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Roman Morawski; Andrzej Krasniewski

into account ecological, cultural and ergonomic aspects in designing technical objects and actions. Consequently, providing the graduates with opportunities for developing ethical views and attitudes becomes an obligation for the university. This is an objective of humanities and social sciences introduced in the curriculum, but it is also a role of the system of study to increase the students' responsibility for the effects of their professional activity and develop the culture of quality.How the above-outlined expectations towards engineering education are in every-day academiclife confronted with hard reality of declining students preparation for meeting them ?. Theintellectual distance to physical reality has been growing

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Karim Nasr; Basem Alzahabi

engineering. A B C D E2. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. A B C D E3. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. A B C D E4. Ability to function in multidisciplinary teams. A B C D E5. Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. A B C D E6. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. A B C D E7. Ability to communicate effectively. A B C D E8. Broad education that is

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Thomas Walker; Patrick E. Devens

study students for the whole '98 and '99academic years, respectively.The EF1015 course teaches general engineering material required by most engineeringfields. Course objectives are that the student, having successfully completed the course,will be able to: • apply engineering ethics to real life situations, • apply the engineering method to problem solving, • apply basic physical and mathematical concepts to introductory engineering problems, • translate “word” problems into the mathematical statements that describe the physical situations presented; i.e., read, or listen to, problems and understand them, • graph numeric data and develop simple empirical functions

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James Bean; Aparajita Mazumder

Organization and Integration, China’sEvolution under Communism, The Economy of the People’s Republic of China, BusinessAbroad, International Economics, International Trade Theory, International Finance.Business, Technology and Environment: The World Economy, International Management,International Finance and International Financial Markets, Business in Asia, Doing Business inChina, Politics, Economics, and Business in China, Management of International Firms,International Marketing Management, International Economic Policy and Industrial Strategy,Financial Management in the International Corporation, Introduction to Global Change I & II,Our Common Future: Ecology, Economics & Ethics of Sustainable Development,Environmental Justice: Domestic

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Amir Karimi

solvingtechniques. The course is intended to begin the student’s preparation for future engineeringpractice. Students are introduced to a number of subjects that are necessary tools of engineering.Students are taught study skills, time management, the concept of teamwork, professional ethics,and oral and written communication skills. A series of exciting laboratory demonstrations orexperiments are planned for the course to maintain students’ interest in the program. Thecomputer application aspect of the course is designed with the strength of current students inmind. Students learn computer basics, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, andcommunication through electronic mail as well as more sophisticated software packages such

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Jan Rinehart; Jim Morgan; Jeffrey Froyd

evaluation of projects • Industry would serve as e-mail consultants to team/clusters • Deliver course lectures on subjects such as ethics, design process, documentation, teaming, and/or communications • Host cluster for a field trip to industry • Develop a case study to be presented by engineers in the classroom • Send new hires back to the classroom to discuss perceptions and realizations of the workplace • Send an experienced engineering to talk to the class about their projects • Conduct industry training like teaming, conflict management, communications, etc. • Industry do mock interviews, resume writing, dinner with discussionOnce different ideas had been generated, the faculty and college administrators met

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Kathryn Jablokow

State Great Valley is aspecial-mission campus in the Penn State University system, tasked with serving the adultlearning community in the Philadelphia region. Since its introduction in 1998, Invention andCreative Design has been incorporated into several modules that support the Systems andSoftware Engineering degrees. It may be taken as part of a core skill-based module, which alsoincludes courses in communication and project management, or it may form one leg of a modulethat focuses on innovation and change. Other courses in the innovation module includeCreativity, Innovation, and Change and Engineering Ethics (both developed by this author).Invention and Creative Design also remains open to all students in the School’s three

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Luiz DaSilva

, work ethic, and in-depth knowledge of practical implications of the subject;full-time students tend to have fewer time constraints and therefore are better able to focus on thetasks at hand, and are generally more familiar with theoretical and analytical methods. The riskexists, however, that when both on-campus and remote students are present in the same course,one of the groups may feel disenfranchised and therefore have a much less positive view of theoverall course than the other group, as reported in [5]. The challenge is to take advantage of thepotential for mutual learning among the entire student population while minimizing anyresentment about the extra level of effort required to overcome the additional obstacles. In anattempt to

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Regina Zmich; Thomas Wolff

analysis. • An end-of-semester student evaluation of the course and instructor. • A detailed syllabus including course objectives, policies, requirements and activities.Specific topics taught in the Engineering sections include communicating with your professors,expectations for written papers, the engineer as a hero, the University and the College, engineeringand science ethics, job preparation, the engineering library, exploring MSU’s academic resources,the role of the academic adviser in student success, how to get a 3.0 without really trying, test-taking skills, time management for college students, learning styles, personality types, selecting acareer, and experiential learning. In the fall semester of 2000, a “disassembly project

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Robert Erlandson

Copyright ©2001, American Society of Engineering EducationExposure to accessibility issues and accessible design principles are not typically part of theundergraduate engineering curriculum. One must not conclude that ethical considerations aloneare the only reason for the inclusion of accessible design principles. ETL research shows thatmanufacturing concerns that focus on job productivity, quality, and safety are closely related toaccessible design. 2 Of course, legal mandates for the design of accessible products and the useof accessible design principles in the design process are, in their own right, compelling reasonsto include accessible design principles in the undergraduate engineering curriculum.The design of products must take into

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Durward Sobek

obvious solution to the comparability issue is to set up a more controlled experiment, where acontrol group solves a problem using any method they wish, and an experimental group solves thesame problem using the I/O map method. But in a classroom setting, this is nearly impossible toachieve (how do you keep the experimental group from ‘contaminating’ the control group?), and isethically dubious. Having the two groups in different sections helps mildly, but does notcompletely alleviate the problem as students in different sections will talk and work together, andthe ethics question remains. Separating the two groups by time, such as having the control groupin one semester and experimental group in the next, is problematic because one would want to

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P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

program.ResultsBased upon the assessment processes that were in place during the 1998-99 ABET accreditationcycle, it was clear that the CpE program had good outcomes in several major areas and that theseresults had improved because of the systemic approach deployed during the 1996-98 time frame.Most notable were the results due to revising the major engineering design experience 2.Studentsbegan to work on multidisciplinary teams. They worked on open-ended design problemsinvolving embedded computers. There was an increased emphasis on the need for standards, oraland written communications, and contemporary societal issues, including engineering ethics. Inretrospect, the successes by the major engineering design experience were driven more byindividual faculty

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David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar

isnecessary, it will not be a final solution, as both of these students are usingdifferent criteria, and in both cases their criteria use large undefined terms like"effects" and "help or hinder".The final rhetorical claim is claim of policy, what we should actually do basedon preceding discussion. Most students wanted to continue research intoGMOs, and most wanted more investigation as to their safety. In regards togrowing and testing, one student wrote, "More studies should be done on thealready in use GMOs and the effects that they are having on the environment.Before changing any more organisms, a set of criteria should be created todecide if it’s ethical and effective. The long-term environmental effects shouldbe researched more thoroughly." A

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Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

experiments, and to analyze and interpret experimental Page 6.1099.3 data“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education” • An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams • An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems related to production, processing, storage, handling, distribution, and use of food and other biological products worldwide, and the responsible management of the environment and natural resources • An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

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Vincent Gallogly

continuinginterest and sources for case studies, are: Inc. Magazine; and Entrepreneur Magazine.7 See note 2, supra.BiographyVincent Gallogly holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Engineering at The Albert Nerkin Schoolof Engineering of The Cooper Union, where he teaches Entrepreneurship, and Law and Ethics; and hasheld an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Law at the Pace University School of Law, where he taughtScientific and Technological Issues in Environmental Law. Mr. Gallogly is currently Of Counsel toTierney, Zullo, Flaherty & Murphy, P.C., Attorneys at Law, Norwalk, CT. His practice includes a Page 6.1130.9Proceedings of the 2001

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Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

they have learned. This reflective process is an essential factor inthe emergence of expertise. Experts are often characterized as having three distinctive kinds ofknowledge: (a) declarative knowledge ("knowledge that"), (b) procedural knowledge ("how toknowledge"), and (c) metacognitive knowledge with its attendant processes of self-monitoring,agency, reflection. Declarative knowledge refers to the kind of knowledge typically learnedfrom textbooks--facts and concepts. Procedural knowledge refers to being able to do something,be it writing code, proceeding through analysis and design, using a software process approach, orwriting a paper about ethics in the software industry. Metacognitive knowledge refers to aperson's skill at planning

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Eckehard Doerry; Bridget Bero; David Hartman

38 6 XXX 486 • Small design • Cross-disciplinary • Cross-disciplinary • Discipline- projects teaming teaming specific • Problem • Large and small • Analysis tools projects solving and teaming • Real world and modeling modeling • Sequential design • Integratingcorporate • Ethics and

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William Thomas; Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk; Ronald Bucinell

peoples of that society. The liberal arts students assist the engineers in assessingthe political, cultural, economic, historical, environmental and ethical aspects of the problem,while the engineering students assist the liberal arts students in understanding the engineeringaspects of the project. The students travel abroad and stay for three weeks and live with ahomestay family. The students are accompanied by a pair of Union faculty, an engineer and asocial scientist. An attractive feature of the mini term is that it is done outside of the academicyear, either during the December break between fall and winter terms or in July, after the springterm. Consequently, the students’ academic schedule is not interrupted. Students attendseminars on the

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Kauser Jahan; Douglas Cleary

licensing, projectfinance, ethics, law, marketing, specifications, and cost estimates are addressed in a separatecourse 14. The bulk of the time was set aside for the students to work with some time used forprogress meetings, limited instruction, and presentations.4. The First Rowan CEE Capstone Project and ResultsThe first capstone project was sponsored by an affiliate of a local water utility. Because theutility had limited well capacity, it relied on purchased potable water from an adjoining utility tosupply its storage reservoirs and distribution network. The utility’s storage and distributionsystem included three reservoirs, one ground level tank, and one elevated tank. The storagefacilities were located at four locations within the water

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Robert Brown; Francine Battaglia; Donald R. Flugrad

teams) that will be learned by students taking the course.Each CDC prepared an “outcomes accountability” checklist for their course that showed theTable 1. Desired Program Outcomes for the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum Program Description Outcome PO 1 Apply knowledge of math and science PO 2 Design, conduct, analyze experiments PO 3 Design a system, component, or process PO 4 Function on multi-disciplinary teams PO 5 Identify, formulate, solve engineering problem PO 6 Understand profession and ethical responsibility PO 7 Communicate effectively PO 8 Understand global/societal impact of engineering PO 9 Engage in life-long

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Marilyn Smith

Criterion 3 – Program Outcomes and Assessment2ABET Outcome ADL features relevant to the outcomeAn ability to• apply knowledge of math, science & engg • Integrate knowledge across levels.• design & conduct experiments, analyze & • Design-based assignments in freshman interpret data courses.• design a system, component, or process to • Teams formed to solve problems in meet desired needs courses.• function on multi-disciplinary teams • Requirement to seek solution techniques• identify, formulate & solve engg. problems well beyond for confines of the immediate• understand professional & ethical

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Steve Beyerlein; Dan Gerbus; Edwin Odom

presentations, engineering drawings, and listening.• High ethical standards.• An ability to think both critically and creatively – independently and cooperatively.• Curiosity and desire to learn for life.• A profound understanding of the importance of teamwork. Figure 1, Desired attributes of an engineer by the Boeing Company3II. Method Selection The design and management literature is filled with techniques for project planning. Anynumber of these are quite effective in situations were goals are well-defined, task sequencing isclear, and seasoned work groups already exist for implementing the plan. Unfortunately this isnot the case in capstone design courses, especially those that use industry sponsored projects.Problem

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John Bourne

Page 6.153.10 o Biology Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exhibition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education o Chemistry o Math • (Writing, presentations, ethics, entrepreneurship would be built into each module)Semester 2: The second semester could be a continuation of the first, including:Modules: • Planning the away from campus learning experiences o Getting ready for the away experience (practicing as a team) • An entrepreneurial/new product development experience • Continued biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics modules • An online learning experience at a distance campus, where students

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Valarie Arms; J. Weggel; Aly Valentine

whatstudents themselves say about the value of project-based learning they have a solid basis tocontinue a time consuming but worthwhile endeavor.It is fitting that the students have the last word reflecting that the program needs to be seen in itsentirety to be appreciated; students and faculty have to understand that the synthesis of aninterdisciplinary curriculum takes dedication and time to achieve: What I also learned was that it gave me high ethical standards and flexibility when it came to communicating. And finally it gave me an understanding of how important teamwork is…. As my Humanities teacher has told me it wasn’t about learning everything and retaining all that information. It was about teaching us how

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Roli Varma

public administration at the University of New Mexico. She also teachesscience and technology studies courses for the school of engineering. Her research interests and publications includescientists working in industry, restructuring of corporate R&D, the comparison between scientists in industry andacademia, engineering ethics, tenure and freedom in engineering, and women and minorities in science. She is alsointerested in science and technology issues in India. Page 6.232.10 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright@2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

is now being popularlyreferred to as the “eDorm.”5. Seminars and WorkshopsStudents participate in weekly presentations offered by outside guest speakers from theentrepreneurial community, including successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, legal experts,technologists, and service providers. Speakers are also drawn from University of Marylandeducators who specialize in the areas of business plan writing and review, financing, businesslaw, ethics, startup company incubation and other essential subjects for the aspiring entrepreneur.The programming of this component is facilitated by a Program Committee that consists ofconstituents from inside and outside the University.Student CEOs are expected to attend weekly seminars and workshops in

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Raymond Laoulache; Nixon Pendergrass; Emily Fowler

-day basis, what research engineers do, how engineers deal with patentsand invention, women in engineering, and ethics in engineering. The students showed aprofound interest in these topics. During the first pilot semester, eight engineers wereinvited.During the semester there were impromptu engineering design projects. That is, studentswere not notified in advance about the nature of a design problem but were challenged tocome up with a design spontaneously in a limited time period. For example, in one earlyproject in a special extended class period, students were told to bring swimsuits but werenot told why. In class they were given a limited amount of materials and were asked todesign a cardboard canoe. They had two hours to design and

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Devdas Shetty

professional design as practiced by engineers. Designing is providing a set of rules forreorganizing the elements of creation toward some greater purpose, known as “design intent.” Itis the design intent that has ethical and moral dimensions.The product creation process is very much influenced by the process of designing, as well as theoverall product cost. The cost of a product grows from conception, through the stages oftechnical research, design, development, market testing, use, maturity, until finally, its disposal.An organization has greatest control over a product at the early stages of its creation, when themarket, its factory cost, operational cost and life cycle are determined. At this stage, a product’sstatus can be unstable as the

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Wei-Chiang Lin; Mark A. Mackanos; E. Duco Jansen; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Sean P. Brophy

; µa = 0.24 cm-1; µs = 129 cm-1; g = 0.79), and layer 3 representing blood in the ectaticblood vessels (i.e. blood layer) (d = 0.1 mm; µa = 191 cm-1; µs = 467 cm-1; g = 0.995); 500,000photons.Additionally, this challenge brings out the various aspects of this type of medical laserprocedure: the art (clinician’s skills versus the variability and unpredictability of patients), thepsychology (the patient and clinician’s objective and subjective assessment of the cosmeticresult), the biology (or the body’s response to the laser radiation), and finally the physics whichis mostly what we are concerned with here and which forms the basis for engineering and designissues. In addition, this challenge lends itself to include discussions on ethics of

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Leah Jamieson; Edward J. Coyle; William Oakes

) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs(d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility(g) an ability to communicate effectively(h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice