{"title":"Parallel learning curve","authors":"D. Meador","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187455","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187455","url":null,"abstract":"The parallel learning curve is a method of teaching/learning which increases the depth and quantity of comprehension. The author presents a classification for parallels, how to search for parallels, examples of parallel learning curves, and possible directions for education research.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127139106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing student attitudes toward design and innovation","authors":"C. Yokomoto, W. W. Buchanan, R. Ware","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187510","url":null,"abstract":"The authors present the results of a research project that investigated student attitudes toward design and innovation. The study was conducted using students from an engineering program and an engineering technology program. Of the ten items in the survey, engineering majors and technology majors differed significantly on three items. A personality assessment instrument was also used to determine if personality factors influenced student attitudes and beliefs within the major. The data show that personality factors do contribute to attitudes and beliefs.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132496546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technological literacy for non-engineers","authors":"R.C. Jones, T. Kumar","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187465","url":null,"abstract":"The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the Association of American Colleges (AAC) have jointly embarked on a project aimed at improving technological literacy offerings for liberal arts majors in higher education. The Technological Literacy Project has been funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The project has completed a comprehensive review of existing programs, curricular materials, and literature on technological literacy in higher education. It conducted a Technological Literacy Workshop, an invitational gathering of 50 experts in the field, in Washington in May 1991. The authors describe the output from that workshop, including issues identified and recommendations made. They also describe proposals for ongoing efforts for the stimulation of technological literacy programs for liberal arts majors in higher education, involving engineering colleges and their faculty members.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"114 14","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113940638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professional tools in control systems education","authors":"J. Parr, D. Blandford","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187529","url":null,"abstract":"A revised control systems curriculum for undergraduate electrical engineering students is described. The control systems sequence consists of a required, four-semester-hour course and a three-semester-hour elective course. The required course provides an introduction to classical control system analysis and design techniques. The elective course introduces additional classical design techniques with an emphasis on digital controllers and modern control system design. Laboratory experience is integrated into both courses. The elective course also provides design experience through the use of design case studies which are conducted in-class, with the instructor and students working as a design team, and individual design projects. Program CC is used extensively in the classroom in both courses to illustrate new concepts and to provide solutions to example problems. Additional software tools are available for students to use in completing their design projects.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121273811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use of the 4MAT system in engineering education","authors":"J. Harb, S. Durrant, R. Terry","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187562","url":null,"abstract":"The authors examine the application of a learning cycle to engineering education. The learning cycle was patterned after B. McCarthy's (1987) 4MAT system and was based on elements of learning style theory from the work of D.A. Kolb (1984). The cycle provides a simple model which may be applied by all faculty, independent of their particular teaching styles, to improve and enhance engineering education. It is concluded that students who are guided through the learning cycle are exposed to a wider variety of learning experiences and increased opportunities for self-discovery and independent thinking. In addition, the learning cycle provides a rational basis for faculty, who may have hesitated to bring creativity into the classroom, to expand activities beyond the traditional lecture. In the authors' experience, application of the learning cycle in the engineering classroom leads to renewed enthusiasm for the educational process and a greater commitment to teaching and learning.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125058954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Instructional use of analysis/design techniques in nonlinear control systems for the undergraduate curriculum","authors":"J.E. Vrtis, J. Bobis","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187530","url":null,"abstract":"The authors propose the use of continuous simulation analysis/design techniques of nonlinear control systems with feedback in a control course for undergraduate-level programs. Three frequently encountered nonlinear cases were selected to be analyzed: dead zone, amplifier saturation with dead zone, and dead zone with hysteresis. These nonlinear functions as a whole represent a large number of the familiar characteristics found in typical nonlinear systems. The behavior of each system is analyzed in detail with implied changes in an array of control variables. This experimental method provides the discovery and documentation of generalities within the function and in contrast to other systems. A data catalog is generated for each case which contains output documentation on the systems behavior to an array of variable values related to the plant, the nonlinear function in question, and the input function applied. This accumulated data provide an understanding of the nonlinear system in question, which leads to an increase in the control and efficiency of all physical systems.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117075787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The IBM-SUNY bridge program","authors":"S. Nunes, D. Jasura, J. Markle","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187554","url":null,"abstract":"In 1989 an agreement was signed between IBM-Mid Hudson Valley Education (with sites at Kingston and Poughkeepsie, New York) and the SUNY College at New Paltz to organize an educational program for the company's technicians that would include up to the first 45 credits of the BSEE curriculum. A pilot project was designed to provide instruction in introduction to engineering, calculus, physics, Fortran programming, differential equations, and beginning circuit analysis over a 15-month period. After some experimentation a format emerged which allowed 62% of the students to successfully complete the program while continuing to function in their jobs. Considerable acceleration of the course of study seems to be possible by means of carefully planned logistics; however, faster-paced courses did not work very well within the framework of the pilot project. A few courses may need to be modified to better serve this particular student population.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129118289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishing waste reduction and recycling potential as basic principles of engineering design","authors":"P. Walsh","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187499","url":null,"abstract":"It is noted that, traditionally, engineering research and engineering education have focused on improved methods of managing and disposing of waste. The authors propose that engineering education be refocused to also develop engineers capable of designing waste minimization into manufacturing and construction at the front end. Examples of new technologies designed to reduce volume and toxicity of waste products show that economic and environmental benefits can be achieved from this approach.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129167113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A hypermedia-based problem-solving approach to engineering, learning, working, and playing","authors":"M. E. Hopper, W. LeBold, A. A. Feghali","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187439","url":null,"abstract":"It is pointed that there is a need in engineering education to prepare students for lifelong career planning, and that emerging computer technology may be able to play a role in addressing this need. To explore this possibility, the authors have been offering an experimental course in engineering career planning for beginning engineering students. Students use computers to do assignments and store personalized guidance data. In addition, the authors have developed a hypermedia program called the Engineering Career System to provide useful information during the planning process. Evaluations of the course have been very positive, and show that the computer materials have played a successful supporting role in the course.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122994646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming declining enrollments in petroleum engineering","authors":"R. E. Rogers, C. T. Carley","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187577","url":null,"abstract":"It is noted that petroleum engineering departments across the country have experienced whiplash in their enrollments in the past decade, going from 10800 undergraduates to 1419 in the span of five years. The industry and student enrollments are cyclic and will continue to be so. It is suggested that this feature is perhaps symptomatic of other engineering disciplines. If so, the experience of the Mississippi State University Petroleum Engineering Department in recruiting and retaining students in a severe downturn will be beneficial to others. The department's approach to declining enrollment has been an aggressive recruiting campaign followed by a concerted effort of retention after the student joins the program.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127686799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}