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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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Sasha Pasulka; Sandhya Pillalamarri; Milica Milovancevic; Michael Wagner; Meena Nimmagadda; James Adams; Anjali Gupta; Mary Anderson-Rowland

. Eccles, J. (1989) Bringing young women into math and science. In M. Crawford and M. Gentry, eds., Gender and thought: Psychological perspectives. New York: Springer-Verlag. 6. Eccles, J. (1994) “Understanding women’s educational and occupational choices,” Psychology of Women Quarterly 18:585-60. 7. Hyde, J.S., Fennema, E., Ryan, M., & Frost, L. A. (1990). Gender differences in mathematics attitude and affect: A meta-analysis. Psychology of Women Quarterly 14:299-324. 8. Koch, C. (1995). Is computer time fair for girls? A computer culture in a grade 7/8 classroom. Unpublished paper, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. 9. Engineering Work Force Commission (2001). Engineering and Technology

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lawrence Genalo

theuniversity research and industrial sponsor’s work. These lesson plans are placed on a web site fordissemination. The interns have visited the industrial sponsor to learn about their business anddone final project presentations for them.This program has a history of success in attracting women students into engineering and sciencemajors. It also hopes to have a larger impact in the long term as the 5th – 8th grade audiencetargeted for the lesson plans becomes of college age and chooses science, technology,engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers in (hopefully) larger numbers than before.Introduction and History:Female, high school summer research interns at Iowa State University work with engineeringindustries and Iowa State research groups to

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

Session 1451 Incorporating “Real-world Experiences” into Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Design Projects: Design of Small-Scale Water Purification Units J. A. Starke*, M. A. Butkus, M. B. Kelley, and M. Talbot United States Military AcademyDepartment of Geography and Environmental EngineeringUnited States Military AcademyWest Point, NY 10996*Corresponding Author. (845) 938 – 3042 (phone), (845) 938 – 3339 (fax), bj2846@usma.edu Page 8.691.1

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Lundstrom; Ram Chandran; Arnaldo Mazzei

Session 1566 Integration of Hands-on Experience into Dynamics Systems Teaching Arnaldo Mazzei, Ram Chandran, Richard Lundstrom Kettering University Mechanical Engineering Department 1700 West Third Av Flint, MI 48504 USAAbstractWith the advent of significant developments in technology the process of product development isundergoing remarkable changes. Companies now require engineers who understand broader multi-disciplinary systems and their

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Philip Chmielewski

imprisoningCyclops, Homer alludes to the technologies of shipbuilding and iron work.11:16 Odysseus’ divine patron is Athena who serves as his protector and who takes delight in Page 8.895.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”the exploits and character of Odysseus. Athena’s hidden mother was, in fact, named Metis.Athena, the gray-eyed goddess, repeatedly aids Odysseus because she is taken with this mortalwhose character is so like her own. Mythic

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stan Guidera

Session ____ Exploring the architecture of structure: Integrating structures into design studio using object-oriented CAD Dr. Stan G. Guidera College of Technology Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio While the design studio environment has had a central role in teaching fundamental designskills in architectural education, it also provides an opportunity for synthesis of relatedcoursework in developing architectural design solutions. However, the design studio’s traditionalemphasis on conceptual

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi

companies attended the class and presented the projects tostudents. In addition SMI provided students with a tour of their facilities.In the Fall 2001, our industrial sponsorship challenge resulted in over 26 project submissionsand/or presentations by the following organizations 1. Sino Swearingen Jet Manufacturer (1) 2. The Center for Ocean Technology (1) 3. Center for the Study of Women and Gender (CSWG) (Open Proposal) Page 8.698.4 4. ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program (Open Proposal) Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edward Gehringer

projects in civil engineering," Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 21, 1996, pp. 69-81.[11] Rushton, C., Ramsey, P., and Rada, R., "Peer assessment in a collaborative hypermedia environment: A case- study," Journal of Computer-Based Instruction 20, 1993, pp. 75-80.[12] University of Portsmouth, "Transferable peer assessment," in National Council for Educational Technology [ed.], Using information technology for assessment, recording and reporting: Case study[13] http://courses.ncsu.edu/ece521/common/lectures/notes.html[14] Gehringer, E., “Reuse of homework and test questions: When, why, and how to maintain security?” submitted to ASEE 2003 Annual Conference, Educ. Res. & Methods Division.[15] The Learning Online

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Miroslav Velev

Session 1532 Integrating Formal Verification into an Advanced Computer Architecture Course Miroslav N. Velev mvelev@ece.gatech.edu School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, U.S.A. Abstract. The paper presents a sequence of three projects on design and formal verification of pipelined and superscalar processors. The projects were integrated—by means of lectures and pre- paratory homework exercises

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Diggelman; Michael McGeen

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationengineering technology, business, communication, construction management, medicalinformatics, nursing and perfusion (http://www.msoe.edu/president/mission.shtml). Themission is accomplished through an organized environment that places carefully recruitedstudents among highly qualified faculty, a dedicated support staff and strategic partnersin business and industry - all committed to meeting the ultimate objective of a graduatefully prepared for immediate productivity and advancement.The fundamental beliefs of Milwaukee School of Engineering are the followingstudyhttp://www.msoe.edu/president/philosophy.shtml: • The focus is on the individual student. • Lifelong learning is

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jason Bittner

, theProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSummer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups, and the Garrett A. MorganTechnology and Transportation Futures program. The Garrett Morgan program supports thedevelopment of improved educational technology that provides better ways for people to acquirenew skills while the summer internship program offers women and minorities the opportunityexperience a 10-day agenda of transportation research, work experience, and field tripsintroducing the many aspects of transportation professions. Other trade organizations also haveintroduced programs to encourage

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Dryer; Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

the program. While thetypical student has an engineering degree from an ABET accredited program, students withengineering technology degrees, degrees in other technical disciplines, and students who arewilling to makeup deficiencies in preparation (typically, a lack of a sufficiently rigorous Page 8.1185.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationmathematics background to include calculus through integral calculus or differential equationsand a calculus bases statistics course) are accepted

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

– Physical models & de monstrations Role • Enthusiasm Model • Positive rapport with students • Frequent assessment of student learning – Classroom assessment techniques – Out-of-class home work and projects • Appropriate use of technology 6 Figure 1: The ExCEEd Teaching Model2 Used in the ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Teaching WorkshopsIndividual Faculty Member TeachingThe Civil Engineering program at the United States Military Academy has several toolsavailable to assess the

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Meckl

. These fall into three categories: Technical Capabilities,Engineering Work Place Skills, and Professional Outlook. The first item under ProfessionalOutlook is “a commitment to professional and ethical behavior in every endeavor.” Recognizingthe importance of this program objective, the School of Mechanical Engineering has included anethics discussion in the sophomore-level ME Professional Seminar. In addition, ethics is anintegral part of the sophomore and senior design courses. Finally, a technical elective entitled“Technology and Values” is available for students who wish to engage in in-depth discussions ofethical issues, both personal and global.While all these efforts are important, it is clear that for students to really internalize an

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Zeena Pinto; Richard Burt

. Page 8.112.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education THE REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE Nondestructive Testing Nondestructive testing is used to estimate the strength and to evaluate integrity, whichusually involves in superficial local damage to the structure. Prior to World War II, methods toevaluate in-situ strength of concrete were adaptations of Brinell hardness for metals, whichinvolves in pushing a high strength steel ball into a test piece under a given force and measuringthe area of the indentation2. In metals test, the load was applied by a hydraulic loading system andso this had to be modified to be

Conference Session

What's New in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ted Eschenbach; Mike Loose; John Whittaker

(i.e. visiting their website or a databasesource) allow a rough assessment of the competitiveness of a group of corporations. Table 2lists the five firms making up our final sample. Page 8.279.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Name of Corporation Ticker Headquarters Symbol Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS Wyomissing, PA Commercial Metals Company CMC Dallas, TX

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

Session 3632 A New Approach in Teaching Electromagnetism: How to Teach EM to All Levels from Freshman to Graduate and Advanced-Level Students Norman Anderson and Mani Mina Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Iowa State University1. Introduction1.1. Historical perspectiveJames Clerk Maxwell provided a unified field formulation of electromagnetism in 1873 with hisfamous “Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism.”1 From the beginning he explained the field wasmade of a set of observed phenomena, fundamental concepts governing electromagnetism (EM),and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Keat; Michael Larson

University. Heearned his PhD from MIT. His efforts in teaching engineering design have been recognized by a Lee H. JohnsonAward for Teaching Excellence, a Tulane Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, an SAE Ralph R. TeetorEducational Award, and twice being selected by students as his department’s “professor of the year.”WILLIAM D. KEATWilliam D. Keat is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Union College. Professor Keat earned BSand MS degrees in mechanical engineerin g from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in mechanicalengineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught numerous courses in design from thefreshman to the graduate level and conducts research in the area of computational fracture

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sridhar Condoor

significantdifference in their confidence level.References1. Ashley, S. [1997, May] Getting a Hold on Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, ASME Press.2. Harrison, O. [2002], Hands-on = Minds-on: Bringing Mechatronics to Life Without Laboratory Time, Proceeding of 2002 ASEE SE Section Annual Conference.3. Southall, S. [2001] An Industrial Controls Course Sequence for Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Proceeding of 2001 ASEE SE Section Annual Conference. Page 8.226.7 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”4

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What's New in Industrial Engineering

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Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

Ecuador and has been Undersecretary of Telecommunications of Ecuador. He receivedhis Masters in Computer Science from WPI and an MBA from ESPOL.Saumitra Mishra is pursuing a Master’s in Operations and Information Technology at WPI, with expectedcompletion in May 2003. He received Bachelor and Masters degrees in Commerce from Gujurat Univeristy, andhas worked as a software programmer. Page 8.1071.12Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.

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Publicity Elements of Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Julie Staggers; Lynne Slivovsky

-friendlydocumentation aimed at an audience with low-to-intermediate technological proficiency, andworking as members of a cross-disciplinary team. EPICS students gained experiencecommunicating with both technical and non-technical audiences, experience defining the scope oftheir projects, and a greater awareness of the needs and requirements of their customers. Page 8.72.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationI. IntroductionPurdue University’s Professional Writing Program offers a one-semester course

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Waddah Akili

Session 2160 On Reform of Engineering Education in the Arab Gulf States: A Focus on Pre-Engineering “Prep-Program” By W. Akili Professor of Civil Engineering (retired)Introduction:Engineering education in the Arab Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United ArabEmirates, Qatar, and Sultanate of Oman) faces many challenges today. Changes in the externalenvironment (e.g. reduced funding, increased costs, demands by industry for well-seasonedgraduates, and rapid advances in technology) coupled with the

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jay K. Martin; Jay Martin; Dayle K. Haglund; Jennifer Kushner

fundamental concepts in all areas of engineering, • Stressing WHY we teach what we teach, • For the purpose of extending student knowledge, while • Offering multiple opportunities for understanding. 2. Be passionate about what we do. Share our desire to learn with our students and enhance our students’ excitement about engineering. 3. Enhance our students’ ability to communicate. 4. Provide role models, with high achievement and ethical standards, while keeping ourselves in the forefront of technology without harming the environment.Figure 8. Draft Philosophy Statement of Departmental ResponsibilitiesCommunity BuildingAn attempt to bring faculty members together to build a common

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Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Oerther

instructor;anonymous student surveys; group interviews with an independent third party; and follow-upsurveys conducted with graduates of the course. The results from our three-year pilot studysuggest that the approaches followed in this course could be adapted to introduce engineeringstudents to advanced research topics from many fields of fundamental science.Teaching Biology to Engineers at the University of Cincinnati.Biology has become a pervasive science; underlying many of the societal questions of the early21st century including the threat of bioterrorism and the ethical dilemmas associated with cloningof human beings. As technologically proficient scholars, all engineers need to be trained tounderstand the basic tenants of biology. In a more

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chow Michael; Barry Farbrother

. Firstly, the presence of the EiR makes it possible tohave a practicing professional engineer discuss work-related issues in the classroom. Written into to EiR contract withMAP is a clause that provides for classroom presentations. Engineering faculty members may invite Mr. Chow to class fora variety of purposes – perhaps to present a case study, or to lead a discussion on contemporary issues such as those relatingto “economic, environmental, sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social, and political” issues.Readers familiar with the requirements of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET’s) Criteria 2000will recognize the specific wording!From the student perspective the opportunity to undertake

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Raghavan Sudhakar; Hanqi Zhuang

vision applications [7,8]. Despite this success, most American universities are yetto offer senior-level hands-on lab courses in the machine vision area. Major impediments to thedevelopment of such lab courses have been the high cost of specialized equipment and labspace. With the advent of new technology, low-cost machine vision systems can be configuredfrom inexpensive personal computers and optics. This certainly helps in developing affordableundergraduate laboratories that support machine vision related courses. A characteristic of the Engineering college at FAU is that a high percentage of thestudents work full- or part-time, and they commute to school every day. Due to busy schedules,many students find it difficult to spend a

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

Session 3460 An Innovative Co-op Program at WVU Tech M. Sathyamoorthy Office of the Dean of Engineering West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV 25136AbstractThe paper describes the development and proposed implementation of an industry-university collaboration in experiential learning. West Virginia University Institute ofTechnology (WVU Tech) and various industries in the Upper Kanawha Valley region havedesigned a co-op program for undergraduate students that will require them to spend aday every week of the spring and

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Timothy Wheeler

as GPS technology. • … building relationships and support mechanisms both among SPIRIT peers and with the NASA engineers and vendors.Student initiated experimentsIn both projects, the student initiated portion of the payload was a source of great pride to thestudents. The process for encouraging such initiative is quite informal. In general, it grows out ofthe daily experience of the students. On SPIRIT I, a student conceived of the idea of flying acamera that would use polarized lenses to ocean surface roughness. Since our primary aim waseducation, this project was not judged on scientific merits. Rather, it was seen as a means toencourage the students who would be working on it and to provide insight into the process

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi

Session 2003-243 A Comparison of the Civil Engineering Curriculum at the University of Florida and the Catholic University of the North, Chile Patricio Tapia1, Dr. Fazil T. Najafi 2 Graduate Student University of Florida1, Professor University of Florida2AbstractThis paper compares the curriculum of the civil engineering undergraduate courses offered byboth the University of Florida (UF) and the Catholic University of the North (UCN). The maindifferences are related to the duration of the programs. The civil engineering undergraduatecourses at the UF have a duration of 4 years, whereas at the UCN

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amro Taibah; Mohammed Haque

Engineering andTechnology, a MSCE and a Ph.D. in Civil/Structural Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology,Newark, New Jersey. His research interests include fracture mechanics of engineering materials, compositematerials and advanced construction materials, computer applications in structural analysis and design, artificialneural network applications, knowledge based expert system developments, application based softwaredevelopments, and buildings/ infrastructure/ bridges/tunnels inspection and database management systems.AMRO A. TAIBAH Page 8.181.8Dr. Amro A. Taibah is an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape