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Richard Penson; Margaret Ross; Eur Ing

degree as a prelude to a new career direction. The report recommended, over themedium term, that a framework should be established to maintain data about lifelong learningusing a unique student record number. It also recommended, over the medium term, that CareersServices should be more fully integrated with academic affairs and that the provision of careerseducation and guidance would be periodically reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency. It alsorecommended, in the medium to long term, that careers advice for lifelong learning should bea complementary service based inside higher education establishments. The report alsorecommended, both to theStudents' Union and the institutions, that the services offered to the students, in particular

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ofScience degrees in Environmental Engineering since 1970 and became officially ABET-accreditedin 1993. As a part of the periodic reviews mandated by ABET, as well as by the North CentralAssociation of Colleges and Schools, the Environmental Engineering Program at New MexicoTech developed an assessment survey to evaluate alumni’s opinions concerning the program’scurriculum and its preparation for their subsequent careers, whether professional employment orgraduate school.BACKGROUND AND SURVEY INFORMATIONThe required course work leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineeringat New Mexico Tech (NMT) includes 59 credits of college-wide basic requirements, 55 credits ofsupporting engineering and science classes, and 24 credits of

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. 3147Lang, C. Case Method Teaching in the Community College. Newton, MA: Education and Development Center, Inc. 1986.Meadows, Robert E. “In Defense of Focused Cases.” 1996 Proceedings, Society for Case Research.Packer, Arnold and Elizabeth Mathias. “Proving A Concept.” Community College Journal. Oct/Nov 1995.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONJames L. Barrott is presently serving as the Dean of Engineering and Environmental Technology at ChattanoogaState Technical Community College. He teaches courses in the Mechanical Engineering Technology andCAD/CAM Technology programs. He is a co-Principal Investigator for SEATEC and TEFATE – NSF AdvancedTechnology Education funded projects.Neal F. Jackson is Dean of Career Studies at Jackson State Community

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community are participating incitizenship enhancing activities. Some of the concepts that we think need to be examined andexplored in a model of citizenship education include: • developing an awareness and knowledge of public and societal issues • actively participating in the community (or multiple communities) in a way that contributes to its operation and functioning • taking responsibility for one’s personal actions and their impact on other people and groups • expanding the connections between one’s classroom learning and one’s experiences in the wider university and community • infusing civic-mindedness into paid and unpaid work and professional careers • understanding the

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Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

Session 2260 Quality Assessment in Engineering Education – Indicators of Progress Andrzej Krasniewski, Roman Z. Morawski, Jerzy Woznicki Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology Warsaw University of Technology1. INTRODUCTIONFast political, social and economic changes have significantly affected the functioning ofacademic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The most essential factors that determine anew environment in which academic institutions operate are substantial budget cuts andunattractive career prospects for university employees.For example, in Poland as a result

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Sciences. We offer Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, 2Pre-engineering, and Pre-architecture programs. Our Department has an enrollment of600 students, of which 200 are majors in Computer, Design, Electro-Mechanical, andManufacturing Engineering Technology concentrations. The Solar Car Project We built our first solar car, the Solaraider and competed in the Sunrayce 95qualifier in June, 1995. The objectives of Sunrayce are to stimulate interest in technicaleducation and careers among students, and to promote energy efficiency and the use ofrenewable sources of energy.1 The race is nationally sponsored by

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Todd Nocera; Martha Cyr; John McDonald; Chris Rogers

Session 3553 The Design and Performance of Musical Instruments Chris Rogers, Martha Cyr, John McDonald, and Todd Nocera Tufts UniversityAbstractBy challenging the students to design and build a musical instrument, we teach the fundamentalsof engineering design and acoustics, as well as introduce statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, andvibrations to liberal arts students and first-year engineers. Using the instrument as a non-threatening medium, students get a chance to do hands-on problem solving from the beginning oftheir college career. One of the unique aspects of this course is that it is co

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Jack Zecher; Kenneth Rennels; Douglas Acheson

Manufacturing Technology, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, hasundertaken a project to make use of modern marketing technology by developing an interactiveCD-ROM aimed specifically at recruitment. The development of this recruiting tool is beingpartially funded by a grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation.The objective of this project is to develop an interactive CD-ROM. This tool will allow theviewer to: learn about engineering technology careers; learn about IUPUI’s campus; investigatedegree programs and curricula; tour the department’s laboratories; meet the department facultyand students; and have frequently asked questions answered. The obvious benefit to thedevelopment of this CD-ROM will be the

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aseries of lectures and exercises on the general process of design (modeled after a NSF/ASEE Creative and Structured Design Methods Workshop, 1989) accompanied bydesign project requests. After about 6 weeks the remainder of the term was dedicated toproject development. The Biomedical Computing course was difficult to administer and teach, as thestudent body came in with quite disparate backgrounds. Several students, especiallythose with BME-EE backgrounds, were well versed in some of the lecture material anddid not like the class; others did not see the relevance of the course to their careers. Thedesign course was reasonably well received, though a universal comment was that therewas not enough time to properly complete many of the

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Paul J. Eagle; Jonathan M. Weaver; Roger W. Pryor; Mukasa Ssemakula

Page 3.209.2 The curriculum development capitalizes on the principle that students graspprinciples most effectively if the principles are presented first in the context of familiarphenomena and then generalized. The curriculum is based on the premise that a clearunderstanding and appreciation of mechanics can be developed using descriptiveapplications-intensive methods. Once a candidate has an intuitive grasp of mechanics, theanalytical techniques are much more easily learned. This is often demonstrated whenpeople in the skilled trades pursue relevant academic degrees later in their careers. Thesepeople often exhibit an exceptionally clear understanding of mechanical phenomena. The complete knowledge area was subdivided into a

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

additional courses in 10 departments,in addition to the 34 ecological basis courses, for a total of 61 acceptable thematic electives. Theadditional courses include hydrology, geomorphology, resource management, economics, andland-use planning.Table 2 lists three example combinations of ecological basis courses and thematic electives. It islikely that students will first identify thematic electives that match their career or future studygoals, and then pick ecological basis courses that support those goals. Page 3.77.5Table 2. Ecological basis courses and thematic electives for three example ecological engineering programs.Example 1

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Mary J. Sarmiento; Dr. Takeshi Kubo; Dr. Shigeo Matsumoto

professional careers, we think it isimportant to provide them with experience in discovering and solving problems similar tothose they will face in society. It is crucial that the students be allowed to develop the skillsand abilities for tackling problems independently, rather than following the directions of oth-ers. Engineering Design I and II are courses founded on these basic principles.3. Course Management3.1 Engineering Design Process1 Page 3.558.1In our Engineering Design Curriculum, the Engineering Design Process (EDP) is defined asthe process by which the following activities are performed.1. Clarification of the Problem Domain: Clarification

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Alireza Rahrooh

integrating computerswithin the control loop is essential. An innovative feedback control laboratory has been developedin the department of engineering technology at University of Central Florida to fill this need. Thelaboratory is equipped with some of the most frequently used control systems in engineering andindustry. It is designed to bridge the gap between theory and real-life problems, and to give thestudents valuable hands-on experience which helps them better prepared for their careers. Anumber of practical feedback control system experiments are being developed that will allowstudents an opportunity to develop appropriate transfer functions and control programs forclosed-loop system with a computer in the loop

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Stephen E. Binney; Andrew C. Klein

Radiation Health Physics can also pursue apre-medicine track by replacing a set of restricted electives with the same set of organicchemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry courses that other pre-medicine students take. This option allows students considerable flexibility in their career choiceshould their plans to enter medical school change for any reason. We expect to see an increase instudents enrolling in this special program as more prospective students become aware of itsexistence.Also, students entering the Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics degree programsfrom states that participate in the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program can attendOSU at a reduced tuition rate (compared to the full

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systemsengineering consulting company. He is a chemical engineer with BS and PhD degrees from Robert College(1970) in Istanbul Turkey and University of California Santa Barbara (1974), respectively. During his earlyprofessional career he was on the faculty of Oregon State University where he received the 1981 college ofengineering “Lloyd Carter Outstanding and Inspirational Teaching Award”. Before starting IETek in 1996, hewas a research fellow at Weyerhaeuser Technology Center. He is an industrial trustee of CACHE since 1995. Page 3.277.8

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in the class in addition to the general questions shown inthe table; these are summarized in the final entry of Table 1. Average Survey Question Response*I understand the field of Electronics Engineering Technology and how it relates to 4.0other disciplinesI feel better prepared for my university career 3.5I know the professors in the major better 4.3I feel I can approach the professors and talk to them about technical or other topics 3.9Summary of other more specific questions

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applications used for subsequent courses is alsoprovided. Project teams consisted of 3-4 students and grading was based on student“portfolios” for the course. Although collaboration was encouraged throughout thecourse and for this project, each student had to submit a portfolio of all their work, whichincluded written reports on team projects such as the solar car, as well as individualassignments and essays. Grading of portfolios encouraged attention to written expressionto demonstrate understanding of technical concepts. Other kind of follow-ups for teamprojects include poster presentations or oral presentations. Thus students getreinforcement of important academic and career skills. Students learned a number of valuable lessons

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Mireya Fernández; Albert Lozano-Nieto; Ferran Silva

the first exposure to electronicinstrumentation, these laboratory courses should be heavily oriented towards making the studentto feel comfortable in the lab through their progression in the use of instrument and measurementtechniques.In addition to the technical contents, these courses should also emphasize other aspects of vitalimportance in the student’s careers: the importance of good writing skills, the importance ofprofessional appearance, and the importance of selling a measurement, circuit, system to apotential buyer that in the case of academia is the instructor. Our experience in differentlaboratory settings for different curricula show that a key point to maintain the student’s interestin the field is to base the experimental

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preparation for QMM studies at Penn State and for the careers of itsgraduates. While students may enter the QMM program immediately after completing abachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or business, they must take an internship with amanufacturing company in the summer before entering the program if they have no industrialexperience.Upon entering the academic year in the fall, students with an engineering or science backgroundare required to take an introductory core course in business principles, and students with abusiness background are required to take an introductory core course in engineering principles.The introductory business and engineering courses, together with the nine remaining corecourses are all 3-credit courses to be completed

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William F. Reeve

. Aubrey, R.A., Brelage, T., “A Temperature and Voltage Monitor Board for the Electrical Engineering Technology Laboratory,” 1995 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, pp 484-87.5. The Memory Jogger for Education, GOAL/PC, 13 Branch Street, Methuen, MA 01844-1953.Biographical InformationWILLIAM F. REEVEMr. William Frank Reeve is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Departmentof Purdue University. He has had a varied career in industry, the military, and in education. He received theBachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in physics from the University of Louisville. He has conductedresearch on ionic vacuum pumps and quadrupole mass spectrometers, investigated physical properties of salt-ice,snow, and

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Scott A. Starks; Reza Torkzadeh; Michael E. Austin

strategy PM strictlypower-limited channels; (4) The link budget analysis; (5) The study of countermeasuresto interference in a network of satellites; (6) The study of neural net based equalizationtechniques, antenna switch combining, and diversity combining to combat ISI caused bymultipath.The UNEX Systems Engineering & Mission Operations Facility will help train graduateand undergraduate students by enabling them to develop the skills necessary to weigh theadvantages and disadvantages of alternative designs. The performance evaluation facilitywill permit students to conduct meaningful applied research, to gain experience inresearch methodology, and to become interested in careers relating to satellitecommunication research.The UNEX Systems

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Carolyn L. Dull; A. George Havener

Officers who, duringtheir careers, participate in and have responsibility for a variety of systems-programs.Such programs often present interdisciplinary ill-defined problems involving engineering,economics, politics, sociology, medicine, psychology, and law. Accordingly, USAFAcadets need school-experiences working on multifaceted interdisciplinary situations asopposed to device-oriented problems. The ill-defined aspects of a manned mission toMars presents the cadets a challenging and timely interdisciplinary problem that requiresthem to interact with instructors from various engineering and social science departmentsas well as external agencies such as NASA.Problem Solving - Among the USAFA educational outcomes, developing problemsolving skills

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Digendra K. Das; Atlas Hsie; Salahuddin Qazi

updatetheir academic credentials, help improve the productivity of the corporations they are workingfor, and to seek career advancement. Most existing graduate programs concentrate in one areaand prepare students for a specialized field emphasizing more theory and less hands-on. In mostcases engineers enroll in a graduate program related to their undergraduate majors unless they arestudying for an MBA. The aim of our Master's program in advanced technology (MSAT) is toprepare students in a wide range of engineering and technology practices, in addition to the areaof their undergraduate background. In the current environment, industries have becometechnologically more advanced and have to compete in a global market. This puts extra demandson

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James L. Greer; James P. Solti; James M., Jr. Greer

learning. Each of the 40 lesson-outlines provided to thecadre of instructors by the CD includes a “Pedagogical Thought of the Day (PTOD)”encouraging instructors to use innovative teaching methods in the classroom. Weeklylesson conferences are held to exchange lessons learned which instructors annotate eachday as “Pedagogical Results of the Day (PROD).” In these conferences, specificapproaches and methods are shared with the group and critiqued. The paper brieflydiscusses the use of the PTODs and PRODs inEM 200 during the Fall 1997 semester at the Air Force Academy.Pedagogical Thought of the Day“Routine and complacency: the nemeses of the teaching profession.” Teaching is an extremely time-consuming and challenging career choice. Besidesgrading

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understand what is occurring, whythey may feel disconnected, and how they can succeed in the scientific and engineering academicand working environment, and understand how they can balance career and personal lifedecisions. The program’s focus will be on the critical first year of a women’s time at theUniversity. The student who successfully navigates her first year is likely to succeed andcontinue at the University. The friendships and connections that they develop during their firstyear, will remain as sources of support through their college years.There are two things that make this program unique. First, it will be done with minimaladditional resources. The University will seek outside grant funding for the program - to pay foron-site tutors

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Mark Mawlawi; Hamid Y. Eydgahi

, access to material should bethe number one priority. This need, in turn, has led to the birth of a number of innovations andeducational competitors including the ‘corporate universities’. The real explosion of corporateuniversities began about ten years ago to over 1000 today10. Perhaps more interesting, is theeffort of the Engineers’ and Managers’ Association (EMA) union in the United Kingdom whichhas recently launched an MBA program for its members to enhance their career prospects11.Furthermore, in the global and Just-in-Time environment where work schedules, personal andfamily obligations and even distances make frequent trips to school difficult, alternative deliverysystems are becoming a possible and cost-effective mode for achieving

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Amir Mirmiran

INFORMATIONAMIR MIRMIRAN, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Central Florida is a graduateof the University of Maryland, and a recipient of NSF CAREER Award. His research is focused on fiber reinforcedplastic composites, and non-destructive testing of hybrid FRP-concrete structures. He received the Outstanding Teacher Page 3.420.4of the Year in his department in 1995-96, and the Florida SUS Teaching Incentive Award in 1996.

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Alexander D. Poularikas

\VWHPV SURFHVVLQJ RI VLJQDOV9/6, )OXLGV &RPPXQLFDWLRQV )LOWHUV/RJLF FLUFXLWV $FRXVWLFV &RQWUROV'LJLWDO V\VWHPV 7KHUPRG\QDPLFV +HDW WUDQVIHU )LJXUH ALEXANDER D. POULARIKAS, during his academic career, has been Professor at the University of RhodeIsland, Chairman at the University of Denver and Chairman at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He hasauthored six books and published more that fifty papers. He has received twice the IEEE section outstandingeducator award

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Justin Shriver; Charles Choi; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec

students, professors and deans. The individuals who receive the award benefit in several ways. Beyond the satisfactionof knowing their jobs were well done, they are honored in a public ceremony for theiraccomplishments and receive a monetary reward. The award provides encouragement to theoutstanding student instructors to pursue careers in academia. Furthermore, this honor providesevidence of their impact on education and teaching abilities, which the awardees can add to ateaching portfolio to be used during the academic job search process. Page 3.467.1

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Kenneth Miller; Jeffrey Morehouse; Edward Young; David Rocheleau; Jed S. Lyons

believed that practicing mechanical engineersneed a systems perspective, which can be fully developed only when systems lab experiences arealso involved. To reflect this emphasis, the course will be renamed the Engineering SystemsLaboratory. In it, students approach and analyze engineering problems from a systemsviewpoint, design experiments, apply computer-based instrumentation to study systemperformance, document their results in writing, and make oral technical presentations.THE SYSTEM UNDER INVESTIGATION It is not desirable or even possible to attempt to expose students to every type of systemthat they might work with throughout their professional career. In designing the systems lab, onemust select a number of systems for the students