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Joe G. Eisley

Session 0502 The University of Michigan Master of Engineering Template and Aerospace Engineering Related Programs Joe G. Eisley University of MichiganAbstract The College of Engineering at the University of Michigan now offers Master of Engineeringdegree programs under its own authority in addition to the graduate degrees offered by theCollege through the University's School of Graduate Studies. All such programs must conform toa particular template which is designed to ensure an amount of breadth across departmental andcollege boundaries and

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Yildirim Omurtag; Rawin Raviwongse

process may vary somewhat frominstitution to institution, but most Thai educational institutions follow the general above-mentionedguidelines.III. Manufacturing-Related Education Programs in Thailand Table 2 shows the list of the university-level institutions in Thailand that offer a degree in amanufacturing-related area. Most of the programs are offered through the Departments of IndustrialEngineering or Production Engineering. Undergraduate students who have a strong interest inmanufacturing may enter to these departments after they have completed their academic requirements asfirst-year students. Students take compulsory engineering departments' core courses during theirsophomore year. Practical training is also compulsory in most

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Paul J. Turinsky; Kuruvilla Verghese

1 Session 3255 Master of Nuclear Engineering Traineeship Program e Paul J. Turinsky, Kuruvilla Verghese North Carolina State UniversityINTRODUCTION One of the recommendations that appears often from recent national discussions on reshaping graduateeducation in science and technologyl’2 is to provide joint industry-university projects as part of the students’preparation. Many

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L. F. Borjón; F. Martín del Campo

flexibility and tend to be an image of the structure applied by somegovernment institutions. This is mainly noticed in the quantification of the faculty requirements for basicscience teaching as well as for the program faculty. The same phenomenon can be observed on the development of particular criteria, however this has onlybeen developed in few cases, mainly for Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Electrical and ElectronicEngineering. The groups that have been formed are: Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Science and Systems, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering andBioengineering. This groups are related to the engineering degrees granted in Mexico. It can easily

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Merl Baker

recently retired as IBMs Vice President for Science and Technology and his article reflectsthe corporate viewpoint. His article, “Rethinking the Ph.D.” is adapted from, “What Is A Science or Engineering Ph.D.For?” --- A lecture he delivered at M I T in November of 1993. The upheaval in east-west relations and the rapid transformation of global markets have stimulated a fundamental reexamination of U.S. science and technology activities. So far, however, there has been little serious reassessment of the underlying assumptions, expectations, and requirements of Ph.D programs in science and engineering. Phillip Griffiths is Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, N. J. and is Chair of the

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Walter Beck; S. Rebecca Thomas; Janet Drake; J. Philip East; Eugene Wallingford

actuallyproduce a good program. Many introductory texts address top-down-design by admonishing students tobreak larger problems into smaller problems and by giving static examples that illustrate a very dynamicprocess. Students seem to ignore the examples and get no insight into how problems can be broken down.The texts illustrate an overwhelming concern with the "what" of instruction but almost no knowledge orinsight into the "how". An additional concern about programming instruction relates to the improvement of pedagogy.There seem to be few espoused principles for designing instruction. Astrachan and Reed [1] indicate most This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE- 9455736

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Forrest S. Keeler; Dr. Mihir K. Das

created an innovative graduate program in Systems Engineering (SE). Themain objective of this SE program is to offer to selected graduate engineers already employed in indust~ aMaster’s Degree curriculum which can significantly enhance their understanding of disciplines directly related totheir own assignments, increase their worth, and enhance their perilormance in the U. S. industry marketplaceusing up-to-date SE related disciplines and skills. Introduction A key issue of high industrial and national importance is the identification and translation ofsophisticated, state-of-the-art system techniques from independent research and isolated complex militaryprograms to university research, to

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Merl Baker

Session 3652 REDIRECTING ENGINEERING Ph.D. PROGRAMS TO MEET JOB DEMANDS Merl Baker College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Abstact Recent articles by John A. Armstrong, “Rethinking the Ph.D.” [1] and Phillip A. Griffiths, “Reshaping GraduateEducation”, [7] prompt faculty and administrators responsible for graduate education to study and implement changes thatare needed in our

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Paulo S. F. Barbosa

arisen in too many aspects. The first relates to theproblem of how to allocate new credits to an already fill curriculum. As stated previously, in Brazil we have afive-year engineering program. Even with this longer program, engineering students usually attend from 30 to 40hours of classes per week. Thus, it is not pedagogically recommended to add any additional hours. On the otherhand, no professor wants to cut what they see as essential courses to add those of less tangible professionalvalue, Therefore, traditional academic inertia, the demands of an engineering degree, the overloaded curriculumand also, the lack of student interest -- are the main factors that prevent the inclusion of new broader training inbrazilian engineering education

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Benoit Cushman-Roisin; Elsa Garmire

● Poor perception of the overall project engineering process ● Narrow view of engineering and related disciplines ● Not wanting to get their hands dirty ● Considering manufacturing work as boring ● No understanding of the quality process ● Weak communication skills ● Little skill or experience working in teams “ Being taught to work as individuals 1- b. Management courses Thayer School has developed management courses specifically designed for the M.E. program. All students must take three specific management courses: Engineering Economy & Financial Management, Marketing, and Organizational Behavior. The first course is a 3

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H. Paul Haiduk; Donald J. Bagert; Ben A. Calloni

. Page 1.241.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings This system has previously been used as a supplement to teach a Pascal-based introductory computerscience (CS1) course required of both computer science and electrical engineering majors; despite havinglimited teaching materials for BACCII at that time, the empirical results showed a 4-8% increase in learning and 4comprehension . More recently, work on adding object-oriented extensions to BACCII for use in the datastructures/object-oriented programming (CS2) course was undertaken, resulting in BACCII++§. Current research concerns the development of a complete set of course materials for the use of BACCII++in teaching both CS1 and

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Richard L. Marcellus; Jr., John Felver; Joy Pauschke

facilitate the above out-of-classroom activities. The programfacilitates-faculty-student and student-student interactions and offers scheduled, academic-related activities. Thispaper describes the goals of the College’s academic residential program, faculty and student participation,program requirements and activities, student evaluations, and program impact on student retention. Background Two factors provided impetus for the College to offer an academic residential program. First, the Collegewanted to offer engineering and technology students attending a large public university the academic and socialopportunities afforded by a “small college atmosphere. ” Northern is a comprehensive

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Wieslaw Grebski; Marlene Guers; Maryam Ghorieshi

Session 2247 Recruitment of Women and Minorities into Engineering Technology Programs Maryam Ghorieshi, Wieslaw Grebski, Marlene Guers The Pennsylvania State University - Hazleton CampusAbstract The paper describes an experimental summer program “Access To Careers In Engineering” (ACE).The program was a recruitment strategy which targeted under-represented groups and sought to motivatethem toward careers in engineering and engineering related fields. The ACE program was offered August7-11, 1995. This program provided exposure to careers in engineering, engineering technology

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Sylvia D. Pifion; Elsa Q. Villa; Connie Kubo Della-Piana

coursestudents will take in the subsequent fall semester. In the design component, students are exposed to the computerscience and engineering programs offered at UTEP through related projects that provide a challenging andinformative glimpse into each aspect of engineering. SEEE students are first introduced to the cooperative learning paradigm during the first morning session.In that session, they work through exercises which distinguish the differences between individual, competitive, andcooperative learningc. An integral part of this initial activity is the “name game” where students are moved intogroups and asked to learn the names of the group members. This “name game” is the first step in developingcommunity among the group members

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Zenon Jan Pudlowski; Peter LePoer Darvall

Session 1160 USICEE’S International Cooperation Initiatives and Programs in Engineering Education Zenon Jan Pudlowski & Peter LePoer Darvall UNESCO Supported International Centre for Engineering Education (USICEE) Faculty of Engineering, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3168, AustraliaThe UNESCO Supported International Centre for Engineering Education (USICEE) was established in theFaculty of Engineering at Monash University on the recommendation of the UNESCO Steering Committee onTechnical Human

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Russell J. Deaton; Michael J. Bartz

discussion of the scientific method and engineering process. The instructor also spent a day reviewingrecent statistics on the engineering job market, and discussed careers in engineering with the students.The students did a group design project to suspend a ping pong ball using electromagnetic methods. Foran individual project, the students researched a prominent personality in science or mathematics, wrotea formal paper, and gave a formal presentation. Projects were done on Coulomb, Maxwell, and others.The projects and personalities were discussed in relation to the scientific method and as examples ofenginmring role models.Conclusion An Honors program has been established in The Department of Electrical Engineering at TheUniversity of

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Byron S. Gottfried

instruction in computer programming within acourse. Of the 15 positive responses, three relate to the introductory freshman programming course, and mostothers come from two departments that favor Fortran rather than C (the language taught to all freshmen). Thus,it appears that these responses largely reflect a desire for a second (redundant) language rather than additionalskills in the primary language. Again, it is likely that some faculty are requiring students to replicate their ownknowledge base acquired some years ago. Conclusions The following conclusions can be drawn from this study, based upon a survey of the engineering facultyat the University of Pittsburgh:1. Engineering

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Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

the faculty. Their success rate in gainingacceptance to and successfully completing high-quality graduate programs is a direct measure of the effectivenessof their US MA education. In the civil engineering progmm, these instructors are all Corps of Engineers officers--engineering practitioners with extensive field experience. Their presence on the faculty provides a continuoussource of input on the relevance of the program, and the extent to which the program prepares its graduates tofunction effectively in engineering practice.USMA Engineering Graduates Survey. This assessment instrument provides a systematic follow-up of USMAgraduates’ performance in engineering or engineering-related positions, both in and out of the Army. The surveyis

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Steven H. Chin; MaryJac Reed; Ardoth Hassler

Session 2525 An Outreach Effort - The Connections Program Steven H. Chin, MaryJac Reed, and Ardoth Hassler Catholic University of America/Catholic University of America/Georgetown UniversityThe School of Engineering within The Catholic University of America (CUA) has an affiliation with the localhigh schools in the Washington DC area whose goal is to stimulate interest in engineering among high schoolstudents. There are currently 14 participating high schools, many of which include a student population withhigh minority and female enrollment (two of the schools are all-girls

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William H. Jermann

Session 1532 THE FRESHMAN PROGRAMMING COURSE: A NEW DIRECTION William H. Jermann The University of Memphis INTRODUCTION For decades typical Electrical Engineering curricula haveincluded a freshman-level course in computer programming. Inearlier days, this course included segments related to operatinga card punching machine as well as detailed coverage of theFORTRAN programming Language. Now the course frequently involvesuse of a more modern programming language such as c or c++operating under a system that supports integrated developmentalenvironments [1], [2]. Typical

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Richard A. King; Jack Van de Water

1 .— - . . . ..— Session 3 5 6 0 — PREPARING STUDENTS FOR ENGINEERING IN THE 21ST CENTURY THE OREGON INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM by Richard A. King Professor, Oregon Institute of Technology and Jack Van de Water

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Ron Darby

hours) of Chemical Engineering electives, to be taken from aprescribed list of courses. The courses on this list include such topics as Intro to Polymer Engineering, Introto Biochemical Engineering, High Tech Materials, Process Safety Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering,Risk Analysis, and various other Special Topics. The department also offers graduate level courses in manyof these or related topics, which encompass and extend the material in the corresponding undergraduatecourse. The students in this program may take the graduate course for graduate credit, and also receiveCredit by Examination for the corresponding undergraduate course. Since the students also receive fourhours of graduate credit for each of their summer work periods

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Samuel S. Lee; R. Narasimhan; M. Lewis Temares

Session 1275 IMPaCT - A Pilot Program Creating an Integrated Mathematics, Physics and Communication Track in the Engineering Curriculum M. Lewis Temares, R. Narasimhan and Samuel S. Lee College of Engineering, University of MiamiIntroduction Like many other engineering institutions in this country, the College of Engineering at the University ofMiami has encountered problems with student retention, particularly for the freshmen class. During theirtransition from high school to college, freshmen students often have difficulty adjusting to

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Joan A. Burtner; Benjamin S. Kelley; Allen F. Grum

. — Session 2653 ..-. -- An Experimental Program to Enhance Retention of At-Risk Freshmen Benjamin S. Kelley, Joan A. Burtner, and Allen F. Grum Mercer University School of Engineering, Macon, Georgia INTRODUCTION In the Fall of 1992, the Mercer University School of Engineering implemented an experimental programentitled Applications in Math and Science (AIMS). This program targeted marginally-qualified and thus at-riskentering engineering freshmen. The goals of the program were to 1) increase the rate of

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Peter K. Liaw; N. Yu

Session 1626 Ceramic Matrix Composites: A Combined Mechanics-Materials Science Educational Program N. Yu, P. K. Liaw Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science/ Department of Materials Science and Engineering The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, U.S.A.Introduction The development of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) is of industrial and national importance. Forexample, continuous fiber-reinforced CMCs, which have been successfully fabricated at the Oak RidgeNational Laboratory (ORNL) and several

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Lance Schachterle

. HEALTH-RELATED Pre-Health (Gateway to the Health Professions)Options for undergraduates at WPI to pursue programs leading to careers in medicine, dentistry, orveterinary medicine; biomedical engineering; or management and economics of health care systems. PRE-PROFESSIONAL Pre-LawDefinition of options for programs leading to careers involving law and technology, such as patent law, withinternships in appropriate legal organizations and joint admissions programs with Suffolk University andFranklin Pierce Law Center. Teacher CertificationAdding to the WPI B.S. degree those courses and

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Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Peggy Fussell; Manuel Aroz; EIT, Maria Reyes; Catherine R. Cosgrove; Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

technology student programs.PEGGY FUSSELL graduated from Northeast Missouri State University in 1973 with a BS in Education. Sheis the Program Coordinator for Recruitment in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at ASU. Shecoordinates all recruitment efforts, from the annual Engineering and Applied Science Days to individual toursand interviews for prospective studentsMARY ANN MCCARTNEY graduated from San Jose State University in 1975 with a BS degree. Whileenrolled in a Masters program she joined IBM Corp. In 1986-88, she served as a corporate liaison betweenIBM and UCBerkeley in the Mathematics Engineering, Science Achievement program, afterwards assumingthe position of Manager, Academic & Community Relations. She now serves as the

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Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor

Session 2247 VISION 95: A teacher improvement program gets bigger and better Kevin Taylor, Rick Homkes Purdue University at KokomoAbstract This is an updated report of the VISION (Vision of Industry and Schools In Ongoing Networks) projectbased in Howard County, Indiana. The program, which aims to improve mathematical and science skills of K-12 teachers, combines the efforts of local industry, academia, and the county schools. The teachers performhands-on exercises at participating industries and receive related instruction on technical

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Sheila C. Palmer; Pamela M. Norris

Session 3630 Effectiveness of the Woodruff School Doctoral Teaching Intern Program Pamela M. Norris, Sheila C. Palmer University of Virginia/U.S. Naval Academy Abstract This article discusses a unique teaching internship program that has been in place in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology since 1990. The objective of the program is to provide doctoral students who are considering an academic career

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William P. Darby; Nancy Shields; H. Richard Grodsky

Session 2270 Access to Engineering: A Description and an Evaluation of a Pre-Collegiate Program for Minorities and Women Nancy Shields, H. Richard Grodsky, and William P. DarbyThe University of Missouri-St. Louis/Washington University Joint Undergraduate Engineering ProgramBackground In 1990, the Congressional Research Service presented a major report to congress on the status ofunderrepresented minorities and women in science, mathematics, and engineering.10 In that report, Matthews(p. 65) stated that: The discrepancy between minority participation in science, mathematics