PROCEEINGS OF THE ASME INTERNATIONAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGCONGRESS AND EXPOSITION NOVEMBER 11-16, 2001 NEW YORK,NEW YORK The14 full-length, peer-reviewed technical papers presented in thissymposium focus on papers related to various subjects in mechanicalengineering technology. The topics include teaching and curricularinnovations, developments in convection, simulation, plasticmolding, vehicle control and dynamic response, motor sports safety,wrist fracture biomechanics, molten metal stream shrouding duringcasting, finite element analysis, and gearing. The papers highlightthe best practices in teaching and technology application, andfaculty or undergraduate research in these subjects.