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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

Session 2306 INTEGRATING ENGINEERING, ART, AND BUSINESS INTO A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM Daniel Davis, AIA University of HartfordAbstractAt the University of Hartford, we are establishing an architectural program that integrates art, engineering andbusiness with architecture. Architecture by its very nature is connected to other disciplines, however architecturaleducation is often criticized for a lack of integration in the curriculum. By increasing the awareness of theinterrelationship between different areas of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mihalasky; Gina Boesch; Keith Sheppard

Session 2793 The Synergistic Roles of a Supportive Institutional Environment, Curriculum Development and a Student-friendly Business Incubator in Developing Engineering Students with an Entrepreneurial Orientation Keith Sheppard*, Gina Boesch** and John Mihalasky* *Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering ** Stevens Technology Ventures Incubator Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey, 07030AbstractStevens Institute of Technology has been creating

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Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nadine Macauley; Edward Golovatch; Annita Alting; Ardie Walser

Session 2370 The use of Requisite Check as an Academic & Curriculum Advisement Tool in Retaining Underrepresented Engineering Students Annita Alting, Edward Golovatch, Nadine Macauley, Ardie D. Walser The School of Engineering of The City College of The City University of New York 140thSt.& Convent Ave. New York, New York 10031 AbstractThe School of Engineering at the City College of New York in preparing for itsforthcoming ABET accreditation visit in 2004, is in the process of implementing a planwhich incorporates

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Lundstrom; Ram Chandran; Arnaldo Mazzei

. We plan to move from a content-intensive, faculty-centered wayof delivering information and skills to a problem-driven, inquiry-based approach with embeddedassessments of student’s outcomes throughout a series of integrated courses. A new set ofintegrated core curriculum is planned which emphasizes the development in stages of specificlearning skills such as critical thinking and collaboration between students and instructors in anactive mode of learning. The integration of a knowledge set involving dynamics, vibration, systemmodeling and analysis, and control systems is the subject of this text. It is believed that thisintegrated experience will culminate in an integrated capstone or specialty experience in which thestudents will apply

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach

Manufacturing in an Introductory Materials Course Sarah E. Leach Purdue UniversityAbstractThe mechanical engineering technology curriculum includes formal courses in manufacturingprocesses, but manufacturing considerations should also be incorporated into courses intended toteach fundamental theoretical principles. Adding materials processing exposure in parallel withtheory has a number of benefits for students. These benefits include: helping students tounderstand how fundamental principles relate to processes and controls, giving them anappreciation for the scale and pace of manufacturing environments, increasing their awareness ofthe

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Heyman; Aisha K. Lawrey; Ronald H. Rockland

mathematics and science courses.To address these issues, the Pre-Engineering Instructional and Outreach Program (PrE-IOP), acollaboration of the Newark College of Engineering and New Jersey Institute of Technology’s(NJIT) Center for Pre-College Programs, was created. This program seeks to increase the futurepool of qualified high-tech workers, including women and minorities. PrE-IOP consists of twocomponents:1. An instructional component that implements pre-engineering curriculum in middle and high school classes.2. An outreach component that consists of a comprehensive information campaign about the rewards of engineering and technology professions.One project of the outreach component is a series of teleconferences on the theme of “Building

Conference Session

The Use of Technology in Teaching Math

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tracey Evers; Gilbert Casterlow; Eric Cheek

teachers. The first course identified for this effort was Technology andApplications in Secondary School Mathematics, a graduate course primarily taken by in-serviceteachers with a desire to enhance their students understanding of the materials through hands onactivities with the TI-83 calculator.The paper illustrates how engineering concepts have been integrated into a graphing calculatorcourse and sparked new interest and collaborations between engineering and education faculty aswell as the math teachers in Guilford County. The partnership has great potential for exposingseveral middle and high school students to the practices of the engineering profession.IntroductionIn the Fall of 2001, North Carolina A&T State University established an

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Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Erik De Graaff; Gillian Saunders-Smits

designing effective design projects.The implementation of the Bologna agreement in the Netherlands as of the year 2002/2003means that our 5 year degree has to be split into a Bachelor and a Master of Science part. Thefaculty has chosen not to change the curriculum but to split the existing curriculum in two. TheBachelor’s degree is a three-year degree and consists of a broad education in AerospaceEngineering without any form of specialisation. Project education is an important tool in thisphase. The Master’s degree is a specialisation within the available research fields of AerospaceEngineering within our faculty. Two special system integration MSc. programmes are on offerfor students who are more interested in the aircraft or spacecraft systems

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

. Schmalzel, A. Marchese, and R. Hesketh, What's Brewing in the Engineering Clinic?. Hewlett PackardEngineering Educator. 2(1), 6 (1998).9 K. D. Dahm, R. P. Hesketh and M. J. Savelski, “Micromixing Experiments in the Undergraduate Curriculum,”ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2002, Montreal.Biographical InformationKevin Dahm in an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Hisprimary technical area is in chemical kinetics and mechanisms. His current primary teaching interest is integratingprocess simulation throughout the chemical engineering curriculum, and he is receiving the 2003 Joseph

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Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

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Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

COPRS), and was one of the founders of Lehigh’s IPD Program, national winnerof the ASME Curriculum Innovation Award. Watkins also won the 1999 Outstanding Instructoraward from the National Technology University, for his teaching via distance learning.DREW SNYDERDrew Snyder is an adjunct professor of design arts in the Department of Art and Architecturewithin the College of Arts and Science at Lehigh University. Drew has training in industrialdesign, fine art, and computer graphics. He has been a visiting lecturer at Lehigh University forthe past 5 years. During his time at Lehigh, he has been a pivotal player in the incorporation ofergonomics and aesthetics into the Integrated Product Development (IPD) curriculum, serving asa lecturer, advisor

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theodore Dibble; Carrie Hernandez; Abbie Wells; Steven Barrett

microprocessor (Motorola 68HC11) that was approximately adecade old and being slowly phased out by its manufacturer. We believed infusion of the coursewith the concepts described above, a newer processor (68HC12), and using robot technologywould greatly improve the course and hence the educational experience of our computerengineering graduates.To integrate the concepts of competition, quality design, systems design, and interdisciplinaryprojects into the existing curriculum a dramatic change in the laboratory format was required.We planned on implementing the highly successful robot laboratory concept used by otherschools (Trinity College, MIT, and the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)) to provide a highlymotivational (fun) laboratory experience to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Josue Njock-Libii

Session 3125 Integration of design in the engineering core: Teaching engineering science courses with design in mind. Josué Njock Libii Engineering Department Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499 USAFor more than twelve years, design has been successfully integrated into two, erstwhile, lecturecourses in the ME curriculum of Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. The coursesare Fluid Mechanics (a required course) and Vibration Analysis (a technical elective

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mustafa Abushagur; Harvey J. Palmer

nanotechnology. The program is designed to cater to incomingstudents with diverse backgrounds, to prepare the students for new challenges in theworkplace, and to provide a curriculum with strong multidisciplinary foundation that canevolve with changing technology. The new curriculum consists of a set of core coursesand several focus research areas. It provides students with extensive hands-onexperience, a comprehensive experience in teamwork and technical communication, andthe opportunity to exercise and develop their creativity and innovation.I. IntroductionThe integration of entire systems into micron scale devices and the sensing technology tointerface these devices to the real world is and will be core disciplines required for nextgeneration

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

). • Improve the quality of writing by improving quality of thinking.What is Calibrated Peer Review™?CPR™ is a component of a large-scale, National Science Foundation-supported project led by ateam of educators at UCLA to develop a completely digitized, network-delivered MolecularScience Curriculum. The fully integrated CPR™ contains an assignment authoring tool forcustom crafting of writing tasks and a library of edited assignments contributed by instructorsfrom varied institutions. Currently hosted at UCLA, the system draws from the model ofmanuscript submission and peer-review in the conduct of scientific inquiry.11Components that Enable LearningFour structured workspaces perform in tandem to create a rich series of activities that reflectmodern

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Brad Kinsey

role. For example, the ability tocorrectly visualize three dimensional objects when they are represented in two dimensions, suchas in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software or in a detailed part drawing, is essential forengineers. Not surprisingly, due to self selection, engineering students typically score higher onspatial ability tests than their non-engineering counterparts. Research has shown that the spatialability of engineering students will improve during a semester long CAD based design courseand also that students prefer working with actual physical objects when developing these skillsduring a drafting course. However, whether the integration of an actual physical model with theCAD software can generate even greater improvement in

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Otieno; Abul Azad; Radha Balamuralikrishna

8.17.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe SME study noted that fresh graduates in manufacturing were particularly lacking in "theirability to recognize other's contributions and to draw from fellow team members knowledge andexpertise 2, p.27". The same study also identified a factor called "personal attributes" which wasdeemed a core competency for manufacturing graduates. Some of the major elements definingpersonal attributes were identified as leadership qualities, sensitivity to others, professionalism,integrity, a consciousness of the enterprise as a whole, global awareness, an ability to

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joan Burtner

academic records, and expertise intechnology transfer, thereby bringing corporate know-how to the classroom 10. To the extent thatfaculty develop industry-inspired or industry-sponsored projects as an integral part of the industrialengineering curriculum, the program's graduates are better qualified to meet the needs of futureemployers. The transformation of the undergraduate engineering curriculum may include anincreased emphasis on cost, communications and continuous learning. Modifying faculty promotionguidelines to honor collaboration in teaching and research, as well as collaborating with industrywould facilitate the transformation. Ideally, industry would be a full partner in the educationalprocess 6

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Leonard

baccalaureate-level industrial engineering curriculum sharedby most American universities since the dissemination of the Roy Report and initialimplementations based on its findings.This paper describes the work of a project team from the Department of Industrial Engineering atClemson University, sponsored by NSF. The team has been working since September 2002 todevelop a new scalable and deployable industrial engineering baccalaureate-degree model. Thismodel is designed to permit scaling up from an information technology kernel of coursework to afully integrated industrial engineering undergraduate curriculum. Three aspects of the newcurriculum plan are described in this paper.OverviewDuring the mid 1960s, a study group sponsored by NSF and ASEE

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Mente; Marian McCord; Joni Spurlin; H. Troy Nagle; Susan Blanchard

apply engineering principles, procedures, and time management skills needed to solve complex, real-world problems. 3. To impart a sense of professional responsibility and work ethic in performing engineering tasks at a high level of expertise and accept the ethical responsibility to be accountable for the social and environmental impact of engineering practices. 4. To establish an educational environment in which students participate in inter- disciplinary activities, which will broaden their engineering education, help them develop professional interaction skills, and more effectively prepare students to work in today's integrated team environment. 5. To offer a curriculum that provides students an opportunity to become broadly educated

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Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerome Eric Luczaj; Chia Han

must also know whenthe event occurred and what actions preceded the event. Further, to correct or replicate the eventwe must know the string of events that took place before the event in question.As a summary, we have presented both the importance and the benefits of assessment ineducational programs in the last sections. In the section that follows we will discuss our internet-based educational tool and specifically how it provides a foundation for integrated assessment.4. The assessment tool - CaSAFor assessment, we propose an automated, Internet-based, activity collection system that willcapture student classroom activity, sequence this activity into event trails, associate these trails tolearning units and connect these events to learning

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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AHAMAD FARHOUD

sensor must be voltage proportional to the temperature being measured.One such sensor a student might use but is not limited to, is the LM335 temperature sensor. TheLM335 is a precision, easily calibrated, integrated circuit temperature sensor with an operatingrange of –40oC to 100 oC. The low impedance and linear output makes interfacing to a controlcircuit simple. The sensor comes in a TO-92 package and provides an output voltage directlyproportional to the absolute temperature at the rate of +10mV/oK. The output is calibrated withan external potentiometer to provide a 2.98 V output at 25oC [5]. When calibrated at 25oC, theLM335 has an error of less than 1oC over a 100oC range. Extension wires can be soldered to theLM335 leads to remotely

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Otieno; Clifford Mirman

Session 3247 A LABORATORY BASED PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER (PLC) COURSE FOR A MANUFACTURING CURRICULUM Andrew Otieno and Clifford Mirman, Department of Technology, Northern Illinois University otieno@ceet.niu.edu or mirman@ceet.niu.eduAbstractThe need for continuous reengineering of the curriculum is evident in this era where mostcompanies are downsizing their engineering staff in an effort to provide cost reduction. In thiscost conscious environment, industry is looking for employees that can fill numerous roleswithin

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

Session ____ Exploring the architecture of structure: Integrating structures into design studio using object-oriented CAD Dr. Stan G. Guidera College of Technology Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio While the design studio environment has had a central role in teaching fundamental designskills in architectural education, it also provides an opportunity for synthesis of relatedcoursework in developing architectural design solutions. However, the design studio’s traditionalemphasis on conceptual

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Salahuddin Qazi

Session 2648 A Two Course Sequence In Optical Communications Salahuddin Qazi School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology State University of New York Institute of Technology P.O. Box 3050, Utica, NY 13504. E-Mail: qazi@sunyit.edu AbstractThe growth of the Internet traffic has made optical communications an essentialtechnology which meets the communications demand of higher bandwidth andtransmission of high speed data at a longer distance. The paper discusses thedevelopment of a two-course sequence in optical communications at the electricalengineering technology department of the State University of New York

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Jaeger; Richard Chapman; Victor Nelson

these to introduce wireless communications theories,devices, circuits, systems, networks, standards, management, and applications. Bachelor of Wireless Engineering Program Wireless EE Option Wireless SWE Option EE Core SW Core Hardware Network Software Specialization Specialization SpecializationThrough a choice of several courses within the senior year, a student selects one of twoareas of specialization within each degree option. Students interested in designingwireless hardware, such as integrated circuits, hand-held wireless communicationdevices, and wireless

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Riley

education, “knowledge is a gift bestowedby those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to knownothing.”4 The lecture-only model, still very common in engineering education, typifies Freire’sdescription. Common to national reports on engineering education in the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 80s and 90sare, among other things, calls for emphasizing communications and social skills, integrating theliberal arts, particularly social sciences, into the curriculum, incorporating good teaching andcontinued curricular development, and instilling in students an appreciation for life-long learning.9ABET’s Criteria 200010 emphasizes these elements, providing the strongest impetus to date forreform. Liberative pedagogies are well

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

wide range of experience or intuition needed to begin theinductive process. A simple laboratory experiment or demonstration will provide the foundation(observations or data) from which the inductive process is initiated. It is interesting to note thatin elementary school the science subjects are being taught use a text written in an inductivestyle.1We have integrated inductive learning into our coverage of Freshman Clinic, fluids, heat transfer,mass transfer and transport phenomena. In heat transfer, for example, simple heat exchangerdesign is the first topic addressed in the course. Discussion of the significance of the overall heattransfer coefficient provides a meaningful framework for introduction of topics such asconduction and convection

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

three gas turbines providing 10.5MW ofcapacity to the ship’s electrical loads. The propulsion power demand follows a cubiccharacteristic with ship speed, and therefore at low to moderate speeds much of the 78MW Page 8.182.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcapacity is unused and unavailable to other ship’s systems. An Integrated Power System (IPS),as pictured in Figure 1b, converts all mechanical power into electrical power that can then beallocated as needed to propulsion, combat systems

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

but never, until then, boldlystated; that there were two cultures, one of science and one of art that seemingly both cannever be enjoyed by professionals who clearly must pick only one world to live in. Inorder to bridge this gap and to emphasize the richness that both cultures can provide theprofessional, engineering curriculums are requiring that the engineering students seriouslytake non-technical electives. The battle to gain the attention of an engineering studentwho is immersed into four ‘heavy’ courses in engineering and thus doesn’t have time forLiberal Arts is not an easy battle to win. This paper will describe the author’s efforts inintegrating culture within engineering course work and provide examples of the CaseStudies that have

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Vaidyanathan; Preeti Nagarajan; Roman Stemprok

integrated into engineering curriculum.We believe that this is a unique concept in the instruction of a course and will enhance ourgraduate curriculum and enable the students to experience typical processes that are part ofindustrial employment.Students will be evaluated on the adherence to PLM principles in the completion of their project.At each phase in their product lifecycle, students will be required to provide updates on theirwebsites. Students will be asked to schedule company meetings that will be attended by theinstructor in the role of an observer. The use of PLM principles is an important part of the course,but not at the expense of technical merit. Students will be evaluated on use of simulationsoftware, complexity of design and testing