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Building Bridges in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev

, (3)where D(l) is the chromatic-dispersion parameter measured in picoseconds (ps) per nanometer(nm) times kilometer (km), L is the transmission length in km, and Dl is the spectral width of alight source in nm. Given the spectral width of a light source and the transmission length, achromatic dispersion parameter becomes the critical characteristic of an optical fiber thatdetermines chromatic dispersion. Manufacturers specify the chromatic-dispersion parameter for optical fibers either bygiving its value or by the formula D(l) = (S 0/4)l[1 – (l0/l)4], (4)where S0 is the zero-dispersion slope in ps/(nm2-km), l0 is the zero-dispersion wavelength, and lis the operating

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Mooney

Session 3453The Development and Operation of Adventure Engineering,A K-12 Curriculum Development ProgramM.A. Mooney, T. Laubach, S. NicholasUniversity of Oklahoma, 202 W. Boyd, Rm 334, Norman OK 73019IntroductionThe need for effective K-12 engineering outreach is apparent. The burgeoning demandfor a technical workforce far outpaces the supply currently graduated. According to theNational Science Foundation, U.S. colleges awarded 37 percent fewer degrees incomputer science, 24 percent fewer in math, 16 percent fewer in engineering and 2percent fewer in physical sciences in 1998 compared to 1988. Enrollment in engineeringschools has also steadily decreased

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeff Kimble

Luther Fincher,Chief for the city of Charlotte, NC Fire Department. However, in the initial presentation to theUniversity, the program was perceived to be more of a training program rather than education sothe University stated it was not interested. Then the idea was brought back to the University inthe mid 1990’s by Chiefs Holloway and Proctor of the Concord, NC Fire Department. Theinitial contact was to the College of Business Administration as the Concord chiefs felt that theprogram should be primarily an administrative program. The College of BusinessAdministration also expressed no interest in taking on a program of this nature.Not willing to drop the idea of creating a program, Chief Proctor and Chief Holloway consideredanother option

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Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerard Foster

. Introduction Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a not-for-profit organization that partners with middle schools and high schools, organizations in the private sector, and institutes of higher education to provide students with a technology-based, project-oriented curriculum targeted to increase the quality and number of engineering and engineering technology professionals in this country. Conceptualized by Richard Blais in the early 1980’s, this program, with the help of the Charitable Venture Foundation, started with 13 schools in 1997. Currently, 221 high schools and 57 middle schools in 27 states are affiliated with PLTW with a projection of 600 schools by the end of 2003. Approximately 80,000 students have been exposed to the PLTW program. In

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

3investigate how drug concentration, matrix material and 2particle size, and tableting pressure effect a tablet’s physical 1 M = 2 DC s Ct tproperties [3], (4) investigate the release kinetics of the drug 0 0 0.5 1 1 .5 2 2.5from the matrix and to determine whether Higuchi kinetics [2] Tim e 1/2 1/2

Conference Session

MET Student Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Lyth; Jorge Rodriguez

Gear: The Dirt on Drags, Fly Rod & Reel, March/April, pp. 76-77. 3. Cozad, D., 1998, Trout Unlimited, phone conversation, Kalamazoo, MI 4. Gibbs, J., 1997, Fly Reels 1997. Fly Fisherman, pp. 60-63. 5. Groner, S. and Aldrich, T., 1998, Hydraulic Drag in Fly Fishing. Project Proposal, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI, 6. Mason, B., 1988. Fly Fishing: Learn from a Master. Lanham: Sports Illustrated Books. 7. Reel Company – Abel, 1998, phone conversation. Kalamazoo, MI 8. Rosenbauer, T., 1984. The Orvis Fly Fishing Guide. Lyons & Burford Publishers, New York, NY. 9. Webb, P., 1997, Phone conversation, Lansing, MIBiographical InformationJORGE RODRIGUEZAssistant Professor and Research Associate of the Human Performance

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Oner Yurtseven

development plan for newly hiredengineering technology faculty members as well as engineering technologyadministrators.Although such a plan will go a long way in helping a new engineering technology facultymember, more work and effort are needed on the part of the engineering technologycommunity as a whole to define the field of engineering technology more clearly,differentiating it from both engineering and science areas. If the expectations of teachingexcellence and satisfactory research activity are articulated and clarified for the peers ofengineering technology faculty, it would be of great help to all engineering technologyeducators.Bibliography[1] Johnston, S. F., Gostalev, J. P., and King, W. J., “Engineering and Society”, Prentice Hall, 2000

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 2625. Available CD-ROM. 3. Davis, D.C., R.W. Crain Jr., D.E. Calkins, K.L. Gentili, and M.S. Trevisan. “Competency-Based Engineering Design Projects.” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1608. Available CD-ROM. 4. Davis, D.C., R.W. Crain, M.S. Trevisan, D.E. Calkins, and K.L. Gentili. “Categories and Levels for Defining Engineering Design Program Outcomes.” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3530. Available CD-ROM. 5. Campbell, S., and C.L. Colbeck. “Teaching and Assessing Engineering Design: A Review of the Research.” Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3530

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gurdip Singh

Session 1420 Evaluating the Impact of Real-time Systems Theory Course on a Multidisciplinary Embedded Systems Curriculum G. Singh1 , M. Mizuno1 , M. Neilsen1 , D. Lenhert2 , N. Zhang3 , A. Gross41 Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU), fsingh,masaaki,neilseng@cis.ksu.edu2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, KSU, lenhert@ksu.edu3 Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, KSU, zhangn@ksu.edu4 The IDEA Center, 211 S. Seth Child Road, Manhattan, KS, agross@ksu.edu Abstract The ChERT project is

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

Tapias. Available at <> (1999).3. Bryant, R.E. & Irwin, M.J. Current and future Ph.D. output will not satisfy demand for faculty. Computing Research News, 2001, March, 5-11.4. Cambell, G. Jr., Denes, R. & Morrison, C. (Eds.) Access Denied: Race, Ethnicity, and the Scientific Enterprise. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2000).5. Cassell, J. & Jenkins, H. (Eds.) From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. Cambridge: MIT Press (1998).6. Catsambis, S. Gender, race, ethnicity, and science education in the middle grades. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995, 32, 243-257.7. Clewell, B., Anderson, B. & Thorpe, M. Breaking the Barriers: Helping Female and Minority

Conference Session

Using Animation and Simulation in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa

analog transients andharmonic distortion. These tools are also being incorporated into ongoing research in mixed-signal anddigital test. Page 7.816.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. T. Hall, “Using Simulation Software for Electronics Engineering Technology Laboratory Instruction,” 2000 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, 3547, St. Louis, MO, June 18-21, 2000.2. S. Pisarski, “Using Simulation Software for Electronics Engineering Technology Laboratory

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Santhosh Thampuran

, 1999.2. Course website, www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/vspgroup/burleson/courses/197H/3. MATLAB website, www.mathworks.com4. Interactive MPEG-1 Video Demonstration web page in the WebDVD website, http://vsp2.ecs.umass.edu/mpeg/5. Cool Edit website, www.cooledit.com6. M. Stern, J. Steinberg, H.I. Lee, J. Padhye, J. Kurose, "MANIC: Multimedia Asynchronous NetworkedIndividualized Courseware", Proc. of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1997.7. RIPPLES website, http://ripples.cs.umass.edu8. S. Thampuran, W. Burleson, K. Watts, “Multimedia Distance Learning Without the Wait”, Proc. of Frontiers inEducation Conference, 2001.PROF. WAYNE BURLESON is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringat the University of

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

correctly answered. Ø The second type of charts represents the percent of students correctly answered each individual transfer question. The caption of this type indicates the number and type of question. For example, Q1, Q2, … and Q6 indicate question number 1, 2, … and so on. While C indicates a cylindrical object, S a sheet object, and B a block object.· In comparing the results from each case sections with those of the control section, one can conclude the followings: 1. Students in the case sections outperformed those in the control section in every aspect. 2. Students in all sections performed better when a cylindrical object was used. This is due to the fact that students in all sections have practiced on

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

isthe result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting andcontribute to and bless the lives of others.” 1Bibliography 1. Covey, S., “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Fireside, New York, NY, 1990. 2. American Association for Higher Education (AAHE): Series on Service-Learning in the Disciplines (adapted from the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993) 3. University of San Diego department of Community Service Learning., www.sandiego.edu/csl. 4. Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), www.abet.orgLEONARD A. PERRYLeonard A. Perry is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University

Conference Session

Multimedia and Product Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Goldenberg; Carlos Morales

(2002) PTC Corporation. [On-line] . Available:http://www.ptc.com/[4] SolidWorks product information (2002) SolidWorks Corporation. [On-line] . Available:http://www.solidworks.com/[5] Greco, Joe. CADENCEWeb (2001). CMP Publishing. [On-line]. Available:http://www.cadenceweb.com/2001/0801/mcad0801.html[6] 3Dview and SpinFire product information (2001) Actify Corporation. [On-line] . Available:http://www.actify.com/v2/index.htm[7] Morales, C., & Meador, S. (2000). Trial results from a custom distance learning system based onhybridization of cd-rom, web, and active-x component technology. Proceedings of the InformationVisualization Conference IV’2000 (pp. 39-43). IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA.[8] Morales, C. (2001). A method of

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Miller; Carlos Morales

technology, acommercial turnkey solution for delivering streaming video content over a wireless IP network does notcurrently exist in the distance learning market. Technologically, the system is built around Microsoft’sActive Server Pages and Windows Media Services. ASP s used to implement the logic and WMS providesthe video streaming capabilities. The system also addresses on-site video delivery through the integration ofa intelligent mechanism capable of identifying users accessing the module from wireless PDA’s anddelivering alternate content through IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN. Additionally, the system utilizes path-finding methodology and artificial intelligence algorithms to intelligently select the delivered instructional,user-specific

Conference Session

Unique Lab Experiments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne DeTurris

not have been possiblewithout definition of a reasonable goal for the program and a coherent structure for its projectmanagement. However, the team most definitely rose to the level of the expectations for them.Encouragement and support produced amazing results. And consistently throughout the project, itwas most fortunate that since the volunteers were self-motivated, the energy of the group wasalways positive.References1) Allen, M.L., Aldridge, M.D. and Burkhalter, B.B., “The Evolution of University and Industry ResearchRelationships”, Engineering Education, April 1989, pp 418-423.2) Sponable, Jess M., “Two Stage or Not To Stage”, Launchspace, July/August/September 1999, pp 35-37.3) Davis, H.P., Talay, T., and Wells, S., “An Evolutionary

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juris Reinfelds

; Dijkstra, Structured Program-ming, Academic Press (1972)[2] Dijkstra, E.W., “A Discipline of Programming”, Prentice Hall (1976)[3] Floyd, R., “Assigning Meaning to Programs”, pp.19-32, Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science XIX, Amer-ican Mathematical Society (1967)[4] Hoare, C.A.R., “An Axiomatic Approach to Computer Programing”, CommACM, pp.576-580,Vol.12#10,(1969)[5] Naur, P., “Proofs of Algorithms by General Snapshots”, BIT Vol.6 pp.310-316, (1969)[6] www.mozart-oz.org (2002)[7] Van Roy, P., Haridi, S., www.info.ucl.ac.be/people/PVR/book.html (2002)Biographical InformationJuris Reinfelds received his PhD from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, in 1963. Through the Universityof Edinburgh, University of Adelaide, Marshall Space

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ross; Denise Jackson

the problems addressed by each topic, thetools and techniques used to address those problems, and the shareware programs that can beused to facilitate the solving of those problems.Engineering EconomicsEngineers not only design projects, they also justify implementation of those projects. They mustconsider whether a project will offer some net benefit to the people who will be affected by it;and they must consider the cost of consuming natural resources, both in the price that must bepaid for them and the realization that once they are used for that project, they will no longer beavailable for any other project(s). In searching and selecting different programs for engineeringeconomics, certain features were deemed critical for effectiveness

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Darrell Guillaume; Crist Khachikian

Session 1451 Attitudes vs. Performance in the Engineering Classroom Crist S. Khachikian, Darrell W. Guillaume California State University Los AngelesIntroductionThe paradigm subscribed to by most people is that if one believes that a goal can be achieved,success is more likely. This is especially true in the pursuit of educational goals 1. A new trendin introductory texts focusing on orienting students to higher education, including those used inengineering courses, is to place a high degree of emphasis on this point. For example the widelyused text by Landis 1 is filled with phrases such as

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sylvie Ratté; Jocelyne Caron

and Teaching Support Network Centre for Information and Computer Sciences (University of North London, 2000).5. Hadjerrouit, S. in ITiCSE 171-174 (Association for Computing Machinery, Cracow, Poland, 1999).6. Weber-Wulff, D. in ITiCSE 85-88 (Association for Computing Machinery, Helsinki, Finland, 2000).7. Gehringer, E. F. in ITiCSE 139-143 (Association for Computing Machinery, Charlotte, NC, 2001).8. Pollock, L. in ITiCSE 287-291 (Association for Computing Machinery, Charlotte, NC, 2001).9. Singer, J. D. & Willett, J. B. in Symposium on Innovations in teaching: How Can We Improve the Communications Skills of Students? Annual Meeting of the American Stastistical Association (San

Conference Session

Teaching Effective Communications

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

. It is before the Tale of Contents 26.punctuation with equations (: with follow/s/ing only)TABLE OF CONTENTS 27.equations have space16.All sections represented EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND PROCEDURE Page 7.569.717.Abstract and Table of C not listed “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

. o Creative assessment of the teaching and learning. As the new ABET criteria becomes more widely used, there will be an increasing need in the sharing of approaches to learning assessment. - Scholarship in their Field o Dissemination of knowledge is the key word in this area. Faculty sharing their professional and technical experiences contribute to the knowledge of the ET community as a whole. o Article s on applied research submitted and published by the appropriate journals and professional conferences. o Reports of student projects supported or funded by industry. o Non-proprietary information on technical activities and outcomes

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak

pages.9. G. Perdikaris, “Computer control of machines and processes,” 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1359, 9 pages.10. R. O’Brien, Jr., “Matlab simulation projects for a first course in linear control systems,” 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2520, 7 pages.11. R. Ramachandran, R. Ordonez, S. Farrell, Z. Gephardt, and H. Zhang, “Multidisciplinary control experiments based on the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) concept,” 2001 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1526, 17 pages.12. B. Diong, “Providing an updated dynamic systems and controls lab experience,” 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 2532, 9 pages.13. B. Diong, C. Della-Piana, and R. Wicker, “Taking dynamic

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Kiefer

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Netmedia Inc., Support Documents for BX-24 Basic Express Microprocessor version 1.46, Tucson, AZ, 2000.2. Kiefer S., Thrower J.P., Silverberg L., Kelmer K., “Experiments in PID Control for Non -electrical Engineers”,available at www.ece.uprm.edu/~kiefer, 1998.3. Dietz P., “A Pragmatic Introduction to the Art of Electrical Engineering”, unpublished course manuscriptdownloaded from the Parallax website (www.parallax.com), 1999.4. Culbreth W., “Meeting the Needs of Industry: Development of a Micorcontroller Course for MechanicalEngineers”, Proceedings of

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Engineering Economy Education Research

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Merino

as successful at teaching the accounting used inEngineering Economics to college engineering students as the classical college course and thetutorial combined.Impact of GPAA final analysis was performed to ensure that the G.P.A of the students who already took thetraditional course was not significantly different than those who took the tutorial alone. Theauthors wanted to assure that this was true so as not to invalidate the findings in this paper. Anindependent samples t-test was performed on GPA using whether or not a student took thetraditional course as the grouping variable. As expected there was no significant differencebetween the G.P.A.’s of those students who had previously taken the traditional EngineeringEconomics course and

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

tested for inter-rater reliability and were shown to yield the samemean (within 0.5), regardless of which set of three faculty evaluate the material. Theseresults, in conjunction with input from alumni, employers, and the students themselvesserve as a basis for assessment of the chemical engineering program.Bibliographic Information 1. ABET Engineering Criteria 2000. 2. R. M. Diamond, Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula: A Practical Guide,” Jossey- Bass Inc., San Francisco (1998). 3. J. A. Newell, H. L. Newell, T. C. Owens, J. Erjavec, R. Hasan, and S. P. K. Sternberg, "Issues in Developing and Implementing an Assessment Plan in Chemical Engineering Departments," Chemical Engineering Education 34 (3

Conference Session

New EET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani; Abul Azad

stand are convenient and cost-effective. They are not only self-contained butalso essentially safe to work on. As a result, the department has acquired Lab-Voltelectrodynamics trainers completely equipped with industrial-type dc/ac machines andtransformers. Power electronics and variable-speed drive modules are also provided to teachstudents how to operate and troubleshoot control systems using dc and ac drives. The trainers areof the latest solid-state technology and include speed control, acceleration, low-frequency boost,as well as, different switching mode operations. Each mounted machine ha s a cutaway bellhousing that permits visual inspection of its internal construction. This feature was found to beparticularly appealing because one can

Conference Session

New/Emerging Technologies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hakan Gurocak

of 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.3 J. Dutton, M. Dutton and J. Perry, “Do online students perform as well as lecture students?,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 1, 2001, pp. 131-136.4 G. Thiagarajan, and C. Jacobs, “Teaching undergraduate mechanics via distance learning: a new experience,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 1, 2001, pp. 151-156.5 S. Vardeman, and J.M. Jobe, Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis, Thomson Learning, Pacific Grove, CA, 2001.6 J. Zar, Biostatistical Analysis, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall, Inc. Eaglewood cliffs, New Jersey, 1984.HAKAN GUROCAKHakan Gurocak is Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Jennings; Melanie McNeil; Art Diaz

Engineering emphasis. The EH&S Program was been designedfor assessment as it was being developed.The objectives of the assessment program are ultimately to confirm graduates are prepared to besuccessful in the workplace. Industry and our alumni have assisted in developing a group of targetattributes as graduate outcomes and periodically provide survey data to assess graduateexperience. The faculty has assembled a curriculum that will provide the content and studentcompetence to support the graduate outcome targets. Comprehensive program learning objectiveshave been established to support student development towards the outcome objectives. Activitiesin individual classes are assessed to confirm they adequately support the program