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Susan Campbell; Carol L. Colbeck

the economic,environmental, ethical, historical, and social issues that are involved in design.Reflection is a skill that has recently received attention. According to Gorman, Richards,Scherer, and Kagiwada (1995), reflection is important particularly for first-year students orinexperienced designers. Reflection provides these students with the opportunity to contemplateproblem-solving strategies and problem representations and to develop new ways of reaching asolution that might be apparent to more experienced students. Students can reflect on the designprocess in diaries, journals, or notebooks.How faculty teach designEngineering faculty tend to use at least one of four approaches to teaching design: lecture, facultyas guide or coach, case

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Jon A. Leydens

students’ writing and to facilitatediscussion on the topics raised by lectures, readings, and relevant issues that capture students’interest. Students also keep journals as a way of tinkering with ideas that may then develop intolonger, more involved reports.Course MaterialsIn addition to Environmental Ethics, Our Ecological Footprint, and a novel, the following textsare used in this course:◊ Beer and McMurrey. A Guide to Writing as an Engineer. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.◊ Lunsford and Connors. The Everyday Writer: A Brief Reference. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997. Page 3.586.2Course ObjectivesStudents in NHV will

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Renecia Jones; Kerric Bennett; Ganelle Grace; Bala Ram

Portfolio Format The format for undergraduate portfolios was developed based on the goals set forth in the1995-97 Bulletin of North Carolina A&T State University , the objectives of the Department ofIndustrial Engineering, and the ABET 2000 Criteria. The portfolio consisted of a three ringbinder with dividers for the following sections:• Leadership Skills• Oral Communication Skills• Written Communication Skills• Technical Competence• Critical Thinking• Teamwork Skills• Social Consciousness• Global Context of Engineering• Lifelong Learning• Professional and Ethical Responsibility• Interpersonal Skills• Career Readiness This portfolio format allowed the Department of Industrial Engineering

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Zhang Wenxue; Yuan Dening; Chen Zhi

and knowledge in marketing environment, social science, ethics, etc. The main bodyof a speciality should be restructured, and overall arrangement should be made for the basictraining of the undergraduates and ability training of the graduates in order to solve theproblem in our undergraduate program that the students have a solid foundation, but lack theability of research and creativity. The second category is to train the certified professionalengineers with a Bachelor degree in architecture, civil engineering and a few engineering Page 3.597.2departments. The training program will be modified in accordance with the standards ofinternational

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Thalia Anagnos; Michael W. Jennings

6.0 understanding of professional and ethical 6 responsibility 7.0 ability to communicate 7 effectively 8.0 understand the impact of engineering solutions in a 8 global/societal context 9.0 recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life- 9 long learning 10.0 knowledge of contemporary 10 issues 11.0 ability to use the techniques, skills and modern tools necessary for engineering 11 practice NOTES FOR TABLE 2 : Assessable Component(s) NP = Not a Priority in this Class Otherwise, please

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Woo Sik Kim; Song Yop Hahn; Byeong Gi Lee; Ki-Jun Lee

. 5Mathematics and basic sciences are what we have long used as the major menu for thefreshman-level engineering education. Introductory engineering is a comparatively newcomponent that is designed to complement the math & science biased freshman education byadding engineering flavor. It may include courses on general understanding of engineeringand technology, history of engineering and technology, engineering ethics, noviceengineering design, and others. Fundamental-level major courses include the core of aparticular major field of engineering that can equip an engineering student with thefundamental principles and practices of the major field. Fundamental-level major coursesmay consist of engineering sciences and the relevant design and

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John S. Schmalzel; Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

Session 3615 Introducing Civil Engineering Measurements through Bridges Kauser Jahan, Ralph A. Dusseau and John S. Schmalzel Rowan UniversityABSTRACTFreshman engineering students at Rowan University are introduced to engineering measurementsthrough a series of hands-on laboratories emphasizing teamwork, computer utilization, oral andwritten communication skills and professional ethics. The major focus of the freshman clinicclass for a full semester is engineering measurements and design. Problems are drawn from thefour disciplines to introduce students to laboratory and field measurements

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Wayne Woldt; Mohamed Dahab; Bruce I. Dvorak; Dennis Schulte

few applications were received after presentations made more than a month before thedeadline.Training Curriculum The students participate in two weeks of intensive formal training at the start of theprogram. The training consists of a combination of the following: (1) lectures on the basicconcepts of pollution prevention and environmental regulations, (2) discussion sessionsconcerning the ethic of pollution prevention, the application of pollution prevention to realbusinesses, how to communicate with businesses, and different personality types, (3) a small Page 3.440.2group project where the students apply P2 concepts to a real

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John B. Troy

its efforts to bring in experts to talk about the field of biomedical engineering andwhat career opportunities it provides. Some have spoken about what is needed to fulfill therequirements for medical or graduate school or what different sectors of the biomedical industryseek from a B.S. graduate in Biomedical Engineering. There are also talks from differentresearch areas of biomedical engineering and talks on issues such as regulatory practices as theypertain to biomedical products, talks on biomedical ethics, etc. Some of these presentations aredelivered by recent graduates of the program, which permits students to gain a realisticimpression of what may lie ahead for them.It is currently unclear what the impact of the disappearance of the

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Jule Dee Scarborough

III - Interdisciplinary Project Design and Organization (1 credit hour) Content for this course is as follows: Research resources, standards Consultant/client relationship Team operational policies & procedures Patents, legal liability Ethics Scientific investigation Data collection Problem-solving tools Multi-criterion decision making & analysis Concurrent engineering Plan/proposal writing Team mini-project-initial work on design project for capstone projectThe philosophy and operational strategies for this sequence as a prerequisite are:1. The

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

that have been traditionally forgotten by academia but will have a high impact in the students professional careers, such as regulatory issues, aspects of technical writing, ethics, and interactions with other professionals among others (Elder et al. 1996).At the end of the Guest Lecture Program the students at the Wilkes-Barre Campus were asked toanonymously respond to a survey regarding the program and the videoconferencing media thatwas used to transmit the lectures with their responses analyzed in this paper.RESULTSAll the students indicated a preference for the lectures that had a high technical content andconcentrated in medical equipment rather than the lectures that focused on interpersonal

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Karen E. Schmahl

beduplicated in a pure classroom environment. Upon completion of the project studentsdemonstrated ability to:• Research and understand a complex manufacturing process, then correctly apply the process to produce a family of parts.• Develop a detailed set of process plans which meets technical, quality and procedural requirements of an industrial user.• Gain an understanding of the broad view of the manufacturing function and how the planning of production operations connects product development with production resources for making parts.• Understand the role of the manufacturing engineer in the design, development and improvement in the systems and processes for making parts.• Understand the professional and ethical

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Charles D. Turner

environmental ethic that will lead to sustainability for humans and theecological systems that support us. An essential part of the class is a design project in which thestudents design a “Center for Sustainable Education”. The facility must utilize sustainabletechnologies for power, heating, cooling, and water supply. The students must demonstratefinancial feasibility of their project through the development of a business plan that provides adetailed analysis of construction costs, operating expenses and revenues. The cost of renewableresources must be compared to conventional resources. The students are given an initial “startupgrant” of 1.5 million dollars and are expected to leverage this money through innovative strategiesto cover the cost of

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Shomir Sil; Sashi Sekhar; Chandra R. Sekhar

360 Operations Management Total 24 ** Two courses, Financial Management and Marketing Management, can be completed during summer sessions. These courses are not within the BS in EET plan of study. The Technology graduate will also complete six credit hours of writing (composition, business/technical report writing), six hours of speech communication, and six hours of humanities/social science. In addition, students will be encouraged to take a business ethics course in a Humanities elective slot. The current EET Bachelor’s degree program requires 128- 130 credit hours to complete. By scheduling several of the Management courses within the existing framework, the

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Stephen R. Fleeman

worker’s overall employability andsuccess. This area includes work ethics and behavior, interpersonal relationships, and teamwork - in short,the SCANS recommendations.The area of technical skills includes general skills, dc circuits, ac circuits, discrete solid-state circuits,analog circuits, digital circuits, microprocessors, and microcomputers. The area of test equipment andtools concentrates on the worker’s ability to know and understand how the test equipment or tool worksand when, where, and how to use it.Basic and practical skills concern technical literacy, communicating on the job, solving problems andcritical thinking, proficiency in mathematics, and proficiency in physics. Additional skills include(electronic) communications

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

begins with an intense one-week assignment based on the Apollo 13 LiOH canisterproblem, involving teamwork and procedure writing. For the remainder of the quarter studentteams work on a sustained design project. They attend a large lecture each week and two smallworkshop sections. They also write weekly on-line journal assignments, communicate with eachother and their instructors via FirstClass (an electronic conferencing program), and complete anindependent software lab. During the second quarter, students work on a new project for a clientin the university, the community, or local industry. Most of the teaching is done through groupconferences, and students attend lectures on topics such as teamwork and ethics. Both quartersculminate in a

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Cynthia A. Mitchell; Caroline Baillie

optimise natural structures and synthetic properties. The hoof work I have just completed has involved quite a complex microscopic analysis, but it has allowed for creativity. No-one has explored the structure of cow-hoof the way we have, and it could be any way we feel it might be. We have submitted a beautiful 3D drawing of what we think it looks like at a microscopic level. I have discovered the aesthetic beauty of my work and now I can own it.Cynthia now specialises in environmental management and decision making, cleantechnology, and the practicalities of low energy, resource recovery options for wastetreatment, incorporating the social and ethical dimensions of these issues. For me, the crux is about

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Robert K. Tener; Vincent Drnevich

judgements, and time management; 3) a solid foundation in personal and interpersonal attributes and ethics, and 4) an involvement with engineering practice as the formal education evolves.Other significant forces influence educational objectives besides those cited above. Civilengineering departments, as they set their educational program objectives, in general feel directlythe influence, advice and opinions of their local industry advisory committees and of employersof the program graduates. These people are, in the view of most educators, our “customers.”Nonetheless, it may be correct to assume, from anecdotal and “grass-roots” communication, thatthe beliefs of local industry leaders and employers -- our customers -- are entirely

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Andrew S. Crawford

culture• understanding the decision-making process and its consequences Page 3.390.15• coalition-buildingASEE Paper #2632 Page 15, 04/06/98• compromise• change management skillsSocial Responsibility Skills & Ethics• personal values• integrity• ability to view ideas from different perspectives• ethical decision-making Page 3.390.16ASEE Paper #2632 Page 16, 04/06/98 Appendix B EXAMPLES OF GROUP FACILITATION SKILLSxiThe following outline provides a detailed description of Group Facilitation Skills (referenced inAppendix A). This outline can be used as the

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Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

• continually re-educate him/herself • operate effectively within the policital, ethical and economic forces of the world • apply his or her skills to practical, real-world, complex problem situations.The ABET 2000 criteria require engineering educators to examine their entire curriculum —from freshman to senior level courses. The current study, however, sampled only enteringengineering students, so in this paper we focus our discussion of engineering education change tothe first-year. Even before ABET 2000, many engineering colleges began to revamp the first-year engineering experience to include increased hands-on design, technical writing, oralpresentations, and team-based projects (Dally & Zhang, 1993; Dym, 1994; Augustine, 1997

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Matt W. Mutka; Betty H. C. Cheng; Diane Rover

these in groups in class. One article that has been cited bystudents as notable focuses on the creativity required in engineering of embedded systemsand the hardware-software design decisions bounded by constraints [24]. Students also readabout engineering ethics, including ethical considerations in hardware and software quality.Class discussion of ethics case studies involving embedded systems provided students withrealistic scenarios and different perspectives. Computer and communication standards andtheir importance is another discussion topic, highlighting the many standards that studentsencountered in their embedded system design projects. This topic is reinforced with a guestspeaker, who has worked with the IEEE standards development

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Paul Duesing; Morrie Walworth; Jim Devaprasad; Ray Adams; David McDonald

analysisconsiders changes in the constrains and conditions of the project along with corrective measures Page 3.175.5needed. This analysis along with the safety, ethical, and efficiency considerations contribute tothe teams grade beyond the C level. This is an exercise for the team members’ critical thinkingand problem solving skills.When team members schedule meetings amongst themselves, the time, date and placeinformation on the meetings is provided to the project manager at least two days in advance. Theproject manager could partake in the meetings to provide input and to observe thecommunications taking place amongst the members.If time permits, an oral

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S. A. Tennyson; R. J. Eggert; D. Bunnell

process: 1. formulate / specify 4. optimize / iterate 2. synthesize 5. present / document 3. analyze & evaluateDETAIL SKILLS:1. problem formulation & function specification: scope out the design problem determine what functions are important to the customer establish thorough design specifications (functional) determine applicable constraints (physical, social, ethical, economic) plan for the solution (of open-ended problems)2. synthesis: generate alternatives for how specified functions are met (concept design) define applicable governing equations and analytical models resource use (corporate files, experts, library, networks

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Walter Vincent; Nipha P. Kumar; Craig A. Bernecker

6.3 subject matter.8. Rate the effectiveness of the instructor’s discussions of 6.4 5.5 5.0 professional ethics and responsibilities.9. Rate the organization of course material. 5.6 5.3 5.510. Rate the effectiveness of the instructor in demonstrating 5.6 5.0 5.1 the significance of the subject matter.11. Rate the fairness of the overall grading system in the 5.2 3.9 4.7 course.12. Rate the appropriateness of the instructor’s 5.6 5.3 4.2 encouragement of student participation and instruction.13. Rate the amount of

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William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

Academic environment S S S W Cultural diversity W S S Table 2. Elements Used to Achieve Program Outcomes EE Program Outcomes Resources and Strategies 2 3 9 11 15 17 22 Curriculum Requirements Required ECE Core X X Major Design Experience X X X Technical Writing & Public Speaking X Ethics Course X Co-op and Internships

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X Ethics Course X Co-op and Internships X X X X Academic Advising Office X X X GT Student Orientation and Retention X X Programs Faculty and Staff Professional X X Development Activities Table 3. Current Assessment Methods Used to Monitor Program Outcomes EE Program Outcomes Assessment Method 2 3

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David Wells

of the learners. Candidates in this environmenthave assimilated a highly-disciplined work ethic, with some notable differences from the typicalcampus situation. High standards are applied in attendance, professional dress, behavior andpersonal habits. Distractions from the learning process are minimized. Moreover, people whoadopt the discipline of a Focus: HOPE-like environment will be self-selected as dedicated to their Page 3.275.6task. The sub-set of the learner population that was selected for the bursts had identifiedthemselves through superior prior achievements during normal learning schedules.Both bursts were also strongly supported by

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Ronald J. Bennett

environment. This degree program, like othergraduate degree programs at the University of St. Thomas, fulfills a niche market need forspecialized knowledge and skills.There are some key objectives that are part of each course in the curriculum, without which theprogram will not completely fulfill its mission. In addition to specific knowledge and skillsdeveloped in each course, all have embedded the following: - Develop confidence - Increase risk-taking ability - Instill quality in every aspect of the enterprise - Build ethical responses into all decision-making Page 3.337.10It is through the selection and training of faculty

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Gulcin Cribb

critical attitude towards information. They should always ask themselves how reliable the information is;• Graduates will have an ethical attitude towards the use of information. This includes: - attributing sources - respecting confidentiality - copyright and intellectual property.Some of the academic staff who will be teaching the new curriculum will need to updatetheir own information skills to ensure they are able to set the projects and assignmentswhich require the students to locate, use and evaluate a variety of information sources andsynthesise and present what they found. Librarians will be involved to make sure trainingof academic staff takes place via active liaison and training programs especially designedfor

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Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

realized. This paper describes a program, which through an immersion into the engineeringdesign process, combines fun and competition with realistic information about the career ofengineering.The Tennessee Governor’s School for the Sciences is a four-week summer program for risinghigh school juniors and seniors who are among the best and brightest in the state. Morningsessions of the program consist of a common curriculum for all 150 students with courses oncomputer skills, technical writing, and professional practices and ethics. In the afternoon, thestudents attend one of six specialty areas with approximately 20-30 students enrolled in eachspecialty. Each student attends only one specialty area for the entire four weeks.Engineering is one of