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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Wood; David Shallcross

Session 3460 Combined Degrees – A New Paradigm in Engineering Education David C. Shallcross and David G. Wood Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010 AustraliaAbstractSince the late 1980’s undergraduate students in Australia have been able to enrol simultaneouslyin two full undergraduate programs. Students are able to complete their engineering degreewhile at the same time completing degrees in arts, commerce, law or science. Currently nearly60 % of all undergraduate engineering students at the University of Melbourne are enrolled in

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bahman Motlagh

technologyeducation being implemented are bringing light to the importance of addressing the needsof human ecology within an academic environment.Examining the relationships between students and their university’s physical and socialenvironment emphasizes the need to examine and reassess various aspects of engineeringeducation including course content and curriculum, multimedia learning environments,teaching methods and classroom and laboratory setup.Cross utilization of multiple engineering disciplines, an educational environment rich invaried learning methods and the integration of new and varied technologies early on inthe students’ academic experience all support problem solving approaches currentlyfound in industry practices.The aim of these innovative

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ricardo Molina; Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session 3460 A New Approach to Engineering and Technology Education and the New Pedagogy Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi, Ricardo Castillo Molina SENAC School of Engineering and TechnologyAbstractA new Pedagogy has emerged as a consequence of a new educational paradigm. This newpedagogy preaches the commitment of family, society and educational institutions. SENACSchool of Engineering and Technology has implemented a Telecommunication EngineeringProgram that contains in its curriculum what is called “Free Period”, which is in according to thenew paradigm of education

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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P. Mohana Shankar; Raj Mutharasan

Drexel Engineering Curriculum (tDEC). Fourmain features of this curriculum are curricular integration at the lower level, emphasis onexperiential learning, teaching by engineering faculty in the lower curriculum and therequirement of interdisciplinary (ID) courses in the upper curriculum. Previouslyvarious authors from Drexel have reported on the first three features (ref). In this paperwe address our progress on the ID courses in the curriculum.Motivation. We expect new engineers of the 21 st century to work in a team environmentwhere the team members may be of different discipline. Furthermore, the undergraduatepreparation at Drexel is designed to include integrated courses in the upper curriculumsomewhat similar to the freshman

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Research Centers develop a workclose to the community, which has a positive result providing the students knowledge andexperience 1.III. The ChallengeA new paradigm of education has emerged and it preaches that the capital is the intellect andpeople are the most important, but by the other hand it is still difficult the total absorption of thisnew model of development. The education institutions are redefining its rule in present societyand so it became necessary the adoption of new approaches. New programs have beenconceived, new laboratories and so on. Changes have been happening and many of them aresuccessful. Lusiada’s program for engineering education is one of the successful new kind offorming good engineers prepared to face next

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New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Boronkay; Janak Dave

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferencesInternational Education Collaborations, Loren Zachary, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000.How Can University Provide a Global Perspective for Engineers, Natalie Mello, ASEE Annual Conference, June2000.Cross-Cultural Service Learning for Responsible Engineering Graduates, David Vader, Carl Erikson and John Eby,ASEE Annual Conference, June 1999.Diversity: The Role of International Students as the New Global Prerequisite, Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Saeid Eydgahi,ASEE Annual Conference, June 1999.Senior Capstone Design Project in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum,Thomas G. Boronkay and Janak Dave, IMECE 2001, November 2001.Creation, Development, and Approval of Design, Build

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Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Larry McIntire; Ka-yiu San; Ann Saterbak

Session A New Cellular and Molecular Engineering Curriculum at Rice University Ka-Yiu San, Larry V. McIntire, Ann Saterbak Department of Bioengineering, Rice University Houston, Texas 77005AbstractThe tremendous advances in cellular and molecular biology over the last 25 years havefundamentally changed our understanding of living organisms. This new understanding at thelevel of cells and their array of associated molecules is having a tremendous impact on bothmedicine and technology. Appreciating the complexities of the cell and its inner workings

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Farris; Jeffrey Ray

Session 1491 A New Approach to Teaching Manufacturing Processes Laboratories John Farris, Jeff Ray Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractThe manufacturing processes laboratory taught in the Padnos School of Engineering at GrandValley State University has been modified to focus on part and process design. Machining,injection molding and lost foam casting have been taught using the new approach. First, studentsdesign a part for a specific process. Then the required tooling is designed and fabricated. Whenit is appropriate, process parameters are determined using designed

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Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Amy Zeng; Arthur Gerstenfeld; Sharon Johnson

Session 2557 A “Portfolio” Approach to Assessing the Industrial Engineering Curriculum at WPI Sharon A. Johnson, Arthur Gerstenfeld, and Amy Z. Zeng Worcester Polytechnic InstituteIntroductionOne challenge in assessing the outcomes of engineering programs is to develop mechanisms thatprovide effective measurement and feedback, with reasonable effort. We describe a frameworkthat we are piloting in the Industrial Engineering (IE) program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) to evaluate student proficiency with respect to all of our program outcomes.A number of

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

Session 1432 Digital Signal Processing in the Undergraduate Curriculum Thomas L. Hemminger, Ralph M. Ford Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Engineering and Engineering Technology The Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College Erie, PAAbstractThe use of high-speed data acquisition and digital signal processing (DSP) technology hasbecome the cornerstone of many areas of electrical engineering. This is particularly true in thefields of communications, controls, intelligent systems, signal

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Grad. and Upper Level Undergrad. BME Courses

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Magin; Christopher Comer; J Hetling

Session ???? A New Curriculum in Neural Engineering with Emphasis on Design of Neural Systems John R. Hetling, Christopher M. Comer*, and Richard L. Magin Departments of Bioengineering / *Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at ChicagoIntroduction. Academic and commercial research teams are currently developing a newgeneration of devices that will interact with, incorporate, and/or emulate living nervous systems.Neural prostheses to restore hearing, mobility or sight will offer a wider range of function;robotic devices will become more effective

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New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; John Robertson; Lakshmi Munukutla

& Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education3. Curriculum implementationWith the familiar constraints on budgets, faculty time and technical support,implementation of the new curriculum has been dictated mostly by expediency. Theindustry contribution has been vital – at a strategy level through the IAB and in theprovision of expertise and resources for lab execution. The approach has been verypragmatic with no proprietary agendas; just deliver the product, learn from the experienceand move on quickly to an improved version.The most important – and simplest – structural change we made was to break all coursesinto 1-credit modules. Fortunately, microelectronics is a subject that is very structured.Although it

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Global Engineering in an Interconected World

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Balmer

with the biological and Engineering, Biology, and Computer Science medical sciences to achieve a more detailed Bioengineering understanding of biological phenomena and to develop new techniques and devices. The computer scientist and engineer's quantitative and analytical Engineering approach; traditional competence in the processing Biology and control of information, sensors, and materials; and ability to design and analyze systems are powerful tools when applied to biology, medicine, Computer Science and

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Engineering Management Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ken Vickers; Ronna Turner; Greg Salamo

Session 3142 Graduate Student Practice of Technology Management: The Cohort Approach to Structuring Graduate Programs Ken Vickers, Greg Salamo, Ronna Turner University of ArkansasBackgroundMany conferences have been held to discuss the skills needed by engineering and technologyprogram graduates to be successful in technology based careers. These conferences strive tounderstand the full spectrum of job requirements by typically including representatives ofacademe, government, and industry. A common result of these conferences 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has beenlists of

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Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

implementing new methods of instruction. More specifically, the first yearengineering program at Virginia Tech is in the process of undergoing significant modification inboth our approach and emphasis in educating our students.This paper discusses the past, present, and future efforts of Virginia Tech’s EngineeringFundamentals Division in implementing these changes. First, a brief background of our recentendeavors to provide hands-on and early design activities is presented. A snapshot of our currentprograms detailing lessons learned and successes follows, and the final section discusses theshort to medium range goals of the Engineering Fundamental Division.IntroductionAt Virginia Tech, all first-year engineering students are admitted as general

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Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Elizabeth McCullough; Kimberly Rogers; Joseph Hickey; Andrew Hoff; Eric Roe; Marilyn Barger

present being tested in high school math, science,chemistry and physics courses as well as in community college chemistry courses. At presentthe HSTI team is evaluating plans to expand preliminary classroom trials throughout the scienceprograms of the School District of Hillsborough County, 11th largest in the nation.IntroductionThe High School Technology Initiative, HSTI, is a new approach to adapt and incorporate hightechnology materials into the state mandated secondary educational curricula. Members of theHSTI team believe that instructional modules can be used to engender an interest in pursuingtechnology, engineering, or science related careers by providing students with connectionsbetween technology and its underlying science as part of

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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Karthik Soundararajan; S. Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

curriculum for engineering technology education, ASEE Conference, June 2001 2. Berenfeld, B. (1996). Linking students to the infosphere. T.H.E. Journal, 4(96), 76-83. 3. Khan, B. (Ed.) (1997). Web-based instruction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications. 4. Mioduser, David; Nachmias Rafi; et.al., Web-Based Learning Environments: Current Pedagogical and Technological State, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, Volume 33, N0. 1, 2000 5. LabVIEW Student edition 5.0, Robert H. Bishop 6. Field Point user manual, National Instruments 7. AppletVIEW user manual, Nacimiento Corporation 8. IBM 7535 Users Manual

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Curriculum Development in Graphics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alain Desrochers

: Page 7.160.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education- The learning process requires minimal efforts from students and is almost independent of their technical backgrounds;- Exercises provided in the training often require hours and sometimes days, even for basic tasks;- This approach requires enormous amounts of documentation and data to cover a complete product and these have to be continuously updated;- Students are typically each assigned a computer and classes generally feature a high instructor to student ratio;- Understanding of the software structure and general

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New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gordon Goodman; Edith A. Lawson; C. Richard Helps; Barry Lunt

Associates (CRA) formed a board of “IT” deans in 2000 [3] that meets twice a yearProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationworking to define the underlying principles and relevant body of research, and that same yearPeter Denning led a team that developed a model curriculum for an IT college [2]. The time waspropitious for programs teaching IT to participate in developing the criteria that defined thediscipline.The usual approach to developing a new academic program in an established discipline is toreview the existing body of knowledge and practice to establish the content and boundaries ofthe curriculum; but

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What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

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Helen Hollein; Nada Assaf-Anid

Session ____ Incorporating Biotechnology in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum Nada M. Assaf-Anid and Helen C. Hollein Chemical Engineering Department Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471Abstract: The projected growth of the biotechnology industry in the coming decades warrantschanges in traditional chemical engineering curricula. To meet this new challenge, ManhattanCollege has implemented curriculum changes that aim at preparing graduates to meet thedemands of the food and pharmaceutical industry with a basic knowledge of biology andbiochemistry for

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Curriculum Development in BIO Engr.

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2002 Annual Conference

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Michael Nowak; Adrezin Ronald; Donald Leone

same level of depth as the more “traditional” engineering majors as the corebiomedical courses do not need to teach elementary engineering concepts. This follows thepyramid model of only teaching advanced concepts once the basics are understood, and notattempting to teach high level biomedical engineering concepts first.Traditional undergraduate engineering education, especially in Civil and MechanicalEngineering, allows a graduate to shift among different areas of expertise over their career due tothe similarity of fundamental principles. Using this approach, as well as the recent emphasis onengineering design throughout the four-year curriculum, the University of Hartford developed itsundergraduate Biomedical Engineering Program. During the

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Graphics Applications in ME

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Wilk

data for assessment. The class of 2000 was the firstgraduating class to go through the new curriculum (in which this extensive across-the-curriculumapproach to teaching communication skills was implemented). Therefore no alumni data isavailable yet. We plan to survey that class in our alumni survey going out this year.Summary and ConclusionThe ability to communicate effectively has been identified as an important attribute of a well-rounded engineering graduate and is a major student outcome from our program. We haveidentified four major areas of emphasis in the ME curriculum: written, oral, electronic andgraphical communication. An across-the-curriculum approach is taken whereby each of these

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robi Polikar; Robert R. Krchnavek; Raul Ordonez; Peter Jansson; John Schmalzel; Shreekanth Mandayam; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

, and technology focus electives. Project andlaboratory based instruction are employed as a tool for motivating students and to demonstrate therelevancy of material. Multidisciplinary courses provide the opportunity for students in differentdisciplines to work together. Some of the approaches—and lessons learned—may be of interest to otherstart-ups and programs considering transformation.Introduction Rowan University’s engineering programs are the result of an endowment by Henry and BettyRowan. The Rowan challenge was to create quality programs to develop engineers who could competein the new global economy. Four engineering disciplines (Chemical, Civil and Environmental, Electricaland Computer, and Mechanical) were started in 1995; the

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Teaching Outside the Box

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2002 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh; Kevin Dahm

Session 1613 Micromixing Experiments in the Undergraduate Curriculum Kevin D. Dahm, Robert P. Hesketh and Mariano J. Savelski Chemical Engineering, Rowan UniversityAbstractAn issue that is not typically covered reactor design courses is mixing and reactions. In the 1chapter on multiple reactions in the standard chemical reaction engineering text by Fogler , it isassumed that the reactions are slow compared to the mixing of species. The classic examples forparallel reactions and series reactions are given, but these

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Smith

Session 2058 A Building-Block Approach to Dynamics Marilyn J. Smith School of Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0150AbstractThe transition from memorization of formulae to the independent thinking required inengineering courses is accomplished via courses typically entitled “Statics” and/or “Dynamics”.These courses, in particular Dynamics, pose a major hurdle for some students who wish tobecome engineers. They are known at many

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Nashwan Younis

alumni feedbackresults applied in the enhancement of the program’s curriculum are included. Finally, theinteraction between the assessment coordination and curriculum committee is discussed.Brief History of EC2000It is important to study the history of the development of Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000) sothat the transition from the old criteria to the new criteria is lucid. This study helps the educatorsto understand the new engineering accreditation criteria. It also provides information in regard tothe use of previous assessment data, such as the alumni survey analysis.During the eighties and nineties accreditation visits, the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) was preoccupied with quantitative criteria such as the

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Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Oerther

” research techniques into theenvironmental engineering classroom, and students commented that the course could beimproved if relevant background information was provided. Two of the greatest challenges fordeveloping a role for molecular biology in environmental engineering curricula are: (1)discovering successful approaches for moving research topics into formal student education; and(2) developing appropriate background information to introduce students to appropriate firstprinciples of biology.Course improvements and expansion.Currently, the author is pursuing a number of options for improving and expanding the course.The author recently received funding through a Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement(CCLI) Educational Materials

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New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

Engineering EducationIntroduction The United States Military Academy (USMA), located in West Point, NY, about 50 milesnorth of New York City, was founded in 1802 as an academy that educated officers for theUnited States Army. In 1812, upon recognizing the need for engineers, USMA changed itscurriculum to educate engineers for the Army and a young nation. In addition to offering a broadvariety of majors, it is still known primarily for its engineering programs. USMA also remainsone of the ways to become a commissioned officer in the United States Army. There are approximately 4,000 cadets at USMA. Although about 10,000 applications arereceived annually, they are screened for grades, athletics, extra-curricular activities, and physicalfitness

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Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

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2002 Annual Conference

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Maya Place; Markus Flury; Jennifer Shaltanis; Geoff Puzon; Brent M. Peyton; James Petersen; Candis Claiborn

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationprofessional scientists and engineers who have a strong desire to work with experts in otherdisciplines, are well-trained for either industrial or academic careers, and are able to span culturalbarriers, whether these barriers are imposed because of cultural, disciplinary, or nationalboundaries. These professionals are to be poised to lead the development of scientific andengineering solutions to global environmental problems.The program complements existing Ph.D. degree programs, earned from associated academicdepartments. It does not necessitate a new degree; instead, each student enrolls in one of theparticipating departments and meets

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

Session 2002-109 FIRST in Engineering: a Service-Learning Approach to Mechanical Design Andrew Wright, Ann Wright University of Arkansas at Little Rock/Hendrix CollegeThe University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) formed the Donaghey College ofInformation Science and Systems Engineering (DCISSE) in 1999, and founded theSystems Engineering department. The first four semesters of the program exposestudents to a broad range of general engineering skills, including CAD, design theory,basic circuit theory and lab techniques. Students are exposed to fundamental concepts inengineering