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Session 2150 Using the Internet to Facilitate Manufacturing Technology Education John C. Anderson, PE Mechanical Engineering Technology Dept., Purdue University, 1417 Knoy Hall, W. Lafayette, IN 47909-6219 Ph. (765) 494-7526 email: jcanderson@tech.purdue.eduAbstract - The primary distinction between Technology and Engineering education is theemphasis on applications in the Technology curricula. This emphasis usually results in muchshorter learning curve for Technologists entering the work force in manufacturing industries.The learning curve for a new technologist is largely

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engineering problems• understand professional & ethical responsibility• communicate effectivelyThe broad education necessary to• understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context• a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning• a knowledge of contemporary issuesAbility to use the techniques, skills, and modern tools necessary for engineering practice.In this paper, how each of these issues fits into a technology-based approach towards engineeringcurriculum is examined. The paper begins with a discussion of the research literature on howengineering students learn and how courses need to be altered in the teaching/learning process. Itthen goes on to discuss how technology is being used in

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

. Session 2460 Information Technology Education For Developing Countries And Beginners Using Web-Based Distance Learning Salahuddin Qazi , Naseem Ishaq School of Information Systems and Engineering Technology State University of New York Institute of Technology Utica, New York 13504.AbstractOne of the most crucial technological challenges facing developing countries in the newmillennium is the lack of suitably qualified personnel in the area of Information andCommunication Technologies. Such technologies are not only important in the

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Howard Smolleck; Bhargava Jayanti

Session 1795 SOME COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING TOOLS FORUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS: DEVELOPMENT, USES, AND EXPERIENCE Howard A. Smolleck Bhargava Ram Jayanti Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering New Mexico State UniversityAbstractFor several years, the first author has directed a program involving the development ofgraphical, interactive software for use by students in Engineering and Technology programs.The pilot project, sponsored primarily by two foundations, was oriented toward two-year,community-college institutions as well as four

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thinking skills and breadth ofunderstanding and performance needed for a competent professional four-year engineeringtechnologist. Merely identifying Engineering Technology in terms of an experiential approach toproblem solving provides no useful paradigm to distinguish amongst craftsmen, technicians,four-year technologists or even engineers. Focusing only on the “hands-on” aspects ofEngineering Technology can also lead to minimizing important topics of theoreticalunderstanding, professionalism, communication and breadth of vision, among others.Different models of the scope of engineering technology education exist. This paper describes amodified form of the “Knowing, Thinking, Doing” model and then describes a new model calledthe “Vision

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have attained these skills in a natural way. Yet thevast majority of us require(s) some training to develop proper problem solving skills. Providing thistraining is perhaps one of the most important responsibilities resting with our educators. All too oftenstudents ‘pick up’ problem solving skills through experience or as a bye product of doing exercises inmathematics or science classes. Watching the teacher or the textbook author plow through someproblem situations can also lead to some lasting spin-offs.” Herbert A. Hauptman, Nobel Laureate inChemistry. The reason Hauptman has been quoted for this paper is obvious. A medical theory of effectiveengineering and technology and problem solving will be discussed. The other objective of

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Ahmad Ibrahim

specific curriculum as an example, it can beimplemented in other ET disciplines.I. IntroductionThe use of the Internet for classroom and distance education has received increasing attentionover the past few years 1,2. Of particular interest for engineering and technology education is theuse of the Internet for the delivery of virtual laboratories 3-9. Virtual laboratories have numerousmerits that they share with classical laboratories and can achieve similar objectives, such asestablishing links between theory and practice and helping students visualize concepts, but at areduced cost. The objective here is to suggest that the cost of integrating virtual laboratories canbe further reduced by using the global nature of the Internet; not using it

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Pam Newberry; Constantine Anagnostopoulos; Chalmers Sechrist; Barbara Stoler; Douglas Gorham

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationdevelopment of National Science Education Standards (NSES) in content, teaching, andassessment resulting in the publication of NSES in 1996. In the 1990’s, over 16 subjectareas created nationally developed standards; currently 49 of the 50 states have developedand are using educational standards.Standards for Technological Literacy were published in April 2000 by ITEA. The visionof Standards for Technological Literacy is to promote the study of technology and toencourage the development of technological literacy by all students in gradeskindergarten through 12. The document provides an argument for the need for students todevelop technological literacy and explores in detail the twenty

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Technical Workers. The adaptation involvesconsideration of local industry needs. The NSF grant is also helping to equip four state-of-the-artlaboratories for integrated use in Chemical Process Operator Technology, MechanicalEngineering Technology, Industrial Plant Maintenance Technology, and Process InstrumentationTechnology. Laboratory equipment that is planned for the new computer simulation, mechanicalsystems, process instrument, and unit operations laboratories will be highlighted. Overallprogram goals are to implement an A.A.S. Degree in Chemical Process Operator Technology, toenhance related A.A.S. Degree courses, and to work with an Industry Advisory Committee oflocal chemical industry representatives to ensure that the associate degree

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

whatuniversities are delivering to support the career-long development of ETL professionalscontinues to be an urgent strategic policy issue that is often unmet in universities’ relationshipswith society generally, and the industrial community in particular.9Ferguson7 reminds us that rapidly changing knowledge and requirements in engineering andtechnology requires employed professionals formally educated in an engineering, technology orscience-related pre-professional program, to develop new skills and acquire more specificknowledge. Since knowledge specific requirements are a moving target, it is a critical successfactor to better equip ETL professionals for each of the succession of engineering and technologyroles in a career. For example, the National

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Kay Wilding; Claudia Grossman; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

abroad program still remains a minority. Forinstance, less than 1 % of American undergraduates study overseas, many of them majoring inhumanities and social sciences. Since English is the self-declared ’global language’ which rulesnot only the Internet but also the corporate world and popular culture, graduates and youngprofessionals in business, engineering, technology or science do not see the need for Page 6.177.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationinternational experience or foreign

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Dennis Hromin; Sven Esche

Session 3220 Expanding the Undergraduate Laboratory Experience Using Web Technology Sven K. Esche, Dennis J. Hromin Stevens Institute of TechnologyAbstractStevens Institute of Technology is currently implementing a new undergraduate engineeringcurriculum. This curriculum reflects the recent nationwide trend towards enhancement oftraditional lecture-based courses with a design spine and a laboratory experience that propagatesthrough the entire educational program. In the course of the curriculum development, it wasrecognized that the

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Robert Kilmer; Carl Erikson Jr

Session 2460 Urban Microenterprises using Appropriate Technology Principles Carl A. Erikson, Jr., Robert A. Kilmer Messiah CollegeIntroductionGreater than 50% of the world’s population of 6.1 billion people live in cities[1]. By the year2020 it is estimated that 65% of the world’s population of 8.1 billion will live in cities[2]. Basicsubsistence requirements of food, shelter, energy, jobs, and medical services for these urbanareas will be greatly needed. What can we do to assist the multitudes of needy people around

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Thomas Mason; Arthur Western

Session 2354 The Engineer as Entrepreneur: Education for the 21st Century at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Thomas W. Mason, Arthur B. Western Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractOver the past five years, Rose-Hulman has invested over $40M dollars creating anenvironment to encourage entrepreneurship in its graduates. Components of theeducational, organizational, and physical infrastructure are described. These componentsinclude a course in entrepreneurship, internships with entrepreneurial companies, theTechnology and Entrepreneurship Development (TED) program, Rose-Hulman

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can be used to measure this transfer of knowledge. It also outlines apractical approach to curriculum development, delivery, and assessment targeted for engineeringand technological education. This approach brings real-world problems to the classroom and ishoped to enhance learning and retention in these programs. This method has been applied intechnological education in Tennessee and the preliminary results are discussed. The work is donethrough a three-year NSF-funded grant ($1.8 million) entitled “The South-East AdvancedTechnological Education Consortium, SEATEC.” The consortium is a collaborative effort of fiveinstitutions across Tennessee. Each team includes multi-disciplinary faculties, industry partners,university partners, and high

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Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

, March 1992, pp. 3-33. Page 6.59.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education6. Miller, G., Church, R., and Trexler, M., “Teaching Diverse Learners Using Robotics,” Robots for Kids: Exploring New Technologies for Learning, A. Druin and J. Hendler, eds., Morgan Kaufmann, 2000, pp. 165- 192.7. Norstrand, B., “Autonomous Robotics Projects for Learning Software Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, Nashville

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consumer, and uses unique methods, technology or approaches to better fulfill thefunction in ways even the consumer may not initially recognize. The producer carefullylearns and understands about customers’ problems. In short, technology push productdevelopment is based on the belief that the supplier recognizes a market need even beforethe market does. (By technology push I do not mean proffering products simply because Page 6.1027.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationthe technology or method are capable

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tocontinue.University construction related programs exist on many campuses with over 20 accreditedbaccalaureate programs nationwide. The Construction Engineering Technology (CET) programat Murray State University (MSU) has existed since 1970. After several unsuccessful years ofrecruiting freshmen into the program using traditional methods such as: written correspondence,telephone calls, and high school visits the CET faculty at MSU needed to try a new approach.During the spring of 1999 in cooperation with the education committee of the local AssociatedGeneral Contractors a joint recruiting plan was developed. An innovative marketing effort thatincluded contractors and MSU faculty was taken to the largest high schools in the region. Largeincreases in freshman

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Orlando Baiocchi; Atlas Hsie

Section 1547 A Proposal of BS/BT Degree Major in Industrial Engineering Technology with New York State Teacher’s Certificate for Teaching Vocational/Technology Education in Secondary Schools Orlando Baiocchi, Atlas Hsie State University of New York Institute of Technology, Utica, New YorkAbstract:The rapid advancement of technology has helped to put US economy at new highs formore than eight years in a row. This “new economy” has generated an urgent shortage inthe United States for competent scientists, engineers, technologists as well as certifiedteachers who teach and train them. This paper proposes a BS

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Ramachandran Radharamanan; Angela Ansuj

Session 2525 Effective Use of Concurrent Engineering Tools in Engineering Education R. Radharamanan, Angela P. Ansuj Mercer University/Federal University of Santa Maria, BrazilAbstractIn this paper, the concurrent engineering design concepts, the tools that are used to achieve theconcept of design for manufacturability, and the benefits one can expect by integrating the bestpractices for their process improvement are applied in an engineering education environment.The students are trained to use the concurrent engineering tools in their engineering courses

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Jeffrey Nadel; Dan Walsh

Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationstunning testament to the importance of industry partnership in sustaining our laboratory-basedcurriculum.Recently, advances in computing technology have created the opportunity to bring massivecomputing resources to bear on engineering problems. Algorithms have been developed to bringcomputing into engineering synthesis, not simply data acquisition and analysis. Computingsystems hold the promise of renewing education itself, not simply by changing delivery modes, butby allowing us to more clearly understand and couple to human learning mechanisms. In the1990’s, computing brought us the information age – and computing revolutionized thecommunications industry. In the next decade computing

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Haruo Sakamoto

,class using electric vehicles. The Kochi University of Technology was and 2 teams from Kochi University of Technology joined. In theinaugurated in April, 1997. Four years of engineering education trials winter of the 1998 financial year, the experimental course in classare reported. In 1997, 5 student teams participated in an eco-power started for 2nd year students. In experiments of material strength, strainrace held in Kochi, Japan, with hand-made ecological vehicles. In the

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Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

Session 3150 A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-SITE BASED HANDS-ON CURRICULUM FOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Immanuel Edinbarough, Manian Ramkumar The University of Texas at Brownsville / Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper discusses the development of an intelligent architecture for web-based programming& control of an automated manufacturing cell. The cell consists of a three-axis TERCO CNCmilling machine, an IBM SCARA robot and a raw material feed station. The cell components areintegrated using a data acquisition system (DAS), programmed using

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potentially harmful technologies can be banned or inhibited, andpotentially useful technologies can be encouraged and accommodated in appropriateways. This paper concerns an approach to the problem of assessment, and in particular tothe teaching of assessment concepts to students of engineering. We stress here that theassessment is that of the technology in question and not of the student outcomes in the Page 6.981.1course. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationWhile the subject of this paper is technology, as

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Alexandre Botari; Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

autonomy necessary to look for the ones that are what, how, when, and where tolearn. In this context the education institution cannot and it should supply the fundamental paperof getting into the sense of the under graduation program. This proposal suggests a new " form"to the educational orthodox methods, since it presupposes the use of consecrated methodologiesof centuries, such as called seminars, for example, with derivations and innovative aspects wheninserting in this the whole available technological tools in the institution, as well as the insert ofmore flexible and modernized concepts to the usual proposals. It could include a systematic ofapproach of the scientific technologies and methodologies called “top technology” generallydeveloped

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Elizabeth Coles

Session 2451 Sustainable Design in Engineering and Technology Education: A Multidisciplinary Model Elizabeth Coles Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IN 46202AbstractThe current paper describes a model for integrating a sustainable design course that can be open toall students within an Engineering and Technology curriculum. It identifies the rationale for sucha course, topics covered in an introductory review of sustainable design issues, methods andlearning strategies useful in teaching in a multidisciplinary venue and associated criterion

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Michael Gorman; Edmund Russell III; Donald Brown; William Scherer; Kathryn Neeley

the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) and administered by theSEAS humanities and social science faculty (Technology, Culture, and Communication/TCC). Asmentioned earlier, both experiences emphasize the integrated, comprehensive approach favored byABET as reflected in EC 2000. The similarities suggest opportunities for maximizing studentlearning and overall efficiency by using written products of undergraduate research to achieve anddocument the achievement of multiple educational objectives. Moreover, the two groups of facultyhave a history of successful collaboration at the graduate level2 and had worked together from thebeginning to design the capstone project to be compatible with the undergraduate thesis project.There

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Carlos Morales

Session 2558A Method for Delivering Dynamic Hyperlinked Streaming Instructional Content Over a Wireless Environment Through the Use of Active Server Pages and XML Technology Carlos R. Morales Purdue UniversityAbstractThere is a tremendous need for delivering video based instruction and supportivedocumentation in the form of schematics, illustration, and animation to students outsideof the confines of their traditional classroom or laboratory environment. Many solutionsaddress the delivery of training materials using Internet technology, but currently, there isno

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self-regenerating firm is able to use its core technological capabilities to Page 6.456.3 reposition itself on different markets and/or create new ones. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education The new technology-based firms (NTBFs), which play an increasingly important role in innovation systems, illustrate well the existence of these “competence thresholds” and the implications for government policy. Whereas some NTBFs are condemned to a short life span because of a defective

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Workshop to Enhance Technological Literacy of K-12 Students,” Proceedings of theFrontiers in Education Conference, pp. 1273, 1998.9 Poole, Susan J., deGrazia, Janet L., Sullivan, Jacquelyn F., “Assessing K-12 Pre-Engineering Outreach Programs,”Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 11b5-15 - 11b5-20, 1999.10 Carr, James R., “Suggestions for Using Satellite Images in K-12 Education,” Proceedings of the Frontiers inEducation Conference, pp. 11b5-1 - 11b5-7, 1999.11 Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., Reyes, Maria A., Jordan, Cathryne, McCartney, Mary Ann, “A Model forAcademia, Industry, and Government Collaboration for K-12 Outreach,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in EducationConference, pp. 13a7-2 - 13a7-7, 1999.12