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Robert M. Henry

text and graphic) embedded in the drawings tohelp students develop an understanding of the notation, symbols and terminology associated withengineering drawings. Thus Civil SEVE has it own unique set of attributes.Another is to add the material related to the reading and interpretation of engineeringconstruction drawings to existing courses. Civil SEVE eliminates many problems associated withpresenting drawing information to students by using sets of full-scale engineering drawings. Theinformation conveyed by paper drawings is static and maneuvering through multiple drawings toview related plans, sections and details is awkward. It is easy for a student to lose sight of theconcepts being discussed when he or she is having a difficult time

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Paul Rossler

effort described in this paper wasa first attempt to create those experiences in a senior-level course, Production Systems Design.The paper begins with a brief description of the course and its objectives. Next, the learningcontext is described, followed by the general framework used for each design experience.Individual design experiences are then described. The paper concludes with lessons learned andfuture improvements planned.Production Systems Design and Manufacturing Systems EngineeringThe course, Production Systems Design, is a four credit hour course (two design credits) thatfocuses on planning the overall production process and designing the workplace in a discrete partproduction environment. Given a scenario that describes an

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Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

STANDARDSThe ISO 14000 series of standards or principles is being designed to help industry better tracktheir own environmental operations, compliance, and performance. Many companies withexisting environmental management systems are evaluating their own plans and comparing themwith the draft ISO proposals for the various aspects of environmental management. The firsttwo components of this environmental management series will be released this year: ISO 14001and ISO 14010, the Environmental Management Systems Protocol and the Environmental AuditsSystems, respectively. Other environmental management issues that will become themes of anISO environmental standard include: product labeling (ISO 14020 series), environmentalperformance evaluation (ISO 14030

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Gary Benenson; Benjamin Liaw

laboratories, whichare used in several required courses in our ME curriculum. Modern equipment procured forthese laboratories is used for education in CNC machining, robotics, computer-integratedmanufacturing, flexible manufacturing cells, and mechatronics using programmable logiccontrollers (PLC’s) and microcontrollers for measurement and control. Perhaps the most unique feature of our approach is the very extensive involvement ofstudents (both graduate and undergraduate) in all phases of the project. From the very beginningstudents formed teams, each of which took charge of a major piece of equipment. Theyparticipated in the planning of manufacturing courses; got involved in the selection process ofequipment purchase; learned to operate the

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Don McMurchie

metallographic specimen examination. Other classes that may benefit from this type ofexamination would be senior projects and group projects. In these classes, perhaps not every projectwould require metallographic examination, however many of these projects would be greatlyenhanced by doing so.Nearly every lab would benefit from technical photography support. From Oregon Institute ofTechnology's manufacturing engineering technology program, the following list has been identifiedas benefitting from technical photographic support: Manufacturing Analysis and Planning Geometric Dimensioning and tolerancing/Metrology Page 2.22.3 Tool

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Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

) through feedbackand continuous improvement, evolution of the course sequence to meet the changing needs of allstakeholders, while maintaining the integrity of the foundational purpose. ENGR 1201 is an introductory two-semester hour course in which students are assignedto multidisciplinary teams to work on a semester-long conceptual design project whilesimultaneously receiving instruction and assignments in basic computing skills, personaldevelopment, team skills and tools, project planning, creative problem solving, introduction todisciplines, professional practice, and technical presentations. With few exceptions these topicsare related to the semester design project, and exercises are designed to complement the project’sprogress. The

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Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

the student encounters.Administrative problems can be solved with appropriate levels of funding. To successfully usecommercial tools like the Cadence products, a high-end workstation laboratory with enough seatsto support engineering courses is required. Although it is possible to run these Cadence tools on aSparc II, it is recommended that as least a Sparc 5 is used with 32MB of memory. The laboratorywill require systems administration for maintenance and software upgrades. Cadence providesCNU with regular upgrades as part of our annual agreement which costs $5,000/year. Usersshould plan regular upgrades to keep current with EDA technology, but be careful not to upgradeduring the semester in case something goes wrong.The learning curve

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Charles U. Okonkwo

3MET 494G/598D Waste Minimization and Prevention 3MET 4XX Material and Energy Balan in Manufacturing Processes 3MET 4XX Energy 3MET 4XX Environmental Ethics and Regulations 3MET 4XX Environmental Site Planning for Industries 3Students with environmental emphasis option would substitute Manufacturing and theEnvironment course (MET 4XX) and Waste minimization and Prevention (MET494G/598D) for MET 344 and MET 346 respectively. In order to maintain the total 128semester credit hours, they would use the remaining four of the proposed courses as

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Barbara Blake Bath

on their own during the week and then meet on Fridayto present their weekly progress report. These weekly meetings enable the students to get an ideaabout all of the project areas. Some students determined last year that there was an area ofsoftware development in which they were not interested. Others found new areas of interest. Some field trips to local firms to determine career opportunities are planned. Once studentsget involved with their project, they are usually anxious to see it to conclusion and are notthrilled about having too many speakers or field trips.Reporting Requirements: Each team presents a ten minute oral report each week which gives abrief overview of accomplishments of the past week and plans for the next week

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Daniel Davis

phases of planning,programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding, andconstruction administration. Additional phases may also be included such as site evaluation,interior design and post-occupancy services. Each phase has a particular set of issues andprocedures, but all involve a design and decision making component.During the planning phase goals are developed and a schedule is established. Programmingdetermines the specific requirements of the project itself. Schematic design involves consideringalternative design options and establishing a preliminary approach. The design developmentphase refines the schematic design. In the construction document phase specifications anddrawings are produced that document

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, with the support of the Director and theProgram Coordinator of the CEAS Minority Engineering Program (MEP) and a faculty member.In particular, the curriculum was designed by Dream Team I in consultation with a CEASAssociate Professor. The coach professor met with the students on several occasions to plan theprogram, made himself available as a consulting coach during the first week of the program, andallowed the students full autonomy over the instruction during the second week.The curriculum team determined that the students would be teamed to develop a Web Page to bepresented at the conclusion of the program. After each module, the curriculum team reconvenedto discuss progress and to make modifications for the following sessions. At their

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Roy C. Shelton

; Work With Others2. Plan, Implement, & Manage High Value Added Production/Process Systems3. Solve Unstructured, Unsolved Problems4. Lead ChangeThe macro competency “Know Self & Work With Others” includes teaming, mentoring, self-examination and personal growth, together with written and verbal communications. “Plan,Implement, & Manage High Value Added Production/Process Systems” is the technical Page 2.325.4competency which embraces strategic planning, process system design and development, quality 4assurance, continuous improvement

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Gary R. Martin

placement. In 1985, Ilaunched a similar chain of events with Siemens Company in Germany. The idea grew in itsappeal with more students and companies. Concurrent with this trend, we began hearing moreand more of such terms as global economy,# "cross-cultural sensitivity,# "improved internationalrelations,# etc. in various professional engineering circles. So around 1993, it occurred to us thatit might be helpful to provide some structured guidance for preparing students for theseinternational Co-ops by making available a plan whereby students could take internationally-oriented courses prior to such a Co-op, and receive an "International Engineering Minor# degreeupon such completion. This paper presents our formal published guidelines for this

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Integrating Design in Electrical Engineering Curriculum (1232)

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David J. Ahlgren, Trinity College

, PROCESS, IF-THEN-ELSE, CASE..WHEN, Conditional Assignment (WHEN...ELSE structure), and ‘EVENT.The ENGR221L laboratory, which meets each week for three hours, emphasizes CAD-baseddesign using standard components (primarily LSTTL) and programmable logic devices. In thelast three years the ENGR221L laboratory has employed Altera CPLD's and the associated CADtool-set, Max+Plus II. Since most of the students are sophomores, ENGR221L offers a firstexposure to engineering laboratory practice. Many plan to major in engineering, but some willmajor in such fields as computer science, psychology, and chemistry. Students generally workin teams of two in the lab, but on large projects several teams will combine their efforts. Teamsdevelop their designs before

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John K. Brown

in response the combined challenges of unalterable staffing and funding levels andanticipated enrollment growth. This paper outlines how the Division of Technology, Culture andCommunication at SEAS plans to refashion its introductory writing and speaking class (TCC 101)to meet these challenges. Our goals are simply put:--accomplish more teaching with fewer resources--improve the quality of our instruction in writing and public speaking--promote students’ awareness of modern social, economic, and political issues relating to engineering practice--increase students’ ethical awareness--decrease the attrition rate of first-year students (chiefly a problem of transfers into UVA’s liberal arts college)At present, TCC 101 is a labor

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Taggart Smith

concerns regarding technology and society." 3Is the study of engineering management including these improvements? To answer this questionand to look at the "differences" in the discipline of engineering management (EM), I polled anassortment of practitioners familiar with field literature to find the most well-known programs. Ithen asked representatives from the programs to send their most recent plans of study. In thispaper I will look for similarities and differences in course requirements for popular programs inengineering management. The search theme is to discover the subject areas important in thepreparation of our discipline's graduates, especially the five areas of communication, business,creativity,teamwork, ethics, and international

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Edward Pines

from master’s level programs in engineering and business, providinga rich mixture of backgrounds for analysis and discussion. Problems studied include human-computer interfaces in planning, scheduling, and accounting systems, workplace designs forvarious types of teams, human error, and other ergonomics topics appropriate to themanufacturing environment. The legal and regulatory environment of the manufacturingworkplace are introduced to the design process. A design project including workplaceevaluation, analysis, and improvement proposals, is conducted with the assistance of NMSU’sAdvanced Manufacturing Center. The term “ergonomic design” is often abused in the marketing of manufacturingequipment and systems. In this course, future

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Henry G. Ansell

some teams still had difficulty in meeting. at this writing it appears likely that a follow-upjoint class session of about 15 minutes needs to be arranged to discuss the projects, improvebonding and, most importantly, establish satisfactory meeting times for those teams that have notyet done so. This instructor plans to facilitate a discussion among the engineering students concerningteamwork. In teaming engineering students with occupational therapy students it is intended thatthe engineering students will improve in some teamwork skills: encouraging other teammembers to contribute their thoughts; listening respectfully to other team members; promotingagreement among the team members; encouraging other team members to do a share of

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Gary R. Crossman

sites via interactive television (or other method) isextremely important. Logistics should be a major consideration in the development stages ofdistance education programs so that effective teaching is not compromised. However, allproblems cannot always be foreseen. Such problems must be adequately addressed as quickly aspossible. Much careful planning occurred in the preparation of ODU’s distance educationprograms, but unforeseen circumstances did occur. Eight years of experience has helped us solvemost of these problems. The following are logistical areas that should be addressed: Preparation of faculty Availability of faculty to students Exchange of homework, tests Testing

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Barbara Mirel; Atul Prakash; Leslie A. Olsen; Elliot Soloway

collaboration and technical issues they must deal with, students and professors havetraditionally not had the time in one semester to add the activities and resulting documentationthat user-centered design requires. These documents include the following: User and task analyses based on contextual inquiry, activity-based planning, and scenarios. A vision statement tying the product to a market niche and what it takes to fill that niche. High level specifications reflecting users’ points of view, including plans for interfaces. User test plans for prototyping to guide the construction of instruction and interfaces that users need. Progress reports on key trade-offs resulting from negotiating technical and user issues and the rationales behind them

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Yeu-Sheng Shiue; Bernard B. Beard

generate the CNC code. The hardwareportion of the syllabus is structured around a Fadal VMC-15 Vertical Machining Center. Bothhardware and software are assets of the ILME.This class integrates CAD/CAM, design for producibility, numerical-controlled machining, andrapid prototyping into the engineering curriculum, and exposes students to modern concurrentengineering techniques.The plan of this paper is as follows. Section II discusses the ILME. Section III details theorganization and syllabus of ME 435. Section IV presents a discussion of some startup pains aswell as a discussion of planned enhancements to the course. Section V gives conclusions

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Ronald H. Rockland

Session 1247 Course Analysis Effectiveness Survey of BSET Graduates Ronald H. Rockland New Jersey Institute of Technology ABSTRACT Just as the business world has realized that customers are its first priority, higher education alsoneeds to become customer oriented. Since our customers are our students, the opinions by recentand past graduates on course effectiveness with respect to their job functions is important. This analysis was part of an overall strategic planning effort within the EngineeringTechnology department of NJIT. A

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Walter S. Lund; Trudy L. Schwartz; Lee D. Peterson; Lawrence E. Carlson

Session 2659 Facilitating Interdisciplinary Hands-on Learning using LabStations Lawrence E. Carlson, Lee D. Peterson, Walter S. Lund & Trudy L. Schwartz Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractCulminating five years of planning by faculty and students, the Integrated Teaching andLearning (ITL) Laboratory opened its doors in January 1997. One of the goals of the newfacility is to link theory and experimentation in a hands-on way. Custom designedLabStations facilitate this goal with the capability to

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Robert L. Avanzato

context for the entire course. The objective of thecontest is to design an autonomous robot capable of navigating a maze and locating andextinguishing a randomly placed candle in the least amount of time. The competition maze is an8’ by 8’ area divided into 4 rooms. The walls of the maze are 13” high and the hallways andentrances to the rooms are 18” wide. The robot is limited in size to a maximum 12.25” by12.25” by 12.25” volume. The candle flame is at a height of 6-8 inches. There is no minimumrobot size requirement, and no robot weight limit. A floor plan for the maze is provided inFigure 1. The candle flame may be extinguished in a variety of ways including foam, water, air,CO2, baking soda, etc. There exist options that result in

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B. S. Sridhara

2Project Planning, Curriculum Integration, Fund Raising and Team Support, VehicleTesting and Driver Training, and Logistics were also discussed in the proposal. Iexplained how we plan to meet all of the specifications listed in the Sunrayce ‘97Regulations.3 Proposals submitted by different universities were evaluated and scored bySunrayce officials. We were selected as one of the top 30 teams to receive an award of$2000. Currently, 60 teams have registered to compete in Sunrayce 97. The list includesMIT, Yale, Texas A&M, Stanford, University of Michigan, and several universities fromCanada. We are building our second solar car, the Solaraider II. Many undergraduatestudents, the Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Chair, the Dean of

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Halvard E. Nystrom; Diego Rodriguez

instructors to identify what factors should be considered during the design ofdistance education experiences through the internet and other low-budget supporting media. Thefocus is on the educational objectives that are sought in these educational interactions and themotivational objectives to energize the students. To test out the application it is applied to thedesign of an actual educational interaction between the University of Missouri - Rolla andCibertec Institute of Technology in Lima, Peru, to be held in April, 1997 and a brief descriptionof the interaction plan is included to further describe this process.INTRODUCTIONThe advent of internet tools and the widespread distribution of the internet are opening newwindows of opportunities for

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Henry A. Wiebe

the Malcolm BaldrigeNational Quality Award (MBNQA) criteria.There are many specific reasons why the MBNQA criteria could profitably be used to guidechange in higher education and the primary ones are quite simple. First, the criteria are flexible.They allow the institution to identify who it serves (i.e. the stakeholders or customers) and thento establish its key mission and supporting goals relative to meeting the needs of those beingserved. Next, while the criteria do not call for specific practices or organizational structures, theydo call for strategic planning and an alignment of activities and resources to focus on the goalsestablished. Finally, adherence to the criteria requires systematic assessment to insure thatresources are being

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Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Wendy Newstetter; Jennifer Turns

learn from theexperience.A learning essay is a written composition in which students document observations about theirdesign experiences, explore the implications of the observations, and then articulate what theyhave learned. We have been using this activity for over ten years. Student write these essaysfollowing the completion of each phase of the design process (e.g., the planning phase and theconceptual design phase). Some essays are exhilarating to read and really convey a sense of astudent’s struggle to understand the design lessons inherent in their experiences. Other essaysare terse, full of platitudes, unrelated to the students personal experiences, and generallyunconvincing. In working with the students to understand why the quality

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Sun-Chai Lee

, especially someoneserving on a tenure or promotion committee of this junior member. In dealing with this typeof situation, it would be best if the dean or director of engineering would serve as the campusrepresentative. As a policy of ASEE, the campus representative is encouraged to work closely withhis or her dean or director of engineering in planning and executing campus activities. Thereare two reasons for this. First, there are no funds for the campus representative to operateexcept with funds allocated by the dean . Secondly, some of the campus activities need theapproval from the dean. The dean can facilitate the tasks and activities that a campusrepresentative pursues in the college. Usually, department chairs are not supportive of

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Jeffrey G. Sczechowski

on to win the national Air and WasteManagement Association (AWMA) award for the best student paper. Several other students areeither planning to or have gone on to pursue graduate engineering degrees in either chemical orenvironmental engineering. INTRODUCTIONRemember this scenario: A long, long time ago, in a graduate program far, far away, you wereonce baffled as how to start your M.S. or Ph.D. research. If you don’t, then either you were bornwith the silver spoon of omnipotence or you are subconsciously blocking this traumaticexperience. Seriously, embarking on that first independent research project, whether in graduateschool or on the job, is intimidating. In many instances, the “research