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Lizette R. Chevalier; James N. Craddock

areenvironmental and water resources engineering, particularly in the area of groundwater flow, transport andremediation. She actively participates in the integration of technology-enhanced education at SIUC.JAMES N. CRADDOCKJames N. Craddock is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University atCarbondale. He received his degrees from the University of Illinois: B.S. 1975, M.S. 1977 and Ph.D. 1979. His areasof interest include solid mechanics, computational methods, and composite materials. He is also actively working inthe area of multimedia enhanced learning in engineering education. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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, Polar, Etc.) d. Handle Graphics 7. MATLAB Applications a. Curve Fitting b. Solving Equations c. Numerical Integration d. Solving Initial-Value and Boundary-Value Differential EquationsII.3. Example of Programs Covered in the MATLAB Programming CourseTwo types of programming problems are assigned in the class as homework. The first type aretraditional programs that would be covered in a conventional programming class. The idea is toteach a specific programming techniques. An example is the ask_q function below:function answer=ask_q(valid_answers, output_string);% function answer=ask_q(valid_answers, output_string);%% This function asks a question of the user and loops

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August 1998): B8.Matthews, Roberta S., James L. Cooper, Neil Davidson, and Peter Hawkes, “Building Bridges Between Cooperative and Collaborative Learning,” Change 27 (July-August 1995): 34-38.Myers, Chet, and Thomas B. Jones. Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.O’Loughlin, Jim. “Questioning the ‘Success’ of Collaborative Learning,” Socialist Review 27 (Winter-Spring 1999): 29-47.Ostheimer, Martha W., Kenneth C. Mylrea, and Edward M. Lonsdale. “An Integrated Course in Fundamental Engineering and English Composition Using Interactive and Process Learning Methodologies,” IEEE Transactions on Education 37 (May

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various packages and using them in an integratedfashion and not as stand alone individual pieces as they would in other classes. The onlynegative comment related to the amount of work to de done compared to the one creditcourse.RecommendationsThere are a number of ways to complete the educational objectives of the course withoutplacing additional burdens on students. Integrating multimedia into a curriculum requiresa vast amount of time and energy of both the students and faculty. Adding multimediaand other software packages in an incremental fashion throughout the semester wouldsurely minimize the burden. In addition, existing footage of various bridges and supportswould be extremely helpful because it would cut down on out of class time needed

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of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education 10 8education. Boyer reconsidered the definition of scholarship and presented a broadened model ofscholarship for the American higher education system. He noted that diversity in faculty talentrequires an expansion of what is considered scholarship. Boyer8 observed four elements ofscholarship in the American system of higher education. In addition to the scholarship ofdiscovery, in which research leads to new knowledge, Boyer8 also identified three other areaswhere scholarship can be attained: scholarship through integration of knowledge

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Vijay Arora; Lorenzo Faraone

Bordogna,19 21st centuryprofessionals will need to be astute makers, trusted innovators, change agents, master integrators,enterprise enablers, technology stewards, and knowledge handlers. The environment in whichthey are brought up will play a major role in their total development.Ironically though, no asset is so vital, yet so poorly understood and managed, as the C&Icapabilities of an organization. This paper is designed to provide insights and guidelines to startand grow these resources. From Accountants to Zoologist (A to Z or anything in-between), onecan learn how to turn potential into performance by becoming a leader in one’s own domain. Therole of leadership in developing strategic directions is in discovering the channels through

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller

exposure of an audience to thesite and when the audience is seeking specific facts or instructions. However, there is a definite rolefor complexity. Elaborate demonstrations, simulations, and multimedia can enhance learning andstimulate interest in content.2 This recommendation is consistent with cognitive flexibility theory.22Design with complexity is most appropriate with more experienced users and when the audiencemust integrate knowledge. The project WWW site has a mixture of simplicity and complexity elements. The sitehomepage and the main pages for each collection are mainly text and have limited content. A user’sinitial exposure to the site is highly usable with clear guidance on the site content. For the studentaudience

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before being implementedinto the curriculum. As with other types of technologies, from video simulations to computer-based tutorials, the instructor must be comfortable with not only the medium, but also themessage sent through the medium to the students. In an on-line discussion, the instructor mustcarefully monitor students’ statements about concepts and redirect them as necessary.Monitoring the discussions requires time and commitment on the part of the instructor, as well asa desire to assist the student to come to a deeper understanding of the concept itself. Theinstructor’s role is often to not only provide an opportunity for in-depth investigation into a topic,but also to provide constructive feedback as necessary. In this way, the

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engineering undergraduates, I concludedthat reverse engineering of specific devices or designs would be too narrow to cater to thediverse interests of the aerospace freshman class,The choice of conceptual design as an integrative tool in our curriculum is based on theexperience of listening to Georgia Tech Aerospace Engineering students and alumni for manyyears. In the traditional curriculum, the Capstone Design course in the senior year is cited bystudents for providing perspective on the various disciplines of aerospace engineering. The firstsix weeks of the 2-course Capstone Design sequence are spent on conceptual design. Hence itwas argued that covering some of these concepts in the first year would have a dual benefit. Thestudents would obtain

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

the profile of their innovation capacities. Large and smaller innovative firms have important common needs: commitment from the top; an integrated view of innovation strategy and business strategy; a clear idea of the firm’s distinctive competencies; an openness to constructive ideas and contributions from all staff; a structured way of watching and responding to changes and opportunities in the business environment. However, smaller firms tend to have more limited financial and human resources, less ready access to information, and shorter time horizons. In addition, they are generally more risk-averse and reluctant to engage outside help, except for very specific short-term needs. Firms have become more specialized and

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

responsive to the legitimate and valued social and economic development priorities of the communities in which higher education operates.5. Revisiting scholarship – Based on the seminal work of Ernest Boyer,20, 21 scholarship is envisioned, supported, practiced and rewarded as the process of creating and communicating knowledge through an integrated and seamless process of teaching, research, and service.The context for mission-related change and re-engineering in graduate professional educationemerges out of the relationship between higher education and society, and is grounded in agrowing sense that institutional structures and practices are misaligned and often disconnectedfrom the pressing needs of society. This theme is reflected in

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Shafaat Qazi; Sam Gile; Mustafa Guvench

-bandwidth performance of student designed CMOS operational amplifiers which were fabricatedthrough MOSIS. The system was built and the programming was done as a part of senior electrical engineeringcapstone project at the University of Southern Maine. Figures 3, 4, and 5 shown in the remaining pages giveresults obtained with two different circuits, (1) a JFET-input AC-coupled Three-stage BJT audio amplifierdesigned in junior year Electronics II laboratory, and (2) an inverting 10X gain amplifier constructed from aNMOS-input CMOS operational amplifier. The CMOS operational amplifier was designed as a part of ELE444 Analog Integrated Circuits class, and sent out to MOSIS, fabricated and packaged. The 10X amplifier wasbuilt as an application of the

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Bina Ramamurthy; Pratibha Gopalam; Alexander N. Cartwright

specifications of a desired tool and allow them to develop it. However, experienced developers should be used for complex tools. 6. Container: A container integrates all the constituent elements and makes them aware of each other. In order for this to be accomplished, all contributing objects have to be registered with the container. The container defines how these objects collectively cooperate in any application. In addition, the container provides the placeholders for all participating objects in an application. A person well versed in the subject area of the educational applet (e.g., in our case photonics) should be responsible for the design the container.The framework moves the responsibility, for the

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Ty Newell; Timothy Shedd

techniques, anddemonstrated numerical solution techniques to be used in project activities. Five projects wereassigned over the course of the semester that utilized the background developed through thehomework activities in a real world engineering application.The homework assignments and project activities were developed in an integrated manner for theclass. Homework and project assignments would have occasional references to textbookmaterial topics and examples, but the parallel coverage of topics did not readily lend itself toutilization of textbook exercises. A typical homework would request information about aparticular situation, require a comparison between classical and numerical analyses, and showextension of the numerical technique to a

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Stephen Stace; Janice Margle

expose students to more than the traditionalword processing and spreadsheet exercises and to make them aware of the relationships betweencomputers and music. This project is called Me and Comp Sc.Background An introductory 3-credit computer science course called CmpSc 100 is offered throughPenn State. Although it is not required as part of any curriculum, it does offer students theopportunity to improve their computer skills, or expand their knowledge base. The courseintroduces students to computers and computer applications such as word processing,spreadsheets, database management, business graphics, and communications5. The prerequisiteis two entrance units in mathematics. Students who take this course are, generally, from non-technical

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Michael Gorman; Edmund Russell III; Donald Brown; William Scherer; Kathryn Neeley

range of intended goals. The University of Virginia’s engineering school hasboth an undergraduate thesis that has been required of every student since the early 1900s and anestablished Systems Engineering capstone project that has been in place since 1988. Both projectstreat constraints in areas such as economics, the environment, ethics, politics, sustainability, andsocial considerations as integral parts of engineering problem solving and decision-making. In sodoing, they anticipated and reflect the integrated approach of EC 2000.Most students who major in Systems Engineering (SE) use their capstone project as the basis forthe undergraduate thesis, which is jointly advised and must be jointly approved by a facultymember from the humanities

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Norine Meyer; Deborah Fisher; Cynthia Villanueva; Amy Strobel

engineering andcomputer science fields as viable and exciting choices for a career for themselves.Within the UNM School of Engineering (SOE), students generally do not have an opportunity towork in project management teams until they are nearing completion of the program. TheInstructors designed the team collaboration introductory course to provide a grounding in themost essential skills needed in the engineering work world. The course curriculum goal was: 1)to lay a foundation in general engineering project principles; 2) expose students to engineeringdesign phases; 3) develop an understanding of concurrent engineering and design manufacturing;and 4) use the small task group to analyze best product solutions. Recognizing that small taskteams are

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initial curriculum development, the technical topics in Table 1 were considered to becritical to the overall body of knowledge conveyed to the students during the program. Thetopics are covered in four of the five new telecommunications courses. The fifth is a capstonecourse with a design project whose objectives vary each time it is taught. Curriculum details arediscussed in the next section.Discussions with the School of Management led to the selection of four courses to give studentsa basic understanding of project management. The motivation for creating a multidisciplinarydegree combining ECET and management courses was twofold. First, after graduation, studentsare usually employed on project teams under an experienced manager. As they gain

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Brian Copes; Willard D. Bostwick; Kenneth Rennels; Douglas Acheson

material. After successfully implementing this curriculum with his studentsfor the second year, and realizing potential redundancy should his students pursue the TG degreeoption at IUPUI, he approached the TG Program Chair to inquire about the potential for collegecredit for graduates who had now completing an almost identical High School course. It wasthrough this relationship that the dialogue first began in connecting these two educationalinstitutions through this unique articulation agreement.Note: On June 9, 2000, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education approved the four-yearBachelor of Science degree program in Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) at IUPUI. Allreferences throughout this document are that of the former Technical Graphics

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environmental engineering practice, students arebetter primed for, and more receptive to, an introduction to the principles and technologies ofenvironmental engineering.I. IntroductionAs awareness of the importance of environmental issues grows, and as students begin to demand Page 6.942.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationand require training and education in this area, universities around the world have seen theincorporation of environmental issues into courses across the curriculum (1). In

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Ralph Tanner; Johnson Asumadu

Session 1526 REMOTE WIRING AND MEASUREMENT LABORATORY Johnson A. Asumadu, Ralph Tanner Western Michigan UniversityAbstractIn this project, a new architecture called "Remote Wiring and Measurement Laboratory(RwmLab)" is proposed that will allow students to physically wire up electrical and electronicscircuits using an Internet access. Likewise, they will be able to take real measurements overtheir Internet access. In this way, students will experience the nuts and volts, frustrations, andhands-on experience of a real-world laboratory environment while accessing the

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Evaluate and revise procedure Answer questions in results report Make commitments based on Defend conclusions to team members and their own judgments, not an instructors authority’s.To further enhance thinking maturity, the MEL course sequence connects with CSM projectcourses to develop these abilities. Sharing this educational objective in a mixture of coursesemphasizes its importance, provides a more coherent educational experience, and is moreeffective in raising students’ levels of thinking than a non-integrated approach. MEL also helpsstudents make the transition between basic science and math, engineering science, and design.MEL does not use cliented

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Rose Marra; Andrew Lau; John Wise; Robert Pangborn

they were taken). Otherwise, the stated objectivewas simply to foster in students “an understanding of the importance of general education withinthe larger context of their undergraduate experience;” to facilitate their adjustment to the highexpectations, demanding workload, (and) increased academic liberties that accompany thetransition to college life; to engage them in the scholarly community and help provide a bridge toother academic and co-curricular experiences. Secondary goals included familiarizing studentswith university resources, learning tools and fields of study and enhancing their contact with thefull-time faculty.Through a variety of forums in the College of Engineering, including standing faculty councilsand joint faculty

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

Session 1365 Mathematics Requirements on a Computer Technology Unit D Veal, S P Maj, G.I. Swan Computing Science / Computing Science /Physics Program Edith Cowan University (ECU). Perth. Western AustraliaAbstractComputer Installation & Maintenance (CIM) is a ‘hands on’ unit run by the ComputingScience department at Edith Cowan University (ECU). CIM was designed and introduced asa direct result of an analysis of job advertisements in newspapers in Western Australia andinterviews with potential employers in the field of computer

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Hakan Gurocak

Washington State University (WSU) for a longtime because the university has four campuses that are hundreds of miles apart throughout thestate of Washington. The main campus is located in eastern Washington in Pullman. TheVancouver campus is about 300 miles away from the main campus in southwest Washington.Since the mid 1980s the campuses have been linked by an interactive TV system calledWHETS. The system facilitates real time, two-way audio/video interaction among classrooms that resemble TV studios. There are a total of 32 such classrooms distributed among all campuses. The system is used

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during the academic year, I am able to integrate publishing and teaching. (Please be warned, however, that many institutions devalue or even penalize this type of work in favor of Page 6.925.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education "real research". In any case, it’s a question that needs to be asked by new engineering faculty.) 3) Build “bridges” with colleagues in academia and industry Increasing the teamwork and communication skills of our students is currently an area of

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Norman Dennis

foundations course to integration of topicslearned throughout the curriculum. The author ascribes this change to the inclusion ofexperienced students in each group. The experienced individuals have ignited the thoughtprocess of their less experienced peers. In addition to better designs and better design reportsthe average on examinations in the course has risen by about 3 to 5 percent since the shift toexperienced design teams occurred.Course AssessmentStudents complain bitterly about the workload this design problem represents during the entiresemester. However, on the course end assessment they rate it as the most important aspect oftheir education in the geotechnical engineering sub-discipline. They specifically point out thatthe complexity of

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David Kelso; John D. Enderle; Kristina Ropella

real-world problems and tasks into the curriculum, one must first ask whatskills students need to acquire to facilitate transition into the real world. One goal stated by theBME program at Boston University1 and echoed by other BME programs across the country,“…[is to provide] students with the skills necessary to solve problems that impact a wide rangeof economic, environmental, ethical, legal, and social issues.” The minimum skill set required tomeet such a goal consists of:• Critical thinking• Team work• Interpersonal skills• Group decision-making• Analytic and Problem-solving mechanisms• Oral and written communication (including selling ideas, and formulating and presenting an argument).In addition to providing courses

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technology and all its processes.Doing: “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is”author unknownOne of the hallmarks of ET education is its application orientation. It is well known that somepeople learn experientially4 . Implementation of concepts brings together knowledge andtheoretical understanding2 . This is one of the strengths of ET. Another aspect of experientiallearning in an ET context is that upon graduation students not only have a grasp of the theoreticalunderpinning of their field, they also have the ability to integrate their knowledge andunderstanding of technology to build complex technological solutions to problems.The KTD model is a good summary of the activities that we want our students

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Nagraj Balakrishnan; Michael Leonard; Judith McKnew

integrity and traceability throughout the systemlife cycle. CM provides a means to insure effective and efficient engineering and managementreviews, costing, and adoption for approved product and process changes. Doing CM well canhave a significant influence on reducing costs and improving productivity.Although professional development programs are available to provide corporate managers withan understanding of CM, there is little coverage of CM in typical engineering and managementcourses in universities. This may partially be the result of limited CM educational resources forfaculty use. For that reason, we have prepared a CM Overview Module and Instructor’s Guideto be used in a one-to-two week segment of engineering or management courses. The