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Curriculum Development in EM ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Ochoa

pager. Not surprisingly then, theimpact of microcontrollers has also been seen in engineering education.In response to the changing electronics world, the Electronics and TelecommunicationEngineering Technology Programs at Texas A&M University have created an embedded systemsdesign course sequence over the last decade that focuses on the area of microcontroller-baseddesign. While traditional electronics engineering technology curricula typically include a singlemicroprocessor course, the embedded systems design course sequence is made up of threecourses: Advanced Digital Design, Microcontroller Systems, and Software Systems Technology.The course topics, which are aimed at developing a strong working knowledge of embeddedsystem design

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Design Projects in Manufacturing

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

providedistributed manufacturing experiences for students. The collaboration between theUniversity of Missouri-Rolla and St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valleyintegrates engineering and technology to solve real problems in industry. Aninterdisciplinary team provides the students with the experience of solving a problemusing various team members’ expertise. This capstone design project providesopportunities for students to design, manufacture, and actually market a product, are ableto stimulate students’ interest in real-world product realization. Business knowledge andskill are naturally incorporated into consideration in students’ design and manufacturing.Both the program model and actual class implementation are summarized in this paper.This

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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Charles Feldhaus

Session 1360 Authentic Assessment Using Student Portfolios Charles Feldhaus, Ed.D. Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroductionClearly, all levels of education are moving towards a standards based form of assessmentof student learning. At the K-12 level, State Departments of Education are leading theway by creating specific standards and using norm and criterion referenced standardizedtests to ensure that minimum standards are met. At the university level, accreditingbodies, including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), haverevised the criteria for

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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Stuart Walesh

list of succinct outcomes, each linked, for the purpose ofproviding more depth, to an explanatory commentary.Outcomes are viewed as being applicable over a long period of time (e.g., decades). In contrast,some illustrative topics mentioned in commentaries will be ephemeral, requiring modification inresponse to technological advances and other changes. The OutcomesUsing outcomes and commentaries, the Committee recommends that the Civil Engineering BOKfor the 21st Century be as presented here. Parenthetic notes at the end of some outcomes link themto ABET’s 11 outcomes, that is, the outcome is identical to the indicated ABET outcome. Theoutcomes collectively prescribe the necessary depth and breadth of

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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B.K. Hodge

consumption (promotingless dependence on foreign oil), would reduce green house gas emissions, and could result inbetter indoor environmental quality (IEQ) for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.Although none of the CHP-B component technologies are new and although cogeneration andcombined cycle applications are well established, the goal of the CHP-B program is that CHP-Bsystems should become pervasive in institutional, commercial, and industrial facilities. A Page 8.32.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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Nathan Chao

Session 2432 Online e-learning Environment for Delivering Real Hands On Laboratory Experiments Nathan Chao, Queenborough Community College CUNYIntroduction Internet technology and web-based approaches to engineering and technology educationhave made great instructional inroads both for students and faculty. Apart from the millions ofstudents already receiving educational material over their schools’ intranets, nearly a millionstudents were enrolled in distance learning courses last year according to a research report fromInternational Data Corporation. IDC projects that 3 million students will be

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jessica Matson

Session 2793 Fuzzy Logic to Assess ABET-Accredited Degree Program Emphasis David Elizandro and Jessica Matson Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstractIn the Self-Study Questionnaire, the ABET definition of well-defined processes necessary toadminister engineering programs is: “Processes for all elements of criteria are quantitativelyunderstood and controlled; clearly tied to mission, program objectives, and constituent needs;seen as benchmarks by other institutions.” To date, there has been little discussion onapproaches to benchmarking programs.Benchmarking consists of

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Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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John Anderson; Heather Cooper

Session 3648 Development of a Heat Transfer Module for Design Courses John C. Anderson, Heather L. Cooper Purdue UniversityAbstractDue to time constraints and the lack of available educational materials, students in engineeringand engineering technology often do not get an opportunity to work actual design problems inheat transfer. This is especially true for those students taking concentrations in machine designand manufacturing. Upon graduation they are frequently faced with heat transfer issues, wherethey must find usable data and make educated decisions.Capstone or

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Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

revitalization effort.BackgroundThe Department of the Navy is one of a growing number of Federal agencies which is expressingconcern about its ability to meet its future Science and Technology (S&T) workforce needs. Therecent trends in the number of Ph.D.s awarded in engineering which are given in Fig. 1 illustratethe nature of the problem. 8000 7000 6000 Number Awarded Engineering, total 5000 U.S. Citizens International

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ET Capstone Projects

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David Myszka

Session 3447 Capstone Projects that are Industry Sponsored, Interdisciplinary, and Include both Design and Build Tasks David Myszka University of DaytonAbstractOver the past decade, a great deal of attention has been placed on capstone designprojects in engineering technology. This has come as a result of criticisms of educationinstitutions for not meeting the needs of industry. To that end, nearly all institutions haveadopted a capstone experience. Many have instituted projects that include both design andfabrication. Some have utilized industry-sponsored projects

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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Tom Wulf; Hazem Said

. Page 8.916.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationProgram DescriptionThe Summer Academy of Information Technology (SAIT) is a forty-hour, two-weekprogram for high school students. During the program participants are exposed to severaldifferent areas of IT. The goal of this program is to engender an interest among theparticipants in IT as a possible career choice by exposing them to various areas of focusfrom the discipline, introducing them to college life, and providing them with experienceworking on a community focused IT project.Achieving the first part of the goal was a major challenge for

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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Toby Boulet; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Richard Bennett; Arnold Lumsdaine

© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.improvement of the LOs and then all students will be provided access to the LOs.BackgroundThe movement from tutoring to large classes greatly reduces the level of learning2. Bloomdemonstrated a move from 50% comprehension in large classes to 90% comprehension ifpathways to mastery were developed2. The difficulty in achieving mastery relates to both facultyand student time.We believe that technology may provide a solution to these problems when a combination ofeducational planning and web development are joined. The questions used to direct students tothe just-in-time learning objects should provide individualized guidance for the students to preparethem for new material to be presented.The

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

Session xxxx INTRODUCTION OF PLM CONCEPTS IN A GRADUATE INSTRUMENTATION COURSE Vijay Vaidyanathan, Roman Stemprok, Preethi Nagarajan University of North TexasAbstractProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a vital component of a company’s function as it goesthrough various rites in passage from idea conception to development and finally to producttransition. The Electronics Engineering Technology program at UNT offers undergraduate as wellas graduate degrees in electronics. A graduate course in instrumentation design is offered as partof the core curriculum. It was decided

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

Session 1877 Reassessing Capstone Courses to Support TC2K Program Accreditation Paul I-Hai Lin and Hal Broberg Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstract: An assessment and evaluation of an outcomes-based two-semesterundergraduate capstone design course in our electrical and computer technologycurriculum and its value for supporting TAC/ABET, TC2K accreditation was conducted.The discussion topics include course objectives and outcomes, description of projectdesign phases, assessment and evaluation

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Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

sustainability while obtaining a traditionalengineering Master's degree. Students from several engineering departments complementtraditional disciplinary course requirements with courses in environmental regulations, policies,and technology. A required case studies course of the ConsEnSus Program brings practicingengineers together with students to discuss real-world sustainability problems. The industrialparticipants interactively present relevant case studies, and provide opportunities for experientiallearning through classroom activities and term projects. This paper will further explain theConsEnSus Program, its implementation, the initial successes of the program, and the case studiescourse and term project that was developed in collaboration with

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Teaching Design

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Burt Swersey

that unseen need. We have foundthat there are three key abilities that that can be nurtured in design courses that lead toinnovation: Page 8.1069.1 1) Learning to be critical, find the compromises in what exists and identify the unrecognized opportunities that therefore exist.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 2) Setting high goals and creating a vision of what would be ideal and then designing something that makes the vision a reality. 3) Using new existing technology

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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Mukasa Ssemakula

Session 2526 Adaptation Of The Learning Factory Model For Implementation In A Manufacturing Laboratory Mukasa E. Ssemakula and Gene Y. Liao Division of Engineering Technology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.Abstract The Learning Factory concept was first developed as part of the TRP/NSF fundedManufacturing Engineering Education Partnership (MEEP). The objective of the LearningFactory (LF) is to integrate a practice-based engineering curriculum that balances analytical andtheoretical knowledge with physical facilities for product realization in an industrial

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K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Jordan; Bill Elmore

Session 2164 Introducing Materials Science and Chemistry to the K-12 Community William Jordan and Bill Elmore College of Engineering and Science Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 71272AbstractWe live in a high-technology world where many people do not understand the things they areusing, let alone the implications of the technology they are using. It is in the engineeringcommunity’s best interests to work to improve the technology literacy of society.The health of science and engineering tomorrow depends on

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Session 2220 LABORATORY-ORIENTED DISTANCE LEARNING Ece Yaprak Division of Engineering Technology Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202 313-577-8075 yaprak@eng.wayne.edu Lisa Anneberg Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Lawrence Technological University Southfield, Michigan 48075

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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James Sluss

Session # 1332 The Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory J. J. Sluss, Jr., S. V. Kartalopoulos, H. H. Refai, M.J. Riley and P. K. Verma Telecommunications Systems, College of Engineering The University of Oklahoma - TulsaAbstract The University of Oklahoma has developed a Telecommunications Interoperability Laboratory to enhance the educational and research experience of students in the Telecommunications Systems program. The Interoperability Lab is a collection of five interconnected technology islands: the Internet

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Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

] that one of thereasons for the large cost overruns and schedule slips on major acquisitions is the lack ofsystems engineering and management capability. In discussions between LMU’s Presidentand industry leaders from Southern California’s high-technology organizations, the need forwell-rounded systems engineers who understand business was established [2]. As a result,the University President chartered an LMU-industry partnership for a new graduate program,entitled the Systems Engineering Leadership Program (SELP).The SELP will confer two degrees upon its graduates: an MS in Systems Engineering and anMBA. Based on the needs of its constituents, the SELP’s goal is to provide the educationneeded for working engineers and scientists to take

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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Merredith Portsmore; Ethan Danahy; Philip Lau; Chris Rogers

encouraged to practice the challenges in theirclassroom before submitting a solution via the web to give more students access. Page 8.985.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ” 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationDriving the Rover The most technologically intense part of creating the model site was creating a method bywhich via the web students could control an ROV. This involved creating a web interface thatcould be used by both those with LEGO RCX hardware and software and those without (so as toreach as broad an audience

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly

courses to fulfill the general education component of their curriculum. Inthis day and age where technology plays an integral role in people’s daily lives, it seems odd that,although engineering students are required to take almost a third of their courses on non-engineering topics, the liberal arts students are not required to take any engineering or technology-oriented courses. Engineering courses are deemed too technical for the non-engineers to take. Atsuch colleges, the freshman-writing course is considered to be a venue to introduce youngstudents to a mature level of analytical reading, thinking, discussion, and writing. A newexperiment is being developed to make available to both engineering and non-engineering studentsa technical module

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anita Callahan; Paul Givens

Science in Industrial Engineering, Masters of Science in IndustrialEngineering, Masters of Science in Manufacturing Engineering (interdisciplinary), Masters ofScience in Engineering Management and the Doctor of Philosophy. The BSIE and MSEM oreoffered in their entirety through distance education while the MSIE and MSMfg are offeredmostly through distance education.Engineering Management Degree The Master of Science Engineering Management degree was began in 1985 as a servicefor the Honeywell Corporation in Clearwater Florida. The management of Honeywell had theforesight to understand the combination of engineering and management so that engineers couldmanage technological based units, i.e., engineering departments, research and development

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New Ideas in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Heather Cooper

Session 2533 Thermal Science Course Development Using Industry Input Heather L. Cooper Purdue UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses the use of an industry survey as a tool for course development in thermalsciences. The thermal science portion of the Mechanical Engineering Technology curriculum atPurdue University includes two core courses, both of which have traditionally included topics inapplied thermodynamics only. In recent years, a minimal amount of heat transfer content has beenadded to the introductory course to help offset the removal of a heat transfer

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Potpourri Design

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Mark Thompson; William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke; B. Lee Tuttle; Henry Kowalski; Douglas Melton; Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

by students Page 8.275.9 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationTo discourage absenteeism, students missing 2 labs will fail the courseThe Kalpakjian $125 textbook (Manufacturing Engineering and Technology 4th ed.) was costprohibitive since less than 50% of the material is used. Overhead slides were printed for thestudents. Upon request from the students, 22 manufacturing processes textbooks were placed onreserve in the library. One possible solution is to have a partial printing by the publisher

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Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Walter Massie

Session 2615 Performance-Based Curriculum Design by W.W. Massie, MSc, P.E. Associate Professor and Curriculum Leader Interfaculty Offshore Engineering Delft University of Technology Delft, The NetherlandsAbstractToo many faculty members approach curriculum revision or design from the standpoint oftheir own course. The question:“Where does my course fit in the new curriculum?” is heardtoo often. One of the primary difficulties when revising a curriculum is to focus first on

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

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T. N. Fogarty; Kelvin Kirby

social science degrees. These degrees have remainedrelatively stable for the past 20 years.4 The goal is to increase the number of American citizenswho pursue degrees in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) disciplines. Page 8.708.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Student Input from Local High SchoolsStudents from several high schools within a 35-mile radius of PVAMU were generally polled tofind out why enrollment in college preparatory courses in science and

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International Collaborative Efforts

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Wayne Sanders

Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”BackgroundKanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT), a privately owned engineering college located inKanazawa, Japan, was founded in 1957. It is co-ed and has approximately 7500undergraduates and 500 graduate students.[1] Kanazawa is in Ishikawa Prefecture on theJapan Sea side of Japan, and 460 kilometers (285 miles) northwest of Tokyo. It isapproximately 280 kilometers (174 miles) from Osaka and 250 kilometers (155 miles)from Nagoya.[2] The population of Kanazawa is 457,797 as of December 1, 2002.[3]Kanazawa is well known for its historical past and cultural heritage, such as tea ceremony(Sadoo), gold foil craft (Kinpaku), and kimono

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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

of glutaraldehyde cross-linked whey protein-basedmicrocapsules containing theophylline”, J. Control Rel. 61, 123-136, 1999.16 Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 19th ed., Mack Publishers, 1995.17 Kompella, U.B. and K. Koushik, “Preparation of drug delivery systems using supercritical fluid technology”,Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems, 18(2), 173-199, 2001.Biographical InformationStephanie Farrell is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S. in1986 from the University of Pennsylvania, her MS in 1992 from Stevens Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. in1996 from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Rowan in September, 1998, she was a facultymember