Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College

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Engineering Technology

Dhillon is currently the Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Excelsior College. In the past, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Information Systems, Software Engineering, and Project Management at University of Maryland, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, and George Washington University. Dr.Dhillon worked as owner/senior executive in three systems engineering companies over a period of 20 years. His research interests are in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Quality Assurance, and Applications of IT in Telemedicine and Web-based Distance Learning. Dr. Dhillon is a member of the Executive Board of the NASA Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

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Engineering Technology

manufacturing processes. The projects startwith simple components that can be made on a single machine such as a lathe or a mill, andprogress to the manufacture and assembly of a fully functional mechanism. This approachintroduces students to the issues involved in putting together a non-trivial assembly. Multipleevaluation tools including surveys, focus-groups, and actual observations, were used todetermine the effectiveness of the approach used. The results indicate that this is an effectiveway of addressing industry concerns.1. IntroductionEducational research has shown that students’ approach to learning is characterized by differentlearning styles, while instructors have their own corresponding teaching styles1,2. Students whoselearning styles are

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Mueller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Hossein Oloomi, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Elizabeth Thompson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Graduate Studies

establish an engineering graduate program locally. They surveyed bothgraduating students and employees of local companies to assess potential interest. Page 13.409.3The committee conducted a survey of 32 graduating engineering students to assess theirinterest in a graduate program at IPFW. Sixty-five percent of the students indicated thatthey would be interested in the program. This level of support was significant becausethe majority of IPFW’s graduates remain in the Northeast Indiana region. This alsodemonstrated that there was a significant pool of candidates that could initiate theprogram.A second survey was distributed to local industry with the

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2003 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot

course) self-selected to form their own teams. So naturally, there is an incentive todo it differently. Of course, if the teams are to be selected by the instructor, there is thedesire to do it effectively. As noted above, the literature provides little help. Thus thisproject was initiated to determine what is the make-up of effective teams or who are the“good” team players. MethodologyThe plan was to gather as much data as seemed relevant from each student enrolled ineach class in the fall, 2002 semester, to organize the individual student characteristics bythe self-formed groups, to conduct a peer evaluation within each group, to evaluationgroup performance as always at the end of the semester, and then to

Conference Session

Engineering Accreditation Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Salazar, Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education (ASIBEI); Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, ACOFI; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

Acreditación, was established in the middle of 2002. It credits in the five big areas of knowledge. ̇ The PCU imposed to the autonomous regions the “Proyecto Plurianual de Calidad” referred to managements of education and research. Page 13.1267.3 ̇ Evaluation Agencies exist in Madrid, Valencia, Galicia and Canarias.Accreditation Systems in Latin AmericaHere we organize by country information of Latin American accreditation systemsMexico ̇ ANFEI: Members of the Asociación Nacional de Facultades y Escuelas de Ingeniería signed the Declaration of Cholula in 1993 which gave birth to a Mexican accreditation system

Conference Session

Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salvatore Marsico, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre

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Engineering Ethics

unregistered persons whomay have violated the statutes governing the profession. The power of theseboards, in the United States, is vested in them through the police power of theirrespective states’ constitutions. Addressing ethical issues impacting the professionis a central theme which runs throughout the required capstone courseProfessional Aspects of Land Surveying offered at Penn State University. Inaddressing these issues students, for first three weeks of the semester are engagedin reading, interpreting statutes, and researching case law with respect toregistration laws, code of ethics, and the disciplinary actions taken by thelicensing boards of a number of jurisdictions. It is the intent of this article topresent a compilation of the

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

entirepopulation including those with disabilities. This paper describes a pilot project beingdeveloped to teach these new Universal Design concepts within the confines of a senior designproject for Engineers and Engineering Technology undergraduate students. The students wouldparticipate in undergraduate research that has a service learning component while studying theprinciples of Universal Design. This paper describes how through the use of these types ofprojects a whole new generation of engineers could be trained to better serve our entirepopulation by applying the components of Universal Design. This paper further discusseshow this pilot development project could be a model for other universities to incorporate intheir degree programs to enhance

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Programs and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

institutions with engineering programs reporting having a fully onlineprogram, compared to 33 percent for business, although penetration rates fordoctoral/research institutions is somewhat higher. Expanding the geographic reach tostudents is the primary reason for institutions to enter online education, although the Sloanstudy reports that 85 percent of students come from within 50 miles of campus, which theyclassify as local or from the state or surrounding states which they classify as regional.Given that backdrop, what makes a master’s program in systems engineering a goodcandidate to be developed as an online program? First, it should be noted that systemsengineering is a relatively young discipline compared to the other engineering disciplines

Conference Session

Design Education in Manufacturing Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jared May, Morehead State University

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Manufacturing

AC 2009-2150: APPLYING AXIOMATIC DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE-BASEDENGINEERING TO PLASTIC DRUM DESIGNJaby Mohammed, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne, IN. He received his PhD in Industrial engineering from University of Louisville in 2006. His research interest includes advanced manufacturing; design methodologies, computer aided design, six sigma, and enterprise resource planning. He is a member of IIE, ASEE,ASQ, SME, POMS, ITEA, NAIT, KAS, and Informs.Jared May, Morehead State University JARED MAY is currently a junior at Morehead State University. He is pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sample, Oregon Institute of Technology; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

adapted from common appliances such as hand drillsand hot melt glue guns to emulate common industrial processes. The work cell can be easilyduplicated at low initial cost and ongoing maintenance. Undergraduate student teams wereintegrated with graduate students to design and build the system.IntroductionThis work was sponsored through the Graduate Fellowship Program of the Oregon NASA SpaceGrant Consortium. At the onset of this project the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering(MMET) department at the Oregon Institute of Technology had just a handful of functioningrobots, even fewer robotic work cells, and none which were fully capable of simulatingmanufacturing assembly processes. This scenario left the MMET department with few real-worldtools

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; David Torick, University of Pittsburgh; Joe Marriott, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Landis, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

importantly, the aim of the course is for students togain an understanding of how their actions and designs have a significant impact on globalsustainability efforts.Incorporating sustainability into product and process design as a design constraint is clearly anecessity as all designers must understand the limits on natural resources. As environmentalconcerns such as global warming and energy security continue to weigh on society, the nextgeneration of students will need to be prepared to solve complex sustainability challenges. DfE isone element of moving towards sustainable development, and is a concept that has developedand evolved since the early 1990’s, largely initiated by the electronics industry. In general, DfEis a “specific set of design

Conference Session

Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

to be veryeffective at getting adults and students thinking in metric.Next StepsMeasuring the impact further is essential. NCSLI needs to determine how many attendees aretaking what they learn at the conference Science Fair events and expanding it for otheraudiences. Appendix A shows the initial Event Tracking Form. Based on one response inFebruary 2009, a representative from one session took NCSLI and NIST materials to anExpanding Your Horizon session in California and reached about 600 girls with hands-onexperiments in metrology. The response was favorable. NCSLI expects that this kind ofleveraging is going on regularly, but does not have the data to demonstrate effectiveness andimpact. That is the next step.Outreach Resources

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brenden Mervin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Guillermo Maldonado, University of Tennessee

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Nuclear and Radiological

of the fundamental principlesbehind cross-section processing, reactor physics, criticality safety, and other related applicationsby demonstrating how these computational packages are used in these specific areas. This willalso open a gateway for national laboratory initiatives as well as university-laboratory-industrypartnerships for the professional development of future nuclear engineers. Figure 1 illustrates thetimetable associated with this educational project. Figure 1: Overview of US NRC Project led by University of Tennessee and Texas A&M The modules outlined in Figure 1 will be structured into “standalone” educational toolsable to independently provide substantial fundamental and interactive information on the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

contrasts capstone design experiences offered at other universities who useteam competitions to motivate serious design effort[3,4]. From 18 years of industrial experience, these authorsconclude that competition is defined and carried out by those who chart the corporate mission and define theproduct. Design is initiated when engineering moves the product definition to a set of functional specifications. Page 1.95.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Because industry values employees with industrial experience, the traditional BSEE graduate must lookfor ways to generate this

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Ahmed-Zaid; James J. Carroll

Laboratory Using Microprocessortion of a prototype direct-drive, two-link SCARA-type ma- Based Instrumentation/’ IEEE Tkansactzons on Powernipulator. This device will be used to perform the robotics Systems, vol. PAS-lO4, pp. 33143319, Dec. 1985.experiments described above. Initial work has also begunon the controls module. This work includes the set up of a [2] T. C. Huang, M. A. E1-Sharkawi, and M. Chen, “Lab-servo motor test stand which consists of a permanent magnet oratory Setup for Instruction and Research in Electric 1brush dc motor and mounting bracket, pancake

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Aaron R. Byerley; Edward M. O'Brien

course directors the opportunity to better explain or justify whyimportant although perhaps unpopular requirements are imposed on students. Just as frequently, however,the students raise a concern about something that can be improved. This practice has helped to fine-tune ourcourse. Faculty members who act as technical advisors are also asked to comment about how effectively thestudent teams made use of their availability. Students are encouraged to take the initiative in all meetingswith the technical advisor and to set the agenda for short but frequent (at least weekly) meetings. It is alsoimportant for students to give the technical advisor time to make comments on their engineering analysis sothat the appropriate corrections can be

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha E. Sloan

computersavailable to them but have witnessed their growth and distribution. This paper reviews the historyof the changes in electrical engineering departments in the United States to incorporatecomputers. It ends with projections into the next century of the challenges ahead.II. The Early Years (Before 1960) The early years of computers coincided with rapid growth in many other areas ofelectronics to which electrical engineering departments, as they were then almost universallycalled, had to adapt. World War II saw great advances in radar and a recognition of the need formore research and graduate education, which greatly impacted electrical engineering departmentsin the 1940's and 1950's. The need for education in electronics gradually crowded out

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Lee Tuttle

tools to methodically compress the initial ideasby focusing toward the combination of similar solutions. The Hits tool is first used by the DFM/A team to identify those ideas that are reallyoutstanding. The operating procedures were describe previously because it is often used alone asthe only soft convergence tool. The ideas that have not been identified by the Hits tool are placed on a wall at the otherend of the room from the original ideas or placed in a box for latter reevaluation. The Clusteringtool is used on the ideas, isolated by the Hits technique, in an effort to generate more effectivepotential solutions by clustering together several partial ideas into a totally complete solution.Before the DFM/A team members begin

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler; Karthik Somaraju, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-527: LABORATORY CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT USING RENESASTECHNOLOGYMukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler Dr. Mukul Shirvaikar is the Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler, where he develops curriculum and laboratories in computer engineering. Prior to this he worked at Texas Instruments specializing in real time imaging systems. Dr. Shirvaikar graduated with his doctorate from the University of Tennessee. He also has a M.S. degree from the University of Maine, and a B.Tech. from Banaras Hindu University, India. His current research interests include real time imaging and engineering education.Karthik Somaraju, University of Texas, Tyler

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Teresa Wolcott, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

freshman actually attended. The poor attendance was despite efforts to encouragethem to attend. Before the social, the freshmen have had very little face-to-face contact withtheir mentors. In the future, we plan to initiate programs to have the freshmen meet their mentorsbefore arriving on campus. This spring, we will pair mentors with accepted students at ouraccepted-student open houses. We are also starting a WIT group on Facebook and willencourage the incoming freshmen to join this group.As part of the welcoming program, incoming students were given a welcome gift. The welcomegifts consisted of a tool related to the student’s programs. For example, Mechanical Engineeringtechnology students received a measuring tool kit with a micrometer

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, Central and Eastern Asia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Romitkumar Gajjar, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

United States at nearly $4.377 billion per year. Florida has 17colleges and more than 100 research, service and education centers, bureaus and institutes. Manyundergraduate majors are offered with about 1,200 freshmen and sophomores taking part in thehonors program. This programs offer nearly 100 honors courses per semester within whichstudents no more than 25 per class are enrolled 3,4.AdmissionThe Department of Civil Engineering at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda admits nomore than 90 students per year. Eligible students require a minimum of 12 grade secondaryschool with science stream and should have passed 12 Gujarat Higher Secondary EducationBoard (GHSEB) exams or equivalent exams. Admission is granted on combined result ofGHSEB

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical and Power Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; James Higley, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

, adapting to the change hascaused many programs to become increasingly aware of what similar programs are doing inother parts of the country or even other parts of the world. A part of all strategic planningincludes comparing oneself to one’s competitors. In the educational world, we are notnecessarily so concerned with competition but with improving and serving students. Hence,institutions frequently collaborate, so the term benchmarking is used for the initial comparisonbetween programs. This paper benchmarks two urban Mechanical Engineering Technologyprograms and compares their background, objectives and outcomes, curriculum, and laboratories.It is hoped that this benchmark will encourage other programs to perform similar comparisons inan effort

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Engineering Technology

faculty and engineers from localcompanies. The team’s goal is to meet the deliverables required by the proposal or statement ofwork. The semester culminates with a formal presentation of results evaluated by a professionalpanel of practitioners and a final report substantiating the results and findings.Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) seniors are tasked to solve multi-disciplinaryproblems based on a statement of work initiated by a sponsoring local company. ElectronicEngineering Technology (EET) projects originate internally in the form of proposals developedjointly by students and faculty with the objective being to design, construct and test a prototypesystem.A quality project requires faculty, sponsors and students to weigh a number of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Jeffrey Goss, Arizona State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

nuclearpower plant construction is being spurred by increased electricity demands and the incentives inthe Energy Policy Act of 2005 3 as well as concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and relianceon foreign energy resources. As NRC Chairman Dale Klein has noted, the nuclear workforce isgraying, and the NRC is poised to hire hundreds of new employees in preparation for theexpanded workload, including the staffing of the recently added Office of New Reactors 4.Others have also noted the staffing shortfalls in the nuclear industry 5 as well as the electricpower industry in general. In fact, estimates are that 50% of the utility engineering workforcewill retire within 10 years 6.In recognition of the nuclear revival, the NRC initiated a grant program to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; Victor Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Reddy Talusani, Houston Community College System

environment. Project activities started withavailable CLABS lab manuals in freshman ELET 1100 AC/DC Circuit laboratories. Mentorshave been trained to use concept maps and also informed during a workshop on how to conductpeer-led team learning session. The training on concept maps has been conducted by thegraduate research assistant (GRA). Workshop has been given by project faculty. The project hasalso provided the mentors with Peer-Led Team Learning workbooks as a reference. The mentorshave been scheduled to meet with assigned students to meet every week for an hour. In addition,they met with the GRA weekly to discuss challenges and report their activities.Training and development section of this report summarizes the training for concept

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering

technical content are discouraged,or the speakers are asked to present the more technical talks in courses with that emphasis.Topics presented in the first two years of the series are presented below: The Impact of a National Research Collaborative (NEES) Engineering and Public Policy Earthquake Engineering: Lessons Learned in the Aftermath International Cooperation in Engineering Historic Preservation of Engineered Structures Tomorrow’s Professional: Stewards for Quality of Life Sustainability – a new MegaDiscipline Engineering in the Developing World: Engineers Without BordersIn the context of the topics listed above, the lectures also address matters such as professionalpreparation and registration

Conference Session

Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

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International

period of qualifying for Canadian engineering practice.‚ It is a ‘one-shot’ opportunity, upon which an immigrant’s competency is a given subject area is assessed by one three-hour exam. Issues of exam anxiety, unfamiliar testing formats, unexpected content or vocabulary, or English language difficulties can be significant determinants of exam success, and ‘one-shot’ exams do not allow the immigrant to self- assess exam preparedness nor to demonstrate progress or mastery over time.MotivationsThe initial motivation to develop the IEEQ program was to address the inherent challenges ofAPEGM-assigned examination programs. IEEQ program objectives are to provide:‚ a time-effective alternative to APEGM examination programs;‚ a

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Edmonson, University of Dayton; Donna Summers, University of Dayton

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International

Rica, and many others. In the summer of2005, an initial pilot study abroad in China was conducted. The program consisted of fivecourses; two engineering technology courses, a history, an art and a Chinese culture course.Three faculty participated; one each from engineering technology, history and art. A Chineseassistant accompanied the group on the tour. Twelve students; six engineering technologystudents and six from arts and sciences took part. The group spent a total of 33 days in Chinaand visited five major cities. The students were exposed to a broad range of Chinese culture,both social and technical. The program included tours of museums and other historical places aswell as tours of manufacturing facilities in China.Courses Taught in

Conference Session

Civil ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sprinsky, Pennsylvania College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

2006-257: TEACHING GIS WITH INTERGRAPH'S GEOMEDIA IN A CIVILENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMWilliam Sprinsky, Pennsylvania College of Technology Biography: Dr Sprinsky is an Associate Professor at Penn College. His M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are from The Ohio State University in Geodetic Science. He has a B.S. in Physics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Polytechnic Institute of New York). He has over twenty years of experience in civil engineering and mapping with the Army Corps of Engineers. His major research interests are in surveying and geodesy. Page 11.1210.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-930: MAKING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING COMMONPLACEDavid Ollis, North Carolina State University Page 11.907.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Making Multidisciplinary Teaching CommonplaceAbstractThe repeating cry for more campus courses containing multidisciplinary aspects begs thequestion "How is Multidisciplinarity to be identified and assessed?" We discuss threeengineering approaches to this question: 1. "Doing it all yourself" which requires dual initial degrees or extensivemid-career retraining of self. Examples: John Lienhard , University of Houston, author"Inventing Modern: Growing up with X-rays, skyscrapers, and tailfins" and