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Thomas Rich; James Baish

bridge engineering with the traditional liberal arts.At Bucknell University, the College of Engineering has offered two courses to liberal artsstudents that explore various linkages between technology and the liberal arts. The firstsuch course called Form and Function: Design in the Natural and Fabricated Worlds isoffered to upper-level liberal arts students, as well as engineering students. Form andFunction deals primarily with how the form of an artifact is related to its function, wherethe function is broadly defined to encompass non-technical perspectives including art,economics, history, psychology, religion, etc. The second such course called DesigningPeople is open to first-year students living in our residential college for Society

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John Gershensen; Carl Wood; Joseph Clair Batty

. Page 6.550.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education4. Computer-based engineering: Students will demonstrate proficiency in the application of computer technology to engineering problem solving through the a. application of modern numerical methods and computational techniques. b. design and development of engineering software. c. integration of numerical solutions into the engineering process of design and analysis. d. use of current commercial engineering software including manufacturing process modeling and manufacturing data management.5. Humanities and social sciences: Students will

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Robert Avanzato

Session 1520 Handheld Computers in the Classroom and Laboratory Robert L. Avanzato Penn State AbingtonAbstractPenn State Abington has integrated the student use of personal digital assistant (PDA)technology into several Information Sciences and Technology and engineering courses inorder to foster active and collaborative learning experiences in the classroom andlaboratory. Activities supported by the use of these handheld computers includeelectronic team exams, distribution of notes, programming, collaborative databaseprojects, and access to web-based materials. Student access to handheld

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Val Girolamo; Seung Kim

, testingand characterization, production and process control, parts and mold design, assembly andfinishing, process automation and simulation, prototyping, and quality control.Since the versatility of materials with respect to shaping allows such a wide range of science andtechniques to be employed. This results in complex problems for technologists, particularlyconcerning plastics processing interactions. The complex problems reflect a unique field on anew relationship of the structure-property-process in plastics. In this context, the new experienceof technology must be accumulated for students to adopt a “practice-in-theory” in materialsengineering courses in engineering technology programs.“Mechanical Engineering Technology Laboratory II” is a

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Joshua Talbert; Richard Wilk; Frank Wicks

. The electric system allows for a smaller and more fuel efficient engine by using supplemental electricpower for acceleration, climbing hills and passing. The electric system and storage battery also allows forregenerative braking. The eminent physicists Phillip and Phyllis Morrison who for many years have written the Wonders column inthe Scientific American featured the Honda hybrid in the May, 2000 issue and presented a raving review of itsperformance and technology. The May 2000 issue of the ASEE Prism also featured the hybrid automobile withsuggestions that the Honda Insight hybrid represented the vehicle of the future. Further credibility for the future of hybrid vehicles comes from the Program for a New Generation ofVehicles

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Jeffrey Schiano; Claudia Mincemoyer

Session 2432 Wired: An Introduction to the 4-H Electric Series Jeffrey L. Schiano and Claudia C. Mincemoyer Department of Electrical Engineering/Agricultural and Extension Education The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802AbstractThe Penn State Cooperative Extension Service (4-H) and the Department of Electrical Engineering aredeveloping an electrical science and technology program that will be available to Pennsylvania 4-Hyouths, ranging in age from 8 to 19 years old, through local 4-H clubs and 4-H programs in localpublic schools. The specific aims of the

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Jonathan Barnett; Holly Ault

Session 1360 Development and Implementation of Senior Design Projects at International Sites Holly K. Ault, Jonathan R. Barnett Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractABET 2000 criteria state that undergraduate engineering students should have “the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societalcontext”.1 For the past 25 years, WPI has addressed this need by establishing a network ofinternational centers where students complete projects focusing on socio-technological issues.More recently we

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Terrence Freeman

Session: 2793 Recruiting and Retention Effectiveness Terrence L. Freeman St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyIntroductionThe twenty-first century will be dominated by technological change as the United Stateseconomy becomes increasingly dependent on a technically literate workforce. Engineering is oneof the careers that will help fuel the engine of economic growth1. If the United States is tomaintain its technological leadership in this interdependent global economy an inclusiveengineering education is a must.Brainard and Carlin (1998) report that undergraduate

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Robert Rice; Christian Ochei; Alamgir Choudhury

the area. This simulation and programming task replaces previous laboratoryexperiment on wooden beam deflection. Therefore, curriculum objectives are achievedwithout utilizing additional laboratory time.1. IntroductionAt Cuyahoga Community College (CCC), Strength of Materials is a required course forthe mechanical engineering technology and architecture/construction technologyprograms. Beam deflection theory and the associated exercise problems are anindispensable part of a traditional strength of materials curriculum in similar programs.The subject is taught using both moment-area and superposition methods [1,2]. While themoment-area method uses properties of bending moment diagram area, the superpositiontechnique requires the combined use

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Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

manufacturers want to be more flexible, whereas aerospace industrywants to hog out parts at a faster pace3.As educators we may not need the large table travel that some of the industrial machines providebut we need to be able to teach the technical know-how of modern manufacturing methodsavailable on the market today2. Additionally, “learning the latest technologies in machine tooloperation requires hands-on training one can only get by actually using today’s modernmachines5.” Page 6.464.1“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightÓ 2001, American Society for Engineering

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Harold Peddle; Daniel Wong

by the students who installed the system under the supervisionof the engineer from the vendor. From specifications, students confirmed all connections andoperated the equipment to ensure equipment functioned in accordance to the specifications.VI. Train the TrainerOn November 6, 2000, twelve faculty members attended a train the trainer session offered bythe vendor on the workstations. Another session on drive technology was held in February2001. A session on HMI and Networking is also planned.VII. ConclusionThe installed non-vendor specific Fieldbus system enables the College to pick and chooseamong which devices the College wants connected to it from a wide variety of vendors worldwide. This allows the College to save money and time. It

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Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

technical reports in a few courses simply did not meetthe expectations of employers. This led to a new approach to integrate writing exercises andevaluation throughout the curriculum. One basic premise from the outset was that writing cannotbe limited to a few courses, but requires a thoughtful integration over a student’s entire educationin Engineering Technology. Blending writing formats with each course was achieved by aconstructing a matrix with courses on one axis and forms of writing on the other. The matrixensures that students will develop the writing abilities desired by the base of employers duringtheir tenure in the department.BackgroundIn 1998 the University of Dayton Department of Engineering Technology was re-evaluating andre

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Marie Plumb; Jerry Fong; Arnold Peskin

. The teams work on problemsselected by staff members at both Corning and Brookhaven that span the gamut of thesciences and engineering technology, and which take advantage of capabilities unique toBrookhaven or Corning: e.g. scientific visualization facilities, advanced scientificinstruments, cutting edge material science and world-class staffs.Following internship, the lead teams are responsible for transporting key pieces of theseprojects back to their home campus, and involve other faculty and students. Thisprogram, which represents a next step in distance education, creates an extended learningcommunity that emphasizes campus-based, real-time interactions between participants atdifferent sites. The earliest projects involve construction of

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Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; David Huggins; Winston F. Erevelles

n d a c c e s s ib le s ys t e m Figure 3. The PRIME SolutionSome of the innovative features of the PRIME collaboration are:• The number of new, accreditable manufacturing programs being created by PRIME. These include6, 7: • A four-year Manufacturing Engineering degree (RMC) • Two-year and four-year Manufacturing Engineering Technology degrees (PSNK) • Three two-year Manufacturing Technology degrees (CCAC, BCCC, WCCC) • A three-year Technology to Engineering bridge program (CCAC, articulated to RMC)• A region-wide interconnected educational system (see figure) that fosters learning at different levels, at times and locations best suited to technicians

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Knud Hermansen; James Patton

Session 2793 Using Streaming Media in the Classroom James Patton, Electrical and Computer Engineering Knud Hermansen, Civil Engineering Technology University of MaineAbstractAn interactive, CD-ROM based, audio/video presentation was produced that documents aninvestigation into the benefits, problems and impact of using internet technology to alter thetraditional on-campus lecture delivery model. The questions explored included: What is theimpact of students receiving “lecture” at home and participating in either individual or groupstudy in

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Jerry Samples

economic ones like Page 6.390.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education“Write Once – Distribute Everywhere”.1 Where are we in the development of the pedagogy tosupport this new learning methodology?III Don’t Forget the Pedagogy“..we first use new technology in old ways.”5 It is a common sequence as the new technologiesare introduced to use them the old way. Notes are converted to overhead slides, slides toPowerPoint, and PowerPoint is placed on the computer to form the basis of distance

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Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

Control Systems (VCC); andPhotolithography (HCC). Instructional approaches are based on the latest trends in pedagogyand content. Articulated courses and activities will be developed or modified (using the MATECNSF ATE Center curricula as a foundation) through extensive collaboration among educationand industry representatives. Outcomes will include increased enrollment, retention, completion,and placement rates.Thousands of students, including a significant number of special population students, will beencouraged to pursue higher education studies through enhanced coursework and careerawareness focusing on engineering/engineering technology careers at large manufacturers andsmaller support services companies. Community college graduates may

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Mohammad Zaharee; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

Session 2647 Closing the Loop: The Difference between Making Improvements and Continuous Improvement Gregory Neff, Susan Scachitti, and Mohammad Zahraee Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IndianaAbstractCriteria1 published by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology TAC of ABET are continually changing. In preparing for a TACof ABET accreditation visit, many engineering technology faculty and administrators are hardpressed to distinguish between a list of useful improvement initiatives and a continuousimprovement plan. This

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

significant appeal. This is especially true at the Universityof Maryland where the new and unique Hinman Campus Entrepreneurship Opportunities (CEOs)Program has been initiated. The University is the academic anchor of the Baltimore-Washingtoncorridor, one of the nation’s fastest growing research and development centers and home to aconcentration of technology-based industry and support services.The University of Maryland has a history of internal cooperation in offering programs that fosterentrepreneurial activities through the Engineering Research Center in the Clark School ofEngineering and the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship in the R. H. Smith School ofBusiness. These centers provide support to the campus and the community in

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Phillip McReynolds; Andras Gordon; Andrew Lau; Richard Devon

as necessarily ethical and the purpose of ethicscurricula is not the addition of ethics but an enhancement of the ethical imagination. 2) Whiletraditional ethics often focus on the individual, decisions in technology are made collectively –including, of course, people who are not engineers. So, our approach includes an emphasis onsocial ethics, i. e, the social arrangements for making decisions. 3) Technology representstransformations of society and of the environment. We encourage students to understand this andto look both upstream and downstream in the product or service life cycle from the design focalpoint. 4) Most technology involves transformations that are global in scope and this is embracedby the curriculum. 5) We stress design

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Ted Aanstoos; Steven Nichols

• Workplace and Product Safety • Engineers and Society • Global Ethics in the New Millennium • Continuing EducationThere is no textbook; instead a compiled and edited course pack2 is used. The readingscollected here were chosen to supplement the topics, and include selections from work byprominent authors, (many of them engineers) on the history of technology and engineering,design and creativity, the anatomy of failure, ethics and engineering, engineering and publicpolicy, and intellectual property and the law. Course objectives, readings, lecture topics andworkshop activities address six of the eleven ABET 2000 criteria;3 • An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams • An understanding of

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Philip Parker; Max Anderson; Michael Penn

2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationundergraduate bachelor of science degrees began two years prior to the actual visit with thedevelopment of program objectives, identification of constituencies, and development of amore formalized assessment process than existed under the previous Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) criteria. Since the programs overlap and have many ofthe same required classes, the same program objectives were adopted. The program objectiveswere developed with input from the Engineering Advisory Board, one of the constituents, andpublished in the catalog and on the department

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Michael Lucas; Catherine Latterell; Andrew Vavreck

)Mini-Baja competition project at Penn State Altoona is one example of how faculty and studentshave been addressing this need. The project is structured as a functional organization, withstudents from many disciplines (engineering, engineering technology, business, English and art)engaged in supporting vehicle design, development and testing efforts. The student team,consisting of freshmen through seniors, are grouped by functional area (vehicle subsystemdesign, documentation, marketing, fabrication and testing) and coordinated by a "directorate" ofupperclassmen. Students earn college credit for some of the activities, but the majority of theeffort is on a volunteer basis. The project provides an excellent environment for cross-disciplinary

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

retention, increasing diversity, using technology, developing facultyand students, and developing a dynamic modern curriculum to meet the rapidly changing needs Page 6.353.2of the world. “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe nine schools agreed to adopt or adapt Drexel’s E4 program for freshman and sophomoresand put engineering up front, include hands-on labs, and to incorporate design4,5,6,7. Drexel hadmanaged to get engineering, science, mathematics and humanities faculty to create an

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Jianping Yue; Daniel M. Chen

Session 2486 Does CAD Improve Spatial Visualization Ability? Jianping Yue Department of Engineering Technologies Essex County College Newark, New Jersey Daniel M. Chen Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MichiganAbstractThis paper presents a study conducted collaboratively at a two-year community college and afour

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Kevin Taylor; Emilia Mironovova

. The students in the United States wereseniors in a two-semester capstone design sequence in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)at Purdue University. The Slovak students were Ph.D. candidates from the Faculty of MaterialsScience (MtF) at the Slovak University of Technology (SUT). Their studies included MaterialScience, Plant Management, Automation and Control, and Machine Technologies. The MtFstudents were enrolled in a course entitled "English for Specific Purposes", allowing allcommunications to be in English. Both groups reviewed technical English written by peersincluding flaws and idiomatic expressions. The primary advantage of this collaboration is that itis not constrained by curricular discipline, making it easily adaptable by

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must possess both technical andcritical thinking skills able to embrace the rapid pace of technological change. Providing thisqualified talent is a challenge facing many engineering schools across the nation. Candidates ofABET accredited universities are instilled with the required technological literacy; however,their critical thinking skills are typically obtained through years of on-the-job training orparticipation in research-based graduate study. Today’s technical employer demands candidatesthat have these skills well in hand for quick industry assimilation and productivity.To meet the demands, engineering schools, with the guidance of ABET, are revamping theirundergraduate curriculum to include activities that stimulate and develop

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on at some length in I.C.3.d.(2) to justify this requirement in termsof: a) arguing for the importance of H/SS to both engineering and general education; b) “making engineers fully aware of their social responsibilities and [becoming] better able to consider related factors in the decision-making process”; c) enjoining that such courses be selected to “provide both breadth and depth and not [be] limited to a selection of unrelated introductory courses”; and d) defining both acceptable traditional H/SS areas of study (e.g., history, philosophy, economics, foreign languages), acceptable nontraditional subjects (“technology and human affairs, history of technology, and professional ethics and social

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context of society and the world. a) Students will review case studies which highlight the impact of scientific and engineering decisions on society as a whole. Such issues as public safety, environmental impact, and economic impact will be considered.12. be able to tutor and explain concepts in their field of specialization. a) Students will tutor, grade, serve as lab assistants, or make tutorial presentations to an audience of their peers.Bibliography1. Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering and Technology in the United States, 1995-96 Accreditation Cycle and Earlier, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD, 1995.2. Engineering

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Tom Noack; Rose Marra; Johnissia Stevenson; Harry Tyrer; Eric Epperson; Jose Castro

the number of distance learners recorded in 1995 by theNational Center for Education Statistics. The implementation and increase in usage ofonline courses interests the fields of engineering and education because it is aculmination of the fields potential that will aid in the assessment of the online coursetools as they become more widespread. The ultimate aim of the technological developments in Web-teaching is toimprove instructional approaches and support courses directed towards the enhancementof an effective Web-based instructional application. This paper offers a look at thestructure, methodical reasoning and assessment of a distance-learning course taught overthe Internet between two countries. In addition, this paper describes