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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peggie Weeks; Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano

criteria were outdated – and that there was too much reliance on“bean counting.” The criteria were burdensome and far too prescriptive. ABET subsequentlyspent a great deal of energy to drastically overhaul the engineering criteria, and the result wasEC2000.3Soon the Technology Accreditation Commission decided that its processes and criteria tooneeded a major overhauling and ultimately the commission, with a great deal of help from thecommunity it serves, developed and published the new criteria for technology programs,currently referred to as TC2K. The new criteria were a move away from input and process(courses taught, faculty credentials, etc.) to outcomes (what students know and are able to do).All eligible engineering technology programs are

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Monica Pfarr

employment in industry. This paper describes the unique services of the National Resource Center for Manufacturing Education that helps manufacturing educators overcome these difficulties. The Resource Center is sponsored in part by the Advanced Technological Education program of the National Science Foundation1 and is an extension of the National Center for Manufacturing Education that has been in operation in Dayton, Ohio since 1995.Need For a National Resource Center for Manufacturing EducationIt is imperative for educators in manufacturing engineering technology or manufacturingengineering to maintain currency in their field and to implement novel pedagogies that have beenproven to enhance student learning. The future growth of

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Diana Muldrow; Rosa Cano; Deran Hanesian; Henry McCloud; Angelo Perna; Howard Kimmel

Session 1170 Impact of K-16 Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology on STEM Deran Hanesian, Levelle Burr-Alexander, Rosa Cano, Howard Kimmel, Henry McCloud, Diana Muldrow, Angelo J. Perna, Reginald P. T. Tomkins The Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering The Center for Pre-college Programs New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey 07102AbstractOver thirty (30) years ago, faculty at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) recognized aneed to develop programs directed at

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Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Damian Watkins; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

ownership, and student classification has a positive impact onour student’s attitudes and perceptions as well as their academic performances.IntroductionWhen students have limited access to computers outside of structured computer labenvironments, there may exist a need to promote the usage of technology as an essential tool thatis used as an integral part of the engineering curriculum. For some minority engineering students,studies show that access to computers and technology growing up may not be as vast as theirmajority counterparts1. Hence, there may be a fear factor when introducing students totechnology2. Better understandings of what computers are how they work and how information issent and received is an important consideration toward

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Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

respond to this demand, the Commonwealth College at Penn State University has developed aunique associate degree in Nanotechnology Manufacturing Technology that was started at fourcampuses in the Fall 2003 semester. This program is a unique and pioneering two-year program,with two different tracks: the engineering technology option (ET) and science option (SC). Bothof these options converge in a hands-on capstone semester that all of the students take at themulti-million dollar Nanofabrication Manufacturing facility at the University Park campus ofPenn State. The goal of this paper is to describe this innovative program as well as to share theauthors’ experiences in developing a cutting-edge degree in engineering technology

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Helen Kuznetsov

Session 1368 How to Use Technology For Teaching Problem Solving In Effective and Efficient Ways Helen Kuznetsov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Effective and efficient methods of teaching problem-solving using interactive computer courseware have been developed as a result of more than 20 years of experimentation with courseware development and implementation in classes at several universities. This presentation deals with Statics and Engineering Mechanics courses for architecture and engineering students. Problem-solving courseware combining instructions and computer-graded tests was

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gaston N'Guerekata; Solomon Alao; Shurron Farmer; Craig Scott; Pamela Leigh-Mack

Session 2630 Improving Retention by Redesigning Freshmen Mathematics with the Dimensions of Learning Pedagogy, Assessment and Technology Framework Pamela Leigh-Mack, Shurron Farmer, Solomon Alao, Craig Scott, Gaston N’Guerekata Morgan State University Baltimore, MarylandAbstract The retention of engineering students continues to be a major issue affecting engineeringschools across the country and unsuccessful experiences in freshmen mathematics is one of thefactors attributing to

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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O. Geoffrey Egekwu; Prince Anyalebechi

Document 2004-1110 Application of Team Teaching Concepts in an Integr ated Science and Technology Pr ogr am O. Geoffrey Egekwu#, Prince N. Anyalebechi* #College of Integrated Science & Technology James Madison University *Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Abstr actA unique baccalaureate degree program called Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT)was developed at James Madison University in the

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Yogesh Thakar; Vinay Kadekar; Todd Sparks; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

perform multiple functions in support of theirmanufacturing enterprises.Many youth and adults have little knowledge of engineering and manufacturing careeroptions. Parents, teachers, and educators lack exposure to the understanding of highlytechnical manufacturing world. Early education is a key element in engineering andmanufacturing career awareness.Rapid Prototyping is an emerging technology in manufacturing. It is a techniquewhich is a fast and effective way to develop the prototype parts from their CADmodels directly. These parts serve the purpose of design evaluation in the early stagesof the product life cycle.The intent of this contribution is to describe the experiences from the NSF-sponsoredDiscover Manufacturing Workshop conducted at

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Patterson; C. Richard Helps

. Because competition is often viewed as beingthe opposite of cooperation, educators tend to refrain from using competition as an activelearning method, with the exception of many engineering technology educators, who usecompetition in combination with other active learning methods. Research in primary educationsupports cooperative learning over competition learning, as competition learning is almostalways assumed to be individualized competition. Competition learning in higher education, onthe other hand, is not necessarily individualized, but rather can be applied as cooperativecompetition4, in which the students compete in groups.The main focus of this study is to determine whether competition, combined with an element ofcooperation, can be an

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Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tsung-juang Wang

techniques of each profession for the courses of architect department in colleges of technology“ are finally developed 8. To mail and assort the questionnaires: 100 copies of questionnaires are mailed and returned “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Page 9.363.3 Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education" with 66 valid replies after many times of follow up in writing and by phone.9. Statistical analysis: For the study, SPSSWIN package software is used to conduct the statistical and

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IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

for a board-approved organization before receiving their licenses.Professional engineers must have at least four years of work experience. Requiring somekind of apprenticeship assures that people who enter a profession have practice workingat a satisfactory competence level.Now many people realize that to information technology (IT) industry education alone isnot sufficient to develop full professional capabilities. They ask whether or not such alevel of education is sufficient for status as a professional. More and more people nowpromote the idea of an education requirement beyond a Bachelor's degree, suggesting aprofessional-school approach similar to the professions of law, medicine, pharmacy, andothers. After completed a college program

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Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

Session 1601 Design Competitions as Tools for Change in Secondary (9-12) Technology Education: A Regional Case Study Joseph A. Betz State University of New York at FarmingdaleAbstractTechnology Education faculty at the secondary level share a kinship with college levelEngineering, Engineering Technology and Architecture faculty in the kinds of open-endeddesign and team problem-solving projects given to their students. This kinship also provides amutually beneficial relationship in terms of recruitment and access. However, there is afundamental difference

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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Muhlbaier; Peter Jansson

Undergraduate Entrepreneurs: Novel LED Taillight Assembly Design, Prototyping and Market Tests Peter Mark JanssonA, Michael MuhlbaierA, Sebastian BlicharzB, Greg DigneoA A Rowan University/BDrexel UniversityABSTRACTRowan University's Engineering Clinic courses have made it possible for motivatedundergraduate entrepreneurs to take their creative ideas and turn them into prototypes. SpaghettiEngineering is a start up company whose short-term goal is to design and fabricate a highperformance line of automotive taillights. It consists of a multidisciplinary team of five electricaland computer engineering and mechanical engineering students from two

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Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Recayi Pecen; Ronald O'Meara

Session 3250 Design and Construction of a Solar Powered Outdoor Digital Display as a Capstone Design Project by Recayi Pecen Ronald O’Meara Electrical & Information Engineering Technology Manufacturing Technology Ayhan Zora Department of Industrial Technology, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IowaAbstractThe senior design project is a capstone course taken in the final year of the Electrical andInformation Engineering

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Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Akbar Eslami

of Earl IndustriesManufacturing Division. He received his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. Mr.Morris’ interests are in robotics and computer aided design and manufacturing. He was former AMT program chairat ITT technical institute.Dr. Akbar Eslami is an associate professor in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University. Hereceived his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. His research interests are inComputer Aided Manufacturing and Design, composite materials and automation. He is director of capstone project.He is the author to whom inquiries on this paper should be sent. His email address is aeslami@mail.ecsu.edu

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

with South Dakota industry and with Tech alumni in particular.In 1995, the South Dakota Board of Regents adopted a new statewide initiative to more activelypursue distance education and technology-enabled learning. While this initiative provided aunique opportunity to explore alternative teaching and learning strategies and to engage newstudents, it was not without its risks. While the literature strongly supports the hypothesis that a Page 9.26.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationwell

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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C. Richard Helps; Michael Bailey

paradigm,internal validity checks are still possible. These internal checks, based on critical thinking,writing quality, and other techniques, can combine with new forms of external validity checksenabled by Internet resources to give assurance of the reliability of information found on theInternet. Page 9.224.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”BackgroundIn technology disciplines, students, researchers and professionals used to rely on personal andinstitutional libraries of

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lunt Barry; C. Richard Helps; Joseph Ekstrom

Interfacing [1]. The initial curriculum for Information Technologyat BYU took the approach of including topics from Electronics Engineering Technology,Computer Science and Computer Engineering in a traditional topic-oriented approach.Other IT programs have been following a similar track [1]. During the last three yearswe have observed several problems in attempting to implement IT courses by tailoringcourses from related disciplines to the requirements of an IT curriculum. We reported onthese experiences in our networking course development at ASEE 2002[2]. Wediscussed similar issues for web systems and database courses at CITC III[3] and CIEC2003[4]. At CITC IV[5] we proposed focusing on the interfaces between technologies asan overriding philosophy

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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul

development] are notso much technological as sociological in nature”9 (original emphasis). Many of the same factorsapply to any sort of product development.AcknowledgementsThis course and the team projects have been supported by generous grants from the NationalCollegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (http://www.nciia.org). The NCIIA fostersinvention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in higher education as a way of creating innovative,commercially viable, and socially beneficial businesses and employment opportunities in theUnited States. Page 9.858.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Darnell Austin

Appendix A Table of Contents from Senior Problem Report Template of the Department of Industrial Technology at California State University, Fresno TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables List of Figures Executive Summary Introduction Project Statement Methodology Recommendations References Cited Appendix A – Gannt Chart Page 9.861.10Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Appendix B

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Enke; Susan Murray

Successfully Blending Distance Students into the On-Campus Classroom Susan L. Murray, Ph.D. David Enke, Ph.D., and Sreeram Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. Engineering Management University of Missouri – Rolla AbstractAs universities are increasingly embracing distance education technology, it is useful toexamine the challenges and opportunities of technology in the classroom. This isespecially true when the course contains on-campus local students in addition to studentslearning at a distance. A significant challenge commonly faced is how to remain flexiblein presenting course materials while still having notes and other

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Turns Jennifer; Atman Cindy; Angela Linse; Karl Smith

activities in class) 3. Structured cooperative learning (including multidisciplinary teamwork and facilitating development of written and oral communication skills) 4. Writing and (multidisciplinary) design across the curriculum Page 9.539.2 5. Inquiry and discovery learning (problem-based, case- based) Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 6. Teaching to diversity (different learning styles, ethnicities, genders) 7. Appropriate use of technology (tools, simulation, exploration

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The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

(Session Number—1454) THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY GRADUATE COURSE LINKING ENGINEERING, MEDICAL, AND BUSINESS STUDENTS WITH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INVESTIGATORS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO COMMERCIALIZE NEW TECHNOLOGIES William G. Marshall, Jr., MD, MBA1, Michael W. Fountain, PhD, MBA1, Stephen R. Budd, MBA1, Paul E. Givens, PhD, MBA1, 2 Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of South Florida1/ College of Business

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Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joel Sokol; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Judith Norback

describes the use of theISyE Communication Lab to implement and support the instruction. Lab activities andinstructional tools will be covered as well as faculty and student feedback. The instructionaltools will be made available to other institutions for use in their undergraduate engineeringcourses.I. IntroductionIn recent years, emphasis has increased on preparing engineering students for the communicationneeds of the workplace. In 2000, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) included oral and written communication in its accreditation criteria.1 In 1999, theSociety of Manufacturing Engineers conducted a survey of manufacturing engineers, managers,and training directors. Two of the conclusions were 1) the oral and written

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Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Dilorenzo; Kurt Gramoll

Session 3157 Web-based Information Management of Demilitarization Technology Trees at the Defense Ammunition Center Christopher Dilorenzo and Kurt Gramoll School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The University of OklahomaAbstractVisualization of information is a useful method of education in industry and interactiveapplications are beneficial to many institutions. Vast amounts of information need to bestructured in a manor which will promote access and manipulation of the content for training andeducation in industry and at learning

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Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

course.IntroductionIn recent years, much focus has been placed on course and student assessment, but instructionalassessment has not received the attention it deserves. Many tenure-track professors in the UnitedStates are evaluated heavily on their research contributions to the university, but for otheruniversities, quality instruction is a top priority.What is quality instruction? ASCE ExCEEd Teaching workshops define “good teaching” basedon the ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Model1. The six mainfocus areas of the teaching model include; structured organization, engaging presentation,enthusiasm, positive rapport with students, frequent assessment of student learning, andappropriate use of technology. Seymour and Hewitt2 were able

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Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

Session Number Strategic Alliance Between Higher Education, Secondary Schools, and Community Business and Industry to Improve Secondary Mathematics, Science, Technology, and English Education: A National Science Foundation Project Jule Dee Scarborough, Ph.D. and Conard White, Ph.D. Presented by Promod Vohra, Dean College of Engineering and Engineering Education Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University (NIU), Rock Valley College (RVC), and the Rockford [Illinois]Public Schools (RPS), as well as (a) Peer Master Teacher Leader(s) from Grayslake

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

Session 1534 Effectiveness of Problem-solving and Teamwork Skills for Cultivating Technological Creativity within a Team-based Design Course Jiunn-Chi Wu, Pei-Fen Chang National Central University Taiwan, ROCAbstract Recently many studies in the United States that have presented functional groups,decision-making, and teaming skills as important pedagogical tools for engineering faculty tointegrate into their curriculum. However, the examination-oriented education in Taiwan hastended to turn assessment into a tool that increases competition instead of cooperation. In thissituation, schools and teachers pay

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Saeed M. Khan; Beverlee Kissick

two different sets of diversity competencies [4-5] thathave evolved separately. Briefly put, the authors have primarily concerned themselveswith helping science and technology students develop diversity skills, not just in responseto the stipulations of regulatory bodies like Technology Accreditation Commission of theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(TAC of ABET), but also from a deeply felt need to help students succeed in theincreasingly diverse workplace.It is important to point out that while the cultural and ethnic diversity of faculty, staff andstudents play a crucial role in the multicultural training of students, and while every stepmust be taken to increase underrepresented groups on campus, such diversity is also