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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gordon Hopkins; Ted Lee

Session 2542 Reaching Out To Engineering Management Students Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Ted Lee, Gordon Hopkins Florida International University, College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes the Masters of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program atFlorida International University (FIU). The MSEM program at FIU emphasizes a practical,systematic, and programmatic educational environment that will enable future managers ofengineering and technology to become technically competent and business-practice oriented.Prior to its implementation, a survey of potential students at local industries was

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demanded primarily graduatedegrees for beginning positions. However, after a few years of expansion, CS demanded mostlybachelor degrees for entry-level positions. As a similar high technology area, in its infancy,photonic engineering should undergo a similar maturation and soon be requiring mostly bachelordegrees. Unfortunately, the current training level of undergraduate students does not adequatelyprepare them for entrance into this exciting market (The growth of photonics continues to be at aterrific rate (16% in 1995 - 1996) and is expected to be as high as 18% this year2.). To date, themajority of the training in lasers and photonics is conducted at the graduate level. With thecontinued advances in photonics, the need for earlier training

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Alexander D. Poularikas

state devices, and fromapplications beginning at low frequencies, the extending to radio and microwave frequencies,and now moving heavily into the optical domain. This evolution has influenced electricalengineering curriculums in both the key underlying device technologies and the applications thatare emphasized. It is apparent that we must stress the continuation of this trend into the opticaldomain with the resultant need for inclusion of optical phenomena, devices, and applications inelectrical engineering core courses as well as in selected devices.The growing importance of optics in applications indicates a strong need to incorporateoptoelectronics into electrical engineering curriculums. The methods that have bee tried toremedy the

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Michael A. Cornachione; Harriet S. Cornachione

Session 3151 Teaching the Business of Engineering Harriet S. Cornachione, Michael A. Cornachione Oregon Institute of TechnologyIntroductionTypical of most civil engineering programs, the Civil Engineering and Surveying Department atOregon Institute of Technology (OIT) requires civil engineering majors to take senior-design, orcapstone courses. These courses are intended to expose students to engineering problems similarto those they will encounter when they begin their careers. In keeping with traditionaleducational methodology, the classes generally become part lecture, part

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Wallace Venable

Session 2230 Programmed Instruction - Engineered Instruction Re-Visited Wallace Venable West Virginia UniversityAbstractProgrammed Instruction (PI) was one of a number of technologies derived from Behaviorismduring the 1960’s. This paper outlines the elements of PI and summarizes its effective use atWest Virginia University. Behaviorism as a TechnologyAs teachers, our job is to deliver skills and knowledge to our customers. No psychologicalconcept provides more powerful tools to accomplish this task than Behaviorism, a product of

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Gulcin Cribb

Session 1441 INFORMATION SKILLS TRAINING FOR ENGINEERS Gulcin Cribb The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaIntroductionThe 1996 review of engineering education in Australia "Changing the Culture: (1)Engineering Education into the Future" in discussing the changing focus of engineeringeducation, states that "the focus of engineering education will be on creating lifelonglearners, from early education, through undergraduate education to continuingprofessional education, and from generalist to technical specialist." This report alsoadvocates that

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, be a catalyst for interaction with outside “suppliers” such as math and physics, and be ameans for communicating program objectives to students.IntroductionIn November 1996 the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) approvedEngineering Criteria 2000, Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States(ABET, 1996). The new criteria represent a paradigm shift in accreditation from a highlyprescriptive set of criteria to a relatively simplified, flexible set of outcomes-based criteria whichfocus on the attributes engineering graduates are to have. These attributes are, •an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; •an ability to design and conduct experiments as well

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Steven H. VanderLeest; Edward G. Nielsen

Colleges, Wash D.C., 1988.[5] Beth Panitz, “The Integrated Curriculum,” ASEE PRISM, Sep. 1997, pp. 25-29.AuthorsSTEVEN H. VANDERLEEST (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ’95) is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. His research interests include appropriate technology, design for the international market, engineering and business use of the web and intranets, and high-performance computer architecture. He can be contacted by email at svleest@calvin.edu.EDWARD G. NIELSEN (M.S.E. University of Michigan, ’66) is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Calvin College. Mr. Nielsen spent 28 years in the aerospace and construction equipment industries. He worked as a project engineer for

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Mary Aleta White; Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

. REFERENCES CITED Astin, A.W, (1996). Engineering outcomes, ASEE Prism, September, 27-30. Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review,84(2), 191-215. Bandura, A. (1986). Self-efficacy theory in contemporary psychology. Journal of Social and ClinicalPsychology, 4(3), 359-373. Betz, N.E. (1994). Women in the sciences and engineering. In W.B. Walsh & S.H. Osipow (Eds.) Careercounseling for women. (pp. 237-262). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Engineering Work Force Commission (1997). Engineering and Technology Degrees. Washington D.C.:American Association of Engineering Societies, Inc. Biographical Information MARY ALETA WHITE

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now using the World Wide Web to augment their educationalsystems. You can too.See http://www.discovery.com/DCO/doc/1012/world/technology/internet/inet1.html for a historyof the World Wide Web. For more information on creating Web sites, seehttp://wwww.microsoft.com and then click on Web Site Builders. For more information onHTML, see “The Bare Bones Guide to HTML” at http://werbach.com/barebones/. When you’reready to get fancy without learning a lot of HTML, try Netscape Navigator’s Composer. Justclick on Communicator, then click on Page Composer, and then click on Help for instructions.JOE KINGJoe King, a professor of Computer Engineering at the University of the Pacific, teaches courses in digital design,computer organization, computer

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Lucy C. Morse; Jack Selter

Session 1149 Collaboration in Delivering Engineering Technology at a Distance Lucy C. Morse, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Engineering Technology Jack Selter, Director of External Resources, College of Engineering University of Central FloridaAbstractThe goal of Engineering Technology at a Distance is to deliver a learner-centered Bachelor ofScience degree at a distance through the collaboration of a university, community colleges, andindustry. This paper gives techniques for effective delivery of engineering technology with easyaccess from the community colleges and industry. This will enable both

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Marcus Huggans; Halvard E. Nystrom

Session 2242 Curricula of Engineering-Based MS-MOT Programs Halvard E. Nystrom, Marcus A. Huggans University of Missouri - RollaABSTRACTTechnology is widely acknowledged as a key determinant for organizational and industrialsuccess. However, few students are academically prepared to provide a systematic approach tothe management of this critical factor, technology. This paper is an effort to identify the currentprograms and courses that are currently offered by engineering master’s level programs in thisarea. Furthermore, it outlines the methodology that was utilized, the

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Alfred E. McKenney; James A. Jacobs

Session 1264 AN ENGINEERING MATERIALS LAB MANUAL ON CD-ROM James A. Jacobs and Alfred E. McKenney School of Technology Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA 23504 ABSTRACTThe National Educators' Workshop (NEW:Update) series of workshops has been in existence forthe past twelve years. The annual workshops focus on technical updates and laboratoryexperiments for materials science, engineering and technology, involving new and traditionalcontent in the field

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Josef Rojter

Session 1260Engineering Education and Curriculum as an Extension of Engineering Discourse in the Post-Williams Era. Josef Rojter, Department of Mechanical Engineering Victoria University of Technology Melbourne MC PO BOX 14428, VIC Australia Page 3.245.1 1ABSTRACT It is nearly 10 years since the Williams inquiry into discipline of Engineering inAustralia. Like its earlier British counterpart, the Finniston inquiry, the Williams reportbecame the landmark in the study of

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William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

experience, and still others, a combination ofthe two. Faculty in the Industrial and Engineering Technology (IET) department at CentralMichigan University (CMU) have been involved in both. As a result of these experiences theyhave selected the three-week international experience model as that which best fits the needs oftheir students. This exchange has become a useful course option in the IET department at CMU.Exchange participants who have graduated and are now working in industry continue to providepositive feedback concerning the lasting influence of this exchange program. They cite increasedindustrial and social awareness as the most meaningful benefits, not to mention lastinginternational friendships and industrial network contacts.II. HOW THE

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

Session 2260 Quality Assessment in Engineering Education – Indicators of Progress Andrzej Krasniewski, Roman Z. Morawski, Jerzy Woznicki Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology Warsaw University of Technology1. INTRODUCTIONFast political, social and economic changes have significantly affected the functioning ofacademic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The most essential factors that determine anew environment in which academic institutions operate are substantial budget cuts andunattractive career prospects for university employees.For example, in Poland as a result

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

Session 2670 Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Experimentation as an Introduction to Engineering for K-12 Students Deran Hanesian, Angelo J. Perna New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe New Jersey Institute of Technology sponsors a wide range of outreach programs gearedtoward K-12 students in order to expose and interest them in science and engineering as acareer. These programs have a chemical engineering and chemistry component which is alecture/laboratory format that is directed to experiential learning and communication skills.Depending on the educational level of the

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Gary Benenson; El Hadji Diop; José Sánchez; Alphie Mullings; Nadine Simms

Session 3630 Engineering Graduates: The New Wave of Teachers Gary Benenson, El Hadji Diop, José Sánchez/ City College of New York; Alphie Mullings / Nadine Simms, General Electric Corporation / Air Products Corporation BACKGROUND: A PROBLEM OF THE “MISSING MASS” Seen through the glasses of professional policy makers and educational reformers, K-12math, science and technology education are scenes of fundamental and sweeping change. Broadnational standards are establishing both the need for new pedagogies and strategies

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Renata Anna Gorska

Session 2438 ENGINEERING EDUCATION DIFFERENCIES AND SIMILARITIES AMONG NATIONS Renata Anna GORSKA Cracow University of Technology (Poland) Michigan Technological University (U.S.A.)ABSTRACTThe curricular content of various graphics courses will undergo changes relative to new methodsfor the engineering design process in industry. New graphical communication media have had aninevitable impact on the design process and require students and engineers to work in a newenvironment of virtual reality, in a modeling space rather than on paper space. Does

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implement DBEE in Statics and Dynamics courses at the three engineering colleges inIdaho. The implementation and evaluation of DBEE in an Internet-based environmentwill be presented and discussed, and results will be critically assessed. The evaluationprocess used in our study can easily be adapted to measure the effectiveness of otherinnovative teaching methods. Page 3.322.1 1 INTRODUCTION Rapid advances in computer technology and software development continually increasethe effectiveness and availability of very powerful simulation software. However, there are few

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Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

Michigan with approximately 300students in the engineering and engineering technology programs supported by 13 faculty. Theprograms with the significant enrollments are Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,Computer Engineering, and Manufacturing Engineering Technology. A major mission of theseprograms is on preparing graduates to work in industry by providing a mix of theory andapplication with strong emphasis on applied engineering.LSSU is on a semester system that is 15 weeks long (14 weeks of study and one exam week).Most of the engineering and engineering technology courses at LSSU have lab sectionsassociated with them. A typical engineering course will consist of two to three lecture hours perweek with two to three lab hours. Upon

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

1221 Assessment of Realistic Design Constraints in Engineering Programs Enno $Ed# Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set ofcriteria for accrediting engineering programs. According to the new regulations, departmentswill be required to demonstrate that various design constraints listed in the professionalcomponent section of the criteria are utilized by students in their design sequence.This paper investigates the level, according to

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

a leadership role by using innovative methods ofteaching and learning, as recommended by ASEE1, to better prepare students for entry into arapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace. Key program features include: (i) inter-and multi-disciplinary education created through collaborative laboratory and coursework; (ii)stressing teamwork as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporationof state-of-the-art technologies throughout the curricula; (iv) and creation of continuous opportu-nities for technical communication. To best meet these objectives, the four engineering programsof Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering have a common engineering clinicthroughout their program of study. In

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topic.4. Ethics related assignments must be integrated with the course material so that students will learn to associate ethical issues as part of engineering concepts covered in the course and not treat ethical problems separate from the concepts covered in the course.5. Real-life problems are not clear-cut, multiple choice problems and engineers have to deal with ambiguity, uncertainty, and face the consequences after pursuing a course of action. Therefore, as Whitbeck [17] suggests open-ended ethical problems must be assigned for students to analyze and recommend solutions that are both ethical and pragmatic.5. References1. Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. “Code of Ethics for Engineers,” 345 East 47th

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topic.4. Ethics related assignments must be integrated with the course material so that students will learn to associate ethical issues as part of engineering concepts covered in the course and not treat ethical problems separate from the concepts covered in the course.5. Real-life problems are not clear-cut, multiple choice problems and engineers have to deal with ambiguity, uncertainty, and face the consequences after pursuing a course of action. Therefore, as Whitbeck [17] suggests open-ended ethical problems must be assigned for students to analyze and recommend solutions that are both ethical and pragmatic.5. References1. Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology. “Code of Ethics for Engineers,” 345 East 47th

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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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Douglas H. Baxter

compared to a Windows is much higher thus there is a possible costadvantage providing no loss of function is encountered using a Windows based system.The plan is to teach a trial section of EG&CAD on a Windows 95 system for the summerof 1998.6.0 References1. Bunk, Donald S., The Role of Solid-Modeling In Engineering Graphics, American Society for Engineering Education, Regional Meeting, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, October 2, 1993.2. Bunk, Donald S. and Baxter, Douglas H., An “On-line” Course in Solid Modeling, American Society for Engineering Education, Regional Meeting, Union College, Schenectady, New York, September 22- 23, 1995. This paper may be accessed electronically at: http://www.rpi.edu/~baxted

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Richard P. Long; Kandace Einbeck

themselves or steering us to potential speakers withintheir companies and of course releasing their time. Using guest speakers from industry offers several advantages. First and foremost, thesespeakers provide expertise in their fields of engineering. This supplements the knowledge of theGerman language instructor who, thanks to them, does not have to become an instant specialist inchemical engineering, helicopter technology or electron-beam welding! It is a true partnership.The guest speaker provides the technical expertise - in the German language of industry. Thelanguage teacher helps the students understand, manipulate and apply the language learned. Ourguest speakers supply the topic, and often an outline, graphics for overheads

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Kristopher Delgado; Hartono Sumali

and interfacing real-world sensors and manipulators to computers.At Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Instrumentation is taught in theMechanical Engineering Technology program with an emphasis on the concepts of measurementuncertainty, sensor theory, and the principles of feedback control (Bluestein, 1995). Using aprocess control trainer that utilizes a PLC to control the level or temperature of water in a tank,the students are exposed to controller principles and the concept of PID control.At the University of Kansas, a personal computer (PC)-based Acquisition system is used in anundergraduate laboratory (Zhang et al., 1995). The experiments were designed to familiarizestudents with the data acquisition system, the

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), and MCC (Muskegon Community College).WMU’s dean of engineering and the director (a non-academic position) of WMU’s MuskegonRegional Center (MRC) represented WMU. MCC was represented by its dean of communityservices, a science professor (who teaches engineering physics, statics, and dynamics), and thehead of MCC’s technology department. WCMC was represented by a group of 13 engineers,engineering managers, and manufacturing managers from 13 local manufacturing companies.This committee developed an overall structure for the curriculum as well as defining specificskills and experiences that the courses in the curriculum should provide: “The goal of this curriculum is to develop students who have the ability to take a product