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Joseph Betit; William Swart; Sushil Chaturvedi; Gary Crossman

successful modern practices, which involves not only the technical elements, but also international, cultural, communication, and business factors.2. To provide the student with an understanding of the interconnected context of global markets, transnational corporate operations, and global technology standards.3. To provide the student with an understanding of the global nature of natural resources and their management and protection.4. To expose the student to various international regulatory bodies and standards.5. To provide the student with the knowledge to work productively in an environment that encompasses different cultures, business practices, resources, and communication and engineering practices, whether working for a U.S

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Robert King; Joan Gosink

Session 2526 Meeting ABET EC 2000 Criterion 3 Outcomes with a Laboratory Course Drs. R. H. King and J. P. Gosink Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines1 IntroductionColorado School of Mines (CSM) is a public research university devoted to engineering andapplied science that has distinguished itself by developing high-quality graduates andscholarship. The U.S. News and World Report Inc. rated CSM 26th in the Top National PublicUniversities and 50th in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs with Ph.D. Programs in20011. The school’s mission as written in the Colorado statutes

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Maria Flores; Arthur Gerstenfeld

Session 2460 Engineering Education & International Management Initiatives Arthur Gerstenfeld, Maria F. Flores Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Worcester, MassachusettsAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to describe a project, which has been in work for the past two years,which we believe, has several implications for education. This project has been partially fundedby the Department of Education, Business and International Education Division. While we allagree that the economic and technical world is smaller and closer every day, we do not agree onhow we should handle that in terms of educating

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William de Kryger

Session 2260 International Exchange Programs: Getting Started William J. de Kryger Central Michigan UniversityAbstractInternational academic exchange programs have long been enjoyed by those in pursuit of the finearts. More recently, with the globalization of many industries, international exchange programshave taken on new importance for our technical graduates. Engineering and manufacturingactivities are often a collaborative effort with international partners. If international partnershipsare common, even required in many industrial endeavors, this same type

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Thomas Kerlin; Belle Upadhyaya

research programsrelated to maintenance and reliability engineering. The paper presents the challenges andrewards of long-distance cross-cultural student teamwork. The following issues relatedto cyber-linked projects are presented.• Development of a mutually agreed upon procedure in order to achieve the objectives of cyber-linked projects during an eight-week project period.• Periodic video-conferencing, web-based discussions, and sharing of technical information between international teams.• Presentation of project report.• Preparation of the joint final report. Page 6.642.1"Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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Jonathan Barnett; Holly Ault

Session 1360 Development and Implementation of Senior Design Projects at International Sites Holly K. Ault, Jonathan R. Barnett Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractABET 2000 criteria state that undergraduate engineering students should have “the broadeducation necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societalcontext”.1 For the past 25 years, WPI has addressed this need by establishing a network ofinternational centers where students complete projects focusing on socio-technological issues.More recently we

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James Newell; Kevin Dahm

ASEE Session 1339 Baseball Stadium Design: Teaching Engineering Economics and Technical Communication in a Multi-Disciplinary Setting Kevin Dahm and James Newell Rowan University, Glassboro, NJAbstract: Rowan University's Sophomore Engineering Clinic provides students with anintroduction to engineering design and formal training in technical communication. The courseis team taught by faculty from the College of Communications and the College of Engineering.During the past two years, a very successful Sophomore Clinic module on economic design of abaseball stadium has

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Amir Karimi

theexisting foundation course work in the engineering curriculum. A total of 114 UTSA studentsparticipated in this survey. The majority (110) were upper division (91) or graduate student (19).When asked to identify major factors influencing the learning process in the engineeringfoundation course work, student responses were as follows: “good teachers (94%), “goodtextbook” (78%), problem solving sessions (70%), “small class size” (65%), and “studentinterest” (63%). To improve the quality of education, students suggested assigning well-prepared professors to teach the foundation courses. More hands-on laboratory experience wasalso recommended.Table 3. Analysis of mechanical engineering student retention and progress Fall 1996 1

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Alok Verma

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) sponsors varioussessions related to Engineering Technology issues at their annual conference. Similarly METDepartment Heads Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) sponsorsseveral sessions at their annual international congress. Similar opportunities exist in otherengineering technology disciplines like CET and EET.3. Technical ReportsTechnical reports submitted at the completion of a project are also acceptable form of publicationfor many Engineering Technology Programs. Technical reports were submitted at the conclusionof each of the two projects discussed above.4. Laboratory ManualsDevelopment of Laboratory Manuals is another acceptable form of publication. Senior

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Michael Marcus

Session #1648 Train the Trainer Video for Problem Solving Using Project Teams Michael Marcus Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractStudents from Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs should be able to worktogether as members of Project Teams to find solutions to technical problems. The objective ofthis session is to show sections of a professionally produced “Train the Trainer” videotape usingstudents from Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Technology Programs working together onproject teams to solve technical problems. This video will show the teaching

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Andrew Rose

develop improved student writing skills. The “Writing Assignments for TechnicalCourses” workshop sponsored by the Liberal Education Division at the 2000 ASEE Conferencediscussed how student peer review can be used with well-designed writing assignments intechnical courses. Based on this workshop, writing assignments in a junior level civil engineeringtechnology course have been used to help students improve their writing skills. Writingassignments varied from transmittal memos, technical memos, laboratory reports and a five toseven page research paper on topics that time constraints prevent from being covered in class. Tocompare the effectiveness of peer reviewed writing assignments with non-peer reviewedassignments; the peer review process was

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Jeff Fant

Collin County would identify CCCC with the term:Engineering Technology.Efforts to recruit students to CCCC’s division of Engineering Technology have notbrought in the desired number of students to this major. We need to implement atechnology awareness program. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Page 6.928.1 Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education 1 Session

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James Globig

Session 2547 Applying a Global Ethic in Engineering Organizations James E. Globig University of DaytonAbstractThe 1980s and early 90s were times of design and manufacturing “catch up” for manycompanies. The American consumer began to look to other countries to satisfy their demandsas the label of “Made in America” came to be seen as shorthand for increased cost and lowquality. In embarking on the new product catch up era, many manufacturers chose to terminatetheir technical and middle management employees and adopt “outsourcing” as a way to acquirelabor

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Eckehard Doerry; Bridget Bero; David Hartman

technical skills - a newset of social and technological skills to enable them to work effectively in distributed, cross-cultural contexts.In the following sections, we first give a brief review of our interdisciplinary, practice-orientedtraining curriculum, the Design4Practice program, which was developed to reconnectengineering training and education with the realities and evolving challenges of real worldengineering practice. In section 3, we describe our efforts to extend this program to integrateopportunities for international training and distributed teaming into the Design4Practivecurriculum. Section 4 closes the paper with discussion of lessons learned and plans for futuredevelopment of our international iniative.2.0 Background: The

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Howard Smolleck; Bhargava Jayanti

software in providing sampleexercises in tutorial fashion?not helpful 1 2 3 4 5 very helpfulThe following questions are about your background in vector and complex number mathematics.11. Have you ever performed complex-number addition and subtraction in a math or technology classbefore this one?1 yes 2 no12. Have you ever performed complex-number multiplication or division in a math or technologyclass before this one?1 yes 2 no13. Have you ever used polar-to-rectangular or rectangular-to-polar conversion in any of your classesbefore this one?1 yes 2 no14. What was your background in trigonometry before using AC Insights Plus?no

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Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

machine goes down. Many of these companies have twenty-four hour customersupport lines where clients can receive technical assistance or focused training for differentoperations such as, programming, preventive, electrical, or mechanical maintenance. Thesecompanies also strive for better diagnostics and shorter repair time in order to reduce machinedowntime. Among other services, on-site classes are offered for greater flexibility and toaccommodate unique needs for custom programming and operation sessions. Based onCincinnati Plus2 machine tools these support services results in: Increasing efficiency and machine availability Increased productivity Increased retention of class material via hands on experience Lower total cost of

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Satinderpaul Devgan

Session 1432 Systematic Development of Successful Innovative Programs Satinderpaul Singh Devgan Tennessee State UniversityAbstractAn analysis of national critical technologies and the grand challenges indicates that two of themost critical technologies are manufacturing, and information and communications. Also theemployment opportunities in the future are for professional with background in systemdevelopment or system integration. Thus it is very important to systematically analyze theindustry needs and understand the expectations from the graduate before

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Mark Chandler; Kathleen McCollom

Session 3655 Sanitizing Proprietary Manufacturing Information for Public Presentation Mark R. Chandler, Kathleen T. McCollom U.S. DOT - FHWA Wisconsin Division/ Battelle Memorial InstituteAbstractA need to prepare - or sanitize - a variety of proprietary manufacturing information for publicpresentation may come about for a number of reasons. Typical situations requiring technicalpresentations include publishing a technical paper14, 15, 17 or a presentation at a technicalconference or classroom, preparing and publishing a technical thesis in a

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Natalie Mello

colleges must not only provide their graduates with intellectual development and superb technical capabilities, but, following industry’s lead, [they] must educate their students to work as part of teams, communicate well, and understand the economic, social, environmental, and international context of their professional activities.2WPI recognized over 25 years ago that the practice of engineering, science and management isbest learned by a student through a process of 'initiation into a tradition' as an apprentice to amaster 3. Such an approach to engineering education has been enhanced by the addition ofseveral project centers located around the world. WPI’s focus on learning by experience isshared as well by many

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Thomas Grover; Terry Parker; Robert King; Joan Gosink

Session 1526 A Sequence of Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory Courses Drs. R. H. King, T. E. Parker, J. P. Gosink, T. P. Grover Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines1 Introduction1.1 BackgroundColorado School of Mines (CSM) is a public research university devoted to engineering andapplied science that has distinguished itself by developing high-quality graduates andscholarship. The U.S. News and World Report Inc. rated CSM 26th in the Top National PublicUniversities and 50th in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs with Ph.D. Programs in20011. The school’s role as written

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Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai

140 o F 2 Hrs Temperature F 120 o F 3 Hrs 0 o 77 o F 6 Hrs 77 F 24 Hrs Curing Post Curing 24 27 29 34 40 Time in hours Figure 3 Cure cycle for S2 glass fiber / SC-15 epoxy resin panelIV Session 3 – Tensile coupon testingThe fundamental material properties ultimate tensile strength σ ult , and initial Young’s modulus Eare obtained using the tensile testing method. Samples are cut from the

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Saleh Sbenaty

Education1. Leadership in Case-Based Technical Instruction: The participating faculty had to go through rigorous training and professional development that included workshops and seminars in case study development and implementation; computer based training, team building, active collaborative education, and leadership training; applying multimedia in the classroom; numerous industry site visits and faculty internship in industry; and in applying and field- testing case studies in technology programs.2. Professional Development: A “Professional Development Team” was formed and conducted campus-wide in-service sessions at the five participating institutions. In addition, numerous industrial site visits exposed the team members to the

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J. Tim Coppinger; Carl Steidley

Session 1520 Why CIM?* By Dr. J. Tim Coppinger and Dr. Carl Steidley Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractWhy computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)? CIM brings together components that aretypically studied individually over a wide range of disciplines into an integrated system. TexasA&M University-Corpus Christi is developing a CIM cell that will meet the needs of twoComputer Science courses and nine Engineering Technology courses. The courses includeManufacturing Processes, Design of Machine Elements, Principles of Measurements,Programmable Logic

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Phillip J. Cornwell; David Stienstra

used at least three references? a) 0 b) 1-3 c) 4-6 d) 7-10 e) >10 (0%) (18%) (51%) (16%) (14%)2. In the cases where you researched a topic in the past, what proportion of the sources came from the web (articles not previously published in journals) versus from print sources (books, journals)? a) 100% Web b) 75% Web c) 50% d) 25% e) 0% (0%) (18%) (37%) (41%) (4%)3. If, as a future company employee, you had to do research and had equal access to all sources (well-stocked technical library and fast internet connection), from where would you prefer to get your

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Marie Plumb; Jerry Fong; Arnold Peskin

Session 3647 A Next Step in Distance Delivery Jerry Fong, SUNY College of Technology Alfred/ Arnie Peskin, Brookhaven National Laboratory/ Marie Plumb, Jamestown Community CollegeAbstractAlfred Tech, Jamestown Community College, Brookhaven Lab and Corning haverecently been funded by the NSF to pursue a unique arrangement to create an accessible,self-perpetuating, ‘real-world’ capstone experience for students in isolated, rural two-yearcolleges. The four institutions are developing lead teams composed of student and facultycollaborators via summer internships at Brookhaven

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James Heidenreich; Dr. Eugene Silgalis; Nicholas Akinkuoye

Session 1149 Innovative Engineering Technology Projects: Their Uses As Recruitment, Formative/Summative Evaluation and Outcome Assessment Tools. Dr. Nicholas O. Akinkuoye, Dr. Eugene Silgalis, Mr. James Heidenreich Cuyahoga Comm. College Dept. Of Engineering Tech., Cleveland, OhioThe assessment of student learning and of educational outcome is as old as educationitself. However, Society’s quest for Quality issues, especially in manufactured productstook international and global center stage around the 1950, when Edward Deming’slecture to the Japanese help revolutionize the Japanese manufacturing industry and

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Michael McGeen; James Friauf

Session ---- Division 06 The Evolution of an Advanced Communication Skills Course James Friauf, Michael McGeen Milwaukee School of Engineering AbstractWith industry leaders constantly citing the need for and importance of effective communicationskills, educators must ensure our engineering curriculum does meet this end. Is a single,mandatory public speaking course sufficient to prepare students for the expectations anddemands of the workplace? Is the traditional speech course, with

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Robert Weis

Session 3486 Interdisciplinary Curriculum and Laboratory Development for Chemical Process Operator Technology Education Robert S. Weis Delaware Technical & Community CollegeAbstractDelaware’s chemical industries are critical to the state’s economic viability and requiretechnicians entering their workforces to have greater academic knowledge and laboratory-basedexperiences related to current and future job responsibilities. To meet this community needDelaware Tech has initiated a new Associate Degree in Chemical Process Operator Technology.Delaware’s

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Lance Schachterle

Session 1161 Standards-Based Assessment of Humanities/Social Science (H/SS) Programs in the Liberal Education Division (LED) Lance Schachterle, Assistant Provost, WPI 508 831-5514; les@wpi.eduFor decades, curricula in the Humanities and Social Sciences (H/SS) for engineering studentsand faculty have been dominated by the now-displaced ABET “Conventional Criteria” whichrequired that engineering students devote “one-half year [of study to the] humanities and socialsciences” (“ABET Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs,” I.C.3.a.[2].) The“Conventional Criteria” went

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Suzanna Rose; Mariesa Crow; Susan Murray

Session 2592 Retention of Female Faculty Members Susan Murray, Mariesa Crow, Suzanna RoseUniversity of Missouri-Rolla / University of Missouri-Rolla / Florida International UniversityIntroduction Engineering programs have struggled for years to recruit female undergraduateand graduate students (1). A similar challenge at most universities is recruiting femalefaculty members from the limited pool of candidates in various fields, particularlyengineering and related disciplines. Many universities are becoming aware of anadditional issue, the retention of these female faculty