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ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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P. James Moser; Biswajit Ray

3 3 0 0 3 17 21 8 6 9 Semester V, Fall 54.316 Digital Electronics 3 3 3 0 0 58.323 Quality Control & Experimental Design 3 3 3 3 0 53.322 Differential Equations 3 3 3 0 0 58.300 Career Orientation 1 1 1 1 0 Technical Writing or Public Speaking 3 3 0 0 3 Values, Ethics & Responsible

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Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Rainer Jonas; Peter Winter; Peter Eichelmann; Paul King; Jeannie Scriven; Hunter Lauten; Hans-Jorg Jacobsen; Claudia Berger; Bernhard Huchzermeyer; Angelika Appenzeller; Jerry Collins; Todd Giorgio; Jean Alley

project, and a more comprehensive writeup and reporting.Undergraduate engineering programs in the U.S. and Europe, therefore, differ substantially induration, content and philosophy. The U.S. undergraduate experience typically leaves thestudent with a range of choices for career or professional development, including medical school,graduate school in a range of disciplines, or work in one of a variety of marketplaceopportunities, not necessarily limited to engineering. In contrast, European engineering trainingtends to be much more focused on preparation for practice in a particular specialty ofengineering. Meaningful student and faculty interaction between European and U.S. engineerin gacademic and industrial sites requires recognition of and

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Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Creese

incomparison to one or two courses. The sophomore projects at AAU are approximatelyequivalent to many senior projects in the US. The final projects at AAU generally exceed theMS thesis and problems reports in most US universities. Employers in Denmark (4) haveindicated that the AAU graduates are better prepared and more productive as they begin theirprofessional careers. The differences between project-based and course-based systems and some of the reasonsfor better projects at AAU are: 1) Students do several team projects, not just one. 2) Studentshave offices on campus and are expected to be in their office when not in class. 3) Students havea common class schedule and typically have at most one course difference. 4) Each project has aproject

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Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer

Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMuch of this dissatisfaction and disinterest in engineering was found to occur during the firsttwo years of an engineer’s education when they are exposed to the scientific concepts they willapply during their careers. Ninety percent of engineering majors who switched to anon-engineering major, and seventy five percent who persevered, described the quality ofteaching as poor overall. Seniors about to graduate in engineering made it clear their experiencein these introductory courses had given them a shaky foundation for higher level work.The National Science Foundation, in a recent call for proposals (Action in Engineering), hasidentified several needed changes to address these findings

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sami Ainane; Janet Schmidt; Gary Pertmer

looking for in qualified applicants. They are also asked to rate thecandidates they have interviewed as a group in terms of how well the group matched the criteriathey were looking for. Further, employers are asked which types of engineering majors they arerecruiting and if they have found significant differences in preparation of the applicants by major.Surveys are collected through the Co-Op office and the university’s Career Center. In addition,chairs were supplied with copies of the survey for use in their own career related events. Finally,at the “half way point” in the six year accreditation visit cycle, the Director of Student Researchwill both initiate an additional comprehensive survey of engineering employers which will bemailed and

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Demel

thestudents with motivation, information, an opportunity to get to know their classmates throughteamwork, skills that they will need for their careers (and help meet ABET 2000 guidelines),information about the various disciplines, a chance to be creative, and, most importantly, that theCollege through its personnel care about them and want to help them to succeed. They feel thatthey are part of the College from the beginning.Putting Engineering Up FrontPrior to the 1990s, many engineering programs had mathematics and science up front rather thanengineering. The students viewed courses that covered these subjects as barriers to get intoengineering. The Drexel E4 program put the emphasis on engineering – hands-on labs anddesign up front - and the Ohio

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mara Wasburn

. (1992). In pursuit of the Ph.D. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.3. Garcia, M. E. (1987). Preventing the “all but thesis” phenomenon. (Doctoral Dissertation, Western Michigan University, 1987.) Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 2089-B.4. National Council for Research on Women. (2001). Balancing the equation: Where are women and girls in science, engineering and technology? New York: National Council for Research on Women.5. Martin, J. R. (2000). Coming of age in academe. New York: Routledge.6. National Academy of Sciences. (2000). Who will do the science of the future? A symposium on careers of women in science. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.7. Schmidt, P. (1996, 29 March

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Reischman; Eugene Brown

in “Best and Brightest Part Two: Are Sciences and EngineeringGraduate Programs Still Attracting the Best Students?” (IFAD2) Another way of framing thequestion is to ask why students migrate to other disciplines. Some answers can be found inTalking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences (IFAD3). Perhaps studentsare not as well prepared for a career in engineering as they might be. What some view as thesorry state of preparation in science and mathematics that is provided by our primary andsecondary schools in pursued in (IFQP1). This reference introduces yet another question: “Whyisn’t engineering as popular among college-age students in the US as it is in other countries?”Food for thought on this question can be found in IFIP1

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Teodora Rutar; Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Lawrence McKenzie; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili; Patricia Daniels; Michael Trevisan

methodsfor assessing achievement and stimulating improvement in supporting skill sets 2. Because theseskill sets are multi-faceted and span developmental levels, they are ideally addressed andassessed at multiple points in the curriculum3,4. A special challenge occurs in assessingcapabilities of students who transfer among institutions and degree programs during theiracademic career. This situation, along with a passion for improving the quality of designeducation, was the challenge that inspired the formation of the Transferable Integrated DesignEngineering Education (TIDEE) consortium5. Page 7.257.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

vocabulary and reflective framework consistent with Maslow.Through reflection, students will anticipate and recognize how the achievement of specific goalssatisfies deeper objectives in their overall intellectual growth and self-actualization. Byparticipating in self-reflection, students will be able to carry associated self-regulated learninghabits into later courses and achieve a more active role in their learning experiences. While atfirst being an expected behavior that is prompted by the educational setting, motivated learningshould ultimately become an internalized life-habit. This approach prepares students to embarkon careers that require the practice of lifelong learning. This effort to address the motivationfactor should not disturb but

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Torvi

am just beginning to assemble some small-scale test facilitieshere at the University of Saskatchewan, I have had to rely on videotape of fire tests to help thestudents to gain an appreciation for these facilities and for the growth of a fire. Page 7.1080.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Con ference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring the introductory part of the course, I show the students videotape of fire tests that I havebeen involved in during my research career, first as a graduate student at the University

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Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

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Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

other views on the world at work.”Whereas the Process Technology & Management course,“Expands the narrow view of first degrees in engineering or science. The match of advancedtechnical skills and management material from Strathclyde’s MBA Programme really makes adifference to individuals.”3. CONCLUSIONSWhat are the lessons here from this approach to learning? We would suggest that: - It forces a multi-disciplinary/multi-organisation approach on student - It builds multi-skilled individuals - Work based assignments build competencies - It provides support in career development - It offers a CPD opportunity to the Chemical Engineering

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Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano; Margaret Weeks

but offers limited career opportunity is unacceptable. Technologygraduates often find themselves restricted by skills with a short “half life.” In other words, theyare unable to move forward in their careers or their education and forced to start the learningprocess over again.Since 1992, when Congress enacted the Scientific and Advanced Technology Act (SATA),technician education has been given increased attention. SATA called for the establishment of"a national advanced technician program, utilizing the resources of the Nation's two-yearassociate-degree-granting colleges, to expand the pool of skilled technicians in strategicadvanced technology fields to increase the productivity of the Nation's industries, and to improvethe competitiveness

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Milton Franke

at AFIT began over 40 years ago. The Astronautics Program began in 1958as a two-year program. A Space Facilities Program was started in 1962 to provide engineeringcompetence to design, develop, test, operate, and maintain fixed facilities and supporting systemsin free space and on the lunar surface. 3 Today, the Astronautics Program is called the GraduateAstronautical Engineering Program. It is 18 months long, and its curriculum, which will bedescribed later, has changed considerably from its early beginning. The Space FacilitiesProgram no longer exists, but “a special program in space facilities is offered for officers in theCivil Engineering career field to prepare them for roles in the development and operation oflaunch facilities and

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Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Lake; John Anderson; Charles Yarnoff; J. Edward Colgate; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

. Page 7.514.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Education It is to a design company’s advantage to influence, through their direct participation, what students are taught about the design process, teamwork, and communication.• Second, some designers benefit from the opportunity to meet students early in their educational careers and to recruit them for internships and full-time positions. In their roles as clients and faculty, designers get to know these students well and can maintain contact with those that especially interest them.• Third, in their role as clients, designers benefit

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Mani Mina

. When asked for the material, some will just bring you the printed version site or copy right off the site and include it in their reports. As the demand for their time and efforts increases, this problem will hunt them more. Unless dealt with correctly, with decisive action from the teacher in the freshman year, this great research tool (the Internet) will be wrongly utilized for the rest of their careers. One of the goals of the educators in the freshman year has to be giving the students guidelines and practices for efficient, ethical, and professional use of the Internet.9. Students can waste time on e-mail and chats and not spend time studying. Perhaps the most threatening item for each individual student is not having

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena

, what they have done, donow, and want to do as engineers (i.e., their career trajectories), what they know (knowledgeacquired through formal education and experience on the job), and what they want in life. AsMarcus points out, "distinctive identities are created from turbulence, fragments, interculturalreference, and the localized intensification of global possibilities." (1999: 59) So how doengineers experience mergers? How do mergers challenge engineers’ identities and practices?Mergers bring complex organizational changes to life. For example, engineers at one of theresearch sites work in a complex three-dimensional work arrangement brought by organizationalchanges that resulted from the merger between two aerospace giants. A three

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Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Crowe; Sally Schwartz; Mary Marrs; Luis Occeña; Jose Zayas-Castro; Douglas Moesel; Cathleen Burns; Bin Wu

programs to inspire, train, andcoach new generations of entrepreneurs from all parts of MIT.”Although coming from different paths and environments, these successful endeavors are drivenby some key fundamental objectives: · stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship in education and research related to manufacturing enterprises, · conduct interdisciplinary teaching/research activities at all levels, · provide a real/hands-on learning/research environment, · insure strong industrial participation, · make available this scenario as early as possible in the careers of young, promising engineering, science, and business students

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Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

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Albert Koller

laboratory capabilities of mutual interest. Web site: http://www.db.erau.edu/. · Brevard Workforce Development Board (BWDB): This group has the interface for state funding through FSRI and is also a member of ATAC. They have encouraged development of joint working arrangements with access to the funding provided by the state for the ALE program. Dislocated and unemployed workers are funded through this group for training in career skills for new jobs. Web site: http://www.bwdb.org/. · Community Colleges for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT): Eight of the CCITT member colleges have joined BCC to pursue a National Science Foundation grant for a national center of excellence for aerospace technical

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

been valuable to students. According to graduate alumni, the skillsgained through the experience are well worth the added work. The extra work to develop theskills in a safe environment, where career integrity is not at risk, is justifiable and better than thetrial by fire method in industry and classes. However, the workload has changed significantly inIEWorks and some opinions have changed as a result.Idaho Engineering WorksThe original purpose of IEWorks was to make graduate school more meaningful than a researchproject and a thesis. As described in the previous section, engineers need more than just thetechnical know-how taught in academia. Most engineering graduate programs have the sameformat. The student is partnered with a graduate

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yann-Hang Lee; Sethuraman Panchanathan; Gerald Gannod; Forouzan Golshani; David Pheanis; Ben Huey

Educational Innovation Grant EIA-0122600.2 This author supported in part by NSF CAREER Grant CCR-0133956. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Page 7.32.1  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationspecially structured internship activities that have been developed as part of this effort. The corematerial, which is not currently found in traditional computer engineering programs, provides thecontent that industry consultants have specifically identified as critical for engineers to functionproductively in the area of

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Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Short

, MD:John Hopkins University Press, 1986.[25] South, J.C., “Early career performance of engineers: its compositions and measurement,” Personnel Psychology, vol. 27, pp. 225 –243, 1974.[26] South, J.C., “Fakability and the engineer performance description form,” Personnel Psychology, vol 33, pp. 371 – 376, 1980.[27] Attner, R.F. & Plunkett, W.R., Introduction to Management, Belmont, CA:Kent Publishing, Inc., 1983.[28] Castellano, J.F. & Roehm, H.A., “The problems with managing by objectives and results,” Quality Progress, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 39 – 46, 2001.[29] Kaplan, R.S. & Norton, D.P., The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action, Boston, MA:Harvard Business School Press, 1996.[30] Kaplan

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Design in the Engineering Core

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer

), and by the time they graduate at the fifth level,Synthesis (tying together distinct concepts).Course StructureStatics is the most fundamental of the engineering courses. Because the scientific andmathematical principles are not difficult, it is a course where a student can be introduced toengineering practice early in their career. This exposure was continued in the more advancedstrength of materials course.Our original goals were ambitious. In addition to statics, we hoped to introduce the followingmaterial into the course.Linear Algebra - Due to reductions in the number of courses it was not possible to require asemester of linear algebra. Also we felt that students typically learned this subject so late in theirundergraduate careers that

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Bailey; Ozer Arnas

, political and economic world”. 1 The mission of theUSMA is: “to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an officer in the United States Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the nation.”1 Page 7.1150.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAll thirteen academic departments, which offer over sixty majors, strive to meet

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Collins; Christina Mathieson

Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Each individual will write a 1-½ page paper after the discussion. The first page will consist ofone-sentence summaries of each group’s presentation. The final ½ page will be a presentation ofthe individual’s conclusions.APPENDIX 5CASE STUDY: ETHICS OR ECONOMICS?You are a biomedical engineer who has worked for a large company for several years. As yourcompany has prospered, so has your career. You have risen to a position of responsibility andtrust.One afternoon, the CEO of the company asks you to come into her office and says “I’m thinkingabout presenting this statement to our Board of Directors next month.” She then places in yourhand the following statement.“As I have presided over this

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Underwood

deepened for me, by learning more aboutNASA’s applications and engaging in on-site collaboration with experienced NASA colleagues.Undergraduate student David Watson learned what working life is like in a research labenvironment while practicing cutting-edge engineering research methods, helping him refine hisown career direction. Other benefits were realized later during the academic year, as I relatedNASA illustrations from my experience to physics students and showed electromagnetics studentshow to simulate high frequency structures using PC-based computer aided design (CAD)software, obtained on educational discount. The SFP at NASA-GSFC, using computationaltools and laboratory equipment unavailable at my home institution, made these

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard K Sase; Julie Wei

challenging.Concluding Remarks. The sediment management project proved to be a highly successful Page 7.1129.6vehicle for preparing seniors for their careers. They had accepted all the challenges andsuccessfully completed a very complex project. In the process, they have gained perspective of a Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationreal world project; and improved their project analysis capability, report writing and publicspeaking skills. Other benefits included providing the agencies with a fresh project

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TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

. INTRODUCTIONThe goal of any educational program is to provide each student with the necessaryinformation and skills that allow him or her to perform in a chosen career. This goal mayprove difficult if the curriculum offered by the university is not revised or updated in order tokeep abreast of the changes and advancements being made, especially in the industrial world.Throughout any period of time, techniques, methods and content, which are included in a Page 7.1215.1successful program, become outdated and need revisions.A method often undertaken by universities is a follow-up study of the alumni. This datameasures the success of the program’s graduates and

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Cross-Section of Construction Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

, but the basic goal is the same, to prepare the student for a career in construction, while satisfyingindustries' needs.This paper describes the (SDCET) – construction option capstone course in order to provide an overview of itsapproach and experiences in delivering this course. By sharing this information, it is hoped that it will fostercooperation with construction programs to exchanging ideas thereby improving the construction educational Page 7.278.1process.CAPSTONE COURSE - PHILOSOPHYSenior Project- Construction (CET 458) is the capstone course in the SDCET program at Penn State Harrisburg.The course is taken in the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Moiez Tapia

in the discipline of which he/she claims to be a professor.IntroductionNormally, when a person receives a degree in a discipline and embarks on a career in thediscipline, he/she becomes an engineer after some years. Similarly when a person receives thePh.D. degree in a discipline and gets a faculty appointment in the department of the discipline ina university, he/she becomes an [assistant] professor of the discipline even though he/she mighthave had no training for teaching in a college. In both these cases, the question of their beingqualified in their respective disciplines does not arise since both the engineer and the professor,under these normal circumstances, are considered to be qualified to perform their respectiveduties. The paper