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Surendra K. Gupta

Techniques (visit http://www.rit.edu/~skgeme/emem518) were revisedaccordingly to take advantage of new skills students possessed5,6,7. These innovations have beenselected to receive an Honorable Mention in the 1996 ASME Curriculum Innovation AwardProgram8. Table I: “Computational Methods” Course Sequence Code Course Title Credits Year Topics 342 Problem Solving with 3 1st Spreadsheet, Computer Algebra Computers System, Word Processing 440 Numerical Methods 4 3rd Numerical Techniques with applications 518 Advanced Computational

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Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

the analog and digital design courses. Page 2.467.1The major advantage of using commercial EDA tools in the classroom is the real worldexperience students obtain. Mastering a sophisticated commercial tools set also seems to aidstudents in finding employment upon graduation. Using engineering quality software products inclassroom and for laboratory projects builds an experience base for the student which is reflectedin student maturity in problem solving.EDA Tool throughout the CurriculumOur approach of integrating EDA tools throughout the computer engineering curriculum at CNUencompassed six courses, but can be easily extended to include even

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David A. Lopez

23. Revised Methodology For Teaching Manufacturing & Technology The revised curriculum is based on developing direct ties to theory and usingpractice-based design as a methodology for moving students toward an understandingof manufacturing technology. In addition, students solve a series of small designproblems activities to build skills that they will need later in the course. This is all donein the context of team-based activities. the class is divided into small teams of two orthree students that undertake these projects and activities together for the entire semester.The team works together to analyze, solve, and write-up all the reports required tocomplete the project activities. this requires oral team reports for about half

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Robert P. Taylor; B.K. Hodge

NSF coalitions24 Curriculum emphasis and pressures25 Assessment and accountability26 MoneyFactor 2: ComputersThe dominant external influence on all aspects of engineering in the last half of this century hasbeen the ever-increasing capability and availability of computers. Mechanical engineering hasnot been an exception as the profession as well as ME educators have struggled to both ascertainwhat the computer can do for mechanical engineering and what the implications are for MEeducation. One only has to examine the proceedings of any engineering education conference tosense that struggle. The integration and use of computers in ME can be divided into at least threephases. Phase 1, the 1960’s and 1970’s

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Michael B. Kelley; Joseph D. Myers; John H. Grubbs

, we need to realize that theproblem was born on a two-way street. Until now, collectively we have done very littleto improve the situation. This paper describes continuing efforts1 to effect a culturalchange in the interaction between the mathematics and engineering communities.Through the use of ‘ILAPs’ - Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects - this initiativefocuses on insuring the mathematics education serves as a ‘pump’ for student success inengineering, as opposed to being a filter. An environmental engineering example of the‘ILAP’ is presented using concepts in hydrogeology. In solving problems related togroundwater flow in their junior year elective mathematics course, cadets from the UnitedStates Military Academy who are

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A. J. Marchese; Robert P. Hesketh; T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

typicallyencountered at the freshman level. The challenge is to achieve this ambitious focus whilemaintaining an atmosphere conducive to retention.INTRODUCTIONRowan University is developing an innovative and forward looking engineering curriculum thatwill produce engineers who can serve as innovators and entrepreneurs in a highly competitivemarketplace.1,2 Key program features3 include: (i) inter- and multi-disciplinary education createdthrough collaborative laboratory and coursework; (ii) stressing teamwork as the necessaryframework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporation of state-of-the-art technologiesthroughout the curricula; (iv) and creation of continuous opportunities for technicalcommunication. To best meet these objectives, the four

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. Page 2.476.10Bibliography[1] T. Armstrong. Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Alexandria, VA, 1994.[2] H. Gardner. Frames of Mind, The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Tenth Edition. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1993.[3] H. Gardner. Multiple Intelligences, The Theory in Practice. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1993.[4] H. Gardner. “Reflections on Multiple Intelligences, Myths and Messages”. Phi Delta Kappan, pages 200-209, November 1995.Biographical InformationJOAN V. DANNENHOFFER, P.E., is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Ward College of Technology,University of Hartford. She received a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute and

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Leslie Bondaryk

Session 3264 Implementing New Media in Materials Science Education Leslie Bondaryk PWS Publishing Company -897,.9 New media offers a chance for the Materials Science instructor to rethink course structure and content. New media is just an addition to the variety of tools available to the Materials educator. I will give some examples of hypertext, video and animation, and simulations that are successfully being used to address educational goals. Through wise

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Ian R. Simpson

Session 2560 INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN EUROPE Ian R. SIMPSON ENST de Bretagne/France1. INTRODUCTION.In the November 1996 edition of ASEE's excellent Journal, "Prism," Russel C. JONES,Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Engineers in the USA,published an article entitled : " The World as Workplace." He concluded this article withthe following paragraph :" The era of international practice for engineers has clearly arrived, and eachengineering education system must revise its programs to adequately prepare itsgraduates for work in the global

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Peter Ludovice; Noel Rappin; Matthew Realff; Mark Guzdial

the problem are notnecessary for students to learn and should be made easy, and what parts are absolutely critical such that the studentsshould be allowed to struggle to gain mastery of the material.Description of ProblemComputer simulation is an area in which the aforementioned tradeoff is particularly acute. Simulation providesstudents with realistic experience, even in domains where realistic activities are too complex to be performed bynovices, too expensive to be offered in an undergraduate lab, or too dangerous to allow students to make mistakes.Our hypothesis is that merely watching a simulation is not enough to trigger learning: the student must have somehand in creating the model that drives the simulation. However, learning to build

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William H. Sprinsky

degrees are ABET accredited.We recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Curriculum (ILI) grant. Themajor thrust of implementation reflects the revolution caused by technology in civilengineering and survey. We give each student not only the theory but also actualexperience with the projects and equipment that are the "bread and butter" of civilengineering practice. Laboratories in cartography, photogrammetry, surveying and civilengineering are designed to integrate experiences in this new technology.In the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the merger of information fromdifferent sources, often in different formats, is the norm in civil engineering technologypractice, using GIS-based systems. We must recognize and keep up

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Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

of Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998. JOSEPH A. SHAEIWITZ received his B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and his M.S. andPh.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in design and design education. Ofparticular interest is the use of performance problems to complement design problems, the integration of designexperiences throughout the curriculum, and assessment of learning outcomes. RICHARD TURTON received a B.Sc. from the University of Nottingham and an M.S. from Oregon StateUniversity. He then worked for 4 years in the engineering and construction industry prior to obtaining his Ph.D.from Oregon State University. His current research interests are

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

student's skills through laboratory and design experience,use of computers, oral and written communication, qualifications and teaching load of academicstaff, facilities and their availability, administration procedures, information system andcounseling, admission procedures, internationalization of the curriculum, student performance,competence of graduates, and internal quality assurance procedures.There are, however, some features of the system of study, namely, diversity and flexibility,which - in our opinion - have an essential impact on the quality of education, but are rather rarelybrought into discussions on quality assessment. In this paper, we define diversity and flexibilityof the system of study and show a strong relationship between

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Barbara Mirel; Atul Prakash; Leslie A. Olsen; Elliot Soloway

fosters change and innovation during development.”56Description of the Communication CourseThe curriculum in undergraduate computer science and engineering rarely concentrates onintegrating effective communication and software engineering for the good of the product. Ourcurricular efforts strive to achieve this integration in a two-step process:(1) some instruction within the software design course in designing for the World Wide Web andrequiring that written documents be published as web documents and (2) a three-credit-hourcourse in relevant communication activities for software engineers taken concurrently with the Page 2.229.4

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Robert J. Herrick; Dennis R. Depew

TechnologyBuilding on a tradition of excellence in graduate education at Purdue University, the School ofTechnology offers graduate instruction leading to the Master of Science degree. The non-thesisdirected project master’s degree program provides an opportunity for individualized professionaldevelopment studies in technology, engineering technology, and technology education. The goalof the program is to provide an educational experience which will appropriately prepare anindividual for leadership positions in industry and education.The Doctor of Philosophy and the thesis Master of Science degree programs are administeredjointly with the School of Education and provide educational opportunities in adult education,instructional development, curriculum

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James A. Newell

Criticism,” College Composition and Communication 43, 384-92, (1992).5. Howard, R. and S. Jamieson, The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines, Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, Boston, (1995).6. Newell, J., D. Ludlow, and S. Sternberg, “Progressive Development of Oral and Written Communication Skills Through an Integrated Laboratory Sequence,” Chemical Engineering Education, in press, (1997).7. Ludlow, D. and K. Schulz, “Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of North Dakota,” Journal of Engineering Education 83(2), 161-168, (1994). Page 2.435.7

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Robert George; Allen Soyster; John Lamancusa

500 employees in the state ofPennsylvania decreased by more than 50%. Some of those jobs went to smaller companies thathad less overhead and could manufacture at a lower cost, but most of them were lost to globalcompetition. This applies not only to blue collar jobs. One can hire an engineer in New Delhiwith a masters degree, to design a product or write software, for $10,000 annual salary who iscompetitive with a U.S. counterpart with salary exceeding $35,000 per year.A goal of the MEEP program is to create an alternative core curriculum in undergraduateengineering focused on manufacturing. The sponsor, ARPA, had an objective to strengthen themanufacturing skills of the engineering work force that will design and produce products in a“lean

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James vanPutten; Brad Mulder; John Krupczak

process, possiblyfor the only time in their carriers. The process of carrying out all of the design stages providedeach student with an unique perspective on the nature of design that may not occur in teamsituations. The construction of a working prototype can be a difficult and frustrating experience,since each student defined the requirements of the project and invested his or her own money,motivation to persevere through completion was high. Many engineering students enjoy hands-on activities and often develop some type of informal design experience before beginningcollege. The undergraduate curriculum rarely exercises or develops these skills. The individualprojects drew from these previous informal design experiences but added an

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Session 3547Freshman Retention in Engineering Technology Programs at Rochester Institute of Technology Carol Richardson Rochester Institute of Technology Abstract This paper describes how the freshman seminar movement has been implementedat Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) . All seven engineering technology programsat RIT have had a required freshman seminar course in their curriculums for the past fiveyears. Course staffing and typical session topics in these courses are described. Freshmanattrition in

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Shane Henderson; Leslie A. Olsen; John Birge

; and present an evaluation showing improvementsin communication, general understanding, and motivation for additional study in industrialengineering. Background and SummaryThe course we describe in this paper is the entry point into the Industrial and OperationsEngineering (IOE) curriculum at the University of Michigan. Students are generally in theirsecond year of study, but many students at other levels from other engineering disciplines alsoelect the class. The total enrollment is 130 to 180 per term.Traditionally, this course has provided a taste of the entire curriculum without obtaining anydepth in any single area and followed standard lecture format with a single text and weeklyhomework assignments

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Christopher G. Braun

under the same cost/qualityconstraints as a commercial developer, it is clear that CBT requires substantial upfrontcommitment that will be justified only in certain circumstances.There are a large number of tools for authoring multi-media computer-based trainingpresentations.6,7 The choice of the best tool depends on the needs and use. In addressinglaboratory tutorials, our target audience will have a computer available but may not haveaccess to the web. Further, cost constraints and the need for an established user and thirdparty community for support material were important to us. From these requirements wechoose to use Authorware Academic (Prentice Hall) as the initial cost was only $150and it provided a full set of development

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Alexandre Cabral; Rolland Viau; Denis Bédard

SITUATED LEARNING AND MOTIVATION STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE COGNITIVE LEARNING IN CE Alexandre Cabral, Rolland Viau and Denis Bédard Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, CanadaAbstractThis papers describes the results obtained and the main observations made during a year longresearch project whose main purpose was to integrate situated learning and some motivationaltools in an undergraduate civil engineering course (Soil Mechanics I). New teaching material wasdeveloped almost from scratch around a main theme and several secondary themes. Orienteddiscussions and exercises were prepared in order to help the students acknowledge the newprofessional skills they had acquired. The

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Thomas W. Graver; Leon F. McGinnis; David W. Rosen

research on campus. Our goal is to provide students an opportunity for exposureto and experience with a range of manufacturing technologies. Just as traditional machine shopson campus introduce students to the realities of design and manufacture, time spent in the RPMlab can greatly enhance students' educational experiences -- and increase their ultimate value asengineers and scientists.The availability of RPM technology has benefits beyond the direct impact on manufacturingeducation. Currently, the RPM lab is the only place at Georgia Tech where students can go forfast physical prototypes of complex parts and mechanisms. We are convinced that this willbecome a critical resource for capstone design courses and interdisciplinary team projects

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Eric Campbell; Yolanda Guran

31997 Annual Conference Proceedings_____________________________________________a. First term : Introduction to ASIC DesignThe principal objectives of the first term course (Introduction in ASIC Design), are as follows:a. To give students a clear understanding of what they are going to design and how.b. To give students an overall perspective of the field of chip design, industry status and trends.Two textbooks are recommended for use in this course:1. John Uyemura - Physical Design of CMOS Integrated Circuits, PWS 1995, and2. John Huber, Mark Rosnek - Successful ASIC Design the First Time Through ,Van NostrandReinhold 1991.The course outline is presented below, :1. Introduction to Physical Layout of CMOS Integrated Circuits 12

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Wayne C. Christensen; Robert B. Roemer; Donald S. Bloswick

Session 2625Health (NIOSH) initiated Project SHAPE (Safety and Health Awareness in PreventiveEngineering) to enhance the safety awareness of safety engineering faculty and assist in thedevelopment of course materials for the integration of safety, health, and environmental conceptsin the engineering curricula.One significant problem is how to add additional safety and health related material to an alreadyovercrowded engineering curriculum. In some situations, the University of Utah for example, theBoard of Regents has established a maximum number of credits that can be required for a 7baccalaureate degree in any discipline. It has been proposed by Bloswick that there are

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John A. Marin; James E. Armstrong

Session 3157 Ferreting Out Capstone Design Issues in Large Scale, Complex Problems using the House of Quality John A. Marin, James E. Armstrong, Jr. Department of Systems Engineering United States Military AcademyI. Introduction An engineering capstone design experience is the crowning achievement in a student’sacademic curriculum, and integrates the principles, concepts, and techniques explored in earlierengineering courses. Systems engineering concerns the design of systems which are large-scale,complex and multi-disciplinary and is

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Thomas J. Cortina

Science (YES)at Polytechnic University. High school students selected met the following criteria:• Completion of Level 2 of the integrated mathematics curriculum of New York State (basic knowledge of algebra and trigonometry).• An overall average in mathematics and science courses of at least 80.• No prior experience with high-level computer programming (with the exception of BASIC programming).• Availability to attend all class meetings with no more than 2 absences.1 Only procedural aspects of C++ were presented in the C++ section. Additionally, students used input and outputstreams (cin and cout instead of scanf and printf). Students in this section did not learn object-oriented

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Lynn G. Mack; James C. Wood

in the Chautauquas. Many faculty teams developedinterdisciplinary modules to teach an engineering technology concept involving teaming,integrated approach, and active learning. Eight of the 16 teams worked on curriculum modulesand the other eight attended workshops to enhance skills in one of the areas initiated in aChautauqua. A fall retreat allowed the faculty teams to share lessons learned from the summeractivities. Table 2 gives a list of the curriculum development modules. College Project Activity Delivery Aiken Technical DC/AC Circuits Integrated communications, Team taught

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Kathryn A. Neeley

Session 2561 To Arrive Where We Started and Know the Place for the First Time? Re-visioning Technical Communication Kathryn A. Neeley Technology, Culture, and Communication/University of VirginiaTeachers of technical communication are likely to welcome the emphasis the ABET 2000accreditation criteria place on effective communication as an integral component of engineeringpreparation and practice. But we would do well to remember that we are hardly the first toattempt to transform engineering education by giving communication a more prominent place inthe curriculum.’ Engineering educators

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Walter S. Lund; Trudy L. Schwartz; Lee D. Peterson; Lawrence E. Carlson

engineering departments and vertically integrated through all fouryears. The program combines leading-edge computer and instrumentation technology withthe knowledge and confidence that comes with hands-on, project-based learning.The cornerstone of this new program is the 34,400 sq. ft. ITL Laboratory, which opened itsdoors in January 1997. The laboratory’s curriculum-driven design accommodates a varietyof learning styles and features two first-year design studios, an active-learning arena for 70students, a computer simulation laboratory, a computer network integrating all theexperimental equipment throughout two large, open laboratory plazas, capstone designstudios, group work areas and student shops. The building itself is even an