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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

user’s input experimentalconditions. For example in the case of a virtual rolling mill, the spacing between the rollers thatappear on the user’s computer screen will reflect the reduction in thickness they specify. Eachplug-in will find the information it needs by reading the tags in the material data file module.Each plug-in will also create output. In the case of a processing plug-in, the output is a modifiedmaterial data file module. For testing modules, the output is the appropriate combination ofgraphical and numerical results.The plug-in programs will be robust. For example, if a user tries to process a material using aprocess that is inappropriate, they will be informed of that fact. However, the system will allowthe user to proceed if

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Robert Knecht; Randal Ford

. Mowday, "1996 Presidential Address: Reaffirming Our Scholarly Values," Academy of ManagementReview, vol. 22, no. 2, 1997. Dr. Mowday, President of the University of Oregon, stated the most poignanttestimony in regard to this dilemma facing academia: "The report [The AACSB report of the Faculty LeadershipTask Force] suggests that a number of symptoms reflect the underlying problems of business schools [By extension,the state of colleges and universities in general]. Among the symptoms and problems discussed in the report are (a)the lack of real world experience of faculty and the irrelevance of our research and courses; (b) new technologybeing developed that the faculty is unfamiliar with and slow to adopt; (c) the changing demographics of the

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Wayne E. Wells

expand those constraints.They must be the set of people who originally set the constraints.” “And, those people are the engineers. The product engineers, the process engineers, thematerials engineers, the material handling engineers, the tooling engineers - these are thepeople who can expand those constraints and they are the ones who set the constraints.” Your friend looks at you curiously and asks, “Can you give me a clear example? Howdoes all of this work?” Your reflective reply goes something like this; “Well, if the product engineer selects aparticular design that requires 12 bolts and nuts to assemble, it will have a particular cost. Onthe other hand, if she elects a design that can integrate the two parts into one

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William Park

). The output of thecircuit is simply a reflection via a voltage follower of the voltage on a capacitor that isbeing charged and discharged. When the gate goes high (usually representing a keydepressed), the output begins rising toward six volts at a rate set by a potentiometer. Thisis called the attack phase. When the output reaches five volts, a comparator switches thecircuit (note that the six volt goal is never reached) and the capacitor begins dischargingthrough a different potentiometer (the decay phase) to a level set by another potentiometer.This sustain level is between ground and five volts. As long as the gate remains high, theoutput will remain at the sustain level, assuming it reaches that point before the gate turnsoff. When the

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Gary Benenson; El Hadji Diop; José Sánchez; Alphie Mullings; Nadine Simms

from the first, focused onpersonal satisfaction as a motivation for teaching. Often these comments reflected students’feelings of gratification from prior experiences in teaching or tutoring. One student, for example,explained that he is working as a doorman in a luxury building to put himself through college.Many of the high school students in the building ask him to help them with computer problems.As a result of these informal tutoring experiences, he has come to realize that he really lovesteaching and has decided to become a teacher. Some other answers in this category were asfollows: 1. I love to teach. I love the idea of passing on my experience, both practical and theoretical. 2. Teaching would be great not only to help

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Robert Martinazzi

SLTlearning Engineering Economics.After constituting the SLTs, each team must produce a written mission statement within oneweek. This statement is reviewed and critiqued by the instructor with the team editing theiroriginal statement as necessary. Simultaneously, a litany of goals are produced. The reason forthis commitment to written goals is to capture the students initial zeal, idealism, and highexpectations prior to them encountering the “nitty-gritty” of the day-to-day trials and tribulationsof being on a team.SLTs reflect on their mission statement and goals throughout the semester. This helps themrekindle the “fire” of their collective commitment to becoming a team. The instructor must alsochallenge, exhort and reprove the teams, especially

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Mualla ÖNER; Gürses ÖNER

composition (XF), the feed quality (q), thedistillate (XD) and bottom (XW) compositions are entered into the boxes next to the appropriatesymbols. As the cursor passes over an object, information about that object appears in the field atthe very bottom of the window. The variable q is used as a measure of the feed condition. Theboxes of the feed condition field contain the thermal feed condition data. This variable can bechanged to reflect any phase condition from subcooled liquid to superheated vapor. In theequilibrium line entry field, the first option is a relative volatility box. For instructional use, this isthe fastest and least troublesome way to specify an equilibrium line. There are several forms ofphase equilibrium equations that can be

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Mitchel Keil; Mary Beth Krysiak; Sam Ramrattan; Jorge Rodriguez

structural change when heated in theTDT. This change is reflected in the shape of the Distortion vs. Time curves for each of the Page 3.333.4mixtures tested. This thermal distortion curves are characteristic of the behavior of the test piece Thermal Distortion - Chromite T h er m al D isto r tion - S h ell / Mo ld 0.06 T im e (se c

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Suzanne Keilson

the global marketplace, and fostering different learning styles, creativity andinnovation. This paper provides some recommendations for changing engineering courses,specifically, an introduction to engineering course. For example, one might place engineeringdesign problems in a social, cultural, historical, as well as, technical and economic context. I. Introduction One possible understanding of the goals of diversity in the curriculum is that it intends tocreate an environment in which everyone can see themselves reflected, a system in whicheveryone feels some sense of “ownership” or stake in the outcome of the enterprise. Thisrequires that each member of the diverse community has some

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Kristopher Delgado; Hartono Sumali

learning.AssessmentSince this course is started as a response to input from industry, the most important measure thesuccess of the course is the feedback from the graduates from the department who work inindustry. This feedback can only be obtained years after the students take the course. Formativeassessment (Shaeiwitz, 1996), such as students’ feedback while the course is administered, mayor may not reflect how much students actually learn. However, this assessment helps determinehow students feel about the course. Page 3.344.7Course web siteAt the time this paper was written, the course was still under development. The course will beoffered in Fall 1998

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M. A. Mooney; K. K. Muraleetharan; H. Gruenwald; B. E. Vieux; Randall L. Kolar

, October 1993.25. E. Pfrang, $After 11 Years at ASCE s Helm, Ed Pfrang Reflects on the Society, the Profession and Himself,# ASCE News, pp. 1-2, November 1994.26. D. A. Sabatini, $Educational Benefits of the Undergraduate Research Experience: Student Observations,# submitted to J. of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, January 1996.27. K. A. Smith and R. M. Felder, $Cooperative Learning in Engineering Courses,# National Technological University Satellite Teleconference Series for Engineering Faculty, Sept. 12, 1995.f28. J.A. Stegenga, $Dear Grads: You re Shipping Out Before Shaping Up,# Chicago Tribune, pp.13, May 25, 1990.29. C. L. Tien, $Looking Ahead: Engineering Education for the Twenty-First Century

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Kenneth Reid

nearly all calculations. This was a major effort.”This student’s self-evaluation was very diplomatic, but did give the message that the group wasto come up with designs and calculations prior to a meeting, and he was the only group memberprepared. The solution was for the group to use his circuit and calculations. This student isnormally above-average in laboratory performance and exam scores, but when placed in a teamenvironment he was able to shine through as a group leader.There were few students who had below satisfactory performances. One of the students basicallydid not participate at all individually or within the team, and this was reflected in evaluationsfrom her teammates

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Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

, he discussed the programwith many of the students. Most of the student’s comments reflected a feeling of frustration andboredom. They stated that some of the field trips and demonstrations were interesting, but mostof the in-class time was spent in a basic lecture format and this was very boring. The studentsdid not like being “shuffled” from department to department nor was there a sense of connectionwith any of the instructors. Many of the students expressed a disinterest with engineering ingeneral and in engineering at the University of Tennessee in particular. These anecdotalcomments were restated and emphasized in the student formal evaluations at the end of theprogram

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jose A. Macedo

A2 = 0 ALARM=1 TIMER1=0 TIMER2=0 Figure 5: State -Transition DiagramD. Table of Inputs and Outputs.Table 1 shows a format used to document the interface between sensors/actuators and thecontroller. The students receive a blank format as well as the filled form documenting theexisting project. They fill the blank form to reflect the design changes they are planning tomake to improve the project. Working with blank forms provides modularity, is standardpractice in engineering, helps the students concentrate on the content and not on the form,and is easier to

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert P. Taylor; B.K. Hodge

early 1940’s has such amassive shift of engineering manpower from one sector to another taken place; this time,however, the shift is from the defense-related industry to more civilian-oriented sectors. If, asmany ME educators believe, engineering education in the latter part of the twentieth century waseducationally oriented to provide engineering expertise to the defense and space industries, thencontinuing, significant changes in ME education to reflect demands for different expertise can beexpected. Page 2.193.2 Table 1. Factors for Change in Mechanical Engineering EducationNUMBER FACTOR1 Cold war over2

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Jeffrey W. Roule; Carl W. Steidley

high level language such as Adaor C. The main use of the resulting code is in observing the system performing undercircumstances that are as close to the real world as one wants. For example, the prototype codecan be executed in a full-fledged simulator of the target environment or in the final environmentitself. The code produced should be considered to be prototypical, and not necessarilyproduction or final code. Consequently, it might not always reflect accurate real-timeperformance of the intended system. Nevertheless, it runs much faster than the animatedsimulations, and hence is useful for testing the system’s performance in close to realcircumstances.ExampleFor demonstration purposes we will include two examples given by Hoare in his

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Ravi Jain

that could be made to the Design Clinic.Because engineers today often work with teams across national boundaries, the clinic shouldreflect the complexities of this challenge. Some of their suggestions were:• Students could be asked to design products for the German or Japanese market and make their presentations to German or Japanese judges in their chosen language.• A group of teams could collaborate through electronic communication methods while simultaneously working on a common design assignment. They might then present their product jointly, or separately if they decide upon variations of the product for their respective national groups.Creating an international design clinic would reflect the realities

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Pradeep K. Agrawal

later intheir first law school courses.These students have not forgotten how to write good sentences and paragraphs; confusion intheir texts is symptomatic of their imperfect grasp of the issues that their teachers want them to Page 2.253.7think and write about. When they resolve their large conceptual problems, these students’ textskills always reappear.The process described above reflects the students’ learning curve. Students write well when theyhave advanced relatively far on the learning curve - when they understand how to do criticalthinking. So in order for us to teach good writing we must focus on critical thinking. If we dothe

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Daniel Davis

Page 2.130.6 Session 2606Today, while the design process only exists in the memory of those involved, the building standsas a sleek, refined, low-profile structure. It has proven to be a building of low-maintenance, yetkeeps its identity amongst the corporate neighbors of IBM and PepsiCo. As a free-flowing pieceof architectural sculpture, the form may appear arbitrary, but it directly responds to a complex setof site constraints including property lines, set backs, topography and retention basins.The composition of off-white aluminum panels and tinted glass that reflect the surroundinglandscape and sky above is only one of the many schemes studied

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Michael J. Pavelich; Barbara Olds

shown in Table 1. Once these goals were set, we developed a matrix ofplaces in the curriculum where they should be emphasized and a list of course materials to collectwhich should reflect them. This matrix was used by the Assessment Committee and the departments toidentify which specific materials would be collected each year. Examples of materials collected inthese categories are provided below. Why Portfolios? After nearly a decade of portfolio assessment, we have concluded that this method ofassessment has some definite advantages. First, many educators agree that there has been seriousdissatisfaction with overdependency on standardized testing. In addition, there is a strong

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Richard A. King; Jack Van de Water

hasproven to be helpful to overseas projects as well. Other colleges may need to innovate to allow internship-basededucation to proceed.SUMMARYAs we look to the 21st century, it is becoming obvious that our traditional programs for preparing engineers areincreasingly out of touch with the realities of the global marketplace. Throughout the U. S., fundamentalchanges in degree requirements are being debated and many innovative programs are being implemented. Thisarticle is based on the assumption that these changes must reflect the global environment that is becoming thestandard framework within which the engineer of the future will function. Unless present programs are modifiedto include an international dimension, graduates will not have the

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Joseph A. Untener

. 11. Learners grasp the meaning of concepts more easily when they go from “whole to part” rather than “part to whole.” 12. Learners need opportunities to develop metacognitive and intrapersonal skills and need time to reflect on their learning. 13. Learning to learn is an important skill that needs to be emphasized in all content areas. 14. All areas of development, which includes the areas of motor, thinking, language, social- emotional, are used when a learner is in a “learning situation.” 15. A higher degree of learning occurs when the experiences are integrated, which involves many different subjects

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Richard Ciocci

‘J3111j .electronic products. On the other hand, as discussed previously, Design for the Environment refers toconsideration of the global environment as it is affected by electronic products and processes. DFE andreliability are connected because, in order for electronic products to be reused or repaired for continued use,they must be durable; product’s durability over its useful life is measured as its reliability. More complexrelationships between reliability and the global environment are reflected in how the materials, selected toenhance reliability, affect the global environment as they are used or disposed. In order to achieve success in the market, electronic products must have excellent

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T.R. Hsu; P. Reischl; P. Hsu; J.C. Wang; F. Barez; B.J. Furman

Presentation of process control projects. Project PresentationA Student Mechatronics Project A senior student project that reflects the objective of this course is presented next.This project relates to the design and manufacturing of a microcomputer-controlledrobotics system with force feedback sensors. The intended application of this roboticssystem is to pick up a raw egg from one position and unload the egg at another specifiedlocation for automated egg packaging. The closed-loop robotics system set-up is shown inFig.3 .Following are the major activities involved in the project : (1) Gripper mechanism design and fabrication ; (2) Motor drive system and motion control system development; (3) Interface of the motion drive system to the mechanical

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Deborah Hochstein

larger outcomes assessmentproject to be communicated through ASEE. The scholarship of teaching asks the question, “What pedagogical procedures must bedeveloped to effectively bridge the teacher’s understanding to the student’s learning?”Unfortunately many people view teaching as routine, something almost anyone can do, a given.But if you stop and reflect on the professors you had as an undergraduate you know this is nottrue. The scholarship of teaching goes beyond the delivery of lecture notes. To be an effectiveteacher one must not only understand the material content, but must also understand the differentways in which students learn and be able to convey enthusiasm about the power behind theknowledge. The ASEE has for decades supported

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Mohammad M. Asoodeh; Carl W. Steidley

of industrial grade sensors used for controlling the system. Thesystem’s sensor suite includes: roller lever limit switches, standard lever limit switches, diffuse-reflective fiber optic cable, thru-beam fiber optic cable, infrared devices, and proximity devices.The Mini Mill is a durable PC controlled CNC milling machine specifically designed for desktopmanufacturing applications. The system uses standard CNC G&M codes that conform to theEIA RS-274D standard NC machine language. The mill has an x-axis travel capability of 10inches, y-axis travel of 5 inches, and z-axis travel of 7 inches. The machine is capable ofsimultaneous three-axis helical, circular, and linear interpolation. It is equipped with pneumaticvise and is capable of

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Wade C. Driscoll

be possible (conceptually, at least) to use the same means tocontribute toward its solution.The author established proof of concept for this approach for the Outboard Boat Case Studydescribed earlier. Readers may recognize, possibly after some reflection, that the Outboard Boatproblem may be analyzed via linear programming. This suggests that a linear programming modelbe developed from the data in the case study without human intervention. With this in mind, theauthor developed software that interrogates the data base describing an instantiation of that problem,processes that information, and develops the text describing a linear programming model of theproblem under a given set of assumptions. Then, when evaluating a student’s design, the

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Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

enterengineering majors4, a percentage that remained constant in 19965. Minority women are the leastrepresented in engineering, making up only 4.8% of the 1995-96 freshman class6 and receiving 7only 2.2 percent of the Bachelor's degrees in engineering in 1994 . The underrepresentation ofwomen and minorities in engineering is particularly disturbing when one considers the shiftingdemographics in the workforce: By the year 2000, economic expansion will create up to 18 million new jobs, but the number of young job seekers will decline due to a shift in birth rates. Reflecting changes in racial and ethnic populations, the entry rate of blacks, Hispanics, Asians and

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David R. Haws

; Sherman, J. G. (1974). PSI: The Keller Plan handbook. Menlo Park, CA: W.A. Benjamin, Inc.Sherman, J. G. (1992). Reflections on PSI: Good news and bad. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 25, 59-64.Washburne, C. W., (1922). Educational measurement as a key to individual instruction and promotion. Journal ofEducational Research, 5, 195-206.Biographical InformationDAVID HAWS received undergraduate degrees in English (University of California at Berkeley) and CivilEngineering (University of Utah), and completed master’s and doctorate in Civil Engineering at Brigham YoungUniversity. He has completed post-doctorate course work in adult education, and instructional and performancetechnology, and is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Boise

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1999 Annual Conference

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Corrado Poli; Beverly Woolf

results also indicate that the tutorsare successful in educating students about design for manufacturing concepts and making themaware of those features of a part which are costly to produce.AcknowledgementThis project is funded in part by the National Science Foundation, NSF grant number DUE9813654. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.Bibliography1. Dixon, John R., and Corrado Poli. Engineering Design and Design for Manufacturing. Field Stone Publishers, Conway, MA 19952. Riggs, Brian, Corrado Poli, and Beverly Woolf, “A Multimedia Application for Teaching Design for Manufacturing,” Journal of Engineering Education