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New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

Session 2533 ENERGY CONVERSION TOPICS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE THERMODYNAMICS COURSE AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY CPT Blace C. Albert, MAJ Shawn E. Klawunder, and Dr. A. Özer Arnas Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996Abstract The mission of the United States Military Academy (USMA) is “To educate, train, andinspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of charactercommitted to the values of Duty, Honor, Country

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patrick Joyner; Teresa Larkin

"Linked" Courses As part of the General Education requirements towards graduation at American University,students are required to take a 2-semester sequence of courses in Curricular Area 5, the NaturalSciences. Students first choose to take a foundation course in Biology, Chemistry, Psychology,or Physics. Students who select Physics will enroll in Physics for the Modern World. Uponcompletion of the foundation course, students choose from six second-tier courses designed tocomplement and build upon the topics learned in Physics for the Modern World. The General Education requirements at American University also require a College Writingcomponent designed to help develop students' skills in reading, in gathering and synthesizinginformation

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Milton Franke

Page 7.592.2prospectus examination, admission to candidacy, dissertation defense, and time limitation. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. .Students and Faculty The students in the graduate space programs of the Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics are primarily U. S. Air Force officers. Approximately 10 percent of the students aremilitary officers from other services or allied countries, or are DoD civilians. The faculty iscomprised of approximately 50 percent military and 50 percent civilians. Most of the civiliansare permanent members of the faculty while the military faculty members generally have 4-yearassignments.Department Space Programs Space education

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Course Assessment in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wayne Hager; Ronald Land

is to determine graduates’ final perceptions of the overall quality,completeness, and adequacy of their educational program in comparison to their expectations. Penn State’s engineering and engineering technology programs have gone throughsimilar efforts in preparation for future ABET reviews. However, the engineering technologyprograms, because they are geographically distributed but share common curricula, have facedspecial challenges in this process. Unlike the engineering programs, which are offered in aconsolidated fashion at a single campus, the Penn State engineering technology programs areoffered at thirteen different campuses around Pennsylvania. Thus, differences in faculty,facilities, and resources are potential sources of

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kimberly Barron; Anita Todd; Robert Pangborn

objectives in the College. It also eliminates the need for respondent entry of information thatcan be generated automatically by linking to the University’s student information system. Theapproach avoids redundant efforts to acquire students’ feedback on their academic experienceand provides a consistent set of data with which to compare students in different majors orassociated with different programs or activities. When combined with the results fromevaluations completed by students participating in the Engineering Cooperative EducationProgram and from a survey sent to alumni two to three years after earning their degrees, theperspectives on key educational outcomes can now be compared and tracked for various stagesin students’ academic and early

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ET Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Gray

Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education ¨ Issues: Staffing, Information Technology and Management. Each top-level category has been broken down into sub-topics and additional informationobtained from alternate sources added for completeness.Impact and Leadership: Planning and Strategy Development The first portion of impact and leadership deals with planning an e-learning or distanceeducation implementation. As stated in their benchmarking study, “best practice organizationsinvest significantly in planning and strategy development” (Hall & LeCavalier, 2000, p. 21).Although planning is identified as significant, the study indicated that a single plan does

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Caroline Crosthwaite; David Radcliffe

Page 7.285.4placing traditional courses in the workplace context, the program aims to enhance the people and Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationbusiness skills of its graduates without compromising their technical knowledge. On the contrary,the knowledge they gain is knowledge-in-action and the other experiences broaden theirunderstanding and their networks. This process is supported by a new course called ProfessionalDevelopment, which forces the students to reflexively analyse their broader learning in terms ofthe development of desirable graduate attributes.The USLP has run successfully

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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gerald Heydt; Keith Holbert; Khaled Nigim

,especially environmental friendly energy utilization, in remote regions appeared be of specialinterest to Native American students. Over the past two summers, the research topics have beenbroadened to appeal to the individual interests of the participating students.1. IntroductionFor the past three summers the National Science Foundation (NSF) has sponsored an eight-weekresearch experience for undergraduates (REU) program at Arizona State University (ASU). Animportant objective of the ASU REU program is to encourage retention of American Indianstudents in the sciences and engineering disciplines. Data indicate that only the 43% of theAmerican Indian students attending higher education institutions are enrolled full time; thegraduation rate is 25

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Engineering Economy Classroom Tips

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2002 Annual Conference

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Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

Session 1339 Assignment of Importance to Engineering Economy Topics by Master of Engineering Management Students Paul Kauffmann and William Peterson Old Dominion UniversityAbstractThis paper describes preliminary findings of an ongoing study of Master of EngineeringManagement (MEM) students and the importance they assign to topics in a graduate levelengineering economy course. The objective of this study is to identify topics deserving greatercourse emphasis based on either job impact or application to personal or professional growth.The study evaluated eleven

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Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bill Tollner

role in a comprehensive university setting (Assoc. Dean, Page 7.362.2 your college) Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education d. Discussion – How can we better mentor, retain and prepare our students for 21 st century realities of the contemporary academic and nonacademic work place?How will we enhance departmental graduate program excellence within the university andnational/international research communities? Your input is vital for developing the direction anddesign

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Reischman; Eugene Brown

those who wish to develop a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved.A final comment about references—the most comprehensive current reference on the topic ofengineering degrees awarded and data related to the general area of research and education in thesciences and engineering is Science and Engineering Indicators 2000, published by the NationalScience Foundation (SEI1).Graduate Engineering Degrees AwardedFigure 1 comes from the American Association of Engineering Societies (EDH1). This data andmuch more, including detailed data by discipline and institution can be found in their yearlypublication entitled Engineering & Technology Enrollments. Similar data, including institution-specific information is available from the

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Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Bahr

has now been offered three times.The General Education Program at WSU is an integrated program where students complete abroad program of study in the Arts and Humanities, Social Science, and Sciences. The Tier IIIcourses are only open to students who have completed at least 60 credit hours of course workand their Tier I and Tier II course requirements. The role of Tier III courses is that they provide ahigh level of discussion and research in a general education area, but do not require pre-requisites in the course area.In this paper we will describe § The rationale for the development of this course, § The topics that are covered, § The way the course is taught, § Student feedback, and § Plans for the future.The importance of

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jed Lyons

. Mechanical, chemical, electrical, computer, civil and environmentalengineering students work with grades 3-8 science teachers and their students to introduceengineering examples, experiments and inquiry and design problems to stimulate sciencelearning.The first cohort of Fellows started in August 2001, and includes four Ph.D. students, five M.S.students and two undergraduate seniors in an accelerated BS/MS program. All are U.S. Citizenswho are majoring in mechanical, chemical and environmental engineering and have expressedinterest in an academic career. Their first semester, the Fellows enrolled in a graduate coursefrom the College of Education, EDTE 701 - Special Topics in Teaching Science. The course istaught by GK-12 project Co-PI and is

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Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vijay Kanabar; Rumen Stainov; Tanya Zlateva; Eric Braude

Session 2522Integrating Distance Learning with Traditional Delivery in a Graduate Certificate Program for IT Professionals Vijay Kanabar, Tanya Zlateva, Eric Braude, Rumen Stainov Computer Science Department, Metropolitan College, Boston UniversityAbstractIn this paper we compare our experience with two distance education models forteaching professional graduate students. The first is a synchronous video conferencingdelivery model and the second is a blended Web-based and traditional learning model.The former was used for beaming out graduate courses to the Foxboro Company, and thelatter was within the context of a graduate

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ayre; Julie Mills

graduate qualitiesAnother strategy that greatly assisted the development of inclusive curricula for engineering wasan approach to curriculum development adopted by our university that focuses on graduateoutcomes. The University of South Australia has identified seven generic ‘qualities’ as desirablein its graduates and the design of each program must now demonstrate how it will enablegraduates to acquire these qualities.The seven qualities are: 1. Graduates will be able to operate effectively with and upon a body of knowledge of sufficient depth to begin professional practice. 2. Graduates will be prepared for life-long learning in pursuit of ongoing personal development and excellence in their professional practice. 3. Graduates

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

includedcommunication as a topic or theme.What data do the papers contain? The unit of analysis in this study is the individual paper. We collected both quantitativeand qualitative data from each paper. For each paper that was included in the analysis set, wefirst abstracted all references to communication, either specific or general, and the surroundingcontext (usually the sentence or paragraph) into a text file. Next, we coded the referencesaccording to our taxonomy described in the next section and classified the paper as havingcommunication as a major or minor focus. Finally, we considered the paper holistically todiscern the author’s implied definition and treatment of communication. This last step is animportant part of investigating both the

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed McCaul; Alfred Soboyejo; Robert J. Gustafson

Engineering B.S. graduates in the area of Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education“staying professionally and technically current” (Gustafson and Merrill, 2000). This is one of sixareas where gaps between Ability/Preparation and Importance were identified. It is related toABET EC 2000 Criterion 3. (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-longlearning.Based on previous experience (Gustafson, et. al, 2001), the task group chose to develop a surveyof alumni to further define what preparation or abilities alumni felt were of highest priority inthis area. The task group reviewed

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Modeling in Materials Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Falk

. Page 7.1105.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThis report details a class that has been offered at the University of Michigan over the past twoyears. The course, entitled “Molecular Simulation of Materials” presents a subset of thesesimulation skills at the graduate level. The students who have enrolled in this class come from avariety of academic disciplines. Over the course of one semester these students become familiarwith the theory and techniques of atomistic simulation. These techniques sit between the morestandard continuum mechanics methods and significantly more detailed

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Intra-college Graduate Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve Watkins; Richard Hall; Martha J. Molander; Josh Corra; Bethany Konz; K. Chandrashekhara; Vicki Eller; Abdeldjelil Belarbi

accuracy; the electrical engineer needs to be aware of strain directions andbonding issues; etc. Failure to communicate assumptions and to coordinate activities can haveserious quality and cost consequences. Knowing what questions to ask and understanding theterminology in the answer can be obtained through a combination of instruction and experience. This paper describes the working collaboration of faculty and students in the SmartEngineering Group at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). The group conducts appliedresearch and academic activities in the interdisciplinary topical area of smart structures. Whilesome undergraduates were involved in the group, the graduate group members were involved inall aspects of the activities. Also

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International Graduate Students

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2002 Annual Conference

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Julie Jessop

lessons in communication are more easilyassimilated. Finally, students will be able to assess their own progress throughout the semesteras they compile a videotape of their oral presentations and a portfolio of their writtenassignments. This will give them tangible evidence of their improvements throughout thecourse, as well as written feedback on their performances.Course ActivitiesInstruction through interactive lectures equips the students with the tools they need to succeed intechnical communication. The course covers a wide variety of topics that the students will findnecessary in their graduate education (and beyond); a sampling of these topics is as follows:- Generation of research ideas: We define the creative process, identify techniques

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Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

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Julie Jessop

tasks a little at a time, but in a continuous manner. It is this approach to the creativeprocess—purposeful and on-going—that we strive to instill in our graduate students during thissegment of the course. This paper provides an overview of the lectures, discussions andactivities that comprise the coaching we give our students in idea generation and critical thinkingduring these classes.Defining CreativityThe creative process is not a magical concept. It is simply the exercise of the higher-level skillslisted in Bloom’s taxonomy (see Table 1): analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Throughout theirundergraduate education, students have spent much of their brainpower on the lower-level skills,which makes the transition to a critically thinking

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeff Jalkio

adequacy of gradedwork in providing feedback to the student.IntroductionThe grading experiment described in this paper arose in response to the convergence of threeseparate issues that confront all engineering faculty. First, how do we assign grades that provideaccurate feedback to our students on their overall academic progress in achieving courseobjectives. Second, how do we assess the efficacy of our instruction so that we can improve our Page 7.1273.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

from faculty orstudents. In the 2000-2001 academic year, the engineering and communications facultycollaborated in teaching a series of four workshops to give practical advice on the Page 7.851.2communications topics of greatest concern to graduate students: communications in Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationteaching, writing the thesis or dissertation, writing for publication, and career-relatedwriting. The sequence of topics was designed to fit the typical timelines in graduate work,with teaching

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Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Dominique M. Durand; Dmitri Kourennyi

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationof fundamental neurophysiological processes illustrated by the computer simulations andmodels.Course structureThe basis of the course is lectures on fundamentals of neuroscience delivered by recognizedspecialists in the topic. Five instructors teach the course in blocks of 3-5 lectures, with thecoordinator (D.E. Kourennyi) present at each lecture and planning the coverage of the topics.The lectures give the students deep understanding of the facts and theories behindneurophysiology of the cell – from molecular to cellular to intercellular level. The material iscovered at both quantitative

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Perceived Quality of Graduate Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Shell; Ali Houshmand

customers. Many college administrators have not beensensitive to outside customers such as parents, employers, graduate schools, and society, and theimpact that they may have on the quality in education. These matters are considered in themodel.The Six Sigma WaySix Sigma is in many ways a powerful regeneration of quality ideas and methods. Except that theSix Sigma way is revealing a potential for success that goes beyond the levels of improvementachieved through the many TQM1 efforts. The objective of Six Sigma performance is to reduceor narrow variation to such degree that standard deviation of variation can be squeezed withinthe limits defined by the customer’s specification. For many products, services, and processesthat means a potential for

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman; Gordon Kingsley

Session 2455 The Georgia Tech Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP) Program: A Set of Models of Graduate Students Working in High Schools Donna Llewellyn1, Marion Usselman2, and Gordon Kingsley 3 1 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL)/ 2 Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC)/ 3 School of Public Policy

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Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

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Donald Keating

the nation’s primary generators ofnew scientific knowledge, originating from basic research, but also to serve as the primary developers ofthe nation’s engineering leaders who create new technology, new innovations and new technologicalknowledge through their creative engineering works in engineering practice in industry and governmentservice.A. BackgroundWhile the U.S. is on the leading edge of research-based graduate education for scientific research, it is onthe trailing edge of professionally oriented graduate education relevant to the practice of engineering andleadership of technology development for continuous innovation. A major deficiency exists in the systemof U.S. engineering graduate education for the development of the nation’s

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Innovative Curriculum Development in EET

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Stewart; William Lin

, American Society for Engineering Education”During the initial stage of the curriculum development, some key technical topics wereidentified as necessary and critical to the overall knowledge of the graduates. Thesetopics are summarized in Table 1. Table 1. Key Topics for the Communications course in the AAS program Basics of electronic communication systems Signal representation and analysis Modulation and demodulation Analog communication systems The telephone system Digital data systems and transmission Multiplexing Computer network configurations and infrastructure components Data communications protocols Computer

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Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amyl Ghanem

members: three junior faculty members, one senior faculty member, one researchstaff member, one undergraduate student, and one graduate student. At the first meeting thefocus of the group was discussed, definitions of mentoring were established, topics fordiscussion were identified and a timetable for meetings was established. The plan developed atthe first meeting is outlined in Figure 1. Page 7.883.1 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The Learning Circle ProcessFigure 1: Learning Circle

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Technical Issues in Arch. Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Petry

practice through industry-in-the classroom activities. Among the activities that join design, industry practice, andcommunication are presentation of students’ designs to juries comprised of active area architects.We consider the curriculum in general to be well planned with a good sequence of topics andcourses. Through constant review, existing course are improved and new course developed inresponse to the needs of the profession. The curriculum review provides a means for ourstudents to meet the needs of graduate programs so they can continue their educationsseamlessly.The basis of a practitioner-based curriculum is that design issues, historic impact and context,technology, and professional practice all influence and impact student’s work