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Ralph Carestia; J. Robert Burger; Doug Lynn

Session 1655 Project-oriented MS Degree in Engineering Technology Emphasizes Educational Depth Ralph A. Carestia, Douglas W. Lynn and J. Robert Burger Graduate Faculty, Computer Systems Engineering Technology Department, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR 97601AbstractEngineering technology at Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) today maintains a hands-on,practical mode that not so long ago characterized much of engineering education. Since 1967,the Technology Accreditation Commission of the ABET has accredited many colleges who nowgrant thousands of baccalaureate

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John S. Klegka; Robert Rabb

Session 2625 Engineering Design Opportunities at the United States Military Academy Major Robert J. Rabb and Colonel John S. Klegka United States Military AcademyAbstractThe United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has developed a program topromote academic activities beyond the basic requirements. With a three semester designsequence, this program can enhance student learning and experience with the design process andgive students a head start on their capstone project. Although the academy’s mission is toprepare cadets for future military service and

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Francis J. Hopcroft

theprogrammatic experience, it is possible to create measurable interim standards and ask thestudent to document attainment of those interim standards each semester.Inherent in the concept of interim standards, which are necessarily soft from a measurementperspective, is the need to define vague and subjective concepts in precise and measurable terms.While the term "oxymoron" may spring to the mind at such a suggestion, it is, in fact, amanageable task in the context of outcome assessment.Attachment 1 shows the matrix of learning objectives and achievement expectations provided to Page 5.657.3all students in the Wentworth Environmental Engineering Program

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Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

the wordassociation task, the study included a professional advice task, a concept mapping task, a sortingtask, and a demographic survey. The subjects completed the tasks in a specified amount of timeand in a specified order.The word association task was the initial task. The task began with the distribution of materialsto the subjects and the reading of instructions. The subjects were told to use the probe “civil andenvironmental engineering” and to write down whatever comes to mind. The subjects were thengiven 15 minutes to work on the task.SubjectsA total of 30 subjects participated in the study. All of the subjects were students in civil andenvironmental engineering. While most of these subjects were graduating seniors, a few weregraduate

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William M. Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

applicationsto real world experiences.This course provides an exciting, motivational learning environment in which students perceivethe world’s underlying science and mathematics principles that promote an understanding ofthe physical world. This is done within the context of a collaborative learning environment.Students enrolled in this course are instructed and assessed through a hands on/minds-onstudent-centered constructivist approach. Education majors are immersed in a holistic andinterdisciplinary approach to problem solving and application through engineering, science,mathematics, and technology, which they in turn will be able to model for their future students.The topic of properties of matter is explored through a variety of activities

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Christine L. Corum

upcoming accreditation requirements however,these efforts are now viewed in terms of long-term benefits to the department. Department aswell as School assessment has been carefully critiqued to make certain day-to-day activities arein cadence with department, school, and institutional goals. Resting sole responsibility ofimprovement and assessment development is no longer effective although is was at one time.Over time and with encouragement, individual faculty members are accepting organizedassessment and improvement into their culture.As engineering technology programs develop assessment systems and continuous improvementplans they should keep in mind both institutional and specialized accreditation requirements. Itis likely a program meeting

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Bethany S. Oberst; Russel C. Jones

abroadprograms described above. It must be kept in mind, though, that in the aggregate less that2% of engineering students in the United States currently partake of such programs.European CompetitionAs noted earlier, some of the economic competitors of the United States in the globalmarketplace are currently more effective in preparing their engineering graduates forinternational practice. In the EU, the European Commission’s SOCRATES programprovides mechanisms for the cross-border study of a large number of students, includingengineering students. In describing such programs, Mulhall (13) notes that theSOCRATES program includes groups of universities which have agreed to cooperate in aprogram of educational development in a particular area such as

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Tze-Leong Yew; Kurt Gramoll

Session 3202 Teaching Multimedia Development to Engineering Students through Web-based Modules Tze-Leong Yew and Kurt Gramoll Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractMultimedia training modules are powerful educational tools that provide students with engagingexperiences in the classroom. This paper presents an approach to implement web-based modulesfor teaching engineering students multimedia development at the University of Oklahoma. Inparticular, the strategy used to teach the courseware is discussed

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Ofodike Ezekoye; Min Liu; Derek Baker; Colleen Jones; Philip Schmidt

ThermoNet:: A Web-Based Learning Resource for Engineering Thermodynamics Derek Baker, Ofodike Ezekoye, and Philip Schmidt Department of Mechanical Engineering and Colleen Jones and Min Liu Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Texas at AustinAbstractThermoNet is a comprehensive web site being developed under NSF sponsorship to provideinternet-based learning resources for students in engineering thermodynamics. The site includesa series of tutorials covering the topics typical of introductory engineering thermo

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Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

Section 3575 Learning to Juggle: A Model for New Engineering Faculty Development Rose M. Marra, Thomas A. Litzinger The Pennsylvania State UniversityIntroductionNew faculty are faced with many challenges, not the least of which is learning to juggle themany aspects of their new careers. While many universities and colleges offer new facultyorientations, many such activities feature an endless array of “talking heads” fromadministrators, or perhaps “how to” lectures on the mechanics of pedagogy. Having discussedsuch workshops with other new faculty (and, we admit

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Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

. Page 5.42.6The "On-site Company Training" workshopThe "On-site Company Training" workshop is an enriching form of partnership for both thestudents and the companies. These internships prepare students for the engineering profession byallowing them to gain practical hands-on job experience. They gain insight on how companiesfunction and favor their integration to the labor force. Companies determine the content of theinternship while keeping in mind the student’s level of knowledge attained in the program. Thetasks entrusted to students are related as closely as possible to those of an engineer. An engineerin the company must supervise the trainees.Partnerships with companies - a successAmong the first 33 students that registered in the autumn

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Geoffrey A. Wood

Session 2358 Practical use of Multimedia in an Undergraduate Engineering Technology Program Geoffrey Wood State Technical Institute at MemphisI. Introduction to multimediaMultimedia, as a buzzword in education, has been pushed to the point of becoming cliché. Theword invokes images of flashy interactive video and sound, promising brain candy for the MTVgeneration. The "flash," however, is usually the product of a professional multimedia publisher.Expert graphic designers, programmers, and editors work in teams armed with the latesttechnology. The

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Victor F. Medina; Valarie Akerson; Nina Wang

Session 3551 Using Research Projects to Enhance Environmental Engineering Laboratory Course Victor F. Medina, Valarie Akerson Washington State University, Tri-Cities Nina Wang Merrimac SystemsAbstractThe current paper describes a qualitative research study of an Environmental EngineeringLaboratory Course taught to a group of graduate students in the Spring of 1999. Thecourse structure was changed from a traditional mode of instruction to a project-basedcourse that allowed students to design and carry out a

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David R. Haws

Session 2793 Teacher Gone… The Marginalization of PSI In Engineering Education David R. Haws Boise State UniversityAbstractIn 1968 Fred Keller published his description of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), inthe first issue of the Journal of Applied Behavior and Analysis. Over the next 9 years, thisparticular journal published 21 additional PSI articles, but then virtually stopped, with only asmall handful of papers appearing over the following two decades. Between 1970 and 1978, theAmerican Journal of Physics published 35

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Robert Engelken

Session 2793 The Role and Scope of Engineering Consulting in a Balanced and Integrated Career and Personal/Family Life of a New Engineering Educator by Dr. Robert Engelken, Professor of Electrical Engineering Arkansas State University P.O. Box 1740 State University, AR 72467 (870) 972-3421 (870) 972-3948 (FAX) bdengens@navajo.astate.eduI. Abstract/IntroductionThis paper will

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Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

empathy for their fellow men and the environment. The rest of this article discussessome of the ways in which Cooper Union has addressed this need.2. The Global Perspectives in Technology Management Course (EID-372):With the goal of educating future engineers-leaders in mind, the Nerken School of Engineering atCooper Union has, since 1994, developed an elective interdisciplinary engineering managementcourse entitled Global Perspectives in Technology Management (EID-372). The course is open tojuniors, seniors and graduate students.The aim in developing this course was to use as much as possible relevant current internationalissues and technological and managerial developments as course material. We chose to address thefollowing main themes:a

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Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 2793 SLOPE: An Effort towards Infusing Service -Learning into Physics and Engineering Education Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Ali Eydgahi, Asif Shakur University of Maryland Eastern Shore/University of Maryland EasternShore/Salisbury State UniversityABSTRACTThe acronym SLOPE - "Service Learning Opportunities in Physics and Engineering" hasprovided an umbrella for infusing "Service-Learning" seamlessly into a recently articulatedcollaborative engineering program among UMES (University of Maryland Eastern Shore) aHistorically Black College and University (HBCU), SSU

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Douglas M. Mattox; Bahador Ghahramani

Session 2451 A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MODEL TO MANAGEMENT AND ABATEMENT OF NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION Bahador Ghahramani, Ph.D., P. E., CPE Engineering Management Department School of Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65409-0370 (USA) Tel; (573) 341-6057 Fax: (573) 341-6567 E-mail : ghahrama@umr.edu Douglas M. Mattox, Ph.D

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Mohammad A. Zahraee; Gregory P. Neff; Susan Scachitti

Session 3148 Continuous Improvement of Engineering Technology Programs -- Coming Soon to a University Near You Gregory Neff, Susan Scachitti, and Mohammad Zahraee Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IndianaAbstractWhile engineering technology programs have long had input from alumni, employers andindustrial advisory committees, few departments have had a formal continuous improvementprogram in place. Continuous improvement has become a key component in the quality systemof many businesses striving for a competitive edge. Research shows that no matter how solid anorganization’s foundation, if

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James E. Fuller

Session 2606 History, Theory and Criticism in Technical Courses of Architectural Engineering Technology: A Necessary and Didactic Relationship James E. Fuller, AIA Ward College of Technology University of Hartford West Hartford, ConnecticutAbstractTraditionally technical courses in architecture focused on the then current methodologies,standards and procedures and did not consider the evolution of thought which brought us to aparticular point

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Natalie A. Mello

Session 2660 How can universities provide a global perspective for engineers? One institution’s solution Natalie A. Mello Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has long embraced a project-based curriculum that nowextends to the four corners of the globe. With established programs in Europe, the Far East,Latin America, Australia, the US and new initiatives in Africa, WPI provides opportunities forundergraduates to complete meaningful off-campus experiences. WPI offers students thefreedom to complete degree requirements away from

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Tracy L. Chandler; John A. Petersen; Janet M. Sharp

teaching strategies10. Third, the content itself must be ofsufficient difficulty that the teachers actually experience the learning of new concepts orprocedures while experiencing those innovative strategies. Recall that teachers will teach as theywere taught. The practicing teachers should be expected and encouraged to “take intellectualrisks in doing mathematics3.” Their exceptional scientific and mathematical minds must be Page 5.598.3challenged. When these factors are met, teachers are more likely to transfer the experience intotheir individual classrooms.Learning Engineering IdeasThe two teachers described in this paper studied about

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Kevin M Torres; David Johnson; David Forsman; David Baird

Session 3253 Tech Prep Camp: Introducing High School Students to Engineering Technology through Model Rocketry Kevin Torres, Kathy Holliday-Darr, David Forsman, Dave Baird, David Johnson Penn State Erie, The Behrend College http://eetsg27.bd.psu.edu/~holidar/tech-prep/index.htmlAbstractPenn State Erie, The Behrend College participates in Pennsylvania’s Tech Prep Program.Articulation agreements between Penn State Erie and participating local high schools aredesigned to recruit students into two year programs. Students meeting the specified requirementsupon graduation from high school are

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Teresa L. Hein

Session 3230 Writing: A Novel Strategy to Bring Issues in Science and Engineering to Non-Majors Teresa Larkin-Hein American University, Washington, DCAbstractWriting has long been established to be an effective means of expressing one’s ideas, thoughts,and understanding about nature and the world. This paper will report on an ongoing researchstudy designed to address the role of writing in terms of the assessment of student learning. Tothis end, a new instructional technique for incorporating writing into

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Andre Clavet; Mario Lucas; Gerard Lachiver; Francois Michaud

of this project was toconfirm early on the career choice of these students by putting them close to the reality of theprofession and making them work on projects involving design and analysis abilities,autonomous learning, teamwork, communication skills and social considerations. We alsowanted to create a stimulating and motivating learning environment, with a reasonable workloadthat favored the integration and the application of the engineering knowledge and skills.To accomplish this goal, we were looking for a project that could integrate these ideas indifferent courses with appropriate complexity, and also provide open challenges that push furtherthe creativity and the ingenuity of the students. With that in mind, we developed an

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Badrul H. Chowdhury

Session No. 1333Dissemination of Introductory Energy Systems Course Material via the World Wide Web for a Changing Power Engineering Curriculum Badrul H. Chowdhury bchow@ece.umr.edu. Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO 65409-0040 Tel: 573-341-6230; Fax: 573-341-6671Abstract Many topics in the electrical energy discipline are becoming important in light of powerindustry restructuring as well as an

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Margarita Takach; Yiyuan J. Zhao; Reza Langari; Ray Taghavi; Mehrdad Ghasemi Nejhad; Luigi Martinelli; Linda Ann Riley; K. Krishnamurthy; Janet M. Twomey; Degang Chen; David Radcliffe

and practices in a customer-drivenenvironment/market and are mindful of the ethical, environmental, and social dimensions ofengineering;• Participate in continuous self-improvement and life-long learning;• Have the ability to deal with open-ended problems;• Understand the integrated nature of engineering;• Be able to apply a systems engineering perspective in addressing engineering problems;• Have the skills to function in multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams;• Be at ease with operating in an increasingly diverse and global economy and society.In order for engineering students to develop the skills and attributes listed above, changes to thepresent engineering curriculum are needed. In particular, it is essential that engineering

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review the purpose and major activities of the first fourstages of the design project. I will use an authentic and exciting project we initiated in 1997 toillustrate how the Design Stem models the engineering stages. The project continues to moveforward today with hopes that we will move into the construction stage fairly soon. My intentwill be to show how the project-based curriculum (the method) creates a learning environmentbased on a solid foundation, the Design Stem, that models the engineering design life cycle.Conceptual DesignDuring the conceptual stage, ideas evolve from the mind of the designer. To communicate theseideas, the engineer relies on graphical skills to portray and develop the design concept. If theteam can sell management

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industries.7. To provide MEAP graduates with valuable summer work experience in engineering and technology-related fields within local industries.Funding for MEAP is provided by two main sources. The Purdue School of Engineering andTechnology at IUPUI provides 60 percent of the funding while the remaining 40 percent comesfrom technical companies and local industry. To solicit funding, MEAP staff visits companiesand present a program summary. Community minded companies such as Ford Motor Company,United Technologies Carrier Corporation, Raytheon Technical Services Company and UnitedParcel Services provide a gift in kind to the school that is earmarked for MEAP

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team player?The attributes that will make a team successful encompass the following:• Creativity• Willingness to listen, speak, and question• Follow through• Responsibility• Aptitude to work• Leadership qualities but ability to followWith these thoughts in mind the College of Engineering at Michigan State University decidedthat a program would be instituted to bring select freshmen together and prepare them for theirentrance into the university and the College of Engineering. The thought was to develop in thema sense of comaraderie that reflected the team approach to all things. As a team they wouldattend classes, study together, live together, and approach problems together as a team.The Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students