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problems and produce solutions” 1. A good case cantherefore be made to provide students with the opportunity to perform workshop exercisessuch installing and maintaining networked PCs in an environment that mimics standardcommercial/industrial practices and is more directly relevant to student needs.4. Curriculum Design – Computer TechnologyAt ECU a new curriculum was designed consisting of four units – Computer Installation &Maintenance (CIM) and Network Installation & Maintenance (NIM) both prerequisites toComputer Systems Management (CSM) and Network Design & Management (NDM). Theunits CIM and NIM were introduced first. The success of these two units led to theintroduction of the other two units.The unit CIM attempts provides a

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in Page 5.302.5 Education Conference, 1999. 5 Khan, Hamid, Integration of Robust 3D Modeling Software into the Design Curriculum, Proceedings of the 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. 6 ABET EC2000 Criteria, ABET 7 Manufacturing Education Plan, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Dearborn, Michigan, 1997.6.0 Biographical InformationJeff Ray, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering in the Padnos School of Engineering atGrand Valley State University. He holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering fromTennessee Technological University and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. His

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achieve thesame objectives but at smaller social or environmental costs? The “integrated sustainabletechnology and development” option presents many imposing challenges, but it must be thepreferred option.Is “Sustainable Technology” Sufficient?In 1993 the Georgia Institute of Technology launched a project to develop new curriculuminitiatives in sustainable development and technology. A three-course sequence of courses wasdeveloped and taught by faculty from various engineering and non-engineering programs.Importantly, the sustainability initiative at Georgia Tech came from the engineering faculty.The current dean of engineering, Jean-Lou Chameau, has been an energetic advocate ofintroducing sustainability to the education of engineering students

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, identify its relevance, find it quickly and accurately, and use it to solve problems. ADL originated in the School of Aerospace Engineering (AE) at Georgia Tech, where the needs for cross-disciplinary learning, and the limitations of present systems, are keenly felt at all levels of the curriculum and research. AE is ideal for such an experiment, being rich in cross-disciplinary issues, and focused on vertical

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Yi-Xian Qin; Partap Khalsa; Michael Hadjiargyrou; Mark W. Otter; Kenneth J. McLeod; Danny Bluestein

to develop a curriculum that achieves the goal of producing a graduate with vision andflexibility, faculty need to incorporate hands on learning, develop communication skills, andinstill a sense of creativity and innovation which the students will need throughout theirengineering careers (7). To these ends, we have developed an approach to curriculum deliverycomposed of what we call Contextual Learning Modules (CLM).Goals of the Contextual Learning Module ApproachThe goals of the CLM approach are:1) To integrate physical science, life science, and engineering in each module.2) To provide at least one "hands on" experience each day.3) To use the module itself as an implicit model of how to tackle complex problems (i.e. break them down into

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. (1997, Spring). Identification of Curriculum Content for the Master of IT: A National Survey.Journal of Industrial Technology, 13(2), 42-45.2. Drucker, P. F. (1992). Managing for the Future. New York: Truman Talley Books.3. Curtis, K. & Latif, N. (1999, Spring). Design, Development, and Implementation of a Graduate Program inTechnology. Journal of Engineering Technology, 16(1), 18-22.4. Qazi, S. & Ishaq, N. (1998). Impact of Applied Research in Engineering Technology. ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings. Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education.5. Coppula, D. (1997, December). Integrating Teaching and Research. ASEE Prism, 7(4), 18-226. Depew, D. R. & Herrick, R. J. (1997). The Future of Graduate Education in The

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interrelationships between engineeringand society, technology and history, and art and science - an understanding derived from a liberaleducation.The recognition of the importance of liberal studies in engineering education goes back to thepassage of the Morrill Act in 1862.2 Since that time there has been concern that engineeringeducation is not successfully incorporating liberal studies into the curriculum, beginning with thefirst major study of American engineering education directed by Dr. Charles Mann of theUniversity of Chicago.3 Among its recommendations was that students be taught so as todevelop character, and surveys of 7000 members of professional engineering societies ranked“character” at the top of a list of 6 attributes while “technique” came

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mostenjoyable experience in the summer program.This design/build/test experience proved to be an innovative and successful summer programimplementation. Future summer programs in the Mechanical Engineering area will continue tofollow this model. Page 5.645.6Acknowledgements: The following people contributed greatly to the success of the RP Derbyand the Focus on the Possibilities Program: Dr. Robert Crockett, Dr. Robert Kern, Prof. LarryKorta, Dr. Cynthia Barnicki, Dr. Matthew Panhans, Kelly Hanrahan, Sheku Kamara, RyanMulhall, and Nathan Mattke.Bibliography:1. McKenna, Ann and Agogino, Alice, "Integrating design, analysis, and problem solving in an

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-dress specific desired student learning outcomes.IntroductionEC2000 and proposed new TAC/ABET criteria have provided an impetus to provide a more co-herent assessment of programs and the achievement of student learning outcomes.1,2 While theassessment of student learning outcomes is challenging, it is extremely useful for educators toget a fresh look at the skills their graduates possess. Once assessment is underway, it is not un-common to discover that graduates’ skills in certain areas are not as strong as initially thought.One approach to address shortcomings in student learning outcomes is to utilize design projectsand other realistic, open-ended problems. Carefully planned and integrated design projects canbe used to both enhance and

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” learning activities and experiences. Page 5.468.2 Session 1380In the sections that follow, a summary of the curriculum as well as an overview of some of theteaching strategies used in two introductory physics courses for non-majors will be described.These courses include a foundation course, Physics for the Modern World, and a new, second-tier course, Physics for a New Millennium. Particular attention will be given to a learningstrategy provided students in the Physics for a New Millennium course. This discussion will befollowed by a summary of feedback received

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in at least one other section various desciplines with a section (sec. 1) on the common core including English language . A student must answer questions form section one and one other section Consists of questions Graduating seniors C,F,H, J, M Department heads Every semester At least 80% o the students must score 50% or Faculty, integrated from various higher in the first trial. learning experiences offered to the student in a specific curriculum Measures freshman’s Second semester C,D,F Dean Annually

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inception.In 1990, we began the process of creating an undergraduate program. Part of this effort requireda look at the demand for the curriculum and, indeed, what that curriculum should look like.With the growing demand for operations research (OR) skills this type of curriculum seemednatural, and this belief was supported through interviews with several industry representatives.The undergraduate program began in 1996.As a consequence, the INSE Program has always been grounded in the community. Studentsreceive a significant level of immediately applicable knowledge. Faculty members use examples Page 5.311.2pulled from experiences with the community

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, facultyreasoned that they could facilitate assimilation if they worked to construct lectures andother learning activities that acknowledged other topics that students were learning andpointed out the links between these topics and the information that they were presenting.Support for this approach can be found in other sources."The context in which one learns is also important for promoting transfer. Knowledgethat is taught in only a single context is less likely to support flexible transfer thanknowledge that is taught in multiple contexts. With multiple contexts, students are morelikely to abstract the relevant features of concepts and develop a more flexiblerepresentation of knowledge."9As an example of how curriculum integration may be applied in an

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. Supplementalinformation is then added using more pop-up boxes, such as definitions for key vocabularywords, pictures of real components, and property tables. For example, a flow diagram of arefrigeration system was created as an image map so that clicking on the compressor symbolopens a pop-up box containing a physical description of a compressor and a picture of a realrefrigeration compressor. Equations are also often presented as image maps so that clicking ona particular term (shown in blue to indicate hypertext) brings up information on that particularterm, such as whether it can be neglected or why it does or does not apply to the present case.In many instances, multiple choice questions have been integrated into the problem. Theexample shown above is an

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junior year. The contact that these students will have with those respective departmentsmay be fairly sparse. Therefore the tools that these students bring with them can be an unknownquantity. It is always hoped that all the lower division courses provide an adequate basis for theknowledge needed in the areas other than engineering, but this may not always be the case.Areas such as writing, speaking, and a sense of the need for these kinds of skills may not findsufficient skill building practice before the students enter the junior year. It is suggested thatschools with cooperative engineering education programs be viewed as vital links betweenengineering, ABET, and liberal education. ABET requires that certain facets be an integral partof every

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uniquemulti-disciplinary engineering education. One hallmark of the college is the integration of real-world experiences into the curriculum. Therefore, the college is constantly seeking both industrialand public partnerships in developing projects for engineering clinics. The Junior/SeniorEngineering Clinics provide students the opportunity to experience a real world project and themedium to apply and refine their engineering abilities as well as communication skills. Typicalclinic teams are composed of students with different abilities. Thus, each team possessesstudents with different skills such as surveying, drafting, transportation engineering

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to insure the integrity and effectiveness of the engineering curricula on a continuous basis.Distributed grading is a direct quantitative linkage between typical assessment methods (exams,projects, etc.) and the educational objectives. Stevens believes that in conducting assessments it iscrucial for improvements to begin with full utilization of current examinations, projects and otheractivities. Distributed grading distributes current aggregate grades as well as the Grade PointAverage over the curricular objectives and allows for a quantitative expression of the emphasis givento the objectives across the curriculum (DeLancey, 1998, 1999).To make this work at the course level requires a series of problems, exams, projects, etc

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committed to integrating community service into theundergraduate experience, found 11,000 courses with a service-learning component inits member institutions in a 1998 survey [2]. Page 5.544.1DISCUSSIONI. Justification for Service-LearningIt is not uncommon to find professionals who provide pro bono service, e.g., medicaldoctors and lawyers, to those who cannot afford the service or where there is no easyaccess to the service. Although the provisions are broadly stated, the National Society ofProfessional Engineers (NSPE) and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) codesof ethics do justify community service as an important part of engineering ethics

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these two areas into oneseamless package of three twenty hour courses. A certificate is awarded at the successfulcompletion of the program. A letter grade and CEU’s are posted to a permanent NU transcript.Because of the uniqueness of this program, technical management from the company has beeninvolved since inception. An Engineering Manager works closely on curriculum development andthe evaluation of the course and serves as mentor to the participants. Communication betweenfaculty and mentor is ongoing. The company training personnel handle general administrationand scheduling. Continuing Education has a major role in reproducing course notes and classtransparencies as well as its regular support functions. The program has completed its

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disassembled but operational hard disc drive. Furthermore, in theworkshops students are required to perform experiments that include: installation of a secondfloppy disc drive; addition of a second (slave) Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard discdrive; upgrading from an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) input/output card to a PCI LocalBus etc. This is complemented by experiments in fault diagnosis, correction and management.All operations are at the module rather than the component level. Page 5.492.33. PhysicsCIM and NIM attract students from a wide range of disciplines. The students differ greatly inrespect to both their physics and

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Thomas Regan; Katherine Sanders; Donald Evans; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Cesar Malave; Ardie Walser; Jack McGourty; Richard Felder

. A Teaching Strategy and Engineering Curriculum Transformation Workshop given at the University of Maryland addressed such topics as the impact of ABET 2000 on course development, the integration of cooperative learning teaching models, development of an inclusive classroom, and the development of student-friendly syllabi.• “In Their Own Words,” a video and accompanying workshop that addresses student experiences in the classroom and how to enhance the student learning environment, is under continuing development. The video will be tailored to fit the demographics of each of the ECSEL campuses. On May 11, 1999 Penn State conducted a training program for facilitators of the video workshop. Twenty-one participants

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starting stage. Whilevarious methods such as flyers, web pages, school visits have been tested, it is apparent that thedirect communication between faculty members and potential candidates is the most effective inrecruiting.3Community Support and ArticulationLocal community welcomes technical education programs. When we were setting-up an advisoryboard, 16 people representing the middle or upper management of local industries, technicalschool as well as the chamber of commerce enthusiastically attended the advisory meetings twicein a period of six months. Advisory members provided supportive comments and ideas torecruitment, curriculum, and placement. They played a positive role in publicizing the program.Some of the advisory board members advised

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). This paper introduces one approach for integrating educational model currently being Page 5.277.1implemented in the Construction Management program at Zagazig University. In this approach,an integrated course has been developed at the undergraduate level that vertically integratesbasic construction management needs. Also, it presents openings to strengthen and exploitcommunication skills to prepare engineers for interdisciplinary projects and industry integratedneeds. This paper describes the primary constituents of this approach including the integrationof course, the cooperation required to support the communication emphasis, and

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industrial automation in the next century. The power electronics discipline is challenging since we need knowledge in such diversefields as circuits, control, magnetics, and integration. It also involves signal and powerprocessing using electronic circuits. Traditionally, power processing circuits have been basedon linear circuit technology. Therefore, they were low in efficiency and bulky in size. Forexample an audio power amplifier has efficiency less than 50%. Therefore, bulky heatsinks arerequired to dissipate the power. In recent years, high frequency switching technology has gainedrapid development. Switching circuits use pulse width modulation (PWM) to carry signals anddeliver power. The efficiency of a switching circuit can be near

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so far has helpedstudents in learning dynamics. Unfortunately the only evidence I have to support this is really Page 5.241.12anecdotal and through informal conversations with students. I do have, however, data thatsupports my contention that the new sophomore curriculum at Rose-Hulman has indeedimproved learning of dynamics.VII. Integrating Dynamics with Other CoursesEven though basic principles such as conservation of energy and conservation of linear andangular momentum are encountered in engineering science courses such as Thermodynamics,Fluids and Dynamics, the terminology, notation and methodology is often such that theprinciples look

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William C. Oakes; Ronald Wukasch; Richard Foretek; Jennifer Watia; Jeffery L. Gray; Leah H Jamieson; Edward Coyle

integrates service-learning into theengineering curriculum. It has proven successful in the several areas of engineering designincluding Electrical, Computer, Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Key features of the programinclude vertically-integrated, multidisciplinary teams and multi-year participation. From theacademic side, this structure provides students with the opportunity to be involved in all phasesof the design process, from project definition through deployment, on projects that are large inscale. Moreover, the structure encourages an extended service-learning experience, withemphasis on providing a model of how engineers can use their technical skills to benefit thecommunity while learning engineering design. On the community side, the

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tube. A small cooling fan at the bottom end ofthe tube is used to control the height of the ball. Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) closedloop control is implemented by means of the microprocessor. In the laboratory, the students arerequired to program the microprocessor and conduct experiments in controller tuning. Thispaper describes a mechatronics laboratory that is easy to duplicate and exposes the students tovarious mechatronics issues.I. IntroductionSince its introduction as an elective in 1997, the Mechatronic Systems Design (MECH 452)course offered through the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s University hasbecome very popular. This is reflected in positive student feedback and with a class size higherthan the

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Theodore J. Stokes; Jeffrey B. Hargrove

portion of a mechatronics device intotheir projects.I. IntroductionMechatronic devices and products are characterized by the integration of sensors, actuators andelectronic control technologies in mechanical systems. The result is the potential for enhancedfunctionality and a degree of smartness and adaptability in the mechatronic system. Theunderlying philosophy of mechatronics is to incorporate the aforementioned elements at theonset of design, envisioning optimal functionality of the device in its earliest stages ofdevelopment.A unique program in mechatronics education at the undergraduate level has recently beenimplemented for mechanical engineering students at Kettering University1,2. The need to do sohas been clearly dictated by an emphasis

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obtain invaluable real-worldengineering experiences that cannot be realistically taught in a classroom (Ibeh, 1999).Although it is not universally true in China, Chinese engineering curriculum tends to put moreemphasis on basic skill development, such as math, engineering theories and principles.Students normally do not work on realistic engineering projects until they finish two or threeyears of engineering school. The reason for such a practice lies in an old Chinese philosophythat a solid foundation leads to infallible construction.However, today’s world has entered an era of information explosion and rapid technologicaladvances (Morgan, Reid & Wolf, 1998). Today’s knowledge may soon become obsolete. Inorder for modern engineers to be

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instruction necessary is also large. As aresult, Union’s engineering division has chosen to investigate other methods to achieve the sameobjectives.[1] Louis A Martin Vega, Gregory L. Tonkay, Richard Sause and Harvey G. Stenger, "Integrating Design intoFreshman Engineering: A Lehigh Experience," Proceedings of FIE ’97, Pittsburg, PA, November 5-8, 1997[2] Richard Porter and Hugh Fuller, " A New "Contact-Based" First Year Engineering Course," Proceedings of FIE’97, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, November 5-8, 1997[3] Karl A. Smith, "Design of an Introductory Engineering Course," Proceedings of FIE ’96, Salt Lake City, Utah,November 6-9, 1996[4] Craig James Gunn, "Design in the Freshman Engineering Curriculum," Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE AnnualConference