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Alexandre Botari; Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThis same approach has been worth for the information learnt by the student, or the professional,especially the intimately linked to the scientific-technological area, in what s/he says respect tohis/her formation. The out of date can be inferior to three years of professional exercise for somemodalities, principally in the software area.The proposal for now presented, demands a commitment from the faculty, once this, in theexercise of educator’s priesthood will provide a fomentation atmosphere to the research,motivating the necessary deep as well as valuing the

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needs to look to resources such as the Industry-University-Government Roundtable for Enhancing Engineering Education16 (IUGREE). TheIUGREE has considered several topics for reform of engineering education. Among these arethe following: - Curricular content - Educational methodology - Implications of Information Technology - Life-long learning - Integration of education and research - Bridge building (industry-university-government)We conclude this paper with some possible teaching, research, and service developments for theAerospace Science Engineering Department.A. TeachingA new curriculum was developed in anticipation of the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, andwas

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. Offer accredited engineering courses and degrees to place-bound students in Clark County, Southwest Washington and the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region (employed adults and others who seek to enter the field),2. Provide engineering courses and degrees to industry employees via on-campus or distance learning, and Page 6.50.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education3. Advance the economic prosperity of the region through research and development in manufacturing technology and engineering

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Tony Louca; Edward Gehringer

Session 2358 Databases and Search Engines: Tools for Reuse of Course Materials Edward F. Gehringer, Tony M. Louca North Carolina State University {efg, tmlouca}@eos.ncsu.eduAbstractWe have developed software for creating databases of course materials on the World-Wide Web.The goal is to allow instructors at different institutions to share materials and develop themjointly. Our first two databases, in computer architecture and object technology, comprisethousands of problems and lectures downloaded (with permission) from course Websites aroundthe world

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. The objectives of thisworkshop included increasing the awareness of the biomedical engineering field, giving teacherseducational modules to bring back to their own classrooms, and to help the teachers fulfill therequirements of the state’s science and technology curriculum that includes topics in biomedicalengineering.The workshop spanned two weeks and included many topics, hands-on interactions, and twofield trips. Topics included: the engineering design process, gait analysis, genetics, biomedicaldevices and control systems, biomedical modeling, technical presentation techniques, and theman-machine interface. Workshop instructors included professors from the College, as well astwo teachers from Agawam Public Schools. There was a strong

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David W. Elizandro; Jessica Matson

Session 2457 Industrial Engineering Program Management in the ABET 2000 Environment David W. Elizandro, Jessica O. Matson Tennessee Technological UniversityAbstractThe ABET 2000 Criteria have had a major effect on the approach to Industrial EngineeringProgram Management. Integral components of programs that are necessary to satisfy ABET2000 Criteria include formulating goals and objectives; developing and working a strategic planto accomplish stated goals and objectives; and assessing the effectiveness of the plan and relatedactivities to accomplish

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options into established classroom practice, make effective use of the Web acontinuing challenge. Teachers are looking for workable strategies.With this in mind, MathSoft, the makers of Mathcad software, have launched a Web-basededucational resource center called The Learning Site. It is located at: http://learning.mathsoft.comThe goal of The Learning Site is to provide teachers of engineering, science, and mathematicswith reliable, ready-made solutions to the problems of teaching with technology. The site offersonline training in the use of Mathcad, as well as integrated collections of learning materials thatmake use of Mathcad and the Web to deliver their content through engaging, technologically-informed

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Qiuli Sun; Kurt Gramoll

database server. These technologies are chosen because they are well defined,inexpensive and used extensively for Internet-based applications.IntroductionThe continuously expanding use of the Internet has provided tremendous possibilities forengineering education, engineering design and analysis. The use of the Internet has opened adoor to adopting new ways to teach engineering topics. For example, Internet-based simulations,online collaborative learning, and virtual worlds are three applications among many possibilities.Besides engineering education, the ubiquity of the Internet has made distributed collaborativeengineering design and analysis possible. Geographically dispersed engineers can complete

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Thankappan Pillai

Milwaukeecampuses, as well as with the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota.Under this program, the students will spend their first three years at our campus(University of Wisconsin - La Crosse); then they will be accepted into any of theEngineering Programs at the other campuses. At the end of the five year study program,they will graduate with two degrees, a B.S. degree in Physics from our university(UWL),and a B.S. degree in Engineering from one of the other Universities. The program hasbeen very successful, and attracts a large number of students. Enrollments in this programare increasing. We currently have about 100 dual degree majors. One of the main coursesthat these entering dual degree majors take during their first year of study

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Zbigniew Prusak

knowledgeof subjects, procedures and the environment an engineer functions in, but also the ability and skillsto evaluate a problem and accomplish a task at hand. Several recent publications by professionalengineering societies, as well as by academics, illustrate industry expectations for the range ofskills possessed by engineering and technology graduates 1, 2, 3 . Some authors stress the need fordevelopment of the so-called ’soft skills’ as an equally important part of education of a professionalwho can be regarded as an intellectual possessing deep knowledge in a technical field 4, 5, 6 . Sinceengineers are "creators of the environment that never was", accomplishment of an engineering taskencompasses scientific knowledge and skills of using that

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Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein; Sheryl Sorby

Session 2793 Implementing a Common First Year Engineering Program at Michigan Tech Sheryl A. Sorby, Amy E. Monte, Gretchen L. Hein Engineering Fundamentals Michigan Technological University Houghton, MichiganAbstractIn the fall of 2000, Michigan Tech made a calendar conversion from quarters to semesters and, inconjunction with this, simultaneously overhauled the engineering curricula. One of the changesthat we adopted was the development of a common first year engineering program

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Vishnu Lakdawala; Oscar Gonzalez; James Leathrum Jr.; Stephen Zahorian

Annual ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Nov 10-13, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 12c2-12 – 12c2—17.JAMES F. LEATHRUM, JR.James Leathrum is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University.His primary research interests are in the areas of modeling and simulation, distributed systems, and formal methodsin computer system design. He is also working on projects for technology-enhanced education.OSCAR R. GONZALEZOscar González is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University.His research interests include multivariable system and control theory, robust control system design, nonlinearcontrol systems, and artificial intelligence applications in the

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Robert McLauchlan; Jennifer Crosby; Gary Weckman

(TAMUK). It is the result of a commitment made by TAMUK, togetherwith six other Foundation Coalition (FC) partner institutions, to thoroughly assess and evaluatetheir work in providing a foundation that will ensure student development and life-long learningin engineering education1. The FC is an engineering coalition funded by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). Coalition partners are: Arizona State University, Maricopa CommunityCollege District, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University, TexasWomen’s University, and The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and TAMUK.Assessment activities are being performed across university campuses to develop their ownassessment instruments. These assessment processes have typically been

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Nakeya Norman; Janelle Meyer; Charu Dugar; Jason Keith

Session 1313 A Hands-On Multidisciplinary Design Course for Chemical Engineering Students Jason M. Keith, Charu Dugar, Janelle Meyer, and Nakeya NormanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931AbstractTeam-based design projects have seen an increased place in the chemical engineeringcurriculum, especially with the advent of the new criteria set forth by the Accreditation Board ofEngineering and Technology. However, even with these efforts, two areas that are in need ofmore attention for chemical engineers are hands

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Rick Duley; S P Maj; D Veal

plausibleclaim to being the first national professional engineering body in the world to have accreditedfour-year undergraduate software engineering degrees as professional qualifications.Traditionally, undergraduate computer courses in Australia have fallen under one of threeheadings: Computer Science, Information Systems (or Information Technology) and ComputerSystems Engineering. Software engineering, it is well known, fits none of these categories.Furthermore, it is long recognised that the education of practitioners in the emerging field ofsoftware engineering would require a different approach to that traditionally applied to computerscience. Juggling the concurrent requirements of duration and content has required a reshapingof curricula. It is

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undergraduate science and mathematicscourse framework, examples of successful course models, and a mentoring support system forfaculty wishing to implement new courses or modify existing courses at their universities. Theframework uses interactive learning and integrates science, mathematics and technology as ameans of developing a new paradigm for educating pre-service teachers.In the spirit of NOVA’s mission, the authors developed this course with three specific goals inmind:• To improve the science and engineering problem-solving skills of pre-service teachers• To model effective teaching methods to the students• To provide opportunities for the students to create their own problem-solving strategies and modules and practice communicating them to

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Sang Ha Lee; Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

Longitudinal Study of Intellectual Development ofEngineering Students: What Really Counts In Our Curriculum”, presented at Frontiers in Education Conference(FIE), Kansas City, MO, 2000.3. Perry, William G., Forms of intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years, Holt, Rinehart andWinston, Inc., New York, 1970.4. Accredidation Board for Engineering and Technology, “Engineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for AccreditingPrograms in Engineering in the United States”, ASEE Prism. Vol.6, No. 7, 1997, pp. 41-42. 5. Woods, D.R., Hrymak, A.N., Marshall, R.R., Wood, P.E., Crowe, C.M., Hoffman, T.W., Wright, J.D., Taylor,P.A., Woodhouse, K.A., and Bouchard, C.G.K., “Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster ProblemSolving Program”, Journal of

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curriculum and recommended changes to the goals and curriculum. Therevised Academic Program Goals of USMA are reflected in the following statement: Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.54.2 Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education We expect graduates to “anticipate and respond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, and economic world.” Graduates must have experience and competence in the following areas: 1) Moral Awareness 2) Communications 3

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Thomas Edgar; John Wood; John Fowler; Hong Xiao; Fabian Lopez; Dave Hata; Bassam Matar

well as receive morehands-on training during their academic program. Historically, technicians and engineers worktogether as team members in real fabs, but they are not trained together as team members inacademic labs. The semiconductor (S/C) manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy is ever-changing. Newtechnologies, such as new interconnect methods, deep-UV lithography, copper metalization, low-dielectric materials, chemical-mechanical polishing, failure analysis, on-line metrology,automation, etc. [SIA, 1997; Feindel, Marteney and Francis, 1999], are sweeping through theS/C industry at ever-increasing rates. As a result of these technologies and heavy competition,the cycle-time for introduction of new products continues to shorten

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Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

LEGO RCX platform isparticularly interesting in this respect. From the electrical engineering perspective, it provides avariety of pre-constructed sensors as well as motors. From the mechanical engineeringperspective, robot bodies can be constructed from the simple building blocks of standard andspecialized LEGO parts, which include gears, axles, and hinges. Finally, from the computerscience perspective, there are a variety of programming languages available that support inputfrom sensors and output to motors, including numerous languages that require no previousprogramming background.4With the development of these inexpensive and accessible platforms, robotics projects providean opportunity to directly interact with technology, as well as an

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Karen Davis; Jr., James Caffery; Jr., Fred Beyette

retention ofengineering freshmen via several avenues. First, the course allows students to become acquaintedwith their major early in the curriculum. Beyond introducing the sub-disciplines of ECE, studentsengage in a variety of activities that are designed to introduce them to the people and resourcesthat will help them succeed, including: professors in their major, academic advisors, deans,engineering librarians, national/international co-operative education advisors, ECE upperclassmen,and leaders in the engineering student organizations. Second, the course promotes freshmenretention by highlighting the skills and technologies that ECE students learn after completion ofmath and science core courses. Finally, experiments in the lab portion of the

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device shown Page 6.660.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationin Figure 8 uses another small, inexpensive PLC to control all aspects of the operation – castingthe rod, releasing the reel button, and reeling. Figure 7 – Assistive Technology: Page Turning Device Figure 8 – Assistive Technology: Fishing DeviceConclusionA six week module covering programmable logic controllers in a mechanical engineeringinstrumentation course has been developed. A

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Engineering degree for working engineers preparing for early managementassignments. The degree is offered both locally on campus, in the Denver metropolitan area vialive television, and around the world asynchronously using videotapes. The nature and content ofthe degree program and the use of modern communication technology to engage remote studentsin this program have been described previously by this author.1-3The first course in the Program is entitled Introduction to Engineering Management.4 This courseserves to introduce the Program and to provide the students a first-look at many of themanagement concepts and topics that they will encounter as they navigate the curriculum. It isdesigned to create awareness and perspective about the complex

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Xian Zhao; Matthew Lee; Jiang Li

is an attempt to develop interactive applications using CFML pages inconjunction with HTML on the Internet or the Intranet with participation from bothteachers and students. The online interactive teaching or learning provides an alternativeway to pass knowledge and to enhance students’ understanding of principles taught inengineering mechanics. Such applications also offer useful and innovative tools withflexibility and convenience to engineering faculty and students.I. IntroductionToday, the World Wide Web provides the possibility of online teaching and learning inengineering courses (1-7). Currently, the technology of the Internet or Intranet allowsstudents to “attend” courses and lectures. Although this provides convenience to

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Integrated Environment for Problem Solving and Program Development. Unpublished Ph.D.Dissertation, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Newark NJ (1997).12. Deek, F.P., Hiltz, S.R., Kimmel, H., & Rotter, N. (1999). "Cognitive Assessment of Students’ Problem Solvingand Program Development Skills." Journal of Engineering Education, 88 (3), 317-326.13. Jensen, C, & Helsel, J. D. Fundamentals of Engineering Drawing, Second Edition. New York, McGraw-HillBook Company (1985). Page 6.201.12 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001

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themesincluded: cost/quality conflicts; loopholes in design criteria – letter vs. spirit of the law; cost vs.safety; how is “safety” defined; government intervention/support of emerging technology; long-term effect of technology. It would be the responsibility of the engineering students to applythese themes to their individual projects, using the professional mentors as a source, and theInternet for background material3. As part of the evaluation process, students entering the “Ethicsof the Professions” course will take an ethics acuity test, followed by a similar exit test. Thepurpose of the tests is to assess whether the students have developed an aptitude for identifyingand solving potential ethical problems.3. SummaryThe tendency in undergraduate

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Elsa Napoles

Session 2793 The integration of knowledge in the Mechanical Engineering career Elsa Nápoles University of Camaguey, CubaAbstractThe integration of knowledge into the scientific and academic disciplines is being increased as aconsequence of the scientific and technological achievement and the complex problems that mustbe solved by the society.This paper presents a study of the trenches on the integration of knowledge in the mechanicalengineering disciplines and its relationship with this specialty. A holistic curriculum model basedupon the integration of knowledge and

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

and Administration of Industrial Design Projects for Engineering Design Courses”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, 1999.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION M. PATRICIA BRACKIN is an Associate Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology whereshe teaches design, controls, graphics, and mechanical measurements. Her BS and MS are from the University ofTennessee in Nuclear Engr and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in ME. She has also been anAssociate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge NationalLaboratories and Chicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registered PE. J. DARRELL GIBSON is a Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech where he

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Julia Williams

Session The Ability to Communicate Effectively: Using Portfolios to Assess Engineering Communication Julia M. Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of Technical Communication Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN 47803This paper analyzes the difference between individual student assessment and programassessment, demonstrating the ways in which portfolios can offer important informationfor outcomes assessment at both levels. I discuss the basic principles of

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cyclebegins with the presentation of“The Challenge” which isdesigned to engage students intoexploring multiple concepts ofthe domain knowledge. Studentsbegin by “Generating Ideas” Figure 1 - STAR.Legacy Cycle (Software Technology forabout potential solutions to the Action and Reflection)challenge and identifying Page 6.265.2additional information they need Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationto solve the challenge. They can record these ideas and return to