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Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Lau

Session 3261 Life-centered Design – A Paradigm for Engineering in the 21st Century Andrew S. Lau The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThe engineering field, particularly engineering education, is in need of a new paradigm. Weneed a vision of engineering that encompasses traditional technical competence with the enlargedscope of social responsibility and ecological awareness. There have been significantdevelopments in this direction, including the concept of sustainability, the latest engineeringaccreditation outcomes, ethics canons in some engineering disciplines, the field

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jerome Davis; Roman Stemprok; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

course work and six hours of thesis. This is theplan under which five students graduated.In 2003 the degree was changed again to permit an optional thesis at 30 hours total (24 of classwork and six of thesis) and 36 hours of straight course work with written and oral comprehensiveexam. It might be noted that this last change followed years of greatly reduced graduation ratesin the department in spite of a growing number of graduate students.The university provided support to the students in a large variety of nontraditional ways. In theearliest days of the program the program director would visit the site weekly for meetings withstudents who drove to campus for some courses. In those days, the early 90’s, a student couldtake up to six hours of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Marjan Zadnik

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Good Teaching Scale - National Comparisons 100.0 75.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 -25.0 -50.0 -75.0 -100.0 Department Mean top 3 Aust. Uni/s Mean bottom 3 Aust. Uni/s Figure 2. Graph showing comparison between department CEQ data and mean of the three highest and three lowest scoring Australian universities’ CEQ data for comparable courses/fields of study

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

, Finland (2003).2. Lange, O., Wholes and Parts - a General Theory of System Behaviour, Warszawa, Pergamon Press PWN-Polish Scientific Publishers (1962).3. Von Bertalanffy, L., General Systems Theory, New York, George Braziller (1968).4. Wilson, E.O., Consilience, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Division of Random House, Inc. (1998).5. Virkkala, V., Creative Problem Solving (in Finnish), Vammalan kirjapaino, Finland (1994).6. Bordogna, J., Fromm, E., Ernst, E.O., Engineering Education: Innovation Through Integration, Journal ofEngineering Education, January (1993).7. Lehto, S., Non-traditional courses at the University of Oulu - an Experience in Developing Relations Betweenthe University and the Surrounding Region. Proc. Standing Conference of Rectors

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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LTC Robert Powell

1. AIAD Project Examples Project A Project B Parachute Modeling and Simulation Support of Tactical Vehicle Systems Agency Agency Army Materiel Command Stewart & Stevenson Location Location Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ Houston, TX Project Description Project Description One of Yuma Proving Ground’s missions is to certify a Stewart & Stevenson’s (S&S) tactical vehicle systems division manufactures variety of

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Meredith Knight; Christine Cunningham

] Finson, K.D. and A. Others, "Development and Field Test of a Checklist for the Draw-a-Scientist Test." School Science and Mathematics, 1995. 95(4): p. 195-205.[8] McDuffie, T.E., Jr, "Scientists--Geeks and Nerds?" Science and Children, 2001. 38(8): p. 16-19.[9] Finson, K.D., J.B. Beaver, and B. Cramond, "Development and field test of a checklist for the Draw-a-scientist test." School Science and Mathematics, 1995. 95: p. 195-205.[10] Wilson, B. and M. Wilson, "An iconoclastic view of the imagery sources in the drawings of young people." Art Education, 1977: p. 5-11.[11] Weber, S. and C. Mitchell, That's funny, you don't look like a teacher. Interrogating images and identity in popular culture. 1995

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

who have a high probabilityof success. For a student to struggle through five years or more of engineering education mightnot be an effective use of the student’s time or talents. By identifying at risk students earlier inthe program, this might help more students be successful in an academic endeavor at theuniversity. Students with a marginal chance for success in engineering should not be allowed toenter the program and should be encouraged to explore other opportunities.Bibliography 1. Van Treuren, K. W., Eisenbarth, S., and Fry, C., 2003, “A Retention Study at Baylor University,” presented at the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, 2. Shuman, L. J., Delaney, C

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David McStravick; Marcia O'Malley

students as “stand alones” via the course web pages • VL’s can provide a significant learning enhancement tool for all students • VL ‘s can be used productively as pre-labs for traditional “wet” labs.Future PlansBased on the initial successes of the Wave Tank II Virtual Lab and the XY Plotter Virtual Lab,the authors are planning further development, such as: • Both of the VL’s tested were very specific and related to a given experiment. The VL’s being developed now are not addressing a specific experiment and are more general in scope e.g. a second order differential equation for a mass-spring system with damping. Five more VL’s are to be completed to finish the Brown Grant project. This effort is

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiaxin Zhao

  − sin θe Here {F }e is the elemental force vector that is acting on the ie and j e nodes of the element e.Note the first two components are acting on the joint ie (the i joint of the truss member e) whilethe last two components are acting on the joint j e .On each joint i, we have the force balance of: (−Fiee )i=ie + (−Fjee )i=j e + Ri,f ixed + Ri,sliding + Fi,applied = 0 (4) e eThe first two terms only exist if the i node (ie ) or the j node (j e ) of the element e is the currentnode of interest i, respectively. The last three terms exist if the current node of interest i is a fixedjoint, a sliding joint, or a joint with external force(s), respectively. Applying this

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leah Jamieson; Carla Zoltowski; Frank DeRego; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

by placing them in the work environment of the project partner. New team members areintroduced to the mission of the project partner, while returning members ask for valuable feedback onthe process and substance of the project. After the meeting, students are given time to answer questionsabout their community partner on a reflection worksheet:1. Summarize your project partner’s mission in the community (e.g., What community issue is your project partner attempting to address?).2. Summarize the task (s) your project partner is asking you to perform.3. How do these tasks relate to or advance the mission of your project partner?4. How would you describe the response of your team to the project partner’s concerns at this meeting?5. Describe

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

. Service-learning projectsoffer these students the opportunity to bridge the academic-community gap in a meaningful andproductive way.BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Ambrosini, G., K. Caudle, S. Freeman, J. Mangum, B. Price, and M. Rice, “Benchmarking Ethylene Glycol and Formaldehyde Emissions,” final project report, CHE 451, May 2003. 2. Brackin, Patricia and J. Darrell Gibson, “Capstone Design Projects: Enabling the Diabled,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Quebec, Canada, June 2002. 3. Green, Matthew, Alan Dutson, and Kristin Wood, “Integrating Service-Oriented Design Projects into the Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Quebec, Canada

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

. Sukumaran, and R. Harvey, "Multidisciplinary Design and Communication: a Pedagogical Vision," The International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 376-382 (1999).[2] R. A. Buonopane, "Engineering Education for the 21st Century: Listen to Industry!," Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 31, no. 3, 1997, pp. 166-167.[3] S. H. Bhavnani and M. D. Aldridge, "Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A Bridge Between the Collegeand the Workplace," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, no.1, 2000, pp.13-16.[4] J. K. Borchardt, "Navigating the New Workplace," Graduating Engineer, Vol. 17, no. 3, 1996, pp. 22-26.[5] Heshmat, A.A., and A. Firasat, "Hands-on Experience: An Integrated Part of Engineering Curriculum Reform

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Pressure decrease in a stenosisO2 consumption as both increasewith exercise, as both rise to meet Q (L/min) r1* V1 P1 P2the body’s increased demand [9]. . (cm) (cm/s) (mm Hg) (mm Hg)A typical volumetric blood flow rateis 5.0 L/min at rest, and the average Rest 4.9 1.6 10 78.3 66.4blood pressure of our typical studentwas 78.3 mm Hg. Assuming that the Exercise 10.2 1.6 40 86.0

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Thorndyke; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

example, if a particular engineering disciplinehas a significant problem with retention in their gateway course(s), the path representingsuccessful completion of that gateway course will be disproportionate when compared to thepath for the same discipline at other institutions. In this way, the variability of the institutions isstill present, and makes it possible to study the effect of those gateway courses.Questions addressed by frequency and descriptive statistics. The frequency and descriptivestatistics of student pathways provide a broader picture of issues that are more commonlyperformed on students of a single institution. These will help identify general trends acrossinstitutions on the issues of concern listed below, which are likely to

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pong Chu

, S. “A First Course in Digital Design Using VHDL and Programmable Logic,” Proceeding of IEEE Frontiers in Education, 2001.[2] Ashenden, P. J., The Designer's Guide to VHDL, 2 nd ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2001.[3] Brown, S. and Vranesic, Z., Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design, McGrawHill, 2000.[4] Chu, Pong P., “Computation Theory in Digital Systems Course,” Proceeding of IEEE Frontiers in Education, 2002.[5] Calazans, N. L. V. and Moras, F. G., “Integrating the Teaching of Computer Organization and Architecture with Digital Hardware Design Early in Undergraduate Course,” IEEE Transaction on Education, May 2001, pp. 109- 119.[6] Ghosh, S., Hardware Description Language, IEEE Press, 2000.[7] IEEE Computer Society/ACM, Pre

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lance C. Perez; Jerald L. Varner; Michael F. Anderson

in an undergraduate course in probability andrandom processes are given. Protocols for four experiments are available from the first author’swebsite. The effectiveness of this laboratory in increasing student outcomes will be studiedduring the Fall 2004 semester.Bibliography[1] S. Srinivasan, L. C. Pérez, R. D. Palmer, M. F. Anderson, A. J. Boye, “An Integrated Signals and Systems Laboratory at the University of Nebraska: Laboratory Philosophy and Study Design”, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, TN., June 22-25, 2003.MICHAEL F. ANDERSON: Michael Anderson is an Associate Professor of Education and Department Chair atClarke College in Dubuque, Iowa.LANCE C. PÉREZ: Lance C. Pérez received his Ph.D

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Angie Crist; Russ Newcomer; Michael Propst; Pedro Leite

component. However, the students’ self-reflections provided a very interesting lookinto their experiences, knowledge transfer, professional and personal development, as well as afeedback for the improvement of future projects. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conference References1. Bruner, J., 1966, Toward a Theory of Instruction, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.2. Bruner, J., 1990, Acts of Meaning, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.3. Papert, S., 1992, The Children’s Machine, Basic Books, New York.4. Jonassen, D.H., Peck, K.L., Wilson, B.G., 1999, Learning with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective, Prentice Hall

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Joseph W. Hurst

“enters”the factory, looks at shop rules and views workstation job instructions. After ashort practice, the test taker begins the test, moving sequentially throughworkstations testing process, fabrication, subassembly and final assembly, beingasked questions pertaining to safety, quality/continuous improvement, materials& specifications, and maintenance. Both static and “reactive” questions are usedthroughout this simulation component.Demonstration Program - Wisconsin:Through an earmark budget line, administered by the U. S. Department of Labor(DOL), the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) has been designated asthe program manager for the pilot assessments for 600 workers and students inWisconsin. Testing is at three separate centers

Conference Session

State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steven Brandt; David Hansen; Steven Kuennen; Pamela Neal; Cary Fisher

GET ‘EM WHILE THEY’RE YOUNG! Integrated Engineering for Freshmen Dr. Steven A. Brandt1, Col. Cary A. Fisher2, LtCol. David S. Hansen3, LtCol. Steven T. Kuennen4, Maj. Pamela J. Neal5 United States Air Force Academy Engineering Division 2354 Fairchild Drive, Suite 6L-155 USAF Academy, CO 80840-6240AbstractNothing captures the imagination more than a hands-on, highly-relevant and interactive experience. Thispaper will describe Engineering 100 at the US Air Force Academy, a new freshman core course

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian Campbell

. Carry out an Internet search etc. Focus on the reasons for choosing the particular truss shape, ‚" includes a printout from the program MDSOLIDS ™ for member forces of the truss configurations you considered (at least 3 alternate configurations) and your ‘final’ configuration., ‚" provides a set of your own calculations (using both the method of joints and of sections) for truss member forces for the final truss configuration assuming the truss supports a nominal 50kgm mid-span mass.Semester 2 Model(s)There are alternate primary models and one minor model.Secondary (minor) model- Shear strength of PVA adhesiveThis consists of an investigation of the failure characteristics and strengths of “Paddle Pop”sticks

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The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Mervis, J. (2000). Diversity: Easier said than done. Science, 289 (5478), 378-379.2. National Science Foundation. (2000). Science and engineering indicators. (Appendix Table 3-10: A-155). Washington, DC: National Science Foundation.3. 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 Women4. Sanders, J. (1995). Girls and technology: Villain wanted. In S.V. Rosser (Ed.). Teaching the majority: Breaking the gender barrier in science, mathematics, and engineering. (pp. 147-159).5. Astin, H. S., & Sax, L. J. (1996). Developing

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schumack

grade, but in addition each outcome is assessed using bothinstructor-given assignments and student self-evaluations.Outcomes were identified with various assignments as shown in Table 3. Assignment Outcome(s) 1 None 2 1, 2, 3 Homework 3 3, 8 4 4, 6, 7 5 5 6 9 7 (essay) 1, 8

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Raman

A Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Course With State-of-the-Art Technology Support from Industry Sanjay Raman, Adam S. Klein, Richard M. Svitek, Christopher Magnella†, Michael Clifford‡, and Eric C. Maass‡ The Bradley Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech 613 Whittemore Hall (Mail Code 0111), Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA Email: sraman@vt.edu † Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, Austin, TX ‡ Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, Tempe, AZI. Introduction:The dawn of the 21st century is witnessing a tremendous demand for wirelesscommunications and information

Conference Session

Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad AlRamahi; Kurt Gramoll

controllers Text chat Figure 1: Snapshot of the LectureBoard labeling the main elementsThere are several advantages to this tool. First and most importantly, the LectureBoard solves theissue of collaboration for lecture creation. As many users as the bandwidth allows can use thetool and collaboratively work to build a lecture. The bandwidth limits depend on two factors: theedition and license of the Flash Communication Server MX [8]; and the local LAN bandwidthlimitations. The basic edition of Flash Communication Server, which is the edition used for thepurpose of this research, has a ceiling capacity of 1 Mb/s or 50 simultaneous connections,whichever limit is reached first. The

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny; Mark Rajai

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Increased demand for skills, deindustrialization, and relocation of employers to othercountries was limiting the job opportunities for less educated workers in the past decades.Now, with the outsourcing of scientific and engineering jobs to the developing countries,the trend started in the 1960’s and early 1970’s of hiring more educated employees hasbeen reversed. Today’s jobs for both educated and less educated workers are beingoutsourced to other countries.On the other hand multiple problems are caused as the result of a skilled but less educatedworkforce. This practice hinders the growth and success of the company in the short aswell as long terms. In the short-term the company is

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

, programmable power supplies, vector impedance meter, arbitrarywaveform analyzer, 8-bit digital bus drivers are included in the suite of software instruments. Cost for NI ELVIS is $2400 in quantity, about the cost of a personal computer. NI ELVISincludes the data acquisition (DAQ) card that goes into the computer, the NI ELVIS interfacebox that includes fuses and the interface, the experiment board, and the power supply. Like theIBM PC of the early 80's, both hardware and software are completely open so innovation at theexperiment, interfacing or software level can flourish. The students can use the softwareinstruments or embed them into a LabVIEW program for complete computer automation or even

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Song; Niranjan Chakravarthy; Leon Iasemidis; Andreas Spanias

Processing Magazine, vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 8-10, July 2001.5. S. Tiwari, S. Ramachandran, A. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, and R. Ramaswamy, “Prediction of probable genes by Fourier analysis of genomic sequences” in CABIOS, vol. 113, pp. 263-270, 1997.6. Niranjan Chakravarthy, A.Spanias, L.D.Iasemidis, K.Tsakalis, “Autoregressive modeling and parametric analysis of DNA sequences” in EURASIP Special Issue on Genomic Signal Processing, To appear in 20047. A. Spanias, et al., “On-line laboratories for speech and image processing and for communication Systems Using J-DSP”, in 2nd DSP-Education workshop, Pine Mountain GA

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Serdar Tumkor; Ali Imre Aydeniz; Ismail Fidan

the MIT department of Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville,TN. He began his academic appointment in August 2000. Dr. Fidan received his PhD in MechanicalEngineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. His teaching and research interests arecomputer integrated design and manufacturing, electronics manufacturing, and manufacturing processes.Bibliographic Information 1. Ertas A., Jones J.C., “Engineering Design Process”, John Willey and Sons, 1997 2. Dieter G., “Engineering Design”, McGraw-Hill, 1993. 3. Fetvaci C., Tumkor S., Fidan I., “Development and Implementation of a Virtual Gear Design and Simulation Tool for Undergraduate Education”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

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Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

Systems Engineering at the Naval Academy T. E. Dwan, R. DeMoyer, C. E. Wick, and G. E. Piper Department of Weapons and Systems Engineering United States Naval AcademyABSTRACT This paper describes the current curriculum of the Systems EngineeringDepartment at the U. S. Naval Academy in detail. We show how our program not onlyserves the needs of each military graduate and meets the objectives and requirements ofan ABET accredited program, but also why this curriculum has become one of the mostpopular and successful undergraduate programs at the U. S. Naval Academy.OVERVIEW The Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the U. S. Naval

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Sauer; Pedro Arce

midfielders, and the forwards or attackers. It is an analogous approach that we’re Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationproposing here. To the best of our knowledge, this type of approach has not previously beenused in Engineering Education.A successful soccer team consists of members that are able to perform their specific functionsefficiently and with the benefit of the team as their objective. At the different levels ofdevelopment, players usually show a natural predisposition to play a particular position and whatit is even more important is that they have a clear idea of what position(s) they do