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exponentially growing field of telemedicine willrequire those skills more readily acquired through EE training. However, EE programs willneed to redevelop a focus to best meet those needs. Such programs should avail students ofwell defined avenues of study suited to specific concentrations. The bird is not dead – it isonly sleeping (from a Monty Python skit).I. IntroductionThe EE engineering profession and its educational support system recognize change as an Page 4.553.1evident fact of technological evolution. Changes have been brought about by several factorsincluding growing industrial competition and accompanying corporate restructuring, and

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John Eby; David Vader; Carl A. Erikson

receptacles. Confined to an office, someonepours the available material resources onto a table. As time passes, disaster seems to beinevitable, when the engineers emerge victorious. Amazingly, they have crafted a solution from,among other things, duct tape, plastic bags, and pieces of the flight plan document. This isengineering at its unambiguous best. When needs, goals, time constraints, and availableresources are unambiguous, engineers can solve problems.Rarely, however, are the scope and boundary of an engineer's work so well defined. In theUnited States, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) describesengineering as devising components, systems and processes to meet needs. This is the process

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Y. Omurtag; T. Ioi; S. Enomoto; M. Matsunaga

Session 2263 Collaborative Manufacturing Engineering Education and Research in Japan T. Ioi, S. Enomoto, K. Kato, M. Matsunaga, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan, Research Committee of MOT, Japan , Y. Omurtag, University of Missouri-Rolla, USAAbstractThis paper describes an emerging engineering education system for manufacturing professionalsat Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) in Japan, based on the principles of industry academiacollaboration and case study methodology in teaching and research.First, the Department of Project Management (DPM

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Chi-Wook Lee

Session 2322 University/Industry Partnership: Customized Electrical Engineering Fundamentals Program For Non-Electrical Engineers at Delco Electronics Chi-Wook Lee Department of Mechanical Engineering University of the PacificAbstractEngineering curriculum must stay abreast with changes taking place throughout industry in theway products are designed, developed, and manufactured. As technology advances, new andmore challenging problems force manufacturing companies to adapt and overcome obstacles inorder

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Gearold R. Johnson; Dueb M. Lakhder

Session 3460 UNESCO Initiatives in the Field of Engineering Education Dueb M. Lakhder, Gearold R. Johnson UNESCO/National Technological UniversityAbstractEngineering education is an essential component of UNESCO’s science programmes and it isoriented towards serving Member States on a continuous basis. After a discussion of severalmajor distance learning programmes in the world, this paper concentrates on the status ofUNESCO’s current distance learning initiatives: the Satellite Universities of Science andTechnology for the Arab States, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Africa, and Central America.A

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Eric Adams; Rafael Bras

Session 2515 MIT’s Master of Engineering Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering--a first professional degree E. Eric Adams, Rafael L. Bras Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyIntroductionEngineering is one of the few disciplines in which professional status is claimed with only afour-year undergraduate degree. It is becoming evident that such a model is not sustainable inan increasingly complicated and technological world. Employers have responded byeffectively requiring a masters as entry level degree for

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Alice Y. Scales; Aaron C. Clark

, and methods utilized by engineering/technical graphics educators for professional development. Fourth, the survey examined the presentstatus of graphics education and how it relates to establishing a proposed program in graphicsteacher education. The survey sought information on types of degrees offered by institutions andhow they are structured in order to establish criteria for the proposed program. The authors of thisstudy will present all qualitative information found throughout the duration of the study as well asdemographics and descriptive statistics obtained from the survey.I. IntroductionOver the last few years, engineering graphics educators have faced changes in the content we teachstudents and the technology we use to teach it

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Raymond B. Landis

the Cal State L.A. Solar Eagleproject. Technologies including composite fabrication, suspension design, solar panelproduction, battery performance, high efficiency electric motors, and on-board computer andtelemetry systems were discussed. The challenges of putting together a student team to design,fabricate, test, and race a national championship solar car (Cal State L.A. Solar Eagle III won 1stplace in a field of 36 entries in Sunrayce 97) were described. Participants then viewed thevehicle and discussed the project with team members.Session 7: Overview of Engineering Education.A presentation was made regarding engineering education in the United States. An overview ofthe history and current structure was included. ABET accreditation

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David P. Heddle; Robert F. Hodson; David C. Doughty

to engineeringinstruction.I. IntroductionOver the past year faculty in Engineering and Physics have been teaching with a tools suite calledWeb-4M. The collaboration and information sharing tools found in Web-4M can be applied to anydiscipline, but the rich nature of visualization tools found in Web-4M (an not found in many othercollaboration products) made it especially useful in teaching engineering and science. Web-4M, aproduct developed by JDH Technologies, is unique in that it is a hybrid tool suite containing bothsynchronous and asynchronous tools useful in both web-based and traditional classes. This mixallows greater flexibility in presentation of material in a learning environment. It also opens up arealm of possibilities not

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William Shelnutt; Monica Lumsdaine; Edward Lumsdaine

Session 2225 Integrating Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University J. William Shelnutt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.Abstract“Engineering design is the communication of a set of rational decisions obtained with creativeproblem solving for accomplishing certain stated objectives within prescribed constraints.” Howcan engineering design be taught within the framework of this definition—what are the goals andbuilding blocks? An innovative textbook demonstrates an integrated

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

effectively integrate the experimental experience more widely across the curriculum in acost-effective manor. Some departments are also challenged with bringing laboratory experienceinto the Freshman year. Others are interested in presenting advanced technology or emergingfields through laboratory experiments. Typically chemical engineering laboratory experiments are presented in a Senior-level unitoperations laboratory. In this setting students gain experience with many of the processes thatare presented in various previous courses in the curriculum, e.g. heat exchanger, distillationcolumn, extraction column, filter press, reverse osmosis system. In the majority of cases theseare pilot-scale process units that are quite expensive and complex. A

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Wade Shaw

engineering education. We use the entire college ofengineering as a source of technical focus courses, the MBA core from our school of business forkey management courses, and specialized engineering management courses to prepare leaders intechnology and business. This low cost approach allows us to attract a wide variety of technicalspecialists into our program that are welcomed by our university affiliates.The key strategy that is working for us is to use technology to allow collaboration amongstudents and faculty. The increasing complexity of engineering design that demandscoordination of many diverse technical disciplines requires engineers and managers to usecollaboration tools that can also be used in educational environments. This paper

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Robert Engelken

undergraduate, nonresearch institutions. However, the reality at such institutionsis that research is often not considered nearly as important or supported as much by theadministration or region as advertising implies, although a research record is usually critical topromotion, tenure, and merit raises and to one’s gratification, reputation, and marketability inengineering 2,3.This discrepancy motivates fundamental questions:(1) Should research even be a part of the official mission and promotion, tenure, and merit raisecriteria of such institutions?(2) If so, what contributions can such entities realistically make to the state-of-the-art, especiallyin expensive equipment and facility-intensive high technology fields such as engineering andscience?(3

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occur, which is the fundamental reason forthis program. Our experience is that both group learning and independent thinking are enhanced,and the curriculum provides first-hand experience in the development of space technology aswell as opportunities for discovering new knowledge.I. Program Objectives and BackgroundOur fundamental goal with the USAFA small satellite program is to provide a broad,applications-oriented experience of space technology for our undergraduate students.Technology can be defined as the “application of science, engineering, and industrialorganization to create a human-built world.”1 Designing, building, and operating a smallspacecraft is the focus for experiencing all these aspects of technology. The specific objectives

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James Pearson

Session 2323 An Interdisciplinary Junior Level Team Design Experience in Engineering Dr. James V. Pearson Division of Engineering and Technology John Brown UniversityAbstractThe course (EN3222, Design Laboratory, two semester hours, spring semester) describedin this paper was initiated in the spring of 1992 at John Brown University to providestudents with design-cycle experience and interdisciplinary team activities. Typically theteams of this course are formed with three students of engineering and two students ofgraphic

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Loren Lutes; James T. P. Yao

same July 1998 article reported that the ASCE Board of Direction is contemplatingpromotion of a policy being prepared by the Educational Activities Committee. Also, the Boardmay decide to seek support from such organizations as the Accreditation Board of Engineeringand Technology, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the National Council ofExaminers for Engineering and Surveying. Indeed, ASCE may become a leader in this effort.Recently, the ASCE Board of Direction approved a policy statement that is given in theAppendix.The authors are in favor of (1) strengthening the education of civil engineers, (2) meeting theemployment needs of industry and government, and (3) increasing the professional stature ofpractitioners. Furthermore

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Barry Jackson

disciplines, which in the buildingindustry consists of teams, is downplayed by the students working as individuals in their class-room experience. Research outside of the architectural and engineering professions suggest that“future work situations are likely to use a complex mixture of different information channels,including video conferencing, e-mail, small group work, and on-line searches.” 3 In other words,information systems are being developed which rely on an awareness of the necessity for humaninteraction intertwining with the social and technological aspects of the design process. Theseare the conceptual underpinnings of the development of a new approach.Designing the SolutionThe hypothesis is that a concurrent and collaborative design

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Michio Tsutsui

. ACTFL Japanese Proficiency Guidelines. Foreign Language Annals,vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 589-603, (1987).MICHIO TSUTSUIMichio Tsutsui is an Associate Professor of Technical Communication and the Director of the Technical JapaneseProgram at the University of Washington. He has earned a B.S. in naval architecture from Osaka University andan M.A. and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is actively involved inlanguage education for engineers and scientists and research in technology-enhanced language learning. Page 4.357.7

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Raffaello D'Andrea

Session: Mobile Robots and Interdisciplinary Design 2220 Robot Soccer: A Platform for Systems Engineering Raffaello D’Andrea Cornell UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a project course at Cornell University aimed at educating students inSystems Engineering. The multidisciplinary nature of the course is a great vehicle forhighlighting some of the key components of Systems Engineering, including System Design,Systems and Technology Integration, Systems Analysis, and System Engineering Management.The class is comprised of twenty-four students from Mechanical Engineering, ElectricalEngineering, Operations Research

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Institute of Technology, October, 1998.2. Hammond, S., The Thin Book of Appreciate Inquiry, Kodak Consulting, 1996.3. Wilczynski, V., Portfolios as an Outcomes Assessment Tool, Teaching and Learning in the Next Century Conference for the Federal Service Academies, Conference Proceedings, pp.9- 16, 1996.4. Olds, B. and Pavelich, M., A Portfolio-Based Assessment Program, ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, June 28-July, 1, 1998.5. Chow, T., Electronic Portfolios – the Technical Side, Best Assessment Processes in Engineering Education II, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, October, 1998.El-Hadi M. Aggoune is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at HenryCogswell College. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical

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Phillip C. Wankat; Frank S. Oreovicz

interviews in a one-page paperwhich also serves to provide us with a writing sample. The students then share their experiencesin a discussion. In the past we have used a panel discussion for the same purpose. Bothmethods appear to work well. Another writing assignment is a 5 to 6 page paper on "Theimplications and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or Piaget’s Theory or Perry’s Theoryin engineering education." This assignment involves the students in these theories.Another assignment involved making arrangements with three awarding winning professors inengineering and technology to have our students visit their classes. Students choose which classto visit and then write a two page critique of their visits. The professors have the opportunity

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Prawit Rotsawatsuk; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

) advancedInternet based computing technologies to bring the complexities of the construction site to theclassroom; 3) knowledge and expertise of construction professionals through an advising andmentorship program.The Internet-based Interactive Construction Management Learning System provides a simpletool for students to gain practical knowledge of construction equipment and constructionprocesses. It will be utilized in the undergraduate civil and construction engineering curricula toenhance the learning process. The key features of the ICMLS are: 1) the system uses Internet asits launching medium, and 2) it utilizes multimedia databases, hypertext, 3D modeling, andsimulation to provide students with an interesting and realistic view of the selected

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

of engineering.With a growing concern for the increased competition for top technical talent, local industries arejoining together with education, government, labor, and community to address the Pathway thatwill lead to increased transition of students from middle to high school to college to employment.The ASU OMEP and the ASU Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA)program hosted two one-week residential summer programs, over a two year period, sponsoredby a grant from the GTE Foundation. The objective of the GTE Engineering Summer Institute(ESI) was to expose students to skills that would assist them in investigating and in pursuingengineering and/or technology as a study of discipline and career option, and to instill

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

of engineering.With a growing concern for the increased competition for top technical talent, local industries arejoining together with education, government, labor, and community to address the Pathway thatwill lead to increased transition of students from middle to high school to college to employment.The ASU OMEP and the ASU Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA)program hosted two one-week residential summer programs, over a two year period, sponsoredby a grant from the GTE Foundation. The objective of the GTE Engineering Summer Institute(ESI) was to expose students to skills that would assist them in investigating and in pursuingengineering and/or technology as a study of discipline and career option, and to instill

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Halvard E. Nystrom

business skills for engineers. It alsosummarizes the results of a survey given to the students after their simulation experience. Thesurvey represents the students’ perception of how much they learned about the importance ofbusiness related skills.IntroductionOne of the recruiting challenges for the undergraduate program in Engineering Management isthe lack of awareness of high school students of our discipline and the value that it provides.Many students visualize engineers working in isolation creating technologically innovativeproducts. However much of the real work of engineers is based on interactions with others,product costs, customer needs, communication, motivation of others, trade-off's in resourceallocation, and interdisciplinary teams

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Session 1421 Assessment of ABET Program Criteria for Engineering Curricula Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set ofcriteria for accrediting engineering programs. Nevertheless, as in the past, civil (construction)engineering departments will be required to demonstrate proficiency in specific subject areaswhich are included in the ABET program criteria.This paper investigates, according, in part, to construction related students, the level at which thesubjects in the civil

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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

portfolios to encourage industrial ties in undergraduateengineering education. 1998 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA.3. Durfee, W.K. 1994. Engineering education gets real. Technology Review 97(2): 42-51.4. Dutson, A.J., R.H. Todd, S.P. Magleby, and C.D. Sorensen. 1997. A review of literature on teaching engineeringdesign through project-oriented capstone courses. Journal of Engineering Education 86(1): 17-28.5. Lima, M., A.D. Christy, M. Owens, and J.C. Papritan. 1999. The use of student portfolios to enhance learning andencourage industrial ties in undergraduate education. NACTA Journal. (in press).6. Lima, M. 1998. A Tiger’s Tale: Students get hands-on experience in designing a wildlife habitat. Resource 5(1):11-12.7. Lima, M. 1998

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are then expected to consider different expectations, resistanceto change can be strong.Based on this premise the initial plan to incorporate teamwork into the culture of undergraduateengineering studies 1, was to concentrate effort and activities on the first year of the course,before any anti-team expectations are formed, and to enable a higher acceptance level ofteamwork amongst students. A further fundamental part of the initial plan was to incorporateteamwork into a single unit of the first year of the engineering courses at each of the Universityof Ballarat (UB), the Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) and the University ofTasmania (UTas).Following allocation of the funding from the project grant, several co-ordination activities

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progressthrough the curriculum, they will be expected to tackle ever more challenging design problemsinvolving an increasingly greater breadth and depth of knowledge and skill.II. Course ObjectivesSome specific objectives that the design sequence is intended to meet are:• Develop engineering design skills• Cultivate an innovative attitude• Develop teamwork skills• Promote a sense of engineering professionalism• Provide exposure to a wide range of biomedical engineering technology• Develop communication skills• Motivate and excite the students to achieve a standard of excellenceIt is noteworthy to point out that these objectives are, like design itself, fundamentally open-ended. They are quite unlike bits and pieces of knowledge or techniques that can be

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this last semester course, they are using all their designexperience from freshmen to senior level classes.AcknowledgmentThe author gratefully acknowledges the financial support from Kuwait University, Grant #EV-115.Bibliography[1] Wilczynski, V. and Douglas, S. “Integrating design across the engineering curriculum: A report from the trenches,” J. of Engineering Education 84(3), ASEE, July 1995, 235-240.[2] Kartam, N. “Integrating Design into Civil Engineering Education,” Int. J. Engineering Education 14(2), TEMPUS Publications, U.K., pp. 130-135, 1998.[3] ABET, Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Inc., New York, 1998.[4] Christoforou, A., et al. “Curriculum Development