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ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

?fuseaction=SampleK-12LessonPlan.Summer 2003 Pilot CoursesThe following three workshops were successfully piloted in summer 2003:• Up, Up and Away — Taught by an aerospace engineering professor, 20 upper elementary teacher participants (80% women) explored the underlying concepts of aerodynamics. Through hands-on activities, they acquired a real-world understanding of weight, drag, lift, thrust and air pressure, as well as Bernoulli’s principle. Discussions explored the effects of airplanes on society and the future of flight. K-12 content covered includes the predictable ways in which matter is affected by external forces and the laws that define the interactions of matter and energy.• Mechanics Mania — Conducted in Grand

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

registered Professional Engineer. He hasworked for many years in the aerospace industry in design, analysis and management functions, including ThermalMission Analysis of the Lunar Module from Apollo Project. Page 9.751.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringAppendix A: Assessment Data, from Document: 2004-1744, Writing Self-Assessment for First-Year Engineering Students: Initial Findings, Chris Leslie, Elisa LinskyPreliminary results of the assessment program are encouraging. Students

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Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jesse Pappas; Eric Pappas

, whenavailable, still usually qualitative. To fairly assess the real value of the followinginnovative programs, it is necessary to suspend our familiar reliance on quantitative data,relying instead the evidence imbedded in individual learning processes, student responsesand evaluations, and moments of creative and cognitive discovery.II. Engineering Design in a Studio Atmosphere "Learning Engineering as Art: the New Paradigm," reads the byline of the IllinoisInstitute of Technology (IIT) Invention Center web page (www.iit.edu/~invention/).Directed by Francisco Ruiz, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical,Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, the Invention Center became fully functionalduring the 2000-2001 academic year, as a

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

the design project course sequence.This is necessary to meet the educational needs of the large number of students in an efficientand effective manner.HAROLD A. EVENSENHarold Evensen is the Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of MechanicalEngineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University. He received a B.S. in MechanicalEngineering from Michigan Tech in 1961, and the M.S. and PhD. Degrees in Mechanical-Aerospace Engineering Page 8.398.10from Syracuse University in 1964 and 1966 respectively. Before returning to Michigan Tech in 1970, he servedProceedings of the 2003 American

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Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerome Lavelle; Mary Clare Robbins

In-Class: (1) Materials Science & Engr. Presentation Class Exam; Project Workday (2) Design Project Work Day 12 In-Class: (1) Mech. & Aerospace Engr. Presentation Project Status Interim Report HW: (1) Design Project, Model/Prototype due (2) Journal Assignment #7 due 13 In-Class: (1) Nuclear Engineering Presentation Project Evaluation by instructors; Design HW: (1) Design Project Preliminary Results due Day

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alex See

subject, students learned about the various skills andacquired knowledge through a hands-on approach.The students were provided with a motion controller card (model PCI-7334) andUniversal Motion Interface (model UMI-7764) from National Instruments for this projectwork. Page 9.657.1Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education1. IntroductionSolar panels find many practical applications such as thermal energy storage systems,electric power generating systems, aerospace industries1 etc. The conversion of solarradiation into electrical

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Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas O'Neal; Thomas Jacobius; Joseph Steig; Arnold Heggestad; Abigail Barrow; Phil Weilerstein; David Barbe

of Research. He serves on the boards of several Venture Funds and has been involved in multiple startups.THOMAS M. JACOBIUSTom Jacobius is Director of Interprofessional Studies and The IPRO® Program at Illinois Institute of Technology inChicago, Illinois. Tom received the B.S. degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Illinois Institute ofTechnology and the Master of Management degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Managementwith a concentration in marketing. He has established the interprofessional project (IPRO) team course requirementas IIT’s signature educational experience for students across all disciplines and professional programs and allacademic levels, and involving just as broad a range of faculty

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Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Patrick Hollis; Namas Chandra; Chiang Shih

FAMU-FSU College ofEngineering. He has received a teaching award for his efforts in the development of the Mechanical EngineeringIntegrated curriculum. Dr. Shih received his Ph.D. from the Aerospace Engineering Department, University ofSouthern California in 1988. He is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education. Page 9.856.9PATRICK HOLLIS is an Associate Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSUCollege of Engineering. Dr. Hollis received a Ph.D. Degree from the Mechanical Engineering Department, CornellUniversity in 1986. Dr. Hollis has been the recipient of two teaching awards from

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Innovative Teaching in Engineering/Technology II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elsa Bruno; David Swanson; David Barnhart; David Richie; Jerry Sellers; Kenneth Siegenthaler

available on the web at www.usafa.af.mil/dfas/research/falcongold/falcongold.html.3. IEEE Std 1220-1998, Standard for Application and Management of the Systems Engineering Process, 22 January 1999, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. New York, NY.4. Stuart Stanton and Jerry Sellers, “Modeling and Simulation Tools for Rapid Space System Analysis and Design: Page 9.606.10 FalconSat-2 Applications,” presented at the 2001 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2001. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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J. Schmalzel; A. Marchese; Jennifer Kadlowec; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

at United TechnologiesResearch Center in East Hartford, CT and NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, OH. Marchese has a Ph.D.in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. He also holds B.S. and M.S. degrees fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. Marchese's research interests include chemically reacting flows,chemical kinetics, microgravity science, rocket propulsion, fire safety and refrigeration. Page 9.656.11Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

lifecycle complete. We firmly believe that the future ofengineering education must involve integrating IT into the classroom to foster multidisciplinary distributedcollaborative product development in the undergraduate curriculum and we welcome this opportunity toshare our experiences with our colleagues.II. Historical Perspective of ME 4041 – Computer Aided DesignAt Georgia Tech we have always believed that effective engineering communication involves more thantechnical writing skills. An engineer must be proficient in describing the intent of a design using bothwords and technical drawings. Our ME 1770 course, Introduction to Engineering Graphics, is crosslisted with the schools of Aerospace, Mechanical and Civil engineering and is required of

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ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Subhash Bose; Immanuel Edinbarough

anydelays and develops a sequence to achieve efficient movement and a clear image ofthe IC.V Neural networks algorithm for defects identification and classification Today, neural networks have become a flexible and a successful tool. It hasbeen applied to aerospace, automotive, banking, defense, electronics, entertainment,financial, insurance, manufacturing, medical, oil and gas, robotics, speech, securities,telecommunication, and transportation.Neural network topology The automated inspection system uses a six DOF robot to position and orientthe robot camera at a constant focal distance and angle to acquire IC’s pin image. Thepositions of the ICs centroids and direction of acquisition have been previouslydefined by the programmer for

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Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karen Willcox; Gergana Bounova

students entering the junior class Principles ofAutomatic Control in 2001. Although the questions were graded very leniently, the results showthat many of the students are unable to perform an integration by parts or calculate theeigenmodes of a second-order system. This issue is of great concern, since these mathematicalskills are fundamental to much of the material covered in the course. If the students arestumbling on the mechanics of the problem, it is unlikely that they are grasping the trueunderlying physical principles and core material of the course.A similar diagnostic was performed in another class in the Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics, Computational Methods in Aerospace Engineering, which is taken primarily byseniors and

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Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

and extensive resources in highereducation, research, and health care. What the region lacks is a critical mass of professionalstrained to fill the current needs of high-tech business and industry—a shortage that is feltnationally. No SET programs currently exist in the region or within the state.The State of Washington has recently experienced a significant downturn in its economy causedby a worsening recession and a significant downsizing in 2001 of a number of companies,particularly those in the aerospace and high technology industries. In higher education, the falloutfrom this stressed economy will be more individuals seeking to go to college. These anticipatedincreased enrollments coupled with the workforce demographics provide a

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert LaFarge; Chaouki Abdallah

, AM Digital Imaging II July 2, PM Visualization July 3, AM Optical Sciences and CHTM July 3, PM Research in Aerospace Structures July 5, AM The Context of Higher EducationParticipants were recruited through the many channels that the Diversity Programs had at itsdisposal, including its own scholarship programs and its close ties to the student chapters ofAISES, NSBE, MAES, and SHPE. Flyers were posted in all the engineering buildings. Anannouncement of the program was sent to the National Association of Minority EngineeringProgram Administrators (NAMEPA) list server and resulted in three non-UNM studentsattending the program.ResultsBecause, the

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Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

andservice include writing and holding workshops. He has published several internationally popular texts on analogintegrated circuits and industrial control electronics, as well as a variety of papers and conference presentations onthe art and technology of teaching. Mike has lead over forty workshops on a variety of ways to improve teaching.He has six years of industrial experience as a test engineer in the automotive and aerospace industries.Jeffrey J. Richardson is a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Electrical and Computer En gineering Technology atPurdue University where he has taught the introductory microcontroller course and worked with thetroubleshooting and senior project courses. He has been nominated for the Outstanding Graduate Student

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Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Van Treuren

-2300,English Literature before Burns, and one of ENG 2302, English Literature since Burns, ENG2304, American Literature: Masterpieces, or ENG 2306, Western World Literature: Masterpiecesin Translation), two religion courses (REL-1315, The Religion of the Bible, and 1392, TheChristian Faith and Business Ethics, or REL 1301, Old Testament History, and 1311, NewTestament History), at least one course in foreign language, one course in political science (PSC-2302, American Constitutional Development) and four humanities and social science courses tobe chosen from an approved list that ranged from the visual arts to aerospace studies. Theapproved list of humanities and social science courses was updated to include courses thought tostrengthen a

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K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hermes Calderon; Amilcar Quispitupa; Scott Kiefer

Education, 20 [5&6], (1999): pp. 341-356.Biographical InformationDr. O. M. Suárez is an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of General Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. He has been the leader of a Faculty team seeking to establish a graduate program in Materials Scienceand Engineering at his institution. He obtained his BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Córdoba,Argentina and and his MS and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Dr. S.F. Kiefer is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Tri-StateUniversity in Angola, IN. He currently teaches courses in computer aided design and specializes in Mechatronics.He obtained his BS from the

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Corradini

practicum in nuclear energywith a nuclear energy company or national laboratory, a view supported by student focus groups.(This seems compatible with current practice since many companies seek to use such "co-operative employment" to assess and recruit future employees, and most national laboratorieshave summer positions for engineering students.)The market assessment process below suggests that the nuclear fission power engineering minorwould be most compatible with engineering majors such as mechanical engineering, materialsengineering, electrical engineering, and chemical engineering. However we can also imagine thepossibility of combining this with aerospace engineering (particularly with NASA's recentinterest in space nuclear energy systems

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Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

& Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”ANNE SPENCE holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and is a lecturer in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at UMBC. During her eight years as an engineering educator, she has developed curricula, directedprograms to increase the recruitment and retention of women in engineering, and developed hands-on engineeringprograms designed to foster an interest in engineering among elementary, middle and high school students.TARYN BAYLES holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and is a lecturer in the Department ofChemical/Biochemical Engineering at UMBC. She emphasizes practical applications from her industrial experiencewhen teaching engineering

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

program. For example, an engineering-focused unit on rockets,supported by aerospace engineering students and faculty, could meet the need for a six-weekLaws of Motion unit for 4th grade students. Such a curriculum would also be suitable for summerteachers’ and kids’ workshops using the same theoretical background materials and hands-onactivities.Topic ResearchOnce unit topics are determined, graduate Fellows investigate the broad concepts associated withthe topic. From this investigation, a sequential outline of lesson plans is formed, resulting in amulti-week unit that covers a topic in depth. Each unit contains numerous lessons, withsupporting inquiry-based, hands-on activities. For example, a curricular unit on the environmentmight be

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Collins; Rajesh Bhaskaran

toknow how to assess the validity of the numerical results obtained from simulation packagesand to understand the limitations of the underlying physical and numerical models. Atthe same time, hands-on simulations can be used to make theory concrete and can serveas surrogate physical experiments. CFD simulations can be used to make the connectionbetween fundamental science and the solution of real-life engineering problems. Studentscan be exposed to a larger array of concepts than is possible otherwise. This project seeks to integrate CFD simulations into the intermediate fluid dynamicscourse in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at Cornell University. Thesoftware used is FLUENT from Fluent Inc. The software is available at a

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Evans; Gary Gray; Francesco Costanzo; Phillip Cornwell; Brian Self

graduate school.PHILLIP CORNWELL is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech-nology. He received his B.S. from Texas Tech University in 1985 and his M.A. and Ph.D. fromPrinceton University in 1987 and 1989 respectively. His present interests include structural dy-namics, structural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education.FRANCESCO COSTANZO came to Penn State in 1995 and is an Associate Professor of Engineer-ing Science and Mechanics. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the TexasA&M University in 1993. His research interests include the mechanics of nanostructures, the dy-namic crack propagation in thermoelastic materials, and engineering education.BRIAN P. SELF is an Associate

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Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman

% 267 72.16% Fall 2003 --Intended major Number of students Percentag e Aerospace engineering 41 12.6 Chemical engineering 39 12 Civil engineering 28 8.6 Computer engineering 23 7 Computer Science 18 5.5 Electrical Engineering 26 8 Mechanical Engineering 64 19.6 Math., Physics or Chemistry 4 1.2 Architecture

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nabil Ibrahim

working together from high school to universities can effectively eliminate the need for remediation. c. The success of the program in attracting high school students to the field of Manufacturing Engineering suggests that the same approach could be used effectively to attract students to other disciplines, such as Materials, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering that suffer from low enrollment because of lack of access to high school students. d. The experience gained from working collaboratively with high schools, community colleges, and universities on program articulation is invaluable and can be helpful to any discipline

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

member of IEEE and was the Chairman of the Manufacturing System Development and ApplicationDepartment of IEEE-Industry Applications Society from January 1998 to December 1999. Lin's currentinterests include Web engineering, distributed intelligent control of embedded real-time systems, andsensors in industrial control applications.HAROLD BROBERGHal taught EE for 3 years at the U.S. Naval Academy and, after retirement from the Marine Corps as aLieutenant Colonel, chose to continue teaching. He received his PE license in Indiana in 1988 and his PhDin Engineering (EE) in 1993. His research area is servo systems and he has consulted and worked for ITT(Aerospace-Communications) on weather satellite servos for the past 10 years. He is currently an

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Teaching Design with a Twist

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2003 Annual Conference

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Onofrio Russo; Gunter Georgi

Engineering and is an Instructor in theDepartment of Introductory Design and Science. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from thePolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and has worked for over 25 years in Utility, Manufacturing andConstruction industries. He has built two Co- generation Plants and holds four US. Patents.GUNTER W. GEORGIGunter W. Georgi is an Industry Professor at Polytechnic University. He received his B.S. from CooperUnion and his M.S. and professional M. E. Degrees from Columbia University. He is a registeredProfessional Engineer. He worked many years in the aerospace industry in design, analysis and manage-ment functions, including the Thermal Mission Analysis of the Lunar Module from Project Apollo.LORCAN M. FOLANLorcan M

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

example, an aerospace engineering student might not be aware of projects offered in electrical engineering that match his or her interests. Similarly, projects sponsored by one organization might be of interest to members of another organization, but organizations are not sure how to solicit the assistance. • Many students indicate that they find it difficult to work on a project for which they are not receiving academic credit for their work because their schedules are already full with their courses. • There is still very limited “subcontracting” of projects to the capstone design classes. • Most of the project work is confined to and focused on

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Models for Integrating Writing II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Pinkus

instructor to teach any engineering content, it does require that theinstructor work as a coach with the students on a lengthy term project. On the most basiclevel, an instructor has to deal with coaching anywhere from fifteen to twenty extremelyintelligent students through lengthy reports on topics of their choosing. Classes are usuallygrouped by engineering option, so instructors are at least limited to certain engineeringdisciplines at a time, such as electrical and computing, manufacturing, infrastructure,aerospace, nanotechnology, physics, and biomedical engineering. The topics of theseproposals, feasibility studies, and case studies are often quite extensive and complex. Onthe flip side, some proposed topics are just impractical. The

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Rennels

in the aerospace industry and has been on the IUPUI faculty for 16 years. He is a senior member ofASEE, SME, ASME and SAE and serves on the ETLI Executive Committee. Page 8.856.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Appendix I – Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Technology Programs Effective for Evaluations During the 1985-1986 Accreditation Cycle4V.F. Faculty This section of the criteria relates to faculty adequacy in numbers, competence