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Design for Community

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Prestero; Neil Cantor

six-week field test in West Africa thefollowing summer. In Fall 2003, development of the projector moved to the University ofCambridge in England, where students in the Sustainable Development program researchedopportunities for local production of content, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, whereelectrical engineering students are tackling the redesign of a robust battery-charger circuit and amore efficient LED driver circuit8. In 2004, DtM will work with students at MIT and theUniversity of Cambridge to tackle problems related to systems integration and design-for-manufacture.DtM is now working with World Education to organize an extended pilot study of the device thisfall, as a prelude to large-scale deployment among World Ed’s literacy

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Assessing Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

and non-technical skills as they would in the workplace. However, few of the projectsrequire significant self-directed learning. Thus it would appear that the present curriculum does,on average, little to enhance students’ readiness to engage in self-directed learning. Further, theresults of the study indicate that assignments and projects aimed at enhancing readiness for self-directed learning must be integrated into the curriculum if students are to make improvements inthis important skill.Previous studies using the SLDRS to investigate the effects of two innovative courses inIndustrial Engineering at Penn State indicate the types of experiences that can be effective inincreasing SDLRS scores.8 In an undergraduate two-course sequence

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Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

apply a specificability.Figure 3 gives a plot of preparation index versus the percent of graduates who rated each skill asimportant or very important for the class of 2000 graduates. As a general guideline, items withindices less than 0.6 are considered to be an indication that the portion of the curriculum relatedto that competency or ability should be investigated. Most of the abilities receive satisfactoryratings from graduates, particularly those dealing with the technical portions of their education.Points P (“manage people’), R (“organize groups to work effectively”), and T (“deal withconflict in the workplace”) all fall below the cut-off of 0.6 and are rated important by more than50% of the respondents. Data with negative values (points

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gaston N'Guerekata; Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

integrated and comprehensive approach withnovel pedagogy, assessment, and technology, and other strategies, an innovative Pre-Calculuscourse (IPC) has been designed and offered for the first time in Fall 2003.Dimensions of Learning (DOL) Pedagogy A major component of the course reform is the pedagogy used which is based on theDimensions of Learning (DOL) framework. Its premise is that five types of thinking, or five“dimensions of learning,” are essential to successful learning. Robert Marzano of the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Institute developed the Dimensions ofLearning Framework in 1997. The framework grew out of many years of research into how welearn most effectively, and is designed to translate research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

skill and expectations from this new workforce will be high, thechallenge at this point is to increase the science and mathematics educator awareness oftechnology connections to their subjects. Ultimately, the requirement is to translate thatawareness into curriculum.The High School Technology Initiative, HSTI, is an NSF-Advanced TechnologicalEducation, NSF-ATE, Division grant that produces modules for use in high schoolmathematics, physical science, chemistry, physics and AP science courses. These modulesrepresent a curriculum content resource for the high school mathematics and scienceeducator. The material is available in as traditional and/or multimedia format.This NSF Showcase Poster Session entry will present example module and module

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TIME 6: Web-based Instruction

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2004 Annual Conference

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James G. Brasseur; Laura L. Pauley

methods required in one application. The Texaco Lab also includes computer simulations of laboratory experiments. Page 9.904.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education4. The IDEALS courses (Integrated Design, Engineering Analysis, and Life Skills) teach the theory of mechanical engineering analysis and then directly apply those skills to an engineering design problem. The IDEALS concept has been applied in ME 31, Thermodynamics II, and in a senior lab course where students must identify

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Olufemi Omitaomu; Adedeji Badiru

information system projects' unique characteristics and cautions to take whenusing available techniques. Such inclusion will help to place engineering students in a morecompetitive position for their future career goals.Intr oductionThere has been a continued integration of information systems into all fields of engineering,especially industrial engineering. Several academic departments have changed their names toreflect this integration and others have started courses that integrate information systems intotheir traditional areas of teaching and research. Information systems (IS) are powerful andvaluable tools that support communication and decision making in an organization1. They useinformation technology (hardware and software) to capture

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; H. Joel Lenoir

programs have incorporated practice-orientedexperiences into the curriculum by the addition of multiple laboratory experiences, designcourses4, and project classes. Introduction to Industrial Automation is an important course inthe fourth semester of both curriculums, intended to be a blend of these three types of practice-oriented courses. It serves as an important “building-block” in both programs, helping build afoundation for higher level integrated design courses.To help support the project-oriented nature of the course, each individual student is assigned ahardware kit containing an Allen-Bradley Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and an AtmelAVR microcontroller. The list of assigned sensors, switches, and other input/output (I/O)devices

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ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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Susan Etheredge; Glenn Ellis; Thomas Gralinski; Domenico Grasso; Baaba Andam

Session # 3630 Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering Baaba Andam, Glenn W. Ellis, Susan Etheredge, Domenico Grasso Smith College, Northampton, MA Thomas Gralinski Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MAABSTRACTMassachusetts is leading the integration of engineering into K-12 education by adopting astatewide science and technology/engineering framework. To meet the need for teachers whocan deliver this curriculum, we have assembled an interdisciplinary team from Smith Collegeand Amherst Public Schools to design a workshop for pre

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

Session 1325 A Capstone Course Targeting Industry Transition G. E. Crain and M. P. Tull School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of OklahomaAbstractThe capstone program for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at OUsimulates the experiences anticipated in the first two years of an industry assignment. Studentsare presented with an industry supplied problem, and given the resources and mentoring todevelop a solution based on the individual team-members’ educational experience as anElectrical or Computer

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alam

of critical importance to developclose ties with industrial partners. The particular ways by which this can be carried outeffectively, including integrated industry-academe annual retreats as well as well-designedindustrial surveys, are also discussed. Using the framework of the eleven learning objectivesarticulated by ABET, the effectiveness, or otherwise, of the learning process in undergraduateengineering has been evaluated in our program using a variety of assessment tools, essentially allof which are numerical in format and relatively simple to administer. A key feature of anyassessment process should be an evaluation of self-consistency. That is also discussed here.Lastly, high rates of student attrition in any engineering program are

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

Session 1170 Pitt Engineering Career Access Program: Building a Pipeline for Success through Project CARE Sylvanus Wosu, Michael Lovell and Robert Goldbach1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15251/ 1 Research and Evaluation Consultant, Pittsburgh PA 15219AbstractThis paper gives an overview of the lessons learned in the first year of implementing the pre-engineering component of the Pitt Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP). PECAPintroduces a college curriculum to pre-11th and pre-12th grade high school students throughCritical and Analytical Reasoning Enrichment (CARE) activities. Project CARE

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

facilitated by the recent changes to accreditation standards by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.In addition to reform that restructures the first-year engineering curriculum to engage thestudents through inquiry, real-world applications, and social relevance, admissions reform isstarting to reshape the face of the engineering student body. Carnegie Mellon Universityadjusted its admissions criteria to reflect its research that prior computing experience did notpredict academic success by removing its strong preference for highly experienced applicants. In2001, the University of California system adopted an admissions plan that guarantees provisionalUniversity admission to all students in the top 12.5% of every high-school class

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

developed the Ekranoplanvehicle project during a Technology Education course. An Ekranoplan or Wing-In-GroundEffect vehicle flies very close to a water surface. The vehicle uses design elements of bothairplanes and marine craft. Ground-effect flight enables a vehicle to carry either a larger payloador operate with greater fuel efficiency than a conventional airplane. The candidates testedseveral vehicle configurations, power sources and construction techniques. Vehicle constructionguidelines and curriculum outlines were developed to disseminate to other technology educators.The project has been used to teach the engineering design process to freshman students inWestern Washington University’s Engineering Technology Design Graphics

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education forall students, including: majors in STEM disciplines; prospective K-12 teachers; studentspreparing for the technical workplace; and all students as citizens in a technologicalsociety.The Division’s grant programs sponsor projects in the two broad areas of curriculumdevelopment and workforce preparation. The scope and objectives of these programs areherein described. Some of these programs are congressionally mandated but administeredby the Division. Greater attention is given to the Course, Curriculum and LaboratoryImprovement Program that was developed by the Division to provide leadership andresources for the improvement of STEM education. Guidance is provided on how toprepare a successful

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel J. Stokes; Nagi El Naga; Halima El Naga

Page 9.1302.1mimic what the students will experience during the total curriculum.Since much of the Computer Engineering curriculum introduces the idea of machinecontrol, hardware architecture, and low level design. The goal of this introductory courseis to start with the knowledge which the students may have gained at home or schoolduring their K-12 education then extend it by using the iconic based language ofSoftwire™ Technology to control test equipment which is similar in many ways toLabview™. Softwire™ is a Microsoft Partner product (made available free through theMicrosoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, in partnership with Softwire™). Thenby using the Legos Mindstorm™ the students will be able to gain an introductory look atevent

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

. Page 9.397.11 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographiesDALE R. BAKERDale R. Baker is a Professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at ASU. She isalso the Co-Editor of The Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Her teaching responsibilities include sciencecurricula, teaching and learning, and assessment courses with an emphasis on constructivist theory and issues ofequity. Her research focuses on issues of gender, science, and science teaching. She has won two awards for herresearch in these areas.STEPHEN J. KRAUSEStephen J. Krause is Professor and

Conference Session

Novel Courses for ChEs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Dickson

Engineer andEngineering Technician.UK-SPEC is the standard for recognition of professional engineers and engineeringtechnicians in the UK. The standard is published by ECUK on behalf of theengineering profession.Formal education is the usual, though not the only, way of demonstrating theunderpinning knowledge and understanding for professional competence.The following qualifications exemplify the required knowledge andunderstanding required of a Chartered Engineer an accredited integrated MEng degree.or an accredited Bachelors degree with honours in engineering or technology, plus either an appropriate Masters degree accredited or approved by a professional engineering institution, or appropriate further learning

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Deepti Suri; Eric Durant

developed and taught for the first time inour SE curriculum during the Winter Quarter 2000-2001 [8]. The students are first introduced tothe importance of requirements in SE-283 (Introduction to Software Verification), and SE-280(Software Engineering Process). The concepts of RE learnt in SE-3821 are reinforced in SE-380(Principles of Software Architecture) and the process is scaled up for the students in their three-quarter experience of “Software Development Laboratory”[5], where the students work on large-scale projects in a “real-world” setting.2. Curricular contextThe academic schedule at MSOE is based on a quarter system with three quarters in an academicyear. Each quarter involves ten weeks of instruction with the eleventh week devoted to

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

common device, the switch, to introduce students to variousengineering fields. In a hands-on approach, students test, design, disassemble, analyze, andreassemble switches while learning about programs of study, the interaction between disciplines,and possible career paths. Using this device, student teams are introduced to electronics bydiscovering how various switches operate, and by designing a process to test the electricalconnections. To introduce mechanical design, teams are given a problem that requires the use ofa switch. They spend some time brainstorming ideas for their design, and produce a conceptdrawing, including the mechanical details for their team’s device. The manufacturing process isintroduced by giving each team an identical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rice; S. Michael Kilbey; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Deborah Switzer

, allowing us to monitor student growth and evaluate the effectiveness ofthese teaching and learning devices for populations with different exposures to experimentaltreatments. Here we detail the development and implementation of the Professional DevelopmentSurvey for Engineering Undergraduates (PDS). The PDS reliably measures the students’conscientiousness, perceived intellect, learning goal orientation, performance goal orientation,subject matter attitude, professional development attitude, and attitude toward the field ofchemical engineering.Introduction Previously1,2, we introduced an approach to integrate a hierarchical mental growth model intoan undergraduate engineering curriculum, described teaching and learning strategies to supportthat

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TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ella Fridman

escalate student engagementwith course content. As shown by B. Shneiderman a conceptual framework fortechnology-based learning and teaching has emerged as an engagement theory. 4 Thefundamental idea underlying engagement theory is that students must be meaningfullyengaged in learning activities through interaction with others and worthwhile tasks.While in principle, such engagement could occur without the use of technology, thetechnology can facilitate engagement in ways which are difficult to achieve otherwise.Thermodynamics together with other thermal-fluid sciences (thermodynamics, fluidmechanics, and heat transfer) are typically considered to be among the most difficulttopics taught in engineering curriculum.5 The Learning Tool described below

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TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pape

never take place in isolation.” For instance, theinability of students to meet a particular course objective may be due to difficulties with aprevious course. Thus, in an integrated assessment plan course level assessments shouldfeed into the overall program assessment.Program Outcomes AssessmentThe philosophy of EC 2000 represents a shift from the “bean-counting” of the so-calledconventional criteria to a system which includes and focuses on outcomes assessment.Each program has the opportunity to define its’ mission and objectives, which should beconsistent with institutional goals and representative of the needs of constituent groups.Accordingly, each program must have in place detailed published educational objectives,a process by which

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Howard Kimmel

. Currently, 68 teachers in NewJersey have been trained to implement this program in 7 middle schools and 20 high schoolsrepresented by 21 public school districts. The institutionalization of this pre-engineeringprogram across a profile of different high school environments is examined. We explore thesimilarities and differences of implementation within a “magnet” high school and acomprehensive school. Perspectives of both teachers and students are included.IntroductionThere has been a dramatic shift in the national workforce over the past decades from an ageof information to knowledge. Thee next decades will require a more knowledgeable high-technology workforce. The National Science Board has reported that the need for engineersis increasing at a

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mellinger Margaret

to the literature and research tools of their field. Ideally,information skills would be integrated into the entrepreneurship curriculum. 21Librarians assist in integrating information skills into the curriculum by collaborating withteaching faculty to design research assignments and to progressively build student’s informationskills. 22 Involvement can vary greatly according to the needs of the course. MIT librarians wereintensely involved in a senior mechanical engineering design course when they were assigned toone of the student teams.23 Librarians attended class lectures and became an informationresource for the students beginning with idea generation and market analysis, moving throughthe design process and finishing with the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Ramachandran; David Silverstein; Kevin Dahm

. Page 9.1414.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationKevin Dahm in an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Hiscurrent primary teaching interest is integrating process simulation throughout the chemical engineering curriculum,and he received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award for work in this area.Ravi P. Ramachandran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atRowan University

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Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knecht

9.284.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Hanna and Wilson6 noted that an instrument for measuring team operations shouldadequately cover four components central to team performance: 1. Task functions (approach to goals and decision-making processes) 2. Team functions (cohesiveness or general liking and attraction to team) 3. Outcomes (solution quality to open-ended problems) 4. Satisfaction (feelings about participation in the team)Satisfaction correlated closely to productivity (ability to accomplish goals) and cohesiveness (theteam’s pride, commitment and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Trussell

information resources.ABET 2000+Included in the qualitative measurements introduced in the ABET 2000 criteria wererequirements specifying that graduates have an understanding of ethical responsibilities and thatthey incorporate that knowledge in a major design experience. These requirements are found inCriteria 3 and 4. Criterion 3, Program Outcomes and Assessment, states “Engineering programsmust demonstrate that their graduates have: …(f) an understanding of professional and ethicalresponsibility. … Each program must include an assessment process with documented results.”1Criterion 4, Professional Component, builds upon the outcomes of Criterion 3: “Students mustbe prepared for engineering practice through the curriculum culminating in a major

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ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kang Yen; Osama Mohammed

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education All the geometrical and material data of the various machines are contained in a database. Fieldanalyses are created using the finite element method. The machines are linked to the dataacquisition system via the PC. This link is an integral part of the system since it allows for afeedback loop between the machine and the PC. Not only does this feedback loop enable thestudents to vary the operating condition of the machine being tested, but also it enables them toadjust various working machine parameters and obtain corresponding field analysis results inreal time

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Matis; Linda Ann Riley

Annual Conference &Exposition, Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationProject Motivation The stochastic processes subject is one that spans many disciplines within engineering.There are numerous applications within communications and power systems (ElectricalEngineering), water management and transportation (Civil Engineering), and materials(Mechanical Engineering) to name a few. In particular, this subject is an integral part of theOperations Research component of many Industrial Engineering programs and is often regularlytaught as either an elective or core course to undergraduate students. The need for the modern-day undergraduate curriculum of Industrial Engineering programs to emphasize applications and“real