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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

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Louis L. Bucciarelli

chicken and egg problem. Asnecessary as science is to engineering practice, it ought not, can not, be the basis for evaluationof educational innovation if we deem that requires a change of culture.Appendix - Workshop AbstractsSESSION I Technology in support of Learning By DesignLearning by Design & Pro/ENGINEERDiana Johnson, Erik Rebeck, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Teaching industrial CAD/CAM software systems to accomplish “Learning by Design” represents a uniqueapproach to improve and enhance the effectiveness of undergraduate engineering education in preparing ourstudents for life-long productive careers. Experience gained from teaching Pro/Engineer, a leading computer-aideddesign system used by industry

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Matt W. Mutka; Betty H. C. Cheng; Diane Rover

equipment are relying on computers to control system parameters. Al- though embedded computers are powerful and flexible tools for industry, these very advantages have contributed to a corresponding increase in system complexity. In order to adequately prepare today’s computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering students for their future careers, the special problems with embedded sys- tems development must be adequately addressed in their education. In this paper, we report on our multi-pronged approach to curriculum development that specifically incorporates embedded systems into a suite of relevant courses: software engineering, operating systems, digital system design, and computer system

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Michael D. Murphy; Kristen L. Wood; Kevin Otto; Joseph Bezdek; Daniel Jensen

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

, instead of the traditional freshmen essay or research paper, students learn how to structure an argument, highlight benefits, answer questions and objections, and back up assertions with evidence; they learn how to gather evidence from surveys and focus groups and how to present that evidence in text, tables, charts, and appendices. Thus they can see how the demands of college writing and speaking are different from those they have experienced in high school and how they can use writing, research, and related skills in their academic and professional careers.• Introduction to new technologies Most students are already computer literate at the start of EDC; they have begun to use specialized engineering programs such as

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Michael D. Murphy; Kristen L. Wood; Daniel Jensen

for AppliedPsychological Type have determined MBTI type for thousands of engineering students at variousuniversities. This data has been analyzed for application to student learning as well as forpossible use in career counseling and student retention strategies [McCaully1990, 1983, 1976].Other examples include using MBTI to develop self instruction materials [Irey], using MBTIcomparisons between freshman and senior students to determine the change in preferencebrought about during the four years of engineering curriculum [Rodman, Rosatti] and workwhich has shown the potential to increase academic success of struggling students bystrengthening their non-preferred areas [Yokomoto].The present work builds on what is known from MBTI type

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Nancy Y. Amaya; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman

degree helps assure career security belief 5 – strongly holds this belief Perception of the Work Engineers Considers engineering a respectable field and the work 1 – does not strongly hold this Do and the Engineering Profession engineers do has a positive impact in solving the world’s belief problems 5 – strongly holds this belief Enjoyment of Math and Science Preference for math and science courses over liberal arts 1 – does not strongly hold this Courses courses

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Alice Agogino; Ann McKenna

pre-college level. Introducing the practiceof engineering to students earlier in their career may potentially provide them with a head-starton the abilities they will need to be competitive in the workplace.The Introduction to Engineering course described in this paper was developed to meet thegrowing interest for pre-engineering curricula appropriate for high school students. The coursewas designed to combine engineering skills and content with a firm pedagogical and instructional Page 3.350.1foundation. The main goals of the course are to familiarize students with the practice of

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Anton Pintar

engineering graduates should be surveyed to determine how well the MTU safety program prepared them for their careers as chemical engineers.VII. ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe author acknowledges the many contributions of David W. Caspary, Dr. Daniel A.Crowl, and Dr. Julia A. King to the MTU Unit Operations Laboratory Safety Program.Finally, the author thanks the more than 1000 chemical engineering students whocontributed to the safety program and, hopefully, benefited from it. Page 3.357.10 10VIII. REFERENCESCaspary, D.W. and Ellis, T.G., “Unit Operations Laboratory - CM401-CM402-CM403 - Course Syllabus,” Michigan

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James A. Houdeshell; Robert Mott

Applications. Demonstrate how major concepts and processes of each module areapplied to careers in science and technology.Integrating Manufacturing ExperienceThe program design being developed by the NCE/AME implements the concept of the transferactivity through an integrating manufacturing experience, in which the student gains anunderstanding of how each manufacturing oriented competency acquired is used in authenticactivities within a single enterprise. Students learn about the many functions that exist in amanufacturing enterprise and how they must be integrated. The connections among the severalmodules are also better understood because of this feature of the pedagogy.Educational institutions implementing the program are encouraged to identify a

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Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

[ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AThe LF facility was professionally staffed to allow me to experiences the product/process realizations.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AI feel that my participation in the MEEP Program has improved my career opportunities.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AI learn better from classroom lecture then hands-on laboratory experience.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AThe MEEP courses provided more to my professional development than typical courses.[ ] Strongly Agree

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Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

product/process realizations.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AI feel that my participation in the MEEP Program has improved my career opportunities.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AI learn better from classroom lecture then hands-on laboratory experience.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AThe MEEP courses provided more to my professional development than typical courses.[ ] Strongly Agree [ ] Agree [ ] Neutral [ ] Disagree [ ] Strongly Disagree [ ] N/AMy MEEP course(s

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Walter W. Fisher; Carol Crowley; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

| | | | | | | | -----------------------|------------------------- | Final Report Figure 1. Connecting engineering, math and English through a common project. THE COMMON PROJECT PILOTStudent ProfileThe students in the cluster program are all entering students experiencing their first semester atthe university. They are probably very similar in their background to entering students at othercomprehensive public urban universities. The profile developed to help cluster facultyunderstand these students includes the following characteristics. First in family to attend college Unfocused career and life goals Weak math background Minimal time spent on campus Underdeveloped communication skills Don’t develop

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Katherine E. Scales; Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley

performance data* Review current Program Educational Objectives and * Review current Program Outcomes, Outcome Indicators, consider possible changes and Criteria and consider possible changes* Evaluate candidate program changes and plan for * Review progress in implementing selected changes implementation of selected changes Spring Semester Spring Semester* Conduct mid-career alumni focus group session * Conduct employer focus group session* Prepare summary report on program assessment and * Prepare summary report on program assessment and improvement efforts

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Gerald Gillmore; Deborah Harkus; Angela Gengler; Suzanne G. Brainard

quality, although the lower average rating for females in labquality nearly reached significance. However, both males and females rated most items in themiddle of a 1-5 scale.I. INTRODUCTION In the US, as in most other countries, the field of engineering has been traditionallyoccupied by men. However, demographic trends indicate that by the year 2000 sixty-eightpercent of the new entrants into the US labor force will be women and minorities.1 Led bygovernment and industry, this reality has manifested itself in a national movement to encourageeducational institutions to increase the numbers of women and minorities pursuing careers inengineering.2 Statistics compiled over the last two decades reflect the status of women in

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Stephen B. Affleck; Marvin C. Gabert; Hahns J. Kuhr; Donald J. Parks

a great deal more than meetingwith students in a classroom and presenting lecture material. Faculty members must preparecourse materials and provide for appropriate testing; grade students' work, provide motivationalfeedback; tutor and advise students, not only in coursework, but in their career; initiate, followthrough and develop creative and scholarly activities, such as research and instructionaldevelopment; provide support and take an active service role in professional societies and act asliaison with industry; participate in active service to the university by serving on committees andworking on special projects, such as advising student clubs or working as a volunteer foractivities

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David E. Goldberg; W. Brenton Hall; Lindsay Krussow; Eunice Lee; Aaron Walker

created and work together over the course of an individual's academic career. 3. All students in a department participate in TQE. 4. Teams are composed of students of all class ranks. 5. Teams are student run with faculty in advisory roles. 6. Friendly competition is a prime-mover of the e ort. 7. The use of class credit is minimized. 8. Companies sponsor teams with both nancial and in-kind support.Whether or not such a program can be implemented across an academic unit in a more-or-less permanent way, remains an open question; however, many of these elements were testedin the two pilot semesters, Sp97 and Fa97.3.2 Di erences in the Pilot SemestersSpeci cally, the following di erences were necessary in the pilot semesters to

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Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

science, math, and engineering courses do not adequately address the rapidchanges that these students face in their industrial careers. Specifically in engineering, theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)— which is the only agencyresponsible for accreditation of education programs leading to degrees in engineering — hasrecently published new standards which increases the focus on students’ ability to perform real-world job tasks (PRISM, 1997).Augustine (Augustine, 1997) tells us that ABET is correctly responding to fundamental changesin the engineering profession that push us to accredit programs on more than simplyprofieciencies in traditional engineering skills. Because of these changes, todays engineer mustbe able to