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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Byrne

thecurrent understanding of its effectiveness.II. Course Structures and Interrelationships Courses in 2 semesters are used to provide engineering materials laboratory experiencesto the mechanical engineering students at WKU. These courses are (a) ME240, Materials andMethods of Manufacturing, (b) ME241, Materials and Methods of Manufacturing Laboratory, (c)EM 302, Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, and (d) ME331, Strength of Materials Laboratory.The courses are paired as lecture/lab with ME 240 and ME 241 being taken concurrently, as arecourses EM 302 and ME331. The lecture classes are somewhat typical of those found in anengineering curriculum, while the laboratory courses are considered somewhat unique. We willfocus on the laboratory

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Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karl Smith; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

a field in transition, Guest Editor’s Foreword. Journal of Engineering Education.2. Diamond R. & Adam, B., (1993). Recognizing faculty work: Reward Systems for the Year 2000, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.3. Diamond, R. (2002). The mission-driven faculty reward system. In R.M. Diamond, (Ed.), Field Guide to Academic Leadership, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.4. http://www.mines.edu/research/cee/ND.htm5. Lave, J. & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.6. Wenger, E., McDermott, R., & Snyder, W. (2002). Cultivating communities of practice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press.7. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Waugaman; Brian Self

A New Biomedical Engineering Course Based on Aerospace Applications Brian P. Self and William A. Waugaman United States Air Force Academy, ColoradoAbstractEngineering students at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) have an extremely fullcourse load. Because of this, creating a new course that can fulfill an elective option and berelevant to their future Air Force careers is quite challenging. In order to accomplish this, amechanics professor and electrical engineering professor teamed to create a new Introduction toBiomedical Engineering course, open to all senior level engineering students. The first block ofthe course

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeid Motavalli; Helen Zong; Farnaz Ganjeizadeh; David Bowen

program prerequisites) takenfrom required, elective and capstone courses, as outlined in the following sectionsAdmission RequirementsPossession of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, basic sciences or related fields with acalculus background, from an accredited four-year institution with a grade point averageof 2.5 or better is required. Degrees from foreign institutions will be individuallyevaluated. A personal statement, resume, and two letters of recommendations are alsorequired.Degree Requirements Prerequisites (each must be completed with a grade of B or better) ACCT 3200 Accounting for Management Decision-Making ENGR/ECON 3140 Engineering Economy STAT/ENGR 3601 Statistics and Probability for Science and Engineering

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

the things that are more important. They are asked to keep a diary of daily activitiesfor one week that details how they used their time. At the end of the week, they analyzethe activities to determine how much time is spent on important activities versusunimportant or time wasting activities. They also comment on their ability to havecompleted the important activities to their satisfaction. They do this by rating eachactivity according to some scale, such as very important - must be done; important -should be done; and unimportant, other scales, such as the familiar A, B, and C scale.After rating the activities, students use the information to determine how they used theirtime. Activities related to their team responsibilities must be among

Conference Session

Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

, b) Writing skills and knowledge, c) Verbal skills, d) Teaming attitudes, skills, and knowledge, e) Other skills and abilities.There were three levels for these questions that the students could assess: None, Low, Medium orHigh, scored as 0, 1, 2, and 3, respectively. For example, a student might self-assess a ‘none’ skilllevel for a particular category or question at the start of the semester, and a value of ‘high’ at the endof the semester. As such, their change in skill would be a +3. Thus, the maximum and minimumchange expected for any student would be +3 and –3, respectively.These surveys were not anonymous, for they were used for two purposes: 1) To put the students in initial 2-person agile design teams. 2) To compare

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Dahm

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, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1993.4. Young, D. Modern Engineering Economy, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY 1993.5. Thuesen, G. J., Fabrycky, W. J., Engineering Economy, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003.6. Park, C. S., Contemporary Engineering Economics, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1997.7. Dahm, K. D. “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2002, Montreal.8. Dahm, K. D., “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hackworth; Isaac Flory

Page 10.1257.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsame institution (a.b.d.). Address: Old Dominion University, Department of Engineering Technology, 214 KaufmanHall, Norfolk, VA 23529; telephone: 757-683-6560, fax: 757-683-5655, iflory@odu.eduJOHN R HACKWORTHJohn R. Hackworth is Program Director for the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Old DominionUniversity. He holds a B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and a Master of Science Degree inElectrical Engineering, both from Old Dominion University. Prior to joining the Old Dominion University faculty,John had

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

architecture. Management Server Internet Lab Station PC Agilent DAQ or National Instruments Test & Measurement Serial/Parallel ELVIS Platform Instruments Port Interfaces User A User B User CNI

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Larry N. Bland

case cluster method,” Administrative Science Quarterly, v24, Dec. pp 612- 629. "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 95 Patton, M.Q., (1990) Qualitative evaluation and research method. 2nd edition, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.6 Glaser, B. & Strauss, A., (1967) The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research, New York: Aldine.7 http://www.cedarville.edu/academics/engineering/, May 20058 Jefferson, D., “Most lucrative college degrees,” http

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lorin P. Maletsky; Charles E. Gabel

developed to help studentsexperience and practice the skills required in design for computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)using a CNC mill. The primary objectives of this project were to provide students with practiceand experience a) designing a part to be mass produced by automated machining, b) generatingthe machine instructions for manufacturing the part using FeatureCAM software, and c)fabricating the part with the help of the machinist. Students who have completed this projectshould be able to design mass-produced parts that interface with multiple copies of other partsusing the concepts of clearance, tolerances, alignment, and fixturing as well as develop the toolpath to fabricate the part on a CNC mill. Secondary objectives involved developing

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Peter Boyle

employed for the technique has been discussed in theseearlier papers. The present work extends the use of pseudographics to the kinematic analysis ofthe 3-D slider crank. The single driving crank angle solution for this mechanism is presented ina number of current textbooks, and the data from a typical problem8, as in Fig. 1, are used todemonstrate pseudographics. Fig. 1. The offset 3-D slider crank as utilized in the current work. The origin of the xyz axes is the lowest position of the slider B. Dimensions: OE = 250 mm, AB = 330 mm, AE= 80 mm. The driving

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

: John Wiley & Sons Press.14. Macdonnell-Laeser, M., Moskal, B. M., Knecht, R., & Laisch, D (2001). The engineering process: examiningmale and female contribution. Paper presented at the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV.15. Brown Leonard, J., Schmidt, J.A., Smith, P.E., & Schmidt, L.C. (2004). A pilot study of functional roles onengineering student teams. Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) AnnualConference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT.16. Johnson, P (1999). Problem-based, cooperative learning in the engineering classroom. Journal of ProfessionalIssues in Engineering Education and Practice, January.17. Vaughn, S., Schumm, J.S., and Sinagub, J. (1996). Focus group

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

Using a Structuredness Instrument to Characterize End of Course Projects James Jay Houdeshell National Center for Manufacturing Education at Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract A course culminating project, a popular instructional activity in engineering andengineering technology courses, typically provides students with either a rewarding or afrustrating experience. Many times professors, in order to bring real industry practice into theclassroom, ask students to solve problems based on complex cases. Depending on the student'sfamiliarity with the project context, a student’s problem solving skills, and the nature of theproblem, student

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, M.A., Gotes, M.A., McNeill, B., and Anderson-Rowland, M.R., “MEP Summer Bridge Program: A Model Curriculum Project,” Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 1999, 8 pages. Page 10.893.93. Schiavone, Peter, “Engineering Success,” Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey4. “Where There’s A Will There’s an ‘A’,” © Better Grades Seminars, LLC, SL2276. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen

required to design a system that is morecomplex than PICit1.0. This way, they do experience the details of the low-level design inconjunction with high-level programming environment.Acknowledgement: Special thanks to Mr. Ali Emre Turgut (Ph.D. candidate in DoME, METU)for designing a BS2 prototyping board and letting ME220 students use these boards in class.Bibliography1. Rzevski G. (ed.), Mechatronics: Designing Intelligent Machines Volume 1: Perception, Cognition and Execution, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.2. Histand M.B., and Alciatore D.G., Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1999.3. Hargrove J. B., Cirriculum, Equipment And Student Projects Outcomes Or Mechatronics Education In The

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Somchan Vuthipadadon; Jie Li; Piyamart Kumsaikaew; Shantha Daniel; Patrick Patterson; John Jackman; K. Jo Min

of ELP. Page 10.669.5 Figure 4.1 Company description in ELP“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ASEE 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”B. Problem Description: In this section, students, acting as the member of the consultingteam of the fictitious company, are informed of the problem they are going to solve. Twoplan scenarios are being considered to address the company’s needs, i.e., a National Planand an International Plan. Under each scenario, the global enterprise perspective isimportant. 1. National Plan: In this plan

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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

committee wasillustrating the lack of overlap between existing and proposed courses.Table 1. ABET Criterion 3 outcomes addressed in existing introduction to engineering courses and the newsocietal context seminar. Existing Introduction to Engineering Courses New “Engineering Academy” Seminars (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data** (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs* (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar

AC 2005-226: DESIGN, RAPID PROTOTYPE, CAST, AND TEST AN ALUMINUMLINKRichard Griffin, Texas A&M University at Qatar Page 10.414.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Design, Rapid Prototype, Cast, and Test an Aluminum Link Richard B. Griffin and Terry Creasy Mechanical Engineering- 3123 Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3123Abstract Integrated design, rapid prototyping, manufacturing processes, and testing has beenaccomplished in a junior materials and manufacturing class. Students are given a design space

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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W. Carlson

-October 1919; reprinted as MyInventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla, ed. B. Johnston (Williston, Vt.: HartBrothers, 1994), 57.5 NT, My Inventions, 61.6NT testimony in Complaint's Record on Final Hearing, Volume 1-Testimony,Westinghouse vs. Mutual Life Insurance Co. and H. C. Mandeville [1903], Item NT 77,Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 187-8, 195, 306.. Hereafter cited as NTTestimony.7 The station was completed in 1883 and at some point in the nineteenth century, thestation was lit by 2000 electric lamps. See Julius Euting, A Descriptive Guide to the Cityof Strassburg and its Cathedral, 7 ed. (Strassburg: Karl J. Trübner, n.d.), pp. 84-5.8 In reviewing biographies of Emperor William I, I found mention of only one visit by

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Pamela Suett

/htdocs/210/gsig/eu-guides/gcr-814/machinery-gcr-01-814.htm ]7 European Union Directive 98/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 onthe approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery [ONLINEhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/mechan_equipment/machinery/welcdir.htm]8 Gillen, B 2002 A Standards Education: Beyond the Skills, [ONLINE http://www.ses-standards.org/library/02proceedings/gillen.pdf ]9 EU Draft Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing aframework for Eco-Design of End Use Equipment [ ONLINEhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/eee/workdoc09102002.pdf ]10 Sun Microsystems The Eco-standard Design: The need for a rational

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

City, Utah, June 2004.2 Yuhasz, A.G., M.W. Ohland, and E.A. Stephan, “The Benefit of Using Real-Time Sensors in the EngineeringClassroom: Experimental Design Considerations” submitted to Proc. Amer. Soc. Eng. Ed., Salt Lake City, Utah,June 2004.3 Ohland, M.W., and E.A. Stephan, “Using Laptops in Engineering Courses for Real-Time Data Collection andAnalysis,” in Enhancing Learning Using Laptops in the Classroom, Linda B. Nilson and Barbara E. Weaver,editors. New Directions in Teaching and Learning series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, in press, Forthcoming Spring(April) 2005.4 Steif, P.S., and A. Dollár, “A New Approach to Teaching and Learning Statics,” Proceedings, 2003 AmericanSociety of Engineering Education National Conference.5 Reynolds

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IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lisa McNair; Garlie A. Forehand; Judith Norback

engineeringdisciplines. Page 10.728.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationVIII. Bibliography1 “2000-2001 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology,Baltimore, 2000.2 Norback, Judith Shaul; Garlie A. Forehand; Stephanie A. Jernigan; Alexander B. Quinn, “Teaching WorkplaceCommunication in Senior Design.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering EducationConference, June, 2002.3 Goodall, Henry L.; Goodall, Susan; Communicating in

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Bryant; Paul Biney

ENGINEERING PROGRAM OUTCOMES Students who graduate with a BSME degree from the Mechanical Engineering program will have (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. (g) an ability to communicate effectively. (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Jackson; Jesse Petway; Doreen Lawrence; Patrick Dessert; Barbara Oakley

% 3.7% 4.2% 3.7% Page 10.1117.6 Education :total Average Spent $ 772.67 $ 766.34 $ 847.23 $ 777.32 Spending Index 77% 76% 84% 77%“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Appendix B: Typical Kumon worksheet at Level A Page 10.1117.7“Proceedings of the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ferruzza

: see SLED RUN – Figure 1: • At point A, sled has speed vA; • A to B, level run of length LAB; • B to C, an arc with a radius of R1 and included angle φBC ; • C to D, straight downhill slope with length LCD at angle −Ө (magnitude of Ө must be the same as magnitude φBC); • D to E to F, an arc with a radius of R1 and included angle φBC from D to E (E is at the Page 10.1120.4 bottom of the DEF arc) and included angle φBC from E to F; “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

/99pap/fet99592.htm.21. Fournier, J. E. and S.S. Wineburg. 1997. Picturing the past: Gender differences in the depiction of historical figures. American Journal of Education, 105(2), 160-185.22. Chambers, D.W. 1983. Stereotype images of the scientist: The draw-a-scientists test. Science Education, 67(2), 255-265.23. Huber, R.A. and G.A. Burton. 1995. What do students think scientist look like? School Science and Mathematics, 95(7), 371-376.24. Matthew, B. 1996. Drawing scientists. Gender and Education, 8(12), 231-243.25. Sumrall, W. J. 1995. Reasons for perceived images of scientists by race and gender of students in grades 1-7. School Science and Mathematics, 95(2), 83-90.26. Thompson, S. and Lyons, J. 2004. Elementary students

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Bilodeau

to as the “ B-dot probe “ ) under both shieldedand unshielded conditions, are discussed in this paper . In order to illustrate the nature ofthe experimental data and analysis that is entailed by MaFEL , several graphs of magnetic fieldintensity that were measured with the B dot probe along the axis of a wire loop carrying an ACcurrent of variable frequency are presented and their significance is discussed . In addition, theeffects of enclosing the B-dot probe inside a cylindrical shield made of high permeabilitymetal on the probe’s detection sensitivity are noted in order to illustrate the fundamentalconcepts of shielding low frequency magnetic fields . In closing, some potential industrial applications where the students can apply

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger; Richard Felder

factor analysis reveals that some items are not well loaded onto any factors in their scale.These items are identified in bold italics in Table 6. Items 42 and 30 of the Sensing-Intuitivescale, listed below, ask students to choose one of two activities in a given context. Neither 42 When I am doing long calculations, (a) I tend to repeat all my steps and check my work carefully. (b) I find checking my work tiresome and have to force myself to do it. 30 When I have to perform a task, I prefer to (a) master one way of doing it. (b) come up with new ways of doing it.of these items appears to relate strongly to the concrete vs. abstract nature of the items that arewell loaded on

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Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ing-Chang Jong

. Readers may refer to textbooks by Beer and Johnston,1-2 Huang,3 Jong and Rogers,4 etc.,where virtual displacements inconsistent with constraints at supports are strategically chosen tosolve equilibrium problems of frames, which are fully constrained at supports.This paper is aimed at doing the following: (a) sharpen the concept of work for students, (b)compare head to head the virtual work method with the conventional method using an example,(c) use displacement center5 and just algebra and geometry as the prerequisite mathematics tocompute virtual displacements, (d ) propose three major steps in the virtual work method, (e)propose a guiding strategy for choosing the virtual displacement that is the best for solving onespecified unknown, and ( f