Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emily Mowry

Session 2209 CREATION OF A BIOETHICS COURSE FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM E. Mowry, J. Collins, S. Brophy Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235Abstract “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have…an understanding ofprofessional and ethical responsibility….1” To address this need, we are creating anundergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) ethics course, which serves to raise awareness instudents and better prepare them for careers in medicine, research, and engineering. Theprinciples and methodologies of

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Corradini

The Use of Undergraduate Minors to Meet National Needs in Nuclear Fission Power Engineering Michael L. Corradini, James J. Duderstadt, William R. Martin University of Wisconsin/University of MichiganAbstractWith the renewed interest in nuclear power as a key component of the nation’s energy portfolio,there is a growing concern about the availability of engineers trained in nuclear technology inview of the very significant erosion in university nuclear engineering programs and facilitiesover the past two decades. Even with a rapid infusion of new resources, the time required torebuild the necessary faculties and facilities and stimulate student interest makes it

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Eric Lachance; Allen Estes

add real value to any civilengineering program. This paper has shown how these activities at West Point directly supportthe civil engineering program outcomes. The benefits seem to be greatest in the areas ofbringing real world engineering into the CE program. Students gain a better understanding of thechallenges facing engineers in professional practice, knowledge of contemporary issues,awareness of the impact of engineering in a broader societal context, and motivation to continueintellectual and professional growth. Students will benefit when an engineering department hasan active student chapter. Students are more likely to join and participate in a professionalsociety after graduation when they are introduced to the benefits as a student

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”technology to a new level that will stimulate technological innovation and economic development across theUnited States. The resources needed in implementing this transformation across the country are at hand.But the change requires a new way of thinking. No longer can we afford to view engineering education as aone-time process consisting of the sum total of knowledge and skill-sets to be attained prior to practice,completed within four years at the undergraduate level, or to be considered terminal at the master’s level ifwe are to unlock the creative, inventive, innovative, and leadership potential of the U.S. engineeringworkforce for competitiveness in the new economy.3.1 Defining Program

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

Session 2160 On Reform of Engineering Education in the Arab Gulf States: A Focus on Pre-Engineering “Prep-Program” By W. Akili Professor of Civil Engineering (retired)Introduction:Engineering education in the Arab Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United ArabEmirates, Qatar, and Sultanate of Oman) faces many challenges today. Changes in the externalenvironment (e.g. reduced funding, increased costs, demands by industry for well-seasonedgraduates, and rapid advances in technology) coupled with the

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

developing faculty in the context of newteaching and learning paradigms, for the evaluation of the scholarship of teaching and for theresearch-teaching nexus.IntroductionDuring the 1990s there was a sustained global debate about reform in engineering education. TheEC 2000 developed by ABET typify the shift towards a broader set of measurable outcomes thatemerged from this process. Similar reforms have taken place in other countries. For instance inAustralia, the report of the national Review of Engineering Education entitled Changing theCulture1 lead to a change in the accreditation of Australian engineering programs based more onoutcomes with a particular emphasis on the demonstration of broader graduate attributes. Thischange has challenged

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

, leading to the creation of new applications for new and existing technology; patents and licenses. 2. Scholarship of integration, bringing and connecting knowledge together from various sources in the field as in course and curriculum improvements and innovations, developing measures to increase the relevance of ET curriculum to industry, writing of undergraduate text books and book chapters. 3. Scholarship of application through consulting activities, leading to improved processes, practices, programs and products in industry. Page 8.1162.5 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jesse Pappas; Eric Pappas

” criteria)and giving students an opportunity early on to experience a professional designatmosphere.”9 Participating students are pursuing a minor in “Product Realization” as partof their undergraduate engineering curriculum. The creative educational practices at theSwanson Center are reminiscent of those at IIT’s Invention Center and Northwestern’sEDC program, featuring teams of students solving real-world design problems in acreativity-intense, technologically supportive atmosphere. “Generally,” says Besterfield-Sacre, “five groups participate per semester. We team each group with a corporatesponsor, a faculty advisor, and a graduate-student advisor. While we adhere to no specificeducational or creative pedagogy, students are enabled and

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

, one of which is our model course. However, most of these classes are still aimedat the science major student. Hendrix College wishes to use the non-intimidating, flexible,and stimulating resources of the Lego Mindstorm product to gently introduce the non-science major to programming, mechanics, the design process, problem solving, and theapplication of the scientific method.There has been recent participation from several Little Rock and Conway area schools inthe FIRST Lego League competition. The authors plan to offer mentoring services andencourage the course students to become involved in the area teams. Eventually, a service-learning component may be added to this course. The service would be the mentoring of a

Conference Session

Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

for Engineering Educationconvened a blue ribbon group of industry leaders and engineering deans who identified twelvekey areas for reform (including leadership, communication, integration of knowledge across thecurriculum, a multidisciplinary perspective, teamwork, active learning and collaboration.)7 Page 8.823.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIn addition to these general calls for reform in undergraduate programs, educators have stressedsimilar curricular deficiencies in targeted

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Walesh

Page 8.236.12 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”engineering practitioners have the opportunity to enhance their learning and increase theirawareness of the vitality of the profession by participation in additional experienced-basedlearning during formal education. Examples are: cooperative education, internships, summer para-professional employment, and part-time or full-time para-professional employment prior toearning a BS degree. Curricula Design ProjectsThe Committee is searching for existing undergraduate-graduate programs that approximate, interms of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Garth Thomas

. These applications are PC based, and have been Basic or C++ programs, withinterfaces to Excel® in some cases. We have recently joined the Wonderware® educationalprogram, and are beginning to use the Factory Suite® software for our data acquisition andcontrol applications. This provides the students with an interface and software developmentenvironment that will be found in an industrial setting. Students will be able to configure controlloops, perform sophisticated data analysis in real time, and construct graphical interfaces. Sincethis software interfaces easily with Excel®, Mathcad®, and Matlab®; the students will be able touse familiar software tools to work with data acquired from the Factory Suite® software.The Powerpoint® package is