Just as the competitive advantage of Japanese industry prompted leaders of American businesses to examine the effect of Japanese culture on its workers/associates, academic leaders need to examine the effect of university culture and its effect on the professoriate. This paper describes university culture, notes the importance of senior faculty leadership in that culture, outlines the promotion policy format in most universities, and details the distinctive aspects of promotion documents in the School of Technology at Purdue University.
{"title":"Changing university culture through promotion policies","authors":"T. Smith","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580600","url":null,"abstract":"Just as the competitive advantage of Japanese industry prompted leaders of American businesses to examine the effect of Japanese culture on its workers/associates, academic leaders need to examine the effect of university culture and its effect on the professoriate. This paper describes university culture, notes the importance of senior faculty leadership in that culture, outlines the promotion policy format in most universities, and details the distinctive aspects of promotion documents in the School of Technology at Purdue University.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116779810","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}
In this paper we present an approach to introduce electric power engineering students to new topics of research. Publications show how some classes of power systems and electromagnetic problems are solved using artificial neural networks. Some students at the American University of Beirut, willing to further their careers along academic lines or in research and development, are encouraged to take special projects to investigate and laydown the foundation for more serious research. Two such developments are reported in this paper. The first is a neural network-based automatic mesh generation method capable of developing meshes that preserve major properties such as Delauney triangulation and Dirichlet tessellation. In the second application, we demonstrated the possibility of creating a single artificial neural network to estimate the critical clearing time of faults in a realistic power system with differing load levels, fault locations, and network topologies.
在本文中，我们提出了一种方法，以介绍电力工程专业的学生新的研究课题。出版物展示了如何使用人工神经网络解决某些类型的电力系统和电磁问题。贝鲁特美国大学(American University of Beirut)的一些学生，如果愿意沿着学术路线或在研究和开发方面进一步发展自己的职业生涯，我们鼓励他们参加特殊项目，进行调查，为更严肃的研究奠定基础。本文报告了两个这样的发展。第一种是基于神经网络的自动网格生成方法，能够开发保留主要属性的网格，如Delauney三角剖分和Dirichlet镶嵌。在第二个应用中，我们演示了在具有不同负载水平、故障位置和网络拓扑的现实电力系统中，创建单个人工神经网络来估计故障的关键清除时间的可能性。
{"title":"Artificial neural networks: a new approach for treating electrical engineering problems","authors":"S. Karaki, R. Chedid","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580605","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an approach to introduce electric power engineering students to new topics of research. Publications show how some classes of power systems and electromagnetic problems are solved using artificial neural networks. Some students at the American University of Beirut, willing to further their careers along academic lines or in research and development, are encouraged to take special projects to investigate and laydown the foundation for more serious research. Two such developments are reported in this paper. The first is a neural network-based automatic mesh generation method capable of developing meshes that preserve major properties such as Delauney triangulation and Dirichlet tessellation. In the second application, we demonstrated the possibility of creating a single artificial neural network to estimate the critical clearing time of faults in a realistic power system with differing load levels, fault locations, and network topologies.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116897431","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}
Industries have complained about poorly trained engineering graduates. The demand for higher qualified graduates is due to the fact that global competition has been intensified. It seems that the old fashion of extensive lecturing and evaluation of students' performance do not match with industries' needs in the competition of world markets. To resolve the existing mismatch between engineering curricula and industries' expectations, academia should take proper action. This paper is intended to present an alternative method of teaching, the "open end", a new approach of teaching engineering courses that brings the industrial atmosphere into the classroom.
{"title":"Open-ended teaching methods bring a work place atmosphere into the classroom","authors":"M. Moussavi","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580466","url":null,"abstract":"Industries have complained about poorly trained engineering graduates. The demand for higher qualified graduates is due to the fact that global competition has been intensified. It seems that the old fashion of extensive lecturing and evaluation of students' performance do not match with industries' needs in the competition of world markets. To resolve the existing mismatch between engineering curricula and industries' expectations, academia should take proper action. This paper is intended to present an alternative method of teaching, the \"open end\", a new approach of teaching engineering courses that brings the industrial atmosphere into the classroom.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"393 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131061408","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}
We have developed an engineering design competition for pre-college students which is educational, fun, and successful. Now in its 4th year, nearly half of the high schools in the state participate at some level, and a number of these have incorporated the contest into their physics curriculum. The contest is called Design TASC (Technology and Science Connection) since engineering design couples science and technology. Key features of this competition include the following: (1) a design problem which may be solved inexpensively with readily available materials and which is relevant to the first-semester of the high school physics course; (2) an associated portfolio competition which teaches participants how to document the engineering design process; (3) the involvement of both practicing engineers and undergraduate engineering majors as reviewers and judges. The contest gives participants some design experience they might not otherwise get in high school, and it encourages students to learn more about engineering.
{"title":"A model for a successful high school engineering design competition","authors":"S.L. Titcomb, R.M. Foote, H. Carpenter","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580489","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed an engineering design competition for pre-college students which is educational, fun, and successful. Now in its 4th year, nearly half of the high schools in the state participate at some level, and a number of these have incorporated the contest into their physics curriculum. The contest is called Design TASC (Technology and Science Connection) since engineering design couples science and technology. Key features of this competition include the following: (1) a design problem which may be solved inexpensively with readily available materials and which is relevant to the first-semester of the high school physics course; (2) an associated portfolio competition which teaches participants how to document the engineering design process; (3) the involvement of both practicing engineers and undergraduate engineering majors as reviewers and judges. The contest gives participants some design experience they might not otherwise get in high school, and it encourages students to learn more about engineering.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132582479","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}
After presenting the various distinct types of laboratory activity, the authors describe in some detail how they have modified a sophomore circuits laboratory course. Traditionally, this course has engaged students in rediscovering what they already should have learned in their lecture course. The authors have made the experience into one of circuit design evaluation, where the students are asked to explore the differences between practical realities and theoretical possibilities by evaluating the performance of their own designs. They outline some of their exercises to clarify the distinction they are making from the traditional approach, and present evidence of student interest.
{"title":"Matching laboratory courses to engineering activities","authors":"W. L. Cooley, R. McConnell, N. Middleton","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580588","url":null,"abstract":"After presenting the various distinct types of laboratory activity, the authors describe in some detail how they have modified a sophomore circuits laboratory course. Traditionally, this course has engaged students in rediscovering what they already should have learned in their lecture course. The authors have made the experience into one of circuit design evaluation, where the students are asked to explore the differences between practical realities and theoretical possibilities by evaluating the performance of their own designs. They outline some of their exercises to clarify the distinction they are making from the traditional approach, and present evidence of student interest.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134479558","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}
Engineering students tend to view their chosen discipline as isolated from other engineering disciplines while many real world problems are interdisciplinary. This paper describes how a small scale railgun is being used to change this student perception in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the United States Military Academy. The railgun is a simple, but elegant, device ideal for a student design project. The student must combine electrical and mechanical engineering science into a single design and analysis project; in the process, the student learns that electrical and mechanical engineering are closely related-and in fact inseparable. The railgun system provides several attractive features as a teaching vehicle. The essential concepts are taught in introductory physics. The student must develop a mathematical system model (three first order, variable coefficient differential equations) and computer simulation to predict system behavior. The wise student makes first order engineering estimates to bound component values before trying to simulate the system. Using the simulation, the student selects an appropriate system design. The circuit is easily and inexpensively built and tested. Finally, a properly designed railgun dramatically grabs the observer's attention when fired.
{"title":"Using railguns to break barriers between engineering disciplines at the United States Military Academy","authors":"K. E. Reinhard","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580509","url":null,"abstract":"Engineering students tend to view their chosen discipline as isolated from other engineering disciplines while many real world problems are interdisciplinary. This paper describes how a small scale railgun is being used to change this student perception in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the United States Military Academy. The railgun is a simple, but elegant, device ideal for a student design project. The student must combine electrical and mechanical engineering science into a single design and analysis project; in the process, the student learns that electrical and mechanical engineering are closely related-and in fact inseparable. The railgun system provides several attractive features as a teaching vehicle. The essential concepts are taught in introductory physics. The student must develop a mathematical system model (three first order, variable coefficient differential equations) and computer simulation to predict system behavior. The wise student makes first order engineering estimates to bound component values before trying to simulate the system. Using the simulation, the student selects an appropriate system design. The circuit is easily and inexpensively built and tested. Finally, a properly designed railgun dramatically grabs the observer's attention when fired.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133190987","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}
The authors have developed prototype modules of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for electronic devices and automation systems emphasizing visual feedback. The visual feedback is established and maintained through animations and visual simulations depicting the essence of each concept. Visual simulations are pre-selected, fixed-path animations selected by parameters interactively set by the student. A prototype diodes/rectifiers module was initially introduced as a lecture demonstration. Students were encouraged to used the materials and an informal assessment was made based on student feedback. The students liked the color, feedback, repeatability and "change-of-pace" provided by the modules. A comparison of actual test scores on rectifier problems between the three semesters yields mixed results on the effect of the prototype material. Future modules will incorporate student recommendations, focus more on the general systems perspective and have stricter evaluation designs based on the results of these prototype materials.
{"title":"The impact of CAI emphasizing visual feedback on industrial distribution students at Texas A&M","authors":"S. Villareal, A. Seetharam","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580593","url":null,"abstract":"The authors have developed prototype modules of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for electronic devices and automation systems emphasizing visual feedback. The visual feedback is established and maintained through animations and visual simulations depicting the essence of each concept. Visual simulations are pre-selected, fixed-path animations selected by parameters interactively set by the student. A prototype diodes/rectifiers module was initially introduced as a lecture demonstration. Students were encouraged to used the materials and an informal assessment was made based on student feedback. The students liked the color, feedback, repeatability and \"change-of-pace\" provided by the modules. A comparison of actual test scores on rectifier problems between the three semesters yields mixed results on the effect of the prototype material. Future modules will incorporate student recommendations, focus more on the general systems perspective and have stricter evaluation designs based on the results of these prototype materials.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"179 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132978281","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}
New laboratory hardware supporting undergraduate electric machine and power systems instruction has been developed and installed at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the United States Military Academy. The new equipment integrates the transformers, machines, power supplies, loads, and meters necessary to support electric power engineering laboratory instruction into an electric power workstation; the workstation is designed to be a self-contained unit for students to perform laboratory exercises in their entirety. The workstation is built around induction, DC, and synchronous machines sharing a common shaft and three single-phase, tapped transformers. Variable speed drives are available to power each machine. Electrical connections between components are made on external console panels-designed for easy access and to reinforce student understanding. GPIB capable digital instruments measure AC, DC, and mechanical performance. Laboratory exercises that model, analyze, and verify performance can be performed in significantly less time. Examples are given.
{"title":"Undergraduate electric machines laboratory innovation at the United States Military Academy","authors":"H. Hess, K. E. Reinhard, P. F. Barber","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580589","url":null,"abstract":"New laboratory hardware supporting undergraduate electric machine and power systems instruction has been developed and installed at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the United States Military Academy. The new equipment integrates the transformers, machines, power supplies, loads, and meters necessary to support electric power engineering laboratory instruction into an electric power workstation; the workstation is designed to be a self-contained unit for students to perform laboratory exercises in their entirety. The workstation is built around induction, DC, and synchronous machines sharing a common shaft and three single-phase, tapped transformers. Variable speed drives are available to power each machine. Electrical connections between components are made on external console panels-designed for easy access and to reinforce student understanding. GPIB capable digital instruments measure AC, DC, and mechanical performance. Laboratory exercises that model, analyze, and verify performance can be performed in significantly less time. Examples are given.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133036502","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}
LabVIEW has been adopted as the programming development environment for students to generate their own virtual instruments. The language based upon a systems approach, fits well the measurements system course, the first of four courses in the curriculum with associated laboratories. Each of the laboratories uses LabVIEW in different modes, but in a seamless way and making use of students expanding skills. Examples of experiments are presented. Observations on the impact of this new tool on the program are presented.
{"title":"Curriculum-wide systems programming environment for mechanical engineering instructional laboratories","authors":"G. King, R. Evens, D. DeWitt, P. Meckl","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580519","url":null,"abstract":"LabVIEW has been adopted as the programming development environment for students to generate their own virtual instruments. The language based upon a systems approach, fits well the measurements system course, the first of four courses in the curriculum with associated laboratories. Each of the laboratories uses LabVIEW in different modes, but in a seamless way and making use of students expanding skills. Examples of experiments are presented. Observations on the impact of this new tool on the program are presented.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122570825","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}
The US economy is undergoing a period of rapid change. A second industrial revolution is in process. The key to economic survival in these increasingly dynamic times is an educated workforce. The importance of mass education does not eclipse the need for customized education. Artificial intelligence technologies can drive multimedia systems, which can provide an unprecedented level of individual attention throughout the educational process. Such systems will present an exo-intelligence over the information superhighway. They will teach us how to learn more effectively. Random seeded crystal learning methodologies provide for interaction with the expert so as to amplify the basis knowledge, which is provided.
{"title":"The future of random-seeded crystal learning in computer-aided instruction","authors":"S. H. Rubin","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1994.580607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1994.580607","url":null,"abstract":"The US economy is undergoing a period of rapid change. A second industrial revolution is in process. The key to economic survival in these increasingly dynamic times is an educated workforce. The importance of mass education does not eclipse the need for customized education. Artificial intelligence technologies can drive multimedia systems, which can provide an unprecedented level of individual attention throughout the educational process. Such systems will present an exo-intelligence over the information superhighway. They will teach us how to learn more effectively. Random seeded crystal learning methodologies provide for interaction with the expert so as to amplify the basis knowledge, which is provided.","PeriodicalId":288591,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference - FIE '94","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128985353","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}
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