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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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, Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University. Dr. Zhang's research interests include Communications Theory, Wireless Networks, Bandwidth Efficient Modulation Schemes, Signal Design and Information Coding, and Digital Signal Processing Techniques for Communications. Dr. Zhang is a senior member of IEEE and a member of ASEE.Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University KEN BURBANK is an Associate Professor and Director of Electrical Engineering at Western Carolina University. Dr. Burbank is active with IEEE, SME, and TAC of ABET, and strives to bring practical engineering activities into the classroom. His current project is the development of a photonics program within the Electrical

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New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Godfrey, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University; Robert Adams, Western Carolina University

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-Access Engineering and Technology Laboratory through a Graduate Level Team Project Jonathan Godfrey, James Z. Zhang, Aaron K. Ball, Robert Adams Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723Abstract:For many distance engineering courses, labs are either accomplished by gatheringstudents at a central location or are comprised by requiring students to perform computersimulation. Aimed at improving learning effectiveness for the students, Kimmel Schoolgraduate students are set out to implement a real-time, remotely accessible engineeringlaboratory for an undergraduate automation class based on the previous research results[1], [2

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Faculty Reward System Reform

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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needed for a new type of professionally oriented engineeringgraduate education that is combined with engineering practice and is designed for practicingengineers in industry and government service to spur innovation at the professional master ofengineering level, the professional doctoral level, and beyond to the highest levels of engineeringpractice. But these changes won’t occur by themselves without vision, commitment, leadership,and resolve.Today, professional engineering education for working professionals must correlate with themodern practice of engineering including growth from project levels, technical program levels,through policy levels. As such, professional education for the practice of engineering is quitedifferent from traditional

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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yamilka Baez-Rivera, Mississippi State University; Lennon Brown, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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graduate student in Engineering because of her research work. Her Research work is related to last year internship in Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Ocean Springs, MS. During that time, Yamilka was a link in a pilot project between the university and the company in where she apply what she learned in class and research at MSU, to the real shipboard power systems problems in the company. Her work is going to continue this summer, when she goes back to Northrop Grumman for second consecutive year as a summer intern. She is an active student in research, courses and extracurricular activities, especially sports. Some research interests include control techniques and the application in power systems

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New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michael Todd, University of California-San Diego; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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AC 2007-41: THE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE: A COLLABORATIVEGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMCharles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory Chuck Farrar has 25 years experience as a technical staff member, project leader, and team leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory. While at Los Alamos, he earned a Ph. D. in civil engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1988. He is currently working jointly with engineering faculty at University of California, San Diego to develop the Los Alamos/UCSD Engineering Institute with a research focus on Damage Prognosis. This initiative is also developing a formal, degree-granting educational program in the closely related areas of validated

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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report Science: The Endless Frontier. But, as Project Hindsight [U.S. Department of Defense] and other reports indicate, the basic research-driven paradigm of the practice of engineering for technology development & innovation is in error.7, 8 As Martino, formerly of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, noted ─ the linear basic research-driven paradigm of how technology is primarily created is erroneous because scientific research and engineering development serve two very different functions with different methods, which are not linear, sequential processes as the 1945 paradigm portrayed. 9III. Paradigm Shift ─ Modern Practice of Engineering forContinuous and Systematic Technology Development & InnovationDuring

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New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crocket, California Polytechnic State University

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University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Crockett is a specialist in technology development and commercialization of advanced materials and manufacturing processes. Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was founder and President of Xeragen, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead engineer and Principal Investigator on projects to develop technology evolution plans for the Space Station

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Faculty Reward System Reform

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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a professionalnature in the practice of engineering that meets the six criteria that Diamond and Adam put forth.The definition should include the professional realm of engineering from project engineering, technicalprogram making, through technology policy making for the purposeful advancement of technologyrelevant to the creation / development / innovation of new, improved, or breakthrough technology in theform of products, processes, systems, operations, or organizational leadership infrastructure conducive toinnovation or other meaningful creative engineering works performed in the spirit and mission of theprofession of engineering for the advancement and betterment of human welfare.Thus, the professionally oriented faculty that we are

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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supportive learning environment: ethic of cooperative support between participants, faculty, and administration; strengthened by social gatherings and informal discussions outside the classroom; a trusting environment for students to challenge and consider alternative perspectives, and engage in new learning activities. • Immersion-type experiences for students (and faculty) to work closely and build camaraderie and provide a forum to develop cohort groups, nurtured by an environment of continual interaction (classroom, lunch discussions, intensive team-based projects, external organized activities such as business trips). • Committed students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Listening to and

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaustubh Nagarkar, General Electric; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of NY-Binghamton

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applicationof simulation, TQM, and Six Sigma tools. An overview of SCM and outsourcing in thehealthcare industry has also been provided. This course has been received very well bythe graduate students.IntroductionThe annual spending of the United States on healthcare continues to rise each year and isexpected to reach $3.1 trillion by 2012, which is almost 150% of the total spending in theyear 2000 ($1.3 trillion)1. This projected spending is estimated to account for up to 17%of the Gross Domestic Production (GDP) by 2012, up from 13.2% in 20002. In otherwords, the average spending on healthcare per American is projected to double from$4,373 in 2000 to $9,216 in 2012. Hospitals are the single largest segment of the totalexpenditure on healthcare and

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Mullenax, Tulane University

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AC 2007-565: THE ROLE OF THE MASTER'S DEGREE WITHIN ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONCarol Mullenax, Tulane University Carol received her BS in Engineering & Applied Science from Caltech, an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University, and an MSE & PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane. She is currently employed in industry by Bastion Technologies, Inc., as a Project Manager for the Non-Exercise Physiological Countermeasures Project, operated out of the Johnson Space Center for NASA. Page 12.1465.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of the Master’s Degree within

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New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University

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impact of these shifts is two-fold: increased demand for healthcare Page 12.1393.3services for an aging population and decreased availability of intellectual resources to addressthe challenges.Finally, the rising cost of healthcare is a national problem. Projected healthcare costs willconsume 15.5% of the GDP according to the Adaptive Business Leaders Organization or $1.9trillion annually 8. Advances in technology through new treatments and particularly diagnosticimaging are estimated to have contributed 10% to 40% of the cost growth during the 1990s, andtechnology is expected to continue to be a cost driver 4. An aging population is also

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Eisenman, University of Maryland; George List, North Carolina State University

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others, some focus on heavily on theory, othersfocus more on application driven research. Some research programs are team-oriented,while others concentrate on individual projects. Students need to be sure to consider eachof these things when choosing their new school. Page 12.1514.3Choosing an advisor might be the most difficult of the decisions. This is because theinformation incoming students have about advisors is limited to research papers, briefinteractions, and the opinions of others’. With this limited information, students aresupposed to determine who will advise and mentor them through their graduate study andthe rest of their career. A

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Frehill; Amanda Lain, New Mexico State University; Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Lauren Ketcham, New Mexico State University; Karen Luces, New Mexico State University

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1.9 46.1 34.5 1990 4,894 8.5 2.0 37.6 46.7 2000 5,321 15.7 3.2 35.5 46.1 2004 5,776 17.6 3.2 26.7 57.2Notes: *URM = Under Represented Minority: African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, andHispanics.** Data are available for different years due to differences in reporting at the federal level.Source: Commission on Professionals in Science and Engineering, 2006. “Four Decades of STEM Degrees, 1966-2004: ‘The Devil is in the Details’.” STEM Workforce Data Project Report No. 6. Online data archives

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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in many engineering schools in thepast few years. Traditionally, engineering undergraduate students are provided with some designexperiences in the cap stone design course, and as part of some other engineering courses, whichinclude design-type small projects or open-ended problems, throughout the curriculum. Whilevery valuable in many ways, this design experience does not constitute scientific research: Itmainly aims at providing a design for a working or manufactureble part or system. To achievethis, the students usually apply their existing knowledge and technical skills that they acquirethrough their engineering courses. Engineering research includes the aspect of pursuing a scientific topic, a hypothesis or anidea in a systematic

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Recep Goktas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ulas Tezel, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Programs” 2 for the 2007-08accreditation cycle stipulating that an engineering master’s degree graduate should satisfybaccalaureate curriculum criteria and demonstrate mastery of a particular subject and a high levelof communication through completion of an engineering project or a research activity.(Common ABET baccalaureate curriculum criteria include proficiencies in performing statistics,conducting experiments, and critically analyzing data.) It is implied that an engineering doctoraldegree graduate should satisfy the master’s-level criteria and demonstrate expertise in a subjectthrough an advanced research activity. Considering the growing necessity of graduate-levelengineering education and, subsequently, the research aspect of graduate

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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Balachandran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Lalitha Balachandran, Wisconsin Department of Transportation

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evaluator.Lalitha Balachandran, Wisconsin Department of Transportation LALITHA BALACHANDRAN is an advanced engineer Advanced Engineer at the Division of Transportation System Development - Southwest Region, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, 2101 Wright St, Madison, WI 53704-2583. She is registered as a professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin. She has completed many highway design projects from 1990 to 2007 and is currently in a managerial position. Page 12.474.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Designing Weekly Online Graduate Course Discussion and Rubrics for

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New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Stephen Eck, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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liberalarts programs and engineering programs (Ref. 3). The implementation of the concept at NJITand the concept itself (now including PhD and MBA programs) has gone through several stagesof development since that time, driven by a number of factors that reflect the transition of NJITfrom a specialized, primarily undergraduate institution to a major public research university(Ref. 1) with over 40 Master's programs, 18 doctoral programs, and graduate enrollmentapproaching 3000. The initial concept was to allow undergraduates to proceed smoothly into thenew Master's programs that were being developed, allowing enhancement of theirprofessionally-based education and providing a vehicle for faculty and students to work onMaster's level Projects and Theses

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Egbert; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina

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iteratively employing the lessons learned from mistakes andopportunities resulting from those tasks.A significant longer term threat to maintaining a highly innovative engineering workforce is thelack of interest and related low performance of our primary and secondary school students inscience, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Regional, state and local efforts supportingrecruitment of young students into STEM areas include the FIRST Robotics Competition and theProject Lead the Way® pre-engineering curriculum within Middle Schools and High Schools.These and other similar projects deserve our fullest support.A move to restore the perception of engineering as a rewarding and value adding career is alsoneeded, thus our Government and our