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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

, rural exodus, and pollution,which demanded institutional, cultural and political transformations1,2. Nowadays, we are thewitnesses of a new revolution. The generalized use of computers and computerized systems havebeen changing again the means of production, and also, personal relations. Once more, thecourse of History has been modified, at this time by the so-called “information revolution”,which has been altering lifestyles, educational practices, production relations, etc3. And, the main“engine” of these processes has been the discoveries in science that make possible thedevelopment of new technologies, which give support to a massive industrial production andpromoting several transformations in social relations. But, this process brings new

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alice Trussell

Session 3441 ABET 2000 and Ethics: Partnering with Librarians to Embed Ethics Into Course Curricula Alice J. Trussell, Daryl Youngman Kansas State UniversityAbstractThe ultimate expectations that all Colleges of Engineering are challenged to meet are theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [ABET] criteria. Included in the ABET2000 criteria are very specific requirements for Colleges of Engineering to provide substantivecourse content focusing on ethical education and decisions that engineers will face in the realworld. Ethics requirements are

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Tricamo; Dennis Depew

Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Building Organizational Sustainability for Innovation in Professional Graduate Engineering Education S. J. Tricamo,1 D. R. Depew,2 A. L. McHenry,3 D. D. Dunlap,4 D. A. Keating,5 T. G. Stanford 5New Jersey Institute of Technology 1 / Purdue University 2/ Arizona State University East 3 Western Carolina University 4 / University of South Carolina 5 AbstractThis is the second paper in the panel session of the National

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timothy Walker; Annu Prabhakar; George Suckarieh

Company known for its support not only ofinnovation but also of the educational process of honors students. Many of theconstruction management students coop with the company and are hired immediatelyupon graduation. The company at that time was considering a much simpler concept forthe knowledge transfer. The concept was based on providing a support network of expertswithin the company to provide expertise to all professional staff. The network providesthe professionals with consultations in various technological areas of construction. Page 9.694.2Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dennis Depew

T. G. Stanford 8 Purdue University 1/Arizona State University East 2/New Jersey Institute of Technology 3 Rolls-Royce Corporation 4 / Raytheon Missiles 5/ The Boeing Company 6 Western Carolina University 7 /University of South Carolina 8AbstractThis is the third paper in the panel session of the National Collaborative Task Force for reform ofprofessionally oriented engineering graduate education to make it more relevant to the needs ofindustry to ensure a strong U.S. engineering workforce for competitiveness. This paper addressesthe need for new funding mechanisms to initiate, develop, and sustain high-quality professionalgraduate education both at comprehensive universities and at research universities

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jay Snellenberger; Donald Keating

Session 1455 Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Recognizing the Importance of Industrial Engagement In Professional Graduate Engineering Education J. M. Snellenberger,1 D. H. Quick,1 I. T. Davis,2 J. P. Tidwell,3 J. O’Brien,4 R. M. Haynes,5 D. R. Depew,6 D.D. Dunlap,7 D. A. Keating,8 T. G. Stanford 8 Rolls-Royce Corporation 1 / Raytheon Missiles 2/ The Boeing Company 3 Hewlett-Packard Company 4/ Northrop Grumman Space Technology 5 Purdue University 6/ Western Carolina University7

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zhanmin Zhang; Susan Tighe; Gerardo Flintsch; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

intermediate to long-term strategic research on infrastructure preservation and management. 4. Resistance to change and reluctance to embrace technological advances among decision- makers. These attitudes sometimes discourage young professionals.Academics have been interested in civil infrastructure systems education for several decades.Amekudzi et al.4 describe some of the history of the development of infrastructure managementas an academic discipline. Several texts have been published, including Haas and Hudson’s firstedition of Pavement Management Systems in 19785, Grigg’s Infrastructure Engineering andManagement in 19886, and, most recently, Hudson, Haas, and Uddin’s InfrastructureManagement in 19977.Workshops and conferences have

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Lau

of engineers to single-mindedly develop and deploy technology willcontinue to make life better, i.e., we believe in real human progress facilitated by our work.There are a lot of good things to be said about this paradigm, or at least the consequences of it. Ithas enabled modern society, at least the rich, industrialized societies of the world, to live in anunprecedented time of material affluence. People also live longer healthier lives.But over the last several decades, we have learned that technologies often have unintendednegative consequences, with significant impact on society. Technology has contributed to manyof our problems today – nuclear weapons, resource depletion, pollution, global warming, theozone hole, soil erosion, and

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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Saeed Foroudastan

Session 3560Teaching the Engineering Students of Today to Sustain the Resources of Tomorrow Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Brian Rappold, Research Assistant Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe actions of the past are beginning to take their toll on the environment, the economy,and society. The consequence resulting from the carelessness of industries is beginningto show its ugly face in the form of rising health care costs and other costs associatedwith air

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Jerri Drakes

an effort to provideeducational software, involving all students in authentic learning situations by having themparticipate in all phases of the software engineering lifecycle. Through a development processknown as participatory design, curators from The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center inMontclair, NJ teamed with 5th graders from St. Philip’s Academy and undergraduates from NewJersey Institute of Technology to produce interactive software that assists visitors to the museumlearn about the history of the Negro Leagues through chronology and biography; learn aboutstatistics and probability through the databases that draw on records of individual players fromthe Negro Leagues; and learn about the geography of the state of New Jersey and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Sanders; Charles W. White; Sanju Patro

issue by modifying their curriculum to include courses onglobalization, global supply-chain management, cultural education, etc. KetteringUniversity’s Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering; and Business department recentlyhosted an international conference that brought together educators, students, andcompany executives from various countries to a common platform. By leveraging theWebEx communication technology, the conference provided an arena for individuals andorganizations from various parts of the world to interactively participate in the conferencein real-time. Undergraduate and graduate students got the opportunity to becomeinvolved in organizing the conference, in writing and presenting technical papers to aninternational audience

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Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Virendra Varma

Session 1121 Innovations in Construction Engineering Education: Rudiments of a Senior-Level Topics Course Virendra K. Varma, Ph.D., P.E. Missouri Western State CollegeAbstractThere is an urgency for reform in engineering education. The new accreditation criteriaEC2000, and TC2K of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)for accrediting engineering and technology programs respectively, encourage innovationsin curriculum design. The criteria are outcomes-based, and non-prescriptive. However,there are constraints in what educational institutions can and can

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roberto Montoya

of the national productive sector, financial opportunities andstudents’ equal access to graduate programs, as well as the relationship between formaluniversity education and technical and technological education.Greater efficiency in the time required to educate engineers should be the result of a series ofstrategies and adjustments in terms of pedagogy, evaluation and learning, flexible curricula, Page 9.1228.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Shaw; James Gidley

careers as a calling from God in which they may glorify Him and love their neighbors, providing excellent engineering services in an environment of technological change. Objective 1: To develop in students a Biblical view of the world, their lives, and their professions, helping them to see their professions as a calling from God in which they may serve Him and in so doing may do good to others and have a transforming effect on society.The faculty of the College are also strongly encouraged to pursue the integration of faith andlearning within their own disciplines. Many students come to the College particularly to beeducated in such an environment. Encouraging students to think about the connections

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Salim Saherwala; Mohammed Haque

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFormworks are subjected to maximum stresses for relatively short periods of time. Wood iscapable of absorbing large overloads if the stresses are of short duration, and this is true offormwork (Peurifoy, 1976). Lumber was once the predominant form material. But nowadays themost commonly used job-built concrete formwork materials include timber, plywood, andhardboard. Some of the most commonly used timber for concrete formwork are Douglas fir-larch, Douglas fir-South, Hem-fir, Spruce-pine-fir, and Southern pine. Plywood is commonlyused for sheathing or lining forms because it gives smooth concrete surfaces.As technology rapidly

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robbie Goins; Kiel Locklear; Gregory Watkins; Chad Spivey

diffusion experimentsaboard the KC-135A. The students, from The University of North Carolina at Charlotteand the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, had varying backgrounds inchemistry, engineering technology (civil and mechanical), communications, biology, andbusiness. The team, pictured in Figure 3, learned in December 2002 that their proposalhad been accepted by NASA, with flights that would take place in May 2003. This wasthe first opportunity for either university to participate in the program, and all teammembers were proud to accept this honor.With the two institutions separated by 120 miles, the team faced numerous logisticalchallenges to the project. The schools held numerous meetings by video teleconference,and members had constant

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Debra Ricci; Arnold Weimerskirch

fostering personal growth and appreciation for lifelonglearning.The UST School of Engineering employs this philosophy to educate engineers and technologyleaders. We offer Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) andElectrical Engineering (BSEE); and Master’s degrees in Manufacturing Systems Engineering(MMSE), Manufacturing Systems (MSMS) and Technology Management (MSTM). We aim toproduce a new kind of engineer and a new kind of leader. By this we mean that our mission is toprovide a practical, values-based learning experience that produces well-rounded, innovativeengineers and technology leaders who have the technical skills, passion, and courage to make adifference. In carrying out our mission, we seek to excel in the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Harth; Matthew Barber; Andrew Spurgeon

1451at Amelia. This program is similar in nature to the one of the “small schools” at Hughes,but with a different focus than the Paideia Program. The MaST program emphasizesscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills by gearing each core subjecttowards a math and science theme. Amelia ranks below average for high schools in itsdistrict, and like Hughes, is on Continuous Improvement from the state, though Ameliahas met one more of the twelve indicators than has Hughes. Demographically, Amelia’sstudent body is 97.6% white, and 1.0% Asian and Pacific Islander. About 9.7% areeconomically disadvantaged and 9.8% have some disability.3. ExpectationsBecause this project came near the end of almost a semester of work with the respectivehigh

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

limited to taking on jobs that aresimpler in nature and do not require employees capable of multitasking. In the long-run,the company will not be able to compete effectively due to the engineering staffs’ lack ofinnovative ideas and necessary knowledge to implement those ideas. Sustainedtechnological innovation is widely regarded as vital to the success of manufacturingcompanies.According to Holzer2, economic research indicates that employers more than ever areseeking a higher level of cognitive skills (such as reading and writing ability, andcomputer skills) from less-educated workers. New developments, the growingcompetitiveness of product markets, and the growing role of technology in many settings,has changed what employers need from their

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Khan Saeed; Beverlee Kissick

. Page 9.590.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering Education 1793References:1. Land, G., "Grow or Die: The Unifying Principle of Transformation", John Wiley and Sons, 1997, pp.8- 162. Saeed Khan, “Teaching Diversity at the College of Aviation and Technology,” Conference Proceeding of the 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, November 5-8, 2003, Boulder, CO, pages F3D-24 to F3D-283. Beverlee Kissick and Saeed Khan, “Expectations

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Cowan

1606 CASE STUDY: INCORPORATING 3D SOFTWARE INTO ARCHITECTURAL WORKING DRAWINGS COURSES David Jan Cowan1.0 Introduction This paper discusses the incorporation of 3D CAD software (Architectural Desktop 3.3) intotwo sophomore-level courses within an Engineering Technology Construction Program. Itdiscusses the potential of this software in this type of environment, in particular its attributes andits limitations, and focuses upon several key areas of concern: 1. The transition from generic, 2D CAD to 3D (Architectural Desktop) (herein ADT

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

Session 1793 Engineering Design Education in a Hybrid Way, Combining Face-to-Face Instruction with e-Learning Collaboration - Incorporating e-Learning Collaboration to Break the Cultural Barrier in Students’ Work Dynamics - Masakatsu Matsuishi, Dr. Eng., Kazuya Takemata, Dr. Eng., Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Ph.D. Division of Engineering Design Kanazawa Institute of Technology ISHIKAWA 921-8501 JPNAbstract This paper presents one of many effective ways to overcome instructional issues

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Drez; Deepthi Werapitiya; Jerald Rounds

the evaluation techniques used for this online delivery program. Inparticular, it looks at the case study of two courses taught by Professor Jerry Rounds of UNM:Construction Safety and Methods Improvement.Course designers felt it was important to integrate evaluation methods upfront not only becauseof the newness of the online course delivery format for engineering courses, but also the need tomeasure the effectiveness of the design and implementation (Picciano, 2001, Moore & Kearsley,1996)1. Moreover, it was determined that evaluative instruments will provide information aboutthe effectiveness of the online teaching and learning environment as well as the platform(WebCT) and related technologies used to deliver the course. Formative

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Cliver; Mike Eastman

2004-410 Freshman Orientation Activity Richard Cliver, Steven Ciccarelli, Michael Eastman, Jeffrey Lillie Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the experience and positive results in this year’s freshmenorientation at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Before classes started in the fall freshmanin Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (ECTET) programswere asked to work with faculty as they programmed an inexpensive robot and built maps of theRIT campus for the robots to navigate. The paper discusses these activities in detail, provides

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Slack

. Students and Graduates An engineering technology program must demonstrate that graduates have: a. an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of their disciplines, b. an ability to apply current knowledge and adapt to emerging applications of mathematics, science, engineering and technology, c. an ability to conduct, analyze and interpret experiments and apply experimental results to improve processes, d. an ability to apply creativity in the design of systems, components or processes appropriate to program objectives, e. an ability to function effectively on teams, f. an ability to

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Goodnight

ExecutivesIndianapolis, IN Central Indiana Small Business Administration, Small Business Development Center Venture Capital; Twilight Venture Partners, LLCThe key significance of having three Flagship Enterprise Centers throughout the State of Indianais their partnerships with major universities: Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, AndersonUniversity, Anderson, Indiana and Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. One of their overallobjectives is to interface with and coordinate entrepreneurial research and development effortswith the engineering and technology schools at the universities. The State of Indiana is fundingthese Flagship Enterprise Centers and much of the research and development efforts therein sothey may to be at the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

manufacturingenvironment. Today, IE finds itself intimately involved with a wide range of industrialand non-industrial systems. These systems pertain to government, banking, medical,engineering, military sectors, etc.Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw (NED) University of Engineering and Technology is the onlyuniversity in Pakistan that offers an undergraduate degree in IE. The University ofFlorida (UF), on the other hand, is among the national leaders in IE education. IE at UF isknown for its cutting edge technology, innovative research and distinguished faculty andstudents.This paper compares the IE undergraduate curriculum at NED and UF with specialreference to the socioeconomic, national and industrial needs of both countries. The paperanalyzes current curriculum

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seetha Veeraghanta; Janice Frost

. Herkert [5] argues that framingsustainability in economic or effective management terms excludes and ignores the ramificationsof the social aspects of resource allocation and distribution. Questions pertaining to equity andjust distribution call for ethical frameworks. Therefore linking sustainability to the ethicsdiscourse acknowledges that ultimately the notions of economic progress, and equitable and justdistribution of resource management rest on a world view that is a “value judgement and [basedon] consensual knowledge systems” [6].Contrary to the argument that sustainability and value judgements are not in the purview ofengineers, and that engineers are best suited for objective technological solutions, Kotari [7]claims that: The

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilip Mirchandani; Kathryn Hollar; Beena Sukumaran; John Chen; Yusuf Mehta

development; and (iv) understand the environmental impacts of development andexplore the role of appropriate technologies in developing sustainable strategies.The second in the series is an engineering course called Sophomore Clinic II, which is taken byall engineering students at Rowan University. Sophomore Clinic II is the 4th course in aninnovative eight semester multidisciplinary engineering design and practice, project-orientedcourse sequence that is a hallmark of the Rowan Engineering program. The students in thiscourse work on projects related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the course,students participate in a semester-long project in which sophomore students from all engineeringdisciplines calculate CO2 emissions for the

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wafeek Wahby

Session 1451 Last Phase of China’s Three Gorges Dam Construction is Underway: Environmental Case Study Wafeek Samuel Wahby, Ph.D., B.Th. Professor, Industrial Technology Program Coordinator Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IllinoisAbstractChina’s Three Gorges Dam (TGD) provides excellent educational opportunities forenvironmental engineering educators as they discuss its various aspects with theirstudents and engage them in analyzing its multi-faceted impact. Many individuals andagencies around the world are collecting data to help study the short- and long