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Y. Omurtag; T. Ioi; S. Enomoto; M. Matsunaga

Session 2263 Collaborative Manufacturing Engineering Education and Research in Japan T. Ioi, S. Enomoto, K. Kato, M. Matsunaga, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan, Research Committee of MOT, Japan , Y. Omurtag, University of Missouri-Rolla, USAAbstractThis paper describes an emerging engineering education system for manufacturing professionalsat Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) in Japan, based on the principles of industry academiacollaboration and case study methodology in teaching and research.First, the Department of Project Management (DPM

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Daniel Davis

Session 1321 Collaborative Teaching and Learning Daniel Davis University of HartfordAbstractIn 1991, the National Research Council (NRC) identified the lack of training and education indesign as the principal cause of declining competitiveness of American industry. In reviewingundergraduate engineering curricula, the NRC wrote: (University) curricula as a whole lackedthe essential interdisciplinary character of modern design practice and did not teach the bestpractices currently in use in the most competitive companies.1 As it turns out, many who teachdesign

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Barry Jackson

Session 1526 Total Studio: Collaborative Design for Engineering and Architecture Barry Jackson New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes an interdisciplinary design studio that utilizes concepts and methodologiesintended to create a comprehensive approach to the organization of building design through themerger of several techniques. These techniques include 1) collaborative learning and design, 2)interdisciplinary team teaching, and 3) hypertext courseware and learning modules utilizingmulti-tasking workstations. The

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Wade Shaw

thecollaboration model in the university to the professional environment where engineeringmanagers work with associates in R&D, production/operations, and marketing to design anddevelop products and services. We believe that the same collaboration skills mastered in schoolextend to the workplace and prepare students for highly productive careers.I. IntroductionThe Engineering Management Program at Florida Tech has combined cutting edge technologywith a collaborative work culture to steadily grow and meet the educational needs of a diversestudent body 1. By offering courses that are unique to engineering management using streamedmedia, web-based conferencing, and wireless communications our program has been able torapidly adapt to changing needs in

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Sue Schroeder; Patrick Daniel; Carole E. Goodson; Susan Miertschin

content being examined.The investigators also believe the approach used is readily adaptable to content courses in thevarious technology disciplines. They invite readers who would be interested in launching aparallel pilot effort in a technology discipline area to contact them regarding the possibility of ajoint investigation.Bibliographic Information1. Adams, Dennis, H. Carlson and M. Hamm. Cooperative Learning and Educational Media: Collaborating with Technology and Each Other. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990.2. Goodson, C. E. and S. L. Miertschin. College Mathematics for Engineering Technology, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1992.3. Massy, William and Zemsky, Robert. Using Information Technology to Enhance

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Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

Interactive Dynamics,” To appear in the International Journal of Engineering Education.[7] Gary L. Gray and Francesco Costanzo, “Interactive Dynamics: A Collaborative Approach to Learning Un- dergraduate Dynamics,” 1999 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 20–23.[8] Patricia M. Yaeger, Rose M. Marra, Gary L. Gray, Francesco Costanzo, “Assessing New Ways of Teaching Dynamics: An Ongoing Program to Improve Teaching, Learning, and Assessment,” 1999 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, North Carolina, June 20–23.GARY L. GRAYGary earned a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics in 1993 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prior to that, hereceived an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from

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Joan A. Burtner; Laura Moody

education.AAHE Bulletin, 39 (7), 3-7.9. Johnson, D., Johnson, R., & Smith, K. (1991). Active learning: Cooperation in the college classroom.Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company.10. Mazur, E. Peer instruction. (1999). [On-line]. Available:http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/Education/EducationMenu.html11. NewTraditions Consortium. Chemistry Concept Tests (1999). [On-line]. Available: Page 4.311.8http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/newtrad/12. Moody, L. & Burtner, J. (1998). Using collaborative learning principles to integrate economics andengineering economy at the freshman level. American Society for Engineering Education 1998 AnnualConference

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Alexander N. Cartwright

Session 2632 Design and Collaborative-learning in Lasers and Photonics Courses Alexander N. Cartwright Department of Electrical Engineering State University of New York at BuffaloAbstractThe growth of photonics technology (light emission and detection technology) continues at aterrific rate and is expected to be as high as 20% this year. At the same time, this increase inmarket demand for photonics equipment leads to a demand for skilled workers with hands-onexperience. However, traditionally, Lasers and Opto-electronics have been taught as theoreticalcourses

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Brett Barraclough

Session 3325 Industrial Collaboration in an Undergraduate Computer Aided Design Course MAJ Brett A. Barraclough United States Military AcademyAbstract For the past two years, the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering atthe United States Military Academy has been improving a multi-disciplinary designcourse called EM370, Computer Aided Design (CAD). Based on student feedback andadvances in technology, goals were established to ensure the computer design tools werecompatible with the top-down design process and that the course content andEngineering Design

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Francesco Costanzo; Gary L. Gray

Session 3268 Interactive Dynamics: A Collaborative Approach to Learning Undergraduate Dynamics Gary L. Gray and Francesco Costanzo Engineering Science and Mechanics Department The Pennsylvania State University Abstract Collaborative learning, computer simulations and practical experimentation are the essential elements of a new project for the enhancement of undergraduate engineering courses cur- rently being developed at Penn State University. This project introduces teamwork, hands-on

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Kuruvilla Verghese; Douglas Peplow

Session 2477 Collaborative Learning in Small Groups in a Mathematics Intensive NE Course Kuruvilla Verghese, Douglas E. Peplow Department of Nuclear Engineering North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7909AbstractSeveral of the generally required nuclear engineering undergraduate courses are intensive inmathematics and physics, for example, courses in reactor analysis and thermal hydraulics.The conventional lecture lab format is usually unsatisfactory for such courses. Translatingthe physics into mathematics and vice versa

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Russel C. Jones

Session 3560 Global Status of Engineering Education -Outcomes of the 1998 Global Congress on Engineering Education at Cracow, Poland Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. World Expertise LLC Falls Church, VA, USAAbstractThe 1998 Global Congress on Engineering Education was organized around severalmajor themes: effective teaching methods, curriculum design and evaluation, liberaleducation for engineers, use of new technologies in engineering education, current issuesand trends in engineering education, international collaborations

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Paul Johnson

Session 1364 WWW Support for Materials Engineering Education Paul D. Johnson Grand Valley State UniversityI. IntroductionStudents have become very familiar with the use of the Internet for communication and recrea-tion. As a result, they are also becoming comfortable with the use of the Internet to carry outclass-related assignments and research. With numerous Internet terminals scattered across mostcampuses, it is very easy for the students to get access to web resources – often much easier thanit is for them to access conventional library resources. Students in

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Lawrence B. Korta

Session 1360 Educating International Engineers…. A Midwestern US University Experience Lawrence B. Korta Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractSince its inauguration in 1991, Milwaukee School of Engineering has annually offered a summer“short course” on engineering and engineering management practices to selected European andAsian engineering students. This program is sponsored by Rockwell Automation, a majorbusiness unit of Rockwell, International and is conducted in collaboration Czech TechnicalUniversity, in Prague, Czech Republic. The 1998 program

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Francois Michaud; Mario Lucas; Gerard Lachiver; Andre' Clavet; Jean-Marie Dirand; Noel Boutin; Philippe Mabilleau; Jacques Descoteaux

Session 2220 Using ROBUS in Electrical and Computer Engineering Education François Michaud, Mario Lucas, Gérard Lachiver, André Clavet, Jean-Marie Dirand, Noël Boutin, Philippe Mabilleau, Jacques Descôteaux Université de Sherbrooke (Québec Canada)AbstractROBUS (ROBot University of Sherbrooke) is an autonomous mobile robot designed to facilitateinterdisciplinary engineering design in Electrical Engineering (EE) and Computer Engineering(CE). Its primary purpose is to serve as an integrated platform for a project called INGÉNIUSthat introduces electrical and computer engineering simultaneously to a large group

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Prawit Rotsawatsuk; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

Session 1315 Enhancing Construction Engineering Education Using Internet based Tools Anil Sawhney, Prawit Rotsawatsuk, and André Mund Western Michigan UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the work being performed as part of a three-year project that has beenfunded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Western Michigan University (WMU).The goal of the project is to enhance the undergraduate construction engineering education.Enhancements will be accomplished by developing: 1) an Internet-based Interactive ConstructionManagement Learning System (ICMLS) and 2

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Charyl Delaney; Alejandro Scalise; Larry J. Shuman; Harvey Wolfe

SESSION 1430 Engineering Attrition: Student Characteristics and Educational Initiatives Larry J. Shuman, Cheryl Delaney, Harvey Wolfe, and Alejandro Scalise University of Pittsburgh Mary Besterfield-Sacre University of Texas – El PasoAbstractRoughly fifty percent of the students who begin in engineering leave the field before receivingtheir engineering degree. Typically half of this attrition occurs during the first year. Its causesmay vary widely from student to student (e.g. disinterest in the field of engineering, lack

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Justin Pniower; Michael Ruane; Bennett Goldberg; Selim Unlu

tools, and the video link setup. We alsodescribe a typical user’s experience across the web, discuss plans for extended web-basedexperiments and give suggestions for creating and maintaining a successful web-basedexperiment at another institution.IntroductionThe World Wide Web (WWW) is a growing vehicle for distance education, but most effortshave treated the web as a communications channel, not as a means for tele-presence. BostonUniversity has been developing several photonics experiments that demonstrate basic principlesof science and engineering through active experimental control over the WWW. Visitors to ourweb-site have real-time control over scientific equipment using their basic web-browsers, andreceive observed data across the web. We

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Norman L. Fortenberry

Session 2230 AN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SMET HIGHER EDUCATION Norman L. Fortenberry Director, Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation*AbstractThis paper identifies the National Science Foundation as the major sponsor of educationalresearch in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. It identifies keyquestions which constitute the basis for an educational research agenda. Gaps in the pursuit ofthat agenda within engineering education are identified by

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Stephen Fokuo; Sohail Anwar

offer traditional engineering programs. Thisallows engineering technology faculty to develop collaboratives with engineering programs andfaculty. To provide the appropriate education and training for their students, engineeringtechnology faculty members are usually engineers or engineering technologists who typicallypossess adequate industrial experience.Engineering technology programs usually have industrial advisory committees made up of therepresentatives from business and industry. Industrial advisory committees normally meet 2-3times a year to review the specifics of engineering technology programs with the facultymembers responsible for these programs. It is usually at these meeting that industrial advisorycommittee members and

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Sandra Courter; Ruthie Lyle; Ranil Wickramasinghe; Lisa Schaefer; Kevin Nickels; Jodi Reeves; David Noyce; Annie Pearce

similar programsand equip new faculty to become the necessary "change agents" in undergraduate engineeringeducation. A comprehensive evaluation of the UW-Madison EESP over all three years of NSFsupport will be available in August, 1999. UW-Madison is collaborating with Carnegie Mellon,Stanford, and Georgia Institute of Technology to disseminate processes and products from theirrelated programs to accomplish similar objectives. The University of Wisconsin-Madison plansto expand EESP in 1999 to the sciences (Science and Engineering Education Scholars Program,July 18-24, 1999) with support from the CIC institutions (Big Ten plus).AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to all presenters and workshop leaders especially Lillian McDermott, ElaineSeymour, Karl

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Don Lewis Millard

Session 2532 Interactive Learning Modules for Electrical Engineering Education and Training Don Lewis Millard RensselaerAbstractWeb-based multimedia tutorials are being developed for use in several undergraduate courses inElectrical Engineering and Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer. These interactivelearning modules (ILMs) are created with the Director authoring environment and can be deployedusing a standard Web browser. The ILMs can be used by faculty for in-class demonstrations, bystudents for structured

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E. H. Shaban

Session 2460 Electrical Engineering Education In Under Developed And Developing Countries E. H. Shaban Electrical Department, Southern University Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Email: eshaban@cluster.engr.subr.eduAbstract:Transfer of Technology in the classroom and/or the laboratory for engineering education inunderdeveloped and developing countries lags far behind developed and industrial countries.Personal computers, interactive multi user mainframe computers, engineering software forsimulation purposes

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universities, especially those with programs in rapidly changing technical fields of science and engineering.4. Undergraduate and other small or nonresearch institutions can make significant contributions to the state-of-the-art by careful targeting of specific areas of relatively low cost but high potential payoff, and by collaborating with other entities to augment and pool resources.5. Even in the face of negligible institutional support, individual faculty should pursue, to the extent realistically possible, research, scholarship, and related activities to facilitate personnel and professional development, academic survival, marketability, a better educational experience for their students

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William Daughton

Session 2642 A Distance Education Program in Engineering Management A 10-year Success Story William J. Daughton University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractThe Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado has beenoffering graduate degrees and professional certification for ten years. The program has beensubstantially funded by Lockheed Martin Corporation and was created to prepare full-timeworking engineers for early management assignments. Over 150 engineers at many companies,large and small, have successfully completed the

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Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Session 2260 AGENDA 2001: Making International Engineering Education Work for Bi-National Economic Development RUBEN ROJAS-OVIEDO Mechanical Engineering Dept. Alabama A&M University Huntsville, AL 35762AbstractPresent day communication and other technologies have enable us to build a variety ofsuccessful partnerships for international development. We have learned that institutions ofhigher learning both in the U.S. and Mexico do have more common issues and similarities ininterests and goals than previously known. To make

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Sameer Hamoush; Jason Lockhart; Catherine E. Brawner; John Chen; Mike Ellis

Session 3630 Technology in Engineering Education: What Do the Faculty Know (and Want) Anyway? John C. Chen1Á, Michael Ellis2, Jason Lockhart3, Sameer Hamoush2, Catherine E. Brawner4 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028/ 2Department of Architectural Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411/ 3The Multimedia Lab, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060/ 4Research Triangle Educational Consultants, Raleigh, NC

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Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

Session 2230 Applications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Engineering and Technology Education--Part II Charles F. Yokomoto, Roger Ware Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisAbstractThis paper presents a broad historical perspective of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)and its application to the teaching/learning process in engineering and technology education.While the instrument has been found to be most useful in the areas of learning styles, retention,and facilitating teamwork, it has also found use in understanding individual differences inretention

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Julie A. Phillips; Dewey A. Swanson

PurdueUniversity. The existence of these campuses throughout the state, depend on this workingrelationship with local business and industry.Purdue University School of Technology, Columbus Campus, in continually developing ways topartner with local business/industry for continued technology education and development. Thispaper will detail some of these partnerships including:1) Technology in Action Days is a new program developed to give high school students a chance to explore degree programs in technology at a local firm.2) The Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department is partnering with a local Fortune 500 firm to train students in their apprentice program.3) A Quality Course offered by the Organizational Leadership and Technology

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Kurt C. Gramoll; Karthik Ranga

view them from allpossible angles and directions.The VRML environment is viewed on the Internet using web browsers. This paperdescribes the application of VRML and the Internet in imparting design education toengineering students. The VRML based design environment is a real time designenvironment i.e. the students can experiment by changing the values of design parametersand get the feedback immediately as the design model updates on the computer screen.This design environment also allows the user to conduct design analysis of the model.Since this method uses the Internet as the collaboration medium, it allows multiple usersto log on to the VRML design world at the same time from different locations. Thus teamprojects and collaborative efforts