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William Swart; Lemuel Tarshis; Jack McGourty

I -—. . Session 2617 : —----- EDUCATING PROFESSIONALS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP William Swart / Jack McGourty and Lemuel Tarshis Newark College of Engineering - New Jersey Institute of Technology/Assessment Alternatives, Inc.IntroductionThis paper summarizes a series of discussions that have been conducted between several leaders from academiaand high technology industries to address the role that Colleges of Engineering might play in preparingtechnical professionals to take

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P.E., Dr. M. David Burghardt

laboratory courses.Conclusion The Center has found that technology education is the natural K- 12 link to engineering, particularly so inthe MST environment. Design creativity and understanding and using science and mathematics in designanalysis are important elements of technology education. These same elements characterize engineering. Manyengineering schools have developed “pipeline” activities to increase engineering enrollment and interest inengineering, however this does not address the larger issue of technological and scientific illiteracy of students.Support of technology education offers an opportunity to address this issue in a modest yet significant manner.Technology education offers a way for students to understand the abstract

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Jack Waintraub

play an important role, and a wide range ofinstructional methods and tools will be employed, making use of advanced instructional technologiesto develop critical thinking skills, work ethics, and team participation. Conclusion In conclusion, the New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education, through thecreation of a Mecomtronics program, is developing a new paradigm for engineering technologyeducation that will produce engineering technicians to meet the demands of industry. TheMecomtronics program, by achieving a synergistic relationship between industry and education willemerge as a major alternative foundation for lifelong learning in meaningful professional careers ina

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Dale E. Palmgren; Bradley B. Rogers

I .— ..-. -. A Subsonic Wind Tunnel Facility for Undergraduate Engineering Technology Education Bradley B. Rogers and Dale E. Palmgren Arizona State University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Tempe, AZAbstract project in their senior year. The project involves Development of knowledge and expertise in the identification of an appropriate

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Kurt J. Colella; Vincent Wilczynski

development experienced beyond the confines of the curriculum.Skills such as planning, applying technology, evaluating, and accepting professional responsibility - skillswelcomed by employers - have been presented using the open forum of a pontfolio. Observations based on experiences with individual portfolios in engineering education have relevance 1when applied to the institutional design portfolio model. For example, Bramhall points out that though anoriginal goal of using portfolios was to document development, the portfolios often concentrated onachievement and potential. Such concentrations detracted from the portfolio’s ability to develop theindividuals

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John Krupczak

keyboard using an integrated circuit. Assessment and Grading Grading and student assessment are based on papers, quizzes, laboratory reports, homeworkassignments, and participation in class activities. Quizzes emphasize knowledge of basic concepts,explanations of underlying science, and familiarity with relevant terminology. Students write three shortpapers of 3 to 5 pages, and one final term paper of 8 to 10 pages. A primary purpose of the papers is todevelop the ability of the student to be self-educating in scientific and technical topics. For the final paperstudents must select a technological issue not previously covered in class and demonstrate a capacity forindependent thinking and synthesis

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Gary S. Godfrey

. The tenets of Situated Learning andimportance of workplace replication are explained. The resulting document is a model for Engineering DesignGraphics addressing training issues.Learning Opportunity/Background As engineering educators, we are responsible for the quality of education and making our students the“best-in-the-world” in the subject area’s of engineering, science, technology, and mathematics. The computerand calculator have provided us with technology tools to accomplish these tasks. New hardware and softwareallow us to remain relevant and to put into practice the latest innovations. These technology tools motivate thelearner in a different manner than in a conventional class. These tools allow us to use realistic problems

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Robert F. Abbanat; Jeffrey W. Honchell

facets of technology education. Multimedia is currently being used in the classroom, bymany faculty, to improve the student’s comprehension of difficult material. Since multimedia is an effective toolin the classroom, then why not develop applications that will allow the student to effectively utilize this tooloutside the classroom, for educational purposes. The problem is how to find the development and distribution of such applications, not whether or notthey would serve as an effective aid to the overall learning process for students. Compared to the market size formost pi$rsonal computer software applications, the technology education market is an extremely small one. Thisfact coupled with the high cost of developing multimedia tools

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Robert L. Drake

Session 2520 Society and Technology for Non-Engineering Majors Robert L. Drake University of Tennessee at Martin ABSTRACT A course to introduce non-engineering students to technology ande n g i n e e r i n g is d e s c r i b e d . The course is entitled “Society andTechnology” and stresses the use of digital computers in datacollection, simulation, and control operations. One purpose of

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Xu Ming

Session 1260 The English Language Education in Chinese Colleges and Universities of Science and Technology Xu Ming Tianjin Institute of Technology With China’s ever-deepening reform and opening to the outside world, English proficiency hascome to be regarded as being of great importance for technical personnel in the country, and Englishlanguage education experienced an unprecedented emphasis and strengthening in Chinese colleges anduniversities of science and technology (abbreviated to CCUST thereinafter) in the past

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Robert L. Avanzato

troubleshooting of a “ ‘microcontroller-based autonomous mobile robot. Topics include robot design and control, microcontroller architecture, 6811 assembly and high-level (C) programming. Mini-lectures and workshops are scheduled on an “as-needed” basis. A robot competition is held at the conclusion of the course. The project-based course has proven to be highly motivating for the student participants. This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education under Grant No. DUE- -- 9454547. 1.0 Introduction A robotics-based microprocessor course has been designed for the associate degree electrical engineering technology program at the

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T.R. Hsu; P. Reischl; P. Hsu; J.C. Wang; F. Barez; B.J. Furman; A. Tesfaye

Session 1626 Laboratory Development for Mechatronics Education B.J. Furman, T.R. Hsu, F. Barez, A. Tesfaye, J. Wang, P. Hsu and P. Reischl San Jose State UniversityABSTRACT This paper presents the strategy for developing the “Mechatronic Engineering Laboratory” at theauthors’ university. The laboratory development was a principal part of an award for “UndergraduateCurriculum Development on Mechatronic Systems Engineering” by the Division of Undergraduate Educationof the National Science Foundation (NSF). Major tasks involved in the award include the development

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Wayne E. Wells

be the opportunity to bring newtechnologies to bear on the problem. This will require a change in the decision models used by industries andwill require new actions by engineers of all specializations, not j ust environmental engineers. Academia has two responsibilities in this area. The first is to educate engineers in all specialties toaccount for environmental effects as part of their normal engineering practice. The second is to engage inmeaningful research, development and technology transfer in the area of environmentally responsible materials,product and manufacturing design. The Engineering Department at the University of Texas-Pan American undertook this “EnvironmentalEducation Initiative” because we realized that in

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Fred M. Young

education funding. Therefore, theinvestments must be made in technology that has a direct educational pay off with very little room for failure.The ideal low risk path would involve an evolution of traditional instructional methodology into the emerginghigher education environment of greater teaching obligations combined with students who may be time and/orlocation constrained. Mathcad appeared to offer some assistance along this evolutionary path at least for quantitativeengineering courses. A project of using Mathcad to prepare and distribute lecture notes for a senior/first levelgraduate course in compressible flow was initiated. Since the lecture notes existed in electronic form, the nextlogical step of using other software packages to

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Nick Zelver; John Sears; Bill Costerton

Session 1255 A Model for Graduate Crossdisciplinary Education John Sears, Bill Costerton, Nick Zelver Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana Technology has evolved to require detailed engineering of chemistry, biology, physics and mathematicsto describe and apply many of today’s and tomorrow’s innovations. Thus, experts are brought together tointeract in teams at technology and research centers. These teams must be able to cross the boundaries ofdisciplines to succeed. An

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Clifford Bragdon; Carl Berkowitz

I .— ,.. . Session 3260 Transportation Technology Careers: 2005 Clifford Bragdon, Carl Berkowitz Dowling CollegeAbstractThis paper’s purpose is to assist in developing a deeper understanding of the future educational and training needsof the transportation industry. This paper explores the significant transportation industry career opportunities andnew job descriptions for the 21st century and focuses on

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Clifford Bragdon; Carl Berkowitz

I Session 1 6 2 5 .— . .. -. Transportation Technology Careers: 2005 Clifford Bragdon, Carl Berkowitz Dowling CollegeAbstractThis paper’s purpose is to assist in developing a deeper understanding of the future educational and training needsof the transportation industry. This paper explores the significant transportation industry career opportunities andnew job descriptions for the 21st

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R. Rinker; J. Peterson; H. Hess; Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

innovative method is presented with a concise history of an actual two-university cooperative engineering program. A model for a successful "virtual department" in twolocations is proposed. Administrative structure, budget realities, and curriculum issues are discussed insome detail. Solutions are given for several difficulties that were encountered, including the reasons forseeking separate ABET accreditation for each location. The ideas in this paper outline a low-cost, highquality alternative for providing engineering education in multiple locations. The combined, coordinatedresources from two universities form a system stronger than its parts. Innovative application ofaffordable advanced communications technology strongly enhances the program's

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Robert J. O'Neill; Robert M. Henry; Thomas Lenox

-- especially concerning Questions 4, 5and 6. An attempt was made to identify the most important skills required by civil engineeringundergraduates, as seen by educators, by limiting the number of times that the highest rating could be used onQuestion 2. The survey was sent to 180 engineering educators selected Table 1. Responses by Subdisciplinefrom a database provided by the American Society of Civil # ofEngineering. Replies were received from 81 (45%) of the 180 Subdiscipline Responseseducators -- a high response rate for a random survey of this type. Structural

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R.J. Kennerknecht; R.H. Cockrum; G.K. Herder; E.T. Ibrahim

needs of different majors, and hence, enhances the effectiveness of coursedelivery. This paper presents some of the experiences for engineering technology students inthis laboratory.IntroductionThe increasing speed with which technology is changing forces educators to incorporateinnovative methods in order to keep pace with technical advances. Several papers (1-10) ofthe last decade reveal a common theme: Engineering is a holistic integrative process and thusengineering and engineering technology education should be designed toward that end. Frominnovative teaching methods come innovative ideas that industry needs to achieve aleadership role or to gain markets. The mission of engineering technology educators mustinclude the cultivation of each

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Robert A. Chin; Amy R. Frank

Session 3630 The Multimedia Instruction Initiative: Implications for Engineering Education Robert A. Chin, Amy R. Frank East Carolina UniversityRecently, East Carolina University reiterated its commitment to the delivery of high quality and effectiveinstruction through their Multimedia Instruction Initiative. The purpose of the Initiative was to assist faculty inintegrating electronically based instructional computing technologies into their respective curricula. A requestfor proposals yielded 39

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Dayakar Penumadu

understanding of thefactors influencing the strength of soils and the importance of the techniques that are used in performing suchexperiments and data collection. Relevance of the TTT Project to Clarkson CEE Program Civil Engineering Laboratory (CE403) and Geotechnical Engineering 11: Foundations (CE415) are thecourses of interest in this project. CE403 is a required course for a B.S. Degree in Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering at Clarkson University and is usually taken in the senior year. It is the goal of CE403 to apply thestudents’ education from previous classes in Geotechnical Engineering (Soil Mechanics I and II), Structures andMechanics (Statics, Strength of Materials, Structural Analysis, Steel Design, and

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Ramesh Narang

determine candidatemanufacturing processes for a given part by performing manufacturability evaluation at the design stage.Processes that are considered in the course are primarily metal processes, such as machining, forging, metalcasting, fabrication, welding, and assembly. Concepts of concurrent engineering, design for manufacture anddesign for assembly are introduced using practical examples. The course content also includes solid modeling concepts and 3-D part representation methods, automatedrecognition of manufacturing features, effect of tolerances on production cost, group technology, setup reductiontechniques, and discussion of STEP (Standard for The Exchange of Product model data) neutral standard. It is a3-credit course without

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William E. Barnes; Michael Khader

Session 2358Computer Supported, Interactive Distance Learning for Engineering and Engineering Technology Michael Khader William E. Barnes New Jersey Institute of TechnologyABSTRACT Many educators agree that integrating interactive modes of delivery into distance education willsignificantly enhance the education experience for students and instructors. Most modes of deliveringdistance education classes today are asynchronous (recorded materials), and one way synchronouscommunications (cable TV classes, satellite link

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Richard L. Marcellus; Jr., John Felver; Joy Pauschke

public university servingapproximately 16,000 undergraduate students and 8,000 graduate students. The College has 960 undergraduatestudents and 180 graduate students. At large universities such as Northern, an engineering or technology studentmay be the only such major on his/her residence hall floor, making it difficult to form study groups at theresidence hall or to readily benefit from upperclass mentors. In addition, the required freshman courses inmathematics, science, and general education are often large lecture classes attended by different majors acrosscampus, making it difficult for freshmen to identify and develop a cohesive, focused study group with otherstudents of similar majors and academic goals. Second, because eight

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Lang-Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

‘..,~yllll’.$ .—s. Wiring diagram. ~his is the graphical programming part in whichprogramming is done completely through the use of icons. The process isquite similar to the drawing of a flow chart. The wiring diagram for this{ir+ual instrument is shown-in Fig.3. Fig.3 Wiring Diagram for the Temperature RecorderBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESLANG WAH LEEDr. Lee is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University ofWisconsin-Platteville. He received his M.S. degree (1972) from California ~Institute of Technology and Ph.D. degree (1975) from the University ofwyOlTliI19. Phone: (608) 342-1437 0 e-mail: lee@uwplattoeduTAMER CEYLANDr. Ceylan is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University ofWisconsin-Platteville. He received

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James A. Jacobs

Session 1664 Materials All Around Us James A. Jacobs School of Technology Norfolk State UniversityKey Words: Materials system, journalPrerequisite Knowledge: Initially none, but as course progressives students must be able to connectproperties to the main groups of materials to their applications. Suitable for pre-college - see Referencesbelow for supplements.Objectives: T o observe materials in our environment To determine the properties of materials that cause their uses in

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David G. Meyer

visual arena, adapting course material to different learning styles, consolidating lecturepresentation materials onto a single medium, using wireless LANs in the classroom, and using technology-based instructional delivery in place of traditional lectures for presentation of selected topics. INTRODUCTION The primary motivating objective for deploying technology-based instructional delivery systems is tohelp students learn. Use of such educational tools allows instructors to: (a) teach in the visual arena; (b) adaptpresentation of course material to a variety of different learning styles; (c) make lecture presentation material aswell as supplementary course material (both audio & visual

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Sudeep Bhoja; Ku-Jei King; Krish Bandaru; David G. Meyer

accept a different way of learning. The culture, however, appears to bechanging — more students are used to "getting information" using computers (e.g., via CD-ROMs and/or theInternet), and thus are more open to learning course material using a technology-based delivery system. SUMMARY AND FUTURE GOALS The experiments described in this paper provide merely a "starting point" for addressing how thevaunted "information superhighway" will affect the future of education. Based on the results obtained fromthese experiments, a fair conclusion might be that most (but certainly not all) students are able to adapt to —and perhaps even flourish — in a technology-based educational environment. The comments also

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Z. T. Bieniawski

newengineering programs in Japan are compared with those in the USA and marked differences in the educationalstrategies between the two countries are noted, reflecting the differing educational objectives and culturalbackgrounds. Implications of the curriculum strategies and initiatives by the Developed Countries are discussedin the context of the different challenges facing the Developing Nations, using the case of China. The necessarysocio-technological ingredients for world-class education of engineers in the 21st century are identified.Introduction Profound changes are currently taking place in engineering curricula at universities across the United States.Invigorated by the NSF-funded centers for innovation and enhancement of engineering