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Arthur B. Sacks

that stours is indeed the Age of the Environment, that the 21 century will demand engineers andapplied scientists aware of the complexity of environmental problems and how such problemsemanate from the interactions of human systems and environmental systems. As I havecommented elsewhere, ...it is important to observe that CSM students...will live professional and personal lives Page 3.313.1 -1- substantially different from those whose careers will end by the turn of the current century. Future CSM graduates will work

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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Science (AAS) degree.The primary admission requirement for BAS program is completion of an AAS degree at aregionally accredited institution. Students with AAS degrees will receive sixty hours of credit asa block transfer toward the university’s 120-hour minimum degree requirement. BAS studentsmust then complete a sixty-hour program offered by ASU East [3]. BAS program goal is toprovide students with management, leadership, critical thinking and communication skills alongwith significant work in an area of specialization that will broaden their career horizons, promotelife-long learning and enrich their lives. Page 3.342.5Sharing Resources such as

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Michael Safoutin; Jens Jorgensen; Joseph A. Heim; Dale E. Calkins

Education, April 1997, pp. 103-112.[3] Lamancusa, J., Torres, M., Kumar, V., and Jorgensen, J., “Learning Engineering by Product Dissection,” 1996 ASEE Annual Meeting Proceedings, ASEE Washington, D.C., 1996.[4] Calkins, D., “Focus-Based Design Education: A Case Study,” ASME Resource Guide to Innovation in Engineering Design Education, ASME 1993 Design Education Conference, Orlando, FL, 24-26 March 1993, pp. 109-112.[5] Calkins, D., “SAE Formula Car Competition: A Study in ‘Systems Engineering’,” 1992 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Toledo, OH, 21-25 June 1992, pp. 816-823.DALE CALKINSAssociate Professor, Mechanical Engineering. Engineering career includes industrial, government, academic

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Michael Tarnowski; Sara Wadia-Fascetti

adequately meet the needs of students engaging in civilengineering professional careers. A new laboratory curricula (presented in this paper) designedto combine modeling and experimental activities with computer analyses and theory enablesstudents to achieve an improved understanding about structural behavior. The resultingcurriculum (description of each laboratory) and strategies to increase student learning arepresented in this paper.INTRODUCTIONAt Northeastern University all civil engineering students are required take a theory-basedstructural analysis course and a structural laboratory course simultaneously. Building offelementary statics and mechanics courses, the theory-based course teaches students how tocalculate deflections and forces in

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Robert Allen; Richard Penson

he was employed in various industries concerned with aerospace controls andenvironmental control in both England and Scotland In 1976 he entered education first at Napier University in Scotlandand in 1984 at Southampton Institute where he has held the posts of Principal Lecturer, Deputy Head of Engineering,Assistant Director of the Technology School and Currently is Head of Manufacturing Engineering in the SystemsEngineering Faculty. His research interests include control systems, signal processing and their applications to medicalcondition monitoring.Robert AllenRobert Allen began his career in the machine tool industry in the 1960’s from where he moved to Leeds University toread Control Engineering and upon graduation in 1972 continued at

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Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs; Alan Demmons

futurelife experiences and careers and whet students’ appetite for other courses in the technological sequence. It is alsomeant to help overcome student’s attitudes about their own ability to cope with technology, and to improve theaccuracy of their impressions of engineers and engineering education (To know us is to love us!). Our guidingvision in implementing the course is to design it for the needs of the students, but not fall prey to presenting asimplified version of an introductory engineering science course.One problem associated with delivery of “real” technology courses to non-majors is that in many cases studentswould have to take a minor in science and mathematics to achieve the prerequisites for an introductory engineeringcourse. At Cal

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William E. Cole

upon in thispaper. Thus the students can use the very same graphic tools that they used in freshman graphicsto analyze and visualize the motion. CONCLUSIONSUsing Computer Aided Analysis tools to teach basic engineering material should enhanceteaching of technology students. These tools should help the students learn, improve their abilityto use their knowledge, and make learning more enjoyable. This should result in improvedachievement of the students, improved retention in school, and improved careers aftergraduation. Specifically, Using Computer Aided Analysis tools to teach should: • Improve visualization of objects, motion, forces and their effect, and stresses; • Improve understanding of

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Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

experience, where experienced students can demonstrate to less-experienced studentshow their use of the very same package has progressively grown more sophisticated.This experiment in vertical integration is still in its early stages. However, based on studentfeedback, this approach is yielding the benefits of developing in senior students a confidence intheir ability to communicate, work in teams, and mentor their juniors. Lower-class students arerealizing the relevance of the fundamental courses to their career goals and the importance ofdeveloping their skills in computing, modeling, and analysis.IntroductionAs undergraduate students progress through an engineering curriculum, they are expected toacquire competence in lower-level courses in order

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Milo D. Koretsky

sets of data in the AIChE Salary Survey.6 Among the conclusions from this analysiswere: starting salaries don’t really matter (the spread for starting salaries is alot tighter than laterin one’s career); those with more management responsibility received more pay; and womenwere not paid as much as men. Page 3.104.3INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDIESThe heart of Chemical Process Statistics is applying the concepts listed above to realmanufacturing data from a chemical process. Statistical analysis of the data is discussed in termsof the physical process. In this way, the statistics and the science are coupled. The two majorcases that have been used are

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, Arizona, November 1996.[8] Statistics based on data furnished by the University Office of Institutional Analysis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.[9] Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., “Retention: Are Students Good Predictors?” Proceedings, Frontier in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1997, CD-ROM, 9 pages.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONMARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs in the CEAS atASU. She earned her Ph.D. from the U. of Iowa. She has received several awards for her support of diversityincluding the Achievement in Gender Equity Progress Award from the ASU Faculty Women’s Assoc. in 1995. She isthe director of a successful Graduate Career Change Program in IE

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James B. Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl

of technical information. Mymentor also provided me with a critique of my teaching, which I have included with my tenuredocumentation. As I told him, I plan to use him as a mentor-for-life, and request his servicesthroughout my career. Page 3.409.4Schmahl: I met with my first semester mentor, a full professor from the School of Business, sev-eral times for lunch and we visited each others classes. Although I learned much from him wenever really “clicked” and seemed to run out of things to talk about. For the second semester, acolleague of mine from within the School of Applied Science did provide very valuable advice aswell as friendship. We

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Warren R. Hill

assist needy students may help inretention.We also need to make certain that as soon as possible in our student’s academic careers, they aremade to feel part of our institutions. There are a number of ways this can be done such as awelcoming letter from the dean and/or department head or holding an open house at thebeginning of the year for all new students. We also need ways to help students identify with eachother such as grouping new students together, providing them study sessions with tutors andhaving quiet places for them to study. Many of our students in engineering technology are firstgeneration college students and don't necessarily have the level of family support needed for

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Sanjiv Sarin

begiven that the results are applied to the further development and improvement of the program.The assessment process must demonstrate that the outcomes important to the mission of theinstitution and the objectives of the program are being measured. Evidence that may be usedincludes, but is not limited to, the following: student portfolios, including design projects;nationally-normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys that document professionalaccomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; and placement data ofgraduates.Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: (a) an ability to applyknowledge of mathematics, science and engineering, (b) an ability to design and conductexperiments, as well as

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Randall L. Ness; Carl A. Erikson

/assessment.htm, page 5.2]Arter, J.A. and Spandel, V., “NCME Instructional Module: Using Portfolios of Student Work in Instruction andAssessment,” Educational Measurement, 1992, 11(1), pp 36-44.3] MacIsaac, D. and Jackson, L., “Assessment Processes and Outcomes: Portfolio Construction”, ExperientialLearning: A New Approach, Summer 1994, Jossey-Bass, pp.63-72.4] Landis, Raymond B., Studying Engineering; A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, Discovery Press, 1995.BiographyCarl Erikson is an Assistant Professor of Engineering. He obtained his BSEE from Rutgers University in 1969 andhis MSEE from Purdue University in 1971. Randall Ness is Director of Internship Programs. He obtained his BA in Behavioral Science from Messiah Collegein 1977 and his MA in

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Stefani A. Bjorklund; Patrick T. Terenzini; John M. Parente; Alberto F. Cabrera

. . . 1 2 3 4 5 Page 3.454.20f) The likelihood you will go on to graduate school in engineering has . . . 1 2 3 4 5 -5-g) The likelihood you will pursue a teaching career in engineering has . . . 1 2 3 4 5h) The likelihood you will become a practicing engineer has . . . 1 2 3 4 5i) What grade do you expect to receive in this course? 1 = A-/above 2 = B+ 3 = B 4 = B- 5 = C+ 6 = C 7 = C- 8 = D/belowj) On average, how many hours per week do you spend studying for this course?____hrs./wk. Thanks very much for your help

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Hamid Khan

LARGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEENIMPORTANCE-COMPETENCE (N=78)DIFFPREX DESCRIPTION MEAN SD Page 3.41.4 4DIFFPRE16 Subordinate Career Development 1.25 .68DIFFPRE12 Budgeting time 1.19 1.14DIFFPRE42 Oral presentations: Impact 1.05 1.14DIFFPRE19 Delegating, coaching.. 1.00 .81DIFFPRE15 Motivating personnel .97 .99DIFFPRE25 Establishing priorities .96 .89DIFFPRE4

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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gordon Hopkins; Ted Lee

are now organized in teams much like hospitals, where the leader of a teamis not only a manager, but also a specialist in the medical field. Today, technologically orientedcompanies prefer to hire an engineer and provide him or her with the necessary skills toeffectively manage. This trend greatly differs from the previous practice of hiring a managerwho then is expected to learn the technical skills related to that job function[1]. The MSEMprogram is directed towards an academic preparation of individuals who will remain working ina technological environment while advancing into management roles [2]. Engineers usually wantto pursue a career in management, due the to scarcity of competent technical managers.However, they often find that their

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Leslie Lahndt-Hearney

to give students the technical and design skills necessary to beimmediately productive as graduates, sufficient depth must also be provided through training incooperative problem solving, communication, and other skills to ensure long term success instudent careers (Miksad, 1996).Our framework, which constitutes our current approach to engineering and engineeringtechnology, has been based on several questions: What is the engineering profession? What is Page 3.577.3ET? What is engineering and ET education? What is the university role? What is engineeringwork, and what is ET work? It is obvious that our answers to these questions, however

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Elizabeth Petry

! Page 3.489.7ReferencesAIArchitect, February 1997.Architecture Resource Center LiteratureBerson, Judith S. “Win/Win/Win with a Service-Learning Program.” Journal of Career Planningand Employment, Summer 1993.Cloud, John. “Involuntary Volunteers.” Time Magazine, December 1, 1997.Educational Main Street Literature Page 3.489.8

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Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

. “Resultsfrom the past four years of experience suggest that we are succeeding in encouraging students toview science as the application of a body of knowledge to a collaborative process of organizedinvestigation, not just a mass of facts to be memorized. At the same time, curricular reform …puts new pressure on students to work together effectively in small groups and to masterunfamiliar types of learning tasks” (Miller et al., 1994, p. 33). Page 3.520.3 3Overview of Survey Results Survey results showed that some students did not perceive it valuable to their career toparticipate in student work

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Arthur M. Clausing

students in the class go to obtain extra help and complete the computer assignments. The outstanding seniors who staff our tutorial room are able to provide help on all technical subjects (math, chemistry, physics, etc.).The nine sections of our course are usually taught by nine different faculty members. Theintention is to rotate our entire faculty through this course. This enables us to assign the studentsin each section to the faculty member as advisees. Thus, the relationships developed during themany one-on-one interactions in our Discovery Seminar continue to grow during the balance ofthe student’s college education. All students immediately have several persons to turn to foradvise on career decisions, summer internships, scholastic or

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Robert Batson

comprehensive education in the philosophy of Total Quality, the preventive process- oriented methodologies of Quality Engineering, and the planning, control, and improvement techniques--both classical (statistical process control--SPC, acceptance sampling, statistical design of experiments--DOE, regression, reliability and maintainability) and modern (Taguchi Methods, Quality Function Deployment, failure modes and effects analysis--FMEA, Total Productive Maintenance, etc.).& Prepare individuals for early and mid-career transition into quality program leadership positions in their organizations.& Prepare B.S.-level engineers, regardless of undergraduate majors, for entry-level jobs as quality engineers.Prerequisites were

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W. Poppen; J. E. Seat; G. Klukken; D. Knight; J. Roger Parsons

, "This experiencehas been one of my most valuable at the University of Tennessee. No other single course I havetaken at the university has as much application in my career and my life as this one does".Another commented, “This class has been one of the most profitable classes, as an elective, Ihave taken while in college. I has given me valuable insight into team and group facilitating thatare very valuable in the world today.” One of the more unexpected findings was how helpful the skills were for facilitators inother areas of their life. "My listening and discussion skills have improved considerably as wellas my understanding of others." Also, "Although the focus was on facilitating a freshman team, Ilearned a lot about myself in the

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Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

the fact that course content complexity increases later in the curriculum. Thismaturation refers to the increased complexity in the course goals and objectives and how thecourse lectures must be adjusted to meet those intentions. It is convenient to explain this changein the lecture in relationship to the curriculum as well as to the courses within that curriculum. Page 3.73.3 Session 1675The Curriculum Perspective As suggested above, all engineering curricula tackle the task of preparing their graduatesfor a successful engineering career by

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David E. Clough

; Cascade Control Fluids Unit Evaporator Flow ControlActive-Learning ComponentDuring my somewhat lengthy career of teaching process control, I have worked diligently on myperformance as a lecturer, keeping well in mind the well-publicized necessary conditions toexcellent teaching: ¾ knowledge of subject ¾ organization ¾ communication ¾ rapport ¾ fairnessMuch of this work focused on my performance. After enough time, I felt I had squeezed asmuch performance out of myself, and yet I was dissatisfied in two aspects of the students’experience in the course: ¾ extent of

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William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

detailed information regarding the dates, travel requirements, costs, and post trip obligations.Several previous participants are usually in attendance at this first meeting to provide additionalinformation and give a student’s perspective of trip dynamics and benefits. Those who areinterested are given an informational packet which includes an exchange application. Later,during the first week of the second semester, early in January, the final recruiting effort isconducted.The student selection process is based upon class standing, letters of recommendation, and a shortessay addressing such things as career goals, international experience, expected benefits, and how

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John D. Whittaker; Ted G. Eschenbach

ofengineering but without the “use and convenience of man” part.What do engineers do? The definitions and functions do not describe the actual minutia of the engineer’s job. Itis difficult to visualize exactly what one is doing when designing, planning, or fulfilling any ofthe other functions. However, what engineers do is of considerable concern to engineeringeducators. Adequately conceptualizing and describing a career is an obvious pre-requisite todeveloping an educational program for it. We have undertaken an observational study of engineers in practice. Rather than asking,we would observe and record, and in this way develop an activity-based definition ofengineering. This activity-based definition is more inclusive than a common

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Students Asking Questions WithinA Learning Community,” NSF Curriculum Reform Institute, Oshkosh, WI (1997). Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.in the U.S. and other countries.8. Landis, Raymond B. (1995). Studying Engineering A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Burbank, CA:Discovery Press.9. David Hunkeller, Julie E. Sharp, “Assigning Functional Groups: The Influence of Group Size, Academic Record,Practical Experience, and Learning Style,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 4, 1997, pp. 321-332.10. Chrysanthe Demetry and James E. Groccia, “A Comparative Assessment of Students’ Experiences in TwoInstructional Formats of an Introductory Materials Science Course

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

perspective. Collaboration among classmates of variedbackgrounds encourages greater understanding of an increasingly interdependent worldeconomy. Careers will benefit as Indiana employers come to value the broader worldview of graduates.B. Content, Structure, and Rigor of the Course / Program OfferingsThe "voluntary presentation of standards" contain several points to consider in settingstandards for content, structure, and rigor of the course:1. Proposed standard:The home campus departments supervise the credits offered at the host institution abroad.The IUPUI / UNITEN program has met this criteria. The syllabus, textbooks, andsupporting course materials are specified by the home department for each content area.A chief academic officer on site

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

perspective. Collaboration among classmates of variedbackgrounds encourages greater understanding of an increasingly interdependent worldeconomy. Careers will benefit as Indiana employers come to value the broader worldview of graduates.B. Content, Structure, and Rigor of the Course / Program OfferingsThe "voluntary presentations of standards" contain several points to consider in settingstandards for content, structure, and rigor of the course:1. Proposed standard:The home campus departments supervise the credits offered at the host institution abroad.The IUPUI / UNITEN program has met this criteria. The syllabus, textbooks, andsupporting course materials are specified by the home department for each content area.A chief academic officer on site