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Engineering, University of Cincinnati, to develop andenhance the IEP. Specific objectives of the project funded by FIPSE were:• To fully develop, implement, and institutionalize a unique IEP• To develop curriculum and implement language and culture training programs with a focus on German and Japanese• To train engineers to have a global perspectiveMain Components of the IEP• Introduction to International Engineering (1 unit course)• Intensive language and culture courses (approximately 300 classroom hours)• Humanities and social sciences courses (four in total) related to history, international relations, or management styles specifically focusing on Japan or Germany• Approximately five-month internship

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Byron S. Gottfried

thatillustrate key features; by providing students with copies of the examples and encouraging themto write their own notes on the examples; by assigning simple in-class programming exercisesthat reinforce the material presented in the “mini-lectures;” and by supplementing the in-classactivities with weekly programming assignments of a more comprehensive nature.This paper describes each of these course characteristics in some detail. It also includes a list offeatures that work well, and another list of features, including some traditional teachingtechniques, that we feel should be avoided. IntroductionAsk most engineering graduates of the 1960s or 1970s what they remember most vividly abouttheir undergraduate

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the US has declined from about 40 tenyears ago to about 20 today. Of those that are currently accredited, only one is accredited at anadvanced level, that at the Air Force Institute of Technology, a graduate degree institution.University Working ConferencesThe American Nuclear Society (ANS) has co-sponsored with the ASEE Nuclear andRadiological Engineering Division two University Working Conferences (UWC) during the pasttwo years. The first UWC was held in Philadelphia during 1995 and the second in Reno, Nevadaduring 1996. The goal of those meetings was the continuing exploration of issues related to thefuture success of nuclear engineering academic programs. An especially compelling issue is theability of NE programs to obtain and retain

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George H. Sehi

Session 2248NSF Supported Engineering Technology Programs and Institutional Changes George H. Sehi, Ph.D. Sinclair Community CollegeIn FY95, Sinclair Community College was awarded NSF grant to establish a National Center ofExcellence for Advanced Manufacturing Education. Now in its third year, the AME Center hasmade major progress in transforming engineering technology education as it prepares students forcareers in the Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyUnder the guiding influence of the AME Center, the learning environment is evolving throughthe pilot testing of curriculum modules

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

quality, diversity goes on the web,” ASU Insight, Vol. 17, number 22. December 6, 1996.11. Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., “Service Learning With Student Organizations,” Proceedings: Frontiers in th Education, 25 Annual Conference, Atlanta Georgia, November 1995, pg 4b3.8-4b3.10.12. “Campuses Adapt to Financial Belt-Tightening”, ASEE Prism, January 1997, Volume 6 number 5, pg 11.MARY ANN MCCARTNEYMary Ann McCartney serves as the Director of the Office of Minority Engineering Programs in the CEAS at ASU.Prior to joining ASU, she spent 18 years at IBM serving her last five years as Program Manager Academic andCommunity Relations. For two years she served as corporate liaison between IBM and the headquarters of theMathematics

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Holly G. Peterson

Session 3151 A TRACER LABORATORY FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS HOLLY G. PETERSON MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAI. INTRODUCTION Environmental engineers are often involved in field work to assess the impacts ofenvironmental problems. While traditional lectures and problem-solving exercises serve as thebasis of most college-level courses in environmental engineering, “hands-on” projects arenecessary to provide students with additional skills to succeed as professionals after graduation.The purpose of this paper is to

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Bahador Ghahramani

Session 2242 RE-ENGINEERING OF THE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT’S OUTREACH GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT UMR Bahador Ghahramani, Ph.D., P.E., CPE 206 Engineering Management School of Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409-0370 (USA) E-mail:ghahrama@shuttle.cc.umr.eduINTRODUCTION Rapid change is a feature of today’s competitive environment in the technology drivenEngineering Management (EMGT) academic programs. The EMGT outreach graduate

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1. Engineering Technology Council. (1991). Educational issues of importance to the engineeringtechnology council (ETC) of the ASEE. Unpublished manuscript. 2. American Society for Engineering Education. (1994). Directory of Engineering and EngineeringTechnology Undergraduate Programs. Washington DC: Author. 3. Israel, E. N. (1995). Technology education and other technically related programs.Foundations of technology education. In G.E. Martin (Ed.), 44th Yearbook. New York: Glencoe,McGraw-Hill. 4. Speelman, P & Lahidji, B. (I 996). Reasons for adding to or changing from Industrial Technology (IT) toEngineering Technology (ET). National Association of Industrial Technology. Manuscript submitted

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T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

Session 1526 CRCD Multi-Disciplinary Optical Science and Engineering Program at NJIT J. F. Federici, A. M. Johnson Dept. of Physics H. Grebel, T. Chang Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering R. Barat Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Environmental Science New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102As part of a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Combined Research/CurriculumDevelopment (CRCD) program

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Denny C. Davis; Richard W. Crain; Michael S. Trevisan; Kenneth L. Gentili; Dale E. Calkins

Session 3530 Session 3530 Categories and Levels for Defining Engineering Design Program Outcomes Denny C. Davis, Richard W. Crain, Michael S. Trevisan/Dale E. Calkins/Kenneth L. Gentili Washington State University/University of Washington/Tacoma Community CollegeABSTRACTRecent trends in engineering education have shifted from course-based to outcomes-based degreeprograms. An outcomes-based engineering degree program requires clear definition of studentlearning targets, planning to ensure that they will be achieved, and

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Relations. For two years she served as corporate liaison between IBM and the headquarters of theMathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program at UC Berkeley.MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLANDMary R. Anderson-Rowland is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs for the College ofEngineering and Applied Sciences at ASU. Her responsibilities include the Women In Applied Science andEngineering Program, the Office Of Minority Engineering Programs, and Recruitment, and Student Organizations.With a Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from the University of Iowa, she does research in the Area of Quality Control. Page 2.446.7

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Richard Campbell; Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gustavo Roig; Gordon Hopkins

Session 1692 Mentoring Minority Engineering Students: A Program at Florida International University Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Richard Campbell, Gustavo Roig, Gordon Hopkins Florida International UniversityAbstractThis paper describes PRISM (Program of Industry Supported Mentorships), the FloridaInternational University mentor program. The purpose of this program was to develop and test auniversity-industry partnership in the College of Engineering. The participating mentorsrepresented some of the major corporations and small firms in

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Jeffrey G. Sczechowski

Session 2313 Building an Active Environmental-Chemical Engineering Research Program with Undergraduate Students Jeffrey G. Sczechowski Civil and Environmental Engineering Department California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ABSTRACTWith a University-wide theme of “learn by doing”, all Cal Poly undergraduates are required tocomplete a Senior Project. Environmental Engineering students are encouraged to conduct anexperimental or an applied design project

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman; Harvey Wolfe

Session 3530 Development of Customer-Based Outcome Measures for an Engineering Programa Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, Harvey Wolfe, Cynthia J. Atman, and Larry Shuman University of Texas - El Paso/University of PittsburghbThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has proposed fundamentalchanges to their accreditation criteria that are performance based, rather than prescriptive. As aresult, engineering schools must now consider developing methods and measures to evaluatetheir engineering programs. One approach to developing program outcomes is to utilizefeedback from

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? The proposal must define what the faculty wants to learn, whythat is significant, and how that information can serve a wider audience.A lack of information on the capabilities of each partner. Standard college and universitypublications are often unsuitable for exchange and study-abroad students. I once asked the partners in alarge engineering exchange consortium to write down what they could offer to exchange studies, and howthey cultivated professionalism among their own students. The response, negligible. A proposal shouldsummarize the opportunities that each partner can provide, based on the level of the institution and itsstudents, the type of educational program, and relations with specific industries. The lead

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Mark A. Pagano; Christine L. Corum

Session 1247 Continuous Improvement in an MET Program Christine L. Corum, Mark A. Pagano Purdue UniversityAbstractIn 1995, the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation board for Engineeringand Technology (TAC of ABET) approved a new criteria which places direct responsibility oneach engineering technology program to plan and implement continuous improvement andfurthermore, they must demonstrate achievements. The criteria (V.A.3.) and (V.A.4.) appearedin draft form in the 1996-97 criteria release; and since there have been no serious objections todate, this

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major areas of study in this program are supported by an accompanying lab. This applications-oriented approach is the backbone of engineering technology education. For this reason the qualityof the lab experience offered to the student is key to success, not only in completing the program, Page 2.22.1but even more importantly in his/her future work.Laboratory experiences are typically offered directly relating the subject to classroom activity. Thisresults in labs being used intensively during the time when those classes are offered. However thelabs stand idle for long periods of time when these classes are not offered. How interesting it

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Sumit Ghosh; Raymond Kuo

describes a correlation-based, scientific study to evaluate the proposed model,wherein the parameter design reflects the knowledge and experience acquired during the second author'stenure as an advisor to the undergraduate admissions office for the Sc.B. engineering program at BrownUniversity between 1989 and 1992. During this period, the second author examined over 900 randomly-selected applicants from diverse cultural and socio economic backgrounds and geographical regions in theUS and international applicants and his assessments were treated as ``first reads,'' or key evaluations. Thepaper develops key non-financial aid related criteria -- academic and non-academic, based on those actuallyused in the selection of applicants into the Sc.B

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Yale N. Patt; Kevin J. Compton

engineering majors with good results. This paperdescribes the course, our rationale, and some data as it relates to non-majors.1. Introduction/Rationale.The Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, has recently instituted a major change in its requirements for our undergraduatemajors. We feel strongly that the conventional model practiced throughout the country ofintroducing majors to computing via a high level language programming course is flawed. Ouranswer to whether it is better to start with Pascal, C, or C++ is "none of the above." Someprofessors in other engineering disciplines may say, "Right! Fortran."Wrong! No programming language. For our own majors, we felt it was important to

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Barry J. Farbrother

Session 2432 A New Approach to Electrical & Computer Engineering Programs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Barry J. Farbrother Ph.D. Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractTwo new degree programs1 are now being offered by the department of Electrical &Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The new Bachelor'sprograms in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, are the result of atop-down curriculum design process which took several years to complete.‘Renaissance Engineers

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Robert F. Kubichek; Eskild T. Arntzen; Donald S. Warder

could includesample tests, sample homework, sample lectures, student evaluations and so forth. Thereinvestment involves sharing in some reasonably formal context some aspect of the knowledgeand experiences gained through the teaching with a larger audience on this campus. Page 2.18.1II. The mentoring of graduate studentsIn the fall of 1995, I was asked by the Electrical Engineering Department to teach EE 4380 -Microcircuit Technology. This class introduces the students to printed circuit boardmanufacture, thick films, thin films, IC manufacturing and related processes.I entered into the mentored teaching agreement to obtain formalized help

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; William F. Reiter; Milo D. Koretsky

Session 2613 An Interdisciplinary Program and Laboratory for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design and Manufacturing Milo D. Koretsky, Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort, William F. Reiter Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, Oregon State UniversityABSTRACTOregon State University and Merix Corp. (Forest Grove, OR) have initiated a cooperativeUniversity-Industry program for hands-on education of engineering students. Thisinterdisciplinary program spans the Departments of Chemical Engineering (ChE), Electrical andComputer Engineering (ECE), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) and MechanicalEngineering (ME

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James Lombardi; O. G. Petersen

the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Labor Statisticsdefine the organizational format of the study.IntroductionInteraction between industry, government, and universities relating to research and development(R&D) has a long history. In their book, Managing the Partnership Between Higher Educationand Industry 1, Matthews and Norgaard point out that “the Morrill Act of 1862 provided the basisfor partnership between industry, education, and government in various areas of R&D in scienceand engineering.” The purpose of government funding was to yield useful products in themarketplace. Language in current federal government publications from the Departments ofCommerce and Defense, the National Science Foundation, and the Advanced

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Trevor B. Davey; Ngo Dinh Thinh

program. The first two years include the basic sciences,mathematics, and general studies courses totaling approximately 50 credits. These courses arestill available on several campuses throughout the HCM City, but they have been slowlyconsolidated into the College of General Studies at a new campus in Thu Duc for the VietnamNational University, HCMC that is currently in the final planning stage. Professional studies arecompleted at the College of Engineering and require an additional 100 credits. The HanoiUniversity of Technology (HUT) has not been consolidated and all programs are offered on theircampus. The program offerings and administration structure are similar to those in HCMC.The masters degree requires 2 years additional study and the

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

stimulating and challenging experiments that relate the laboratory experiments to a consumer product withwhich most students are familiar.A second major aspect of ASEE[1] Engineering Education for a Changing World is to have out-reach programs. A major component of starting a new engineering school is to visit high schoolsand make presentations at Rowan to prospective students. Examples of similar activities aregiven in Bayles and Aguirre[8]. Discussed in this paper are two presentations for high school stu-dents: the coffee maker and the reverse osmosis water purification unit.COFFEEMAKERThe automatic drip coffee maker is found in almost every home in the United States. With thisunit many of the principles of chemical engineering and that of other

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Robert M. Henry

, computer related technologies (equation solvers,geographical information systems, computer aided drawing, multi-media, internet navigation,etc.) and additional subject matter (systems analysis, engineering economics, general educationdepth and breath, etc.) are being added to the curriculum. At the same time, most programs aretrying to incorporate these new topics and technologies without increasing the number ofrequired credit hours or the length of stay.ObjectiveThe objective is to develop an interactive multi-media software package (Civil SEVE -StructuralEngineering Visual Encyclopedia) that will address the educational “hole” that has been createdby the elimination of reading and interpretation of engineering construction drawings from

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concerns regarding technology and society." 3Is the study of engineering management including these improvements? To answer this questionand to look at the "differences" in the discipline of engineering management (EM), I polled anassortment of practitioners familiar with field literature to find the most well-known programs. Ithen asked representatives from the programs to send their most recent plans of study. In thispaper I will look for similarities and differences in course requirements for popular programs inengineering management. The search theme is to discover the subject areas important in thepreparation of our discipline's graduates, especially the five areas of communication, business,creativity,teamwork, ethics, and international

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

basis.Graduates will be able to practice design with an appreciation for the relationship of organisms(including humans) with their environment and the constraints on design imposed by thecomplexity, variability and uncertainty inherent to natural systems. This approach could lead to anew paradigm for engineering design.Ecological engineering has been defined in a number of ways, so we begin this paper with a lookat past definitions and propose a new definition. We discuss the current and potential scope ofecological engineering practice, identifying where graduates of a university might findemployment. Ideas for developing a curriculum are presented with attention given to engineeringdesign as it relates to ecology. Finally, we address some

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Craig Gunn

ofengineering. Along with the connecting links to the university, the college of engineering, and toall the elements of life as an engineer, students should be given a design experience. This shouldinclude design in classes, design in extracurriculars, and design as part of out of classassignments. A unified course of action will be described which involves all of the aboveconnective elements in the education of the engineer. These elements are combined with theactivities and sections of the Residential Option for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES)program. The ROSES program meets once a week during the semester and is a one credit course.This one credit does not reflect the actual activities of the participants in the ROSES program.Students are

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Lisa A. Wipplinger; Charles R. Bissey

. Emphasis is focused on theundergraduate course work.The objective of this paper is to provide a broad review of the historical development ofstructural analysis techniques and compare where courses stand today in relation to actualstructural engineering practice. The content of textbooks from the late 1800s through today werereviewed to determine how the information was organized and presented.The content of current structural analysis courses was reviewed in the catalogs of representativeengineering programs from all types of institutions in the United States. A review of thecurriculum for these same representative programs was also made. As one would suspect, thedominant academic program where these courses are taught is Civil Engineering