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III, Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner

and 82°/0 white and with the College of Engineering where 22°/0 of the students arefemale and 82’%0 are white. Retention at the University and in Engineering is excellent for Entrepreneurs participants. For all but theentering class of 1994, 100°/0 of the entering freshmen remained at the University and those who began asengineers, remained in engineering. Some students even transfered into engineering from other non-engineeringmajors after participating in the program. A few of the students surveyed, including one of the three womenresponding, indicated that participation in the Entrepreneurs program was one reason that they remained inengineering. Chart 1 shows the persistence in major for Entrepreneurship students in contrast to

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Larry C. Burton; Jeffrey G. Soper; Jack V. Matson

endowment by William and Wyllis Leonhard to catalyze changes in the engineeringcurriculum that reflect the educational needs of students who will practice engineering in the twenty-firstcentury. The Advisory Board is composed of twenty distinguished Penn State engineering alumni.The Advisory Board, in conjunction with College of Engineering faculty and administrators, developed theconcept of a “World Class Engineer” who has, in addition to solid grounding in technical and scientificprinciples, the following attributes: ● International outlook ● Highly ethical orientation ● Innovative leadership skills ● Business savvy

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Benoit Cushman-Roisin; Elsa Garmire

Tuck School. Most students elect to take more than a minimum of five courses in management. Small classes and a high faculty-to-student ratio in each school combine to foster both class spiritand an extremely stimulating intellectual environment. Page 1.313.2 -. @i&?.., } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings -’”%,y!!..:-— -.. . . . -. Table 1. Structure of Dartmouth’s M.E. Program . . . .- Course Required Course Category

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Vipin Kumar; Miguel Torres; Jens Jorgensen; John Lamancusa

between lecture and laboratory, academia andindustrial practice. Facilities for active learning are provided by the Learning Factory8 at each school. Thecurriculum consists of existing courses in Graphics, and Manufacturing Processes, as well as new courses inProduct Dissection, Concurrent Engineering and Technology-Based Entrepreneurship. The senior capstonedesign course has been upgraded to use industry projects almost exclusively. The Product Dissection course isthe subject of this paper. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER Interdisciplinary Senior Year Design/Manufacturing Project Entrepreneurship

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William W. Predebon; Peck Cho; Diana George; Linda M. Ott; Philip Sweany

students, including gender, race, and class differences ò discussion of principles of good teaching practice7SESSION III: Teaching To Enhance Total Student Development The objective of this session is to help faculty become successful in student development. The sessionshows (1) different approaches towards development, and (2) the different resources faculty can use to aid inthat development. It included: 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.334.4

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M. Hailey; G. Garrison; E. Parkinson

development, how to better project and manage cost, schedule andperformance of a project, how to do strategic planning for the organization, and how to improvefunctional team building and interpersonal skills, motivation and entrepreneurship. Somemarkets may desire the degree to promote more broadened technical skills in areas such asstatistical and economic analysis, systems modelling and design of experiments. In some casesthe functioml area degree may need overall specialty courses, such as, logistics, human factors,expert systems or reliability that are being served by the engineering management program. ALL Engineers - Scientists Industry - Government Orgn’s