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Andrew Otieno; Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

,programmable logic controllers, computer numerical control machines, materials handlingsystems, manufacturing vision systems, computer-aided testing, automated materials handlingsystems and automated storage and retrieval systems. As observed by the SME, “…Studentswith a solid grounding in science and math, strong hands-on project experience and teamworkskills make the best manufacturing engineers”4. Although several changes were made to the program keeping our objectives in mind, wewill focus here on the major issues. In general, the program changes initiated have allowed thedepartment to integrate either new skills or advanced skills into our curriculum. Table 1 showsthe redesigned MET program for the 2001/2002 academic year. As a result of

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combustion engines (based on instructor/laboratory availability).The four-hour solid modeling exercise was designed with the following goals in mind:• Provide exposure to the tools, techniques, and terminology used in the mechanical engineering profession• Provide an opportunity to develop a solid model of a mechanical part• Provide an opportunity to create a mechanical assembly using the modeled part• Provide a demonstration of advanced computational tools (photorendering, finite element analysis) using the mechanical assemblyThe mechanical component developed for the solid modeling exercise is a flange, as shown inFigure 2. The participants are lead through the solid modeling exercise by the instructor, usingan interactive tutorial approach

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Saeed Foroudastan

. Ways of advising students should be better defined by the department. Advisors shouldkeep in mind that most new underclassmen need guidance and direction to determine classscheduling in order to get a solid foundation for future engineering course work. To keepexisting students, the department should devise a plan for faculty to keep track of those they areassigned to advise. Faculty must be available to meet student’s needs. An appointment with Page 6.859.5each student once each semester should be required to maintain personal contact and keep Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Andrew Lau; Robert Pangborn

Session 2793 Engaging Engineering Students in Learning – A College-wide First Year Seminar Program Andrew S. Lau, Robert N. Pangborn College of Engineering, Penn State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the inception, design and implementation of a First-Year Seminar Programin the College of Engineering at Penn State. Emanating from coincidental activities of a college-based colloquy and working group on the engineering curriculum, and a re-evaluation of thegeneral education program by the University Faculty Senate, the new first-year seminars

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Jeffrey Jones; David Niebuhr; Heather Smith; Lanny Griffin; Blair London; Linda Vanasupa; Katherine Chen

Session 1526 THE FOUNDATION SERIES ON CORROSION: INTEGRATING SCIENCE, MATH, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY IN A LAB SETTING Linda Vanasupa, Heather Smith, Blair London, Katherine Chen, David Niebuhr, Lanny Griffin California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Jeff Jones Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406AbstractWe have developed a laboratory module focussing on the subject of corrosion. The module itselfis designed to be completed in one three-hour session. It consists of three parts: I. The Impact ofCorrosion Media, II. The Impact

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Lisa Ritter; Barbara Lazarus; Susan Ambrose

Session 2492 Surviving and Thriving in Engineering and Science: A Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Ph.D. Barbara B. Lazarus, Lisa M. Ritter, Susan A. Ambrose Carnegie Mellon UniversityAbstractThis paper is based upon findings from the authors’ recent book, The Woman’s Guide toNavigating the Ph.D. in Engineering and Science.1 Here, we present some typical challenges thatwomen may face in engineering and science doctoral programs, and share some insights,reflections and strategies from women who are working toward or who have completeddoctorates in engineering or

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Stephen McKnight; Gilead Tadmor; E Everbach; William E. Cole; Michael Ruane

and control requires no prerequisites, does not involvedifficult physical or mathematical concepts, and gives immediate and concrete feedback thatengages the hands as well as the mind and eyes.We have created a series of instructional modules using the HTT&TL for application to freshmancourses. At Northeastern the HTT&TL is being used in a freshman General Engineering courseGE1102: Engineering Problem-Solving Using Software Applications. GE1102 is a two-quarter-hour course that, in the standard freshmen program, is taken in the winter quarter along with fullfour-quarter-hour courses in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and English. The goals of GE1102are to teach computer problem-solving skills, to introduce students to some

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not good at • Challenge-The project assignments force the students to strive and open their minds, which allows endless possibilities and outcomes • Variety-There is a paper, presentation, assessment, and reflector’s report due with every project, which gives each student practice in the areas that are most important for engineering work. • The distance teaching by Dr. Neuman from Memphis was excellent • Group work is important to have in the classroom setting. – Our “people skills” improved • Assessments were a strength of the course because it

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Sanjay Joshi; Richard Wysk; D.J. Medeiros; Amine Lehtihet; Timothy Simpson

Session 3266 IME, Inc. – A New Course for Integrating Design, Manufacturing, and Production into the Engineering Curriculum Timothy W. Simpson, D. J. Medeiros, Sanjay Joshi, Amine Lehtihet, Richard A. Wysk The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractIME, Inc. is a new two-semester undergraduate course in which multidisciplinary student teamsfirst design and prototype new products, and then produce them in volume. The objective in thecourse is to provide students with manufacturing and production experiences analogous to thoseobtained by an English student

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

Session 2793 Enhancing U.S. Technology Development Through Lifelong Education of Engineers and Technologists as Creative Professionals D. A. Keating, 1 T. G. Stanford, 1 D. D. Dunlap, 2 M. J. Aherne, 3 M. I. Mendelson 4 University of South Carolina 1/ Purdue University 2/ University of Alberta 3 Loyola Marymount University 4AbstractThere is growing recognition worldwide that traditional graduate engineering education neitherfits the engineering innovation process necessary for competitiveness in the global economy norreflects the way that graduate engineers and technologists learn and develop as

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Steven de Haas; S.K. Ramesh; Preetham Kumar; Michael Fujita; Elizabeth Raley; Andrew Lindsay

perform experiments. The experiments weredesigned with high school students in mind and illustrated fundamental concepts fromengineering and physics. Each team was led by a CSUS student chaperone who accompanied theteam throughout their day and participated in the experiments. Upon completion of the labs, wehosted a luncheon for all the workshop participants followed by a brief discussion and wrap upsession.Examples of hands on laboratoriesAs an example, we describe the laboratory experiences from the Optical Engineering Laboratorystation and the Logic Circuits station. The Optical Engineering laboratory demonstration utilizesthe disciplines from statistics, trigonometry, physics, and engineering. Optical Engineering isintriguing in that the

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Stephen Bronack; Horace Moo-Young

fostered and made moreconcrete for students is one such use. It is with this in mind, that Lehigh Universitycreated an innovative course in which engineering students entered into a relationshipwith an industry client to produce an instructional product. The completion of thisproduct required the students to incorporate their subject matter expertise as well as touse critical thinking and problem solving skills.II. Literature ReviewAccording to Sengupta 1, the very definition of engineering as an applied science isproving to be a myth. An applied science indicates a profession in which students studyfundamental scientific theory and then apply it in a professional career. It is becomingclearer that an engineering education requires more than

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Yogesh Potdar; Patricia Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

Session ERMEvolution through Evaluation: The Development & Delivery of a Multicultural Awareness Workshop for Teaching Assistants in Engineering Yogesh K. Potdar, Patricia B. Spencer/Kathryn Hollar Cornell University/Rowan UniversityAbstractThis paper will summarize the process for developing and delivering a workshop on MulticulturalAwareness for the TA Development Program in the College of Engineering at Cornell University.This workshop, delivered first in 1992, has been a key component of the TA Training programbecause of the pertinent issues around diversity in the classroom

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Sandra Courter; Narayanan Murugesan; Jacob Eapen; Donna Lewis; Dan Sebald; Jodi Reeves

develop core competencies. The coalition links together six institutions:Arizona State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas A & M University,University of Alabama, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Partner institutions are diverse in terms of size, age, public/private, student bodycharacteristics, and experience in educational reform, but all share a commitment to theimprovement of engineering education. With the goal of student learning in mind, theFoundation Coalition defines core competencies to be the abilities that educators must develop,continuously improve, and use in order to “create a new culture of engineering education that isresponsive to technological changes and

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Craig Gunn

State University is to give students a chance to delve intothe world of design through activities that allow teamwork, investigation, and a certain amountof fun. The activities include tower construction and analysis, disassembly activities, and aunique activity called “Disassembling the University.” In most cases, they are not really “gettingdirty,” but they are being allowed to put their hands and minds in places they have never seenbefore.IntroductionA plan was inaugurated six years ago to give incoming freshmen a chance to investigate theengineering program in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University well beforetheir junior year (the point at which students are accepted into engineering programs.) Thecourse of action was

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venue proved to be very successful. As thesaying goes, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. Informal course evaluations werecompleted by participating students, the positive results of which are provided at the end of thispaper. Keep in mind that the facilities used for this experimental lab were limited in size and thuslimited to the number of students that were allowed to participate.DESIGNING A SECOND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSEFollowing the administration of the first course described above, additional equipment donationsto the School of Engineering Technology required that a second more advanced ICS course bedeveloped. The following is a brief description of this second course and the participation andinfluence that

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Nels Madsen, Auburn University

particularlyprecise or is not especially consistent with the underlying principles. This will create anopportunity to discuss engineering language: the importance of words, the need for precision,and the need to keep in mind fundamental principles, not only when doing the mathematics butalso in verbal and written reports.I also expect an opportunity to discuss what we are really trying to accomplish in ourundergraduate courses. What is the importance of students being able to work a problem fromthe end of a chapter relative to their ability to explain and discuss how fundamental principlesapply to an engineering situation? At what level in Bloom’s taxonomy do we normally operate,what level was required in this exercise, and at what level should we be

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the presence of technology (e.g. the reliance on computers, computer games, andthe internet) to the detriment of more active experiences like artistic pursuits, reading, andphysical activities. Relying on technological pastimes breeds a further inability to communicateand interact with others, and to understand themselves. In order to make more useful and relevant what we teach, we need to respond to thisimbalance and teach our students the professional and social skills they need to balance theirunderstanding of engineering to make sure they can effectively and appropriately apply whatthey learn. Well-adjusted, open-minded people make the best decisions for their lives; those whobalance work, family, leisure, and personal time

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Terrence Freeman

Page 6.885.2searches for all possible alternatives, so the creative mind must strike some balance in this “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”process. The consideration of alternatives operates on two levels. One level pursues alternativesthat satisfy given criteria or logic, but there is another level that questions the possibility ofalternative criteria. Both levels require careful comparison of similarities and differences beforemaking judgments and choices. The comparison process may often reveal that seeminglydifferent objects may have surprising similarities, and similar objects may display

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Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

. Results suggest that these approaches are successful, resulting in higherretention and higher grade point averages. The attractiveness of this approach with regards tomaterials engineering has been noted in a report from the National Science Foundation,9 whichconcludes that "the attractiveness of chemistry and physics…could be enhanced by greateremphasis on materials-related topics which would help students better relate their studies to the'real world'."With this in mind, we have developed a new course, titled Materials Chemistry. The goal of thiscourse is to provide engineering applications of basic chemistry concepts at the freshman level.This paper describes the role of this course within the engineering curriculum at the Universityof Florida

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problem solving knowledge from industry, business, marketing, math, science,engineering, technology, and daily life. It allows to quickly generate unique, and high-quality,multiple solutions in a short period of time. It is easy to teach, learn and use and may be used byindividuals and teams in different setting such as brainstorming sessions.The new course uses hands-on problem-based learning and emphasizes expanding creativity andthinking skills of students. The activities include 3-D mechanical puzzles, games, mind teasers,LEGO® Mindstorms competitions, and design projects. These activities allow for self-paced,semi-guided exploration. They lead to out-of-the-box inventive thinking, imagination, intuition,common sense, and teamwork.The course

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Steven O'Hara; Suzanne D. Bilbeisi

Session 1606 Utilizing A Capstone Design Project for EC 2000 Assessment Suzanne D. Bilbeisi, Steven E. O’Hara Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractArchitects and architectural engineers should have the ability to coordinate and integrate themany issues involved in the creation of architecture. This requires them to have a basic workingknowledge of and sensitivity to several disciplines, as well as expertise in their individual field.One measure of this ability is through a comprehensive capstone design experience.Architecture, as a profession, requires the teamwork of professionals

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Jan Rinehart; Jim Morgan; Jeffrey Froyd

helping engineers at avery early stage of their careers has been a rewarding experience for industry practitioners. Byinterfacing with faculty members, cooperative efforts are more easily developed on projects atboth academic and industry levels. Recently, industry practitioners have indicated their interestin having faculty members make site visits to better foster these relationships. As industrypartners have returned they have adjusted their presentations to make them even moreinteractive. Most of the teams have become very adept at engaging the students and having fun.Table 2 contains some specific comments from first-year engineering faculty members. Table 2. Industry Comments on Industry Case Studies "In my mind

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Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

freedto innovate and to think creatively about future ventures. The course is targeted atstudents who would like to create their own business and they are given the opportunityto develop a business plan from one of their own ideas. Students from entirely differentprograms, like Human and Organizational Development and Engineering, areencouraged to work collaboratively on joint projects. Opportunities to share their ideaswith other entrepreneurs are made possible. The course is meant to teach students howto dream about new ideas and how to take new business ventures to the marketplace. Inpart, entrepreneurship is defined as a "state of mind -- artful, insightful and innovativementality rather than a business management or administration concept

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William Miller; Stephen Lombardo; Christa Weisbrook; Patrick Tebbe

this type of material can be developed for a number of coursesspanning mechanical, chemical, and nuclear engineering. On the pedagogical side, further workis being devoted to the user interface. It was determined that the interfaces to date were designedwith programmatic thoughts in mind rather than pedagogical ones. The bigger issue to address is how the material is used in class. Other researchers havefound that educational software will be used in various and unpredictable ways [9]. The dangerwith software of this type is that it will only be used for problem solution and will become a"black box" to the students. The choice of a Rankine cycle for the evaluation may have been toosimple in retrospect. Solution of problems with more

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Robert Taylor; Robert Green; Lesia Crumpton-Young; A. Bennett; Teresa Sappington

taught by a regular engineering faculty member using the sametextbook and syllabus as the regular graphics course. The only difference between this graphicsclass and any other is that this course is restricted to Quest students. A special section of thegraphics course was developed to allow a chance for the students to bond with each other and tohave an engineering faculty member available to serve as an additional mentor. Having thestudents in the same class also provides some flexibility in scheduling field trips and otheractivities.During an orientation session, students are advised by College administrators and facultymembers on which courses they should take. Students are encouraged to explore their interestswhile also being mindful of

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feeling that class is never over. The students areconstantly on their minds. Students have a high expectation of accessibility, includingweekends. Promoting student satisfaction involves a great many “virtual office hours.” Addingto student satisfaction is the use of feedback to help the students feel as if they can “make adifference,” that is, direct the course discussion. The general information presented will describehow to get over the “first-time” syndrome for faculty, staff and administrators.I. IntroductionWidely touted as a tremendous frontier as an educational delivery method, the huge potential ofthe world-wide-web demands exploration. Educators can face limitless numbers of students intheir classes, certainly a daunting concept! While

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Nohemi Rubio; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras; Connie Della-Piana

the NationalScience Foundation (HRD/EEC 9550502). Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1 Copyright200a, American Society for Engineering EducationNo one design, method or instrument can adequately address all outcomes and processes,therefore this paper provides one framework for developing a plan to systematically examineprograms designed to provide research experiences to undergraduate students3. Although thispaper only touches briefly on clarifying program goals and developing a program logic map,these steps are essential in the design of an evaluation plan. The evaluation plan is designed withthe “ideal program and implementation” in mind

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Rob Guardiola; Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Session 1608 Development of Workplace Competencies Sufficient to Measure ABET Outcomes S. K. Mickelson, L. F. Hanneman, R. Guardiola, and T. J. Brumm Iowa State University/Iowa State University/ Development Dimensions, International/Iowa State UniversityAbstractThe opening paragraphs of the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 state: “To be considered foraccreditation, engineering programs must prepare graduates for the practice of engineering at theprofessional level.” Criterion 3, Program Outcomes and Assessment, states, “Engineeringprograms must demonstrate that

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John Bransford; Sean P. Brophy

Program of theNational Science Foundation under Award Number EEC-9876363. Page 6.334.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography:1. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (Eds.). How people learn: Brain,mind, experience, and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ (1999).2. Schwartz, D. L, Brophy, S., Lin, X. & Bransford, J. D. (1999). Software for managingcomplex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course