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Daniel Nosenchuck

semester is an elective, it is anticipated that the course will be limited enrollment, with allstudents participating in a global product design exercise and associated international travel andcorporate visits. The competitive element of the course will be maintained, but the competitionwill be held and judged in international engineering settings. Outcomes assessment metrics willbe developed to determine the efficacy of the global design engineering program elements. Page 3.303.7† Gilbert Wong, President and CEO, The Manica Group‡ Banthoon Lamsam, President, Thai Farmers BankBibliography[1] The Virtual Corporation, W.H. Davidow and M.S

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M.P. Hottenstein; C.O. Ruud

Engineering Design Principles (3.0)Engineering principles including different engineering fields, graphics, design, solid modeling,and failure analysis.QMM 551 Quality Management (3.0)Concepts of design, assessment, and improvement of quality systems; customer needs analysis,identification of opportunities for application of measurement techniques.QMM 552 Applied Statistical Process Control and Experimental Design (3.0)Concepts and techniques of statistical process control and the design of experiments.QMM 561 Manufacturing Systems Planning and Control I (3.0)Systems, components, and configurations, flow of material and information in a manufacturingsystem.QMM 562 Manufacturing Systems Planning and Control II (3.0)Flow of material and information in

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William H. Mason

the time for each. Determine the average time and the standard deviation.Week Number 2: Talk about the validity of the assumptions used in the math model, and then: • Develop an experimental program using a matrix of designs. • Build the matrix of designs (this took longer than I expected)Week Number 3: • Conduct a test program, flying each design five times and averaging the results. (this was done much faster than I expected, less than an hour to fly all the designs) • Talk about modeling of the experimental result. • Find the optimum helicopter as predicted by the experimental program, and: • Build the optimum and test it. (not actually done, we ran out of time) • Assess the

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Majdi Najm

Session 2555 An Innovative Approach in Teaching Professionals at the Graduate Level Majdi Najm, PE, DE Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering Management University of Missouri-RollaA problem-based cooperative learning approach is described, focusing on courses taught to U.S. Army officers at Fort Leonard Wood, engineers at Boeing, and students at University ofMissouri-Rolla. The utilization of modern tools such as the Web and computer-based instruction and assessment is also highlighted.Engineering EducationThe landscape of

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Alice Swanger

practice has fallen short of assessment needs. In order to bring manufacturingeducation and practice into the same space-time continuum, other potential assessmentmodels have had to be examined.ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHThe Greenfield Coalition is in the midst of an effort to create a system that will permit twoentirely different operational systems (Industry and Academia) to work toward a commongoal. Both want to produce a competent and employable manufacturing engineer /technologist. One will not dominate the other because both have essential roles in our Page 3.347.1society. Our intention here is to present where we are in our endeavors to build a

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P.J. Sackett; G.P. Nelder; A. Skandalakis

education coupled with enterprisedevelopment vision (2). There is a need for manufacturing engineers with an understanding ofthe integration of people in the manufacturing process, the integration of production activitieswith the concerns of the whole business from the suppliers to the customers, and the need toengage in continuing professional development, improvement and lifelong learning.European Institutions that are aware of the need for cross-disciplined manufacturing engineersare beginning to "re-engineer" their academic programs to provide an integration oftechnological, organisational and human-factors disciplines. Universities and other academicInstitutions are required to assess the philosophy of their programs, and the level and spread

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Walter Buchanan

a satisfactory level of competence in the areas of teaching, scholarship and servicein preparation for going up for promotion and tenure. TeachingSince teaching is the most important area for an engineering technology faculty member, anyschool that has engineering technology should establish a teaching culture. In this environment,excellence in teaching delivery in the classroom and laboratory should be expected as the sinequa non. In addition, a method to continually assess student learning, in addition to the normalgrading system, should be established. There should also be a method for ongoing curriculumand laboratory development in all courses, so as to maintain the state of the art in the

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Jim Morgan

are given frequent Readiness Assessment Tests (RATs) to encourage reading andpreparation for class. Lecture time is limited to those concepts which are difficult for the studentsto pick up from reading or from teammates, and time for in class activity by the students(individually and in teams) is maximized. The goal is for a class with ten to fifteen minutelecturettes interspersed with student exercises. Many classes start with an exercise for thestudents to tell us what they do not (and then what no one on their team) understand(s).Technology - The fourth goal is to use technology inside (and outside) the classroom in order toprovide the students with enhanced design and problem solving tools. The classroom computersare armed with Maple

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Jerry W. Samples; Robert Martinazzi

division’s desire to be “student friendly and interested”. RESULTSThe results accumulated thus far are unscientific, but they indicate a positive impact of theprogram on the students. The most unscientific is the seminar assessment form distributed at theend of the term. An overwhelming majority of the students feel that this seminar is important tothem, both as a source of information and for team-building. Many realize that they are knownby the faculty far earlier that their counterparts in other majors. They are especially impressedthat the leadership of the various programs have been there to talk with them.Data collected over the years indicates that the retention rate of freshman has increased

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Wessel Koning

: ‘Onderwijsconcept NHL van kennis overdragen naar zelfstandig leren’ , booklet, NHL, 1996.2 Ministry of Education : ‘The institutes of technology in the Netherlands’, information booklet, 1984.3 S.Smith, M.Mannion, C.Hastie: ‘Encouraging the development of transferable skills through effective group project work’, Proceedings SEHE ‘95 conference, Allicante, pp. 21, 1995.4 I.Moore, K.Exley, ‘Alternative Approaches to Teaching Engineering’, UK Universities and Colleges Staff Development Agency, university House, Sheffield, 1994.5 G. Gibbs, S. Habeshaw, T. Habeshaw, ‘53 Interesting Ways to Assess Your Students’, Technical and Educational Service Ltd., 1988.6 Joseph W. Wiess, Robert K. Wysocki. ‘5-Phase Project Management, A

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S. Gokhale; J. Aldrich

) Provide a structured opportunity for students to reflect critically on their experience, 5) Articulate clear service and learning goals for everyone involved, 6) Clarify the responsibility of each person and organization involved, and 7) Provide feedback and assessment mechanism to all involved.ConclusionsCommunity service and academic excellence are not competitive demands to be balancedthrough discipline and personal sacrifice by students, but rather are interdependent dimensions ofgood intellectual work.When effectively structured, facilitated, related to discipline based theories and knowledge,community based service learning experience ensures the development of graduates who willparticipate in society actively, ethically, and

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Brian A. Alenskis

ethics case analysisstrategy. The method involved a careful review of case details, identification of stakeholders,generation of reasonable decision options, and assessment of principles violations andconsequences. The process also considered compliance with ethical theories, company policiesand a professional code of ethics. Students were taught to follow the strategy through an analysisof each option and finally to make a decision. Use of the case analysis strategy proved very successful, particularly when a case reflectedthe complexity of an actual workplace. A specially designed worksheet [6] (Figure 1) helped thestudents compile the case information and spot important relationships. This careful analysis andits documentation took

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Richard L. LeBoeuf; Gregory Spaulding

achievedduring the first semester. The second semester activities were dedicated to design refinement,demonstrator construction, and computer integration. During the first semester, team membersmet two times per week for one hour each meeting. Time was used to set project parameters,weekly goals, task assignments, and to assess progress. In addition to the organized teammeetings, each team member utilized individual time to complete the task assignments, weeklygoals, and to familiarize themselves with HVAC principles and equipment.Each student was required to maintain a project notebook containing three sections: A log of all course activities recorded by hand along with the date of entry. All written progress reports and other material

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K.A. Korzeniowski

material composition ofsensors. The knowledge gained in the first part of the course is applied here to the design of basic circuits thatconvert the material change to an electric signal. Time is spent assessing the strengths and weaknesses, accordingto the operating environment, of various commercially available sensors. These simple sensors are then alwaysapplied to engineering problems. For instance, in one design problem, it is discussed how each sensor can beused in a system in order to determine the speed of an object.Among the types of pure sensors discussed in the “Sensors and Transducers” section of the course are:● Light: Visible and Infrared● Force● Temperature● Hall EffectC. Computer Interfacing In this section of the

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John E. Mayer

student, an assessment of the individual student’scontribution to the project, and the student’s individual oral presentations during the semester.EXAMPLE PROJECTS Over the past seven years at least 30 different companies have furnished projects for thesenior capstone course in the manufacturing engineering technology program at Texas A&MUniversity. Some companies have supplied multiple projects. Some past projects are listed below by project title: 1. Aircraft food tray design and manufacture 17. Gate and riser standardization 2. Aircraft skin modifications 18. Injection mold die changing 3. Analytical test device manufacture 19. Foundry ladle skimming 4. Dust/wood chip separation

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Joan A. Burtner

liability issues. 2.Course instructors need to carefully monitor the teams’ progress during the early stages of the design process. Sometimes teams develop “tunnel vision” through which they can see only one solution. Classroom activities should be structured so that the teams are required to develop several varied alternatives. Students should not be allowed to begin building before they have had sufficient time to develop and assess a variety of solutions. 3.Electronic projects need to be carefully selected. They frequently require advanced knowledge, parts fail and must be replaced, and time for testing can be a serious constraint. 4.When choosing a possible project, it is better to

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O. G. Petersen; Steven Barnicki; Cynthia Barnicki

and the University President.PERSONAL IMPRESSIONSThe faculty of MSOE are generally satisfied with the review process. Specific comments byfaculty members are as follows:x I feel that the review process is very valuable in that is forces the faculty member to consciously assess how well they are doing, and develop a plan for improvement.x The review process can be very beneficial both for analyzing past performance and to set goals for the future. The nature of the process assures continuous administrative feedback.x Having spent 30 years in R&D in industry I was used to going through an annual merit review process. In industry, as well as in academia, I feel there ought to be minimum requirements placed on performance

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W. Ernst Eder

designing.I question how the second of these ABET 2000 criteria can be assessed by people (especially byacademics) who have never designed a system or product in industry, for industrial productionand the commercial market, or at best have only played consultant in their own engineeringscience speciality on aspects of such products. It needs some experience of designing, preferablyby developing the full detail and assembly drawings and/or their computer based equivalents (butat least into a good dimensional layout) to appreciate the difficulties and the range of knowledgeneeded for effective designing.The third of these ABET 2000 criteria should include the world best and latest systematic designmethods (e.g. 6,7,8,9). Also necessary are the current

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1999 Annual Conference

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Marla E. Hacker; Thomas M. West

graduate program. Assessing the appropriateness ofthe courses for graduate study in manufacturing engineering requires additional effort.C Interfacing from a distance with university administrative systems is difficult for manyworking students. Admission, course registration, completion of program of studies, schedulingof final defenses, and petitioning for completion of studies all require persistent interface withthe university. It is difficult for working professionals to have the time to follow upappropriately during business hours, requiring additional effort.SummaryWe have confirmed through our graduates that many aspects of our first distance learningprogram are working and are appropriate in this environment. We have also gotten some

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John Hoover; Arnold F. Johnson

(sd = 0.50). Information and presentations regarding science instruction received ratings of9.37 (quality) and 9.19 (utility).In interviews, teachers appeared to embrace the hands-on, concept rich approach advocated byproject personnel. The teaching style they related could best be described as child- anddevelopmental-centered. That is, they all endorsed mathematics and science instruction featuringa cycle of student observation/ interviews followed by activity-rich lessons. However, as ofAugust, 1998, few of the teachers could verbalize curriculum theory or a sense of connectednessfrom concept-to-concept, nor specifics of assessment. It remains to be seen whether the specificsof curriculum development will emerge by spring of 1999.All

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Laura Caldwell; Ronald D. Earley; Thomas G. Boronkay

the Cam and Linkage. Design of the drive shaft. Selection of the drive motor, bearings, etc..Known Parameters:Bottle Conveyor Speed: 100 two Bottle grouping/minuteBottle Dimensions: See attached Figure Page 4.86.6Partition Dimension: See attached Figure Fig. 7 Partition Feeder Solution on Working Model©ConclusionsSince the introduction of the software package into the laboratory portion of the above courses,the authors have observed increased student interest and understanding of the subjects. To dateformal assessment data have been collected only in the Statics course in the form oflecture/lab/instructor

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Peter W. de Graaf; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

audio feed from the professor (inaudible to the class at the time)to “annotate” certain techniques, words, gestures, etc., of the presenter; and have the presenter Page 4.245.4review the tape individually at a later time.The ability to solve various engineering problems is of little value to today’s engineer if thesolution can’t be translated into a coherent presentation and communicated effectively. Thethree techniques outlined above provide powerful and efficient methods to assess and enhancestudents’ technical communication abilities. By choosing to focus part of the class time ontechnical communication, the professor sends a powerful

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1999 Annual Conference

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Sue Schroeder; Patrick Daniel; Carole E. Goodson; Susan Miertschin

of content is not enough to fairly assess the total impact of thealtered instructional approach. Thus, planned future efforts include developing additional tapesand cooperative learning activities for one additional content area, perhaps focusing this time ona topic that is known to be difficult for most students. The basis for the reported results isprimarily anecdotal information gathered via the normal course and instructor evaluation processthat is standard for the College of Technology at UH. The investigators believe a carefullyplanned and more controlled evaluation that can validly compare the new approach to thetraditional approach is warranted. This will require the development of evaluation instrumentsspecific to the approach and

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1999 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

objective assessment of distance education by using the web, but theanalysis will justify the soundness of such an endeavor.Educational theorists and researches have long debated on "educational theory and practice"and have expounded upon the objective and outcome, and finally, exhaustively concluded onthree main views. They are (1) Natural Scientific View (2) The Interpretive View and (3)Critical View of education. Natural Scientific ViewTo quote O’connor (1973), "Education like medicine or engineering, is a set of practicalactivities and we understand better how to carry them out if we understand the natural lawsthat apply to the material with which we have to work…"Here is the important question of "aset of practical activities" that has been

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Joseph Cecere

following questions:1. How did the constructor rate the value of the subjects in the construction curriculum?2. How do the constructors assess the different construction subject areas in the curriculum?3. What was the background of the respondents and their firms?II. Method and ProcedureFor the purpose of this study, a questionnaire (see appendix) was developed by the AssociatedGeneral Contractors of America Education Committee. The questionnaire sought informationrelated to a four-year construction curriculum and those courses that would help the studentbecome better prepared for their careers, rank the significance of the construction course areas,and obtain background information on the respondents.The first part of the questionnaire was

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Milan Degyansky

and ways to increase gender-fair practices in preparingteachers, particularly in the areas of mathematics and sciences. A main objective of the projectwas to identify ways to make the fields of math and science more attractive to females or identifythose issues that discourage females from following a career path in math and science so that theycan be avoided. Each university used different methods to address the InGEAR theme. At Georgia Southern University (GSU) yearlong workshops for faculty and academicsupport personnel were developed to address different elements of the project. A study wasconducted to assess gender equity issues related to professions, salary and advancementnationwide and on campus. A library of research articles

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Clark Colton; Bonnie D. Burrell

communication. It begins with acomprehensive questionnaire (taken before teambuilding training begins), which functions as abehavioral needs assessment concerning attitudes towards working on a team in the laboratorycourse. The responses to each question are sorted, merged, and returned to team members attheir first meeting as a team. The document, which we refer to as the “Initial Team Dialogues,”immediately launches the students into discussions of the most difficult issues about workingtogether. The term “dialogue” is used because it refers to a particularly effective state ofcommunication’.In order to provide the context in which these dialogues are used, there is a brief overview of theprojects laboratory in Section II and of the team building

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Anthony Brizendine

management andestimating area included Timberline® Precision Estimating and Primavera® P3Project Management Software. These courses were offered in addition toprogram requirements and were not applicable as elective credits towardgraduation; in other words, students signed up simply to gain a betterunderstanding of the various software programs. Students were given a syllabuswith expectations defined. For some courses, the students simply completedproblem sets and submitted those for grade while in other courses one or moreprojects were also assigned. The author met with students biweekly to evaluateprogress, answer questions, and provide direction. Informal assessment ofsuccess is included.Introduction and BackgroundStudents may be enrolled in

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Sema Alptekin; Deena Daggett

activity, we choose a “product” (Figure 1). This “product” is a simpledescription of an industrial engineer’s primary responsibility. The objective of this exerciserequires students to simulate cellular and assembly line production of a “product.” Studentsthen assess the performance of the production line under various conditions. An extendalternative could be, “IE is concerned with the design, installation, and improvement ofintegrated systems of people, material, information, equipment, and energy by drawing uponspecialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences, togetherwith the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, andevaluate the results to be obtained from such systems

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Jess Everett; Kauser Jahan

for enhancingtheir problem solving skills and encourages them to pursue graduate studies.IntroductionThe College of Engineering at Rowan University was created through a $100 million gift fromHenry and Betty Rowan in 1992. The College of Engineering’s key features includecollaborative teamwork in inter- and multi- disciplinary laboratory and coursework and theincorporation of state of the art technologies and innovative teaching methodologies. Activitiesof the freshman and sophomore engineering clinic classes at Rowan have already receivednational recognition (1-8). The freshman clinic focuses on primary principles, measurements,and competitive assessment. The sophomore clinic focuses on formalized engineering designtechniques. The junior and