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2000 Annual Conference

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V. Ramachandran; Ravi Ramachandran

. Ramachandran, “Modeling and Analysis of Linear Physical Systems”, Weber Systems Inc., January 1991.AcknowledgementThe authors thank Dr. Rama Bhat for helpful discussions during the preparation of the paper. Page 5.656.6BiographyRavi P. Ramachandran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 1990 and hasworked at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Rutgers University prior to joining Rowan.V. Ramachandran is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atConcordia University. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of

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2001 Annual Conference

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James Newell; Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Dianne Dorland; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

, the incorporation of a heterogeneous catalyst can accelerate therate of reaction or effect the reaction selectivity. Multiphase reactions, and in particular gas-liquid reactions, and the impact of mass transfer on the rate and selectivity also have a significantrole in controlling the reactor design.4Bourne and Gablinger22 have shown how process chemistry developed in the laboratory can goawry when scaled to industrial reactors. An excellent example of the classic series-parallelreaction using an azo dye chemistry is presented by Bourne and Gholap.23 The chemist willoptimize the reaction to obtain very high reaction rates for the desired reaction. However, in theindustrial reactor, micromixing occurs, negatively impacting the process

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2001 Annual Conference

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Richard McNitt; Cliff Lissenden

: • initiate meaningful dialog between students and faculty, • inform students as to ethical expectations, • orient students as to particular options of study, • demonstrate via case studies what engineers ‘do’, and • provide laboratory awareness and experiences.Catastrophic FailuresEngineered systems sometimes fail in catastrophic ways.... bridges collapse, buildings burn,airplanes explode, ships break in two, spontaneous combustion occurs, autos crash, etcetera.Virtually all such failures occur because the designers, builders, and/or users have overlookedsome unexpected combination of inputs; they seldom fail due to simple overload. For example,a bridge designer may have overlooked the potential danger of aerodynamic loading andmechanical

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1998 Annual Conference

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J.R. Phillips

of our curriculum, E-4, E-54, and three semesters ofEngineering Clinic experience, can be directly mapped into our “Goals forGraduates.” Documentation that shows that this process produces the desiredresults includes, E-4 Final Reports, E-54 Laboratory Notebooks, andEngineering Clinic Final Reports. Page 3.177.2 3 The resulting non-specialized B.S. degree requires: 1) 12/13 courses in humanities/social sciences; 2) ll/lO courses in science/mathematics core; 3) 13 required courses in engineering plus three electives. And the engineering major consists of:1

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1998 Annual Conference

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P. Gharghouri

attested bythe ever increasing number of textbooks which are geared to MAPLE.An equally careful review of the qualifications of the professors in the Faculty ofEngineering and Applied Science at Ryerson Polytechnic University reveals that anumber of them are graduates of the University of Waterloo, Cambridge, Ontario,CANADA, where MAPLE originated. In addition, the fact that almost all theprofessors of the Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science department (MPCS)are very proficient with MAPLE, is probably another reason favouring its adoption.Indeed, several personal computers located in our offices carry MAPLE. Also,several personal computers in our microcomputer laboratories carry the fullversion of MAPLE. It is thus natural to think of

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1998 Annual Conference

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James C. Wood

-Based Education (PROBE): Learning for a Lifetime of Change.12. Wood, J. C. and Mack, L. G., The Impact of Interdisciplinary Faculty Teams on Engineering Technology Curricula, ASEE Annual Conference 1997.James C. Wood has BS and MS degrees in physics from Clemson University and Ph. D. from theUniversity of Virginia in physics. He has seven year of research experience in laboratories for AmericanCynamid and TRW. He has 25 year teaching experience in physics and engineering technology at Tri-County Technical College. He is current Division Chair and Co-PI for a statewide curriculum developmentgrant for engineering technology. Page 3.95.7

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1997 Annual Conference

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Barbara Blake Bath

transform space and their solution using k-space wavelets.The aim is to provide an efficient and novel technique to solve complicated electromagneticscattering problems. The latter have applications to the laboratory investigation of controlledelectromagnetic scattering experiments from materials, substrates, and other electromagneticdevices. The first phase of the project calls for the development of both Mathematica andMatlab code to compute the amplitudes of the scattered field from elementary surfaces where theresults can be compared with known analytical forms. The required mathematical backgroundincludes Linear Algebra, Wavelet Theory, basic notions of applied mathematics, programmingin C or Fortran as well as basic knowledge of Matlab

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert L. Avanzato

of LEGO Design.”, The Robotics Practitioner: The Journal for Robot Builders, vol. 1, no.2, Spring 1995. (Also available via anonymous FTP from cherupakha.media.mit.edu in directorypub/people/fredm)[4] Jones, J., Flynn, A., Mobile Robotics: From Inspiration to Implementation, A.K. Peters, Ltd., Wellesley, MA,1993.[5] http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/ BOB AVANZATO is an associate professor of engineering at the Penn State Abington campus. Hisinterests include fuzzy logic, expert systems, mobile robotics, and curricular enhancement. Prior to his position atPenn State, Bob was a senior engineer at the Advanced Technology Laboratories at Martin Marietta where he wasinvolved in digital signal processing and

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1997 Annual Conference

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John M. Dorosz; Ester B. Johnson

coordinators provide the new students a more detailedintroduction to academic and other campus resources such as employment and career explorationservices of the Career Development, the one-on-one assistance available through the centralizedTutoring and Learning Center of the Department of Learning Skills and Educational Opportunityas well as tutoring available through the College, and free student-run services provided to ensurepersonal safety and security on campus. Also covered early in the course are topics such as noteand test-taking skills, introduction to the computer-aided engineering laboratory, etc.A second key portion of the course deals primarily with the majors offered in the College. Aftera discussion of the kinds of work engineers and

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert J. Witt; Gilbert A. Emmert

use of nuclear fuel, nuclear engineering design including lessons learned from thefirst generation of commercial reactors and advanced reactor designs, economic andenvironmental issues associated with nuclear energy and reactor/balance-of-plant design.Skill GoalTo develop and nurture skills in visualization, problem solving using analytical andcomputational techniques, laboratory techniques, oral and written communication, and groupcooperation. III. Assessment MeasuresThe department adopted assessment measures based on the Fundamentals of Engineeringexamination, exit interviews of graduating seniors, and surveys of alumni.1. Require all graduating seniors to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (F. E

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ravi Pendse; Everett L. Johnson

. The design process takes a student throughdifferent phases of “real world.” The "team" approach is appreciated by the students. Theretention rates show that this approach has been quite successful.References[1] R. Pendse and E. Johnson, “Big Bang Small Bucks: Effective Use of Low-Cost CAD Packages,” Frontiersin Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1996.[2] R. Pendse, "Effective Laboratory Teaching-- What Works for Me," ASEE Midwest section conference,Wichita, Kansas, March 1995.Biographical InformationRAVI PENDSE is an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering Department at Wichita State University. Hisresearch interests include Computer Architecture, Rehabilitation Engineering, and Digital Design.EVERETT JOHNSON

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Session 2266 Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas/University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, John Lamancusa/Penn State University Jens Jorgensen/University of WashingtonThis paper describes the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP)project's summative assessment strategy. Since 1994, three universities, Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaborationwith Sandia National Laboratories, have been

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jens Jorgensen; Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; John Lamancusa

Session 2313 Making a Partnership Work: Outcomes Assessment of a Multi-Task, Multi-Institutional Project Lueny Morell de Ramírez, José L. Zayas/University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, John Lamancusa/Penn State University Jens Jorgensen/University of WashingtonThis paper describes the Manufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP)project’s summative assessment strategy. Since 1994, three universities, Penn State,University of Washington and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, in collaborationwith Sandia National Laboratories, have been

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1997 Annual Conference

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Dr. Mihir K. Das

, physical science, and other math-based fields, inorder to increase the numbers who graduate from a four-year university. The MESA SecondaryProgram services about 16 high and middle schools, in heavily minority districts, throughout theacademic year and helps students from grades 6 through 12. Almost all MESA students go on tocollege, with a fraction attending CSULB. The College supports this program with year-roundprograms, operating expenditures, work-study students, participation by the Associate Dean forInstruction to oversee the program, and a Corporate Advisory and Development Council. For theMESA Summer Enrichment Program, the campus provides classrooms, computer laboratories,and supplies. The Fluor Daniel Summer Camp (FDSC) was a special

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1997 Annual Conference

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Tracy S. Tillman

. Background Prior to the 400-level capstone course, the students complete a 300-level design formanufacturing course, in which the students design a product and the processes and tooling forits production, as part of a concurrent engineering design project. In the 400-level capstonecourse, the students finalize the design work done previously by the EMU junior-level class,order materials, and begin making tooling and setting up for production. During production inthe school's manufacturing laboratory, the students use inspection and SPC techniques for qualityassurance. Appearance, functionality, and quality must be high, as the products are either madeas fund-raisers for the manufacturing program, or for companies outside the school

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1999 Annual Conference

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Michael Spektor; Walter Buchanan

, and main campusresident faculty moving to Seattle for a term. A movable laboratory was also to be investigated.Although it was originally planned to start the program in the fall of 1998, it was decided to offera portfolio methods course in the summer of 1998 for students that were eager to start theprogram as soon as possible. This was a good initial course since it showed the students whatwould be necessary to get credit for prior experience and proprietary learning. For portfoliocourses to be acceptable by ABET, it was pointed out to these students that the portfolio methodrequired a rigorous verification that prior knowledge was substantially equivalent to material

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1999 Annual Conference

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Jack Zecher

pause button along with a slider control that allow the animation andaudio narration to be repositioned, replayed or paused. Figure 4 Screen layout showing VCR type controlsFuture ImpactIt is not expected that these lessons will entirely replace the traditional setting of having studentsattend lectures. The lessons should, however, provide a portion of the instruction that iscurrently done in the traditional lecture format as well as a portion of the laboratory instruction.This should allow the format of the class to be modified somewhat so that fewer lecture and lab Page 4.195.4hours will be required. This new format

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1999 Annual Conference

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Hisham Alnajjar

signal processing and its applications to sophomores and juniorssince seniors are already required to take a course in DSP.Acknowledgments This work was made possible by a grant form the National Science FoundationNSF-ILI Grant DUE-9750697 and the Engineering Application Center at the College ofEngineering, University of HartfordBibliography[1] “Digital Signal Processing Laboratory Experiments Using C and the TMS320C31 DSK”, Rulph Chassaing, Wiley Interscience, 1998.[2] “Digital Signal Processing with C and the TMS320C30”, Rulph Chassaing, Wiley Interscience, 1992.[3] “Low-Cost Personal DSP Training Station based on the TI C3x DSK” A. Barreto & C. Aguilar, DSPS Fest 97, Texas Instruments Inc. 1997.[4] “TMS320C3x Users

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1999 Annual Conference

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Willie Ofosu

areconcentrating on data communications. Such is the case at Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus,where wireless forms part of the telecommunications program. This paper discusses the use ofthe Serenade 7.0 PC Software in the wireless component of the telecommunications program.II. The Serenade 7.0 PC Software1The University Program of Ansoft Corporation makes the Serenade 7.0 PC software readilyavailable to universities. This software product has proved to be very useful as a teaching aid inthe laboratory and serves as a powerful design and analysis tool for RF and microwave systemsengineers. It can also be used for optoelectronic design. The analytical capabilities are broadlycategorized as linear and nonlinear.The analytical methods used in this product

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1999 Annual Conference

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Richard R. Schultz

required sophomore-level course in C/C++ text-based programming, practical digital signal processing concepts, the development of instrumentationsystems, and National Instruments LabVIEW graphical programming. Since this is a course intended foran inexperienced audience, the research-related laboratory assignments are rather well-defined. Theintent of these projects is to provide an early introduction to research and design-oriented problems thathave many possible solutions. These projects were given as regular laboratory assignments during thefall 1996 and fall 1997 semesters.INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSINGSemesters: Fall 1996 and Fall 1997Project Category: Research and DesignRating: Not ApplicableINTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL IMAGE

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1999 Annual Conference

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Claudia House

managing internship activities. Faculty served in various internships atsites including Nortel, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Smith and Nephew, LockheedMartin and MCI. TEFATE interns performed a variety of tasks for the host industriesincluding training, establishing Intranets, installing cabling, conducting marketingstudies, network administration, and designing networks.The philosophy driving faculty internships, regardless of the type of business or activity,is based in the belief that the best curricula are developed in an environment where thefaculty have• participated directly in that business,• utilized the business’s cutting-edge technology, and• applied this knowledge with the highest possible academic standards.It is important that

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1999 Annual Conference

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Robert L. Green

Session 1615 IMPROVING LISTENING, TEAMWORK, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH INNOVATIVE CIVIL ENGINEERING CLASSROM EXPERIENCES Colonel Robert L. Green, PE Virginia Military InstituteIntroductionEngineering students spend many hours in traditional lectures and laboratories. They spendmany more hours solving traditional homework problems. All of which is very necessary toensure that these students understand certain fundamental principles and to demonstrate thatthey can think!The purpose of this paper is to share several classroom experiences for senior level

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1998 Annual Conference

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Susan L. Murray; Linda M. Manning; Catherine A. Riordan; Elizabeth Cummins; Philip B. Thompson

laboratory issues. Everyone we ve sent to the referencehas been delighted &and not just because it's free.Teaching Websites for Engineering Instructorshttp://www.engr.uiuc.edu/TEIS/bibliography.html.http://www.academic.com.http://www.aln.org.http://www.educom.edu. ResearchThe Craft of Research (1995). Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, & Joseph M. Williams.Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. ISBN: 0226065847. Covers many aspects of research,beginning with a general overview of the purposes and uses of research, then moving to adiscussion of topic selection and how to discover and use sources of information. The remainderconcerns structuring the argument, writing and revising drafts, and the mechanics

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1998 Annual Conference

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Elliot Rothkopf

decided that it must focus on a number of criteria tobecome leaner yet provide students who are able and so desire with greater opportunities foreducational advancement. We recognized that with ever increasing technical change, we couldnot teach everything. We should give the student the best education possible by teaching thebasics of the technological field while giving the student the tools for lifelong learning. Wewould not load the student down with more than the TAC/ABET minimum of 64 credits. Ourassociate’s degree requires many more student contact hours in laboratories than do otherassociate degrees.We would do the following: l develop common core technology courses. l modify upper level courses to reduce the credit load

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1998 Annual Conference

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Raymond G. Crepeau

from a central site while students taking the exam can be anywhere.Administration of tests in this asynchronous mode enhances flexibility for students in choosingthe time and place for taking the exam. Alternatively, the professor may administer the exam ina laboratory equipped with sufficient workstations. The only requirement is access to the Weband Web browser software.When students take an examination their status is verified through the password file created bythe test administrator. The student selects answers by clicking on a radio-button correspondingto the answer of his/her choice for multiple-choice, rating, and true or false questions. Formatching questions, students select from answers in scroll boxes. Answers can be changed if

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1998 Annual Conference

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Peter D. Heimdahl

showed the campers real and prototypeCoke cans, as well as other packages. They discussed the good and bad aspects of packages andthe designs, functions of packaging and importance of eye-catching graphics. Next, The camperswere given a tour of the packaging laboratory complex where they were able to operate some ofthe equipment, including a drop test, burst test and crush test using various types of packages.Two hands-on activities were conducted in the lab. The first activity involved designing theshrink-wrapped package to hold a notepad and pencil. The campers developed their own artisticdesign for the supporting paperboard using colored magic markers. They then assembled thematerials, covered them with a clear plastic film, and operated a

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1998 Annual Conference

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R. Pimmel; R. Borie; J. Jackson; D. Cordes; B. Dixon; A. Parrish

throughout the entire first-year curriculum.This new course was team-taught, with one faculty member from CS (Allen Parrish) andone faculty member from ECE (Russ Pimmel) involved in its instruction. Brandon Dixon(CS) coordinated the laboratory exercises and programming assignments. It was offeredfor the first time in the Fall of 1997. Thirty-five students (21 from CS, 14 from ECE)were enrolled in this course. Of these 35 students, 24 were also participating in the FCfreshman year experience.Assessing the CurriculumAt the close of the Fall semester, the authors (course instructors) held a series of meetingsto identify strengths and weaknesses of the integrated computing curriculum. These areidentified below:Apparent Benefits1. Student motivation is

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1998 Annual Conference

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F. Jalali

several half-wavelengths long onphysically small models at operating frequencies well below 1 MHz. At the low operatingfrequencies, measurement and data collection can be accomplished using general-purpose labinstruments that are readily available in most basic laboratories. The prototype “lines” built bythe author and used in a transmission line course are described and the lab exercises andprocedures for determining the propagation properties such as standing wave pattern, phaseconstant, and wavelength are outlined. Typical experimental results are also provided.INTRODUCTIONThe experiments for the study of the basic characteristics of the propagation along transmissionlines are performed at frequencies above 1 Ghz. These experiments usually

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1998 Annual Conference

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Charlie P. Edmonson

the students some hands-on experience, a physicalsimulation exercise was developed. The exercise simulates the assembly of an airplane. As partof the exercise students perform time studies, and experience the effects of different lot sizes,push and pull systems, and performing constraint management. In his “Anniversary Comments,”Lawrence J. Wolf indicates that in addition to attending classes, Engineering Technologystudents participate in experiences that simulate the work environment and require them to useequipment and instruments, record data, compute results, and write reports1. Thus, a laboratory-type experience was deemed an important addition to this class.DESIGN OF THE EXERCISEThe purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate how an

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Kathleen Bucholz, Duke University; David Ward, Duke University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

applications [6] [7]. This allows laboratories tocontain embedded text, with images, and tables to be integrated with coding boxes allowingstudents to step through programming assignments. An example of such a notebook is includedin the Appendix of this paper. This first conversion exercise was performed entirely by theinstructor of record with no Python background to judge the difficulty involved in making theplanned departmental wide conversion the subsequent year. This course was selected to be agood test case as the course included 10 significant programming exercises and onecomprehensive programming project and is largely seen as the foundational computationalclass for BME students following their initial introduction to programming class taken