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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee; Nirmal Das

well as indeterminatestructures. The problems designed for this project cover a number of major topics typicallydiscussed in an introductory level structural analysis course such as equilibrium, shear andmoment diagrams, and deflections. By performing the exercises selected for this course, thestudents learn how to utilize MATLAB to perform a variety of tasks related to analyzingstructures. These tasks can involve activities such as determining the reactions in a simplestatically determinate beam using static equilibrium considerations, or analyzing a morecomplicated indeterminate frame using the method of slope-deflection. The procedureimplemented in this project arms the students with a powerful computational tool they couldutilize to verify

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International Engineering Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

semesters of non-credit Mathematics and Science 30 credit hours Engineering Core (Fundamentals) 23 credit hours Departmental (including capstone and project) 65 credit hours Humanities and Social Sciences (including Arabic, English 20 credit hours and Islamic Studies) Total 138 credit hoursTable 2. The Engineering Curriculum at the University of Qatar: Major Components and CreditHoursIt is difficult, in the absence of relevant data, to asses how well have the “status quo” engineeringcurricula in the Region served the interest of graduates, industry and the profession in general.There is a growing

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Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Goncharoff; Patrick Troy; John Bell; Dale Reed; Cathleen Theys; Ann Ford; Susan Montgomery

]. Page 7.808.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American society for Engineering EducationWhen my wife completed her post-doc we again went on the job market, looking for two suitableacademic positions within the same geographic area. In the end I had to choose between twogood offers – a lecturer position in computer science at the University of Illinois Chicago( UIC ), or an assistant professor position at a different university. The two positions involvedsimilar salaries, teaching duties, and opportunities for research. As a lecturer at UIC I amallowed to direct undergraduate and MS research projects, but not Ph.D. projects

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2002 Annual Conference

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Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

address this issue and to assist in the recruitment and retention of women students,the School created Women in Technology as a student organization in December 1998. Its statedpurpose was “promoting the leadership of women in technology through networking,encouragement, mentoring, and outreach” (Women in Technology Constitution). Seventy-fivewomen from the School of Technology joined the new organization. Four months later, thewoman who was then faculty advisor applied for funds to support Women in TechnologyAssertiveness Training. The grant applications stated that “based upon her research, women andmen in team projects need to be more assertive. Women tend to think their behavior is alreadyassertive while their peers would disagree and label

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Design and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

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Angela Patton; Richard Bannerot

the curriculum.In 1828, the Institution of Civil Engineers defined engineering as “the art of directinggreat sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.” 1 By 1956, thisdefinition expanded beyond harnessing physical phenomena to include “application ofknowledge” and “design and production.” 2 What remained consistent however, was theidea that engineering is artfully disposed. This suggests a level of care and understandingthat conjoins thought and feeling. If the transformation of science and technology intoproducts and systems requires empathy or “emotional union,” 3 (i.e., the projection of selfinto objects) then the education and training of engineers should include an understandingof intuitive processing.Engineers must

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Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Voon; F.C. Lai; Chean Chin Ngo

actually touching it. The two-component LDV (3-WattArgon-ion laser) used in the demonstration is capable of measuring two velocity componentssimultaneously.The opening page of this special project has a format that is consistent with those of the regularlab assignments. Immediately followed the objectives of the experiment , the apparatus (the laserand its accessories) are introduced through a series of still photos (Figure 6). They are alsointroduced later in a video clip which shows a complete view of the laser and optical table. Theschematics for the experimental setup are also available for reference 2. To learn how to operatethe argon-ion laser in the experiment, a series of demonstrations are provided through videoclips. For this particular

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Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rachelle Heller; Nathan Campeau

, so thatstudents can interact with them on an informal basis. Student leaders of the variousengineering organizations and student projects attend, as well, and are integral toproviding a fun and exciting atmosphere.The typical schedule consists of an introductory meeting and ice-breaking session, astudent-groups fair, an informational session with faculty from each department, a ropescourse, team building sessions, a campfire, and free time to use the camp’s recreationalfacilities. The main activities of the weekend are team-building exercises that allowstudents to get to know one another and build bonds of trust that will be essential duringtheir undergraduate studies.The first retreat in 1999 was very successful. Ninety-three percent of the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

response to a national concern in the early 1990s about poor retention of students inengineering combined with a real, or some would say critical, need for more engineers, The OhioState University (OSU) worked with nine other schools to form the Gateway EngineeringEducation Coalition. This need for engineers was and currently is driven by society's ever-increasing consumption of technology. The Coalition, led by Drexel University, was establishedas a result of the creation of an Engineering Education Coalitions program by the NationalScience Foundation. These schools agreed to adopt or adapt Drexel's E4 program1-2 forfreshmen and sophomores which put engineering "up-front" and specifically included hands-onlabs and incorporated design projects

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ET Distance Learning Courses and Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

members in all disciplines with the ideas and tools necessary to develop clear writing assignments, to assess student papers effectively, and to help students improve their writing skills. A workshop which helps faculty members understand and utilize the power of critical thinking in any educational process. A workshop that introduces the faculty to the basics of student performance evaluation, grading and feedback. A workshop which highlights the philosophy and purpose of team projects through discussion of the nature of group interaction processes. Other faculty training courses might address topics such as copyright infringement, strategies for dealing with difficult students, web

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Panel on Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Norman Kaderlan; Mary Ann Rankin; John Butler; Steven Nichols

considertechnologies of particular interest to the students. Each of the student teams pursuedtechnologies from laboratories or researchers at UT-Austin. (The graduate students fromengineering and science provided suggestions for topics based on their experiences andknowledge from working in research projects as graduate research assistants. Thispromoted the emphasis on commercialization of technology from universities.) Thestudent technology commercialization teams studied potential markets for their selectedtechnologies, identified market barriers and competitors, and examined price sensitivityfor identified markets. The teams then re-examined the technologies to understand theresearch and development necessary to reach the market of interest and proposed

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Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker

environmentalengineering emphasis.This project was initiated as an effort to solve the following problems:1. I have found that students do very little of the assigned readings in upper level courses. Perhaps I may perpetuate this problem by supplying the students with all the necessary information in lecture!2. I prefer to use lectures to discuss concepts rather than define vocabulary, explain the intricacies of regulatory rules, list out code requirements, etc. However, I cannot lecture on concepts if students don’t understand these basics.3. Although my lecture skills have been highly rated by students and they appreciate my enthusiasm and the active nature of my lectures, I still note that many students are not

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Saleh Sbenaty

accomplished byintroducing the student to a real-world multidisciplinary problem that can be broken into smallertasks or cases. The cases are interrelated by what is called the “Global Challenge.” The globalchallenge and its related cases can be simple for the use at the freshman or high school levels orcan be more complex for higher levels.V. The Case Files Learning CycleA. Case StructureOne highly effective structure for case studies is the “The Case Files Learning Cycle” shownbelow. This template is based on a learning cycle that was developed and piloted at VanderbiltUniversity and subsequently adapted by SEATEC for use in technological education. The modelis based on work done by SEATEC, Vanderbilt’s VANth Project, and from the frameworkdescribed

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Saleh Sbenaty

. The cases are interrelated by what is called the “Global Challenge.” The globalchallenge and its related cases can be simple, for applications at the freshman or high schoollevels, or can be more complex for higher levels.A. Case StructureOne highly effective structure for case studies is the “The Case Files Learning Cycle” shownbelow. This template is based on a learning cycle that was developed and piloted at VanderbiltUniversity and subsequently adapted by SEATEC for use in technological education. The modelis based on work done by SEATEC, Vanderbilt’s VANth Project, and from the frameworkdescribed in the National Research Council’s publication “How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School4.”Relatively small, problem-based

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Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kathryn Hollar; Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell

. Student groups will melt chocolate and coat commercially-availablecookies, then perform several measurements and calculations. This paper details theexperimental set-up and analysis of the module and discusses more advancedexperiments that can be incorporated throughout the curriculum.IntroductionAt Rowan University, Engineering freshmen are introduced to engineering principlesthrough a two-course sequence of known as Freshmen Clinics. These clinics, the first twosemesters in an innovative eight semester multidisciplinary engineering design andpractice, project-oriented course sequence that is a hallmark of the Rowan Engineeringprogram, are common to all engineering majors. The first semester introduces students toall four engineering disciplines

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wood; Mustafa Guvench

the waveform selected. At the moment, the user must use the help file included to learn aboutthe waveforms generated for the wobble and rotary side drive micromotors. Figure 8. Motor Control Algorithm Page 7.92.6 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 9. Interface of Motor Control Software3. Results, Conclusions and RemarksThe system was built as a part of senior electrical engineering capstone project at the

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Modeling in Materials Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson

parameters (usually by shadedregions) and output values. Comments can be inserted in the spreadsheet to guide the studentthrough necessary steps in the analysis process. These spreadsheets can be linked through mediapackages like BlackBoard™ so the student can access them at their convenience. BlackBoard™course statistical analysis shows that students spend substantial time on-line at late hours3 whenprofessors and classrooms are not available. This encourages non-linear education to occur,supporting learning objectives that depend on activities outside the classroom4. While notcommitting to the scope of a ‘design project’ that some engineering technology courses entail5,this design laboratory does address some of the same objectives. These

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Barker

students is the peer- level interaction. For example, the collaboration on homework projects and other assignments is believed to lead to the development of critical thinking skills and a better understanding of the concepts as the students share ideas and information in working these projects together. This teamwork is a required part of the freshman integrated curriculum. It has also been adopted to a certain extent in many of the sophomore engineering courses. So it is likely that by the junior year, those non- integrated students have begun to acquire this particular skill introduced to them in their sophomore year and are using it to their benefit. 3. Are there other factors, such as the maturity of the

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

Session 2147 Microelectronics Teaching Factory, a Venue for Learning and Building Real World Products By Engineering Technology Students Lakshmi Munukutla, Albert McHenry, John Robertson, and Richard Newman College of Technology and Applied Sciences Arizona State University East Mesa, Arizona, 85212AbstractArizona State University East (ASUE) is leading a project in preparing Engineering Technologystudents majoring in Microelectronics with real world

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Case; Binaya Acharya; Bruce Segee; Isaac Horn

. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”2.The Need The fundamental need for the project is to be able to make a number ofmicroprocessors talk to each other and to the world using minimum possible number ofconnections. This networking has to be cheap and affordable and at the same time veryversatile to be implemented on any system, whether it be measuring temperature usingtemperature sensors or monitoring a home. The external circuitry should be small owingto the design constraint that the system needs to be in an enclosed space as illustrated byFigure 3. Figure 3. An Ideal

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

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Enno Koehn

the freedom of action such that supervisors and managers cannotforce them to violate their conscience. Nevertheless, supervisors and managers have theauthority to guide engineering work but must also respect the moral convictions of engineersworking on projects they supervise.In this regard, it has been claimed that ethics cannot be taught to college students and adults.However, there is evidence that formal/informal presentations are well received and numerousindustrial firms and universities are now stressing the study of engineering ethics andprofessionalism in their organizations. In particular, industry has found that a course inengineering ethics will result in the following 2: 1. An increased awareness of ethical theories, public

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Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stanley Grant; Semsi Ensari

flood control channels on the coastal waterquality. As part of a class project, 14 undergraduate students, consisting of ChemicalEngineering and Environmental Engineering majors, performed this study during rising (flood)and falling (ebb) tides, and showed the distribution of FIB in flood control channels. While thestudents were exposed to field work and laboratory procedures for the water quality, the resultshave important implications in the design of the diversion systems during dry weather.IntroductionOnce viewed as being a sub-set of civil or chemical engineering, the discipline of environmentalengineering has established a status in its own right worldwide1-3. The industry requires that newgraduates have both increased knowledge in the

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donald Keating

Mission of the National Collaborative To more broadly shape professionally oriented engineering graduate education in cooperation with industry relevant to the practice of engineering and leadership of technology development for the advancement of engineering, encouragement of innovation and inventiveness, promotion of responsible technology development and engineering leadership, and To implement this unique innovation in curricular design and teaching methods as a national demonstration project in order to advance engineering practice and leadership of technology development in industry and for transfer and sharing of best educational practice across the nation.Ø Strategy for Educational

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Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jose Torres

parallel processes have, again, followed thepolitical and economic trends. The Erasmus project in Europe is a good example. More modestefforts also coexist in the American Continent (UPADI, Intertech), hampered by the strongundercurrent of institutional autonomy in the region.In a recent meeting of the American Council on Education [2], the need to intensify institutionalprograms promoting a global outlook was discussed. Donald Gerth, President of CalStateSacramento and the International Association of University Presidents, said that AmericanColleges and Universities "need to be players in International Higher Education."International Exchange Programs and Engineering EducationThe implementation of a solid institutional program of Engineering

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Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jon Marvel; Charles Standridge

descriptive statistics laboratory, only the apparatus, procedures,and results and discussion sections are required. The next laboratory requires these sections plusthe conclusions section. This practice is followed until students are writing a completelaboratory report.Detailed writing instructions specific to each laboratory are given. A generic example labora toryreport is provided. Laboratory reports are graded for quality of technical content and of writing.Reports are returned quickly. Thus, students may use instructor feedback concerning theirwriting in developing the next laboratory report.A term project is the laboratory capstone. Students download data concerning flight volume forone control tower from the Internet and use hypothesis testing

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lyons; Peter Dorato

Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwas a research oriented program, providing the preparation for further (doctoral) studies.Typically the M.Eng. required a design project, while the M.S. required a research oriented thesis.At most institutions that offered the M.Eng. degree, M.S. degrees were also available.II. The PastThe February 1969 issue of the Journal on Engineering Education5, reported 9 M.Eng. degreeprograms in the USA, out of a total 186 institutions granting graduate degrees. This does notinclude other "practice oriented" degree programs that were listed as "professional" degreeprograms. Typically the M.Eng. programs were 30 semester hours, and did not require

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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Delores Etter; Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

point in the receiverdevelopment, the envelope may now be expressed as envelope of sAM (t) = I 2 (t) + Q2 (t) (4)which means the envelope can be extracted using DSP techniques. The square root operationin Equation 4 may be directly implemented (for example using the floating point sqrtfcommand available via the DSK’s C compiler) or by using a less computationally intensiveapproximation technique. As our teaching model suggests, the student first learns the theorywith the aid of interactive demos, then develops a working solution off-line in Matlab, theneventually moves to the DSK and implements a fully functional real-time DSP solution.Example plots from a student project are shown in

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What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

experience gainedfrom co-op. Interviews and site visits are taken to a whole new level, as I can both ask andanswer serious technical questions with confidence.¼I recall one experience in which I was thefirst interviewee with co-op experience that the company representative had every interviewed.She asked “tell me about a time when you had to work effectively in a group to accomplish agoal,” and was astonished when I recalled the occasion when I was part of a five-member groupresponsible for a 1.5 million dollar de-bottlenecking project. She later confided in me that shewas at a loss for words, as she had been expecting an example related to a school projec t orgroup.” Shaun Howard

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Learning Styles

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

complex problem-solving literature and Alexander’s model. Questionsbased on the complex problem solving literature were: - Is the student’s conception of the process linear or iterative? - Does the student discuss the need to define the problem? - Does the student recognize that multiple solutions exist? And the need to generate alternative solutions? - Does the student discuss the need to make assumptions/approximations to proceed toward a solution? - Does the student discuss the need to go beyond textbooks as part of their solution strategy? - Does the student discuss trade-offs among conflicting goals for the project or design? - Does the student consider cost/profit, time to completion, safety

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Moral Theories and Engineering Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Stan Napper; Bill Elmore

of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationwould endorse, probably as the prime duty of the engineer. If engineers have any duty to society as awhole, and the authors would argue that we do, then protecting them by our decisions should be one ofour prime duties. A problem could develop when a project might hurt a few people, but help manymore. An example might be a major dam project in the southwestern United States. Is our prime dutyto the few who might be displaced, or the many who might be helped by readily available water andcheaper electricity?A utilitarian approach might approve of this policy as being

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Web Systems and Web Services

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 1: Suggested development timeline for a web seminar. There are many options available for advertising a seminar, depending on the fundingavailable for the project. Announcements can be made for free at conferences and meetings orthrough list-serves (i.e. newsgroups) that serve relevant areas if interest. On occasion, there arevarious web pages that may advertise your seminar for you. Advertisements can also bepurchased in trade magazines or conference bulletins. If funding is high enough, lists of namesand addresses may be purchased from trade magazines