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2001 Annual Conference
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John Klegka; Robert Rabb
Session 2566 A Modern Mechanical Engineering Sequence for the United States Military Academy Major Robert J. Rabb, Colonel John S. Klegka United States Military AcademyAbstractMany institutions are revising their engineering curricula and developing programs and coursesto meet the needs of industry. With or without the valuable, external assessments of engineeringprograms from ABET’s EC2000 Criteria, engineering educators cannot ignore the changes inreal world engineering and design. Engineering programs must prepare their graduates forsuccess beyond
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2001 Annual Conference
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Tim Coppinger; Ray Bachnak
laboratory set-up. The STEP 7-Micro/WIN allows the userto create programs with either the Ladder Logic editor or the Statement List Editor.Students perform five laboratory exercises in preparation for the group project. Thefollowing paragraphs briefly describe these exercises. Page 6.68.3Exercise 1: In this exercise, students get familiar with the PLC by performing thefollowing tasks: (a) Set-up the PLC on a board they previously prepared. (b) Connect the PLC to the PC using the PC/PPI cable. (c) Configure the software so that the transmission rate is 9.6 kbps, COM port used is 0, timeout is 3 s, and local station address is 0. (d) Set the PLC
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2001 Annual Conference
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Gilbert Wedekind; Christopher Kobus
not introduce any newfundamental principles in the fluid and thermal sciences. Instead, the lectures serve to reviewand apply principles that have already been taught in introductory classes in thermodynamics,fluid mechanics and thermal energy transport. The laboratory component is strictly gearedtoward design, synthesis and evaluation, utilizing knowledge, and comprehension learned inprevious courses.The Fluid and Thermal System Design course was instituted in the 1970’s to be the primary fluidand thermal design experience for graduating seniors. As a four-credit course, the class meetstwice a week for approximately an hour and a half. The lectures consist of a variety of design-oriented applications. The lecture is broken up to include
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2001 Annual Conference
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David DiBiasio
largersocietal issue within which their specific topic was imbedded and appreciated its significance.Rating 3: acceptableThe project dealt with an aspect of an issue that is contemporary or aids in understandingcontemporary issues. The report, most likely the introduction and/or the literature review,indicated that the students understood and appreciated the basic societal issue(s) within whichtheir specific topic was imbedded.Rating 1: poorThe project dealt with an aspect of an issue that is contemporary or aids in understandingcontemporary issues, but the report says little about the basic societal issue(s) within which thespecific topic was imbedded.Overall only 5.7% of the reports were absent any evidence of student understanding ofcontemporary
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2001 Annual Conference
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William Sutton; Kathryn Laskey; Elbert White; Mark Houck
a program defines its objectives, most Visitors havestrong, positive memories of physical experimentation in their undergraduate education. Manyhave difficulty understanding how this can be replaced with computer-based techniques.2. Degree programs with 120 credit hoursIn the mid 1990’s, the Governor of Virginia, through a task force on higher education, proposedthat all degree programs in the Commonwealth should contain 120 credit hours. GeorgeMason’s administration adopted this proposal and as a result all engineering degree programswere redesigned in 1996 to contain 120 credits.There are positive effects from this move. There is a trend of reducing engineering curricula to120 credit hours through the country. In the metropolitan DC
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2001 Annual Conference
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C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt
1936 concept of a thinking machineonly appeared in practice (after his death) with the personal computer in the late 1980's - whicheven now is only a crude approximation of his dream. Students must be encouraged to dream andto think creatively. Techniques such as those of de Bono exist, and must be disseminated so wecan properly equip their “tool box.”EstimationThe field of engineering technology is renowned for generally requiring completion of somecalculus for all its majors. Given that essentially all students in engineering technology arecompetent in math, and that computers and calculators are widely available, what is the value ofapproximate answers? For one thing, exact calculation and estimation are very different skills,and even take
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2001 Annual Conference
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David Gray; Christopher Timmons; Robert Hendricks
completes wafer processing.In the case of a broken or mis-processed wafer during the laboratory class, the instructor’sdemonstration wafer is given to the team. Thus, no team is required to start over and each team isable to complete the entire lab with a working wafer. Page 6.810.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIV. Wafer TestingThe wafer testing system, or device characterization module (DCM), comprises a SignatoneModel H-150 hybrid microprobe station, a Signatone Model S-301 4-point probe
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2001 Annual Conference
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Charles Nippert
distillation can be modeled simply. The applet in which the model runsautomatically ends after user turns off the power, process air, and cooling water areturned off. Liquid drains from the trays following equations 5 and 6. Heat loss from thesurroundings is assumed to follow a first order equation with a small value of k’. = h s A s (Ti − Ts ) dTi dt where k’ = a constant related to Ts = the ambient temperature (20 C)Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Page 6.91.7 Copyright © 2001, American Society for
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2000 Annual Conference
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Mark R. Rajai; Hollis Bostick; Byrne Bostick; Mel Mendelson
project started, the issue came up on how theuniversities would share ownership of patent on the jointly developed products. Our consultantsproposed two solutions: (1) have both universities own the patents, or (2) select the universitythat contributed the majority of the novel ideas. Since the intellectual property policies of LMUand ETSU were very different 10, it was advised that the second solution be used.In order to do this; a patent committee was created that included the principal investigators fromboth universities (Drs. Mendelson and Rajai) and a patent attorney 11. The purpose of the patentcommittee was to recommend to the vice president of both universities, which products could bepatentable and which university would own the patent(s
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2000 Annual Conference
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Winston F. Erevelles
Mathematics. Salient points of this paperinclude the original concept of laboratory integration for deeper understanding of the subjectmatter, the funding process, faculty collaboration, student grant proposals to obtain equipmentneeded for the project, and the design and integration of cell components.I. IntroductionThe manufacturing engineer of today and the coming century needs to be an individual with avariety of technical and interpersonal skills. S/he will serve her/his community in diverse rolesas technical specialists, operations integrators, and enterprise strategists. What industry needsfrom its graduate engineers is the ability to thrive in environments that are characterized bypeople working in multifunctional interdisciplinary teams1.At
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2000 Annual Conference
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Mike McCracken; Wendy Newstetter
the next generation of designers critical to competing in a globaleconomy. ABET has moved design from the periphery of engineering education to a more central positionrequiring engineering institutions to infuse curricula with more design opportunities. However, it is imperative thatthe educational interventions aimed at teaching sound design practices proliferating throughout this country beinformed by rigorous and extensive cognitive science research on learner prior knowledge, the developmental orevolutionary stages learners might transition through and the challenges attendant on each. Without this, designeducation has no hope of evolving into a science of design learning.Bibliography1. Finger, S. & Dixon, J. A review of
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2000 Annual Conference
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N. W. Scott; B. J. Stone
program cannot anticipate what the user will do. The user might clickthe keys on the keyboard in any order, or might use the mouse. So the program no longerhas a set order in which the procedures will excecute. All it can do is to wait patiently for anevent and then to do something in response to the event. For example, if the user clicks abutton on the screen, the program might change the state of some variables and then run asubroutine to process some information. Page 5.616.9In the case of the animation shell it was desirable to invent a refinement of the basic Javaevent model. We wanted the animated object(s) to respond to events, which means
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2000 Annual Conference
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Robert D. Knecht; Barbara M. Moskal; Michael J. Pavelich
: Issuesand Practice, vol. 18, no. 2, , pp. 5-17 (1999).3. Philips, W., "A Look at the Criteria, “How do we measure success? Washington, DC: Association ofEngineering Education, (1998).4. Dixon, J.R., "New Goals for Engineering Education," Mechanical Engineering, vol. 113, pp. 56-62, (March1991).5. Maul, G.P., "Reforming Engineering Education," Industrial Engineering, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 53-55, 67,(1994).6. Masi, C.G., "Re-engineering Engineering Education," IEEE Spectrum, vol. 32, no. 9, p. 44 (1995).7. Sheppard, S. & Jeninson, R., "Freshman Engineering Design Experiences and Organizational Framework,”International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 190-197, (1997).8. Al-Holou, Bilgutay, N. M, Corletor, C., Demel, J.T
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2000 Annual Conference
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M. David Burghardt
substantial contributions to the K-6 educational program by introducing the conceptsof engineering design and problem solving.II. Educational Standards in Science and MathematicsIn New York and several other major states, the issue of standards was part of the 1980’s reformmovement that focused on increased graduation requirements (Ming Zu, 1996). This evolvedinto the reforms of the 1990’s that were more pervasive, setting curriculum content standards aswell as student performance standards. The aim is to improve students’ critical thinking skills, Page 5.210.1not their test-taking skills. The New York State Board of Regents approved Mathematics
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2000 Annual Conference
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Therese A. Mylan; Ravi K. Ghai; Kim LaScola Needy; Gary E. Rafe; Bopaya Bidanda
{ } 23 ] 24 } Figure 4 Java servlet-generated VRML codeThe instructions illustrated in Figure 4 provide sufficient information to the client browser’sVRML plug-in application for its initial setup. The accompanying Java applet presents (1)identification information (e.g., exercise title); (2) one or more exercise scenes or configurations;(3) simulation action controls (e.g., start, pause/stop, reset, etc.); (4) simulation outputinformation (e.g., timers); and (5) informational control(s) (e.g., exercise-specific help display).The applet makes SQL calls to the virtual laboratory database via JDBC11 to instantiate VRMLobjects used in the specified laboratory exercise. We describe a schema for this
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2000 Annual Conference
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Jody A. Knoll; Jan T. Lugowski; Nancy L. Denton
. “Logistics Goes “Live”: Supply Chain Management in Industrial Distribution.” Journal of Engineering Technology 16, no. 1, (1999): 44-47.8. Mahendran, M. “Project-Based Civil Engineering Courses.” Journal of Engineering Education (84), no. 1, (1995): 75-79.9. Humphreys, M.A. “Client-Sponsored Projects in a Marketing Research Course.” Journal of Marketing Education 3 (1981): 7-12.10. Dutson, A.J., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby, and C. D. Sorensen. “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses.” Journal of Engineering Education (86), no. Page 5.285.8 1, (1997): 17-28.NANCY
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2000 Annual Conference
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Igor M. Verner; Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren
."Douglas S. Green (Saint Michael’s College, Vermont, Associate Professor of ComputerScience): "I have found the robot contest to have high educational value. Saint Michael’s is asmall liberal arts college. We do not generally offer "specialized" courses like robotics or real-time programming in our computer science curriculum. This contest gives my students their first Page 5.300.10understanding that programs that need to interact with the real world require another level ofthought and design to work effectively. The exposure to electronics, real time programming androbotics techniques is a real benefit for my students. Another benefit is that they
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2000 Annual Conference
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Patrick E. Devens
. But, what happens after the topic is covered? Most texts and manycourse exercises revert to problems inundated with zeros for ease of grading. In the typicalengineering course, a blanket statement is used to address this problem. The policy is, “Unlessstated otherwise, assume ALL “0”s in text problems are significant digits.” 2 This statement isnecessary since most texts contain this zero manifestation. The result is a system that fosters alack of proper significant digit accountability in problem-solving.It is the responsibility of instructors to ensure problem statements and diagrams are complete interms of both units and significant digits. Unless zeros are inserted to teach or test significantdigit analysis, each problem should have a
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2000 Annual Conference
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John A. Kleppe; Eric L. Wang
capstone undergraduate course (MECH 452/EE491) is taken by allmechanical and electrical engineering undergraduates.Both EE 491 and MECH 452 are offered once per year during the spring semester andtraditionally have enrollments of approximately 30-40 students each. While innovation andentrepreneurship has been part of EE 491 since the early 1980’s 1, 2, they were introduced inMECH 452 only as recently as 1996. The two courses shared lectures in 1997 and have beencompletely integrated since 1998 3.In addition to the engineering students, MBA students enrolled in an independent study course(BADM 793) also participate in EE 491/MECH 452. The MBA students assume the role ofbusiness mentors and provide aid in the development of marketing studies. Each
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2000 Annual Conference
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Mahmood Nahvi
Page 5.386.9p ( t ) , P, Q, and S change for −90° < θ < 90° . Compute p(t), P, Q, and S for θ = −90° , −60° ,−45° , −30° , 0, 30° , 45° , 60° , 90° and compare with values shown on the screen. Figure 13 - AC Power in an Impedance6. Discussion: Qualitative Understanding of Circuit BehaviorIn addition to quantitative analysis methods, it is desirable and important that students develop aqualitative understanding of circuit behavior and be able to predict it under various inputconditions. This is sometimes called having a feel or intuition for the problem. It helps to choosethe best approach amongst various possible solution methods. Circuit simulation modulesdiscussed in this paper are efficient tools for
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2000 Annual Conference
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Lizette R. Chevalier; James N. Craddock
having a unique set(s) ofdata. This will further enhance the student’s understanding of data reduction, data analysis andstatistical analysis of real-world data.IV. AssessmentThe program was tested using in a small focus group of 24 students and faculty. Assessment wasperformed through a questionnaire. Each question throughout the survey was marked according to a7-point Likert scale where a value of 7 indicated the highest possible positive response, and a valueof 1 indicated the lowest or most negative. When calculating the totals, a value of 168 is the highestpossible, whereas a value of 24 would be the lowest possible. The results are divided into threecategories, as shown in Tables 1-3. Overall, the project received favorable reviews.V
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2000 Annual Conference
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Jeremy Koczenasz; Bradley Bashford; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund
supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation (Grant No. DUE 9996399).Opinions expressed are those of the authors’ and not necessarily those of the Foundation.References 1. AbouRizk, S. M. (1993) “Stochastic Simulation of Construction Bidding and Project Management” Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Vol. 8, pp. 343-353. 2. AbouRizk, S. M. and Sawhney, A. (1994) “Simulation and Gaming in Construction Engineering Education” ASEE/C2E2/C2EI Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, June 1994. 3. Ames A. L., Nadeau, D. R., and Moreland, J. L. (1996) VRML 2.0 Sourcebook Book, John Wiley, New York, NY. 4. Cosmo Software (1997) Cosmo World 2.0
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2000 Annual Conference
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Nicole L. Hoekstra
equipment.References:1. Stratysis Web Site, http://www.stratysys.com2. Aronson, R. B., “Toolmaking Through Rapid Prototyping”, Manufacturing Engineering, 11/98, pp. 52-563. Frantz, J., “Rapid Tooling Alternatives for Plastic Injection Molds”, Moldmaking Technology, 8/99, pp. 25-344. Polosky, Q. F., R. Malloy, R. Stacer, “A Mechanical Property Performance Comparison for Plastic Parts Produced in a Rapid Epoxy Tool and Conventional Steel Tooling”, SPE ANTEC Conference Proceedings, 1998, pp. 2972-29765. Hansel, B., “Fundamentals of Product Development, Getting to Market in Half the Time”, SPE ANTEC Conference Proceedings, 1998, pp. 3080-30836. Burns, D. T., R. A. Malloy, S. P. McCarthy, “Analysis of Metal Coating Effects on
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2000 Annual Conference
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Peter Milne; Pascal Rol; Jean-Marie Parel; Fabrice Mann
and applications than optical communications, whichis concerned mainly with optical systems using single mode optical fibers or optical waveguides,semi-conductor light sources and optical detectors. Developing an exhaustive curriculum andteaching materials for biomedical optics is therefore a much more challenging task. Page 5.595.65. AcknowledgmentsThe development of the undergraduate laboratory is supported in part by an Instrumentation andLaboratory Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation Division ofUndergraduate Education (DUE-9751369).6. Bibliography1. S Rastegar, GL Cote, “An interdisciplinary combined research
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2001 Annual Conference
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Julia Williams
we can survivethe development process. Clearly there is more work to do if engineering portfolios areto gain wider acceptance for assessing engineering education. In addition, more researchis needed that demonstrates the benefits of portfolios over other data collection methods.Perhaps the most important transformation must occur within the culture of engineeringeducation itself. Until engineering faculty, programs, and industry commit to thisassessment method, engineering portfolios will remain a great idea and not a practicalreality.Bibliography1. American Society for Engineering Education. “Engineering Education for a Changing World.” ASEEPublications http://www.asee/org/pubs/html/green.htm (2000).2. Artemeva, N., S. Logie, and J. St
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Robert Erlandson
of the EITAAC. http://www.access-board.gov/pubs/eitaacrpt.htm (1999).8. Waddell, C. D. The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation (Office of Equity Assurance, San Jose, CA, 1999).9. FCC. Access to Telecommunications Service, Telecommunications Equipment and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons with Disabilities. Federal Register 64, 63235-63258 (1999(b)).10. Berger, S. The Association of Access Engineering Specialists: Informal Survey of Accessible Engineering Needs (The Association of Access Engineering Specialists, 2000).11. Norman, D. A. The Design of Everyday Things (Doubleday, New York, 1990).12. CAST. (CAST, 2000).13
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2001 Annual Conference
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Chris Lorenz; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec; Kurt DeGoede
., Vogler, T., Jaramillo, N. and Barr, R. "How to Startan ASEE Student Chapter", Proceedings of the ASEE Conference 1998 - Session 2312.3. Magill, M. "Building a Successful Student Chapter," Prism, December, 1996.4. Mulkay, E., McComb, S., Kiesow, R., Boyd, D., Oakes, W. and Jones, J. "ASEE Student Chapters: LessonsLearned from the First Five Years", Proceedings of the ASEE Conference 1998 - Session 0555.5. Soderstrom, S., Lorenz, C., Keinath, M. and Harding, T. "Implementing an Engineering TeachingDevelopment Program for Graduate Student Instructors." Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2000.6. Kadlowec J., Shriver J., Harding T. and Choi, C. "Promoting Excellence in Education with an OutstandingStudent Instructor Award Program
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2001 Annual Conference
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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler
1Measurement Focus statements are derived from the "Measures of Success" written by the CoreCurriculum Implementation Committee in January 1998, and consist of such areas as studentperformance, quality of instructional materials, attitudes, and competency development. Morespecific statements such as technical writing skills, oral presentation skills, and teamwork skillsare included to capture additional supporting data.The implementation guidelines which accompany the plan are written to provide an additionalThe guidelines specify the assessment tool; objective(s) for the assessment activity; which groupsare involved; instrument administration; materials preparation; analysis and reporting; and anyspecial notes, such as announcing if the assessment
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2001 Annual Conference
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Andrew Jackson
as a member of a two or three-member team to workclosely with an industry sponsor throughout the term. Students must coordinate their activities toaddress a significant and challenging issue facing the manager within the sponsor’s organization.Each sponsor commits to a mentorship role for the student team(s) assigned to the organization,while at the same time, serving as the manager who is responsible for personnel performancewithin his/her department and/or division.The AMT Capstone course provides each student with real-world exposure to problems andissues faced by line and staff managers across a wide variety of aviation-oriented disciplines.Recently completed capstone team projects include: evaluations of current and pending
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2001 Annual Conference
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John Field; Janelle Tonti; Eric Beenfeldt; Isaac Horn; Edward Williams
dealt with digital logic and the other with assembly language programming. Inthe early 1990’s the digital logic and assembly language material were combined and taught inthe second course. This allowed the first course to be restructured to provide a generalintroduction to electrical and computer engineering, including modules aimed at helping students Page 6.982.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationmake the transition from high school to college. However, this new course had problems