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this respect), it wouldbe important for educators to reach some consensus on what the general topics for anappropriate curriculum should be. Once this consensus is reached a more detailedcurriculum can be developed and implemented. The development of a new curriculummust be done, however, in an integrated, coordinated, way rather than as a piecemealadjustment of existing courses.II. Mathematics and SciencesAll engineering disciplines are founded on mathematics and physical sciences form thefoundation of most engineering disciplines (chemical and environmental engineeringdepend more on chemistry than on physics). The basic mathematics and science courseshave been traditionally taken in the freshman year with more advanced material and

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Session 2542 Seminar In Engineering Management – Letting the Course Follow the Topic William R. Peterson, Mercer UniversityAbstractThis paper chronicles an experiment in teaching a graduate level seminar in engineeringmanagement. In the experiment the students developed the syllabus details to include whichsubjects to address and the grading scheme. Thus the course addressed topics of interest to thestudents and for which they were in turn required to find appropriate reading and researchmaterial. At the conclusion of the

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verycomfortable in an academic environment, but unsure of how to effectively use their academicexpertise in a non-academic arena.The University of Arkansas in the fall of 2000 received a Department of Education Fund forImprovement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) grant to implement changes in its graduatephysics program to address these issues. The proposal goal is to produce next-generation physicsgraduate students that are trained to evaluate and overcome complex technical problems by theirparticipation in courses emphasizing the commercialization of technology research. To producenext-generation physics graduates who have learned to work with their student colleagues for theirmutual success in an industrial-like group setting. And finally, to

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Page 6.37.3Guest Speakers“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”In terms of guest speakers and topics for the graduate seminar, UNLV is fortunate to be locatedin a large urban area with a dynamic construction market. These two factors help to provideoutside speakers to the two semesters of this program. However there are some significantproblems in dealing with guest speakers.Some of these problems that we have encountered include the fact that in the currentconstruction industry environment there is a significant scramble for talent. At UNLV and otherinstitutions job boards are full of recruitment ads

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Paper # 1939 • Session 3225 (Educational Research and Methods) Using 3D CAD as a tool to integrate topics across the curriculum W. K. Szaroletta, B. A. Harding, M. M. Tomovic Purdue UniversityAbstractToo often CAD is taught as a subject or addressed in isolated assignments among perhapsseveral courses in a degree program. However it appears to be rarely used as a trulyintegrated design and documentation tool crossing diverse specialty disciplines within adegree program. This paper discusses how various faculty are introducing CAD as aunifying tool applicable for a variety of

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returned. One hundred and Page 6.149.1six made written comments in response to the third question. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education3. Results3.1 Topics - The table below shows a statistical summary for the responses to the followingquestion.: “How would you rate the importance of the following specific business/finance topicsfor undergraduate engineering education?” Using a weighting scale of 1 to 5 (1 Not Important to5 Extremely Important),. They are rank ordered from highest to lowest

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2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationengineering software packages were complex and they were useful only to a particular group ofengineers. However, these tools are becoming increasingly user-friendly and generate results thatcan be seamlessly integrated into other software packages for further analysis. As a result, it isbecoming important that CAE software is used in its entirety so that the final design solution cantake full advantage of the available materials and manufacturing processes.Typical example of design integration is in design of metalcasting components. Metalcastingcomponents are used in almost every

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Russell Barton; Mary Frecker; Joseph Goldberg; Gary Stump; Britt Holewinski; Timothy Simpson

extensive knowledge of computers and used them for 10 to 40 hours each week. Theywere generally familiar with multi-objective optimization, since this topic was covered in bothgraduate courses, and 1/3 had developed graphical user interfaces for computer programs. Table 1. Pre-Test Questionnaire Responses Question Mean Std. Dev. Computer knowledge 3.7 0.8 Weekly computer usage (hours) 26.7 14.0 Video games 2.8 1.1 Understanding of computers

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members of ourNational Visiting Committee as well as to our Dean’s Council.The above process generated a final list of 39 quantitative metrics (See Appendix A) that theinstitutions have been using to track the institutionalization of curricular and pedagogicalinnovations. Once each objective had its set of related metrics, the schools initiated the datacollection phase of the project. This included the gathering of current data as well as informationsince the inception of the Coalition program. Types of data collected included mostly archivalinformation in such areas as enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. Other data was derivedfrom program records and faculty recollection regarding participation rates and use oftechnology in the

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Luiz DaSilva

Session 1658 Large-scale Synchronous/Asynchronous Collaborative Distributed Learning in a Graduate-Level Computer Engineering Course Luiz A. DaSilva Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Alexandria, VA 22314 USAAbstractRecent advances in telecommunications and network technology, increasing demand forcontinuing education for industry professionals, and the general mobility and geographicdistribution of the population are forcing major changes in both synchronous and asynchronousgraduate education. This paper describes the author's

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Sandra Courter; Narayanan Murugesan; Jacob Eapen; Donna Lewis; Dan Sebald; Jodi Reeves

Session 1385 Aligning Foundation Coalition Core Competencies and Professional Development Opportunities: A University of Wisconsin - Madison Case Study in Preparing a New Generation of Engineers Sandra Courter, Donna Lewis, Jodi Reeves, Jacob Eapen, Narayanan Murugesan, Dan Sebald University of Wisconsin - MadisonAbstractFaculty within the Foundation Coalition (FC) are working together to prepare a new generationof engineers by strengthening both undergraduate and graduate students’ educational foundationsand helping them

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Ronald Rockland

Session 2793 Enhancing a Graduate Biomedical Engineering course with the Web Dr. Ronald H. Rockland New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThe Internet has been used to increase the understanding of various technical topics. In thegraduate biomedical engineering program at New Jersey Institute of Technology, there is acourse that deals with medical instrumentation, including both the theory and applications for awide range of instrumentation. While the textbook, which is one of the standard texts used bymany biomedical programs, covered most of the material adequately, the author merged

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demand is not created for a broadening of theknowledge background.With a global economy changing at a previously unseen rate, arguing over who is responsible fora lack of global vision is a futile exercise. Rather, it is time to implement change in the industry.Specifically, it is time to implement a civil engineering focus on management in universityeducation. University education is the foundation for building a solution to the managementcrisis. The time has arrived to require students to have exposure to management topics such asentrepreneurship, financial management, and global economics. If the civil engineering industrydesires to evolve into a new economy business, then it will require individuals who are ascomfortable with the financial

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Conference and ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education minimum of: 1) 32 credits of Math and Science, and 2) 48 credits of Engineering Science and Design. The minimum number of credits for teaching certification in the state of Michigan is 26 credits (including student teaching). Michigan Tech also has a new General Education pro- gram for a total of 25 credits (this more than meets the ABET General Education require- ments). Altogether, this means 131 total credits to graduation for students enrolled in the program which should be feasible for a four-year program. 3) Finally, building on our previous successes, and to support the professional development of teachers the Professional Development

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Session 2793 History in Engineering Education: A Field Report W. Russell Callen, Steven W. Usselman School of Electrical and Computer Engineering/ School of History, Technology and Society Georgia Institute of Technology This is a paper about history in engineering education, not about the history of engineering education. Still, it isuseful at the start to take the historian’s perspective and to remember that curriculum reform has been a recurrenttheme of modern engineering education ever

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Forum, a product of SiteScape Inc3. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education.For this course, the timing proved to be opportune. I decided to experiment with the use of thisnew system in the course to help improve the workings of the study groups. Among SiteScape’sfeatures, the one that is most relevant for this purpose is the ability to create sub-groups or teamswithin a general discussion area. Once a team is created, only team members have access to theteam’s discussion area. There are a variety of features within the team discussion area thatfacilitate teamwork. Specifically, team members can

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). Now the use of arithmetic systems such as Mathcad represents a more fruitful paththat seems to portend the future. Indeed, as Baker et al. (5) point out, “…the days of amateurprogramming are over.” That is to say, except for highly-skilled engineering specialists withpost-BS degree education, engineers are not likely to do much structured programming in theircareers. This does not imply that engineers won’t use computers, only that applications, notprogramming, will be the engineering tasks.All of the above raises questions about what is happening in mechanical engineering education interms of computational paradigms used in undergraduate programs. Based on discussions at thelast few ASEE Annual Meetings and Exhibitions, the topic of

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Session #1432 Rethinking Embedded Microprocessor Education Wayne Wolf Department of Electrical Engineering Princeton University wolf@princeton.edu Abstract This paper considers the changing role of microprocessor-based systems courses in the curriculum and in practice. Advances in microprocessor and VLSI technology have greatly expanded the role of the microprocessor in a variety

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. Typical course designs provide few, if any, opportunities forstudents to observe and critique the work of others or to receive timely feedback and critiquefrom their peers. Thus, when we designed a new course on teaching for graduate engineeringstudents, we wanted to make sure to include examples of and experiences in all four processes—(a) through (d). Secondly, we aimed to design the course so that students would develop anexpanded and more structured set of ideas about how instruction can be designed andimplemented. Page 6.795.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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BostonUniversity’s Metropolitan College (MET) has focused on the delivery of graduate andundergraduate education for working adults on a part-time basis. Currently, theDepartment offers MS degrees in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems andTelecommunications, several graduate certificates, as well as a BS in Computer Sciencedegree. Enrollments increased by 21.87 % over the last five years, and, in the Fall 2000semester, reached 2,044 registrations distributed over 80 course sections at six differentlocations. Despite this growth, there was increased demand by well-established companiesfor state-of-the-art programs (degree or certificate) offered at multiple locations, with acurriculum tailored to the company’s needs. The department has a broad

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graduates are unable to apply their analytical skills to real problems.5Engineering faculty have examined not only what and when topics and areas are taught toundergraduates,6 but also how these topics are taught.7 Page 6.432.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education.As part of this examination and evolution of engineering education, some engineeringprograms are offering course material and curriculum in Entrepreneurship.8 The remainder ofthis paper examines the pedagogical justification for including entrepreneurship inengineering

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paper presents the role of the web in writing education and the development of such aresource. The web site discussed in this paper provides tools, help, structure, and evaluation ofwriting formats for some programs in the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton. Theresources include department-specific formats and preferences, and also more general resourceswith links to further resources for writers. Web-based formats for writing technical documentsmay become a standard for instructors who are concerned about producing better documents.As the web site is just one tool used in a new approach to writing education, the overall approachto writing is presented in the paper as well. This approach resulted from employer input

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Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

projects, the students gained a first-hand knowledge of a mechatronics system,especially the roles played by the key elements of such a system: sensors, actuators, control andlogic units, interfaces, and real-time programming. In the class survey conducted at the end ofthe semester, the vast majority of students expressed the feeling that the projects greatlyenhanced their learning experience.II.C. Industrial Engineering: Engineering Problem SolvingThis course, a freshman-level, general education course targeted to pre-engineering students withno expectations of prerequisite knowledge, focuses on critical thinking and problem solvingmethods in the context of various engineering disciplines and computer science. By participatingin a robotics

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Larry Shuman; Graciela Perez; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Harvey Wolfe

large extent, the measurement of whether ornot the desired educational outcomes are achieved depends on the graduates’ collectiveperceptions about their acquired abilities and skills. These perceptions are influenced by theculture of the school, the students’ prior experiences, out-of-classroom experiences, andinteractions with students from other schools as well as the opinions of students and alumni. Themore the perceptions reflect reality, the more sound the judgment of the person; and soundjudgment means success [8]. However, contrary to a tangible measure, a “perception scale”shows uncertainty in its continuum [9]. This makes applying pure statistical methods to analyzeperceptions impractical (and potentially biased). Here resides the core

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Stephen Dyer; Robert Krchnavek; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam

Session 1526 Macroelectronics: A Gateway to Electronics Education S. A. Dyer,1 J. L. Schmalzel,2 R. R. Krchnavek,2 and S. A. Mandayam2 Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 2 Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractConventional approaches to teaching electronics and instrumentation emphasizemicroelectronics instead of providing a more general, systems-level approach. We haveshifted the focus in the first electronics course from individual devices and

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physics or engineeringphysics and simultaneously complete part of the general education requirement of the University.In this paper, we will describe the course, PH345/UI330 Experimental Methods I, our generaleducation curriculum called University Studies, and how this course satisfies the objectives ofboth a major or minor in physics or engineering physics and the objectives of the UniversityStudies Program.I. IntroductionStudents are often surprised upon entering industry or graduate school by how much skill isrequired in areas that most of them spent little effort developing in undergraduate school. Suchskills include self education and research on a topic, designing and conducting an experimentbased on that research, and presenting the

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Michael Graham; Jan Puszynski; Anton Pintar; Jenna Carpenter; Michael Cutlip

important and should be seen early and often. Indifferential equations, a thorough knowledge of linear constant coefficient systems (IVPs andBVPs; see above) is preferable to emphasis on existence theory and series solutions for non-constant coefficient problems. Some qualitative theory for nonlinear systems would be nice.Probability and StatisticsAlumni surveys generally show that this is the most common application of mathematics for thepracticing BS chemical engineer.Students interested in graduate school should be encouraged by their math professors as well astheir engineering advisors to take additional math courses.A final general comment: for engineers, concepts are more important than proofs, but studentsshould have some idea of the power

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down in the mid 1980s and solar energy education at thecollege level followed that trend. Over the last three decades developments in solar energyapplications have made it possible to use solar energy for most of our energy needs andeven some environmental needs. However, despite the worldwide awareness ofenvironmental degradation, the present public policy does not favor the use of solar energyover conventional fuels. Many solar energy applications do not appear cost effective usingconventional financial tools. Therefore, there is a need to educate public policy makers,financial professionals and the general public. This presents an opportunity to developeducational materials, short courses and seminars, to educate public policy makers

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Maria Flores; Arthur Gerstenfeld

report for work they areready to “hit the ground running.” Industry needs persons who are aware of the globalimplications of their decisions and who are ready to work as part of a project team (in this Page 6.427.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcountry or another) from the very first day. With that theme in mind we shall now describe ourapproach.II. BackgroundOur focus will first be on Latin America in general, then Mercosur, and finally some keycountries including Argentina, Brazil

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Sara Soderstrom; Chris Lorenz; Michael Keinath; Donald D. Carpenter

; Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”these seminars. The first is a Dean’s Seminar featuring Dr. James Anderson. Dr. Anderson isVice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Counselor Education at NorthCarolina State. He has presented extensive workshops on topics such as retention issues, theinfusion of diversity throughout the curriculum and the institution, and critical thinking fordiverse populations. This will be followed by seminars focusing on women in engineering,students with disabilities, and international students.In addition to climate issues, another major concern for the recruitment and retention ofunderrepresented minorities in graduate school is the visibility