Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Yang, Troy High; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

Purpose Sensor Board for Mechatronic ExperimentsIntroductionIn the past decade most undergraduate engineering programs have adopted mechatronics in someform into their mechanical engineering curriculum. However, due to their multidisciplinarynature, mechatronics courses1-3 across the programs vary significantly. Some courses focus onmicroprocessors and programming, some on sensors and others on controls. There are alsomechatronics courses based on robotics. There are also mechatronics capstone design projects.At Cal Poly Pomona, mechatronics is offered in all these flavors depending upon the course andthe instructor. Experience indicates that students who are involved in mechatronics projects arethe ones who had some prior exposure in this field

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

Resources for Engineers). In 2004, the CEED office received a $2million dollar STEP (STEM Talent Expansion Program) grant from the National ScienceFoundation. The goal of the project is to increase the number of students earning degrees inengineering and computer science. One component of the grant activities was the expansion ofASPIRE, marketing it to a larger number of first-year students admitted to the College ofEngineering (COE). The expanded bridge program still operates under the auspices of theCEED and has been named STEP Bridge – Student Transition to Engineering Program.Here, we provide a brief overview/history of ASPIRE and then discuss the transition to, andimplementation of the STEP Bridge program. We will compare the logistics of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech

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Aerospace

AC 2007-93: THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND REDESIGN OF ANUNDERGRADUATE-LEVEL, SIMULATOR-BASED COURSE ON 'FLIGHT TESTTECHNIQUES'M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech Chris Cotting is currently a graduate student working on his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to his return to school, he worked for four years at NASA Dryden Flight Research Lab where he was a project chief engineer and flight test lead for several projects. Prior to working for NASA he was employed for four years at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Palmdale, California. He has worked on numerous experimental aircraft projects including the X-43A and X-43C, X-35, and X-33. He has an undergraduate and Master’s

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Lars Hagman, KTH; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech

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International

AC 2007-1830: TRANSATLANTIC DUAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMSBETWEEN TWO EUROPEAN AND AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITYManfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet DarmstadtLars Hagman, KTHJan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech Page 12.1501.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Transatlantic Dual Bachelor’s Degree Programs in Mechanical Engineering between two European and an American University AbstractThe ATLANTIS project joins the European Union and the United States of America in an unprecededendeavor to foster international education on the undergraduate level.Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), Germany, Kungliga Tekniska

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

classroom is student learning anddevelopment. The desired outcome of an engineering design project in the workplace, in contrast,is a product or process the supports the company’s overall profitability and mission. Thus Page 12.1135.3teachers read student writing not because they need to act on the information a given reportincludes, but because they need to determine whether or not the student has mastered the contentand skills the course attempts to teach. In the workplace, managers, clients, and coworkers readreports or listen to presentations to extract information they need in order to perform their jobs.Data from a workplace test becomes the

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

, existing assignments did not produceexplicit evidence of achievement of the outcome. For example, one of our outcomes is “Anability to work effectively on teams”. One of the criteria under that outcome is “shareresponsibilities and duties”. If a team of students works together all term on a project, you cantell by the content of the report that the team must have shared responsibilities in order toaccomplish the work. However, the report itself is not explicit evidence that the team membersshared responsibilities and duties. Therefore, that submission of the report by the students wouldfail because the report itself was not direct evidence of sharing responsibilities and duties.The faculty discussed two options to make the data better reflect

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-2822: LAMPSHADE GAME FOR TEACHING LEAN MANUFACTURINGErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Global Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for Hitech firms. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

* 5 3 0 3 High Frequency Systems 6 3 3 4 Embedded PCs 6 3 3 4 Biomedical Instrumentation* 7 3 3 4 BMET Elective (ECET) 7 3 3 4 BMET Elective* 8 3 3 4 BMET Capstone Project/Internship* 8 3 3 4The curriculum adds five new technical courses to a core of ECET, mathematics, English,science, and social science courses. The program is structured within the 130 credit-hour limitset by

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Design Education Thomas E. Marlin McMaster UniversityAbstract: This paper presents a proposal for increased emphasis on operability in the ChemicalEngineering capstone design courses. Operability becomes a natural aspect of the process designcourse for a project that is properly defined with various scenarios and uncertainty. Key topicsin operability are the operating window, flexibility, reliability, safety, efficiency, operationduring transitions, dynamic performance, and monitoring and diagnosis. Each is discussed in thepaper with process examples and its relationship to prior learning and process design

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College; David Lange, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Civil Engineering

Project management, Engineering problems construction, and asset 1, 2, 3, … below the table: Refers to the 15 BOK outcomes. B Portion of the BOK to be fulfilled through the Bachelor’s Degree M/30 Portion of the BOK to be fulfilled through the Master’s Degree or equivalent

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brendan Egan, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Dechant, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christopher Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-1342: BUILDING AS A POWER PLANT: MODELING AND SELECTIONOF A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM FOR AN ADVANCEDCOMMERCIAL BUILDINGBrendan Egan, Milwaukee School of EngineeringStephen Dechant, Milwaukee School of EngineeringChristopher Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Page 12.330.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Building as a Power Plant: Modeling and Selection of a Combined Heat and Power System for an Advanced Commercial BuildingAbstractIn this Mechanical Engineering senior project, combined heat and power (CHP) systems wereevaluated based on their effectiveness in supplying the

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Page 12.1335.6 subject areas; e.g., fluid mechanics exam results might be applied to an outcome relating to proficiency in hydraulic engineering. In general aggregate FE exam pass rates are not useful for outcomes assessment, with the possible exception of outcomes associated with preparation for professional practice.• Direct ratings from outside experts. Many programs invite members of industry or local professional societies to observe student performance, especially on capstone designs or independent study projects. Such evaluations are credible because they are free of faculty bias and are typically provided by outside experts who have a vested interest in seeing well-educated engineers

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

forimprovement. II. BACKGROUNDThe General Engineering program at East Carolina University started in 2004 and theDepartment of Engineering was founded in 2006. The philosophy governing the program is tointroduce the students to key engineering concepts and applications in the first semester of theirfreshmen year; these concepts are then integrated throughout the courses in the core curriculumand extend into the respective concentrations leading up to the capstone design project. Thesubsequent courses build upon these concepts allowing the students to make insightfulconnections at each phase and follow the development of these concepts to a professional level.The program is established with the following mission statement and educational objectives [3

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

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Materials

developed tomaintain technical rigor in material selection methodology, yet promote creativity and originalityin engineering problem solving.Future WorkThe flexibility of these exercises can be adapted to any group of students and may also focus onthe group’s personal or professional interests. So, current events in mass media, newspapers andmagazines have the potential to lead to the development of materials selection exercises. Otherpossible applications may be in a manufacturing processes course, product design application,and a capstone design projects. Utilization of the CES EDUPack software can be implemented ina variety of ways, from information attained on the material records to setting up limit stages tonarrowing the choices of materials

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Robert Ofoli, Michigan State University; Dennis Miller, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

hadalready happened in our program with the application of the process modeling software,ASPEN. Seniors were spending a significant portion of class time in the capstone designcourse learning to use the software, thus compromising coverage of other importantcourse topics. Students were spending extra time out of class playing catch-up withASPEN proficiency. Therefore, ASPEN was implemented as a problem-solving tool incourses at all levels of the curriculum, most recently including our freshman course aswell. As a result, ASPEN use has become comfortable and second-nature to all chemicalengineering students allowing faculty and students to focus more on important coursecontent. Our expectation is that this will happen with MATLAB as

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

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New Engineering Educators

and achieving certain learningoutcomes desired of engineering graduates. This paper provides preliminary analysis in thevalidation process of the E-FSSE survey that began in October, 2006 (see E-FSSE Survey inAppendix I). Thus far, three of the nine universities in the validation project have completed thesurvey, via the web. This paper provides some preliminary analysis in the validation process andnext steps. Several more validation steps are necessary before analysis is complete.IntroductionIn the wake of the National Academy of Engineering’s “Educating the Engineer of 2020” reportand the highly acclaimed National Academies’ “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report,today’s engineering community is increasingly concerned with and attuned

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

in terms of both designprocess and project delivery. Building Information Modeling (BIM), utilizes a model-centricapproach where the computer model functions as a central graphical and informationinterdisciplinary repository which, when optimized, facilitates design collaboration andcoordination among the project designers, clients, and construction teams. Additionally, theparametric and object-oriented modeling technologies underlying BIM applications alsofacilitate digital fabrication of both prototypes and manufactured components. It has beenproposed that building information modeling delivers technology that actually meets theexpectations of the profession that have previously gone un-fulfilled, and that BIM can “finallyharness the power

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Todd Easton, Kansas State University

. students, four of them are taking undergraduate courses in the same semester thatthe student plans to defend his/her thesis. These courses range from the capstone IMSEundergraduate experience to Technical Writing and even some undergraduate general educationclasses. Page 12.397.77. Future of the ProgramOur program was the first of its kind in the K-State College of Engineering. It causedconsiderable debate among the engineering faculty during course and curriculum procedures.Most questions were challenging whether the program met university guidelines. Aftersuccessfully answering these questions, many engineering faculty member expressed support

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Vehicle Dynamics 3 AE 477 High Performance Piston Engines 3 MET 435W Senior Capstone Project 3 ENMA 301 Engineering Management 3 ENMA 302 Engineering Economics 3 ENMA 401 Project Management 3 ENMA 420 Statistics 3 Total 45All of the courses listed above are currently being offered at the main campus. The MET coursesare also part of the MET program and

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

a combination ofengineering, science, computer science, information systems, project management,telecommunications, electronics, and quality assurance topics. Every degree program requires acourse in Integrated Technology Assessment, which is equivalent to a “CAPSTONE” course.Where necessary, students are provided access to a “Virtual Laboratory” for gaining laboratoryexperience.Anwar et.al.3 provided an overview of the engineering technology programs at EC, in a paperpresented at the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Anwar4 presents details of theBEET program at EC in an article to be published in the Journal of Pennsylvania Academy ofScience.2.2 Characteristics of EC Students As stated in Section 1.0, Excelsior College

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sang-Hoon Lee, Polytechnic University; Anshuman Panda, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Hong Wong, Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

articles, and 81 conference papers. He has mentored 67 high school students, 38 high school teachers, 10 undergraduate summer interns, and seven undergraduate capstone-design teams. In addition, he has supervised three M.S. projects, two M.S. thesis, and three Ph.D. dissertations.Hong Wong, Polytechnic University HONG WONG was born in Hong Kong, China. In June of 2000 and 2002, he received the B.S. and M.S. degrees, respectively, in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY. He is a member of Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. He worked for the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH, during the summers of 2000 and 2001. He is currently a doctoral student at Polytechnic

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Society.20 Unlike the first two books, this was written for senior engineeringstudents in a capstone course. While including some of the same topics, such as energy andsustainability, the focus of this text is on engineering practice. This is beneficial for atechnological literacy course. The text is useful both for new engineers confronting issues in thepolitical and business arenas and for non-engineers needing to understand engineering.The author wanted material in the readings that would serve as case studies in engineering andtechnology, and used other books to supplement standard textbooks. Some books written forfirst year engineering students, such as Adams, Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: theWorld of an Engineer,21 and Billington

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrance Boult, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Jeremy Haefner, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

- Page 12.306.3 English speaking country. A one-semester study abroad will be facilitated and strongly encouraged. While abroad, involvements in the Innovation team projects will be “virtual”, but will be required. The Creative Communication Core (for any BI major) will provide coverage of a variety of communication mechanisms including both traditional (e.g., oral communication) and non-traditional (e.g., visual arts) communication approaches.1.1 Why innovation?In its report, Innovate America, the National Innovation Initiative (NII) calls for an "innovationinfrastructure" as the foundation for the nation’s future

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Bob Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Manufacturing

past decade.Several local, regional and national activities are contributing to a continued and increasingenrollment in the manufacturing engineering program. These efforts are also beneficial torecruiting into other manufacturing post secondary education.Local Actions to Recruit Manufacturing EngineersThe University of Wisconsin-Stout has developed many actions that are directly or indirectlydesigned to reverse the declining interest in and promote a positive image of manufacturing. Thelocal programs supported and developed include Engineering and Technology Career Days,FIRST LEGO League Regional Tournaments, Project Lead the Way Affiliate, SkillsUSA, andSTEPS (Science, Technology & Engineering Preview Summer Camp) for Girls. These local

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

ProgramAbstractAssessing the level at which a Mechanical Engineering program achieves its stated outcomes isessential, not only to a successful ABET evaluation but also to the continued improvement andeffectiveness of the program. While survey data is valuable, it should only be one component ofa broader assessment plan. The Mechanical Engineering (ME) program at the United StatesMilitary Academy (USMA) has employed a method to feed graded event averages and standarddeviations from student assignments, examinations, and projects into a multi-level assessmenttool that provides a valuable measure of how well the students are achieving the programoutcomes.In the fall of 2005, the need arose to objectively evaluate how well the students in a designcourse were

Conference Session

Topics Related to Assessments and Outcomes

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Maughmer, Pennsylvania State University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

creativeexpression. “Perhaps the most important feature of a creative act is that it comesfrom within ourselves, rather than being a routine response to something in theoutside world.” 5 Thus the type of drawing the engineering students are attemptingcan be taught with rudimentary drawing skills in order to help them to thinkvisually and communicate visual ideas. The Process The drawing exercises were generally undertaken during our capstone aircraftdesign course. This two-semester sequence is taken by seniors, who have thechoice of an aircraft or a spacecraft design sequence. Students are initially askedto sketch any aircraft of their choosing. This drawing provides a baseline for boththem and the professor. Next the

Conference Session

Industry-Academia Collaborations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Jim Subach, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

anongoing basis. Course content is developed based upon the following essential rubrics: Page 12.889.4 - more - • The course-design approach is competency-/outcome-based • Classroom instruction is for clarification • The laboratory is to expand on classroom instruction • A final capstone project course integrates all the components Many sources for initiation ESD Curriculum-Change Process of change, 2+ faculty

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

Page 12.1119.12 efforts that are educational in nature it would do the universities well to remember that industries are the sine qua non of real engineering activities (33) .Be broad minded and think long range!In this vein, the major engineering problems of local industries along with their potentialsolutions should be focused on, properly framed, and clearly identified in open forums (e.g.through technical seminars, capstone courses and projects, theses work, etc.). This would help toset the stage by: disseminating relevant information, generating technical debate, and examiningpotential solutions from different perspectives. To come to grip with the needs of the industryand develop the potential to tackle industries’ main problems

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

integrate this knowledge during the solution of more or less open-ended projects to gainexperience in the design process. This paper reports on a different method of reinforcement ofmathematical models and failure concepts through the use of Model-Eliciting Activities (MEA).1An MEA is a client driven problem that requires the students to develop a mathematical modelnot explicitly stated in the assignment. The client driven approach can create an environmentwhere the students value abilities beyond using the traditional prescribed models andalgorithms.2 While traditional design projects focus on the product being developed, MEAs focuson the process of problem solving and model development. The originators of MEAs proposesix primary principles to

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

engineering courses, communication skills are not taught explicitly;however, students are expected and held accountable for being able to speak and write well.Consequently, there is a need to change university engineering programs in order to provideopportunities for students to develop communication skills (Pet-Armacost, & Armacost, 2003).The importance and need for oral and written communication skills in engineering has beenclearly recognized. Engineering students who have good communication skills are more likelyto succeed and advance in the professional world than those who don’t.Team-Working Skills in EngineeringIn today’s work environment, project tasks generally involve the establishment of teams formedby people from different functional