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, Westminster, London, November, 1989,Brereton, Margot F, et al, An Exploration of Engineering Learning, DE-Vol. 53,m Design Theory andMethodology, ASME, 1993.5 Peterson, Carl R., "The Desegregation of Design", Engineering Education, pp. 530-532, July/August, 1990.6 See for example:Integrating the product Realization Process (PRP) into the Undergraduate Curriculum, A CurriculumDevelopment Project of the ASME Council on Education,. ASME December 1995.Devon, Richard, "Toward a Social Ethics of Engineering: The Norms of Engagement", Engineering Education,Vol. 88, No. 1, p. 87, January 1999.Marra, Rose M, Palmer, Betsy, and Litzinger, Thomas A, "The Effects of a First-Year Engineering DesignCourse on Student Intellectual Development as Measured by

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, and (7) to develop communications skills – were not always beingachieved. In particular, objectives (2), (4), and (7) were not being realized in our rather standardfirst year, which consists of mathematics, science, liberal arts electives, a slate of “technology-society” electives, an introductory engineering course emphasizing team projects and basiccomputer skills, and a C++ programming course.Many of our freshmen made it clear to us in our constituent polling that they felt they were Page 6.435.1getting insufficient help in career choices and that they were sometimes disappointed in their Proceedings of the 2001 American Society

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the usage and perceived importance ofnetworked computing based activities. The Campus Computing Project 2 reports that 59.3 percentof all college courses now utilize electronic mail, up from 54.0 percent in 1999 and 20.1 percent in1995. Similarly, 42.7 percent of college courses now use Web resources as a component of thesyllabus, up from 10.9 in 1995.Coupled with the trend of increased computer usage on campus is the requirement by someuniversities to require students to purchase a computer when they come to campus 3. Whilecurrently only ten percent of campuses require computer purchases, this trend is expected toincrease sharply. NC State University currently has a computer purchase requirement in place fora few of its professional programs

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Vladimir Nikulin; Victor Skormin

Page 6.437.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationengineering laboratory to the level of leading engineering schools and result in significantimprovement of the quality of engineering education and reduce its variability betweenuniversities. The presented approach has many potential applications, including training ofpersonnel to operate complex machinery in hazardous environments.Being prompted by revolutionary changes in information technology, this project will result inthe further integration of this technology in education. Implementation of the Internet-accessiblelaboratory courses and

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majors for our department.The design and fabrication of the high school modules was a college-based class activity.The university class made two PLC and pneumatic modules with the high school districtpaying for all of the components. The secondary educators were thrilled to have a “plugand play” module that genuinely turned-on their students. This is definitely one of thosewin/win initiatives that can provide an enjoyable, meaningful class project, and at thesame time establish a pipeline for recruiting talented incoming majors!During the first high school visit, we provided the group with a basic overview ofprogrammable logic controllers. We intentionally kept the subject matter simple andclear. The overview began with definitions and an

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for environmental engineers cannot be underestimated in this regard.If the World Bank, the Global Water Partnership and the Global Environmental Facilityintend to assist developing nations with grants and loans to meet the World Water Visionobjectives, then they will need to include an education component in their plans.Otherwise, there will be many projects that won’t be completed due to the lack ofsufficient numbers of educated and trained environmental and civil engineers. Thesolution to the environmental engineering availability problem will have to involve acombination of support for initiating or increasing engineering education in thedeveloping nations while also providing financial support for students in those countriesto attend

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Yogesh Potdar; Patricia Spencer; Kathryn Hollar

am almost certain that I will be talking to a person of my race, color or gender.At the end of reading these statements, we ask for any comments. We have had mixed reactionsfrom the participants, from complete silence to a discussion that lasted for 10 minutes and neededto be cut short in the interest of the agenda. We have found that some of the minority groupmembers – by race or gender--are willing to say that they can identify with these situations, andwhen that happens the workshop becomes very interactive. During the course of one workshopdiscussion, a female participant stated that in project group meetings she was frequently asked to“speak for all women.” To address the common occurrence that women and minorities are oftenseen and

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Basavapatna Sridhara

the use of faculty and students. This author attended anon-campus workshop about CourseInfo and learned several new tools and techniques. In the Fallof 2000, Fluid Power course site was developed using CourseInfo. Course syllabus, handouts,and staff information were posted on the course site with links to appropriate files and images.Announcements regarding guest speakers, tests, assignments, useful web sites, and lab groupsand meeting times were posted and upgraded periodically. Homework assignments, projects andextra-credit problems were posted with necessary links. Lab instructions, lab quizzes andsolutions to test problems were posted on the course site. Students communicated with eachother using the discussion board and virtual chat

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Leyla Newton; Shawna L. Fletcher; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

specifically geared toward female engineering students as well asfuture projections of implementation and direction of student programs.I. IntroductionAcross the nation, academic institutions have found that summer bridge programs have helped tosignificantly increase student retention in engineering disciplines. Summer bridge programsspecifically designed for female students not only serve to meet academic needs, but also serveto aid students in developing networking relationships and foster community building. Studieshave indicated that obstacles women face in attaining engineering degrees may be categorized asboth societal/cultural barriers as well as institutional1. For many women, lack of information

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software to enhance the experience. Thisphase of the course content, based on thirty class hours per semester, required: • 1 class for Qpro, Photoshop, and Adobe Premier training • 1 class for PowerPoint and FirstClass training • 1 class for tensile testing of round and flat specimens • 2 classes for fabrication of specimens • 2 classes for testing of lap and butt joints • 1 class for updating of projects • 2 classes for presentationsDue to the increase in the workload students were required to conduct library researchand to photograph various types of bridges on their own time. In addition, the fabricationof welded and riveted specimens occurred outside of the classroom setting.ExpectationsAs with

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undergraduate studies in the late seventies tograduate studies in the eighties. Numerical recipes in C, either in software or printed bookform17, have helped many a graduate student in getting through different projects. With theexception of SIMULINK and the graphical interface for PSpice, these different computer toolsof the trade are text-based environments, as opposed to a newer breed of programmingenvironments that take advantage of the more recent development of the graphical interface. Page 6.513.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001

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with the OldDominion University curriculum, the following specific procedure was agreed upon. Eachcourse to be taught in India would have a companion Old Dominion University faculty member.This Old Dominion University faculty member would provide a syllabus, suggest a textbookand even specific homework and project assignments, and remain in email contact during thecourse of each semester. The Old Dominion University faculty member would also create andgrade a final exam for the course he or she was overseeing. These final exams were to beadministered by a single Old Dominion University faculty member who would go to India at theend of each semester, give and proctor all exams, and then bring them back to the US forgrading.One difficulty with

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develop Page 6.530.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationteamwork and interpersonal skills. Thus, the instructor must dedicate time in and out of class toeffectively set the stage for cooperative learning. Virtually all engineers in industry work as a part of a team. Typically, communication andteamwork skills are not required in courses until near the end of the curriculum when studentssuddenly are required to work in groups to complete a design project. However, in surveys ofindustry

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engineering problem such asfinding the density of a geometrically complex block of wood using a tape measure and a postalscale. After the hands-on portion is completed, the students have several questions about theexperience that they complete for homework. Each experience is designed to introduce andexplore, in a very practical way, the concepts presented in the lecture material.The paper will discuss the need for hands-on activities, the difficulty in implementation in a large(1200 students), freshman program and the rationale for the choice of activities. We will providea list of the activities with their goals and compare these with the goals of the traditional lectures.Further, we will discuss the lessons we learned in the pilot project of eight

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Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

with the proliferation of the Internet into many aspects of society, it is notsurprising to find web-based learning sites on almost any topic. One early trial of the Internet asa knowledge provider was “distance learning” which began as an aid to students who were moreisolated and couldn’t get to a physical school. Today it’s hard to find a school, either urban orrural, which isn’t connected to the Internet. Besides being able to research most topics on-line,students are also using the Internet as an extension of their education. Students increasinglysubmit papers, projects, and assignments electronically without ever printing on paper, and

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for the task of criticallyreviewing and correcting calculations prepared by themselves as well as others.II. Concept DevelopmentAlthough most consulting and industrial firms strive to minimize errors in technical calculations,errors still occur. Quality assurance and loss prevention procedures are utilized to identify andcorrect these errors prior to project completion to provide safe and reliable engineering designs.1Consulting civil engineering firms require checking of engineering design calculations prior to afinal design being delivered to the client. Checking usually includes consideration of whetherappropriate theories and equations were used. Numerical operations involved in the calculationsare checked as well. Additional checking may

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William Schultz; Marc Smith; Marc Perlin; John Foss

., Hochstein, J., Benson, T., & Marchetta, J., “Using Computers in Teaching Gas Dynamics,” 1999ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1999.MARC PERLINMarc Perlin is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan. Dr. Perlin has held positions inacademia (UM and previously at the University of Florida), industry, consulting, and government. He is a Fellow ofASCE, is a Professional Engineer registered in Virginia, and has published extensively in the areas of small-scalenonlinear water-wave dynamics, contact-line and interfacial dynamics, and coastal engineering. Professor Perlin isfunded presently by NASA, NSF, and a Joint Industry Project. Professor Perlin has taught courses in fluid mechanicsat the undergraduate and graduate level in

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Jeanne Garland; Christine Helfers; Ronald Roedel; Sarah Duerden

roles directlyaffect other lives than their own. These future engineers must struggle with conflicting desires offinancial growth, enhanced reputation, social progress, and employee satisfaction in their choicesof projects for their companies.Making ethical decisions is difficult for anyone in our present face-paced, competitive world;however, the stakes are sometimes even higher for those in the engineering profession because ofthe tremendous effects on human life. Therefore, before these engineers are embroiled in toughchoices and decisions in their professional lives, we must encourage them to discover the valuesthat drive their decisions and how these relate to the professional codes that legislate theirbehavior and actions. Paul Dombrowski

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initiative, each new student was provided with aCompaq Armada 1750 notebook computer and a standard suite of software. Conventionalclassrooms were provided with network connections and projection equipment to facilitate theintegration of notebook computers into select classes. In conjunction with this program, a revisedMechanical Engineering curriculum was launched, designed to exploit the availability ofnotebook computing technology. The highlight of this curriculum revision is ComputerApplications in Engineering, a freshman-level Mechanical Engineering Department course Page 6.630.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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in government, industry and academia. Research projects include anundulating towed vehicle known as ECOShuttle that allows researchers to obtain high resolutiondistributions of chemical, physical, and biological parameters to study complex processes in theocean. Researchers at the Boston campus are also working on miniaturizing laser based sensorsfor incorporation into autonomous underwater vehicles for long term monitoring of the ocean.Dartmouth: Eleven departments are involved in teaching and research programs in marinesciences and technology at this campus. A graduate program in electrical engineering orientedtowards marine sciences and technology is one of these. This program offers both MS and PhDdegrees. A recently established School

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M. Chaudhry; Jr., Bonifacio Doma; Edwin Obra; Consuelo Flora; Adrienne Cooper; Joseph R.V. Flora

approved by CHED.Mapúa is currently in the process of augmenting library book holdings in several key areas ofenvironmental engineering, subscribing to technical journals in the field, preparingadvertisement/information materials for the program, preparing course syllabi and trainingfaculty members. Furthermore, the newly created Office of Research Coordination will prepare alist of research funding institutions in the Philippines, develop lines of communication with theseinstitutions, and orient faculty members on the application procedures of these fundinginstitutions.Towards the end of the three-year period, it is expected that the enhanced graduate curriculumfor Mapúa will be in place, and funding for several collaborative research projects

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4,19,20,21,23, 24,255,10,17 12 14 technical economic 3,8,9 7,11,13,18,22, 27,29 32 Posttest Results product Figure 3. Posttest Results of MDS Analysis for Senior Design TermsIn the pretest (Figure 2) four distinct clusters of terms were observed:1- A cluster containing all terms that pertained to the economic analysis of a project: capital cost (Term 1), cash flow analysis (Term 2), economic optimum

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accreditation visitors that the full import of this standard is met within the school of engineering.4.18 H/SS courses and especially projects may well be excellent vehicles for linking curricular theory and contemporary practice together, especially in terms of providing students with opportunities to learn about the important (but often difficult to teach) EC2000 Criterion 4 (“Professional Component”) “considerations: economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political.”4.19 For NEASC, this final standard articulates in detail all the liberal arts areas of study that must be addressed for regional accreditation. Clearly if the EC 2000 “soft skills” are focused only

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with publishers, vendors andthe campus community to ensure a smooth transition. What would the University of Arizona’scampus community think? Would they accept this new electronic method for obtaining scholarlyliterature with grace and ease or would they long for the days of the print journal? Page 6.927.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIn 1999, outreach to the academic community began. As part of a larger assessment project,librarians in the University of Arizona Science

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heat from thehot flue gas. The model was donated to Cal Poly by Brown & Root Inc.The models offer many opportunities for senior projects. A complete model of the Chevron’sAlkylation plant which started up in 1995 was donated to Cal Poly, Pomona. Several studentsused Provision to simulate the plant and to perform process studies. Figure (8) shows a completemodel of the plant. You will notice one of the columns, the de-isobutanizer which is 7 feet tall(205 feet actual dimension) can not be fitted in the low ceiling model room. The top section hadto be taken off (Figure 9). This plant offers many systems of HEN, large contactor-reactors ofintricate design and settling drums (Figure 10). This plant has a refrigeration section whichprovides the

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Karen Horton

product data from various vendors4-6. Students worked together on short-term teams incooperative learning exercises in class and on projects out of class. They interacted with staff atthe steam plant, learning to describe their project requirements to university staff without formalengineering training. They developed hands-on and analytical skills directly applied to industrialproblems.ResourcesOne class a week was based on a laboratory test or a computer-based calculative method. Arange of resources was available to support these experiences.The School of Engineering Technology is developing an Industrial Vibrations Laboratory.Included in the available laboratory equipment is a single-channel CSi Fourier Analyzer andaccessories including

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Richard Gilbert; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

premise among the various industrial and academic partners within the "I-4corridor" was the basic belief that the central section of Florida did not have the workforce inplace to support the high tech boom projected within the next 10 years. As the fourth largeststate and growing, there is virtual certainty that the counties connected to Interstate 4 will beideal locations for high tech firms. What was found to be missing was a unified, technicaleducational support structure to meet the employment needs of such an industrial focus. Thelegislatively funded Florida High Tech Corridor Council, (Fl HTCC), began to address this issuein several ways. One of their principal action paths was the formation of the TECH-4Educational Consortium.After the

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Ron Hart; Marvin Adams; K. Peddicord; Ian Hamilton; Beth Earl; Alan Waltar

been expended to determine the causes for thisprecipitous drop (65% reduction in students between 1993 and 1998). Senator Pete Domenici(R-New Mexico) has sounded the alert from the U.S. Senate and Congressman Joe Knollenberg(R-Michigan) is sounding a similar alert in the U.S. House. A recent study by NEDHO (1)revealed that the gap between the number of jobs available and the qualified applicants is largeand growing (projected to be about 3:1 in the next few years).Given this backdrop, the recent rise in undergraduate nuclear engineering enrollment at TexasA&M University has been quite gratifying—our undergraduate enrollment having doubled from1998 to 2000. Whereas this could be simply a spurious spike that cannot be sustained, we felt

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requirements, tools building, cultural challenges,architecture modes, models, and hardware information will be described. The datawarehouse analysis, logical and physical design, application server, and implementationissues will also be explained.I. IntroductionThe computing and data service environment at the University of Florida is large anddiverse. It was formed within the numerous political and funding boundaries of the pastseveral decades. The advancement of new technologies and the need for quick access toup-to-date student and employee data have put great pressure on the university to developand to maintain a central database for administrative use. The data warehouse project hadto utilize existing computing facilities and databases

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writing assignments can be implemented or expanded to help students Page 6.1123.1improve their writing skills.5At the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ), the required introductory course in SoilEngineering included writing assignments and had potential for additional and improved writingexercises. Describing soil structure and behavior, documenting laboratory experiments, anddiscussing special concerns in soil engineering make written assignments easy to implement.Experience in this course the previous year, as well as with senior design project final reports,suggested that students did not need just to practice writing more, but also