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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moriarty

vehicle and payload across the track, and forpreliminary estimates of potential vehicle mass and approximate completion time. A moredetailed model was then developed which incorporated multiple steps, thus moreaccurately reflecting the actual track contour, as shown in equation (1):  ( Vi + Vw) 2 + ( Vi+1 + Vw) 2 1  2 2 ⋅m⋅ ( Vi+1) − ( Vi)  + We⋅tan θ ⋅∆S + µ ⋅We⋅∆S + ⋅A⋅Cd ( ) 1  2⋅∆S 2  2  2 0

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Virtual Instrumentation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Kostic

appearance of fan blades to be stationary,moving slowly forward or even backward when lighted with certain blinking light frequencies bya stroboscope; or an unusual interference fringes on an image, or appearance of staircase stepsalong edges (jaggies) in an image when we know that the edge s are smooth. Each and every ofthese and other false appearances of something that is not, is due to limitations and interferenceof a perceiving or measurement system and perceived or measured signal, as effectivelyillustrated in Figure 3, with the developed virtual instrument.The ChallengeLearning is a challenging intellectual process, and new technologies have tremendous potentialto make an immense difference with its interactive (computational) and multimedia

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz; Stephanie Adams

willbe safe to assume that the team experience is going to contribute to and support a better attitudetowards working in teams in the future.References1. Busse, R. (1992, May). The New basics: Today’s Employers Want the “Three Rs” and So Much More. Vocational Education Journal, 67(5), 24-25, 47.2. Alexander, M. W. & Stone S. F. (1997, February). Student perceptions of teamwork in the classroom: An analysis by gender. Business Education Forum, 51(3), 7-10.3. McFarland, W. P. (1992, May). Meeting of the Minds: Recognizing Styles of Conflict Management Helps Students develop ‘People Skills’. Vocational education Journal, 67(5), 26-274. Kunkel, J. G. & Shafer, W. E. (1997). Effects of student team learning in undergraduate auditing

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nora Valeiras; Luis A. Godoy

of Engineering of UPR-M. The authorsacknowledge the contribution of Dr. Wanda Rodriguez-Arocho, who acted as aconsultant to the project in topics related to the psychology of learning.Bibliography1. Ashman, A. F. & Conway, R. N. F. (1997) An Introduction to Cognitive Education, Routledge, London.2. Brown, H. I (1977) The New Philosophy of Science, Precedent, Chicago, IL3. Brusaw, C. T., Alred, G. J. y Oliu, W. E. (1997), Handbook of Technical Writing, St. Martins Press, New York.4. Corso, G. S. & Williamson, S. C. (1999) The social construct of writing and thinking: Evidence of how the expansion of writing technology affects consciousness, Bull. Science, Technology and Society, 19(1), 32-45.5. Daniel, H. D. (1993

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Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman

Session 2630 Engineering Student Design Processes: Looking at Evaluation Practices Across Problems Monica E. Cardella 1, Cynthia J. Atman 1,2, Robin S. Adams 1, and Jennifer Turns1,3 1 Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching/ 2Department of Industrial Engineering/ 3Department of Technical Communication University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonAbstractThe act of evaluating solutions is a common engineering design activity. Over the past eightyears we have used

Conference Session

ET Capstone Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Currin

the curriculumincluding those areas beyond which the department has co ntrol or is it only those areas within thedepartment s area of responsibility? We found these to be extremely difficult questions to answer.While outcomes assessment is meant to improve the program in its entirety, realistically dealingwith other departments and programs to facilitate changes is difficult if not impossible. This Page 7.1125.2affected our ability to develop the list of learning outcomes to be evaluated. Recognition thateven if a weakness were found that it would be nearly impossible to bring about a change causedus to avoid including those learning

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Haering

the use ofprograms that the students write themselves.I. IntroductionThe use of computer applications in engineering practice has grown significantly in the past 15years. At the same time, the nature of computer applications has changed. The mass adoption ofdesktop personal computers and the development of powerful applications for them haveprovided many useful alternatives and/or replacements for traditional mainframe applicationsthat have existed since the mid 1960's. At the same time, the need to understand traditionalanalytical engineering theory and problem solving techniques has not diminished. This presentsa dilemma to for instructors teaching basic sophomore-level engineering mechanics courses.Namely, early introduction to computer

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanne Garland; Christine Helfers; Ronald Roedel; Sarah Duerden

, the company for which they work, their position, etc., you may also want to consider what makes them different from the stereotypes. Therefore, you may want to create questions that will allow you to discover that information. You may also want to note details about their lives outside work, their appearance, and so on.2. During the speaker(s) presentation(s), answer the following:• Name, Company, Position• Years of work/overview of career Page 6.627.4• Physical appearanceProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2001 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Outreach

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith J. Bowman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

(MSE) Outreach Efforts of Evolving Design Standards for Elementary EducationIntroductionThe recently awarded National Science Foundation project, Science Learning throughEngineering Design (SLED) is one of nineteen targeted Math and Science Partnerships (MSPs)focused on science education and one of four MSPs focused on elementary education1. Severalstates, including Massachusetts2-4, Indiana5 and Minnesota6, have established engineering design-based standards that have potential implications for effectively engaging elementary schoolteachers and students with content related to materials science and engineering. Thirty-ninestates, the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands, have also adopted

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie R. Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Vibhuti Dave, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

unique outreach program specially designed for sixth grade students. Page 22.954.3The program incorporated hands-on activities from all the engineering majors offered at PennState Erie, The Behrend College into a fun interactive day within a limited amount of time.Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (Penn State Behrend) a stand-alone college of the PennState University has 4,700 students and is located in Pennsylvania. Penn State Behrend‟s first K-12 women and minority outreach event, Minority College Experience/Women in Science andEngineering (MCE/WISE), was launched in 1988 with 20+ incoming high school seniorsparticipating. The students

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasina Huq, University of Texas, Pan American

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Electrical and Computer

Challenge Based Instruction (CBI) have provided insightfulcomments and suggestions for the study. The authors would like to extend their gratitude tothe class of 2009 of The University of Texas-Pan American.References[1] M. Usman, H. Ryu, I. Woo, D. Ebert, G.Klimeck, "Moving towards nano-TCAD through multi-million atom quantum dot simulations matching experimental data," IEEE Trans. Nanotechnol, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 330-344 , 2009.[2] G. Klimeck, M. McLennan, S. B. Brophy, G. B. Adams III, M. S. Lundstrom, "nanoHUB.org: Advancing Education and Research in Nanotechnology," IEEE Comput. Sci. Eng. Mag., Vol. 10, pp. 17-23, 2008.[3] M. S. Lundstrom, G. Klimeck, G. B. Adams III., M. McLennan, "HUB is where the heart is," IEEE

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

givenairspeed. To maintain steady, level flight, this power consumption must be matched by thepropulsive power available; thus, the final step was to estimate the power generated by theengine-propeller system. This engineering model embodied the analysis necessary for makingsound performance predictions of the lab’s Alpha.60 airplane.Analysis of the data revealed the engineering characteristics of maximum airspeed, range,endurance, and maximum rate of climb summarized in Table 3. TABLE 3 Alpha.60 Predicted Engineering Characteristics Parameter Symbol Value Units 34.5 ft/s Stall Speed Vstall

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Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah M. Brown, National Society of Black Engineers; Lauren D. Thomas, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

impact of the program. In short term for the students benefitting andlonger term of the mentors and volunteers involved. A research plan and toolkit thataccommodates for this and allows for sample size increases toward significance are derived fromthe pilot results.Program History and Previous WorkAddressing the digital divide that negatively affects minority, inner-city, rural, and otherdisadvantaged communities was the primary motivation for establishing the Technical OutreachCommunity Help program in 2002. As the program grew, considerable effort was made tomobilize NSBE‟s membership to use their technical know-how to assist youth and adults toincrease their technical literacy as well as providing academic support. In the early stages of

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment in SE Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

inspections to reduce errors in program development, 1976, IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 15, No 3, Page 182-211. (http://www.mfagan.com/ibmfagan.pdf) Page 22.1242.5• [Fagan, 1986] Fagan, M.E., Advances in Software Inspections, July 1986, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. SE-12, No. 7, Page 744-751. (http://www.mfagan.com/aisi1986.pdf)• [Humphrey 2000] Humphrey, Watts S., Introduction to the Team Software Process, Addison-Wesley, 2000.Teaching Notes:• This case module could be used in different level courses (from a software level introductory course in software engineering to an upper level or graduate course in requirements

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-2992: CREATIVITY FOR ENHANCING THE TECHNOLOGI-CAL LITERACY FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore, eecured a gold medal for the high- est aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St.Joseph’s College (autonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Kurtis Micou, University of California, San Diego; Dawn M. Kilkenny Ph.D., University of Toronto

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Biomedical

and fundamental engineering concepts.AcknowledgmentsWe are extremely grateful for the contributions of our colleagues to this book, especially KarenChristman, Adam Engler, Noah Goshi, Craig Simmons, Wujing Xian, and Peter Zandstra.References1. Bell, E., B. Ivarsson, and C. Merrill. 1979. Production of a tissue-like structure by contraction of collagen lattices by human fibroblasts of different proliferative potential in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 76 (3):1274-8.2. Davey, R. E., K. Onishi, A. Mahdavi, and P. W. Zandstra. 2007. LIF-mediated control of embryonic stem cell self-renewal emerges due to an autoregulatory loop. FASEB J 21 (9):2020-32.3. DeQuach, J. A., V. Mezzano, A. Miglani, S. Lange, G. M. Keller, F. Sheikh, and K

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Tail Fins Root Chord = 3 cm Tip Chord = 2 cm Span = 3 cm Area = 7.5 cm2 (each fin) 23 cm 11.5 cmFigure 3 Rocket Configuration SketchEquation 3 defines the ballistic coefficient (B), which is a key parameter of the rocket design. 1The ballistic coefficient is related to the mass of the vehicle (m), the drag coefficient (C D), and areference area (S). Students are given analytical expressions for estimating the total dragcoefficient

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose del Carmen Chin Vera; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

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International

Ministry of Public Education (SEP) and UniversidadAutónoma de Yucatán.References1. Prensky, M. 2001. Digital Game-Based Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.2. Coller, B. 2007. Implementing a video game to teach principles of mechanical engineering. Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.3. Coller, B. 2009. Lessons learned from teaching dynamic systems and control with a video game. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.4. Barab, S., Thomas, M., Dodge, T., Carteaux, R., Tuzun, H. 2005. Making learning fun: Quest Atlantis, a game without guns. Educational Technology Research and Development. 53(1): 86–107.5. Vygotsky, L. S. 1933

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

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Construction

). BIM handbook: A guide to building information modeling for owners, managers, designers, engineers, and contractors. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley.[2] McGraw Hill Construction SmartMarket Report “The Business Value of BIM: Getting Building Information Modeling to the Bottom Line” (2009).[3] Azhar, S., and Richter, S. (2009). “Building Information Modeling (BIM): Case Studies and Return-on- Investment Analysis.” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V), Istanbul, Turkey, 1378-1386.[4] US National Building Information Modeling Standard (2007). Retreived on December 10th , 2011. http://www.wbdg.org/pdfs/NBIMSv1_p1.pdf[5] Wisconsin Department of Administration (2009). BIM Implementation

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphene C. Koch Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

wed. ologyMethodoTo test th he hypothesiis, two groupps of prescho oolers were uused with peermission froom parents aandapproval of the Instittutional Reviiew Board att XXXX Unniversity. Thhe first groupp was read thhestory aboout Tinker Bell and how she invents devices, buiilds them, annd uses themm to help herfriends. The second group was not n read the story. s Each group of stuudents come from differeentclasses th hat do not meet m at the sam me times. Each E group w was then expposed to the gguided

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P. Abulencia, Manhattan College; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; David L. Silverstein, University of Kentucky

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

heat is continuously transferred to the engine at a rate of 100kJ/second. What is the maximum possible rate at which the engine could possibly produce work? A) 100kJ/s B) Nearly 100kJ/s C) Significantly less than 100kJ/s”.A less conceptually based version of the same question might read: “Compute the thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine working continuously with a heat source at 300ºC and a heat sink at 25ºC.” While it is crucial that students develop an accurate understanding of engineeringconcepts, it is also true that typical lecture-based classroom instruction has been shown to have alimited impact on conceptual understanding in technical areas. For example, in a large meta-study of physics students

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, UT Southwestern Medical School; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University

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Instrumentation

theimportant biological information is contained in the small fluctuating voltages associated withsynaptic events rather than absolute potential distance from ground. To allow sufficientamplification to see these fluctuating potentials without magnifying the absolute potentials onwhich they ride, the logical choice is to use a low-frequency filter to eliminate the direct currentpotentials. With low frequency filters, one can select Low Frequency Filter (LFF) cutofffrequencies of 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, or 10 Hz, corresponding to time constants of 1.6, 5.3, 0.16, 0.05, or0.016 second. Even with modern digital equipment, the same LFF values work well withstandard scalp EEG frequencies. The most common setting is 1 Hz (τ = 0.16 s), which nicelypreserves most low

Conference Session

Mechanics Concepts II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert E. Efimba P.E., Howard University; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

MechanicsAbstractA recurring problem for teachers of engineering mechanics is that many students sign up to starttheir courses when they are not quite ready for them. This situation of unreadiness may be due tolack of adequate preparation. At first, it is easy to want to ascribe the problem to lack of coverageof pertinent material in the prerequisite course(s). However, the more likely cause is an amazingamnesia that leaves the students with very few of the important concepts learned in theprerequisite courses that are needed for the mechanics course that they are about to start. Thisphenomenon is observed even among some of the best students who get top grades in theprerequisite courses by demonstrating mastery of the material, but then “draw a blank” when

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-2977: SCIENCE FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORSDr. Robert M. Brooks, Temple University Robert Brooks is an Associate Professor of civil engineering at Temple University. He is a fellow of ASCE. His research interests are engineering education, civil engineering materials, and transportation engineering.Jyothsna K. S., Jyothsna K. S., Department of English, St.Joseph’s College, Bangalore, eecured a gold medal for the high- est aggregate marks in the Post Graduate English Literature course at St.Joseph’s College (autonomous). K. S. has been working for the Department of English, St.Joseph’s College for almost two years now, teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in English. K. S. has published papers in

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Luebbers; R.A. Rodríguez-Solís; José Colom-Ustáriz

Session 2793 Undergraduate Research Using the Finite Difference Time Domain Technique for Electromagnetics José G. Colom Ustáriz, Rafael Rodríguez Solís University of Puerto Rico at MayaguezI. INTRODUCTIONThe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Puerto Ricoat Mayaguez offers five-year B. S. degrees in electrical and computer engineering. In addition,M.S. and M.E. degrees are offered in both programs. The Electrical Engineering program has astrong core from which the students receive a broad spectrum of the fundamental

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Rich

design fromsome engineers who practiced in the 1700’s. Two of these engineers (artists, patriots, etc.),Charles Willson Peale and Thomas Paine, were bridge designers, and another, JohannChristopher Christensen designed and supervised construction of America’s first poweredwaterworks. Engineering student teams at Bucknell have studied these early designs and usedthem as a basis for senior design projects. Based upon their evaluation of the historic designs, theteams produced their own designs of replicas of the early works, and then they built and testedthem. Because of the relative simplicity of the 18th Century designs, students applied engineeringprinciples to them and saw new meaning in the fundamental concepts that they employed. Theyalso

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerald Heydt; George Karady; Daniel Tylavsky; Keith Holbert

Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationSurveys of students are used for assessment purposes. A secure website developed by theArizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences as part of the ABETEC2000 efforts is being used for this purpose (see Fig. 1). The website allows the instructor tocraft various forms of questions (single and multiple button, and text response) which can beaccessed by the students using an identification number and password. The website has theability to automatically send an e-mail notification to the students reminding them to completethe survey(s). Instructors can download the anonymous assessment data to analyze. Figure 1. Student survey of fuzzy logic module for web

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Geraldine Milano; Gene Golub

Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationVisuals also include brightly colored graphics to enhance the visualization of vector componentsof two-dimensional vectors. Normal and tangential vector components that are color coordinatedcan help the learning experience of determining the resultant of several vectors. Qx Qy Sy S

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Ibeh

Shannoninformation theory model as depicted by Vardaman and Halterman(6). Figure I shows the keyelements of an effective communication system vis-à-vis: a common field of experience orconvergent fields of experience of the communicators (A), initiation of communication thatinvolves thinking out of the idea(s) or core purpose of communication (B), encoding andpackaging of thought out idea(s) for meaningfulness, understanding and ease of delivery (C), thesignal (D), decoding or analysis and interpretation of the signal (E), and reception, understandingand implementation of the idea(s) and goal(s) embodied in the message. Invariably, acommunication system is as good as its weakest link. Hence, for meaningfulness, understandingand usage of information, the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Wolf

emphasizethe functional aspects of assembly language programming. In part because they do not emphasizecomputer architecture, the courses do not discuss techniques for analyzing the performance ofprograms, nor do they describe methods for optimizing the size or power consumption of pro-grams.Computer architecture courses have evolved quite a lot since the 1970’s. Early computer architec-ture courses spent a great deal of time on advanced logic design. Since the advent of RISC archi-tectures and the introduction of the Hennessy/Patterson book, these courses have moved awayfrom logic gates and have concentrated on the CPU pipeline and the memory system. Thesecourses build upon students’ familiarity with instruction sets to consider the CPU microarchitec