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Barry J. Farbrother

Session 2432 A New Approach to Electrical & Computer Engineering Programs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Barry J. Farbrother Ph.D. Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractTwo new degree programs1 are now being offered by the department of Electrical &Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The new Bachelor'sprograms in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, are the result of atop-down curriculum design process which took several years to complete.‘Renaissance Engineers

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B. S. Sridhara

1 Session 1547 Sunrayce 97 - A New Learning Experience for the Engineering Technology Students at Middle Tennessee State University B. S. Sridhara Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) Abstract The US Department of Energy (DOE) organizes a solar car race called Sunrayce,once in every two years. This race is open for all colleges and universities on the NorthAmerican continent. As faculty advisor for the undergraduate team at Middle TennesseeState University, I

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Robert J. Herrick; Dennis R. Depew

technology and engineering technology.As the number of students completing an undergraduate degree in technology related programscontinues to increase, the demand for graduate education opportunities for this growingpopulation will continue to increase. Also, as this demand continues to grow, the need forgreater flexibility in delivery will also increase. Competition for this potential customer base willencourage higher education to design new and innovative delivery systems to serve theeducational needs of these customers.As technology and engineering technology programs continue to change and evolve in striving tomeet society’s technological expectations and needs, it is imperative that graduate education beconsidered as an important element. A

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Marsha King; Eric Spielvogel; Carol Dwyer; Dhushy Sathianathan

Session 1253 Session 1253 Faculty Collaboration and Course Coordination with Feeder Campuses using Information Technologies Dhushy Sathianathan, Carol Dwyer, Marsha King, Eric Spielvogel The Pennsylvania State UniversityABSTRACTWith a growing emphasis on vertical and horizontal integration of engineering curriculum thereis a growing need for strong coordination among the engineering courses. This coordination isnecessary for accreditation specially in courses that satisfy design requirements. Four

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Kara B. Wright; Charles T. Wright; Christine L. Collier; Lawrence Genalo

Session 1692 Toying With Technology: Mobile Robots and High School Interns Lawrence J. Genalo, Charles T. Wright Jr., Kara B. Wright, Christine L. Collier Materials Science & Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering/ Mathematics Undergraduate/Civil Engineering Undergraduate Iowa State UniversityIntroductionStudents in today’s world grow up surrounded by electronic and electromechanical gadgetry andbecome adept at using such gadgetry at an early age without necessarily understanding

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Doris Yacoub; Robert Pfeffer; Rajesh N. Dave; Jonathan Luke; Ian S. Fischer; Anthony D. Rosato

Session 1526 On Laboratory Development for a Curriculum in Particle Technology Rajesh N. Dave, Jonathan Luke, Robert Pfeffer, Doris Yacoub, Ian S. Fischer, Anthony D. Rosato New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102AbstractThis paper discusses the development of laboratory facilities for use with an on going NSF-CRCD project that will establish a three-course concentration in particle technology at NJIT,offered across the engineering curriculum. The main objective of the NSF funded project is toaddress the urgent need for undergraduate and graduate education in this vital field

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Eric Campbell; Yolanda Guran

1997 Annual Conference Proceedings_____________________________________________ Session 3548 Should We Teach Chip Design in Electronics Engineering Technology Programs? A Senior Project Course in ASIC Design Yolanda Guran, Eric Campbell Oregon Institute of Technology/Analogy Inc. 1. IntroductionTeaching circuit design up to chip layout seemed exotic for Electronics EngineeringTechnology(EET) programs for many years in the recent past. Many educators believed thatcourses like VLSI Design or ASIC Design should be destined only for

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Herbert Hess

Session 1675 Technological Advances in Distance Education Mitigate Short-Term Instructor Absence from the Classroom Herbert L. Hess Department of Electrical Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, IdahoAbstract Recent advances in communications technology such as FAX, videocameras andaccessories, and videoconference give an instructor freedom to teach class from remote siteseffectively. Common low-tech methods such as canceling, postponing, or substituting are brieflydiscussed. Three possible alternatives employing different

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Trevor B. Davey; Ngo Dinh Thinh

Training in Hanoi. For example, in HoChi Minh City, there were seventeen separate universities and colleges (Fig. 1). Afterconsolidation, the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU, HCMC) has 10Colleges including a College of Engineering (Fig. 2). There is also a separate University ofMedicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry and a semi-public Open University. A similar structure wasestablished in Hanoi although at the present time the Hanoi University of Technology in Hanoiremains an independent institution from the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU, Hanoi).Over the past 4 years, California State University, Sacramento has established a close workingrelationship with several universities in Vietnam. This relationship included faculty

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

level. They include: an ability to apply knowledge ofmathematics, science, and engineering; an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineeringproblems; and an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. In contrast, all threegroups rate a knowledge of contemporary issues at a relatively lower score. The foregoingattributes are among those that have been proposed by the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET) as criteria that should be satisfied in order to be awarded an accreditedengineering degree.IntroductionOver the years there have been studies conducted by employers and varioustechnical/professional organizations to revise the engineering curriculum to ensure that studentsare prepared for the future

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Ravi Jain

programs (Saikali and Jain, 1996). The study provides a synopsis of thekey features of each program surveyed and comparisons among the programs (See Table 1). Tofocus on the objectives and goals of establishing an international engineering program, it isimportant to understand the need in a global context.Clearly, the United States of America is entering a “new world order” without its customaryleadership in technology, industry, and economy. The changing international role of this countrydemands that leaders of educational institutions ensure that their graduates have adequateknowledge of global issues (Smickler and Sommers, 1989).In a modern global economy, international trade is essential for continued economic growth of anation. Figure 1

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Joseph Herkert

Session 3561 STS for Engineers: Integrating Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences Joseph R. Herkert North Carolina State UniversityThis paper discusses the use of science, technology and society (STS) courses as a means ofintegrating perspectives drawn from engineering, humanities and social sciences, with particularfocus on the STS general education requirement (GER), the STS Minor Program, and theBenjamin Franklin Scholars dual-degree program in engineering and humanities/social sciencesat North Carolina State University.Why STS for

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Bahador Ghahramani

Session 2242 RE-ENGINEERING OF THE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT’S OUTREACH GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT UMR Bahador Ghahramani, Ph.D., P.E., CPE 206 Engineering Management School of Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409-0370 (USA) E-mail:ghahrama@shuttle.cc.umr.eduINTRODUCTION Rapid change is a feature of today’s competitive environment in the technology drivenEngineering Management (EMGT) academic programs. The EMGT outreach graduate

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James S. Tulenko; Edward T. Dugan; David E. Hintenlang

ensure that current educational curriculum and processes are appropriate to ourstudents’ needs. The University of Florida has engineered its curriculum to meet the needs of itsstudents in the current professional environment and has found ABET 2000 to be a positivefactor in encouraging and abetting that re-engineering.INTRODUCTION A question often asked of the American Nuclear Society’s Engineering AccreditationCommissioners (EAC) on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Boardof Engineering and Technology (ABET) by nuclear department heads is: “What will the effect ofthe new set of accreditation criteria (ABET Engineering Criteria 2000) have on the ongoing re-engineering of nuclear engineering programs?” Nuclear

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James L. Neujahr; Herbert Seignoret; Gary Benenson; Ed Goldman

Session 1630 Encouraging Engineering Students to Become Teachers Gary Benenson, James L. Neujahr, Herbert Seignoret, Ed Goldman City College of New York (CCNY)/ CCNY/ CCNY/ Brooklyn Technical High SchoolA great divide exists between the dominance of technology in society and its nearly total eclipseas a topic of general study. Technology as a subject is basically non-existent in elementaryeducation, and reserved largely for specialized students in the secondary grades. Althougheducational reformers and standards writers generally recognize the importance of technology inthe curriculum, progress has been very slow in

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporationof state-of-the-art technologies throughout the curricula; (iv) and creation of continuous opportu-nities for technical communication. To best meet these objectives, the four engineering programsof Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering have a common engineering clinicthroughout their program of study. In addition to the engineering clinic, they share a commonfirst year of courses. Our first class of entering freshmen consists of 101 students having an av-erage SAT score of 1274 and graduating in the top 12% of their high school class.The current Freshman Engineering Clinic sequence, which is taught in the Fall and Spring se-mesters, has laboratory

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Taggart Smith

Session 2542 Engineering Management: The Practical Discipline Taggart Smith School of Technology, Purdue UniversityA headline in USA Today caught my eye: "Education gaps leave graduates ill-prepared." 1 Thelead stated: "College graduates enter the work force with strong technical skills but aren't verygood at communicating, being part of a team or accepting ambiguity, among other things." The"other things" included ethics and global awareness. The report was the result of a study done bythe Task Force on High-Performance Work and Workers, sponsored by the Business

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Ralph O. Buchal

Session 2358 Engineering Education in the 21st Century Ralph O. Buchal The University of Western OntarioAbstract Changing educational needs and reduced funding for traditional educational institutions are forcing a re-examination of the educational process. At the same time, emerging information technologies are enabling atransition from traditional instructor-centred teaching to a new model based on student-centred collaborativelearning. The importance of the physical university is diminishing as information technology

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John A. Orr; David Cyganski; Richard Vaz

on substantial interviews with faculty and students from acrossa broad spectrum of disciplines, including economics, English, history, chemistry, management,and biotechnology. This paper reports on the use of the World-Wide Web for preparation ofcourse materials, and on lessons learned to date in developing and offering the new type ofelectrical engineering service course.IntroductionOpportunities for fundamental changes in many professions have arisen due to new modes forinformation creation, storage, transmission, retrieval, management, and display. However,familiarity with the use of the technologies central to this revolution is often limited to a smallpopulation of individuals with a deep (and rather narrow) education in electrical

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Martha E. Sloan

Session 2632 Computer Engineering - A Historical Perspective Martha Sloan Michigan Technological UniversityI. Introduction The development of computers in the last half century plus has, by any criteria, been oneof the major technologies impacting civilization. Electrical and computer engineeringdepartments have shouldered much of the burden of preparing professionals to make use of thisvital technology. Many of today's current faculty have lived through the entire period of theevolution of digital computers. Others, newer to the profession, have always had

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W.M. Spurgeon

specialty Equipment relevant to the specialty Investigating new technology Fig. 4 Matrix Organization of the Work FUNCTIONS 1 2 3 4 5PROGRAM A Project 1 x x x Project 2 x x x Project 3 x x x Page 2.494.3PROGRAM B Project 1 | | | Project N Page 2.494.4Career progression of engineers and engineering managers is illustrated in Figure 5

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Michael Mahler; Jon Szafranski; Dawn Werner; Karl Smith

Session 2530 Problem-Based Freshman Engineering Course Karl A. Smith, Michael Mahler, Jon Szafranski, Dawn Werner University of MinnesotaProblem-based learning (PBL) is undergoing a renaissance in professional education, includingengineering education (Wilkerson & Gijselaers, 1996; ASEE PRISM, 1996). PBL is not a newidea; it had its beginnings in 1969 in the MD program at McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario, Canada. McMaster graduated it’s first PBL class in 1972. At about the same time theCollege of Human Medicine at Michigan State University implemented a problem-based (Jones,Bieber

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Robert M. Henry

, computer related technologies (equation solvers,geographical information systems, computer aided drawing, multi-media, internet navigation,etc.) and additional subject matter (systems analysis, engineering economics, general educationdepth and breath, etc.) are being added to the curriculum. At the same time, most programs aretrying to incorporate these new topics and technologies without increasing the number ofrequired credit hours or the length of stay.ObjectiveThe objective is to develop an interactive multi-media software package (Civil SEVE -StructuralEngineering Visual Encyclopedia) that will address the educational “hole” that has been createdby the elimination of reading and interpretation of engineering construction drawings from

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

systemsengineering technology and introducing new technologies and excellent traditional productionmeasures to make a multi-step use of substance”.5 The experience in China with ecologicalengineering is similar in that the focus is on working with ecological processes in systemsdesigned to meet human needs (such as pisciculture). A significant difference, however, is thatthe Chinese do not rely heavily on self-design and often there is substantial human interventionto maintain the system.6In the introduction, we present a definition for ecological engineering that is a slightly modifiedversion of Mitsch’s: Ecological engineering is the design of sustainable systems consistent with ecological principles that integrate human society with its

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Jon E. Freckleton

Session 2563 CASE STUDIES IN ENGINEERING ETHICS Jon E. Freckleton, P.E. Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York 14623ABSTRACT The case studies presented in this paper are based on 22 years of experience at two majorUS companies, four years on active duty in the military, and 11 years of teaching. Cases arepresented first as the situation, with the results of action taken in a later section so that they canbe used for discussion with students. These occurred over a career that started as a new collegehire and

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Hussein Anis

adopt the latest technology and state-of-art in library automation software, theELDC has compiled a Book of Specifications for the proposed system for the automation andInternetworking of Engineering Libraries in Egyptian Universities.The Automated Library System of Engineering Faculties in Egyptian Universities comprises twomain parts: the Library Automation Software and the Computer Network for EngineeringLibraries.The Library Automation Software (LAS) allows the execution of standard library functionsrequired in an academic library, both in Arabic and in English. In so doing, the softwareconforms to existing standards and provides user friendly interfaces. In addition, the requiredsoftware allows the exchange of records with the standard

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G. Frederick d'Almaine; Brian Manhire; Samuel O. Atteh

: Adapted from “Profiles of S A Technikons 1995,” Figure 1.5.3. Figure 2. Technikon Lecturing Staff with M+5 Qualifications (See Figure 1 for technikon abbreviations) While technikon educators devote themselves to attaining higher qualifications, theirability to contribute directly to their institution’s educational mission is diminished. This exacer- Page 2.169.7bates the existing severe shortage of highly skilled educators needed to teach critically under-staffed engineering courses as well as the attendant courses in science, mathematics and the ap-plication of computer technology. To

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John K. Gershenson

Session 3266 A Course in Life-cycle Engineering John K. Gershenson, Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of AlabamaABSTRACTThis paper describes the development and implementation of a class in the mechanicalaspects of life-cycle engineering. This course teaches students to use cutting edgedesign methodologies and analysis tools and apply them to the redesign of industrialproducts. The life-cycle engineering course benefits from recent advances in designeducation across the country and at The University of

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Roy C. Shelton

Session 2247 Preparing The 21st Century Microsystems Engineering Technologist Roy C. Shelton, Jr. University of North TexasAbstract The semiconductor industry anticipates that its current rate of rapid growth will besustained for the foreseeable future, driven by the increasing growth of the electronic market. Theconstruction of new fabrication units is creating a growing shortage of qualified technical supportpersonnel. A unique curriculum is needed to educate the necessary personnel. MicrosystemsEngineering Technology (MSyET

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Gerald R. Frederick; Benjamin Koo

Session 2560 An Integrated Approach to Engineering Education Worldwide Gerald Frederick, Benjamin Koo University of Nevada, Las Vegas/University of ToledoINTRODUCTION In this era of rapid advancement and near explosive growth of technology, their impactson the well-being of society world-wide increasingly depends upon the quality of the engineers itproduces. Thus, engineering education incorporating a global perspective becomes a priority.This paper focuses on the close relationship of universities, engineering societies/institutes,international corporations to meet the demands of the 21st century