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Patricia Click

Session 3361 Missionaries, Muskets, and Manufactures: Designing a Course on the Civil War and Technology Patricia C. Click University of VirginiaI. IntroductionWhen I sat down to design a course on the Civil War and Technology for undergraduateengineering students at the University of Virginia, I had no inkling of the fascinating pedagogicaland instructional questions it would raise. The first hints came when I mentioned my task tosome friends and discovered that the topic itself served as a Rorschach test of sorts. Oneimmediately responded by noting that

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Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

Figure 1: The Teaching and Learning Process Model Complete Planning Matrices: Sub-process A Planning Competency Matrix Work Breakdown and Competency Correlation Matrix Sub-process B Develop “Blank” Student Competency Matrix Develop Course Syllabus Sub-process C Provide Student

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Jack McGourty

Session 2330 ABET’s Eleven Student Learning Outcomes (a-k): Have We Considered The Implications?* Jack McGourty, Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Larry Shuman, Columbia University/University of Texas – El Paso/University of PittsburghI. IntroductionThere has been a great deal of intellectual and emotional debate regarding the AccreditationBoard of Engineering and Technology’s (ABET) minimum set of eleven student learningoutcomes that are a major part of EC-2000 [1]. The issues range from serious questions as to thegenesis of these outcomes, general concern regarding validity, and

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Walthea V. Yarbrough; Sarah J. Rajala; Richard L. Porter; Hugh Fuller; Laura Bottomley; Mary Clare Robbins

, L. E., Burniston, E. E., Gastineau, J. E., and O’Neal, J. B., "An Integrated First-YearEngineering Curriculum at North Carolina State University," 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings,Atlanta, GA, November 1995.2. Felder, R.M., Beichner, R.J., Bernold, L.E., Burniston, E.E., Dail, P.R., "Update on IMPEC," presented at 1997ASEE Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, June, 1997.3. Beaudoin, D. L., and Ollis, D. F., "A Product and Process Engineerng Laboratory for Freshmen," Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 84 [4], 1995, pp.1-6.4. Brown, A., and Ollis, D. F., "Team Teaching: A Freshmen Engineering Rhetoric and Laboratory," ASEE 1996Annual Conference Proceesings, Washington, DC, June 1996.5. Sutton, J. and Brickley, J.J., "A

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Gregg L. Fiegel

NSF grant described above. Thedrill rig, a Mobile B-53 Explorer, is outfitted with hollow-stem augers, mud-rotary testingequipment, and various soil samplers.Over the past year, the author has taught two geotechnical engineering courses based almostentirely in the field: CE 482 - Conventional Subsurface Exploration and CE 582 - AdvancedGeotechnical Testing. Each class had an enrollment of 14 students. In the CE 482 course,student teams used the drill rig to complete a geotechnical subsurface investigation for a site onthe Cal Poly campus. The results of field and laboratory tests completed throughout the quarterwere then incorporated into a comprehensive geotechnical investigation report. In the CE 582course, student teams used the cone

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; M. Bolepalli; Chih-Ping Yeh; Venkateswaran Nallaperumal

applications. Traditional teaching methods find it extremely difficult to relay theconcepts of electromagnetic phenomena on which the operation of the entire class of static androtating machinery lie. The simulation and visualization components and the interactive drag anddrop type of examples developed in order to enhance student learning of electric machines arediscussed. The visualizations accompany the computer-based courseware developed that presentsitself as a self-learning and self-assessing tool for the students. Adaptation of the developedmaterials into an electric machines course in the EET curriculum are discussed.I. IntroductionThough the traditional ‘Energy conversion course’ had remained almost unchanged for severaldecades, a redesigned

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; M. Bolepalli; Venkateswaran Nallaperumal; Chih-Ping Yeh; Bonnie Shelnut

Session 1647 CBI Courseware Development – Lessons Learned S. Chickamenahalli, M. Bollepalli, V. Nallaperumal, C-P. Yeh, B. Shellnut Wayne State University/Greenfield CoalitionAbstract This paper presents our experiences while developing computer based instruction (CBI)materials for an Electrical Machines course for the NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition (NSF-GC)for new Manufacturing Education. Greenfield Coalition for new Manufacturing Education is apartnership of six diverse educational institutes and five manufacturing companies, the Societyof Manufacturing Engineers and Focus: Hope, a civil rights

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Herbert Hess

Session 2533 A Realistic, Insightful Demonstration of a Bridge Rectifier Herbert L. Hess Department of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, IdahoAbstract A simple, insightful demonstration of a four-diode bridge rectifier is presented. Lightemitting diodes (LEDs) replace the rectifier diodes. An ordinary function generator provides thevoltage input and maintains the operation at safe voltage levels. Building the circuit andoperating it is described. Setup and simple calibration and troubleshooting procedures areexplained

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Nadia A. Basaly

Session 2563 Developing Competencies For Engineering Foundations Courses Nadia A. Basaly, Ph.D. The university of Texas at Brownsville College of Science, Math and Technology Brownsville, TX 78520Abstract Pre-college Minority Engineering Program has been designed to motivate and prepareminority middle and high school students for careers in science and engineering. The Program, called“Tex-PREP,” is an aggressive, pro active outreach system that introduces a joint curriculum betweenscience, math and technology to

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Jerry A. Caskey

Session 3613 Laptop Computers and Curricula Integration Jerry A. Caskey Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionFour years ago, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology required each entering freshman student topurchase a laptop computer. The class of 1999 was the first class to graduate under thisrequirement. Students now bring their laptops to class in much the same way as they broughtslide rules in former years and calculators in recent years. Each department has made use of thisnew technology in different ways. The chemical engineering department has made use

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David A. Sabatini

Session 3675 My Experience On An International Sabbatical David A. Sabatini School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractShortly after receiving tenure many faculty are eligible for a sabbatical leave at their homeuniversity, at another US university or research facility, or at an international location.Typical sabbatical policies allow for one semester of leave with full pay or two semesters ofleave with half pay. Taking a sabbatical leave away from the home university raises anumber of questions. How will the

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James A. Jacobs

Session 0564 A Workshop on Experiments in Materials Engineering and Technology From NEW:Update 98 James A. Jacobs School of Science and Technology Norfolk State UniversityThe experiments demonstrated at this workshop resulted from the National Educators’Workshop:Update 98 - Experiments in Engineering Materials, Science and Technology(NEW:Update 98). The workshop was held in New York, on November 1 - 4, 1998 and hosted byBrookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University and University of

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Sheryl A. Sorby

Session 1438 Spatial Abilities and their Relationship to Computer Aided Design Instruction Sheryl A. Sorby Civil and Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MichiganAbstractImproving spatial visualization skills is often cited as an educational goal of engineering designgraphics instruction. Many engineering design graphics faculty contend that working with 3-dimensional solid modeling software enhances the spatial abilities of their students

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Julie A. Phillips; Dewey A. Swanson

Session 3322 Partnering with Industry to Provide Technology Education By Dewey A. Swanson and Julie A. Phillips Purdue University at ColumbusIntroductionPurdue University’s Statewide Technology programs were designed to extend the university’stechnology programs throughout the state of Indiana. Statewide Technology is a partnershipbetween education, business, industry, and government: formed to meet Indiana’s need fortrained technologists. Local business/industry and government representatives helped plan,develop, and implement community programs selected from plans of study provided by

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M. Mavromihales; K. Sherwin

Session 1613 Design, Fabrication and Testing a Heat Exchanger as a Student Project K Sherwin, M Mavromihales University of Huddersfield, UK1. IntroductionThis paper describes the design-fabrication-test of a simple heat exchanger as a final yeardesign project for undergraduate engineering students. Design can be defined as the use ofimagination, knowledge, experience and judgement to define a particular end project (1).Much of this activity cannot be taught as a body of knowledge, like an engineering science.Students can only learn to design and gain experience by being actively involved

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Roger Ruggles

Session 3253 A First Year Introductory Engineering Course with a Design Component Roger Ruggles, Associate Professor, Lafayette CollegeAbstractThis paper describes a first year introduction to engineering course and the variouscomponents that are combined to fulfill the objectives of the course. The introductorycourse has been a required course for the past four years for all entering first yearengineers and has undergone an evolution in order to meet the needs of both the studentsand the engineering division. The course has the primary objectives of providing ameaningful design experience to the students and to

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Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

should be made inthe product. FIGURE 1: REVERSE ENGINEERING AND REDESIGN METHODOLOGY. Page 4.284.4 1. Investigation , Pred ictio n , an d H ypo th esis • D e v e lo p b la c k b o x m o d e l • U s e /E x p e r i e n c e p r o d u c t • G a th e r a n d o r g a n iz e c u s to m e r n e e d s • P e r fo r m e c o n o m ic fe a s ib ility o f r e d e s ig n • S ta te p r o c e s s d e s c r ip tio n o r a c tiv ity d ia g r a m • H y p o th e s i z e r e fin e d fu n c tio n a l d e c o m p o s itio n

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Patrick E. Connolly; Theodore Branoff

computer-based PSVT respectively (Branoff, 1998). For this study, coordinate axes wereadded to the first and second stimulus objects as part of the treatment condition (see Figure 1). Z Z X IS ROTATED TO X Y Z Y AS IS ROTATED TO X Y A B C D E Figure 1. Visualization of Rotations Test

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R. Andrew Schaffer

an expatriateassignment. However, it will help manage their expectations and prepare them to make betterchoices in their engineering careers.Bibliography1. Adler, N. International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. Cincinnati, Ohio: South WesternPublishing (1997).2. Adler, N., & Bartholomew, S. Managing globally competent people. Academy of ManagementExecutive, 6(3): 52-63 (1992).3. Baker, J. C., & Ivancevich, J. M. The assignment of American executives abroad: Systematic, haphazard, orchaotic? California Management Review, 13(3): 39-41 (1971).4. Bartlett, C. A., & Ghoshal, S. Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. Boston:Harvard UP (1991).5. Black, S. J., & Gregersen, H. B. Expectations, satisfaction, and

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Mary S. Bonhomme; Edward R. Alef; Edward G. Borbely

a common body of knowledge for core disciplines; and,• to reduce the length of time needed for academic achievement.Speed and knowledge will continue to provide significant competitive advantages to bothindustrial and academic organizations. We believe learning programs such as the IVE and theIME will form the basis for competition and survival into the next millennium.Bibliography1. Knoll, H. B. (1963) “The story of Purdue engineering,” West Lafayette, IN: PurdueUniversity Studies. Page 4.183.5EDWARD R. ALEFEd Alef is the founder and Dean for Curriculum Development of the GM Technical Education Program. Beforejoining GM, Alef was Dean of the

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Alfred J., Jr. Bedard

requirements. The learninggoals include:a. providing examples of the valuable guidance provided by analysis to design projects,b. providing a project intended to run concurrently with a second project to build andexercise time management and project management skills,c. providing clear, visible evidence of forces at the molecular level and how these forcescan be harnessed and manipulated,d. providing an introduction to system design and the art and science of integratingvarious design elements, while balancing conflicting constraints, ande. providing a simple and yet potentially elegant construction challenge.The elements to consider include: payload limits, developing a propulsion system, andthe various forms of drag. Practical considerations will

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James Dally; William L. Fourney; Peter C. Chang; Hugh A. Bruck; Dave K. Anand

) 2.5 Professor (Old 2) 2 Professor (New) 1.5 1 0.5 0 a b c d e f g h I j k Figure 1. Comparison of evaluations by professors of the old and new curriculum using the Page 4.193.6 ABET 2000 (a) through (k) criteria -6- Development of Integrated Statics and Strength of Materials

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Sheila Palmer

Session 3233 A New Approach to Thermodynamics Sheila C. Palmer U.S. Naval AcademyAbstractAfter teaching a class several times, changing the presentation is essential to keep the materialinteresting for me. Having taught Thermodynamics numerous times and having three sectionsscheduled for Fall semester 1998 prompted me to take the collaborative approach described here.Many discussions of collaborative learning focus on the general techniques to be used. These ideasare all helpful but the application to a particular course is often unclear. Thus, this

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William Whitaker

Session 3247 BENEFITS OF A SUCCESSFUL RETENTION PROGRAM William Whitaker Murray State University Murray, KentuckyI. IntroductionColleges and universities have long known the importance of integrating the student into theinstitution both socially and academically. Institutions design activities that attempt to increasethe likelihood of this integration occurring. The greater the integration between the student’svalues, goals and attitudes with those of the institution, the more likely the

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Alan Mironer

Session 3268 A Couple of Fluid Mechanics Brainteasers Alan Mironer University of Massachusetts LowellAbstractThis paper describes two fluid mechanics demonstrations which are presented to theclass in the form of puzzles or paradoxes. Both demonstrations use very simple apparatusto dramatically show that considering only changes in a flow’s linear momentum maynot be sufficient to determine the flow forces acting on a body; i.e., pressure forces maybe important. In the first demonstration pressure forces are significant because of thedeceleration of the flow. Pressure forces in the second

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Susan M. Montgomery

Session 0455 A Course on Teaching Engineering Susan M. Montgomery University of MichiganIntroductionThe second fundamental canon of the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers1 states that “Engineers shall perform services only in areas of their competence.”In the United States the primary focus of graduate engineering education is to train our graduatestudents to become researchers. We also have an ethical obligation to provide those studentsinterested in academic careers with adequate education and training to ensure competence inthe teaching aspects of their

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Zenaida O. Keil; Robert P. Hesketh; James A. Newell; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

and 1989 Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award.James A. Newell received a B. S. in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1988, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State in 1990, and hisPh.D. in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University in 1994. His dissertation focused onthe conversion of PBO to carbon fiber, and he received the American Carbon Society’sMrozowski award for best student paper presentation in 1993. After completing his doctorate, hestayed on at Clemson for one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor before accepting a tenure-track position at the University of North Dakota in 1995. This is his first semester as anAssociate Professor at Rowan. Dr. Newell has been published in Chemical

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John Cervantes; Donald J., Jr. Fournier; Cyndi Gaudet

Session 3251 Development of a Draft ISO 14001 Environmental Management System for a Pulp Plant Donald J. Fournier, Jr., John Cervantes, Cyndi Gaudet The University of Southern MississippiAbstractDuring the Spring Semester of 1998, undergraduate and graduate students enrolled inEnvironmental Management Systems-ISO 14000 for the Pulp Industry worked closely withGeorgia-Pacific’s Leaf River Pulp Operations to prepare the documentation for a draft ISO14001Environmental Management System (EMS) for the mill. The mill already has anextensive, detailed EMS due to the numerous

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William Daughton

Session 2642 A Distance Education Program in Engineering Management A 10-year Success Story William J. Daughton University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractThe Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado has beenoffering graduate degrees and professional certification for ten years. The program has beensubstantially funded by Lockheed Martin Corporation and was created to prepare full-timeworking engineers for early management assignments. Over 150 engineers at many companies,large and small, have successfully completed the

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Robert P. Hesketh; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

Session Number 3226 A LABORATORY PROJECT TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BEER Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, and C. Stewart Slater Chemical Engineering Department Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701AbstractThis paper describes a one-semester Freshman Engineering Clinic Course that is beingimplemented at Rowan University in the Spring of 1999. The focal point of the course is