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Robert King; Joan Gosink

Session 2526 Meeting ABET EC 2000 Criterion 3 Outcomes with a Laboratory Course Drs. R. H. King and J. P. Gosink Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines1 IntroductionColorado School of Mines (CSM) is a public research university devoted to engineering andapplied science that has distinguished itself by developing high-quality graduates andscholarship. The U.S. News and World Report Inc. rated CSM 26th in the Top National PublicUniversities and 50th in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs with Ph.D. Programs in20011. The school’s mission as written in the Colorado statutes

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focus areas. First, the multi-disciplinary nature of research inengineering dynamics was emphasized throughout the summer school. For example, thestudents were assigned to multi-disciplinary teams and each team was assigned a project that hadboth an analytical and an experimental component. Second, the program was designed todevelop the students’ written and oral communications skills. To develop these skills, thestudents were required to give numerous informal oral presentations of their work as itprogressed throughout the summer, culminating in a formal presentation and a paper written fora technical conference.The summer school was taught for the first time in the summer of 2000 to thirteen students from

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Robin Burt; Krishna Athreya; K-Y. Daisy Fan

because women and ethnic minority students areoften subjected to social stereotyping, and subsequent low expectations, in engineering. Steelehas researched the impact on learning for students under stereotype threat. He makes the pointthat, for these students, it is critical to emphasize that the high expectations placed on themderive from the students’ abilities. Such statements of confidence elicit the best results.10The model we use for this comprehensive, project-based, cross-disciplinary instruction couldtranslate, with some modifications, to a meaningful first-year experience for engineeringstudents. First-year engineering students rarely get an opportunity to experience an engineeringproblem in all its richness, including the social

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Raymond Kliewer

provided in a course having a moregeneral and palatable description such as Engineering Ethics and Practice.The FE examination is a potential choice as an assessment tool to measure studentperformance. It is based on the knowledge and skills qualified practicing professionalengineers believe that new graduates should have. ET and engineering students aregenerally competing for many of the same jobs. More employers may demand thatstudents demonstrate similar skills by possessing the EIT designation especially if EACof ABET programs increasingly expect their students to take the FE examination. It maybecome an obvious and measurable distinction if many engineering majors become EITsbased on outcomes assessment requirements imposed upon them by their

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P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

Page 6.1042.2 CpE alumni, the capstone design course was modified. This modified course placed added Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education emphasis on cross-functional teaming, oral presentations, written reports, hardware-software co-design, hardware and software standards, contemporary tools, open-ended design projects, life-long-learning skills and contemporary societal issues facing practicing computer engineers.9. A laboratory upgrade proposal was submitted to the university in January 1997 to modernize the two CpE laboratories that were being maintained by the ECE Department

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Shawn Gross; David Clarke; David Bentler; Joseph Hitt; Janet Baldwin; Ronald Welch

participants are professors from across the nation with one to four years of teachingexperience. The team presenting this paper came from both research and teaching institutionsrepresenting the following civil engineering disciplines: geotechnical, structural, transportation,and environmental. The senior mentors are current or retired C&ME Faculty or a graduate ofT4E or ETW. The junior mentors at USMA are new C&ME faculty that have just completed thefull six-week version of C&ME instructor training, while at the University of Arkansas they are Page 6.1003.2recent graduates of T4E or ETW. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for

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Sean P. Brophy; Robert Roselli

; Bransford, J. D. (1999) Software for managing complex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course. Educational Technology Research and Development. 47(2). p 39-60.4. Schwartz, D. L., Lin, X., Brophy, S., & Bransford, J. D. (1999). Toward the development of flexibly adaptive instructional designs. In Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional Design Theories and Models: Volume II. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.5. Harris, A. L. (2000). VaNTH Observational System. Unpublished document. Vanderbilt University: Nashville.ROBERT J. ROSELLIRobert J. Roselli is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Healso serves as Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Biomedical

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Wayne Walter; Paul Stiebitz

Consortium for Product Development Leadership in the 21stCentury (PD21), customizes course materials and elective courses to meet the needs of theirrespective constituency. The program balances technical and business perspectives in an effortto provide technical leaders with the skills and knowledge to create best-in-class productportfolios.The program at RIT, known as the Masters in Product Development (MPD), is a joint effortbetween the College of Business and the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. In addition to acourse in Leadership in Product Development, the core of the curriculum consists of threesystems design and management courses: Systems Engineering (SE), Systems Architecture (SA),and Systems and Project Management. Students are also

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; Cameron Wright, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; Michael Morrow, U.S. Naval Academy, MD; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy, MD

hardware. The desired progression would be as follows. 1. Study the traditional DSP theory, 2. Use MATLAB with simulated data, 3. Use MATLAB with real-world data, 4. Implement the process (in part or whole) in real-time on the TI DSK hardware 5. Repeat to improve the design or to develop new features.The third step of this process presents a practical problem. While MATLAB now has a verycapable data acquisition (DAQ) toolbox that allows for direct data acquisition and data insertioninto the MATLAB workspace which works with a number of different DAQ hardware boards, itdoes not support programmable DSP systems such as a DSK. Even if the DAQ Toolbox couldsomehow be used with a DSK, you could not avoid the fact that

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Judson Singer

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBlake, William (1757-1827): "To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour. " 8. ProphecyArabian Proverb: "He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth."Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914): "PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one'scredibility for future delivery."Bohr, Niels: "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future."Byron, Lord (1788-1824): "The best of prophets of the future is the past."Chinese Proverb: "When men speak of the future, the gods laugh

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James Nelson; Bernd Schroder

-99 that allowed us to maintain and increase support on all levels.The description for the expansion phase 1999-today can be found in the section on transition tointegrated curricula.IIa. Design phase.Systemic change can neither be mandated by administration, nor can it come about solely on theinitiative of single, isolated individuals. The former will lack the needed broad support in thefaculty, the latter will remain isolated with little impact beyond their own classrooms. Yet everyinstitution has a number of faculty that are interested and actively involved in improvingclassroom instruction. These are the individuals that were targeted at Louisiana Tech Universityin early 1997. A core group of nine individuals was formed and charged with

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Sarah Lewis; Renate Fruchter

scaffolding mentors understanding of cutting edgecollaboration technologies in A/E/C. The paper discusses implications for the design ofP5BL environments, processes and implications for university and industry relationships.IntroductionIsolation of Architecture/ Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) students within discipline-specific education has impacted graduates ability to function within interdisciplinarydesign teams when they enter industry. Not only are new graduates commonly hamperedby poor cross-disciplinary communication, coordination and negotiation skills, theyemerge from educational institutions with narrow perceptions of what it means toparticipate in the design process as a member of their specific discipline.P5BL - the People- Problem

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Robert Wells; Jeffrey Mountain; Donald Goddard

. Create a new practice-based electiveMENG 4324 Computer Aided Manufacturing course to teach modern computer-driven manufacturing methods.MENG 3309 Mechanical Systems Design (required) Enhance design sequence courses withMENG 4214 Design Methodology (required) hands-on capability enabling students toMENG 4320 Design for Manufacturing (elective) produce components and sub-assembliesMENG 4415 Senior Project Design (required) for their design projects.The curriculum development described here is a direct application of our department’s strategicplan for addressing needs of local and regional industry, and is designed to produce MechanicalEngineering graduates who are equipped to step

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

engineering innovation. Graduate education must be responsive to this change and mustbuild a new type model of in-service graduate professional education which reflects thesubstantial changes and characteristics of the engineering innovation process itself, and thestages of lifelong growth, professional dimensions, and leadership responsibilities associatedwith the modern practice of creative engineering in a knowledge-based, innovation-driveneconomy. Whereas traditional research-based graduate engineering education and teaching haveresulted during the last three decades as a byproduct of the linear research-driven model ofinnovation, a new model of graduate professional education has been developed which focuseson lifelong professional education for

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Michael Ropp; Steven Hietpas

with end-to-endinstruction on the analysis and design steps generally followed in the development of an electricdrive system. An electric drive system includes generation, power electronic drive or powerprocessing unit (PPU), motor, and load components. By end-to-end instruction we mean teachthe student to design an electric drive system, with appropriate understanding of the role thatgeneration and end-use (motor plus load) affects the design of the PPU.This objective correlates well with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), Accrediting Engineering Programs, criterion 3 (Program Outcomes and Assessment),item (c), which states “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have anability to design a system

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Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

across the curriculum, and assessment in higher education. She has a Bachelor ofScience degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts degree in business and technicalcommunication from ISU.STEVEN K. MICKELSONSteven K. Mickelson is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) at Iowa StateUniversity. Dr. Mickelson is the teaching/advising coordinator for the ABE department. His teaching specialtiesinclude computer-aided graphics, engineering design, soil and water conservation engineering, and land surveying.His research areas include soil quality evaluation using x-ray tomography, evaluation of best management practicesfor reducing surface and groundwater contamination, and manure

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William Thomas; Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk; Ronald Bucinell

Session 3460 Preparing Engineering Students to Work in a Global Environment: The Union College Model Richard D. Wilk, Ronald B. Bucinell, Ann M. Anderson, William W. Thomas Union College Schenectady, New YorkAbstractIt is important for engineering students to develop an international perspective to practice theirprofession in a society that is becoming increasingly global in scope. A key element indeveloping this perspective is acquiring an appreciation of, and respect for, other cultures. Webelieve the best way to do this is through a

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disregard their role in student satisfaction by focusingexclusively on intrinsic motivation factors.IntroductionCore courses in mathematics and science have a significant impact on the retention ofengineering students. For students majoring in science, mathematics, and engineering, thegreatest attrition occurs between the freshman and sophomore years1. Learning more aboutstudents’ perceptions of their core courses will enable us to improve these courses, as well aspositively influence the retention of engineering students. For this research, freshman students ina large introductory engineering design course were asked to identify five ways in which theirCalculus, Chemistry, or Physics course could be redesigned. The question was asked as part of

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Thomas Harmon; Eva Baker; Gregory Chung

). Five of these criteria cover cognitive or teamwork skills.EC2000 specifies that graduating students should have (a) an ability to apply knowledge ofmathematics, science, and engineering; (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as wellas to analyze and interpret data; (c) an ability to function in multidisciplinary teams; (d) an abilityto identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, and (e) an ability to communicateeffectively1, 10.II. Assessing Complex LearningEC2000 specifies cognitive skills expected of graduating students. The criteria, while creating adifficult measurement problem, are far more consistent with what educators and industry value.That is, in many applied environments it is more informative to know whether

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Larry Shuman; Justin Chimka; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Jack McGourty; Harvey Wolfe

specific cognitive and behavioral skills. Thebasic application requires each team member to rate both themselves and their teammateson a series items designed to identify skills and behaviors found to be important forengineering graduates and practicing engineers. (See Figure 1 for an example.) Anadministrative authoring system enables the instructor to quickly create an electronicversion of the survey (in disc format). Each student is given a disc and instructed tocomplete the survey at a convenient time. The computer-collected data is then compiledby the administrative application. Reports are automatically generated, giving eachstudent a confidential, developmental feedback report that presents self and team ratingson each survey item and

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student progress in activities that do not require a quantitativeresult. The student response has been very positive as demonstrated by a 50% improvement inclass attendance. The objectives of improved communication, problem solving, and teamingskills in addition to the acquisition of a background in BME applications have been successfullyachieved as with projects, papers, and presentations.This approach to learning has provided additional benefits for the supervision of graduatestudents and for research planning. Although initially challenging, the benefits to cost ratio is sohigh that the described method is planned for incorporation in all courses in an BME curriculum.I. IntroductionThis paper introduces the benefits of curriculum design using

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Steven Wright; Murat Ulasir; Michelle West; Lissa MacVean; Donald D. Carpenter

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationadjunct faculty member at Jackson Community College and Lawrence Technological University.MICHELLE L. WESTMichelle West is currently an Environmental Engineering master’s student at the University of Michigan. She received aB.S. in both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Natural Resources and Environment from the University ofMichigan. As a graduate student, Michelle served as Graduate Student Instructor for Fluid Mechanics, the course in whichthe CEAL program was piloted. In addition to consulting, she is involved with a collaborative research project in remotesensing involving the Department of Electrical Engineering and the United States Forest Service in California. Outside ofthe

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Gwan-Ywan Lai

, slide calipers, and a toolmakers microscope in 1998. In addition, theteam proposed and received this NSF-ILI grant to enhance the CMM systems and integrateCMM metrology into manufacturing engineering laboratories and curriculum in 1998. The teamalso received a temperature/humidity monitor for the Metrology laboratory from the Society ofManufacturing Engineers.In addition to the aforementioned courses the project will also impact students enrolled in otherIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering courses such as Statistics I & II, Sheet Metal Forming,Quality Assurance, Design of Experiments, and Robotics by providing inspection services and/ordata for studies in machine capabilities, statistical analysis, gage repeatability &

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? Page 6.845.1 3. What is the level of bias in peer evaluations?“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright2001, American Society for Engineering Education 4. What is the reliability (single measure) and stability (repeated measures) of peerevaluations? 5. What is the level of validity in peer evaluations?II. MethodologyThis section provides an overview of the participants in the study, data collection, data analysis,research design, and a theoretical framework and model for the research 7.A. ParticipantsSeniors in a capstone design class (Multidisciplinary Petroleum Design, Spring 2000 semester)were selected for the study. The Multidisciplinary Petroleum Design course

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Patricia Secola; Bettie Smiley; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland

and Gender Equity: Attitudes andAttempted Interventions. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 33 (7), 737-751.11. Ibid.12. Clewell, B., Darke, K., Tartre, Lindsay, Davis-Googe, T. Forcier, L., Manes, S. & Raphael, J. Summary Reporton the Impact Study of the National Science Foundation’s Program for Women and Girls. Prepared under NSFContract No. RED9452967. The Urban Institute Education Policy Center, Washington, D.C., November 1999.13. Castro, M., Blaisdell, S., Moore, M., Anderson-Rowland, M. (2000). University Faculty Commitment andInvolvement in an Outreach Program: Instrumental in Program Success. A paper presented at the AmericanEducational Research Association. Session # 3592.14. Oakes, W.C., Leone, L.L., Gunn, C.J., Dilworth

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profession, and 2) to work with sec-ondary teachers in the development of “engineering” exercises suitable for delivery to precollegestudents. The workshop will be held on July 25-27, 2001 on Michigan Tech’s campus in conjunc-tion with our best practices conference for our GK-12 program (described in the next section) andwill include hands-on activities designed to introduce teachers to the engineering profession. Dis-cussion of pipeline issues will be a significant component of the workshop. Teachers will partici-pate in engineering explorations in civil, environmental, chemical, computer, electrical,mechanical, materials, geological, and mining engineering. They will also receive training on anewly acquired scanning electron microscope that can be

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engineering using a familiar tool. We also hadcontacts at Truman Middle School, a magnet school in Fontana, California, which gave us anopportunity to test the WebQuests.Very few engineering WebQuests exist at this time. One example is the ’Cracking Dams’WebQuest designed at Cornell University as part of the National Science Foundation SimScienceproject12. The WebQuest was designed by Cornell University graduate students and professors,and included a computer simulation of cracking in a dam. The WebQuest also consideredsocietal impact of dam technology by having the students consider the effects of dam failure.Polaha13 includes many suggestions for designing WebQuests for elementary, middle, and high

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Joseph Betit; William Swart; Sushil Chaturvedi; Gary Crossman

conference entitled “Research and Engineering Education in a Global Society.”Participants identified best practices, discussed strategies, and formulated a declaration forachieving goals in engineering education and global research cooperation, with a view tobuilding a global society in the next century.5 Joining in this call for change was the NationalScience Foundation, which encouraged mutual and beneficial cooperation with other countries inits publication NSF Engineering: The Long View.6Universities in general have long supported the view that an international experience is avaluable part of education. However, such an experience is more difficult in a program of studyfor engineers than some other disciplines. Consider, for example, that 43% of

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Rob Guardiola; Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

.• Learning local, state, and federal laws to understand impact on engineering practices.• Learning new software programs to design a product or solve a problem.• Participating in experiential education opportunities. Page 6.383.4Figure 3. Representative Career Activities for the “Continuous Learning” competency“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education” ISU Competency (Dimension

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ethnic backgrounds.• Active participation in professional, artistic, and ethnic communities.• Responsible citizenship and an understanding of ethical choices inherent in human development. Mission and Goals of the College of EngineeringThe College Mission is:To be a leading provider of high quality, practice-oriented engineering graduates throughexcellence in education, research, and scholarship.The College of Engineering goals are that its graduates have:• Skills in applying engineering theory to the design and development of products, and processes for their manufacture/construction.• Strong communication, critical thinking and interpersonal skills.• Proficiency in information technology.• Ethical behavior and concern