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Jose Roesset; James Yao

,social and political factors affecting all major engineering works as well as environmentalfactors and sustainable development (e.g., see Poirot, 1997). The planning of civilengineering projects requires the consideration of the complete economics of the project,integration of the design and construction processes, considerations of financingalternatives, and return on investment or other expected benefits to society. Projects thatmay not be justifiable at a particular time on the basis of simple economics alone may bedesirable because of social and political consequences such as the creation of jobs in adepressed area or providing a public service. Engineers must be aware of all these aspectsand must be able to incorporate them in their

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Richard Seagrave; R. Vigil; Debra Hawker-Schreiner; Charles Glatz

• Co-op Data • Annual Placement Analysis Departmental Committees (Faculty, Staff, Students)• Student Course Evaluations• Course Feedback Forms• Sr/Jr Surveys• Alumni Survey• Co-op Data Decisions & Action Plans• Annual Placement Analysis Figure 1 – Program Improvement Process Page 6.113.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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Jeffrey A. Donnell

that are not always apparent in the statement or in the geometry of the total problem. Thus, the diagram aids in understanding all facets of the problem. • The diagram helps in the planning of a logical attack on the problem and in setting up the mathematical relations. • The diagram helps in recording progress in the solution and in illustrating the methods used. • The diagram allows others to follow your reasoning. (36)Here, fashioning a diagram constrains the author to clarify the engineering problem, to plan asolution and to document a solution process. The well-made diagram is then used by anaudience member who must be

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2001 Annual Conference

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Caroline Hembel Beard

of success and failure. Rare is the program or institution that is not involved in a review,accreditation or strategic planning effort at any given moment. We conduct formative and summativeevaluations of student learning, student evaluation of courses, peer evaluation of teaching ability, andfollow-up studies from program level to institution. We review attrition, failure and completion rates.We compare student outcomes to stated course objectives, program goals in relation to the institution’smission statement. But how do we evaluate a program whose mission is to prepare students to leave theinstitution in order to reach the goal? Specifically, how does a pre-professional program — such as anengineering transfer program — account for the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Scott Brigade; Laura Deam; La Toya Coley; Jessica Linck; Jan Kidwell; Elizabeth Goodson; Brent Robinson; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

including hands-on activities, that enhance current teaching. This may have impact on student learning, but it is unlikely to have long-term impact on science teaching and attitudes unless careful attention is given to planning and integration with the teacher. In addition, the activities are unlikely to yield long-term empowerment of the students unless they contain an inquiry-based component. Simply duplicating an activity that has been outlined, and maybe demonstrated to them, may not impact how students view science as a subject. Page 6.684.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Medhat Morcos; David Soldan

equipment to implement training on policies,methodologies and tools. By working together in a partnership, the needed resources andexpertise can be pooled to exploit more fully than any single institution can the hugepossibilities offered by new technologies, and the Internet in particular, to establish a world-class provider with global reach.Distance education is a core educational strategy. It holds great potential on a number of levels.Yet, the potential for failure, or for mediocre distance programs is high. Developing proactive,strategic plans requires the commitment of entire institutions. Going that extra mile will ensurepedagogical integrity, student satisfaction, and ultimately, the success of distance educationprograms.Bibliography1

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andre Clavet; Francois Michaud

such an event, but in fact it involves a lot of peopleover two semesters. Necessarily, this can only be accomplished with the involvement ofstudents, teachers and technical staff. Here is a list of issues that need to be covered for theorganization of the event:• Sponsorships and funding. Inevitably, the contest would not be possible without finding sponsors for providing the financial support required for the event. For solicitation, we prepare each year a file that describes the contest, the results of the previous years, and the impacts (in visibility and outcomes on the education of students and on the subject of autism). We also present the financial report of the previous year, and the budget plan for the current year. After having

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Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

: Amazon (3) - Leisure: Disneyland (4), Stevens Pass -a local ski resort (5) - Retail: Good Guys (6) - Shipping: UPS (7)In the second graded deliverable, the students were asked to work individually and focus oncharacterizing the scope of industrial engineering, describing the range of industrial engineeringprojects possible in their work setting, and describing detailed plans for one possible project.The strengths of these reports included (a) the comprehensiveness of the students’ descriptions ofthe scope of industrial engineering and (b) the completeness with which they developed lists ofpossible projects within their work settings. The former were surprisingly difficult to grade,while the latter were fun to read and easy to grade. The

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2001 Annual Conference

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Lynn Mack; James Wood

teams, selected from volunteers from technical colleges acrossthe state, comprised the development teams. The engineering technology team members weredrawn from departments related to the topic area being developed. Teams assembled for a two- Page 6.806.5day retreat to establish initial competencies, following the development plan below. Teams were Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationfirst lead through a brainstorming process by a facilitator. The development teams later editedthe

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rusek; Barbara Oakley

that happen to be handy in the laboratory, so that s-parameters can be found for the actual components students plan to use in laboratory circuits.Table 4 shows parasitic parameters for a number of common transistors. Connecting a transistor to a network Table 4: Comparison of parasitic parameters in common transistorsanalyzer can produce noticeable 2N5109 PN5179 2N5179 2N3478 MRF501deviation in s-parameter values due Tr 20 n 1.588 n 1.588 n 1.615 n 1.574 nto the effects of the cables. 7,8,9 This Tf 0.1 n 141.1 p 135.6 p 140.9 p 141.2 p Cje 10 p 939.8 f 1.52 p 939.8 f 939.8 feffect

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2001 Annual Conference

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Raghu Echempati

studentswill have limited choice on the number of electives th"ey can choose within a particular MechanicalEngineering “Concentrations”. Thus the possibilities of integrating the two current elective courseson real and virtual metal forming in to a single stronger course are being explored, the results ofwhich will be presented in a future conference. In the meanwhile, the modified course layout ofME-510: Introduction to the Computer Simulation of Metal Forming Processes is presented inAppendix I. The modifications are in terms of integration of a limited real forming experience in tothe virtual forming course.Itemized objectives of the detailed plan for this course: I. Enhancement of the existing Computer Simulation of Metal Forming

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2001 Annual Conference

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

. Babcock, D.L., & Sachet, D.R. Continuing education for Engineering Management. In, L.P. Grayson & J.MBiedenbach, (eds.), 1986 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (pp. 228 - 232). May 7-9, 1986,Lake Buena Vista, Florida. New York: IEEE Education Society (1986).7. Ferguson, C. The continuous professional development of engineers and flexible learning strategies. InternationalJournal of Lifelong Education, 17 (3), 173-183 (1998).8. National Academy of Engineering. Focus on the future: A national action plan for career-long education forengineers. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Engineering (ERIC Document ED 300251) (1988).9. Baker, M. Sharpening the focus of viewpoints between higher education and employers of the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Brett Gunnink; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

concludes with our plan for monitoring results and implementing change in the future.1. IntroductionIn response to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology’s (ABET) EducationalCriteria 2000 (EC2000)1 and the need to periodically review and update curricula, theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) is currently revising its undergraduate curriculum. While the ABET EC 2000criteria do not necessarily require a major curriculum revision, they provide an opportunity toleverage the accreditation process to improve our undergraduate education. In addition, studentsand employers expect that curricula will remain current and adjust to meet the needs of themarket place.ABET EC2000

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2000 Annual Conference

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Andrew N. Vavreck

of team member contributions to the project.The team collaboration efforts in the first year, supported by an intern with little experience inthis area, were in addition to the adjustment to a new sequencing of the course lectures andlabs. The additional effort required to modify lesson plans and stay on top of a much moretightly sequenced course produced some time burden on the instructor. The intern also haddifficulty meeting with project teams owing to his own classes conflicting with many times inwhich project teams were available to meet. If there was a less-than-satisfactory aspect of theproject, it was in the ability of the intern to be as effective as possible, given his other coursecommitments and lack of teaching and team building

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2000 Annual Conference

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Robin H. Lovgren; Michael J. Racer; Anna P. Phillips

- strengths, weaknesses, needs o Faculty Planning & Evaluation Records o Tenure & Promotion o Teaching o Research o Service o The College o Development of Personal 5-year Plan(This document is available from the authors.)While this mentoring effort is extremely time-intensive, it is also extremely valuable with respectto inculcating new faculty. At the same time, these new faculty members are encouraged to addto the framework of the Program; this "buy-in" has proven effective.New faculty have been instrumental in making changes in the classroom. The first author, nowin her fourth year, has already taken a leadership role in those activities mentioned earlier,creating a vibrant classroom atmosphere.After completing the

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2000 Annual Conference

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Hugh Jack

read, can they be followed, do they convey the information? Layout - If you plan to refer to an earlier slide, make a second copy of it - don’t flip back. - Use titles to make the purpose of visuals obvious. - Use bullet points - long sentences crowd the screen and are hard to read. - Do not use more than 20 words per slide, do not try to write full sentences on slides, use it as a summary. - Don’t provide pages as 1/20, 2/20, ....., 20/20 - it makes the presentation feel like a countdown. Fonts and Text - Use upper/lower case only to draw

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2000 Annual Conference

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Lloyd Barrett; Edward Young; David E. Klett; Jeffrey Morehouse; Jed Lyons

physics. Texts for the courseinclude popular technical books on automobile racing 1 and course notes developed by theinstructors especially for this course.The course is intended for all engineering students, and although nearly half of the students aremechanical engineering majors or are planning to elect mechanical engineering as their major,students from all undergraduate engineering disciplines in the engineering school participate.Emphasis is placed on multidisciplinary aspects of engineering, design considerations, anddecision making relating to engineering practice.Some laboratory sessions have been included in the course. One involves the identification ofautomobile parts on several production and racing automobiles and students are

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2000 Annual Conference

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Suzanne E. Keilson; Randall Jones; Lester Coyle; Elliot King; Duane Shelton

the Page 5.629.4Board and generates an on-screen reproduction of the physical circuit as it is constructed. Apaper on IWB-1was presented in March 1999 to the American Physical Society on IWB.IV. Full Development ProjectThe full development of the ISI project is planned to proceed in a number of phases. Each is brieflydescribed below.A. The Interactive Web BoardBuilding on the IWB-1 prototype described above, the authors plan to construct a more advancedmodel (IWB-2) that will more closely resemble a standard electronics-training breadboard. Amuch larger array of circuit elements will be added to the system, including resistors, diodes

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2000 Annual Conference

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Manuel D. Rossetti; Harriet Black Nembhard

supplied is greater than 350 (excluding from the material. Develop a method to teach the materialthe total all shipments for which the quantity is less to other members in your group. Prepare visual aidesthan or equal to 200) get the part number, the weight, for explaining the material. Plan active roles for yourthe color, and the maximum quantity supplied of that group members. Teach your groups members.part.” Find another pair with the same section of material to present. Review all materials. Revise bothThe resulting table should look like this: pair’s materials using the best material from both

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2000 Annual Conference

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Nicole DeJong; Ken Van Treuren; Don Farris; Cindy Fry

the semester’s work, and it is a first introduction to the engineering design process, as well asto team building, project planning and scheduling, and presentation. Details on the coursecurriculum and syllabus are available on the internet and can be accessed at any time by thestudents. This paper will discuss in detail the freshman engineering design project, whichaccounts for one-fourth of the total grade for this course, and the way in which it reinforces theother course activities and contributes to the course objectives.Request for ProposalApproximately a fourth of the way through the semester, the freshmen are divided into three- tofive-member design-build teams. Students interested in functioning as team leaders e-mail

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2000 Annual Conference

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Ernest W. Tollner

" ethical position. Such does not exist. Each person needs to beable to raise a conscientious defense for positions taken when ethical questions areinvolved. We hear constant reference to values and ethics, particularly when readingliterature on Total Quality Management (TQM). Here we are mainly concerned withconservation values and ethics versus resource development values and ethics.Engineers have an interest in and can offer solutions toward both points of view. ABETand state licensing boards are becoming increasingly interested in ethics and associatedassessment issues. An ethics introduction is presented to stimulate understanding and compassionfor widely diverse views. This introduction forms the core of a reading planned

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Shirley Fleischmann

Rapids PublicSchools and was able to schedule a visit with the director of physical plants for the schoolsystem and with the principal of Coit School. The school was, in fact, in painfully poorphysical condition. It had a new boiler system but the large windows were mostly singlepane plexiglass in wooden frames so badly dry-rotted that one could easily push thebottoms of most of the panes out at least 1/8 inch or more. The principal and I decided tohave my students come to the school during the lab periods scheduled for the class.Students would make the observations and measurements needed to complete a heattransfer analysis of the building and they would come up with a plan to make the buildingmore comfortable. There were 3 scheduled lab

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2001 Annual Conference

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Sanjay Joshi; SangHa Lee; Timothy Simpson; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

and practice the skills needed for self-directed learning in an Page 6.211.5appropriate context. Candy notes that while these approaches are more consistent with the Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcontext-dependent nature of learning, they may still not achieve the desired outcomes. Thus athird approach exists which recognizes the critical role of context, but seeks to make the processof learning itself the object of reflection so that it can be “the object of conscious planning

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2001 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Walter Fisher; Pablo Arenaz; Connie Della-Piana

Facilitators forthe clustered courses. These students undergo extensive training during the summer andthe academic year. They become part of the instructional team for the orientation andlearning communities and are involved in the planning of activities and teaching. Forexample, the Orientation Leaders are an integral part of the planning process for theOrientation. They develop the instructional modules, write the skits and oversee theengineering design project and the science laboratory experience.Peer facilitators in the Seminar participate in teaching xourse material and are rolemodels for the entering students. In addition, they are tutors and act as “translators” andmediators, helping students make sense of the university and university

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1998 Annual Conference

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

teams on design problems that have a real client and address a realcommunity or local industry need. Projects have included designs for new playgroundequipment for a nearby elementary school , a homecoming float for NU’s residential collegesystem, and a novel self-healing composite material. Regardless of the source of a project,student teams follow a fairly rigid framework defined by a series of communication assignments:project plans, weekly progress reports, midterm updates, final proposals or reports, and finalpresentations. Design mock-ups are strongly encouraged and in some cases required; prototypesare encouraged when appropriate. At the end of the course students complement their group workwith a portfolio of writing about what they

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1998 Annual Conference

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Gary D. Keller; Fred Begay; Antonio A. Garcia; Albert L. McHenry

. For example, summer bridge programs recruit students from high school andneighboring community colleges who may actually attend college at a different institution withinour alliance. This provides students with a broader peer and mentor network than if they wereattending the same school in the fall. Graduate Preparation Institutes similarly recruit fromwithin our alliance, thus increasing the motivation factor for students to spend a summerperforming research and preparing for the GRE and increasing the pool of mentors that they candraw from for writing letters of recommendation for graduate programs around the country.Shared Planning And Management Our AMP is provided oversight by the Governing Board. The specific activities of our

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1998 Annual Conference

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Zbigniew Prusak

area investigated and its historical development (through available books and journals)3- later searches done on the Internet were exploring more possibilities and stayed more focused (less hacking and more up-front planning)A positive side of using the web is high enthusiasm of students, rapid access to information and a very Page 3.297.4appealing tool. As suggested by early results of the project, before using the web there is an absolute 4necessity of doing preparatory work: defining the scope of search, listing basic ideas what to look for,learning about basics of problem on hand

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1998 Annual Conference

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James L. Hales

day we flew to Shanghai; students were filling the streets demonstrating therealso. Four days later we flew to Wuhan. Our hotel was on the opposite side of the YangtzeRiver from the airport. The bus carrying us was stopped at the bridge crossing the river, asdemonstrating students had closed it to all traffic. We had to take a commuter ferry filled withpeople returning home from their work. While in Wuhan we met with the Yangtze River Planning Commission and were briefedon the plans for the Three Gorges dam and hydroelectric project. The multi-billion-dollar projecthas subsequently been approved and is underway. On May 31 we left Hong Kong and returned to the United States. We were verysurprised four days later to hear news

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert L. Reid; Bruce D. Hoeppner

the second place finish. Page 2.201.4Page 2.201.5War Eagle, 1993-94 Two years of planning culminated with ASME / Johnson Controls Solar Splash '94held at the Pewaukee Lake Yacht Club on August 18-21, 1994. As mentioned, discussionsabout the possibility of such an event had begun in 1990 between Dean Reid and GeorgeEttenheim. Dean Reid, as an ex-Chairman of the Solar Energy Division (SED) of ASME,was appointed to a Student Task Force of the SED in April of 1992. He proposed that theSED provide seed money to AEC to begin planning the event. The SED enthusiasticallyendorsed the proposed intercollegiate solar boat regatta and the approval

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1997 Annual Conference

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John Tuttle

73 16 Ticonderoga Cruiser 27 79 15 Arleigh Burke Destroyer 29+ 85 ? TABLE 1: SURFACE WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION 1948 -- 1997The fundamental nature of design has changed little, “to conceive from a figment of imaginationthrough the aid of science to a plan on paper”(6). But, what is good design and how is it biasedby the viewer? The designer may see it as cost effective solutions to the design requirements,ignoring the failings in requirements. The historian’s whom the designer looks to for guidance