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Windows), or system hardware. The ease of use in addition to the universalityof the CF application makes it ideal for online testing purposes.In brief, CFML is an easily applied markup language due to its recognizable similarity tothe popular HTML. CFAS consumes fewer system resources than many CGI basedapplications due to its integration with the web server software. Additionally, CF has alower potential for a system security breach than do CGI applications since they are nottreated as executables. Therefore, CF is a very suitable, stable, useful, and powerful toolfor developing interactive teaching.Bibliography1. Holzer, S. M. & Andruet, R. H. (1998). Learning statics with multimedia and other tools, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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as a d.b.a. (“doing business as”) of HRC, Inc., an S-Corp originallyincorporated by one of the authors for his consulting practice. As such, HRC has a federal tax IDnumber, pays local business taxes on gross income, and files state and local business tax returns.For the uninitiated, an S-Corp is basically a protective shield. It was originally conceived, inpart, to protect the personal assets of sole proprietors from lawsuits over products or servicessold by a small business.S-Corps do not make profits. Some, like HRC, don’t even accumulate assets. At the end of eachtax year, the difference between the income and expenses of the corporation must be paid to thestockholders of the corporation based on the percentage of stock owned by each. If

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Management, Vol. 32, Is. 11, Nov. 1996, 94-96.3. C. Arnst and E. Veomett, “Techie Managers in Training”, Business Week, Is. 3543, Sep. 8, 1997, 131.4. T. Brady, et al., “Tools for Technology Management: an Academic Perspective”, Technovation, Vol. 17, Is. 8, Aug. 1997, 417-426.5. K. Grant, C.R. Baumgardner, R. Charles and S. Guy, “The perceived importance of technical competence to project managers in the defense acquisition community”, IEEE Transactions of Engineering Management, Vol. 44, No. 1, Feb 1998, 12-19.6. L. R. Miller, “Better ways to think and communicate”, Association Management, Vol. 49, Is. 13, Dec. 1997, 71-73.7. W. A. Wimer, “Education for Technology Management”, Research Technology Management, May-June

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, other faculty at UT Austin and at Texas A&M University willbecome more deeply involved. So far, the team approach is working and we have gained newrespect for each other and our different perspectives and disciplines. It’s actually been quite a lotof fun. Page 3.197.5References Blyth, Carl S., “French in Cyberspace,” Discovery, vol 14, no. 4, 1997. Bonwell, C.C., and Eison, J.A., “Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom,” (ASHE-ERICHigher Education Report No. 1), Washington, DC: The George Washington University, 1991. Collis, B., “Pedagogical Re-Engineering: A New Approach to Course Enrichment and Re

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thermodynamic states and the workingfluid, a work sheet as illustrated in Figure 5 is obtained. The number of rows on the rightpart of the work sheet corresponds to the number of processes in a particular system. Theleft part of the work sheet (property table) indicates the state points at the beginning andend of each of these processes. First, known properties corresponding to eachthermodynamic state is entered. The connecting device or the process is entered in thecolumn marked “el.” If there is an efficiency value associated with a turbine, compressor,or pump, the corresponding isentropic process is specified by “s” and the actual deviceand the efficiency is entered in the following line

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Coordinated ProgramBrookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory of theU. S. Department of Energy. It is the home for thousands of scientists, engineers andtechnicians. Among its world-class scientific instruments are the National SynchrotronLight Source, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, the High Flux Beam Reactor, andthe Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider currently in development. It is also the base forunique information repositories such as the Protein Data Bank and the National NeutronData Center which are referenced daily by hundreds of researchers all over the world.BNL has also long had a vibrant education program reaching out to faculty and studentsat every academic level. Undergraduate research

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Coordinated ProgramBrookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory of theU. S. Department of Energy. It is the home for thousands of scientists, engineers andtechnicians. Among its world-class scientific instruments are the National SynchrotronLight Source, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, the High Flux Beam Reactor, andthe Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider currently in development. It is also the base forunique information repositories such as the Protein Data Bank and the National NeutronData Center which are referenced daily by hundreds of researchers all over the world.BNL has also long had a vibrant education program reaching out to faculty and studentsat every academic level. Undergraduate research

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University of ToledoINTRODUCTIONApproaching a new century, increasing world-wide industrial and technological competitivenessdemands excellence in engineering and technical education. The U.S. is priviledged to enjoy theeconomic and technological advances required to excel in global competition. Therefore, youngpeople from around the world come to this country for studying and training at universities and othereducational institutes to prepare themselves for future leadership roles in science and engineering.Their educational and cultural experiences gained in the U.S. will assist them in enabling their nativecountries to compete in global enterprises.During the mid-1990's, a significant portion of the engineering student population in the U.S

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developed inthat period were ineffective were analyzed. Finally, the events that led to the development, andthe details of the effective integrated approach were presented.References1. Thomas H. Sloane, "Laboratories for an Undergraduate Course in Power Electronics". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 38, No. 4, November 1995.2. Simon S. Ang, "A Practice-Oriented Course in Switching Converters". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 39, No. 1, February 1996.3. David A. Torrey, "A Project-Oriented Power Electronics Laboratory". IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 3, May 1994.4. Daniel W. Hart, "Circuit Simulation as an Aid in Teaching the Principles of Power Electronics". IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol

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existingutility companies. The utility company was to then construct electric lines in these rural areas. Eventhough these loans were available through R.E.A., these requests fell on deaf ears and service wasnot forth coming.Local People Serve Themselves: In the United States of America, the country of free enterprise there are four basic structuresof business. They are, Individual Ownerships; Partnerships; For-Profit Corporations; and Non-Profit Cooperative Organizations. Since no one else in the nineteen-thirties (1930's) was willing toserve the sparsely populated rural areas, the people organized their own businesses and served theirown needs. After becoming legal entities, with the help of borrowed monies from the RuralElectrification

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resistor, a capacitor, an inductor, adiode or even something exotic like an oscilloscope, resulting in a rich environment fordiscovery-based learning.The mystery element X is unknown but can be deduced from the nature of various response Page 3.258.5curves. The mystery component(s) should be different on each of the workstations. In this year’soffering student teams are challenged to identify as many mystery components as possible and tosubmit their supporting data with carefully reasoned arguments for each identification. In this labremoteness is an actual advantage for educational purposes. Since the mystery elements cannotbe seen – they truly

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and Engineering students participated in the projectsand demonstrations, serving as successful Science and Engineering role models for the GirlScouts. These University-level students included both undergraduate and graduate-level women Page 3.273.1from the Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and GeoScience Departments. PACESDirector Dr. Scott Starks and PACES Research Specialist Dr. Brian S. Penn also contributed tothe Trek program. Thirty Girl Scouts, as well as several Troop Leaders, participated in theprogram.Summer Science Trek 1997 included many of the same activities, and once again was presentedby Dr. Rodriguez, with the assistance

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., Schoch, P., Kalsher, M. and Racicot, B. (1997). A Motivational First-year Electronics Lab Course.Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 4, pp.357-362Elizandro, D. and Smith, J. (1997). Laboratory Experience to support experimental design by Engineering Students.Computers in Education Journal, Vol VII, N. 2, pp. 12-14Richards, L.G. and Carlson-Skalak, S. (1997). Faculty Reactions to Teaching Engineering Design to First YearStudents. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 233-240BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONMIREYA FERNANDEZ, Ph.D. is Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, ElectronicEngineering Department. where she is responsible for the Experimental Laboratories in the Electronics curricula.Her research

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is held during final exam period. Industrial partners participate in judging thecompetition. One or more teams are then invited to tour global facilities, present their design(s)at either corporate, engineering, or manufacturing headquarters to the CEO and senior technicalstaff. Teams are then encouraged, and motivated, to further refine their designs and engage infurther study of relevant global and international issues they will face on their field exercise. Page 3.303.3 Laboratory Schedule Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fundamentals of ProEngineer

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a Bachelor of Science in the 1990’s. Also, the perception of career mobility of the civil, electrical and mechanical ET programs being worse may reflect both the Bachelor of Technology degree and the particular field of endeavor. Page 3.311.8 8Employer Satisfaction: Employers were asked to provide information about their satisfaction with their RIT graduate and with the preparation which was provided by RIT. This was not broken down by program. Table #7 summarizes employer responses. Table #7: Employer Satisfaction. Highly 5 4 3 2 1 Not

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., “The Science and Design of Engineering Materials,” Chap. 13, 1st ed. revised,Irwin, Chicago, 1995.8 D. R. Askeland, “The Science and Engineering of Materials,” 3rd ed., PWS Publishing Co., Boston, MA,1994.9 S. C. Lau, MEEN 464 Heat Transfer Laboratory, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997. Page 3.328.6 5 Figure 1. Schematic of thermal conductivity apparatus.Insulation Thermocouples

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, June 15-18, 1997.3. Woods, D.R., Problem-based Learning: How to Gain the Most from PBL, ISBN 0-9698725-0-X, TheMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, 1994: email, Hocker@Boostore,services,mcmaster,ca.4. “United States Air Force Academy Educational Outcomes and Their Assessment: An IntegratedApproach,” Educational Outcomes Assessment Working Group, A Presentation at the AmericanAssociation of Higher Education, 10th Annual Conference on Assessment and Quality, Boston, MA, June1995.5. Woods, D.R., et al., “Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program,”Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, Vol. 86, No.2, April, 1997.6. Larson, D., Hatfield, J., Collier, K. and Howell, S., “A Four Year Path to Synthesis: The

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candidatesindicates that these people are highly desirable. Interviewer feedback is extremely positive Page 3.347.5and we anticipate the growth of an “alumni” population that are ambassadors of this newparadigm.REFERENCES1 Knowles, Malcolm S. , “The Making of an Adult Educator” 1989 Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers2 Norton, Robert E., DACUM Facilitator Training, 1997 Center on Education and Training, College of Education, The Ohio State UniversityBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONALICE SWANGER is the Manager of Education and Training at Focus:HOPE’s Center for AdvancedTechnologies. Her educational background is in Educational Technology and her industrial background

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operations. Latest innovations in simulationsystems revolve around improvements in man-machine interfaces, and reduction in the levelof high level programming 3-5.Another factor that is seldom cited as a probable cause of reduction in enrollment is theapparent lack of innovation in how the subject is presented to power engineering students.The range of experiments that a typical undergraduate energy conversion laboratory facilitycan support does not adequately prepare power engineering students for the digital-computeroriented 1990's power system industry. For instance, experiments on derivation ofperformance characteristics and equivalent circuits of a motor normally involve manuallyreading, recording, and tabulating measurements of voltage

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-American, 24 percent Asian-American, and 17 percent Caucasian and "other," Cal StateL.A. is perhaps the most ethnically and culturally diverse university in the nation. Unique inCalifornia, Cal State L.A. is the only federally designated "Minority Institution" (MI) in the Statewhich has an engineering program and the only California university that is eligible for membershipin the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) as an Hispanic ServingInstitution (HSI).The School of Engineering and Technology is one of six Schools within the University. The School Page 3.375.2serves approximately 1,200 of Cal State L.A.'s more than 20,000

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, 1992.5 Levy, S., and Dubois, H. J., Plastic Product Design Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, Chapman and Hall, NewYork, 1984.6 Pye, R. G. W., Injection Mould Design: A Design Manual for the Thermoplastic Industry, 2nd Edition, The Plastic& Rubber Institute, 1978.Biographical InformationREGINALD G. MITCHINER, Ph.D., is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of VirginiaPolytechnic Institute and State University. He has over two decades of experience in the practice and education ofmechanical design.JOHN T. TESTER is a Ph.D. candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University. He has over a decade of experience in design and manufacturing processes, particularlyin

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instructor for further questions or explanations. Thescreen(s) that contain the solutions or study material may be printed by pressing the print screenbutton that appears below other buttons of navigation.III.Conclusions and Future WorkThe Biomechanics Tutorial has had several cognitive evaluations and yet there are still somechanges that could enhance its features. Firstly, the navigation throughout the tutorial could bemore explicit. For example, as stated earlier, within the reviews the user is able to navigatethrough each section of the outline by selecting the "Next" button. "Next," however only allowsthe user to loop through that particular section, so the user has to go back to the first screenwhich contains the outline in order to access a

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ExperimentalPsychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition, vol. 20, pp. 1322--40, November 1994.4. Novick and Holyoak, “Mathematical problem solving by analogy,” Journal of Experimental Psychology.Learning, Memory and Cognition, vol. 17, pp. 398--416, 1991.5. P. Lewicki, M. Czyzewska, and H. Hoffman, “Unconscious acquisition of complex procedural knowledge,”Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition, vol. 13, pp. 523--30, October 1987.6. B. S. Bloom, Taxonomy of educational objectives; the classification of educational goals. New York:Longmans, Green, first ed., 1956.LOUIS J. EVERETT - Is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has degrees from the University ofTexas at El Paso, Stanford University and Texas A&M. He has

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the United States MilitaryAcademy in the late 1980’s attacked the age-old problem (an erroneous perceptionaccording to some, a major real problem to others) labeling mathematics education as a‘filter’ opposing rather than a ‘pump’ assisting student success. The charge has been thatmany students leave the field of engineering before taking a first engineering course - Page 2.167.1largely because of a negative experience in mathematics. The department attacked theproblem in a manner that resulted in a win-win situation for the math-science-engineering(MSE) community at West Point. Known as ‘ILAPs’ - Interdisciplinary LivelyApplications Projects - the

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. For shop work, we thank Darrell Anderson. Duringthe summer of 1996, three of our students, M. Sanders, S. Iqitdar and C. Merrifield, workedon the experiments described here.References1. APHA, AWWA & WPCF, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 18th edition, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC, 1992.2. Barnard, J.A., Flame and Combustion, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, pp. 788-791 (1993).Biographical InformationKEITH LODGE, assistant professor, has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Sheffield, UK. Hispresently funded work includes physical, chemical and toxicological properties of chemicals of interest to the U.S.Air Force and the assessment of contaminated sediment. He has taught

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are given frequent Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs) to encourage reading andpreparation for class. Lecture time is limited to those concepts which are difficult for the studentsto pick up from reading or from teammates, and time for in class activity by the students(individually and in teams) is maximized. The goal is for a class with ten to fifteen minutelecturettes interspersed with student exercises. Many classes start with an exercise for thestudents to tell us what they do not (and then what no one on their team) understand(s).Technology - The fourth goal is to use technology inside (and outside) the classroom in order toprovide the students with enhanced design and problem solving tools. The classroom computersare armed with Maple

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adjustments when they enter college.They are not led through the university level educational environment in a manner similar towhat they became accustomed to in high school. To combat this abrupt change and assist thefreshman students transition to the new paradigm of university life, the Engineering TechnologyDivision at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown developed and instituted a zero credit, one-semester seminar course in the mid-1970’s. In 1990, the program evolved into the currentmandatory two-term seminar that exposes the students to the essential elements of successnecessary to navigate the tumultuous first year.An analysis of freshman needs highlighted five areas of concern to the freshman. These includedthe Engineering Technology

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select the tools that best fit theirteaching technique and the needs of the students.References1. Jacobs, James A., Kilduff, Thomas F., Engineering materials technology; third edition; Prentice Hall, Inc., 1997, p 218-219.2. Porter, H. W., Orville, L. D., Clyde, N. A., Machine shop operations and setups; third edition, American Technical Society, 1967, p 23-25.3. Dahl, Kristin S., VanTyne, Chester J., Working with phase diagrams, version 1.0, Lafayette College, Metallurgical Engineering, 1984.4. Briefings, Prism, American Society for Engineering Education, January 1996, p 10.5. Russ, John C., Visualizations in materials science, North Carolina State University; (http://vims.ncsu.edu).6

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product design and manufacture in thecurriculum and also facilitates curricular integration. The introduction of the RP & M equipmentalso helps the positioning of the various courses and laboratories as components of the IntegratedManufacturing Enterprise Environment at GMI.Conclusion The manufacturing engineer of today and the coming century needs to be an individualwith a variety of technical and interpersonal skills. S/he will serve her/his community in diverseroles as technical specialists, operations integrators, and enterprise strategists5. What industry needs from its graduate engineers are people that are conversant withvarious technical tools, and have the people skills that go with deploying these tools. Trainingfor

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: ‘Onderwijsconcept NHL van kennis overdragen naar zelfstandig leren’ , booklet, NHL, 1996.2 Ministry of Education : ‘The institutes of technology in the Netherlands’, information booklet, 1984.3 S.Smith, M.Mannion, C.Hastie: ‘Encouraging the development of transferable skills through effective group project work’, Proceedings SEHE ‘95 conference, Allicante, pp. 21, 1995.4 I.Moore, K.Exley, ‘Alternative Approaches to Teaching Engineering’, UK Universities and Colleges Staff Development Agency, university House, Sheffield, 1994.5 G. Gibbs, S. Habeshaw, T. Habeshaw, ‘53 Interesting Ways to Assess Your Students’, Technical and Educational Service Ltd., 1988.6 Joseph W. Wiess, Robert K. Wysocki. ‘5-Phase Project Management, A