Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

. • Currently working with the NSF ATE Midwest Center to adapt their marketing materials. Page 12.1392.3Objective 3: Implement regional programs in Information Technology, Engineering Technology and Manufacturing Technology that reflect existing and emerging industry needs. • CREATE has developed and implemented over 50 new engineering/manufacturing/ electronics/information technology Associate degree and certificate programs. These new curricula have resulted in 197 new or revised courses being taught at six community colleges in Fall of 2006 that integrate academic and vocational subject matter with industry skill standards

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Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

------ ------ ------testTable 4: MCI results by sex. Numbers in parentheses are number of students (N) followed bythe standard deviations. The values of N reflect those students for whom data was available.MCI gain may not equal the difference between the pre-test and post-test scores due to round-offerror. MCI pre-test* MCI post-test* MCI gainMale 11.9 (87, 3.6) 15.7 (89, 4.0) 3.8 (82, 3.4)Female 10.3 (25, 2.7) 13.8 (25, 3.7) 3.6 (24, 3.0)* Significant at p

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Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Educational Research and Methods

world just to get off topic. ¶2: Just to make sure you know where everybody’s at? ¶3: And—I mean that it’s hard to say that’s —that’s the most important thing because these other things are kind of the foundation for what you build a good meeting. But assuming you kind of had rudimentary standing agenda items and these other things, it wouldn’t really matter at all unless you had this good process check. I think that’s king of the key. You can have a meeting without one, but you can’t have a good meeting without it.In this reflective task it appeared that the students were easily drawing well-formed ideas fromtheir previous discussion. One implication of this apparent

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Lisa Brooks, Texas A&M University; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Leaders’ perspectives were captured through a series of three one-on-one interviews conducted over the course of an academic semester as they were team-teaching. Our participants, who were not all engineers, worked closely with engineering faculty —the content experts— and learning scientists — experts in pedagogy— over the course of a semester. Weekly group meetings were held to review the recitation activities, reflect on our team’s teaching practices, discuss students’ reactions, and consider strategies to enhance the effectiveness of our course deliverables. At these meetings, we cultivated a learning community in which we encouraged the recitation leaders to facilitate the learning process, instead of trying to be the main

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sislena Ledbetter, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Janice McCain, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

generalize beyond the population from which it was taken. Finally, student names usedthroughout this paper are for ease of reading and were not used as identifiers while participantsin this study.Background: The case for diversityDiversity means many things to many people. It is a construct evolving out of corporateAmerica’s need to reflect a more diverse, and inclusive workforce, integrate the standardbusiness model, and ultimately level the global playing field. Diversity is evolving. Volumes ofdiversity research catalog this progression to include differences in gender, age, race, politicalaffiliation, religion, sexual preference…etc. This study will also show an array of definitions ofdiversity as aforementioned.In academia, administrators

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ian Webber, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Starenko, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeremiah Parry-Hill, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 13.992.2Further, by organizing the content and presenting it in a way that reflects the structure ofknowledge in the software engineering discipline, we expect that the students will more readilygrasp discipline-specific concepts and concept relationships, thereby better organizing andintegrating their learning from course to course over their academic and professional career. Theintended result is a repository of readily accessible and understandable learning content and alocation (a “studio”) for team collaboration.We have implemented a testbed, called Knowdio (a contraction of Knowledge Studio), thatimplements a portion of our system vision. The testbed allows experimental assessment of theeffectiveness of this learning and knowledge

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Carson, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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First-Year Programs

assigned task. The project isevaluated and graded based on meeting the criteria or objectives in the problem statement.Grades assigned to each individual depend on the expectations of the instructor. The simplestapproach is to assign the same grade to all members of the group regardless of the individual’scontribution to the project. Assigning grades that reflect an individual’s effort requiremeasurement and assessment of criteria to allow differentiation within the group.If one of the educational objectives is learning to work in groups, then evaluation of team skillsshould be part of the grading process. Techniques, skills, and methods of working togethershould be incorporated into the group project. Measurement of the student’s application of

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

Page 13.767.3about what is possible and desirable.6 Hence, technologies have “politics” built in. Whileknown primarily as an STS scholar and political philosopher, he has also published within thedesign studies community, his major publication extending prior work on the politics oftechnology. In one contribution to the design studies community, Winner calls for moresystematic attention to, and more careful reflection on, how our built world fits with our bodypolitic, or in other words how technologies fit with our overarching political ideals and goals.7According to Winner, “There is as yet no well-developed discipline or well-focused tradition ofthought and practice that tries to do this, to specify which patterns of material

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida

finalproject showcase. Three sets of surveys not listed in this paper were conducted to assess students'perceptions of the course. First, pre-course questions gathered students' location and preferred teamrole assignment in the first week of classes. Students were then paired into a team of up to 5 studentsbased on their survey entries. The second survey was conducted during the mid-semester to analyzestudents' experience in the course with the intent to circumvent any pitfalls before the completion ofthe project. The third survey evaluated student perceptions of the course, robotic project, teamassessment, and self-reflection using an adapted form of the Wabisabi Learning 25 Self-Reflectionquestions.Results and DiscussionIn the COVID-19 pandemic, the

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Harley H. Hartman P.E., Pennsylvania State University, York Campus

reflect the insight that is gained by seeing various areas that were discussed inclass being used together to create a working system. Although this is a unique system, it servesas an example of the benefit of exposing students to actual applications of the materials learnedin multiple classes in the academic setting. It enhances student’s understanding and appreciationof the knowledge gained in the classroom [3]. Exposing the students to a single system whichutilizes materials learned in multiple classes provides a perspective for the materials learned andhow they are interrelated when applied in industry. In the future, a questionnaire given to thestudents relating to the tour or demonstration could give greater insight and the ability to

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr; Marcus G. Marcus G.; Anthony Petrosino; Lawrence D. Abraham; Tejas Karande; Bijal Patel

) move when youwalk?” The VBL Challenge I was presented to Group A and Group B in different manners.Group A (control) received a traditional packet of homework assignment. The packet includedsome papers for reading, a floppy diskette with some Excel spreadsheets, and five writtenexercises. This was essentially the same work that Group B was given.The VBL Challenge I was presented to Group B (trial) using a Prometheus internet website athttp://pro.engr.utexas.edu/ with simple user name and password protection. Once they accessedthe site, students were confronted with the HPL Legacy Cycle framework for the instruction.The content of the website had the following Legacy Cycle features.Look Ahead & Reflect BackIn this initial stage, the learning

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2003 GSW

Authors

David L. Cocke; John L. Gossage; Emrah Alicli; Beytullah Misirli; Kuyen Li

,searching out meaning, triggering memory, exhibiting what is known and reflecting on how itwas learned, is being strongly impacted by technology. Accelerated learning, which isrationalized by examining Gardner’s eight distinct intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical,visual-spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal (social), intrapersonal and naturalistic,has several elements that are particularly impacted by technology. Engaging as many senses aspossible promotes full utilization of the intelligences and emotional learning systems. Many ofthese are accessible to convergent technology. One of the most important of these is the visualsense.Visual learning, the use of static and dynamic images to enable and enhance learning, is

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Michael Sheyka; M.M. Reda Taha; T. Khraishi; I. El-Kady; Mehmet F. Su

IntroductionPhotonic crystals (PC) are synthetic materials that can be used to control lightpropagation. PC have a frequency bandgap where light is forbidden to propagate. Thisbandgap is strongly tied to the microstructure of the photonic crystal. Three dimensionalTungsten photonic crystal in a Lincoln-log microstructure has been suggested as analternative filter in photo voltaic cells with significantly high power efficiency.Mechanical characterization of Tungsten PC can be performed using means of micro-indentation. Figure 1 represents the general structure of a bangap for a photonic crystal. Figure 1. Photonic bandgap of PC (bandgap is the region with100% reflectance) Figure 2. Isometric SEM image of Tungsten PC

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2008 GSW

Authors

Eddie Miller; Chun L. Huang

. IntroductionSince the seventeenth century, science and engineering have developed in both theory and actualexperimentation. The two have continued concurrently to allow scholars, scientists, and engineersto understand the natural phenomena of fluid flow and other phenomena in nature. Furthermore, theundergraduate engineering and science curricula also reflect this tradition. However, with theadvancement of high-speed digital computing and the development of accurate numerical algorithmsfor solving physical problems with this new computing technology, we have been introduced withinthe last half century to a new approach in the way we study and practice science. Computationalfluid mechanics along with a solid background in theoretical and experimental

Conference Session

Engineering Economy -- Outside the Introductory Course

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Peterson, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy

of this paper was asked toreview for IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering a few years ago. The book is anexcellent presentation of cost estimating principles however its treatment of engineeringeconomy is problematic in several regards.One fault which the author of this paper has is with the depreciation section which does not seemto use the current MACRS but the older ACRS. While the text does suggest that interestedreaders go to the relevant IRS documents, it seems that even a hypothetical example in a text soclosely related to engineering economics would reflect current practice. This seems problematic.Additionally, in the chapter on engineering economy it presents return on investment first. ROI ispresented without the strongest of

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Natalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics are distributed across grade-level groupings. In contrast, the sixhighest-achieving countries’ topics are sequenced to reflect the hierarchical and logical structuresof the mathematics discipline14.Analyses of secondary mathematics textbooks used in TIMSS also showed variation in content,presentation, and task. The variation found in the textbooks suggests that textbook content maynot be compatible with students’ mathematical conceptions, and this may hamper learning6.Studies have even shown that textbooks can have organizational structures that are at odds withwhat is empirically known about students’ mathematical development. For example, in algebraeducation “textbooks organized around the principle of symbol precedence,” which

Conference Session

International CIase Studies: Collabs, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Borrelli, McMaster University; Susan Masten, McMaster University

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International

their own understanding and knowledge and be able to present it clearly andcoherently to others. They change from “passive recipients of information to active controllersof learning”.2 All teaching assistants who responded to a survey (see the Appendix for asummary of the survey results) asking them to reflect upon this role stated that being a teachingassistant has affected their view of the educational process. One teaching assistant wrote, Page 13.487.3“[t]eaching the same material for some time gives you a better idea of what are the commonpitfalls and misunderstanding that will occur when students are learning the new material andyou can

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Yan Zeng, Savannah State University

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Instrumentation

method (8,9,10). We believe this would be a good lab exercise for the studentsand advanced experiment skill for those students who will conduct their research inchemical physics area in the future.References1. “Spectroscopy and Principles of Spectroscopy” Clark, R.N. Manual of RemoteSensing, A. Rencz, Editor, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1999.2. “Reflectance Spectroscopy: Quantitative Analysis Techniques for Remote SensingApplications”, Clark, R.N. and T.L. Roush, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 6329-6340, 1984.3. “Mapping with Imaging Spectrometer Data Using the Complete Band Shape Least-Squares Algorithm Simultaneously Fit to Multiple Spectral Features from MultipleMaterials”, Clark, R.N., G.A. Swayze, A. Gallagher, N. Gorelick, and F.Kruse, Proceedings of

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Adam Kirsch, Crescent Valley High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

3. Familiarization with the Software – Impacting Si3N4 Deposition Assignment. (185 min.) VCVD Worksheet I. (150 min.) 5. Peer Review / 6. Additional Testing / Report Revision – (One 7. Report Reflection (45 min.) week given outside of class to complete) Submittal Figure 5. Activities for the Virtual CVD project in the Chemistry classes.Within the Chemistry classes, the utilization of the Virtual CVD Laboratory was more directed,although, once again, tasks were framed within the situated context of the project. Instructorsremained owners of a company utilizing the CVD process, however this time student groupsrepresented consultants hired by

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, University of Virginia; Randy Bell, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design challenge.There is a “need to know” each particular science concept built into the curriculum. Theperformance objectives are derived from the Virginia Standards of Learning8, the NationalScience Education Standards9, and the Benchmarks for Science Literacy10, and placed in orderfrom the simplest behavior to the most complex on Bloom’s taxonomy scale.11The Save the Penguins ETK curriculum is outlined in Figure 1. It begins with the teacherperforming some engaging demonstrations about heat transfer. In these demonstrations, theteacher models the experimental methods as the “more knowledgeable other,” and students areshown how to undertake these methods on their own in social groups. The teacher then elicitsdiscussions and reflections on the

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University; Forrest Stamper, Hoopa Valley High School; Laura Atkins, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Raymond, Humboldt State University; Katie Mills, Humboldt State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Humboldt State University(HSU) had the following objectives for secondary science and math teachers as stated in theInvitation to Participate (Appendix A): • Provide opportunities to experience the engineering design process first hand; teacher teams will complete a hands-on engineering design project at the institute. • Provide opportunities for reflection and curriculum planning during the institute. Participants will leave with tangible products to use during the school year. • Develop awareness of existing engineering secondary school curriculum, K-12 engineering education research (see www.teachengineering.com). • Develop a community of teachers interested in pursuing engineering approaches to teaching

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

population ofBGC summer program attendees (32% female). Also reflective of this population is the ethnicdiversity in the SEAS Club: 8 members of the SEAS Club (35%) were African American; 2 (9%)were Hispanic; and 13 (56%) were white. SEAS Club participants were not asked about theirsocioeconomic (SES) status, however, according to a BGC leader, the SEAS Club and BGCsummer program participants had SES levels ranging from low- to mid-level.SEAS Club participants were not asked to divulge report cards or grades. Anecdotal evidencerevealed that there was a wide range in scholastic achievement among the participants, and manychildren described themselves as having great difficulty with reading and writing.Club ActivitiesClub activities were centered on

Conference Session

Engineering Design: Implementation and Evaluation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University; Saraj Gupta, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Patrick Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

flexible manner in a cycle of reflection-action-re-reflection7. All of these have implications for the pedagogy that might be chosen to convey andprepare the setting for design learning.Despite their contributions to the design research, shortcomings of these approaches exist inexplaining, (or taking into account) the relationships between the design practice, design context,and design team performance. For example, the normative approach isolates design tasks fromtheir wider context 8,9. It neglects most of the specific factors and constraints designers need tocope with, such as economic constraints, time pressure and teamwork10. The empirical approachhas not been always theory based – a clear direction of research sometimes has been missing9

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

starting the Teacher Educator Institute, each of the twenty-two lead teachers filledout a participant survey. Tables V, VI and VII tabulate the participant survey responsesand reflect the number of years the teachers have been employed in education, theireducational backgrounds, and reasons for participation respectively. Table V: Number of Years Employed in Education Years in Education 3 3.5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 16 17 20 Number of 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Teachers Page 14.998.9 Table VI: Educational Background of the Lead Teachers Subject

Conference Session

Educational Research

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Kyun Lee, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer, LeTouneau University; R. William Graff, LeTourneau University; Vicki Sheafer, LeTourneau Iniversity

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Educational Research and Methods

14.1293.4were researchers who could design different tasks. Most studies of cognitive styles weredescriptive, did not attempt to elucidate the underlying nature of the construct or relate styles toinformation processing theories, and were designed according to the assumption that styles arelimited to only very basic information processing operations. The main message of the researchis that styles represent relatively stable individual differences in preferred ways of organizingand processing information that cut across the personality and cognitive characteristics of anindividual.Despite declining interest in styles among cognitive scientists by the end of the 1970s, thenumber of publications on styles in applied fields increased rapidly, reflecting

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Porche, Wellesley Centers for Women; Corinne McKamey, Wellesley Centers for Women; Peter Wong, Museum of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a dichotomous variable reflecting being on anengineering track if all three types of courses had been or were currently being taken (1)or otherwise coded as (0) if less than all three types taken. Because a number of studentsmay reasonably enroll in community colleges rather than 4-year institutions to attain anengineering specialty or to later transfer into a 4-year college, we included algebracourses as counting toward pre-calculus.Science Identity Salience. A single item was constructed for this study; students wereasked how much they agreed or disagreed with the item: “My interest in science is animportant part of how I see myself” (1 = disagree a lot, 4 = agree a lot).Self Concept of Ability in Math. Three items are a subset of the

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Hacker, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Winny Dong, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mary Lucero Ferrel, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Women in Engineering

and informal mentoring at Cal Poly Pomona. Theirfeedback and reflections on the above five programmatic issues were collected. This processaccomplished three things. The first is a better understanding of the climate for mentoring at CalPoly Pomona. (Are faculty members seeking mentoring and are they currently receivingmentoring in their departments and colleges?) The second benefit of the interviews was asummary of previous mentoring programs’ successes and pitfalls. The third benefit was the buy-in of these senior women; without their full participation the ‘Mentoring Circles’ could not besuccessful.The Mentoring Circles Program created networks across ranks, departments, and colleges. TheMentoring Circle structure would provide support to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Tian-you YU, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; James Sluss, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma

andManagement Systems (BESTEAMS)” was to provide a team curriculum that can be easilyadopted by engineering faculty from various schools and at different levels of the undergraduatecurriculum [37].At the current time, student activities are numerous. Computing algorithms are studied andimplemented that convert radar data from the phased array radar into environmentalmeasurements known as spectral moments – very similar to previous researchers associated withconventional rotating weather radars [38, 39, 40]. Spectral moments (reflectivity, radial velocity,and spectrum width) are the essential, required radar meteorological measurements that are usedto make decisions about cloud locations, storms, rain fall, tornadoes, downbursts, hail and

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas E. Russell; David R. Loker

introduced to AMmodulator circuits, AM transmitters, superheterodyne receivers, AM demodulator circuits, and single-sideband systems. The third major topic involves FM, where students are introduced to FM transmission,phase-locked loops, FM receivers, and FM stereo. Students are also introduced to transmission lines whichincludes topics such as transmission 1 ine equivalent circuits, incident and reflected waves, and impedancematching. Lastly, students are introduced to antennas which includes topics such as the Hertz antenna andthe Marconi antenna. Most of these topics are covered in communication system textbooks available forelectrical engineering technology studentsl. In addition to the above mentioned topics discussed in lecture

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald N. Merino; D. W. Merino

accuracy of the cost estimates increase with increasing engineering effort, the cost to changethe design also increases exponentially. A number of companies have studied the cost to fix or correct defectsor error at various stages of development. An IBM study indicated that the cost of fixing an error was $1 inR&D, $4 in manufacturing and $80 in the field. An AT&T executive stated that for switching technology theratios were 1 - 100-1000. Both of these examples reflect the fact that making changes during the early designphase is a lot less expensive than in manufacturing or in the field. (Figure 2) + cost of Changes Ideal Time