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Yogesh Potdar; Patricia Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

Session ERMEvolution through Evaluation: The Development & Delivery of a Multicultural Awareness Workshop for Teaching Assistants in Engineering Yogesh K. Potdar, Patricia B. Spencer/Kathryn Hollar Cornell University/Rowan UniversityAbstractThis paper will summarize the process for developing and delivering a workshop on MulticulturalAwareness for the TA Development Program in the College of Engineering at Cornell University.This workshop, delivered first in 1992, has been a key component of the TA Training programbecause of the pertinent issues around diversity in the classroom

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P Ravikumar

Session 1566 Assessing and Improving a Senior Design Project Course for Undergraduates in Mechanical Engineering Based on New ABET Guidelines P. B. Ravikumar University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WIAbstractThe Senior Design Project Course in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville offers a format of instruction and student participation that is centered around industrysponsored projects. The course is designed to serve as a transition from education to the practiceof engineering to the graduating

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Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

advantages than educationalmachineries. Industrial machines are more reliable, more cost effective-in the long run andprovide the bells and whistles needed to train qualified graduates. These machines also provideadvanced programming, interfacing, precision and accuracies needed for today’s manufacturing.These advantages plus the willingness of some of these machine builders to form special jointventures with universities and colleges, make the selection of industrial machineries, overmachines manufactured only for educational use, an issue to give in-depth consideration.Bibliography1. Aronson, R. B., Internal Change Sparks Manufacturing Success. Manufacturing Engineering, v125, n3,September (2000).2. Dornfeld, S. A Philosophy For Purchasing A CNC

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Thomas S. Kuhaneck; Frank Noonan

withnational performance goals, (b) are responsive to local conditions and risks, (c) utilizeformal analytic risk management tools and (d) effectively engage marine transportationsystem stakeholders. This strategy has been identified as the acquisition of a corecompetency in risk-based decision-making (RBDM). Page 6.28.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Risk-based Technologies Group at the U.S.C.G. R&D Center has supported theabove strategy by developing a set of RBDM Guidelines for district and

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Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili; Jr., Richard Crain; Jeffrey McCauley; Forrest Parkay; Denny Davis; Michael Trevisan

establishing goals and improving team performance. This results in students listeningto each other more effectively, which results in the students setting the bar to a higherlevel of performance. Teams rise to these expectations and consequently improve theirteam, communication and process skills.For the first team, the instructor tries to create teams with diversity of learning styles, hasno gender and ethnic person isolated, and examines student schedules to find availabletimes for the team to meet outside class. Over the years we have found that very fewintroductory students have a B Preference learning style in the Herrmann Model. Becausethis person will provide organizational skills to the team, it becomes imperative to assignat least one student

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Rafiqul Islam

demands more and more networkcapacity every day. This trend for growing data rates is expected to continue in the foreseeablefuture. Optical fiber communication technology has kept up with the growing traffic volume.The concept of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has increased the capacities to greaterthan 1 Tb/s (1012 b/s ) over a single fiber by means of more than a hundred channels at 10 Gb/seach. Many research groups and developers in communication companies are exploring theways to extend this capacity from the backbone to some high-end users such as business premiserouters and high-speed workstations. The design and development of communication systems isgreatly focused on SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous

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Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

Table 1. Table 1. Sensor Types, Their Location and Purpose Sensor Type Location Purpose Micro-switches A Raw material feed station Presence or absence of raw (Contact) material B Robot end-effector Presence or absence of part in the grippers while handling C Part holding fixture To sense the alignment and presence of the part in the

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Carlos Sun; Frances Johnson; David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Beena Sukumaran; Anthony Marchese; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm; Douglas Cleary

., and Hesketh, R. P. (1998). What's Brewing in the Engineering Clinic?Hewlett Packard Engineering Educator, Vol. 2, No. 1., p. 6.3. Schmalzel, J. L., Marchese, A. J., Mariappan, J., and Mandayam, S. (1998). The Engineering Clinic: AFour-Year Design Sequence. 2nd Annual Conference of National Collegiate Invention and InnovationAlliance, Washington, DC.4 Mariappan, J. and Marchese, A. J. (1998). TQM Approach to Design in the Sophomore EngineeringClinic. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition. Anaheim, CA.5. Harvey, R., Johnson, F., Marchese, A. J., Newell, J. A., Ramachandran, R. P., and Sukumaran, B.(1999). Teaching Quality: An Integrated TQM Approach to Technical Communication and EngineeringDesign. ASEE Middle

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Ronald E. Musiak; Richard A. Grabiec; Eric W. Haffner; Steve Schreiner; Alan K. Karplus; Mary Vollaro

Session 2793 Forging New Links: Integrating the Freshman Engineering Curriculum Ronald E. Musiak, Eric W. Haffner, Steve Schreiner, Alan K. Karplus, Mary B. Vollaro, Richard A. Grabiec School of Engineering, Western New England College, Springfield, MassachusettsAbstractThe School of Engineering at Western New England College is redesigning its traditional corecurriculum to provide Freshman engineering students with a more integrated and challengingeducational experience. We began this evolutionary process by

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Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; John Gambatese

Session 1421 A Graduate Seminar In Construction Neil Opfer, Jaeho Son University of Nevada, Las Vegas John Gambatese Oregon State UniversityAbstractAt our University, with our graduate program in construction, we looked for a vehicle toaccomplish certain goals. Our construction program is in a major metropolitan area with anextremely active construction market. We wanted to expose graduate students to the broadspectrum of this market ranging from residential and commercial

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W. Doyle St.John

Session 3280 A Laboratory Course in Sensors W. Doyle St.John University of Wisconsin - PlattevilleAbstractA novel feature of our engineering physics program is a 2-credit laboratory course coveringsensors and sensor systems. The engineering physics program accentuates areas which aremultidisciplinary with an engineering curriculum emphasizing physics, electrical, andmechanical engineering. Following the advice of our industrial advisors, we have developed acourse which covers basic sensor technologies, sensor calibration and applications, as well

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Richard Seagrave; R. Vigil; Debra Hawker-Schreiner; Charles Glatz

Session 1608 A Systematic Approach to Satisfying EC2000 Debra L. Hawker-Schreiner, Charles E. Glatz, Richard C. Seagrave & R. Dennis Vigil Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State UniversityAbstractWhen considering the requirements of EC20001, it rapidly becomes apparent that a large amountof data is going to be produced, and that it must be used. Additionally, the data required must beobtained from different constituencies and there may not be significant additional resources tomaintain long term monitoring. These facts were considered when beginning

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Robert Muelller

Session 2793 A Neural Network Lab Experiment Robert Lynn Mueller The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractNeural networks are becoming widely used in complex control problems. Many academic exercisesapproach neural network applications using only software simulations; however, simulations alonedo not give students a full appreciation of the power and complexity of neural network-basedcontrols. This paper describes a laboratory experiment that uses a temperature and airflow processsimulator to

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Don L. Dekker

Session Number 2525 A Project Summer of Summer Projects Don Dekker Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyIntroductionDuring the summer of 2000, Koch Pavement Solutions and Rose-Hulman collaborated toprovide ten students with the opportunity to work on five different projects. Thecollaboration came about because Koch had projects that they wanted to see completedand Rose-Hulman had a Lilly grant that was to encourage students working on industrialprojects. Rose-Hulman paid the student salaries. This, initially, made it seem like a freeworker situation for Koch Pavement Solutions, but they spent

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Robert Kimball

Session 3486 Reforming Technical Mathematics: A Collaborative Effort Robert L Kimball Wake Technical Community CollegeAbstractThe National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the American MathematicalAssociation of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) and the Mathematics Association of America(MAA) have called for changes in the content and methodology of mathematics education.Industry is also calling for changes—changes in the product. Industry want graduates who canthink critically, communicate effectively, and solve problems using a variety of tools. This paperdiscusses

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Craig Gunn

Session 2326 A Class of Freshmen Get Dirty Craig James Gunn Michigan State University East Lansing, MIAbstractPerhaps the words “getting dirty” have become archaic with the advent of computers that haveallowed individuals to design, build, and test every conceivable item without leaving the comfortof their homes. Students entering the university today are much more unlikely to have takenapart an engine and much more likely to have never opened the hoods on their cars. With that inmind, one of the principle activities in the Residential Option for Science and EngineeringStudents (ROSES) course at Michigan

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Wei-Chiang Lin; Mark A. Mackanos; E. Duco Jansen; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Sean P. Brophy

Session 2509 Development and Implementation of an Interactive Instructional Module of Light Distribution in Tissue E. Duco Jansen, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Wei-Chiang Lin, Sean P. Brophy, Mark A. Mackanos Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNAbstractAt the very core of the field of biomedical optics (defined as the use of light from far-ultravioletthrough the visible into the infrared for diagnostic, therapeutic and sensing applications inmedicine and biology) lies a thorough understanding of light distribution in biological tissue.Courses in

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Hakan Gurocak

Session 2263 e-Lab: Technology-assisted Delivery of a Laboratory Course at a Distance Hakan Gurocak Manufacturing Engineering Washington State University 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686Abstract: This paper presents a new approach for real time delivery of a ManufacturingAutomation laboratory course at a distance. The enabling technology is the combination of aninteractive TV system and the Internet. The interactive TV system, controlled by operators ateach location

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Rachel Shinn; Ron Madler

Session 1816 Genesis of a Team Teaching Paradigm – Development of A Space Option in Aerospace Engineering Drs. Rachel Shinn and Ronald Madler Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZAbstractThis paper describes the team teaching dynamics that the two authors experienced whiledeveloping a spacecraft design option within the Aerospace Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. The authors found it necessary and desirableto work as a team in developing the space courses since there was no release time allocated to

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Peter Schuyler; Howard A. Canistraro

Session 1526 A Single Computer Based Data Acquisition and Control System For a 4 Year MET Program Howard A. Canistraro And Peter Schuyler The S.I. Ward College of Technology University of HartfordAbstractUnder support from an Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement grant from the NationalScience Foundation (DUE # 9851104 ), the laboratory portion of the Mechanical EngineeringTechnology (MET) program at Ward College is being revised. Analog signal conditioning,measurement and data storage is now

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Howard Medoff

Session 3553 Use of a Courtroom/Trial in a Classroom to Illustrate Engineering Failures Howard Medoff The Pennsylvania State University Abington CollegeAbstractIf and when a component or structure fails, resulting in significant loss of life or property, peoplelook for someone (or group) to blame. The assignment of responsibility for the engineeringfailure may be the task of a prestigious government/industry commission or agency, to bedetermined over many months using a variety of resources. As the process of determining thecause(s) of this event unfolds, simultaneously, legal actions may

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M. Catherine Hudspeth; Angela Shih

Session 1353 Using the Lego Robotics Kit as a Teaching Tool in a Project-based Freshman Course A.C.Shih and M.C. Hudspeth California Polytechnic University MEP ProgramAbstractFor an incoming freshman, beginning of his/her college life can be an exciting butchallenging experience. Some of these challenges may include: displacement fromhome, lack of friends, tough course work, and unfamiliar environment in general. TheMaximizing Engineering Potential (MEP) program at Cal Poly Pomona recognized thedifficulties that the freshmen face, and has

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Arturo Fuentes; Cristina Villalobos

Session 2370 Providing a More Complete Preparation for Engineering Students in a Minority Hispanic Institution Arturo A. Fuentes, Cristina Villalobos Department of Mech. and Industrial Engineering/Department of Mathematical Sciences The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas, 79968, USAAbstractIt is necessary to help preserve standards of quality in our society through education to maintainsafety and integrity. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is the second largest Hispanicinstitution in the United States. Over 67% of its

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Paul Duesing; Kevin Schmaltz; Dan Goodrich; Pamela Schmaltz

Session 2525 A Capstone Senior Engineering Design Course: A Project Case Study and Its Subsequent History Pamela Schmaltz, Kevin Schmaltz and Paul Duesing Lake Superior State University Dan Goodrich Continental Teves, Inc.I. IntroductionA senior engineering design course can be used to develop ties with industry while givingstudents a taste of real-life project engineering. The engineering and technologycurricula at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) incorporate a two-semester,multidisciplinary capstone senior

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Ricardo Molina; Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

Session 2360 A Contribution for Engineering Education in Brazil Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Ricardo Castillo Molina SENAC School of Engineering and TechnologyAbstractIn 1996 the Education Ministry of Brazil published the Federal Law no. 9.394 known as LDB –Basis and Directress Law of Education. With this new Law it started the educational reformswith the objective of increasing the quality of 3rd Grade in the Country. Although the reformsare associated to a political project of the present team of Republic, the real motivation is due tothe consequences of a new social and technical post

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Saeid Y. Eidgahy

Session 2460 Core Educational Competencies and A Systems Response Saeid Y. Eidgahy, Ph.D., San Diego Mesa CollegeAbstractMany different ideas and concepts in educational reform have been studied and discussedthroughout the past two decades. Engineering education, in particular, is undergoingmajor transformation under the new EC2000. Quality concepts are increasingly enteringthe culture of colleges and accreditation agencies now consider outcomes assessment tobe of the highest importance. These are all important developments for engineeringeducators, but what is missing is a link among the many valuable, but disconnected, ideasand

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Louis Theodore; Joseph Reynolds; Ann Marie Flynn

Session 1413 A Course on Health, Safety & Accident Management Ann Marie Flynn, Joseph Reynolds, and Louis Theodore Department of Chemical Engineering Manhattan College Riverdale, New YorkI. IntroductionThe rapid growth and expansion of the chemical industry has been accompaniedby a spontaneous rise in human, material, and property losses because of fires,explosions, hazardous and toxic spills, equipment failures, other accidents, andbusiness interruptions. Concern over the potential consequences of catastrophicaccidents, particularly at chemical and petrochemical plants, has

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Stephen M. Batill; Natalie Gedde

Session 3266 Development of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Learning Center Stephen Batill, Natalie Gedde University of Notre DameAbstractThe College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame has recently opened an EngineeringLearning Center. The Learning Center is a classroom, a laboratory, and a meeting place. It is afacility designed for experiential learning, communicating ideas and developing new methods forteaching and learning. The Center was developed through collaborative planning andcoordination with all the departments in the College of Engineering. The

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Craig Johnson

Session 3464 Effectiveness of a Web-Centric Ceramics Course Craig Johnson Central Washington UniversityAbstractThe objective of this effort was to effectively use a computer-based educational environmentwith traditional methods in executing an upper level materials course. Some constraintsincluded a minimum contact time of one hour (out of four total), and the development andapplication of appropriate computer-based infrastructure. Motivation for this effort came frommany areas including current education philosophy, politics and personal interest. Seed

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Binaya Acharya; Bruce Segee

Session 2559 A Web-Enabled Distributed Door Entry System Binaya Acharya (email:bacharya@eece.maine.edu), Dr Bruce E. Segee (email:segee@eece.maine.edu) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instrumentation Research laboratory, University of Maine.AbstractThis integrated security system that monitors and controls the access to a particularroom/area was created as a demonstration of a typical distributed, web-enabled industrialapplication. It utilizes a bar code scanner, a data terminal, a PC at the door and another asa database and web