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Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell; Pat Shamamy; Feierfeil Greg; Chris Reidel; Tarek Rizk; Lisa Anneberg

, as writing Page 8.523.7Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationrequirements in an engineering program are typically confined to the humanities and arts.However, all students expressed an appreciation for the importance of writing andcommunication and also identified this as a need in their programs of study and careers. Theentrepreneurial faculty commented that the quality of student writing improved considerablyduring the duration of these courses.Engineering Enterprise 1The course was

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

Engineering Machine Shop and has served at that position for 12years. Dr. Eftekhar also founded the student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) atUTSA in 1987 and served as the SAE faculty advisor from 1987-2002.RANDALL D. MANTEUFELRandall D. Manteufel is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UTSA. He received his Ph.D. degree inMechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. His teaching and researchinterests are in thermal sciences. In 1999 he was awarded the Dow Chemical Outstanding New Faculty Award forASEE Gulf Coast Southwest section. He is currently the faculty advisor for SAE and ASHRAE at UTSA.YESH P. SINGHDr. Singh after 23 years of productive career and "hands-on" broad-based

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

was envisioned that a website could support the work of the curriculum committee byproviding a central repository for material required for formal program evaluation (Figure 3).The material included the program assessment plan (in matrix format) used for measuring eachprogram learning outcome, the subjects in which each program learning outcome is addressed (inmatrix format), and constituent data (standard program assessment and evaluation data collectedfrom senior, alumni and employer surveys; graduate career tracking data). Assessment andevaluation data were embedded into an easily accessible EXCEL spreadsheet so that programofficers could manipulate display the data as needed. A sample graphical output for constituentsatisfaction with

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Jansen

Sciences. Whether students pursue careers in Biomedical Engineering researchcenters, biomedical companies, or go on to the medical professions, they are almost certain toencounter optical technologies for diagnosis, sensing or therapy. It is expected that opticalscience and optical technology will be at the forefront of development of new enablingtechnologies and devices both in the basic science labs as well as in a clinical setting. Thus,several programs around the country, including ours, are actively working on coursedevelopment in the area of Biomedical Optics. Typically courses in Biomedical Optics are aimedat upper level (senior) undergraduate students and first-year graduate students while a real needfor continuing education has been

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

andsystems engineers (I&SE). By putting the freshmen within the context of an IE projectenvironment, they can more accurately understand and evaluate their interest in an industrialengineering career. This enables the student to make a more informed decision regarding whichengineering discipline to follow after the freshman year.The six-week module engages students in an industrial engineering project as the means ofintroducing them to: 1) experiential problem-solving; 2) the engineering method of design,construct, measure and test; 3) typical aspects of people, process and technology that are foundwithin IE projects, and 4) the necessity for good leadership, communication, and teamwork.Class sessions include an introduction to agile enterprise

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Samples

the conditions fortenure. Faculty members certainly want to, and need to, know how to avoid these unpleasantsituations. Administrators, senior faculty members and academic organizations spend a lot of timerecruiting these new faculty members and want to retain the good ones.What can be done to help? An unscientific survey of the tenure stream faculty in the EngineeringTechnology Division at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown was administered over a fiveyear period. Faculty polled were at various stages in their careers and no administrators wereincluded. None of the faculty mentioned their industry experience or their reasons for leavingindustry. The following comments were gathered and generally apply to the use of mentors andteaching

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Duco Jansen; Sean P. Brophy; Stacy Klein; Patrick Norris; Ming Wang, Vanderbilt University

Page 8.98.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”expressed the concern that we are not providing enough exposure to the field of Engineering as awhole, or to specific Engineering disciplines, to allow our freshman to make an informed choice.In addition, freshman are not exposed to the excitement and rewarding experiences of theengineering profession but instead get submersed in basic science courses. For the most part theyare unable to relate material learned in these courses to their career choice, which could have anegative effect on retention rate. Certainly for a relatively new discipline

Conference Session

Computer Assisted Data Acquisition

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi-Wei Huang; Nikos Kiritsis; David Ayrapetyan

learning objectives,complements and expands the previous presentation and illustrates the open-ended aspect ofquality engineering education. 2. IntroductionThe Engineering Department at McNeese State University offers an ABET accredited Bachelorof Science in Engineering degree with concentrations in four major disciplines: Chemical, Civil,Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The Department excels in undergraduate engineeringeducation and is committed to preparing students for careers in both industry and graduate Page 8.77.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Mulvihill

existing today.They also indicated that there was much work to be accomplished and a career in the waterindustry would be challenging and rewarding.Next, the students toured the Culver City water distribution system. Mr. Michael Gutierrez,(class of 1978) from the Southern California Water Company, gave the students an overview ofhow a small private water company supplies and maintains the distribution systems for severalsmall cities. He presented a schematic of the Culver City distribution system and then led a tourof a pump station and the equalizing storage tanks in the city. This provided the students withphysical examples of components they would utilize in designing a distribution system.Following this tour, the design of a water distribution

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron Gold; Walter Banzhaf

Polytechnic Institute in an era whenall EE students knew the filament pins for a 12AX7. A senior member of IEEE, Banzhaf is the author of two bookson computer-aided circuit analysis using SPICE.AARON GOLDAaron Gold just graduated with B.S.E.E.T. and A.S.C.E.T. degrees from the University of Hartford's Ward Collegeof Technology with a minor in Computer Science. While taking courses himself, he taught laboratory sections ofcourses in both algebra-based physics and electronic engineering technology, including three sections of the EL 110course described in this paper. Gold was a president’s list student for all eight semesters, and plans to pursue agraduate degree as well as a career in Information Technology, while likely continuing to teach at the

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gouranga Banik

potential sources offunding. The classes should be multidisciplinary because ethics does not depend on a particularconcentration. Also, it should always depend on students who want to learn and apply it to thereal world. Faculty must teach them by example as well as by lectures. Page 8.735.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationEvery student is going to face ethical issues throughout his/her career. It is critical that they beprepared for these decisions. They must understand the impact their

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Lickert scale forresponse, a short-answer segment, and a part where students were asked to rate their experiencesin their various freshman classes. Table 1 lists the statements in the first part.1=Strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree,5=strongly agreeI feel like my first semester has been easy.The College of Engineering has been a welcoming place to start my collegecareer.I have discovered that engineering is not what I thought it was.I have used the computer more than I did in high school.I expect to do well in the College of Engineering.College has been exactly as I expected it would be.I know more about what I want to do as a career than I did before thissemester.Table 1: Statements to which students were asked

Conference Session

Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Ashby

, providing the material for lectures and classes. These dovetail with thetexts 10, 11 in which the selection methods are developed in full. The progression through the three levels provides the students with the knowledge andconfidence to select materials for mechanical, thermo-mechanical and electro-mechanicaldesign, as well as processes for forming, joining and surface treating the materials. Itprovides a tool that they take with them when they leave the university and start aprofessional career.4. Further adaptation to student needs. The needs of a course for engineers working in aerospace design differs from those of onefor the design of civil structures or for product design. A benefit of computer-aided teachingis the ability to customise

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon

sufficient, mainly due to the generosity of several of the co-principle investigators who voluntarily declined any summer salary throughout the project.Perhaps the most valuable person associated with the ISIS project was the lead programmer. This person(J. Giron) had an educational background uniquely suited for the project. At the onset of the project, hehad just completed his M.S. in Water Resources Engineering, so he was intimately familiar with the worktasks to be simulated in ISIS. At the same time, Giron, like many engineering students in the mid-to-late1990s, was interested in pursuing a career in computer science/programming, and was therefore learning to

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Mizen; Robert Baldwin; Ronald Miller

, written and graphical communications in engineering practice and project management, and will have the corresponding skills to communicate with a range of audiences, and the skills to employ information technologies where appropriate. • The graduating student will acknowledge that technologies, economies and societies are in a continuous state of evolution, and should therefore have the flexibility to manage a career path that changes over time, and that is supported by life-long learning, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership and the ability to span several disciplines. • The graduating student will understand the global nature of modern engineering and

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

operations approach. Whiledrawing heavily from problems of the petrochemical industry, commodity chemicals, andpolymers, the core courses were adequate to prepare chemical engineers for careers in emergingareas of energy and environmental engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, and the diverserequirements of the pharmaceutical industries. Elective courses in these technologies were straightforward applications of the paradigm, as they were based on the same chemical engineering core;namely, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and transport phenomena. More importantly, over theyears, when chemical engineering departments brought into the curriculum advanced materials,combustion and fuel engineering, biotechnology, or environmental engineering, that

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Safa Sadeghpour; Ragu Vijaykumar; Mark A. D'Avila; Joseph V. Bonventre; Heather Gunter

research careers. The previous glomerular filtration Page 8.464.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum included the use of quantitative and basic science examples designed to capture theinterest of this population. This learner centered aspect is maintained in the new module.Feedback between students and teachers is evaluated from the assessment-centered platform.The existence of opportunities for formative assessment that provide feedback and time forrevision prior to final summative

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lloyd J. Griffiths; Anne J. Marchant; E. Bernard White

undergraduateprogram) in an engineering school might benefit from the lessons that we have learnedearly on. Most notable are changes in preconceived notions widely held by some IT&Efaculty and administrators as to the impact that the BS-IT program would have on thefollowing: student enrollment and their persistence in our existing calculus-intensiveIT&E majors; integrity of existing degree programs in related disciplines such as computerscience and management information systems; relationships with other GMU schools andcolleges offering related IT study options; overall quality, number, and diversity ofstudents who are preparing for careers in the IT profession; availability of resources tosupport both the BS-IT program and existing programs; and IT

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

culminate in formalengineering design reviews. These reviews serve several purposes. They help keep the studentson schedule by providing deadlines at regular intervals. In addition, they provide an engineeringreview experience similar to what they may one day experience in engineering practice. In orderto ensure this, two reviewers were recruited from local industry. Both were senior engineers whohad participated in many design reviews over their careers. Page 8.1152.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copywrite © 2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

andtechnical school projects. These grants are made for the school for the support of the materialsrequired for the project and not for funding school overhead costs, faculty or student salaries.These grants are provided to engineering, technical and architectural schools worldwide. Byproviding this type of funding, ASHRAE hopes to fill a need often found in undergraduateengineering and technical school programs. Their goal is to increase student knowledge, learningand awareness of the HVAC&R industry through the design and construction of senior designprojects and to encourage students to pursue ASHRAE-related careers. Announcement of theUndergraduate Senior Project Grant Program is normally out by mid September of each year.Copies of the

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill

opportunity to reach remoteaudiences with their program offerings. In many parts of the country, there are pools of engineersand technologists who are already employed in industry and who, due to their employment, areplace bound at remote locations away from a university setting. Many of these individuals seek tofurther their education in order to advance their careers. These are the audiences that are mainly Page 8.358.1targeted by these higher education institutions. It is not, however, possible for many of these “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

. The purpose of this paper is to sharethe experience and discuss some of the details on the implementation.IntroductionThe primary goal of an engineering technology program is the preparation of technicallycompetent entry-level engineers for private industry. For the recent graduate, thetransition from student to entry-level engineer can be a difficult bridge to cross. Industrymanagers have recognized this difficulty, and many companies have developed elaborateprograms to aid the recent graduate in this transitionIn the early 1990’s, the public began to grumble about the poor student preparation fortechnical careers in industry. A great deal of criticism was thrust upon the technicalschools and universities [4, 7]. In response, many

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

faculty, obtaining qualityacademic assistance, and study strategies. Senior leaders are also instrumental in bringing newstudents into professional societies. Senior leaders assist new students with obtaining accounts touse departmental computer labs, course preregistration procedures and policies, and employmentopportunities within the department and with other groups on campus. In addition to passingalong information, senior leaders encourage new students to stay in engineering. Many of the Page 8.1090.3senior leaders experienced disillusionment during their early academic careers. They are easilyable to identify with similar problems faced by

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

Session 1241 Using Virtual Instruments in a Measurements Laboratory Micheal Parten Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas Tech UniversityI IntroductionLearning instrumentation and how to make measurements is important to all engineering studentsearly in their academic careers. In many cases, knowing how an instrument works, aids inunderstanding limitations of instruments. Although learning how to use a single instrument isimportant, learning to use groups of instruments together to make required measurements andanalyze the data is

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

specialty based on a study by theNational University Continuing Education Association.2 According to a 1991 National ResearchCouncil study, university curricula, in general, did not reflect the modern design practices used inmost competitive companies.3 The reason behind this is that faculty teaching these courses arerarely aware of the most recent design techniques. Therefore, it becomes a mandate for thepracticing engineer as well as for the engineering technology educator to treat their careers asdynamic entities that require constant updating. So how can this be accomplished? There areseveral options faculty can pursue such as attending conferences and workshops, taking time toconduct research, taking a sabbatical, reading trade magazines, and

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

recently for two years in optical networkingindustry in the Silicon Valley in California. Professor Agrawal is the Founder Advisor to Agni NetworksInc., San Jose, California. His expertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers,optical and WDM interface, SONET and Gigabit Ethern et and analog electronic systems. He is the authorof a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally dividedin academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences.THEO MARYONOVICH received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology with an option inComputers, Telecommunications and Networking from Purdue University Calumet in 2003. He iscurrently working as

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Carter; John Feland

student in the Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department of StanfordUniversity. A former IDEO employee, John was also a Captain in the Air Force. His last assignment was as an AssistantProfessor at the Air Force Academy. His current research is developing methods to support cross discipline productdevelopment and Innovation Opportunity Assessment based on field research in real companies and his experience as adesigner.STEPHANIE CARTER works at Doblin as a Project Manager, interpreting user insights and field research and translatingthese into new business concepts and processes. She began her career as a designer for infants' clothing, conducting fieldresearch throughout Europe for a user group notoriously difficult to peg. She

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

Workshop, August 25-26. Page 8.54.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Biographical InformationPaul Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering Technology at OldDominion University. His previous position at ODU was in the Department of EngineeringManagement. Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as PlantManager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in ElectricalEngineering and MENG in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Wilcher

engineering instruction, sophisticatedlaboratory projects in electronics and software programming can be developed. A hands-onapproach to learning digital/analog circuits, microcontrollers, I/O interfacing, and computerlanguage programming are key educational elements needed by the EC engineering student withinthe undergraduate career. The LEGO programmable brick or P-Brick allows the freshman studentto seamlessly learn these key areas in electrical engineering through play. The LEGO P-Brickallows a range of complexity to be design by the EC engineering educator for creating laboratorybased electronics/software projects. This paper will discuss how these engineering laboratoryprojects can be develop using the design methods of Hately/Pirhbai

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

. Page 8.165.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents enrolled in the EE and CpE programsThe main feedback is based on the end-of-semester assessment form used for each course. Also,exit questionnaires are requested from each student during their final semester. The questionnaireincludes such topics as: career preparedness; course syllabi, general facilities, faculty instruction,advising, laboratory facilities, relevance of instruction, quality of instruction, and coursetextbooks. This questionnaire is used for both EE and CpE students and includes questionsapplicable to the individual