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Stephen Stafford; Rosa Gomez; Daniela Castaneda; Connie Della-Piana

organizational meetings 4. A facility which serves to supplement classroom and laboratory instruction with tutoring, workshops, and miscellaneous resource materials 5. A satellite for Tutoring and Learning Services, Career Services, Graduate Services, Scholarships and Financial Aid, and other student-support offices on campus 6. A location for students to utilize the presentation aids via computers/software, e.g. POWERPOINT, and then use the facility to rehearse for presentationsThe Center also serves as an important resource for the students by inviting speakersfrom on and off campus to do workshops, presentations and training sessions. In addition,the student team maintains a comprehensive library

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William J. Norman; Jerald Rounds

. Page 6.151.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering Education • By the end of the final year, all 6 universities would have a recognizable specialty construction option in place.The project envisioned support from the industrial partners not only financially, but also in kind,through assistance in developing the course materials. The academic programs agreed to developthe infrastructure including such things as student associations, academic and career advising,and internship and summer job programs. The national associations provided both direct supportand local contacts with chapters and

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Paul Chinowsky

and technology components of the business as they are withdesign or construction fundamentals. Introducing breadth into the university education is thekey to this comfort level. Universities must recognize that the civil engineering industry isbroad enough to attract students with different views of the same career choice. With manyuniversities witnessing declining civil engineering enrollments, it is time to recognize thatsupporting these different views may be the path to reversing the enrollment trend.Unfortunately, embarking on such a path will reignite the debate over where this flexibility canbe inserted into the curriculum. There are no easy answers to this debate, however the safe pathof returning to a tightly controlled, old-economy

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Terry Beck

to high school students participating in the Engineering andScience Summer Institute (ESSI) at KSU. The ESSI Program is offered to high school students(and high school instructors) as an opportunity to learn about engineering, as well as physics,chemistry, biology and mathematics. Lectures and laboratory activities are given to illustrateimportant problems and challenges faced by society presently and into the future. The programis also designed to aid the students in determining their career interests. In addition, students aregiven opportunities for leadership activities and for learning about life on campus at a university.Further information about the ESSI Program can be obtained by contacting the College ofEngineering at Kansas State

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Eugene McVey; Gary Dempsey

EngineeringDepartment at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He currently teaches the undergraduate control theory sequence,senior and graduate laboratories, and artificial neural networks.EUGENE S. McVEYEugene McVey received the Ph.D. degree in engineering from Purdue University in 1960. He was Instructor andAssistant Professor from 1957 to 1961 at Purdue University. From 1962 to 1994, he was Associate Professor (1961-1966) and Professor (1966-1994) at the University of Virginia. He is the author of over 140 archival publications, holds18 patents, and supervised 30 Ph.D. dissertations and 55 Master Theses during his teaching career. Page

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Jr., Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

and analyzing data, which is then presented in a technical report format. The reportproduced is the essence of the laboratory experiment and serves as an indicator of the student’sability to collect and analyze data and present it in an acceptable engineering report format. InCET 400, students are required to work independently with the software.Engineering technology programs are frequently promoted as providing students with “hands onexperience”. However, even a student who chooses a materials testing career path will probablyfind that equipment and methods used in the professional laboratory are different from thoseused in the educational laboratories. Any methods or procedures used previously will have to bemodified to the equipment

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo Perna; Vladimir Briller

. Page 6.157.3Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright @ 2001, American Society of Engineering Education FacultyThe Faculty appreciated the importance of real engineering exposure, good oral and writtencommunication skills, and team concepts in project development. StudentsOur students wanted to start engineering studies very early in their academic careers. Theywanted interesting and exciting programs but they have always complained about “to muchwork”. Nevertheless, they would ask, “where is the beef”? In other words, when are we going tostart studying “real” engineering problems instead of only chemistry, mathematics, physics

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Andrew Jackson

requirements cited by aviation industry experts (including members ofthe Aeronautical Management Technology department Industry Advisory Board), the faculty, Page 6.228.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationand from criteria specified in CAA accreditation guidelines. The CAA aviation managementcapstone course guidelines, under the Aviation Management Option states: Focus This area MUST be defined by the institution and SHOULD provide preparation for a career. It

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Danny Bee

, and economic units within their environment.” Engraved in the arch over theentry to Bowman Hall are the words “Industry, Skill, Trade, and Honor.” The original missionof the Stout Institute and these four core values are still practiced in this unique University ofWisconsin Institution. The University of Wisconsin-Stout, the only system institution bearing anindividuals name, serves a unique role within the state of Wisconsin. UW-Stout preparesindividuals for professional careers in business, industry, and education. James Huff Stoutbelieved every individual was entitled to an education, and the manual training schools weredeveloped with the intent to actively train individuals in the manual arts and domestic sciences,thereby allowing

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John Field; Janelle Tonti; Eric Beenfeldt; Isaac Horn; Edward Williams

evaluations and retention trends it appears to besucceeding in its goals.Bibliography1. R. B.Landis, Studying Engineering A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Burbank, CA: Discovery Press 1995.2. K. Donaldson, The Engineering Student Survival Guide. Boston, MA.: WCB McGraw-Hill 1999.3. D. White, & R. Doering, Electrical Engineering Uncovered. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 1997.4. URL: http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu:80/~ee1/ Home page for UC Berkeley introductory course EECS 1.5. K. Craven, S. Wayne, & A. Stiller, The Freshman Engineering Experience at West Virginia University. 1999ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Charlotte, NC.6. URL: http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/ugrad/happy.html Description of Univ. of Illinois’ introductory course ECE

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William Jordan; Norman Pumphrey

100 Fall 2000 (2 sections) 2.89 2.43 37 Fall 1999 (3 sections) 2.83 1.79 63Table 3 provides information that gives an interesting look at how students in different programsperform in MEMT 201. We need to consider the classification of the students that complete the coursein each of the disciplines. The biomedical and industrial engineers generally do not need to completethe course early in their careers at Louisiana Tech, so many of them wait until they are seniors to enroll.These two disciplines also have the greatest differential between average overall GPA and averageMEMT 201 grade. However, these 21 students are a very

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Vincent R. Canino; Lisa Milkowski

Junio Junio Soph Soph Soph Introduction to Engineering Design, Team Formation, & Project Assignments Maintaining an Engineering Logbook Design Team Meetings and Management Resume, Memos, & Report Writing Use of Matlab, pSpice, Visio software Scientific Calculator Usage Literature Searching; Product & Component Literature Project Management Concepts Patent Process & Patent Searches BE Career Opportunities Developing Test Procedures & Experiments Design Process Modeling Obtaining Project Funding Team Conflict

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Maria Kreppel; Beverly Swaile

other stakeholders, and work across stakeholder groups towards consensus. Through this learning process, the faculty intends that students develop those criticalthinking and evaluation skills important to them as they move forward both in their careers andas educated citizens. Below is a list of course goals from the faculty perspective:Course Goals• Development of critical thinking skills, oral and written communication skills, and technical research skills. Page 6.253.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American

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Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

grades on individual quizzes orassignments designed to test the influence of a new course components 13, 14, and regular courseevaluations 15. Administering surveys is also common16. IE 323 and 424 were taught before theproposed changes were implemented in Fall 2000, allowing a comparison between sections usingthe traditional laboratories to those using the revised laboratories. The formal evaluation usesfour techniques:1. Student Surveys: Anonymous surveys were administered twice in each course, for comparisonbefore and after the laboratory changes. Survey questions are shown in Table 1. We expected,due to the changes, that the laboratories would be seen as more relevant and applicable tostudents’ future careers, and that this effect would

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Richard K. Keplar; Eugene F. Smith; Vernon W. Lewis

, Page 3.6.3and adding that instruction to the appropriate design courses. As a result of these changes, moretime can be spent in the basic structural analysis course on the primary and secondary methods ofstructural analysis that are emphasized in the curriculum, i.e., on the stiffness and momentdistribution methods. The remaining portion of the structural analysis course can now include alimited but adequate coverage of approximate methods that may be used to check the results(output) of computer software.These changes emphasize to the CET student that structural analysis is an integral part of thestructural design process for every building structure design project.Experiences Established for the Structural CurriculumThe career goals of the

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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

be used to provide background information to the user forevery material, process facility and test lab in Material World. For example, the process facilitysimulations could include links to a “virtual plant trip” of an actual manufacturing facility. Thesewill link the lab work to reality, and will help show the students what they'll be doing upongraduation and throughout their professional career. This provides motivation for them tocontinue working, thereby positively affecting engineering student retention rates. Hypertextwith CGI forms may also be used to create the student self-testing sections in the “ExaminingRoom.”4.2. Specific LessonsMaterial World will use the strength of the internet to gather knowledge from experts world

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Carol Richardson

which they can meettheir education needs. Changing lifestyles, multiple career paths and the need for 1continuation education are fueling rapid growth in the distance learning population. Page 3.219.1 Distance Learning Population and Programs In 1992-93 RIT registered 2000 students in 130 distance learning courses 2 and in1995-96 registered 3500 students in 148 distance learning courses. In 1995-96 about onehalf (49%) of these students lived more than 30 miles from campus, across the UnitedStates and in other countries. The remaining (51

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Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; James Kang; Hans Soelaeman

philosophy we proposed, i.e., design, analysis, simulate, build, and test is a good approach. Students generally learn more and have a sense of accomplishment after they finish testing their very own product. This experience can stimulate their interest and expand their imagination. Both of these are essential in their engineering careers.(3) The distance learning (remote) laboratory is a good tryout. We have learned a lot how this can be accomplished. It also raises a few important issues. We will try to address these issues later. Nonetheless, this distance learning laboratory requires some hardware and software for it to happen. IEEE 488 in each instrument and a data acquisition system are

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Mahmood Nahvi

Poly has two sets of objectives. One is technical. The other ispedagogical. On the technical side, the aim is for the students to learn through synthesis anddesign. The course emphasizes the design and utilization of hardware and software which useDSP chips and boards. On the pedagogical side, the course explores interaction, sharing ofresults, cooperation-competition, and division of labor among participants. We consider the latterobjectives to be important factors not only in achieving the technical objectives but also inpreparing the graduating engineer for a productive professional career. The preliminaryconclusions are that our strategy, and the DSP laboratory designed on the basis of that strategy,present the students with an efficient

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Wayne E. Wells

. These students, exposedto the engineering workplace, find the case study approach very representative of the decisionframeworks used in engineering practice.WAYNE E. WELLS, Ph.D., is Chair, Engineering Technology Department at the Universityof Texas at Brownsville. Following a 30-year career as a practicing engineer and engineeringmanager, he joined the faculty of The University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texasin 1992 to help launch their new Engineering program. In 1996, he moved to his presentposition to create and launch the Engineering Technology program for UTB. Page 3.228.6

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3.236.6Education, ASEE, Oct 97, p.309. 2. Electronic Workbench, Interactive Image Technologies LTD., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1-800-203-8007. 3. Current Maker, Costal Computer Company, Rocky Mountain, NC, 1-919-442-7436, www.ccomputer.com 4. Rabiee, M.M., Simulation of Analog and Digital Circuits with the Electronic Workbench, ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, ASEE, 1996, s.3548. 5. Ahmadian, M.H., Electronics Workbench The Electronics Lab in a Computer, ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings, ASEE, 1996, s.1532. 6. Grambo, A., Central Nine Career Center, Indianapolis, In. 7. Pelletier, B., Web Tools Direct Networking’s Future, Software Strategies, Pitman Publishing Co., Chicago, Il,Aug 96, p.31. 8. Waite, W.M., Simpson, R., The Lab and the Web: Transforming

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William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

expected to have an ability to use modern engineering techniques, skills, and tools, including computer-based tools for analysis and design (Engineering Criterion 3(k)). 9) All graduates are expected to have an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (Engineering Criterion 3(d)). 11) All graduates are expected to have an ability to convey technical material through oral presentation and interaction with an audience (Engineering Criterion 3(g)). Page 3.240.3 15) The School’s advising program meets the needs of the students for information regarding academic issues, career options, and graduate education. 17

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expected to have an ability to use modern engineering techniques, skills, and tools, including computer-based tools for analysis and design (Engineering Criterion 3(k)). 9) All graduates are expected to have an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (Engineering Criterion 3(d)). 11) All graduates are expected to have an ability to convey technical material through oral presentation and interaction with an audience (Engineering Criterion 3(g)). Page 3.241.3 15) The School’s advising program meets the needs of the students for information regarding academic issues, career options, and graduate education. 17

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Marilyn Dyrud

using short cases or by soliciting narratives from studentswho have already had career-related employment. The latter can be especially illuminating. It’s also useful to balance disasters with positive examples, so students understand thatengineers make beneficial contributions to society. In regards to whistleblowing, for example, a Page 3.264.3discussion about what happened to Roger Boisjoly after his Congressional testimony could becounter-balanced by the more uplifting cases of William LeMessurier and the ManhattanCitiCorp Tower,8 or, for a truly heroic slant, Fred Cuny, a civil engineer who devoted (andsacrificed) his life to disaster

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Robert A. Hall; Mark W. McK. Bannatyne

. Indeed,there are many among us who doubtless consider their days a waste of waking hours if they aren'table to receive a daily dose of e-mail, or surf the Net. We have become so concerned about theinformation that we might receive that even while we sleep we employ computers and otherinformation servants to stand on vigilant duty guarding precious data which are retrieved by faxand answering machines until we can once more join the active world.This daily acquisition, this barrage of information, has become a staple of our careers. It is thevery breath that supports our biosphere of intellect. The review of information has become acorner stone of the society in which we work and even in which we seek escape. We are alwaysseeking the latest

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Robert Heidersbach; David Gibbs; Daniel Walsh; Alan Demmons

of Engineering is to educate its graduate and undergraduate students for careers ofleadership and distinction in engineering and related fields, to educate graduates who are able to be productivemembers of the workforce immediately, to educate graduates who are able to seek advanced degrees, to educate allstudents at the university so that they develop an understanding of technical issues which will allow them toparticipate meaningfully in the technology driven society of the Twenty-first Century, to apply technology to servethe needs of society and to benefit the public through service to industry, government and professional organizations.The College will accomplish its mission by adhering to three broad goals, it will Empower the College

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Robert J. Hofinger

design our courses and properly prepare our students.What will the electrical engineering field be like in the future? What should our students preparethemselves for? What should we, as educators, be teaching the future engineers andtechnologists? An insight with leaders in the electrical engineering field presents a picture ofwhat the engineering profession will be like in the next five years. With this knowledge, we aselectrical engineering technology educators can improve our curriculum and better prepare ourstudents for a meaningful and prosperous career and future.IntroductionTake a step forward, into the 21st Century. Let us look at the beginning of a well-connected dayin the life of a systems engineer, starting with this teleconferencing

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Jay S. DeNatale; Gregg L. Fiegel

thegeotechnical engineering program at Cal Poly. Emphasized are experiences that the program hashad incorporating field and laboratory testing procedures into the undergraduate curriculum. Abrief discussion focuses on technical and financial support from industry that has helped toenhance the program.BACKGROUNDCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoCalifornia Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo is one of the twenty-three(23) campuses of the California State University, the nation’s largest four-year university system.Cal Poly’s primary mission is undergraduate education, and it specializes in preparing its 15,000students for careers in applied professional and technical fields.Cal Poly’s College of Engineering has

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Barbara Olds

need to settle on the optimum class size and structure. The large recitations, while efficient in terms of faculty use, may not be the best approach pedagogically. The 40 student lecture/20 student recitation format seems to have promise. We need to explore the possible use of engineering case studies and participation of engineers, both from the CSM faculty and from industry. This approach would perhaps promote more “buy in” to the course from both students and faculty from the engineering disciplines. Practicing engineers may be the best people to convince first year students that issues such as ethics and stewardship of the earth are indeed important in their careers as well as their personal lives. We need to explore

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Arthur B. Sacks

that stours is indeed the Age of the Environment, that the 21 century will demand engineers andapplied scientists aware of the complexity of environmental problems and how such problemsemanate from the interactions of human systems and environmental systems. As I havecommented elsewhere, ...it is important to observe that CSM students...will live professional and personal lives Page 3.313.1 -1- substantially different from those whose careers will end by the turn of the current century. Future CSM graduates will work