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Chitralekha Potnis; Ajit Potnis

Engineering Education from an Industry Perspective Chitralekha Potnis, Ajit Potnis The Learning Institute / T I AutomotiveAbstractDevelopment of a country to a large extent depends on the progress made in science andtechnology. It has been widely accepted that industrialization is one of the major tools whichshapes national destiny. The qualitative and quantitative improvement in the industrial status of anation is strongly based on the quality of engineering education.Technical education must be suited to the development in economy, science and technology, andculture of the country and it plays a vital role in promoting their development. Due todevelopment of higher

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Brian Kosobudzki; Bill Grove; Sam Aguilar; Vince Sabella

Drive-by-wire vehicle steering system. Brian Kosobudzki Bill Grove Sam Aguilar Vince Sabella Table of Contents (Page)Executive summary 3,4Block Diagram 5Objectives 6General Approach 6,7Contractual Aspects 7,8Schedules 8Evaluation Methods 8Resources 9Personnel 10,11References 11 2Executive Summary In a frontal collision, the

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Wei Cao; Peggy Vance; Robert Lockhart

enthusiastic interests fromk-12 WV schools. Every year there were more than 15 schools and 300kids come to the event; they spent a whole day for competition,demonstration and tours of engineering and technology labs in WVU. The event has caught attention from government education agents,private education foundations and industrial sectors. The sponsor pool ofthe competition has been growing up year-by-year, which includes theWVU, WV State Agency, Toyota Inc, Parallax Inc, WV Educationdepartment, WV Logan County School Distinct, WV Tech PrepFoundation, Appalachia Education Lab and etc. This event provide WVU students, particularly, the members of thestudents robots club, a great opportunity to serve the community and learnthe skill to organize

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Lisa Schneider

Perceived Stress among Engineering Students Lisa Schneider Cornell UniversityAbstractPrevious surveys of students in Cornell’s College of Engineering suggest that, over the past 2decades, students perceived the workload required in the College, the competition amongstudents, the difficulty of the curriculum, and the prevalence of curved grading systems asstressful to the point of detracting from the quality of their educational experience. Intending toexpand on these findings, the College’s Committee on Evaluation of the Student Experienceidentified stress and sense of unhealthy competition as a focus for a Spring 2005 StudentExperience

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Carol Richardson

Successful Multi-department Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer Students Carol Richardson Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the results of the Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) Multi-department Engineering and Engineering Technology (MEET) Scholars Program. Thisprogram began in December, 2004 and is designed to recruit, retain and graduateadditional transfer students in our selected engineering and engineering technologydegree programs.The MEET Scholars Program represents a collaborative effort for transfer students fromfive academic departments across two colleges, and the Enrollment Management andCareer