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Jeffrey P. Freidberg

nuclearengineering community.The primary problems are by now well known. There is declining interest in nuclear power inthe United States with no new orders in the foreseeable future. Similarly, fusion research hasbeen significantly curtailed in recent years by the Congress and the United States Department ofEnergy leaving the program with an unstable and somewhat unpredictable future. The net resulthas been a reduction in the number of students entering the nuclear engineering profession.Since strong student enrollment is the lifeblood of any academic department, these problemsthreaten the well being, and in some cases the actual existence, of nuclear engineeringdepartments throughout the country. A related problem concerns university research

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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

why I amtaking community college courses? These questions are commonly raised by students andparents. ASU East has created an information booklet that covered the commonly askedquestions and others day to day concerns. Another major challenge was the need to keep co-enrolled student’s tuition and fees at a level not to exceed that of a similarly situated ASUstudent. A creative mechanism was put in place, which assures that an ASU East co-enrolledstudent will not pay more than the full time ASU tuition and fees. Campus evolution is a long-term process. ASU East and CGCC will work together continually, to craft creative solutions tothe issues that arise.SummaryThe new Partnership in Baccalaureate Education at the Williams Campus offers an

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Susan L. Murray; Linda M. Manning; Catherine A. Riordan; Elizabeth Cummins; Philip B. Thompson

of clearexposition.Get Funded! A Practical Guide for Scholars Seeking Research Support from Business (1992).Dorin Schumacher. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0803944411. One of the fewresources dealing specifically with seeking corporate support for research. Included are companypet peeves when working with academics, corporate terminology, political and financial issuesfacing R&D staff, etiquette of company contacts, and even an outline for an introductorypresentation to the company. This is an excellent book for new faculty who have never workedin a corporate environment or had little exposure to successful corporate-universitycollaborations.Research Funding Opportunities Websitehttp://www.crpc.rice.edu/TRAM

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Carol Fulton; Barbara L. Licklider

examine underlying beliefs, experiment with new strategies,bounce ideas off of colleagues, and consequently, fashion new understandings of learners,content, and pedagogy. These ideas about learners and learning lie at the heart of ProjectLEA/RN and weave throughout the principles offered here.• Address faculty concernsWe believe that faculty already know a lot about teaching. Therefore, we see the role of ProjectLEA/RN as one of tapping this knowledge and helping faculty to learn what they want to learn.Consistent with this philosophy, the content of Project LEA/RN stems from and is connected tofaculty concerns. No curriculum existed for the original TAG group. The intent was to use theinterest and needs of the engineering faculty to guide the

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Arthur B. Sacks

curriculum’s focus matched the new human-environment interactions orientation of theLAIS Division, a direction which I established when I who came to CSM in summer 1993 fromthe University of Wisconsin-Madison where I served as Director of the Institute forEnvironmental Studies. This overall direction of LAIS, I argued, better tit the role, scope andmission of CSM. As such, it would enable the Division to better attract and retain faculty with Page 3.313.3 -3-interests that complemented the School, and would allow LAIS eventually to develop anappropriate interdisciplinary graduate degree program in

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Ronald J. Bennett

discuss the enduring ideas and ideals ofworld civilization, the problems and opportunities of today and the issues to be faced in the yearsahead. The readings, covering such universal human concerns as justice, freedom, economicequity, community, leadership and democracy, function as case studies in leadership andleadership values. It is believed that this broad foundation is a requirement to develop judgmentskills needed for the wise management of technology.Industry ReviewTo test the model, presentations were made to over 20 executive groups in local industry. TheTwin Cities is home to many excellent companies such as Honeywell, 3M, Medtronic, Cargill,Seagate Technology, ADC Telecommunications, General Mills and scores more. It is from these

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Randal S. Martin; Clinton P. Richardson

ofScience degrees in Environmental Engineering since 1970 and became officially ABET-accreditedin 1993. As a part of the periodic reviews mandated by ABET, as well as by the North CentralAssociation of Colleges and Schools, the Environmental Engineering Program at New MexicoTech developed an assessment survey to evaluate alumni’s opinions concerning the program’scurriculum and its preparation for their subsequent careers, whether professional employment orgraduate school.BACKGROUND AND SURVEY INFORMATIONThe required course work leading to a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineeringat New Mexico Tech (NMT) includes 59 credits of college-wide basic requirements, 55 credits ofsupporting engineering and science classes, and 24 credits of

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Jack Swearengen; Hakan Gürocak

idea was firstconceived and more than a year after submission of the written proposal. The program must beapproved by the WSU Academic Offices, Faculty Senate, Provost, and Board of Regents.External academic reviews are also required. Final authority to offer the degree is granted by theWashington State Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB). While the proposal was goingthrough this process, entering students were certified into Mechanical Engineering. After thefirst graduating class, accreditation will be sought from the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology (ABET).The new ABET accreditation criteria for engineering programs will be implemented nationwidebeginning in 2001. During the three-year phased implementation (1998-99

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James Rehg; Sohail Anwar

Session 3147 New and Innovative Instructional Approaches for Teaching Engineering Technology Courses: A Case Study Sohail Anwar, James A. Rehg Penn State Altoona ABSTRACTThis paper describes new innovations in teaching digital electronics courses in the two-yearelectrical engineering technology program (2EET) at The Pennsylvania State University, AltoonaCollege. The instructional approach used in the three credit-hour digital electronics theory course(EET 117) was based on the engineering case studies derived from

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Olusegun Odesina; Nicholas Akinkuoye

Page 3.283.2repercussions of present trends in tenure denial. It is more difficult to achieve tenure now than in 2the past. Sanders has noted that many talented young professionals have decided not to pursuecareers in higher education because of the increasing expectations for tenure and promotion. “No other aspect of a college educator’s professional life demands as much attention asthis issue, yet, if tenure and promotion are treated in a cavalier manner the faculty memberbecomes the victim” (Duff, 1988, p. 70). The decision not to retain, promote or tenure anindividual has implications not only for the present but it also has

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Peter A. Koen

skills” which are: the ability to identify, design andconduct experiments as well as analyze results; formulate and solve engineering problems; toengage in life-long learning; function on a multi-disciplinary team and communicate effectively.This survey indicates that engineering schools will need to improve on the “softer skills” whilemaintaining their strength in teaching the “harder” technical skills. As engineering schoolsembrace the assessment requirements of ABET 2000 they need to develop a survey processwhere the results will be embraced by the faculty and implemented into curriculum change. Thekey issue is not the survey, but the process utilized. I. IntroductionEngineering schools are becoming

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Craig Gunn

ofcommunication may be one of the problem areas because a typical response fromengineering faculty may still be, “I am not an English teacher!” The lack of specificrequirements may make faculty feel that they will be forced into teaching topics or skillsthat may not be comfortable for them. This paper focuses on an ongoing study ofattitudes and concerns toward communication begun recently in the Department ofMechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. Students and faculty are beingasked to comment on areas of concern in communication, areas that have received littleor no attention or areas that seem to be purposely avoided. The first stage of this studyhas been completed. A report on the survey’s findings is introduced along with how

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Barbara E. Marino; Sandra Yost

mentors are verysuccessful and quite personable, but they are just too busy to be effective. They do not have thetime to invest in all that a mentee needs. On the other hand, new faculty members also contributeto this situation by not actively seeking mentors.Tell tale signs of the Invisible Mentor:• Does not exist.• Is too busy.• Does not initiate dialogue. Many of the new educators we heard from felt they needed more from a mentor. Whethernot having a mentor or having a mentor that was too busy to be helpful with the day to day issues,new faculty found they needed advice on everything from housing to the inner workings of thedepartment to proposal writing. One respondent, however, was against the idea of one

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Thomas V. Mecca; Sara Cushing Smith; Lynn G. Mack

importance ofwriting for the intended audience is an issue that was stressed throughout my observations”(Warren Yarbrough, Communication Faculty, OCTC).Another commonly observed skill area for all technicians focused on applying and attending toprofessional skills such as being on time, meeting deadlines, and following assigned procedures.“A majority of the technician’s job centers around professional skills rather than technicalskills”(Piedmont Technical College ATE Team). Many faculty stressed the need to include moreprofessional skill building in the new curriculum. One final major observation made by amajority of the faculty researchers concerned how technicians must be able to cope with changeand to continually be learning new technology and

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Albert L. McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

Page 3.450.2protracted struggle at the University of Minnesota among others. The pro and con argumentshave triggered anger on both sides. Some faculty members have even used the issue to enhancetheir research credentials by providing fresh research data and proposed solutions for both sides.In general, the debate is leading to the development of broad-based knowledge of the elements ofacademic life and the faculty’s role in it.Through the years, the level of understanding of faculty life appears to have decreased withincreased faculty research involvement. Hence, universities, especially research universities,become very concerned when legislators and governing board members seek to minutely controlthe mix of faculty responsibilities and

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Susan Montgomery

students seem satisfied with the new system.Some of the concerns involve our inability to match student interest and advisor backgrounds TABLE 1 - STUDENT OPEN COMMENTS ABOUT THE ADVISING PROCESSSOPHOMORESSo far, I like the new advising system. My advisor was able to give me the name and emailaddress of a professor with whom I am doing an independent study. He also made me aware ofsome technical elective options that I was unfamiliar with.I’m interested in going into Medicine. I was supposedly grouped with an advisor who had someknowledge of Medical Schools, Admissions procedures. However, my advisor did not knowreally anything that had to do with medical school.Teach the faculty members which courses we need to take before sending us to

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Josef Rojter

curriculum in a subject, Engineering in Society, was introduced inthe Department of Mechanical Engineering at Victoria University of Technology (VUT). Therevision was thought to be necessary because of structural weakness in the curriculum and poorperception of the subject by academic staff and students. The outcome of the new curriculumwas measured through a questionnaire at the end of the semester. The response of the studentsto this survey placed the subject in the the difficult and complex arena in the academic domain,but the results of the survey also suggested high satisfaction with the new curriculum andindicated that it provided an interesting path into the discipline and profession of engineering.INTRODUCTION In 1996 the faculty of

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Larry Hoffman; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

required program at Montclair State is notprovided, but the author does offer guidelines and recommendations that should be noted: 1. Appoint an effective director of the program who has autonomy and who can maintain a close working relationship with administration and resource faculty. 2. The program must address the needs and concerns of new faculty. 3. Capable and committed resource faculty must be selected to serve as mentors, and their responsibilities must be made clear to them. 4. The mentoring program must protect the integrity of the curriculum.The mentoring program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany is written aboutby Xu and Newman (6). This program is required of all new faculty and

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

fostering a positive and supportive group identity in the freshman class. In EDC, students experience group work or teamwork on two levels: they are involved in groups of their own and they see the faculty interacting as a group across disciplines, departments, and gender. This level of interaction is highly unusual in a university setting—and beneficial to all parties concerned. The new model of group interaction is especially useful to faculty who have not had much personal contact with students and to women and under-represented minorities, who have more models in this course structure and more opportunities to speak and take leadership roles.11-13• Early introduction to technical communication EDC is an improvement in

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Katherine E. Scales; Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley

- Analyze Existing Curriculum, Stage 4 - Design NewCurriculum, and Stage 5 - Implement New Curriculum (see Figure 1 below). Continuouscurriculum improvement is attained with planned, periodic recycling through Stage 2 to Stage 5addressing the curriculum as a whole, and by formal techniques for improving course conduct(how a course is taught) and course content (what is taught in a course).A. Stage 1 - PreparationThis stage is the key component of the Curriculum Renewal Methodology. The steps in thisstage include: leadership commitment and gaining faculty support, creating a Curriculum Page 3.446.22 Ibid. STAKEHOLDER

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H. Öner Yurtseven; Patricia L. Fox

stream is created forPSET that insures future stability.In addition, equipment and instrumentation needs also dictate the supply and expense budgets foreach department. Rather than allotting funds based on an artificial, two-class system of“technology” versus “engineering,” the more personalized approach allows PSET to address theindividual concerns of the departments and programs. All needs and requests for funds arediscussed with the dean by the department or director. Consulting with the assistant dean forfinance and administration, decisions are based on real need and for the benefit of the wholePSET. For larger budgeting issues, such as the development of new programs, the dean consultswith a faculty budget and finance committee as well as

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Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

Session 3257 Technology Education in the Next Century: Is the Proposed TAC/ABET Criteria Compatible? Amitabha Bandyopadhyay State University of New York, Farmingdale,NY 11735 IntroductionAmerican higher education in the last decade of the twentieth century faces escalating costs,uneven demographics, faltering revenues, and serious erosion of public confidence [1]. Thisdepressing picture of academia is emerging at a time when concern over the decliningcompetitiveness of the products of American businesses and industry has made

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Dongmei Gui; Jens Jorgensen; Joseph A. Heim

constructing a repository of information and resources for design andmanufacturing educators will provide the core around which the long term, and what we believewill be the most influential, goal of the project will be undertaken: creating a forum, a publicmeeting place for open and on-going discussions of issues important to those involved ineducation and employment of manufacturing and design engineers. Research we are conductingin parallel with the construction of the Forum and Workshop will help us gain a betterunderstanding of how these technologies can be used most effectively to expand and extendcollaborative efforts of faculty, industry and students. Our mission is to create an infrastructurefor collaboration. We have identified three primary

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Matthew J. Cline; Gary J. Powers

issues regarding the implementation ofPBL, and discusses student reactions to a PBL course. In short, this paper offers anevaluation of the learning outcomes achieved and presents some insights gained by ourexperience.Introduction Historically, the educational goals of our laboratory focused on having studentsemploy and verify theory learned in core courses. Feedback from our alumni indicatedthey appreciated the strong fundamentals that our laboratory instruction helped themlearn. However, both alumni and ABETi seem to agree that new industrial processes andthe modern work environment demand that students should be able to apply fundamentalsto a wide variety of problems. Further, graduating students must be skilledcommunicators, possess

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Robert Knecht; Randal Ford

musical production, The Music Man, closed on April 19, 1997 to a sold out audience.The students gave their final presentation, the postmortem, to the rest of their Design (EPICS)class on April 30th. The ensuing discussion proved to be informative and insightful, not only forthe students themselves but for the entire class and faculty as well. The postmortem addressedone basic question: What skills did the students learn about project development from the dramaexperience? To answer this question the students divided their presentation into four skills areasbased on the problems and issues they had to overcome.Design: The students admitted they drastically underestimated the many hidden design variablesin producing their musical; namely, in terms

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Susan Campbell; Carol L. Colbeck

exists. Engineering design education ofteninvolves competition. Some individuals believe that this approach simulates the marketplaceenvironment of professional engineering practice as well as generating student enthusiasm for thedesign project (Harris & Jacobs, 1995). Others think that it reinforces the idea that design isopen-ended or that multiple approaches to the client’s objectives can be achieved (Dym, 1994).Creativity has become an issue of primary concern in engineering because of increasedcompetitiveness in developing new designs. Clapham and Schuster (1992) implemented acreativity training program and tested whether it was effective in increasing the creativity ofengineering students. The experimental group participated in a one

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Barbara Olds

the statement “Tests require the students use learned material in new orinnovative ways, rather than reproduce types of problems used in class or homework,” theaverage response was 1.8. Page 3.312.5We need to continue to explore ways in which to maximize both resources and effective delivery.We are also exploring the possibility of including essay questions on the exams and developingwriting assignments that tie directly to the lectures. These options may become more viable aslecture faculty are required to spend less time developing course materials.Effectiveness of TextsThe major texts for the course 1, 2, 3 were generally positively

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William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

to observe foreign industrial technology, to provide cross-culturalexperiences, and give the students and faculty an opportunity to collaborate on technical projects. Page 3.144.1The first two objectives were easily accomplished, the third is well underway, accompanied bycontinual challenges and refinements.One measurement of the exchange program’s success is the most recent agreement, which wassigned in October 1997. The new agreement, a change from the first, is an open-ended document,allowing greater flexibility and is based on mutual expectations and trust, attributes which had tobe earned. The early exchanges had many challenges and

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Suzanne Keilson

thegreatest benefits of the workshop was the chance to exchange ideas and expertise with colleaguesacross disciplines, with whom one might not ordinarily interact. This led to some stimulatingexchanges and a growth in mutual understanding and respect. In order to participate in the institute faculty had to provide their objectives for applyingto the program. My personal and professional objectives for applying for a position in thesummer institute were as follows:• Personal development and sensitization.• Develop some background in general source materials.• Contribute my perspectives from a science rather than a “liberal arts” discipline to the group.• Learn about the scholarship and pedagogy relative to “classroom climate” issues, which are

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Sara McComb; Robert Kiesow; Eric Mulkay; Douglas Boyd; James D. Jones; William Oakes

advisor. Thissection is specifically included to address the questions and concerns of other faculty who mightbe interested in helping students establish a student chapter at another university. Page 3.110.1Chapter InfrastructureThe following three sections describe important issues relating to the functional aspects of thePurdue University student chapter of ASEE. In the first section, details regarding theorganization of the Purdue student chapter are presented along with the responsibilities of thekey leaders of the organization. The first section also points out some of the lessons learnedregarding the organization of chapter programs. In the