Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Duane Dunlop; Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo; Donald Keating

evolving, a vision based upon career-long needs of professionals as a growth process for leadership of technological innovation. This paperfocuses on the critical skill-sets, knowledge, and experience that engineers need as technology leadersbeyond basic, four-year undergraduate education to stimulate constant technological innovation forenhanced U.S. competitiveness in the new economy. The paper outlines the functional requirements and anew approach to the design of professional graduate education as an integrated system for lifelong learningthat supports innovative practice throughout the working professional’s career.1. IntroductionAs we enter the 21st century, the process of engineering for creating technology has changed substantiallyfrom

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

this and say, OK, you’re going to do this, we will give you a release to do it or we will count it for your load....That seemed an administrative lapse. That was never seriously considered as a major tool to ramp up.Training of the faculty teaching these courses once they were mainstreamed was never what itwas in the pilot phase, so there was a loss in the degree to which the new pedagogy was presentafter the 21X curriculum was adopted.One of the issues in obtaining faculty to teach these courses is the teachability of the coursesthemselves. In the pilot phase the courses were more integrated, requiring ongoingcommunication among the faculty. In many cases, faculty teaching in the pilots had release time,so they could

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

william mullett; Gary Mullett

Society for Engineering Education”At the last meeting, it was announced that Lotus Notes was “dead” as a vehicle to promote thelong desired “communities of learners” envisioned by Dr. Abeles in 1995. Instead, “Blackboard”,an on-line electronic delivery system, will be used to promote this concept and serve as a databaseof information for both students and faculty in the future. Most of the faculty present thought thatthis approach had a more realistic chance of succeeding or at least being useful! Indeed, the 2003summer faculty conference will focus on curriculum fine tuning, the use of Blackboard, and, asalways, the integration of the soft skills into the classroom [5].What about the future? The

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal

. Differences in institutional mission, culture, and student population preclude developing asingular approach to first-year integrated curricula, but most institutions can benefit from thecoordination and linkage of courses, topics and faculty. Al-Holou et al. (1999) reviewed a numberof first-year integrated curricula initiatives. • Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has offered an integrated, First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (IFYCSEM) since 1990. Assessment data indicate Page 8.592.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R Wane Schneiter

skills early on.14 What context provides is thelink between writing and engineering, that if established as an integrated element of allengineering course work, helps students develop into mature writers in the technical languageand style used by engineers.Although VMI has a well-developed WAC program, a writing help-center, requires twosemesters of freshman English, includes a writing intensive requirement for all students, andapplies additional effort to promote writing, the students perceive writing as external toengineering practice. Although we are making progress, writing is often something they sufferthrough and are anxious to discard as they meet the curriculum writing requirements. Writingdoes not fit into the context of engineering for

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

Session 2455 Industry Supported Dual-Master’s Degree Program Frederick S. Brown, Mel I. Mendelson Loyola Marymount University, College of Science & Engineering Los Angeles, CA 90045Abstract:In the fall 2003, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) will initiate a new, dual-degreeSystems Engineering Leadership Program (SELP) to fulfill the graduate educational needs ofindustry and government in Southern California. The SELP is based on the collaborativedevelopment of an integrated curriculum among LMU’s college of engineering, business andlocal industry. It is

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Kelly; Martha Absher; Gary Ybarra

the 2001-02 school year MUSCLE placed 12 undergraduate Engineering Teaching Fellowsfrom the Pratt School of Engineering in Lakewood Elementary School and Rogers Herr MiddleSchool. These schools were selected as partnership schools since one of the goals of this projectwas to have a specific focus on fostering an interest in math for underrepresented minoritystudents and each school has a predominantly African-American population. The majority ofteaching fellows were also African-American. Fellows assisted teachers in developing andcarrying out hands-on learning projects that integrated math into all areas of the curriculum butwith a particular emphasis on life sciences. The fellows taught in ways that were fun andexciting to the students and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson

comparing programs to assess program effectiveness and efficiency.Effectiveness measures the achievement level of Program Outcomes and Program Objectives,while efficiency measures the portion of the curriculum devoted to each Program Outcome andProgram Objective. In order to perform benchmarking, programs with similar programobjectives, program outcomes, and corresponding curriculum emphasis must be identified andthe curriculum must be measurable. This paper presents an approach to defining curriculummetrics that can be used for benchmarking programs as well as assessing curriculum efficiency.IntroductionIn earlier versions of the ABET criteria, needs of program constituents were addressed in thecontext of accredited program requirements. The

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

shouldbe considered for this educational goal. These labs will significantly improve the quality andcapacity of educational programs6 by providing excellent teaching aids and hands-on experience toeducate students in the theory and application of computer integrated manufacturing technology.A new advanced manufacturing curriculum can be designed that includes robotics and advancedmanufacturing related courses and labs to provide meaningful hands-on activities. All students inthis program will receive enhanced training and experience utilizing multimedia software andworkbooks specifically tailored for this program. Also local industry expertise can use these labsto demonstrate the potential industrial use of CIM and related labs to increase

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rod Townley; Stephen Kuyath

three reasons: 1. The demand for highly trained web developers, graphic designers, web- designers, Internet programmers, and project managers is very strong in the Charlotte Region and shows evidence of continued long-term growth. 2. The largest skills gaps are for enterprise system integration and web development positions. 3. Most of the member colleges currently had very successful A.A.S. or certificate programs in computer networking but no programs in Internet Technologies.Skills Standards:Once the RITC agreed upon the Internet Technologies Program of Study as an area of focus bythe RITC, the skills standards were developed for this career cluster. To

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Mesa, Arizona, 85212.AbstractBy responding to the needs of many organizations, a critical mass of faculty and industryexpertise has been assembled around the Microelectronics Teaching Factory (MTF) atASU’s East Campus. With students from the University and local Community Colleges,the aggregate number of students provides a large load for the MTF. All students (andfaculty) follow the same safety training and industry-standard qualification. The BSclasses follow a sequence: web-based preparation; simulation to explore keyrelationships; MTF lab work appropriate to the degree level; class work to integrate thelearning experience and internship or project in one of the participating companies. Thegoal is to develop an efficient learning

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Gannod

these subjects to be engineeringor computing technology. The TEK curriculum addresses “how” a computer works rather that“what” a computer can do. Thus, we discuss the “science” of computer science and technology.For example, we provide an introduction to computer architecture, discuss how data is stored,and give an overview of algorithm development. In essence, we give an overview of whatstudents would study in college if they were to major in Computer Science, ComputerEngineering, or Computer Technology.While the overarching goal of the TEK program is to make technology accessible to kids, thereare several other goals under that umbrella. First, the long-term goal is to develop a curriculumthat is presentable to any student regardless of

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

students associate with computing fields. Existing programs provide littleinsight into professional software development careers such as system analyst, softwarearchitect, or system tester. The COOL (Computer Outreach Opportunities for Learning) projectis developing and refining an innovative secondary school software development curriculummodules pilot program. This program for secondary teachers is to provide students with a betterunderstanding of the software development field, to dispel misconceptions, and to increase thenumber and diversity of students continuing their studies in preparation for softwaredevelopment careers, both through recruitment and retention programs. The curriculum modelswill be integrated into secondary school

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Middleton; Cheryl Gengler; Antonio Garciq; D. L. Evans; Sharon Robinson Kurpius; Peter Crouch; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

teachers were reminded that DET in not a curriculum add-on:DET materials and exercises are intended to be integrated into the teaching of science andmathematics; DET is NOT intended to be an “add-on” or extra topic to cover in the curriculum.Block 1 (Questions 1 through 13) was about DET experience and the impact of DET training.The teachers have had little DET experience in their preservice training and indicated on thesurvey that they would like much more such training. Page 8.378.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright7 © 2003, American

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Roe

goals of the HSTI are to: 1) Facilitate the teaching of fundamental scienceand math skills through high technology applications and presentation techniques, and 2)Increase students' awareness and appreciation of the interdependence of science, mathematics,technology, and society. To accomplish these goals HSTI has formed an interdisciplinary teamthat develops educational modules that integrate into the existing science and mathematicscurriculum. These HSTI modules are based on the merger of science and mathematics preceptswith technology derived from these disciplines.A key component in this initiative is the teacher who is responsible for the delivery andinterpretation of the curriculum. Interactions with regional high school faculty over the

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. Overall, the datamay suggest that not all ABET educational attributes are considered by graduating seniors in Civil(Construction) engineering, industrial practitioners, and undergraduates to have the same level ofsignificance and perhaps should not be stressed to the same degree in an engineering program.For comparative purposes, the findings of the investigation could be utilized by other institutionsand departments that may wish to study and/or assess their curriculum and satisfy ABET criteria.I. IntroductionOver the years there have been recommendations from employers and varioustechnical/professional societies to revise the engineering curriculum to ensure that students

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Huba; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

to formulatethe problem, devise a plan of action, and derive a final solution using the domain knowledgeacquired in class. In addition to improving understanding of the course material, the module isalso designed to improve more general cognitive skills and specifically to enhance themetacognitive ability of the participating students. A prototype of the module is currently beingused in a classroom setting and we report on our initial experiences and student outcomes. Wealso discuss how this will be extended to an active learning environment that uses informationtechnology across the curriculum to integrate all required undergraduate courses.1. IntroductionUsing information technology (IT) to improve engineering education offers much

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergraduate Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bebis; Dwight Egbert; Dave Williams

Processing for Teaching: Transforming a Scientific Research Tool Into an EducationalTechnology”, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1998, 149-60.“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”[4] Shultz, R. R., “Experience in the Integration of Digital Signal and Image Processing Research into theUndergraduate Electrical Engineering Curriculum”, Proceedings of the XXXX American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 2632.[5] Jankowski, M., “New Courseware Modules and Software for Digital Image Processing”, Proceedings of the2001

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Grasman

static, but integrated, or isolated, but dynamic learning modules for integration into currentcourses. The hands-on and active learning environment provides the culmination oftransforming a curriculum where classes are taught in isolation into a multidisciplinary integratedenvironment, which will introduce students to all aspects of enterprise engineering and illustratethe need for integrative and dynamic curriculum based on real-world scenarios.Throughout the curriculum, team-based lab and term projects will evolve from static problemsthat test the basic skill set to dynamic open-ended case studies and “simulated scenarios”, whichadd depth and integrate all areas of the enterprise engineering. These scenarios will utilize the“real-world” and

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Virendra Varma

& Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Goals of an Undergraduate Course on Construction ManagementI have taught a course on construction management course a few times over the last severalyears. With the advent of outcomes-based criteria as per the ABET (Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology) accreditation guidelines, it has become important to clearly definethe goals and objectives of the course, to assess student performance, to incorporate theoutcomes into a continuous improvement plan, and demonstrate implementation of thecontinuous improvement plan. How a single course is integrated in the overall curriculum of theprogram is just as important as the course

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Britt; Dr. Tom Eppes

blending basic electronics with audio application expertise, an AETgraduate is able to provide a more compelling skill match to employers.Where are the career opportunities?Our AET program concentrates on the technical support component of the industry includingsystems integration and electronics field support. Graduates are trained in the basics of musicproduction and equipment. The focus of the program is on system electronics and softwareto maximize career opportunities for our graduates. Ward College AET graduates now work in a variety of positions in the audio industry. Theirpositions range from audio electronic design and test engineers to stage monitor mixingengineers for touring. Some specific examples are: Position

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lynn

CURRENT SITUATIONto become a leader in engineering and technologyeducation by implementing distance education in When most people think of distance educationtheir curriculum in an effort to meet the changing today, the first images that come to mind aredemands and needs of today’s student, plus enhance traditional correspondence courses, and the ever-so-enrollment and student diversity in the programs popular Internet courses, where the student has thetheir institution offers. sole responsibility for success or failure concerning the material being taught. There is no interaction (orINTRODUCTION

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili

assessment. As a result, many faculty members displayed limited interest intransforming their educational practices. Other faculty members saw EC 2000 as a Page 8.582.1catalyst for continuous improvement, but lacked the expertise to modify their courseProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdesign and teaching techniques to an outcomes-based environment.The Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium wasoriginally formed with NSF funding to provide leadership in lower-division

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

technologyeducation as an essential core field of study in our nation’s secondary schools. Toward this end, ithas also called for the creation and/or modification of a variety of instructional materials to betterreflect the new standards. The Visualization in Technology Education (VisTE) project presentedin this paper addresses this need by developing materials that will enhance the technologyeducation curriculum. These materials provide activities requiring students’ use of graphiccommunication tools to convey scientific and technical data that are aligned with the Standardsfor Technological Literacy (STL), along with secondary mathematics and science curriculumdevelopment standards.The earliest efforts by project investigators to use computer graphics

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

in nature, although competition is by nomeans a requirement. As mentioned above, in the design curriculum, industry-sponsored and professor-drivendesign projects have become fairly commonplace, particularly in capstone design courses.Professor-driven projects are also valuable in that the design experience can be tailored greatly tocourse content and desired educational outcomes. Hence, as they are already integral to a givendesign course, these two types of projects (or three if you allow students to define their owndesign project,4 e.g., in a capstone design course) should ideally already address ABET designcriteria successfully—or at least make an attempt to do so. On the other hand, the student-initiated design project may

Conference Session

Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chong Chen

vehicle for employment news to be disseminated tothe interested students. This paper introduces the Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology program curriculum atMiddle Tennessee State University and the industries in the middle Tennessee area. It discusseshow the university and faculty assist students to be hired on professional jobs. The university’scooperative education program is also addressed.Introduction A recent survey indicated that majority electronic technology programs had enrollmentdeclines in the last ten years. These programs involve both two-year and four-year schools. “Thepercentage of decline ranged from 20% to 90%, with most indicating an estimated 50% decreaseduring the period.”[1] There were many factors causing the

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

curriculum for practicing engineers who have analready established technology competency base, and whose careers are centered on the practice ofengineering for the conceptual design, development, innovation, and need appropriate graduate educationleadership of new and future technologies such that they are quick to respond to real-world needs. At thislevel, a professional’s postgraduate education must be built upon an integrated approach that includes notonly a curriculum of learning of further advanced studies, but also a curriculum of learning that combinesself-directed learning, experiential-based learning gained through progressive experiences in engineeringpractice, and innovation-based learning gained through actual engagement in the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Thompson; Eric Vilar; Beth Davidson; John Brader; Michael Matthews; Elisabeth Alford; Sirena Hargrove-Leak

Page 8.776.15Information Technology, University of South Carolina, where she is currently a co-PI of an NSF “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”EEC Research Communications Studio project She received her Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric andComposition) from USC in 1993, and has since developed programs to integrate professionalcommunications into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Her research interests includethe role of writing and communications in cognitive and metacognitive development.Dr. Nancy S. Thompson is an associate professor in the English Department at the University ofSouth Carolina

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi-Wei Huang; Nikos Kiritsis; David Ayrapetyan

theoretical response. All data acquisition and analysis is done usinga custom built Labview virtual instrument. This fundamental experiment from the vibration areais used at McNeese State University in many different ways throughout the mechanicalengineering curriculum. First, it is used in the freshman level Introduction to Engineering courseas an example of a typical modern engineering laboratory set up. Second, it is a very populardemonstration used in the sophomore level Strength of Materials course during the discussion ofstress-strain relations and how strain measurements are used to derive information about stress.Third, it serves as an example of transducer integration in the junior level EngineeringMeasurements Laboratory, illustrating

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Melissa Pickering; Chris Rogers

School in Boston’sChinatown. They also aid 1st and 2nd grade teachers in Lincoln, MA implement a hands-onLEGO based engineering curriculum aimed at giving students early exposure to engineering. Allof the curriculum created by STOMP students is available at the CEEO’s site –http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/robolabatceeo. The feedback from teachers has been tremendously positive. They enjoy havingsomeone to collaborate with and feel the STOMP volunteers bring an energy and excitement tothe class. The number of engineering projects and level of difficulty of projects attempted isincreased by having STOMP volunteers in the classroom. The STOMP students feedback hasalso been good. The students enjoy their classroom experiences and feel rewarded by