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Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

curriculum development experiences are shown from three perspectives; first from theperspective of the faculty member advising the development, second from the perspective of thestudent developing the material, and third from the perspective of students using the material forlearning.The actual curriculum developed from these experiences contributes well to the learning environmentsbut the major learning is taking place by the students doing the development.It is well known that teaching is one of the most powerful learning mechanisms. Mentoringenvironments facilitate the learner as a teacher. Future work of using undergraduate students todevelop curriculum suggest a move towards a faculty and peer mentoring environment.I. IntroductionThe use

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Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul King; Sean Brophy; Stacy Klein-Gardner

various anatomical and medical terms. The popularity of thecourse has grown requiring the formation of two sections taught by two differentinstructors in the Fall of 2002. The seminars were taught using two different instructionmodels: ‘traditional’ and ‘challenge-based’ instruction. The same instructor as prior yearstaught the first section using the same ‘traditional’ approach to instruction and coursenotes used in prior years. The instructional model focused primarily on classdemonstrations, lectures and short follow-up homework assignments. A new instructorreorganized the course outline around a series of challenge-based modules originallydesigned for a high school senior physics course. This series of challenges is designed toengage students

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kelvin Kirby

Session 2526 Establishing and Managing Multi-Disciplinary Research and Engineering at Small Universities Kelvin K. Kirby Electrical Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, Texas 77446-0397AbstractThe technological requirements of the 21st century will often be satisfied through the conceptof multi-disciplinary research. Multi-disciplinary research is often the impetus that movesscience, engineering and technology forward to facilitate system solutions. A commonapproach to

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amro Taibah; Mohammed Haque

Session 1106 An ANN Model for the Influence of Siding Materials on Single-Family Home Values Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E., Amro Taibah, Ph.D. Texas A&M University, Texas, USA/ King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaAbstractThe real estate valuation is a complex process considering the range of variables that are knownto play a role in determining such a value. The esthetics and choice of building’s façadematerials can greatly influence a homebuyer’s decision. This paper evaluated such buyer’spreferences of various siding materials by estimating the market-clearing prices determined

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Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

Session 2455 REVITALIZING THE NAVY’S R&D CENTERS-- OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION Eugene F. Brown1, Robert Kavetsky2, Alfred L. Wicks1, Barry J. Mohle3, Charles R. Garnett3, Larry C. Triola3 1 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA/2Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA/ 3 Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VAAbstractThe Department of the Navy is one of a

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

Paper 2003-985Lessons Learned in the ABET Review of the Undergraduate BME Program at the University of Tennessee Jendrucko, R., Wasserman, J., Kasra, M., English, A., Schmidt, M. and Iannelli, J. Biomedical Engineering Program, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleBackgroundThe achievement of ABET accreditation of engineering programs is critical to the demonstrationof program excellence and to the recruitment of high quality students. For these reasons,preparation for an ABET inspection is often met with trepidation and a deep concern about howto achieve accredited status. A successful ABET review has become more

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Hamilton

Session 2793 Retention Through History Robert Hamilton Boise State UniversityAbstract Civil Engineering has a long history of which most of our baccalaureate graduates arecompletely ignorant. Upon occasion a student may be aware of projects or people that are localin nature. Beyond this students seem to feel engineering has always been here with little or nodevelopment over the years. Since much of the theory currently in use in the civil engineering profession wasdeveloped in the twentieth century older members of the

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

student-created robots in regional tournaments, and caps eachseason off with a national tournament. This year we grew the national tournament into a fullconference designed specifically for students, teachers, families, mentors and professionalresearchers and engineers interested in contributing to this educational process. Despite obstaclesand a learning curve, the results were valuable.IntroductionWhen you take an educational robotics program that culminates in a national robotics tournament,and you announce that this tournament is now going to be the centerpiece of a new educationalrobotics conference for middle and high school students and teachers, you are going to hear somemuttering. People don’t like the thought of change, generally

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Martha Cyr

Session 2793 What Does It Take To Make K-12 Engineering Education Sustainable? Martha N Cyr Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155IntroductionIn the past decade there has been significant increase in the commitment of engineering schools,departments, and individuals to support engineering learning in the K-12 environment. As in anygood engineering project, there is more than one solution. Looking across the spectrum, a widevariety of types of these K-12 outreach programs exist, ranging from single day student basedexperiences to professional

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Michael Klein; Matt Walker; Kevin Organ; Dan Gerbus

(IEW) at the University ofIdaho is formed of a diverse group of graduate students whose purpose is to develop anenvironment that fosters professional as well as technical excellence. This paper analyzes theactions taken each year by IEW leading to the formation of well-trained, collaborative, and highly-reflective cohort of graduate students that support design education. This team is developedthrough directed study courses, team projects, personal reflections and monumental technical andinterpersonal challenges. Since 1994, IEW has been successful in delivering hardware thatexceeds expectations of industry customers, shortening time frames required for large-scaledesign projects, enriching senior design mentoring, and expanding the number of

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Ciocci

Session 1547 Engineering and Engineering Technology Program Assessments – DACUM Style Richard Ciocci Penn State UniversityA DACUM (Develop-a-Curriculum) analysis is a three-phase process, which can be a key part ofa program assessment effort. DACUM is a tool that provides course-related duties and tasks,which can be converted into outcomes. Phase I features a panel of off-campus personnel withexpertise in the program being assessed. Phase II consists of the interaction between thoseexperts and college’s or university’s faculty. The third

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Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Christopher Carroll

enhancededucational experience using the iPAQs as tools in the lab. Page 8.929.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWhat is an iPAQ pocket PC?The iPAQ is a hand-held programmable computer offering touch-screen input/output, audio input/output, and infraredcommunication with other iPAQs. The original model used in 2001included 32 MBytes of RAM and contained a 200 MHz processor.Technology has improved constantly, and the model currently usedby students in this initiative includes 64 MBytes of RAM and a 400MHz processor. Technology will continue to improve

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Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jon Juneau; Kant Vajpayee; Eyler Coates

Session 1139 Introducing Engineering Economy Students to Real Options Eyler R. Coates, S. Kant Vajpayee, Jon Juneau University of Southern Mississippi/Engineering Consultant Box 5137, Hattiesburg, MS 39406AbstractEngineering economy has been a core requirement in engineering curriculums for many years.The traditional engineering economy courses only include problems with all deterministic inputs,even though deterministic data seldom occur in business. Also, traditional net present valuemethods make no allowance for flexibility by management and assume a static

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

Session 3530 Promoting Student Achievement With Integrated Affective Objectives Leo F. Denton, Dawn McKinney, Michael V. Doran University of South Alabama School of Computer and Information Sciences Mobile, Alabama 36688In contrast to the perception that the low graduation rates in the SMET (Science, Mathematics,Engineering, and Technology) disciplines are a result of a “normal weed-out process,” studiesshow that large percentages of students are capable but choose not to persist

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Related Engineering Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Laurie Cormier; Kelly Clark; Emily Ryan

Session 1732 The Undergraduate Experience in Engineering Outreach Emily Ryan, Kelly Clark, Laurie Cormier Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach Tuesday, 9:24 am. No sooner have you sat down at the office computer then a pop up window tells you “You’ve Got Mail.” Throwing off your winter jacket and kicking your backpack beneath the desk, you settle back to see what they’ve got for you today. Julie wants further information on the Indus River Valley. Pat will be by at 2 to pick up his aquarium. Brian is looking to do an earthquake unit. Do any old

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Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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Huong Vu; Dave Parent; Emily Allen

Session 3164/3264 Exploring Solar Cell Technology Emily L. Allen, Huong D. Vu, David A. Parent San José State University, San Jose, CAThe Spartan Solar Cell Project comprises a variety of activities for San José State Universityengineering students to learn about photovoltaic (solar cell) technology. Activities includeprocess design, layout and fabrication of solar cells; and testing and design with solar cells. Theultimate goal of this project is to produce Spartan Solar City, a model city which will be poweredby photovoltaic cells and will demonstrate various principles

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Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Chesney

Session 2003-122 From Egg Drops to Gum Drops: Teaching Fourth Grade Students about Engineering David R. Chesney The University of MichiganAbstractStudents remember 80% of what they do and 20% of what they hear. With this premise in mind,the author developed an active approach to educating a classroom of fourth grade students inmultiple areas of engineering. The intent is minimally, to increase interest in math and science inthe young students. Optimally, the students will pursue engineering as a career. Hands-onactivities were used to

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Bugliarello

largest portion of the Gross National Product. Services are ever more dependenton technology and are being revolutionized by it. However, engineering schools have focused toa much lesser extent on services than on manufacturing, and virtually not at all on the areas ofretail and finance that dominate the service sector. The very large role and scope of technologyin services present major engineering challenges, ranging from systems architecture to a focus onthe customer that is unprecedented in engineering curricula. Graduate curricula in financialengineering and in supply chain and retail, as well as targeted undergraduate internship programsin the retail industry at Polytechnic University exemplify a response to these challenges.IntroductionThe

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Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nathan Adams

Session 3232 Industry – University Collaboration on Under-Graduate Engineering Design Projects An Industrial Mentor’s Perspective Nathan G Adams The Boeing CompanyIntroductionFor the past four years the Boeing Company at Mesa Arizona has sponsored several under-graduate engineering design projects including a global engineering design program with ArizonaState University in Tempe, Arizona and Leeds University in the UK. A Global EngineeringDesign Team, i.e., GEDT, co-sponsored by Rolls-Royce, created project

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Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dennis Kulonda

Session 1139 Using Cases to Teach Accounting Concepts for Engineering Managers Dennis J. Kulonda University of Central FloridaAbstractBasic financial accounting literacy is becoming essential in the professional life of engineers andengineering managers. Finding a way to include it in a meaningful way is a challenge in mostcurricula. Most texts in engineering economics offer little coverage. What is offered tends tofocus on the mechanics of accounting transactions and financial ratio computations. Conceptualfoundations are mostly omitted. As a richer alternative

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edward Wheeler

Session 2793 The Max for the Minimum: Offering an Industrial Engineering Specialty With Less Than One Faculty Member Edward Wheeler Department of Engineering College of Engineering and Natural Science University of Tennessee at MartinAbstractThe University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin) offers the Bachelor of Science inEngineering with specialties in civil, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering. Thedegree program was instituted in 1996 after a great deal of work by both the

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Mason

Incubating Entrepreneurial Engineers: The Rose-Hulman Ventures Experience Thomas W. Mason Professor of Economics & Director – M.S. in Engineering Management Program Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Innovation Fellow - Rose-Hulman VenturesIncubators’ popularity has waned somewhat since the fate of many, especially for-profit,incubators through the dot.com bust has not been good. However, the idea of affiliatingan incubator with a university is still an intriguing one, and more are starting every year.Their appeal is natural. They appear to be a good way to channel university-basedresearch results into commercialization, and they usually provide very

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Gardner; Freddie Frazier; Kelvin Kirby

Section 2365 Enhancing Teacher and Student Performance in Mathematics Kelvin K. Kirby, Freddie L. Frazier, John P. Gardner Electrical Engineering Department/Mathematics Department Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TexasAbstractThe modern day applications of science, engineering and technology rest on a foundationheavily dependent upon mathematics. Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU)implemented several initiatives to enhance the teacher and student support infrastructurefor education in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

Session 2525 Evaluating Multidisciplinary Design Teams Lynne Slivovsky, William Oakes, Leah Jamieson Purdue UniversityAbstract Many program look for ways to simulate “real” design experiences. At PurdueUniversity, the EPICS - Engineering Projects in Community Service – program does thisthrough long-term team projects that solve technology-based problems for local communityservice organizations. The program currently has 24 project teams with approximately 450students participating during the 2002 academic year. Each EPICS project team consists of tento 20 students, a local

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald Sterkenburg

Session 2003-637 The Continuing Globalization Efforts of the Purdue Aviation Technology Department – The China Experience Ronald Sterkenburg, David L. Stanley, James E. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - A number of universities are seeking ways to increase their study abroad offerings.The Purdue University Aviation Technology Department began this process a few years back,and a plan was established for increasing student participation in various study abroadopportunities. A portion of the plan was to visit peer institutions in Europe, Asia, South Americaand North America

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Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Lin; Richard Pfile

Session 1159 Native Instrumentation Board Interface For Java-based Programs Richard E. Pfile and William Lin Purdue School of Engineering & Technology Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, IndianaAbstractJava is becoming a popular programming language for PC-based applications programs for manyreasons. Java’s language rules force a natural structured approach to writing code, its strong datatyping eliminates some of the subtitle errors encountered in C/C++ language, it’s thoroughlyobject oriented

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

Session 2255 Teaching Assessment: How Do You Do It? Allen C. Estes and Stephen J. Ressler United States Military AcademyIntroductionThe role of the teacher in the classroom carries tremendous responsibility. A group ofstudents that can range from a half dozen to several hundred are depending on thatindividual to provide structure to a body of knowledge, to guide the learning process, toconvey difficult subjects in a clear manner, to lead the classroom and out-of-classactivities such that student time used efficiently, and to provide a course of instructionwhere the students can

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Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2003 Annual Conference

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Craig Somerton

Session 1475 Homework: To Do (assign and grade) or Not To Do (only assign) Craig W. Somerton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionIt is a well known fact that adults learn about 10% of what they hear, but 90% of what they do(Dale, 1954). This, by itself, is a persuasive argument for assigning homework, especially forthose of us that still teach primarily in the lecture mode. Though I still interact with a fewengineering educators that do not assign homework, the vast majority do assign homeworkproblems, but many do not collect and grade these homework

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Belle Upadhyaya

material. The development anddemonstration of the web-based teaching material is focused on one of the modules usedin the college-wide course entitled Introduction to Maintenance Engineering. Themodule incorporates interactive course material, examples, PowerPoint slides, and videoclips of rotating machinery in operation.1. IntroductionIntroduction to Maintenance Engineering is one of the courses that was developedunder a National Science Foundation Combined Research Curriculum Development (NSF-CRCD) project at The University of Tennessee. This is presented as a distance educationcourse and consists of twelve modules. The course presents the principles of variousmaintenance technologies as they are practiced by the U.S. industry. The module

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Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Evans; Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

Session 3215THE ROLE OF STUDENT CHAPTERS IN IMPROVING CE PROGRAMS Allen C. Estes, Eric M. Lachance, and Mark D. Evans United States Military Academy, West Point, NYIntroduction 1, 2,ASCE Student Chapters and Clubs add tremendous value to civil engineering (CE) programs3, 4, 5 . The value added can and should be tied back to program objectives and outcomes as partof a regular, formal program assessment process. This paper will describe the activities of thestudent chapter at the United States