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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Murat Tanyel; Charles Adams

aesthetic preference. As part of hisorientation, he had sat in on Adams’ Technology and Society class, which undertakes to examine andcritique the relationship between technology and other areas of western society, and was particularlyimpressed with the discussion on aesthetics in that class. Upon the realization that aestheticpreference is a strong factor in the choice of software for these courses in signal processing, we haveundertaken to look at the role of aesthetics in engineering design and to examine this choice in lightof our discussion on aesthetics. Therefore, this paper will start with an overview of aesthetics,particularly in engineering design. We will then discuss the software packages at Dordt Collegeappropriate for signal

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The Computer, the Web, and the ChE

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2002 Annual Conference

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G.T. Lineberry; David Silverstein

were correspondence courses, drivenby paper based resources. Later offerings were by videotape, emphasizing a reproduction of thevisual classroom experience. More modern implementations of synchronous distance coursesinvolve used of videoconferencing technology, utilizing land-based phone lines, satellite Page 7.176.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationtransmission, or internet-based methods. Many of these courses are supplemented beyondtextual resources using web-based hypermedia

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Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Raul Ordonez; Marianne Cinaglia; Kathryn Hollar; Jess Everett; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Mariano Savelski; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh

Cincinnati.Dr. Linda HeadDr. Linda Head is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atRowan University. She holds an appointment as a Guest Researcher at the National Institute of Standardsand Technology (NIST) in the Semiconductor Electronics Division. Her collaboration with scientists and Page 7.980.7engineers at has led to improvement in industry standards for accelerated testing of VLSI interconnect Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationmaterials and to new

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Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Muthukrishnan Sathyamoorthy

1. Session2002-179 An Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at WVUTech M. Sathyamoorthy Office of the Dean, Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV 25136.AbstractThis paper describes the development and implementation of a graduate program in ControlSystems Engineering at the Leonard C. Nelson College of Engineering in West VirginiaUniversity Institute of Technology (WVUTech). This unique interdisciplinary program is directedtowards professional engineering practice and includes internships for those who can be

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Teaching Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Chris Randell; Marty Bowe; John Feland; Daniel Jensen

Session 2125 A STUDY OF RAPID PROTOTYPING FOR USE IN UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN EDUCATION Daniel Jensen*, Chris Randell, John Feland, Martin Bowe * Department of Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford Univ. Director of Technology, Perry School District, Canton OHABSTRACTDevelopment and use of rapid prototyping (RP) has drastically expanded in the last 10years. Although use of the technology has been predominately focused in industry,academic use has become somewhat

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ET Student Design Teams

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

expenditures must be formally requested and approved by thefaculty advisor. Every attempt is made to make the competition design/build/fly process similar towhat our graduates will experience in industry.Benefits to StudentsParticipation in the competition provides students an opportunity to expand their collegeexperience beyond the instruction in their discipline of study. The experience of design and designof manufacturing is of obvious benefit to the engineering and engineering technology student. Inexercising their technical skills the student is introduced to the challenges of practical engineeringalong with the constraints of producing a concept. The non-engineering student is provided withan introduction to the system like nature of the

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CAD Applications in MET Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mukasa Ssemakula

Session 3649 Introducing Hands-on Manufacturing Experience to Students Mukasa E. Ssemakula Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.AbstractThis paper describes a laboratory-based course in Manufacturing Processes that provides hands-on manufacturing experience to students in Engineering Technology. The theoretical part of thecourse provides a general understanding of the behavior of the materials commonly used inmanufacturing, the basic techniques used in processing them into useful products, the scientifictheory underlying those processes, and the criteria

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New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

Academy (USMA) for two years. Hegraduated from USMA in 1991 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Aero) and received a Master of Science Degree inMechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000. He has served in the United States Army foreleven years.MAJ SHAWN E. KLAWUNDER has been an instructor at the United States Military Academy (USMA) for two years. He Page 7.473.11graduated from USMA in 1990 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and received a Master of Science Degree in Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

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Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

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Peter Ridilla; James Pocock

Construction into a Civil and Page 7.947.5 Environmental Engineering Curriculum”, Presentation to ASEE Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, Golden, CO, January 2000. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 3. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs”, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2000. 4. Jenkins, S.R., J. Pocock, P. Zuraski, R. Meade, Z. Mitchell and J. Farrington, “A

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Athula Kulatunga; Bill Hutzel

2133 Design of a Photovoltaic Power System William J. Hutzel and N. Athula Kulatunga Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstract What should technology and engineering students know about renewable energy?Traditional energy technologies, such as coal-fired power plants and petroleum-based internalcombustion engines, will continue to dominate modern society for the short term. However, anincreased dependence on foreign

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Combining Research and Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stanley Grant; Semsi Ensari

., Environmental engineering education - summary report of the 1st European Seminar. Water Science and Technology, 2000. 41(2): p. 1-7.2. Bishop, P.L., Environmental engineering education in North America. Water Science and Technology, 2000. 41(2): p. 9-16.3. Mino, T., Environmental engineering education in Japan. Water Science and Technology, 2000. 41(2): p. 17-22.4. Smith, D.W. and Biswas, N., Environmental engineering education in Canada. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2001. 28: p. 1-7.5. Egemen, E., Edwards, F., and Nirmalakhandan, N., Computer simulation models in environmental engineering education. Water Science and Technology, 1998. 38(11): p. 295-302.6. Huntington Beach Closure

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger; Renata Engel

Session 2368 Why Do We Lecture? Marilyn Barger, Renata Engel, Richard Gilbert, Mark Maughmer Hillsborough Community College/ Penn State/ University of South Florida/ Penn StateAbstractGiven the opportunities offered by present-day technology, there is a great deal ofemphasis, if not pressure, on engineering faculty to make use of computers, the web, andtechnology classrooms in the educational process. In this environment, the role of thetraditional lecture is often brought into question. While it is agreed that “technology inthe classroom” is here to stay and even has an

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vipin Kumar; Scott Eberhardt

improvements; 5)the role of "people skills" in engineering in team environments 6) system integrationprocesses encompassing design, engineering, and factory practices; and 7) the roles ofinformation technology. During the final week of the program, the fellows returned to a workshop environment toshare, discuss and begin documenting their collective observations and their implicationson engineering education and curricula. Each fellow presented his/her experiences andideas and implementation plans for curriculum enhancement.Industry NeedsThe WFSF was one result of a Boeing-University workshop. The program was modeledafter Boeing's highly successful student summer internship program. In this case, facultywill return to their universities with a clear

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Venkat Allada; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Anthony Okafor; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

willsignificantly impact UMR’s two BS degree option programs in manufacturing and MS degreeprograms in manufacturing, and FV’s manufacturing engineering and technology programs. Wewill establish an integrative and collaborative manufacturing program to reinforce and sharpencritical competencies of students. The centerpiece and uniqueness of this program will be asenior-level, two-semester capstone manufacturing project course that will provide students withthe experience of integrating business and engineering skills toward rapid, distributed productrealization, and a 2-plus-2 articulation between an AS degree Manufacturing EngineeringTechnology program to a BS degree Manufacturing Engineering program. The term“distributed” is used to emphasize that the

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Avanzato

inexpensive, personal digitalassistant (PDA) that supports database, spreadsheet, document viewing/editing, graphics,programming, personal organization, and web-browsing software. Through support from Palm, Inc [2], Palm PDA technology was introduced intoan introductory digital systems engineering course for 24 students in the fall of 2000 atPenn State Abington. The digital systems course covers topics in number systems, logicgates, Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic, state machines, memoryconcepts, and programmable logic devices. These engineering students evaluated anddeveloped handheld software tools for enhancing active learning and instruction in boththe lecture and laboratory components of the course. Databases, simple

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New EET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Youakim Al Kalaani; Abul Azad

-trained peoplewho can operate and maintain this high-tech equipment has substantially increased. This highdemand for qualified engineers and technician has not gone unnoticed. Many colleges across thenation have witnessed growing enrollment in this rapidly changing field. Classically, electricmachines and power electronics have been taught as two separate entities independent from eachother. This is the case in most engineering institutions with graduate courses, since powerelectronics has many other industrial applications. However, teaching modern machines withvariable-speed drives is no longer possible without considerable knowledge of powerelectronics1.The traditional approach in engineering technology education has been to offer students

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Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jon Dixon

Session 3425 Excellence in Product Design Jon C. Dixon Adjunct Faculty Programs in Engineering and Technology Management University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MinnesotaAbstractIndustry strives mightily to provide excellent products. No manufacturer is likely toproduce excellent designs without understanding what is meant in some way by“excellence”. However, it is extremely infrequent to find solid definitions of “designexcellence”.The University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) has established a

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

Speaker Topic/Title Dr. Carl Haas, Dept. of Civil “Teaching future engineeringSeminar April 12, 1999 Engineering educators.” Dr. Gloria Rogers, Rose- "Outcomes assessment - whatSeminar March 25, 1999 Hulman Institute of is it good for?" Technology Graduate engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ann Kenimer; Jim Morgan

, Bob "An Integrated Freshman Engineering Curricula", Proceedings, 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, Tempe, Arizona, November 4-7, 19983. P. Imbrie, C. Malavé, and K. Watson., "From Pedagogy to Reality: The Experience of Texas A&M University with the Foundation Coalition Curricula," Proceedings of the 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1997.ANN KENIMERAnn Kenimer is an Associate Professor of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University and amember of the NSF Foundation Coalition project. She teaches courses in engineering problem solving, engineeringdesign, environmental engineering technology, and nonpoint source pollution control

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Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2002 Annual Conference

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Willie Ofosu

profession as a faculty teaching in atechnology program, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)stipulate that one must have some industrial experience, among other expectations. Thevalue of this lies in the fact that it helps in bringing aspects of the real world to theclassroom. This helps the students to appreciate how the theories and principles learnt inthe classroom relate to practices in industry. Page 7.555.1Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education.This project was sponsored by the Minority Office and

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ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jamie Workman

Session 3149 MET, AFS, and FEF: University, Industry, and Foundation Collaboration That Works Jamie K. Workman Indiana University-Purdue University, IndianapolisIntroductionThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) department at Indiana University - PurdueUniversity, Indianapolis (IUPUI), the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Foundry Society(AFS), and the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF) have had a long, successful partnershipof preparing, promoting, and producing exceptional students ready for employment in themetalcasting industry. This relationship

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Innovative Curriculum Development in MET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Chen Lin

1447 USING SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS IN TEACHING MACHINE DESIGN Cheng Y. Lin, Gary R. Crossman Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VirginiaAbstractThis paper presents an approach on using spreadsheets to teach machine design. It alsolists detailed procedures on how to implement the teaching scheme. Results show thatspreadsheet programs can help students organize their design procedures. By using thecharacteristics of spreadsheet programs, students do not have to repeat the

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Loc Vu-quoc; David Mikolaitis; Norman Fitz-Coy; R. Keith Stanfill

% of our projects were recruited bottom-up• target operations executive management (engineering and manufacturing); human resources folks all think this is a great program, but do not control the resources required to support a project• concentrate initial recruiting efforts on gathering commitments from existing sponsors, then focus on new sponsor recruitingMany of the IPPD projects were established as the result of the networking effort of the facultycoaches. For example, the projects funded by the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) atMacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, was the result of the conversation between one of theauthors and the head of the Directorate of Advanced Technology of SOCOM, during his visit tothe

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MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi

Engineering Technology Program offers at the University of MarylandEastern Shore. The selection of the automatic speed adjustment of windshield wiper wasintended to incorporate and demonstrate the application of feedback control and photo -optics. In this project, the student had to design an automated speed controller for awindshield wiper motor of a vehicle based on the amount of rainfall. The speed of rainfallin this project was determined by the amount of rain collected in semi-funnel shapedmount under-hoot with flat side against the windshield directly. An optic -electronicsystem was designed which uses flash converter to set the desire motor speed setting ofthe wiper according to the rainfall.IntroductionDriving in the varying degrees of

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mohammad Alim

next batch with six students in the same option are scheduled to Graduate in May 2002.Both these batches of students were provided hands-on laboratory training at the University ofMassachusetts (UMass) – Lowell campus in the Summer of 2000 and 2001, respectively. Forthis hands-on training financial support was obtained. The REU (Research Education for theUndergraduates) funded during 2000 was provided by the National Science Foundation(NSF). During 2001 the total funding was arranged through the Army Missile Command(AMCOM). Any remaining balance was supported by the University.The construction of the new School of Engineering and Technology building isprogressing. This building will have a dedicated VLSI and Microelectronics

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Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

Session 1448 INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORT CARD FEEDBACK ON NEWLY DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS LABORATORY Jerome Tapper, Walter W. Buchanan Northeastern University, Boston, MassachusettsAbstract ¾ In order for engineering technology programs to provide more formidable state-of-the-art programs for their students, program administrators must gain insight into theworthiness of their curricula. Engineering technology programs and courses supported andevaluated by industry representatives are quite valuable in preparing students for responding tolocal

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Devdas Shetty

Session 2087 Real Time Mechatronic Design Process for Research and Education Devdas Shetty 1, Jun Kondo 2, Claudio Campana3, Richard A. Kolk 4 1,2,3 - University of Hartford, College of Engineering West Hartford, CT, USA 4 - Carrier Electronics Div., United Technologies Corp., Farmington, CT, USAAbstractThis paper presents the design methodology used in various real time mechatronics projects thatinvolve data acquisition, real time control and embedded processing. As a design philosophy,mechatronics serves as an integrating approach to engineering design. A mechatronicallydesigned product relies heavily on system

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Program Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

Assessment Page 7.1123.2Processes4 every year. This conference is very useful and recommended for TC2K preparation. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMany other assessment and accreditation references are also available from the ASEE website 5The Recipe for Success at Purdue University CalumetAfter reviewing various sources, becoming educated on assessment methods, and working tounderstand the purpose of implementing the new ABET criteria, the Department ofManufacturing Engineering Technologies

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve Rothberg; Phil Barker; Aruna Palipana; Fiona Lamb

teaching software using the project’sstandardised evaluation process and creating a fully-searchable database of software reviewsand evaluation case studies, EASEIT-Eng seeks to make the task of choosing andimplementing such software an easier one. These reviews and evaluation case studies indicatestrengths and weaknesses of a particular application of the CBL software as well as thesoftware itself. In addition to offering an introduction to an evaluation methodology withpotential for wide-spread applicability, this paper will be of interest to the many projects andservices in the field of Learning Technology that rely on securing practitioner involvementfor their success.The ProjectThe main aim of EASEIT-Eng is to enable engineering academics to

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Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

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R. Artigue; M. H. Hariri; M. Misovich; M. Anklam; David Miller

Page 7.66.5 Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationDAVID C. MILLERDavid C. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Dr.Miller has previously taught at Michigan Technological University and The Ohio State University. He received aB.S. degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an M.S. from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.M. HOSSEIN HARIRIM. Hossein Hariri is a Professor and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. He received a B.S. degree from Abadan Institute of Technolgy in Iran, an M.S. from Illinois Institute ofTechnology, and a Ph.D. from