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used when there are 7identified design parameters, and two levels (minimum and maximum feasible values) ofeach parameter. This array is designated L8 (27). Investigating all possible combinationsof this situation would require 27, or 128 investigation trials, but would not provideappreciably more information. Investigation Factors Trial A B C D E F G 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2. 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3. 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4. 1 2

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sentiment ofthe electronics students in these two classes, the sample size is too small to make any sweepinggeneralizations.The results are broken down into two groups, the returns from the freshman basic circuits classand results from the sophomore semiconductor class. In the freshman class 17 of the 21returned surveys were from students participating in the laptop initiative and those results areshown. In the sophomore class only 12 of the 20 returned surveys were from studentsparticipating in the laptop initiative. The raw results of the survey are shown in the table inAppendix A of the paper. Appendix B shows a sample of the survey given.The first two questions on the survey examined how often the students thought they used thelaptops–first for

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Jose Saldivar; Ighal Mehmedagic; Siva Thangam; Richard Cole

, (vii) valves and valve gear, (viii) cooling system and (ix) frame and bed plate.Standard texts on IC engines can be referenced for detail on construction and operation of internalcombustion engine. Shown in the above figure (on the right) are the deviations from the idealcycle. These are due to: (a) “Non-instantaneous” fuel combustion: in fact, combustion takes aconsiderable length of tine when compared with the time for the piston to move appreciably.Therefore, the pressure rise shown which results from combustion occurs over a significantchange in volume and showing a rounded off process 2 → 3, rather than the theoretical constant-volume heat release. (b) Ignition occurs before the top dead center. (c) There is heat transferbetween the gases

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Frederick Meyers; John Demel; Frank Croft

Education Amer. Society Of Higher Education Society Journals and PublicationsReferences1. Halloun, I. & Hestenes, D., The Initial Knowledge State of College Physics Students, American Journal ofPhysics, November, 1985, 1043-1055.2. Hestenes, D., Wells, M., & Swackhamer, G., Force Concept Inventory, The Physics Teacher, March, 1992,141-158.3. Hestenes, D. & Halloun. I., Interpreting the Force Concept Inventory, The Physics Teacher, August, 1995,502-506.4. Hestenes, D. & Wells, M., A Mechanics Baseline Test, The Physics Teacher, March, 1992, 159-166.5. Guay, R. B., Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations, Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN,1977.6. Gimmestad, B. J., Gender Differences in Spatial Visualization and

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Shlomo Waks; C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw; Barry Lunt

isalso available from appendix A.The program of study is shown in the attached four-year study flowchart, Appendix B. Inexamining this flowchart it should be noted that all courses taught in the major have a significantapplication component (labs, projects etc.). This application component consists of a mixture offormal scientific style lab assignments as well as design and exploratory projects requiringseveral hours each week. The program culminates in a two-course sequence where the studentsconceive, justify, design and build a complete working system. This senior project experience isbased on the highly successful senior project already being done by existing EET students. The

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Philip Parker; Max Anderson; Michael Penn

objectives and uses the results of the assessment process toimprove the effectiveness of the program is also required. All accredited programs must alsomeet the EC2000 program outcomes a-k and demonstrate through their assessment process thatthese are being met.In addition to the program objectives and EC2000 program outcomes, it must be demonstratedthat the professional component and environmental engineering program criteria are met. Theprofessional component consists of (a) one year of a combination of college level mathematicsand basic sciences (b) one and one-half years of engineering topics, and (c) general educationthat complements the technical content of the curriculum and is consistent with the programand institutional objectives.The

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Stanislaw Legowski

Session 1426 A Laboratory for an Electronic Systems Design Course Stanislaw F. Legowski University of WyomingAbstractWith the help of the Analog Devices company in the form of a number of their integrated circuitsdonated in the Summer of 2000, a new laboratory for the EE 4330 Electronic Systems Designcourse has been developed and was taught for the first time in the Fall of 2000. Only a fewintegrated circuits from other companies are used in this laboratory. One of the main criteria inselecting integrated circuits for this laboratory was that they should

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David Probst

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationAppendixFollowing is the list of educational objectives along with their associated outcomes. Uponcompletion of a Program of Study in the Physics Department, students should:1. be able to apply basic and advanced knowledge of science, mathematics, and engineering to identify the physical phenomena affecting a system and to solve both conceptual and analytical problems in physics and engineering. a) Students will have a sufficient GPA in required courses in their major. b) Students will demonstrate an increasingly sophisticated and synthesized

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Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

Session 2554 Creating a Truly Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurial Educational Environment John B. Ochs, Todd A. Watkins and Berrisford W Boothe Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics/Economics Department/Department of Arts and Architecture Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA 18015-3085AbstractIn our age of technological growth and change, the role of the engineer has evolved from lonespecialist to team player, from internally focused to globally aware, from reactionary toentrepreneur. The entrepreneur has created much of our social wealth. The characteristics of

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Christopher T. Field; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

Session 2793 A Signal Analyzer for Teaching Signals and Systems Thad B. Welch and Christopher. T. Field U.S. Naval Academy Cameron H.G. Wright U.S. Air Force Academy AbstractMusic and computers continue to fascinate today’s students. This powerful and sometimes addictingcombination can also provide for a tremendous opportunity to enhance the understanding of the timeand frequency domain relationships routinely discussed in a Signals and

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George DeLancey

Session number 1608 A Unified and Quantitative Approach to Assessment George B. DeLancey Chemical Engineering Program Stevens Institute of TechnologyI. IntroductionA description is given of the assessment system that is being implemented at the School ofEngineering at Stevens Institute of Technology for outcomes based assessment. The systemmeets Criteria 2, 3, and 8 of ABET (see Appendix I). The discussion is centered on the unifiednature of the system, the quantitative features arising out of outcomes based grading, calleddistributed grading

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Society for Engineering EducationThe “basics” and “laboratory” portions of the class require different facilities. Roomdesign needed to accommodate the fact that both the Honors and regular coursesequences put high priority on collaborative learning and teamwork in basics as well aslaboratory. Characteristics of those two facility types needed are described in thissection.2.1 BasicsIt was desired to have a facility for the basics instruction that would a) promotecollaboration in teams of 2 or 4 students, b) provide space for individual activity andcomputer access, and c) still support instructor presentation/lecture. The spaces forbasics instruction needed to accommodate 72 and 36 students per class for the IE andFEH class respectively. Given the

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David Hailey; Christine Hailey

. Page 6.1054.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering EducationREFERENCES1. Milton-Benoit, J., Grosse, I. R., Poli, C., and B. P. Woolf, “The Multimedia Finite Element Modeling and Analysis Tour,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 5, 1998, pp. 511-518.2. Al-Holou, N., “Development and Delivery of an Electroscience Curriculum for the Greenfield Coalition,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 5, 1998, pp. 599-604.3. Bailey, J.D., et al., “CBL in Engineerng: Students’ Use of a Learning Resource on Phase Diagrams,” Computers in Education, Vol. 25, No. 1-2, 1995, pp. 75-80.4

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

check these changes against expectations based onbandwidth considerations.This is in line with parts of Constructivist theory that is based upon enabling students tobuild increasingly complex scaffoldings of understanding upon their current scaffolding. TheZone of Proximal Development, (ZPD) which is the phase at which a task can be masteredgiven appropriate support. 24 Benson notes that “Vygotsky 23 claimed that the larger the zonethe better students will learn in school” 2 Matching leaning tasks within student’s ZPD is animportant part of the teaching process from a constructivist viewpoint.3. The B-Node ModelA new pedagogical model has been developed to enable students to compare and contrastPCs with different internal components using

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J.B. Troy; David Kanter; B.J. Reiser

technology-enhancedcurricula for science inquiry. This work is part of The Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools, which isworking to make instructional technologies a pervasive part of urban science classrooms. Dr. Reiser received a B.A.in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from New York University, anda Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Yale University.JOHN B. TROYJohn B. Troy is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He has taught acourse in Systems Neuroscience in the engineering school for thirteen years. Dr. Troy received undergraduatedegrees in Politics (subsidiary Mathematics) and Biology with Physics from the University of Reading and theUniversity

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Trevor Tyler; Steven Miner

following table of activities and determine the CriticalPath. Activity Duration Predecessors A 6 None B 8 None C 4 A, B D 5 A, B E 3 C F 2 C, D G 7 FThe culmination of the design portion of the class is a

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Oral LaFleur; Matthew Govindsanny; Joshua Hill; Daniel Jones

at Eastern Cape Technikon in South Africa, 4. Solus, a company that developed the solar refrigerator, League City, Texas, and 5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. Page 6.596.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring the REEP summer academy, faculty members from across the United States volunteeredto provide hands-on instructional workshops and tours to local industries. All students

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Phillip J. Cornwell; David Stienstra

used at least three references? a) 0 b) 1-3 c) 4-6 d) 7-10 e) >10 (0%) (18%) (51%) (16%) (14%)2. In the cases where you researched a topic in the past, what proportion of the sources came from the web (articles not previously published in journals) versus from print sources (books, journals)? a) 100% Web b) 75% Web c) 50% d) 25% e) 0% (0%) (18%) (37%) (41%) (4%)3. If, as a future company employee, you had to do research and had equal access to all sources (well-stocked technical library and fast internet connection), from where would you prefer to get your

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William Johnson

Session 3233 A Psychrometric Test Facility for the Undergraduate Laboratory William S. Johnson The University of TennesseeAbstractThis paper describes a laboratory test facility designed, built and tested by undergraduatestudents. The facility incorporates industrial hardware including electric heating coils, a coolingcoil with a chiller, a rotary enthalpy recovery heat exchanger, a humidifier, a blower and threeremotely controlled dampers along with instrumentation to measure airflow, varioustemperatures and relative humidities throughout the system. An

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Cecil Beeson; William Gay

courses are: 1. Aircraft Electrical Systems 2. Avionics Systems a. communication and navigation systems b. aircraft pulse and microwave systems 3. Avionics Troubleshooting“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Page 6.404.5Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”How these topics will be treated in each of the courses has not yet been determined. Since UCClermont’s academic year is on the quarter system, one possibility is to devote a course toaircraft electrical systems, one to communication and navigation systems

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Paul Wojciechowski

definition of these itemsalong with a complete description of the engineering program including IAC membership andco-op program information can be found on the York College Web site.1) The effect of thisprocess was to provide the IAC membership with a sense of ownership of the newly formedprogram and stewardship of its ongoing operation. This continues to this day through severalvenues including quarterly luncheon meetings with faculty, students and IAC industrialrepresentatives, and the co-op process. (These and other interactions are enumerated later in thispaper.)B. Industrial Curriculum Advisory Board (ICAB)Within three years of the start of the engineering program, an additional industrial advisorygroup was formed by the program coordinator for

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Lyle McCurdy; William Drake; Douglas Walcerz

Session 2147 A Web-Based Approach for Outcomes Assessment Lyle B. McCurdy, Ph.D., Douglas B. Walcerz, Ph.D., William H. Drake, Ph.D. California State Polytechnic University at Pomona / Enable Technologies, Inc. / Southwest Missouri State University /AbstractThe Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) program at Cal Poly Pomonaand the Industrial Management (IM) program at Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU)are designing and implementing an outcomes assessment process in order to continuouslyimprove their programs and to prepare for upcoming accreditation visits. Both

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Warren Phillips; Joseph Clair Batty; John Gershenson; Christine Hailey

/32, or 25%. This means that 25% of the objective of work preparedness isachieved through the attributes of communication. Communication was rated a 5 for graduateschool preparedness, which leads to a relative importance of 5/32, or 16%. By weighting the25% as 40% of the importance (the relative importance of work preparedness) and 16% as 60%of the importance (the relative importance of work preparedness), the final importance of theattribute communication is 19%. This number is used throughout the following matrices whenthat attribute is discussed. Objective Importance 40 60 Objectives A. Work B. Graduate School Attribute Importance Attributes

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Edwin Zivi; Jenelle Piepmeier

Education1 theta=0;2 R=1;3 massradius=.12;4 set(gcf,'Position',[120,120,350,350]);5 set(gca,'visible','off','xlim',[-1.1*R,1.1*R],'ylim',[-1.1*R,1.1*R])6 hbar=plot([0,R*sin(theta)],[0,-R*cos(theta)],'b-');7 hold on8 r=0:pi/6:2*pi;9 hmass=patch(R*sin(theta)*ones(size(r))+massradius*sin(r),-...10 R*cos(theta)*ones(size(r))+massradius*cos(r),'r'); Figure 2 – Creating a Graphic ObjectIn this example, animation is achieved by changing the pendulum’s ‘Xdata’ and ‘Ydata’properties, avoiding the need to redraw the pendulum arm or mass. Passing the pendulumangle, theta, as the user defined input u allows the s−function to compute new hbar andhmass positions using the persistent geometry variables

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Ray Bachnak

Session 3649 Experiments in a Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Course Ray Bachnak Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractLaboratory experimentation is an essential component of a comprehensive learningexperience in engineering technology programs. In fall semester 2000, we developed andtaught Microprocessors and Microcontrollers, a required junior-level course in theControl Systems Engineering Technology program, by employing a set of software andhardware experiments. The purpose of the laboratory exercises is to introduce students tothe practical aspects of microprocessors and

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Frederick Reardon

notes duringclass.ConclusionsThe Internet is a helpful tool in teaching a complex subject such as thermodynamics. Thestudents have the course objectives, schedule, key notes, homework assignments, and sampleproblem solutions available to them in the same format as they were presented in class. Thestudents have responded well to this use of the Internet. They say that it is very helpful inhelping them to learn what is generally acknowledged to be a difficult subject.Bibliography1. Wallace, D.R., & Weiner, S. T. How Might Classroom Time Be Used Given WWW-BasedLectures? Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 87, No. 3 (July 1998).2. Kadiyala, M. & Crynes, B. L. A Review of Literature on Effectiveness of Use of InformationTechnology in

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Scott D. Baldwin

to plan and execute anelectronics project through hands-on experience.The primary goals of the course are: A. Teach students elementary program planning and management techniques B. Introduce students to the concept of requirements analysis and proposal development Page 6.108.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education C. Show how computer simulations can be used early in the design process to proof and debug electronic projects and the pitfalls of the same. D

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are truly giant in size and include: A. Building a Case for a Club B. Emulate Other Successful Clubs at the College C. Addressing the College Commuter Situation D. Faculty Advisors E. Completing the Official College Forms F. Inform the Faculty and Staff G. Club Objectives H. Budget Considerations I. Facilities Needed J. Equipment Resources K. Core Participants L. Let the World Know M. The First Club Meeting N. Officially Open for Business O. Periodic Reviews and Assessments of Operations P. Conclusions The remaining part of this paper will discuss each of these items in some detail.IV. Building a Case

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Thomas Grover; Terry Parker; Robert King; Joan Gosink

EGGN 383 MEL a. This lab requires me to apply knowledge of mathematics, 2.82 3.61 science or engineering. b. I feel that I can apply what I’ve learned in this lab to real 2.27 3.17 world problems. c. My lab class really requires me to think about what I am 2.73 3.70 doing rather than just plugging numbers into formulas. d. This lab teaches me to design and conduct experiments. 2.55 3.39 e. This lab teaches me to analyze and interpret data. 2.73 3.43 f. My lab class is preparing me for higher level engineering 2.18 3.22 courses. g. This lab provides me

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Linda Broadbelt; L. Catherine Brinson; Kathleen Issen; Brad Kinsey

EducationAppendixBelow are some sample seed questions from events in the 1999 – 2000 Professional Development Series.1. The Hiring Process for Engineering Faculty Positions a. What application materials (teaching portfolio, CV, cover letter, statements of research and teaching interests, references, etc.) are typically requested by hiring departments? b. How many publications should be listed in my CV? c. Do most hiring departments require/prefer post doc experience? What are advantages/disadvantages of doing or not doing a post doc? d. How much/what kinds of teaching experience do hiring institutions require? Is TA experience sufficient? e. How do I find out about faculty openings? f. How many candidates typically apply for an open