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Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Julie Graf; Ann Christy

participation from the department’s twoundergraduate programs: Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering (FABE), andAgricultural and Construction Systems Management (ACSM) and graduate students advised byFABE faculty (termed “students”). Faculty, staff, and alumni (termed “non-students”) were alsoinvited to contribute poetry. Student and non-student categories were further divided into twoadditional subcategories: poems dealing with technical subjects (i.e., Ode to a Manure Spreader)and poems dealing with non-technical subjects (i.e., My Love Is Gone, My Money’s Gone, andNow My Sobriety Is, Too). There were no rules pertaining to the content, convention, and styleof poetry; however, participants were cautioned to be mindful of decency and brevity

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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Andre' Butler; William Moses

Introducing Experimental Design in Mechanical Engineering Laboratories André J. Butler, William M. Moses Mercer University School of Engineering, Macon, GA AbstractMechanical engineering students at Mercer are required to take two laboratory courses, one inthe third year of the curriculum and the other in the fourth. Prior to 1996, the junior levellaboratory consisted of 10 well-defined, single period experiments, in which students executed aprescribed procedure, analyzed the data that were collected, and reported the results obtained.The lab was modified in 1997 to include a set of three experiments that

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

using Lego Mind Storms, anindustry panel for parents, and relevant speakers from RIT and industry. The data shown inTable 3 indicates strong program support and evidence that the parents perceived the event ashigh quality. The data collected on future program preferences has helped support current effortsto establish a summer camp program at RIT for young women interested in engineering. Table 3: Parent Post-Event Survey Data (2004 Park and Ride Event) TotalsGeneral Program Questions: (scale 1-5)Were the program dates convenient

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jerome Lavelle; Richard Keltie

Calculus Intervention for First-Semester Engineering Students Jerome P. Lavelle Richard F. Keltie College of Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695Abstract: Past analyses at NC State have indicated a positive correlation between students whostruggle in their first calculus class and those who ultimately leave engineering at NC. Thepresent study was conducted to investigate the effects of early intervention for engineeringstudents who have performed poorly on their first calculus examination. This paper presents

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Martin Whalley; Harriet Svec; Harvey Svec; Teresa Hall

students’ responses pre and post travel. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”At issue is whether the students responded to the survey with political correctness in mind oractually as a result of in-depth introspection. The survey was used as an avenue to involvestudents in thinking about the international experience and international culture. It should benoted that, although different, British culture is a western culture not significantly differentfrom that of the Midwest in terms of socio-economic conditions. The students comfort levelwith overseas travel was increased while in Manchester

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

policy;those who wish to teach at non-research colleges and universities; engineering students with astrong interest in educational research; corporate training management; and universityassessment staff or research faculty. Another sector of our target Ph.D. audience may includepeople with interest in a teaching career who hold BS and/or MS degrees in engineering withgood industrial experience, but who do not wish to pursue a Ph.D. degree in their traditionalengineering discipline. This degree is primarily designed with the following issues in mind: i) alarge increase in requirements for assessment of academic programs and difficulty in findingfaculty with that expertise and ii) shortage of quantitative academic assessment professionals

Conference Session

Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sunil Sinha

INTEGRATING ETHICS INTO THE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUM Sunil K. Sinha, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 231 Sackett Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802. H. Randolph Thomas, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, 206 Sackett Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802. John R. Kulka, President, HRI, Inc., 1750 West College Avenue, State College, Pennsylvania, 16804

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarah Smith

small group compared to international students from other cultures. Thus, professors need to deal with each student on an individual basis, keeping his/her personality in mind. • Religion: Some Muslim students who do not affiliate successfully with a local mosque return home. • Food: Most members of the Muslim faith do not eat pork. Many may need to ask if foods contain pork or pork products as this is not obvious to ascertain. Page 10.638.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Hebrank; Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

Teaching K-12 Engineering using Inquiry-Based Instruction Glenda T. Kelly, Mary Hebrank, Gary A. Ybarra and Paul A. Klenk Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NCIntroductionSince 1999, the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University has placed 95 undergraduate and33 graduate Engineering Teaching Fellows in 14 elementary schools and five middle schools infour counties in North Carolina serving 6,500 students. These Fellows assist partnership teacherswith the creation and delivery of lessons and activities that integrate meaningful math, scienceand engineering exercises into all areas of the Standard Course of Study. Based on outcomeassessments of training needs for these Teaching

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

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Briar Schumacher; Jon Leydens; Donald Elger

conclusion thatpeople learn better when they have trust relationships with others in the learning community. Page 10.617.7The concept that learning is embedded in a matrix of social and physical factors is supported by Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsignificant evidence. Professors seek out communities of like-minded researchers andpractioners. People who rock climb find others who climb, they share climbing-related interests,and they meet in places such as Yosemite National Park. The

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaishalee Naruka; Stephen Raper; William Daughton

interested in Engineering Management. Students alsomentioned Engineering Management might be easier for some who think communication andmanagement classes are easier than the hardcore “traditional” engineering classes, but to thosewho do not have good interpersonal skills or a business mind, it might as well be the hardest. Anumber of the alumni surveyed confirmed that engineering management is indeed very popularin industry and most students get jobs easily. Starting salaries for Engineering Managementgraduates are nearly the same as traditional engineering degrees such as Electrical andMechanical Engineering. However, as careers advance, and Engineering Management graduatesmove into the mid and executive level positions, a distinct salary

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Doucette; Gunter Georgi

engineering student. On the other hand, even a partial victory had some measure of reward. As new engineering students, it was important to keep their interest and enthusiasm.• It had to have some sort of competition. For the Robolab projects, it was easy to have scoring systems based on time or difficulty of tasks.With these characteristics in mind, we began to consider projects. Also, our FreshmanEngineering course has heavy participation of upperclassmen as mentors, so we solicited theirinput as well.As a parallel activity, some of the Freshman Engineering mentors were building a model train setto put in one of the building lobbies during the Winter holidays. This project attractedconsiderable interest, with many of the participants having

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Newcomer

An Ergonomics Course for Manufacturing Engineering Technology Students Jeffrey L. Newcomer Engineering Technology Dept. Western Washington UniversityIntroductionErgonomics has become an important part of manufacturing process design, for even without anOSHA standard in the area, the potential savings of having an ergonomics program in place aresignificant. As such, it is important for students in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology(MET) programs to be versed in the basics of ergonomic process design. To address this need,the Engineering Technology (ET) Department at Western Washington University

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Johannes Strobel; David Jonassen

talked about were large scale or small-scale projects, in which a set ofproblems (some of which were unanticipated) occurred. What is interesting is that theunanticipated problems that arose were a combination of engineering and non-engineeringproblems, as described by an electrical engineer. Also at different times we don't live in a perfect world and when buildings get put together at times people can make mistakes. Sometimes they can't be rectified and need to be ripped out and other times it would be disastrous to do that, so we develop equivalency concepts for that. The other unanticipated thing is you can get in a project is that the owner can change his mind and all of a sudden the whole dynamics

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jo Howze; Jefferey Froyd; Kristi Shryock; Arun Srinivasa

. The central foci of the learning activities would be engineering projects. Studentsworking on each project would knit together concepts they were seeing in different courses toaddress the requirements of the project. Another important type of learning activity would belaboratory activities in mathematics and physics that would be directly related to the project.Students would be engaged in “hands-on, minds-on” activities that would be connected to thecurrent project. Clearer understanding of the relationships among the concepts, clearerunderstanding of how concepts might be applied to address project requirements, and clearerunderstanding of how learning in the first year might be applicable to practice after graduationwill address the first

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tan-Yu Lee; John Dantzler; Robert Leland; Jim Richardson

]. Bandura, A., “Self-Efficacy”, in Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 4: 71-81, V. S. Ramachudran ed., New York, Academic Press, 1994. [2]. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., Cocking, R. R. eds., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School, Expanded Edition, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 2000. [3]. Chi, M. T. H., Bassok, M. Lewis, M., Reimann, P. Glaser, R., “Self-Explanations: How Students Study and Use Examples in Learning to Solve Problems,” Cognitive Science 13, 145-182, 1989. [4]. Harding, T. S., Carpenter, D. D., Finelli, C. J., Passow, H. J., “The Influence of Academic Dishonesty on Ethical Decision-Making in the Workplace: A study of engineering students,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

Page 10.673.8 the concomitant charade of teaching evaluations, (2) the single-minded outsourcing of almost every conceivable aspect of Higher Ed Inc., (3) the selling off of academic space Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education as the campus becomes commercialized: Georgia Tech put McDonald’s golden arches on the floor of its coliseum, Columbia University lent its name to a for-profit company of- fering distance learning classes over the Internet, The University of California accepted a research grant from a pharmaceutical company to research new drugs and

Conference Session

Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

math and science. Further, states should follow the Massachusetts and enact state standards for engineering 4. Use/Improve K-12 Teachers: Engage more K-12 teachers in outreach efforts and curriculum writing, and increase teacher salaries to attract the best technological minds to teaching 5. Make Engineers “Cool”: Outreach to urban schools and females more aggressively, and create more mentors and role models to attract these constituencies 6. Partnerships: Create better incentives for all groups to engage in K-12 outreach (especially higher education and industry)According to Dougless, Iverson and Kaylendurg (2004) there is no magical list ofrecommendations to promote and enhance engineering

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

Using a Vertically Integrated Team Design Project to Promote Learning and an Engineering Community of Practice Sandra Spickard Prettyman, Helen Qammar and Edward Evans Department of Foundations and Leadership/Department of Chemical Engineering University of Akron, Akron OH 44325Recent curriculum reforms in engineering education have focused on implementing thescholarship on pedagogy into the engineering classroom experience. For example, the paradigmshifts toward learner-centered versus teacher-centered delivery modes have been well establishedin many departments. In addition, department level curriculum reforms have begun to designintegration of concepts and skills

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erin Cejka; Chris Rogers

control of professional developers.Certainly, professional development could be provided for activities that do not take a lot of classtime and use inexpensive materials, however this does not get to the heart of the issue. The tworesponses that were most concerning indicated that the teachers felt engineering was hard toteach. These responses showed two different concerns about teaching. One teacher wasconcerned whether she would “Be able to convey [her] idea/concepts” to her students. Thistouches on issues of both teacher confidence and student ability. The other teacher thought, “It’sdifficult to ‘teach’ building skills,” such as meshing gears, properly. This brings to mind issuesof pedagogical style—the difference between teaching these

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gary Masciadrelli; Nicholas Massa; Gary Mullett

practice – the design, evaluation, anddelivery of instruction. In developing a model for reforming engineering technician education,we acknowledge that embracing change is sometimes difficult for faculty given the multitudeacademic and professional activities characteristic of technical education (i.e., keeping up-to-datewith latest technology, committees & advisory boards, course overloads, etc.). We also recognizethe administrative challenges to restructuring curricula given the complex nature of thecurriculum approval process at many institutions. With this in mind, we focus our model onstrategies that can be applied within existing curriculum frameworks; methods that have beenshown to produce real results in improving learner skills

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

AC 2005-552: USING ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS IN A LARGE ENGINEERINGPROGRAMG.T. Adel,G.V. Loganathan,J. Muffo,Jr., O.Hayden Griffin,Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityM. L. Wolfe,Marie Paretti, Virginia TechT.M. Wildman,Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Page 10.1407.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Using Electronic Portfolios in a Large Engineering Program T. W. Knott, V. K. Lohani, G.V. Loganathan G. T. Adel, M.L. Wolfe, M. C. Paretti, K. Mallikarjunan

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bernard Amadei; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt

dire need for a transformative modelof engineering education and practice for the 21st century that: • Unleashes the human mind and spirit for creativity and compassion; • Expands engineers’ professional and personal commitments to include both technical and non-technical disciplines; • Inspires engineers to embrace the principles of sustainable development, renewable resources management, appropriate technology, and systems thinking; and • Prepares engineers for social, economic and environmental stewardships.A 2004 workshop at CU on “Integrating Appropriate-Sustainable Technology and Service-Learning in Engineering Education” further expanded on these ideas.Earth Systems Engineering is a general concept that embraces

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed

Lean Thinking and Quality Control Strategies for Improving Engineering Educational Processes Mohamed El-Sayed, Maciej Zgorzelski , K. J. Berry, Paul H. Zang Department of Mechanical Engineering Kettering University, Flint, MI 48504AbstractThe quality of a product, in general, depends on the quality of the input materials and thequality of the processes used to realize the product. To improve or control the productquality, continuous monitoring of both the input material and the various processes isessential. The monitoring process itself requires establishing control mechanisms andfeedback links to the proper process checkpoints.Similarly, the quality of

Conference Session

Visualization

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Charlesworth; Thomas Drummer; Kedmon Hungwe; Sheryl Sorby

Developing 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills for Non-Engineering Students Sheryl A. Sorby, Thomas Drummer, Kedmon Hungwe, Paul Charlesworth Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThe ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate thoseimages is a cognitive skill vital to many career fields, especially those requiring workwith graphical images. Unfortunately, of all cognitive processes that have beeninvestigated, spatial cognition shows some of the most robust gender differences favoringmales, especially in the ability to mentally rotate 3-dimensional objects. This has obviousimplications for our attempts to encourage gender equity in

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Curry; Eugene Eckstein

).Bibliography1. Bransford J, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning., National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice. How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and school. Expanded ed. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press; 2000.2. Schwartz DL, Brophy S, Lin X, et al. Software for Managing Complex Learning: Examples from an Educational Psychology Course. Educational Technology Research and Development. 1999 1999;47(2):39-59.AMY L. DE JONGH CURRY is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at TheUniversity of Memphis. Her interests in enhancing engineering education include incorporatingtechnology into the

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Kidd; P. Paxton Marshall

Background The idea for “Inside the Box” was born when Professor Marshall asked teachingassistant Benjamin Kidd to come up with a semester long design project for Marshall’ssection of Introduction to Engineering workshop. “Preferably something that you enjoyand find interesting,” Marshall said. Special effects had crossed Benjamin’s mind onseveral occasions, but it was not until speaking with the stage lighting professor LeeKennedy at the drama department that a true idea began to take shape. During their conversation Benjamin got the idea for the “Grid.” The cubicstructure, ten feet on every side was used to provide a basis for the engineers’ work. Thedesign for this structure evolved alongside the idea of using theatrical special

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

An approach for in-class learning of mechanical engineering design subjects Arnaldo Mazzei Kettering University Mechanical Engineering Department 1700 West Third Av Flint, MI 48504 USAAbstractThe objective of this paper is to present a simple approach currently being used by the author forteaching mechanical engineering design courses at Kettering University.Most basic engineering design courses currently being taught at the university are four-creditcourses. These usually follow a format of two blocks (two hours

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Amrine; Caroline Kayser; James Swanson

who seriously question the use of technology in theclassroom. Among several others, Todd Oppenheimer3 questions whether a heavy focus on theuse of technology in education is actually resulting in a better educational experience for Page 10.1387.1students. Oppenheimer, author of “The Flickering Mind,” suggests that educators shouldapproach educational technologies very skeptically. His opinion is that computers are often Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationoverused since they allow teachers

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

by the ASCE. A degree of this sort would provide the broadest opportunity for thelargest possible population of students. Study beyond this baccalaureate degree will be warranteddepended on the individual’s career path.The scope of engineering for the urban infrastructureThe scope of engineering for the urban infrastructure is quite varied. It begins in the planningphase. The perspective of the engineering mind is an essential part of the planning process.Engineers and design are traditionally looked at as synonymous. This aspect of engineering iswell formulated, but oftentimes lack focus on the needs of the urban arena. The safe and efficientconstruction of urban works mandates supervision by adequately prepared and licensedengineers. While