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Farrukh Alvi; Chiang Shih

Session 1566 An Integrated Thermal and Fluids Curriculum Chiang Shih, Farrukh Alvi Department of Mechanical Engineering FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Florida A&M University and Florida State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the efforts made in our department in implementing an integratedMechanical Engineering core curriculum, in particular, our first-year experience in the teachingof the integrated thermal and fluids courses. In the traditional curriculum, the study of thermalsciences is categorized into three major subject

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Richard N. Smith; Michael K. Jensen; Deborah A. Kaminski; Amir Hirsa

Session 1566 Development of an Integrated Thermal-Fluids Engineering Curriculum Richard N. Smith, Deborah A. Kaminski, Michael K. Jensen, and Amir Hirsa Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, and Mechanics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180-3590AbstractWe present a new approach to teaching the core thermal/fluids curriculum for undergraduateprograms in engineering. Traditional introductory thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heattransfer classes are being replaced with two

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Ricardo Castillo Molina; Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

Session 2560 Research as integrated part of an Engineering Curriculum Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Ricardo Castillo Molina SENAC School of Engineering and TechnologyAbstractThis work is the description of Engineering subject that has been named “Scientific andTechnological Training Program” as integrated part of the Engineering Curriculum. This is ascheme of Education, which the students have a group of subjects that will give them knowledgeand skills to be not only good Engineers but also to be good researchers. This subject is themaster line of the Program because it is around this one that the other

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Lloyd Barrett; Edward Young; David E. Klett; Jeffrey Morehouse; Jed Lyons

heats, followed by qualifying and three points races involving three differentengineering student drivers from each school. The race teams are comprised of from ten totwenty students who fulfill various roles such as drivers, mechanics, engine tuners, chassistuners, statisticians, and team managers.From the beginning, the intent has been for ICAR to be both an academic and a sportingactivity, and all of the participating universities have begun to integrate motorsports into theengineering curriculum in a variety of ways. This paper describes the courses and laboratoryexercises implemented thus far at three of the participating schools, viz. the University ofVirginia, the University of South Carolina, and North Carolina A&T State University

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W.D. Jemison; W. R. Haller; W. A. Hornfeck

circuit board(PCB) techniques are much more attractive for circuit prototyping work in manyinstances. Unfortunately, manufacturing printed circuit boards typically requires achemical etching process, making them inappropriate for student projects. However, atleast two commercial companies now offer desktop milling machine systems that canmanufacture prototype printed circuit boards quickly, safely, and at low cost, without achemical process.Three years ago, in an effort to find an alternative to either breadboard or traditional PCBtechnology, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lafayette Collegepurchased a printed circuit board milling machine system and began integrating its useinto the ECE curriculum. Initially, the faculty

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W. Nicholas Delgass; Phillip C. Wankat; Frank S. Oreovicz

Session 2613 Integrating Soft Criteria into the ChE Curriculum Phillip C. Wankat, Frank S. Oreovicz, and W. Nicholas Delgass Chemical Engineering, Purdue UniversityAbstractIncorporating the soft criteria included in ABET 2000 into the curriculum has proved tobe a challenge for many engineering programs. Our approach has been to prioritize theimportance of the six criteria and proportion effort accordingly. We have been quitesuccessful in integrating communication skills into the ChE curriculum and more thanmeet ABET criteria. We believe that we do a more than adequate job with our secondand third priorities, teamwork

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Patricia B Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

Session 3230 1 + 1 = 3: Unanticipated Benefits of an Integrated Teacher Development Curriculum at Cornell Kathryn Hollar, Patricia B. Spencer Cornell UniversityAbstractOne of the strategic goals of the Office of Instructional & Research Support in the College ofEngineering at Cornell University is to enhance the undergraduate experience throughexcellence in peer instruction. Through curriculum integration and expansion of existingteacher development programs, we have been able to construct a student community whereteaching is discussed and valued. Since our

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Pamela Schmaltz; Kevin Schmaltz

Session 2253The Evolution of an Introductory Freshman Engineering Course: From Curriculum Sampler to Integrated Design Application Kevin Schmaltz, Pamela Schmaltz Lake Superior State UniversityI. IntroductionThis paper discusses the experiences at Lake Superior State University (LSSU) with anIntroductory Engineering course. In previous years, this course has been team-taught as asequence of one-week topics covering principle areas of Electrical and MechanicalEngineering, Engineering Design and computer skills. This Introductory course has beenoffered in order to educate students about engineering degree

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Robert Gray; Robert Weissbach

Session 3549 Integration of Satcom and GPS into a Technology Curriculum Robert Gray, Robert S. Weissbach Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractSatellite communication systems (Satcom) represent the state-of-the-art in advancedcommunication of digital voice and data. For mobile users, the system requires a high-technology antenna capable of locking on and tracking a geostationary satellite orbiting theearth, as well as a device capable of both transmitting and receiving modulated informationto and from the satellite.Penn State Erie, the Behrend College is working on integrating into their

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Augustus K. Uht

, Portland, Oregon, October, 1997.3. Uht, A. K. & Sun, Y. The Laboratory Environment of the URI Integrated Computer Engineering Design (ICED)Curriculum. In the Proceedings of the 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, ASEE & IEEE, Phoenix, Arizona,November, 1998.AUGUSTUS K. UHTAugustus K. Uht is an Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island and is currently on sabbatical leave as aVisiting Scholar at Northeastern University. He received his B.S. and M.Eng.(Elect.) degrees from Cornell Universityin 1977 and 1978, and his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985, all in electrical and computer engineering.From 1978 to 1982 Prof. Uht was an engineer at International Business Machines Corporation in East Fishkill, N.Y.He is a

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Julie Ann Stuart

multidisciplinary pollution prevention solutions,this paper presents introductory material on industrial ecology that may be integrated intoindustrial engineering curriculum. In the next section, resources for industrial ecology and itsintegration into industrial engineering curriculum are summarized. In section 3, an example of anindustrial ecology course with an industrial engineering perspective is presented. In section 4, anexample of industrial ecology integration into a facilities planning course is given. Section 5concludes with challenges for future industrial engineering curriculum.2. Resources for Industrial Ecology Integration with Industrial Engineering CurriculumIn recent years, some engineering educators have begun to integrate industrial

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William C. Oakes; Leah H Jamieson; Edward Coyle

Session 3630 EPICS: A Model of Service-Learning in an Engineering Curriculum William C. Oakes, Edward J. Coyle and Leah H. Jamieson Purdue UniversityAbstractEngineering Projects in Community Service — EPICS — is a service-learning program that wasinitiated at Purdue University in the Fall of 1995. Under this program, undergraduate students inengineering earn academic credit for long-term team projects that solve technology basedproblems for local community service organizations. The program has grown to include 20project teams with approximately 250 students participating during the 1999 academic

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William E Maddox; Theodore D. Thiede; Stephen H. Cobb; Scott R Hickman; John Crofton

mission. The Engineering Physics curriculum at Murray State University was recently accredited by EAC/ABET as an engineering program. In response to recommendations from the program evaluators, efforts have been made to successfully integrate engineering design experiences throughout the four-year curriculum. Even those courses typically considered basic science or engineering science now contain problems, projects, and assignments which deal with elements of engineering design. As students acquire knowledge and skills in basic coursework, they are asked to incorporate engineering standards and realistic design considerations in increasingly advanced assignments. This paper will describe the Engineering Physics

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

Session 2532 Innovations in Curriculum Integration, Delivery, and Assessment For Engineering and Technology Education Saleh M. Sbenaty, Ph.D. Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe current paper outlines an innovative approach to curriculum integration, development, anddelivery that improve engineering and technology education and revive student interests inpursuing these programs. This is one of the objectives of the three-year NSF-funded grant titled“The South-East Advanced Technological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium isa collaborative effort of

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Donna C.S. Summers

driven andmarket responsive university, creating and providing value for our customers. The difficulty withencouraging academic programs to become more market-responsive, is the lack of clear cut plansand examples on how to do so. This effort provides an example of how a process approach canbe utilized to redesign a curriculum to enhance its value.The improvement methodology used in this large-scale effort is based on Dr. W. EdwardsDeming’s Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. This paper describes the assessment measures we are usingto ensure the integrity and continuity of our improvement activities. The paper also discusseshow the surveys were used in order to gain insight into the changes necessary to create anIndustrial Engineering Technology curriculum

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Norm Pumphrey; William M. Jordan

the mechanicalengineering materials lab course, while civil engineers take their own materials lab course.The students who were in this second year of the integrated curriculum are those who wereeligible to take the first math course in the sequence, Math 240. This required an ACT score of26 or placement by math placement exam. These students are not better than the averagestudent who is entering our program. Page 5.225.3II. Previous materials coursesBefore the new curricula were initiated college-wide, civil engineering students were required totake a 3-semester-hour engineering materials class at the junior level. This class was taught

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Mark R. Rajai; Keith V. Johnson; Robert Matthews

integrate these two somewhat incompatiblesoftware is explained in this paper. Now designers have an ergonomic CAD system to assist themto design products according to physical abilities and characteristics of their human operators.Utilizing this type of technology could revolutionize the way products are designed and significantlyreduce the alarming number of related injuries, thus saving millions of dollars. This integratedsystem could also substantially reduce the critical factor of time to market and lower overall cost ofdesigning new products by allowing designers to test their products for human fit without having tobuild a prototype or using real subject.I. IntroductionIf designers need to see how a human with a particular set of statistical

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William L. Call; Saleh M. Sbenaty

given;9. Instructors guide to be present and complete;10. Suggestions for extending case to be given.Cases developed in 1999 have shown increased quality and sophistication. Several cases arebeing developed into multimedia and are being extended to address problems in related fields.Additional subject areas are being also explored for the development of future cases. These mayinclude topics and problems associated with basic physics such as basic heat transfer and energyconservation, forces and motion, etc. The new cases are also undergoing additional review andfield-testing and are available for dissemination.VI. An Example of Integrating Physics Into Technology Curriculum Using the Case Study ApproachTo illustrate a case study product

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Saleh M. Sbenaty; Claudia House

Session 2793 SEATEC-An Innovative Approach to Engineering and Technology Curriculum Development Saleh M. Sbenaty, Claudia House Middle Tennessee State University/Nashville State Technical InstituteAbstractThe South East Advanced Technological Education Consortium, SEATEC, provides a creativeapproach to curriculum development and delivery that improve engineering and technologyeducation and revive student interests in pursuing these programs. This is one of the mainobjectives of this three-year NSF-funded grant (about $1.8 million). The consortium is acollaborative effort of five different

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

Session 3242A Proposed Model for the Incorporation of the Enterprise Governance Topic in an Engineering Management Curriculum Kim LaScola Needy1, David I. Cleland1, Dennis P. Slevin2, Heather Nachtmann1, Steven L. Cohen1 University of Pittsburgh Department of Industrial Engineering1 1048 Benedum Hall Pittsburgh, PA 15261 412-624-9830 (phone); 412-624-9831 (fax) Katz Graduate School of Business2

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Rita L. Endt; Eyler Robert Coates

Session 3557 INTEGRATING RISK INTO AN ENGINEERING ECONOMY COURSE WITH SIMULATION SOFTWARE Eyler R. Coates, Rita L. Endt The University of Southern MississippiAbstractEngineering economy problems with all deterministic inputs are actually rare. Some informationrequired for solving engineering economy problems can be defined fairly well, but muchinformation is uncertain, such as the actual cash flows from revenues and costs, the salvagevalue of equipment, the interest rate or even the project life. The use of simulation software withMonte Carlo techniques makes engineering economy

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Thomas Litzinger

points out that “too manygraduates go out into the workplace ill-prepared to solve real problems in a cooperative way,lacking the skills and motivation to continue learning.” The NRC report, Engineering Page 5.97.1Education: Designing an Adaptive System,2 asks many questions about engineering educationincluding: “Does engineering education integrate the fundamentals well enough with design and experimentation?” “Does the curriculum instill a sense of the social and business context and the rapidly changing, global nature of engineering today and in the future?”The ABET EC2000 criteria emphasize the importance of

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Sheikh A. Akbar; Prabir K. Dutta

Session 2464 A Research Driven Multidisciplinary Curriculum in Sensor Materials Sheikh A. Akbar and Prabir K. Dutta Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements (CISM) The Ohio State University 291 Watts Hall, 2041 College Road Columbus, OH 43210, USAAbstract The multidisciplinary research at the NSF Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurement(CISM) at The Ohio State University (OSU) has led to the development of an innovativecurriculum. The new multidisciplinary industry-oriented curriculum is currently being

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William H. Sprinsky

Surveyor.Teaching ApproachPhotogrammetry is the process of measuring on imagery, generally to obtain geographicallyreferenced object locations. When the term stereo-photogrammetry is used, it refers tomeasurements made in the overlapping area of two adjacent images. This technique, along withclassical surveying and satellite (GPS) positioning, is becoming a more important part of themodern Civil Engineer’s tool of Geographic Information Systems. We integrate this type ofmapping with GPS satellite surveying and ground survey applications we currently teach sostudents have an appreciation of the continuum of mapping from all sources. Photogrammetricpositioning has the distinct advantage of providing not only positional information but also animage of the

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the program will be studied along adifferent stream with the integration of a capable and robust 3D cad/cam/analysissoftware package. And the same criteria of program effectiveness will be used tocompare the achievement and performance of the program.This is an evaluative study of efforts to integrate the design curriculum with acomprehensive unifying design software. Twenty final year students in a capstone“Machine and Tool Design” course used the robust design software. At he culmination ofthe course they were asked about their design skill experience and the effectiveness of thecourse. The survey revealed that “ Student learning and professional design developmentwas enhanced with the use of an effective cad/cam integration tool that

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Ilya Grinberg; Jack Waintraub

facilities. The New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education(NJCATE) has included the study of these topics in their model Mecomtronics EngineeringTechnology Program. Curriculum components were established through a need analysis withindustry personnel participation.Industry personnel from a mix of large, medium and small companies were surveyed to assessthe skills their technicians need to have. In addition an on-the-job task analysis was conducted atfifteen sites representing a variety of industries. The data collected formed the basis for thedevelopment of a list of competencies, which established the necessary skill and knowledgecomponents for building a curriculum that integrates the technical subject matter with the studyof

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Frances S. Johnson; Carlos C. Sun; Anthony J. Marchese; Heidi L. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Roberta Harvey; Ravi Ramachandran; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

Page 5.347.1Glassboro State College to establish a high-quality engineering school in southern NewJersey. This gift has enabled the university to create an innovative and forward-lookingengineering program. The College of Engineering at what is now Rowan University iscomprised of four programs: Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical andComputer, and Mechanical. Each program serves 15 to 35 students per year, resulting in60 to 140 students per year in the College. The size of the College has been optimizedsuch that it is large enough to provide specialization in separate and credible programs,yet small enough to permit a truly multidisciplinary curriculum in whichlaboratory/design courses are offered simultaneously to all engineering

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Marilyn Dyrud

Session 2561 Training Faculty for Ethics Across the Curriculum Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyIntroductionEthics has been an important topic for a number of years in many disciplines. With blatantlyunethical and highly publicized situations occurring in major companies, it behooves us morethan ever, as instructors, to make a conscious effort to integrate ethics into all of our courses,regardless of academic area or students’ level of achievement. Some instructors, however, mayfeel that they are not knowledgeable enough in the field of ethics to broach the

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Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

with major interest in engineering researchand development.On the other hand we could speak of internal stakeholders such as: school faculty,administration, students, alumni and parents.Once the stakeholders both internal and external have been identified (i.e. the constituency);then an evaluation must be made regarding the extent of what kind of inputs should filter intothe curricular design. That is; recognizing that this is a complex, dynamic and extensivesystem of interested parties. We would attempt to identify who provides the “leadingbehaviors” in this curriculum design. This approach is similar to what we would suggest iffaced with a heat transfer problem with the three modalities present, i.e., conduction,convection and radiation

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Richard A. Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

requirements; and 4, interpersonaland quality management skills. Although the courses will be separate, the concepts from thefour different areas will be integrated in all classes where suitable. Lifelong learning will also bestressed. Graduates from the program will earn an Associate of Science in ManufacturingTechnology, and become valuable employees at a variety of high technology industrialmanufacturing facilities well into the 21st century. Page 5.439.2 Session 3586BackgroundIn 1997, a subset of the Florida I-4 High Technology Corridor Council formed a working