by campus interviewers and engineers at NASA and inindustry that students who have had experience in working in teams as undergraduatesmore readily adapt to the industry environment and usually advance faster than studentswho have no teaming experience. Teamwork exercises can be integrated into all levelsof the undergraduate experience, but the primary

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Loren Lutes; James T. P. Yao

Session 2515 ON PROFESSIONAL DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE James T. P. Yao, Loren D. Lutes Texas A&M University, College Station, TexasI. IntroductionIn May 1998, ASCE NEWS announced that the Board of Direction “approved a resolutionendorsing the master’s degree as the first professional degree for the practice of civilengineering.” The July 1998 ASCE NEWS clarified the earlier article by quoting the definitionof the “first professional degree” used by the U.S. Department of Education. It is defined as “adegree that signifies both completion of the

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Kathy Bearden; Donald D. Harter; Jerry W. Samples

Session 2648 Finding and Keeping Good Faculty Jerry W. Samples, Kathy Bearden, Donald D. Harter University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe availability of faculty with academic credentials is never a problem when engineeringtechnology programs cast their net. Unfortunately, most of the catch must be thrown backbecause they lack industrial experience, thus not meeting the basic credentials requirement ofTAC of ABET. The other side of the coin is the lack of stability caused by three employmentfactors: the return to academe of very experienced industrialists, the retirement of

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Ingrid H. Soudek

to learn about their ethical obligations to society, their employers, andthemselves. This paper discusses a teaching plan used at the University of Virginia School ofEngineering and Applied Science to turn undergraduate engineering students into ethicalpractitioners of engineering. The faculty of The Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication in theEngineering School teaches all undergraduate engineering students in a series of four coursesdesigned to teach students to communicate clearly, both in writing and in speaking, about a varietyof topics, including their own technical expertise. We also teach students engineering ethics froma half a semester to a semester and a half. While students are introduced to ethics in their

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Michael Tooley; Melissa S. Tooley

Session 3675 Dual Careers vs. Dueling Careers: Engineering the Two-Profession Household Melissa S. Tooley, Michael D. Tooley University of Arkansas/ Lucent TechnologiesAbstractBalancing professional and personal obligations is a continuing challenge for today’s educators.Two-income families are particularly common among new faculty, where partners are requiredto share all the duties of family life. This paper presents the methods used by one professionalcouple to share the responsibilities of raising children, maintain a home for the family, andbalance the

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Richard Shiavi

implementation of a technique and difficulty in findingrelevance of the material. In order to address these issues and teach techniques such as frequencyanalysis and signal modeling, a series of interactive notebooks have been developed. Thesenotebooks are written in the integrated environment of Microsoft Word and MATLAB. Eachnotebook presents a principle and demonstrates its implementation via script in MATLAB. Thestudent is then asked to exercise other aspects of the principle interactively by making simplechanges in the MATLAB script. The student then receives immediate feedback concerning whatis happening and can relate theoretical concepts to real effects upon a signal. He is finallyrequired to implement the learned procedure on a signal from a

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William F. Reeve

Session 2249 Teaching Troubleshooting and Problem Solving in EET William F. Reeve Purdue University A recent survey of more than 100 books in the local university library, dealing withtroubleshooting, revealed that the overwhelming majority address electrical or electronicproblems. Relatively few of them deal with problems in a mechanical, a chemical, a biological orany other system. Most of them approach troubleshooting as a specific task activity. That is, thegoal is to troubleshoot an amplifier, a video cassette player or recorder, an electric motor

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Larry Thompson

Session 3441 Practical Guidelines For Choosing Bibliographic Databases. Larry A. Thompson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractThis paper examines the decision making process for obtaining a bibliographic database within alibrary. When choosing a database, three primary questions should be asked: what resourcemeets the information need; what database meets the information need; and, what vendor shouldprovide the database? This paper briefly examines the first two questions, while the thirdquestion, selection of database vendor, is investigated in detail. The selection

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Francois Michaud; Mario Lucas; Gerard Lachiver; Andre' Clavet; Jean-Marie Dirand; Noel Boutin; Philippe Mabilleau; Jacques Descoteaux

Session 2220 Using ROBUS in Electrical and Computer Engineering Education François Michaud, Mario Lucas, Gérard Lachiver, André Clavet, Jean-Marie Dirand, Noël Boutin, Philippe Mabilleau, Jacques Descôteaux Université de Sherbrooke (Québec Canada)AbstractROBUS (ROBot University of Sherbrooke) is an autonomous mobile robot designed to facilitateinterdisciplinary engineering design in Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Engineering(CE). Its primary purpose is to serve as an integrated platform for a project called INGÉNIUSthat introduces electrical and computer engineering simultaneously to a large group

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G. Tong Zhou; Hong-Jing Lo

Session 3232 Developing Java-Based Virtual Laboratory Tools for 1an Undergraduate Random Signals and Noise Course G. Tong Zhou, Hong-Jing Lo Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstract This paper describes a set of Java-based virtual laboratory" tools to enhance an under-graduate course EE3340 Random Signals and Noise" at Georgia Tech. Written in Java anddistributed freely on the Internet, these course modules are platform independent, architec-ture neutral, highly interactive, and run on any computer with a suitable browser. Theyare intended to help students grasp abstract and di cult

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Sean J. Cannon; John H. Grubbs

Session 3151 Environmental Security and Its Engineering Component John H. Grubbs Tulane University and Sean J. Cannon United States Military AcademyAbstractThis paper provides background related to a study of the concept of EnvironmentalSecurity (ES) and makes recommendations for a possible curriculum which includes anenvironmental thread. The original study focused on curriculum development at theUnited States Military Academy. However, since environmental security encompassesboth

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Donald Zinger

Session 1333 AN INTRODUCTORY POWER ELECTRONICS COURSE LABORATORY Donald S. Zinger Northern Illinois UniversityAbstractIntroductory power electronic courses often do not have a laboratory component included withthem. Student learning, however, tends to be enhanced by including a laboratory. A set oflaboratory experiments that are closely tied to the introductory course is developed. Necessarymodifications to the lecture components are discussed. Surveys have shown that the studentshave found the laboratory useful in their understanding of the course

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Rochelle Payne Ondracek

Session 2358 Multimedia Virtual Laboratories for Introductory Materials Science Courses Rochelle Payne Ondracek University of Nebraska - LincolnAbstract"More real-world examples" is a frequent comment from students on course evaluations for anintroductory materials science course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Sincestudents who are exposed to actual case histories remember concepts better and are moreenthusiastic, we are developing virtual laboratory multimedia modules using MacromediaAuthorware. The goals of this project are to expose

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Monson H. Hayes; Lonnie D. Harvel

Session 2532 Distance Learning Into the 21st Century Monson H. Hayes and Lonnie Harvel School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332AbstractThe Georgia Institute of Technology is in a unique position of having a campus locatedacross the Atlantic in the heart of the Lorraine region of France. Offering masters degreeprograms in electrical and mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech Lorraine (GTL) mustdeliver more courses than can be staffed by resident faculty. Consequently, GTL mustoffer courses by

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Kay C Dee

Session 1375 Advising Student Organizations: Penance or Privilege? Kay C Dee Tulane UniversityOften, the first form of departmental or university service experienced by new faculty membersis the role of a “faculty advisor” for a student organization. New educators tend to becomestudent organization faculty advisors for a number of reasons: it can be an excellent way to meetmany students outside the classroom and to establish a reputation in your new institution;advising a student organization can require less institution-specific knowledge than (the moretraditional

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Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

Session 2547 "Development and Delivery of an Industry Course in Electronics and Electronics Manufacturing" Kenneth Reid, Elaine Cooney Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisAbstract:The Electrical Engineering Technology Department at Indiana University Purdue UniversityIndianapolis has developed and presented “Fundamentals of Electronics Manufacturing” for alocal electronics manufacturing firm. The course was developed to be presented either on-site oron campus, where it would be offered as a

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Milan Degyansky

Session 3592 GENDER EQUITY STUDY OF FEMALE CET STUDENTS/GRADUATES AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY MILAN E. DEGYANSKY GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY In 1995 five universities in Georgia (Georgia Southern University, the University ofGeorgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and Clark Atlanta University)and the AAUW of Georgia received a three year $800,000 National Science Foundation grant fora collaborative project titled Integrating Gender Equity and Reform (InGEAR.) The projectinvestigated educational approaches

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Wade Shaw

Session 2542 Collaboration: The Key to Preparing Engineering Managers Wade H. Shaw Florida Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn this paper we develop the role of collaboration in an academic setting to offer a flexiblegraduate degree in engineering management. Collaboration among academic departments,among students and faculty, and among industrial partners is combined to provide a high qualityexperience for students. We share our efforts to support collaboration among students by usingweb-based conferencing tools and asynchronous course materials. Finally, we extend

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Daniel Davis

Session 2606 Industrial Experience: The Role It Plays at the University of Hartford AET Program Daniel Davis, AIA University of HartfordAbstractThe University of Hartford’s Architectural Engineering Technology (AET) Program curriculumis based on the blending of academic-based theoretical studies with industry-based problemsolving activities. Integral to accomplishing our educational goals is having the participation ofindustry in the educational process. It is extremely beneficial to have practitioners in theclassroom on a daily basis. This

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Leonard Gold

Session 2548 Organization and Management of Engineering Technology Units Leonard M. Gold, Ph.D. P.E. Kansas State University College of Technology and AviationAbstractIn most schools, a department deals with a discipline and usually the various aspects of thatdiscipline. This is also true for Engineering Technology. However; the department often doesn’tstop at the various aspects of the discipline. It continues across boundaries to other fields ofexpertise, such as mechanical to electrical. The

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Robert Engelken

research. However, research is still usuallyimportant for promotion, tenure, merit pay, and university image, thus often requiring the newprofessor to perform research with less-than-optimum resources and encouragement. Of course,a research record is critical to maintaining marketability and mobility.Successful research programs can be built at such institutions. Careful selection of research nichesis important to minimize cost and maximize relevance to institutional and regional concerns,particularly those of industries which can support applied research. Creative use of undergraduateresearch assistants is usually critical. Seed money programs aimed toward new faculty or facultyat undergraduate institutions, for example, the National Science

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Glenn Blackwell

Session 2548 Teaching In-Circuit Test (ICT) Techniques in Electrical Engineering Technology Glenn R. Blackwell Purdue University, W. Lafayette, INAbstractThis paper describes the teaching and use of an industry-standard electronic test technique in aEET program. In-circuit test (ICT) is used in industry to perform tests on printed circuitassemblies during their assembly phase. Its purpose is to find both component andmanufacturing problems before the assembly is completed. In a EET program, ICT can be usedfor the same purpose especially in an

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Ray Bachnak

Session 2259 Laboratory Experiments in Instrumentation and Control Ray Bachnak Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractMost engineering and engineering technology curricula include courses that use laboratoryexperiments to prepare students to apply effective solutions to real world problems. Thisincludes the ability to define problems, identify alternative solutions, design circuits, andtest systems. This paper describes a set of experiments that were developed for a juniorlevel course in instrumentation and control. The experiments allow students to design,build, and test

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Sadikin Djumin; James J. Mager; Jane M. Fraser

Session 3257 The University as Educational Lab Jane M. Fraser, Sadikin Djumin, James J. Mager University of Southern Colorado/Ohio State UniversityAbstractWe report on a project that integrated teaching (supervision of a master’s student), research(extending the work on Markov chain forecasts of student enrollment), and service(improvement of the university’s methods for forecasting enrollment). We giverecommendations on how to generate such projects and how to make such projects work well.1. IntroductionFaculty members have three sets of obligations corresponding to the three areas on which

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Don Lewis Millard

Session 2532 Interactive Learning Modules for Electrical Engineering Education and Training Don Lewis Millard RensselaerAbstractWeb-based multimedia tutorials are being developed for use in several undergraduate courses inElectrical Engineering and Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer. These interactivelearning modules (ILMs) are created with the Director authoring environment and can be deployedusing a standard Web browser. The ILMs can be used by faculty for in-class demonstrations, bystudents for structured

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Robert H. Mayer

Session 2225 An Integrated Approach to Teaching Engineering Design and Design Decision-making Robert H. Mayer U. S. Naval AcademyAbstractAn extensive case study to facilitate design instruction at the U.S. Naval Academy is described.“Restoration of a Coral Reef” is a semester-long engineering design experience involving fiverelated exercises. These exercises provide a useful context in which discuss and apply variousdesign tools and methods used in different phases of the engineering design process -- fromproblem assessment through project planning

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Karl Smith

Session 3230 Managing Conflict in Multidisciplinary Teams Karl A. Smith University of MinnesotaMultidisciplinary teams often involve conflict. Sometimes the conflict is actually “controversy,”that is, disagreement over ideas, theories, opinions, attitudes, etc. where the parties arecommitted to reaching an agreement and have an common overriding goal. Often, however, theconflict is a “conflict of interest” over scarce (or seemingly scarce) resources where there appearto be irreconcilable differences. Controversy and conflicts of interest are the two most