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Kassim M. Tarhini; Gerald R. Frederick; Benjamin Koo

addition to touring these locations, supplemental written details should beprovided. For example, the student union may not only provide different varieties of food servicesand recreational areas, but may also provide offices for student affairs, multi-cultural studentdevelopment, career services and the International Student Association (ISA). The ISA is composedof many organizations, each representing one nationality. The student union provides a sample ofuniversity community life, offers the total development of students through a diversity of experiencesoutside of the classroom and promotes multi-cultural awareness through special programs,workshops, exhibits and research projects. It will purvey opportunities for the international studentsto

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Jule Dee Scarborough

integrated disciplineand has achieved the status of a career path.Duarte, Lewis, Hoffman, and Crossman (1995) studied career development for individuals inengineering and engineering management over 30 years. They indicate that the projectmanagement workforce can be differentiated from other management positions in at least three ways. First, the individuals that perform in these roles typically have engineering or other technical backgrounds and have not been trained as managers. Second, these individuals are primarily involved in guiding cost, schedule and other administrative functions. They are not directly involved, as an engineering manager would be, in the day to day technical decisions about the design

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Linda Parker; Lawrence Burton

U.S.workforce that includes (1) engineering degree recipients at the baccalaureate or higher degreelevel, and (2) people in engineering occupations with and without engineering degrees. TheProject addresses a wide range of topics, including those related to educational backgrounds,occupations, job activities, and mid-career training. (See Appendix A for more information onthe Project, including data sources and how to order publications.) It will also examine changesin the profession of engineering in the latter half of this century. This paper is based on Project analyses that examine a pervasive theme in engineeringpractice: the intersections of engineering and management. The relationship betweenengineering and management is discussed in

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Lara Relyea; Joan A. Burtner

focuses on the use of K’NEX construction sets in thecamp’s team building and engineering design labs.INTRODUCTIONA growing number of engineering schools are offering summer engineering camps for middleand high school students. For many schools, the main purpose is to stimulate interest inengineering as a career, as well as to encourage students to take advanced math and sciencecourses in high school. In addition, camps promote school/community awareness and good will.In the past few years a variety of engineering schools have reported on their successful summerengineering camp programs. Florida Atlantic University started a small summer enrichment program for high school students in 1983. The coeducational week long residential

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

methods for preparing student portfolios are detailed, comparisons with industryportfolios are drawn, the success of this student portfolio method is discussed, andrecommendations for improvement are presented.INTRODUCTIONIndustry needs and the academic-industrial interfaceIndustry is calling for technically competent entry-level engineers who also have honed theircommunication skills and possess a deeper understanding of the culture and constraints of thebusiness world. Likewise, students are demanding more demonstrated relevence between theireducational experience and future careers. It is therefore important to incorporate innovativemethods in undergraduate engineering education which explicitly strengthen the ties betweenindustry and

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Zenaida O. Keil; Harriet Hartman; Kauser Jahan

be an exceptionally bright group and are usually in the top 10 % of their class.Some of the major factors affecting the recruitment and retention of women in engineering inBangladesh stem from severe social prejudices and taboos. Gender sensitivity is typically absentin most institutions. There are still some male faculty, on the predominantly engineering malefaculty, who still think that women have no place in engineering and science. Most easternwomen are further burdened with the choice of marriage and motherhood over professionalcareers. The possibility of combining careers and marriage is slowly gaining acceptance in our Page

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Rebecca L. Dodge; Andres F. Rodriguez

similar program at the University of the Pacific in Stockton,California. The goals of the program were to introduce young women to Science andEngineering concepts; to emphasize the importance of Science and Engineering to their everydaylife; to present the career options available to them in these fields; to reveal the opportunitiescareers in these fields offer for contributions to their families and to society; and to make themaware of the academic requirements for such careers. This successful summer program led to anexpanded cooperation with the Girl Scout Council. In the 1996 - 97 academic year, PACESparticipated in the pioneering “In-School Scouting” program in El Paso public schools,presenting science demonstrations and workshops for Scout

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Steven Youra

Session 3461 Integrating Communications into Engineering Courses: Dimensions of a New Paradigm Steven Youra Cornell UniversityEngineering students must develop the ability to communicate effectively. To address this need,a growing number of engineering programs are integrating communications into technicalcoursework. Writing and other forms of presentation can be central to engineering education forboth pragmatic and conceptual reasons: (1) The ability to communicate effectively is crucial tothe success of engineering projects and careers

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

other technical subject with minor modifications.INTRODUCTIONEducation in Engineering Technology is aimed at training future professionals in the arts ofmaintenance, repair, acquisition and management of technical equipment. However, it is widelyrecognized that Technology is today undergoing major changes. The training of these futureprofessionals needs to be reviewed and updated. The traditional educational approach consistedof theoretical lectures complemented by hands-on experiences in the laboratory. However, at thepresent time, students will have to compete in a career that demands not only that they be well-trained professionals, but also that they possess a broad vision of the profession (Buchal, 1997).To provide the breadth of

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Beverly J. Hunter; James L. Hales

Session 2647 A Twenty-Year History: Perspective From the Past James L. Hales, Beverly J. Hunter University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ABSTRACT All new graduates of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown are surveyed annually bythe Office of Career Services. The Engineering Technology Division has done periodic surveysof all its alumni. This paper examines the data collected through these instruments. Conclusionsdrawn from the results are useful in evaluating the effectiveness of the programs and in planningfor the future

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Anthony Brizendine

. Furthermore, we have developed partnershipsand coordinated efforts of colleges, universities, professional organizations, and otherparticipants in offering affordable continuing education programs through Annual Spring andFall Technical Conferences, EXPO (statewide Architectural, Engineering & Constructionprograms), and various specialty programs, seminars, and workshops. Fairmont State College has played a central role in developing a consortium of faculty,trainers, and subject matter experts to respond to industry requests instantly through a regionaltraining network. Career development programs in project management, scheduling, CPM, totalquality management, statistical process control, AutoCAD, SurvCADD, safety engineering,materials

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Melody Ivory; Kathleen Luker; Kathleen Coppock; Erol Tutumluer; David Hill; Christine Masters; Amelia Regan; Alkim Akyurtlu; Eric Matsumoto; Sandra Shaw Courter; Sarah Pfatteicher

University of Wisconsin at MadisonAbstractThe Engineering Education Scholars Program (EESP) is a small but crucial endeavor in theNational Science Foundation’s (NSF) approach to stimulate a comprehensive reform ofundergraduate engineering education. For two summers, EESP has invited diverse groups ofseveral dozen, doctoral engineering students and junior faculty members to participate in aweeklong, hands-on workshop focused on teaching philosophy, classroom skills, and theessentials of the academic career. This paper outlines the background and scope of EESP, thebenefits enjoyed by participants, and tips on establishing EESP at other institutions.Participants testify to enjoying myriad benefits during and after EESP, especially in effectiveteaching

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Zbigniew Prusak

Session 1347 Challenges to Future Engineering Professionals – How to Prepare Students to Face Them Zbigniew Prusak Central Connecticut State UniversityABSTRACT Today’s graduates acquire knowledge that will not be sufficient for a lifetime career and, insome instances, will become obsolete in a matter of just a few years. Facing the predicted 3 to 6career changes in one’s lifetime and an ever growing volume of knowledge needed, preparation ofstudents must be a little different in the future. Should the engineering education

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

required for the majority of the nation’s graduate engineers in industry who arepursuing non-research professional career paths in the leadership of needs-driven innovation andtechnology development. 2. FRAMING THE ISSUESEducation means different things to different people. The lack of an appropriate definition ofeducation for human resource development has limited the advancement of professionaleducation at research universities and their fullest interaction and contributions to industry.Specifically, reference is made to the further advanced professional education of the nation’s in-place graduate engineers in industry who are vital to improving industry’s innovation andtechnological competitiveness.2.1 Graduate

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Erdogan Sener

“information” for a particularapplication.ProjectsThe method employed for the design of these projects was based on cognitive stimulationthrough problem solving (in terms of analysis and design) that will be undertaken by thestudent in each stage of the a big project. All the technical competencies that will most likelybe expected of the students in their future careers are listed and the problem design will betailored to address these competencies.Within the context of having students work on projects similar to the ones that they will be facedwith in their careers and build knowledge by applying information towards a particularapplication, I designed three wide-scale, industry oriented, professional projects for classroomuse. The courses involved

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Robert K. Tener; Vincent Drnevich

Page 3.433.1 and superb technical capabilities, but following industry’s lead, those colleges must educate their students to work as part of teams, communicate well, and understand the economic, social, environmental and international context of their professional activities. In today’s world and in the future, engineering education programs must not only teach the fundamentals of engineering theory, experimentation and practice, but [also] be RELEVANT, ATTRACTIVE and CONNECTED: • RELEVANT to the lives and careers of students, preparing them for a broad range of careers, as well as for lifelong learning involving both formal programs and hands-on experience; • ATTRACTIVE so that the

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Fred Beaufait

academicachievements encountered in these creative projects, three of the five undergraduate studentshave chosen to pursue higher education and are currently graduate (MS/ Ph.D.) students with theauthor. The fifth one has decided to be a graduate student after the completion of his BSMEdegree in 1998. In this paper, the author intends to unfold and describe a novel "creative projectmodel" and share his views on establishing effective avenues for undergraduate researchexperience which could benefit students, influence their future choice of careers, and benefitmanufacturing industries. Page 3.176.1 1I

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Sherra E. Kerns; Robert T. Nash; David V. Kerns

engineering students.Vanderbilt University’s Management of Technology Minor program of study is designed to provideour students the opportunity to gain a working knowledge of the fundamentals of business andengineering management. The program is open to students majoring in one of the traditionalundergraduate engineering programs offered within the Vanderbilt University School ofEngineering (VUSE). Approximately one-half of the students graduating from VUSE assume someform of management position within five years after graduation. Babcock’s 1989 study concludesthat "two-thirds of today's engineers will spend two-thirds of their careers as managers". Clearly,engineering programs have a responsibility to prepare their students for management and

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Susan L. Murray; Linda M. Manning; Catherine A. Riordan; Elizabeth Cummins; Philip B. Thompson

quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity.# SWE Headquarters is at120 Wall Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10005-3902. The phone number is 212/509-9577. Email is hq@swe.org. The Web site includes the SWE Magazine and references to other sites.Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network (WEPAN)http://www.engr.washington.edu/~wepan/index.html. This organization s mission is to increase thenumber of women pursuing careers in engineering with activities ranging from pre-college toindustry professionals. Includes links of particular interest to computer scientists, marine biologists,geoscientists, mathematicians, engineers, and information technology professional generally. Listservs and

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

increasedproductivity a national obsession [2]. All national issues that emerge in American society sooneror later seem to surface on our campuses.The ABET accreditation process is a voluntary system that assures that graduates of an accreditedprogram are prepared for careers in engineering and technology. Engineering Education mustcontribute to the development of men and women who can face new and difficult engineeringsituations with imagination and competence [3]. The role played by ABET in standardizingengineering and technology education can not be denied. However, if it has fulfilled its statedobjectives is questionable. ABET according to its own objective statement; should encouragenew and innovative approaches to engineering and technology education

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

served the nation well in theeducation of future academic researchers, it is now recognized that an alternative model ofgraduate professional education is required for the majority of the nation’s graduate engineers inindustry and government service who are pursuing non-research professional career paths.Based on this new understanding, it has become evident that the nation’s primary “wellspring”for the generation, creation, and innovation of technology is its human resource base of creativegraduate engineers in industry. Graduate professional education programs that are specificallydesigned to further the leadership growth and creative development of this vital national assetwill directly and immediately stimulate effective innovation for

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Charles S. Elliott; Albert Winn

individual to achieve minimum competency levels for job assignments.Certificates usually require an excess of 100 hours of instruction and at least one credit offering.These Certificate Programs offer Industry the opportunities to provide career growth educationas well as cross training for a more flexible workforce. Hughes Missile Systems hasincorporated certificate programs as part of their employee career development program.University credit courses are also offered through JACME2T. A degree is not currently offeredthrough JACME2T, but existing MS and MBA courses are. There is a proposal to the ArizonaBoard of Regents (the governing body for the three state universities) to initiate a statewide MSdegree encompassing courses from all three

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

program, the students either do experiments on abench scale or on pilot plant size apparatus, all of which have been designed by the authors.IntroductionThe Pre-College Center of New Jersey Institute of Technology has a broad range of outreachprograms aimed at introducing K-12 students to science and engineering as a career choice.Among the various programs which have a chemical engineering and chemistry componentare: (1) Chemical Industry for Minorities in Engineering (ChIME) (7th and 8th Grades) (2) Upward Bound (10th to 12th grades) (3) Females in Engineering: Methods, Motivation and Experience (FEMME) (a) FEMME Continuum (6th & 7th grades) (b) Senior

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Olusegun Odesina; Nicholas Akinkuoye

consequences lasting far intothe future. The fate of an individual’s career and that of college and university programs—indeed, professional society—rests on this important decision. Retention, tenure and promotion practices vary widely throughout the United Statesbecause higher education traditions are characterized by vast differences. In addition,expectations regarding retention, tenure and promotion vary considerably, and the process alsovaries within colleges and universities. Some institutions use committees; others do not. Thecriteria usually are teaching, service and research but not necessarily in this order. Kasten (1984)reported that teaching was second in importance to research in most institutions, and faculty“overwhelmingly agree

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Ronald J. Bennett

change is globalization of business of all types.123 We constantly seeexpansion not only of sales to all areas of the world, but manufacturing and product developmentas well.1 Thurow, Lester, Head to Head, Wm. Morrow, 1992.2 Khosrowpour, M. and Karen Loch, “Global Information Technology Education: Issues and Trends.” Series inGlobal Information Technology Management, 1993.3 Yates, Loyd, “Management of Technology in the United States: An Overview of Selected Issues”, Journal of Page 3.337.2Studies in Technical Careers, V14(2), pp. 75-86, 1992. 2It is not a coincidence that globalization and

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Gregg W. Dixon; Chris G. Kiemcik; Vincent Wilczynski

many fail to pursue engineering degrees because they lack role models from theengineering profession. Many studies have investigated the challenges of increasing the numberof minorities enrolled in science and engineering education. A common conclusion is that forminority students to successful, they must be well prepared and enrolled in programs that aresupportive and inclusive1.At the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), the Minority Introduction to Engineering (MITE)program was established nearly two decades ago to introduce engineering to high school studentsthat otherwise might not consider engineering as a career. The USCGA MITE program offers afull scholarship, including transportation, room and board, to high school minority students

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

workforce.address needs pertaining to the education oftechnological workforce. One of the goals of this America faces a shortfall of scientists andvirtual center is to collaboratively focus on promoting engineers in a near future. It has been mentioned inthe technical career as viable and exciting endeavor several forums that the average age of technicalamong general population and in particular the workforce in Michigan is in its fifties. Thismiddle school students and their parents. represents a challenge for businesses and educational institutions to prepare a spectrum of technical During the period 1995

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Melvin Cherno

society. A TCC 200-level course is taken in the student's fourthsemester; the student may choose from among over a dozen courses, all of which continue tostress oral and written communication but also relate engineering and technology to the broadersociety, one way or another, and serve additionally to introduce the student to the professionalways of thinking of practitioners of the humanities and social sciences. TCC 401 and 402, taughtin the senior year, concentrate heavily on the role engineering and technology have played inwestern society, now and in the past; both are suffused with consideration of the subject ofprofessional engineering ethics, allowing the student to put into perspective not only the ethicalbases of his future career but

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Melvin Cherno

society. A TCC 200-level course is taken in the student's fourthsemester; the student may choose from among over a dozen courses, all of which continue tostress oral and written communication but also relate engineering and technology to the broadersociety, one way or another, and serve additionally to introduce the student to the professionalways of thinking of practitioners of the humanities and social sciences. TCC 401 and 402, taughtin the senior year, concentrate heavily on the role engineering and technology have played inwestern society, now and in the past; both are suffused with consideration of the subject ofprofessional engineering ethics, allowing the student to put into perspective not only the ethicalbases of his future career but

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Renecia Jones; Kerric Bennett; Ganelle Grace; Bala Ram

Portfolio Format The format for undergraduate portfolios was developed based on the goals set forth in the1995-97 Bulletin of North Carolina A&T State University , the objectives of the Department ofIndustrial Engineering, and the ABET 2000 Criteria. The portfolio consisted of a three ringbinder with dividers for the following sections:• Leadership Skills• Oral Communication Skills• Written Communication Skills• Technical Competence• Critical Thinking• Teamwork Skills• Social Consciousness• Global Context of Engineering• Lifelong Learning• Professional and Ethical Responsibility• Interpersonal Skills• Career Readiness This portfolio format allowed the Department of Industrial Engineering