Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Frolik

address this need throughsignificant enhancements in the undergraduate communications curriculum offered by theElectrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE). The emphasis of these enhancementslies in the integration of hands-on experience in three typically, theory-based telecommunicationcourses and a separate laboratory course having a wireless communications focus. Theenhancements, enabled by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Course, Curriculum andLaboratory Improvement (CCLI) Adaptation and Implementation (A&I) Track award anduniversity support, features infrastructure development in terms of radio frequency (RF) anddigital communications test equipment. This paper describes the new communicationscurriculum at UVM, resources upon

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

change which will provide theframework and infrastructure to nourish a vital program. 2) Hire two new tenure-track facultyover the next two years, each with interest in a key programmatic area, bringing the total numberof dedicated faculty to 4.5 . We also participate in the hiring of faculty by other departments andcolleges. 3) Forge particularly strong curricular links to biology, and to bioresource andagricultural engineering. 4) Establish links to other undergraduate engineering degree programswhich will provide biomedical engineering emphases for other majors. This will enlarge thetalent pool for the bioengineering industry. 5) Create a purposeful adjunct professor and visitingprofessor program to meet curricular objectives. 6) Establish a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett

to promote higher-level thinking skills and improve retention. For the project, incoming freshman will be given a plot of undeveloped land that, by the time they graduate, will be turned into a blueprint for certain segments of the city (time constraints prevent the design of an entire city). Design tasks include all facets of the traditional civil engineering program, such as site planning and layout, sewer and water infrastructure, water supply, wastewater treatment, buildings, transportation systems, channel design, floodplain analysis, and geotechnical work. A common, four-year design project unifies the curriculum and allows material learned in early courses to carry forward, unlike

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Harper

personalexperiences and related interests. Each of the cases is built around the decision-makingprocesses, amid competing social and commercial goods, that led, in the first case, to thedestruction of the Kissimmee River watershed and the degradation of the Everglades, theirsubsequent and on-going restoration, and the role in both of the US Army Corps of Engineers;and, in the second case, to building the Twin Towers on land long occupied by thriving smallbusinesses, and incorporating design flaws that may have increased risk and contributed to theircollapse.“Getting the Water Right:” Restoring the Kissimmee and Reclaiming the Everglades In 1962, in order to accommodate a burgeoning population and corresponding demandfor housing and infrastructure in