Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Waters

looks for ways to better fit its present niche. This entailsconcepts such as customer focus, value added product and service offerings, optimumorganizational scale, knowledgeable and motivated employees, and continuous learning,especially from failures. It would encourage investments in knowledge such as idea sharing andmentoring, research, team building, education and training, career development, and job rotation.The continuing production and transmission of knowledge, i.e., Knowledge Management, is akey to the effectiveness of the manager’s role. New knowledge may be imported or created. Tobe proactive, management must experiment and learn, and then apply new knowledge. Reallynew knowledge is only obtained by failure.In the long run, all

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

we are not preparing students for past career patt erns Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationand skills. It is tempting to wait to see what demands arise but the historical evidence isnot comforting for companies (or countries) that fall behind.Fortunately, the prospective evolution of the semiconductor industry is fully documentedin the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) 2. This review hasbeen steadily extended both in detail and scope and is now about the best estimate ofwhat can be expected through fast incremental progress over the next 15 years. For ourpurposes, there are 2

Conference Session

Strengthening Liberal Education in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Steneck; Barbara Olds; Kathryn Neeley

at large (i.e., non-engineers). In today's world, this includes an ability to communicate using written, oral,electronic, and visual/graphic media. Engineers work in a complex professional world. Over thecourse of a day, week, or career, they can find themselves communicating with other engineeringprofessionals, with business and legal professionals, with managers, with support staff, withcustomers, with government officials, and with the general public. One day they might beselling a product to a customer, the next presenting an idea to a group of engineering colleagues,and the day after that introducing a project to the general public. Therefore, an engineering education should provide students with a sophisticatedunderstanding of

Conference Session

Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

, starting from fall semester, 1998.The BAS degree program is a flexible degree plan designed specifically to serve additionaleducational needs of students who have earned the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.The primary admission requirement for BAS program is completion of an AAS degree at aregionally accredited institution. Students with AAS degrees will receive sixty hours of credit asa block transfer toward the university’s 120-hour minimum degree requirement. BAS studentsmust then complete a sixty-hour program offered by ASU East [3]. BAS program goal is toprovide students with management, leadership, critical thinking and communication skills alongwith significant work in an area of specialization that will broaden their career

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Taylor; Randal Goldberg; Oleg Gerovichev; Ian Donn; Anand Viswanathan

throughouta student’s school career. However, making technology accessible for learning is challenging dueto cost, safety and implementation concerns. This paper describes a method for drawing oncurrent, real life challenges faced by researchers in the field and translating such experiences intoa secondary school level program. The concept of the competition, application of LEGOMindstorms® robotics platform, methods of organization and expansion, past experiences andfuture plans are presented. Our goal is to show an example of how to integrate off-the-shelfrobotic technology with current real-world engineering challenges and to engage students in thefields of engineering, robotics, and medicine in a fun and exciting atmosphere.Introduction and

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Elizabeth McCullough; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey; Andrew Hoff; Eric Roe; Marilyn Barger

present being tested in high school math, science,chemistry and physics courses as well as in community college chemistry courses. At presentthe HSTI team is evaluating plans to expand preliminary classroom trials throughout the scienceprograms of the School District of Hillsborough County, 11th largest in the nation.IntroductionThe High School Technology Initiative, HSTI, is a new approach to adapt and incorporate hightechnology materials into the state mandated secondary educational curricula. Members of theHSTI team believe that instructional modules can be used to engender an interest in pursuingtechnology, engineering, or science related careers by providing students with connectionsbetween technology and its underlying science as part of

Conference Session

Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Haws

, our students will be prone to ethicalrelativism, and will continue to have difficulty explaining their ethical resolutions to others.Rawls’ theory of justice as fairness is a good place to start.References:1. Rawls, John (1999/1982). John Rawls: Collected Papers, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.2. Rawls, John (1999/1971). A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.3. Rawls, John (1999). Social Unity and Primary Goods, in John Rawls: Collected Papers, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, p. 362. Rawls’ formulation of the these two principles varied significantly during his career.4. Rawls, John (1996). Political Liberalism, New York: Columbia University Press.Biographical Information:My

Conference Session

International Graduate Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne Lax

ofprecise details in the lab notebook--are employed throughout the careers of engineers inindustry1.The IssuesGiven the importance of the undergraduate lab report both for ABET purposes and as a keystonein the professional future of engineering students, it seems as if its evaluation of the reportshould be given special attention. In most engineering schools, this task falls into the hands ofthe lab graduate teaching assistant. Not only is the lab teaching assistant often a new graduatestudent, but due to the current demographics of higher education in engineering in the U.S., s/heis also is likely to be an international student and a non-native speaker of English. According to

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren

, Ohio, an assignment was developed to allow students to perform researchinto a process not covered in other manufacturing courses. Because not all processes thatstudents are likely to encounter in their careers can be covered in the curriculum, it is importantthat students gain life-long learning skills to introduce themselves to different technologies. Forseveral years, the end result of the research was a written report and oral presentation to theclass. In an effort to enhance learning, team skills, and communication skills the assignment wasmodified having students work with a partner and prepare a web page report rather than a paperbased report. The oral presentation to the class was maintained. To assess the effectiveness ofthe approach

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys;and placement data of graduates.In international exchange programs, participating students earn a portion of their degreerequirements away from the home campus, and in particular, while attending a foreign campus.In some instances, US engineering schools have teamed up with a particular foreign partnerengineering school to create substantially equal courses that may be taken on either campus. Inthese cases, many of the students participating in Study Abroad will attend the partner school andtake courses that are more-or-less identical to those taught at the home campus. Therefore, if thecourse at the home campus has been approved as part

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

solutions and demonstrating openness to new ideas. The assessmentrubric includes demonstrating awareness of how various engineering disciplines complementeach other, understanding the design process from concept to prototyping, problem definition,analyzing problems from different viewpoints, and anticipating problems and developingcontingency plans. Throughout their college career, students are encouraged to develop a strongwork ethic, and to be self-motivated to achieve excellence in the field in which they work. Theassessment attributes include a measure of their professionalism, their response to suggestions orcriticism, and their use of ethical component in their decision-making strategy and considerationof the implication of the project for

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno

. Page 7.824.7Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 6. Digital I/O Parameter set-up tabs for the vision system.Conclusion Exposing students to automation techniques that are currently used in industry in aneffective way of preparing students for their future careers. This not only reduces the amount oftime invested in training by companies that employ them but it also contributes significantly to Page 7.824.8productivity. NIU’s Technology Department has just updated the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjorie Skubic

approaches are needed to develop programming competencies for event-driven software 2. Students do not typically get significant experience in studying or developingevent-driven software development. As a result, they have difficulties learning behavioralmodels for dynamic software systems and understanding the concepts necessary to design,program, and test such systems. To prepare students for their future careers as softwareengineers, they need experience in realistic projects that develop event-driven software 3. Page 7.536.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Descoteaux; Kevin Sutterer

to begin their professional careers. 5. Excite students about civil engineering and inspire them to do their best in each subject.Exciting the students is an important part of the course design, as students who are excited aboutthe subject can be mentored to acquire more knowledge, and more importantly, are more likelyto understand that knowledge. Emotion is a powerful tool for motivating students. Ideally,excited students will be motivated to learn more on their own so that class meeting time can beused for clarifying difficult concepts, mentoring, and active learning.In the cognitive learning domain (1), the lowest level of learning is knowledge, with successivelyhigher levels being comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

forty four years, and introduced curricula reflecting thedevelopment of technology in the world. We were simply aware of what was going on andwhat should be taught. The evidence for that statement is that Polish engineers, whosucceeded to emigrate to western countries even before 1989, were very well assimilated andaccepted, and made fast careers both at universities and in industry.However, some changes in curricula had to be introduced. Close and efficient cooperationwith western countries, which will be discussed later, helped to reach a high level ofeducation.Laboratories. Hardware laboratory experience is a very crucial part of engineering education.In this respect the situation in Poland was very poor. The equipment was obsolete, mainly

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

for their career development. This community service-learning project involved highs and lows for instructor as well. The most rewarding aspect wasthat the criteria stated under the Engineering Criteria 2000 were met for ABET accreditationthrough community service-learning. Although some students were at first resistant to the idea ofcommunity service-learning in facility planning and design course, they became excited becausethey had done something worthwhile while working on a real problem. Furthermore, theUniversity gained through this type of community outreach in building positive image. Finally,the size of this business precludes the owner from affording to hire a professional Engineeringfirm to do the work performed by the students

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Athula Kulatunga; Bill Hutzel

the data shown so far, one might conclude that undergraduate technologycourses should continue focusing on traditional energy topics. It seems reasonable to emphasizetopics that students will typically encounter during their early careers. A four-year curriculumfor Mechanical Engineering Technology students typically includes two thermodynamicscourses with an ”energy” focus. After covering crucial concepts such as conservation of massand conservation of energy, there is a limited amount of time left over for specific applications.Traditional topics such as the Rankine Cycle for steam-driven power plants, the Otto Cycle forinternal combustion engines, or the Vapor Compression Cycle for mechanical refrigerationsystems have been taught for the

Conference Session

Teaching Industrial Engineers Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie A. Jernigan; Garlie Forehand; Alexander B. Quinn; Judith Norback

needed onthe job; 2) this gap in competency for oral and written skills was among the top 10 most critical. 4 For these reasons, in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute ofTechnology (Georgia Tech), students are now learning workplace communication skills in theirSenior Design courses. This is a start; soon students will be learning communication skills intheir other undergraduate courses as well. The instruction is based on first-hand informationfrom practicing industrial engineers. The object of this work is to better prepare industrialengineering graduates for the workplace and to enable them to move up the career ladder morequickly. The Director of Workplace Communication, with 20 years of experience

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Megat Johari Megat Mohd Noor

; Characteristics Competencies Global & Strategic These skills enable students to adapt easily within the borderless world that is experiencing rapid expanding knowledge. Industrial Skills that go beyond the scientific and professional and which are necessary in the advanced phase of the graduate's career. Humanistic These skills help create a balanced engineer with high ethical and moral standards. Practical These enable students to be directly involved with hands -on activities or re al-life situations, thus providing the basis for integrating the intra and inter engineering and non

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

maketime to meet beyond the obligatory signing of registration forms. Freshman advising seminarsare a mechanism to regularly engage faculty and freshmen in an area of mutual interest; thisregular meeting gives advisors a chance to get to know their advisees and offer support at aformative time in the student’s career. This paper describes an experiment offering a freshmanadvising seminar on digital electronics and chip design at Harvey Mudd College during the fallsemesters of 1999, 2000, and 2001.The author has found that the topic is particularly well suited to a freshman advising seminar. Page 7.48.1Freshmen arrive curious about what major

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Arora; Fariborz Asadian; Masoud Naghedolfeizi

capabilities that allow users to operatethem remotely through the Internet.The significance of this program goes beyond the integration of curriculum and technology in anacademic setting. Students entering in this program will have the opportunity to pursue high-tech careers in the field of computer-based instrumentation. In recent years, rapid advances incomputer hardware and software systems coupled with falling prices in electronics haveprompted various industrial sectors to implement computer-based measurement and automationin their plant operations. Today, with the help of advanced software systems (such asLabVIEW1) and powerful PCs it is possible to design and develop complicated virtualinstruments which have dramatically improved the accuracy

Conference Session

Academic Prerequisites for Licensure

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

Education Experience Appropriate Experience Commitment to Life-Long LearningOne way of viewing the BOK is to think of it as including four components. They are 1) atechnical core, 2) a non-technical core, 3) technical electives, and 4) technical and non-technicalcourses to support an individual’s career objectives. Clearly, other models are possible.As illustrated in the following figure, and as previously noted, the BOK needed to practice CE atthe professional level in the 21st Century can no longer be accommodated within a four yearbachelor’s degree. However, and as also illustrated in the following figure, the

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett

worthy of widespread adoption.NSF has showcased the project for two consecutive years in the NSF Project Showcase at theASEE national conference. Invitations have also been received to present Sooner City at the Page 7.584.2ASCE national conference (1998) and an NSF CAREER Workshop (1998). The project hasbeen described in ASEE Prism (Bert 1998) and Engineering Times (Siegel 1999).RU has received funds from the NSF CCLI program to adapt Sooner City, creating a portablecivil city to be called Garden City at RU. Garden City will rest firmly on the foundations ofSooner City. Where possible and appropriate, elements within the Sooner City web-site willremain

Conference Session

Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stefan Bartels; Holger Dahms; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

international experiences before coming toMSOE. For them the MSOE degree opens significant career opportunities for employment andpossible graduate school studies in the US.MSOE students are not required to have any prior knowledge of German in order to participate inthe exchange program. All courses taken at the FHL are taught in English, except for theirGerman language class. This is a key program component since typically few US engineeringstudents have sufficient language skills in German to survive being thrown into an instructionalsetting of a foreign tongue. A second significant component of the program is that it providesthe best aspects of an immersion type program while in the company of fellow student from one’shome institution. The students

Conference Session

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Khanna

in capstone design projects,undergraduate research, and percentage of students pursing g raduate studies in such areas. Thus, Page 7.76.6the total impact of the developed curriculum will be known clearly over a span of about 4-5years.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSupport of the National Science Foundation under grant NSF- CAREER 0196390 is gratefullyacknowledged.REFERENCESAngelo, T. and Cross, K. (1993), Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers(2ed.),Jossey-Bass.Davies, M. L. and Crowther, D. E. A., “The Benefits of Using Multimedia in Higher Education: Mythsand Realities”, Active Learning, V3, Dec. 1995.Herman, J.L. (ed.) (1987

Conference Session

Information Guidance/Navigation/Control

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra H. Kajiwara; Lisa Taber; Cecilia Mullen

breadth of the literature that they incorporate intotheir class projects; 3) develop an expertise in the students’ capabilities to search theliterature; 4) extend the students’ critical thinking to include the ability to critically analyze avariety of print and electronic sources to determine their validity and reliability; 5) instillexpert research techniques in the students which will serve them throughout theirprofessional careers and in later life; 6) learn the basics of citing references, includingcitation elements and formats; and finally, 7) allow engineering librarians to have more timefor individual student and faculty consultations on advanced research methods andtechniques. Leckie and Fullerton (1999), and Cannon (1994) in separate

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Farr

located in New Jersey, Stevens was ideallysuited to take advantage of the regional industries. More importantly, no other university in thearea offered a systems engineering program and only one other regional university offers anengineering management program.We chose to separate the department into two distinct but related disciplines: systemsengineering (SE) and engineering management (EM). When the department was formed theuniversity had a renowned undergraduate program in EM. However, no graduate programsexisted. We chose to develop our graduate programs using the career model shown in Figure 2.In lieu of competing with the MBA programs, we chose to focus on the engineer who was 3 – 5years out of their undergraduate program who was still

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawna Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

prepares themfor their future careers. WIN provides monthly networking meetings throughout the semester.Each meeting covers a different topic of discussion and includes a free lunch. Topics in the pasthave ranged from life/ work balance for females in engineering to resume review workshops.This partnership is very popular with WISE students.Society of Women Engineers (SWE)SWE is a national organization striving to stimulate women to achieve their fullest potential incareers as engineers and leaders. In addition, SWE strives to expand the image of theengineering profe ssion while demonstrating the value of diversity. Meetings are held twice amonth for interested female engineering students. Each meeting has a corporate sponsor thatfacilitates a

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Balmer

it ain't broke, don't fix it.' But, believe me, that attitude is the exact antithesis of what excellence is all about. If, at the end of the day, your own chimneys, your own red tape, your own conceits or your own plain inertia is standing in the way of developing programs or curricula that are going to help prepare students as well as humanly possible for productive careers, then I think you've got some soul-searching to do.” * The student outcome goals of the new F.W. Olin program are: rigorous background in engineering science; broad base in liberal arts, writing and communication; superior computational skills; experience in small team project design and project based problem solving; exposure to

Conference Session

Comparing National Styles of Engr. Educ.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Thibault; Rene Hivon; Danielle L'Heureux; Noel Boutin

thefollowing: a) Reasons for choosing engineering as a career (male students, Université deSherbrooke); b) Reasons for choosing engineering as a career (female students, Université deSherbrooke; c) Reasons for dropping out of engineering (male and female students, Universitéde Sherbrooke); d) Peer training for the 1st co-op work term; e) College students’representations of the engineering profession; f) Role of faculty members as models forengineering students. It is expected that the first essay to be completed will be so in late winter2002. COMPETENCIES IN S & T METACOMPETENCY IN COMMUNICATION