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David A. Lopez

Session 2348 Project Based Instruction in Manufacturing: A New Approach David A. Lopez Central Michigan University This paper will describe the instruction methodology of an undergraduate course inmanufacturing which was restructured to use small “hands-on” projects as a basisinstruction. the course was previously taught using a methodology of sequentiallypresented lecture material. the revised course divides the class into teams ofstudent and has each team completely analyze an entire product by dissecting theproduct into its various component parts. An engineering report is written by eachstudent

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J. M. Mendel; H. H. Kuehl

years to a thorough review and a substantial revision of the undergraduate curriculum. Thispaper describes the resulting new curriculum, which became effective in the fall of 1996. Duringthe creation of the new curriculum, the task force was guided by several broad principles anddesired objectives which the members believed were of major importance to a superior andrelevant undergraduate curriculum. These included: A. FundamentalsThe undergraduate curriculum must provide a basic grounding in the fundamentals ofmathematics, basic sciences, engineering, as well as appreciable content in humanities and socialsciences. B. FlexibilityA greater opportunity for choice is appropriate, including a wider variety of up-to

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

framework within which the course units are arranged and it is designedto lead students to a recognized award. Choosing the appropriate structure is essential to achievea curriculum design that lets the new pedagogical approach to be fully developed. Current coursestructures used in engineering degree courses are often rigid with no option for the students andthese structures leave to the student the intellectual activity of integrating the subjects which, inturn, are delivered in a fragmented fashion. Innovative Course Structures must emphasize ideasand creativity over memorization (White, 1995). They should present an integrated rather than afragmented view and remove structural impediments (Interweaving). The major characteristicsare: be

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Barry J. Farbrother

Session 2432 A New Approach to Electrical & Computer Engineering Programs at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Barry J. Farbrother Ph.D. Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractTwo new degree programs1 are now being offered by the department of Electrical &Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The new Bachelor'sprograms in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, are the result of atop-down curriculum design process which took several years to complete.‘Renaissance Engineers

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David E. Clough

Session 2613 Revitalizing Statistics in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum David E. Clough Department of Chemical Engineering University of ColoradoFor many years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado hasstruggled with the dilemma of how to provide our undergraduate students with appropriateknowledge and skills in applied statistics. We have attempted, with varying degrees of failure,⇒ traditional “introduction to probability and statistics” courses at the sophomore

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Craig Hoff; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

Session 1532 Use of AutoCAD in An Electrical Engineering Curriculum Lisa Anneberg and Craig Hoff Ece Yaprak Departments of Electrical and Division of Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering Wayne State University Lawrence Technological University Detroit, MI 48202 Southfield, MI 48075 (313) 577-8075 (810) 204-2539 FAX: (313) 577-1781 e-mail: anneberg@ltu.edu e-mail: yaprak@et1.eng.wayne.edu and hoff@ltu.eduThis paper was initiated at an Undergraduate Faculty

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Leslie Bondaryk

effectively solves some educational problems, and that itshould be approached like all other media in terms of how it is used in the teaching environment.The new media are becoming an important component of education due largely to the readyavailability in the last few years of powerful, cheap desktop computers. Also, the “new student”is a member of the MTV generation, and is used to absorbing images and information muchfaster than the previous generation, and in a different way, in “information chunks.” It is wise totake advantage of new communication techniques made available by these new computing tools,particularly when we must adapt to meet the new learning styles evolving from use of thesemedia outside the classroom. Use the new media to fill

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

basis.Graduates will be able to practice design with an appreciation for the relationship of organisms(including humans) with their environment and the constraints on design imposed by thecomplexity, variability and uncertainty inherent to natural systems. This approach could lead to anew paradigm for engineering design.Ecological engineering has been defined in a number of ways, so we begin this paper with a lookat past definitions and propose a new definition. We discuss the current and potential scope ofecological engineering practice, identifying where graduates of a university might findemployment. Ideas for developing a curriculum are presented with attention given to engineeringdesign as it relates to ecology. Finally, we address some

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Michael L. Mavrovouniotis

Personal Needs, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1984.[2] Winston, R.B. Jr., Ender, S.C., Miller, T.K. (editors)Developmental Approaches to Academic Advising, Jossey- Bass Inc., San Francisco, 1982.[3] Kramer, H.C., and Gardner, R.E., Advising by Faculty, National Education Association, Washington, DC, 1977.[4] Gordon, V.N., Handbook of Academic Advising, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1992.[5] Kuh, G.D. (editor),Cultural Perspectives in Student Affairs Work, American College Personnel Association, Cincinnati, 1993.MICHAEL L. MAVROVOUNIOTIS is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University.He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989. His recent teaching has

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William H. Sprinsky

degrees are ABET accredited.We recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Curriculum (ILI) grant. Themajor thrust of implementation reflects the revolution caused by technology in civilengineering and survey. We give each student not only the theory but also actualexperience with the projects and equipment that are the "bread and butter" of civilengineering practice. Laboratories in cartography, photogrammetry, surveying and civilengineering are designed to integrate experiences in this new technology.In the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the merger of information fromdifferent sources, often in different formats, is the norm in civil engineering technologypractice, using GIS-based systems. We must recognize and keep up

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

Session 3215 Computers in the Integrated Civil Engineering Curriculum: A Time of Transition Thomas A. Lenox, Stephen J. Ressler, Robert J. O'Neill, Christopher H. Conley United States Military AcademyThis paper examines the authors' continuing experiences in incorporating the personal computer into thecivil engineering program at the US Military Academy. The paper describes how the civil engineeringprogram has changed its approach to using the common software purchased by students at the Academy.1. SituationAcademic Program for Civil Engineering MajorsThe purpose of the United States

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James C. Wood

Session 3586 Engineering Technology Curriculum Integration in an Associate Degree Program James C. Wood Tri-County Technical CollegeIntroductionThe 16 technical colleges of the Technical College System of South Carolina in partnership withindustry, public education, and the National Science Foundation (NSF-ATE DUE 9602440) havebegun a five-year odyssey to reform the educational programs for engineering technology. Thisreform is needed because of two forces driving curriculum change. First, industry leadersemphasize that technicians need more

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Sohi Rastegar; Gerard L. Coté

Session 1526 An Interdisciplinary Combined Research-Curriculum in Biomedical Optics Sohi Rastegar, Gerard L. Coté Texas A&M UniversityABSTRACTThe objective of this project sponsored by the NSF Combined Research-CurriculumDevelopment program is to develop, implement, and evaluate an interdisciplinarycurriculum in Biomedical Optics. The thrust of the new curriculum includes thedevelopment of four new courses based on research advances made within theBiomedical Engineering Program at Texas A&M University in collaboration withinternal and external medical centers

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S. Gokhale; J. Aldrich

Session 1221 Integrating Community Service in the Construction Technology Curriculum S. Gokhale and J. Aldrich Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI Abstract The pedagogy of service learning has been documented since the mid-1970’s (Perry, 1970), but only in recent years have colleges and universities begun to integrate curricular-based service into higher education. During the fall of 1996, the Department of Construction Technology, IUPUI; NBD Bank, Indianapolis; and the

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Ronald Matusiak; David Andruczyk; D. Steven Barker; Stephanie Goldberg; Ilya Grinberg

Session 3233 Stepper Motor Applications Across Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum Ilya Grinberg, D. Steven Barker, Stephanie Goldberg, Ronald Matusiak, David Andruczyk State University of New York College at Buffalo1. IntroductionIndustrial, commercial and institutional facilities have grown significantly more complex in thelast decade. The rising level of technologies and equipment utilized in these facilities hascomplicated the elements of their engineering maintenance and operation. As an example of suchtechnologies, consider robotics

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V. Coppola; K. Powell; D. Hyland; B. Cosgrove; A. Waas; A. Messiter; Joe G. Eisley

; Page 2.458.11 11 l To teach the systems approach to conceiving, designing, manufacuring, managing and operating complex space systems; and l To provide practical experience in space system design, project development, and man- agement .3 Concluding RemarksThe University of Michigan’s College of Engineering and its Aerospace Engineering Depart-ment have worked over the last year and a half to design a new curriculum framework forall undergraduate students in the College, and a new curriculum specifically for Aerospaceundergraduate students. The resulting curriculum: gives students an engineering course each semester of their freshman year; provides a

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Ronald W. Schafer; Mark A. Yoder; James H. McClellan

to this introduction. Many computer-oriented studentsdiscover an unexpected link between computers and the mathematics of signal theory, and havepursued further study in traditional DSP courses at the senior and graduate level.2. DSP FirstThe idea of using signal processing as the first course in electrical engineering is not new. Somehave proposed teaching analog signal processing prior to circuit theory, so that a systemviewpoint is presented prior to the details of circuit implementation. Our approach has been tostart with digital signal processing, and then move into analog systems. This matches quite wellwith the everyday experiences of most of our students who have expertise with softwarepackages that might contain DSP capabilities

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Brian A. Alenskis

Session 2247 Integrating Ethics into an Engineering Technology Course: An Interspersed Component Approach Brian A. Alenskis Purdue UniversityAbstract The format or approach to teaching professional ethics in engineering or engineeringtechnology can be troublesome. The issue is often how to present ethics as an important aspect ofthe technical profession, without hindering the learning of more technical matters. To accomplishthis, institutions have employed a variety of approaches, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Purdue University is

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Thomas G. Boronkay; Janak Dave

Session 2238 Introduction of Finite Element Methods in the Lower Division Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Thomas G. Boronkay, Janak Dave University of CincinnatiIntroductionMany engineering technology students work in positions requiring familiarity with engineeringanalysis as well as design. They are asked to use commercially available software packages as apart of their job function. Some of the simple analysis is off loaded to the designer. One of mainreason for this shift is integration of analysis as early in design process as possible. Anotherreason is

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Doris Yacoub; Robert Pfeffer; Rajesh N. Dave; Jonathan Luke; Ian S. Fischer; Anthony D. Rosato

Session 1526 On Laboratory Development for a Curriculum in Particle Technology Rajesh N. Dave, Jonathan Luke, Robert Pfeffer, Doris Yacoub, Ian S. Fischer, Anthony D. Rosato New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102AbstractThis paper discusses the development of laboratory facilities for use with an on going NSF-CRCD project that will establish a three-course concentration in particle technology at NJIT,offered across the engineering curriculum. The main objective of the NSF funded project is toaddress the urgent need for undergraduate and graduate education in this vital field

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Brian S. Mitchell

Session 3513 Early Introduction of Design Fundamentals into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Brian S. Mitchell Tulane UniversityIntroductionIn response to concerns raised by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), many chemical engineering departments have been revising the design components oftheir curricula. These modifications range from incorporation of open-ended problems inexisting courses to the development of new, design-oriented courses. At Tulane University inNew Orleans, both of these approaches

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Yale N. Patt; Kevin J. Compton

new construct in C is introduced, the student is shown what LC-2 code a compiler wouldproduce. We cover the basic constructs of C (variables, operators, control, functions), pointers,recursion, arrays, structures, files, complex data structures, C libraries and dynamic allocation.Analysis of AlgorithmsThe final component of the course is an introduction to Analysis of Algorithms, which is aparticular interest of ours. All engineering is about tradeoffs, and we consider it important topoint out time/space tradeoffs as early in the curriculum as possible. We analyze a number ofalternative algorithms for solving the same problem. Since students understand how recursionactually is carried out by the computer, they can effectively analyze the

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David J. Ahlgren, Trinity College

Session 1232 CPLD-Based Design in the Introductory Computer Engineering Course David J. Ahlgren Trinity CollegeINTRODUCTIONDuring the last three years the emphasis in ENGR221L--Digital Circuits and Systems, theintroductory computer engineering course at Trinity College, has shifted toward the increaseduse of VHDL and complex programmable logic devices (CPLD's). This evolution hasencouraged team projects that employ top-down design and concurrent engineering approaches.Working student designs included a single-chip stepper motor

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Shivakumar Raman; P. Simin Pulat; Hank Grant; Bob L. Foote; Adedeji B. Badiru

must be redesigned and reconfigured Page 2.122.1continuously. Traditional approaches to manufacturing system design and control are not wellequipped to deal with such a dynamic environment.Although many research results are transferred to the classroom, university curricula are not, ingeneral, adapting to new concepts as rapidly as they should. What is needed is a holistic andglobal approach that teaches students to integrate rather than fragment. For students to competein the national and global marketplace, a curriculum which focuses on the parts as well as thewhole is required. To realize these potential benefits, developments in

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Karen E. Schmahl

Session 3657 UNIQUE APPROACH TO TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A QUALITY PLANNING AND CONTROL LABORATORY Karen E. Schmahl Ph.D., P.E. Miami University, Oxford, OhioIn recent years, Total Quality Management tools and principles have been increasinglyintroduced into engineering curriculum. This paper describes a unique approach to integratingTQM in the laboratory of a Quality Planning and Control course which had previously focusedsolely on statistical control of quality and precision linear measurement. The new approachincludes a team building component, Lab Development Project and TQM

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William J. Adams; Curtis A. Carver

Session 2220 Hyperdisciplinary Courseware: A Means of Integrating the Curriculum MAJ Curtis A. Carver Jr. and CPT(P) William J. Adams Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996Abstract1This paper will discuss the development of hyperdisciplinary courseware: World-Wide Web(WWW)-based, tightly coupled, interdisciplinary courseware. It will also discuss the tools re-quired to create hyperdisciplinary courseware, a

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Thomas J. Cortina

Science (YES)at Polytechnic University. High school students selected met the following criteria:• Completion of Level 2 of the integrated mathematics curriculum of New York State (basic knowledge of algebra and trigonometry).• An overall average in mathematics and science courses of at least 80.• No prior experience with high-level computer programming (with the exception of BASIC programming).• Availability to attend all class meetings with no more than 2 absences.1 Only procedural aspects of C++ were presented in the C++ section. Additionally, students used input and outputstreams (cin and cout instead of scanf and printf). Students in this section did not learn object-oriented

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

Session 2230 Three Approaches To Outcomes Assessment: Questionnaires, Protocols, and Empirical Modelinga Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Larry J. Shuman, Cynthia J. Atman, and Harvey Wolfe University of Texas - El Paso/University of PittsburghbEngineering is a multi-dimensional discipline. Practicing engineers must possess a variety ofknowledge and skills to be successful in the workplace. Now, ABET, through “EAC 2000” hasclassified these into eleven categories1. ABET’s new performance-based criteria require eachengineering program’s faculty to clearly enunciate educational objectives in terms

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Anthony J. Muscat; Evan D. H. Green; Emily L Allen; Linda Vanasupa

d Department of Materials Engineering California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA AbstractAn interdisciplinary course in semiconductor processing has been developed and successfullyintroduced into the chemical, materials, and electrical engineering curriculums that blends newand traditional teaching techniques. A start-up company culture is created in which teams of“employees” composed of students from a range of disciplines and having varied industrialexperiences work side-by-side on a long-term (semester) project threaded with short-term (twoweek) open-ended design components. The long-term

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Fazil Najafi

Session 3260 “Curriculum Innovation and Renewal Process - A Perspective of the Civil Engineering Faculty” Fazil Najafi University of Florida, Department of Civil EngineeringAbstract The content of this paper includes literature review on the curriculum innovation andrenewal process. There is a lack of a universal methodology on what institutes a goodcurriculum. The problem is the budget, facilities, identification of customer needs and timevariances that create great constraints that result in different approaches from campus to campus.A case study is