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Parris C. Neal; Donna E. Peterson; Cindy L. Lynch; Cameron Wright

-on engineeringclasses and can aid techniques such as problem-based learning.INTRODUCTIONEarly in their college careers, many engineering students have difficulty mastering their moretechnical classes, sometimes not realizing that these classes typically require a different approachto studying (i.e., reading coupled with the practice of problem sets) compared to other classessuch as history or literature (where reading alone is the normal study mode). This can lead toearly frustration with engineering and is a contributing factor to the high attrition ratesexperienced by all the engineering disciplines.1,2 Thus any method that improves our students’study habits may increase retention rates and potentially improve overall student

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Ralph O. Buchal

”, Byte, March 1995, pp. 50-72.5 Sherman, Stratford, “Secrets of HP’s ‘Muddled’ Team”, Fortune, Vol. 133, No. 5, March 18, 19966 Shrage, Michael, No More Teams: Mastering the Dynamics of Creative Collaboration, Currency Doubleday, 1995, p.31.Ralph O. BuchalDr. Buchal earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1980. Hesubsequently earned an M.A.Sc. in 1984 and a Ph.D. in 1987, both from U.B.C. He has been a faculty memberin the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Western Ontario since 1987. Prof. Buchal’sinterests include robotics, manufacturing, information technology, and computer-integrated manufacturing. Hehas been active in curriculum and undergraduate laboratory

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James L. Hales

the personal computer used to control and operate the simulator).Our experience with other Hampden equipment gives some confidence that the equipmentmaintenance would be minimal. Purchasing, manufacturing, and installation required most of a year.Simulator Configuration The simulator consists of seven panels or sections as follows: Section 1 represents a generating station with two alternators. These are connected to aring bus which supplies two parallel overhead and two parallel underground transmission lines. Section 2 represents a generating station with a single alternator, master instrumentation,and station service loading

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course, when the concepts of energy, power andefficiency were covered. These concepts must be mastered before more complicated systems,such as bioreactors, are analyzed. Successful completion of the design problem required thatstudents use energy and power calculations, along with manufacturer’s catalogs, reasonableassumptions, visits to the local home and garden store, spreadsheets and word processors. Bothteams made excellent reports, and all students seemed excited by the process.The second design problem was meant to be biologically relevant, and was to include a build andtest phase in the project. Coming up with a suitable problem was harder than I expected, due totime constraints, the desire to build and test the system, and the desire to

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T.R. Kurfess; M.L. Nagurka

on industry projects include statistics, probability,manufacturing, signal processing and controls. It is also desirable to have the student serve as aTA in courses that will enhance research skills even further. For example, when preparing astudent to work on a machine tool analysis project, we have strongly encouraged the student toserve as a TA for undergraduate courses in the areas of manufacturing, signal processing andcontrol. By teaching recitations and grading homework problems, the student truly masters thematerial and attains a high level of competence.Proprietary Information Companies often request that universities engage in research of a proprietary nature.Although agreements can be worked out between the legal

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Sharon Zelmanowitz

. References1. Schwartz, H.G. Jr. Environmental engineering education in the year 2000 - A random walk. In:Proceedings ofthe Sixth Conference on Environmental Engineering Education. Williamson, K.J. and M.R. Miller, Eds. August 18-20, 1991. Corvallis, Oregon.SHARON ZELMANOWITZ is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the United States Coast GuardAcademy in New London, Connecticut. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University inAgricultural Engineering, a Master of Science in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from North Carolina StateUniversity, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Wisconsin -Madison. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D. she was employed as an environmental engineer

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Massoud Tavakoli; Gary Hammond; Jawaharlal Mariappan; Henry Kowalski

trade-off effects of cost, weight, speed and efficiency.6. Team Work: Every aspect of the project is carried out in teams of three (and rarely four) students. Task delegation is left up to the teams. Conflicts are encouraged to be resolved rather than ignored. At the end, confidential rating of each team member's participation is submitted by all students. The team grade is modified for each student according to these ratings.7. Patent Protection: Each team submits a simplified patent composed of a few claims and sufficient description in order to protect their conceptual design ideas form being copied. All patents are reviewed by all involved professors and claims are approved or rejected. A master copy of all of the submitted

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, Engineering, Science Achievement Program at UC Berkeley.MARIA A. REYESMaria A. Reyes is a graduate of the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) at ASU, where she obtained a BS in CivilEngineering and is pursuing a Masters degree in Geotechnical Engineering. She spent two years as a staff engineerat a local consulting firm. Currently, she serves as the MEP Coordinator at ASU which has given her theopportunity to develop and teach a seminar course for entering minority students.MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLANDMary Anderson-Rowland is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs for the College ofEngineering and Applied Sciences at ASU. Her responsibilities include the Women In Applied Science andEngineering Program, the Office Of Minority

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Architect and many of his projects have been published in architectural journals and wondesign awards. Davis received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Catholic University, a Bachelor of ArchitectureDegree from Pratt Institute and his second professional degree, a Master of Architecture, also from Pratt Institute. Page 2.130.7

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Joseph A. Untener

involving key stakeholders fromindustry, secondary, and post-secondary education in the development process. Page 1.362.4 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsMODULAR STRUCTURE OF THE CURRICULUM The Product Development Module is one of nine modules in the curriculum. Recognizing that theoverall learning experience is only as effective as each distinct component, each module is set up to relate tothe curriculum architecture, and to leverage learning. Modules rely on a constructivist approach, and each one is designed to help students master arelatively small set of select

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Richard Parker; Walter Buchanan

time scales, the eventual winnowing of diversity is a long way off. Theparticular organism we want to talk about is an integrated math and electronics modular package.The modules incorporate Electronics Workbench [1] for circuit simulation, and Maple [2] formathematical simulation. What's more, the curriculum is further organized by the use of a“supervisor package”, called Electronics Testbench, that guides the student through the learningprocess by providing tutorials and practice quizzes. The instructor can concentrate on thecreative task of instilling the crucial concepts rather than being a drill master for rote exercises.Maple has hot key linking built in. Electronics Testbench does not provide for unlimitedhypertext, but it does provide

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Tamie Veith; John E. Kobza; Mario G. Beruvides; C. Patrick Koelling

Engineering from Arizona State University, an MBA, M.S.I.E.,and B.S.I.E. in 1976, all from the University of Missouri. Dr. Koelling is a senior member of IIE and a member ofASEE and INFORMS.TAMIE VEITH is currently an Industrial and Systems Engineering masters degree candidate at Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University. She received her B.A. in Mathematics in 1992 from Reed College. Herconcentration is in Operations Research with particular interest in simulation and Internet applications. Page 2.299.11

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Shamil F. Daghestani; William G. Sullivan

his Masters level degree in May 1997. He also earned aB.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1995.Shamil’s current research is in the area of modeling of manufacturing environments. AcknowledgementsThis research was supported, in part, by NSF DUE-9155917 entitled “The Integration ofEconomic Principles with Design in the Engineering Science Component of the UndergraduateCurriculum.” We also wish to thank the many professors and graduate teaching assistants whoparticipated in this study since 1993. Page 2.302.9

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Richard D. Christie; Peter M. Trinidad

circuit behavior.6. References[1] PSpice Circuit Analysis User’s Guide, MicroSim Corporation, version 5.0, July 1991.[2] M. Ciletti, “Circuit Master: Turnkey Software for the Introductory Electrical Engineering Curriculum”, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 32. no. 3, pp. 259-265.[3] F. de Coulon, E. Forte, & J. M. Rivera, “KIRCHHOFF: An Educational Software for Learning the Basic Principles and Methodology in Electrical Circuits Modeling”, IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 19-22.[4] M. Walworth, & R. Herrick, “The Use of Computers for Educational and Testing Purposes”, 1991 Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 511-514, 1991.[5] M. Lavoie, A. Metioui, J. Levasseur, & C. Brassard, “Conceptual

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Martha A. Centeno; Julie A. Jacko; Marc L. Resnck; Marcia Groh-Hammond; Seth Berkowitz; Amanda M. Mitskevich; Janet Parker; John Schmidt

.MARC L. RESNICKHe has been on the faculty of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering since 1993. He received hisB.S. degree in Engineering Psychology and Engineering Management from Tufts University in 1989, and his M.S.and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1990 and 1993respectively.JOHN SCHMIDTHe works in the Facilities Directorate at Kennedy Space Center. He has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from theUniversity of Miami and a Masters of Engineering Management from the University of Central Florida. His primeresponsibility is the design of new facilities and renovations at the Kennedy Space Center. His job involvesmanaging the design process from the initial concept to

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Gary Grossman; Steve Wells; Michihiro Nishi

industryand sights. A substantial amount of preliminary work must be spent in determining suitableprojects. Planning for competitions should start at least six months before the scheduled event.Biographical InformationGARY R. CROSSMAN Gary R. Crossman, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Old DominionUniversity, Norfolk, Virginia, has 29 years of experience in engineering technology education. He holds aBachelor’s degree from the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy and a Masters of Engineering degree from OldDominion University. He has been very active in the Engineering Technology Division and the EngineeringTechnology Council of ASEE, holding several positions in ETD, including chair. He has also been active in TAC ofABET

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user is introduced to a particular manufacturing process via a series of screens thatcontain text, animations, quick times, and voice-overs . The emphasis in the introduction is tomake the user aware of the relationship between part geometry and the ease or difficulty ofconstructing the dies (tooling) required to produce the part.The second or workshop module provides the user with the opportunity to determine how wellthey have mastered the concepts presented in the first module. In this module the user is allowedto design and ’build’ a part from a restricted family of part geometries and to obtain a designevaluation of the part. Alternatively, the user may be presented with various alternative designsand engineering specifications and asked

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J. Morehouse; Edward Young; Jed S. Lyons

system, how to install sensors and how to reduce data obtained through the data acquisition and telemetry system. Temperature and pressure sensors are installed in various positions within the vehicle and the output routed to the master on-board computer. Input from the sensors is used to exercise the complete data acquisition system.• Material to Student Element. The student is provided with a Laboratory Manual that includes chapters relevant to the modules. The student is assigned reading from the Laboratory Manual pertaining to the specific module prior to reporting to the laboratory. Material including theory, experiment objectives and other guidance is also provided to the student in lecture form. Also, a library

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Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Transfer and Training” by Dr.. Institute of Food Technologies Annual Meeting Georgia WorldCongress Center, Atlanta, Georgia June 20-24, 1998RUBEN ROJAS-OVIEDORuben Rojas-Oviedo is Chairperson and Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering atAlabama A&M University in Huntsville AL. Dr. Rojas-Oviedo has international engineering experienceworking both in academe and industry. He has an engineering consulting company and conducts appliedresearch. He earned a Ph. D. In Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University, he has two Masters degreesone in Mechanical Engineering from N.C. State at Raleigh and the other in Applied Mathematics fromAuburn. He earned a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the National Polytechnic

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E. H. Shaban

, Khartoum as well as other cities. The study of hydroelectric power generation bymechanical engineers and electric power transmission and distribution by electric engineers havebeen very intensive and focussed in both the Sudan and Egypt. This area of electrical engineeringis relatively up to date and there are graduate studies conducted in this area. The first authorstudied a master degree in electrical engineering at the University of Khartoum, Sudan, in thisarea with a thesis title of “Corona Power loss in transmission lines” due to environmentalchanges in weather conditions [4]. The Sudan is a semi dessert and therefore there aresandstorms that may affect the corona power loss sometimes. The first chairman of the electricengineering department

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Prawit Rotsawatsuk; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

", 1997 WinterSimulation Conference, Atlanta, GA, December 1997, pp. 475-482.ANIL SAWHNEYAnil Sawhney received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from India in 1987 and a Master of BuildingEngineering and Management degree from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi in 1990. He completedhis Ph.D. studies at the University of Alberta in June 1994. Since then he has been working as an Assistant Professorof Construction Engineering and Management at Western Michigan University. His research interests are mainlyfocused on construction simulation techniques and use of computers in construction education.PRAWIT ROTSAWATSUKPrawit Rotsawatsuk is a graduate student in Construction Engineering Management program at Western MichiganUniversity. He

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internshipcan assist the student in making career choices, and will aid in the development of various skills.One should not overlook the advantages of graduate school; masters and doctoral engineeringdegrees are an important credential when pursuing a research position. The laboratoryexperiences leading to graduate degrees are attractive to companies who maintain laboratoryfacilities. Finally, business courses remain the gateway to senior management positions in manycompanies. In light of the discussion on global challenges, what are the key factors that encourageemployers to highly value new hires with well-rounded academic experiences? First, theseengineers can often join existing teams (e.g., advanced development, design, manufacture, etc

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Vincent R. Canino; John D. Gassert

their individual facultyadvisor and the review of the BE faculty.Vincent R. CaninoVincent Canino is currently a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department atMilwaukee School of Engineering. His positions at MSOE include Professor of Electrical Engineering and Page 4.269.6Computer Science, Director, Biomedical Research Institute, Program Director of Biomedical Engineering, andProgram Director of Master of Science in Perfusion. Canino received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering(Biomedical Option), August 1976 from Marquette University. He was responsible for developing the BiomedicalEngineering Program and the

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Russel C. Jones

is valuable.Outcomes assessment appears to be growing as a desirable measure, replacing detailedcurriculum specifications.In graduate education, practice oriented masters degree programs for engineers were seenas growing in popularity as the “first professional degree”. Traditional MS and Ph.D.paths were still seen as valuable for those planning to enter R&D, teaching, or advancedtechnical practice.Offering of continuing education programs was seen as a responsibility and opportunityfor engineering schools, along with offerings from industry, societies, and commercialsources. It was observed that engineering schools need to involve faculty members whounderstand current industry requirements, and who can teach at the current state of

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Phillip Farrington; Mel Adams; Mary Spann; Dawn R. Utley

% (45) of the respondents held a masters degree in a technical field while 4.1% (9)held a Ph.D. Other demographics of concern and interest include race and gender statistics.Respondents were overwhelmingly Caucasian males. Only 4% were non-Caucasian andonly 11% were female. The number of racial minorities entering engineering programsin universities around 1985 was between 6% and 8%, however the dropout rate wasextremely large at between 55% and 70% 7. This calculates into an average of 3% to 4%of graduating engineers. Given that the transition into management takes on average 10years, a 4% racial minority value for managers surveyed is not surprising. The number ofwomen entering university engineering programs in 1985 was 15% 8

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Sung Kim; Kevin Logeais

., Thermodynamics: An engineering approach, 3rdEdition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998Author BiographiesSung KimSung Hwan Kim is an instructor/coordinator of Mechanical Engineering Technology atPiedmont Technical College in Greenwood, SC. He also is a visiting professor of MechanicalEngineering Technology Department at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, SC. Heis ABD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Carolina and isactively involved SCATE project and a Co-PI in NSF funded project on establishing a PrecisionMachining Measurement Center at Piedmont Technical College. He received Master ofEngineering degree in Mechanical Engineering Department from the University of Tulsa inTulsa, OK in 1987 also M.S. degree in

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start of the course.The students find out quickly that the recorder has to produce a document at the end of a classperiod, and that the spokesman has to get up and report to the rest of the class. This also adds tothe meaning of ‘deliverables’ in a proposal. These roles are rotated for small tasks like learningthe CAM program. This helps the students understand job responsibilities at technical andadministrative levels. This type of cooperative learning is also a very effective educationmethod for conveying knowledge and skills like mastering new software. Role perspective alsohelps when the companies are formed and job descriptions are defined. A standard lab journal is

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Maurice Walworth; Kevin Schmaltz; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Advanced andno real physical connection is provided. Courses Courses Senior ProjectsIn this model, the laboratories aredesigned to reinforce basic concepts buthave no larger purpose in the Figure 1: Isolated Learning Environmentcurriculum such as logically connecting to lab work completed in earlier or future courses.Advanced courses and laboratories assume students have mastered the basic theoretical skills, butno previous laboratory knowledge is required. Since laboratory time is short and new conceptsmust be emphasized, instructors are forced to use oversimplified set-ups. Further, a lot of existinglaboratory facilities

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

. She is also a statistical and QC consultant.MARIA A. REYES is a graduate of the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) at ASU, where she obtained a BS inCivil Engineering and is pursuing a Masters degree in Geo-Environmental Engineering. She spent two years as a Page 3.407.8 Session 2670staff engineer at a local consulting firm. Currently, she serves as the MEP Coordinator at ASU which has given herthe opportunity to develop and teach a seminar course for entering minority engineering students.MARY ANN MCCARTNEY serves as the

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Will Manion; Ronald Kozlowski; Mike Scott; Lynn E. Katz; Lenly J. Weathers

teaching environment. In 1989 he founded ASAP Media Service a student based multimediadesign group at the University of Maine involved in the exploration, understanding and implementation of theintegration of technology and communication.Ronald N. Kozlowski received a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Maine at Orono in 1997 He iscurrently working towards his Masters in Developmental Biology at the University of Maine. This involves theproduction of two CD-ROMs, FlyCycle CD and an Interactive Developmental Biology Lab Book . Ron is also anemployee of ASAP Media Services, a student run multimedia group at the University of Maine. Where he iscurrently working with Lynn Katz to develop A Multimedia Based Laboratory Course for