Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

transmit facets of culture from one generation to the next. In a similar manner it is possible to justify the education of professionals. Each profession develops its own culture  knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, ethics, etc. and thus it must transmit these if there is to be some continuity of its existence. Hence, the curriculum of basic professional education is a “selection from the culture” of the profession and the new entrants to the profession acquire some of this selection during their education, which they usually have to demonstrate during the examinations. Therefore, it is possible to justify professional education on the grounds that, for so long as the profession itself has a role in the society, it is necessary

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Diane Schuch Miller; Donald Falkenburg

illustrating complex concepts, especiallycommon in engineering. Horton [2] suggests the use of case studies as an excellent way forlearners to practice judgment skills necessary in real life situations that are not as simple astextbook problems. As instructional strategies are concerned, engaging critical thinking skillsthrough case studies is among a recommended set of activities [3].Case studies can also be used to introduce students to the complex interactions amongtechnology, business, and ethics. The Laboratory for Innovative Technology in EngineeringEducation (LITEE) at Auburn University has produced a number of case studies. One of these

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

evaluate design deliverableson design quality directly; rather, students are evaluated based on process (aside from criteria liketechnical writing and professionalism). For example, in some of the programs we contacted,students would receive a higher score if they performed and design-for-manufacturabilityanalysis (process), not based on how easily their design could be manufactured (outcome). Notethe following typical criteria from three institutions: “Clear and well thought out Design Process” (Purdue University) “Identification of alternative designs, and analyzing them from many different perspectives: e.g., economic; health and safety; manufacturability; environmental; ethical; social; and legal” (University of

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

, operations), Methods project life cycles, success factors, KPIs. Contractual basis of projects - traditional and new types. Project selection - time value of money, evaluation criteria, triple-bottom line. Engineering ethics and social responsibility. Engineering methods: design processes and methods and engineering research methods review. Project Integration Management Project Planning - project management plans; Project Execution – performance management; Overall Change Control - configuration management

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

cooperation of selected, personally committed people, who possess therequired knowledge and skills, outside information, tools, economic resources, and time.Development work requires continuous learning of new knowledge and skills. The work mustbe done on the different hierarchical levels of the target systems. It must also be done withinphysical, economical, environmental, legal, and ethical constraints.The forms of cooperation include close personal relations, teamwork in small groups (teams),teamwork in larger groups and project organizations, mentoring relationships, and personaland professional networking. The success of development work strongly depends on thepositive feelings of the people involved, such as enthusiasm, faith, joy of learning

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

, educational, legal, political, economic, ethical and cultural structures that govern the waywe want to live and work. For those, we must take individual and collective professionalresponsibility and action.1 Jones, Russel C., and Oberst, Bethany S. European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2003, pp.395-402.2 See George Mason University President Alan Merten’s comment: “For the most part, companies are now unwillingto make serious, long-term investment in their employees.” Quoted by Steven Pearlstein, “Still Short of theOffshoring Ideal,” Washington Post, March 12, 2004, p. E01.3 Bhagwati, Jagdish H., In Defense of Globalization. Oxford Press, 2004.4 “Offshoring promises huge benefits to consumers.” The Economist. December 11

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. William Graff

LeTourneau, he was assistant professor of electricalengineering at Drexel University for six years, and at Wilkes College for two years. His professional interestsinclude antennas, microwaves, plasmas, and ethics. Page 9.620.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Nicholson

, T.G., The Environmental Impact of Construction, Volume 1, John Wiley andSons, 2001Elizabeth, Lynne, and Cassandra Adams, Alternative Construction, ContemporaryNatural Building Methods, John Wiley and Sons, 2000Goswami, D. Yogi, and Frank Kreith, Jan F. Kreider, Principles of Solar Engineering,Taylor and Francis Publishers, Philadelphia, 2000Kibert, Charles J., Reshaping the Built Environment, Ecology, Ethics, and Economics,Island Press, 1999Kibert, C.J., Establishing Principles and a Model for Sustainable Construction,Proceedings of the First International Conference of CIB TG 16, Tampa, Florida, 6-9November 1994, pp. 1-9.Mendler, Sandra F., and William Odell, The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design,John Wiley and Sons, 2000Moavenzadeh, Fred

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Tracy; Jin Yoo; Jason Immekus; Brian French; Susan Maller; William Oakes

(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. Page 9.417.1 Session 32301a. Challenges of Criterion 3 Outcomes

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fabio Carrera; David DiBiasio; Natalie Mello

upon GPA. We look at several other characteristics.Applicants must submit a resume and a personal essay. The essay is a reference letter they writefor themselves addressing strengths and weaknesses in the areas of motivation, teamwork,flexibility, creativity, work ethic, and initiative. All applicants are interviewed by faculty andprofessional staff who are trained and calibrated in conducting a behavioral event interview (18).Grades, application materials, co-curricular activities, and the interview results all factor intoacceptance and site placement decisions. We look for evidence that correlates with highprobability of success in the global program.For example, our three students who undertook the moto ondoso project in 2002 were

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

features were included inthe DPS program to avoid pattern presentation speeds that might induce fits in photosensitiveepileptics 18. Advice was also obtained from neurologists specializing in the field of epilepsy, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.73.5 Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationfrom the Epilepsy Association of WA, from medical practitioners and also from publications.Research involving human subjects at Australian universities must have ethics committeeapproval and this was duly obtained.6. Individualized

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

addressed” 12.7. ConclusionsS&H awareness and training is a vital part of the CIM unit for both students and staff. The CIMworkshop presents unusual hazards when compared to many traditional computing science unitsand S&H is important both from a legal and from a practical and ethical perspective to reduce therisk of harm to both students and staff. Page 9.1080.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAll staff involved need to be aware of their non-delegable legal responsibilities, and of

Conference Session

The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Winzer

5 4 3 2 1 NRY. Level and quality of verbal communication activities 5 4 3 2 1 NRZ. Understanding of need for lifelong learning 5 4 3 2 1 NRAA. Understanding value of professionalism 5 4 3 2 1 NRBB. Understanding value of ethics 5 4 3 2 1 NRCC. Understanding social/societal responsibility 5 4 3 2 1 NRDD. Understanding/respect for diversification/diversity 5 4 3 2 1 NREE

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Grommes

of a broad cross-section of industry leaders, including professors, CEOs,and presidents of major engineering organizations, the board has worked over the last two yearsto define five categories characteristics of the “World Class Engineer.” The descriptions are asfollows: Aware of the world Engineers need to be sensitive to cultural differences, environmental concerns, and ethical principles. They need to understand market needs in both high and low-tech solutions. Solidly Grounded Engineering students need to be trained in the fundamentals of their disciplines, while retaining a historical perspective and an awareness of new advances and technologies in the field. Life time learning is an important theme

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

another and (b) situating learning within real-world (“authentic”) challenges • Assessment-centered: (a) providing frequent opportunities for students to make their thinking visible, so their misunderstandings can be corrected, and (b) revising teaching and learning activities after measuring student learningIn addition, modules reflect two other key VaNTH activities: a taxonomy of core concepts andskills in biomedical engineering, which is intended to become a central document for curricularplanning, and a taxonomy of related core competencies in areas such as communication, ethics,and teamwork. This latter taxonomy resembles other taxonomies of “soft skills” that are underdevelopment, such as the CDIO taxonomy in the

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

, intellectuallyhonest views of reality; prepare all students to function in a multicultural society; and better meetthe learning needs of all students, including those who are diverse. (1)Course and pedagogy development as part of institutional change for responding to culturaldiversity and combating racism is an ethical imperative for campuses with diverse student bodiesbut it has equal relevance for more homogeneous campuses. (2) For this institutional change tosucceed, it must be part of its culture. An organization’s culture is reflected in what is done, howit is done, and who is involved in doing it. It concerns decisions, actions on an instrumental anda symbolic level. (3

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Sheardown; Donald Woods

Publications, 3401 39th St., Box 343922, Milwaukee, WI. 53234-3922 (1994) 4. Boud, D., AEnhancing Learning through Self Assessment,@ Kogan Page, London (1993) 5. Woods, D.R., et al., ADeveloping Problem Solving Skill: the McMaster Problem Solving Program,@ J. Engineering Education, April, 75-91 (1997) http://www.chemeng.mcmaster.ca/innov1.htm and click on MPS for a summary of the research findings and some details for many of the units. 6. Woods, D.R., AProblem-based Leaning: how to gain the most from PBL,@ Woods Publisher, Waterdown ON Canada distributed by McMaster University Bookstore, Hamilton, ON (1994) 7. Perry, W.H, Jr., AForms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years,@ Holt Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY (1968) 8. Woods

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

addition, expertise in an area does not guarantee that one can effectivelyteach others about that area.7 Further, knowledging is also dependent upon the ability of studentsto teach themselves. Therefore, engineering faculty must design the four-year curriculum to in-clude knowledging.The senior year occurs with its capstone courses featuring an accent upon product design and itsperipheral subjects such as safety, legal liability, ethics, cost analysis, etc. In the domain of engi-neering, the word “design” has a reduced meaning from that commonly found in our societysince design does not usually start with a blank slate but with a prototype that is to be optimizedaccording some given new specifications. Thus, design means, “design analysis.”The

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan

Practical Approach for Converting Group Assignments Into Team Projects," IEEETransactions on Education, vol. 46, no. 2, May 2003, pp. 273-282.8 The evaluations were performed by Keith Research, Evaluation, and Information Services, P. O. Box 160427,Austin, TX 78716. KARL D. STEPHAN is an associate professor in the Department of Technology at Texas State University–San Marcos. He has published numerous papers in the fields of microwave engineering, engineering education,engineering ethics, and the history of technology. VEDARAMAN SRIRAMAN is Professor and Director of the Manufacturing Engineering program in theDepartment of Technology at Texas State University–San Marcos. His research interests and publications are in thearea of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Elizabeth DeBartolo

Speaker: Student panel time to start literature search Research Ethics Case Study3 Speaker: Department Head Students may be able to Combining Thesis and Senior Design develop a Senior Design4 Speaker: Student panel project for next fall to support their thesis work Students whose co-op is not5 Balancing Thesis and Co-op thesis

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Colleen Duran; John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

BO (Buffer Overflow) problems. BOwas a problem for software engineers in the 1980’s and is still a problem today. The only waythat software engineering will eradicate BO is to educate software engineering students so thatit’s cleaned up at its source.References[1] Baase, Sara, A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computers and the Internet,2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.[2] CERT Coordination Center, “Cisco ACNS contains buffer overflow vulnerability in theauthentication module when supplied an overly long password,” CERT, Vulnerability NoteVU#352462, Dec. 12, 2003, accessed January 2004.[3] CERT Coordination Center, “Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1buffer overflow in chunked encoding transfer

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bullen Frank

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education(g) Understanding the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, and the need for sustainable development(h) Understanding the principles of sustainable design and development(i) Understanding of the professional and ethical responsibilities and a commitment to them.(j) Understanding of the need to undertake life long learning, and a capacity to do so.A case study involving the development of a new process could be used to illustrate toundergraduate students how an existing problem can be identified, a solution formulated viateamwork and the outcomes implemented to provide a responsible and sustainable newprocess. The fact that students can

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

improved in my ability: 1 to analyze and solve open-ended engineering problems. 12 20 4 1 37 4.14 0.81 2 to manage a project and to complete it on time and within budget. 13 22 6 41 4.17 0.66 3 to communicate more effectively. 12 18 8 3 41 3.95 0.88 4 to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. 10 29 2 41 4.20 0.50 5 to function on a multi-disciplinary team. 9 23 7 1 1 41 3.93 0.84 6 to understand professional and ethical considerations. 8 18 11 4 41 3.73 0.88 7 to design and conduct

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Jayant Rajgopal; Bryan Norman; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

skills to the larger business environment in order to address cost and economic issues, change management, management of innovation, ethics, etc. 2. Data analysis and uncertainty: Refers to the ability to specify information requirements and gather and analyze data in an uncertain environment. 3. Design, innovation and problem solving: Refers to the ability to define, develop specifications and design solutions to industrial problems. 4. Information systems and programming: Refers to the ability to use computers for extracting information from data, and for using and (where necessary) developing software for solving common engineering problems. 5. Communication and teamwork: Refers to the ability to work in

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

9.883.9 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” • Connection of education to “real-life” problems • Student’s understanding and retention of knowledge (Angelides et al. 2000).ConclusionsIf the next generation of engineers are to be “more than technical functionaries in the nextmillennium, there is a need to provide young engineers with an understanding of the socialcontext within which they will work, together with skills in critical analysis and ethical judgmentand an ability to assess the long-term consequences of their work” (Beder 1999). To solve thebig problems facing the U.S

Conference Session

TIME 4: Pedagogy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Bannerot

budget. 13 22 6 41 4.17 0.66 3 to communicate more effectively. 12 18 8 3 41 3.95 0.88 4 to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. 10 29 2 41 4.20 0.50 5 to function on a multi-disciplinary team. 9 23 7 1 1 41 3.93 0.84 6 to understand professional and ethical considerations. 8 18 11 4 41 3.73 0.88 7 to design and conduct experiments or tests, as well as, analyze and interpret data. 10 19 9 2 1 41 3.85 0.93 8 to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Todd; Spencer Magleby

faculty member about 4-6 clock hours per week.Course Content and StructureWe use a structured design process. We have one lecture each week throughout the twosemesters in which we present the design process, including additional topics such as intellectualproperty, engineering ethics, engineering economics, conflict resolution, industrial design, teamprocesses and other related topics. We seek outstanding outside speakers to address the studentson these and related topics throughout the two semesters. In addition, we have 5 writtendeliverables that document the status of the project. These deliverables are due throughout thecourse of the two semesters. Each deliverable is evaluated by different coaches of other studentteam projects and the

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Gabriele

knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporating engineeringstandards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations: economic;environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; andpolitical.” There are other elements to this criterion that specify math, engineering and basicsciences, as well as general education components, but there is a distinct focus on attempting toaccomplish all the elements listed above on a culminating experience. The criterion suggests anages old approach to professional education that starts with the basic sciences, then the applied

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

directing towork of other team members. In end-of-the-semester surveys, seniors have cited this as one ofthe most valuable outcomes of course (whether or not the specific interactions were good orbad). In past semesters, teams were asked to build a more or less traditional milestone chart toschedule the tasks to be accomplished. The primary vehicle to keep teams on schedule was thetask planning sheet.The BSC idea of multiple perspectives is clearly in line with Criterion 4 of EC2000 whichrequires: “… a major design experience … incorporating engineering standards and realisticconstraints that include most of the following considerations: economic; environmental;sustainability; manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social, and political.”1