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fromthe first-year program as well as “lessons learned” will also be presented in the paper.The Timeline and Procedure for ChangeStep 1: Establishing the Leadership. In December of 1996, a new Dean of Engineering was hiredat Michigan Tech. Soon after arriving on campus, he met with one of the authors (Sorby) to dis-cuss his desire to develop a common first-year engineering program. Shortly thereafter, the deci-sion was made to convert from quarters to semesters at Michigan Tech. The initiative to changethe academic calendar to semesters was faculty driven, based primarily on educational objectives,and was not imposed by the administration or state government. In our quarter calendar, the win-ter term was disjointed with several breaks during its

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. Page 6.556.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationOver 1000 students were enrolled in the College of Engineering in Fall 2000; 931 were identifiedas undergraduate students and 92 were graduate students. Table 1 summarizes undergraduateengineering student enrollment (Fall 2000) profile by class, gender and ethnicity. TheEngineering columns represent the total number of undergraduate students, in each category, inthe college. The table entries show both the actual numbers and percentages for each category.Table 1 indicates that approximately 86% of undergraduate students in the college of

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in the Discipline” appealed to the department, andwas adopted as the new writing focus.To implement this new approach, the department chose to develop a matrix, shown in Figure 1,where the writing assignments were listed on the y-axis and the courses on the x-axis. Eachcourse became “the home” for at least one of the writing formats as a way of presenting some ofthe class material. Each professor was responsible for teaching the format and evaluating thewriting of final assignments. Page 6.557.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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. Assessment ProcessAfter two years of faculty and staff education, assessment process development, and datacollection, the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) at PurdueUniversity is closing the loop on their first round of assessment for their two ABET accreditedprograms: Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) and Food Process Engineering (FPE).Figure 1 delineates the assessment process being adopted by the Department of Agricultural andBiological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University. The two looped educational assessmentprocess mirrors the two loops of EC2000 [1]. In the outer 3-5 year loop, the process allowsconstituents to provide input to and feedback on each ABE program. The faculty integrates thisinformation

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enrolled in TEC 110, and 19 students enrolled in TEC 250 in the fall semester of 2000 when thisstudy was conducted.National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT)NAIT accredits the SMSU Industrial Technology program. NAIT has the following requirements withrespect to assessment:Assessment Plan and Integration: An assessment plan shall be comprised of, but not limited to, thefollowing for each program: (1) program mission statement, (2) the desired program outcomes/studentcompetencies, (3) evidence that the program incorporates these outcomes/student competencies, (4) theassessment measures used to evaluate student mastery of the student competencies stated, (5) compilationof the results of the assessment measures, and (6) evidence that these

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enhance student understanding. The paper alsodescribes the use of internet tools to promote peer-to-peer interaction as well as collaborativelearning and teamwork in the class. Strategies for adapting standard collaborative learningtechniques to web-based and web-enhanced courses and the instructor's role in their successfulimplementation in a distance education setting are discussed as well. Finally, the paper discussesthe administrative procedures that were put in place to ensure smooth running of the class andfoster a positive learning experience for both the on-campus and off-campus students.1. IntroductionA variety of social, economic and technological factors are converging to create increaseddemand for long distance education. This

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refined for greatereffectiveness.1. IntroductionOver the last decade, many educators have come to realize the limitations of the traditionalparadigm of education that implicitly views the primary goal as the effective transmission ofknowledge content. In fact, as far back as 1916, Dewey, in his book entitled, Democracy andEducation [1], presented a critique of the aforesaid paradigm. As an alternative, he offered whathe called “progressive education”. He consolidated his earlier findings in 1938 when he wroteanother book, Experience and Education [2]. Many other authors have similarly highlighted themany shortcomings of the traditional way. One example is Gardner who, in his book, TheUnschooled Mind [3], describes how otherwise competent college

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obtained fromhttp://litee.auburn.edu. Page 6.562.1 1 Introduction In the information age, where engineering and technology are part of every daylives, many engineering companies have been sued for product failures, improper design,and copyright violations due to unethical behavior. In order to determine solutions to thevarious ethical issues that arise in the workplace, it is crucial for every engineer tounderstand what is considered to be ethical behavior in the engineering profession. Theneed for this ethical knowledge in professional engineering decisions has

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rates of new faculty members. This paper is also based on the authors’ own experiences,experiences of several others, and student expectations of new faculty members. A set ofrecommendations are made on what to include, and what pitfalls to avoid for instituting asuccessful and effective mentoring program for new faculty members at institutions of highereducation.IntroductionMentoring college teachers is no more complex than mentoring new professionals in industry.The survival of new ’hires’ depends largely on two things: 1) the individual’s own constitutionand strengths, and 2) the support system of the organization for the new hires. Many institutionsof higher education provide some form of mentoring to new faculty. Mentoring programs

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the freshman Mechanical Engineering majorswho have taken the course have become sophomore Mechanical Engineering majors and 21%have changed majors or left California State University, Chico before becoming sophomores.The history leading to the design of the course as well as the course’s objectives, structure andrequirements are described. The course involves teams of students designing, building andtesting devices that participate in competitions. Examples of these projects are discussed.The ProblemFollowing increasing enrollment in Mechanical Engineering (ME) at California State University,Chico (CSUC) in the early 1980s, the enrollment began to decline (see Fig. 1). This decline wasperceived by the faculty to be a problem. The one-year

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1 Session 10 Improve Learning Efficiency by Using Computers For Junior Level Electrical Engineering Courses George G Karady, Fellow member IEEE K. A. Nigim*, Senior member IEEE Arizona State University Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine Tempe AZ 85287 Knigim@imap3.asu.edu Karady@asu.edu *Fullbright Fellowship leave at Arizona State

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institutions in particular. These outcomes arenow being tested for dissemination nationally and worldwide and are available at the SEATECwebsite http://www.nsti.tec.tn.us/SEATEC. These include:1. The development of twenty-five work-based case studies in the areas of telecommunication, computer networking, and network administration.2. A comprehensive Internship Guide that helps faculty in other institutions in planning, applying, and using industrial internship experiences effectively in the classroom.3. A comprehensive Faculty Development Guide that provides a model and the steps necessary for the personal development of any technology or engineering faculty.The current SEATEC grant builds on the success of the TEFATE approach to curriculum

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trial basis. In-class and take-home quizzescontaining erroneous solutions were given, to evaluate student ability to identify a variety of errorsin a single problem. A questionnaire obtained student opinion and input on this type of exercise.Implementation occurred in sophomore level engineering mechanics courses in statics anddynamics. The students were majoring in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering technology.Most were at the sophomore level but several were juniors and seniors. Three trials have beenconducted, as listed in Table 1.Table 1. Syntax Error Quiz Trials Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Semester Spring 2000 Fall 2000

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basic elements were the object of the instruction. The workshop wasto develop and evolve this idea and to help bring it to fruition.We examined ways to initiate, maintain, and assess this process consistent with ABET. By intent,the process would accommodate all disciplines that teach fluid mechanics and still respectinstitutional differences. The primary questions and issues addressed were: 1. What are the educational outcomes desired? 2. What is the expected level of student achievement? 3. What curriculum pedagogy should we deliver? 4. How do we measure outcomes? Page 6.568.1

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, information, and preparation for teaching. The earliest ISW programs beganwith new instructors observing veteran instructors teach class to demonstrate good teachingtechniques. The new instructors would then be required to teach a block of lessons (3 to 4contiguous lessons with a common theme) of a common engineering course and mimic theveteran instructor’s techniques. This early process was effective, but over the years, several 1 Page 6.570.1“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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favorable.IntroductionABET defines design as follows, “Engineering design is the process of devising a system,component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a decision-making process (often iterative),in which the basic sciences and mathematics and engineering sciences are applied to convertresources optimally to meet a stated objective. 1”There has been an emphasis to include design throughout the chemical engineering curriculum.Open-ended projects with design content are commonly included in core courses. An aspect ofdesign not as common, however, is the use and extension of experimental data from laboratoryexperiments. There is a range of student learning goals in the typical unit operationslaboratory. These include the planning and execution of experiments

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Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Course ContentAt the United States Military Academy, we currently use William D. Callister’s textbook entitled“Materials Science and Engineering, an Introduction”, 5th edition. The sections of the book usedcorrelate to the major subject area blocks and topics shown in Figure 1: General Blocks I. Atomic Structure, Mechanical and Physical Properties, Defects, Diffusion II. Strengthening Mechanisms/Nonferrous Phase Diagrams III. Iron-Carbon Systems/Ferrous Metal Phase Diagrams, Ferrous & Nonferrous Alloys IV. Failure Mechanisms V. Non-metals, Electrical Properties

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of 2000 and is scheduled forcompletion in December of 2001. This paper discusses the EMEC course redesign, including theapproach adopted, logistical challenges, and results to date. Page 6.572.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe paper is divided into six sections. An overview of the redesign of the EMEC course isprovided in section II. Section III discusses the proposed EMEC course outline for phase 1 of the2-year project. It begins with a statement of the primary objective of the

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engineering professionals are minority.1 Thus a minority gap clearly exists withinengineering.Statistics show that cross-culturally, first graders' interest in the disciplines of math and scienceare very similar no matter what ethnic group they belong to. However, as time goes on, a largergap in the level of interest is noted. By the time the students reach the eighth grade, a highpercentage of minority students tend to lose interest. 2 Considering this trend, it is no wonder Page 6.573.1that minority students select careers in other fields. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Explosion

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Session 1392 INCREASING FEMALE ENROLLMENT IN THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Martha C. Wilson University of Minnesota DuluthI. IntroductionThe national average for female students enrolled in Industrial Engineering programs in the U.S.is approximately 33%1. This figure is nearly three times the percentage of female studentsenrolled in the Industrial Engineering (IE) program at the University of Minnesota Duluth(UMD), which is currently12%, ranging from a low of 9% percent to a high of 15% over the

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the uniqueindustrial interactions provided to the students.Course ContentThe course is entitled “Applied Systems Design and Remote Diagnostics”. The class materialwas broken up into five major sections: • Systems Engineering • Communications and Navigation • Engines • Propulsion Systems • Remote DiagnosticsThese sections are individually discussed below.Systems EngineeringIn the systems engineering portion, students learned about the actual process associated withsystems engineering. This overlooked portion in most engineering and technology curriculafocuses on the interdisciplinary process that ensures that the customer's needs are satisfiedthroughout a system's entire life cycle [1]. This process is comprised of the

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the goals and objectives. Demonstrating that program constituents haveparticipated in the process is also an important part of the effort.This paper presents an approach to program management that utilizes an Industrial AdvisoryBoard as a cornerstone to support strategic planning and assessment activities that satisfy ABET2000 Criteria.1. IntroductionThe 2000-01 academic year is the last year that engineering programs may elect to apply foraccreditation using ABET’s Conventional Criteria for program accreditation. ABET 2000Criteria, which have been an alternative to the Conventional Criteria for several years, willbecome the sole ABET accreditation criteria. The Conventional Criteria are more of aprescription for program accreditation than

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while ensuring anaccurate application. Different types of marketing tools include Equipment Drawings, MarketingApplication Drawings, Illustration Drawings, Specified Illustration Drawings, InspectionDrawings, Running Instructions, and Field Service Reports. All drawings use a standardizedAutoCAD generated electronic file as a source for reproducing an image of any given product. Acommercial software package converts the vector image into a raster image making it anextended-metafile. This conversion eliminates sending out machine drawings and provides auser-friendly file format. Location of the image is centralized on the NT Server and on afrequently updated CD-ROM.As shown in Figure 1, the old drawing control system uses traditional methods to

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provideanswers based on their knowledge of student backgrounds and the course materials. Answers tothe remaining questions are addressed in the sections entitled “How is it maintained?" and “Howis it working?"After much discussion, a two-hour case study delivered by industry teams in the regularlyscheduled class time was selected as the first interface to try for fall 1998. There were 14sections of ENGR111 with 96 students each and 2 honors sections of ENGR111 with 52 studentsthat hosted industry teams for case studies. The case studies took the entire 1 hour and 50minute class period. Industry teams were made up of 2 to 8 engineers. The companies werevery cognizant of sending diverse teams that represented both sexes, many races, and

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application to as many people as possible. It is suggested thatcomprehensive notes be taken and as much educational/training material be collected during thistraining session in order to facilitate future course/curriculum development.DESIGNING A FIRST INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSEOnce you have an understanding of how to properly use each piece of equipment, the curriculumdeveloper must develop course material, determine the order of presentation, and select anappropriate title. 1 Page 6.578.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001

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, Ireland, D.R., and Hoskisson, R.E., (1999). Strategic Management, Competitiveness and Globalization (3rd Ed.). (pp. 391-427). Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing.4. Stamitis, D.H., (1995).5. Mason, R.L., Gunst, R.F, and Hess, J.L., (1989). Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments, With Applications to Engineering and Science. New York: John Wiley & Sons.6. Day, Ronald G., (1993). Quality Function Deployment, Linking a Company With its Customers. (pp. 1-15). Milwaukee: ASQ Press,.7. American Society for Quality Control Standards Committee. (1995). Quality Management – Guidelines for Configuration Management. (ANSI/ISO/ASQC Q10007-1995). Milwaukee: ASQ Press.8. Brassard, M., (1989). The Memory Jogger Plus+, Featuring

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into thethird-year design course (MME359) to benefit students in following years. MME359 isspecifically geared towards design strategy, group work structure and project management. Thisfeedback loop has proven to be very beneficial to both students and industry supervisors.Course BenefitsThe industry-university cooperation that exists in the MME499 course results in many mutualbenefits.Benefits for the Industrial Partner: 1. The course offers the potential for a low-cost (no salary expenditures, minimal infrastructure requirements) solution to basic design and manufacturing problems. Page 6.580.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American

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renewed enthusiasm for their teaching as a result of participating in thesevisits.As a result of participating in these outcomes assessment meetings, alumni tend to becomeinvolved and active with the university. Alumni are genuinely flattered to be asked theiropinion. They are delighted to be speaking to the faculty who educated them. Alumni oftenexpress interest in supporting the programs in any way that they possibly can. During the courseof the visits, the alumni frequently offer support by providing equipment, software, informationabout corporate grants, and tours for faculty and students to work sites or manufacturingfacilities.Bibliography 1. URL: http://www.abet.org/eac/engineer.htm; Accreditation Board for Engineering and

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Ravi Athale; John Treichler; Dave Munson; Sally Wood; Geoffrey Orsak; Scott Douglas; Mark Yoder

Session 2432 The INFINITY Project: Building a High School Curriculum Focused on Modern Technology Which Emphasizes Engineering, Math, and Science Principles Mark A. Yoder1, Ravi Athale2, Scott Douglas3, Dave Munson4, Geoffrey Orsak3, John Treichler5, Sally Wood6 1 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology / 2George Mason University / 3 Southern Methodist University / 4University of Illinois / 5 Applied Signal Technology / 6Santa Clara

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Sara Soderstrom; Chris Lorenz; Michael Keinath