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suchlaboratories9, 10. The most significant of these is a collection of control systems experiments at Page 6.398.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationthe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC)11, 12. This on-line laboratory allows remotelylocated students to conduct experiments with actual devices in the laboratory by accessing themusing the Internet.The eLabBook project also explores the idea of remote access to real equipment over theInternet. Imagine yourself reading a regular engineering textbook. As you

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Doria Hickman; Bala Ram; Sanjiv Sarin; Paul Stanfield

16. Faculty/ staff revision 9. Textbook reward plan decisions 17. Student financial support 18. Course 20. Library 21. Industry projects teaching resources 22. Organizing 19. Graduate professional research conferences supervision 23. Peer review of

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Willie Ofosu

been used to control people by instilling the types of values thatwill give them inferiority complex and make them feel incapable of achieving anythinguseful. Any ideas that are implanted in the minds of the youth form a basis for theircharacter through the rest of their lives. Education can be used selectively to distort one’sview of reality. Page 6.463.1Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education.This project was sponsored by the Minority Office and SETCE of Penn State University.In the US for generations past, people of

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knowledge. The students normally take EG&CAD during theirfreshman year and then have the opportunity to use solid modeling in their sophomoreand senior design projects as well as some special topic electives. In addition, severalother courses are now using solid models as a way to demonstrate fundamentalprinciples2 . With an increasing dependence on solid modeling skills required, it isimperative that the course content in EG&CAD be effectively delivered and absorbed.Finding the teaching staff to run EG&CAD for 750-800 students/year has always been achallenge. EG&CAD runs fifteen to twenty sections each semester; concerns aboutequality of instruction and evaluation between the sections always existed. Over the lastnine years

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Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein; Sheryl Sorby

Topic Points Oral and Written Communication 327 Basic Computer skills (applications) 296 Graphics/Visualization 242 Problem Solving Strategies 220 Engineering Careers/Disciplines 188 Design Process and Project 177 Computer Programming 145 Data Collection and Analysis 137

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David Myszka

Figure 7 Mechanical Design Sequence at U.D.Technical Drawing and CAD, is required by all MET students and focuses on the preparation ofengineering documentation. Students are introduced to orthographic views, and standard drawingrepresentation. Two-dimensional CAD, using AutoCAD, is a principal component in this course.Even with a transition to solid modeling, understanding view projections, and familiarization ofAutoCAD is still considered valuable knowledge. Therefore, this course will remain committedto 2-D CAD.Intro to Design and Solid Modeling (IDSM) is also required by all MET students and introducesthe design process. Technical Drawing and CAD serves as a prerequisite to the IDSM. In themechanical design process, CAD is a major

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Frances Johnson; David Hutto; Carlos Sun; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Anthony Marchese; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

faculty fromthe College of Communications and all four departments within the College ofEngineering. The Sophomore Clinic students receive classroom training in technicalcommunication and in the engineering design process, and work on design projects inmultidisciplinary teams of 3-4 students. This paper presents the second year results of anon-going experiment involving the integration of technical writing and engineeringdesign in Sophomore Engineering Clinic I. The highlights of this experiment include:1) Comparing sections which are jointly taught by engineering and writing faculty withsections solely taught by writing faculty, 2) Tracking the effectiveness of increasingactive engineering faculty participation in writing instruction over

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April Wilson; David Ollis

: 3 hrs each of: chemical engineering, polymers, image processing, history ofscience, future engineering, physics, and quantum mechanics. Students also worked on individual projects with a French grad student andprofessor This work was presented orally and in poster form at the end of the SummerSchool._____________________________________________________________ The initial four participants were chosen based upon years of prior study of theFrench language, undergraduate grade point average at NCSU, and enrollment in one ofthe engineering majors preferred by CPE-Lyon: chemical , electrical /computer science,or industrial. Two additional students were added as CPE invited a larger NCSU group.The chosen students and their majors and

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Richard Alexander; Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

mentor and to procreate thenecessary ingredients for success), while staying on the cutting edge of industry needs throughvarious professional development activities, such as summer internships in industry, continuingeducation and research projects sponsored by industry.III. A Model That Produces Results:Identified need + Academia + Industry = Results Academia Identified Need Results IndustryWhere results for academia include: faculty "in tune" with industry needs through on-sitefellowships, graduates prepared to meet industry's needs, resources for new or upgraded labs andcurriculum enhancement, funded applied research

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Roman Stemprok

implement the World Bank funded MalaysiaPolytechnic Development (MPD) Project in 1994. This six-year-old project has been verysuccessful and now enters a new phase of development with an anticipated extension of thefunding. This project focuses on extensive in-service training and development involvingexchange of personnel for both short and long term consultancies. This paper discusses teachingand curriculum development for a new university in South Malaysia where the consultantworked with local students on a daily basis for one year. The consultant's work was performed atthe Institute of Technology Tunn Hussein Onn (ITTHO), Malaysia. Lecturing covered the areasof Automation & Control Systems and Real Time Systems. Supporting curricula were

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David Silverstein

currently receive in FORTRAN programming while minimizing time spent in what isarguably the most time consuming task in simple programming projects, designing input andoutput.The premise behind the method is that students tend to spend significant amounts of timedeveloping code to handle basic operations in an application, things like reading formatted datafrom a file, writing console input routines, and then presenting output in a readable form, either toa data file, a printer, or to the console. That data often must then be imported into a graphingpackage to be useful. These tasks have little to do with developing skills in designing engineeringmodels, or in implementing the numerical methods required for the solution, or in understandingthe

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David R Finley

engineeringcollege in the Midwest.First, the academic environment at the author’s home institution, Tri-State University, ispresented. The author then reviews his job functions as a newly promoted associate professorand department chair: teacher, mentor, administrator, and consultant. A "Top Twelve List" ofbest practices for new faculty, based upon personal experiences and utilizing NCS materials, isthen offered. In addition, the success of incorporating a specific project-based learning activity,design and calibration of water bottle rockets, into a freshman-level introductory course isdiscussed. Finally, an illustration of how specific elements of the NCS Workshop haveimpacted the author’s teaching practices is presented. These elements include

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Joseph Hartman; Louis Plebani

students are placed in a competitive situation in the role of a problemsolver confronted with an ill-structured problem.In order to provide relevance, an instructor in quantitative courses often introduces anecdotalevidence concerning the application of the basic concepts. This may succeed in capturing interestduring a class period, but it is not often possible to provide problems that piggyback on theanecdotes. Usually, if a synergistic exercise is provided, it is in the form of a project becausesimple homework problems do not permit the complexity required to truly stimulate deepthinking about relevant techniques, solution tradeoffs and their consequences. Textbooks areseldom of much help as they are usually filled with end of chapter exercises

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Arturo Fuentes; Cristina Villalobos

2013 2014 2016 2018 Figure 2. Projected Ratio of the Hispanic U.S. Resident Population to the U.S. Population Page 6.822.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo Perna; Vladimir Briller

engineeringdesign by developing the Weather Station Project. Other projects that Traver presents are theNewcomen Steam Engine and the Truss Bridge. This approach of developing a specific projectto introduce design to freshmen is typical of the programs across the country. In all freshmanengineering design programs throughout the various coalitions, the common theme is hands-onexperience, team effort, improving oral and written communication skills, interdisciplinaryapproach to problem solving, critical thinking, “real world” problems, and the application ofcomputer techniques to the solution of engineering problems very early in the engineeringstudents program of study.At NJIT, as a result of administrative concerns about engineering education and student

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Lyle McCurdy; William Drake; Douglas Walcerz

and are aware of and respect diversity, and k. have a commitment to quality, timeliness and continuous improvement. TAC/ABET’s Requirement for Continuous Improvement Programs must have written goals that, as a minimum, focus on the student body served, employer expectations, resource allocation, and other factors affecting the program. Programs are required to have plans for continuous improvement and evidence that the results are applied to further development and improvement of the program. Each program is required to demonstrate achievements through various methods including student outcomes assessment and employer feedback. Typical evidence may consist of student portfolios including project work and activity based

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

began with a list of course objectives. Teams of faculty andstaff prepared presentations, laboratory exercises, and homework assignments to support thoseobjectives. The presentations were done in Power Point and were installed on the instructor’sconsole in the classrooms where they could be projected for the students to see. In addition, thePower Point slides were printed, 3 to a page with space for notes, and included in the studentcourse package along with some supplemental reading material and assignments. Studentspurchased the course packages in place of a textbook. Providing faculty with the visual aidshelped to ensure the same material was covered in every section and minimized the instructors’preparation time. Copies of the slides were

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Karim Nasr; Basem Alzahabi

); Goals;Prerequisites by Topic; Topics; Computer Usage; Laboratory Projects; and Estimated ABETCategory Content. EC2000 proposes an outline for a “New ABET Syllabus Format”, addingitems such as Course Learning Objectives and their Relationship to the Program EducationalObjectives and Professional Component. The ABET syllabus format needs to be consistent foreach course and should not exceed two pages per course [10]. Appendix A contains a sampletemplate of a new ABET syllabus for a typical engineering course, namely Thermodynamics. Indeveloping this syllabus, the course content was revisited for the purpose of identifying courselearning objectives and how and where these objectives relate to the program educationalobjectives. As a result, an “eye

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William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

scale, opportunities for growth,broader and deeper pools of mentors and students, and mentor opportunities with industryprofessionals at campuses where these opportunities either do not exist or are limited (See Table1 for MentorNet’s Actual and Projected Growth Plan). Table 1: MentorNet’s Actual and Projected Growth Plan ----------------------------Actual----------------------------- Projected Pilot Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Semester 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 1998 Students 204 515 1,250 2,000 3,500 Matched

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Thomas Hare; Roger Russell; Miriam Ferzli; Michael Carter; Yusef Fahmy; Eric Wiebe

Session 1526 Supporting Lab Report Writing in an Introductory Materials Engineering Lab Eric N. Wiebe, Thomas M. Hare, Michael Carter, Yusef Fahmy, Roger Russell, Miriam Ferzli NC State UniversityAbstract This paper will describe the development and implementation of a web-based support site for helping students write and reflect on lab reports in an undergraduate Materials Science lab. This project, part of a larger NSF project to support undergraduate lab report writing, details the specific challenges of implementing

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George DeLancey

Appendix II. The set is under scrutiny as theimplementation process proceeds. It has been revised twice to this juncture, once on the basis ofan alumni survey and once during the initial stages of developing course objectives. The Goalscomprise the set of educational objectives at the engineering curriculum level and will ultimatelyassure that Criterion 3 is met by all of the programs. The Goals are projected into the individualprograms through the associated Objectives. It is in the programs where the circumstances arisein which the achievement of a Goal is evident, which facilitates the projection.Therefore, the Objectives serve as Program Objectives as required by Criteria 2 and 8. Theirstatement at the Program Level by the programs is

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Perry R. McNeill; Charles Bittle

Lane, Dallas Texas. Instruments, software, and laboratory spacewas provided by Texas Instruments. LabView® software was used for instrument control, dataacquisition, and calculation of linearity data. Linearity data is expressed as differentialnonlinearity (DNL) and integral nonlinearity (INL). Analysis of the data found theTHS5651IDW DAC to be monotonic since the magnitude of the DNL were less than ± 1 LSBand the INL were less than ± 0.5 LSB.I. IntroductionThe Electronics Engineering Technology program at the University of North Texas has a limitedbudget and facilities to provide research projects for graduate students. These limitations can beovercome by using services of Industrial Advisory Committees (IAC). These committees cancontribute

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationAdoption, Project Organization, Entrepreneurial Approaches to Decision Management, Tools forWorking in Groups and Project Resolution - Lessons Learned. Along with these tools in teammanagement, students gain skills in personal and interpersonal relationships including modulesin self-critical evaluation, negotiation and conflict resolution.6. MentoringThe Hinman CEOs Program is establishing a mentoring program serving all Hinman CEOs aswell as providing outreach to all undergraduate students across the campus. The Program utilizesa mentoring program database that contains contact and expertise data for volunteer mentors andthat also has a means of rating the value that specific mentors

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A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Instructor regularly structures opportunities for students to work in pairs or groups as well as independently. A B C DQ. 20 Instructor builds in opportunities for students to be evaluated using varied modes rather than only one: i.e. independent projects, small group activities, written reports, objective test. A B C DQ. 21 Instructor finishes the class session with some form of review of the material presented that day. A B C DQ. 22 Instructor begins the class session with some form of review of the material presented the previous session. A B C DQ. 23

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Kahan, Junior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering: “I'll tellyou, the Supermileage project has been the thing that I have gotten the most mileage out of (nopun intended) from high school. Every time I show people pictures of the cars and tell them aboutthe project, I get reactions like ‘Man, I wish I could have worked on something like that in highschool.’ Coming from students and professors at MIT, and interviewers from companies likeCisco Systems, that's a pretty big compliment for West's engineering program.”Adam Stowitts, Senior at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Industrial Technology-MechanicalDesign: “This Program may have had one of the largest impacts on my life of any occurrence todate. Without it I

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Carlos Ortiz

created to enhance and promotescholarship. Two separate proposals have been prepared, approved and financed. Theseproposals have focussed on modifications of current industrial wastewater techniques. Thefinancial support for these two projects and the implementation of bench-scale tests, provided usa unique opportunity to enhance our wet chemistry analytical capabilities and water testingequipment.The third source was external funding. The CET department never explored external funding toobtain support for environmental projects. The first attempt was made offering our lab-scaletesting capabilities to develop operational strategies or process modifications necessary toincrease the efficiency of a biological treatment system for a local county

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Tycho Fredericks; Jorge Rodriguez

understanding of ergonomic andsafety applications. To prepare industrial and manufacturing engineering students for today’swork environment, courses should be geared toward developing a knowledge base to expandcareer opportunities and allow students the ability to move forward simultaneously withindustrial advancements. The goal of this project was to research and develop an Ergonomic andSafety curriculum together with the definition of a standard curriculum design process that willallow for ease in future implementation of programs independent of the area of study. The basisof the defined procedure is a survey of involved parties. The outcome of the project included acourse-specific Ergonomic and Safety curriculum. The proposed four-course/one-project

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Roger Minear

a senior level laboratory course was designed to bridge the existinggap between class room theory and practical measurement techniques. The experimentsare structured to let the students participate in common field and laboratorymeasurements that are used in environmental engineering to design monitoring programsand treatment systems in air, water, wastewater, hazardous waste and ecology. Thestudents are directly involved in evaluating data reliability and assessing QA/QC issuesas a part of performing the experiments. They make decisions on the use of their data inclassroom projects simulating assessment or the development of design parameters fortreatment systems.A series of experimental modules have been constructed that represent the

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Gregory Shoales; Cary A. Fisher

diametrically opposed approaches, eachmethod has its own advantages and disadvantages. All methods provide key insightsfor engineering educators as they strive to produce the independent life-long learningengineering graduate.Introduction As a professional in industry, as a professor about to embark on a researchproposal, or as an Air Force officer given a short-suspense (time critical) project, weseldom (if ever) have the opportunity to hear a lecture on our problem, project, orproposal. Instead, we are expected to solve it on our own, using whatever resourceswe can find! We know from experience to talk to knowledgeable colleagues, dig outrelevant information from books and manuals, and perhaps even refer to an old long-forgotten undergraduate

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M. Silva; Sheri Sheppard

Foundation. This study, entitled "Taking Stock--ALook at Engineering Education at the End of the Twentieth Century and Beyond," began inSeptember 2000 and will be completed in 2002.2 Its goals are to portray current engineeringeducation, to highlight recent significant developments and approaches to teaching and learningin engineering education, and to offer suggestions and guidelines to enhance future engineeringeducation and the qualities of future engineering educators and practitioners.The Foundation’s study of engineering education is both innovative and timely. The study isinnovative in that it is embedded in a larger project at The Foundation that is looking atprofessional education more generally. It is also innovative in its research