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Erdogan Sener

“what if’ type of questioning, enabling sensitivity analysis and decision making. Other assignments necessitate working with spreadsheet and other commercial software. This type of collaborative undertakings inherently facilitate students working together on problems of nature that they will be exposed to in their outside work in the industry after graduation. b. I also use formal groups for some laboratory work and writing of laboratory reports in courses such as Soils Testing Laboratory, and Construction Materials and Methods. c. I also employ formal groups of 2-3 students for semester project assignments that may involve model building, portfolio preparation, and analysis/design type of assignments that

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1996 Annual Conference

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Richard D. Swope; J. Paul Giolma

supply of rods is available from another project and they allhave been found to be structurally adequate. The rod materials are Aluminum and Steel and the cross-sectionsare either round or square (1.27 cm diameter, or 1.27 cm across the flats). Your job is to specify all of the Page 1.138.3 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedingsrelevant parameters for the rods (fins) so that the above heat transfer requirements are satisfied. Additionalinformation is given below. ALUMINUM STEEL 3Density (Kg/m

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James V. Masi

human bio-system. Newer materials have shown promise of solving the restoration problem. At Western New England College, two senior projects and some extensive research have led to the development of a two-part experiment involving natural and synthetic materials such as actual previously extracted teeth, amalgam filled teeth, stainless steel orthodonture material, gold alloy crowns, composite restoration material, titanium implants, and graphite endodontics posts. Tests involving corrosion couples, sectioning and rnicroscopic investigation of alloys and composites, and bond strength of polymer adhesives. The problem of restoration of carious regions, the materials used, and the associated appliances employed in

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1996 Annual Conference

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Robert P. Morgan; Nirmala Kannankutty; Donald E. Strickland

?’: . 1sources of support; changes in research over the researchers’ careers; involvement of industry andgovernment in research; and involvement of students in and benefits from research activities. The tidingsreported below focus on the industry-university research connection.FindingsThe Extent of Industry Involvement Of the 1,632 faculty in our sample who were currently engaged in engineering research, over 80%report having one or more ongoing externally funded research projects, with an average researchexpenditure of $236,000 from July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993. Dickens has reported that, based on NSFdata, in 1991 industry contributed about seven percent of the total funding for R&Din all fields in U. S.universities. 13 In our own study

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Richard Gilbert; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

. As a Page 1.238.2 {tix~; 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+,DIYH; 1result, these productions may project large quantities of free energy and ultirnatel y inject some of that energyinto the audience. The third and last variable of the information transfer function, contc?nt comnwd, reflects the level ofexpertise and familiarity of the subject matter. An ultimate example for this variable is a we] l-documented non

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1996 Annual Conference

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Blanca Jimenez Cisneros

country. It is important to say that very fewof them undertake all fields related to environmental engineering, so 74 work in the water field, 26 arededicated to air problems and 31 are working with solid residues. Based on our main problems, the fieldson environmental engineering that should be taken into account for research projects are: a) Solid wastes,of which the most important aspects are municipal and hazardous wastes; b) Air, field on which the mainresearch work is related to the development of pollution control devices and none on mathematical modeling;c) Water, line of research most studied but on which there still are many pollution problems to be solved (l)as proven by recent studies , according to which

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1996 Annual Conference

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Manon Bourgeois; Gilbert Drouin

specific and different orientations, including very specialized courses and occasionally peri-technological courses. This module is conceived in order to allow a certain flexibility to the student whom will beable to make pertinent choices according to his career goals. The third module, generally called integration module,allows the student to realize supervised practical work either in a training form or in engineering project in industry,in the specialized field that this master has trained him for. This program structure, other than being modular, also distinguishes itself from the traditional programs becauseit allows the student to receive an official recognition at each step of his studies. Thus, when the student hascompleted his basic

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1996 Annual Conference

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Jack Zecher

through higher level courses, such as Design of Machine Elements, and SeniorDesign Projects, the program can serve as a valuable resource to perform calculations on shafts, frame rails, etc. REFERENCES1) BeamBoss - Computer Program, Software Consulting Specialists, Ft. Wayne, IN 19852) Microsoft Mouse Programmer’s Reference, by Microsoft Press, 19893) Zecher, J. E., Computer Graphics for CAD/CAM Systems, Marcel Dekker, 19944) Cook, R. D., Finite Element Modeling for Stress Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, 1995Jack Zecher is a registered professional engineer in the state of Indiana and Professor of MechanicalEngineering Technology at Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis. He

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1996 Annual Conference

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W. M. Waite; Rommel Simpson

envisioned when westarted the project. In fact, it was so time consuming that actual deployment of the structure maps and theirasso~iated link spaces has been moved to the spring semester. The situation becomes even more criticalwhen maintenance issues are taken into consideration. To handle this we have developed some importantstrategies for automating most of the maintenance tasks, permitting the focus to be on content development.3.4. Maintenance Maintenance is a serious problem, especially since this course is destined to evolve and web-reportedresearch is changing rapidly. All components, including the syllabus, narrative, textbook analysis, andhomework assignments, are undergoing continual change as experience with the course and new

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1996 Annual Conference

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John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

mentoring relationship has many positive aspects that out-weigh the risk of the potentialproblems. Long Term Benefits A good mentoring relationship should evolve into a long term partnership. This has happened to theauthors. The authors have developed a good personal and professional friendship that will benefit them bothfor the foreseeable future. They are planning a number of joint projects both for team teaching, coursedevelopment, and research activities. One such activity is the revising of the laboratory manual the partnersinitially developed. They will continue to use each other as a confidential source of help and information.They continue to use each other as a second opinion on issues

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1996 Annual Conference

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

financial constraints, the situation ofengineering schools is particularly difficult for two essential reasons: higher costs of running engineering courses, compared to artsand science courses, and bad shape of the Polish industry.The whole time interval 1989-1995 may be subdivided into three periods: legal initialization (1989-1991), adaptiverestructurization (1991-1993) and creeping frustration (1 993-95). During the first period, new academic laws were passed by theParliament, a new institution responsible for financing research projects (State Committee for Scientific Research) was established,and new rules for financing the teaching activity of the universities were introduced by the Ministry of National Education. As aconsequence, the process

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1996 Annual Conference

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Jean K. Sando; Gloria Rogers

students who completed the traditional freshman engineeringcurriculum. This study seeks to identi~ the differences that exist between the techniques of sophomores whowere IFYCSEM students and sophomores who were in the traditional first-year curriculum when they areconfi-onted with a complex problem in a group setting. This study will also address the link between observedbehaviors during problem-solving sessions and students’ performance on standardized tests designed to assessproblem solving predispositions and abilities.II. Project Description Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) has had a pilot freshman program for the last six years.The Integrated First-Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (IFYCSEM) is

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Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

, Woods, 1994) the thumb (Douglas, 1988) which summarize pastestimation of capital and operating costs, time value experience, but the engineer must still contend withof money, and profitability analysis, so that the frequent exceptions and with choices not coveredeconomics of various design options can be by such rules. Thus, the quantitative understandingcompared as the project is carried out. The topics of economic implications in the design andof depreciation and taxes receive only brief operation of a process is indispensable.coverage. Cost estimation is geared towardschemical process equipment, with most ancillary Engineering economics is among the course topicscosts lumped into

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1996 Annual Conference

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Greg Bowyer; D. Gibson Peaslee; Fazil Najafi

created an organized, efficient program of technology transfer,which serves as a bridge between research and the practical application of new technology” (3, p. 11). As aresult of this system, the United States has one of the most efficient road systems in the world. Through theimplementation of new and innovative ideas, the FHWA has set the standards in highway construction. TheFHWA puts out an annual report called the Nationally Coordinated Program of Highway Research, Develop-ment, and Technolo~. This report has all the on-going research and new advancements in road constructionand management. For example, the article on Corrosion Protection Project is “providing research and develop-ment for cost effective procedures and systems to protect

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1996 Annual Conference

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Sandra Gronhovd; Sudhir Mehta

supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number DUE-9452143. References 1. Gunn, J. C., 1994, “What We Have Here is a Need to Communicate,” ASEE Prism, October 1994, pp. 26-29. 2. “Engineering Education for a Changing World,” ASEE Projects Report, Prism, December 1994, pp. 20-27. 3. Gunn, J. C., “Approaching Communication Skill Awareness,” Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 2467-2469, Anaheim, CA, June 1995. 4. Gronhovd, S. and Danielson, S., “Encouraging Learning Transfer: From the Communication Classroom to Engineering Courses,” Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, pp. 745-747, Edmonton, Canada, June 1994. 5. Borkowski, C., Goplen, S., Gronhovd, S., “Use of

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Frank Wicks

). Page 1.503.4 {ti~ii~ 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,+pTQL.T . 4,*, . . .v Table III Acknowkdgemerw 2 ad Law process and Cycle Table to Summarize TIM author thanks the Niagara Mohawk Power _ Prodution Rate ~d kcwrsiiity(=~ra Oxporation for the mergyrclated projects grant that Work) Rate klped make this work possible. dcl s Extra W- =Tmf’dcl ~ Referen(xx

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Richard E. Pfile

real time processor. A low cost 24 bit fixed point real time processor is used for the laboratories,The laboratories focus on audio effects which includes such projects as a guitar tuner, FIR and IIRfilters, and tone generators. Motorola recently introduced the DSP56002 EVM; an evaluation module for the DSP56002 chip.The EVM was designed to provide a low cost test platform for customers interested in evaluating the 24bit 56002 digital signal processor. The EVM’S low cost and high performance make it an ideaiteaching platform for educational institutions interested in developing a real time digital signalprocessing course with a laboratory. The EVM hardware includes A/D and D/A converters capable of converting up to 48K samplesper

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1997 Annual Conference

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Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

making steam (an economically attractive choicesince it is assumed that steam can be returned to the boiler facility for credit) and by using coolingwater. For example, the coolant in Stream 4 is hot enough to preheat the feed before the firedheater. This not only saves operating costs, but it increases the maximum possible scale up sincethe heat load on the fired heater, the 35% bottleneck, is removed. The debottlenecking (or troubleshooting) assignment requires use of concepts fromdifferent undergraduate courses. This project focuses on fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Othercase studies also include reaction engineering’ or separations .2 The most difficult aspect forstudents is to be certain not to omit anything. Equipment

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

, E. (1995). “Practitioner and Student Recommendations for an Engineering Curriculum.” Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, 84(3), 241-248.9. Lienhard, J. H. (1996). “The Eye of the Mind in 21st Century Engineering.” Presented at the ASEE Gulf- Southwest Section Conference, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.10. Rasmussin, E. (1995). “New ASCE Report Urges Changing Education by a Matter of Degrees.” ASCE News, 20(11), 1 & 6.Biographical DataDr. Enno “Ed” Koehn is Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Lamar University,Beaumont, TX. Professor Koehn has served as the principal investigator for several construction research anddevelopment projects and has

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Brian Armstrong

software. Their experiment designs - as distinct from their results in the laboratory - arecritically graded with respect to items l-5, above. The format for the laboratory report is quite open: "Think of your laboratory report as a project report that you are writing as a consultant-subcontractor to a company with a major prime contract. Your report should be concise, and yet sufficiently complete to be useful. It should include: 1. A short abstract, describing what parameter was observed, how it was measured and summarizing the measurement. 2. A description of the measurement setup that is suffi- ciently complete that the measurement could be reproduced

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WEPAN and WIED Joint Panel: Life after Tenure--Leadership Roles in Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Patricia Davies, Purdue University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; W. M. Kim Roddis, George Washington University

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Women in Engineering

department chairposition, where I am thriving.How Faculty Can Position Themselves for Moves into LeadershipIn addition to the development of their leadership skills and networking with others in theirprofessional societies, the panelists also shared some advice for faculty wishing to move intoacademic leadership positions. First, the panelists recommend that faculty find an opportunity todevelop their leadership skills. This can be through professional development activities orthrough seeking out opportunities such as leading large multi-disciplinary research projects orchairing institutional committees. In all of these opportunities, the panelists recommended thatfaculty do their homework and build a reputation of being reliable and fair. Faculty

Conference Session

Widgets, Add-ons, Toolbars, and Videos: Web 2.0 Tools for Searching, Managing, and Teaching about Engineering Literature and Information

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yue Xu, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Libraries

online tutorial projects that wereimplemented in engineering libraries would facilitate teaching and learning process if librariansemployed appropriate criteria to design online tutorials.This research was to determine the current status of the implementation of online tutorials inengineering libraries. This was done by proposing research questions, gathering informationregarding requirements for tutorial types, identifying the media types employed by the libraries, Page 14.927.2and determining their active learning capabilities. The purpose of this study was to help with thebuilding of future tutorials in selecting content, proper tools, and

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Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cliff Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Bridges, Carnegie Mellon University; David Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Cynthia Murphy, University of Texas, Austin; Braden Allenby, Arizona State University; Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University; Eric Williams, Arizona State University; John Crittenden, Georgia Tech; Sharon Austin, EPA

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Environmental Engineering

Library are subjected to peer review, much the same as articles submitted to researchjournals. The submissions can include class handouts, lecture notes, homework assignments,projects, educational software, and other types of educational materials.The Electronic Library has only recently been established. To date there are thirty modulesposted, with many more out for review. This repository is part of the Engineering Pathwaywebsite of the University of California at Berkeley. All of the modules can be accessed throughthe CSE website at http://www.cse.org, or through the Engineering Pathway website athttp://www.engineeringpathway.com by selecting Advanced Search followed by HigherEducation Search, and choosing the Center for Sustainable

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

andresults include direct course assessment of student learning, design projects, coop and internship Page 14.1109.11employer feedback, undergraduate research papers, student portfolios, student exit surveys,alumni surveys, advisory board feedback, and national rankings, as examples. “Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2009, American Society for Engineering Education”Sustainability of the process allows assessment to be ongoing and not episodic. Assessment ismost effective when it looks at performance over time. As depicted in the OATS and

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

sharpen their knowledge inunderstanding wireless applications of the sensors and actuators. Students must take at Page 14.1376.3least 6 hours of internships during the last two semesters before graduation. Project orinternship experience will be designed by the student to meet their career goals. There isno specific outline for this course. Students will accomplish the following: a. Work within the biomedical industry for no less than 180 hours. b. Set and pursue goals and objectives in coordination with an industry mentor and the course instructor. c. Prepare and present written and oral reports.The undergraduate bioengineering

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Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

campuses in regions such as thePersian Gulf will lead to growing competition for students, creating a pressure to lowerstandards for admission. 8Another concern is that most agreements to construct and operate a foreign campus arereached at the highest levels of the offering university, often involving the president. Butsuccess requires the active involvement of faculty members who will design and delivercurricula, collaborate on research projects, and vote degrees. Without faculty support, auniversity will not be able to deliver on its promises of an American style educationalexperience. 9In addition, other countries frequently embrace cultures and business practices that wouldnever be tolerated in the US. Americans take for granted religious

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Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Paul Corder, Lamar University; Hsing-wei Chu, Lamar. University; X. Chang Li, Lamar University

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Computers in Education

vibration modes for the systems, and the effects of system parametersand input selections on output responses, two degrees of freedom mechanical systems, and theprinciples of vibration absorbers. Student response was very strong concerning the need of theGUIs to help foster a deeper understanding of course materials.Bibliography1. Avitabile, P., Pennell, S., and White, J., “Developing a Multisemester Interwoven Dynamic Systems Project to Foster Learning and Retention of STEM Material”, 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Mechanical Engineering Education – Innovative Approaches to Teaching Fundamental Topics, ASME, Anaheim, CA, November 20042. J.H. Matthews, Using MATLAB to Obtain Both Numerical and Graphical

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; randa shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

qualitative methods.9 As part of the broader project (NSF-DUE 0431642), differentmembers of our interdisciplinary team analyze and report on strands and themes specific to oneof four under-represented or under-served populations 10-12 as well as themes that lendthemselves to cross group analysis.13-16This paper reports on experiences of mixed-race Native American undergraduate students inmultiple engineering disciplines. The coding of qualitative data generated from 29 ethnographicinterviews brought forth certain unanticipated phenomenon. ≠ No Native American student was raised on or came to college from a reservation. ≠ Twenty-seven students report the racial category of Native American in combination with one or more other

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Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Eisner, George Washington University

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Engineering Management

Project and Systems Engineering Management”, 3rd Edition, 2008, John Wiley2. Sage, A. and C. Cuppan (2001). “On the Systems Engineering and Management of Systems of Systemsand Federations of Systems.” Information, Knowledge and Systems Management 2(4): 325-345 Page 14.1117.7

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Haws, Boise State University

least advantaged (dubious,given the qualitative impact of engineering projects on disadvantaged neighborhoods), but moreto the point, you would have to justify ignoring the formulation with which Rawls ended hiscareer, holding that such offices as deliver an inequality of benefits have to be open to all—particularly with reference to the primary good he calls the social basis of self respect.Thurgood Marshall’s demonstration of the preference for white dolls among segregated, African-American children was an undeniable indictment against segregation; whatever else that systemmight have done, it denied many the social basis of self respect. Homo sapiens exist in theirminds, and no purely material gains can compensate for the pain and suffering