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Chi-Wook Lee

, joining with other companies to form a consortium to send a timely industry voice toensure relevant engineering curricula, exchanging faculty and engineers between universities andindustry, and participating in continuing education programs. In all cases, the primary goalshould be to share information, and to encourage the flow of ideas between industry andacademia so that society may benefit as soon as possible.Bibliography1. Alptekin, S., et al., “Mechatronic Education,” Proceedings, 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 1995, pp. 2110-2114.2. Gregory, E.H., et al., “University/Industry Strategic Partnerships – Benefits and Impediments,” Proceedings of 1997 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, ASEE, 1997, pp. 11-12.3. Lang

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Gregory P. Starr

Page 4.543.5IC to o er the following design tradeo s: Interpreted execution that allows run-time error checking and prevents crashing. For example, IC does array bounds checking at run-time to protect against programming errors. Small object code. Stack machine code tends to be smaller than a nataive code representation. Multi-tasking. Because the pseudo-code is fully stack-based, a process's state is de ned solely by its stack and its program counter. It is thus easy to task-switch simply by loading a new stack pointer and program counter.IC includes a full library of math functions, servo and DC motor control, analog and digitalsensors, and is supported on PC, Macintosh, and Unix workstations.Actuators and

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or method of collection to make the data more reasonable? 4. How can an equation be obtained for the data? 5. How can the equation(s) obtained be used to predict values?CONCLUSIONS and RECOMMENDATIONS: This experiment is pushing the envelope for students in the second year of amechanical engineering technology curriculum. The students do not have a goodbackground in electronics or electrical technology. However, exposure to computer dataacquisition and data manipulation using Excel can be introduced at this juncture in thecurriculum. The understanding of phenomena observed and how to interpret the results is quite achallenge for the students. Again this is pushing the envelope somewhat. It is clear,however, that the

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Shirley Pomeranz

Press, 1996 @ @ D@@8 < D Duxx = a * u x + h + b * u x + c * u x - hs = Normal Series uxx, h, 0, 2 @ @ 8< @D @D @DD D@D Ds1 = s - u’’ x @ @ @ DDDderlist = Prepend @ D 8 > taylr.mFirst ss @ D@D@Duxx @Duxx = First uxx . ss 2u x u - h+ x u h+ x- + + h2 h2 h2OutputForm uxx > > > taylrFigure 1. Mathematica code for construction of thefinite-difference approximation of the second derivativeMathematica graphics: from Numerical Solutions for Partial Differential Equations,Victor Ganzha and Evgenii Vorozhtsov, CRC Press, 1996 u

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T. T. Maxwell; J. C. Jones; D. L. Vines; M. E. Parten

Laboratory," 1988 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 17-18, 1988, pp. 24-30Alexandrou, Andreas N., and Durgin, William W., "An Interdisciplinary Project Approach to Engineering Design," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.Benedict, Arthur H., et al., "The Use of Interdisciplinary Teams in Successful Senior Engineering Design Projects," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.Fletcher, L. S., et al., "The Role of Design Projects in Engineering Education," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993.Kennedy Francis E. Jr., and Collier, John P., "Interdisciplinary Design as an Introduction to Engineering," Innovations in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993

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Oscar, Jr. Barton; Jacob Wallace

, N yy = Nxy =0 and M xx = 1000 in-lb/in, M yy =Mxy= 0. Figure 6 - Stress Variation for composite laminateThe Composite Beam Analysis menu option provides a familiar structure, a beam, toinvestigate since many are quite familiar with the mechanics of isotropic beams. A user is ableto compute the deflection of either a symmetric or anti-symmetric laminate. The ply stacking Page 4.138.8 Figure 7 - Strain Variation for composite laminatesequence for the symmetric laminate must the following arrangement [ 2/-2/2/-2/2]s and theanti-symmetric laminate must the following arrangement [ 2/2/2/2/2/-2/-2/-2/-2/-2

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Chotchai Charoenngam; Abdul Samad Kazi

Session 1606 Construction Communications Simulation Through Virtual Set-Up Environments and Information Technology Abdul S. Kazi, Chotchai Charoenngam School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, ThailandThis paper describes and presents Construction Communications Simulation through Virtual Set-Up Environment and Information Technology which was embedded as a pilot learning moduleinto the course Information Technology in Construction which is taught in the Spring term at theAsian Institue of Technology, Thailand. It was felt that while the course did justice to thetheoretical

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Robert Spradling; Robert Hayes; Ahmad Zargari

ContentTable 2 Content requirements for a B S in Manufacturing Technology________________________________________________________________________Title RatingProblem solving skills 4.55Preparation, analysis, and presentations of technical reports 4.34Study of Computer aided manufacturing 4.31 Page 4.153.6Study the methods of improving industrial productivity 4.06

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Hal Broberg

semester, circuit analysis course during the past 14years. This course was chosen because students take a College Algebra courseconcurrently, which means students who drop out due to insufficient remedialmathematics skills do not appear in the data. This course may not be the first EET coursetaken by new students, but it is the first course requiring College Algebra and appears tobe a pivotal course when students make a decision to remain in the program. 1. The total number of graduates (A.S. and B.S.) in EET since the inception of the program in the mid-1960’s is 1013. Of these, 362 (35.7%) stopped at the A.S. and 651 (64.3%) continued for the B.S. Additionally, 72 of the 362 A.S. graduates continued for a

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Thomas Walker; Jan Helge Bøhn

2314 began complaining aboutthe lack of traditional instruction early in the course and the decision was made to hold twoquestion and answer sessions each week to provide student-instructor contact. Additionally, tenhours per week of undergraduate student assistance was provided to the EF 2314 students. Thecombined courses produced computer grading of more than 10,000 homework submissions,fifteen graded computer programming assignments per student.Course Web Site DesignThe EF 1574 course homepage is shown in figure 1, (EF 2314’s page is similar). Figure 1The course Web sites were developed to be as simple as possible for two reasons: • to keep the bandwidth requirement as small as possible so that

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Enno Koehn

. Bert, R. (1999). “Around the World in 24 Hours.” ASEE Prism, American Society for EngineeringEducation, 8 (7), 25 – 26.2. Black, K. M. (1994). “An industry view of engineering education.” Journal of Engineering Education,American Society for Engineering Education, 83 (1), 26 – 28.3. Budiansky, S. (1999). “A Web of Connections.” ASEE Prism, American Society for EngineeringEducation, 8(7), 20 – 24.4. Criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States. (1993). Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. Report AB—7, 8.5. Engineering Criteria 2000. (1999). Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.http://www.abet.org/eac.6. Koehn, E. (1995). “Interactive Communication in Civil Engineering Classrooms

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Mrs. Debbie Graves for her assistance with the productionactivities involved with the preparation of this paper.Bibliography1. Bert, R. (1999). “Around the World in 24 Hours.” ASEE Prism, 8 (7), 25 – 26.2. Black, K. M. (1994). “An industry view of engineering education.” Journal of Engineering Education,American Society for Engineering Education, 83 (1), 26 – 28.3. Budiansky, S. (1999). “A Web of Connections.” ASEE Prism, 8(7), 20 – 24.4. Criteria for accrediting programs in engineering in the United States. (1993). Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. Report AB—7, 8.5. Engineering Criteria 2000. (1999). ABET, http://www.abet.org/eac.6. Koehn, E. (1995). “Interactive Communication in Civil Engineering Classrooms.” Journal

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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

twoinstruments are similar enough to be normalized for comparison. At the same time, the higherreliability of Layton’s instrument lends credence to Layton and Ohland’s conclusion thatfocusing on identified behavioral characteristics of good teamwork (as Layton’s instrument does)can improve peer evaluation. Layton’s instrument accomplishes this to an extent, yielding amodest improvement in reliability. More focused attempts to define teamwork successbehaviorally, such as the modification of Brown’s instrument by Kaufman et al., may yieldfurther improvements in reliability. The overall reliability of the two instruments validates suchinstruments as repeated measures of a consistent trait.I. IntroductionIn order to satisfy ABET EC 2000’s charge for

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Robert H. Mayer

River, N.J., 1998.5. Laws, E. A., Aquatic Pollution, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993.6. Coleridge, S. T., The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, 1798.7. Department of the Navy, “Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia Solicitation,” issued by NAVFAC ContractsOffice, Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, 15 Apr 1998.ROBERT H. MAYERAssociate Professor Mayer is a past Program Director of Ocean Engineering. He currently teaches courses in oceanengineering design and marine-related environmental engineering. Research interests relate to the application ofstatistics and operations research methods to the management, engineering and construction of ocean facilities. Hepreviously served in the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy as an ocean

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Bob Lahidji

essential to the success of manufacturing engineering technology inindustry.Engineering Technology ProgramsFour-year Engineering Technology programs started in the early 1960's because engineeringprograms were becoming too theoretical. A baccalaureate in engineering technology preparesindividuals to become engineering technologists. The Engineering Technology Council has Page 5.155.1defined engineering technology as a: 1 Profession in which knowledge of the applied mathematical and natural sciences gained by higher education, experience, and

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Josef Rojter

engineering.However this secondary system had considerable support from the employer groups andstate governments, though there was a class dimension here. It reflected the prevailingBritish attitudes that engineering was an occupation for the labouring classes. An attitudethat has not quite disappeared till this very day.The introduction of four year engineering courses at post year 12 level by the successors of Page 2.346.1the technical colleges in the 1970’s changed the landscape of engineering education inAustralia. Research allocation by government bodies increasingly placed greater emphasison fundamental science based research. In response, these

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John R. Williams

strip attached AISI 4340 Cold rolled steel tensile sample Common steel nails, one bent, one straight Brass tensile sample, CA 360, half-hard Aluminum tensile sample, 6061-T6 Copper tensile sample Inconel tensile sample Hastelloy tensile sample Bright zinc plated steel hardware, such as an "S" hook Punched zinc coated steel strip used for shelving Hot-dipped zinc coated roofing nail Cadmium plated bolt or screw

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

sincere gratitude to Dr. Earl E. Keese, Dean, College of Basicand Applied Sciences for his commitment, support, and guidance throughout the project whichmade the venture such a success. Many thanks are due to Dr. Jeffery S. Allbritten, AssistantDean, College of Basic and Applied Sciences and Dr. James H. Lorenz, Chair, Department ofEngineering Technology and Industrial Studies for their supports and encouragement in the newand improved SolaRaider V project. Finally, the author is grateful to every team member who Page 2.351.5spent and will spend countless hours to achieve the ultimate goal in Sunrayce 97.REFERENCES1. Sunrayce Web Page, URL: http

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Patrick L. Walter

final report, and proposal and finaldesign presentations, provided realistic communication experiences for the studentengineers. IntroductionPrivatized Launch Systems (PLS) has been contracted to deploy its STARFIRE rocket systemto launch a 200M$ payload to support a joint U. S., French, British, Japanese consortium.The payload will image atmospheric contaminants as a function of altitude. The MIDGET IImotor used previously in the third stage of the three stage STARFIRE rocket system is nolonger commercially available. A new STAR VI motor will replace it. One performanceverification flight of this modified system is planned prior to actual payload launch.Verifying the integrity of the STAR VI motor, in

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Gary Benenson; Benjamin Liaw

. ProfessorM. Lucius Walker, Jr. of Howard University is the P.I. and Dr. William S. Butcher of NSF is theProgram Manager. The authors would like to extend their most sincere gratitude to all colleague,students and industrial partners participating in this ECSEL effort on manufacturing education.References1. G. Benenson, B. M. Liaw and E. Schaefer, “Undergraduates as Course Developers, Instructors and Evaluators: The New Manufacturing Course at CCNY,” Investing in the Future, 1995 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Anaheim, CA, June 1995, pp. 2784- 2788.2. G. Benenson, “Teaching Apprenticeships for Engineering Students,” Engineering Education for the 21st Century, Frontiers in Education 25th Annual Conference, ed. by D. Budny

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Mohamed A. Bourham; Donald J. Dudziak

. Doster), December 1996.5. S. Hayden, “Calibration and Evaluation of the Prompt Gamma Facility of the NCSU PULSTAR Reactor for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy,” Undergraduate Research Report, NCSU, (advised by K. Verghese and M.S. Yim), December 1996.6. A. Sakabe, “Calibration Experiments for Nuclear Well Logging,” Undergraduate Research Report, NCSU, (advised by R. Gardner), November 1996.7. J. Velez, “Mechanical Properties of Nuclear Materials Using an Automated Ball Indentation Tester,” Undergraduate Research Report, NCSU, (advised by K.L. Murty), December 1996.8. A. Loeb and Z. Kaplan, “A Theoretical Model for the Physical Processes in the Confined High Pressure Discharges of Electrothermal Launchers,” IEEE Trans. on Magnetics

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Anton Pintar

involve one or morecolumns and usually a recycle stream (absorption or liquid extraction followed by desorption or distillation withsolvent recycle and with energy recovery). The students can also compare the enthalpy and equilibrium dataused in hand calculations with the values estimated by the software.All of the above objectives have been achieved. The computer projects must be carefully formulated and beappropriate for the level of the course. Adequate assistance must be provided on use of the software. Thestudents like the design and economic aspects of the computer projects.INTRODUCTIONIn the late 1980’s the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity (MTU) developed a policy of using computers and computer

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Teresa L. Hein; Dean A. Zollman

impact of video motion analysis on kinematics graph interpretation skills. American Journal of Physics, 64(10), 1272 - 1277.9 Brungardt, J. B., & Zollman, D. (1995). Influence of interactive videodisc instruction using simultaneous-time analysis on kinematics graphing skills of high school physics students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(8), 855-869.10 Chaudhury, S. R. & Zollman, D. (1994). Image processing enhances the value of digital video in physics instruction. Computers in Physics, 8, 518 - 523. Page 2.472.6

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Janak Dave; Thomas G. Boronkay

4 Mechanics of Materials I 4 Mechanics of Materials II 4 Design of Machine Elements 5All of the above courses are one quarter in duration and all of them except Statics have alaboratory period associated with them.In the Engineering Drawing courses students learn fundamentals of design and drawing,introduction to ANSI standards, dimensioning and tolerancing, fits, etc. In this sequence thestudent is assigned an individual design project which s/he completes each step of designprocess, starting from conceptual ideas and design to final working drawings. They are requiredto produce assembly drawings and bill of materials

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Henry A. Wiebe

concept is more widely accepted and itsapproaches are more structured.The start of Total Quality Management in the United States is generally credited to the work andwritings of W. Edwards Deming in the early 1980’s. (13) His book, Quality, Productivity, andCompetitive Position, contains fourteen points for management which formed the earlyfoundation for TQM.TQM has since evolved into a philosophy of management. (14) The thrust of this philosophy is oncontinuous improvement and a focusing of organizational priorities, goals, and resources toidentify and efficiently meet the needs of those served by the organization. The implications ofthis thrust is that systematic measurements must be conducted to assess whether or not resourcesare effectively

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Christopher R. Carroll

, which in this case, is connectedto the 29205's main timing reference, MEMCLK, that runs at 16 MHz. This external reference,16 MHz, can be divided internally by any factor from 1 to 16 to produce the internal shiftregister clock, which becomes the bit rate for the video data. The factor chosen determines theresolution of the display along a scanline of the CRT, In a standard CRT display, scanlines aregenerated with a frequency of 15 KHz to 16 KHz, which yields about 65 µsec for eachscanline. Generally 10% to 20% of this time is not available due to overscan of the monitorand required retrace time, so typically one can count on about 50 µsec of usable time on eachscanline for image generation. With the maximum resolution available, using a clock

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Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

them to market at anever accelerating pace. Designs that lag behind, even though sometimes technically better,never see the market. Many software packages have been developed to help designers achieveand produce their designs more efficiently. One of these classes of software packages is thehardware description languages or HDLs. VHDL, a hardware description language for Very High Speed Integrated Circuits(VHSIC) was developed in the early 80’s to help the government standardize methods of Page 2.49.1describing hardware designs. This later became IEEE standard 1076 [1] and was modified andupdated in 1993. Most digital designs today use the

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D.M. Hummels; D.J. Rawnsley; Bruce E. Segee

calling one of the following routines: 1. v-send-lo: S end commands or data to a specified instrument physically connected to the same workstation this procedure is executed on. 2. v_receive_l(): Receive data from a specified instrument physically connected to the same workstation this procedure is executed on. 3. v_bustimeout_l(): Sets the timeout value for the local bus. 4. v_findlisteners_l(): Poll the local bus to find the number of listeners.Each one of these routines calls vender specific GPIB interface software to communicate onthe bus.4.2.2 Instrument Database ServerThe Instrument Database Server is run as a background process which is configured bythe startcommd executable. When this process is started during workstation

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John E. Shea

experiences without major investments inequipment and facilities. This is important at OSU because many of the engineering classes arebeing converted from three to four quarter-credit hours. The new structure will provide theopportunity for faculty members to experiment with new approaches to instruction and learning. Page 3.66.6 REFERENCES1. Bonwell, C.C, and J.A. Eison, Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom, ASHE-ERIC HigherEducation Report No. 1, George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development,Washington, D.C., 1991.2. Wanket, Phillip C. and Frank S. Oreovicz

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Hossein Moini

project.The author thanks the contributions made by the above organizations. He also expresses hisappreciation to Dr. Mark Meyer of Advanced Educational Systems and Mr. Richard Kensley ofPiezo Systems Inc. for their technical assistance on the use of their products. Opinions expressedin this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NSF and companiesmentioned.REFERENCES1. Moini, H. and Barua, S., Development of Intelligent Systems Laboratory, National Science Foundation Grant DUE-9651082, 1996.2. Gandhi, M. and Thompson, B., Smart Materials and Structures, Chapman and Hall, 1992.3. Moini, H., "Concurrent Design of a Structure and its Distributed Piezoelectric Actuators," Smart Materials and Structures, 6, 62-66, 1997.4