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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

Overview.” Frontiers: The InterdisciplinaryJournal of Study Abroad, Vol. III, Fall 1997. [http://www.frontiersjournal.com/back/three/dwin.htm]12. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. “2000 Accreditation Yearbook,” ABET, 2000, p. 80.DAVID J. BETTEZDavid J. Bettez is Acting Associate Provost for International Affairs and serves as Director, Study Abroad and ExternalScholarships, University of Kentucky. An historian of post-1848 European diplomatic history, he received his B.A. fromthe University of Notre Dame and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky.G. T. LINEBERRYG. T. Lineberry is Associate Dean and Professor of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky. He received his BSand MS degrees from Virginia Tech and his

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Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Leirad Carrasco; Charles Turner

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe UTEP Sustainable Engineering Initiative sponsored the GEBDC during the fall semester of2001 and the spring semester of 2002 in order to promote the integration of sustainable designelements into the construction plan of the new Engineering Building Annex. The newengineering building must be seen as a sustainable engineering icon and thus, its design shouldincorporate state-of-the-art technology and at the same time, it must contemplate the sustainableuse of resources to the maximum extent possible.Goals • Create an opportunity for students and faculty to contribute to the design of the new building that will

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Pre-College and ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Stirewalt

Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Addison–Wesley Publishing, 199510 J. Rumbaugh et al., Object-Oriented Modeling and Design, Prentice Hall Publishing, 199111 P. Krutchen, The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction, Addison–Wesley, 200012 T. Reenskaug, Working with Objects: The OORam Software Engineering Method, Manning, 199513 W. C. Campbell and K. A. Smith, New Paradigms for College Teaching, Interaction Book Company, 199714 The Fast Light Toolkit homepage: http://www.fltk.orgKURT STIREWALT received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Instituteof Technology and is now an assistant professor at Michigan State University. Hisresearch is concerned with the practical use of formal and semi-formal graphical

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Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Haws

: University of California Press.14 Herbert Hoover, (1922), American Individualism, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company.15 Herbert Spencer, (1883), Data of Ethics.16 Joseph Fletcher, (1966), Situation Ethics: The New Morality, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press.DAVID R. HAWSI have degrees in Civil Engineering (BS, MS, PhD), English (BA, MA), and Instructional and PerformanceTechnology (MS). I teach structural design, soil mechanics, and university core classes in applied ethics (The MoralDimensions of Technology), and in the social implications of engineering (Engineering for Humanity). My currentscholarly activities include the preparation of text materials, readings in moral philosophy, and philology

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Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

, Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the Association for Education of Teachers in Science (2002). 9 George, Y.S., et. al., In Pursuit of Diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce: Recommended Research Priorities to Enhance Participation by Underrepresented Minorities, Washington, D.C.,AAAS, (2001). 10 Felder, R. M., et.al., A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student performance and Retention: I. Success and Failure in the Introductory Course, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 15-21, January (1993). 11 Spurlin, J., et. al., Understanding How Freshman Engineering Students Think They Learn, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Norma Velasquez-Bryant; Gokhan Pekhan; Ahmad Itani; Pamela Cantrell

Teaching for the 21st Century3 identifies professional development as prerequisitefor a well-qualified teaching force and encourages teachers to take responsibility for their ownprofessionalism as they work to improve their skills. The Commission also stresses the need forprofessional development that provides opportunities for teachers to upgrade content knowledgeand to learn how to integrate technology into the teaching of mathematics and science. Page 9.941.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering

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Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Cupp; Paolo Moore; Norman Fortenberry

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering" 4. Dunkin, Ruth, Vice Chancellor. "Rejuvenating Academic Life." Web page, July 2001 [accessed July 2003]. Available at http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse?SIMID=aco3kgeirehu1. 5. Feldman, Kenneth A., and Michael B. Paulsen. Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom, 2nd ed. ASHE Reader Series Bruce Anthony Jones (ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing, 1998. 6. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. 2003-2004 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Baltimore, MD: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., 2002. Available at http://www.abet.org/images

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Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Warren Hill

Session 2550 Pre-Engineering in High School – An Oxymoron? Dr. Warren R. Hill Weber State UniversityIntroductionNo, pre-engineering in high school is not an oxymoron. Pre-engineering can be taught in the highschools and already is being done so successfully through a nationwide program called ProjectLead the Way (PLTW). PLTW is a non-profit organization that was founded specifically toattract more high school students into Engineering and Engineering Technology programs andhave them succeed once they reach college.This paper will discuss the basic operation of the program, some

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas O'Neal; Carmo D'Cruz

Session 3654 Turning Engineers into Entrepreneurs – And Transforming a Region Carmo D’Cruz, Tom O’Neal University of Central FloridaAbstractEngineers are excellent sources of high-growth potential entrepreneurial ventures with theircreative product and technology ideas, in various disciplines. However, academia in general hasnot effectively developed this resource.This paper reviews contemporary literature on teaching of entrepreneurship and describes aninnovative, holistic Engineering Entrepreneurship program backed by the resources and activitiesof a technology incubator

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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W. Wentzheimer; Jennifer VanAntwerp; Gayle Ermer; Steven VanderLeest

many possible solutions. Identifying the most viable solutions thatbest serve a variety of often conflicting design criteria requires originality and imagination.Proposed solutions may include completely novel approaches, but may also find ways to useexisting technology in new ways.Good designers must have strong engineering analytical skills. Once a set of proposed solutionsis generated, they must be evaluated for their suitability to solve the specified problem and forhow well they stack up against the design criteria. Analysis uses mathematical and scientificprinciples to predict the performance of each proposed solution on each of the criteria of interest.Optimized designs require systematic investigation of the solution space – perhaps

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tamara Knott

theyparticipated because they enjoy being involved in novel projects and those associated withengineering and technology. One student indicated that she had created a portfolio in highschool and was intrigued by creating an online portfolio.Eighty-eight percent of the engineering students who participated in the fall 2003 VTeP pilotexpressed satisfaction in the experience and a desire to continue to develop their ePortfolio.They cite an advantage in being able to keep a record of achievements and job experience andfeel that the ePortfolio will benefit them in future job searches. In addition, four studentsexpressed a desire to delve deeper into the system than they had time to do during the semester.Only two of the participating students indicated that

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

social sciences in the curriculum of the college was asserted. The paragraphcontinues: “The College was founded in the belief that a special need exists for physical scientists and engineers with broad enough training in the social sciences and humanities to assume technical responsibility with an understanding of the relation of technology to the rest of society.”This was the first published mission statement of the new college and it reflected the strongbelief at the time that the humanities and social sciences had a new historical role to play in theeducation of engineers and scientists. It was recognized that the professional training of engineersand scientists would require utilitarian courses in report writing

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

Virginia Tech Engineeringand Education faculty, K-12 educators, corporations, and policy/decision makers throughoutVirginia in order to improve engineering education. The specific objectives are to: (i) develop anew Masters/Technology Education Teaching Licensure Option for engineering graduates; (ii)create a contemporary framework for undergraduate engineering pedagogy, beginning withfreshman engineering experiences; and (iii) initiate the “Virginia Engineering /EducationCollaborative” to ensure stakeholders’ ownership of project outcomes.A number of initiatives are currently underway to create the proposed contemporary curriculumframework. These initiatives can be classified into following categories: • Collection and analysis of data

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"• Increased emphasis on experiential learning of engineering and tying that together with the classroom instruction.• Emphasis on teamwork as well as independent work; developing leadership and academic depth.• The imperative for superior communication skills, the development of teaming and organizational skills as well as independent work.• Illustrate the relationship of the basic sciences, engineering, and the liberal arts. In particular the relationship of science and technology to social systems and political policy.The objective has been to identify the student with the concept of an emerging professional. Inthat context the issues of social

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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

this new strategy was the survey administered to recentalumni. Both the departments and the programs were interested in the perceptions of studentsrelative to the eleven program outcomes specified in the general criteria of the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology and in gaining insight as to the curricular elements orexperiences that students equate to their level of preparation in these areas. Specifically, thesurvey probes the various professional and workplace activities in which graduates are involved,as well as their perceptions of their undergraduate education and how well it prepared them fortheir chosen career path.The alumni survey is administered every two years and is sent to alumni who graduated two andthree years

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Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Catalano

described. The CompassionPracticum requires students to use an engineering design methodology to identify, designa solution an implement that solution with the charge to the student stated as “dosomething compassionate for some being other than you.”Introduction The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), theorganization which sets forth specific guidelines for attaining engineering programaccreditation has written that “Engineering programs must demonstrate that theirgraduates have…an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.”1 The actualmeans for accomplishing these tasks are left to the individual programs, as are theworking definitions of phrases such as “professional and ethical responsibility

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mahbub Uddin

eight-semester engineering design course sequence. The emphasis on fundamentals isintended to prepare students for dealing with the rapid pace technological change and theinterdisciplinary demands of today’s and tomorrow’s, engineering practice. The laboratory and designportions of the program provide the student with a balanced perspective of the realities and limitationsrequired for practical problem solving.The professional practice of engineering requires skill and resourcefulness in applying science andtechnology to the solution of problems in our complex technological society. The successful engineermust possess a thorough understanding of social and economic forces and have an appreciation ofcultural and humanistic traditions. The

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Fred Driscoll

Session 1471 A Nontraditional Approach: Creating, Implementing and Overseeing A Multidisciplinary Electromechanical Engineering Program Frederick Driscoll, Robert Villanucci Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the design, development, and oversight of a five year dual-disciplineprogram in Electromechanical Engineering (ELME) at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Itbegins with the basic rationale behind the decision to design an interdisciplinary engineeringprogram at the undergraduate level, and continues with a history of the program as it developedand

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Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robin Adams; Reed Stevens; Lorraine Fleming; Cynthia Atman; Sheri Sheppard; Theresa Barker; Ruth Streveler

) Understanding how engineering learning and educational experience vary across populations and institutions, identifying significant factors related to gender, ethnic and geographic diversity.The study addresses the following research questions, that can be categorized in four primaryareas: 1. Skills: How do students’ engineering skills and knowledge develop and/or change over time? How do the technological fluencies of engineering students compare with those found in professional engineering settings? What concepts are difficult for students to learn? How can we measure students' understanding of those concepts? Why are these concepts difficult to learn? 2. Identity: How do these students come to identify themselves

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hari Janardanan Nair; Frank Liou

Session: 1463 INTEGRATING MICRO-NANO LEVEL INTERDISCIPLINARY MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR MEMS DEVELOPMENT Hari Janardanan Nair, Frank Liou UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLAAbstractMEMS or Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems are miniaturized mechanical, electrical, andbiological devices and systems with a dimensional range within a few micrometers. Theyrepresent a novel multidisciplinary technology field with unlimited potential for a widevariety of markets including automobiles, health care, telecommunication, informationtechnology, medicine

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Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alisha Waller

) use methodsthat permit direct investigation of the question; 4) provide a coherent and explicit chain ofreasoning; 5) replicate and generalize across studies; and 6) disclose research to encourageprofessional scrutiny and critique. The report discusses each of these principles and how theymay be applied to education research. In this paper, I explore these principles as applied to education research in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. I draw parallels and contrasts withengineering disciplinary research to illustrate the common and unique features of research withinthe education context. Finally, I offer a preliminary article review guide based on the principles.Introduction During the late 1990s

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

. In their written feedback, studentsmentioned that they as future teachers feel more comfortable teaching science and math relatedtopics and using technology in their teaching. Additionally, the students understand analyticrubrics and feel more comfortable using them in their classroom after their involvement with theengineering course.RESULTS FROM THE FIRST TERMThe following was learned during the first term of implementing the collaboration betweeneducation and engineering: Page 9.755.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Victor Nelson

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) established theJoint Task Force on Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001) to undertake a major review ofcurriculum guidelines for undergraduate programs in computing. The effort was to match thelatest developments of computing technologies in the past decade and last through the nextdecade [1]. The “Computing Curriculum 1991” [2] and other previous efforts of the IEEE-CSand ACM did not distinguish computer science from computer engineering programs. TheIEEE-CS and ACM established the Computing Curriculum - Computer Engineering (CCCE)Task Force in 2001 to develop a separate volume on computer engineering curricula tocomplement the CC2001 report. Other task forces also emerged to prepare separate volumes forcomputer

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Sluss

, the study of telecommunications systems is today recognized as an academicdiscipline in its own right. The University of Oklahoma (OU) - Tulsa is one of a select few thatoffers a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Systems under the aegis of the Schoolof Electrical and Computer Engineering. The degree has been designed with a common set ofcore courses: Telecommunications Industry Overview, Telecommunications Technology,Network Design and Management, Telecommunications Laboratory, and Professional Project.In addition, students may choose technical electives from among electrical and computerengineering, computer science, mathematics, and telecommunications systems courses. Studentsmay also choose up to six credit hours of approved

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Sanders; Ken Morrison

oforganizational change.Due to the recent technological advancement in information technology and opportunitiesprovided by the Internet, many playing fields in the manufacturing industry have changed toreflect rapid market changes and requirements. This includes globalization of manufacturingfunctions and activities, hence creating a set of new challenges to Industrial Engineers (IEs)in the organizations. Recently, we have learned that General Motors (GM) Corporation hasbeen seriously considering a dramatic change in their industrial engineering departmentsworldwide. There has even been talks in GM regarding elimination of industrial engineersand distributing their main functions and activities to the process operators. Many othermanufacturing

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Semahat Siddika Demir

Peer-Mentoring among Female Biomedical Engineering Students can be Extended to Other Engineering Disciplines Semahat S. DemirJoint Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Memphis & University of Tennessee 330 Engineering Technology Building, Memphis TN, 38152-3210, USA Adjunct Faculty of Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey Email: sdemir@memphis.edu Abstract— Mentoring is significant personal and professional assistance given by a moreexperienced person to a less experienced person during a time of transition. Transitions fromhigh school to

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Abulkhair M. Masoom; Fahmida R. Masoom

. Blackboard allows instructors to publish course material, conductcommunications and coordinate class events online with minimal knowledge of HTML orWeb design. Users in general, have claimed that through the use of this technology,more material can be covered with improved understanding; greater participation amongstudents is possible with a sense of ownership. Engineering Mechanics – Statics is atraditional engineering science course required of almost all engineering majors in theprogram. This paper presents the findings and discussion on how effective this approachhas been in a typical engineering science course.

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Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eugene Niemi

Session No. 1478 Development of an Ocean Engineering Course As a Technical Elective for Mechanical Engineers Eugene E. Niemi, Jr. Professor University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854Abstract This paper outlines the development of a course in Ocean Engineering to be used as atechnical elective for mechanical engineering students. With some modifications, the course isalso being offered as a technology elective for graduate students in a marine science program.The

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Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Roylance

Session 2164 A Distance Learning Subject in Polymer Engineering David Roylance Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139AbstractThe Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT has for many years offered agraduate subject in Mechanical Properties of Polymers, which includes such topics as rubberelasticity, anisotropic elasticity, mechanics of composites, viscoelasticity, yield and fracture. Inrecent years this subject has made increasing use of web-based delivery, which offers a

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

; Sturgul, John R. , Page 9.777.4 AProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education@ Technology implementation in learning and teaching (tilt) Mineral Resources Engineering, v11, n 1, January/March , 2002, p 129-135.4. Bhadeshia, Harry(Univ of Cambridge), Transparent steel: the teaching of creative designMaterials World, 3, 3, Mar, 1995, p 128-130.5. Cairns, J.; Chrisp, T.M., Strategy for teaching structural engineering design, StructuralEngineer, 74, 22, Nov 19, 1996, p 375.6. Cardozo, Richard N.(Carlson School of