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John Eby; David Vader; Carl A. Erikson

, while implementation teams work onsite over the summer and during our January-term.2. Address nontechnical issues in engineering practice. We work with other academic departments within Messiah College on mutual projects and ideas. Ethics case studies help us identify and address these issues in class.3. Foster a service ethic among engineering graduates and within our profession. On-campus student clubs like Habitat for Humanity and Earthkeepers assist this effort. We make Appropriate Engineering presentations to alumni, at professional society meetings, in churches and to para-church organizations. We also cooperate with worldwide agencies like the Society for International Ministries (SIM) and the Mennonite Central Committee

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Ronald E. Terry; Kurt Sandholtz

staff them. The traditional ‘how to succeed in business’ strategies no longerwork. This can lead to frustration and confusion for today’s engineering graduates. Yetorganizations' need for leadership -- in the form of expanded influence from their engineers andothers -- has increased. Engineers need to understand these concepts in order to manage theircareers for greater satisfaction and contribution.A research-based framework developed by Professors Gene Dalton and Paul Thompson calledthe Four StagesSM Model has been used by the Novations Group to help careerists understandhow their employers expect them to grow and develop over the course of their careers.3 Themodel has proven invaluable to practicing engineers. It would seem that helping

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Norman L. Fortenberry

National Science Foundation.work was done on mathematics and science instruction at the pre-college level, and very littleresearch, in any SMET discipline, was supported at the undergraduate and graduate levels.In fiscal year 1997, NSF initiated the Research and Educational Policy and Practice (REPP)program, a broader effort to enhance the quality and impact of the Nation’s SMET education bybuilding a knowledge base of ideas, practices, and policy alternatives to strengthen the researchbase and build a foundation to advance educational practices from classroom to state-widelevels4. In addition to research on teaching and learning, REPP incorporates elements of theprevious portfolio in support of educational technologies. However, the predominant

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John R. Wagner

to Life-long Learning The adage "good grades are important" continues to be true for today’s new hires. Theexcellence demonstrated by students in the classroom is a traditional measure of a candidate’spotential success in job assignments. Although grades are an important issue, new hires mayalso be aggressively recruited if they have key skills and experiences gained through activitiesoutside the classroom. Students can obtain valuable experience and maturity throughcooperative education, summer internships, extra-curricular projects (e.g., SAE Mini Baja, SAEFormula Car, etc.), senior design projects, and research efforts with faculty members. Forinstance, the insight gained by working with experienced engineers during a summer

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J. Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

development, regardless ofthe discipline. The purpose of this paper is to show how student design projects furnished by industrycultivate this partnership and benefit both groups. A further purpose is to present specific steps forarranging these industrial projects. The basic concept is to use actual $real world# problems suggestedby companies for student team design projects which are a required component of senior mechanicalengineering design courses. The successful experiences of the mechanical engineering departmentat Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology will be used as a model to describe how such programs canbe implemented. It is hoped that the procedures described here will assist other institutions inrealizing the same benefits. The two

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donald Keating

. effort to maintain competitiveness in the global marketplace. Continual technological innovation in industry isrecognized worldwide as the principal driving force for competitiveness and economic prosperity. Withoutdiminishing the importance of scientific research, it is now evident that continual technological innovation isprimarily a needs-driven creative professional practice requiring engineering leadership.Following a review of graduate engineering education and needs assessment studies of graduate engineers inindustry, it is now clear that a transformation in graduate education is needed to improve U.S. technology innovationand competitiveness in the worldwide economy. As a national priority, the educational investment in the

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R. J. Helgeson; Troy Henson

8½ ×11-inch sheet contained in both the main and elective maps are termed Course ContentSheets. Each sheet details the course content in terms of design, computer use, laboratoryexperience, written communication, and oral communication. These are major skill areas whichABET and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) have identified as those inwhich a graduating engineering student should be well qualified3, 4. We examined eachengineering course offered in the curriculum and attempted to identify which of these five areasare specifically addressed. In developing the course content sheet format, we recognized thatthere are different levels of sophistication or levels of content within each of these five areas.For example, the

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Frederick Orthlieb

and proposals for further support,student entrepreneurial teams gather, evaluate and interpret both technical and marketinformation using processes that surprisingly resemble those that engineering faculty must nowlearn to assess the state of existing engineering programs and plan for continuous improvementunder ABET EC2000. Both sets of tasks involve conceptual integration at a higher level thanis usual in undergraduate engineering education, but is more commonly practiced in the liberalarts.1. Product Development as Design InstructionProviding authentic instruction and experience in design-based engineering entrepreneurship isalways a challenge. Set-piece design innovation problems may be new to individual students,but they cannot

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Lawrence H. Trachtman; David Ringholz; Carolyn M. Sommerich

theMS degree in Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1983). He is aformer editor of the RESNA journal Assistive Technology (1992-1998).DAVID RINGHOLZDavid Ringholz, MID, is the Coordinator for Design Development at The Center for Universal Design (CUD) and aResearch Assistant Professor in the School of Design at NCSU. He graduated with honors with a BA in DesignStudies with a concentration in Universal Design from SUNY Buffalo. He joined the center after receiving a Masterof Industrial Design degree from NCSU in 1997. His research interests focus on meeting user needs through newproduct design

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Melissa S. Tooley; Kevin Hall

include a breakdown of tasks required tocomplete the project, how many hours each task is estimated to take, and who on the projectteam is responsible for each task. Because of increasing restrictions on the engineeringcurriculum, Senior Design provides the best (and only) opportunity to give graduates this type ofexperience.b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret dataStudents will have opportunities to design and conduct experiments and analyze and interpretdata, depending on the type of project they select. For example, this semester students willdesign and conduct a traffic study for one project, and will analyze and interpret rainfall data foranother. Soil percolation tests may be required for

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Matt C. Smith; David K. Gattie

to educate their own students in the engineering principles of waterresources. Through this instructional outreach to other departments, an informal water resourcesfaculty has been formed with members from several departments. From this interdisciplinaryeffort the need for such a program became even more evident.At the University of Georgia, water resource courses are taught in at least eight departments, witheach course designed to emphasize a particular physical, biological or chemical aspect of waterresources. In practice, these basic sciences are interrelated and serve as the basis for identifyingissues and evaluating impacts and effects on water resources. Through interdisciplinary effortswith experts in these areas, the research

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H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox; Stephen Hundley

styles, as well as modes oflearning assessment.Third, at a time when institutions are asked to be more accountable, they most are alsoincreasingly being asked to do more with less. Resource constraints are a reality on campuses –public and private – and such constraints often limit what individual faculty can realisticallyinitiate to improve their instructional practices in the classroom. In many universities, theexpectation that faculty will secure funding from outside sources is a given. Most externalfunding, however, is generally earmarked for and designed to further specific modes of research– and it is rare that such funding opportunities center on pedagogic improvements to the teachingand learning process in higher education. The challenge

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

adoptionof instructional methods and materials that have been proven effective by classroom research; (2)to improve institutional support for teaching at each of the coalition campuses; and (3) to have asustainable engineering FD program in place on each campus by the end of Year 10.Many universities throughout the United States have faculty development programs, usuallycoordinated by a campus-wide teaching center. Some of these programs have played animportant role in raising the quality of instruction in colleges of engineering, but most have hadrelatively little impact on the engineering faculty. For various reasons, many engineers lackrespect for pedagogy as a discipline and consider programs sponsored by campus teachingcenters as largely

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

and costeffective manner. In economic term this will be 21st century equivalent of today’s thruways andtheir access roads. According to one estimate, by the turn of new millenium 40% of world willbe connected to world wide network called the Internet. The information age has also made ourworld a global village where a portion of the design work for a commercial product is beingdone in Europe, Japan or US, manufacture in Mexico or Far East and have the software written 1in India or Pakistan. India earns over $700 million yearly from an estimated $400 + billionsales pool of global information technology while Pakistani software houses exported only $23

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Peter Avitabile

Basics, Experimental Techniques published by Society for Experimental Mechanics, June 19985) Avitabile, P., "Is there any difference between a roving hammer and roving accelerometer test?", Modal Analysis - Back to Basics, Experimental Techniques published by Society for Experimental Mechanics, August 19986) Avitabile, P., "Should I always use a hard tip for impact testing?", Modal Analysis - Back to Basics, Experimental Techniques published by Society for Experimental Mechanics, October 19987) Avitabile, P., "Which shaker excitation is best?", Modal Analysis - Back to Basics, Experimental Techniques published by Society for Experimental Mechanics, December 19988) Avitabile, P., "Curvefitting is so confusing to me - what do all

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Christopher Ibeh

trend in theindustry appears to be the focus of changes in undergraduate curricula. Some of the notablediscussions and efforts in this area are presented under this section.Braham, J., “Where are the Leaders?” Machine Design, October 10, 1991, Page 58-62. JenniferChalsma, Staff Editor at Machine Design, after interviewing some practicing engineers fromFortune 500 companies, concludes that “Readers call for more practical, “real world” coursesand less theory.” Suggestions for improving engineering and technological curricula include: theuse of Co-ops and Internships, and increasing the number of laboratory courses and projects.Hiles, K. E., “A Project-Based Freshman Engineering Design Experience-FIRST,” ASEEAnnual Conference Proceedings

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Nancy Peck; John E. Nydahl

beused and how to configure the apparatus to minimize the resulting error. Embedding thisuncomplicated technique in a spreadsheet environment is very helpful to the student sincespreadsheets are the natural experimental platform for data presentation and reduction, and thissoftware already possesses various statistical packages. The details of an example with fourdegrees of freedom are documented.I. IntroductionIn 1992, University of Wyoming’s College of Engineering completed an internal review inwhich a questionnaire was sent to alumni who graduated in the last decade 1. Most reported thatthey were adequately prepared to compete with their colleagues but recommended that more“real world” engineering tasks be incorporated in future curriculums

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Randy Russell; Nicholas Basker; Lisa Scranton; J. L. P Jessop; A. B. Scranton

the role of each team member, ii) choosing a“system” for study, iii) formulating a postulate to be tested experimentally, iv) developing anexperimental plan for data collection, v) coordinating the team’s effort to collect the data, vi)analyzing the data to test the postulate, and vii) reporting the research results to the rest of theclass on the Internet. This project is designed to enhance team skills and requires the students tofind effective ways to communicate with one another from remote locations. A recent article inASEE Prism highlighted the fact that practicing engineers are increasingly being required towork together on the Internet to complete projects and that project web sites are commonlybeing defined to coordinate this work.5

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Michael A. Kriss

Graduate School of Imaging Science andTechnology (http://www.eng.chiba-u.ac.jp/joho.htm). Japanese universities, individualprofessors hire younger faculty members to form a distinctive research effort in severalimportant areas. Thus, there is no formal “center” but rather a group of three or four talentedfaculty members and a continuum of graduate and undergraduate students who work on a widerange of electronic imaging problems. While Dr. Miyake’s laboratory will support one or twovisiting professors (normally from out side of Japan) there are no formal postdoctoral positions.The funding for the research comes mostly from the school and the Ministry of Education.While there are strong ties to industry, there is little financial support for the

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Karl Stephan

need foundations in mathematics and physicswhich are best taught by members of the departments of mathematics and physics, which there-fore offer service courses to students in other departments. Since the study of engineering at theundergraduate level has not traditionally provided a foundation for the practice of any professionother than engineering, few non-engineering students take engineering courses for purely utilitar-ian reasons. Page 4.603.1 The second reason for such courses is cultural. Nearly all institutions of higher learninghave “general education” or “core” requirements which constitute the school’s notion of what

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Sean J. Cannon; John H. Grubbs

requirements. The environmentaleducation process includes engineering design projects, group projects, major researchpapers, and individual presentations. Complementing the experience are field trips toenvironmental facilities (water treatment, wastewater treatment, landfill, etc.) and,in many cases, participation in the Individual Advanced Development (AIAD)program in which a cadet spends three to four weeks working for a research oranalysis agency in the federal government or military affiliated civilian entity. Forthose cadets who desire, they may be able to complete a major research project under theauspices of an individual study course (XX489).Content of Cadet ExperiencesThe key to the Environmental Security program is that it is

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Marcus Huggans; Nystrom Hal

effective astraditional lectures.This paper reports on a study1 that was performed at the University of Missouri – Rolla, whichsuccessfully measured the impact of one of the learning styles to engineering students. It utilizeda web site that contained three tutorial learning modules. These modules were designed forasynchronous application and with varying degrees of global and sequential content in theirlearning environments. Thirty-two graduate and undergraduate students participated in the study,which became a part of an established engineering course. The students were tested for theirlearning styles as well as their knowledge of the material before and after each of the Internet-based tutorial sessions. The results of the study showed that the

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Peter J. Graybash

developed a general model ofunstructured decision-making, a flow chart of seven steps within three phases and operating inan environment of three supporting routines and six sets of dynamic elements. Using thiscomplex model, he categorized seven types of paths for all unstructured decisions. The modelhas withstood scrutiny and review.In this view, selecting an alternative is not a matter of choosing the one or best solution, it is acomplete process of screening, evaluation and choice. Selecting is an integral part of evaluatingand choosing, has been defined as Àcrude, at bestÀ in the literature, and is loaded with softhuman elements (particularly during bargaining, design and development).Mintzberg concluded that Àselection routinesÀ are mere

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James Kang; HonShing Wu; Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; Hans Soelaeman

devices and systems are purchased and some of them are made in house, takingadvantage of a Printed Circuit Board prototype machine, which was acquired through a NSF-ILIgrant. We will introduce a few projects that demonstrate our design philosophy in setting up thisPower Electronics and Motion Control (PE&MC) Laboratory: Hands on Experience and SystemApproach.Hands-on Experience: One of the most important objectives for the PE&MC Laboratory is for students toacquire as much hands-on experience in power electronics as possible. We believe the best wayto re-enforce any engineering theory is to do it yourself in the laboratory. This is especially truein power electronics because many circuits are inherently high voltage and high

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Timothy Robert Wyatt; Emir Jose Macari

and measurement (CE 6162). Anumber of other courses are offered in topics such as advanced soil mechanics and constitutivemodeling, practical design (such as foundations and retaining walls), and geo-environmentalengineering. Upon completion of the core courses, most students pursuing M.S. degrees electnot to take the advanced mechanics courses such as Constitutive Modeling of Soils andComputational Soil Elasto-Plasticity due to a fear that the concepts may be too complex forthem to understand. Despite the fact that the purpose of the classes is to instill a more completeunderstanding of soil behavior, M.S. students generally consider the mechanics concepts tooabstract for practical application. Thus, M.S.-level students tend to focus their

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Francisco Ruiz; Michael E. Gorman; Phil Weilerstein

inventor’snotebook (see http://www.hitechsol.com/toolkit ) that organizes an inventor’s ideas andnotes into a form that a patent attorney could readily convert into a patent.The NCIIA objective of having students focus on projects that have real impact andcommercial potential, not just assignments for school, has brought out the best in manyof the participants. Students were expert at being students, often doing just what wasnecessary to get a good grade, and not going above and beyond The project experiencehas transformed many students into driven, creative professionals.(See Gorman 7 forother examples and a more thorough discussion.)Support from the NCIIA has added considerable value the program at UVA, wellbeyond the Invention and Design class. The

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Francois Michaud; Mario Lucas; Gerard Lachiver; Andre' Clavet; Jean-Marie Dirand; Noel Boutin; Philippe Mabilleau; Jacques Descoteaux

games; they can add pyroelectric sensors anddevelop a people-following behavior; they can make the robot look more like a small animal byadding a tail on a servo-motor or a disguise; they can add a leach to guide the robot; etc. It is upto the students to develop the capabilities they believe to be appropriate for the robot. Thisshould lead to a great variety of interesting solutions, making the best of the sensors and theactuators available, the processing capabilities of the microprocessor board and what can be donein practice, while still consider the social impacts of their designs. In accordance to cooperativelearning principles5, the competition is then much more oriented toward the challenge ofbuilding an interesting product for this

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Michael Robinson

and assessments ofprogress.The cooperative group problem solving exercises ranged from 20 to 50 minutes in length, withan average length of approximately 30 minutes. These exercises were designed to require thestudents to elaborate, summarize, or practice the material presented in the lecture/discussionsegments. For instance, in an exercise intended to elaborate on a qualitative presentation of theBoltzmann Transport equation for neutrons, students were asked to develop the precisefunctional forms for the terms in equation. The students were first given five minutes toconsider the problem individually. The students were then given approximately 25 minutes todevelop a cooperative group solution. During this period, students also prepared an

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John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

second semester the student completesthe design, again with the direction and approval of faculty. The entire process is mirrored afterindustry practice, where the student must accomplish such tasks as write a project proposal, setand meet time-related deliverables, and write and present a final report.3. Description of Our EnvironmentThe Department of Electrical Engineering enrolls over 450 under-graduates and over 100 fulland part-time graduate students. Active research and course work include topics in computerarchitecture, microprocessor systems, fault-tolerance, interconnection networks, parallel anddistributed systems, expert systems, fuzzy logic, software engineering, algorithms, andprogrammable logic. We are part of The College of

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Juan Lucena; Gary Lee Downey

- Page 4.230.7engineering in the early 1990s, from which some of them graduated, were in place as a result ofthe pipeline. Students also analyze more recent engineering education reforms such as systemicreform through the Engineering Education Coalitions. By making visible images of educationreform that engineering faculty face, the main goal here is to help students understand disputesand struggles among their professors over education reform while helping students constructalternative pathways into their engineering careers.20th century U.S. Through case-studies in 20th century history of engineering, we show studentsthe origin of a key divide in contemporary engineering, between design and manufacturing. Thisis the best example in the U.S. of