Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

than simply use agame for the term project of a software engineering course, as some authors have suggested.1, 6, 11Real software engineering involves acquiring application domain knowledge in order tounderstand the client’s needs. Adding game topics to crowded software engineering courses, assome authors have suggested,2, 6 requires sacrificing important software engineering topics.Focusing on one application area in the first software engineering class is not fair to all students.Not every software engineering student wants to become a game developer. The author believesthat the capstone design course should not be the only opportunity for students to managecomplex software development projects. This suggests the use of elective courses as a

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh; Gena Kovalcik, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Ries, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Schaefer, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

research investigation techniques in order toaddress a real-world, complex problem. The first term of the course will be at Pitt with thesecond term at UNICAMP. Project topics will be developed in combination withrecommendations from various stakeholders including the Industrial Advisory Board, colleaguesin industry, the IGERT faculty at all four institutions, and the interests and preliminary researchof the students themselves. Research will be firmly rooted in industrial needs. The problem willbuild upon the combined students’ acquired engineering knowledge and will requirecollaboration to resolve. The capstone courses will reinforce the community-building aspect ofthe IGERT, since students will work in teams both at Pitt and UNICAMP. In the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ron Billings, Georgia Institute of Technology; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Industrial Engineering

Systems Engineering. His teaching and research is in the area of manufacturing operations and includes capstone design. Before coming to Georgia Tech, he worked as an engineer in the semiconductor industry for a dozen years and served as Partner and CEO for a small company that developed software for factory scheduling.Garlie Forehand, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Forehand was Director of Research Program Planning and Development at Education Testing Service until February 2000. Dr. Forehand teaches and consults in the areas of research design and workplace communication. His research emphasizes curriculum innovation and evaluation. As a consultant to Georgia Tech, he has assisted

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Freeman, Tufts University; Douglas Matson, Tufts University; Grant Sharpe, Tufts University; Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Mechanical Engineering

provide university oversight. The design team included faculty from boththe Mechanical Engineering Department and the Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment based on the needs of the community. The current project has been successfullyintegrated into the curriculum of the Mechanical and Civil & Environmental EngineeringDepartments through senior capstone design coursework, senior thesis credit, and underclassspecial topics courses. Students from the School of Arts and Sciences can obtain elective creditfor research conducted in the School of Engineering. The role of the students was to develop the team organization and personal leadershipskills necessary to support the ambitious tasks associated with implementation of an

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Construction

Engineering Technology Education: Phase I - Senior Capstone Experience”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal. 3. Pocock, James B. and Peter A. Ridilla, (2002) “Project-Based Construction Education”, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal. 4. Tener, Robert K. (1996), “Industry-University Partnership in Construction Engineering Education”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 156-162. 5. ASCE (2005) “Levels of Achievement Applicable to the Body of Knowledge Required for Entry into the

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

used inEPICS.IntroductionThe importance of significant design experiences to prepare undergraduate engineering studentsfor engineering careers has been well-documented 1, 2. These experiences typically emphasizethe application of the technical skills as well as the professional skills such as communication,working as a team and customer interaction 3-5. The need for such experiences has spawnedmany innovative approaches to senior capstone design courses 6, 7 as well as design courses forunderclassmen 8-11. Most of these courses are confined to one semester or quarter and areintended to give the students an intense exposure to the design process. The model that guidedthe creation of the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-833: HOW THE PRESENCE OF WOMEN AFFECTS THE PERFORMANCEOF DESIGN TEAMS IN A PREDOMINATELY MALE ENVIRONMENTRichard Bannerot, University of Houston Richard Bannerot is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. His research interests are in the thermal sciences and in engineering design education. For the past fifteen years he has taught the required "Introduction to Design" course at the sophomore level and has been involved in the teaching of the department's capstone design course. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas. Page 11.697.1

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Women in Engineering

retaining student inengineering, particularly women and minorities. Results show a seventh-semester retention rateof 63% for students who enrolled in the projects course during their first year, compared to acollege-wide rate of 58%. In addition, 67% of women who took the projects course in their firstyear were retained into their seventh semester, versus less than 58% for females that did not takethe projects course8. The specific benefits of the Appropriate Technology sections relative to theother course topics have not yet been evaluated, and is a topic for future study.Senior Design Course with EDC ProjectsIn the three-credit Environmental Engineering senior capstone design course, teams of studentswork on projects for a single client or

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida; Edward Hampton, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

(2credit hours), Financial Engineering (3 credit hours), Project Engineering and Work TeamDesign (3 credit hours), and Engineering Administration (3 credit hours). Additionally, studentswill complete the Engineering Leadership & Management Experimental Laboratory courses I-II/Capstone (7 credit hours total). It is anticipated that students will complete this program inthree semesters, earning a total of 18 hours.Administration: a. This program will be administered under the auspices of the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department in accordance with applicable policy and regulation. b. To avoid excess hour issues, students will be able to dual count student credit hours of

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Accounting; Financial Accounting; CostAccounting; Eng. Accounting; Financial Management; Managerial FinanceB. EconomicsTypical Course Names: Eng. Economics; Macro or Micro or Managerial Economics4. Project Related CoursesA. Project ManagementTypical Course Name: Project ManagementB. CapstoneTypical Course Names: Capstone; Special Projects Page 11.102.3Major Functional Definitions; Sub Fields; Typical Course Names – cont.5. Functional CoursesA. Functional Technical ManagementTypical Course Names: Operations Management; Quality Management;Engineering Management; R&D Management; Marketing ManagementB. Functional Business ManagementTypical Course Names: Marketing

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

to understand theconcepts of staffing, organizing, planning, leading and financing projects. Cadets have theopportunity to attend an Advanced Individual Academic Development experience during asummer training period to see the real-world application of their discipline. These are popularbut voluntary limited summer internship programs primarily with Department of Defense (DoD)agencies. Finally, the integrative experience or capstone design courses provide cadets theforum to apply what they have learned in the program in solving a problem for a real DoD orindustry client. They integrate concepts learned through all their USMA experiences to providevaluable analysis and recommendations concerning an issue for a project client. TheEngineering

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gregory Hislop, Drexel University; Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

intended to foster discussion within the software engineeringcommunity about developing and maintaining shared curriculum resources on an on-going basis.The paper approaches this topic by summarizing the experience of the SWENET project increating shared curriculum materials for software engineering. SWENET, The NetworkCommunity for Software Engineering Education, was an NSF funded project to developcurriculum modules for faculty members wanting to incorporate software engineering conceptsin new or existing courses. The paper discusses the project results, focusing on lessons learned.Although the benefit of sharing course materials is obvious, the practice is not particularly widespread in higher education. Reasons for this low level of sharing

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy

Tagged Divisions

International

enjoyable topic for many students. Typically, the study of robotics has beenlimited to graduate level courses at big universities. In the last few years, the advent of smaller,less expensive robots has made it possible for smaller institutions to afford integrating robotics intheir undergraduate computer science and engineering curriculum.Over the years, robots have been used to teach computer science and engineering. Computerscience and engineering departments use robots in various ways: • Using robots in Introductory computer science education • An Introduction to Robotic Course • Using Robotics in Artificial Intelligence Course • Senior Capstone Design Project Course

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

the Verilog HDL course andthe senior capstone course. Students were required to complete an open ended, teamproject of their choosing. They were required to demonstrate they mastery of design andtesting concepts through the project. The senior design projects were mentored by a teamof faculty members who rigorously monitored students’ progress to meet the courserequirements which include detailed testing plans and meticulous documentation. Theinformal feedback from the faculty members show that the frequent formal reportdeadlines combined with a clear presentation of the testing and documenting process atthe start of the semester were effective. The prior project results were of the highestcaliber and demonstrated complex design depth. We

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Michael Gibson, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

in businessand public organizations. An example of a graduate practicum course appears in the AppendixCapstone Thesis/ProjectsSimilar to the curricula for the M.S. degree in Technology at Arizona State University5, studentscan select either a “research-focused thesis or applied project” as the capstone experience for theM.T. degree. In either case, students fulfill a capstone experience comprised of a proposaldevelopment, proposal defense before their graduate committee, thesis or project completion, anddefense of the completed thesis or project before their graduate committee. The thesis/project Page 11.1345.6deliveries are expected to be

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pedro Orta, ITESM Monterrey; Ricardo Ramirez Medoza, Institute Tecnologico De Monterrey; Hugo Elizalde, Monterrey Tech; David Guerra, Monterrey Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

project were as follows: • Mechanical or Mecatronics Engineering Students (third year and up) Page 11.554.6 • Interest in how various mechanical devices or principles operate, • Technical skills (inspecting, repairing, installing, troubleshooting, machine tools, etc.). • Good communication and team work skills. • Good technical background in analytical and experimental subjects, in particular for those students who are enrolled on Aerodynamics and Structural Analysis problems. Although the RV-10 project is a capstone, it will gather experience and knowledgeaimed at establishing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenshen Pong; Tim Le, San Francisco State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

/EX Structural Engineering Teaching Laboratory, Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1994).7. Issa, R.R., Cox, R.F., and Killingsworth, C.F., Impact of Multimedia-based Instruction on Learning and Retention, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 4, 281-290 (Oct. 1999).8. Stahl, D.C. and DeViries, R.A., Structural Engineering Workshop; a curriculum of real and virtual experiments, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1526 (2000).9. Stahl, D.C., Capano, C., McGeen, M., Hassler, J.M., and Groser, L., Implementation of Project Specific Web Sites in a Capstone Design Course, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Session 1606 (1999

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

a demonstration in numerous outreachactivities. The filter has been evaluated in service-learning projects through Engineers WithoutBorders (EWB-CU) and capstone design to provide safe water. Laboratory research on theFiltrón is also contrasted with opportunities to earn course credit for involvement with EWBprojects. This serves as an example of how research on appropriate technology appeals to adiverse range of students and can provide real benefits to developing communities.BackgroundThe purposes of academic engineering research activities can be broadly grouped into two maingoals that are complementary yet distinct: (1) education of students; and (2) production of newknowledge of practical importance. Participation in research

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

acrossthese media. Environmental engineering practices to reduce these pollutant concentrations at thesource or in the environment are only introduced, and only to make students aware ofconventional means to mitigate environmental impact. Conventional methods of drinking water,waste water, and air pollution treatment are now the focus of attention in the revised EnvEcourse. The primary goals of the EIA course are to engage all CE students regardless of theirspecialization, and create an interdisciplinary forum to discuss and evaluate some of the social,economic, and environmental issues associated with CE projects. The secondary goals of thecourse are to prepare students for two higher level required courses, and promote the utility andimportance of

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. 565-570. 3. Creed, C.J., Suuberg, E.M., Crawford, G.P., “Engineering Entrepreneurship: An Example of A Paradigm Shift in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, April 2002, pp. 185-195. 4. Porter, J.R., Zoghi, B., Morgan, J.A., “Integrating Project Management into the Capstone Senior Design Course,” 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 16-19, 2002 5. Morgan, J.A.., Wright, G., Porter, J.R., “Managing Senior Design Projects to Maximize Success: The TAT Team,” 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 12

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Conner Seepersad; Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

semester-long team projectprovides an opportunity for students to practice their design skills by reverse engineering and re-designing a complex mechanical artifact. The project also provides concrete experiences thatform the basis for personalized observations and lessons learned about the design process. Theentire course is designed to encourage students to develop a deeper understanding of the designprocess and a mental framework for design that can be applied to future projects, including anindustry-sponsored capstone design project in the following semester.In this context, the learning journal provides an opportunity for students to record theirobservations, reflections, and lessons learned from class lectures and activities, projects

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; David Winget, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Assessment the Easy Way: Using Embedded Indicators to Assess Program OutcomesI. IntroductionThe culminating design experience for civil engineering majors at the United States MilitaryAcademy (USMA) is CE492, Design of Structural Systems. CE492 serves as a “capstone”experience or one in which students are faced with a multi-disciplinary design projectincorporating facets from all previous civil engineering courses. Previous capstone experienceshave required students to design structures planned for construction or currently underconstruction at the Academy, thus providing an opportunity for site visitations and activeparticipation with key players in the project development process. Since CE492 provides amulti-disciplinary

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineers experience a senior capstone experience. Thefinal lab in the sequence serves a similar purpose as the senior design but on a smallertime scale. 1) It is important for students to design and conduct their own experiment. 2) Some students will confront failure. It is important in these instances to remind students that technical failures are often successful learning experiences. Page 11.1056.3 3) Students become more independent. 4) Students learn to debug a system.These labs should be fun while building on technical skills. Grading should be basedmore on the process followed rather than the

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gordon Geiger, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

engineering curriculum, which it saidshould: 2 1. “Provide broad, solid knowledge of key fundamental concepts in science and engineering. These concepts should not be taught only in the abstract but also with constant reference to engineering practice. 2. Provide in-depth engineering study in at least one field. Part of this study should address business and management aspects in that field…. and encompass a focus on global practice- some of which may be captured in a capstone design project.” …. 5. Provide greater flexibility to pursue other careers outside engineering.Among other

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Herbert L. Hess P.E., University of Idaho in Moscow; Frank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 11.900.4poorly employing subscripted variables. In every successful case, run times were less than 3seconds. The whole exercise was somewhat shorter in duration for efficient code writers, about2-4 hours, than for the 65% who wrote inefficient code, 6-25 hours.Electrical engineering technology (EET) students at Buffalo State were also assigned similar taskbut this was the first time such an assignment was given to them. Ten students were involved inthis project. Their mathematics background varied with three students just being transferred fromcommunity college and taking technical calculus concurrently with Power Systems 1 course.Several students did not take programming course yet. Five students were taking MATLAB®and MathCAD

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

participation and contributions towards themission of this project, students receive degree credit. Juniors are awarded "Upper DivisionElective Credit" and seniors fulfill their degree capstone requirement, "Team Senior Project".Each year more than 70 students and 14 faculties have participated in this effort. The students aresub-divided into team specializing in stereovision, object recognition, hardware, mapping andpath-planning software, camera on a chip design, and GIS. Each sub-team has one or morefaculty advisors to supervise the team’s activities.Students enrolled in the project agree to commit a minimum of six hours per week to theproject. Sub-team meetings are held each week of the quarter. All teams meet together threetimes each quarter to

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross McCurdy, Ponaganset High School

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

hydrogen fuel cells as a step towards creating a clean and sustainable future. The schoolhas now compiled an impressive collection of fuel cell technology for hands-on student use andhas established a course devoted to fuel cells. With the creation of Protium, the Initiative’s fuelcell-powered band, hydrogen fuel cell education is also an extracurricular activity successfullyspreading the word far beyond the school community, with fuel cell demonstration performanceshaving taken place in Miami, San Antonio, Palm Springs, and Hollywood. Fuel cell education is approached with a hands-on, minds-on philosophy with much ofthe learning project-based. Last year’s capstone project was the creation of Rhode Island’s firstfuel cell vehicle, a two

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

networking laboratory (CNL)1. Built around a 24-nodedistributed Beowulf2,3 supercomputer, the main goal of CNL is to enhance the understanding ofparallel computing principles in key courses of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science(BS-CS) degree, the two-year Associate in Applied Science in Computer Information Systems(AAS-CIS), and the four-year Bachelor of Applied Technology in Computer InformationSystems Technology (BAT-CIST).The strategy has been to use this supercomputer as the main instrument to infuse concepts andprinciples into targeted courses by creating a set of laboratory modules and capstone projects.Such project framework in CS education is strongly emphasized in the ACM/IEEE-CS curriculamodel4. CNL has aided in motivating the

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

2006-2465: ENGAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY: PREPARING UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS FOR GRADUATE STUDYWesley Stone, Western Carolina University Wes Stone is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University. He earned his B.S at the University of Texas at Austin, his M.S. at Penn State University, and his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His industrial experience includes manufacturing and six sigma quality, which are current areas of interest. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in solid mechanics, quality, and capstone design at Western Carolina.Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University Chip W. Ferguson is an Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Jessica Jenness, University of Central Florida; Jessica Steinberg, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

opportunities are helping to build stronger industrypartnerships with the university. This paper describes our approach for incorporatingexperiential learning opportunities into the undergrad IE curriculum. It discusses the courses,timing of the experiences, and the components of the experiences that provide application of thecourse materials in project-based problem solving that enhance the students’ critical thinking andadaptive problem solving skills.Senior Design Course:The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of CentralFlorida offer their senior undergraduate students a unique capstone design educationalexperience. Teams composed of 3-5 senior Industrial Engineering students develop andimplement a plan to