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Krzysztof Malinowski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

admitted to engineering studies, higher education institutions that follow the traditional pattern of university-level engineering education in Poland - a five-year program leading to an MS degree – have been faced with an unattractive alternative: either to dismiss a large percentage of students who are not able to meet rigid requirements for the MS degree or to relax these requirements. In practice, for economic reasons, the latter solution has been frequently adopted. This has had a disastrous impact on the quality of education at the Master's level and the preparation of candidates for PhD studies.• In Poland, the education process leading to a PhD degree is quite long. A secondary school graduate must first complete a

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J. Darrell Gibson

Session 1339 THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROJECTS AS A MEANS FOR INTEGRATING SENIOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ECONOMICS J. Darrell Gibson Professor of Mechanical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyABSTRACTStrategies for the development and maintenance of university/industrial relationships can takeseveral forms. These include industrial boards of advisors, research contracts, internships, facultysabbaticals, guest lectures from industry, etc. One strategy that is underutilized is the use of

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Randall A. Yoshisato

Session 3213 Is Grad School for Me? Randall A. Yoshisato* The Dow Chemical Company Abstract To grad school or not to grad school — that is the perennial question that spirals in the mind of virtually every graduating senior. Unlike previous generations, many engineering faculty members have little or no industrial experience. This lack of practical industrial experience provides the advisor with a limited, and sometimes

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1998 Annual Conference

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W. Cully Hession; Marty D. Matlock; G. Scott Osborn; Daniel E. Storm; Ann L. Kenimer

Core Course 1 3 Ecological Modeling and Design Core Course 3 3 Thesis Research Design and Research 3 6 Ethics and Standards of Practice Seminar 0 3 Optional Courses of Special Interest Technical Electives 4 9 Total Hours 14 36Professional Certification DevelopmentProfessional certification is required if ecological engineering is to be a recognizedengineering profession. The process for creating certification for any type of professionalengineer is meticulous, time consuming, expensive, and requires a great deal of planningbefore the legal process of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Paul D. Schreuders; Arthur T. Johnson

been implemented. In the remainder of this paper,we will compare and contrast these two project paradigms and examine their impact on studentlearning. The project structure described in the left-hand column is that used in BiologicalProcess Engineering. The structure described on the right-hand side is that used in teachingBiological Responses to Environmental Stimuli.The Motivations and Benefits for the Project StructuresA major motivation for the structure of our projects is to, within the confines of an academicsetting, provide design experiences and develop skills that are directly applicable to our studentsneeds after graduation. Career choices for Biological Resources Engineering graduates are asdiverse as the program. Our graduates have

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

terms of its functionality, form, physicalprinciples, manufacturability, and assemblability. The intent of this process is to fullyunderstand and represent the current instantiation of a product. It is here, through this process,that we can impact design education. By providing reverse engineering projects and newtechniques to support the projects, we can provide concrete experiences for students as they learndesign methods. No longer will students face a blank drawing board as they encounter their firstdesign experience, but they will have clay they can mold, test, and refine. No longer willstudents be asked to produce a complete result to recognize "design" with no chance atobservation and reflection, but rather can incrementally experience a

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Reginald G. Mitchiner; John T. Tester

, bearings, gears, shafts and brakes.Fatigue analysis instruction is considered a strength in Virginia Tech's Mechanical EngineeringDepartment's approach towards mechanical design. Introduction of plastic product designconcepts do not fit snugly into this course paradigm; plastics design (in our view) is more of aguidelines approach to component features. Such guidelines do not usually impact the fatigueanalysis concept. Integration of this topic into the class would not be a smooth nor easy fit.Machine Design is devoted to the analysis of machine components, such as bearings, gears, contactstresses, plates, rotating disks, press fits, torsion, springs and so on. This course would seem to bethe best fit for a plastics design introduction. Some

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Narayanan Komerath

. The exception would be theteam assignment where division of labor was allowed. The definition of unfair practices includedany effort to get ahead by holding someone back. A Web Page was created, with links to theSchool’s Pages, the author’s research group and the outside world, and a table of names and e-mail addresses posted with the consent of all students. A second objective was to build up asupport network between the AE students. On the first assignment, suggestions were provided,but no points deducted for anyone who completed the assignment. Incomplete assignments werereturned for re-submittal without penalty. This “one-time exception”, based on the Iterative 17Learning concept served to get everyone moving, and give

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1998 Annual Conference

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Wayne Hager; Jacques Lesenne; Dominique Saintive; Richard Devon

international while still intra-corporate. Competition, bycontrast, is becoming primarily inter-corporate and intra-national.At the local level, we are now urged to connect directly with the global economy5. This is trueeven in State College, a small rural Pennsylvania community. The largest industry, CorningAsahi, is an American-Japanese alliance that manufactures glass TV screens according tointernational ISO quality control. The workplace and the shopping mall are, like the financialworld, now global6. And the best industrial practice, that must be met, now means the bestanywhere in the world7,8.Our graduates must be prepared to work in multicultural teams in multinational corporations.Some of the education preparation that they need will come from

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1998 Annual Conference

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Sohail Anwar

team building skills. Whereas, the former project emphasescollaboration in a team effort.In both projects the best design solutions will be determined following student, faculty, andindustrial input. It is anticipated that the major motivating factor will be the award of travelcertificates for the students on the teams with the best design solution to visit their colleagues inFrance and the USA. Page 3.366.5 DRIVING FACTORS1. A Strong Innovator Leads the Process - The principal driver of this internationalcollaboration has been Professor Lessene, the Director of IUT Bethune. His commitment to

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Eric J. Addeo

widely available andaffordable access to lifelong educational opportunities, of improved and more cost effectivehealth care, of essentially universal access to the best libraries and other sources of information,and of increasing productivity and competitiveness. The vision is of a national informationinfrastructure based on the powerful communications and computational capabilities that haveemerged over the last several years. Models for information infrastructure already exist, althoughnone have achieved the scale of the new one envisioned. The Internet, the universal telephonenetwork and the vast bed of compatible videocassette recorders installed in America homes andbusinesses are examples of models for information infrastructure.Information

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1998 Annual Conference

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Gary D. Keller; Fred Begay; Antonio A. Garcia; Albert L. McHenry

counseling concerningpreparing for and applying to graduate programs.Faculty-Directed Individual and Group Undergraduate Student Research Projects: The goal of this program is to provide students with "hands on" opportunities to serve asapprentice researchers to a faculty member's research project which genuinely prepares them forfurther research at the graduate level. These projects have academic expectations for theparticipating underrepresented minority students above and beyond the ordinary expectations oftheir course work.LEVEL 2 (NON-INTENSIVE) ACTIVITIESSkill Building Workshops: Workshops are designed to increase student performance on the graduate record examination.These workshops sessions are a one-day experience providing guidance and

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1998 Annual Conference

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Jordan Cox; Alan Parkinson

, 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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Aaron A. Jennings

realistic vision of the practice ofEnvironmental Engineering. Complete case studies present problems in rich detail.Students can (and must) pour over this information and synthesize a considerable amountof detail before experimenting with potential solutions. Clearly, one must apply this typeof assignment with care, but it can be an extremely valuable learning experience as acomplement to traditional homework assignments. Unfortunately, it is difficult for oneperson to repeatedly generate the volume of resource material required for a real casestudy. Further, problems lose impact with reuse because students begin recycling ideas.Therefore, the idea emerged that if we could share such resources among a larger group ofprofessors, we could all

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1998 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

multiculturalism the phrase “thinking outside of the box”was suggested. This is a very useful metaphor both for multiculturalism and for the kind ofcreative problem-solving that we want to teach in engineering. The best engineering designsolutions often come about by thinking “outside of the box” of our assumptions about theconstraints or ground rules for that problem. Similarly I think the goal of multicultural educationis to enable us to think at least briefly outside of our solipsistic or cultural boxes. III. Specific ideas for teaching and application to a course So-called neutral teaching may actually keeps courses less accessible to students fromnon-traditional backgrounds. For example, as one study showed2, there were no

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1998 Annual Conference

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Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

promotes this ability. As part of their presentation, the team must resolve the issue to the best of their ability and present a concise, cohesive summary of the arguments on both sides of the issue.& Imaginative awareness of alternative responses to issues and creative solutions for practical difficulties: This is promoted by an assignment that requires each group to resolve a case in which an engineer faces a dilemma in the workplace.& Sensitivity to genuine difficulties and subtleties, including a willingness to undergo and tolerate some uncertainty in making troublesome moral judgments or decisions: This skill is practiced through group resolutions of real dilemmas and theoretical

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1998 Annual Conference

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

/ tools for the different audiences. Some of the tools used are presented inthe next section.Table 1. Sample from the Curriculum Development Matrix Question 1: Was a new interdisciplinary, practice-based curriculum, which emphasizes the interdependency of manufacturing and design, in a business environment developed? Subquestions Data Respondents: Schedule Collection students (S), Approach faculty (F) industry (I

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

/ tools for the different audiences. Some of the tools used are presented inthe next section.Table 1. Sample from the Curriculum Development Matrix Question 1: Was a new interdisciplinary, practice-based curriculum, which emphasizes the interdependency of manufacturing and design, in a business environment developed? Subquestions Data Respon Sched Collecti -dents : ule on student Approac s (S

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Daniel T. Schwartz

projects, or they canperform another of the technology experiments drawn from the author's graduate research Page 3.28.2program. To the best of my knowledge, this course is quite unique in its mission and approach,being neither an electroanalytical chemistry laboratory nor a lecture-oriented electrochemicalengineering course. The course is taught in a ten week quarter. Eighty minutes of lecture arepresented weekly. Grades are based on 3 written reports (70%), a midterm exam (20%) and anoral report (10%).Having just provided the context, motivation, resources, and overall organization for thisElectrochemical Engineering laboratory, it is perhaps

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1998 Annual Conference

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Steven H. VanderLeest; Edward G. Nielsen

veryimpressed by the sheer size of the project as well as by the careful planning and research thatwent into the engineering of the system. The design had to account for a variety of political,historic, and economic constraints as well as the more familiar technical constraints. Figure 1 Model of Storm Surge Barrier Practical Hints for Managing a Foreign-Travel Engineering CourseBefore the trip• Arrange site tours/meetings yourself , but let your travel agency arrange the airfare, hotel accommodations, etc.• Use a hired driver/tour guide who knows the language(s). This frees you to teach and plan rather than finding your way through traffic.• Incorporate variety to peak the interest of all the students. Work

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1998 Annual Conference

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Patrick E. Connolly

. Marks, P. and Riley, K., Aligning Technology for Best Business Results, Peter Marks, Design Insight, Kathleen Riley, 1995, p. i.2. Carelli, W. A., et al, “I-DEAS Master Series 5”, SDRC Working Ideas, Structural Dynamics Research Corporation, 1997 No. 1, p. 1, 4.3. “Toward Design Without Boundaries: A Vision for Autodesk” Autodesk Technology Vision, Autodesk, Inc., 1997, p. 2.4. Interview with Rob Quinn, Parametric Technologies Corporation, February 1998.5. Anderl, R. and Mendgen, R., Parametric Design and Its Impact on Solid Modeling Applications, Presented at Solid Modeling ’95, Salt Lake City, Utah, ACM, 1995, p. 12.6. McMahon, C. and Browne, J., CADCAM, From Principles to Practice, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

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Samir B. Billatos; Nadia A. Basaly

to surface in structuredmethodologies. Some of these methodologies, researched for this paper, aid in all the stages oflife cycle analysis. Some address the process of disassembly, which is present in both DFS andDFR. Some look specifically at the environmental impact made by the products’ materials. Inthis paper, DFS and DFR will be examined and evaluated for their significance in life cycleanalysis. Their importance and impact on the environment must be taught in the classroom to Page 3.563.1prepare a new generation of environmentally friendly engineers. This paper introduces thesemethodologies and outlines a new course "mechanical design

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Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

progress nearly a full position of thedesired total of four, this is certainly a significant contribution.The research summarized in this section shows that the Perry scheme is a useful tool for bothanalyzing curricular reforms as well as shaping them. The purposes of this study embrace bothof these goals. Early results from the overall longitudinal and cross-sectional study, such asthose reported in this paper, will provide benchmarking data for engineering faculty andadministrators. The second set of studies cited show that this benchmarking data can thenspecifically and effectively inform overall curricular reforms.MethodResearch Design. The data collection for this study is part of a larger research study in theCollege of Engineering at the

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Peter A. Koen; Pankaj Kohli

49 59 7. Ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs. 37 45 8. Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary 25 41 for engineering practice 9. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering. 24 25 10. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions 24 33 in a global and societal context. 11. Knowledge of contemporary issues. 12 27 Table 3. Survey results, in order of priority, and structured in terms of the ABET 2000 criteria. The 2nd and 3rd columns are the percentage

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1998 Annual Conference

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James B. Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl

time needed for theprogram. Others, like me, were unable to get course relief, but used the funds provided to pay fortravel/conference registration for faculty development activity the following summer.Retreats and SeminarsThe year-long program is launched in a day-long off-campus retreat in May attended by the par-ticipants of both the concluding and upcoming years. The “graduating” class describe to the newclass their experiences in the program and their teaching projects, and suggest seminar topics thatthey found to be useful.Once the academic year commences in the fall, the participants meet twice a month for lunchdiscussions and once a month for dinner and a more in-depth seminar. The topics of the semi-nars are chosen by the Teaching

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Ryan B. Wicker; Rolando Quintana; Michael Camet

., “Assessment and Quality in Higher Education: A Model with Best Practice,” presented at theConference on Assessment and Quality, American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C., June 1996.3. Clark, S.B., “When Control Groups Do Not Exist: Program Evaluation without a Net,” Oak Ridge AssociatedUniversities, Tennessee, 1991.4. Dinham, S.M., “Assessment, Accreditation, and Licensure, and Their Effects upon Teaching and Learning,”University of Arizona, Center for Research on Undergraduate Education: Tucson, Arizona, 1989.5. Ferrier, M.B, “In Search of Effective Quality Assessment,” ASSE Prism, v(4), n(1), pp. 23-25, September 1994.6. Mazurek, D.F., “Consideration of FE exam for program assessment,” Journal of Professional Issues

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Joseph C. Hartman

Page 3.244.1completion (Step 6), should be emphasized. In this context, the principles of engineeringeconomy provide the foundation for these decisions. Associations with the design process,which is closely related, are also addressed in this paper.In addition to a re-emphasis of the decision process, it is also argued that engineering economyeducators must integrate research advances into the curriculum. While a variety ofbreakthroughs have occurred with relevant applications in replacement analysis and capitalbudgeting, it appears that these advances do not make it into the classroom. College anduniversity educators have the responsibility to disseminate the important advances of our field.The goal of this paper is to provide both motivation

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1998 Annual Conference

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Matthew J. Cline; Gary J. Powers

teams often “competed” toward a solution for the same problem questionsessions were very active. Since adopting these oral report practices, students haveimproved significantly during the semester. Another curriculum issue reviewed focused on when students receive designexperience. Prior to their senior year, most students get little or no preparation inmodeling and design. PBL pushed students to develop 'new' theories or models that wereappropriate for the problem – in their junior year. In some cases, students have gone so Page 3.457.5far as to combine first-principal models with statistical correlations to obtain models thatCline, Powers

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

properties of an embedded system.1 IntroductionThis paper presents a multi-pronged, multidisciplinary approach to transfer research resultsand experience into the undergraduate curricula in the Departments of Computer Scienceand Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University. The objective of the project is toexplore the impact of embedded systems in a number of core courses in the undergradu-ate curricula. First, existing courses have been modified to explicitly present the respectivecourse content in the context of embedded systems. Specifically, four courses are targeted inthe VESL Visions for Embedded Systems Laboratories) project: software engineering, op-erating systems, computer system design, and digital electronics. The courses were

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1998 Annual Conference

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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

order to demonstrate synthesisof topics covered throughout the entire course. The career plan also required students to performself-assessment and independent research, as well as short-term and long-term goal setting.While designing the course content and activities, I also devised a teaching plan for each lessonunit. Each plan outlined the following: objectives of the unit; specific teaching practices that Iwould employ to meet these objectives; and a breakdown of classroom time for all discussionsand activities determined for the unit. Guided by these teaching plans in the classroom, I wasable to rely heavily on the active and cooperative learning practices and minimize the amount oflecturing. For example, I would begin a class by asking