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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

. by early part of 21st century [3].• The influx of large amount of federal and corporate funding that have supported students of diverse background to purse technical higher education• The social and ethical responsibilities of colleges and universities to provide access and support to students of color and diverse background. Page 9.503.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationWhatever the reasons, there have been an influx of new programs aimed at recruitment, retentionand

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Fry

. Page 9.308.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFunction comes from Logos, or Logic. This is under the main control of the Engineering andTechnology disciplines. This is the aspect that is needed to make something work.Value comes from Ethos, or Ethic (Character). It can also be thought of as “Brand”. This is thecharacter of the company providing the good or service. This is the relationship between thecustomer and company. Marketing is the champion for this part of the equation. How does theproduct reinforce the issues of brand? What is the Brand Promise?Form comes from Pathos, or Emotion

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John McGuire; John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

needs; (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; (g) an ability tocommunicate effectively; (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering 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 forengineering practice” [1].By blending these criteria with music, a definite relationship can be seen, as in Table 1.In this table, suppose “engineering” was substituted with “music.” Table

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Debra Ricci; Arnold Weimerskirch

. Paul, Minneapolis, and Owatonna, Minnesota and in Rome. UST isMinnesota’s largest private educational institution. The University integrates liberal artseducation and career preparation, emphasizing values necessary for complete human Page 9.220.1development and responsible citizenship in contemporary society. UST provides qualityProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationeducation through an integration of theory and practice, enhancing students’ professionalcompetence and ethical judgment, and

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

presentation skills, ethics. CE 309 – Civil Engineering Synthesis II: CE infrastructures systems, numerical and decision analysis techniques, statistical and risk analyses, project management, synthesis tools, multi- criterion decision analysis. Page 9.827.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education CE 408 – Civil Engineering Design I: Design of civil engineering systems; social, environmental, economic and other non-technical design considerations, engineering economics, project

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chell Roberts

Bachelorette Degree), receiving on-the-job training and experience (skill development), obtaining license or certificate,exercising code of ethics, and continual professional development. Within some Page 9.398.6professions (e.g., M&S) government and commercial entities (Defense Modeling and “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Simulation Organization, Aegis Technologies, Cisco, Sun Micro-systems, and Rational toname a few) offer short courses and alike to educate student/professionals about theirstandards

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Hollis; Namas Chandra; Chiang Shih

engaging allincoming freshman in tutoring and mentoring activities as described in a later section. Althoughonly recipients in the learning/teaching partnership at this stage, incoming students will be wellinformed about the LTT practice and will be prepared for their future participation. Further, thefreshmen will be exposed to the tutoring methods adopted by professors, graduate teachingassistants, and finally their seniors.The first real LTT practice will begin during the sophomore year in the “Introduction toMechanical Engineering” class. One of the objectives of this course is to present ME as aprofession by including topics such as professionalism, career choice, ethics, and life-longlearning, among other issues. These topics introduce a

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Orr; Richard Vaz

programs.6. Details of the MajorFollowing are the Program Outcomes identified for the ECE major: 1. Preparation for engineering practice, including the technical, professional, and ethical components, 2. Preparation for the future changes in electrical and computer engineering, 3. A solid understanding of the basic principles of electrical engineering, computer engineering, and the relationship between hardware and software, 4. An understanding of appropriate mathematical concepts, and an ability to apply them to ECE, Page 9.594.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox; Robert Barat

needingimprovement. These included 1) awareness of business needs, 2) written communication skills,3) economic skills, 4) oral communication skills and 5) use of computers. The followingattributes were consistently listed as being the most important 1) problem solving, 2)professional and ethical responsibility, 3) computer skills, and 4) teamwork skills. Severalmembers of the department advisory board have also indicated the need to include somecoverage of biology and more effective coverage of the use computer simulation software in thecurriculum.Graduating Students. A survey of the graduating students showed general satisfaction with theireducation. However, a number of areas were consistently cited as needing improvement. Theseincluded 1) written

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wagner; Daniel Cavanagh

well as overarching concepts such as engineeringdesign, ethics and teamwork. In one component of the course, each student participates in twothree-week seminars which provide a more in-depth and hands-on introduction to the disciplines.To complement the new biomedical engineering major at Bucknell, we have implemented a newbiotransport seminar with a focus on drug delivery. The goal of the seminar is to expose thestudents to the fundamental concepts associated with drug delivery and to provide theopportunity to implement these concepts in a hands-on environment.The ten lectures and three labs in the seminar are presented in an order which is analogous to thesimple pathway of an orally ingested drug. While the early lectures focus on the

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Yi Min Huang; Larry McKenzie; Michael Trevisan

89 94 c. Design for a need 93 87 a. Apply M/S/E 77 82 f. Professional ethics

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

understanding ofdifferences in students’ learning styles is well on his/her way in making his/her teaching moreeffective.(5)A viable learning style model must be grounded in research, periodically evaluated, and adaptedto reflect the developing knowledge base.(22) Implementation of learning style practices mustconform to accepted standards of ethics, and be carried out by competent instructors, who canprovide suitable activities that appeal to each learning style. To promote effective learning,within the context of varied learning styles, it is important to form groups within the class. Howdo you form effective groups? How do you make groups work? What do groups do? Theanswers to these questions will differ from one course to another depending on

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

must take into account. Other constraints include cost, reliability, safety, environmental impact, ease of use, available human and material resources, manufacturability, government regulations, laws, ethics, and even politics. In short, technology necessarily involves engineering and science.2.2 What is Technology?As the result of the Technological Literacy report, a new definition of technology has emerged for the 21stcentury. As the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) points out in its report: “In its broadest sense,technology is the process by which humans modify nature to meet their needs and wants. However, mostpeople think of technology only in terms of its artifacts … but technology is more than its tangibleproducts

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zuhdi Aljobeh; Aaron Jennings

the University of Michigan. The prototype Environmental Engineering course titled “Heavy Metal Contamination in theUrban Environment” will examine heavy metal burdens in Valparaiso area commons identifiedby the participating Valparaiso University students. Students will participate in sampling andmeasuring contamination levels and computing HI values. The students will also develop a planto address the legal and ethical issues associated with generating this type of knowledge.Table 2–Number of Commons with Hazard Index >1 Commons Based on Cr(III) and Cr(VI) Guidance State Cr(III) Cr(IV) State Cr(III) Cr(VI) Alaska 8 10 Missouri 14 14

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Fisher; Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

toworkplace experiences. One effort has been a technical writing course, collaborativelydeveloped with the Department of English, offered exclusively to students from the Departmentof Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. We created a real-world case simulation of abiotechnology company, Omega Molecular, in which the students were employees. An on-linedatabase provided company history, policies, memos, emails, and product data. “Employees”were charged with the task of developing technical reports in a virtual corporate environmentthat forced them to consider ethical and personnel issues. Students had the opportunity todevelop and demonstrate these competencies which are linked to the ABET Criterion 3(g)communication outcome: communication, general

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

comprises severalcomponents.First is a course divided into two parts: a recitation portion partnered with lectures inengineering ethics. The recitation employs readings in literature, history, and ethics asthe vehicle for background content in critical issues in engineering and scientific fields.Students write a series of technical reports based on reading, interpreting, and creating apersuasive argument.A second aspect of the Writing Program is a tutoring center offered free of charge toCSM students. With an appointment, students can spend up to one hour meeting withWriting Center faculty, consulting on the content (as possible) and quality of their writtenwork. This one-to-one context provides a valuable campus resource to all CSM students

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Raghu Echempati; Arnaldo Mazzei

, materials selection,safety, and cost considerations. Take-home project problems enhance and demonstrate the typeof study and research required for design. Topics to be studied include strength and fatigueconsiderations, shaft design, threaded fasteners, lubrication and bearings, springs, andfundamentals of gear analysis, including terminology, forces, and stresses. One additionalrequirement for this course is working on a team-based design project. For the Fall 2002 class, acommon feature of such design project was to present a case study on any one of the ethicalissues that are available in the literature along with some engineering calculations to appreciatehow engineering ethics play a very important role in the design of a system or a

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Leah Jamieson; Katherine Banks; Kamyar Haghighi; John Gaunt; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

possess communication skills to interact effectively in thecommunity and within the professional and political arenas. Today’s ethical issues will assumeglobal proportions and our graduates must have the strong ethical foundation they will need todeal with issues involving equitable distribution of resources, byproducts of design, proprietaryinformation, sustainable development, environmental conservation, genetic engineering, andhuman cloning. They need to be familiar with legal and business aspects of engineeringsolutions and their social impact and have a foundation in best business practices andfundamentals of entrepreneurship.To position our graduates to compete and lead in a dynamic future, we must first ask ourselves:• What understandings

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Stroud Rossmann; Clive Dym

-answer exam questions. Due to the inclusion of case studies in student reading,assignments, and exams, as well as in classroom discussions, we have also been able to evaluatelearning outcomes such as oral and written communication skills and students’ understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility. This has been a boon both for our students and for ourdepartment in communications with ABET.Over six semesters assessed in this way, students in the continuum mechanics course haveachieved an average score of 4.3 on a 5-point scale. Unfortunately, the department initiated theuse of rubric-based assessment after the continuum mechanics course was developed, so data arenot available to compare these results with those for the former course

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

, ISBN:0072227427Course Description:Computer Systems and network security: implementation, configuration, testing of securitysoftware and hardware, network monitoring. Computer attacks and countermeasures. Emphasison laboratory experiments.Course Learning Objectives:Upon completing this course a student will: • Understand the ethics of using hacking tools • Be able to describe the TCP/IP network protocols and the effect of an open network protocol on security • Be able to snoop traffic from a network and decode the data • Be able to describe methods to counter traffic attacks like snooping, spoofing, redirection, and flooding. • Understand the importance of passwords and methods to select good passwords • Be

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Katherine Banks; John Gaunt; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

-wide impact such as the integration of engineering ethics and the use of technology in teaching and learning. • Assessment of the impact of innovative projects on students’ intellectual development and development of expertise. • Faculty development related to teaching and learning. • Integration of students in the process of change. Center Projects include, but are not limited to, an Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor, an Engineering Leadership Development Minor (ELDM), Engineering Ethics, and the Leonhard Center Technical Writing Initiative (LCTWI). The Leonhard Center works closely with the Engineering Instructional Services (EIS) program. The Director of the Center is a tenured faculty member from one of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

requirements with their project advisor. The primary student references are Dennis1 andBrooks.2 In CS408A, students implement, test, and complete their project.Completed project solutions must address technological, social, political, and economicconsiderations in the design and fielding of their completed product. Ethical engineeringdecision-making consistent with the safety, health, and welfare of the public is also an importantconsideration.Multidisciplinary senior design project teams range in size from four to twenty students. Theorganization of individual teams varies from teams with students from four or more engineeringdisciplines to teams with students from two engineering disciplines. Each team configurationprovides its own set of

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

Technology.Among these programs most are designed for general study in Computer and InformationTechnology fields in order to build students a solid foundation in Computer InformationTechnology. They typically include a collection of fundamental concepts in areas, suchas, Computing History and Environment, Computer Hardware, Computer Software,Computer Programming, Networking and Data Communication, Database, SoftwareEngineering, Security, Ethics and so on.Many traditional colleges offer the Computer Information Systems programs at bothAssociate and Bachelor degree levels. Most of these programs are designed to cover thebasic theory or every aspect of computer information technology. Their goals are to helpstudents to build a broad of knowledge in a variety

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Fredericks Volkwein; Linda Strauss; Lisa Lattuca; Patrick Terenzini

multi-disciplinary teams e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility g. An ability to communicate effectively h. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context i. A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning j. A knowledge of contemporary issues Page 9.88.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

program curriculum meeting the programeducational objectives, let’s first identify the program outcomes in which the curriculum are tomeasure and the relationships of these program outcomes to the program educational objectives.The program objectives are: Pgm Obj 1. Sound preparation for adaptation in exciting, rapidly-changing areas of technology and the passion for lifelong learning Pgm Obj 2. Ability to respond to ethical and public issues, including safety, social, environmental concerns, and understanding of how engineering solutions affect the wider society Pgm Obj 3. Ability to apply personal values to daily and professional life, the development of skills

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

. The IS 2002 Recommendations and the ABET CriteriaFor the development of the IS curriculum, we implemented the IS 2002 recommendations. Thecharacteristics of the IS profession have been identified and listed in the recommendations: • IS professionals must have a broad business and real world perspective. • IS professionals must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills. • IS professionals must have interpersonal communication and team skills and have strong ethical principles. • IS professionals must design and implement information technology solutions that enhance organizational performance.The curriculum has 30 semester hours of formal IS courses but also assumes use of prerequisiteor corequisite courses in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahbub Uddin

understanding the varied domains of human knowledge and experience and develop understanding and appreciation of their cultures and religions. Liberal arts and engineering design courses have a synergistic effect of the development of creative and critical thinking skills, oral, and written communication skills, interpersonal and leadership skills, and a quest for life-long learning. Our design sequence provides our students with a wonderful opportunity to consider the moral, ethical, economical, environmental, societal, and geo-political impact of engineering design decisions. Engineering Science graduates are well prepared for challenging positions in engineering practice, graduate study and for lives as innovative thinkers and

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence O'Connor; Nghia Le

. LENghia T. Le is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology of Purdue University. Heteaches at Purdue University, School of Technology at New Albany, Indiana. He earned his B. S. and M. E.E. E. degrees from the University of Louisville. He specializes is instrumentation and controls. He can bereached at: nle1@purdue.edu.TERRENCE P. O’CONNORTerrence P. O’Connor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology for PurdueUniversity. He teaches at the New Albany site where he has taught all but one of the courses in the twoyear degree offered there. He is primarily interested in ELF/ULF signal detection in the area of research,but also has delved into engineering ethics. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University