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Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Coburn Stoler; Peter Crouch; Douglas Gorham

Session 3531 Fostering Campus Collaborations Between Colleges of Engineering and Education Douglas Gorham The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Peter Crouch Arizona State University Barbara Coburn Stoler The Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersAbstractIn an increasingly technology dependent society, the need for a technologically literatecitizenry is becoming a basic necessity. It is crucial that current and future teachers

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steve Shooter; Micheal Hanyak; Matt Higgins; Marie Wagner; Ed Mastascusa; Dan Hyde; Brian Hoyt; Bill Snyder; Michael Prince

Session 3531 Engineering Engineering Education A Conceptual Framework for Supporting Faculty in Adopting Collaborative Learning Brian Hoyt, Michael Prince, Steve Shooter, Michael Hanyak, , E.J. Mastascusa, William Snyder, T. Michael Toole, Mathew Higgins, Daniel C. Hyde, Marie Wagner, Margot Vigeant Bucknell UniversityAbstractOver the last three years, nearly a quarter of Bucknell’s engineering faculty haveparticipated in Project Catalyst, a NSF funded project to promote systemic change

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Monica Bruning

Session 3531 ESTABLISHING PURPOSEFUL K-12, COLLEGIATE, & INDUSTRIAL EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS IN MATH, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY American Society for Engineering Education 2003 Annual Conference Paper Monica J. Bruning - Iowa State University Barbara Kruthoff – Wall Lake View Auburn School DistrictAbstractThe challenge of an education befitting a technologically knowledgeable workforce involves twofundamental components. It involves the preparedness of students implying a suitable educationand the preparedness of the teacher. In order for teachers to keep pace with knowledge and skillsakin to a

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joel Weinstein

andultimately demonstrated effectively during a live presentation to a board of directors of theclient company composed of engineering and business faculty. The delivered product wasnot merely an assembly of parts, but the result of collaboration from a number of mindswith varying skill sets and backgrounds. This experience has given the students a chanceto apply their education in a real world setting. The success is clearly visible not only inthe prototype—the culmination of physical efforts—but also in the events and activitiesbehind the results. A team has emerged from a group of individuals, and each member hastaken the critical steps necessary to prepare for the world that they will face upongraduation.ConclusionReal world training is a required

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Raymond Thompson

Session 3248 A Successful Collaboration Between Engineering and Technology Raymond E. Thompson Purdue UniversityAbstractThe Aeronautical Technology major of the Aviation Technology (AT) Department of PurdueUniversity developed significant partnerships with Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering andMechanical Engineering. This includes classes with joint classroom and lab meetings, sharing oflaboratories, and partnering of students for senior design classes and design-build-test projects.This initiative for this partnership is multifold. It is driving by

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Valery Sokolov; Tatiana Burukhina; Michael Dmitriev; Galina Zhukova

had to change the character of their labour activity; in this connection, thenecessity for additional or second education appeared. On the other hand, already for more than ten years the deterioration of personnel “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Page 8.461.1 Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”structure of educational establishments has been observed. There is a direct evidence of crisistendencies: the fall in public prestige of the profession " Teacher of higher school

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Devdas Shetty

International Collaboration and Improvement of Mechatronics Education based on Simulation and Virtual Instrument Seong Joo Choi 1, Devdas Shetty2, Jury Poduraev 3, Woo Young Lee4, Jae Hyup Lee 5Abstract  The mechatronics course, which is one of the important courses among st modernengineering experimentation area, must not only cover experimental techniques, sensors andtransducers, signal processing and data analysis, but also include fundamental concepts ofcomputer based data acquisition and simulati on. The course materials and experimentalapparatus for virtual instrument based experiments and practices have been developed in theSchool of Mechanical

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

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Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

occurs each June. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents gain practical experience on the capabilities of construction equipment and anappreciation of operator skills through hands-on training in building temporary/permanentfacilities, roads, and airfield aprons.Objectives The objectives of the two summer programs are to: a. Allow USMA CE students to gain practical engineering experience away from the West Point environment. b. Introduce students to the US Army Corps of Engineers. c. Allow USMA students the opportunity to participate in the USAFA FERL

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

understand that the conceptsdiscussed in class have direct applications in industry and in many facets of the “real world.”Most engineering technology courses teach system design using today’s technology as the mainfocus as opposed to courses in an engineering discipline where the concentration is on Page 8.849.1understanding the physical concepts. Over half the technical knowledge or skill of engineers Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationbecomes obsolete in two to seven years depending on the area of

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kissock; Rebecca Blust

8.1038.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Plant Description section outlines the process description, shows a plant layout, provides anassessment of current lighting levels and provides a comparison to the Illuminating EngineeringSociety recommended levels. An analysis of the client’s air compressors is provided that detailsthe type, size, configuration, energy utilization and cost of compressed air usage. A list of major-electricity and fuel using equipment and estimated annual energy use is also provided. OThe heart of the report is the Assessment Recommendation section. This section provides

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Schuyler; Kenneth Quinn

industry by providing lifelong educational opportunities foremployees, and create a new income for the college. These outcomes have helped to foster an expanding andadvantageous relationship between industry and engineering technology. This paper will outline the necessary stepsto initiate, develop, assess, and gain university approval for these types of collaborative education agreements. Theseagreements between industry and academia can help us to meet today’s demand for rapidly changing technologicaleducational needs.IntroductionTechnology and technology education are rapidly changing fields. It is a significant challenge for programs andhigher education institutions to maintain pace with industry and its needs. As corporate demand for

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica du Maine; Dorothy McGuffin

Section 2286 Triple Threat Collaboration: Increasing Minority Success in Engineering Jessica J. du Maine, Dorothy McGuffin St. Louis Community College – Florissant ValleyAbstractIncreasing enrollment in engineering programs is attained through creative partnerships. Onesuch partnership is the Emerson Electric Minority Engineering Scholarship. This 13-yearcollaboration between the corporate world (Emerson Electric Co.), a four-year university(University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR)) and a 2-year college (St. Louis Community College(SLCC)) makes it

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

long-term results are inadequate responses to immediate needs. But in orderto insure that this aid is not wasted, the population of these countries must be prepared toact in partnership with the donor nations in monitoring funds distribution and assessingtheir impact on the economic welfare of their countries.This paper argues two points. First, foreign aid in the US and other developed countriesmust be raised to a minimum of .7% of the combined GDP of the developed countries.Second, 10% of that foreign aid must be earmarked for higher learning in engineering andtechnology in order to increase economic development and its concomitant result,alleviation of poverty. With an adequately educated and trained indigenous workforce tohelp implement

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Duda

Session 2286 A Collaborative Effort to Develop a Research Center in Engineering and Technology in Uganda Frank T. Duda, Jr., Douglas K. Lauffer Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Grove City College, Grove City, PA 16127 / Dept. of Computer Information Systems and Telecommunications, Community College Beaver County, Monaca, PAAbstractIn order for Uganda Christian University (UCU) Mukono, Uganda to realize its vision of trainingEast African students to be at the forefront of the impact of technology in both a cultural and asocietal sense, a committee

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Satish Ranade; Howard Smolleck

Session ____ Directed Mentoring: A program of Industry-University Collaboration to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education Satish J. Ranade, Howard A. Smolleck Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State UniversityAbstract Many electric power engineering programs today face a challenge in attracting qualitystudents. One reason is that the power industry has little visibility among freshmen andsophomore engineering students. As a result, few students think of power engineering as a careerchoice, and they often defer

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

semester-long design projects. Once projects are awarded,freshmen enrolled in the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to workwith the senior design teams. The senior teams function like small consulting companies thatemploy co-operative education students; e.g., the freshmen.One of the objectives of building this collaboration is a desire to increase the retention rate of thefreshmen by involving them with the seniors in some interesting design work. Additionally, theseniors benefit by gaining team leadership experience, and by developing the ability tocommunicate their ideas to a non-technical audience as their design work progresses.This project began in Fall 2001, and at the conclusion of that semester, an assessment

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

electronically, using e-mail, desktop conferencing, and the ordinary telephone. Except fora “getting-to-know-you” pizza bash at the start, there were no face-to-face meetings.Industry-Academia CollaborationThere is a long history of collaboration between industry and academia to benefit training andeducation[6]. Such collaboration provides mutual benefit and serves as an excellent vehicle forclosing the gap between industry and academia [14]. One dominant form of industry-academiacollaboration is industry-sponsored research done at the universities. We did not pursue thisavenue because our focus was on industry collaboration in the undergraduate and master’s levelclasses.In 1995, a Working Group for Software Engineering Education and Training (WGSEET

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

Session 3142 Collaborative Environments for Managing Industrial Projects S. Gary Teng, Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu Engineering Management Program, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte/ California State University, Los AngelesAbstractEmbedding industrial projects into engineering education is becoming popular in engineeringschools. The logistics involved in sending students to companies to work on projects iscomplicated and time consuming. Therefore finding an effective way to monitor and manageindustrial projects is crucial for faculty to gain long-term success in implementing

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rod Townley; Stephen Kuyath

institution) • Catawba Valley Community College • Cleveland Community College • Gaston College • The North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology • Mitchell Community College • Rowan-Cabarrus Community College • South Piedmont Community College • Stanly Community College • York Technical College in South Carolina Page 8.19.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Regional Information Technology Training Collaborative:The Regional Information Technology Training Collaborative

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai

response tothese changes in industry, engineering schools have also reevaluated and realized theircurriculum particularly in area of collaborative design projects. The objectives of this paper are(1) to review the existing software/tools and methodologies used in design processes, (2) tointroduce innovative approaches to collaborative design environment, then (3) present severalfunded case studies employing new cutting-edge technologies.IntroductionThe field of collaborative design (CD) has enjoyed considerable attention and success over thelast decade as rapid changes in technology and a global economic recession have promptedmany leading manufacturing companies to reevaluate and upgrade their design andmanufacturing process. An increasing number

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif Shakur; Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

comprehension of material covered • Addition of a useful course in the students’ repertoireAt first blush this seems to be a paradox, which in our estimation falls under the “ less is more”rubric. We do owe the skeptical inquirer more than a hand-waving explanation and are happy todo so. At the root of the resolution of this paradox is the Kolb experiential learning cycle aselucidated in this article.References 1. Eydgahi, A., Dabipi, I.K., and Fotouhi, M.; “A Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program through Distance Education”, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, CANADA, June 16–19, 2002. CD-ROM 2. Eydgahi, A., Shakur, A., and Fotouhi, M.; “An Internet-Based Approach to Recruitment and Retention of

Conference Session

Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

Session 3657 Introducing Freshmen to the Field of Industrial Engineering Through the Use of Collaborative Project Experiences Emory W. Zimmers, Jr., Gregory L. Tonkay, Edmund O. Goll Lehigh UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a pilot module created by several members of the Industrial and SystemsEngineering Department at Lehigh University in collaboration with industry partners as acomponent of the freshman engineering course (Engineering 95). The module is designed to helpfreshmen better understand the role and function of industrial engineers (IE) and information

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Yoon; Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University; Sandeep K. S. Gupta, Arizona State University; Fariaz Karim, Arizona State University; Sheikh I. Ahamed, Arizona State University; Yu Wang, Arizona State University; Bin Wang, Arizona State University

-29, 2002, Vol. 219, pp. 131-140.[7] Internet Engin eering Task Force (IETF), Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Charter. URL: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/manet-charter.html[8] H. Abut and Y. Öztürk, "Interactive Classroom for DSP/Communications Courses," Proc. of ICASSP 1997 s,April 1997, Vol. 1, pp. 15-18.[9] C. Han, J. Gilbert, “A Smart e-School Framework”, Proc. of Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli (SSGRR), 2000.URL: http://www.ssgrr.it/en/ssgrr2000/papers/187.pdf[10] C. Sun, S. Lin, “Learning collaborative design: A learning Strategy on the Internet”, Proc. of 31thASEE/IEEE Frontier in Education Conference, 2000. URL: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/505392.html[11] L. Kilmartin, E. Ambikairajah, “Digital Signal Processing Education in Ireland and

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe MATLAB software, a powerful computing tool developed by the MathWorks, Inc., isutilized in a number of educational institutions around the world for solving mathematics andengineering related problems. Abundance of useful built-in functions and a user-friendlyinteractive computing environment of this software has made it the popular tool of choice forinvestigating a variety of problems in the engineering field. In a paper published by the author inthe Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference1, the utility of some of the features ofMATLAB in solving several basic structural

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tim Mizen; Robert Baldwin; Ronald Miller

operate thePetroleum Institute (PI), a world-class educational institution dedicated to educating engineers forthe oil and gas industry. The PI will offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in five engineeringprograms related to ADNOC operations. A Foundation Program is also offered to help studentsmake the transition from their high school preparation to the entry requirements for thebaccalaureate curricula, especially in the area of English proficiency.The Petroleum Institute is a unique enterprise that represents a collaboration between academia inthe United States and the private sector in the Middle East. The academic programs at thePetroleum Institute involve intensive interaction with industry and four industrial partners (BP-Amoco, JODCO

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Gadalla; Kamal Shahrabi

Page 8.547.1the importance of the CAD/CAM systems to the future of their companies. Tremendous effortProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwas done and still is being done to design, implement, and integrate computer systems specificallyCAD/CAM into almost every company’s backbone structure.The Impact of the continuous development of CAD/CAM hardware and software had a greatimpact on the characteristic of the users. In the early CAD/CAM systems the user was self-trained. Nowadays users have to go through specialized certificate programs that can go as longas 12 months to allow them to be CAD or CAM specialists [1

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Anderson; Rufus Carter; Brian Thorndyke; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Session 2660A Comparison of Demographic Factors and Academic Performances between Students Graduated in Engineering and Other Disciplines Guili Zhang, Brian Thorndyke, Rufus Carter, Matthew Ohland, and Tim Anderson Educational Psychology Department, University of Florida / Department of Physics, University of Florida / Educational Psychology Department, University of Florida / Department of General Engineering, Clemson University / Department of Chemical Engineering, University of FloridaAbstractIn this study, demographics and academic performance measures of undergraduate engineeringstudents were

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

Session 2660 Quality Assurance of Engineering Undergraduate Programs in Colombia, a Social Duty and a Competitive Strategy Roberto E. Montoya School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad JaverianaAbstractIn Colombia, the educational development of engineers must meet two particular challenges in theimmediate future. The first one has to do with the unrestrained growth and diversification ofundergraduate programs in engineering, which although helps to meet demand, generatesproblems with respect to quality. The other challenge to be taken into account has to do

Conference Session

Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Weber; Deborah Ross; Angela Lueking

SESSION NUMBER: 3551 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Angela D. Lueking, Deborah A. Ross, Walter J. Weber, Jr. Department of Chemical Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2125AbstractThe Concentrations in Environmental Sustainability (ConsEnSus) Program at the University ofMichigan is a new multi-disciplinary opportunity for graduate students in the College ofEngineering to pursue interests in environmental

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

Session 3592 DECONSTRUCTING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS (DEEP) Ilene Busch-Vishniac, Jeffrey P. Jarosz Johns Hopkins UniversityThe shortage of women in the engineering workforce has been a persistent problem in spite ofsignificant efforts over decades to improve the situation. While the number of women increasedas a result of the various focused efforts, the profession is no longer seeing improvements. Thereis even evidence that the percentage of women in engineering student bodies is backsliding ratherthan improving. This has led many to question