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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

the newly framedvision for technological literacy presented in Technically Speaking, Why all American Should beTechnologically Literate2, and the International Technology Education Association (ITEA)standards3, lead to the newest Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Frameworks4.Also as part of the education reform act, the state of Massachusetts has implemented a highstakes testing system throughout its pre-college educational system to test student knowledge invarious areas of the state set curriculum frameworks. These tests are known as theMassachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS.) The science andtechnology/engineering exam is currently given to students in grades five and eight, and a tenthgrade exam in technology

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

the AIM for Engineering project include a professional development programfor secondary algebra and calculus teachers, development of an online database of resources,high school outreach through school and campus visits, support for first year women andminority engineering students, and ongoing evaluation. Targeting eleven Austin public schoolswith high populations of under-represented students, the project combines the efforts of theCollege’s Faculty Innovation Center, Information Technology Group, Equal Opportunity inEngineering, and Women in Engineering Program.This paper explores the challenges we have faced and provide advice on avoiding potentialpitfalls. Some of the issues we examine include: ‚ Working with local schools

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Delplanque; Joan Gosink

and faculty at CSM, resulting in theplanning of a second minor degree in Humanitarian Studies and Technology, which would servestudents in applied science and economics. In this paper, we present some of the problems andissues associated with this multidisciplinary endeavor, involving engineering, the sciences andthe humanities.1. IntroductionThe 21st century has brought Americans a new awareness of anguish and discontent in lowerincome countries, and an emerging recognition of the need for U.S. participation to amelioratethis suffering. Attendant with these issues is the demand for enhanced security, safety, andequity for the disadvantaged. At the same time, engineering graduates shy away from politicallife, community service, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

. Some are satellite operations of large, well known corporations. Many are small,locally owned, specialty manufacturers. Examples of this group include boat manufacturers andtheir related suppliers. In spite of their different character, these manufacturing operations face acommon challenge, unique to this region. Since they function in a highly competitive, globalenvironment, it is essential to maintain a dynamic approach to adoption and implementation ofstate of the art technologies and methods. Their ability to compete in technology is in large partdependent on site specific engineering talent. In employing the needed technical talent, theseplants must control overhead costs and cannot support large engineering staffs with a range

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Prestero; Neil Cantor

development.In addition DtM looks for opportunities in the area of “intermediate technology,” findingsolutions that bridge the gap between the kinds of computerized, mechanized products availablein industrialized countries and the basic technology found in rural regions of developingcountries. Similarly, conservation of natural resources is a goal of all DtM projects. DtMspecifically targets design challenges that assist communities to exploit local resources in asustainable fashion.2.2. DtM Design Challenge PortfoliosDtM packages problems identified by our clients into curriculum materials called DesignChallenge Portfolios for university students in engineering, science, policy and business to workon in their courses. We transfer the resulting student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

available, the time allowed, etc. Yet,what professors typically teach students is information, not knowledge, since it is only gleanedfrom the available information and thus, in one sense, is restricted to old problems. With the cy-bernetic revolution, however, most of the problems to be solved by working engineers will benovel problems, often created by new technology. Certainly, professors created knowledge pre-viously in their mind, yet they did not transmit to the students the insights and judgment proc-esses producing the knowledge about why the selected information was actually included in thecourse, and the reasons that other information was excluded. Useful insights on how experts(professors) differ from novices (students) enhances this

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Christy

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationexpertise. Multidisciplinary approaches can provide the synergy and spark the creativityrequired to develop workable solutions to the increasingly complex problems of today’s society.Students and faculty must learn to understand and respect their colleagues who study otherdisciplines, and value the contribution those studies may have on their own work.The Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) affirmed the value of severalRenaissance traits by including in their EC 2000 criterion 3 the following:1 (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (f) an understanding of professional and ethical

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Gu

1532 Active Teaching and Lear ning Ver sus Tr aditional Lectur ing in Electr ical and Computer Engineer ing Cour ses J ason J . Gu Depar tment of Electr ical and Computer Engineer ing Dalhousie Univer sity Halifax NS, B3J 2X4, CanadaAbstract –Colleges and universities are developing all kinds of innovative instructional technologies into thevarious aspects of their teaching environment. Sometimes, it is hard to distinguish the effectiveness of theseinnovative technologies from traditional ones

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

Teaching Science Concepts using LITEE Case Studies Shiva K. Sankar, Northwestern University Chetan S. Sankar, Department of Management P.K. Raju, Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn UniversityProject Goals The NSF, in its Shaping the Future document (NSF, 1996), declared that improvedscience, mathematics, engineering, and technology education is central to shaping America'sfuture. They expect that it will be increasingly necessary that citizens have a substantialunderstanding of the methods and content of science and technology and some understanding oftheir potential and limitations, as well as their

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tyler Cummings-Bond; Robin Adams

at Doctoral/Research Extensive (64%) and the remainder is employed atMaster’s Colleges Level I and Schools of Engineering and Technology. Similarly, the vastmajority of CAREER recipients are at Doctoral/Research Extensive institutions (84%) and to amuch lesser extent at Research Intensive (9%) or Master’s Level I (4%) institutions. Table III. Current academic employment as a function of Carnegie classification. Visit Visit Assoc Asst Adj Prof Res Grad Group Prof Asst Assoc Lecturer Total

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports; Carolyn Fausnaugh; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

Session 1793 Taking Senior Design Course Projects to Market Ken Ports, Carmo D’Cruz, Muzaffar Shaikh, Carolyn Fausnaugh Florida Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes an innovative new program that is a synergistic combination of FloridaTech’s technology commercialization-related course offerings in Engineering Management, itsSenior Design course curriculum, and its new business accelerator, Florida Tech Start. Theprogram is designed for the subset of senior design course students who desire to leverage theirdesign course experience by commercializing their innovative products and technologies andcreating start-up

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Holleran; Elaine Chan; Chad Rasmussen; Alan McGaughey

engineering and engineering technology. Thestudent chapter has maintained an active presence in the College of Engineering community andhas matured into one of the most active ASEE student chapters in the nation1. The studentchapter at UM provides a variety of services to achieve its three primary missions: – prepare graduate students in their pursuits of careers in academia – inform undergraduate students about graduate education and prepare them in their pursuits of graduate school – support the involvement of underrepresented minorities in higher education2.Through these activities, the student chapter contributes to the continuous improvement of theeducational environment in engineering and functions as a fundamental channel for

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

. Page 9.883.10 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”ReferencesAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (2003). Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,Effective for Evaluations During the 2003-2004 Accreditation Cycle, (www.abet.org/images/Criteria/2003-04EACCriteria.pdf).Angelides, D.C. Poulopoulos, A., Avgeris, I. and Haralampous, P. (2000). “Case Studies and InformationTechnology in Civil Engineering Learning,” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice,126(3), 125-132Angelo, W.J. (2001). “Central Artery needs funding boost for changes and claims

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

new employees need to bring teamwork skills to the workplace. Although employers may be willing to provide on the job training,they expect that their new employees, at least, possess the understanding of why this skill isimportant in the organization1. As result, the corporate environment has created pressure on institutions of highereducation to prepare students to be effective team players 1,2,3. For this reason accreditationboards at the collegiate level such as the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), the Accounting Education Change Commission (AECC), and the Joint Commission forAccreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO), among others, are requiring highereducation institutions to introduce teamwork

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alam

and course contents to implement new engineering technological trends including digital systems, Computer Architecture, parallel processing, hardware description languages, VLSI, software design, digital communications, computer networks, and the Internet, virtual instrumentation, image processing and digital signal processing as well as new design methodologies and state-of-the-art design/analysis tools. 5. To provide students with the background needed to identify global, societal, legal, and other key issues in arriving at ethical decisions in professional life. 6. To ensure that students completing the program will be able to enter successfully a chosen field in the computer engineering 7

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bill Ray

groundwater flow, transport and remediation. She actively participates in the integration of technology-enhanced education at SIUC.Dr. John W. Nicklow is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering atSouthern Illinois University Carbondale. He is a registered Professional Engineer in two states and is aCertified Professional Hydrologist with the American Institute of Hydrology. He earned B.S. and M.S.degrees in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from ArizonaState University. Dr. Nicklow’s research and scholarly activities have been devoted to advancements in thefields of water resources systems engineering, hydrosystems modeling, and engineering education.Ms. Lilly A. Boruszkowski

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; Catherine Pieronek

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse that would both improve student satisfaction with the course and encourage more studentsto complete the first semester prior to making a decision to leave the engineering curriculum.Modifications that were selected for implementation in the fall of 2003 included: 1. Modify the motivation and student activities within the first module. 2. Utilize technology to provide the students more active mechanisms for providing feedback to the faculty and their fellow students 3. Modify the content of the lectures and the format for presenting the lectures. 4. Provide “help” sessions in the evenings to

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Carsten Ahrens

2004 - 630 “European Civil Engineering Management (ECEM)” - Example for an Integrated International Curriculum - Prof. Dr. Carsten Ahrens Prof. Dipl. Ing. Roland Piel Department of Civil Engineering and Geoinformation Fachhochschule Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven (FH OOW) Oldenburg, Germany e-mail: carsten.ahrens@fh-oldenburg.deSummaryThe curriculum „European Civil Engineering Management (ECEM)“ has been launched bythe first author in 1992 with four senior partners of higher education, three of them from EU-member states and one from a

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ellen Haupt; Jessica Gregory

this way, each group is “paying back” the mentoring to the next lower level. The USU student SWE section runs a mentoring program to help Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts (middle and high school girls) earn an interest patch related to science and engineering. Engineering professionals mentor the SWE engineering students and provide a panel discussion for the older scouts. Thes older Girl Scouts then join the SWE section in running a Badge-in-a-Day Engineering clinic for Junior Girl Scouts (grades 3 through 6). In this way, the elementary school girls are introduced to the fun aspects of science and technology, having a good time while sampling hands-on projects. The middle and high school girls learn about science and technology more

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Hassan

Creativity and Innovation for Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Hassan Hassan, PhD, PE Lawrence Technological University 21000 W. Ten Mile Road Southfield, Michigan 48075 AbstractThis paper introduces simple approaches to integrate creativity and innovation in the classroom.This in turn will help Electrical and Computer Engineering students to develop new ideas and tosolve complex problems. The main objective of this paper is to help students and practicingengineers to improve their creativity and

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

propel them to make even greater profits for their employers. Yes,there is a reference to the value-laden dimension of the engineering profession, its effectson the environment, society and the globe. These concerns are addressed in Criterion 3and 4 in the most recent Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology guidelines.2From my personal experience as an engineering educator, Criterion 3 and 4 are the mostdifficult to accomplish and document. Also from my experience, while every school mustpay attention in principle to these criteria, an adequate addressing of some of the issuesraised by the two criteria seems as an afterthought for many faculty members. Even moretroubling is the almost enthusiastic tone that many general engineering

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Cheryl Sundberg

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Problem SolvingTo illustrate problem solving in the field of engineering the students used manipulatives to assistin solving problems. Engineering is different from science in that engineers use science,technology, and human experience to solve problems.At the heart of engineering is the concept of problem solving. One way to solve a problem is tocreate something that is new. This is called engineering design. These designs could be changesto something that already exists. An example of this is a new car model. While some things ineach new car model are different, many things within it are the same as previous designs.Sometimes the engineer designs something that has never been built

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilia Alcalde; Stephanie Adams

. “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Educational Annual Conference & Exposition”.7. Amason, A.C. (1996). Distinguishing the effects of functional and dysfunctional conflict on strategic decision- making: Resolving a paradox for top management teams. “Academy of Management Journal”, 39(1), 123-148.8. Jehn, K. (1995). A multimethod examination of the benefits and detriments of intragroup conflict. “Administrative Science Quarterly”, 40(20), 245-382.9. Keller, R. T. (1994). Technology information processing fit and the performance of R & D project groups: A test of contingency theory. “Academy of Management Journa”l, 37(1), 169-179.10. Mullen, B., & Cooper, C. (1994). The relation between group

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bob White; Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt

department’s undergraduateengineering statistics course to a more dynamic style that includes relevant and interestingmaterial. At the same time, however, the course content needed to comply with the guidelinesset forth in the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) generalaccreditation criteria for engineering programs14 and the additional engineering disciplinerequirements of the WMU programs which use this course to meet core probability and statisticsrequirements.From the introduction of the industrial engineering program at WMU in the 1970’s, the structureof the undergraduate engineering statistics course had consisted of three one-hour lectures perweek. In its new form, the course now includes two one-hour lectures and one

Conference Session

TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carnell; John Lumkes; Joseph Musto

Engineering (MSOE) introduced a Technology PackageProgram for all incoming students. As part of the initiative, each new student is provided with anotebook computer and a standard suite of software. In conjunction with this program, a revisedMechanical Engineering curriculum was launched, designed to exploit the availability of1 W. Carnell is currently with the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Connecticut Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.41.1 Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationnotebook

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Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Barker; David Hall

instruction was motivated by several factors. One is therelatively new emphasis at Louisiana Tech University on entrepreneurship. This emphasis has acentral focal point on campus, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology, orCEnIT. The mission of this center is to create an innovative entrepreneurial culture at LouisianaTech University. In order to change a culture, it is reasonable to begin with new members of thatculture. Another factor is the authors’ desire to see an improvement in the senior design projectsfor the capstone mechanical engineering design course sequence. These projects could benefitby attempting to have a marketable product as a final result. A third factor is the belief thatentrepreneurship begins by having ideas

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

, etc.) • New communication technologies (internet, email, cellular phones, etc.)The following part of the paper will focus on what will characterize construction work in the Page 9.1146.1coming decades in the author’s opinion and what this will mean for construction education. It isto be noted that this coverage below is not in any order of priority. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationChanging Nature of Construction Work and ExpectationsChanging nature of construction work will be

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Butkus

Educationuncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, and economic world.” Theengineering programs at West Point emphasize the technological component of this goal.Graduates are expected to be able, among other skills, to define and then creatively designtechnological alternatives to complex problems – ultimately selecting a solution that is botheffective and adaptable. A static, constrained approach to teaching environmental engineering neither fulfills theAcademy mission nor the academic program goals. Not only should the program equip a studentwith a basic foundation in the environmental engineering discipline, it must also provide a basicfoundation of “experience” to assist in preparing a student for the application and synthesis

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Asghar Bhatti

important/not important for passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination 2. Topic important/not important for passing the Professional Engineering Examination 3. Topic related/not related to their every day work 4. Topic learned/not learned through on job training 5. Topic learned/not learned through continuing education 6. Topic fundamental to learning related advanced topicsInput on these issues is sought from a selected group of practicing structural engineersand educators in Iowa. The paper summarizes results of this feedback.IntroductionEngineering marketplace is vastly different today than it was few decades ago. Due torapid advances in technology and globalization of engineering services there is highdemand for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul McCright; Joanne Larsen

engineers with less ability to solve practicalproblems. This has created an outcry from industry that engineers are not prepared for thepractical applications that define engineering in the “real world”.4Over the last several years, the concept of measuring outcomes has come to the forefront inengineering and has focused learning measurements toward more practical goals. TheAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) now requires engineering collegeprograms to develop class objectives and measures for assessing the level of achievement of thestated goals. These goals must include both technical and social measures of student growth anddevelopment and consequently require newer approaches to instruction. Few students becomeproficient