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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robi Polikar; Robert R. Krchnavek; Raul Ordonez; Peter Jansson; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

Session 2532 CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ECE PROGRAM John L. Schmalzel1, Shreekanth A. Mandayam1, Ravi P. Ramachandran1, Robert R. Krchnavek1, Linda M. Head1, Robi Polikar1, Peter Jansson1, and Raúl Ordóñez2 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rowan University 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of DaytonAbstract - We have developed a new Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program at RowanUniversity. The first class graduated in May 2000. Features include: a continuous Engineering Clinicsequence, a mixture of two-, three-, and four-credit courses

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Capstone Experiences in OME Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Francis DiBella; Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

Session 2452 Marine and Related Mini Design Problems Presented in an Introductory Engineering Graphics Course Eric W. Hansberry, Associate Professor, Francis A. DiBella, Assistant Professor, And Guido W. Lopez, Assistant Professor Northeastern University School of Engineering Technology 360 Huntington Avenue, Room 120 SN Boston, MA 02115-5096

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What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

Anthony Dardy, the faculty mentor/advisor for the co-op program inChemical Engineering. The resulting co -author team is justifiably proud of the success of theCooperative Engineering Education Program at Cincinnati and hopes to provide somemotivation, via this article, for other universities to consider implementing a similar program.2 The Coop Program at Cincinnati2.1 About the ProgramCooperative education or co-op is a program that enriches the student’s education by integratingprofessionally related work experience with academic study. The University of Cincinnati hasthe distinction of establishing the first co-op program in the U.S. Indeed, Professor HermanSchneider, Dean of the College of Engineering at Cincinnati, developed this

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

Session 2793 Undergraduate Minorities in IT-Related Fields: Findings from a Case Study in a Minority-Serving Institution Roli Varma University of New MexicoAbstractThis paper reports some conclusions from the fieldwork on the experiences of undergraduateminority students majoring in information technology (IT) related fields—computer science (CS)and computer engineering (CE)—in a minority serving institution. The main goal of the studywas to understand minority students' attachment to and detachment from the IT-related

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lyle Feisel; George Peterson

A Colloquy on Learning Objectives For Engineering Education Laboratories Lyle D. Feisel, Ph.D., P.E., George D. Peterson, Ph.D., P.E. Dean Emeritus (Ret.), Watson School of Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton/Executive Director, Accreditation Board for Engineering and TechnologyAbstractAs distance learning programs become more prevalent and as we begin to offer undergraduateengineering programs in a distance format, the question of laboratories and their role inengineering education becomes increasingly important. There is an ongoing debate aboutwhether a remote laboratory experience can really accomplish the

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

found in the majority of the programs evaluat ed. Technology Forecasting &Commercialization is a combination of several courses taught at Portland State University. Thisand other related courses in the area of technology should be developed if this program is toremain competitive.Another course that is currently taught in the department on the under-graduate level is DataProcessing Systems Engineering. Several other programs teach a similar course on the graduatelevel. Restructuring this course and adding it to the graduate curriculum would also be avaluable addition to the MSEM program. Page 7.489.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American

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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Freya Toledo; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo; Didier Valdes-Diaz

the PR-STI academic program, including the attention to air, land, and water transportationand the skills needed to pursue careers in these fields, the objectives of the program were met.D. List of Activities1. Enhancing the Knowledge about Transportation Building Big Video Series. Lectures were presented on the design and construction of bridges of historical significance to the development of civilization. Our lectures were based on the Building Big documentary series developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers to educate the general public about the accomplishments of civil engineers. The tape related to bridges was chosen for the PR-STI presentation. Before the viewing of the tape, the general

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Lucey

Session 3260 SUMMER ENGINEERING PROGRAM IN LONDON John W. Lucey Dept. of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre DameAbstractThe University of Notre Dame offers a six-week summer program for its undergraduate engineering students inLondon, England. Students enroll in two technical elective courses for a total of six semester credit hours. TheProgram includes several required trips to significant technological facilities. Students not only gain academiccredit but also the invaluable experience of living for a significant period of time in a

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

the statementsabout the learning objectives, justification, teaming activities, and homework were 4.1, 4.2, 3.9,and 3.9, respectively. The two modules with the highest overall average scores dealt with ethics(4.4) and oral communications (4.4); the two with the lowest overall average scores dealt withlifelong learning (3.6) and contemporary issues (3.7).IntroductionThe EC2000 guidelines require that engineering programs to demonstrate that their graduateshave acquired a set of specified skills, including design, experimental, problem solving, teaming,communication, lifelong learning, ethical interpretation, and global and societal impact skills 1.To date most of the creative work has focused on the assessment aspects -- establishing goals

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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A R Zaghloul

Session 2532 Instructional Laboratory Integration with Course Contents: A Learning Hierarchy Approach A. R. M. Zaghloul Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Orlean Building, 6001 Chatham Center Dr., Savannah, GA 31405AbstractThe positive educational effects of integrating the lab work with the theoretical coursecontents are incredible. Historically, there was, and still is in some cases, a kind ofeducational ‘separation’ between lab work and the course

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores

to Formal Cooperative Learning,” Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, Tempe, Arizona, Nov. 4-7, 1998. 5. Adel Sedra and Kenneth Smith, Microelectronics Circuits, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, 1998. 6. Eric D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 2nd. Edition, Houghton and Mifflin Company, 1993.About the AuthorsBENJAMIN C. FLORES is an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University ofTexas at El Paso. He is the Program Director of the Model Institutions for Excellence Initiative, an effort to increasethe number of Hispanics who pursue degrees in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science. His research interestsinclude engineering education and

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeff Jalkio

Session 2532 Using Self-Evaluation and Student Generated Portfolios for Assessment of Student Learning and Course Effectiveness Jeffrey A. Jalkio Department of Engineering University of St. ThomasAbstractOne advantage of having clearly articulated learning objectives for courses is that students canfocus on these objectives to unify course material. Unfortunately, students often ignore thestated course objectives and focus their attention on the specific work required to earn goodgrades from the instructor. This paper

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shelia Barnett

2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Results At Mercer University, during the 2000 – 2001 AY, approximately 25% of the enteringfreshman class participated in the resume and interview workshops. Of those, 45% obtainedsummer employment in engineering internships. The types of internships ranged frommanufacturing operations, programming, various engineering tasks, and special engineeringprojects. Practically all of the students did engineering-related functions. The salaries for the IFEstudents ranged from $9.75 to $13.25 per hour. Typical industries that placed our studentsinclude aerospace, heating and air

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Doug Ramers

systemsmanufactured by real processes with real materials.This paper describes some approaches undertaken to help students develop the competencieslisted above within a traditional Mechanical Engineering program at Gonzaga University. Theapproaches involve adding hands-on projects to existing manufacturing related courses,enhancing non-manufacturing courses with manufacturing issues and projects, and usingmanufacturing problems as senior capstone design projects.Enhancing Manufacturing Related CoursesIn many traditional Mechanical Engineering programs, the only exposure students have to Page 7.695.1manufacturing is to one manufacturing processes course. This

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

successfulcompletion of the Electrical Engineering discipline, the student will receive a Bachelor ofScience in Electrical Engineering from College Park. In addition, other engineeringprograms may be pursued through the five-year UMCP plan for cooperative engineeringeducation which combines classroom theory with career-related work experience.Collaborative Distance Education ProgramThis unique program is founded on the premise of sharing resources among thecollaborating institutions and builds on the strengths of UMES, SU, and UMCP. Themodel combines the advantages of distance education and the conventional teachingenvironment and provides a unique means of offering quality engineering education toremote locations in the eastern shore of the state of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

development. The company plans to begin test marketing in the second quarter of 2002. Articulation Innovations, LLC is a partnership between faculty at the University of Maryland Dental School and two Hinman CEOs. The dentists have developed patented devices for clinical and laboratory procedures in Prosthodontics and related dental specialties and the CEOs have joined the team to improve the engineering of the design and to develop a marketing plan for the product. NCIIA seed funding has provided professional level engineering and business software that is facilitating the team in improving the design and getting the product to market.F. Technology OpportunitiesSome of the CEOs have definite business ideas when they enter the program

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sami Ainane; Chandra Thamire

Session 2660 Collaborative Engineering Programs at Frostburg State University Chandrasekhar Thamire, Sami Ainane Frostburg State University/University of Maryland, College ParkAbstractThis paper describes the engineering programs at Frostburg State University, Maryland,developed jointly by the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), and Frostburg StateUniversity (FSU). The programs were established in 1997 to serve the students from thesurrounding rural areas and thus to serve as a vehicle to enhance the economic development ofthe region. Nearly a three-fourth of courses in the program are taught

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

by teachers in classroom, the numbers of science-related questions asked bychildren, etc.Some of the programs have comprehensive assessments associated with them. In particular, themiddle school camp is addressed in reference number [3]. One additional assessment has been toask the six teachers in the middle school camp if their experience has affected the way they teachthis year; all six teachers noted a significant influence. One teacher has used several of theprojects developed for the camp in her classroom this year. Page 7.241.4Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and ExpositionCopyright

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Liv Ramstad; Ferd Schneider; Audeen Fentiman; Artemus Herzog; John Merrill

teachingassignment. Page 7.757.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Engineering at Walnut Hills was made possible through a grant from the GEFund. Parts of the assessment of the pilot program were related to the Gateway EngineeringEducation Coalition (NSF Award EEC-9444246), which is supported in part by the EngineeringEducation and Centers Division of the National Science Foundation. In addition, we would liketo acknowledge the enthusiastic support of the Walnut Hills

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vernon Lewis; Paul Kauffmann

engineering technologyprograms were among the first to be offered in this manner, and the televised programs havebecome an integral part of the department's mission. The Department has developed andmaintained a long and productive relationship with community colleges in Virginia and the Page 7.587.4nation. Consequently, when the VCCS developed the new degree programs related to workforce Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Audeen Fentiman; Alex Mendlein

· Pocket Logger · Oscilloscope · Digital MultimeterOnce the data was gathered, students learned things such as lab report formats, importantequations and Microsoft Excel. All three tools helped students take their experimental data andpresent it in a usable format.LabworkEngineering is an application of scientific knowledge to real world situations. To truly knowwhat engineering is, students must have some sort of real life situations and projects to workon. That is where the labs come in. These labs are not simple, one-day labs that one wouldexpect to do in a physics or chemistry class. They are a series of related labs, each series

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New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeff Kimble

in the fall of 1999.Jeff Kimble was hired as the first faculty member in July of 1999. Professor Kimble came to theprogram having been a firefighter for almost twenty years. The search committee felt incomingstudents would relate well to someone with a similar background. In addition, Professor Kimblealso had Bachelors degree in Fire Safety Engineering Technology, a Masters degree in IndustrialTraining, and had just completed the course work on an Education Doctorate in InstructionalDesign. All of these factors would be vital in getting a new program going. Twenty-eightstudents were enrolled in the first two classes in the fall of 1999.Curriculum Development:While a curriculum had been developed for the program proposal, the Engineering

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Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas J. Webster; Karen Haberstroh

/or medicine for the year 2008. For this purpose,the objective of the present study was to increase exposure and interest in biomedicalengineering for students (particularly, females and underrepresented minorities) who wouldnot normally have such opportunities.Materials and MethodsTo provide undergraduate student exposure to biomedical engineering-related research, theauthors of the present study applied for and obtained a National Science Foundation award fora Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at Purdue University.Undergraduate students (US citizens or permanent residents) having completed at least 4semesters of education could apply for admittance to the program through an on-line web-site(http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/BME

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jihad Albayyari; Bob Lahidji

recommended 4. (Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology, 2001).In 2001 accreditation criteria under the criterion “outcome and assessment”, stated thatengineering-related programs must demonstrate that graduates have 5:“1. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering-relatedapplied sciences,2. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data,3. an ability to formulate or design a system, process or program to meet desired needs;4. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams,5. an ability to identify and solve engineering- related problems,6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility,7. an ability to communicate effectively,8. the broad education

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Minnie McGee; Audeen Fentiman

Session 1470 Components of a Year-Long Bridge Program for Minority Engineering Students Minnie M. McGee, Audeen W. Fentiman The Ohio State UniversityAbstractHistorical data gathered and assessed as part of the Gateway Engineering Education Coalitio nprogram at The Ohio State University indicated that only about 1 in 10 minority engineeringstudents with math placement below college algebra completed a degree in engineering. Asignificant fraction of incoming minority engineering students, some with excellent high schoolgrades, do not perform well

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

months each and the professionalsare invited, some of them belong to the academic midst, others not and they are hired speciallyfor this program. They are engineers with solid theoretical knowledge of management, economyand law and possessing great biomedical basis. At the end of the Biomedical EngineeringProgram the student will have a full formation in Electrical and Computer Engineering, which isnecessary in according to the Education Law for third degree in Brazil.I. IntroductionEducation has most of all, to promote the natural ability of the mind to set and to solve problemsand by inter-relation to stimulate the full usage of general intelligence. This general intelligenceis the human capability to deal with problem viewing the global

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Albert Lozano; Willie Ofosu

Session 1520 Computer Based Antenna Experiments In Telecommunication Engineering Technology Program Willie K. Ofosu and Albert Lozano-Nieto Penn State Wilkes-BarreAbstractEngineering technology programs are characterized by strong hands-on experientialinstructions that prepare the graduate to be productive in industry with minimal extratraining, once employed. For this reason, it is essential to introduce the latest technologyinto technology curricula. Currently, computers are applied in all fields, and in particular,in electrical and electronic related fields. Such is

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Dana Knox

actual improvement of the educational process.This paper will discuss the various assessment tools that our department identified, including theadvantages and disadvantages of each. It will also discuss the usefulness of each tool as well astheir role in documenting commitment to self-assessment and improvement for the purpose ofaccreditation by ABET.Introduction to Accreditation ProcessEngineering and related programs in the United States are accredited by the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET). Schools appl y to the Engineering AccreditationCommission (EAC) of ABET to seek accreditation for their engineering degree programs.ABET/EAC, in conjunction with the various professional societies, sets the criteria that are usedto

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Safford; Andres Sousa-Poza; David Dryer; Charles Keating; William Peterson

member of IIE,SME, the International MODAPTS Association, and the Order of the Engineer.ROBERT SAFFORDDr. Robert R. Safford joined the faculty of the Department of Engineering Managementat Old Dominion University in the autumn of 2000. Previously he had taught for eightyears in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at theUniversity of Central Florida. While there he taught in the Master of Science inEngineering Management degree program offered on site at the John F. Kennedy SpaceCenter. He also worked on numerous projects related to process improvement in SpaceShuttle Ground Processing at the John F. Prior to teaching in Florida, he taught for fiveyears in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette; Debra Ricci

Session 2793 A Qualitative Measurement Method for an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program Debra M. Ricci, Ph.D.; Eugene J. Audette, Ph.D.; and Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. The University of St. ThomasAbstract The faculty of a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) program in theCollege of Arts and Sciences at a private university wished to know how two groups ofstakeholders, current students and the parents of current students, perceived the program.Program administrators and staff could use these sources of information to gain qualitative dataas it