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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

, ability to design & conduct broad education needed to experiments / analyze and ability to design a system, & ethical responsibility

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

a Sponsor’s design objectives. This course features two hours of faculty-led discussion and lectures per week on design methodology, teaming, design principles, information sources, patents, product liability, ethics, etc. The equivalent of a three-hour project lab is allocated to Project Teams and their Advisors. The second course, MEEM4910 Senior Design II, is directed toward the completion, physical realization, and optimization of the design. This course focuses on the Team Project and the Advisor. One hour per week is reserved for faculty-led discussion of optimization, failure mode and effects analysis, coordination of presentations, and for curricular assessment activities where

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

features were included inthe DPS program to avoid pattern presentation speeds that might induce fits in photosensitiveepileptics 18. Advice was also obtained from neurologists specializing in the field of epilepsy, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 9.73.5 Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationfrom the Epilepsy Association of WA, from medical practitioners and also from publications.Research involving human subjects at Australian universities must have ethics committeeapproval and this was duly obtained.6. Individualized

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

addressed” 12.7. ConclusionsS&H awareness and training is a vital part of the CIM unit for both students and staff. The CIMworkshop presents unusual hazards when compared to many traditional computing science unitsand S&H is important both from a legal and from a practical and ethical perspective to reduce therisk of harm to both students and staff. Page 9.1080.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAll staff involved need to be aware of their non-delegable legal responsibilities, and of

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The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

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Randy Winzer

5 4 3 2 1 NRY. Level and quality of verbal communication activities 5 4 3 2 1 NRZ. Understanding of need for lifelong learning 5 4 3 2 1 NRAA. Understanding value of professionalism 5 4 3 2 1 NRBB. Understanding value of ethics 5 4 3 2 1 NRCC. Understanding social/societal responsibility 5 4 3 2 1 NRDD. Understanding/respect for diversification/diversity 5 4 3 2 1 NREE

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Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Amy Grommes

of a broad cross-section of industry leaders, including professors, CEOs,and presidents of major engineering organizations, the board has worked over the last two yearsto define five categories characteristics of the “World Class Engineer.” The descriptions are asfollows: Aware of the world Engineers need to be sensitive to cultural differences, environmental concerns, and ethical principles. They need to understand market needs in both high and low-tech solutions. Solidly Grounded Engineering students need to be trained in the fundamentals of their disciplines, while retaining a historical perspective and an awareness of new advances and technologies in the field. Life time learning is an important theme

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Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

another and (b) situating learning within real-world (“authentic”) challenges • Assessment-centered: (a) providing frequent opportunities for students to make their thinking visible, so their misunderstandings can be corrected, and (b) revising teaching and learning activities after measuring student learningIn addition, modules reflect two other key VaNTH activities: a taxonomy of core concepts andskills in biomedical engineering, which is intended to become a central document for curricularplanning, and a taxonomy of related core competencies in areas such as communication, ethics,and teamwork. This latter taxonomy resembles other taxonomies of “soft skills” that are underdevelopment, such as the CDIO taxonomy in the

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Masoud Rais-Rohani

, component, or process to meet desired needs. • an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. • an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. • an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. • an ability to communicate effectively. • the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. • a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning. • a knowledge of contemporary issues. • an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.For this project, the students are divided into multiple teams of two and

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

Attrition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press (1993).14. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2000-01 Edition. U.S. Government: Bureau of Labor (2000).Roli Varma is an associate professor of public administration at the University of New Mexico. She also teaches aTechnology in Society course for the School of Engineering. Her research interests and publications includerestructuring of corporate R&D laboratories, engineering ethics, tenure and freedom in engineering, women andminorities in information technology, and Asian scientists and engineers in the United States. She can be reached atvarma@mgt.unm.edu

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

, N. “Improving Students’ Responses to Their Peers’ Essays.” College Composition and Communication 37:91-93, 1986.16 Subrata, S. “’The Center for Engineering Education and Practice’: Rethinking Engineering Education,” University of Michigan-Dearborn. 1998. Available: http://www.engin.umid.umich.edu/ceep/about/history.html17 Emig Emig, Janet. "Writing as a Mode of Learning." College Composition and Communication. 28:122-128, 1977.18 Hansen, K., Scribner, R.T., & Asplund, E. “Annotated Bibliography: Using Writing to Enhance Learning.” Brigham Young University. Available: http://saugus.byu.edu/writing/bibliography.htm19 Perry. W. “Cognitive and Ethical Growth: The Making of Meaning,” In A. W. Chickering et al. [Eds.], The Modern

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What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

. Page 8.1071.10[2] Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, c. 350 BC in Nobel, K.A.., International Education Questions Encyclopedia, Opern University Press, Buckingham, UK and Philadelphia, PA (1995, p.150)Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.[3] Bicknell-Holmes, T. and P. S. Hoffman, Elicit, engage, experience, explore: discovery learning in library instruction, Reference Service Review (2000)[4] Center for Quality of Management, The 7-Step Project Planning System, 1997.[5] Chickering, A.W. and Gamson, Z. F., “Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education”, AAHE Bulletin, 3-7, March 1987.[6] Clark, W. M

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

microstructure of the material at roomtemperature, and at the series of test temperatures selected. Everything proceeds normally untilstudents start to notice a wide variation in measured strength and ductility, even when the materialis tested at a constant temperature, based only on a difference in thermal gradient. Theunexpected result gets every ones attention, and starts to beg ethical questions. Groups typicallyfeel that they should repeat the test; because the initial consensus is that there was some sort ofprocedural or material problem with that particular sample. At this point, the real voyage ofdiscovery has begun.V. Data / AnalysisThe presence of thermal gradients in most processes requires that true physical simulation mustinclude the

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eldon Larsen; Betsy Dulin

engineering community. The program must meet the evolving needs of engineersand their employers in the region by enhancing technical engineering competence, managementand leadership skills, and sensitivity to legal and ethical issues. All graduate engineering students are required to complete thirty-six semester hours,consisting of fifteen semester hours of core courses, including completion of a comprehensiveproject, plus twenty-one additional hours of required courses and electives in the applicable areaof emphasis. To accommodate the schedules of employed students, the courses are taught almostentirely in the evening hours, Monday through Thursday. Each course is normally offered in a 2.5 -3.0 hour block once per week for the entire semester

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Krogmeier; Mustafa Kamasak; Maribel Figuera; Luis Torres; Jan Allebach; George Chiu; Edward Delp; Charles Bouman; Catherine Rosenberg; Lynne Slivovsky

shown that design experiences play a vital role in the curriculum to prepare engineersfor the real world1,2. In addition to technical skills, these experiences must also address the areasof communication, teamwork, ethics, and the customer3,4. Many approaches that address theseareas have been developed for capstone design courses5-7. The goal of our course is to provideour students with a rewarding design experience in all of these areas that is focused on exploringand developing real-world applications of mobile communications technologies. Thesetechnologies are rapidly transforming the way in which we go about our everyday lives. Theyoffer heretofore un-conceived ways to do things differently and more effectively. Becausemobile technologies

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Patrick Devens

course, will be able to: • apply engineering ethics to real life situations, • apply the engineering method to problem solving, • apply basic physical and mathematical concepts to introductory engineering problems, • translate “word” problems into the mathematical statements that describe the physical situations presented; i.e., read, or listen to, problems and understand them, • graph numeric data and develop simple empirical functions, • develop algorithms and apply decision and repetition structures to basic problem solving, and • use selected computer software.The Math Pre and Post tests are the same. The tests were given to students on

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

, or effective arguments/facts General Technology Ability to assess usefulness/application of basic information Skills technology Basic understanding of the relationship between career choices and specific information technologies Knowledge of the critical importance of continuous learning, and information technology skills development Ethical Skills Understanding of important issues of a technology-based society Recognition of ownership, security, and privacy issues Understanding of copyright and citation issues Year 4

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nadia Craig; Michelle Maher; Walter Peters

mechanical engineering. She is a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate ResearchFellowship. Last year she also taught in a 3rd grade science and mathematics class through the National ScienceFoundation’s GK-12 fellowship program.MICHELLE MAHER is Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration. Her research interests includeundergraduate student development, the use of technology in educational settings, and educational researchmethodology.WALLY PETERS is Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Laboratory for Sustainable Solutions,and Faculty Associate in the School of the Environment. His research interests include sustainable design, industrialecology, complex systems, and environmental/Earth ethics

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nabil Ibrahim

in defining the competency gaps that they feltneeded to be addressed throughout the educational pathway of a student. By workingtogether we are finding ways to infuse these competency skills into curricula at everylevel. Figure (3) lists the 10 competency gaps that our partnership has identified. Thesecompetency gaps served as a driver to curriculum development. Page 8.914.3 Program Driver, Competency Gaps • Good communication, team work and interpersonal skills • High ethical standards and appreciation of diversity • Ability to think critically and creatively • Good grasp of mathematics

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

principled choices regarding conflicting Humanities and Social School of Liberal Values and Ethics: The ability situations in their personal Science Electives Arts of students to make judgments and public lives and to#6 with respect to individual foresee the consequences conduct, citizenship and of these choices. aesthetics. 6b. Recognize the Standardized importance

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Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Bradley Golish; Phil Weilerstein; Harvey Wolfe

educationalexperience, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. Together with Dr. CindyAtman, Dr. Shuman co-chaired the 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference held in Pittsburgh.HARVEY WOLFE has been a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University ofPittsburgh since 1972 and served as Department Chair from 1985 - 2000. He is a Fellow of the Institute ofIndustrial Engineers and is currently President-elect of IIE. After working in the area of applying operationsresearch methods to the health field, he is now active in the development of models for assessing engineeringeducation.PHILIP J. WEILERSTEIN is executive director of the NCIIA. He attended the University of MassachusettsAmherst where, as a

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

variety of realistic constraints, such as economic factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics, and social impact; • be a meaningful, major engineering design experience that builds upon the fundamental concepts of mathematics, basic sciences, the humanities and social sciences, engineering topics, and communication skills; • be taught in section sizes that are small enough to allow interaction between teacher and student; • be an experience that must grow with the student’s development; and • focus the student’s attention on professional practice and be drawn from past course work. This paper describes the student-initiated design project and what kinds of steps can betaken to formalize the educational, rather than

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Rennels

communicate effectively in 2003-2004 English; exemplary ethical and professional behavior; and involvement with students in extracurricular activities. Faculty members must maintain current knowledge of their field and understanding of the tasks industry expects technicians and technologists to perform. Faculty members normally remain current by active participation in professional societies; reading the literature; continuing education; applied research; consulting and periodic return to industry. The institution should have a well-planned, adequately funded, and effective program for the professional development of its

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Keat; Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

earlier course work. The design experience should incorporateengineering standards and realistic constraints that include most of the following considerations:economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social;and political. Further, Criterion 8 of the ASME Program Criteria calls for graduates of MEprograms to have the ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systemsareas including the design and realization of such systems.It became clear that changes in the ME curriculum would be necessary to ensure that all studentsmet these criteria. Assessment results from alumni surveys indicated that the senior project, in itscurrent form, was highly regarded by alumni. As a result, the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

generate its own revenue. Unless some outside forceintervenes, seldom do professors move across departments, and almost never moveacross schools. For example, seldom does one see a course in ethics or philosophy madeavailable for the engineering and/or education students. That is not to say that there arenot some attempts across the country to integrate curriculums within departments andacross schools. However, this is the exception.In addition to this organizational structure, there are other forces at work which preventinterdisciplinary collaboration. For example, there is always exists some element ofterritoriality in universities. Department Heads and Deans sometimes protect theirstudents by requiring them to take only courses in their

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2001 Annual Conference

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Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili; Jr., Richard Crain; Jeffrey McCauley; Forrest Parkay; Denny Davis; Michael Trevisan

Introductory Engineering Design Class." Paper number 1356, Proceedings of Frontiers in Education conference, November. 19. Lumsdaine, E., M. Lumsdaine, and J.W. Shelnutt. 1999. Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design. McGraw-Hill, Inc., College Custom Series, NY.Biographical SketchesMr. KENNETH L. GENTILI is instructor of engineering and physics at Tacoma Community College. Mr.Gentili has more than thirty years of teaching experience in higher education. During that time he hastaught more than twenty-five different courses in engineering, physics and math. He piloted fiveexperimental classes that included a freshman course in Introduction to Engineering Design, Ethical Issuesin Engineering, an X-ray Physics class for an

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Roman Morawski; Andrzej Krasniewski

into account ecological, cultural and ergonomic aspects in designing technical objects and actions. Consequently, providing the graduates with opportunities for developing ethical views and attitudes becomes an obligation for the university. This is an objective of humanities and social sciences introduced in the curriculum, but it is also a role of the system of study to increase the students' responsibility for the effects of their professional activity and develop the culture of quality.How the above-outlined expectations towards engineering education are in every-day academiclife confronted with hard reality of declining students preparation for meeting them ?. Theintellectual distance to physical reality has been growing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Nasr; Basem Alzahabi

engineering. A B C D E2. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. A B C D E3. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. A B C D E4. Ability to function in multidisciplinary teams. A B C D E5. Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. A B C D E6. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. A B C D E7. Ability to communicate effectively. A B C D E8. Broad education that is

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

professor’s requirements for meeting their research goals.The microEP requirements include weekly operational meetings to provide a forum for opengroup discussions. Discussions include cultural issues such as comparisons of home countryculture to US culture, discussions of current interactions between technology and society, andprofessional ethics. Educational issues are included, such as group overviews of individualcurriculum choices as well as research discussions with microEP faculty. Some sessions are alsoused to discuss the most efficient usage of software tools for such things as creation andmanagement of their educational path in Microsoft Project.The intent of this methodology is to bring this diverse group of students rapidly together to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn J. Smith

did not understand all the details.The minority opinion that it was of no value came from students (with two exceptions) who didnot provide any positive comments on the class or their math experience.d) Group ProjectThis project was developed to provide exposure to the ABET 2000 outcomes of • an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams • an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility • an ability to communicate effectively • a knowledge of contemporary issuesGroups of four students were assigned together based on their common interests in several topicsprovided as project assignments. The topics were developed from current research topics, butwere designed to be broad in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

. IntroductionFounded in 1969, the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), a constituent of the Universitédu Québec, has been offering an engineering degree program since September 1994. As a resultof a vast consultation that included the business, industry, public and parapublic sectors, theprogram has been geared towards training versatile engineers capable of designing,implementing and analyzing elements and systems of the physical environment using amultidisciplinary approach, while considering ethical, social and economic factors. In thedevelopment of the program, the Université du Québec à Rimouski recognized that the practice ofdesign is central to the education of the next generation of engineers. Engineering design is theprocess by wich raw scientific