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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Morris, Brigham Young University; Dawn Conniff; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy

of any new technology, it is important tomoderate enthusiasm with careful consideration of the limitations of that technology, and tothink about how existing, well-established technologies might accomplish the same tasks with Page 9.352.2less effort. This paper presents a short discussion of observed student attitudes and preferences, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand compares and contrasts 4 basic modes of student-instructor communication; IM, e-mail,telephone and face-to-face

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Integrating Math into Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Legand Burge; John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan; Moses Garuba

theDepartment of Defense has specific procedures for accreditation of modeling and simulation [5].2.2. Importance in ABET AccreditationEducating engineering students with respect to mathematical induction in V&V within M&S isin accordance with the guidelines specified by the Accreditation Board Engineering Technology(ABET). In the ABET 2004-2005 criteria for “Accrediting Engineering Programs,” the“Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, and Similarly Named Engineering Programs” sectionstates in “Criterion 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment” specifically that “Engineeringprograms must demonstrate that their graduates have: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Taner Eskil; Mark Urban-Lurain; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationto enhance learning outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)fields.There are a number of NSF- or corporate-sponsored consortia in which change to (especially)tighter curricular integration has been set as the goal, often identified as systemic curricularchange. There are two general situations in which such deep change is most feasible: (a) a newinstitution with a curricular blank slate; or (b) an institution in which a consensus of facultysupport wholesale curricular change. Although the NSF-sponsored consortia are due praise forthe results produced, most US engineering schools fall into neither of these two

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lili Zhao; Chris Brus; Julie Jessop

Research). In this, the first phase of the study, three years of baseline data will becollected from incoming first-year College of Engineering (COE) students at the University ofIowa (entering classes of 2002, 2003, 2004). PVST:R testing will be done at the beginning ofeach academic year for entering first-year students and then again for study participants stillpursuing degrees in engineering at the University of Iowa (UI) at the end of their sophomoreyear. A short survey asking for students’ perceived levels of confidence and/or preparation insuch areas as math, science, use of technology, use of graphical tools, etc. will be administered atthree points during the students’ first year in the UI COE (August, January, May) and then againin

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Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lee Harper

, andevaluating needs and constraints, and how social issues are appropriately a habitual part ofscientific and engineering practice. Systems engineers are highly equipped to deal with complexity, which inheres in large,technology-driven projects. In any project, the capabilities and needs of the system to bedesigned are balanced with the needs of those who will be using and paying for it. Stevens etal.40 suggest that insufficient attention to both sets of requirements is responsible for moresystem failures than are flaws in the technology. In balancing these paired sets of requirements,a landslide of information must be sorted, prioritized, managed, and applied accurately; the riskof either design or system failure must be evaluated and weighed

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Austin Cheney; Heather Brown

Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience for Advanced Education and Research Careers Brown, H.J. and Cheney, A. Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN hjbrown@mtsu.eduAbstractUndergraduate research has been determined at many academic institutions and fundingagencies as a focal point for quality education (NSF 1996). Integrating research hasbecome an essential element in developing students for technical service careers andadvanced degrees. The industry professionals hiring students from the Concrete IndustryManagement

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Derek Maxwell; Kathleen Kramer

American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1532KATHLEEN A. KRAMER is an Associate Professor at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and researchinterests are in the areas of digital systems, communications systems, and data fusion. She received her MS andPh.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, and her BS in Electrical Engineering(with a second major in Physics) from Loyola Marymount University.DEREK R. MAXWELL recently graduated from the University of San Diego with a BS/BA degree in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Eichinger; Mark Wilson; Anton Kruger; Marian Muste; Tao Xing

demonstrates that remoteexperimentation in conjunction with additional resources is a viable option for instruction influid mechanics by efficiently supplementing the on campus instruction and considerablyassisting distance learning and non-traditional student education. Page 9.788.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionRapid developments in computer science and network technology enhance the scope of possibleactivities in industry, training, research, and education. Engineers in

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Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

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2004 Annual Conference

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Douglas Jacobson

Session 2422 Development of a Graduate Certificate in Information Assurance Dr. Doug Jacobson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State UniversityThe growing need for information security professionals is well documented. Very fewuniversities offer more than a single cryptography course, and even fewer engineeringdepartments have a presence in this area. The end result is a severe shortage of graduatesproficient in the technology and policy issues critical to the security of the informationinfrastructure. While several universities have started programs to address these needs, this onlysolves a small part of the problem

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chean-Chin Ngo; Kurt Gramoll

out by Kulacki et al.9, the contents of fluid mechanics at the introductory level havenot changed for several generations. Therefore, the contents covered in this MultimediaEngineering Fluid Mechanics eBook mimic those of traditional and popular textbooks such asYoung et al.5 and White10. The organization of the Multimedia Engineering Fluid MechanicseBook contents is summarized in Table 1. The emphasis and challenge of the present project isto find ways to present the materials with the aids of multimedia technology. The designapproach of this eBook is to capture students’ interest by first presenting a case study. Thetheories and concepts necessary for the students to solve the specific case study are then covered,and followed by a complete

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joseph Urban; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 1793 Session 1793 Experience With Autonomous Robots and Wireless Handheld Internet Devices in a Computer Basics Course Joseph E. Urban, Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Debra L. Banks Arizona State UniversityAbstractBeginning undergraduate engineering students need computing skills. A course was developedto support the retention of those undergraduates who were lacking in basic computing skills.This paper discusses the results of using novel technologies in an assimilation course

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Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeong-Hoon Kim; Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

graphic format for representing “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”interactive 3D vector graphics in the Web page. VRML defines most of the commonly usedsemantics describing 3D geometry, viewpoints, light sources, and material properties. A VRMLmodel is displayed in the Web page through a plug-in VRML viewer such as Cortona or CosmoPlayer. Users’ capability of manipulating the VRML model is often limited by the functions theseVRML viewers provide. Interaction between the VRML model and other information stored thedatabase is sometimes intricate.Another Web-based vector graphic technology that

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ken Ports

high school students. Most of theteams span multiple departments, and this year one team spans two universities and two othersare contemplating commercializing their products, utilizing Florida Tech’s new businessaccelerator, Florida TechStart.BackgroundThe Florida Institute of Technology (aka Florida Tech) is a private university of about 3500students located in Melbourne, on the high technology “Space Coast” of Florida, about 30 milessouth of Cape Canaveral. The principal component of the university is the College ofEngineering (CoE), which harbors about half of the total enrollment. The CoE offers bothundergraduate and graduate programs. Within the College of Engineering are sevendepartments: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering

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Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Glenn Ellis; Susannah Howe; Donna Riley

people do in times of calamity. As a result, the earthquake served as a catalyst for more governmental involvement from what was previously a very aloof group.D. Engineering ThermodynamicsStudents analyze four cases related to engineering thermodynamics that are designed to probeseveral different topics in engineering ethics. All cases are drawn from Harris, Pritchard andRabins.8 The first case examines the conflicts of interest in the 1982 case of AmericanAssociation of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) vs. Hydrolevel Corporation, in which ASMEstandards for boiler safety devices were manipulated in committee in order to competitivelyexclude another firm. The second case deals with professionalism in expert testimony when aless technologically

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Heidi Diefes-Dux; Brenda Capobianco; Judith Zawojewski; Margret Hjalmarson; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman

different backgrounds and values to emerge as talented.Further, we believe that adapting these types of activities to engineering courses has the potentialto go beyond “filling the gaps” to “opening doors” to women in engineering. As part of an NSFfunded Gender-Equity project, four MEAs were implemented in a first-year problem solving andcomputer tools course at Purdue University in Fall 2002. This paper will describe the nature ofMEAs, overview the research methodology, and demonstrate evidence of curriculum reform atour institution.I. IntroductionOn the national scene, while overall enrollment and retention trends in engineering are alarmingin the face of a national need to increase the technology workforce, the National ScienceFoundation

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International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Pichai Rusmee

Session 1660 Performance Comparison of US and Thai Engineering Students under Similar Learning Conditions P. Rusmee Sirindhorn Institute of Technology, Thailand.AbstractComparative study of two groups of engineering students, one from the United States and onefrom Thailand, was conducted. Their performance and their behavior were compared to show thedifferences or similarities that may not be obvious when only a few students from one group isplaced with the other group, i.e., foreign students in a US classroom situation. The US samplegroup was from solid mechanics classes taught at the University of Utah, USA from 1994 to1997. The Thailand group

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Seyed Zekavat

spectrum ofengineering. This is the increasing penetration of advanced topics of electrical engineering (EE)into other - and often traditionally unrelated - engineering fields. As a result, thecross-correlation among different engineering disciplines is increasing [1]. Various branches ofelectrical and information engineering are acknowledged as core emerging technologies that arecritical for the future of this nation’s economic prosperity [2]. The interconnectivity of electricalengineering with other engineering disciplines demands that our universities train engineeringprofessionals who are fully competent in all aspects of EE relevant to their work.One key mission of university baccalaureate engineering programs is to develop and offer

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

Session 1660 International Students and Communication Skills in Engineering Programs: A Recipe for Success Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dyani Saxby, Graduate Assistant Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractIt is of utmost importance that universities seek out creative ways to enhance thecommunication skills of their international engineering students. Too many engineeringstudents graduate and enter today’s global job market without sufficient communicationskills that will

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Dillard

2004, American Society for engineering Educationof LED’s, switches with potentiometers facilitated simple experiments and the PICkitTMUser’s Guide provided programming details and seven coding tutorials. An importantfeature of the PICkitTM was the unpopulated serial port communication snapoff board on theright side in Figure 1, which, after population, was used to communicate with a PC.Although the PIC12F675 lacked serial communication modules, coding for a simple half-duplex UART was not difficult. Armed with their own PICkitTM 1 FLASH Start Kit, eachteam OWNED a programmer and could execute all phases of their design at home. Figure 1. The PICKIT programmer/evaluation board from Microchip Technology, Inc.. The right side of the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alene Harris; Chad Washington; Patrick Norris

Session 1793 The VOS Data Manager: Providing Immediate Feedback on Teaching Effectiveness Patrick R. Norris1, Alene H. Harris2, Chad W. Washington1 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering/ 2 Department of Teaching and Learning Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNAbstractNew classroom assessment technologies produce large amounts of data. However, providinguseful information to instructors, who may not be familiar with coding or analytic methods,remains challenging. For the

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel J. Stokes; Nagi El Naga; Halima El Naga

integrated with theWindows CE™ hardware, systems developed and tested using the Legos set of hardware,can be transferred over to more advanced controllers using the Windows CE basedmicrocontrollers. In this manner, the beginning Electrical/Computer Engineering studentis able to begin programming with tools that are iconic in nature, review how the iconiclanguage creates useful code, observe it's use in inexpensive hardware components, andthen move to building actual engineering grade products using Windows CE type ofsingle board computers.In this paper, the use of the Softwire Technology Iconic language and the ability forbeginning Computer Engineering students to make the cognitive connection betweenabstract languages and actual building of

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Johnson

information is communicatedfrom the device to each assembly workstation using a specialized wireless infrared system with aprogrammable microcontroller. This proof-of-concept project was one of several components ina Manufacturing Engineering Technology senior capstone course. The resulting device wasgiven the name “Smart Pallet” by Dr. Wesley Baldwin who also presented the original conceptfor the project.Background:The operating environment for this project is a student constructed computer integratedmanufacturing (CIM) laboratory. A 15 foot by 6 foot oval assembly line track is the centralcomponent in the CIM laboratory. Assembly workstations are positioned at several pointsaround the outside perimeter of the assembly line track. In addition, GE

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Will Kim; Jeffrey Tisa; Peter Jansson

Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright À 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBackground As part of the Green Power Engineering pedagogy developing at Rowan University studentsare given the opportunity to take a senior/graduate elective entitled Sustainable Design inEngineering. The professor's website2 contains more detailed information about the course. Akey course requirement is that students undertake a project that will utilize their acquired skills todemonstrate some activity (research or technology based) that will forward the efforts ofsustainable design in engineering. Co-authors Jeffrey Tisa and William Kim developed thepower monitoring device described below. The device has the potential

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Muniram Budhu

Session 1793 A NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USING REUSABLE, INTERACTIVE LEARNING OBJECTS IN AN ENGINEERING DIGITAL LIBRARY: THE GROW-NCERL PROJECT Muniram Budhu Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 USA. E-mail: budhu@u.arizona.eduINTRODUCTIONLibraries have always played a key role in education. They provide a place for the storage andretrieval of a large body of human knowledge. Digital technologies are now transforming andexpanding the traditional roles of library. Digital libraries provide an assortment of tools for auser to search, retrieve, create, customize and share content

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mario Simoni; Marc Herniter; Bruce Ferguson

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationVI. References[1] D. Hestenes, M. Wells, and G. Swackhamer. Force Concept Inventory. The Physics Teacher. 30 (3): 141-151, 1991.[2] Foundation Coalition. 13 January 2004. .[3] ABET Board of Directors. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluations During the 2003-2004 Accreditation Cycle. p2.VII. Author InformationMARIO SIMONIMario Simoni is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Parks College of St. Louis University in 1994 andhis Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2002

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dennis Silage

capstone design projects utilizing Amateur Radio are exciting and can be thought of asgoing beyond the areas that are usually undertaken by undergraduate students. A supportivedepartment and faculty can thus provide an environment for ECE capstone design opportunities Page 9.1049.6in the emerging technologies of the wireless world. Thus, hopefully, the impediments to thereintroduction of Amateur Radio in the ECE capstone design program have been dispelled. The Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtechnical

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joseph Sener

Document 2004-150 CRITERION 3-(b) OF 'ABET' FOR LABORATORY PRACTICES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION Joseph C. Sener, Ph.D., P.E. Civil Engineering Department Boise State University College of Engineering 1910 University Drive, MEC 403K Boise, ID 83725-2075, USAAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), 2003-2004 GeneralEngineering Criteria for Basic Level Program Outcomes and Assessments, requires

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Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

the students who enter our discipline are lessfamiliar—and less comfortable—than their humanities and social science peers with reflectiveprocesses that require introspection and that often increase rather than resolve ambiguity anduncertainty. The highly technical nature of much engineering content also makes the process ofestablishing community partnerships and projects that are closely linked to academic materialmore difficult than in some disciplines. The task, therefore, is three-fold: 1) to identifycommunity issues—such as environmental issues—that pose technical challenges and requiretechnical and technological expertise, 2) to support students, instructors, and community partnersalike in the process of applying the knowledge and

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TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eric Granlund

existing product, material or process. Students were askedto describe their idea in a business letter and forward it to industry for evaluation. Insome instances a response from industry was actually received by the students concerningthe feasibility of their ideas. We feel this contact with industry so early in theireducational career was very exciting for the students and may aide in student retention inthe major.The paper also briefly describes an instructional module entitled Design for Manufacturethat was also used in ED&G 100. This module was used in teaching studentsfundamentals of engineering design and design for manufacture. The module wasdeveloped by The New York State Curriculum for Advanced Technology Education(NYSCATE). In this

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sven Nielsen

Basis 1 Assessing a Space, Human and context, Co-operation, learning design and management of projects, Architecture and de- signs, Information technology, DesignTable 1. Phases, semester themes and (some) courses of the M.Sc.; Programme in Archi- Page 9.943.3tecture and Design“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copy- right  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The main element of the pedagogical concept is study plans, which for each semester de-scribes