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Gary R. Martin

Session 2260 A Co-op Based International Engineering Minor Degree Gary R. Martin, Ed.D. University of the PacificIntroductionIn 1983, I had a student who opted to work his Co-op with his father’s company in Japan.Midway through the experience, I wrote to his father, inquiring if per chance the arrangementhad been of sufficient mutual benefit to warrant replacing his son after his Co-op with anotherstudent. Today, thirteen years later, that company has now had thirty-five of our Co-op students,most of whom did not speak any Japanese prior to the start of their Co-op

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Ian R. Simpson

Session 2560 INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN EUROPE Ian R. SIMPSON ENST de Bretagne/France1. INTRODUCTION.In the November 1996 edition of ASEE's excellent Journal, "Prism," Russel C. JONES,Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Engineers in the USA,published an article entitled : " The World as Workplace." He concluded this article withthe following paragraph :" The era of international practice for engineers has clearly arrived, and eachengineering education system must revise its programs to adequately prepare itsgraduates for work in the global

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Mulchand S. Rathod; Joella H. Gipson

Session 1547 THE SMARTE ENRICHMENT PROJECTS: LABORATORY BASED LEARNING FOR 8TH GRADE STUDENTS Mulchand S. Rathod Joella H. Gipson Division of Engineering Technology College of Education Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202SUMMARY The Southeast Michigan Alliance for Reinvestment in Technological Education (SMARTE) is a consortiumof community colleges, school systems, Wayne State University (WSU), and businesses in southeast Michiganformed in September 1993. The alliance exists to promote communication

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Mark A. Shields

technology, teaches in the multi-disciplinary Division of Technology,Culture, and Communication in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. Heteaches courses in technical communication, technology and society, and engineering ethics. His research andpublications focus on the social study of technology, especially information technology in higher education. Page 2.176.9Exhibit ATechnology and Human Development Poster Exhibition and CompetitionThursday, November 21, 1996, University of Virginia Chemistry Building LobbyParticipating Students, Project Titles, and Presentation Schedule11:00-11:15: Ultrasound

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described in Pfaffenberger et al.1The internal document, “Foundations and Benchmarks of Professional Development,” identifiedseven “attributes” and six “experiences” which represent the key dimensions of PD that ourundergraduate engineering curriculum should cultivate. Although these attributes andexperiences were formulated before any of the participants were aware of the ABET 2000criteria, we believe that our expressions are quite compatible with ABET 2000. Table 1 lists boththe 11 outcomes of Criteria 3 of ABET 20002 and the UVa PD attributes. The ABET criteriaconnected to the attributes are given. Comparison of the wordings shows that our PD frameworkis more comprehensive and possibly more ambitious.It should also be recognized that we

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David M. Woodall

perspective onmarketplace forces related to nuclear engineering employment. About forty attendees at the oneand a half day meeting focused on strategic planning, industry involvement, researchcollaboration, accreditation issues, profiles and employability of graduates, and the impact ofnew technologies. Future accreditation of nuclear engineering programs is the emphasis of thispaper, thus accreditation recommendations and subsequent actions will be the focus of theremainder of this article.Accreditation RecommendationsThe accreditation session [3] of the second UWC emphasized the effect that the implementationof ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 [4] would have on the accreditation of nuclear engineeringprograms. The new criteria are “outcomes” oriented

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W.M. Spurgeon

are, but that ninety percent of the time you don't know.(3)Figure 7 lists some of the complexities, internal to the organization that engineering managershave to deal with today. Figure 8 lists some of the complexities, external to the organization. Fig. 7 Some Internal Complexities • Selecting the right projects • Writing clear project goals • Identifying the kinds and depths of technical knowledge needed • Building tiger teams • Recruiting the best people • Training them • Planning and providing engineering experience • Continuing their formal education

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Roy C. Shelton

Engineering Education: A Focus on Change”, Report of an NSF Workshop on Engineering Education, Division of Undergraduate Education, April 1995, Chair: Carolyn Meyers, Georgia Institute of Technology4. “Third National Conference on Diversity in the Scientific & Technological Workforce, Report, NSF Divisionof Undergraduate EducationBiographyROY C. SHELTON, JR. is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at the University ofNorth Texas in Denton, Texas. He teaches and conducts research in the Electronics Program. Mr. Shelton hasparticipated in the NSF sponsored Advanced technical Education (ATE) Alliance coordinated by the Consortium forAdvanced Manufacturing International (CAM-I). He is a participant in the

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Taggart Smith

Session 2542 Engineering Management: The Practical Discipline Taggart Smith School of Technology, Purdue UniversityA headline in USA Today caught my eye: "Education gaps leave graduates ill-prepared." 1 Thelead stated: "College graduates enter the work force with strong technical skills but aren't verygood at communicating, being part of a team or accepting ambiguity, among other things." The"other things" included ethics and global awareness. The report was the result of a study done bythe Task Force on High-Performance Work and Workers, sponsored by the Business

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Sema E. Alptekin

Session 3666 Development of a Mechatronics Design Studio Sema E. Alptekin Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department Cal Poly, San Luis ObispoABSTRACTMechatronics is a combination of mechanics, electronics and information technology intended toraise the intelligence level and flexibility of products and devices. There is a need to developprograms and laboratories in Mechatronics to create an understanding of how new technologiesinfluence the traditional methods of designing products and manufacturing systems. A model"Mechatronics Design

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Josef Rojter

Session 3260 RESHAPING ENGINEERING EDUCATION TOWARDS THE PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL Josef Rojter Department of Mechanical Engineering Victoria University of Technology, P.O. BOX 14428 MCMC Melbourne Victoria 8001. Australia. Consider the turtle. It makes progress when it sticks its neck out. The evolution of knowledge based economies coupled with the accompanying socialchanges is placing new demands on engineering education in meeting societal needs. Thepoor image of the profession reflects the lack of strong links between engineering andcommunal development. Restructuring of

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F. C. 'Ted' Weston

to the localhospital to understand the role of information systems related to the operations function in aservice environment. Trips to local firms are organized in the following manner:• firm 1 -- small, family owned business producing commercial lawn care products with a growing international sales base and virtually no history of CIM usage;• firm 2 -- global Fortune 500 firm with heavy usage of CIM including flexible manufacturing systems, operations in one area paralleling a ‘lights-out’ facility, high usage of manufacturing cells, plus issues related to integrating CAD/CAM into the remainder of the business, IS in particular;• firm 3 -- a consumer products firm within a large conglomerate who is experiencing

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Jerry W. Samples

technology ininstruction, faculty expectations of students, non-class room factors, and the application ofworkshop material. At the United States Air Force Academy new faculty members attend a 3-week workshop focused on exposing new faculty members to the psychology of learning,effective teaching methods, and academic administration procedures.13 The Education Researchand Methods Division (ERMD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) hasa strong program of conference sessions and workshops that cover a wide variety of education-related topics including teacher training programs. Through the National Effective TeachingInstitute (NETI), North Carolina State University professor Richard Felder holds a 3-dayworkshop on teaching

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Gwan-Ywan Lai; Laura L. Sullivan; Winston F. Erevelles

Session 1526 Implementing Concurrent Engineering Through Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing - An NSF-Funded Project Laura Sullivan, Winston Erevelles, and Gwan Lai IMSE Department, GMI Engineering & Management InstituteIntroduction Over the last 10 years the manufacturing sector in the U.S. has applied several tools,strategies, and philosophies to reverse declining trends in the global marketplace in an attempt toimprove productivity, flexibility, time to market, product quality and reliability, and to reducecosts. Concurrent engineering has been successfully deployed

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Michael H. Gregg

Session 1253 FORTRAN90, TKSOLVER and EXCEL - - A Comparison Michael H. Gregg, Assistant Professor Division of Engineering Fundamentals Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University greggmh@vt.eduVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University currently requires its incoming freshman ortransfer students to take two introductory engineering courses - - EF1005 and EF1006. Theseclasses introduce and expand upon a number of engineering topics, but both culminate inprojects.EF1005, a course in engineering problem solving, teaches

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Robert L. Reid; Bruce D. Hoeppner

Conference, San Antonio,March 31 - April 3, 1996, pp. 207-213. 3 Reid, R.L., Schreihart, L.M., Hoeppner, B.D., and Schabelski, J.P., "Marquette University's SolarStorm Solar Powered Racing Boat," Solar Engineering - 1997, Proceedings of the ASME International SolarEnergy Conference, April 27-30, 1997.Biographical ROBERT L. REID. Dr. Reid has been Dean of the College of Engineering at Marquette University since 1987. He is a former chairman of the Solar Energy Division of ASME and is the technical editor of the ASMEJournal of Solar Energy Engineering. He is a Fellow of ASME and in April, 1997, he received the ASME John I.Yellott Award for outstanding accomplishments in the field of solar energy engineering. BRUCE D

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Thomas Lenox; Stephen J. Ressler; Robert J. O'Neill; C. Conley

Mechanics Engineering Mathematics Soil Mech & Foundations Reinf Concrete Structures Vibration Engineering International Relations Intro to Environ Engr Engineering Economy Thermodynamics Military History I Military History II Constitutional Law Electrical Engineering Leadership Psychology Adv English Comp Seminar on CE PracticeSince 1986, cadets have been acquiring a common software package in conjunction with theircomputer purchase. This package has always included an operating system, a word processor,and spreadsheet. The specific spreadsheet that was purchased by each class varied over time.Initially the standard spreadsheet was Lotus 1-2-3, this

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Thomas W. Graver; Leon F. McGinnis; David W. Rosen

acrossthe campus.RPM makes an important contribution directly, as an integral element of manufacturingeducation, and indirectly, by enabling design and engineering projects that otherwise would notbe feasible.3. Obstacles to RPM Adoption at Georgia TechUpper division and graduate laboratories dedicated to education are surprisingly hard to find atmost research universities. Most labs are designed for, and funded by, research projects; it's hardto mix 100 undergraduates with delicate research apparatus.The truly well-equipped educational labs that do exist generally are owned and funded by aspecific discipline. For example, Electrical Engineering has its basic circuits lab, andMechanical Engineering has the machine shop. Usually, sharing of

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Susan M. Lord

for dissemination, because it made it so easy that I actually did the experiment in class (with sections totaling 60 students) within two weeks of hearing Carrie's talk [at FIE96]!”3. Carrie H. Goldwein and Susan M. Lord, “Optoelectronics Laboratory For First Year Students,” Session 7c2, Proceedings of the 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 1996. Available at http://www.caeme.elen.utah.edu/fie4. Susan M. Lord, "A Multidisciplinary Elective on Optoelectronics," Session 7c2, Proceedings of the 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1995.5. From Experiment IV of the Fiber Optic Lab Manual by Terry G. White of Industrial Fiber Optics.6. Crystal now works for

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Samuel P. Clemence; Daniel J. McGinley

Session 2515 Issues in Professional Practice and Their Implementation in Engineering Curricula Samuel P. Clemence, Daniel J. McGinley Syracuse University/Institute for Professional PracticeA successful career in engineering is dependant not only on the engineer’s technical expertise,experience, and ability to solve problems, it is also imperative to have the acumen to foresee andmanage many of the nontechnical issues which are integral to the successful management of anyproject. Until recently, most engineering students and young practicing engineers have not

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Jon E. Freckleton

. Bottom line, our experience, supported by student and sponsorfeedback, is that the use of these projects is worth the gray hair they cause.References:(1) Freckleton, “Graduate Level Training in DFM for’ the Practicing Engineer”. SecondInternational Conference on DFM/DFA, Newport RI, 1987(2) Boothroyd G., Dewhurst P., Knight W., “Product Design for Manufacture and Assembly,”Dekker, 1994(3) Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc, Wakefield RI, G. Boothroyd recently retired for URI P. Dewhurst isat URI, Recommended PC have minimum of : 486,16mb RAM, 12 Mb available Hard DiskSpace, and Windows 3.11 or 95.(4) SEER DFM Software, G.A. SEER Technologies, Division of Galorath Assoc, Los Angeles,Web Site :http://www.gaseer.com(5) Freckleton, “The Tip-A-Can Project” ASEE

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M. N. Borges; F. H. Vasconcelos; M. Lewis

. (1985) Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. London: Harper and Row.3. Finch, C.R., e Crunkilton, J.R. (1979) Curriculum Development in Vocational and Technical Education. Allyn and Bacon Inc., Boston.4. Jackson, P. (1990) Introduction to expert systems. Wokinghan: Addison-Wesley.5. Otter, S. (1992) Learning Outcomes in Higher Education. A Development Project Report. UDACE, Employment Department6. Psacharopoulos, G. (1991) Higher education in developing countries: the scenario of the future. Higher Education 21(1), pp. 3-9.7. Robertson, D. (1991) Learning Outcomes and Credits Project. UDACE Project. The Liverpool Polytechnic.8. Watson, G. F. (1992) Refreshing curricula. IEEE Spectrum March 1992, pp. 31-35.9. White, R. M. (1995

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T. Chang; R. Barat; J. F. Federici; H. Grebel; A. M. Johnson

: Lasers, Lamps, etc.; Reflection and Refraction -- Snell's law, brewster angle,total internal reflection, dispersion; Geometric Optics -- Mirrors, lenses, magnification, raytracing techniques and software; Polarization; Birefringence; Interference -- interferometry andthin films; Diffraction -- gratings; SpectroscopyLABORATORIES 1. Detection of light (a) Use photodiode and optical power meter to detect laser light. (b)Calibrate neutral density filters/ beamsplitter © determine linearity of photodiode. 2. Reflection/refraction (a) study of Snell's law with different materials (b) total internalreflection (measure index of refraction) in a prism. 3. Geometric Optics (a) build a simple microscope (b) expand and collimate a HeNe laserbeam

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Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Session 2513 Demonstration of Chemical Engineering Principles to a Multidisciplinary Engineering Audience Robert P. Hesketh and C. Stewart Slater hesketh@rowan.edu slater@rowan.edu Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 Session 2513 Laboratory and Lecture Demonstrations Paper No. 6 1997 Annual Conference of the American Society for

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman; Harvey Wolfe

for those relationships between the playgrounddesign process protocols and the final designs. To judge the quality of the subject’s final design,we have developed a quality score. This score is based on three parts: (1) criteria based on theproblem statement, (2) applicable supplemental criteria, and (3) qualitative ratings (aesthetics,design uniqueness, technical feasibility, etc.). Final design scores are linked to the quantitativedata produced from the coded verbal protocols. When completed, these models will providevaluable insight about those design processes that contribute most to the quality of the final de-sign, as well as indicate areas where teaching efforts may need to be concentrated31