Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Kyle Trenshaw; Emily Weber; Rachel Monfredo

evolved over the semesters. The course was first offered in the F2015 semester fora total enrollment of 59 students; it included bi-weekly course meetings and most of thereflective assignments, team projects, guest speakers, and final oral presentations discussedabove. Unfortunately, many of the students taking CHE 150 in the F2015 semester were alsoenrolled in organic chemistry together, and this course conflicted with the academic successworkshop, so only 28 students attended the in-person component. The 31 students concurrentlyenrolled in organic chemistry wrote reflective essays instead to replace those in-personexperiences. In the F2016 semester, the academic success workshops moved to being offeredweekly, and students received additional

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Students and the Pipeline

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah Rodriguez; Brian Le, Iowa State University ; Maria L Espino M.A, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

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Two-Year College

interdisciplinary research projects focused on engineering and other STEM disciplines which have been sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Rodriguez has also worked with the project Engaging Latino Students for Transfer and College Completion a national initiative focused on helping institutions strengthen Latina/o student engagement, transfer, and college completion. She has also served as a New Mathways Project Mentorship Program Coach for the Charles A. Dana Center, supporting college implementation of mul- tiple mathematics pathways, acceleration to complete college level math courses quickly, and intentional use of strategies. Dr. Rodriguez has presented at conferences at the national, regional, and local

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Aggarwal, Alabama A&M University; Benjamin Penn, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center; Ravindra Lal, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

theauthors, Dr. R. B. Lal was awarded a major NASA grant to grow crystals in the microgravity ofspace. It may be mentioned that this NASA project was awarded even before the maiden voyageof the Space Shuttle. This achievement provided the inspiration and enthusiasm to the physicsfaculty to pursue a graduate program in the department. Fortunately, various federal agenciesoffer a wide range of funding opportunities for every aspect of initiating research that includeyoung faculty awards to initiate research, funds to equip the undergraduate and graduatelaboratories, major instrumentation awards for research equipment, research scholarships forundergraduate and graduate students for their studies leading to Bachelor’s, Master’s andDoctoral degrees in

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Andrew Arnott, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Technology

significant advantage over object-oriented languages, such as Java, in that it allows for aninterpreted mode. Code can be edited directly on the target system over an ftp link and then runusing the ‘irb’ interpreter. The tedious steps of compiling and porting from the developmentsystem to the target system step can be eliminated, allowing for much quicker developmentcycles.The Development ProjectThe class project requires that students design and build a small autonomous robot. A typicaldesign from a previous class is shown below Page 12.1572.6Figure 1 Miniature autonomous robot, showing overall structure and camera. The computer platform is visible

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ioana Voiculescu, City College of the City University of New York; Benjamin Liaw, City College of the City University of New York

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Mechanical Engineering

teaching and research techniques, with emphasis on attracting underrepresented minorities and women. Through years he has published more than 70 refereed papers with funding support from NSF, NASA, ARPA, AFOSR, ARO, U.S. Army TACOM-TARDEC and ARDEC-Picatinny Arsenal, AT&T, Digital Equipment Corporation, Alliant Techsystems, Frontier Performance Polymers, NYS GRI and PSC CUNY. In addition to being active in research, he had also served as the ECSEL Project Director at CCNY in 1993-2001. The main charge of the NSF-funded ECSEL Coalition is to improve undergraduate engineering education through design for manufacturing across the curriculum

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

systems of work; risk analysis; thefinancial, economic, social and environmental factors of significance to engineering; therelevant legal, statutory and contractual obligations and the broader obligations of engineersin society’ 7.The impact of the professional and governmental bodies – personal skill developmentThe professional bodies acknowledged the need for the development of professional skills inthe engineering undergraduate curriculum, and had stated the requirement clearly withinSARTOR. This was routinely tested during accreditation visits throughout the 1990s.Universities adopted a variety of methods for embedding skill development within thecurriculum, typically within case study modules, within the assessment of final year projects

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Mary Lynn Garcia, Sandia National Laboratories

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Liberal Education

assets from malevolent human attacks. Resources that can be focused onsecurity include hardware and technology, but, most importantly, they include the nation’shuman resources. Higher education contributes to the nation’s security, both through focusedresearch projects that develop hardware and technology and through the development ofeducational programs to produce a generation of leaders that can develop, articulate andimplement solutions to increasingly complex security problems. The availability of funding hasled to an extensive development of research capabilities within universities over the last fiveyears. However, the development of rigorous academic curricula and standards in the securityfield has lagged behind.Since September 2001

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Arbuckle, Western Kentucky University; Dale McDaniel, Western Kentucky University

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Engineering Technology

work that directly impacts the decision making process formanagers in business and industry with responsibility of securing materials, managing processes,assuring quality, implementing methods for continuous improvement while supporting thecompany's goal of competitiveness. The Master of Science in Technology Management programalso requires either a six semester-hour research project or a nine semester-hour research/thesisoption. (see Appendix B) Page 12.526.5Recommendation of Further ResearchThis master’s program has been implemented, and with minimal marketing efforts, currently hasenrollment sufficient to support the program. The authors

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

oral communication skills. If theyrely on a general answer pattern instead of evaluating the various aspects of oral communication,then students will not be able to glean from the answers which aspects they will need to improveto become better communicators. In other words, then the administering of the instrument willnot add much pedagogical value.As part of a larger project that aims to address the need for improved communication skills forengineering undergraduates, the authors of this paper piloted an oral communication skillsinstrument with co-op and intern students and their supervisors at the employer site in thesummer of 2006. This pilot was reported at the 2007 ASEE national conference.1Engineering students at Pennsylvania State

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Construction

full-project drawings for a small project while going throughschool. The experience of preparing a complete set of drawings gives the students an opportunityto reflect on cost, and constructability issues. It is possible to have the students go through thisexperience in a capstone project. The EAC and TAC criteria for accreditation of engineering andtechnology programs call for programs to graduate students with requisite skills of theirprofession. In the opinion of the author, graphic skills for engineering and technology graduatesare the most fundamental skills, and will enable them to produce more complete and accurateproject drawings.ConclusionThe accuracy and precision of shop drawings is vital to the success or failure of an

Conference Session

Reaching Students: Innovations to Curriculum in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Myszka, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

) Page 13.168.3All of the courses cited that grade determination would be based on laboratory reports andexams. Many of the courses also required homework and some form of a design project. Thegrade for the project was based on a formal is a report.Possible Inconsistency between the Outcomes and Evaluation MethodsCritically reviewing the four outcomes identified above, attention was placed on a key word inoutcome 1 being “apply”, and from outcome 2 being “implement”. These are both interpreted ashaving a working knowledge. The action words are consistent with “conduct” from theaccreditation outcome b., listed in the introduction section.It is noted that traditional homework and exams directly evaluate outcome 3, and partially assessoutcome 1

Conference Session

MIND: Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Tarig Ali, University of Central Florida; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

don’texist.The use of online-based, “open book, open mind” approach is being recognized in the literatureas a potential method of examination for distance courses in the faculties of engineering, science,and technology1,3. Faculty may have to develop new methodologies, and structure or restructuretheir course differently to accommodate and facilitate the effectiveness of online examinationmethods. Some very recent studies documented the practicality and effectiveness of distancelearning methodologies3. Results from an early study of the desirability and feasibility of usingdistance learning indicated that this teaching and methodology has a useful role in distancelearning4. The case for employing project-based learning methods as opposed to more

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University

and socialcontext above 4. The senior students rated ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; abilityto identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; recognition of the need for, and an abilityto engage in life-long learning; and ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineeringtools necessary for engineering practice at 4 or higher. All average results were 3.33 or higher. This suggests that the failure case studies can beimportant for enhancing learning of all ABET outcomes. The students were also asked to rate the relative contributions of the textbook, lectures,homework, projects (if any), exams, and the case studies to their interest and understanding ofthe course material. Case studies were ranked

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mina Hoorfar, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Homayoun Najjaran, University of British Columbia Okanagan; William Cleghorn, University of Toronto

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Mechanical Engineering

Case Western Reserve University as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow. Her research involved in the enhancement of water management in the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Dr. Hoorfar is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.Homayoun Najjaran, University of British Columbia Okanagan Homayoun Najjaran received his M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tehran in 1996 and University of Toronto in 2002, respectively. He worked on different research projects in the area of mechatronics at the National Research Council (NRC) Canada from 2003 to 2006. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swami Karunamoorthy, Saint Louis University

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Aerospace

information. The faculty member mayrequire the team to research the library and/or the web to find the latest availableinformation regarding their project. The visual representation of data helps to identifywhere the change is required and it serves as a feedback for continuous improvement ofprogram.In the matured or well developed stage of assessment, in-depth or specifics inperformance criteria are used for evaluation.Performance criteria #1: “Listening to other team members” Specific (A): Number of team meetings Specific (B): Minutes of the meetingPerformance criteria #2: “Sharing the work” Specific (A): Individual contribution Specific (B): Knowledge of other members’ contributionPerformance Criteria #3: “Information

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Lamb, Youngstown State University; David Kurtanich

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Engineering Technology

reaccreditation process before;based on the old criteria in which you collected student work and the evaluation team looked at asnapshot in time of the programs 5. However, we knew that this reaccreditation process wouldbe different. The initial stages of preparation for the 2005-2006 TAC-ABET visit was very similar toprevious reaccreditation visits. Student material, notebooks, homework, projects, and various Page 13.239.2other materials, were gathered and displayed for the evaluation team. The department did have alimited amount of general data that had previously been collected for faculty research projects,which was analyzed and used for the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American

AC 2007-2888: WEB-BASED FORUMS FOR STUDENT LEARNING THROUGHTEACHINGStephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan AmericanArturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American Page 12.1601.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Web-Based Forums for Student Learning Through Teaching Using Course Projects and HomeworkAbstractProviding opportunities for students to learn through teaching is becoming practical due to neweducational applications of commercial technology and may not only be advantageous to astudent’s own process of learning, but beneficial to other students. The media age has introducedpositive advances to education and several challenges

Conference Session

Mobile Robots in Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abraham Howell, State University of NY-Binghamton; Richard Eckert, Suny - Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Computers in Education

# Express. The abe_functions.dll encapsulates BIObot’sfunctionality and manages all serial port communication so the user can focus on creating high-level intelligence for BIObot. After adding the library as a reference to their C# project, studentshave immediate access to all of the BIObot functions. The student GUIs must control BIObotusing open loop velocity, closed loop velocity, or position control. A user should also be able toenter the left and right motor velocities or number of encoder ticks depending upon whichcontrol methodology is selected. Additionally, the GUI must be able to retrieve and display theA/D sensor readings and read an in-range RFID tag and display the data in both ASCII and hexformat. A custom C# .NET library

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

focuses on the fifthiteration of the program. This project has been supported by grants from the Department ofEducation (MSEIP P120A050080) and Alamo Community College District Foundation.Brief History of the ProgramThe original version of this summer bridging program was intended to serve well-prepared highschool students in the 10th and 11th grades who would have participated in the San Antonio Pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP) 2. EDGE was designed to introduce them to collegelevel course work as a learning community and provide activities to help them developindependent learning and teamwork skills with the goal of increasing their likelihood of earninga college degree in engineering, science, math, or other related field. The learning

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Pickard, East Carolina University; Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University; Chip Popoviciu, Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Information Systems

, project management, and Cisco systems networking solutions. He holds a MBA from Wayland Baptist University. He also holds various industry certifications to include; A+, Network+, MCSE, MOUS, and CCNP.Philip Lunsford, East Carolina University Phil Lunsford received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a registered professional engineer and is currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. His research interests include system simulation, telemedicine applications, and information assurance.Chip Popoviciu, Cisco Systems, Inc

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Scachitti, Purdue University-Calumet; Gregory Neff, Purdue University-Calumet; Christine Corum, Purdue University; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet; Heather Cooper, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

) provides a“snapshot” at ten year intervals. Purdue University Calumet’s parent campus, Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, for example uses the NCA PEAQ. In fact, only 174 predominantly small andmiddle sized colleges and universities of the 1307 NCA accredited institutions use AQIP. BothAQIP and PEAQ accreditation models depend on the same NCA accreditation criteria. Bycomparison, about 3500 institutions are accredited by the six regional accrediting agenciesnationally.Every college or university participating in AQIP continuously works on at least three actionprojects. If an institution completes a project, AQIP assumes it will begin a new one, using theknowledge and skills gained from its earlier projects to select, shape, and scope thereplacements

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tarek El Doker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; David Lanning, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Justin Gigliotti, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Computers in Education

around the senior design project. While the Aerospace Engineeringdepartment has been active in increasing design and laboratory content throughout thecurriculum, certain courses have changed little over the many years they have been taught. SolidMechanics is one of these courses.Solid Mechanics, typically taken during the second semester of the sophomore year byengineering students, has been taught to aspiring mechanical, civil, and aerospace engineers fornumerous decades, and the course content has changed little over that period of time. SolidMechanics may be considered the first course in engineering structures (perhaps this could beargued, depending on how one views the prerequisite course Statics), and involves computingthe stresses and

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; bruce jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Biomedical

a web-based tutorial that teach about the engineering designprocess and principles of engineering, such as mass transfer and fluid flow, that are essential tohemodialysis systems. Next, the students are issued a challenge to design, build and operatetheir own hemodialysis systems via another video segment. Before moving into the actualdesign project, students have access to a web-based simulation that allows them to adjustparameters (such as flow velocity, flow direction, membrane pore size and surface area) toobserve how each affects the efficiency and cost of a hemodialysis system. After the studentssuccessfully complete the computer simulation, the patient and doctor (via video segment)discuss their visions of hemodialysis for the future

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Murphy; Cecilia Chan, Dublin Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

project proposals have been submitted by the Dublin Institute ofTechnology, one through Science Foundation Ireland and the other at European level,through the Sixth European Framework, this was submitted in conjunction with otherEuropean Partners.In this paper, we will discuss a number of primary obstacles that our research has foundmost of our female encountered in our survey and interviews – how to balance the choiceyou choose. Some initiatives on the proposal based on the statistics survey to supportwomen in engineering will also present and share among the academic community; it ishoped that the measures proposed will be of practical use for other academiccommunities who are affected by the under-representation of women. The overarchingaim is

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Divakar Rajamani, University of Texas-Dallas

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Engineering Management

, which require tightcommunication and collaboration between multiple enterprises. Effective frameworks donot only enable communication and collaboration, but also can help supply chain partnersto identify and eliminate non-value adding supply chain activities as part of a leanstrategy, to check if the supply chain strategy is aligned with the company’s overallstrategy, to benchmark against competition, and to select the right informationtechnology infrastructure during the supply chain reengineering projects by focusing onthe right processes. The proposed framework can enable the students, the future supplychain practitioners, to communicate and collaborate more effectively, which in turnshould increase their company’s and the overall supply

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Koopmann, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Erick Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Industrial Engineering

, 1992).Bauch, Garland T., Chung, Christopher A.., A Statistical Project Control Tool for Engineering Managers, Project Management Journal 32(2): 37-44.Bohlen, George A., Lee, David R., Sweeney, Patrick A. “Why and How Project Managers Attempt to Influence Their Team Members” Engineering Management Journal, Volume 10 No. 4 (December 1998), pp. 21-28.Bureau of Labor, Labor Letter, (Washington: US Department of Labor, 1966).Chermiss, C.(1980b). Staff Burnout: Job Stress in Human Services, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Page 11.66.11 Publications.Chung, Christopher A. Simulation Modeling Handbook, A Practical Approach, (New York

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

see the job being done. In addition, the baby-care unit was the basis ofthree short team projects to examine data acquisition, maintenance and management ofsuch a unit. The concepts were easily grasped but since no-one had any experience ofthe activities, the module provided a good starting point to define the subject anddevelop team-working skills as they analyzed the different interpretations of what theyhad seen. The limited time available for each topic was fully occupied with preparation,a visit and a short follow-up review. As a result, only the systems features wereconsidered and the students had no problems in working down from the general systemrequirements to the electronic building blocks. We stopped just at the point where agreat

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen McLachlan, Granta Design; Patrick Coulter, Granta Design; Mike Ashby, University of Cambridge

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Materials

example is selecting the material for use as a container for a liquid: it illustrates themethod and the tools needed to implement it, and makes an excellent introduction for studentsbefore they move on to working on more complicated problems either as homework assignmentsor as projects. The student will need an introduction to the concepts outlined above and willneed to have some knowledge of the EduPack software.On the left of Figure 4 is an inventory of the principle materials, manufacturing methods and useand disposal information about a milk container. On the right is list of the additional informationrequired to allow an approximate energy audit. The need, then, is for a tool to provide this.Granta Design’s CES EduPack Eco-Edition offers

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Koubek, Pennsylvania State University; M. Jeya Chandra, Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

courses into areas of competency. Page 11.954.2• Reorganize elective courses (IE and non-IE) into domain areas.• Introduce elective course(s) in other application areas (e.g., service processes, financial engineering, health care management, etc.)• Introduce a focused design project in various application domains.Description of changesChanges in the non-major courses from other departments in the College of EngineeringThe old curriculum required that the students take the following non-major courses in thecollege. a) Introduction to Engineering Design (ED &G 100) 3 Credits b) Computer Programming for

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa Guvench, University of Southern Maine

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Electrical and Computer

photoreceptor cells in the human retina dueto their excessive intensity and blue content. (See, Reference [10] by G.R.Davies [10])4. Conclusions and RemarksThe experiments were integrated into a senior level Optoelectronics course delivered at theUniversity of Southern Maine. The course was originally offered as a lecture-only course. Theseexperiments were introduced in the second offering as add-on semester projects. Students did theexperiments with great enthuasim and presented their results in final reports in written form anddelivered them as oral power point presentations. As a matter of fact, most of the data used inthis paper are from experiments conducted by the students. The author wants to take thisopportunity to praise the enthusim