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Nicholas Massa; Gordon Snyder; Fenna Hanes; James Masi; Gary Mullett

been formed. Extension of this network to a national base has begun with six additional schools. b) A sub-network of shadow secondary schools with colleges is in place.10) Develop a business plan for sustainability and ongoing evaluation plan based on realistic goals. a) A business plan for sustainability has been developed with industry education and training. b) The Interim, Second Year Evaluation Plan and Yearly Evaluation are being used as guides for tracking the Center’s progress toward its planned goals and objectives.11) A video, which gives an “Introduction to NCTT”, has been produced by Springfield Technical Community College personnel, along with a video/CD on “Careers in Telecommunications

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; David Pines

university officials, a town planner, a town engineer, and engineers from a localconsulting firm. At the conclusion of the project, the students presented the alternatives andrecommended design to the Bloomfield Town Planning and Zoning Commission.I. IntroductionThe civil engineering curriculum at the University of Hartford requires a capstone design projectin the senior year. In 1993, the department revised the capstone design course so that studentswork on industry or town sponsored civil engineering design problems that include anengineering practitioner as part of the design team. This approach both technically challengesthe students and also provides them with an opportunity to learn about the professional aspects ofbeing an engineer. In

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James Wade; Virginia Elkins; Roy Eckart; Catherine Rafter; Eugene Rutz

instructors were told to use class time to enhance thelearning material. Based on this educational plan for the web-based course and the streamingvideo course, both classes were produced during the winter quarter, 2000.The faculty participants were carefully selected, based on excellent teaching records andexperience in teaching Mechanics I. The faculty received extensive video training for the projectby the College Conservatory of Music, Electronic Media Division faculty. A series ofworkshops, including pilot video productions, was held to prepare the faculty for video-basedclass work. The workshops covered such topics as: Understanding the audience Watching for feedback Vocabulary

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Frank Krygowski

taken by students in both the MechanicalEngineering Technology and the Electrical Engineering Technology programs. Since thislaboratory makes extensive use of both mechanical and electrical skills, lab teams are chosen sothat each team has representation from both majors. Thus, when electrical skills or observationsare required, the EET majors are expected to use their strengths to aid the MET students'understanding, and vice-versa. This approach seems to work well. Much student-to-studentinstruction takes place, with the instructor circulating between groups to give additionaldirection as needed.Future EnhancementsDevelopment work on this course and laboratory is still very much in progress. Enhancementsare planned for several existing

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Leah Akins

. resources available. Table 1 – Missions and Goals of TCP and Curriculum Development TeamIn the initial planning and working meetings, several specific issues arose that seemed to be atthe core of the recruitment and retention problem. These issues were: • Many prospective students (and their parents) assumed that jobs in high tech manufacturing were low-skilled, poorly paid, repetitive, and were likely to be in a hazardous work environment. • The general population did not see technician positions to be part of a career path. • The perception of parents and guidance counselors was that the two-year technology degree was a dead end and that if a student was college bound, then they should embark

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Han Bao; David Dryer; Derya Jacobs; William Swart

, 4) provide experience for design of products in a virtual environment using 3D modeling and visualization, as well as planning, scheduling, control and implementation of a virtual product development project, 5) provide experience in constructing product prototypes, and 6) provide an understanding for the potential applications and limitations of current virtual product development tools.The course was offered as a 2 credit-4 hour laboratory course using tools and facilities availableat Old Dominion University. As part of an extensive distance learning capability, the Universityand the College use various distributed course delivery and communications tools withfunctionality including asynchronous message board, synchronous chat

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Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; David Huggins; Winston F. Erevelles

field of manufacturing. Specifically, the colleges targeted industryperceptions of the competency gaps that are commonly seen in newly hired graduates. Thisfollowed the report entitled “Manufacturing Education Plan: 1999 Critical Competency Gaps” bythe Society of Manufacturing Engineers4, 5. In interviews, manufacturing and human resourcemanagers in diverse industries cited the need for a workforce with a continuum of technical skillsto meet the demands of new technology and increased domestic and international competition.The findings of the study appear in Table I. Table I. Competency Gaps to be addressed by PRIME Competency Gap Institution

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Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

quickly respond with "religion, family, andhealth" as my most important ones. I am married with three young children. My wife and I enjoytravel and spending time with our children and other family. Over the last 15 months, however,these priorities have been pushed aside as I build my credentials toward gaining tenure. Clearly, abalance is needed between my dedication to success in the tenure process and my personalpriorities. My plan at this point is to develop a well-defined strategy for meeting the tenure-trackexpectations (without an unusual level of compromise of the time with my family). While I havenot yet developed my strategy, there are some obvious elements to include in the plan.First, it will be useful to identify those factors that

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David Bunnell; Bill Knowlton; Amy Moll

basis and with only the four courses mentionedabove, the topics covered in each have to be carefully selected to cover the field of MaterialsScience & Engineering. We used a well defined system4 of instructional planning for each ofthe courses so that each of the important topics are presented to the students. We used a formalapproach for instructional design that included: Determining the instructional goals, Analyzingthe goals, Writing performance objectives and Developing assessment instruments.ABET 2000 requires an assessment of what the students have learned rather than merely a list ofthe topics that has been covered. The use of written learning objectives focuses5 both theteacher and the student on what should be learned and how it

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Jonathan Barnett; Holly Ault

describes our experiences in developing and building the project program toinclude senior capstone projects. Our experiences with identifying sponsoring agencies orcompanies, preparing students for international project work, and remote advising of studentprojects will be discussed. We will also describe some of the benefits for the students, theuniversity and the sponsors that have been derived from these projects.BackgroundIn 1970, Worcester Polytechnic Institute implemented the WPI Plan, an innovative, project-basedundergraduate program unlike any other engineering program in the world. The objectives of thePlan were to provide a flexible, challenging program to help students “learn how to learn”2, asopposed to the rigidly prescribed curricula

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Ahmed Elsawy; Ismail Fidan

Engineering and Technology, 3rd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1995.4. Nanfara, F., Uccello, T., Murphy, D., The CNC Workshop-A Multimedia Introduction to ComputerNumerical Control, Addison Wesley, 1999.5. Seethaler, R. J., “Integrated Planning Monitoring, and Control of Milling Operations,” PhD Thesis,University of British Columbia, 1997.6. Radwan, A., “Computer-Aided Turning Machines Selection Systems,” Advances in Materials andProcessing Technologies, pp. 831-839, 1995.7. Yellowley, I., Seethaler, R. J., Yeung, F. W., “The Integration of Process Planning, Monitoring andControl in a Machine Tool Environment,” Proceeding of the SPIE Conference on Sensors and Controls forIntelligent Machining, v. 3832, pp. 38-47, 1999.8. Yellowley, I., Oldknow, K

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Steve Schreiner; John Burns

synergy between engineeringexperts and pre-college educators – the overarching philosophy of workshop was that bothgroups need to come together as equal partners to successfully bring biomedical engineeringconcepts into the pre-college students’ curriculum. Time was spent each day on activity called“putting it into practice” in which the pre-college teachers presented ideas of how to fit the topicpresented the previous day into their own teaching plan. Essentially, this became an outline for afull lesson plan. At the end of the workshop the teachers developed at least one full lesson tobring back to their classroom. The teachers reconvened in the Fall of 2000 to discuss how wellthe new lessons worked. The workshop was a success with many teachers

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John Williams

out of classand lacked any drive to excel academically. They displayed a disturbing lack of caring abouttheir future. Also, some students clearly entered engineering without a specific plan or goal.Most students failed to accept responsibility for their own program of study. Page 6.415.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationUp until now, the introduction to engineering sequence was somewhat unstructured and focusedon developing academic survival skills. It primarily served as a tutoring

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John Olson; Georgia Ehlers; David Lovelock; Ali Mehrabian

, and several other key peopleinvolved with the facility planning have been impacted by this successful component of ProgramACCESS. The results are also disseminated to the public via Program ACCESS web site athttp://w3.arizona.edu/~access.III. SummaryThe goal of the Program ACCESS three-year project is to create a model program that targetsstudents in Arizona at all levels—from middle school through graduate school—who arephysically disabled, in order to increase the proportion following SMET curricula. ProgramACCESS promotes opportunities for SMET middle school, high school, and university studentswith physical disabilities to achieve a high level of success, both academically andprofessionally, through the removal of architectural

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Nohemi Rubio; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras; Connie Della-Piana

the NationalScience Foundation (HRD/EEC 9550502). Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1 Copyright200a, American Society for Engineering EducationNo one design, method or instrument can adequately address all outcomes and processes,therefore this paper provides one framework for developing a plan to systematically examineprograms designed to provide research experiences to undergraduate students3. Although thispaper only touches briefly on clarifying program goals and developing a program logic map,these steps are essential in the design of an evaluation plan. The evaluation plan is designed withthe “ideal program and implementation” in mind

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Ronna Turner; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

produce graduates who can leadinterdisciplinary groups in solving complex problems in their career field.In this paper we will present the evidence that led to the specific strategic plans that were proposedto the department of education, strategic plans that will be used to achieve the goal of physicsgraduates from the University of Arkansas with enhanced technology implementation skills. Theearly implementation status through March 2001 will also be discussed, along with specific near Page 6.528.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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John Steele

, participated in acombination of presentations, laboratory experiments, pedagogical discussions and fieldtrips to engineering companies. Post workshop evaluations and interviews establishedthat this pilot workshop was viewed as a strong success by the teachers who attended.Expansion of the program is planned for 2001. A description of the program is givenhere in hopes of aiding others in their development of similar activities.IntroductionThe objectives of the workshop were threefold: • First, we hoped to develop, among the teachers who attended a better understanding of what engineers do. • Second, we wanted to provide these teachers with an in-depth exposure to some aspects of our engineering curriculum at CSM. • Third, the workshop

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Scott Fogler; John T. Bell

simulations, thereby reaching multiple platforms with little additional effort. • Exposing students to a variety of development environments and tools.The following formats have either been implemented or are planned for future evaluation: • VRML: The Virtual Reality Modeling Language, ( VRML ) [14, 15], is an extension to the standard HTML that provides for the description of, and interaction with, animated three-dimensional objects. The benefit of this format is that it is instantly available to anyone with the proper plug-in, directly over the web, and is ( theoretically ) platform and browser independent. The down side is that it tends to be relatively

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William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

scale, opportunities for growth,broader and deeper pools of mentors and students, and mentor opportunities with industryprofessionals at campuses where these opportunities either do not exist or are limited (See Table1 for MentorNet’s Actual and Projected Growth Plan). Table 1: MentorNet’s Actual and Projected Growth Plan ----------------------------Actual----------------------------- Projected Pilot Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Semester 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 1998 Students 204 515 1,250 2,000 3,500 Matched

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Robert Montgomery

one is hesitating for family reasons, I suggest involving the family in the decision,with the opportunity for the leave to be a family “adventure”.• Don’t bury yourself in teaching to get better at it – Certainly, one can become a betterteacher by practicing, and if teaching is a priority, then teaching should be part of the sabbatical.However, to the extent practical, make certain that the teaching to be done is truly a learningexperience, and plan other activities, such as seminars and workshops on teaching, assessment,and related topics, to assure a well-rounded overall experience. In negotiating the terms of thesabbatical with the host school, be sure to avoid duplicating sections of the same course, optinginstead for a variety of

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Otto Loewer; Ken Vickers; John Ahlen; Greg Salamo

technological problems that develop along the way.III. Innovation FocusEstablishing any new business requires a plan for both initial product focus as well as futureproduct expansion. The initial product focus for the I2 business at the University of Arkansas is inthe fields of nano to micro electronics-photonics, with later expansion into other fields of research. This utilizes the resource strengths of the physical research facilities and faculty that already sharecommon research themes in nano to micro electronics-photonics, as well as the recentestablishment of an interdisciplinary graduate program resulting in both MS and Ph.D. degrees inMicroelectronics-Photonics. First stage products produced by I2 will be demonstrations of proofof

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Thomas Andre; Connie Hargrave; Scott Chumbley; Kristen Constant

use for K-12education in the early 1990s, we have learned that merely providing schools and teachers accessto high technology equipment does not ensure that it will be used. Many teachers are too busyand their curriculum too structured to allow incorporation of the WebSEM into their lessons.Many lack knowledge in the area of SEM and do not possess confidence in their abilities tooperate the instrument. To overcome these problems, MSE is working with the Department ofCurriculum and Instruction (C&I) to train future teachers in the use of the WebSEM. ScienceEducation professors are incorporating the WebSEM into their courses and having selectedstudents receive training on its use. These students then prepare lesson plans and present

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Beatrice Isaacs; Donald Leone

projects that would be appropriate for sophomore level students. Professionals,whose projects were selected, would serve as technical mentors to the student teams, whilefaculty members would serve as technical support, provide project management, and guidediscussion on ethical issues. This paper documents the planning activities that have taken placeto define the ILB planned for the new course, which will be taught for the first time in the Spring2001 semester as a pilot section.1. IntroductionThe focus of the NSF grant1, “Integrating Engineering Design with the Humanities, SocialSciences, Sciences and Mathematics”, involves the reshaping of the engineering curriculumthrough: 1) the integration of contextualized, interdisciplinary design projects

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Eugene Rutz

particularly desirable because of the asynchronous nature of the delivery.While the convenience of web-based delivery is attractive, courses must be developed anddelivered in a manner that facilitates student engagement and learning. At the University ofCincinnati, courses are not usually designed exclusively for professional development of theworkforce, but rather also have a traditional graduate student audience. Ensuring that the contentand framework of the course is appropriate for both types of learners requires planning andpurposeful instructional design.The development and delivery of a web-based course in environmental risk assessment to bothtraditional graduate students and professionals in the workforce is described. The paperdiscusses the

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J. Tim Coppinger; Carl Steidley

Education Plan.2 The following areas were found to belacking in today’s graduates: business knowledge/skills, project management, writtencommunications, supply chain management, specific manufacturing processes, oralcommunications and listening skills, international perspectives, manufacturing process control,manufacturing systems, quality, problem solving, teamwork, materials, and product design. Thevast majority of these gaps can be addressed in the context of a CIM system.Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a rapidly growing regional university, has technicaldegree programs in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology and ControlSystems Engineering. All of these programs are very applications oriented and look to producestudents

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Saleh Sbenaty

institutions in particular. These outcomes arenow being tested for dissemination nationally and worldwide and are available at the SEATECwebsite http://www.nsti.tec.tn.us/SEATEC. These include:1. The development of twenty-five work-based case studies in the areas of telecommunication, computer networking, and network administration.2. A comprehensive Internship Guide that helps faculty in other institutions in planning, applying, and using industrial internship experiences effectively in the classroom.3. A comprehensive Faculty Development Guide that provides a model and the steps necessary for the personal development of any technology or engineering faculty.The current SEATEC grant builds on the success of the TEFATE approach to curriculum

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Joby Anthony; A. Henry Hagedoorn; Bahman Motlagh

early and vector calculus is emphasized from the verybeginning. Page 6.589.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationII. Team TeachingAn unprecedented format, including two professors from different disciplines (mathematics andengineering) collaboratively provides students with a rich and diverse approach to the learning andapplication of calculus. The two professors meet every week to plan the class activities and they sharethe responsibility for each class. The mathematics professor

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Thomas Kerlin; Belle Upadhyaya

Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education"2. Development of Guidelines for Cyber-linked ProjectsThe following is a set of procedures that any two cooperating institutions are expected tofollow in order to achieve the objectives of cyber-linked projects. • Students, with the assistance of their professors, must define the project topic and the tasks to be performed in order to achieve the project objective. The collaborating teams must mutually agree upon the topic and the tasks. • There shall be an initial, get-acquainted session in which the student groups will discuss project plans. All instructors shall be directly involved to monitor and guide the

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Yi-Zun Wang; Mohammad Saifi

skills.Student learning and retention, particularly for the freshman year, are the priorities of ourprogram. Our goal is to help freshman engineering students understand engineering profession,select their major, learn creative thinking and the engineering design process, prepare for theupper level courses, and enhance their engineering and computer skills. Our strategies andmethods follow.StrategiesSetting GoalsWe help students set one-year academic goals, four-year academic goals, and career goals alongwith the process of learning. Students realize that engineering is a challenge and a rewardingcareer; it is a lifetime learning process. In order to reach their goals, they should make a plan ateach stage of learning. We have one-to-one meetings with

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Daniel Dobson; Fazil Najafi

program hopefully will be of value to aid professors in fast tracking a group of students to enable them to covermore course content in the time available.Fazil T. Najafi Ph.D., Professor and Group Coordinator of Public Works Engineering and Planning Program, University of Florida,Department of Civil Engineering (8/11/00 - present); construction engineering, public works management, andtransportation engineering and planning..Daniel C. Dobson B.S.Graduate of Vesper George School of Art 1966,A. A. Journalism Santa Fe Community College 1978,BS in Broadcasting University of Florida 1980Art / Publication Specialist and Webmaster Outreach Engineering Education Program UF College of Engineering.Mr. Dobson has been involved as a resource person with