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2Project Planning, Curriculum Integration, Fund Raising and Team Support, VehicleTesting and Driver Training, and Logistics were also discussed in the proposal. Iexplained how we plan to meet all of the specifications listed in the Sunrayce ‘97Regulations.3 Proposals submitted by different universities were evaluated and scored bySunrayce officials. We were selected as one of the top 30 teams to receive an award of$2000. Currently, 60 teams have registered to compete in Sunrayce 97. The list includesMIT, Yale, Texas A&M, Stanford, University of Michigan, and several universities fromCanada. We are building our second solar car, the Solaraider II. Many undergraduatestudents, the Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Chair, the Dean of

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Session 1613 Session 1613 DESIGNING A PUMPING SYSTEM: WHY WORRY ABOUT OTHER PROCESS ELEMENTS? Douglas E. Hirt Department of Chemical Engineering Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0909AbstractA major goal in integrating design throughout a curriculum is to show students how the majorelements of the curriculum fit together. Vertical integration is accomplished by building onconcepts learned in previous courses

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systems.SummaryStudents in engineering and technology programs need laboratory experience with moderninstrumentation to prepare them to use this equipment in industry. This paper has outlinedefforts at Lake Superior State University to build students’ competence and confidence with thistechnology by integrating the use of this equipment throughout the curriculum in bothfundamentals and advanced laboratory courses.AcknowledgmentLake Superior State University acknowledges and appreciates an Instrumentation and LaboratoryImprovement (ILI) grant from the National Science Foundation, “Improving the LaboratoryExperience in Engineering Technology with Modern Computer-Based Instrumentation,” DUE9452284, and grants from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education

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Session 3253 A FRESHMAN ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE THE FOUNDATION COALITION AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY by Jim Morgan Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University ABSTRACT This paper represents an overview of the freshman year of the Foundation Coalitionprogram at Texas A&M University. Future directions of this program, taught in groups of onehundred, are highlighted. The curriculum includes chemistry, English, engineering

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) is the unique curriculum, developed jointly with industry,which prepares technologists to support the design and manufacture of miniaturized electroniccomponents and circuits in the semiconductor industry. New in this curriculum are itsinterdisciplinary contents, the method of course delivery and advanced learning techniques,integrating agility and concurrence through accelerated learning concepts and methods to establisha hands-on experiential learner-centered environment. A curriculum description, together with animpact, constitutes the paper’s subject.I. Introduction A. Semiconductor Industry Growth We stand at the dawn of the 21st Century. It appears that information is being discovered,related, and applied at an

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Erdogan Sener

. Sener, M. E., Yokomoto, C. F., & Price, T., " An Intelligent Expert System for Coaching Students in Problem Solving." Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 26-28, 1994, Vol. I, pp. 231-235.8. Sener, M. E., "Decision Making: Enhancing a Vital Element of Engineering Education Through Use of Expert Systems." Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Urbana, Illinois, June 21-24, 1993. Vol. I, pp. 142-146.9. Sener, M. E., "The Integration of Engineering Economic Principles with Energy-Efficient Construction Techniques Using Computers in an Undergraduate Curriculum." Proceedings of the

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manufacturing, design, business realities, and professional skills;2. Integrated Learning Factory: to develop a “Learning Factory” at each partner institution, integrated with the curriculum, for hands-on experience in design, manufacturing, and product realization;3. Industrial Partners: to develop strong collaboration with industry; and4. Outreach: to share the project’s deliverables with other academic institutions, government and industry.More than 90 corporate partners covering a wide-spectrum of US industries andgovernment, and more than 40 faculty members from three institutions have teamed fortwo and a half years to achieve these goals.ASSESSMENT STRATEGYMEEP’s assessment strategy has both qualitative as well as quantitative

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Josef Rojter

with the entry point of theprofession ie education.To begin with, the undergraduate curriculum needs somerestructuring.It must be linked to a stage of communal development to produce aprofessional who is socially conscious of his or her role.The argument for increased Page 2.346.4humanities studies in producing an all rounded professional is not new,disparatepeople such as Eric Ashby and Finniston in his report into Engineering education sawin the increase content of humanities as enhancing the engineering curriculum In1968 the UNESCO secretariat in its international perspective on engineeringeducation argued , . . ..In view of the engineers dual

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importance of linkingthe accreditation process with the planning process. Since 1972 NJIT has undertaken many self-study and master planning activities. These activities were integrated with other Universityplanning activities and led in 1990 to the creation of a self-study/planning steering committee.The committee, in turn, identified task forces for achieving continuity to the planning process.More than 120 NJIT people representing faculty, administration, staff, students, alumni, andexternal constituents were involved in the process. This integrated effort led to NJIT's firstUniversity level, five year strategic plan in 1992. Since then, integrated strategic planning hasbeen an embedded process within NJIT and has provided in a top down fashion

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John E. McInroy; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Session 3220 Modification of a Sophomore Linear Systems Course to Reflect Modern Computing Strategies Raymond G. Jacquot, Jerry C. Hamann, John E. McInroy Electrical Engineering Department, University of WyomingAbstractThis paper reports on an effort currently underway to integrate modern computing strategies intoa sophomore course in linear systems. The course material includes Laplace transforms, systemmodeling and simulation, Fourier series and Fourier transforms. The course has a laboratorywhich meets biweekly. The effort reported here is one to incorporate the use of two softwarepackages

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deliverables and presents the project'soutcomes assessment strategy. It also presents and discusses results.MEEP's Goals and TasksMEEP's goals were achieved through four major tasks, namely:.Curriculum Development: to develop a practice-based undergraduate engineering curriculum which balances analytical and theoretical knowledge with manufacturing, design, business realities, and professional skills;.Integrated Learning Factory: to develop a "Learning Factory" at each partner institution, integrated with the curriculum, for hands-on experience in design, manufacturing, and product realization;.Industrial Partners: to develop strong collaboration with industry; and.Outreach: to share the project's deliverables with other academic

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features.The quantitative criteria require that an engineering curriculum include the equivalent of 1.0 yearof mathematics and basic science; 0.5 year of humanities and social sciences, not counting com-munication skills courses; and 1.5 years of engineering topics including a strong engineering de-sign stem that begins early in the curriculum and culminates in a major, integrative (capstone)design experience. The qualitative criteria require that the students’ educational experiences in-clude development of appropriate computer skills; development of written and oral communica-tion skills; understanding of the ethical, social, economic, and safety considerations in engineer-ing decisions; application of probability and statistics to engineering

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being scheduled throughout theacademic year. They will emphasis not only the facilitation and delivery of the learning modules,but an understanding of how the modules are developed.Traditionally, individual curricular programs have tended to be separate, stand-alone entities.The conventional structure has been successful in educating students in specialized areas, but ithas inhibited an appreciation of the interrelationships among specialties. The new approachemphasizes increased integration across curricular boundaries (or barriers); within theManufacturing Engineering Technology program, the process is referred to as the “integratingmanufacturing experience.” It serves the essential purpose of demonstrating to the students theimportance of

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Robert L. Avanzato

-based course in microprocessors wasdeveloped and implemented for the engineering technology curriculum[1]. An engineeringdesign component to a freshman engineering design and graphics course was developed andimplemented successfully over the past two years. The robotics competition, called “Robo-Hoops” is a Nerf basketball robot competition and is detailed in [1]. Recently, a collaborationbetween computer engineering students and geoscience students has resulted in the design of“Geo-Bots,” autonomous mobile robots capable of terrain navigation and data collection. ASaturday workshop in robot design is also offered to Philadelphia area high school students. The focus of this paper is to describe a special topics course in robotics for

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disciplines in the university. Many beginning freshmen engineeringstudents do not have much understanding of an engineering career. Engineering is not a topictaught in middle schools or high schools. Students may choose engineering because someonetold them their good math skills qualified them for an engineering career or because they wereaware that engineers make good salaries. Obviously engineering is not for everyone and therewill always be some engineering students who determine that they really do not want to be anengineer. However, many other students may like the engineering curriculum, but because theydo not see the relevance of the beginning engineering courses, may drop out during or after thefirst year.A survey was made of freshman

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the part of the faculty.IEP students have access to the necessary humanities and social sciences (H&S) coursesconducted at other colleges in the University. The engineering curriculum has to meet rigorousABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) requirements for engineering,humanities, and social sciences courses. The IEP curriculum had to be tailored to meet theseconstraints. One course, Japanese Management Style, was also made available to studentsfocusing on Japan.International Design ClinicInternational Design Clinic conducted design programs with an international perspective.Clearly, in this global market, manufacturers cannot afford to ignore the revenue potential offoreign markets, the necessity of competing abroad

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.Bieniawski, Z. T., “Curriculum Design by Engineering Design Principles”, Proceedings, 1995 Annual Conference,ASEE, 1995, pp. 1780-1784.Byrd, J. S. and J. L. Hudgins, “Teaming in the Design Laboratory”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 59, no.10, 1995, pp. 335-341.Carr, R., H. Thomas, T. S. Venkataraman, A. L. Smith, M. A. Gealt, R. Quinn, and M. Tanyel, “Mathematical and Page 2.345.10Scientific Foundations for an Integrative Engineering Curriculum”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 59, no.10, 1995, pp. 137-146.Frank, A. A. “SAE Design Competitions: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly for the Super Mileage Competition

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Marsha King; Eric Spielvogel; Carol Dwyer; Dhushy Sathianathan

Session 1253 Session 1253 Faculty Collaboration and Course Coordination with Feeder Campuses using Information Technologies Dhushy Sathianathan, Carol Dwyer, Marsha King, Eric Spielvogel The Pennsylvania State UniversityABSTRACTWith a growing emphasis on vertical and horizontal integration of engineering curriculum thereis a growing need for strong coordination among the engineering courses. This coordination isnecessary for accreditation specially in courses that satisfy design requirements. Four

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman; Harvey Wolfe

, Burniston, E, Gastineau, J, Bernold, L and Dail P. “IMPEC: An Integrated First-Year Engineering Curriculum,” 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC.13 Porter, RL, Fuller, H. And Felder RM. “College of Engineering Freshman: Success and Attitudes, Part II. Working Paper, College of Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1996.14 Besterfield-Sacre, M, Atman, CJ, Shuman, LJ, Porter, RL, Felder, RM and Fuller, H. “Changes in Freshman Engineers’ Attitudes - A Cross Institutional Comparison What Makes A Difference?” 1996 FIE Conference Proceedings, Salt Lake City.15 Besterfield-Sacre, ME, Atman, CJ, and Shuman, LJ, (1995), Op. Cit.16 Bishop, SL and Besterfield-Sacre, ME. “Freshman Engineering

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Design Manufacturing Controls Assembly and Testing Methods Robotics Computer Integrated Manufacturing Implementing the PlanAll department faculty would be fully informed and instructed in the materials lab capability. Ofcourse, the use of the lab is optional. Its value and contribution to any other lab or area of studywould be determined by the instructor of that lab. Assistance would be provided to all professorsto incorporate the materials science lab facilities into the curriculum for their area of expertise. Fullsupport from the materials science lab would be provided to anyone who wants to avail themselvesof these facilities.Technicians would be available that are experienced

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capable of directly exporting SLA files from the Pro/MANUFACTURINGmodule. Stereolithography is an integral part of rapid prototyping in many industrial applications,and exposure to this technique is certain to be rewarding for our students. Because of its low per-unit cost, this technique can potentially be implemented without extraordinary expenditure.In order to have more thorough integration of CNC technology into the curriculum, CNC codingand operations on the Fadal VMC-15 are now introduced in the sophomore-level ME 201(Manufacturing Processes). This enhancement will eventually allow more coverage in ME 435of advanced manufacturing issues, such as design for manufacturing and design for assemblies.As part of the course development that is

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Manufacturing Management) Production/Operations Management Operations Research Project Management Quality ControlThere are also common courses that are electives or preferences in many of the universities.These are shown in table 3.Table 3. CURRICULUM OVERLAP Computer Integrated Mfg. Cost Accounting Facility Layout/Location Linear Programming Logistics Safety Scheduling Statistical Quality Control Technical Writing Total Quality Management Work MeasurementConclusionsIn many ways Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management are very similar. IndustrialEngineers are faculty members in Engineering

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

students were organized by theconsortium. This paper explains curriculum components, teaching pedagogy, recruitment of students, interactionswith parents, impressions of students, and other lessons learned to address the pipeline issue of the technicalworkforce.ENRICHMENT PROGRAM In today's technological environment, technical curricula both at associate and baccalaureate levels canbenefit tremendously in many ways from integrated education [8,9,10,11]. Instruction in engineering educationcalls for urgent attention to preparing proficient technicians, technologists, and engineers for the scientific andtechnological world. Hence, there is an urgent need to look at the technical curricula in order to decide on theforemost ways to integrate

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Vivek Badami; Mike Allen; Johnny Graham; Howard Phillips; David Schmidt; Curtis Ensley; Art Edwards; Silvia G. Middleton; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt; Patricia Tolley

) through feedbackand continuous improvement, evolution of the course sequence to meet the changing needs of allstakeholders, while maintaining the integrity of the foundational purpose. ENGR 1201 is an introductory two-semester hour course in which students are assignedto multidisciplinary teams to work on a semester-long conceptual design project whilesimultaneously receiving instruction and assignments in basic computing skills, personaldevelopment, team skills and tools, project planning, creative problem solving, introduction todisciplines, professional practice, and technical presentations. With few exceptions these topicsare related to the semester design project, and exercises are designed to complement the project’sprogress. The

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requirements in addition to the traditional engineering topics.(ii) The Sophomore yearA distinguishing feature of both new programs is that the sophomore year for bothprograms are virtually identical (differing only in one course) and the student is given thebroad engineering science foundation which we believe is essential if they are to functioneffectively throughout their careers. The curriculum incorporates an innovative sequenceof courses in electrical, mechanical, fluid and thermal systems which were developed withsupport from the National Science Foundation. The Foundation Coalition7,89 focuses uponfoundation curricula which are integrated, interdisciplinary and design-oriented. Theyutilize student discovery, co-operative learning and problem

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Herbert Hess

] 1996 General Catalog, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.[76] F.C. Lee, Future of Power Electronics in Industry, Workshop Proceedings of the National Science FoundationWorkshop on Developing Power Electronics Curriculum: Courses, Hardware, and Software Laboratories, Page 2.324.11University of Central Florida, (batarseh@pagasus.cc.ucf.edu), Orlando, Florida, March 24-26, 1996, pp. 98-116.[77]A. Stankovic, “Towards an Effective and Integrated Power Electronics Curriculum,” Workshop Proceedings ofthe National Science Foundation Workshop on Developing Power Electronics Curriculum: Courses, Hardware

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P.J. Sackett; G.P. Nelder; A. Skandalakis

education coupled with enterprisedevelopment vision (2). There is a need for manufacturing engineers with an understanding ofthe integration of people in the manufacturing process, the integration of production activitieswith the concerns of the whole business from the suppliers to the customers, and the need toengage in continuing professional development, improvement and lifelong learning.European Institutions that are aware of the need for cross-disciplined manufacturing engineersare beginning to "re-engineer" their academic programs to provide an integration oftechnological, organisational and human-factors disciplines. Universities and other academicInstitutions are required to assess the philosophy of their programs, and the level and spread

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Mark J. Sebern

Session 2632 Object-Oriented Programming for Freshmen Computer Engineers (and Their Professors) Mark J. Sebern Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractFor practicing computer engineers, the object model has become increasingly important. Recognizingthis fact, elective courses in object-oriented programming (OOP) have been offered a number ofyears. At some point, however, it becomes desirable to integrate this technology throughout thecomputer engineering curriculum. Such an effort raises many questions, such as language selectionand topic sequence. Some

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C. Dianne Martin; Edmund Tsang; Rand Decker

of Life Symposium (CQL'96),ACM Press, p 90-96. 13. Martin, C. D. (1996) Syllabus for CS110: Technology and Society, Spring, 1996, George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, DC. 20052.EDMUND TSANG is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Alabama. Hiscurrent professional interests include lower-division engineering curriculum integration, developing numericalproblems to teach engineering ethics, and integrating of service into the engineering curriculum. Dr. Tsang'sService-Learning project is supported by a grant from the Corporation for National Service.C. DIANNE MARTIN is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departmentat the The George Washington University. She is

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environmentalmanagement issue. Recently, these units have begun to include an introduction to the ideas ofSustainable Development, in the framework of a variety of case studies. SustainableDevelopment is an integral part of the foundation of the ISO 14000 environmental managementstandards, and can easily be included as a mechanism for an organization to approach andultimately achieve this ideal. It must be understood and emphasized the nature of all ISOstandards dictates that every certified organization have a unique environmental managementsystem, suited to their own activities, goals, and mission statement. The underlying philosophyfor all is the same and they are all developed from the same guidelines.The second easily visualized place in the curriculum