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Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Tatum; Mannur Sundaresan; Devdas Pai

An Apparatus for Monitoring the Health of Electrical Cables D. M. Pai1, Paul F. Tatum2 and M. J. Sundaresan1 1 Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures 2 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Intelligent Structures and Mechanisms Lab Dept of Mechanical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 27411IntroductionAs with most elements of infrastructure, electrical wiring is innocuous; usually hidden away andunnoticed until it fails. Failure of infrastructure, however, sometimes leads to serious health

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Douglas Coffin; Catherine Almquist; Amit Shukla; Michael Bailey-Van Kuren; James Kiper; Christine Noble

Session: 1793 Integrating Skills, Transforming Culture: Reforming all Engineering Curricula in SEAS Amit Shukla1, Michael Bailey-Van Kuren2, Catherine B. Almquist3, Douglas W. Coffin4, James D. Kiper5, Christine D. Noble6 Miami University, Oxford, OhioIntroduction The School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) [1] at Miami University of Ohiois undergoing significant growth by adding new majors and increasing enrollment. To supportthis growth SEAS has developed a

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International Engineering Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Pichai Rusmee

Page 9.985.9 University. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”6 E. B. Fiske, Fewer Students in U.S. are Graduating on Time, International Herald Tribune, The IHT Online, February 17, 2004.Biographical InformationP. RUSMEE: P. Rusmee was a graduate of University of Utah. He is currently, at the time of writing, an assistantprofessor in the Mechanical Engineering Program at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thailand.SIIT is an independent engineering institute in association with Thammasat University, which is one of the top-tieruniversities in Thailand

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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W. Carlson

9worried about why the Romans produced these technologies--it's just assumedthat the Romans had these technologies. In the end, after consulting with acolleague at UVA who specializes in Roman history, I came to argue thattechnological change in Roman times was driven by the patronage of aristocraticlandowners. This powerful group (of whom the emperor was the exemplar)supported technology that allowed them to (a) generate an agricultural surplus, (b)demonstrate their power through spectacle and public works, and (c) gain powerthrough military prowess. In a larger sense, my experience in writing about Roman technology served toremind me about what we should be trying to do when we teach the history oftechnology to our students. While we are

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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Jennifer Dockter; Carol Muller

., et al., Final Report of The Women's Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) Project. 2002, http://www.grginc.com.17. Cunningham, C.M., Pavone, M. L., and Muller, C. B., Factors influencing women's pursuit of a college science major or science career: An evaluation of the Women in Science Project (WISP). in Proceedings of the Women in Engineering conference: Capitalizing on today's challenges, S.S. Metz, Editor. 1996, Stevens Institute of Technology: Hoboken. p. 289-292.18. Faison, J.J., The Next Generation: African-American Graduate Students on Predominately White University Campuses. 1995, Emory University: Atlanta.19. Shah, K. Seduction in Sciences. in The Association for the Advancement of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrea Welker

in the mid 1990s are a blend of outcomes-basededucation and continuous-quality improvement. Eleven skills are described, one of which (3d) is“an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams” (ABET 2003). Teams are often used to obtainall of the educational outcomes described by ABET, however, the explicit statement that studentsmust learn how to work in teams highlights the increasing importance of this skill. Lovgren andRacer (2000) and Felder and Brent (2003) recommend several teaching methods to help studentslearn to work effectively in teams, such as having students work in teams on various projects;providing training in effective team functioning; and providing learning objectives that cover

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gene Liao

handbook, McGraw-Hill, New York.[3] Nqoi, B.K.A. and Tan, K.C.K., 1996, ‘Tolerance stack analysis for assembly’, Proc. Instn Mech. Engrs, Part B, J. Engineering Manufacture, 210(B), 279-289.[4] Kalos, M.H. and Whitlock, P.A., 1986, Monte Carlo methods, J. Wiley & Sons, New York.[5] Liu, S.C. and Hu, S.J., 1997, ‘A parametric study of joint performance in sheet metal assembly’, Int. J. Mach. Tools Manufact., 37(6), 873-884.[6] Early, R. and Thompson, J., 1989, ‘Failure prevention and reliability,’ ASME Publ. DE 16, 139-144.[7] Heisler, H., 1999, Vehicle and engine technology, 2nd edition, Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., Warrendale, PA.[8] Kubo, M. and Ejiri, E., 1998, “A loss analysis design approach to improving torque

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Watkins

. Baker, A.J., Pionke, C. D., Taylor, M. J., and Luttrell, B., 1996, “FEM Brought to the Academic Engineering Desktop,” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting, Gatlinburg, TN, AprilBiographyGREGORY K. WATKINSGregory Watkins received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina StateUniversity, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. inMechanical Engineering from UNC Charlotte. He has taught in the Engineering Technologydepartment at UNC Charlotte for the past 1.5 years. He taught in the Engineering TechnologiesDivision at Central Piedmont Community College for 8 years and has 9 years of industrial workexperience

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Mayer

B Demand Center(s) Fishing Stock 2 C 3 Figure 1. Network flow model for trawler fleet routingsThe well-known critical path method (CPM) is another network model that calls for optimumscheduling of project activities with various sequential relationships. Adopted in manyindustries to determine least time and least cost schedules, CPM is a useful tool for effectivescheduling of ocean-related construction and shipbuilding projects. Once more, such problemsare readily

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The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

improved inter-disciplinary learningopportunities for graduate students and faculty investigators. In addition, it has resulted in anincreased rate of successful commercialization of USF faculty innovations and development ofsuccessful spin-out ventures.Bibliography1. Sexton DL and Bowman NB. "Entrepreneurship Education Suggestions for Increasing Effectiveness", Journal of Small Business Management, April 1984. 22 (2): 25-342. Garavan TN and O'Cinneide B. “Entrepreneurship Education and Training Programmes: A Review and Evaluation - Part 1”, Journal of European Industrial Training, 1994. 18(8): 3-12.3. Standish-Kuon T and Rice MP. “Introducing Engineering and Science Students to Entrepreneurship: Models and Influential Factors at

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dave Williams

. Williams, “Computer Vision Research Teaching Modules for Community CollegeComputer Science and Engineering Courses”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference & Exposition, June, 2003.2. N. Nagappan et al, “Improving the CS1 Experience with Pair Programming”, SIGCSE’03, February 19-23, 2003,Reno, Nevada (www.oopl.com/Papers/Pair-Prog-2-SIGCSE-2003.pdf).3. H.J. C. Ellis, “An Experience in Collaborative Learning: Observations of a Software Engineering Course”, 30thASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (http://www.rh.edu/~heidic/pubs/fie2000.pdf).4. Schneier, B. , Applied Cryptography , 2E, New York: John Wiley & Sons,1996, p. 255

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Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Henry; James Bandstra

associated equipment necessary to accomplish the program objectives in an atmosphere conducive to learning b. laboratory equipment characteristic of that encountered in the industry and practice served by the program”2Significant planning and funding are required for the implementation of well-designed materialslaboratory courses3. Different schools have developed various integrated courses andlaboratories to meet this need for the materials lab4,5.To provide a fundamental grounding in materials and manufacturing, the MET curriculumoriginally included a single junior level course in Materials and Manufacturing. However, thiscourse consisted primarily of coursework taught from a text, enriched by selected

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steven Johnson; John Weese

specific than is Criterion 4 for engineering programsor the corresponding Criterion 2 for engineering technology programs. This reflects the broadrange of applied science programs so Criterion 4 places substantially greater responsibility on theinstitution to define the professional component requirements of the applied science,engineering-related program. The ASAC 2001 Criterion 4 requires: (a) a combination of college level mathematics and basic sciences (some with experimental experience) appropriate to the discipline (b) engineering-related topics appropriate to the program (c) a general education component that complements the technical content of the curriculum and is consistent with program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Qaissaunee

. • Introduction to Wireless • Introduction to Networking/ TCP/IP • Introduction to SecurityCourses that have been submitted for approval include: • Wireless LANs • Fundamentals of TelecommunicationsEquipment has been acquired to create and test labs in telecommunications and wirelesscommunications, including: • Access points (802.11a) • Antennas • Access point upgrade kits • 802.11a/b/g PC cards • TIMS Telecommunications Instructional Modeling System • Bluetooth adaptersAn advisory committee meeting has been scheduled for April, workshops have been scheduledfor high and college faculty in May and in July. A 1-credit survey course has been created forconcepts in wireless, security and telecommunications. This course will run with 58

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

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Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationauthor. The project involved servicing two complicated systems, and designing, installing andtesting the instrumentation for the fuel consumption measurements. This was a very successfuland a very useful project for the students involved. Students were very exited and liked workingon a full size engine.Planned extensions for this project are:(a) solving vibration problems of the torque meter,(b) taking measurements at higher engine loads, beyond 50 ft-lb, and(c) measuring the effect of the engine speed and the engine load on emissions.AcknowledgementsSome of this work was done as a requirement for the “EDTE 341-Power and Transportation”course by Teri Blount, Marc Charleston, Wendell Gaymon

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Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Knox; Robert Barat

Session 3513 Updating the Chemical Engineering Curriculum for the 21st Century Dana E. Knox & Robert B. Barat Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractThe field of chemical engineering is evolving, and curricula must evolve to match the new worldin which graduates of our programs will find themselves. There is a general consensus that thereshould be ever-greater emphasis on biological-based processes and on batch

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Laura Genik; Craig Somerton

T1 T2 T2 u 2 − u1 = ∫ cv (T )dT = ∫ ( c p (T ) − R )dT (3.40) Moran & Shapiro T1 T1 P  T2 c p (T ) s2 − s1 = ∫ dT −Rln 2  (6.19) Moran & Shapiro T1 T  P1 II. Real Gases A. Use compressibility factor to determine departure from ideal gas behavior. B. Use generalized compressibility

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Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kun-jung Hsu

Session 1121 The Application of CRA Technique in the Education of Trans-national Construction Project Kun-Jung Hsu Department of Construction Technology Leader University, Taiwan.AbstractThe management of a trans-national construction project often encounters multiple risks.This paper discusses the framework of CRA technique, and applies it to a trans-nationalconstruction project. The globalization trend shows that CRA in a trans-nationalconstruction projects become more and more important. The paper begins with a

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Diana Muldrow; Rosa Cano; Deran Hanesian; Henry McCloud; Angelo Perna; Howard Kimmel

Research Experience for Technology”, Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Vol. 2, October 2000.20. Halstead, Judith A., “What is Undergraduate Research?”, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 74, No. 12, December 199721. Kimmel, H., Muldrow, D., O’Shea, M., and Deek, F.. “Project SMART: Science and Math Access Resources and Technology”. Electronic Journal of Information Technology and Disabilities,. 5, (3), Article 7, 1998.DERAN HANESIAN received his B. ChE. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering degrees from Cornell University in 1952and 1961 respectively. He was employed at DuPont and then started teaching at NJIT in 1963 and served as Chairmanof the Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science from

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Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

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Okechi Egekwu

are critical and that technology isjust a small part of an overall digital risk framework” and bemoans the fact thatorganizations still fail to enforce ‘even zero-cost, simple precautions.”Cyber threats can be broadly categorized into a) industrial espionage b) sabotage and c)attacks. The technologies available for securing information systems assets include thefollowing:a. User Authentication – grant access to the right people: Biometrics authentication, smart cards, X.509 digital certificate, and public key infrastructure.b. Data Security – preserve data integrity: Data and transmission encryption technologies, certificate-based data, access and authorization, and data signature techniques.c. Computer

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Craig Gunn

Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Some of these collected connections include: • Statics – Newton’s fundamental laws for forces • Dynamics - Newton’s fundamental laws for forces • Heat Transfer – Analysis of heat transfer phenomena • Mechanical Design – Newton’s Laws • Control Systems – Newton’s Laws of Motion • Thermodynamics – Power cycle, relationship between properties of fluid • Matlab a. The solving and graphing of circuits that contain equations with many unknowns b. The solving of differential equations, root loci, and bode plots c. Graphing functions d. Solving matrices and complex equationsPresenting these and much more detailed

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

Session 1353 Module-based Freshman Engineering Course Development Christopher J. Rowe, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractThe freshman year of engineering continues to be one of the most critical components ofundergraduate curriculum development for engineering schools. There is an ongoing challenge indeveloping an introductory engineering course that meets the needs of the school/college as wellas the students in an effective manner. A major complaint of students is that there is no formalmechanism that helps students make an informed decision on their choice

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Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Creese

C. “Time-Based Break-Even Analysis and Costing”, 1998 AACE International Transactions,AACE International, Morgantown, WV pp. ABC.02.1-ABC.02.6.2. Robert C. Creese, “Time-Based Breakeven Analysis”, 1998 Joint Cost Management Societies Proceedings, pp.AACE.02.01 - AACE.02.07.3. Creese, Robert C. “:A New Break-even Analysis Uses Production Time vs. Quantity”, Modern Castings, March1996, p. 52-3.4. Hand field, Robert B., and Ernest L. Nichols. Introduction to Supply Chain Management, Upper Saddle River,NJ, Prentice-Hall, (1999), pp 53-4.5. Newbold, Robert C. Project Management in the Fast Lane-Applying the Theory of Constraints, St. LuciePress/APICS Series on Constraints Management, Boca Raton, FL. St Lucie Press (1998), 284 pp.Bibliographic

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

), The Capability Maturity Model: Guidelines for Improving the Software Process, Reading,MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995.2 Humphrey, W. S. Managing the Software Process, Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 19893 Deming, W. E. Out of Crisis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Center for Advancement Engineering, 1982.4 Crosby, P. B. Quality is Free. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.5 Juran, J. M. Juran on Planning for Quality. New York: MacMillan, 1988.6 Ahern, D. M., A. Clouse, R. Turner, CMMI Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement,Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 20017 Council for Higher Education Accreditation. http://www.chea.org/8 Curtis, B., W.E. Heffley, and S. Miller. People Capability Maturity Model, Technical Reports SEI-CMU-TR-95-MM-001

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Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Walters; Albert Lozano

. Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"Degree DevelopmentTo serve the need of training highly qualified technologists with knowledge onNanomanufacturing techniques within Penn State, the Commonwealth College, in the Summerof 2002, charged a committee with developing the appropriate degree to accomplish these goals.This committee was formed by four faculty members with backgrounds in chemistry,engineering, biology, information sciences and bioengineering. This committee developed anassociate degree in Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (2NMT) with two differenttracks: A. The Engineering Technology Option (2NMT/ET) B. The Nanomanufacturing Science Option (2NMT/SC)This new degree was approved by the University

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Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

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S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

did not evolve into a secular positive science education until the eighteenth century.Ottomans were not behind the west in technological capabilities until the sixteenth century.Indeed, Rodinson2 claims a well developed industrial activity in the Ottoman Empire, reportingthree to four workers at the production plants in Istanbul. According to this source, technicalsuperiority continued until the seventeenth century. The practices at those times included wetagricultural techniques, water transportation and water lift at the riversides. In wheat and barleyprocessing, mills were used, and water and wind energy were harnessed. Casting of heavyartillery and transportation techniques of these weapons to intercontinental distances weredeveloped

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yi Cheng

the robotic arm movement. Page 9.1374.3Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education• The rover shall be capable of navigating through obstacles from point A to point B with minimal human interaction. The smart rover shall have autonomous navigation capabilities because future space explorations to Mars and beyond will make remote control very difficult due to the extremely long delays in the communication channels.• The rover shall be capable of communicating via wireless using IEEE 802.11b/g standards.eBOX with

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

design,and engineering education. He received his B.S. from Duke University and both his M.S. and Ph.D. from theGeorgia Institute of Technology.ZSUZSANNA SZABO is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology Department at the University ofArizona. Her research interests include assessment, team learning, and gender issues in education. She received herB. S. in Civil Engineering from Technical University Cluj, B. S. in Psychology from University Babes-Bolyai, bothin Romania, and her M. Ed. from SUNY at Buffalo, NY.DARRELL SABERS is Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University ofArizona. His research specialty is applied psychometrics, especially focused on educational testing and research. Hereceived his

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roxanne Jacoby

communicationand leadership skills. How does this project work? A) Student teams develop Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and responding Proposals for international joint venture projects based on given scenarios. The work involves: • Researching on the Internet the political, economic, technology, financial, etc., conditions in one or several countries, • Getting in touch with various equipment and engineering services vendors to get price and technology information, • Finalizing the processes, equipment to be used, and project start-up and marketing costs, • Writing complete, professional level, RFPs and Proposals. B) The RFPs and Proposals are thoroughly discussed and negotiated by the

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TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timothy Skvarenina

improvementprocess.Criterion 4This criterion is titled Program Characteristics and deals with the curriculum. The self-study instructionsrequire that course outlines containing specific items be provided as part of the advance materials.Neither program that I visited provided course outlines; course syllabi were provided instead. Althoughthe syllabi may have much of the information requested in the course outline, they typically don’t haveall of it as a syllabus is intended for the students in the course. In addition, most syllabi are much longerthan the two-page limit as they have a great deal of extraneous information (e.g., grading andattendance policies) that is not required for the course outline. Appendix B of this paper shows an