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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nam Kim; Sean Clancey

Session Impact of ABET EC 2002 on a Chemical Engineering Curriculum Sean Clancey, Nam Kim, and Gerry Caneba Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University 2003 ASEE Annual Conference Nashville, TennesseeIntroductionAssessment of the curriculum in the Chemical Engineering Department at MTU has been ongoingsince 1995. Over the following seven years, eight assessment tools have been developed andpartially

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh

transducer, and thedistance b, is measured with a dial caliper to the nearest 0.001 in.Heat Treatment of Metals: Aluminum alloy 319 sand casting specimens are heat treated withdifferent procedures and changes in their physical and metallurgical properties are evaluated.The two independent variables investigated are heat treatment condition and surface area-to-volume ratio, with three and two alternate levels respectively. The two dependent variablesstudied are casting hardness RE and metallographic observations. The three levels of heattreatment condition are as cast, as quench, and as precipitated. The metallographicobservations of heat-treated castings are accomplished by polishing and etching pottedspecimens. Students are expected to interpret

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Billy Koen

called “mobile truth.” “Mobiletruth” is evident among politicians, laypersons, and engineers. When an engineer works for, say,Company A, he or she naturally feels that the products it produces are the best and would defendthem in testimony before congress, with friends, and in the press. Changing jobs to join acompetitor, say, Company B, results in an overnight change of opinion. “Mobile truth” dictatesthat Company B be now defended as the best before congress, with friends, and in the press.Clearly, the engineer is trading-off some variable such as “company loyalty” against someassumed objective feeling of truth. “What is truth?” This question has been asked since philosophy began and still we haveno answer. Since even a cursory glance

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

13areas such as their technical skills, their communication skills, their resourcefulness, and theirinterest in undergraduate research projects. Table 3: A summary of end of the semester student survey results in response to, “Evaluate the impact that the mobility course has had for you on each of the following: Please select one choice. (A=excellent, B=good/above average, C=average, D=marginal/below average, F=poor)”. A B C D F (4) (3) (2) (1) (0) Average StdDevYour technical skills 2 15 4

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Scott Wirgau; Abhinav Gupta; Vernon Matzen

/p1_ub.html “Versatile High Performance Shake Tables Facility towards Real-Time Hybrid Seismic Testing.” University at Buffalo, State University of New York.3 Smith, S. R., C. W. Husted, S. Smith, and B. Cross. “A Web-Based Tutorial and Tele-Operation System for Earthquake Engineering Education.” 30th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Kansas City, Mo, October 18-21, 2000.4 Newman, D. R., B. Webb, and C. Cochrane. “A content Analysis Method to Measure Critical Thinking in Face-to- face and Computer Supported Group Learning.” Interpersonal Computing and Technology, Volume 3, Number 2, pg. 56-77, 1995.5 http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?cid=1455&lang=US “Virtual Bench” National

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Helen Qammr; H. Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway

Session 2330 Reflective Journals: An Assessment of a Vertically Integrated Design Team Project Francis S. Broadway Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies Edward A. Evans, H. Michael Cheung, Helen K. Qammar Department of Chemical Engineering Rex D. Ramsier Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering The University of Akron Akron, Ohio 44325Abstract: The use of affective/associative reflective journals and skill

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Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

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Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

Lehigh University Session #3454 Lessons Learned in Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships in Entrepreneurship Education through Integrated Product Development (IPD) John B Ochs, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Todd W Watkins, Economics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Drew Snyder, Art & Architecture, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PAAbstractSince 1994 a team of Lehigh faculty have been developing and implementing a multi-disciplinaryeducational environment to enable undergraduates and graduate students to experience thechallenges and creative exhilaration of technical

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mike Oelschlegel; Rafic Bachnak

]. Since the proportional, integral, and derivative componentsinteract with each other differently, their tuning must be approached differently.In 1942, John G. Ziegler and Nathaniel B. Nichols of Taylor instruments published twotechniques for setting the proportional, integral and rate of controllers [6]. Although theiralgorithms were different for the pneumatic control of their day, they are still the basis ofmany methods. The discussion of this article used the ISA standard form of the PIDalgorithm. The first technique is the ‘open loop’ response method. The system is allowedto stabilize at some point. The controller is then switched to manual and a small stepchange is introduced into the output. The resulting reaction curve of the process

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Smith; Wayne Walter

Disabled,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, session #2625. 10. Carlson, L.E., et. al., “First Year Engineering Projects: An Interdisciplinary, Hands-on Introduction to Engineering, Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, pp. 2039-2043. 11. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Engineering Accreditation Commission, ABET, 2002, http://www.abet.org. 12. ABET, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Evaluations During the 2001-2002 Accreditation Cycle,” http://www.abet.org. 13. Moor, S. S., and Drake, B., “Addressing Common Problems in Engineering Design Projects: A Project Management Approach

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Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tammy Gammon

and assignments have evolved into a unique learningexperience.Content Objectives and Synopsis of Course Assignments The course has two main content objectives: (a) to promote awareness of the ubiquitouspresence of smart devices and systems in the home, office, and industry, and (b) to provide arudimentary understanding of their operation. The key aspects of mechatronics [7] are shown inFigure 1; computer control of devices based on sensory input is the focus of this course. Table 2lists the main topic addressed by each assignment. Each assignment consists of several parts,often requiring a program and a schematic. Occasionally questions are included in theassignments to ensure that students understand the material or to simulate

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Mechanical Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mrudula Ghone; John Wagner

in the design, fabrication, and refinement of these experiments.References1. Hargrove, J. B., "Curriculum, Equipment and Student Project Outcomes for Mechatronics Education in the Core Mechanical Engineering Program at Kettering University", Mechatronics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 343-356, February 2002.2. Hsu, T., "Undergraduate Curriculum Development in Mechatronic Systems Engineering", proceedings of the ABET Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, pp. 140-147, 1996.3. Auslander, D., "What is Mechatronics", IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 1, no. 1, 1996.4. Ume, I. C., Kita, A., Liu, S., and Skinner, S., "Graduate Mechatronics Course in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech", Mechatronics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 323-335

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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puszynski jan; David Dixon; Bhavani Puli; James Munro

, November, 1999.4. Crawford, R. H., et al. "An Engineering Design Curriculum for the Elementary Grade" Journal ofEngineering Education, April 1994, PP 172-181.5. Wankat, P.C, and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., (1993).6. Marchese, A. J., J. A. Newell, R. P. Ramachandran, B. Sukumaran, J. L. Schmalzel, and J.Mariappan, "The Sophomore Engineering Clinic: An Intr oduction to the Design Process through aSeries of Open Ended Projects" Proceedings of the ASEE 2001 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM,June 2001.7. Al-Dahhan, "Integration of Design and Selected Process Engineering Components into the UnitOperations Laboratory." Proceedings of the ASEE 2001 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM. June2001.8. Elger, D. F., S. W. Beyerlein

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ravi Ramachandran; Kevin Dahm

another student.EndTurn Processes results when Manager has indicated the turn is over.Fish Allows a student to organize fishing and treasure-huntin g expeditions.Manager2 Menu page for instructor actions.Orders Allows a student to view transactions that have been proposed to you, accept or decline, and make proposals of your own.References1. Newnan, D. G., Lavelle, J. P. Engineering Economic Analysis. Engineering Press, Austin, TX, 1998.2. White, J. A., Case, K. E., Pratt, David B., and Agee, Marvin H., Principles of Engineering Economic Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY 1998.3. Sullivan, W. G., Bontadelli, J. A., Wicks, E. M., Engineering Economy

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

, B., Craner, J., Duffy, T.M., Seven Principles of Effective Teaching: A Practical Lens for Evaluating Online Courses, The Technology Source, March/April 2001, http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=8395. Henson, A.B., Fridley, K.J., Pollock, D.G., Brahler, C.J., Efficacy of Interactive Internet-Based Education in Structural Timber Design, Journal of Engineering Education, Oct 2002, pp. 371-378.6. Morcos, N.M, and Soldam, D.L., On Distance Learning in Engineering, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM.7. Roy, Y, Colleges Ride Wave of Online Learning, Democrat & Chronicle Online Edition, Rochester, NY, September 8, 1999.8. Rutz, E., Use of Distance Learning for Continuing Education of Engineers

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Internet Programming and Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Eric Crahen; Bina Ramamurthy

/j2ee/, November 2002.[4.] Java Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI): Distributed Computing for Java, White paper,http://java.sun.com/marketing/collateral/javarmi.html[5.] Microsoft’s .NET: Microsoft XML Web Services Platform,http://www.microsoft.com/net/defined/default.asp.[6.] S. Mullendar. Distributed Systems. Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 1993.[7.] Object Management Group, The Common Object Request Broker:Architecture and Specification, 2.5ed., Sept. 2001. [8.] B. Ramamurthy, and P. Ventura. A Practical Approach to Introducing Design Patterns in CS1 andCS2'', submitted to 8th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education(ITiCSE2003), Macedonia, Greece, June 30 - July 2, 2003.[9.] Reading list for Stanford

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wilfrid Nixon; M. Asghar Bhatti

in defining the body of knowledge. However, theyalso note that when so used, surveys can provide useful insights into what constitutes thebody of knowledge in civil engineering.Biographical InformationWILFRID NIXONWilfrid Nixon is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa and aresearch engineer at the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research. He is also the Director of the University ofIowa Center for Teaching. Dr. Nixon is a Professional Engineer in the State of Iowa, and also serves asPresident of the Iowa Section of ASCE. Dr. Nixon received a B. A. in Engineering from CambridgeUniversity, England in 1981, and a Ph. D. in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1985.M. ASGHAR BHATTIM. Asghar Bhatti is an

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jay Porter; Joseph Morgan

Exposition, Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe web page approach to documentation and information dissemination also lends itselfto distance learning.References1. Latchman, H.A., Latchman, S.M., “Bringing the Classroom to Students Everywhere,” Journal of Engineering Education, October 2000, pp. 429-433.2. Penfield, P., Larson, R., “Education Via Advanced Technologies,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 436-443.3. URL: http://www.webct.com.4. Chetty, M. and Dabke, K.,”Towards a Web-based control engineering laboratory,” International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 38-47.5. Miele, D., Potsaid, B., Wen, J., “An Internet-based Remote

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

more realistic about the rate of development of the project, providenetwork environment for communication of CAD and manufacturing information, and design acomprehensive assessment system.AcknowledgmentThe authors wish to thank the IMEB Department chair, David Poock for his support of thecollaboration, and ME Department chair, Joel Berry, for adjusting the MECH-312 class schedule.References1. Drake, R. L., Driver, M. A., and Welch, E. B., 2002, “A Low-cost, Interdisciplinary, Engineering Instrumentation Laboratory Course”, Proc. Of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 20022. Goff, R.M., Vernon, M. R., 2001, “Using LEGO RCX Bricks as the Platform for Interdisciplinary Design Projects

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Leland

II. Polar Plots III. Drawing the Nyquist Diagram Class 3. Phase and Gain Margins. Goal: At the end of this class, each student should be able to determine the phase and gain margins of a feedback system from the Bode diagram of the loop transfer function. I. Nyquist Stability Test II. Example of a Third Order System III. Stability Margins a. Gain Margin b. Phase Margin c. Design ConsiderationsEach of the three classes included four cooperative learning exercises of about 5 minuteseach. Most exercises require students to make choices among two or more options andarticulate explanations of those choices.Examples:Exercise: Which GH(s) yield stable closed loop systems? Give

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Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Davis; Melissa Dark

Session 2558 Defining a Curriculum Framework in Information Assurance and Security James Davis Melissa Dark Information Assurance Center Center for Research in Information Department of E CPE Assurance and Security Iowa State University Purdue University Ames, Iowa West Lafayette, Indiana davis@iastate.edu dark@cerias.purdue.edu1. IntroductionIn this paper, we

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Turso; David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney

Session 2648 Development of a Mechanical Vibrations Course for Engineering Technologists Shannon K. Sweeney, David H. Johnson, James A. Turso School of Engineering and Engineering Technology Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractA senior-level, elective course in mechanical vibrations has recently been developed for theMechanical Engineering Technology program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Thecourse has many similarities to traditional vibrations courses offered in Mechanical Engineeringprograms across the country but it also

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

than that, I'm fine. So far I get what is going on in class, except for the B/C ratio. For some reason I have a hard time determining what numbers go on top and what on bottom. So far I have been getting by though. I am starting to understand how to use the cash flow diagrams that we have been covering in class. I am still a little shaky on the Arithmetic Gradients, I guess I am not exactly sure how you solved 3.30. When I was working the problems I did not get the same answer as you did on Thursday. I guess I am just confused about how you broke the problem up and did it in sections. I would like to make one comment or suggestion, the emails that you send out with hints and

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Diggelman; Michael McGeen

data A due Concrete7 ↓ Corrosion Report B Concrete data due 7-day Tests Mortar Mix8 ↓ Corrosion ↓Concrete Wood- dat 14 day test Part I ↓Mortar 7 day test9

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

which students demonstrate an ability to work on projects and on teams,teacher qualifications and teacher methodologies. In addition, NJIT has negotiated twoagreements with the community college educational partners – Union County College andRaritan Valley Community College – for their Associate Degree in Science.NJIT also has an agreement with the Academy for Engineering and Design Technologies(AEDT), enabling students to have advanced standing (sophomore year status) upon theirenrollment in NJIT. The advanced standing is dependent upon completion of an articulatedcurriculum (the model for this project) which was developed by the faculties of NJIT and AEDT,students graduating from AEDT with a GPA of B or better, and success on NJIT’s

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Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tricia Varvel; Stephanie Adams

dynamics: The psychology of small group behavior (3rd ed.), New York, McGraw-Hill, 1981.[8] R. Bayne, The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: A critical review and practical guide, New York, Chapman & Hall, 1995.[9] I. B. Myers, Introduction to type, Palo Alto, CA, Consulting Psychologists Press, 1998. Page 8.124.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education[10] N. L. Quenk, Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment, New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000.[11] R. Zemke

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Heist; Ann Marie Flynn

Advisor’s office. For example, when astudent receives a grade of D or F in Calculus I in the Fall semester, it is no longer necessary forthe Academic Advisor to have to “hunt down” the student to make them aware of the necessaryscheduling changes for the Spring - because now the student is acutely aware of the rules. Instead,the student simply either (a) enrolls in Calc I over the winter session or (b) changes his/her ownschedule from Calc II to Calc I on Web-for-Students. It should also be noted that the presence ofthe parents in these information sessions is also very useful in that now the parents also knowwhat is expected from their sons and daughters. This helps to eliminate the end of semesterconversations with parents that begin with “nobody

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Nestor; David Rich

Session 2793 Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design in a Junior Electronics Course Sequence David A. Rich and John A. Nestor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 richd@lafayette.edu nestorj@lafayette.eduAbstractThe integrated circuit revolution has impacted virtually all fields of engineering. Themain driving force behind this revolution is Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor(CMOS) transistor technology. As CMOS integrated circuit “chips

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

Session 1153 Leveraging What Freshmen Don’t Know: Product Development in an Integrated Business and Engineering Freshman Workshop Todd A. Watkins, John B. Ochs, and Drew M. Snyder College of Business & Economics/ Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics/ Department of Art & Architecture Lehigh UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses one part of our attempts at Lehigh University to put active, inquiry-based,collaborative, multidisciplinary

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Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marian G. McCord; Susan Blanchard

b: Prepare effective written materials. (3g) • Objective 2, Outcome d: Work effectively in multidisciplinary teams to complete Page 8.1226.1 projects. (3d) Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Objective 3, Outcome b: Articulate, identify, and evaluate contemporary ethical issues in biomedical engineering and their impact on society. (3f, 3h, 3j) • Objective 4, Outcome a: Assess, evaluate, and reference peer-reviewed technical

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What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Connie Della-Piana

N % N % 1997 Baseline 176 63 100 79 1998 CircLES 215 78 174 82 1999 CircLES 164 79 193 82 2000 CircLES 148 75 182 81 2001 CircLES 147 77 209 83 a Rates significantly different for Developmental Mathematics Placement (χ2-value = 16.64, p-value < 0.005) b Rates not significantly different for Pre-Calculus and