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Per Reinhall; Michael Jenkins; Joyce Cooper; Angela Linse; Eric Stuve

final reports. It is imperative that all groups function properly forthis interdisciplinary project to move forward. The students have, in general, responded very wellto this fact. They quickly realize that the only way to achieve the goals is to work together and tokeep deadlines within the group.Interdisciplinary IssuesThe interdisciplinary nature of the project is simultaneously its most challenging and interestingaspect. Since primarily chemical and mechanical engineering students have been involved, thisproject has brought to fore the differences in their respective training. Chemical engineers rarelybuild something during there academic career, while mechanical engineers are asked repeatedlyto build and design systems and components

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Anthony Tzes; Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

communication and information technology are reshaping our society inunparalleled ways. With the ever frequent reengineering and restructuring of corporate America,engineers are often working in disciplines that transcend their formal education. For example,many engineering graduates follow diverse career paths in medicine, financial engineering,management, public policy, and other fields that require a systems-oriented analysis andsynthesis ability. In addition, the highly complex and multidisciplinary nature of modernengineering systems demand synergies between various engineering and science disciplines anda strong synthesizing approach. These dynamics point to the acute need for training engineeringstudents in a multidisciplinary, cooperative

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Edward Lumsdaine

the better. I can now see the benefits of planning andorganization. After completing this module I now have a focus on the type of career I would like topursue. I feel that with my strengths I would enjoy a job in biotechnology that involves teamresponsibilities and a job that is dynamic and unpredictable.”“I believe that by taking part in this new course I have learned a large amount of knowledge ranging fromthinking about inventing things to running a truly successful business. Most importantly, byunderstanding my thinking preferences and working towards developing my weaker disciplines I willgain an advantage over other people who do not understand these concepts. In the immediate future Ithink this course will prove extremely beneficial

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Joseph Walsh; David Kelso; John Troy; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

their educational careers how to write with precision and brevity orhow to support an assertion with evidence. But they may need help in learning how to beprecise and concise in bioengineering—where is it best to use numbers, graphs, and chartsinstead of text? And they may need to see models of persuasive arguments. What constitutesevidence in bioengineering? What is the best way to reason? How can you verbally separate Page 6.841.11 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Educationresults from speculation

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Don Rhymer; Marty Bowe; Daniel Jensen

Mechanics course that serves as our testing ground is a mandatoryclass at the Academy for all cadets, regardless of major. It is part of a significant group of coreclasses that the Air Force mandates all Academy graduates pass in an effort to produce a well-rounded, balanced, academic exposure. This means the majority of cadets taking the course arenot mechanical engineering majors, or even in a technical major at all. Therefore, from thecadets perspective, the class and the mechanics taught are not viewed as critical to their degreesand/or to their careers and are likely not even interesting to a majority of cadets. What results,then, is a “study-to-survive”/ “all I want to do is pass” mentality with which a significant numberof cadets view each

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William de Kryger

creative travel considerations can be very effective in keeping costs low. C. Time Many of our technical students participate in career related summer employment or internships. An exchange trip should not intrude excessively into this time. Central Michigan University (CMU) has many different types of international experiences available to the students. They range from yearlong residence programs to one-week visits. The CMU Industrial and Engineering Technology (IET) department has found that their students are most favorably inclined to a three-week experience, maximum. This gives them a solid feel for the culture they are visiting, the visit peaks before getting boring, and it does not consume too much of their summer employment

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Warren Phillips; Joseph Clair Batty; John Gershenson; Christine Hailey

the necessary fundamentals, and laboratory and work- etc. attributes to succeed in their based experiences to formulate and solve chosen career. engineering problems. B. Graduates will be encouraged II. Graduates will have proficiency in 2. Communication MAE 1050, to pursue advanced degrees in computer-based engineering, including MAE 3050, engineering or other fields and modern numerical methods, software design etc. they will have the necessary and development, and the use of attributes to succeed. computational tools

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Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

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Vipin Kumar; Margaret Wheeler; Gregory Branch

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.246.1 Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationI. IntroductionDuring the authors’ extended industrial careers they gained a detailed view of what specific skillsengineers need. Repeatedly they saw that graduate mechanical engineers did not understand howthe most common stock material was manufactured and specified, nor how the productionmethod and specification greatly affected the finished raw material’s strength, appearance,tolerances, availability, etc.. For example, a majority of recent graduates could not even tell thedifference

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Jahan Kauser; Carlos Sun; Ralph A. Dusseau; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Douglas Cleary

will be: • Knowledgeable engineers, who are able to remain current during their professional careers; • Problem-solvers, who are able to obtain needed information and identify, formulate, and solve problems; • Well-rounded engineers, who understand professional, ethical, and global issues and are able to work in multidisciplinary and diverse groups; and • Communicators, who are able to disseminate information to professional and lay audiences.In some cases, two similar ABET objectives were combined in our assessment system. For thisreason, we use a numbering system to describe CEE objectives (ABET objects are identified by aletter). A summarized list of the ABET Objectives is given below, for the readers