archived lectures and chats. The wordsflowed poetically from his department chairman’s mouth, Twigg recalled later. Heseemed impressed with himself. Twigg was impressed too. After all, chairman Lunts’expertise was in mechanical engineering and not in computer technology. Twigg had noidea what Lunts was talking about. Twigg’s intellectual curiosity finally got the better ofhim and he exclaimed,“What in the world are you talking about Bruce? I don’t have a clue about anything youjust said. What in the name of Sir Isaac is streaming video?”Lunts looked at Twigg, forming a wry smile, he replied: “Man Twigg, to tell the truth,I’m not altogether sure,” and he paused. He then asked Twigg if he knew that campusadministration was extremely motivated to
centuries.Another example of engineering achievements is the construction of the Giza pyramids whichrequired not only a mastery of many sciences and technologies such as geometry, cosmology,architecture … etc but also the management of a work force consisting of tens of thousands ofworkers that had to be housed fed and medically treated on the construction site.The list of engineering achievements is large and encompasses all the civilizations thatflourished in the Nile Valley. It includes the temples of Karnak and Abu Simbel, the Pharos ofAlexandria and the mosque and madrassa of Sultan Hassan among others.This history is also associated with the creation of the first forms of "universities" as centersfor the generation, conservation and transmission of
Session Number 1793 The Music of Engineering Kathleen M. Kaplan, D.Sc., John A. McGuire, Lt Col John J. Kaplan (Ph.D., J.D.) USAF Howard University/University of Northern Colorado/USAFAbstractThe relationship between music and engineering can be measured. There isoverwhelming empirical evidence that link these two fields, yet few researchers havestudied the relationship. This paper is not about the artistic and technical applications ofrecording technology, but rather the progression of music that has fostered theengineering feats of today.Music has motivated more than the heart of the engineer, it has driven the field
, Suryanian and Latin but not in Turkish. So, for centuries no book was Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpublished by the Turkish and Muslim components of the Ottoman Empire. Ottomansunfortunately missed and were not affected much by the Renaissance and did not havereformation like Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries5.As a result of the positive developments in the west and lack of it in the east resulted in a Europeexperiencing industrial revolution and Ottomans loosing ground from the level that they havereached in the sixteenth century. For example, the ship building technology
Session 3453 Engineers Need Mentors Too! Sayward H. Touton1, Cory P. McDonald1 Gretchen L. Hein2, Amy E. Monte2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering1 Department of Engineering Fundamentals2 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MIAbstractThe Graduate, Undergraduate Initiative for Development and Enhancement (GUIDE) program atMichigan Technological University (MTU) is a unique scholarship program that couplesunderrepresented students
, Jackie Gray, Jennifer Holbrook, Sadhana Puntambekar (1998). Learning by Design from Theory to Practice. Proceedings of ICLS 98. Atlanta, GA, 16-22.LAWRENCE J. GENALOis Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University.He received a Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics with Systems Engineering emphasis in 1977, served as Chair forFreshman Programs and DELOS Divisions, and runs the Toying With TechnologySM Program at Iowa State.DENISE A. SCHMIDTis the Associate Director of the Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching within the Department ofCurriculum and Instruction at Iowa State University. Her research interests include technology use and integration in
motivated & disciplined engineers who contributed not only to the oilcompanies but to Bahrain at large.Formal Engineering Education in BahrainThe governments of Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi & Oman established in Bahrain in 1969 the GulfTechnical College with the British Government providing the instructors. Students came fromthe sponsoring states and were offered technical courses leading to degrees & certificates inengineering similar to those in the U.K.The College was later renamed the Gulf College of Technology and by the mid-seventies almostall the students were coming from Bahrain. In 1986 it was amalgamated with the UniversityCollege of Arts & Education to form the College of Engineering –University of Bahrain.College of
Software Development. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.16. DeMarco, T. (1991). ‘Non-Technological Issues in Software Engineering.’ Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering, (Austin, Texas), p. 149 – 150. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press.17. DeMarco, T. (1997). The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management. New York: Dorset House Publishing.18. DeMarco, T. and Lister, T. (1999). Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, 2nd edition. New York: Dorset House Publishing Co.19. Evans, B. O. (1986). ‘System/360: A Retrospective View.’ IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 8, no. 2 (April – June), p. 155 – 179.20. Forrester, J. W. (1961). Industrial Dynamics. Waltham: Pegasus
Council for Minorities in Engineering, April 1. http://www.nacme.org/infApr1,1998,21,16,14,111051.html.3. Campbell, G., Jr. (1998). “Engineering Enrollment: What’s Wrong with This Picture”. Information Article, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Aug. 17, http://www.nacme.org/infAug17,1998,21,48,26,090554.html.4. Campbell, G., Jr. (1998). “Talent Pool”. Prism, American Society for Engineering Education, October, pp. 52.5. Director, S. W. (1999). “Testimony to the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Page 9.1132.11 Science, Engineering, and Technology Development”. Policy Issues
Page 9.550.9 society than ours. More recently, I've thought of other possible problems. WouldProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 2004-995 greedy, or over ambitious business executives, grab hold of this technology and fill the world with their product and wipe out the rest of the market? Would this same thing - harnessed in various product markets - stop poverty because of basic needs possibly more easily met, and/or collapse the economy because of things having no worth? Or would an
Session 2530unstable, and can vary widely depending on what the current headlines say aboutemerging technologies. The image of engineering is also negatively affected by its close association withscience [4]. Thus, it is useful to look at the research in science for information onpotential reactions to engineering. Girls and boys develop ideas about science and who isqualified to be a scientist early in their education, often based largely on messages theyreceive outside of the school walls [6]. In order to effectively address students’ ideasabout science, it is important to understand the nature of those ideas [7, 8, 9]. Similarly,in order to address students’ ideas about engineering, it is important to understand whatideas students have
members to attend virtually every class. One of them is the classleader for the day, but the other actively participates in the discussion and delivery as well.Students have expressed a clear preference for the second model, but without being critical of thefirst. Finally, elements of the curriculum that are essentially 100% engineering or 100% businesswere designed by one professor from the appropriate discipline and are taught by that oneprofessor, since an integrated learning experience was unnecessary.The program accepted its first group of students in the summer of 2001, and offered only onetrack entitled Technology Entrepreneurship. It was open to all engineering disciplines, and 30 ofthe 42 credits required were of the integrated type
the necessary aspects of the design, and match objectives with appropriate technological solutions. As an engineer develops, the engineer’s abilities also develop so that more challenging and difficult problems can be solved.Although the words recognition, understanding, and ability appear in the ABET outcomes, theyare not defined there. The Committee determined that definitions were needed for BOKimplementation.The 15 OutcomesThe BOK is presented in this section in the form of outcomes and commentaries developed bythe BOK Committee. The parenthetic notation at the end of the first 11 outcomes indicatecorrespondence to ABET’s 11 outcomes.The purpose of the commentaries is to elaborate on and illustrate each outcome’s
Session 1471 Curricular and Student Characteristics of Accredited Engineering/General Engineering Programs Jim Farison and Byron Newberry Department of Engineering, Baylor University1. IntroductionThe majority of accredited engineering programs in the United States are discipline-orientedprograms, such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, etc., for which theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation criteria compriseboth the general criteria that apply to all accredited engineering programs and the accompanyingprogram
engineering programs have recognized this paradigm shift and have begun to offer agraduate level degree taught jointly with their business schools. At the undergraduate educationlevel, fewer programs have been developed. MIT is offering an undergraduate engineeringschool-wide elective course called Management in Engineering2. Topics covered includefinancial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy, engineering project planningand control, human factors, sales and legal issues, and career planning. The University of Illinoisat Champaign is piloting an innovative program in Technology and Management which bringstogether undergraduate students from the college of engineering and commerce and businessadministration3. The students enter
WATER FOUNTAINS BLEND ART AND ENGINEERING: A RESOUCE FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION Said Shakerin, Ph.D., PE Department of Mechanical Engineering University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211 Email: sshakerin@pacific.eduKeywords: water fountain, special effect, design, patent, engineering educationAbstractBecause water fountains have a rich history and are multidisciplinary entities, there is a greatpotential for enhancing engineering education by incorporating fountain-related activities in thecurricula. To assist educators in this endeavor, this
knowledgeavailable to them effectively, but they also must understand foundations of the social settings inwhich they wish to apply that technology.In the Fall, 2003, accreditation review of engineering programs at the University of MinnesotaDuluth (UMD), the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) visitorssuggested that a way be found to instill in students a more complete appreciation for this“Professional Component” of engineering. According to ABET criteria, students shouldunderstand how engineering relates to activities in • Economics, • Environment, • Sustainability, • Manufacturability, • Ethics, • Health and safety, • Society, and
Coppola of Parametric TechnologyCorporation, and by John Janevic of Mechanical Dynamics, Incorporated.Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, ANSYS, Solidworks, Matlab, and Adams are trademarks ofParametric Technology Corporation, ANSYS Incorporated, Solidworks Corporation, TheMathworks Incorporated, and MSC Software Corporation, respectively.References1. Jonathan Wickert, An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 2004.2. Jack Beuth, “Computer-Aided Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon: Curriculum Goals and Project Examples,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York, November 11-16, 20013. John Bellinger and Jonathan Wickert, CAE Tutorials for the Fundamentals of
A Forward Looking Electrical Engineering Curriculum Stephen Williams, Jörg Mossbrucker, Steven Reyer, and Owe Petersen Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WIThe Electrical Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering hasimplemented a major revision of its curriculum for the purpose of assuring acourse content consistent with both present technological changes and long-termtechnology directions. Curriculum modifications include a greater emphasis onmicroprocessor based systems, interfacing, signal processing, and a focus onmaterial science. Core electrical engineering topics are introduced throughoutthe
not need to retire, and they cannot be fired. So, the universityhas few new openings and tenured positions. Further, reduced revenue from the federaland state governments has led to shrinking university budgets. It leaves the universitywith no other choice than to rely on short-term contract employment.Tenure and Freedom in EngineeringAlthough a study of the impact of the tenure system in all branches of education is ofparamount importance, I focus on engineering because it makes an interesting case studycombining constantly changing engineering technology with the value of academicfreedom which rose almost 100 years ago.34 Such a case study is likely to illuminatesome of the underlying roles for tenure that go beyond academic
future pool of qualified high-tech workers andprofessionals, especially underrepresented groups like minorities and women. This program iscomprehensive in that it has two major components: outreach efforts and instructionalmethodologies. 1. The “Engineering the Future” outreach component consists of a comprehensive information campaign about the rewards of engineering and technology professions. 2. The “Education and Training Institute” instructional component implements pre- engineering curriculum in middle and high school classes.This paper will focus on the programs of the “Engineering the Future” outreach component.IntroductionAn ASEE report says, “Engineering education programs must attract an ethnic and
Distributed Development of Software Engineering Professionals Kenneth L. Modesitt, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Computer Science Associate Dean for External Partnerships and Research School of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Fort Wayne, IN 46805 USA modesitk@ipfw.edu http://users.ipfw.edu/modesitk/AbstractIn the November, 2001 issue of Crosstalk
Session # 3630 Teaching Teachers to Teach Engineering Baaba Andam, Glenn W. Ellis, Susan Etheredge, Domenico Grasso Smith College, Northampton, MA Thomas Gralinski Amherst Regional High School, Amherst, MAABSTRACTMassachusetts is leading the integration of engineering into K-12 education by adopting astatewide science and technology/engineering framework. To meet the need for teachers whocan deliver this curriculum, we have assembled an interdisciplinary team from Smith Collegeand Amherst Public Schools to design a workshop for pre
engineering programs for the same dwindling supply ofstudents. To more effectively identify and target graduating high school students interested inpursuing higher education in an associates program in Electronics and Computer Technology(ECT) or bachelor programs in Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) or ComputerEngineering Technology (CET), DeVry University, Pomona campus has evaluated the use ofgeographic information systems (GIS) to synthesize, analyze, and display relationships betweenspatial data and database attributes to reveal hidden patterns and trends that are not readilyapparent using basic spreadsheets or statistical packages. This paper is an exploratory study ofthe early use of GIS at DeVry University, Pomona, to data mine using
two universities are already linked through grant activity in the Carolinas MicroOptics Triangle. The new program will have an emphasis on optical communications andphotonics. Graduates are expected to be the process and test engineers for the photonicsindustry.Intr oduction:The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC-Charlotte) has a strong Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE) Department, with close ties to the Department of Physics andOptical Sciences. Western Carolina University (WCU) has a Department of EngineeringTechnology with programs in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) andTelecommunications Engineering Technology. To reflect the addition of the new engineeringprogram, the Department will now become
Session 2756 Digital Imaging for Engineering StudentsKauser Jahan, John Chen, Shreekanth Mandayam, Robert Krchnavek, Beena Sukumaran, Yusuf Mehta, Jennifer Kadlowec, Parin von Lockette and Robi Polikar Rowan University, College of Engineering Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractA multidisciplinary team of engineering faculty members at Rowan University are integratingdigital imaging technology (DIT) into their undergraduate engineering curriculum. This excitingeffort is based upon the experience and interest of faculty to promote new topics and innovativemethods of
Multidisciplinary Programs: Session 2171 Developing a Multidisciplinary Engineering Program at Arizona State University East Campus Chell A. Roberts, Albert McHenry College of Technology and Applied Science, Arizona State University EaseAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present an update on the planning of a new engineeringprogram and Arizona State University (ASU) East. Planning began in the Summer 2003and implementation is expected in 2005. This paper presents a background of ArizonaSate University East Campus and discusses the need for a new engineering program atASU. A draft set of program
Success in a World Gone Tech, Dream Point Publishers, Tulsa, OK, www.drmod.com, 2004. 2. F. Lawrence Bennett, The Management of Engineering, John Wiley, New York, 1996. 3. D. I. Cleland and D.F. Kocaogly, Engineering Management, McGraw Hill, New York, 1981. 4. Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People, 1939.MARCUS O. DURHAMMarcus O. Durham is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. He is also Principal Engineerfor THEWAY Corp., President of Advanced Business Technology, Inc., and Chairman of Board for NexeanBroadband. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a state licensed electrical contractor, a FCC licensedradiotelephone engineer, a ham radio operator, and a commercial pilot
between scientific research and the creation of new products, translating technical principles into goods, processes and systems for the benefit of all people”6 [Emphasis added] • “Engineers play a dominant role in creating and maintaining the products and systems necessary to sustain and enhance human life. … Engineers create new products, conduct scientific research, test and evaluate new systems, design and control manufacturing processes, clean and protect the environment and perform a host of tasks necessary to bring the benefits of technology to society.”7 [Emphasis added]Of all the forms of intellectual property (IP),8 patents and trade secrets are those that are mostrelevant to new
envision.Our vision of the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) “pipeline” is shown inFigure 1. Students “flow” through the STEM pipeline from kindergarten to BS degree bypassing through a series of pipes and tees with valves. The valves represent the teachers andclassroom experiences and the pipes represent the students’ personal goals and career objectives(i.e., where they are headed). At each tee-section a valve diverts some students out of themainstream into the STEM flow path. As shown, the flow path from kindergarten to a STEM BSdegree is far from straight. In fact, the path of least resistance delivers the overwhelmingmajority of the students into non-technical careers.At first glance, it would seem to be most effective to