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Mel I. Mendelson

Marymount University's (LMU's) College of Science & Engineering launched anew and unique graduate program leading to an M.S. degree in Engineering and ProductionEngineering (EAPM). This was a practice-oriented, part-time graduate program that combinesboth engineering and business. It was devoted to the management of technically competitiveproducts for the 21st Century. The program emphasized integrated product development, projectmanagement, manufacturing and total quality.Currently the goals of the EAPM program are: (1) to teach product design, manufacturing andteamwork, (2) to provide the integrated skills that will advance the careers of our students, (3) tooffer a dynamic, industry-relevant graduate program. Since our mission states that

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Jordan Cox; Alan Parkinson

Session 3666 Managing Engineering Curriculum For ABET 2000 Alan Parkinson and Jordan Cox Department of Mechanical Engineering Brigham Young UniversityAbstractMany engineering programs are trying to determine how to meet the new ABET 2000 accreditationcriteria, which include an emphasis on assessment and documentation of the processes used toachieve desired attributes. This means programs must carefully consider and identify where in thecurriculum attributes are addressed and taught. This can be

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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gordon Hopkins; Ted Lee

Session 2542 Reaching Out To Engineering Management Students Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Ted Lee, Gordon Hopkins Florida International University, College of EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes the Masters of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) program atFlorida International University (FIU). The MSEM program at FIU emphasizes a practical,systematic, and programmatic educational environment that will enable future managers ofengineering and technology to become technically competent and business-practice oriented.Prior to its implementation, a survey of potential students at local industries was

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

industrial and constructionexperience, tend to rate, overall, the consideration of design constraints at a higher compositescore compared to undergraduates. This is not unexpected since 40% of the undergraduaterespondents will be required to complete at least one additional semester to complete theircourse of study. This includes taking, for many students, the major senior design experience aswell as concrete design, project management systems, and foundation design. The ratings,therefore, most likely reflect the incomplete academic background of some undergraduates.Generally, the findings suggest that students appear to perceive that most design constraints havebeen incorporated into the civil engineering program at a reasonable level. The

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Integrating Design in the Freshman Year (3553)

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Sharon Fellows, Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science SUNY -Binghamton; Richard Culver, Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science SUNY -Binghamton

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Session 3553 Using Assistive Devices for the Disabled to Teach Design in a Freshman Engineering Course Dick Culver, Sharon Fellows Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science SUNY-BinghamtonAn effective freshman design project must meet several criteria: motivate students, provide aclear model of the design process, give adequate opportunity to practice the various skills beingtaught in the freshman year and fit within a limited time and financial budget. In the Design,Technology and Communications (DTeC) program at SUNY

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Shomir Sil; Sashi Sekhar; Chandra R. Sekhar

Session 1547 A Technology Curriculum for the Year 2000 and Beyond Minor in Management Program for Technology Sashi Sekhar, Shomir Sil/Chandra Sekhar Department of Management/Department of Electrical Engineering Technology Purdue University Calumet AbstractWhether it be in Industry or in the Service sector, today’s Technology graduates are developing,implementing, and maintaining systems that are the foundations of the American economy. So,what is next for these individuals who understand the technical aspects, but not necessarily

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Ronald J. Bennett

Session 2642Industry/Academia Collaboration: Developing a New Master of Science in Technology Management Degree Program Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. Director and Chair Manufacturing Systems and Engineering Page 3.337.1 1AbstractThe University of St. Thomas graduate programs serve a working adult population centered inthe Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Degree programs in business, software,manufacturing systems and engineering are provided through a multitude of delivery modesincluding traditional classes, company on-site classes, use

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Sherra E. Kerns; Robert T. Nash; David V. Kerns

engineering students.Vanderbilt University’s Management of Technology Minor program of study is designed to provideour students the opportunity to gain a working knowledge of the fundamentals of business andengineering management. The program is open to students majoring in one of the traditionalundergraduate engineering programs offered within the Vanderbilt University School ofEngineering (VUSE). Approximately one-half of the students graduating from VUSE assume someform of management position within five years after graduation. Babcock’s 1989 study concludesthat "two-thirds of today's engineers will spend two-thirds of their careers as managers". Clearly,engineering programs have a responsibility to prepare their students for management and

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Parviz F. Rad; David M. Woodall

Session 2542Engineering Management as an Outreach DegreeAt the University of IdahoParviz F. Rad, David M. WoodallUniversity of Idaho at Idaho FallsAbstractEngineering Management is an emerging field of engineering which focuses on theneeds of engineers who make the transition to managerial positions. Such atransition usually occurs after several years of traditional engineeringpractice. The University of Idaho recently implemented its Master's program inthe area of Engineering Management. This advanced degree program sharpens thestudent's quantitative and personal skills necessary for the engineeringmanager's position. The program curriculum contains core courses and a suiteof required business courses and is delineated in this paper

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Eric N. Wiebe

Session 1438 Impact of Product Data Management (PDM) trends on Engineering Graphics Instruction Eric N. Wiebe North Carolina State UniversityAbstractThe use of 3-D Computer-aided Design (CAD) systems in engineering design and manufacturinghas popularized the concept of the virtual product database. Product Data Management (PDM)and similar computer-based information management tools have increasingly been implemented tohelp manage this product database. Just as 3-D modeling is becoming an important component ofthe engineering graphics curriculum, PDM concepts

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Sal Arnaldo; Fazil Najafi

Session # 1260 Public Works Engineering and Management Practices for Undergraduate Students Fazil T. Najafi, Sal Arnaldo Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida / City of Tallahassee, Florida Abstract Public works is one of the largest and most diverse fields of public service. It involvesthe nation's infrastructure which includes the planning, analysis, design, construction, operation,maintenance and management of physical systems essential to economic and social developmentof communities, cities, counties, regions and

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Linda Parker; Lawrence Burton

as engineers—to the 1.6 million individuals who describe theiroccupation as one of 21 types of engineers and who therefore do not refer to themselves asmanagers. Table 6 Rank Order of Activities Rank Activity Percent Mentioning 1 Design 66% 2 Computer applications 58% 3 Management 49% 4 Development 47% 5 Accounting, etc. 42% 6 Applied research 39

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Stephen J. Ressler

in the ABET-accredited civil engineering program at the United States MilitaryAcademy, West Point. CE400A was developed three years ago, in response to the programdirector’s judgment that the civil engineering program lacked emphasis on professional practiceissues. The course objectives, formulated to address this deficiency, are as follows: • Explain the characteristics of a profession. • Explain the roles and responsibilities of the members of the CE project team—Owner, Design Professional, Constructor, and Project Manager. • Apply the ASCE Code of Ethics to the solution of an ethical problem in civil engineering. • Demonstrate an understanding of the multi-faceted challenges facing

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Majdi Najm

Department of the University ofMissouri-Rolla. He teaches courses and conducts research in project management and enterprise-wide integration.He is also an affiliated faculty member at the Instructional Software Development Center where he is involved in thedevelopment of computer-based multimedia courseware.Dr. Najm received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering degrees in mechanicalengineering from Texas A&M University. He developed, integrated and installed several software applications inCAD/CAM, management planning and control, robotics, apparel design, and computer-aided process planning. Healso developed AutoCAD-based computer programs to analyze building cooling/heating loads. He providedtechnical

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Daniel Nosenchuck

for subsequent travel abroad for hands-oninteraction with engineers and management of leading international product firms, with theopportunity to explore possible technology-transfer.1. IntroductionIt is no longer debated, but implicitly assumed and often explicitly stated, that leading engineerswill need to be prepared to function in the increasingly interconnected global environment. Itwill be the exception, not the rule, when engineering enterprise can be wholly executed withinnational boundaries. To prepare engineers for the complex, and often mysterious, climate ofinternational design and engineering, a new facet to the design curriculum at Princeton is in theprocess of being developed. An overarching emphasis on global engineering is

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Hamid Khan

.[3] Kolb, D.A. (1976). Management and learning processes. California Management Review, 18 (3), 21-31.[4] Stevens, J.P. (1990). Intermediate statistics: A modern approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence ErlbaumAssociates, Publishers[5] Khan, A.H. (1996) Effective Management Development Program Evaluation and Review Technique:Doctoral Dissertation, Ball State University, University Microfilms Inc, Ann Arbor, MIHAMID KHANHamid Khan is a faculty member with the School of Industry and Technology at East Carolina University.He teaches mechanical design, engineering design graphics with cad/cam applications. His research interestis focused on effective evaluation strategy using outcome based program evaluation and review technique.He has applied this

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Jule Dee Scarborough

integrated disciplineand has achieved the status of a career path.Duarte, Lewis, Hoffman, and Crossman (1995) studied career development for individuals inengineering and engineering management over 30 years. They indicate that the projectmanagement workforce can be differentiated from other management positions in at least three ways. First, the individuals that perform in these roles typically have engineering or other technical backgrounds and have not been trained as managers. Second, these individuals are primarily involved in guiding cost, schedule and other administrative functions. They are not directly involved, as an engineering manager would be, in the day to day technical decisions about the design

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Gary B. Randolph

instructor cannot manageteams for students. Yet no one wants teams to flounder. Gantt chart software can help studentsmanage their own teams, and, in the process, teach principles of project management andteamwork.In a Computer Technology course on database development, students were assigned a teamdatabase development project. The team task was to design a complete database application inMicrosoft Access, a popular database program. The finished project was to include the datadesign, data entry screens, query options, reports, and programming code for special functions.Early in the semester, students were presented the requirements for the proposed database.Students were then placed into teams of 3-5 students. Class time was allotted for the teams

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Melvin Cherno

Session 2461 STARTING AN INTEGRATED HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN Melvin Cherno Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Virginia Anyone interested in establishing a cross-disciplinary program that integrates thehumanities and social sciences into an undergraduate engineering curriculum will have to makeat least four major decisions. This paper offers some advice based on the

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Melvin Cherno

Session 3661 STARTING AN INTEGRATED HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN Melvin Cherno Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Virginia Anyone interested in establishing a cross-disciplinary program that integrates thehumanities and social sciences into an undergraduate engineering curriculum will have to makeat least four major decisions. This paper offers some advice based on the

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Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

, developedand implemented a Masters of Science in Technology (MST) program based on the needs of thestudents and the local business and industry community. Analyses of these needs indicated thattechnical opportunities exist for individuals having specialized skills in technical areas and intechnical management at advanced levels. This led to the development of two tracks for the MSTprogram, Industrial and Engineering Systems and Technology Management. This paperdescribes the process used by a knowledge-based organization (university) to design, developand implement the program. It provides decision or intervention points for institutionsconsidering similar graduate offerings.INTRODUCTION Northern Kentucky University (NKU), the newest of

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Marcus Huggans; Halvard E. Nystrom

Session 2242 Curricula of Engineering-Based MS-MOT Programs Halvard E. Nystrom, Marcus A. Huggans University of Missouri - RollaABSTRACTTechnology is widely acknowledged as a key determinant for organizational and industrialsuccess. However, few students are academically prepared to provide a systematic approach tothe management of this critical factor, technology. This paper is an effort to identify the currentprograms and courses that are currently offered by engineering master’s level programs in thisarea. Furthermore, it outlines the methodology that was utilized, the

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Scott Huff

outsourcing of work, including materials testing functions, to constructors, design professionals, and testing firms• Loss of experienced testing technicians to retirement and the private sectorTo meet these challenges, transportation agencies in the Northwest joined together to develop acommon training program for transportation technicians.The Northwest Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (NAQTC) is comprised of theDepartments of Transportation in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, along with theFederal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Western Federal Lands Highway Division ofFHWA. NAQTC’s mission is to provide continuously improving quality in transportationconstruction. NAQTC’s first major undertaking was the

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Charles D. Turner

capabilities and interest as shown in Figure 1. One team, carefully selected bythe instructor, is responsible for project management and economic analysis. The three otherteams are water systems design, structural design and site layout, and energy systems. The teamstructure is similar to that found in an engineering consulting firm thereby enabling the finishedproject to be much more detailed and rich.Economic Analysis The students must demonstrate financial feasibility of their project through thedevelopment of a business plan that provides a detailed analysis of construction costs, operatingexpenses and revenues. The cost of renewable resources must be compared to conventionalresources. The students are given an initial “startup grant” of

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William Peterson

work which can apply to the manufacturing engineering degree. Thesestudents generally end up going into WMU’s’ BS Industrial Management program (a programwith a basis in industrial engineering technology and designed for the non-traditional student).For these students the BSIM degree can be completed in less than half the time required for theBSMfgE.This alternative program also allows the manufacturing engineering faculty to be assigned toteach in the alternate program when not needed in their own program. Additionally, the graduateprograms in industrial engineering and engineering management allow faculty members to“swap” course in appropriate areas of expertise providing richer student experiences in bothprograms.Flexibility In Planning Is

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William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

research university, with over 5000 undergraduates and 2000 graduatestudents in the College of Engineering.The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is the largest unit within the Collegeof Engineering, with approximately 1,600 students in two accredited undergraduate programs,electrical engineering and computer engineering, plus approximately 700 graduate students.Approximately 50% of the undergraduates participate in the co-operative education program.The 85 faculty members span 10 major technical fields within electrical and computerengineering. Students may select from over 60 senior electives and the EE program allowsstudents to satisfy their major design experience in any of 13 different areas of specialization,many of which

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William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

research university, with over 5000 undergraduates and 2000 graduatestudents in the College of Engineering.The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is the largest unit within the Collegeof Engineering, with approximately 1,600 students in two accredited undergraduate programs,electrical engineering and computer engineering, plus approximately 700 graduate students.Approximately 50% of the undergraduates participate in the co-operative education program.The 85 faculty members span 10 major technical fields within electrical and computerengineering. Students may select from over 60 senior electives and the EE program allowsstudents to satisfy their major design experience in any of 13 different areas of specialization,many of which

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Douglas H. Baxter

Session 2238 Engineering Graphics And Computer Aided Design: A Foundation To Engineering Design And Analysis Douglas H. Baxter Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute1.0 AbstractWith the advent of solid modeling, the importance of engineering graphics has beenemphasized. Many employers hiring engineers expect their new engineers to have somesolid modeling expertise from their academic experience. As with many engineeringschools, engineering graphics was greatly curtailed at Rensselaer during the 1980’s.When engineering graphics was reintroduced at Rensselaer as a required freshman

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James H. Dooley; James L. Fridley

-technical input 2 3. Over the past forty years or so engineering hasbeen positioned by educators and many practitioners as being necessarily independent of andimmune from social influence 4 1. In the mid-1950’s engineering education in the United Stateswas directed away from social-technical integration toward more scientific and mathematicalcontent 5, 6. At the same time that engineering education stepped away from problem definitionand consideration of non-technical aspects of design, the educational discipline of professionalmanagement provided specialists to assume the decision-making roles in society 7. Engineeringstudents were subsequently taught that it was the role of managers and other non-technologists tocut through the politics, external

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Narayanan Komerath

ask first-quarter students to think about engineering’s goals as being “Cost Cutting”,“Do it Right the First Time”, “Zero Defects”, “Total Quality Management”, Chart-Flipping, orbeing “Lean and Mean” and maximizing executive compensation and stock prices. It was hopedthat students would view engineering as still having room for grand dreams, daring toexperiment, tolerating hard-fought failures, and putting customer comfort (seat pitch and spacingon international flights, economy class) before stock price rate of increase. They have plenty oftime, and other sources, to learn the realities. RESULTSAssignments 5 and 6 presented the Design Assignment, in two installments. The detailedspecification sheets