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. inelectrical engineering, and has research interests in engineering education and energy dissipation systems.TROY F. HENSON, Ph.D., P.E.. Dr. Henson is dean and professor of engineering at UT Martin. Prior to joiningUT Martin in 1994, Henson’s career included 18 years with IBM Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama, and Houston,Texas; five years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University; and seven years as a part-time member of the facultyat Rice University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Arkansas and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Texas at Austin, all in electrical engineering. Page 4.31.10

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significantly more than in the alternativeresembling the current master’s degree. Again, there are many ramifications, including methodsof financing and societal acceptance of this model as an attractive career path, particularly forstudents from families with low to moderate income.A key question in all of these considerations seems to be the needs of the civil engineeringemployer. It is well known that many civil engineering employers now require a master’s degreefor entry level employees in some specialties. In fact, this has been used as one of the argumentsfor moving to a requirement that this be true for all civil engineers. On the other hand, amajority of current civil engineers do now find employment armed only with a BS degree. It isunclear

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research can help students develop this ability, excessive costs are incurredwhen research is used as a tool for teaching. While providing the basic knowledge good teachersshould stimulate the minds of their students in the direction of “critical thinking” and“creativity”. Research activities, vital for raising funds and building public image that will attractbetter students, should not hinder the efficiency of teaching activities 6.III. First Experience Gained in IntegrationWhile investigating the possibilities integrating the engineering education curriculum assuggested in the previous section, the author was for the first time in his career asked to give acourse in Automatic Control. An adequate textbook was searched that could to be used

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prepare them better for a rewarding engineering career. To achieve this, a proposal was recently submitted by the author and 2 other facultymembers to the National Science Foundation’s Instrumentation and Laboratory ImprovementProgram for the establishment of a state-of-the-art Dynamic Systems and Controls instructionallaboratory at UTPA. The proposal was funded and this laboratory is now being developed for use(to varying degrees) by all Electrical, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering undergraduatestudents at UTPA. Its main goals are to:a. prepare students to be multidisciplinary in their thinkingb. introduce students to a model-based simulation-oriented approach to control systems designand developmentc. let students gain experience

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customers’ requirements. Direct interaction with the customergives engineering students a more realistic experience of design, and better preparation for theirprofessional careers. However, as Christianson and Rohrbach1 point out, the customers’consideration may be subtle and may require ongoing dialogue and questioning between thestudent designers and the client/customer. Industry has been critical of engineering educationthat does not produce graduates who are sufficiently knowledgeable about how design ispracticed in industry or who are able to deal with open-ended problems.8 Interacting with realclients is a good way to enhance ties between industry and academia. Another method toenhance industrial ties is the use of student portfolios.2, 5Much

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a faculty advisor for the firstthree semesters until they started their chosen disciplinary elective sequence, at which point theytransitioned to an advisor in their chosen engineering Department. The general experience wasthat little interaction took place between students and advisors in the first three semesters. In theseminar, the faculty gets to know a small group of students over a full semester and this pro-motes much freer and extensive interaction in an advisory mode, both within class and outsideone on one.References1. Landis, Raymond B., Studying Engineering - A Road Map to a Rewarding Career , Discovery Press, Burbank, CA, 236 pp., 1995

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Jawa Mariappan; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran

ExperimentSophomore Engineering Clinic IHaving studied in detail the work of practicing engineering designers, the students are ready toembark on their careers as designers. To meet this objective, in the Sophomore EngineeringClinic I, all engineering students complete four compact, open-ended design projects sponsoredby each of the four departments. Each module demonstrates the design principles inherent invarious classes of design problems. As outlined in table 2, during the course of the semestereach student completes the following modules: design of a product, design of a process, designof a structure, and design of a simulation. In the Fall 1998 semester, sophomore engineeringstudents from each of the four departments completed the following four 3-week

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and process.The ProblemArchitects and engineers, who need to interact during their professional career in order to buildany kind of complex building, are educated entirely separately. “Over the past century, increasedmovement toward concentration within an academic discipline has taken charge of the curricu-lum, as well as serving to compartmentalize the professoriate and the institution.” 1 The verticalseparation of disciplines occurs in most universities. This suggests a need for modification of thecurriculum, the delivery of course material and teaching methods. Fortunately, this comes duringa period of reflection in schools of architecture when, as Mitgang suggests, there are “growingdoubts over whether the traditional educational

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an established length and/or scope in a recognized occupational skill category.Apprenticeship is a work-study training scheme in which part of the training occurs on the joband part occurs off the job in a classroom or workshop setting. (Glover, 1986, p. 5) Page 4.560.3Apprenticeship training is particularly useful for occupations requiring diverse skills andknowledge, as well as maturity and independence of judgment. The number and scope of theseoccupations have expanded dramatically in recent years to include such fields as business andhealth careers (U. S. DOL, 1989).Apprenticeships permit employers to train employees to industry-based and

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. Page 4.118.4 5. Conclusion Our experiences of developing an electric machines course for a NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition for new Manufacturing Education is provided. Significant features of the development are described. The intention of providing the detail of our experience was to set some of the “Do’s” and “Don’ts” for such developments. The effectiveness of the courseware as enhanced by utilizing multimedia components is highlighted. It appears that serious learning of technical material, which normally occurs only once in a student’s learning career, has to be carefully kept in mind in order to prevent CBI courseware comparison to video games. However, providing effective interactions on each screen of the technical material appears to

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respectively. In 1989 he received the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Louisiana State Universityin Baton Rouge. He worked as a digital systems engineer for Texas Instruments from 1978 to 1984, where he waspart of a design team developing array processor technology for seismic signal processing. Before returning to anacademic career he worked for Thermalscan Inc., where he was chief engineer for the development of a pavementimage processing system for surveying distress in road beds. In 1990, he joined Arizona State University, where heis now assistant professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology. He is currentlyworking on projects to develop an image processing system for the recognition of breast cancer using

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time on course preparation, faculty and students will be able to spend more timeworking with each other, to the benefit of both.AcknowledgmentsThe assistance of the following NCSU students with this project is gratefully acknowledged: Xiaokang Sang, AnaGoulart, Chenhao Geng, Zhiling Zheng, Sonali Aditya, and David Steffy.Bibliography1. Gehringer, Edward F., "A database of course materials in computer architecture," Proceedings of the FirstWorkshop on Undergraduate Computer Architecture Education, Santa Margherita Ligure Italy, 19 June 1995.Available on the Web at http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/e/efg/archdb/public/full-paper.html.2. Lozada, Marlene, "Look out for distance learning," Techniques: Making Education and Career Connections72:7

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Justin Pniower; Michael Ruane; Bennett Goldberg; Selim Unlu

Francis Bitter National Magnet Lab at MIT. He holds two patents, and is author of over 60 scientificpublications.SELIM ÜNLÜ is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his BSEE from MiddleEast Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and his MSEE and Ph.D. in EE from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has received a Research Initiation Award and a CAREER Award from NSF, and a YoungInvestigator Award from ONR. Page 4.597.9

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Steven L. Cohen; Dennis P. Slevin; David I. Cleland; Kim LaScola Needy; Heather Nachtmann

ProjectManagement, Engineering Management and Manufacturing Management. An active member of the ProjectManagement Institute (PMI), he has published numerous articles, handbook chapters, and papers at professionalmeetings in his field. He has received funding for eighteen research projects during his academic career, and hasgiven over 300 lectures and seminars outside of his university. He has served as a consultant for both national andforeign companies, and is recognized as one of the best known members of PMI. He has been described as the“Father” of Project Management. He has both a national and international reputation in his field, and has beenhonored for his original and continuing contribution to his disciplines.DENNIS P. SLEVINDennis P. Slevin is

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advantages and disadvantages of each approach are described.The two approaches are compared and recommendations for others implementing web-assistedinstruction are presented.I. IntroductionDistance learning is extremely popular with the full-time employed engineer1. It makesobtaining a graduate degree possible without sacrificing one's current career. The functionalityof the world wide web (www) and increased access to it have made this tool a necessity, ratherthan an optional part of delivering distance education. This paper describes and compares theauthors' experience as the www has become an increasing part of how they deliver courses.While the courses are primarily delivered via live and recorded video, the instructors rely heavilyon the www to

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Functional Groups: The Influence of Group Size, AcademicRecord, Practical Experience, and Learning Style,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 4, 1997, pp. 321-332.13. Chrysanthe Demetry and James E. Groccia, “A Comparative Assessment of Students’ Experiences in TwoInstructional Formats of an Introductory Materials Science Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no.3, 1997, pp. 203-210.ALEXANDER N. CARTWRIGHT: Alexander N. Cartwright received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in1995 and has been an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo since August 1995. In1998, he was fortunate enough to receive a NSF CAREER Award that supports his research and educationalactivities. He is active in curriculum

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Emma Torbert; Eleanor Abrams; David Bourgeois; Carmela Amato-Wierda; Anneliese Mueller; Christopher F. Bauer

objectives. It has aninterdisciplinary content that relates General Chemistry principles to other fields because theprojects are developed from topics related to the disciplines representing the career goals of thestudents in the course. Particular emphasis is placed on students working collaboratively onopen-ended investigations which do not have predetermined procedures or outcomes. Thus apremium is placed on development of decision-making ability and understanding of chemicalconcepts necessary to solve a problem. Faculty from the chemistry and engineering departmentshave assisted in designing these projects and have been guest lecturers in the course. Thesefaculty will be drawn into a reflective discourse about the teaching and

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share theresponsibility for improving engineering design and manufacturing processes. We inacademia have the responsibility to provide instruction to and experience for our studentsso that graduates that choose engineering design as a career path are prepared to functionin an environment that will provide the most competitive products.What do employers want from engineering graduates? A survey led by the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers (8) lists the characteristics engineers in industry believegraduates should possess. In addition, companies employing engineering graduates havepresented their thoughts regarding these characteristics (9). In summary thecharacteristics are: 1. Technical competence is a given. 2. Teams

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experience in theclub aided their job search and enhanced their careers. Several corporate recruiters have alsomentioned how impressed they were with the students who could tell about their design work forthe Aerial Robotics Club.Bibliography1. International Aerial Robotics Competition, Jan. 7, 1999,http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/AUVS/IARCLaunchPoint.html.2. Rose-Hulman Aerial Robotics Club, Jan. 7, 1999, http://www.rose-hulman.edu/arc.3. Padgett, Wayne T., Teaching Design Through Competition, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 1997,Pittsburgh, PA (http://fairway.ecn.purdue.edu/~fie/fie97/papers/1510.pdf).WAYNE PADGETTWayne Padgett is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. He is the

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Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

psychological aspects, marriage and family, management and organizational development/business/careers, personality and social psychology, psychometrics and validity, religion, theory, history, and other instrument.C APT sponsors a biannual international conference that draws practitioners from many areas of applications of the instrument and publishes the Journal of Psychological Type (JPT), a reviewed journal on works related to the MBTI.C The Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT) in Gainesville, FL, was established to promote applications and research. They publish a catalog of resource Page 4.88.3

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activity was to encourage students to document their activities. It is felt that gooddocumentation skills will be required for a successful engineering career. To assist indeveloping the documentation skills the notes were required to be in the following form: 1) be contained in a binder with removable pages, 2) start with a new page for each lecture, 3) be consecutively numbered, 4) be dated, 5) contain the examples presented in class, 6) each page should be signed, 7) each page should have your name and section letter in the upper left hand corner, 8) key concepts and references clearly identified, Page

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ofmathematical rigor than previously attempted by freshman in the college. Several studentsformed durable cooperative study groups that were still active at the end of their junior year. Ofthe students who left engineering, several have maintained contact with their freshmanengineering instructor and have expressed that they still employ the team approach, cooperativestudy techniques and learning skills they developed in Freshman Engineering. Perhaps mostsignificantly, after completing this program, several students have demonstrated a strong interestin pursuing a career in higher education, and are actively participating as teaching assistants inthe Freshman Engineering Program. The course described in this publication is primarily the first

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precalculus and the remaining 40% start below precalculus. The decision was made to pilot a curriculum with students that are ready for precalculus. The curriculum was to expose students to engineering from the start of and in every term during their college careers. Concurrent classes were to support each other. Intended consequences of better preparation and a streamlined curriculum are higher success and retention rates, higher quality graduates as well as shorter times to graduation. Designing this integrated engineering curriculum is a major undertaking with many features. In this paper we will focus on two of our objectives, namely 1) The introduction of key theoretical concepts “in context”, and 2) The elimination of

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Debi Switzer; Siegfried M. Holzer; Richard M. Felder; Douglas E. Hirt

and/or periodic seminars might be offered to teaching assistants andgraduate students contemplating academic careers, covering topics such as addressing differentstudent learning styles, effective lecturing techniques, active and cooperative learning, dealingwith common student problems, and survival skills. Mentorship programs might also bestructured in which graduate students interested in teaching are paired with experienced facultyto complete short teaching experiences and/or to conduct classroom research studies. Finally, asemester-long course on college teaching might be offered for credit.Institutional incentives for improving teaching.Designing and implementing any of these programs on a continuing basis will require asubstantial

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and by observingothers. By the end of the competition, the better features of the successful robots becameapparent. Some of these were planning ahead and time organization! " [Student final report,1996]."The phrase, let’s do something even if it’s wrong, has a home in robotics. The fact is you aregoing to do something wrong, it’s called learning. The sooner you get started, the sooner youwill discover your errors, and the more time you will have to correct them." [Student finalreport, 1998]."Overall I found this to be the most rewarding experience in my career at K-State, and I think Ilearned a lot about engineering that I never would have in a regular classroom." [Student finalreport, 1997].New DirectionsCurrently, the microcontroller system

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guide them to seekinformation from the web, a course web page (http://www.engr.wisc.edu/coebin/courses98/get/bme/200/webster/) and other sources, brainstorm for a variety of solutions, select the bestsolution, and develop it. Students e-mail weekly reports to their clients and instructors. A mid-semester oral presentation is videotaped to provide feedback to the students. An end-of-semesterreport and public poster session enhances presentation skills. The succeeding five design coursesbuild on other biomedical engineering courses and include exercises to meet the ABETrequirements. We report on the first students experiencing this novel curriculum designed toprepare them for careers in Biomedical Engineering.I. IntroductionIn the Fall of 1998 a

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Nathan W. Scott; M. A. Mannan; H. P. Lee; Brian J. Stone; A. Y. C. Nee

dynamics. The dynamics course has 52 lectures (over 26 weeks) andcovers material from rectilinear motion to forces in mechanisms. Historically this has beenregarded as the hardest first year unit but the introduction of computer based teaching and otherinitiatives [1-6] has seen a significant change in attitude and greatly increased pass rates.It is also relevant to provide some information on the two lecturers involved. Dr H P Lee(NUS) obtained a BA in Engineering Tripos from Cambridge University in 1982. He joined theNational University of Singapore as a Senior Tutor in 1985 and left for further Study inStanford University in 1986. He obtained his MSc and PhD from Stanford University in 1987and 1991 respectively. He resumed his teaching career

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L. Davis Clements; John S. Cundiff; Dennis Schulte; George Meyer

. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.BiographiesJOHN CUNDIFF was a visiting professor at the University of Nebraska from July until December 1998.He began his academic career in 1972 at the University of Georgia. In 1980, he joined the faculty of the BiologicalSystems Engineering Department (formally the Agricultural Engineering Department) at Virginia Tech. His researchinterest is the production, harvest, storage, and delivery of biomass as a feedstock for fuel and chemicals.GEORGE MEYER, professor teaches graduate and undergraduate classes that involve plant and animal growth andenvironmental factors and instrumentation and controls for both agricultural and biological systems engineeringstudents. He has received national recognition for his work in

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modules and optimization technique throughout their educational careers. Moreimportantly, students leave the course with a sense of accomplishment that they haveindependently integrated various components of experimental design (modeling, numericaluncertainty analysis, experiment execution, and evaluation of results). Page 4.545.8VI. References1. “A Report on the Preparation of and Demand for Engineering Students,” prepared by College of Engineering at University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 1992.2. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, “Engineering Criteria 2000”, available online at http://www.abet.org/EAC/eac2000.htm, 1997.3. “A

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paid; having an engineering 1 – does not strongly hold this belief Engineering degree provides career security 5 – strongly holds this belief Perception of How Engineers Contrib- Belief that engineers contribute to improving the welfare of 1 – does not strongly hold this belief ute to Society society 5 – strongly holds this belief Perception of the Work Engineers Do Considers engineering to be an innovative, respected pro- 1 – does not strongly hold this belief and The Engineering Profession fession. 5 – strongly holds this belief