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. If theprogram mission defines the type of building to be constructed, then the program objectivesdefine its shape, the educational outcomes are the walls that produce that shape, and thecompetencies are the building blocks from which the walls, and thence the building, areconstructed.Direct Competency Testing, (DCT), is the activity of assigning a specific task and thendetermining whether or not the student has acquired the ability to perform that task correctly.Although this paper is focused on testing an individual competency with a pencil and paperactivity, DCT can be performed in many different ways for many different kinds ofcompetencies. A laboratory competency might require that a student perform a standardfundamental task, such as

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

, scientific equipment and help develop courses for distance learning in engineering & technology.IV. What Needs To Be DoneEngineering and technology education is expensive because of the highly qualified faculty andstate of the art laboratories needed to provide an effective hands-on education. The state of theart labs are expensive to equip, difficult to maintain and continuously need funds in order tostay current. The seemingly easiest way of educating large number of people is to open moreinstitutions and increase the number of students in a class room using the existing resources toits optimum. For instance Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Technology accepts only 135 studentfrom applicant pool of 1500, which can be easily increased. Compare

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Monson H. Hayes; Lonnie D. Harvel

, they will begin to appear on the marketplace.Bibliography1. M.H. Hayes, "Some approaches to distance learning with streaming media", 1998 IEEE Workshop of Multimedia Signal Processing, p. 514-519.2. Jason A. Brotherton, Janak R. Bhalodia, and Gregory D. Abowd, “Automated Capture, Integration, and Visualization of Multiple Media Streams”, in Proceedings of IEEE Multimedia ’98, July, 1998.3. D. Light, D. Elshazly, and G. May, "Progress Towards Developing a Web-Based Virtual Packaging Laboratory," to appear in Proc. 1998 Elec. Comp. & Tech. Conf., San Diego, CA, June, 1999.MONSON H. HAYESMonson H. Hayes is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute ofTechnology in Atlanta, Georgia. He

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Prawit Rotsawatsuk; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

Page 4.239.7animation ICMLS can be a powerful trigger to learning. The simulation and animation featureswill provide the students with a practical laboratory that will allow them to “get the feel” of thedynamics of the construction site. Finally, practitioner involvement by using InteractiveConstruction Management Learning System will be of benefit to students enrolled in the civiland construction engineering curriculum. Figure 7: Java-based Simulation ExampleVII. ConclusionsThe authors envision that the successful completion of this project will provide an instructionaltool that clearly caters to the needs of construction engineering education. A number of benefitsarise from this accomplishment. These include

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John E. Shea; Thomas M. West

Page 4.246.1the majority of students that select and stay in engineering are those who fit the culture.Table 1. Changes in the Characteristics of the IME curriculum during the 90’sCharacteristics at the Start of the 90’s Characteristics at the End of the 90’s1. Exclusively lecture format Active learning exercises, collaborative learning2. Structured laboratory exercises Guided design laboratories3. Design primarily confined to senior design Design projects integrated at all levels project4. Isolated courses focused on specific topics Topical material integrated into advanced courses5. Single

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the bag. This bench top experiment provides physical evidence of theincreased diffusivity in membranes with the addition of aqueous pores.V. Unit OperationsThe chemical engineering curriculum culminates in the unit operations laboratory where alltheorems and fundamentals are tested on hands-on experiments. Unit operations provides notonly practical field training, but also an ideal forum for practicing inductive versus deductiveteaching. Inductive learners prefer to see specific cases first (i.e. observations and examples)and work up to governing principles and theorems 1. The majority of lectures, however, aredesigned for deductive learners by introducing general principals followed by deducedconsequences and applications1. Interestingly

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Warren Perger; Leonard J. Bohmann; Bob Bohnsack

. He received the MSEE. degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1976. Prior to coming toMichigan Tech, Mr. Bohnsack served as an officer in the U. S. Air Force, a Supervisory Computer Specialist at theU. S. Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, WI and as National Service Manager at Nicolet InstrumentCorporation, also in Madison. Page 4.251.8

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ofemployment. The professor, however, had taken an in-plant graduate course from IndianaUniversity called “Teaching and Learning in the Corporate Environment” with several membersof the company’s corporate training department. They had a need to develop a new programskilling redundant electrical and mechanical engineers as embedded systems engineers, and theprofessor was rehired for a third summer to help design the program. This Software SkillEnhancement Program (SSEP) took engineers off-line for four months to complete an intensiveset of university courses and in-plant training programs. The program also had the benefit ofbringing in laboratory development money to the university as labs were upgraded for theengineers to use.A paper was written

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the Naval Research Laboratory at the John C. Stennis Space Center, MS where he isinvolved with underwater acoustics research. Page 4.90.7

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is to prepare the MSOE BE student to practice the profession ofengineering after graduation. The Biomedical Engineering curriculum provides both the high level of education andpractice required to become a Professional Engineer. The educational component of courses inengineering, mathematics, sciences, communications, humanities, social science, business andlaw, serves the overall needs of the student seeking to achieve professional status. The practicalcomponent is composed of the many laboratories and the more than 24 credits of engineeringdesign contained in the curriculum. As the student moves through the curriculum, he/she isexpected to apply the knowledge gained in each course to the solution of a particular

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Scott Wayne; Alfred Stiller; Kristine Craven

with the fields of engineering and aid them in their choice of a specificengineering major. This choice must be made at the end of the student’s freshman year.In the spring semester, it is assumed that the students have narrowed their choice to twoengineering majors and thus they are only required to attend two of the ten seminars. Due tothis, the total time frame is condensed to one week of seminars on Monday and Tuesday evening. Page 4.523.3Each program is again presented two times in one evening. The focus during this semester is toshow the students the laboratory facilities and some of the current research, however the actualprogram content

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Heidi Diefes; William LeBold; William Oakes

Engineering Students (ENGR 180) is a one-credit hour coursethat meets two hours a week and features both campus and outside speakers. The goal of thiscourse is to aid minority students in making the adjustment to the college environment whileexploring career opportunities.Engineering Problem Solving (ENGR195T) is a one credit hour honors course that focuses onthe fundamentals of problem solving. During the weekly one-hour lecture and one-hourlaboratory, students receive a broad-based education in topics of concern to engineers (e.g.statistics, engineering economics, material balances, statics, and energy).Engineering Career Planning (ENGR 185) is a one credit hour course of eight weeks durationthat includes a two-hour laboratory and an hour arranged

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W. Benard Carlson; Takeo Higuchi

to exercise thecreative faculties and that no idea was too strange or goofy.As sources of new ideas, I suggested students look at magazines and see what new products arebeing advertised. They could go to the library and look at engineering journals. They might talkto their engineering professors and visit his or her laboratory to see what kind of research theywere doing. Students could ask their friends what they liked or needed or wished for. Theymight visit the university's art museum or drive out to nearby Monticello to look at Jefferson’sgadgets. In general, I told students that they might find ideas anywhere, provided one isreceptive and observant.I also suggested to the students that they might find it useful occasionally to copy short

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Michael McGeen; Larry Groser; J. Michael Hassler; Douglas C. Stahl; Craig Capano

Testing Laboratory at MSOE. He is licensedas a Professional Engineer and a Structural Engineer. Dr. Stahl received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in CivilEngineering from the University of Wisconsin.CRAIG CAPANO is an Associate Professor of AE&BC and Director of the Construction Management Program atMSOE. He is a member of the American Institute of Constructors and is a Certified Professional Constructor.Professor Capano received his Master of Construction Science and Management degree from Clemson University.MICHAEL MCGEEN is an Associate Professor of AE&BC at MSOE. He is active in the Rapid Prototyping Centerat MSOE. Professor McGeen is a registered Architect with a Masters degree in Architecture from the University ofWisconsin

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Mel I. Mendelson

program, i.e., Hughes, Raytheon, Boeing, TRW, Northrop-Grumman, Allied-Signal,Teredyne, ITT-Gilfillon, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Proctor and Gamble, Johns Manville,Gillette, Fairchild Fasteners, Z-Tronics, Mobil Oil Co., Flow Serve, Ultraviolet Devices inc.,Aerospace Co., Cushion Cut, and Xerox. These companies have sent their employees to ourgraduate program. The most important interaction has been the establishment of our IndustrialAdvisory Council in 1994, which is made up of industrial executives who advise our programon their current and future needs.Small companies have also been involved with conceiving industrial projects for our classes.Here students assist start-up companies in the planning, design and development of realproducts using

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

engineering student will usually take in their curriculumand is a four semester hour, open-ended design course. The course has three components;laboratory, projects and modeling; and consist of six contact hours.During the summer of 1996, 44 students participated and completed the program. As arecruitment tool, the program was an overwhelming success with 43 of the 44 studentscompleting the academic year (one chose not to because of the family’s financial situation).During the summer of 1997, 39 students also completed the program. Currently, 38 of the 39from the 1997 program have enrolled in the CEAS (one choosing not to enroll until the spring Page

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James B. Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl

laboratory experience incorpo-rating student centered learning principles. An important aspect of the project was the way inwhich the project evolved. The first time I tried the approach it was disastrous. After severalchanges I now consider the approach successful. I presented my lessons learned from the at-tempts at the 1996 Lilly Conference on College Teaching-West in California and presented the(successful) approach at the 1997 ASEE National Conference in Milwaukee3.BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATIONThere are quite a number of benefits we obtained from participating in the Teaching Scholarsprogram. These range from the exposure to current work in enhancing instruction to thementoring program to the association with other tenure-track faculty in other

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Douglas G. Schmucker

necessarily measured in monetary units. One particular concern is that as students becomeincreasingly competent with computers, their understanding and comprehension of “structuralreality” may suffer.This author firmly believes that physical models are an essential part of a balanced structuralengineering curriculum.† This belief is particularly made firmer in light of the increasing use ofcomputers in all facets of engineering practice and education. Physical models also appeal todifferent modes of learning. Testing laboratories traditionally provided opportunities for “hands-on” learning yet are expensive in both equipment, space, and labor needs. At the University ofAlberta, eleven short demonstrations of basic fluid mechanics principles have been

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Elaine L. Craft

development activities thatstimulate development of an integrated curriculum and encourage: interdisciplinary teamwork application of technology (e.g., calculator-based laboratories) use of relevant classroom methodology (e.g., cooperative learning) applications of learning theory (e.g., multiple intelligences)Through this nine-step process, which is outlined below, Exemplary Faculty Teams have become“reform ready” and are transforming classrooms and curricula to reflect the workplace.I. Form a Management TeamThe first step toward introducing systemic change is to select a leadership or management teamof committed leaders to collaboratively build and implement your program. The SC ATEManagement Team includes three principal investigators and

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Robin Grimes; Caroline Baillie

objectivesand a detailed timetable so that before tutorials they would know what had been covered andits relationship to the remaining parts of the course. In addition, the new “Matter” softwarecrystallography module12 , which has been designed as a self help programme, was constantlyavailable in the computer laboratory. Tutors were introduced to the computer based teachingenvironment during the training weekend although their use of the facility was left openended. A separate evaluation will be carried out with a view to providing more guidance insubsequent years.The continuing evaluation of the peer tutoring scheme was carried out in three areas: studentperceptions by open ended questionnaires, peer tutors perceptions by focus group and

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Randall L. Musselman

course resembled a capstone course specific to microwaveengineering. Even though this course was taught in a laboratory, it dealt with very realpropagation problems. In that sense, the lab offered an authentic learning experience rather thanjust a simulated learning experience, as defined by Dudson.[1] Page 3.443.2COOPERATIVE LEARNINGOriginally, the course goal was to simply create an overall purpose that integrated the individualmeasurement tasks. The hope in leaving the overall task somewhat ill-defined, was that thestudents would be forced to organize and define the tasks themselves, thus forcing them to seethe overall purpose. What

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Sanjiv Sarin

, howCriteria 2000 is different. These changes are summarized below.What remains unchanged?1. Required professional component of 1 year of Mathematics/Basic Sciences and 1½ year of Engineering Topics2. Need for documented processes for admissions, transfer, graduation of students3. Need for General Education component that complements the technical content of the program4. Emphasis on the number, qualifications, experience, and diversity of faculty5. Adequacy of classroom, laboratories, and computing facilities6. Strength of institutional support and leadership of program7. Adequacy of financial resources for facilities, maintenance of equipment, and development of facultyWhat is new in ABET 2000?1. No required minimum Humanities/Social Sciences

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Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

carefully considered,continuously pursued fashion which must be incorporated into your strategic plan. Preferably these milestonesshould be established before the granting of tenure and promotion, since many of the corresponding actionsneeded will also assist in that endeavor. For example, you have determined that a textbook is needed in yourarea of specialization, and you decide to accept the challenge. Writing a textbook before achieving tenure is notrecommended, but some of the preparatory tasks such as developing a set of excellent, well-documentedpublished course notes and original laboratory exercises could assist you in establishing a case for promotion onthe basis of teaching contributions while aiding in the creation of your future

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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

dissemination. Any or all of these are high level candidates for technology faculty workloadprofiles. Measures of performance in this arena include: x Peer-review publications x Industry based Technical project reports x Successful proposal for funded projects x Development of special research laboratories x Special recognition for a research accomplishment x Student participation in recognized research activitiesBased on the natural service opportunities associated with every faculty position, some level ofservice activity is expected. Faculty members are hired and tenured because of their professionalexpertise and accomplishment. Therefore, the basis for all faculty services must be theirprofessional status. However, service to the

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Marybeth Lima

description of this freshmenlevel course was as follows: effect of variability and constraints of biological systems onengineering problem solving and design; engineering units; engineering report writing; oralreport presentation; laboratory demonstration of biological engineering analysis. Thirty studentswere enrolled in this course. One major facet of the course was the class design project. This semester long, guidedexercise introduced students to the engineering method and attributes of design. Emphasis wasplaced on “big picture” concepts involved in design, including the engineering design method,methods of evaluating decisions, and consideration of different perspectives and how they affecta design. The tiger project was chosen

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W. Cully Hession; Marty D. Matlock; G. Scott Osborn; Daniel E. Storm; Ann L. Kenimer

ecology course with a summer internship orintensive laboratory component. This course should be designed to provide students withan opportunity to work with students from other disciplines (botany, wildlife ecology, Page 3.42.5 5agronomy, forestry, hydrology, and geology, for example) to analyze, design, andremediate a degraded ecosystem. The obvious constraints of a three hour course willrequire that these projects be small in scope, but should expose the students to thecomplexity and diversity of specific ecosystems. Ecological trophodynamics - Systems Ecology, with emphasis on energy flowsthrough

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S.A. McClellan; J.W. Goode

concepts suchas quantization and prediction. This platform will be used by the UAB Electrical &Computer Engineering Dept. in an undergraduate laboratory course on signalprocessing and assembly language. The speech processing content will be used in Page 3.477.10conjunction with other demonstrations of DSP technologies and algorithms. Thequantization module(s) developed for this platform demonstrate both uniform andnon-uniform quantization with user-selectable signal characteristics, as well as severalpopular approaches to quantizer adaptation (forward, or blockwise and backward, orsequential). The prediction module(s) also demonstrate different

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; Michelle Bothwell

of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus FoundationSpecial Grants for the Chemical Sciences (SG-97-075) and the OSU Summer Session and Pre-college Office (particularly Michael Hansen and Andy Hashimoto for all their efforts andencouragement). Finally, this program could not have worked without all the student advocates andfaculty mentors in Chemical Engineering (Goran Jovanovic, Milo Koretsky, Keith Levien) andBiological Engineering (Joe McGuire, Frank Chaplen, Ajoy Velayudhan, John Bolte), whovolunteered their time and laboratory resources for this program.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONWILLIE E. (Skip) ROCHEFORT Associate Professor of Chemical EngineeringChemical Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9733l-2702email: rochefsk

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, selection of load scales, and therecording of data. John Stambaugh, a volunteer high school student from Wilbraham, MA, assistedwith several trials and contributed operational suggestion for the text.Author:ALAN K. KARPLUSAlan K. Karplus is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western New England College, Springfield,Massachusetts. He has a Bachelor's degree from Tufts College, a Master's degree from Iowa State University and aPh.D. from Colorado State University. He has been involved with the freshman engineering program, coordinatesthe senior mechanical engineering laboratory program, teaches Materials Science and supervises M.E. SeniorProjects. His interests include materials and design. He is a member of ASME, ASEE and ASM International

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Robert Batson

knowledge for the State of California Professional Engineering (PE) Exam in Quality Engineering;& Two reports on quality education for engineers in Japan: 1. “Quality Practices in Japan” 8, a 1988 report on a study mission to Japan by a team of researchers from AT&T Bell Laboratories and the University of Wisconsin. 2. “Total Quality Control Education in Japan” 9, a 1989 report by the GOAL/QPC Sustaining Members’ Research Committee. Page 3.51.4 4These last two reports each contained sample curricula in quality topics for all engineers, created andtaught by members of