Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

typically made at the beginning of the designprocess; therefore, we need case studies that pose ethical, managerial and technical dilemmas thatrequire students to exercise moral imagination from the beginning of the design process towardsthe end of project completion.Additionally, encountering a carefully crafted story and playing out a role in that story givesstudents an experience they may remember well after graduation (Banik, 2002). If instructorsmanage to engage the students to this level, much will have been done to enhance their moralreasoning and moral imagination when addressing ethical dilemmas as AECs in the future.As a receiver of a grant, the author proposes to develop a research and educational experiencethat will focus on producing

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

pertain to all disciplines and/or tie thedisciplines together. Three have been identified. They either already exist in the program or will beadded.Capstone Design: The first is the senior level capstone design course. It offers students anopportunity to focus on a full-scale design project. The course ties each of the civil engineeringconcentrations together and provides student an opportunity to apply their coursework in to a“real world” problem. Students must form an imaginary company, prepare a project proposal inresponse to a request for proposals, prepare design submittals in accordance with a writtenstatement of work, and make presentations to practicing engineers, faculty, and other studentsabout the work that they have done on their

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wiley; Hamid Khan

: varying behavior 7. Clearly has demonstrated impact with ideas and oral presentations 8. Takes initiative to assume responsibility 9. Directs program and project for implementation 10. Demonstrates the art of delegating, coaching, and providing follow-up IBM, however, practiced 100% guaranteed employment to their ET managers in 1970-1980 because it believed that today’s best mangers could never be equated as the worst ones nextyear! IBM never used the forced ranking method of bell-curve evaluation because it could not bedefended, until severe crisis hit the company due to external threat of competition as the entry topc became easy and IBM’s global dominance was reduced precipitously. Later researches havenot quite

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer

industries are also recognizing that sustainable design leads to better,more economical, longer lasting facilities that are people-friendly. Inevitably, much of majorconstruction in the coming decades will feature sustainable design and construction processes.Sustainability must become a fundamental consideration in all civil engineering design andconstruction. As the leaders of change in fundamental civil engineering processes, it is theresponsibility of civil engineering departments nationwide to lead the movement towardsustainable civil engineering development through research and education of their students. TheASCE code of ethics suggests that failure to do so is a breach of civil engineering educationethics. In addition, to make sustainability

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Sill; Elizabeth Stephan; Matthew Ohland

different study populations.While the primary objective of the project is to understand the benefit of the use of thiseducational technology, the sensor-based laboratories are designed to be accessible for use asmodules by college faculty and by secondary school teachers and students as well so that, if thetechnology should prove effective, broader implementation will be practical. This paperintroduces the methodology of the experiment and reports on the status of the development oflaboratories. A variety of laboratory activities have been developed, including two that have beendeveloped in sensor-based and non-sensor-based versions.The use of technology in the classroomAlthough there are many who assume that the use of classroom technology has

Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wolverton; Janet Wolverton

. Davis illuminates the nature of professional engineering;“knowing engineering ethics is as much a part of knowing how to engineer as knowing how tocalculate stress or design a circuit is. Indeed, insofar as engineering is a profession, knowing howto calculate stress or design a circuit is in part knowing what the profession allows, forbids, orrequires.”1In this paper we look at ethics across the curriculum and implementing engineering ethicseducation via the case methodology. A brief presentation on the history of engineering educationis followed by a discussion of ethics in engineering education. Case methodology is examinedincluding a look at sources for cases and case research. Finally, the two-stage engineering ethicseducation model used by

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

QuantitativeApproach as a text. Students were required to implement three projects simulating variousaspects of a microarchitecture (cache, branch predictor, dynamic instruction scheduler). Thenthey engaged in an experimental analysis to find the best configuration in a design space. Theywere encouraged to pair-program, and data were gathered on their experience.1. IntroductionPair programming is one of the twelve practices of Extreme Programming (XP), which is thebest known of the “agile” software-development methodologies that have gained widespreadattention in recent years. Agile methodologies attempt to mitigate some of the up-front designcosts of heavyweight methodologies, which expend a lot of effort on design before code iswritten, and to adapt more

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

ideas and a comparatively wealthy economy. The Digest has reported onnumerous initiatives taken by governments around the world to retain their best scientists,researchers, and educators, in face of the lure of the US (Digest 12 October 2001). TheCanadian government, for example, recently set out tax incentives for keeping Canadian-born scientists at home (Digest 1 January 2001). But while some countries seem still notto get it, and persist in making marginal and defensive moves to prevent mobility,Tanzania’s leaders have demonstrated that they get it: they have instructed theiruniversities to educate the young to be “job creators,” not “job seekers,” thus virtuallymandating the inclusion of entrepreneurship in the education of future engineers

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cassel

semester, enrollment requests have often exceededclass capacity limits. Feedback from recent graduates speaks to the courses’ benefits both inwork experiences and in everyday life. “This is a ‘must-take’ course for engineering students.”“By far, after 4 years at (another Ivy university) and 3 at Penn, the best, most interesting anduseful class I have ever had.” “This is a demanding course, but well worth it.” “Hands down,the best class I’ve ever taken. I will refer back to it for the rest of my life.” Page 8.499.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit; Richard M. Felder; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

eight prominent and diverse southeastern colleges ofengineering with a shared vision of creating sustainable engineering education reform havingnational impact. This vision was articulated through the definition of a curriculum model based onthe desired attributes of engineering graduates. It was desired that the graduates of thiscurriculum be technically competent, critical and creative thinkers, life-long learners, effectivecommunicators, team players, and globally aware. They should understand process and systemsdesign and integration, display high ethical standards, and appreciate the social context ofengineering and industry business practices. The curriculum model was designed to develop thesequalities through changes in the curriculum

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Meyer

courses togetherform an important core and foundation of the discipline. This is also the time to develop and improveproblem solving skills. One of the best textbooks currently available is the fourth edition of Cengel andBoles 4. It is rich in sample and homework problems and begins to address biological applications. Itcurrently provides about 60 per cent of the material needed in this course. Obviously, agricultural andbiological sciences could be greatly impacted by a thermodynamics theory which emphasizes lesscosmological, but more practical reasoning applied to food, bioresources, water quality, andbiotechnology problems. Biological Systems Engineering is illustrated in Figure 1 which gives a pictorial overview of thisdiscipline

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

curricula and associated learning environments. The Foundation Coalitionwas designed to permit diverse higher education institutions to work together from theirstrengths and to function as a supportive network, as they set about the task ofreconceptualizing the undergraduate engineering experience of their students. In such amanner, these institutions collectively could serve as “change agents” for the largerengineering community. The vision was that over time, through their programmaticinnovations, they would be able to attract and retain the very best of a“…demographically diverse student body; and to graduate a new generation of engineerswho can more effectively function in the 21st century.” [1]From its founding to the present, although the

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Bradley Golish; Phil Weilerstein; Harvey Wolfe

their concerns with regards to assessment of E-teams and related programs.As a result of these roundtables, the University of Pittsburgh is developing a database containinginformation from the various projects sponsored by the NCIIA. We are specifically focusing onthe assessment of entrepreneur-based projects and programs by participating NCIIA members.The database will allow NCIIA participants to: access web-based instruments, obtain guidance onhow to conduct an assessment, and learn about assessment/evaluation practices in academicentrepreneurship programs.As an initial effort, current and past NCIIA participants were surveyed to determine the variety ofassessments they have conducted on E-teams as well as any long-term impact that the "E

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

courses to cater for new technologies and industrial needs. The global market,multinational and transnational corporation has its own effects. Technological changes andchallenges help emerging a new competition in the world job market. In a global economy, jobswill go to those with the required skills. A shrinking job base, because of a technical skills gap,will mean a lower standard of living not just for engineers and other technical workers but for allAmericans.Technology has prompted most of changes in our society and will play an even larger role in thefuture. Globalization, internationalization of research, multicultural engineering teams anddiversity of cultures all these influences the future programs of engineering education

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Masoud Rais-Rohani; Thomas Hannigan

experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.(d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary 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.A new curriculum map