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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.653.11 Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education8. Slocum, J., and Botermans, J., Puzzles Old and New, Plenary Publications, 4th Edition, 1994.9. The Hermann Group, “Diversity Game”, Applied Creativity, Inc., 1992.10. Oviatt, B., “Mousetrap for catching mice live”, US Patent 5,502,918, 1996.BiographyDr. Daniel Raviv received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 1987, and M.Sc. and B.Sc. degreesfrom the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1982 and 1980, respectively. He is currently a professor

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

successfully in a paradigm that is increasinglythe reality of the global practice of engineering. For engineering educators this is acompelling driving force that we need to respond to. In a recent paper3 from several of the present authors, we drew upon literature fromorganizational psychology and behavior to elaborate on the challenges and possiblesolutions to providing engineering students with learning experiences that can helpprepare them for the global virtual workspace. In particular we attempted to identify key1 V. Wilczynski and J. Jennings, “Creating Virtual Teams for Engineering Design”, Int. J. EngineeringEducation, Vol. 19 #2, pp. 316-327, 2003.2 (a). Jones, R., Oberst, B. (2000). “International Experience for Engineering Students

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

highlighted in this paper just a few techniques where informationliteracy skills can be incorporated into engineering courses. The pre- and post-assessmentsshowed that the techniques seem to have exposed students to many new resources theyremember after significant time away from their learning experiences. Finally, further work isneeded to more rigorously assess whether the IL skills may be a strong foundation for lifelonglearning skills for engineers.Citations1. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 1,(2000).2. Williams, B., Blowers, P. (2003) Deconstruction of an Engineering Syllabus for Information Literacy,Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

role of faculty, practitioners, and students in imparting the BOK by means of B+M/30 programs. Seek input from and support for the preceding from forward-looking academics and practitioners.The Committee defined the BOK as the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become alicensed professional civil engineer. The BOK would be fulfilled by a carefully integratedcombination of pre-licensure formal education and pre-licensure experience. PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present the recommendations of the BOK Committee and tointroduce the curricula design project, the current phase of BOK development. For

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Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rita Caso; Ibrahim Karaman; Jeff Froyd; Terry Creasy; Winfried Teizer

, students should be able to apply thephysical principles underlying microstructural control on the nanometer scale to design anappropriate synthesis route for nanomaterials. The following topics will be discussed in Theme2: A. Production techniques for nanoparticles and nanomaterials ‚" Nanoparticle synthesis in Gas, Liquid, and Solid State Phases ‚" Bulk nanocrystalline materials: Consolidation of nanoparticles; Vapor deposition; Controlled crystallization of glasses; Mechanical alloying and mechanical milling. B. Mechanical properties of nanomaterials and microstructure-property relationships ‚" Principles, properties and their measurement in

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pape

9.872.11 7. Panitz, B. The Student Portfolio: A Powerful Assessment Tool, ASEE Prism, March 1996, pp. 24-29. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1922 8. McGourty, J., Sebastian, C., Swart, W. Developing a Comprehensive Assessment Program for Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, October 1998, pp. 355-361. 9. Conner, D.A, and Goldman, J. Development of Assessment Instruments, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 1999. 10. URL: http

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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt

, we examined the relation of team collective efficacy to external (e.g., instructor) ratingsof team performance. Based on relevant prior findings, we hypothesized that collective efficacybeliefs would be (a) strongly predicated by the combination of cohesion and self-efficacy, and(b) moderately to strongly predictive of team performance as assessed both by team membersand course instructors.MethodParticipants: Participants were 281 students (74% men, 22% women, 4% sex-unidentified)enrolled in an introductory engineering design course at a large Eastern university. They weredivided into 50 project teams. The students were primarily first (78%) and second-year (17%)students. In terms of race/ethnicity, 6% self-identified as Black or African

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Gu

learners. Students get to know their classmates and instructors, and the instructors get to knowthe students and this will build a sense of class climate that centers on the academic side of the school.It is predicted that outcome of the active teaching and learning are but not limited to the following: a) Tend to get high score and complete better project b) Tend to have good friendship with the instructor and among the classmates c) Greater psychological health, social competence3. Active Teaching and Learning TechnologyA) Active teaching strategies: motivating the studentsWhat can instructors do to increase the motivation of the students to learn? Survey shows that there are eightcharacteristics of the class in

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Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

" B Depends The 8 steps are each addressed in N/A on how the appropriate order (will not be many correct on some questions, this problems should only be mentioned for incorrect aspects). C 2 Iteration should be planned into the Negative: No iteration here. Must clearly state that time must be process. planned in for iterating back to earlier steps when problems are found. (+2 pts) D 1.5 Relative time allotments should be Positive: "Getting needs from shop

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

Session 168 Teaching of Design in Various Academic Settings Som Chattopadhyay Department of Engineering Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne 2101 Coliseum Blvd East, Fort Wayne, IN 46805IntroductionDesign as it refers to in the subsequent discussions is the design for strength and is taughttypically in junior and senior levels of the mechanical engineering curricula at variousacademic settings. The typical settings that we consider are a) undergraduate teachinginstitutions, b) graduate research institutions and c) institutions in the third

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mesut Muslu

analysis on the system and find out if the system can withstand contingencies. If there are contingencies that cause flow or voltage violations the teams were asked to tabulate them. The teams were also to discuss if there are any contingencies that are more serious then others, and also if there were any part of the system that is weaker (more affected by different contingencies) then other parts. b. System expansion studies and recommendations for 2012: In this section, teams were expected to come up with a system expansion plan for ATC for the year 2012. This involved doing a contingency analysis on the system and modifying the system so that there are no longer any violations in the target year of 2012

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Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

. Page 9.833.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Student teams were required to maintain team notebooks that included information onboth the service-learning project and the reverse engineering research. The notebooks wererequired to be organized in the following manner: 1. Team Information a. Team roster; b. Team photo 2. Weekly Progress Reports 3. Research a. Bibliography b. Pages printed out from the internet c. Photocopied pages d. Notes 4. Reverse Design Information and work 5

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Professional Ethics in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Meade

Session 2115 Ethics and the Design Process Ronald B. Meade, Ph.D, PE Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering United States Air Force AcademyWhat we owe others is the essence of ethics. Codes of ethics make clear the principles of ethicalconduct, specific obligations and prohibitions. Undergraduate education is the proper place tointroduce engineering students to ethical concepts. Professions like engineering have specificduties to the public, peers, and clients.Engineering educators can cover ethics in a stand alone fashion or

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

not require post-testing cleaning, and b) Permanent records of cracks and other surface discontinuities can be obtained considerably faster (in the order of seconds) than conventional PT methods.In addition, GAIM is capable of detecting and revealing surface discontinuities in a wide varietyof engineering materials including metals, ceramics, and composites, without additionalrequirements. GAIM is indeed extremely versatile and inexpensive PT technique, and can beused in engineering laboratory education, and several areas of industrial inspection and testingincluding aerospace, nuclear and conventional power generation, petrochemical plants,automotive and marine manufacture and maintenance.UNDERLYING PHENOMENA OF GAIM

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Leland

down the equation of a line, y = mx + b, drawing asketch of the two points with a line through them, labeling the data as (x1,y1) = (1,2), (x2,y2) =(2,-3), and restating the problem as determining m and b. The concept being taught is thatunderstanding the problem goes well beyond reading the problem and identifying the goal, butalso includes introducing suitable notation and graphical representations when possible. In thisauthor’s opinion, this is where most of our students have difficulty. Many students coming tooffice hours are asking the question: ‘Can you show me where to start so I can use what I learnedin the course?’ In Polya’s terminology4, this is precisely the step of understanding the problem.A second lecture was devoted to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

realization among educators of theneed to put a greater emphasis on imparting higher-level cognitive skills (e.g., reasoning, criticalthinking, decision making, problem identification, and problem solving). A variety of nationalreports (Bok, 1986; Boyer, 1987, NSF, 1996) have also stressed the importance of teaching suchskills to all levels of students. The learning experience must move from lecture as a dominantmode to include a significant level of active learning approaches. Cooperative learningapproaches and other contextual experiential learning must be integrated into the classroom(Sheila, 1992). The relative neglect of teaching of higher-level cognitive skills is due to two ill-founded assumptions: (a) that these skills cannot be taught and (b

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Kissoff

action items. Attempts will be made to improvethe site access for the student teams for any future trials.Acknowledgements The author wishes to thank Mark Bostleman of ProjectVillage, LLC, the BostlemanCorporation and The University of Toledo Capital Projects department for providing andallowing access to the ProjectVillageTM system for this project. Additional gratitude goes toTech Dynamics, Inc. of Toledo, Ohio for providing the program with a set of plans.Refer ences 1. Sawhney, A., Rotsawatsuk, P., Mund, A., “Enhancing Construction Engineering Education Using Internet based Tools”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 1999. 2. Sawhney, A., Koczenasz, J., Bashford, B., Mund, A

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene P. Deess; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori

retention/withdrawal and with each other. 2. All items that correlated significantly with retention/withdrawal were entered into a stepwise multiple regression analysis. 3. Items that correlated significantly with items that contributed significantly to the stepwise multiple regression were summarized. b) ResultsThree predictors, cumulative-grade-point-average (CumGPA), Precalculus placement test scoreand commitment, contributed significantly in a 2-step, step-wise multiple regression multiple Rof .30. No other variable contributed significantly to the prediction of retention. This means thatif a student has a good CumGPA and is highly motivated to complete the degree requirements,that student is likely to

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Judy Collins; Beverlee Kissick; Jung Oh; Alysia Starkey

Library Association Learning Outcomes to a series of questions(Appendix B). Questions for example, asked faculty if they: 1. Assign some form of library or information-retrieval project at least once a semester 2. Assign students specific information-gathering tasks 3. Have students determine the extent of information needed 4. Access the needed information effectively and efficiently 5. Evaluate information and its sources critically 6. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific discipline related goal 7. Understand the economic, legal, and social issues

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Merredith Portsmore; Kaitlyn Conroy; Melissa Pickering; Emily Ryan; Brian Gravel

. G., Sloat, B., F. & Davis, C.-S. G. 61p. (University of Michigan, 1989).11. Clewell, B. C. & Brown, S. V. (2001) "Project talent flow: The non-SEM field choices of Black and Latino undergraduates with the aptitude for science, engineering, and mathematics careers." Research News on Minority Graduate Education, AAAS 1(1).12. Kubanek, A.-M. W. & Waller, M. (1995) "Women's confidence in science: Problematic notions around young women's career and life choices." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 2: 243-253.Biographical InformationMELISSA PICKERINGMelissa Pickering is a junior at Tufts majoring in mechanical engineering. She has been part of STOMP since itsinception

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Integrating Math into Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Davis

Session 1465 Constructing Control Charts with Average Run Length Constraints Robert B. Davis Miami UniversityAbstractIn many statistics courses for engineering majors, students learn how to construct control chartsfor monitoring quality levels of manufacturing processes. However, the students generally justlearn how to use the standard “three-sigma” approach, where control limits are established atthree standard deviations above and below the average value. Often, no details are given as tohow the sample size and control

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Eydgahi; Bob Lahidji

Page 9.844.5 Eidgahy, S. Y. (2002). Academic Administration: Leadership vs. Management. Proceedings of the 2002American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”3 Hecht, I., Higgerson, M. L., Gmelch, W. H., and Turcker, A. (1999). The department chair as academic leader.Phoenix, AZ: The American Council on Education/Oryx Press.4 Covey, S. R. (1992). Principle-Centered Leadership. A Fireside Book, published by Simon & Schuster.5 Burns, J. M. (1978). Leadership, Harper & Row, New York, NY.6 Bass, B. M. (1985

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

addresses thefour major areas required by SME and EAC/ABET: materials and processes; product, tool, and Page 9.1273.2assembly; manufacturing systems; and manufacturing competitiveness. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThere however remained a pressing need to establish a curricular framework that was (a)modularin nature, (b)consistent in its pedagogical approach and (c)had a common look and feel. This issignificant for several reasons. Students articulating from a technology program to

Conference Session

Integrating Taxes, Law, & Business

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Timothy Cromley

published information about the invention, or offered it for sale more than one year before the date of application [35 U.S.C. § 102(b)], the patent would be invalid and substantially worthless. • Infringement—Still another factor that can affect the value of a patent is the likelihood that practicing the invention of the patent may infringe another’s patent. The engineer needs to understand that merely owning a patent is no guarantee that practicing the invention will not infringe someone else’s patent. Accordingly, the engineer should ask: How likely is it that a reasonable implementation of the patent will infringe another’s patent?At some point in the process of evaluating a patent

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Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

of Information Technology in US Higher Education. The Campus Computing Project October 1999. http://www.campuscomputing.net11. Green, K.C., Campus Computing 1998, the Ninth National Survey of Desktop Computing and Information in Higher Education (Encino, Calif. The Campus Computing Project, February 1999).12. Manhire, B., Emery, G.A., Mould, D.H., Noland, C.M. Ohio University’s Global Learning Community. Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24-27, 2001.13. Rovai, A. Building Sense of Community at a Distance. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 3(1), Jun 2002, http://www.irrodl.org/content/v3.1

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New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

grades based on the traditional assignment-based scheme were typically half agrade higher than those under the outcome-based scheme. The difference between the two is dueto the uneven distribution of points assigned to outcomes in assignments and exams. Theassignment-based scheme used 40% of the average homework/inclass assignment score and 60%of the average exam score. Assignment-based Outcome-based Student name score grade score grade Student 1 81.4 B 76.4 B- Student 8 93.4 A 88.9 B+ Student 10

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Feng Jao; Khalid Al-Olimat

). It has students from computer, electrical and mechanicalengineering programs. The outcomes of the course are to: 1. analyze ac circuits using basic laws, analysis techniques and network theorems. 2. analyze ideal transformers and circuits with mutual coupling. 3. Solve for power quantities in ac single and three-phase circuits. 4. use appropriate software tools to analyze ac circuits. 5. design ac circuits and safely conduct laboratory experiments.The course outcomes support and meet the following items of ABET-criterion 3 and listed herefor convenience. (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

9.1399.45. Wankat, P. C., “Integrating the Use of Commercial Simulators into Lecture Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, 91, 1 (2002). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education6. Mackenzie, J.G., Earl, W. B., Allen, R. M. and Gilmour, I. A., “Amoco Computer Simulation in Chemical Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 3 (2001).7. Haile, J. M., “Toward Technical Understanding: Part 1. Brian Structure and Function,” Chemical Engineering Education, 31, 3, (1997).8. Haile, J. M., “Toward Technical Understanding: Part 2. Elementary Levels,” Chemical

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BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

skills’ werecollapsed into the single term ‘communication skills.’ This process yielded a reduced listof 42 concepts. Iteration between specific concepts and concept categories continueduntil the full list of concepts was reduced to a set of 27 unique biodesign concepts (seeAppendix B). We view this set of concepts and categories as a biodesign taxonomy.Theoretically, densely networked concepts are more well-defined concepts [21]. Usingthis premise to validate our selection of key concepts, the first author identified the mostdensely networked concepts in each of the 8 maps. Concepts with 4 or more linesdirected toward or away from them were identified. Across maps, the most denselynetworked ideas related to the design process itself. For

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TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Meirong Huang; F.C. Lai; Kurt Gramoll

Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education(b) Diagrams and GraphicsIn addition to animations and movies, diagrams and graphics are excellent tools to help illustratethe technical concepts. Figure 3 shows examples of diagrams and graphics used in the eBook.Examples include, visual definition of convection, solar pond case, and a hydroelectric powerplant. All the diagrams and some of the graphics are constructed using Macromedia Freehand,which is a vector-based drawing tool. In some cases, graphics from clip-art collections [10] wereused and edited with Adobe Photoshop. Figure 3. A collection of diagrams and graphics(c) TablesIn the study of engineering thermodynamics, finding thermodynamic properties from