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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

learning domain in the following way:“Science and Technology are playing an ever-increasing role in our society. In order tonavigate this sea of information, students must know and understand how science doesand does not work, the application of scientific and mathematical principles, and thedistinction between science and dogma. This requires the coupling of basic scientificprinciples with systematic, critical analysis. Emphasis is on the methods used to model,gather, interpret, and evaluate data critically, and the placement of this information into alarger context. In the face of our rapidly evolving understanding of the natural world,application of the scientific method is an enduring skill for assessing the validity ofobservations related to

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Raviv

marbles in one cup, twored marbles in a second cup, and a red and blue marbles in a third cup. By pulling out onemarble, and not looking at the other cups’ contents, determine the color of the marbles in eachcup. The solution involves the strategies of uniqueness and experimentation.6. EvaluationWhen dealing with assessment of creativity, there are four different facets to consider:1) Qualities of the person, 2) Aspects of the process, 3) Characteristics of products, and 4)Nature of the environment. This project deals mainly with the process facet of creativity. Itfocuses on the various stages of thinking/problem-solving people engage in while producingsomething new and useful, including practical strategies for creative thinking. It also deals

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

entering CS or CE programs at universitywithout the necessary academic skills required to be successful in these programs. Averagemathematics scores have increased for all racial/ethnic groups since 1990. But, unlike women,differences between the score of white students and minorities have not significantly narrowed.Differences by race/ethnicity also exist in the percentages performing at proficient levels inmathematics. For instance, while 34% of Asian and 20% of white 12th graders scored at or abovethe Proficient level in 2000, only 4% of Hispanic, 3% of Afro-American, and 10% of NativeAmerican 12th graders scored at that level. Similarly, the National Assessment of EducationalProgress (NAEP) for science shows that in 1999, 75% of white 17-year

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What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Saumitra Mishra; Boris Ramos; Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

management,and (6) product customization.We have offered the laboratory sessions once at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), andreport here on our initial analysis of the teaching experience and student learning. Our objectiveswere: (1) to develop students’ ability to apply lean design principles, (2) to develop students’ability to analyze data, and (3) to increase student understanding of fundamental process dynamicsand variability. We used student surveys and an evaluation of student work to assess our successin meeting these objectives. In this paper, we concentrate on the impact on our first objective, the Page 8.1071.1ability to apply

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ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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C. Richard Helps

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography 1. Battaglia, C., Francine, et. al., Developing Assessment Tools for Continuous Improvement, document 2566. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 2. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs: Effective for Evaluation During the 2000-2001 Accreditation Cycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD (1999). 3. Kiefer, Scott, Using A Mechatronics Independent Study Course to Develop New Course Materials

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Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mihaela Albu; Keith Holbert

availability by searchinginto related resources in order to guide the users of such a laboratory.[28] Such an agent systemis under development on a Java platform, while the equipment remote-control is realized as aLabVIEW library. A communication layer between the two platforms has to be designed. Alsoplanned is student assessment of the VLAB experience.AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Fulbright Foundation. The authors also recognizethe work done by Florin Mihai, member of the VLAB team at Politehnica University ofBucharest.References1. L. Harasim, “A framework for Online Learning: The Virtual-U,” Computer, vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 44-49, Sept. 1999.2. A. Guru, P. Savory, R. Williams, “A web-based interface for storing

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Narayanan Komerath

SBE.VII. References1. NASA HEDS Strategic Plan. www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/heds/hedsplan.html Page 7.767.8 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education2. Beardsley, “The Way to Go Into Space”. Scientific American, February 1999, p. 80 -97.3. Komerath, N.M., Design-Centered Introduction: 3-year experience with the Gateway to the Aerospace Digital Library. Paper No. 525, Session 1624, "Design, Assessment and the Curriculum", ASEE 2000 National Conference, St. Louis, MO, June

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

Video Databases VI, February 1998.6. F. Ahmed, B. G. Swahn, and G. J. Power, Multiresolutional quality assessment of SAR azimuth sequence using a spatio-temporal analysis technique, SPIE Conference on Capture, Analysis, and Display of Image Sequences II, January, 2000.THOMAS L. HEMMINGERThomas Hemminger earned his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University inCleveland, OH. He is an Associate Professor in the electrical and computer engineering program at Penn State Erieand has been on the faculty since 1992. He is also a member of IEEE. His areas of expertise are neural networks,communications, digital signal processing, and computer vision.RALPH M. FORDRalph M. Ford received his Ph.D. in electrical

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MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

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Denise Hayman

this phenomenon hasfocused on a variety of causes and cures. Some believed that the U.S. students’ level ofcompetence in comparison to international academic abilities has only progressed to averagelevels. Others have focused on teaching and assessment standards in the classroom. Collegeprofessionals believe undergraduate teaching and instruction are to blame. Questions have risenabout insufficient accountability and the lack of response to the unmet needs of traditionallyunderrepresented students such as minorities. In spite of this, no one study or approach hasclearly identified `what works’ for minority engineering students. The result of this perceiveddilemma has been a lack of forward thinking ideas that clearly identify an appropriate

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Globig

removed from their positions. Project Management issues – numerous: teams, Project Manager selection, risk assessment, personnel management, procurement and second sourcing, verification testing and more Ethical questions – respect for life, fairness and justice, truthfulness and honesty, tolerance and respect, unity of mankind, unselfishness, courage“Confessions From A Crash” 15This short article describes how MicroStrategy, a software company and dot.com casualty, hadbeen “cooking its books” in order to lure investors to buy their stock. Concerning the lawsuitsfiled by the defrauded investors, Michael Saylor, the CEO, stated ““but for a technicality wewould have won” and blames bad luck “a fluke.”” Mr. Saylor

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joan Burtner

crucial to the development of high-quality, competitive product in the shortest time.Design team activities must be directed and monitored for performance. The design output must becontinually assessed against specification requirements 7.Students need to practice design to become competent. One experience at the end of a four-yearprogram is not enough. The creation, implementation, and maintenance of a design curriculum arein fact a design problem. The faculty and industry partners of each school need to develop theirown appropriate solution. Borrowing ideas and innovations is encouraged 15.At the Mercer University School of Engineering, the design thread begins with the freshman designcourse and culminates in the senior design sequence. Senior

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K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hermes Calderon; Amilcar Quispitupa; Scott Kiefer

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 16: Final version of the polarized BaTiO3 crystal structure where Ba2+ cations arerepresented as light blue spheres; the O2- anions, as purple spheres; and, barely visible, the Ti4+cation, as a yellow sphere in the octahedral site formed by the O2+ anions.Further readings and Web searches on piezoelectricity bolster the understanding of the influenceof crystal geometry on this property for a given dielectric material. Afterwards, a shortdiscussion on dipole moment can help clarify the concept of piezoelectricity.4. Assessment of the Instruction Effectiveness4.1

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amy Miller

to discuss possible changes in course structure (i.e.: frequency of homeworkcollection). The instructor oversaw the brainstorming and chose a few appropriate solutions for aclassroom vote.The secondary outcome of the brainstorming sessions, in each class, was exciting. The studentsseemed to gain new respect for the instructor, in spite of being a first time teacher. The entireclassroom dynamic changed as evidenced by an increase in discussions and class participation.The instructor was better able to assess if the class was struggling with subjects and could makeneeded adjustments. There was an increase of students visiting during office hours; proof that a“connection” was being formed between the instructor and the students. A true

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

, or effective arguments/facts General Technology Ability to assess usefulness/application of basic information Skills technology Basic understanding of the relationship between career choices and specific information technologies Knowledge of the critical importance of continuous learning, and information technology skills development Ethical Skills Understanding of important issues of a technology-based society Recognition of ownership, security, and privacy issues Understanding of copyright and citation issues Year 4

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rafiqul Islam

Carolina State University and North Carolinapublic schools. The primary goal has been the integration of science, technology and engineeringtropics with math, reading and writing. A similar type of program has already assessed 15,000students in Canada and suggested the same results6. A technology literacy course titled ‘Toys withTechnology’ has been developed as an undergraduate course to be offered to elementary andsecondary education majors. It has been an effective collaborative effort between engineeringfaculty and teacher education faculty that has brought fruitful results at the Iowa State University. Page 8.564.3 “Proceedings of the

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lance Collins; Rajesh Bhaskaran

toknow how to assess the validity of the numerical results obtained from simulation packagesand to understand the limitations of the underlying physical and numerical models. Atthe same time, hands-on simulations can be used to make theory concrete and can serveas surrogate physical experiments. CFD simulations can be used to make the connectionbetween fundamental science and the solution of real-life engineering problems. Studentscan be exposed to a larger array of concepts than is possible otherwise. This project seeks to integrate CFD simulations into the intermediate fluid dynamicscourse in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at Cornell University. Thesoftware used is FLUENT from Fluent Inc. The software is available at a

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Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Byron Newberry; James Farison

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”With these preliminary thoughts in mind, our goal is to assess and quantify the purposes for whichgeneral Engineering programs are used, and to look for trends in the evolution of these generalEngineering programs.Survey of General Engineering ProgramsThe 48 ABET/EAC accredited general Engineering programs were identified from the listing ofaccredited programs maintained by ABET1. Data were collected from this source, the ASEEDirectory of Engineering Colleges2, the U.S. News & World Report database3, and the websitesof the various institutions. Additionally, an e-mail survey was sent to 33

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Rennels

demonstrate sufficient authority to ensure the proper guidance of the program and to develop and implement processes for the evaluation, assessment, and continuing improvement of the program, its educational objectives and outcomes. The overall competence of the faculty may be judged by such factors as education, diversity of Page 8.856.4 backgrounds, engineering experience, teaching experience, ability to communicate, “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” enthusiasm for developing more

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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R.W. Carpick; K.W. Lux; Buck Johnson; Wendy Crone

membrane forces) 26 Nano-bio-mechanics 27-28 Nanocomposites 29-30 Theory, modeling, and computational techniques for mechanics modeling of nano-systems including MD of fracture mechanics, mixed atomistic/continuum modeling of sliding friction Table 1. Topic covered in 75-minute lectures for Micro- and Nanoscale Mechanics.One assessment technique used in this course was the reflective writing assignment. Each weekstudents were asked to respond to a question related to the week’s lecture. For example: Week #3 Pick an experimental technique that is used to characterize surfaces that was not discussed in detail in Thursday's

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Stephanie Eisenbarth; Siddhartha P. Duttagupta; Robert Walters; Paul Dawson; Joseph Guarino; George Murgel; Christopher Pentico

air pollution models.GEORGE MURGEL, Ph.D. P.E.Dr. Murgel is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Boise State University with a privatesector background and research interests in Environmental Engineering. Dr. Murgel currently has a project for theU.S. Bureau of Reclamation to collect water quality samples on three tributaries to the Snake River and assess theresults in relation to the proposed Snake River and Brownlee Reservoir TMDL limits.JOSEPH GUARINO, Ph.D. P.E.Dr. Guarino is a Professor and Chair in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Boise State University. Hisresearch interests include engineering education, vibrations, acoustics, biomedical imaging and data processing.CHRISTOPHER PENTICOMr. Pentico is a

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2001 Annual Conference

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Yaw Owusu

the means to reach these objectives and goals.Company managers should first assess the company’s present culture and then, bycomparing current culture to desired goals, identify the prerequisites for implementingchange. A new attitude often has to be acquired by both managers and employees.Managers then plan a list of actions that will enable the sharing of common goals andefforts. This can occur only if the ultimate objective for the company (i.e. customersatisfaction and resulting profit) and intermediate goals (i.e. improved product quality,reduced cost, and increased company flexibility) are clearly stated and understood (i.e. Page 6.290.15

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Terrence Freeman

interests and goals, and buildrapport is a good start9. Hunkeler and Sharp (1997) recommend that students be assigned tofunctional groups rather than allowing group formation through random or self-selectionprocesses10. This requires some level of assessment prior to group formation. They report that theoptimal group size is four students and that academically strong students should be evenlydistributed among the groups. They also encourage an even distribution of students with practicalexperience. The distribution of gender, learning styles, and cultural and social differences mayhave some impact on group performance, but their research did not determine the extent of theimpact. They did raise a concern that cliques or sub-groups could undermine

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2001 Annual Conference

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Glenn Moffett; Thomas Hall

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education”(similar to a "bulletin board"), chat rooms, and e-mail. The assessment and grading modulesallow a variety of testing and survey formats.While it has many great features, Blackboard provides poor support for technical courses. Itlacks a mathematics equation editor, and it does not recognize standard symbol fonts (forexample, the Greek letters used so frequently in engineering and technology). It is cumbersomewhen posting figures that accompany electronics problems. As one might imagine, theassessments are well suited for multiple choice and matching types of problems and ill suited forfree-form problem solving

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2001 Annual Conference

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Rajib Mallick

Page 6.368.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Assessing the Results of the Strategic Highway Research Program, Publication No. FHWA-SA-98-008, FHWA2. National Policy on the Quality of Highways. AASHTO Joint Construction/Materials Quality Assurance Task Force 1992.3. Cominsky, R. J., B. Killingsworth, R. M. Anderson, D. Anderson, and W. Crockford. Quality Control and Acceptance of Superpave-Designed Hot Mix Asphalt, NCHRP Report 409, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C, 1998.4. National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA

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Gary Boyd; Alan Insleay; Geza Joos

hands- on learning experience: An assessment study. Journal of Engineering Education, 85 (2), 123-131.5. Frank, Helmar (1969) Kybernetik Grundlagen der Padagogik.. Baden Baden, Agis Verlag.6. Boyd, G. (1994). “A Theory of Distance Education for the Cyberspace Era”(p.247) in D. Keegan (ed.) Theoretical Principles of Distance Education. London, Routledge.7. Biggs, J. B.(1978) "Individual and group differences in study processes" Brit. Jour. Educational Psychology, 48, 266-279.8. Entwistle, Noel (1988) Styles of Learning and Teaching. London, David Fulton Publishers.9. Sniderman, S., Boyd, G., Joos, G., “OATS; Operational Amplifier Tutorial System” in Proceedings of AACE NEW MEDIA 2000. (CD-ROM). AACE.10. Laurillard, D. (1995

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William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

-1996. The Review ofHigher Education, 21, 115-135.2. American Association of Engineering Societies. (1998). Engineering & technology degrees. Washington, DC:Author.3. Felder, R. M., Felder, G. N., Mauney, M., Hamrin, C. E., Jr., & Dietz, E. J. (1995). A longitudinal study ofengineering student performance and retention III: Gender differences in student performance and attitudes. Journalof Engineering Education, 84, 151-163.4. Hawks, B. K. & Spade J. Z. (1998). Women and men engineering and science students: Anticipation of familyand work roles. Journal of Engineering and Science Education, 87, 249-256.5. Crawford, M., & MacLeod, M. (1990). Gender in the college classroom: An assessment of the “chilly climate”for women. Sex

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 1997, Session 2630, CDROM, 7 pages.6. Reyes, Maria A., Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., and McCartney, Mary Ann, “Student Success: What Factors Influence Persistence?” Frontiers in Education, Conference Proceedings, CDROM, Session 11a5, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1999, 11a5-20 to 11a5-28.7. Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., Reyes, Maria A., and McCartney, May Ann, “MEP Summer Bridge Program: Mathematics Assessment Strategies,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, CDROM, Seattle, Washington, June 1998, Session 2670, 10 pages.8. National Science Foundation. Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 1994, Arlington, VA, 1994. (NSF 94-333), p. 46-47.9. Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., “Using

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Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

EngineeringAccreditation Board (CEAB) refused to register a program with a double name, wich could leadto a misintrepretation.Program accreditationAn engineering program accredited by the (CEAB) allows its graduates to practice the professionand become members of the association of professional engineers. The accreditation processincludes an in-depth visit by a visiting team and a thorough evaluation of the program 24. Thevisiting team prepared a confidential report assessing the overall excellent quality of the newprogram and accredited it for a period of three years wich is the best result that a new programcan obtain.V. The difficulties and the forseen changesThe difficultiesAdded to the difficulties encountered when establishing and starting any new

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Yvon Kermarrec; Ian R. Simpson

Market and make decisions involving company strategy. The winners at the end of the week are the team with the greatest profit.• Communication Theory as seen through the eyes of Psychologists and Sociologists. (Semester 3)Two final-year electives complete the Economics and Marketing-oriented courses :i) Design and Marketing of Information Systems• Developing the Concepts of the Service Economy• Assessing the Implications of Information Services• Designing and Managing Information Servicesii) Business Engineering• European Construction and the Globalization of the Marketplace• Economics, Law and Management• Networks• New Markets and Professions in Business Engineeringc) A mandatory internship abroad

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2000 Annual Conference

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Rebecca A. Pinkus; Craig A. Simmons

qualitative assessment of the students’ progress, due in large part to the small class size,which allowed us track the performance of individual students. In most cases, we observed thatthe students became more conscientious and critical of their writing during the seminar series.Therefore, although we worked with the students for only six weeks, this appeared to be enoughtime to instill in them an appreciation for and an understanding of the fundamental aspects of thewriting process, thus meeting the main objective of the seminar. And although we were unableto demonstrate quantitatively that the students’ writing improved, based on their comments andour observations, it seems likely that the majority will continue to be critical