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Tony N. Rogers; David R. Shonnard; Besty M. Aller; Kirk H. Schulz; Anton Pintar

the requirements of ABETEC2000 in preparation for an ABET visit in September 1998. The assessment plans weredeveloped by four-person committees with on-going input from the other chemical engineeringfaculty. The NCA assessment plan was developed by the department’s Curriculum Committee.The ABET assessment plan was developed by an ad hoc ABET/Assessment Committee. Two ofthe faculty on this committee had worked on the NCA assessment plan developed by theCurriculum Committee.The department’s assessment plan consists of four major goals that can be related to the ABETEC2000 outcomes (a) through (k) and to the AIChE Program Criteria: (1) Students shouldmaster chemical engineering fundamentals necessary to function as a professional in

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Paul Giolma; Farzan Aminian; Djaffer Ibaroudene

by an MIT “Handy Board,” with optical en-coders and IR sensors as inputs. Starting from a fixed position, the robot finds its way to a given destination coordi-nate while avoiding randomly placed obstacles along the path. The project is an excellent teaching and learning ex-perience due to the multiple disciplines involved: logic, electronics, control, programming and mechanics. In addi-tion, the project provides the students with a relatively realistic professional experience involving financial and timebudgeting, management, meeting of deadlines, making presentations and writing reports.IntroductionProbably due to the interdisciplinary nature of the program, design has been an integral part of the undergraduatecurriculum in Trinity’s

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Jerome Atkins

to assessment and academicoutcome measurement is at the heart of the curriculum both in general education and inspecific programs. The tools of assessment and benchmark processes are in constantreview to maintain the integrity of the assessment process. The overall quality assuranceframework includes validations by the American Council on Education (ACE), nationalaccreditation bodies (like ABET), and special certifying and credentialing agencies.The Regents College programs in technology, particularly their assessment dimensions, arethought to be fully consistent with, and even models for, the recent dictates on assessmentespoused by ASEE and ABET in their Joint Task Force on Engineering Education

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Cathryne L. Jordan; Mary Ann McCartney; Mary Anderson-Rowland

ofunderrepresented minority students. The recruitment program targets K-12 students through theefforts of the ASU MESA program. The retention goals are supported through the MinorityEngineering Program (MEP), where students can find assistance and direction in adjusting to thechallenges of university life and the rigors of a technical curriculum.In collaboration with the MESA program and as part of the ASU's K-12 outreach effort toincrease the number of qualified minority students entering the CEAS, the OMEP has developeda collaborative effort with industry, engineering faculty, and community, to expose secondarystudents with an interest in mathematics and science, to the stimulating environment ofengineering and technology. An integral part of this

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Cathryne L. Jordan; Mary Ann McCartney; Mary Anderson-Rowland

interest in mathematics and science, to the stimulating environment ofengineering and technology. An integral part of this collaborative outreach is focused around Page 4.441.3Engineering summer programs.ASU MESAThe ASU MESA program is an academic K-12 university intervention effort supported by localindustry and the CEAS for the purpose of increasing local technical talent within Arizona. Thegoal of the MESA organization, which exists in eight states, is to provide globally competitiveand individually competent students in mathematics, science, and engineering. MESA servesunderrepresented students (African American, Mexican/Hispanic, and Native

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Norman L. Fortenberry

Session 2230 AN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SMET HIGHER EDUCATION Norman L. Fortenberry Director, Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation*AbstractThis paper identifies the National Science Foundation as the major sponsor of educationalresearch in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. It identifies keyquestions which constitute the basis for an educational research agenda. Gaps in the pursuit ofthat agenda within engineering education are identified by

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Eric Connell; David L. Batie

and thereby creating a strong TEAM approach to design and construction. Theimplications derived in developing this program show the need for such investigations in otherschools of construction and architecture interested in pursuing a relevant and emerging domain ofeducation. This study recognizes the need for the existence of Design/Build and its integration andacceptance into professional programs.(Key Words: Design/Build, Internet Learning Environments)I. IntroductionFor over the past 100 years, the primary method of Project Delivery for construction projects hasbeen the Design/Bid/Build method. This cumbersome system does not allow an Owner to avoidconflicts between the A/E and Contractor during the project, while still attempting to

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Michael Ruane

Session 2625 SPECTRE - An Extended Interdisciplinary Senior Design Problem Michael Ruane Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston UniversityAbstractSPECTRE - the Student-run Program for Exoatmospheric Collecting Technologies and RocketExperiment, is a sounding rocket experiment in NASA’s Student Launch Program. Electricaland computer engineering seniors have worked on the flight hardware as a continuing capstonedesign project for five semesters, as part of an interdisciplinary student project team. Studentshave faced rich technical problems and unique project management challenges arising

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Bradley E. Bishop; George E. Piper; Richard T. O'Brien

system identification throughimplementation and tuning of a PD controller. This design project has been integrated into thejunior level curriculum in the Systems Engineering department at the United States NavalAcademy.1. IntroductionIt is well known that classroom discussion of the theory of control can be greatly enhancedthrough appropriate experimental investigations. Students unable to grasp the concepts offeedback and system response through lectures are often more receptive to hands-ondemonstrations and investigations. Further, many topics relating to the process of system designare difficult at best to teach in a lecture format. It is extremely challenging to motivate in theclassroom the difficulties of real implementation of control

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Gulser Kosal; Hasan Nadir Derin

motivation forlearning, teamwork, leader instructors, problem solving capability, continuousimprovement mechanisms, empowered students, and assessment of learning throughevaluation of the teams as well as the individuals. Dahlagard, Kristensen and Kanji2discuss use of total quality principles in education. Zadelhoff, Wet, Pothas andPretorius3 redesign and deliver an operations research course by utilizing teamlearning and assessment, and empowering students to improve motivation andlearning. Krishnan and Houshmand4 use Quality Function Deployment (QFD) foridentifying the stakeholder requirements in designing the engineering curricula.Hillman and Plonka5 also use QFD for curriculum design. Similarly, Burgar6 choosesto use QFD in designing a course

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Bill Diong

design and implementation. The demonstrations planned for theseclasses would involve motion-control of gear trains, inverted pendulums and simple linkages. Thisrepresents an opportunity to introduce the students to the idea of electronic systems interactingwith mechanical systems.ExperimentsENGR 4461 & 4462 - Senior design I & II : A major goal of these courses is to develop a vehiclefor the realization of the complete integrated process of system conception, design, fabrication,and operation. This process requires an interdisciplinary approach involving aspects traditionallyhoused in each of the three areas of Electrical, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Weintend to introduce year-long projects involving students from each of

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William Swart

Freshman sequence “Engineering and Technology Foundations." À An Engineering Learning Center: a new physical and programmatic environment dedicated to students achieving success. À Integrated BS/MS programs leading to both degrees in 5 years. À BS/MD program in partnership with Eastern Virginia Medical School. À BS/JD program in partnership with Regent University. À An Engineering Foundations Division into which all freshmen will be admitted and that is responsible for their success. À An Industry Sponsored Multi-Disciplinary Senior Design Project Option. À A program in Technological Leadership.The existence of these new programs has already been noted. The Spring 1998

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Michael Morrow

Session 3532 An Embedded DSP Development System for Teaching Real-Time Interfacing Michael G. Morrow United States Naval AcademyI. IntroductionHistorically, microcomputer interfacing has been taught using relatively low-performance 8 bitsystems. While this generally provided students with a simple architecture and instruction set, italso presented serious limitations, particularly in obtaining real-time operation. To overcome thisperformance shortfall, the Texas Instruments TMS320C31 DSP Starter Kit (DSK) will be usedas the engine for new

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Ernest M. Kim

at the University of SanDiego was made beginning in the Spring 1992 semester. The vehicle chosen is a course taughtby the Electrical Engineering program for non-engineering and non-science/math majorsentitled, "Engineering 2 - Introduction to Electro-Technology" which is taught every Springsemester. This new technology course is unique in that it fulfills the General Education PhysicalScience requirement for non-engineering and non-science/math majors. The goal of Engineering2 are:1. Provide an additional opportunity for General Education study in science and technology in the liberal arts curriculum which develops the foundation sciences necessary to understand the nation of fundamental technical applications.2. Integrate the scientific

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Michael A. Hawkins; Susan M. Lord

thirteen students. Student responseto the laboratory was quite positive. On the final course evaluations, one student mentionedwanting "more time with the lab". In their lab reports, students were given an extra credit optionof providing feedback on the laboratory.According to the students, the most important thing that they learned was the concept of anAFM, how it can be used, and why it is a useful tool. Several students also remarked on thepower of the AFM compared with the optical microscope and unaided eye. • [The AFM] was a useful tool that gave me insight on how someone could verify the hypothesis of other people. • There is a need for material science when dealing with integrated circuits. It also helped

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Patricia M. Yaeger; Rose M. Marra; Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

communicate effectively; • an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engi- neering practice.This complex set of skills cannot be provided by a few courses in an engineering curriculum.Ideally, the ability to work in teams and to use the computer as a platform supporting interdisci-plinary integration and communication should be cultivated in students from the very beginningof, and throughout, the undergraduate experience. It is therefore crucial that courses be devel-oped integrating teamwork, computation, data acquisition, data analysis, and information tech-nology into the very process of learning.At Penn State, we have begun to offer sections of introductory dynamics in a manner that

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Philip Doepker

which seeks industry projects. This hasresulted in increasing the number of industry sponsored projects from a few per year to over 30per year. This also provided more opportunities for written and oral presentations.The types of computers and software for basic computer instruction and CAD were debated forseveral years in an industrial advisory committee. Through collaboration with practicing Page 4.515.7engineers, the type of computer instruction was changed (C++), new software was purchased andprocured (AutoCAD and SDRC I-DEAS) and the curriculum was revised to better reflect theskills that will be required by graduates.As the result of feedback

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Nagy N. Bengiamin

determined according to a realistic available resources plan. The following time schedule was adopted by the EE department at UND: Every year - transcripts, FE exam, co-op surveys, and placement data (all outcomes are addressed at least partially); Every other year - journals, portfolios, lab reports, capstone design reports, and oral presentations; Every six years - student course work, alumni surveys, and admission to graduate programs.III. ProsAn integral part of assessment programs is to monitor success in achieving outcomes and tofacilitate for improvement. This particular feedback process creates an environment of self-motivation and continued success. Therefore, the ultimate motivation in adopting EC2000should be to build

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Warren Perger; Leonard J. Bohmann; Bob Bohnsack

evaluator (the next fall he would be an evaluator for GeorgiaTech’s pilot EC2000 visit) and could see the advantages of becoming accredited under the newcriteria. Our self-study year was to be the 1997-98 academic year and the College needed toapply to ABET to be evaluated under the new criteria by May 1, 1997.From our department’s perspective, the College was in a good position to be evaluated under EC2000. We had an up-to-date curriculum. We were in the middle of the conversion to a newcurriculum, with the first graduates under the new program being in the 1997-98 academic year.We also had an ongoing assessment program. The University was in the middle of the self-studyyear for the North Central Association (NCA), our regional accreditation

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Boris Butman

: a. Mathematics and basic science b. Humanities - language, history and culture. Social science and economic courses, if offered, normally belong to this portion of the program c. Engineering science - mechanics, materials, thermodynamics, fluids, basic electricity, etc. d. Special engineering - propulsion plant, power plant, systems and machinery, naval architecture, etc. e. Physical education - offered either as mandatory classes, or as activities beyond the scheduled hours f. Naval reserve training - offered by some schools as an integral part of the program g. Navigation and ship handling - several introductory courses are normally offered in a plain marine engineering curriculum and a

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Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

skills, selfconfidence and leadership habits. The Mercosul reality has also influenced our project that takesin account the necessity of giving the students a more generalist formation viewing the SouthAmerica work market.I. IntroductionHumanity has never passed through a period of so intense transformations as we are having now.The speed of changes has been higher than any other time in history as consequence oftechnology development. The scientific knowledge and technology together have improved andbecome possible the globalization.The globalization is much more than the idea of a world of no borders. It is the humankind’sdesire of a bigger integration. It means also an information society where knowledge is the newsource of power. In fact the

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more important than that itis to teach the students to learn by themselves. Taking all these aspects and the historical andpolicy moment of South America with the creation of Mercosul, we have developed anEngineering Course attempted to form the next generation of professionals. It is a project that isin fact a purpose of a curriculum that includes some humanistic subjects. The subjects will givethe students the skills to overpass the challenge of the changing and unexpected global workmarket.I. IntroductionThe new century will certainly show a Mercosul politically and economically integrated andshowing very good opportunities of work for all those people who are preparing themselves toface the common work market constituted by all the

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Terry Martin

Session 3532 PLC’s in the Control System Laboratory Terry Martin University of ArkansasAbstractThis paper describes how ladder logic, Programmable Logic Controllers, and operator interfaceshave been integrated into the analog/digital control systems laboratory at the University ofArkansas. This material is typically not taught to electrical engineering students during theirundergraduate education, but has been incorporated here due to demands from the manufacturingindustry today. A detailed course outline is presented and discussed. In addition, an

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Steven L. Cohen; Dennis P. Slevin; David I. Cleland; Kim LaScola Needy; Heather Nachtmann

Session 2242 Critical Factors in Successful Corporate Governance Kim LaScola Needy, David I. Cleland, Dennis P. Slevin, Heather Nachtmann, Steven L. Cohen University of PittsburghAbstractIt is hypothesized that a root cause of the success or failure of an enterprise is directly related tothe quality of its board of governance. This quality is reflected in the experience, leadershipskills and utilization of the board members as well as the board processes. This paper describesan ongoing research project that identifies potentially critical factors for successful

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Wallace Fowler

Session 2230 Teaming in Engineering Design Courses Wallace Fowler The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe ability of new engineering graduates to work in teams is a skill that is highly valuedby industry. It is reported by campus interviewers and engineers at NASA and inindustry that students who have had experience in working in teams as undergraduatesmore readily adapt to the industry environment and usually advance faster than studentswho have no teaming experience. Teamwork exercises can be integrated into all levelsof the undergraduate experience, but the primary

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Russell D. Meier

, cooperative decision making, and arguing a case are all skills emphasized by this activity. • Group process: The instructor will call on five or six random students to share their team’s decision and reasoning. The instructor will ask appropriate questions.Closure/Initiate Activity: Now that we have studied microprocessors, microcontrollers, theirapplication domains, the major chip families, and some example integrated circuits from themajor families, spend the next three minutes comparing your notes with the person sitting next toyou. Together, mark the major points in your notes with an asterisk. Annotate and clarify yourown notes if needed. Be prepared to share your major points with the class.• Purpose: This activity

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E. Dendy, Jr. Sloan; Anthony E. Vigil; Ronald Miller

Session 2313 Structured Troubleshooting in Process Design Anthony Vigil, Ronald L. Miller, E. Dendy Sloan, Jr. Colorado School of MinesSummarySenior-level process design courses have historically focused on large-scale chemical plant flowsheet development for grass-roots projects. While this is a worthwhile and necessary part of anychemical engineering curriculum, most new process engineers will not initially be placed in adesign situation, but rather may be assigned small-scale troubleshooting projects as a means ofintroducing them to existing processes. To help students acquire experience

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Christopher Hall

. Additional laboratories described include a Spacecraft AttitudeDynamics and Control Simulator, and a “design, build, and fly” project to be launched in late 2001.Topics in AstronauticsSome topics in aerospace engineering, such as structures, are common to both aeronautics andastronautics, so that related laboratories benefit both parts of the curriculum. There are howeversome space-specific topics that typically have no laboratory component, primarily related to themotion of spacecraft. Satellite motion is a complicated combination of the orbital motion of thesatellite around the earth and the attitude, or pointing, motion of the satellite platform. The overallmotion is affected by gravity, controlled thrusters, material outgassing, motion of

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Nabil Kartam

geared towards design. It also demonstratesthat design is a total educational and learning experience, and its success depends on theimplementation of a program which integrates a number of desirable educational approaches.Special emphasis is given to the corner-stone and capstone design courses.I. IntroductionThis paper presents an integrated program which will incorporate design concepts into thecivil engineering course curriculum from the freshman through the senior years. Thisprogram not only includes design in civil engineering course contents, but also outlinesteaching mechanisms and educational activities which enhance design value for both facultyand students.Since the Fall of 1994, the Civil Engineering program at Kuwait University

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

represent some of the emerging areas: polymer processing, foodprocessing, environmental reactor design, fluidization, membrane separation. These experiments havebeen utilized by chemical engineering faculty at a unique hands-on industrially integrated NSF workshopon Novel Process Science and Engineering conducted at Rowan University. We have integrated theseexperiments into our curriculum so that students can see chemical engineering principles in action andtherefore improve the quality of education. Introduction Hands-on laboratory experience is a critical element in undergraduate chemical engineeringeducation [Par94, Gri97]. Chemical engineering programs are often confronted with how tomore