Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Forouzan Golshani, Wright State University; Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Mary Ellen Bargerhuff, Wright State University; John Flach, Wright State University; Jeffrey Vernooy, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, thecurriculum includes a mandatory practicum at one of the partnering organizations, such as thelocal rehabilitation center, the Goodwill/Easter Seals foundation or the county Mental Page 12.72.4Retardation/Developmental Disability facility.Faculty members from the four participating doctoral programs have developed theinterdisciplinary required coursework. The courses are divided into three components: 1)Required core courses within the primary doctoral program; 2) Elective courses and; 3) TheLearning with Disability core courses as outlined below. At least 16 (quarter) hours must becompleted from the LWD menu. This intentionally prescribed program of

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Morales, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Industrial Engineering

areas which are open to further study.Keywords: Industrial Engineering, intrinsic motivators, extrinsic motivators, misconceptions,career choicesI. IntroductionThrough the years many researchers have focused mainly in understanding the students,Kierkegaard 1 believed that to be a good teacher, you must learn from the student, identify withhim or her and thus gain a better understanding of how he or she learns. With this knowledge oneis able to channel the material in a better way so that the student understands it better. In realitywe believe that the students tend to be worlds apart from each other, each having their ownpersonal motivators, perceptions, learning capabilities and willingness to do so.While the inclination towards

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria Brunette, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; paula rayman, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; meg bond, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Lu Yuan, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Women in Engineering

iterations.Selecting the Panel of ExpertsCriteria for being selected as a member of the Delphi Panel of Experts included: tobelong to one of the two generations of scholars working in the Women in STEM field;to have participated in related research initiatives as principal investigator, co-investigator, or senior personnel; to have published in major related journals; and tobelong to diverse racial/ethnic groups.Our outreach efforts provided a total of 12 experts that agreed to participate in the study.It should be noted that the majority of Delphi studies have used between 15 and 20respondents6. The gender distribution of the panel was 1 male and 11 female. Half theparticipants belonged to the first and the other half to the second generation. With

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Tamara Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

inHuntsville, the city where Alabama A&M University is located, it is anticipated that over12000 engineers will be needed between now and year 2012. But unfortunately, the percentageof minority black engineers is very low compared to the percentage of their population2,3.Among them, the percentage of female black engineers is even lower4,5. In order to have abetter statistical data, the percentage of male and female students in a number of engineeringcourses in both the Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments at AAMU werecalculated and presented in Fig. 1. In this figure, the horizontal axis denotes the coursenumbers for various Civil and Mechanical Engineering courses as described in Table 1, and thevertical axis denotes the

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ganapathy Narayanan, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

inthis applied mathematics course: 1. Exponential Function, aebx Page 12.1365.3 2. Logarithmic Function, a ln(bx ) , a log10 (bx ) 3. Trigonometric functions, a sin n (bx - s ) , a cosn (bx - s ) and a tan n (bx - s ) 2 4. Power Functions, ax n 5. Polynomial Functions, ÂA x n n nFirst, it is suggested in the virtual lab to understand the five ‘simple’ functions obtained byusing a ? 1, b ? 1 , s ? 0 , n ? 1 & An ? 1 for all n. Then, the values of constants ‘a’ and ‘b

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech.

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

disquiet5,6concerning skills and knowledge of engineeringgraduates from Australian universities. The trend towards softer skills can be gauged throughjob advertisements7,8for professional engineers. Since the 1970’s the demand for engineeringskills has undergone a major paradigm shift from one requiring high technical competence toone requiring social and environmental awareness, good oral and written communication aswell as teamwork skills. It is understood that the nature of engineering practice is a multi-disciplinary one. It is world-wise and its context is people.The Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council identified5 the changinglandscape of engineering practice. The forces responsible for the change were: 1. Global Integration. The

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Diaz, Clemson University; Pam King, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theforemost leaders in the study of the intellectual development of science and engineering students Page 12.175.3at the post-secondary level are Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent. Felder and Brent proposean instructional model that is designed to advance students in a “developmental progression” inwhich they take “increasing responsibility for their own learning” ( p. 279).14 Five componentscomprise this instructional model: 1) variety and choice of learning tasks; 2) explicitcommunication and explanation of expectations; 3) modeling, practice, and constructive feed-back on high level tasks; 4) a student-centered instructional environment

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University; Joshua R. Wyrick, Rowan University; Dustin M. Kuzan, Rowan University; Carolyn D. Braun, Rowan University; Jared S. Krause, Rowan University; David M. Santino, Rowan University; Mary E. Wellspeak, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

International

result of a $100 million gift fromindustrialists Henry and Betty Rowan in June of 1992 to the then Glassboro State Page 12.497.3College. At the time, this was the largest single gift made to a public institution of highereducation. The engineering curriculum was developed with built-in flexibility to allowfor the inclusion of important technical and societal topics. The most important vehiclefor this flexibility is the Engineering Clinics. The Clinics are required project-basedcourses that students take every semester. Table 1 lists the general technical topicscovered in the eight-semester Engineering Clinic sequence.Table 1. Overview of general

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Howe, FishSafe B.C.; Gina Johansen, Fish Safe

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

learning theory, and assessment is bycriterion referenced competencies.Although the FSSEP does not have any formal learning contract, the following are promises toparticipants that reflect a constructivist epistemology: 1. Your experience as a commercial fisherman is respected and you are encouraged to talk about your fishing experiences 2. You will be actively engaged in learning 3. You will work with real life problems related to stability and commercial fishing 4. Your questions are valuable and they will all be answeredCurriculum GoalsA curriculum goal is a general statement of what participants will learn in a course. Thecurriculum goals of the FSSEP are: 1. You will have a stability vocabulary that will

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley Greenwald, New York Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

sustain his/her health, learning or justsurvival, each person will consume approximately 500 kwh per year. From the perspective of newcapacity of 60% availability, it will require 120 gigawatts of newly-installed generation in the next 15years. This can translate into 240 new power plants with each producing 500 MW of power. This paperwill present the results of feasibility students in three countries; Nepal, the Philippines and Ecuador.Feasibility StudiesMICRO HYDRO POWER GENERATION IN NEPAL (1)A majority of population is dependent on traditional sources of energy like fuel wood and animal dung.The energy consumption statistic of Nepal shows that about 80% of total energy need is supplied fromfuel wood in 1995 which means over 13 million tones

Conference Session

Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

curriculum.Course projects are based on realistic civil engineering examples, with an emphasis on theassumptions required to develop the analytical model. The projects are team assignments andrely on numerical analysis, a pre-requisite for the course. These projects have several objectives:(1) to allow students to tackle a larger and more realistic civil engineering dynamics problem, (2)expose students to computational tools used in solving dynamics problems for which a closedform solution does not exist, (3) evaluate critical thinking and communication skills. Theprojects also allow for the introduction to advanced engineering concepts, such as seismicresponse.This paper presents the implementation of this course for all civil engineering

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

code is compiled, students can download the machine-language code to thesystem using a PC serial port and do not need any external EPROM burner. The data acquisitionsystem has non-volatile flash memory to hold the code, which allows students to run their codein a stand-alone mode.IntroductionComputer engineering is a discipline that combines both computer science and electricalengineering and prepares students for careers that deal with software and hardware componentsof modern computer systems 1. To educate computer engineering students effectively andpractically one needs to provide hands-on activity in class. It would be beneficial if they wereexposed to real-world engineering problems, which involve both software and hardwarecomponents of

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Zissman, University of Texas-Austin; Philip Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, andCNC machining. These approaches start from an original design in digital format, whileconventional methods, such as casting with silicone-rubber or alginate molds require at least arough physical prototype. Coating and finishing processes for RP models are also discussed.Background and IntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin has been engagedfor 6 years in a comprehensive program to implement project-based methods throughout theundergraduate curriculum [1]. One element of this program includes wind-tunnel testing inparallel with the introductory course in fluid mechanics. The undergraduate fluid mechanics labhouses two wind tunnels, with 12"x12" and 24"x24" test sections respectively. Currently

Conference Session

ChE: Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, National University of Singapore

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

analysis has been used in teaching graduate-level courses.An eight-step procedure is outlined for applying scaling analysis and then is applied to anillustrative problem involving interpreting data obtained from a permeation cell used todetermine the properties of a membrane. This example illustrates how scaling analysis can beused to both interpret performance data as well as to extract useful characterization parametersfrom the data. As such, it underscores the advantages of scaling analysis as a learning tool tohone students’ intuition.1. IntroductionEach successive generation of engineering students must learn the essence of what theirpredecessors mastered in addition to an ever-expanding body of new knowledge. This presents apedagogical

Conference Session

Systems Engineering And Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Arrasmith, Florida Tech

types of systems. In the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum, atmospheric turbulence is the leadingcontributor to loss of spatial resolution in imaging systems with entrance pupil apertures largerthan the atmospheric coherence length a.k.a. the Fried parameter4. Often, a reasonable value forthe Fried parameter is 8 cm. This means that without compensating for the effects ofatmospheric turbulence, large optical imaging systems such as those at our national observatorieswould have no better spatial resolution than telescopes bought in the toy department of any retailstore. Figure 1 shows the effect of imaging space objects through atmospheric turbulence. In Figure 1, light from a space-borne object (the star) has its electromagnetic

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitty Plummer, University of North Texas; Jerome Davis, University of North Texas; Charles Bittle, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

. Table 1 Relative Risk From Various Threats to the Program Scale 1-10, 10 Being Greatest RiskOutsourcing 5 .3Low Turnover 7.3Retiring Champions 7Financial Wizard Attack 6.3 Page 12.1030.4New University Management 8.3Accreditation 4This rating indicates to the authors that the primary focus should remain on recruiting

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

accomplished with our initial concept and limited range of thinking modes.”Background and OpportunityCreative problem solving was a required freshman course in Electrical Engineering at MichiganTechnological University from 1994 to 1998. Also, a creative problem solving course 1 wastaught for general engineering; it was open as a technical elective to all other students. However,after 2000, when the university switched from a quarter to a semester system, a common firstyear was instituted for all engineering students, and creative problem solving was no longerincluded in the curriculum, except as a one-credit module in the Engineering Enterprise Program.The two-semester capstone design course in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Smith, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Richard Cockrum, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Phyllis Nelson, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Marvin Abrams, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

manufactured by thesecompanies do no address the use of multiple LEDs exceeding several hundred toseveral thousand LEDs in a single circuit. Simple advertising signs that providetime and temperature use over 2000 LEDs, see Figure 1. The sign in Figure 1uses series resistors that consumed considerable power. The goal of this project isto minimize or eliminate the series resistors. For example the drive circuits soldby Maxim Inc. are designed to provide power to less than 10 LEDs, see Figure 2. Figure 1. Typical Commercial Time and Temperature Sign. Source: Designed and Constructed by Cal Poly Pomona University Students and the Project Team. Figure 2. Typical Commercial LED Driver IC Block Diagram. Source: Maxim Corp.To

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaw Yeboah, Pennsylvania State University; Sarma Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

expertise in energy especially withinthe College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) through the departments of Energy andGeo-Environmental Engineering (EGEE), Material Science and Engineering andGeosciences as well as the Energy Institute (EI)1. The EMS College, in collaborationwith other Colleges, is uniquely positioned to assist in this area of national importance:energy. The EGEE Department2, for example, is committed to educating the student body Page 12.1196.2at Penn State with regard to energy and energy concerns. This department is currentlyeducating 4,000 students per year in energy outside of our departmental majors,compared to less than 300

Conference Session

Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Leo Bobek, University of Massachusetts- Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2007-3100: INNOVATIVE USE OF A RESEARCH REACTOR FORINTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATIONJohn White, University of Massachusetts-LowellLeo Bobek, University of Massachusetts- Lowell Page 12.900.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Use of a Research Reactor for Interdisciplinary Engineering EducationIntroductionOver the last few years, the research reactor facility at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell(UMLRR) has developed capability to perform live experiments and deliver archived reactoroperations data via a web-based interface to remote users.1-3 Access to this capability isavailable through the nuclear101

Conference Session

Design in BME Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen May-Newman, San Diego State University; Peter Newman, San Diego State University; Urban Miyares, Interwork Institute - Disabled Businessperson's Association

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

capstone courses,which range from 1-2 semesters and generally take place during the senior year2. Students mustwork in teams of 3-6 in the majority (83%) of programs, and work on the completion of a projectsolicited from faculty, industry, a sponsored design competition, or a student’s own idea. Theteams are advised by a faculty member, with whom they have weekly meetings, which carries asignificant time requirement. The number of projects offered each semester varies, and does notalways match the numbers of students especially in large engineering programs. Most projectscan be completed on a modest budget, providing there is access to a machine shop and otherneeded fabrication facilities3. While the cost is not excessive, properly supporting

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

‘buzzwords’ circulate in the literature and the media. The buzzwords serve a purpose, but by themselves they obfuscate the science. Go to www.gnep.energy.gov and you will find this menu of features that the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) promises to fulfill: Proliferation-Resistant Recycling Minimize Nuclear Waste Advanced Burner Reactors Reliable Fuel Services Small-Scale Reactors Nuclear SafeguardsThe objectives of the class are: to convey the science behind buzzwords like these, to give students the tools needed to understand, analyze and compare fuel cycles.To explain the structure of the course to the students, Figure 1 was used. The figureshows a

Conference Session

Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Arrasmith, Florida Tech; Jihan Dinally, Florida Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

maintainers, business personnel such as contracting, intellectual property, marketing,entrepreneurs and of course the VGKM users. We used a Quality Functional Deployment (QFD)approach to capture our stakeholder’s requirements3. A concept of operations was thendeveloped based on the stakeholder requirements to provide a scope and focus for the VGKMdevelopment.3.0 Concept of OperationsThe Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for VGKM describes operational aspects of our project4.Based on the stakeholder requirements, the CONOPS provides a focus for the development effortand is useful in setting the scope for the project. Figure 1 shows the VGKM CONOPS.The CONOPS shows key features of our VGKM such as development of an interesting,independent story line shown

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-3112: IMPLEMENTING ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIPEDUCATION AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGERussell Dinardi, Lafayette CollegeSharon Jones, Lafayette College Page 12.843.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Implementing Engineering Entrepreneurship Education at Lafayette CollegeIntroductionEntrepreneurship is growing in relation to the fields of technology as well as theeconomy. As a result, the definition of entrepreneurship is evolving. According tosome sources, entrepreneurship is a very broad field and can simply be defined asinnovation.1 The National Dialogue on Entrepreneurship defines entrepreneurshipspecifically in terms of the economy and

Conference Session

Creating 'Materials' Awareness

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University; Scott Chumbley, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

the help of thisremote hook-up to the WebSEM. The excellent core of highly involved undergraduatestudents who have been recruited now form an integral part of the outreach andrecruitment efforts. The student Materials Advantage organization has been namedoutstanding chapter in the country the past three years.NeedThe need for more engineers in the United States, including materials engineers, has beenwell documented in recent years. “Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing andEmploying America for a Brighter Economic Future,”1 a publication from the NationalAcademies, states that “Last year more than 600,000 engineers graduated frominstitutions of higher education in China. In India, the figure was 350,000. In America, itwas about 70,000

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa; Clifton Martin, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

thespring, 2006 semester. This course met once per week for 1.0 hour. Students weregiven the Watson-Glaser Critical Appraisal Form A, which consisted of 80 questions asa pre- and post- assessment to determine if a formal critical thinking course couldenhance students’ critical thinking skills. Bloom’s Taxonomy was used as a frameworkto help students differentiate between lower and higher order thinking skills. Thestudents compared the hierarchical structure from Bloom’s Taxonomy to identify andpositioned the critical thinking categories from the Watson-Glaser assessment, whichincluded: inferences, recognition of assumptions, deductions, interpretations andevaluation of arguments (see Figure 1). Evalution of Arguments

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy, St. Louis University; H. Mallikarjuna, St. Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

some students have very good grasp of these principles,majority of the class have trouble in application of these concepts. The computation oftransfer functions in analytical form requires the knowledge of partial fractions andLaplace Transforms. Manual computation of transfer functions is rather laborious foreven some simple systems. MATLAB software can be easily used for this purpose and itis efficient in applying Laplace Transform in order to find the transfer function.Rules for Modeling 1. Degrees of Freedom: (a) Every degree of freedom [Xi] is associated with a mass [Mi]; (b) A degree of freedom without a real mass is associated with a virtual mass of zero magnitude (or zero-mass). 2. Stiffness Matrix: (a) Diagonal elements

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

method but often they arenot exposed to design methods until their capstone senior project. We have developed aseven-step method that guides students through projects and enables them to achieve theskills we have identified as essential to their success as global engineers. The stepsinclude 1) identifying user’s needs, 2) developing product concepts, 3) translatingperformance requirements from the language of the customer into technical functionalrequirements, 4) brainstorming several conceptual designs and choosing the optimumsolution, 5) developing a detailed design solution, 6) fabricating a prototype and testingto ensure that it meets the performance requirements and 7) determining the commercialfeasibility of the design solution. An example

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otto Wilson, Catholic University of America

Tagged Divisions

Materials

processes. Hetero-coagulation is a termthat describes particle/particle adsorption interactions involving two or more types of particles1, 2.These interactions are typically driven by electrostatic (opposite charges attract), chemicalaffinity effects, or size effects. In size based hetero-coagulation, nanoparticles seek to lowertheir surface energy by adsorbing onto larger particles. In this demonstration, magneticnanoparticles are mixed with hydroxyapatite particles in suspension to allow visual observationof nanoscale heterocoagulation and adsorption interactions with the use of a strong magnet.ProcedureSynthesis of magnetic nanoparticlesA solution containing a 1:2 molar ratio of Fe2+ to Fe3+ (typically 0.5 M FeCl3 and 0.25 M FeCl2,50-100 ml) in

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Kongar, University of Bridgeport; Tarek Sobh, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Fall 2004 semester.Keywords: Graduate Enrollment, Engineering, Decision Making, Engineering Education, DataEnvelopment Analysis.1. IntroductionToday, the global demand for U.S. graduate engineering programs is increasing rapidly, causing theapplication evaluation process to be a very cumbersome and time consuming task. Furthermore,most evaluation processes are handled by a variety of admission committee members depending ondifferent preference criteria, leading to a less objective, and non-standardized decision makingprocess. One efficient way to lessen the subjectivity and to develop a more uniformed decisionmaking process is to utilize a common tool that provides rapid and objective efficiency scores for theapplicants.Data envelopment