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Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

Session 2563 Creating an Industrial Setting in an Engineering Lab Jim Devaprasad, Ray Adams, Paul Duesing, David McDonald, Morrie Walworth Lake Superior State University AbstractEngineering schools across the nation have worked diligently to develop capstone courses toprovide undergraduate senior students a smooth transition from university to industry. Inaddition to this capstone experience, engineering students could be introduced to the expectationsof industry earlier in their curriculum. An understanding of the

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Thomas V. Mecca; Sara Cushing Smith; Lynn G. Mack

research to gain a better understanding ofthe technician's role in the workplace and to investigate the demands placed on technicians byemployers. As a result of the on-site industrial exploration, faculty teams are better able to focuson creating an integrated, relevant curriculum for tomorrow’s technicians. The SC ATE FacultyWorkplace Research Model, including summarized faculty experiences, data-gathering results,and lessons learned, follows.Preparation, Visitation Guidelines, and Common Reporting Forms:(All guidelines and reporting forms can be found on the SC ATE Web site: http://scate.org/scate).Guidelines and reporting forms were researched and developed by an ad-hoc faculty team. Thisteam customized the workplace research process to meet

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Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

Session 1547 Student Work Group/Teams: Current Practices in an Engineering and Technology Curriculum Compared to Models Found in Team Development Literature Authors Cliff Goodwin, Rob Wolter Organizational Leadership and Supervision Department Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indianapolis Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Student Learning Team Members: Renee Branam, Anna Campbell, Dennis Clark, Joyce Parks, Sherry PeitsmeyerIntroduction

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Jordan Cox; Alan Parkinson

differently to learners as needed,” i.e., increase flexibility, as well as collectdata for assessment purposes. The software used was developed by Texas A & M University andconsists of four modules: Curriculum Developer, Lesson Planner, Educational Researcher, andStudent Data Manager. In some respects these papers point the way for highly integrated systemsthat both provide for more individual flexibility in setting curriculum and assist in collecting datafor assessment. At present, however, such systems may have too high an overhead to be adoptedat the university level. We have decided to start with something that is relatively simple and directand then move to a broader scope of implementation from there. However, it is intriguing toconsider a

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W. Cully Hession; Marty D. Matlock; G. Scott Osborn; Daniel E. Storm; Ann L. Kenimer

integrate human society with its naturalenvironment for the benefit of both.There is little consensus on what distinguishes ecological engineering curricula fromexisting environmental, biosystems, or agricultural engineering curricula. We suggest thatecological engineering curricula should be offered only at the graduate level, and shouldrequire rigorous ABET-accredited (or equivalent) undergraduate preparation in thefundamentals of engineering. The graduate curriculum should provide the student with acore of courses in ecosystem theory including quantitative ecology, evolutionary ecology,community ecology, restoration ecology, trophodynamics, and ecological modeling, whilestrengthening the student’s mastery of engineering theory and application

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Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 Data-Acquisition Systems: An Integral Part of Undergraduate Engineering and Technology Programs David McDonald and Ajay Mahajan Lake Superior State UniversityThis paper describes example student projects and course activities in data-acquisition systems inundergraduate engineering and technology programs at Lake Superior State University. Thefocus of the paper is to show that students from electrical, computer and mechanical engineeringas well as manufacturing engineering technology programs study and use modern data-acquisition systems in several courses

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Eldon D. Case

Session 1664 TS Integrating Professional Ethics into Technical Courses in Materials Science Eldon D. Case Michigan State UniversityDuring the Fall semester, 1997, I incorporated ethics into three classes, MSM 454 (a senior-levelMaterials Science class), EGR 291 (an “introduction to engineering and university life” course,open to all first-semester engineering freshmen), and MSM 885 (a graduate-level MaterialsScience seminar). Including ethics in MSM 454 was the focus of a follow-up to an NSF-sponsored “Ethics Across the Curriculum” Workshop I

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Michael Tarnowski; Sara Wadia-Fascetti

statically determinate and indeterminate frames. Specifically,students learn concepts such as virtual work, moment area, the flexibility method, slopedeflection, and moment distribution. Over the past 10 years the curricula for the two coursesdiverged. The activities in the laboratory course remained static consisting of traditionalactivities such as working with strain gages, material properties, and concrete strength.This paper focuses on a new laboratory curriculum that has been successfully integrated with thetheory-based course. The design of the new laboratory curricula must have the followingcharacteristics: • The new laboratory curricula must complement the topics taught in the theory-based course and be modular to adapt to

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William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

the same time assuring quality and relevance toengineering practice, (3) preparing students for demanding careers that not only requiretechnical competence in an engineering discipline but also require communication,teamwork and life-long learning skills, and (4) maintaining or enhancing qualityprograms in the face of increasing financial pressure 1,2. It is clear to us that thetraditional approach to chemical engineering education is not well suited to meet thesechallenges. Page 3.39.1In the traditional approach, the chemical engineering curriculum provides acompartmentalized sequence of courses that aims to build a solid, fundamentalfoundation

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Lyn Mowafy

capacity and speed of the Internet increase andhigh-speed connectivity to faculty offices becomes the norm, the system will become morereliant on the Internet.Under advisement of Intel training specialists, MATEC is adopting the model of an ElectronicPerformance Support System (EPSS) to provide faculty development opportunities within thecontext of each curriculum module. An EPSS is "a system that provides users with theinformation, advice and learning experiences they need to get up to speed as quickly as possible,with the minimum of support from other people" (Barry Raybould, Ariel Performance CenteredSystems, Inc.). It is designed to provide just-in-time training at the faculty's task site and inresponse to a need-to-know for task performance

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Michele H. Miller

. The internship has impacted my teaching and service activities in several ways. Thepaper concludes with some suggestions for more tightly integrating the internship to curriculumdevelopment.IntroductionIn some industrial quarters, there is growing dissatisfaction with the types of graduates comingout of engineering colleges. Published surveys repeatedly indicate that engineering graduates aredeficient in several areas industry finds important.1,2 University curricula have been slow torespond to the demands of these important customers. Michigan Tech has several industryadvisory boards that relate their priorities and suggest directions for curriculum modifications.However, the faculty, who are ultimately responsible for making changes, often

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Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

experience, where experienced students can demonstrate to less-experienced studentshow their use of the very same package has progressively grown more sophisticated.This experiment in vertical integration is still in its early stages. However, based on studentfeedback, this approach is yielding the benefits of developing in senior students a confidence intheir ability to communicate, work in teams, and mentor their juniors. Lower-class students arerealizing the relevance of the fundamental courses to their career goals and the importance ofdeveloping their skills in computing, modeling, and analysis.IntroductionAs undergraduate students progress through an engineering curriculum, they are expected toacquire competence in lower-level courses in order

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Shomir Sil; Sashi Sekhar; Chandra R. Sekhar

Engineering Technology toprovide their graduates with essential management skills required in today’s workplace. Withthese practical tools “in-hand” as well as their “hands-on” education, EET graduates will findmore opportunities available in areas outside the mainstream of technical occupations.Ultimately, this combination of skills will provide EET graduates with an effective track forcareer advancement.This paper will discuss the curriculum details necessary to achieving these objectives. Page 3.56.1 1

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Michael B. Cutlip; Mordechai Shacham

in the technical details of the solu-tion process. In order to familiarize engineering educators with the most widely used pack-ages and to assist in the selection of the most beneficial packages to be used in corecourses in the chemical engineering curriculum, we have assembled a set of tenbenchmark problems. This problem set was utilized in conjunction with an ASEESummer School for Chemical Engineering Faculty which was held in Snowbird, UTin August of 1997. This paper will give a general overview of the benchmark problems that havebeen formulated and will identify the mathematical software packages that wereused in the problem solution comparisons. Various criteria for comparison will bedescribed, and ratings for the software

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Ravi G. Mukkilmarudhur; Homayun K. Navaz; Brenda S. Henderson

Session 1602 Bringing Research and New Technology into the Undergraduate Curriculum: A Course in Computational Fluid Dynamics Homayun K. Navaz, Brenda S. Henderson, and Ravi G. Mukkilmarudhur Kettering UniversityAbstractAs technology advances in the industries which graduating engineers wish to enter, technology inthe undergraduate curriculum must also advance. A course in computational fluid dynamics wasrecently developed which meets the challenge of bringing advanced topics to undergraduatestudents. This paper addresses techniques used to enable undergraduates to enter the work forcewith the ability to solve and

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Richard K. Keplar; Eugene F. Smith; Vernon W. Lewis

, and to the nature of the student that we arecurrently educating.The paper discusses the changes in the curriculum that have been made necessary by the changein the student makeup coming from the traditional on-campus program and from the distancelearning program known as TELETECHNET. The typical student has changed from being afull-time, recently graduated from high school or community college transfer, to being a part-time, full-time working adult. The nature of his work is often as technician, draftsman, or evenjunior engineer at an engineering design firm.The authors’ philosophy on the necessity for integrating the use of computers and software in theteaching of design and analysis is presented. An equally strong insistence is placed on

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Amir Mirmiran

Session 1526 NDT and Instrumentation In an Undergraduate Concrete Lab Amir Mirmiran University of Central FloridaABSTRACTThe first year implementation of an NSF-ILI project for enhancing the concrete lab with NDT andinstrumentation modules is discussed. A two-semester laboratory is developed to parallel the lecturesin the two concrete courses; namely, Reinforced Concrete Structures and Concrete Design project.The new laboratory has significantly increased students’ interest in, and learning from, the courses.INTRODUCTIONUniversity of Central Florida is a member of the

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Michael E. Gorman

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, particularly in the environmental area.The millions Al Rich hoped for never emerged, although the solar heater on our roof works justfine. From his case, students learn that good intentions are not enough--you have to build anetwork of collaborators that agree on fundamental principles. For example, one of our casesinvolves a global network that produced a completely compostable furniture fabric using a cleanmanufacturing process. Creating and maintaining such networks is part of the act of successfulinvention. It is also a necessary part of curriculum change.I have taken cases like the solar heater and the fabric and used them in most of my TCC courses,to show engineering students how design decisions can and must involve an ethical component.The

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Joseph C. Hartman

. and W. Fabrycky, Engineering Economy, Eighth Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ,1997.[11] Thuesen, H.G. and W.J. Fabrycky, Engineering Economy, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River,NJ, 1964.[12] Thuesen, G.J. and W.G. Sullivan “Integration of Economic Principles with Design in the Engineering ScienceComponent of the Undergraduate Curriculum,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, June, 1991.[13] Wagner, H.M., Principles of Operations Research, Prentice Hall, New York, NY, 1975. Author BiographyJOSEPH C. HARTMAN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing SystemsEngineering at Lehigh University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Industrial

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

believe that an integrated approach to design and communication for freshmen justifiesthe effort and expense--and can indeed jump-start the engineering curriculum.AcknowledgmentsWe have been fortunate to have Clive Dym’s suggestions for EDC this year since he is a visiting faculty member atthe McCormick School and a member of the EDC planning committee. We are grateful to him and to CharlesYarnoff of Northwestern’s Writing Program for reading and responding to drafts of this paper.References1. T. Belytschko, A. Bayliss, C. Brinson, W. Kath, S. Krishnaswamy, B. Moran, J. Nocedal, M. Peshkin, “Mechanics in the Engineering First Curriculum at Northwestern University.” International Journal of Engineering Education, accepted for June 1997.2

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Reginald G. Mitchiner; John T. Tester

for plastic product design, withoutdevoting major resources towards such an effort?2 Course Structure AlternativesWe see two alternatives for incorporating plastic product design in our curriculum: a) Integrate the material in one or more existing courses. b) Create a new, separate course, devoted to the topic.The first alternative appears to be the easiest to implement on the surface, but has severaldisadvantages. The second alternative may seem more difficult to integrate into an existing courseoffering, but will likely provide long-term benefits to both the students and the department.2.1 Integration into Existing CoursesWe use our own Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at Virginia Tech as a basis forexploration. There are

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M. R. Foster; H. Öz

of areas, from aerodynamics to cockpit design. -2-3. The ‘engineering science core’ must be completed by the end of the third year.4. Learning should be integrated across the curriculum, utilizing design- or research-related activities to focus students on problem-solving. Comprehensive design activities mimicking real-world scenarios should be woven through the curriculum.Criterion 4 is responsive to the problems with integration of material across course boundaries,and item 3 really allows the flexibility that makes item 2 possible.With these four principles in place and agreed to, we found several direct corollaries.• The total number of quarter hours for graduation should be about 180

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Katherine E. Scales; Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley

Page 3.446.53 Beasley, et al., “Curriculum Development: An Integrated Approach,” Proceedings of the 25th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1995.curriculum changes might include an increased emphasis on industrial applications of thediscipline.Although the analysis of an existing curriculum must start at the course (or more detailed) levelin a bottom-up fashion, the process of curriculum change should begin at the top of the subjectmatter hierarchy in a top-down approach. To avoid turf battles, it is crucial to delay alldiscussion of individual courses, credits, prerequisites and the like until the final step of theprocess. The faculty should initially focus on the overall structure and composition of

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Jennifer T. Ross

" were developed which reinforce course material, whilemaintaining the illusion of company products. Students work with the theory, simulation andactual measurements for all major concepts. This paper reports on the industrial panel's input, thecourse format, the integration of software and measurement tools, the "Project-chips", and how thefaçade of corporate life is emulated in the classroom. This project was made possible throughfunding from a Hewlett Packard Education Grant and two NSF grants. An Instrument andLaboratory Improvement (ILI) Grant provided much of the software and equipment for thisproject, and a Course and Curriculum Development (CCD) grant helped shape the content of themicroelectronics curriculum through forming the

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Arthur B. Sacks

Session 2761 Human-Environment Interactions: The Initiation of a New Curriculum Arthur B. Sacks Colorado School of Mines“Philosophers since Socrates have insisted that the unexamined life is not worth living; but onlymore recently have environmental philosophers insisted that life in an unexamined world is notworth living either.” 1 -Holmes Rolston III“...we must recognize

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Francis D. McVey; James D. Lang

resultedfrom efforts of the Industry-University-Government Roundtable for Enhancing EngineeringEducation (IUGREEE) to initiate a continuing and evolving process to provide curriculumdesigners with important information from industry.IntroductionThe ABET Criteria 2000 approach used to accredit engineering education curricula createsopportunities for universities to redesign their curriculum but it requires a focus on achievingspecific goals, objectives and outcomes. Among them is a list of eleven outcomes thatengineering programs must demonstrate their graduates possess upon graduation. The studenteducation outcomes described in the Criterion 3 section of the ABET Criteria 2000 are: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and

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S. A. Tennyson; R. J. Eggert; D. Bunnell

, exceedthe minimum requirements for ABET accreditation.Design, being central to the practice of engineering, was given significant consideration,especially how to integrate design across the curriculum (DAC). The essence of DAC issomewhat captured in the following phrase: “...Design cannot be taught in one course; it is an experience that must grow with the student’s development.” (1996/97 Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States, section IV.C.3.d.(3)(d), ABET, Inc.)A draft policy on Design Across the Curriculum was prepared and distributed to the faculty in Page 3.193.1August 1996. A revised draft

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Edward Doskocz; Alan R. Klayton; Parris C. Neal; Ruth D. Fogg; Scott A. Stefanov; Pamela J. Neal; George W. P. York; Daniel J. Pack; Cameron Wright; Steven Barrett

- LCD text and graphic display interface and serial mouse interface, • Calculator - advanced interrupt techniques and keypad interfacing, • Digital Filtering - Digital-to-analog and ADC conversion techniques. ROBOLAB. ROBOLAB is an in-house developed, motorized robotics platform usedwith PORTOLAB in the EE382 Microcomputer Programming course to teach assembly languageprogramming techniques and microcontroller hardware concepts. The director of the courseintroduced the ROBOLAB concept to achieve course objectives of teaching assembly languageconcepts, microcontroller hardware components, and interfacing techniques in a motivationalatmosphere. The director also wanted to focus the course on an overall, integrated course

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Michael R. Kozak

Session 3647 Partner With Industry to Increase Enrollment and Update Curriculum Michael R. Kozak University of North TexasWhat may be surprising to many nonscientists is the fact that the vast majority of products madetoday are being produced with traditional methods developed between forty and fifty years ago. 1Technology Vision 20201 is a call to action, innovation, and change - a study stimulated by arequest from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In 2020, manufacturingand operations will be agile, reliable

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Melissa J. Dark; Robert J. Herrick; Dennis R. Depew

speaking, training, education, and development activities such as this intend to improveknowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance in present and future roles. Evaluation of ourfaculty and curriculum development activities will serve the role of determining the extent towhich knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance have been improved. "Finding out what hasworked and what has not is essential for human performance improvement and organizationsuccess. Without evaluating, we don't know which performance intervention to stop, modify,continue or improve.”1 The evaluation charter in an educational, training or developmentorganization serves as the quality control system.Kirkpatrick (1959) recommends the use of the following four types of data