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Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

Session 3675 PLANNING BEYOND PROMOTION Nancy L. Denton, Christine Corum Purdue UniversityABSTRACT Obtaining tenure and receiving one level of promotion often seem to be the overriding concern for newand/or untenured faculty. Administrators and tenured faculty generally encourage this viewpoint, based on theknowledge that, at many campuses, tenure is a requirement for continued employment. While continuedemployment is certainly desired by most faculty, satisfaction with professional and personal accomplishmentsand the

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Mel I. Mendelson

Session 2542 Teaching Factory Approach to Engineering Management Education Mel I. Mendelson Loyola Marymount University Abstract An industrial partnership was established with a start-up company to plan and design a novel pressurefresh container for preserving fruits and vegetables. This was developed in a class project for a Manufacturing & Production Engineering graduate course. One self-directed team of engineering students generated a prototype design, manufacturing plan and cost estimate for producing the product.I. Introduction

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basic job functions; project designer and project manager. As a designer, an individual is responsible for completing assigned design and development tasks. As a project manager, an individual is responsible for developing a comprehensive and integrated project plan that can serve as the guide for designing and developing a project. Given these two job functions, the individual responsible for the project becomes the single point of integrative responsibility for achieving overall project success. Given the above responsibility, the project responsible must be skilled in performing the following basic project

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

budgets in order to support its substantial missionchange.” The college was already ahead in the game. A plan was submitted to reduce 3full time equivalent (lWE) enrollment (Table 2). Burke stated that Farmingdale willhave to share in any expenditure reductions that the SUNY System must absorb during1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95; however, to assist in the restructuring and the reallocation offunding and positions to areas of primary need, Central Administration will hold inescrow approximately $3.5 million in funds that would normally be withdrawn throughthe bench mark process based on an enrollment reduction of 1104 FTE. Based ontrends and comparative data, most SUNY campuses are underfunded

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Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

Session 2313 Outcomes Assessment Measures Joseph A. Shaeiwitz West Virginia University Most engineering departments are now or soon will be required to have a working assessment plan aspart of their ABET accreditation. In this paper, the principles of assessment are summarized. The assessmentplan in the Department of Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University is used as an example of how aplan can be developed and implemented. Suggestions for how to implement an assessment plan are alsopresented

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Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and MetalCasting-at “GMI Engineering& Management Institute. The apparatus was installed in January of 1996. Thisis being followed by six months of training in solid modeling and use of the equipment, as well as finalizationof early implementation plans for the Polymer Processing and Computer Integrated Manufacturing classes inthe summer and fall of 1996. These plans will begin as part design information along with mold designrequirements, derived and gathered by Polymer Processing students, are fed to students of ComputerIntegrated Manufacturing. Upon interfacing with the Polymer students, and equipped with SLA requirements,CIM students will develop appropriate solid models for prototyping. The development of

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Bertram Pariser; Cyrus Meherji; Yuqin Ho

, we are planning to reinforce our lab work in Fiber Optics with practical trouble shooting and splicing techniques taught in industry.. This, we believe, will give our students confidence and the rudimentary skills a fiber optics technician requires. Page 1.202.2---- {~x~~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+,~yy’;:.— - ......-.. . Session No: 1626 - Our basic plan for teaching this course is as follows: 1) Basic Geometric Optics and Fiber Optics

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Joan A. Begolly; Tracie L. Brockhoff

greater proportionof female high school graduates (67.1) enrolled in college than male (57.6). Although the trend continues with anincreased percentage of females (52. O) planning for doctoral or advanced degrees in 1993, a study of the five mostoften planned fields of study by 1993 seniors indicated “about 81 percent of those who chose engineering weremen. ”1 According to the 1994 edition of Information Plus, although “women have made important inroads into thelife, physical, and computer sciences” they still lag behind men proportionately “in degrees of all levels of physicaland computer sciences, and especially in engineerin where they earned about 15 percent of the bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees and only 9 percent of the Ph. D’s. ” f

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Jose A. Macedo

the task of improving it in some sense. They are guided through the following steps: generateideas for improving the existing system, prepare a proposal for approval by the instructor explaining theimprovements, plan and execute the approved modifications, and prepare technical documentation. Studentswork in teams of three to four students. Each team is free to organize their activities, and there is no fixed timeallocated for this laboratory. The projects are built using Fischer-Technik@ components, sensors and actuators.They are physical simulations of various manufacturing processes, and are controlled using a personalcomputer. The projects are carried over from year to year. At the beginning of a semester, each team receivesall the

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Osama Ettouney; Don L. Byrkett

CIMS course is a 3 credit, senior level course with one hour of design. The course wasdeveloped collaboratively in the truest sense of the word. Professors Byrkett and Ettouney worked closelyover several years to broaden the course from one that primarily emphasized computer aided manufacturing toone that showed how computers can be integrated into every aspect of manufacturing including productdesign, process design, and product manufacturing. During the Spring semester of 1993, ProfessorEttouney taught the class independent y for the last time while Professor Byrkett attended all of the classesand laboratories. Their plans were to work collaborative y to develop an interdisciplinary course that wouldbe of interest to both manufacturing

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Winston F. Erevelles

forautomated assembly, and implement software solutions for hierarchical supervisory control of manufacturingoperations. Student teams (4-5 students each) are challenged by the complexity of the project, the need forextensive planning and teamwork based on project management principles, the interfacing required withvendors and in-house technical support, the need to interact and collaborate with 7 other student teamsworking on the same endeavor in the same laboratory, and the compressed time frame of the project.Introduction Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) has been espoused, attempted, and implemented by varioussectors of US industry in response to the challenges of an increasingly competitive global market. Anexamination of CASA/SME’s

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Constantine A. Ciesielski

requires more than book reading and knowing the “rules”;practice and example are paramount. College professors hold a unique position in being able to teach“meeting skills” to their students through good example in the classroom. After all, a classroom session isreally an instructional meeting, one of the five types of meetings addressed in this paper. The instructor’scontinued example of holding effective classroom meetings should help the student learn the principles ofconducting effective meetings.Introduction Management functions are often identified using five basic responsibilities: planning, organizing,staffing, directing and controlling. Most construction management degree programs in the United Statesaddress these responsibilities

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Lucian P. Fabiano

technical performance requirements is now coupled with achieving requirements for project management, concurrent engineering, interdisciplinary problem solving, and teamwork. In effect, engineers and technologists assume two project development roles; project designer and project manager. As project designers they are responsible for completing assigned design tasks. As project managers they are responsible for defining a comprehensive and integrated plan which reflects overall development requirements and is aimed at achieving overall project success. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Engineering Technology (ET) department has

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Larry C. Burton; Jeffrey G. Soper; Jack V. Matson

courses. Topics treated in those courses are indicated below.Some of the topics are similar to those found in business courses. The Minor does indeed address a numberof “business” issues, such as marketing, finance, and strategic planning. However, these topics areaddressed for the specific purpose of providing engineering students with contextual relevance.The team teaching approach is used in this Minor. One of the most important skills that the Minor attemptsto develop is the ability to work in teams, where different and often divergent attitudes and philosophiesexist. This holds true for instructors as well. Instructors for the core courses of the minor include Ph.D.’sfrom engineering, education, and business. Since the team approach is such

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Forrest S. Keeler; Dr. Mihir K. Das

the university curriculum, and to graduate level students for eventualvaluable dissemination and application to multiple other programs in the student’s work environment. SystemsEngineering is such a discipline. It has been in existence for a considerable time and it has grown out of a hostof methodologies that have emerged over time to support Systems Design Engineering as a key element ofcomplex design teams. This paper reports on our recently developed Graduate program in SE focused toward development ofcomplex systems. Each such complex system requires a clear Systems Engineering Master Plan, a set of SEMethodologies, appropriate tools, a rigorous requirements flow-down technique, and a comprehensive ProjectManagement Plan to

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Thomas Johnson; Mike A. Littlejohn; Jr., Thomas H. Brown; Carl F. Zorowski

I .—. . Session 1255 . Graduate Engineering Education Emphasizing Continuous Quality Improvement Carl F. Zorowski, Thomas Johnson, Thomas H. Brown, Jr., & Mike A. Littlejohn North Carolina State UniversityAbstract A proposed program and plan of execution for integrating continuous quality improvement principles,methods and practice into the graduate education and research programs

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Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley; D. Jack Elzinga

curriculumaligned with the strategic directions of the department. Page 1.134.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsThe Process For our purposes the curriculum renewal process can be modeled as a six-stage procedure (see Figure 1): Stage 1 -- Preparation Stage 2 -- Strategic Planning Stage 3 -- Identifying Curriculum Renewal Objectives, Performance Measures, Goals and Milestones Stage 4 -- Analyzing the Existing Curriculum Stage 5 -- Designing the New Curriculum Stage 6 -- Implementing the New CurriculumContinuous curriculum improvement is

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Karl F. Meyer; Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

Session 1675 A Teaching Methodology that Works! Organizing a Class Stephen J. Ressler, Karl F. Meyer, Thomas A. Lenox United States Military AcademyIntroduction This is the first in a series of papers which describe a structured methodology for planning and conductingengineering classes. These papers are being developed in conjunction with a National Science Foundation-sponsored project entitled “Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering”, establishing an annual

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Greg Bowyer; D. Gibson Peaslee; Fazil Najafi

prospectus forgoals and guidelines; c) engage county and city administrators to set up educational sessions on how to learn andimplement the technology; d) develop an in-house implementation plan to include slide tapes, video tapes, tech-nical advisories or sometimes engage a consultant to prepare an implementation plan for their local areas. The 2project staff also works with various T centers to get help in their implementation plans as well as get help indistributing more research information. The Problem 2 The biggest challenge of an outreach program in T is in achieving its end objectives

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Robert C. Waters

, you may observe that resultsfell far short of plans. Basically, the new course addressed the topics of time value of money, replacement Page 1.137.1 $iiiii’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,,,~y~’: Exhibit 1: Proposed EMgt260 Content Topic Subsidiary topicsPrice theory Market allocation of resources, Marginal analyses, Demand & supply functions including assumptions, Market

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., & C.R. Bragdon. The National Aviation and Transportation Center at Dowling College Providing Leadership in intermodal Transportation and Applied Research. Dowling College, Oakdale, NY May, 1995.2 . Bragdon, C.R. Intermodal Transportation Planning For The 21st Century: A New Paradigm. Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, January, 1995.3 . Lambert, D., & J. Stock. Strategic Logistics Management. Irwin, Homewood, IL, 1993.4 . Lieb, R. Transportation. Dame Publishing, Houston, TX, 1994.5 . Raphael, D.E. A Research Report on Transportation Careers for Dowling College. Marcar Management Institute, Belmont, CA, June, 1994.6 . Wilson, R. Transportation in America, 12th Edition. Eno Transportation Foundation, Lansdowne, VA

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Michael L. Smith; Mary R. Marlino; Jeff V. Kouri; D. Neal Barlow; A. George Havener

instead of a sequence ofclassroom lectures, the pedagogical setting for student teams is an Air Force System Program Office responsiblefor design and deployment of a manned research base on Mars. Instruction follows the Socratic method whereinstudents are guided to identify the relevant tasks and engineering requirements pertinent to the plan. Traditionalinstruction is used sparingly to present specific tools and concepts. Quantitative assessment data from the firstoffering are encouraging because a significant improvement in the students’ ability to frame and resolve ill-defined problems (a priority outcome) has been measured. Qualitative assessment-findings show that thestudents learned important engineering fundamentals, liked the course and

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Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman; Harvey Wolfe

courses and how each has been converted to a primarily ac-tive learning format. These are “Modeling with Computer Applications” (first semester, sophomore); “Opera-tions Design, Planning and Work Measurement” (second semester, sophomore), “Human Factors Engineering”(first semester, junior), and “Total Quality Management” (junior/senior elective). We discuss how we introducestudents to different learning styles, teamwork, provide team training, address conflict resolution, utilize theworld wide web, address “real” problems, use the computer for problem solving, introduce ethics, and stresswritten and oral communications skills. We also discuss issues involved with grading team assignments, main-taining accountability, and student evaluation and

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

their societies, yet they had not found the most effective means of creating thiscontinuity during the most critical time, the transfer of executive boards. Through their collaborationwith the OMEP, the planning for a leadership retreat began. The students recognized the importance ofan information exchange from the outgoing executive board members to the incoming and the need toshare experience. The student leaders also recognized that the stability and continuity provided by theOMEP strengthens the membership as a whole and enhances the progression of leaders through theorganizations and into indust~.A pilot retreat was held for two days in a remote area of Northern Arizona to allow time to focus onmutual priorities. The activity required

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Gloria Rogers

education. ABET has responded by undertaking aprocess which has led to the “drastic downsizing of the criteria and are-orientation of its accreditationphilosophy. ”1 This has resulted in Engineering Criteria 2000 which has been published and distributed forreview and comment for the next two years. That’s the good news. Unfortunately, few engineering collegesare prepared to deal with the challenge of providing evidence in a systematic way which validates studentachievement in the areas defined by “Criterion 3. Program Outcomes. ” That’s the bad news. This paperwill compare the previous ABET criteria to the new proposed criteria and illustrate a process which can beused in the development of a plan to assess student outcomes.What has changed

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Craig Gunn

to either reduce papers, cut feedback, or find another way to provide the neededcomments that all writers need in order to improve their text production. The already existing body ofteaching assistants was tapped to act as readers and evaluators. The issues regarding communicationintegrated into an engineering department, faculty support for the plan, preparation of the graduate students,orientation for the undergraduates who are impacted by the plan, and an evaluation of the process thus farwill be addressed.Introduction Communication skill has always been one of the first things that is considered when deficiencieswithin engineering programs are evaluated. Over the past years many strategies have been undertaken toaddress these

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William H. Mason; Michael P. Deisenroth

productive discourse withthose who are. For students with prior work in manufacturing, the course provides an insight into thespecifics of manufacturing applied to the aerospace industry. It gives them the opportunity to betterunderstand the close relationship that exists between the manufacturing environment and the product domainof the industry being considered.The Initial Plan The approach to be taken in the class was to combine lecture material with laboratorydemonstrations, field trips, and project work which emphasize specific topics that were being addressed.Being able to see and touch was an important goal. Video tape presentations and slides were to be used tosupplement lecture material. Additionally, team term projects and

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Mohammad M. Asoodeh; Carl W. Steidley

of Industrial Technology at Southeastern Louisiana University. The secondauthor was given a laboratory, but the equipment in the laboratory was outdated. The two authors found thatthey had many mutual interests and thus the project described in this paper was born.Laboratow Development Plans Initially, in seeking funding for this project it was planned that this laboratory would support threecomputer science courses which address both specific guideline subject matter as well as supporting thephilosophy of the Role of the Laboratory as recommended by Computing Curricula 1991 a Report of theACM/IEEE-CS Curriculum Task Force [7]. These courses are: Computer Architecture, MicroprocessorSystems, and Robotic Sofiware Systems. It was

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Richard Korchak; David Swanson

. Congress dictated that the partnerships would address the needs of industry, improveinternational competitiveness, and concentrate on the technological needs of small and medium sizecompanies. Funds were to be matched by the states or other entities and assistance would be given tostates in planning these services. Congress also stipulated that existing organizations serving industrywould become a part of the programs, thus avoiding conflicts with existing organizations. Starting with afew million dollars and three centers program MEP now has programs in 42 states and Puerto Rico. The 1996 federal portion of the program is $80 million, and this is more than matched by the nonprofitorganizations offering the technical outreach services. The

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Jr., Alfred J. Bedard; David G. Meyer

15 HOH with an additional eight in progress and 24 in plan-ning stages. Typically, these consist of a theory problem statement which includes a HOH component. Manyof these HOH also include a classroom demonstration, and a more quantitative closure experiment. We willpresent examples of HOH created to date and review plans for testing and evaluation. IntroductionBackground There have been various approaches to the challenge of providing experimental components to theo-retical courses. For example, groups of formal experiments have been provided to give concurrent or addedenhancements to analytical subject matter. Alternatively, complete experimental courses have been added tocurricula