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multidisciplinary project thatexamines technology-society interactions. The project is called an Interactive Qualifying Project(IQP). Students research, address and report on a problem examining how science or technologyinteracts with cultures, societal structures, and values. Project objectives include enablingstudents to understand, as citizens and as professionals, how their careers will affect the largersociety of which they are a part. Projects are done in small, multidisciplinary teams, they arebroad and integrative, are not limited to major field, and are equivalent in credit to three courses.Since the inception of this academic exercise, we have tried to find ways to get students off-campus to do these projects. The first such resident project

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majors and students in KFF were all chemical engineering majors. Students in this study are from several engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, civil, and so forth) and we know that some students and faculty deem certain engineering disciplines more demanding than others. Peer ratings may have been influenced by such prejudices.3. Perception of ability based on age and experience. Students in L&O I were all at essentially the same point in their academic career. Students in this study ranged from first-semester jun- iors to graduating seniors (and one graduate student as well). Peer ratings may have been in- fluenced by prejudices based on academic level.The previous studies tend to refute explanation 1. Peer-rating

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area in the table.4. As usual, make conclusions.Every exam includes one more question about the technical article in the most recentprofessional publications. The answer is expected in the form a memorandum to their supervisor.Students should be current in their specialty from the beginning of their careers, right here, at theCollege. Development of their communications skills is also a target.At the beginning of the semester students are assigned a library research project. They canchoose topics freely as long as they are related to electrical engineering/electrical engineeringtechnology field. The structure of the project should reflect the following: 1. Why did I choose this topic 2. What did I know before I started my research 3

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exclusively on ensuring that the large bodyof data that we had gathered could be clearly tied to our mission, program outcomes, and acontinuous improvement process. In the end, all of the hard work required by EC2000 was feltto be well worth the effort.3. Focus on constituency needsBecause of the excellent job market, most of our graduates and students are able to find jobswithout going through traditional channels such as University Career Services offices.Consequently, collecting complete and accurate data on where our students work is challenging.It was to our advantage that George Mason University is located in the Northern Virginia hightechnology community where the demand for our engineering graduates exceeds the supply.Each engineering

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theircareer and university experience, we believe there should be a greater focus on these threespecific thinking skills.CreativityTechnical students, particularly Engineering Technology students, are expected to create anumber of devices or systems during their student career, and probably many more after theyhave graduated. They are also often called on to generate multiple solutions to a single need orproblem. In these activities, they can benefit greatly from learning how to think creatively. “Inthe competitive marketplace, [creativity is] a crucial asset in the bid to win the race to buildbetter machines, decrease product delivery times, and anticipate the needs of futuregenerations.”2 Additionally, “Engineers and technologists bring mathematics

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fostered and made moreconcrete for students is one such use. It is with this in mind, that Lehigh Universitycreated an innovative course in which engineering students entered into a relationshipwith an industry client to produce an instructional product. The completion of thisproduct required the students to incorporate their subject matter expertise as well as touse critical thinking and problem solving skills.II. Literature ReviewAccording to Sengupta 1, the very definition of engineering as an applied science isproving to be a myth. An applied science indicates a profession in which students studyfundamental scientific theory and then apply it in a professional career. It is becomingclearer that an engineering education requires more than

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readers may be found athttp://www.mse.vt.edu/faculty/hendricks/publications/publications.html. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcharacteristic variables of the processes such as diffusion and oxide growth rates correspond wellwith literature, thus allowing the students to compare and model their results.Students taking this laboratory class learn the basics of a complete transistor manufacturingprocess and develop an appreciation for the processing equipment. This gives them a significanthead start towards a career in semiconductor manufacturing or semiconductor related research.The

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, students attend a formal class that alternated between building design skills andhearing speakers from local industry. Skill building was comprised of instruction in teambuilding and design, while industrial speakers were brought in to help students prepare for jobinterviews and career path selection.The weekly topics were as follows:Week #1: Course guidelines and descriptions of projects that students may select, and formation of teams.Week # 2: Design emphasis in bioengineering. The objective of this topic is to introduce the students to an area of applications not normally discussed in a traditional electrical and computer engineering program. ECE students have had signal

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Technologycourses. He joined the university after a career in the information technology industry, working in management andtechnical positions in the Industrial Sector and as a consultant with IBM. Mark received an A.A.S in ComputerTechnology and B.S. in Management from Purdue University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Page 6.850.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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lecture portion of Freshman Clinic I focuses on developing students’ problem-solving skills,engineering ethics, history of engineering, and career-building skills such as resume writing andmock interviews for summer internships.The overall theme of the lab-portion of Freshman Clinic I is Engineering Measurements4. Thelaboratory portion allows the students an opportunity to experience each of four engineeringdisciplines for three weeks. In the Civil and Environmental Engineering laboratory sessions,students are presented with a different laboratory module each of the three weeks:Environmental, Structural, and Water Resources Engineering.Water Resources Engineering ModulesTo date, two different modules relating to Water Resources Engineering have

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), “Earthquake Engineering Educa- tion: A Modern Approach,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Educators Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June (in preparation). Page 5.184.8SHIRLEY J. DYKEShirley Dyke is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the Director ofthe Washington University Structural Control and Earthquake Engineering Lab. Dr. Dyke received her B.S. degree inAeronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1991, and her PhD in Civil Engineering from the Universityof Notre Dame in 1996.Dr. Dyke was a recipient of the 1997 Presidential Career Award for

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Rosa Betancourt de Perez; Rosa Buxeda; Moises Orengo; Lueny M. Morell; Jose R. Lopez

and universities. The LSAMP project supports undergraduate education systemic reform in alliances that include partners from two- and four-year higher education institutions,businesses and industries, national research laboratories, local, state, and federal agencies. Inaddition to this principal focus, LSAMP projects also give consideration to the critical transitionpoints in SMET education: high school to college; 2-year and 4-year college; undergraduatestudy; and graduate-to-faculty career. Page 5.185.11 NSF Grant # HRD

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theirperceptions on personal progress in each of these competencies With only a few exceptions,students in each year seemed to have enjoyed and learned from their experiences in the course.They recognized that the course had exposed them to substantial learning experiences in theabove competencies. In addition, they became aware of the importance of these competenciesfor their professional careers, and seemed to have developed them to a considerable extent.When asked “What is the most important thing learned?” the most frequent comments were“Interpersonal interaction,” “working in groups,” “enjoy doing work and not to freak out,” and“look at complete picture” when doing design.Students commented very enthusiastically about the opportunities given to them

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,courseware development and the electronic classroom. Courseware and pedagogical developments have been thefocal points of his professional career. Page 5.262.6

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from teaching fundamental prin-ciples.The balance between teaching skills and fundamental principles is further strained by making stu-dents learn several major software packages during their freshman year. Students are expected touse these software packages throughout their career at Rensselaer. Students must understand howto use the software, and, more importantly, how the software works. If students have some under-standing of what the software is accomplishing, then they are better able to recognize when thesoftware can be utilized in future assignments. Again, it becomes necessary to teach a skill (usingthe software) but more importantly, to teach the fundamental principles so that students under-stand why the skill they are learning

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students can fit into their schedules. Since thecurriculum requires 16 to 18 credits per semester, a third semester of eight to twelve credits isneeded. The students and local companies enthusiastically support the full year intern (versusrotating coop plans) so the MFE program has evolved into three semesters per year, whichallows students to still graduate in four years with extensive practical experience.ConclusionsThe manufacturing engineering program at Western Michigan University was design by industryto meet local industry needs. The program is designed to develop job-ready engineers, who willbe contributing to their organizations’ growth from early in their careers. All four of the studentsgraduating at the end of the Fall 1999 Semester

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Timothy Benson; Paul Berke; Nathaniel Bair; Matthew Scholtens; Kristen Lantz; David Woessner; Daniel Lappenga; Dale Corlew; John Krupczak

LANTZKristen Lantz is a physics major at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. She contributed to this project whileparticipating in an NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Hope College.DANIEL LAPPENGADan Lappenga is a physics and education major at Hope College. He plans a career as a secondary school physicsand mathematics teacher. He participated in the work described here through an NSF Award for the Integration ofResearch and Education.MATTHEW SCHOLTENSMatthew Scholtens is currently pursuing an MS degree in rehabilitation engineering at the University of Michigan.He was formerly and engineering-physics major at Hope College. Matthew’s work as a research assistant at HopeCollege led to numerous improvements in the

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devise stimulatinglectures and rigorous but fair assignments and tests, how to motivate students to want to learnand how to make them active participants in the learning process, and how to help them developcritical problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills. Perhaps hardest of all, they havehad to figure out how to balance the competing time demands of teaching, research, and otherprofessional and personal responsibilities. Learning all these things by trial and error usuallytakes years. Some new faculty members eventually learn them; many others never do and eitherfail to earn tenure or spend their careers as unproductive researchers and/or ineffective teachers.Both experience and common sense suggest that appropriate mentoring and

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guestspeakers to testify as to the importance of what is learned. Likewise, alumni of the College thatdid not have the course overwhelmingly support the course because they wish they had been aswell prepared as our current graduates are.Towards the FutureTo better quantify the learning outcomes assessment, we have begun surveying the alumni of thecourse. Of primary interest is how useful the course has been in their professional careers. Wouldthey recommend this course to a friend? Additionally, pre- and post-tests will be compared toassess what the students felt they learned in terms of both engineering and teamwork skills6.ConclusionsBased on the experience of the past two offerings of this multi-disciplinary course, the followingconclusions can be

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I give the team exam to let the students choose their ownpartners, or to let them take the exam with their homework teams, I have not tried either of theseoptions. An additional reason for assigning the exam teams is to give the students a different typeof teaming experience; a short term, intensive, time-on-task experience. While most students donot think they will experience this in their engineering careers, I have been assured by practicingengineers that they will. It is common for teams to convene for a single day to solve a problem.The people on these teams may, or may not, have worked together previously, and they must, in ashort period of time, determine how to work best as a team to solve the problem at hand. Theteam exam gives

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career at a senior technical or Page 5.367.3supervisory level in this field of activity. It combined theory, practical work and presentationtechniques with the associated industrial management problems. The focus of all moduleswas industrial applications, ranging from basic electronics to control systems theory. TheInstitution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers, leading to IncorporatedEngineer status, accredited the course. In both years of the course students undertake projectwork. Projects include investigations of materials to be used, costing, standards and codes ofpractice. An important part of the course is the development of

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preparing students for engineering practice. Almost 40% of thegraduates participate in the five-year coop program. A smaller number (31% in the 1994survey) participate in at least one summer internship. These experiences are not requiredsince some students plan to use a ChE degree as a background for other careers, and sinceit is impossible to guarantee industrial employment when the economy is down.IV. Surveys of Graduates and EmployersTo assess the ability of our graduates to compete in industry, we have surveyed ourgraduates at irregular intervals. Before ABET 2000 the most recent survey was done in1994 of graduates from the 1989 to 1993 graduation classes. This survey did notspecifically ask about all of the current ABET soft criteria. The

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the piping, valves, pumps, etc.along with the theoretical design concepts is required considering that a design engineer not onlyhas to design the plant, but has to start up, troubleshoot, and operate the plant. The designengineer requires not only theoretical number crunching ability, but also practical experience andknow-how as well. I believe that your lectures and labs have given me the important diverseeducation that is required for a typical chemical engineering career”, The quantity and quality ofinformation that is provided in the manuals and the labs are very helpful in the everyday use for aProcess Engineer. I hope you can relate the message to your current students of how importantand useful this information is to the typical

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. Facilities Planning (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996).33. Stuart, J.A. in "Clean Manufacturing." To appear in Handbook of Industrial Engineering (ed. Salvendy, G.)(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000). Page 5.379.7JULIE ANN STUARTJulie Ann Stuart is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University. Sheis a registered Professional Industrial Engineer in the state of Ohio. She has received both a CAREER grant and anIndustrial Ecology grant from the National Science Foundation. She was awarded a SLOAN Foundation grant toattend the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference in 1997

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International Practice”, Proceedings, SEFI AnnualConference 1999, Winterthur and Zurich, Switzerland, September 1-3, 1999, p. 261-266.Russel C. JonesRussel C. Jones is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. He previously served as Executive Director of theNational Society of Professional Engineers. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: faculty memberat MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University ofMassachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware.Bethany S. OberstBethany S. Oberst is Executive Director of International Education at James Madison

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Qiuli Sun; Kevin Stubblefield; Kurt Gramoll

information if available. If the user has no previously saved datathe simulation will use the default data set of information.A key aspect of this Virtual City is that each student builds and maintains his or her ownworld. There is not just one Virtual City, but also one for each student. Only the ownerof the world can change and add to the city, but others can view them on the web. In themanner, students can collaborate with other students and with the instructor. At the endof the four years, the student can also use the Virtual City as a visual portfolio of theirdesign work during their engineering education career. Fig. 7 An overview of the Virtual City

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J. Nazalewicz; H. Hadim; D. Donskoy; B. Gallois; Keith Sheppard

structures. Although the diversity of conceptsinvolved in the integrated lecture course may present a challenge to the average freshman,repeated emphasis on fundamental concepts throughout the course leads to improved studentlearning, facilitates the transition between the various topics included in statics and mechanics ofmaterials, and it illustrates the existing relationships between these various topics. Furthermore,other important topics as defined by the ABET 2000 criteria have been implemented in theassociated design laboratory course to enhance the engineering practice skills early on in thestudents’ academic career. Page 5.590.7Figure 1

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Page 5.678.1appreciation for laboratory practice. Furthermore, it is important that students learn and refinelaboratory skills in order to perform effectively in their future careers in industry or academia.This paper outlines the undergraduate laboratory program in Ceramic Engineering at UMR. Acoordinated series of laboratory classes has been developed to provide students with a practicalbackground to complement the knowledge that they acquire in lecture courses. A summary of thelaboratory courses is given in Table 1. It should be pointed out that the academic schedule atUMR is based on the semester system with courses offered in Fall and Winter terms.Table 1: Laboratory courses in Ceramic Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla

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doing things that “givesomething back to the community”.12Service learning has not only benefited the community and the student. Ansell17 reports thatobserving the personal interface of student and patient (client) and the metamorphoses resultingin attitudes, friendships, and overall learning, was one of the most rewarding experiences of his38 year career as an engineering professor. Gokhale and Aldrich12 indicate that the School ofEngineering and Technology also benefited from a service learning project through the publicityit received in local newspaper and on television.While liberal art educators have been on the forefront of service learning, the engineeringeducation literature does describe some service learning type experiences. Large

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additional protection will be added to the positive disconnect switch discussed above. C. Although the ship model was large, it still became crowded when several sections were working in the laboratory after hours. In a new design of the ship model we will make the individual compartments removable boxes so that work can be accomplished away from the basic ship platform.Our students became very interested in this project because they could see the application ofnetworked embedded processors in their careers. In spite of the difficulties mentioned above,most teams designed and built systems that operated partially to requirements and we hadseveral teams build systems that completely fulfilled all design parameters. We can see