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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Martha Cyr; Lacey Prouty; Erik Rushton

engineering challenge of creating a clean, safewater supply touches on a myriad of topics appropriate at various grade levels, for example:scientific concepts including states of matter, material chemical and physical properties, lifescience, and data collection; mathematical concepts involving scale comparing contaminantversus water quantity; social studies identifying anthropological issues regarding water need,use, and social responsibility; as well as the obviously related engineering concepts. This type ofactivity or project can be varied alternately to introduce or reinforce classroom content (or evenin enrichment activities), according to classroom need or teacher intent.However, are there parameters with which to define this idea of “real

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patrick Dessert; Subramaniam Ganesan

Design in Real time systems course Subra Ganesan and Pat Dessert Product Development and Manufacturing Center, Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309 Email: Ganesan@oakland.eduAbstractThis paper describes the design topics and projects done in a course titled “ Real timeSystems”. The advancements in technology is taken into account in this course. Thiscourse emphasizes hard and soft real time computer system design for a single processorembedded system applications and distributed real time systems. Topics covered includecharacterizing real-time systems, performance measure, task

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Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman

Session 2630 Engineering Student Design Processes: Looking at Evaluation Practices Across Problems Monica E. Cardella 1, Cynthia J. Atman 1,2, Robin S. Adams 1, and Jennifer Turns1,3 1 Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching/ 2Department of Industrial Engineering/ 3Department of Technical Communication University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonAbstractThe act of evaluating solutions is a common engineering design activity. Over the past eightyears we have used

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Christene Moore; Hillary Hart

2123 Developing Instructional Modules on Engineering Ethics Hillary Hart, O. Christene Moore University of Texas at AustinIntroductionMany U.S. colleges and departments of engineering are looking at ways to integrate the teachingof engineering ethics and professional responsibility into existing courses. The value of suchintegration seems obvious: the case studies and examples spring organically from the subjectmatter of the course, so that thinking about ethics and professional responsibility becomesdemonstrably a part of the design or problem-solving process. And yet, what seems

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Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Session 3453 Assessment of an Engineering Outreach Program: Hands on Engineering Laura J. Bottomley, Elizabeth A. Parry North Carolina State UniversityThe College of Engineering at North Carolina State University (NC State) has developed anoutreach program using a unique presentation of interactive demonstrations. The program is usedat school visits at levels K-12 across the state of North Carolina. How effective are such short-term visits to schools or by groups of students to campus? This paper presents a brief descriptionof the program and summarizes assessment results collected

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Wendy Reffeor

Session 3568 Incorporating Design in an Introduction to Dynamics Course Wendy Reffeor, Ph.D. Seymour and Esther Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI 49504AbstractPrompted by EC2000, a contest to design a spring-powered catapult was incorporated into theDynamics course at Grand Valley State University. The catapult was required to launch aprojectile to clear an obstacle and strike a target while not exceeding a specified ceiling. Studentsbrain stormed design concepts, completed their design

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Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sarah Leach

Session 3275 The Benefits of Engagement: Non-Traditional Technology Students and the New Educator Sarah E. Leach Purdue UniversityAbstractTeaching non-traditional students often means teaching in a non-traditional environment. Non-traditional may mean, for example, offering evening classes or classes off-campus. Thedrawbacks of timing and transportation are easily outweighed by the benefits of “engaging” thecommunity, of teaching older, employed students who would otherwise not be able to attendclasses. Non-traditional students can

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

Session 1302 The CDIO Capstone Course: An Innovation in Undergraduate Systems Engineering Education David W. Miller, Doris R. Brodeur, John E. Keesee Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn February 1999, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT initiated a new three-semester capstone laboratory and space systems design experience taught in the context ofauthentic engineering practice, i.e., Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate (CDIO). Theobjective of CDIO is to teach the basic concepts and disciplines of engineering in the context

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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Anant Kukreti

Session 2168 VIRTUAL LABORATORY MODULES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS COURSE Anant R. Kukreti University of Cincinnati Musharraf Zaman Kurt Gramoll Ji-Hoon Lee University of OklahomaABSTRACTVirtual laboratory experiments can be a useful self-learning and teaching tool for Strength ofMaterials. Three modules (Material Module, Bending Module, and Torsion Module) weredeveloped and

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Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

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Pradip Srimani; Joseph Hughes

Session 1332 Computing Curricula 2001: Computer Engineering Joseph L. A. Hughes / Pradip K. Srimani School of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Dept. of Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology / Clemson UniversityThe Computing Curricula 2001 (CC2001) Task Force [1] was established in 1998 by theAssociation for Computing Machinery and the Computer Society of the Institute for Electricaland Electronics Engineers. The goal of the task force was to develop a set of curricularguidelines that would “match the latest developments of computing technologies in the pastdecade and

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2002 Annual Conference

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Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

Session 1330 How Chemical Engineering Seniors Think about Mechanisms of Momentum Transport Ronald L. Miller, Ruth A. Streveler, Barbara M. Olds Colorado School of MinesIntroductionFaculty members who teach courses in transport sciences often observe that even students whocan correctly solve problems in fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, or thermodynamics stillbelieve that “processes stop when they reach equilibrium.” These faculty observations aresupported by literature suggesting that science and engineering students do not conceptuallyunderstand many

Conference Session

Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gordon Silverman

humans and animals. Their work spans a host of applications:computers used to analyze blood; laser systems used in corrective eye surgery; artificial organs;imaging systems (e.g., ultrasound); automating insulin injections or controlling body functions –to name a few. In addition to sound preparation in one of the basic engineering programs such aselectrical, chemical or mechanical engineering, specialized training may be required in suchareas as biomaterials, biomechanics, medical imaging, rehabilitation, or orthopedic engineering.(Such extensive educational requirements places a severe strain on traditional four-yearengineering programs.) A ‘mission statement’ for Biomedical engineering can be extracted fromthese relevant applications and

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Edward Wheeler; Cliff Grigg; Zachariah Chambers; Richard Layton

Session ____ Effective Practices in the Electrical Systems Service Course Edward Wheeler, Cliff Grigg, Zachariah Chambers, Richard A. Layton Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyI. IntroductionThere is a national need to improve the electrical systems service courses taken by mechanicalengineering (ME) students. The systems that engineers work with are becoming increasinglymultidisciplinary. Engineers, particularly team leaders and engineering managers, are finding itincreasingly important to acquire some technical competence outside their core disciplines. 1Product design and development is coming to be

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Klegka; Robert Rabb

Session 2793 An Effective Engineer Design and Teambuilding Experience for Non-Engineers Robert J. Rabb, John S. Klegka United States Military AcademyAbstractPart of the balanced core curriculum of the United States Military Academy (USMA) requiresengineering education for all graduates to promote their ability to be creative problem solvers.This core curriculum provides a fundamental understanding of physical systems for allgraduates. Although all graduates receive a B.S. degree in various disciplines, many will majorin a non-engineering area

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Special Topics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

Session 3630 ABET 2000 Criteria 3g and the Meaning of Communication Alisha A. Waller and Sheryl Greenwood Gowen Georgia State UniversityAbstractThis paper reports part of the findings from a larger research study on the ways in which the fieldof engineering education “talks” about communication. The goals of the research study are 1) toanalyze the uses and meanings of “communication” exhibited by peer reviewed papers inengineering education publications from the year 2000; 2) to analyze how the authors interpretABET 2000 Criteria 3g: “to be effective communicators;” and 3) to

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mustafa Guvench

Session 3232 Computer Aided Design of Internally Compensated CMOS Operational Amplifiers M.G. Guvench * University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME 04038Abstract - In this paper a design procedure and successful experimental results obtained from it arebeing reported for implementing internally compensated operational amplifiers powered from a singlepower supply and with high gain-bandwidth product, good slew-rate, low output impedance and gooddrive levels. The procedure was developed for an in-house training course on "analog integratedcircuit design

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Felder; David Ollis

Session 2475 Introducing New Engineering Faculty to Multidisciplinary Research Collaboration David F. Ollis, Richard M. Felder, Rebecca Brent North Carolina State University AbstractIn recent years, a large and rapidly growing body of academic research has invo lvedmultidisciplinary collaboration. This trend has been driven by a dramatic rise in funding formultidisciplinary projects and research centers, along with a growing recognition that few trulyimportant unsolved research problems involve only one

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Capstone Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Rabb; Ronald Welch

Session 2425 Projects Day: Completion of the Engineering Capstone Design Robert J. Rabb, Ronald W. Welch United States Military AcademyAbstractProjects Day at the United States Military Academy (USMA) is an annual event to showcasesenior design projects. The goal of Projects Day is to “promote academic excellence” 1 byproviding senior students “with a public forum in which to present their senior theses or designprojects.” 1 The students work on these projects all semester and, in some cases, all year.Projects Day allows the students to present their projects, relate their

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Balmer

Session 2360 "CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES" THE NEW FRONTIER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Robert T. Balmer Division of Engineering and Computer Science Union College Schenectady, NY 12308Abstract In recent years a wide variety of industries and technologies have been intersecting to createnew products and solve new problems. Since these new technologies typically occur at theinterfaces of science and engineering (producing new fields such as “nanotechnology”), we callthis phenomenon

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Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

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Uriel Cukierman; Jorge Vélez-Arocho; Ciristián Vial; Miguel Torres-Febus; John Spencer; Lueny Morell

Session 2660 International Strategic Alliances to Strengthen Engineering Education: Beyond the Learning Factory Lueny Morell, Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho, Miguel A. Torres University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Cristián Vial/Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Uriel Cukierman/National Technological University of Argentina John Spencer/Microsoft Research & Development CenterAbstractIn 1994, NSF awarded three institutions (Penn State, University of Washington and University ofPuerto Rico at Mayagüez) and a national laboratory

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steve York

the freshman year. As part of the on-going implementation of these activities at Virginia Tech, we have recently introduced aseries of design/build projects for freshman student teams that are centered on astandardized kit of tools and materials dubbed the “MacGyver box”. This program hasbeen piloted with approximately 300 students during the fall semester of 2001 and is tobe fully implemented into the Virginia Tech freshman engineering class by fall of 2002.This initiative has been well received by students, and offers an engaging and instructivemethod to introduce students to design, engineering economy, and the dynamics ofteamwork.Teams of four students are issued a MacGyver box, briefly introduced to the designprocess, and assigned

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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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Instructional Technology--What Works

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2002 Annual Conference

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T. Michael Baseheart; Richard Miller; Mark Bowers; James Swanson; Anastasios Ioannides; Roy Eckart

Session 2522 Teaching Strength of Materials Using Web-Based, Streaming Video, and Interactive Video Technologies T. Michael Baseheart, Richard Miller, Mark Bowers, Anastasios Ioannides, James Swanson, and Roy Eckart University of CincinnatiAbstractThis presentation examines the results obtained during the second year of a three-year projectfunded by a General Electric Fund grant, on the effectiveness of new instructional technologiesin the teaching of basic engineering courses. During the first year of the project only the staticscourses were taught

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Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 3447 Using Computer Aided Design to Teach Engineering to Both College and High School Students: Bridging the Age Gap with Technology David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgI. IntroductionThis paper describes the use of a computer-aided design (CAD) software packageoriginally developed as a vehicle for outreach to high school students but proven equallyviable for teaching technology to college students. This application research reports theresults of a program that concurrently enlisted science and math students at a secondaryschool in central Pennsylvania as

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

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J. Joseph Hoey; Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

commonly used assessment methods, and identify practical strategies to increasefaculty trust in the data acquired from these methods.Leadership is critical to establishing a foundation of trust as exhibited by shared concern anddecision-making, reliability, open communication and explanations, and benevolence 2, 3, 4.Campus leadership must manage trust by maintaining constancy of purpose a nd reliability ofaction 5, 6. Of course, open communications, commitment to common goals, leadership,budget practices, allocation of time, rewards, and other barriers to embracing assessment arecritical to the development and maintenance of organizational trust 7, 8 . Unfortunately, thefaculty of an academic department has few opportunities to effect

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Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Elaine Cooney

Session 2426 Laboratory Report Grading Rubrics: What High School Teachers are Doing Elaine M. Cooney Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisIntroduction According to Heidi Goodrich a rubric is “a scoring tool that lists the criteria for a piece ofwork or ‘what counts.’” 1 Rubrics can be used to evaluate any type of student work, including oralpresentations, written reports, and web pages. Carl Wenning of Illinois State University expandsthe definition of rubrics by explaining, “Rubric grading is criterion based. That is, the

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven LeBlanc

Session Number 2513 EC 2000 From Both Sides of the Fence Steven E. LeBlanc Department of Chemical And Environmental Engineering University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio 43606IntroductionI have served as an ABET EC2000 evaluator for three EC2000 visits and was department chairduring an EC2000 visit of my own home department in Fall 1999. I have been a faculty memberat the University of Toledo long enough that I have experienced four ABET visits during mytenure, two as a faculty member and two as a

Conference Session

Educational Trends in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Mickelson

Session 2408 Validation of Workplace Competencies Sufficient to Measure ABET Outcomes S. K. Mickelson, L. F. Hanneman, and Tomm Brumm Iowa State UniversityAbstractTaking the unique approach of addressing ABET criteria (a-k) as workplace competencies, IowaState University College of Engineering partnered with Development Dimensions International(DDI), a global provider of competency-based performance management tools and services, todevelop the processes and products to support this approach. Using "critical incident" based datagathering, the

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ET Student Design Teams

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Orlandella; Timothy Zeigler

Session 3550STUDENT TEAM COMPETITIONS: A PATH TO CREATIVITIY and PROBLEM SOLVING in CIVIL ENGINERING TECHNOLOGY Michael Orlandella, Timothy Zeigler Civil Engineering Technology Southern Polytechnic State UniversityAbstractMembers of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Club at SouthernPolytechnic State University (SPSU) have participated in numerous team competitions.These competitions are held each year at the ASCE regional student chapter conference.The two most notable competitions are the STEEL BRIDGE and CONCRETE CANOE.However, SPSU

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Session 2109 Optimization of Undergraduate BME Curricula for Students Seeking Careers in Clinical Medicine Richard J. Jendrucko, Jack F. Wasserman University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleBiomedical engineering (BME) academic programs are generally designed to meet the needs ofemployers including biomedical industries, government agencies and clinical service entities(e.g. hospitals). Additionally, undergraduate BME programs are structured to meet all ABETaccreditation requirements which include a plan for continuous program improvement. Based onan overall