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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas; Paul R. Ohmann, University of Saint Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

this study in three sections of Classical Physics II, the second semestercalculus-based introductory physics course, and in one section of the upper-level Electricity andMagnetism. Classical Physics II is taught in a modified workshop style, with lecture, laboratory,and problem-solving combined into a two and a half hour class period. The students in the courseare predominantly Electrical and Mechanical Engineering majors, but it is also a required coursefor Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Physics majors. Electricity and Magnetism (E&M), on theother hand, is lecture based, although in the last two years the instructor has added an optionalproblem-solving session that is well attended by students. E&M is almost exclusively taken

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Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

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Richard Stamper, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mitchell A. Landess, Rose-Hulman Ventures

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College Industry Partnerships

samemeasure requires that blood samples be sent to a lab and can take approximately 1 day to obtainthe results.An entrepreneur recognized the market potential for a clinical device based on this research.However, as developed in the laboratory, the technology was too complicated and expensive forbroad clinical acceptance. Rose-Hulman Ventures provided the venue for exploring differentoptions for productizing the technology and building functional prototypes for the clinicalsetting. This project required multi-disciplinary teams with student interns drawn frombiomedical engineering, optical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering

Conference Session

Methods, Cases, and Directions

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bidhan C. Roy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Osama M. Jadaan, University of Mount Union; Mitchell Dean Cornelius, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

labs in industry, university, and government laboratories. Some of the equipments deal with metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) for LED’s and solar cells, and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) products. The financial health of the company (all number in 1000’s) as described in its income statement is as follows5 -Year 12/2007 12/2008 12/2009 12/2010Total Revenue $402,475 $442,809 $380,149

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Trends and Tools

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

completely online is theinability to adequately fulfill the ABET criteria associated with laboratory and experimentalrequirements.Contrary to the lack of mechanical engineering degrees offered at the undergraduate level viadistance learning, the number of distance master level mechanical engineering degrees offeredhas experienced the same sort of growth cited by Harris above for the distance educationenvironment in general.Purpose of this StudyOne of the challenges in learning more about the distance education programs in mechanicalengineering at the graduate level is the lack of a single comprehensive source that lists all of the Page

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Robotics and Automation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yubin Lan, USDA ARS; Jian-ao Lian, Prairie View A&M University; Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University

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Engineering Technology

, Analysis, and Imaging Laboratory (VAIL), the GeoResources Institute (GRI), Mississippi State University. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Engineering Technology, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas. His research interests include image and signal processing, data coding, and scientific visualization.Dr. Yubin Lan, USDA ARS Yubin Lan works as an Agricultural Engineer with Aerial Application Technology Group, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS at College Station. He is also an adjunct professor and graduate faculty with Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Lan received his B.S. (1982) and M.S

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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Yogendra M. Panta, Youngstown State University; Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University; Param C Adhikari, Youngstown State University; Sanket Aryal, Youngstown State University

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Computers in Education

, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), microfluidics/lab on chip, and energy research.Dr. Hyun W. Kim, Youngstown State University Hyun W. Kim is a professor of mechanical engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Indus- trial Engineering at Youngstown State University. He has been teaching and developing the Thermal Fluid Applications course and the companion laboratory course for the past few years. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio and is currently conducting applied research in hydraulics and micro gas turbines. He helps the local industry and engineers with his expertise in heat transfer and thermal sciences. Kim received a B.S.E. degree from Seoul National University, a M.S.E. from the University of

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael R. Allen, Department of Mathematics; Dale A. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University

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Mathematics

of the nature of the material andthe laboratory classes, I learned and learned well. I could see and touch and hear the results ofmy calculations. “A picture is worth a thousand words” can also be stated as “a concrete exampleis worth a thousand minutes of lecture”. Of course, for some courses the abstract and theoreticalnature of the material makes it a little harder to present such examples, but it really helps thelearner.Teaching Style Page 23.882.3 One major influence of this adventure was on my teaching style. I started using motivationalexamples in my classroom. These were not just examples taken from the end of the chapter wewere

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Simulations and Visualizations

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Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 25.1027.4force on larger particles. Student can select values of the particle diameter and density, 3the number of particles, and the centerline fluid velocity and understand the relativemagnitudes of the different forces.Module III: Experimental The course sequence includes several experimental modules. One mainexperiment is the measurement in the aerosol wind tunnel with the use of Particle ImageVelocimeter (PIV). The aerosol wind tunnel is located in the Turbulence and MultiphaseFlow Laboratory at Clarkson University. The laser used was a 120mJ Nd:YaG laserwith a 20° adjustable width sheet generator. In this experiment, the sheet width was 0.5mm. The digital camera that was

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Franey, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anthony Gregerson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael T. Braun, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Student

computerengineering courses. Within these classes are permutations of 12 unique TAs and 7 uniqueinstructors. From this dataset, we are able to analyze whether factors such as varying experiencelevels and TA roles (such as discussion mediation versus laboratory instruction) affect differentcomponents of their students’ grades. When analyzing our dataset we sought to answer three basic questions: First, do TAs producestatistically significant differences in the grades of their students when compared to other TAs inthe same course? Second, if there are differences, what components of the assessment processare affected? Finally, is there a correlation between the amount of previous teaching experiencea TA has and the grade outcomes of that TA’s students? We

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, North Carolina State University Laura J. Bottomley, Director, Women in Engineering and K-12 Outreach programs and Teaching As- sociate Professor, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1984 and an M.S. in electrical engineering in 1985 from Virginia Tech. She received her Ph D. in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. Bottom- ley worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff in Transmission Systems from 1985 to 1987, during which time she worked in ISDN standards, including representing Bell Labs on an ANSI standards committee for physical layer ISDN standards. She received an Exceptional

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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2012-5386: TEACHING COLLEGE PHYSICSDr. Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes Bert Pariser is a faculty member in the Electronic Engineering Technology and the Computer Science Technology departments at Technical Career Institutes. His primary responsibility is developing curricu- lum and teaching methodology for physics, thermodynamics, electromagnetic field theory, computers, and databases. Pariser has prepared grant proposals to the National Science Foundation, which produced the funding for a Fiber Optics Laboratory. He served as Faculty Advisor to the IEEE and Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society. Pariser was instrumental in merging Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society into the ASEE. In addition

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Mohamad Ahmadian

need to master to become truly successful in their professional Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.95.2 Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcareers2. Throughout their undergraduate curriculum, engineering technology students will writeessays, laboratory reports, and technical reports for class projects. Some of these class projectsmay also require presentations along with the written materials. The senior seminar coursegenerally addresses job importance and student preparedness in

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Brenda Morton; Raymond Thompson

, thebenefits to the student make is a worthwhile expenditure of time. In addition, the public relationvalue and increasing industry interaction within the AT department have provided benefits to allstudents. As the program expands, the next step is to attract student and faculty participants fromother institutions. The process to accomplish this is being developed at this time.RAYMOND E. THOMPSONRaymond E. Thompson is Associate Professor of Aviation Technology at Purdue University in West Lafayette.Prof. Thompson founded the AOT Advanced Composite Laboratory and coordinates student services within thedepartment. His current research includes assessment, technology in the classroom, distance education, and aviationhuman factors.BRENDA A. MORTONBrenda A

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Marshall Coyle; Christal Keel

Computational Mechanics, http://garlic.q.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/FAQ/index.html, Yagawa Laboratory,accessed February 26, 2001.5. Finite Element Method Universal Resource, http://femur.wpi.edu/, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, accessedFebruary 26, 2001.6. Bridging the Gap between Mechanics of Materials Lectures and Homework with MDSOLIDS,http://et.nmsu.edu/~etti/spring98/mechanical/philpot/mdsolids.html Timothy A. Philpot, accessed February 26,2001.7. Finite Element People: http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~lfranca/links/fem_people.html, Leo Franca, accessedFebruary 26, 2001.MARSHALL F. COYLERegistered Professional Engineer, B.S. Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute, 1976, M.E. MechanicalEngineering from The University of Virginia, 1978, and Ph.D

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V. Ramachandran; Ravi Ramachandran

Theory: Analysis, Properties and Synthesis, Matrix Publishers Inc., 1981.3. A. V. Oppenheim and R. W. Schafer, Digital Signal Processing, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1975.4. J. F. Lindsay and V. Ramachandran, Modeling and Analysis of Linear Physical Systems, Weber Systems Inc., January 1991.BiographyRavi 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 andhas worked 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 Science in 1965 andwas on

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John Anderson

, work, or wherever they were doing homework.The course work requirements were designed to encourage the students to refer to theequipment manuals in addition to the text. Although a complete set of manuals was availablein the laboratory they were seldom used, as it was more convenient for the students tosimply download and personalize their own copy.During the course several small design projects were assigned to allow students to exercisetheir new programming skills and to tie the theory to actual equipment and applications (seeMaterial Handling Work Cell Design Problem below). The students designed the system,specified the components, and wrote and tested the program. The programs were tested on alab trainer where inputs were simulated by

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Weining Feng; Alberto Gomez-Rivas

of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Russo, M. F, & Echols, M. M. Automating Science and Engineering Laboratories with Visual Basic. John Wiley & Sons (1999).2. Bradley, J. C. & Millspaugh, A. C. Advanced Programming Using Visual Basic 6. McGraw-Hill (2001).AcknowledgementThe authors would like acknowledge the work carried out by Bruce Hunter and MichelleShuck in relation to the temperature control system.ALBERTO GOMEZ-RIVASDr. Alberto Gomez-Rivas is a professor of Structural Engineering and the Chair ofDepartment of Engineering Technology, University of Houston-Downtown. Dr. Gomez

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Vincent Scotto; Peter Schuyler; Howard A. Canistraro

2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”employed, laboratory projects and requirements, as well as discussion of math, computer, andcommunication requirements integrated into our courses. Our advisors are asked to comment onthe relevance of the material, the desirability of certain skills, as well as suggesting futuredirections or any deficiencies they may note. This process has allowed us to have many verymeaningful exchanges regarding not only the specific content of our curriculum, but theimportance of certain skill sets for our students to function within industry. A secondaryoutcome has been that advisors have

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Tammi Robson; Tayeb Giuma

, JavaScript in a Week 4, NetObjects Fusion 4.0 5, Hypertext MarkupLanguage (HTML) 6, creating web-based CAI tools for engineeringeducation is both cost and time efficient.In the study of electrical engineering, it is often difficultfor students to develop a true understanding of the more complexconcepts without experimenting with appropriate electricalcircuits. While actual hardware usage is arguably the besttechnique for student investigation, the complexity and costassociated with appropriate commercial or industrial hardwaresystem make such system, in many cases, unattractive for wideuse by all the students at convenient times.The Department of Electrical Engineering at the University ofNorth Florida places strong emphasis on laboratory

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Kauser Jahan; Shreekanth Mandayam; Douglas Cleary

1996 as a result of a $100 million donation in 1992 from the RowanFoundation. The engineering faculty use innovative methods of teaching and learning to betterprepare students for entry into a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace1-4. Keyprogram features include: (a) creating inter- and multi-disciplinary experiences throughcollaborative laboratories and coursework; (b) stressing total quality management (TQM) as thenecessary framework for solving complex problems; (c) incorporating state-of-the-arttechnologies throughout the curricula; (d) and creating continuous opportunities for technicalwriting and communication. To best meet these objectives, the four engineering programs ofChemical, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical

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Edward Hensel

presentation tothe rest of the teams, faculty, and project clients.The logistical hurdles of working across departmental and college boundaries are significant. Akey element to success is the concurrent scheduling of the various departmental courses at acommon time, in a laboratory scheduling format. In this manner, most students are available forproject team meetings and faculty mentor meetings during a pre-determined set of time-slots. Theyare then free to work on their individual assignments in accordance with their personal schedules.A suggested outline for the weekly tasks and topical coverage is presented in Table 1. Thisschedule may be adapted to account for scheduled breaks and holidays, or to allow increased ordecreased coverage of certain

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Kenneth Roberts; Eric A. Cheek; Joseph Monroe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar

, the integration of more SURE activities into year-round researchprojects, and the production of technical publications from SURE projects.Proposed new initiatives include the introduction of NASA-specific research/technologydevelopment areas to the program. These topics would possibly include a student designcontest for microgravity shuttle/space station experiments related to the SURE projects,earth science awareness activities, and modern aerospace science and technologypresentations. These NASA-related activities would be directly connected to existingNASA laboratories and connected NASA-sponsored internship programs. Newworkshop topics would include advanced professional development, resume/ mockinterviews, pre-faculty preparation and new

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John Steele

, participated in acombination of presentations, laboratory experiments, pedagogical discussions and fieldtrips to engineering companies. Post workshop evaluations and interviews establishedthat this pilot workshop was viewed as a strong success by the teachers who attended.Expansion of the program is planned for 2001. A description of the program is givenhere in hopes of aiding others in their development of similar activities.IntroductionThe objectives of the workshop were threefold: • First, we hoped to develop, among the teachers who attended a better understanding of what engineers do. • Second, we wanted to provide these teachers with an in-depth exposure to some aspects of our engineering curriculum at CSM. • Third, the workshop

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Robert Muelller

Session 2793 A Neural Network Lab Experiment Robert Lynn Mueller The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractNeural networks are becoming widely used in complex control problems. Many academic exercisesapproach neural network applications using only software simulations; however, simulations alonedo not give students a full appreciation of the power and complexity of neural network-basedcontrols. This paper describes a laboratory experiment that uses a temperature and airflow processsimulator to

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Stephen Maybar; Jerome Zornesky

sinusoidal waveforms in particular.The fundamental understanding of the properties of waveforms is cemented with the introductionof the use of an oscilloscope and a digital voltmeter in a concurrent lab course. Concepts offrequency, amplitude and phase discussed in the classroom are reinforced by what studentsobserve and measure in the laboratory. Modern function generators with their DC offsetcapabilities are used to demonstrate that AC and DC voltages can be added to each other with theresultant waveform being the algebraic sum of the applied voltages. Even before understandingwhat a circuit is, the student develops a sense of what a voltage waveform, (or a currentwaveform), is and how it varies as a function of time.Having introduced the students

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Rafael Rodríguez-Solís; Lynn Carpenter; José Colom-Ustáriz; Russell Barton

Session 2632 A Novel Graphical Technique for Selection of a Robust Design Point José G. Colom*, R.R. Barton**, Lynn Carpenter**, Rafael Rodríguez Solís* *University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez/ **Penn State UniversityI. INTRODUCTIONThe concept of robust design was introduced by Genichi Taguchi, and popularized in the U.S.following his visit to Bell Laboratories in the mid-1980’s. Since this technique has becomeimportant in industry, the topic has been included in many undergraduate engineering statisticscurricula. Unfortunately, the experiment design and data analysis issues are complex

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Scott Midkiff

opportunities to IREAN Fellows. Virginia Tech, and especially the College of Business and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, currently have strong relationships with universities in Germany, France, and Switzerland that can offer interesting experiences for our students. For example, Virginia Tech graduate students have gone to France to take courses and complete internships in French research laboratories. There is also promising discussion of an international simulation experience in the policy area that would involve IREAN Fellows and other students.Table 1 indicates the relation between outcomes, as discussed in Section III, and the sixstrategies discussed above. A check mark in the table indicates that a

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William Guilford

minors at the University of Virginia are expected to have hadeither our introductory biology course (BIO 201) or high school advanced placement biology as aprerequisite to our physiology and cell biology courses. Indeed, the text used by the Departmentof Biology (Campbell et al.1) includes a relatively large amount of cell biology. However, many ofout students have much more extensive familiarity with biology, including laboratory experience.Thus many students find the “basics” (material suitable regardless of the student's background) tobe too basic. At the same time, other students enter the course strictly with the backgroundprovided by introductory biology, and need this background information.One must also consider what is meant by teaching

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Guy Johnson

with a quality pre-engineering program.. Implementing and maintaining such aprogram using the latest equipment and software requires a permanent National TechnologyTraining Center that has been established at RIT. In addition a program of developing similarcenters at affiliate universities around the country has begun to better serve schools in theirhome state.Such centers serve teachers, college professors, and high school students as a place for ongoing,year-round, classes, projects and a laboratory setting for the development and revision ofcurriculum and teaching strategies. Bringing teachers, professors and high school studentstogether in a place devoted to the encouragement of engineering studies will ensure interactionamong these groups

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Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

courses – especially those offered during times when theinstitution will otherwise be idle – will want to consider the following: What semester the courseshould be tied (for our holiday course, it was considered a spring semester course that simplymet early). What will be the faculty compensation (will there be an overload payment, or will itcount toward the regular teaching load)? What special campus resources (library, technology,laboratory, etc.) are needed for the course, and to what extent will they be available? Involvingthe campus’s registrar’s, computing services, and physical plant offices in the planning of theconcentrated courses can go a long way toward minimizing mishaps during the teaching of thecourse.As faculty prepare to launch