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Frank Wicks

Session 2633 A SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY BASED AND ENERGY CONSERVATION RELATED SENIOR PROJECT Frank Wicks Union College Schenectady, New York, 12308ABSTRACT One such student and his manager proposed The Mechanical Engineering program at Union analyzing a cascade of industrial compressors that nowCollege which is on a trimester system requires a two consumes

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John G. Nee

Technology Graphics Technology Automotive Technology Mechanical Design and Engineering Graphics Technology Page 3.565.9TOTAL: 21 semester hours Session 2438A total of 86 undergraduate courses are currently offered by the IET Department of which 18 (22percent) are engineering design graphics, CAD, CAM, and solid modeling related. FUTURE EMPHASESPossible suggested areas of greater emphasis for inductory EDG/CAD/CAM courses inuniversity-level technology programs and secondary programs include: 1) Measurement and scale

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Mary Aleta White; Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

sensitivity tothe issues for women in engineering. Participating faculty are therefore an incidental populationbenefiting from the Scholars Program. At the end of the summer, Scholars make a presentation about their research project at theWomen in Engineering Scholars Research Forum. The Scholar's mentor and research projectfaculty and research assistants are invited to attend, and participants are encouraged to inviteother guests. This Forum gives participants an opportunity to build research presentation skills.During her senior year, a Women in Engineering Scholar has opportunities to receive additionalguidance for completing graduate school applications and other related tasks, provided by WISEProgram and Graduate College staff. The

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Wallace Venable

Session 2230 Programmed Instruction - Engineered Instruction Re-Visited Wallace Venable West Virginia UniversityAbstractProgrammed Instruction (PI) was one of a number of technologies derived from Behaviorismduring the 1960’s. This paper outlines the elements of PI and summarizes its effective use atWest Virginia University. Behaviorism as a TechnologyAs teachers, our job is to deliver skills and knowledge to our customers. No psychologicalconcept provides more powerful tools to accomplish this task than Behaviorism, a product of

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Scott Huff

Session 1421 Transportation Technician Qualification Program E. Scott Huff Portland Community CollegeIntroductionTransportation agencies throughout the United States face several challenges related todeveloping and maintaining a qualified pool of technicians involved in quality control/qualityassurance (QC/QA) testing of highway materials.• New federal regulations requiring that all personnel involved in the acceptance of federally funded highway work be ‘qualified’by 29 June 2000• Increased

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

construction related students, at which theconstraints have been considered in a specific curriculum. In particular, the findings suggest thatboth undergraduate and graduate students believe that 3 design constraints have beenincorporated into the civil engineering program at a high level. These include: engineering codesand standards, manufacturability (constructability), and ethical considerations. In contrast, 3areas have been rated at a lower level. They include: social ramifications, political factors, andlegal issues.IntroductionOver the years there have been recommendations for employers and varioustechnical/professional organizations to revise the engineering curriculum to ensure that studentsare prepared for the professional practice of

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Mel I. Mendelson

Session 2455 Quality Assessment of an Engineering Management Program Mel I. Mendelson Loyola Marymount UniversityAbstractAn assessment process is described for LMU's Engineering and Production Management graduateprogram. Six quality characteristics were defined and measured. The process utilized the tools oftotal quality management and statistics. Improvement was benchmarked using hypothesis testingof the mean results between 1994 and 1998 using six assessment methods. Quality improvementwas evaluated by plotting the results on a radar chart.I. IntroductionIn 1993, Loyola

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William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

Session 3209 Engineering Criteria 2000 Challenges for Large Programs Joseph L. A. Hughes and William E. Sayle School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyIn 1997 Georgia Institute of Technology, with ten undergraduate programs and one graduateprogram accredited by EAC/ABET, participated as one of five pilot evaluations underEngineering Criteria 2000. Each of the institutions selected for pilot visits has unique attributeswhich must be addressed within the context of the new criteria. Georgia Tech is a publicly-supported, highly-ranked

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William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

Session 3232 Engineering Criteria 2000 Challenges for Large Programs Joseph L. A. Hughes and William E. Sayle School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyIn 1997 Georgia Institute of Technology, with ten undergraduate programs and one graduateprogram accredited by EAC/ABET, participated as one of five pilot evaluations underEngineering Criteria 2000. Each of the institutions selected for pilot visits has unique attributeswhich must be addressed within the context of the new criteria. Georgia Tech is a publicly-supported, highly-ranked

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Marcus Huggans; Halvard E. Nystrom

page contained 12 questions that related primarily to the program offered. The second page contained 10 questions that were course specific.2. The programs were investigated through their web pages if available.3. A list of programs was developed from: • ASEE’s 1994-1995 Directory of Engineering Graduate Studies and Research, • A list of engineering management programs provided by Dr. Dundar Kokauglu (Portland State University), • A list of engineering management programs developed by Dr. Daniel Babcock (University of Missouri – Rolla), and Page 3.179.1 • From references provided during the survey process by the

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Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort

Session 2213 Leadership and Mentoring in Undergraduate Engineering Programs Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort Chemical Engineering Department, Oregon State UniversitySUMMARYAs educators we often ask our Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) which qualities and skills theywould most like to see in new engineering graduates. Of course, good technical skills in the givendiscipline are always a priority and are what we as educators most closely monitor with ourgrading systems. However, following close behind are good oral and written communicationskills, the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams, and leadership skills. In the

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more easily see the relevance of what is being taught in the program.There is, however, a down side to internships in the current economy and in the Muskegon areain particular. One of the reasons for starting the program was to fill a need for engineers coupledwith location related recruiting difficulties. The interns drawn from the manufacturingengineering program’s students (who are area residents) appear to be doing well in their positionsthat the employers are increasing their hours per week and in some cases offering the interns fulltime positions as technicians, junior engineers, and, in one case, an engineer (with theunderstanding that they are to continue working to complete their degree).Increased levels of employment result in

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Melody Ivory; Kathleen Luker; Kathleen Coppock; Erol Tutumluer; David Hill; Christine Masters; Amelia Regan; Alkim Akyurtlu; Eric Matsumoto; Sandra Shaw Courter; Sarah Pfatteicher

, individual teaching to student-centered, problem-based, team learning. Toreach this goal, EESP has invited diverse groups of several dozen doctoral engineering studentsand junior faculty members to participate in a weeklong, hands-on workshop focused on teachingphilosophy, classroom skills, and the essentials of the academic career.EESP ’97 enabled participants to achieve the following program objectives: 1. enhance their knowledge of teaching methods and the learning process 2. develop their understanding and appreciation of the diversity of undergraduate students related to learning styles, cultural background, age, gender, and interests 3. increase their capacity to embrace future responsibilities for leadership in engineering

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Bernard J. Weigman; Glenn S. Kohne

Session 2555 A Graduate Engineering Program at a Liberal Arts College Bernard J. Weigman, Glenn S. Kohne Loyola College, Baltimore, MDIntroductionLoyola College in Maryland is a small liberal arts college. In 1977, Loyola, then predominantlyan undergraduate college, started a graduate program in Engineering. There existed at that timean undergraduate department in Engineering Science, Computer Science and Physics(ENSCAP). The goal of the undergraduate department was to provide a rigorous engineeringprogram for students who also wanted to

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Melvin Cherno

Session 2461 STARTING AN INTEGRATED HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN Melvin Cherno Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Virginia Anyone interested in establishing a cross-disciplinary program that integrates thehumanities and social sciences into an undergraduate engineering curriculum will have to makeat least four major decisions. This paper offers some advice based on the

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Melvin Cherno

Session 3661 STARTING AN INTEGRATED HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM: CURRICULUM AND COURSE DESIGN Melvin Cherno Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication School of Engineering and Applied Science University of Virginia Anyone interested in establishing a cross-disciplinary program that integrates thehumanities and social sciences into an undergraduate engineering curriculum will have to makeat least four major decisions. This paper offers some advice based on the

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Student Support Liaison Officer as well as the Director of the OMEP forthe CEAS at ASU. Prior to joining ASU, she spent 18 years at IBM serving her last five years as Program Managerof Academic and Community Relations. For two years she served as corporate liaison between IBM and theheadquarters of the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program at UC Berkeley. Page 3.407.9

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J.P. Trudeau; Alan R. Klayton; A.L. Clark; Daniel J. Pack

Session 1532 Incorporating Mobile Robots in a Microcomputer Programming Course D.J. Pack, A.R. Klayton, A.L. Clark, and J.P. Trudeau Department of Electrical Engineering United States Air Force Academy USAFA, CO 80840-6236 ABSTRACTMost Electrical Engineering undergraduate programs require an assembly language programmingcourse for graduation. Such a course is usually taught using a particular microcomputer ormicrocontroller. At the Air Force Academy, the Motorola

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Oregonian, May 22, 1997.2. Swearengen, J.C. and Hutton, D.V. "Proposal to Establish a Bachelor of Science Degree Program at Washington State University Vancouver", September, 1997.3. ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, Third Edition, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, December 1997.4. Dietz, D. "Help wanted: Engineers", Mechanical Engineering, pp. 46-52, August 1996.5. Valenti, M. "Teaching tomorrow's engineers", Mechanical Engineering, July, 1996, pp. 63-69.6. Hametner, Al (Corporate Manager, College & University Relations, The Boeing Company) "The engineering graduate: an industry perspective", ASEE Pacific Northwest Section Meeting, May 1-3, 1997.7. Proposed Outcomes-Based Program Criteria for

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Peter C.M. Burton; Fred Payne; Dinesh Kant

Session 3448 New Practically Focused Graduate Programs in Electronics offered by RMIT University. Peter C.M. Burton, Fred Payne, and Dinesh Kant, RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaAbstractThe Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering at RMIT University has alwayshad a practical “hands on” approach to teaching undergraduate engineering courses. Theprograms are industrially oriented with the aim of reducing the learning curve for graduatesentering industry.In 1997 the Department, in consultation with industry, introduced

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Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

AC 1998-370: Master of Science in Technology: Program Design, Development, andImplementationKent Curtis, Northern Kentucky UniversityNiaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet Page 3.399.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1998 Session 3448 Master of Science in Technology: Program Design, Development, and Implementation Kent Curtis, Niaz Latif Northern Kentucky UniversityABSTRACT The Department of Technology at Northern Kentucky University designed

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Digendra K. Das; Atlas Hsie; Salahuddin Qazi

updatetheir academic credentials, help improve the productivity of the corporations they are workingfor, and to seek career advancement. Most existing graduate programs concentrate in one areaand prepare students for a specialized field emphasizing more theory and less hands-on. In mostcases engineers enroll in a graduate program related to their undergraduate majors unless they arestudying for an MBA. The aim of our Master's program in advanced technology (MSAT) is toprepare students in a wide range of engineering and technology practices, in addition to the areaof their undergraduate background. In the current environment, industries have becometechnologically more advanced and have to compete in a global market. This puts extra demandson

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Justin Shriver; Charles Choi; Trevor Harding; Jennifer Kadlowec

Session 0555 Promoting Excellence in Education with an Outstanding Student Instructor Award Program Jennifer Kadlowec, Justin Shriver, Trevor Harding, Charles Choi University of MichiganAbstract The ASEE Student Chapter at the University of Michigan in conjunction with the Collegeof Engineering has developed and organized an annual Outstanding Student Instructor Award inrecognition of excellence in engineering education. The award not only acknowledges theoutstanding contributions of the individuals selected for the award, but also coincides with theASEE’s goals of promoting

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Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

Session 2513 Implementing an Integrated System for Program Assessment and Improvement Stephen J. Ressler, Thomas A. Lenox United States Military AcademyINTRODUCTIONCriterion 2 of the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 requires that, to gain accreditation, anengineering program must have: (a) detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of the institution and [ABET] criteria, (b) a process based on the needs of the program’s various constituencies in which the objectives are determined and periodically

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Wayne Woldt; Mohamed Dahab; Bruce I. Dvorak; Dennis Schulte

Missouri). Matching funds are provided by the University of Nebraska.Support for the program is provided by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. Thethree main goals of this program are to provide: 1) an intensive educational experience inpollution prevention for engineering students, 2) technical assistance to small businesses andindustries in Nebraska, and 3) research on complex pollution prevention problems. The technical assistance is delivered each summer by 15 to 18 undergraduate engineeringstudent interns and three graduate students. The undergraduate interns participate in two weeksof intensive formal training before spending nine weeks in an assigned (industrial, smallbusiness, or regulatory) location providing a

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William H. Jermann

Session 2220 USE OF A MATRIX CLASS TO INTRODUCE OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING William H. Jermann, Ph. D. Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Memphis ABSTRACTAt the end of a junior-level course called Matrix ComputerMethods, students are introduced to object orientied programmingthrough use of a user defined class called a Matrix class. Theintroductory example is nontrivial and illustrates differences inprocedural techniques and object oriented programming. INTRODUCTIONIn our introductory programming

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Richard R. Schultz

Session 3532 A Practical Introduction to Digital Signal Processing through Microsoft Visual C++ and LabVIEW Programming* Richard R. Schultz University of North Dakota rschultz@nyquist.ee.und.nodak.edu AbstractConventional wisdom has relegated the introduction of digital signal processing (DSP) fundamentals tothe senior year of the electrical and computer engineering curriculum, since a background in complexvariables is required for the frequency domain analysis and design of digital

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Rona Colosimo Warner; Paul J. Warner; Kim LaScola Needy

Session 2642 On the Initiation and Development of an Advanced Manufacturing Educational Program to Aid Displaced Workers Paul J. Warner, Rona Colosimo Warner, Kim LaScola Needy University of Pittsburgh, Department of Industrial Engineering AbstractThis paper presents a model based on classic project management and systems analysis that wascreated and utilized by the University of Pittsburgh Department of Industrial EngineeringManufacturing Assistance Center (MAC) to develop an accelerated manufacturing trainingprogram for displaced workers. The following

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Ronald J. Bennett

Session 2642Industry/Academia Collaboration: Developing a New Master of Science in Technology Management Degree Program Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. Director and Chair Manufacturing Systems and Engineering Page 3.337.1 1AbstractThe University of St. Thomas graduate programs serve a working adult population centered inthe Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Degree programs in business, software,manufacturing systems and engineering are provided through a multitude of delivery modesincluding traditional classes, company on-site classes, use

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Ian R. Simpson; Brian Manhire

. ACCREDITATION, INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, RELATIONS WITH INDUSTRY Each institution awarding a Diplôme d'Ingénieur does so under its own auspices. How-ever, quality control of curricula is assured by an organization called La Commission des Titresd'Ingénieurs. Since 5th July 1985, this Commission has been made up of 32 members who arenominated for a 4-year period by the Ministry of Education. The 32 members include facultyfrom colleges attached to the Ministry of Education, faculty from other colleges which are notattached to this Ministry, representatives from industry and from professional engineering asso-ciations, including the Trade Unions. Half of its members (16 our of 32) come from professionalengineering associations and industry, a fact