Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; Nosa Egiebor, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Arizona State University; Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Chalmers Sechrist, Florida Gulf Coast University; Sam Hulbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Osborn, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Roger Williams University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Sciencesand the College of Education, as well as centers and offices related to professional developmentfor K-20 educators, undergraduate scientific and educational research, faculty research, andcommunity outreach, and provides an infrastructure for modeling best practices and forums fordiscussions on issues related to innovations and reform efforts in science, mathematics, andtechnology education. During the early stages of engineering program development at FGCU,faculty associated with The Whitaker Center assisted with the recruitment and selection of leadfaculty for the School of Engineering by interviewing faculty candidates and with curriculum

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

engineering students,and they select a major at the end of the freshman year. The first year curriculum is essentiallyidentical for all students and the Division of Engineering Fundamentals serves as their home.The Division’s 13 faculty teach the two first-year engineering classes (EF1015 and EF1016) anda variety of sophomore level programming and graphics classes. EF1015 and EF1016 are both 2credit hour courses typically offered in the fall and spring, respectively. In addition to teaching,EF faculty are the advisors of the 1200+ first year students.BackgroundUntil the fall of 2001, EF1015 topics included ethics, the engineering profession, problemsolving, programming with MatLab, statics; material balance; electricity; and energy.Traditional EF1016

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilei Huang, South Dakota State University

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Construction

mixed reality. This course will considerably improve CM students’understanding of BIM as a process instead of a modeling tools or software program andsignificantly broaden their insights into BIM beyond the existing 3D, 4D, and 5D applications.This paper will serve as a case study of an advanced level BIM course in CM programs.IntroductionThe rapid adoption of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the architecture, construction,and engineering (AEC) industry has led to an increasing integration of BIM into constructionmanagement (CM) programs in the U.S. Offering new BIM courses is one popular approach thatmany CM programs have employed to incorporate BIM contents into their curriculum. Whileintroducing BIM in new courses is an effective

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

W.B. stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

, and is administered by engineers,physical scientists, social scientists, and humanists.All these programs demonstrate meaningful, curriculum-wide interaction between the liberal artsand engineering. As an intermediate step, many programs offer innovative integrative courses.The American University is experimenting with pairing physics for non-majors with anintroductory college writing course that has met with success. Preliminary findings reveal that“writing has proven to be an effective way to assist students in articulating their thoughts andtheir understanding about a topic,” a finding that “has enormous potential within both scienceand engineering communities” (Larkin-Hein and Joyner 2001). Ashraf M. Ghaly, an Egyptiannational and

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Jean DeJaegher, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia; M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Deborah Hecht, City University of New York; Peter Thomas Malcolm, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Edward Pan, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

concepts that underpin thedesign challenge.The WISEngineering team has been engaged in preliminary work to study the feasibility of usinginformed engineering design to improve mathematics learning. A team of teachers, Page 25.881.4administrators, engineers, and educational researchers, have implemented an instructional unittermed the Skyline Design Challenge (Figure 1). The unit focused on the sixth- and seventh-grademathematics curriculum using informed engineering design and digital fabrication. The unit wasa paper- and-pencil prototype for the web-based WISEngineering project. The developmentprocess included math teachers to ensure the content

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

Management from The University of Alabama Huntsville. Page 12.1368.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Teaching Project Management with International CollaborationAbstractGlobal project management is a natural context for training engineering students to meetchallenges of the global economy. This paper describes the methods employed in an innovativeproject management course integrating lecture seminars with international engineeringcounterpart faculty in China, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The US’s East CarolinaUniversity’s engineering program entered into reciprocal agreements with the Czech TechnicalUniversity

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

AC 2009-1366: CONSIDERING THE MATHEMATICAL APPROACH ANDCOURSE-CONTENT STRUCTURE WHEN TEACHING PHYSIOLOGY TOBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERSRegina Nelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison Regina Nelson is a doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received an M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on teaching methods and assessment of learning outcomes related to the physiology sub-curriculum in biomedical engineering education.Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi Chesler is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Shelly Tornquist, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

. After assigning a project during the first week, each team of 2-3 teachersapplies the design methodology to come up with an optimal solution. Each team then selectsmaterials, fabricates components to solve the problem at the end of 5th week. Results are sharedamong teachers from this and other RET programs on campus. All teachers will spend five weeks working on specific projects; they will spend the lastweek to integrate research experiences into his/her laboratory or classroom activities with helpfrom the Outreach officers. One or two teachers – one in-service and one pre-service teacher --would be selected to present his/her research work at the annual STEM-4-Innovation Conferencehosted by TAMU in College Station in February. They

Conference Session

Curriculum Development 2

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Basel Alsayyed, Western Carolina University

Tagged Topics

Professional Engineering Education Papers

shouldbe a level of integration between the current traditional curriculum and the “Google” era.Background:Google introduces a new challenge to today’s educators. It requires that students, before beingtrained in a field of study, navigate opinions and information about topics relevant to that field ofstudy. Gunn has argued that while listening to one another is already an epistemic virtue thateducators have the responsibility to nurture, googling has further increased those standards about“what we epistemically owe to one another as listeners, and that we’re, as yet, failing to act in © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferenceaccordance with

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hurny, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina Hurny, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Each of the courses wastaught by a different instructor. Close instructor team-like interaction allowed for integration ofcourse content allowing for elements of each course to be mutually supportive.Experience indicates that students typically understand and have an appreciation for mathematicsas it relates to engineering technology studies. However, that same appreciation andunderstanding is minimal, and in some cases non-existent, when it comes to the relationship ofthe “soft skills” (e.g. written/verbal communication skills) and engineering technology studies.For this reason Writing and Literature was chosen to be included in the learning communitycourse agenda.Faculty InteractionResearch suggests students relate an effective learning

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clare McInerney, Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre; Mike Hinchey, Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Reseaach Centre

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

CommunicationTechnology (ICT) in schools, 53% of Irish high schools are involved in the European ComputingDriving License (ECDL) programme, but the focus of this programme is on computer literacyrather than computer science.The outreach programme, which we have been running for four years, focusing on computationalconcepts and computational thinking, consists of four parts: teaching materials/curriculum, teachertraining, a competition and summer computing camps. Teaching materials/curriculum include a 45hour course designed for high school students. Teacher training is concerned with training primaryand high school teachers. The competition is an annual Scratch competition run for primary andhigh school students. The summer computing camps are run in our

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Adama Sawadogo, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

coursesoffered by engineering programs [10], ethics modules embedded in engineering technical courses[11], the infusion of ethics content throughout all technical courses, and various combinations ofthese strategies. Emphasizing ethics across the curriculum underscores the recognition thatethical and societal considerations are fundamental components of engineering education [6.8].Clancy et al reported that they integrated an ethics laboratory into a basic course in electroniccircuit [11].We have created and incorporated two ethics modules into our curriculum: one introductory andone advanced. The introductory module is tailored for freshmen, while the advanced module isgeared towards senior students. Below, we outline the objectives and contents of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Engineering, Art and Society

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; James R. Kieselburg, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Margaret T. Dwyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Candela Marini, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

conference, we discussed how an art museum on thecampus of Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) worked with professors in engineeringand humanities/communication disciplines to incorporate art into the engineering curriculum. Insummer 2019 we conducted IRB-approved research into student engagement with public artsurrounding our urban campus. A walking tour of the sculptures was followed by a focus groupdiscussion in which student participants explored how art might intersect with their engineeringcourse work and how art could be integrated on campus to further reinforce connections betweenengineering and aesthetics.Our paper for this year’s conference reports on progress made to date, summarizing our summer2019 research findings together with the

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Havener

communicate effectively. 5. Work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team. 6. Demonstrate the skills to engage in independent learning.Moreover, each course in our curriculum (Figure 1) has similarly stated educational outcomes. Wenow use an assessment process that ties assessment data directly to educational outcomes. Ourentire assessment process is maintained by our department oversight accreditation committee calledTEBA; the structure and lines of responsibility for TEBA are shown in Figure 2.Dash-1 Seminar - We have developed a better process for evaluating cadets as they enter andprogress through the aeronautical engineering program. In August, we begin each academic yearby hosting a kick-off seminar for junior and senior

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary S. Bonhomme; Edward R. Alef; Edward G. Borbely

courses. Eighteen of thesehours must be Purdue University coursework. The IVE program outlines 9 hours of Purduecourses (IE 545, IE577, and ME 571) plus 9 hours of selective Purdue University graduateCoursework in Integration/Systems Engineering. These 9 hours need to be approved by thestudent’s advisory committee. The additional 12 hours may be taken from pre-approved coursesfrom the University of Michigan, Stanford University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, andCranfield University, England.Since the IVE learning program requires an extra 9 hours to complete, Purdue University tracksthese additional hours as part of the plan of study that is required for the

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Nutwell, The Ohio State University; Thomas Bihari, The Ohio State University; Thomas Metzger, The Ohio State University

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Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA), Diversity

onpractical skilldevelopment to supportadults considering careeradvancement throughdevelopment of dataanalytics skills. Theinterdisciplinarycurriculum is structured Fig. 2: Schematic of interdisciplinary data science professionalto integrate across data master’s degreeanalytics disciplineswhile being scoped to function effectively within the full program curriculum [14], [15]. Aschematic of the curriculum is shown in Fig. 2.The individual courses are structured in weekly modules that cover specific topics. Generally,each weekly module consists of: • An assigned reading (e.g., from an online textbook or provided directly in the Learning Management System - all materials are provided to the learners free of charge). • A recorded lecture

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ronna Turner; Greg Salamo

with anever-increasing scope of technical knowledge while also being asked to train them inmanagement related skills that have not been part of a traditional curriculum. All of this must beaccomplished without any increase in academic hours required for degree completion, resultingin a boundary condition type problem that defies traditional academic approaches to a solution.The University of Arkansas defined in 1998 an experimental education approach to this problemin a newly defined interdisciplinary technology graduate program in Microelectronics-Photonics(microEP). This solution fosters management skills development without intruding on theacademic hours needed for academic courses in technology. The simple, yet profound, heart ofthis

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University; James Jacob, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

students that take them. Studentscome to believe that the disciplines (analog, power, digital, communication, etc.) within EEThave little in common or are remotely related. A FM receiver project for a junior level EETcourse in electronic communication has created a curricular linkage to two sophomore courses,one in RF and power electronics and the other in digital microcontrollers.Introduction The traditional model for teaching is comprised of curriculum course sequences that createvertical ‘silos’ where each topic is fully developed before going on to the next topic. Thiscompartmentalized sequence of courses builds a solid conceptual foundation for the students 1, 2.However, each course is treated as a separate body of knowledge creating an

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

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Architectural

, theories and real-worldapplications of BIM. These readings also addressed other important global topics such assustainable design and building performance related to LEED certification. The intent of thereadings was to introduce not only the practice of using BIM software, but also the theory andconcepts of integrated practice in the building design and construction industry. The readingswere selected in order to give the students insight into the potential uses and benefits of BIM andintegrated practice, and also to educate them about the current state of practice and theimplementation difficulties that remain to be overcome. The authors felt it extremely importantto give the students an understanding that BIM tools are only really useful in the

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; James West, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

) based upon provenpedagogical methods. The two course sequence is named VECTOR (Vitalizing ElectromagneticConcepts To Obtain Relevancy) and adapts existing teaching techniques and laboratories toaddress three inter-related objectives: A) Create an undergraduate curriculum in electromagnetics which is relevant to students and shows the impact of this field on emerging knowledge and technologies. B) Employ modern tools, skills, and techniques to emphasize fundamental concepts rather than teach legacy materials emphasizing rote, analytical solutions. C) Create an effective introductory EM course which will pipeline students into the electromagnetics-photonics curriculum at OSU, including graduate programs.These goals, described in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Elective Liberal Arts Core 4 Design (LCA) Design 6 Figure 1: Schematic illustrating the engineering curriculum [5].All students within the program are required to take courses in engineering science (statics anddynamics, thermal fluids, mechanics and materials, circuits and instrumentation, and systems analysis),engineering design, engineering management, and sustainability. Systems Analysis is the culminatingengineering science course in the curriculum, and as such, it builds off of all prior engineering sciencecoursework and integrates engineering design course knowledge through both qualitative andquantitative analysis of complex systems.The Systems Analysis course is innovative

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

2005confirmed this trend. The use of BPR as a management tool was reported to have gone downfrom 69 percent in 1995 to 38 percent in 2000, and revived again to 61 percent in 20041.The concept of reengineering traces its origins back to management theories developed as earlyas the nineteenth century. BPR integrates methods from total quality management, technologyand innovation management, strategic planning, systems engineering, and organizational design4.The Stevens EM program has been offering courses related to these topics and integrating BPRin the curriculum was only natural. It aimed to provide our students an understanding of theBPR as a concept, learning of the tools and techniques and the ability to find similarities anddifferences between

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald McEachron, Drexel University; Fred Allen, Drexel University; Elisabeth Papazoglou, Drexel University; Mustafa Sualp, Untra Corporation; David Delaine, Drexel University; David Hansberry, Drexel University

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Educational Research and Methods

and/or situations. In contrast, this proposal concentrates heavily on the development of processes that integrate instructional (student, instructor, course, curriculum) measurements and analysis with ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)-mandated assessment and improvement. Thus, a major deliverable of the project is a transferable system with which other engineering programs could monitor their own instructional environment and develop and test their own educational innovations. 3. Ease of use - A key trade-off in the utility of any innovation is the time and resources needed to implement it versus the benefits that result from the implementation (in this case, improved student learning

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

√ √ √ √ √A general impression after this extensive search was that it is very difficult to find a book thatfits into an integrated curriculum that uses the course as a prerequisite to subsequentconcentration courses. The Cogdell book (#2 in the list) appeared to be an ideal choice for ourprogram in terms of topic coverage, but the course instructor wanted to have more supportingresources. The Rozzni book (#3) was adopted for our course because it had a comprehensivelist of topics that best suited the requirements for the course and the engineering program at thetime. This book, however, can benefit from more careful editing efforts to reduce the number oftypographical errors.F. Laboratory activitiesThe purpose of the laboratory activities are to

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maren Henry, University of West Georgia; Eric Granlund, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. As they read, they addressedwhat “sounded good” and discussed why some writing sounded more professional (ormore like what they read in articles and text books) than others. In this way, they beganto develop an ear for the writing of professionals in their field. Because scientific writingdemands the illusion of objectivity, scientific scholars use third person, which oftenresults in passive voice (removing the actor who did the action, which in most cases is thewriter).Spring 2007 Noting success with the workshop, but not having data to support theirobservations, the authors continued the collaboration and integrated a pretest. Thematerials required some revision to avoid the perpetuation of the overuse of passive voicethrough

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Tiffany Walter Choplin, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Educational Research and Methods

. This core groupof eleven faculty members prepared for a leadership role in the communication project byattending a CxC-sponsored Faculty Institute during the summer of 2005. The engineering teamreceived a comprehensive orientation to the campus-wide CxC program and explored how theirparticipation could lead to the integration of communication goals in the COE curriculum. Theyworked on their individual syllabi, as well as college-wide plans for a COE CommunicationStudio. They shared their ideas about an engineering graduate’s need for communication skillsand their newly-revised syllabi with faculty members representing all colleges, who provided aninterdisciplinary audience for their perspectives. In many cases, the necessary communication

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Howard, Vanderbilt University; Robert Roselli, Purdue University

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Biomedical

2006-1199: FACILITATING THE DESIGN OF DIAGNOSTIC LEARNINGMODULES WITH CAPELarry Howard, Vanderbilt University Larry P. Howard is a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute for Software Integrated Systems at Vanderbilt University. He is the developer of the Courseware Authoring and Packaging Environment (CAPE) and the VaNTH experimental Learning Management System (eLMS).Robert Roselli, Purdue University Robert J. Roselli is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He has served as Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Education Director for the VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering Learning

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Peterson, Arizona State University; Jane Humble, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

27 Portland State University 59 28 Florida Institute of Technology 572. Web-sites for each program were accessed in November/December, 2006 or in January 2007. Based on the data found on the websites, a table was constructed classifying each required course into topic classes based on (a) the course title and (b) a review of the catalog listing for the course in most cases. The classification was done by the author, an engineering management educator for the past 13 years with an additional 18 years as a practicing engineering manager. The classification system was not predetermined but driven by data with new topic classifications added as needed to

Conference Session

Focus on IE Course Design and Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Griffin, Georgia Tech; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Tech

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Industrial Engineering

20 years, one of his areas of research and curriculum development has been workforce communication skills and instruction for undergraduates in engineering. Page 13.177.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Evaluation of Workforce Presentation Instruction in Industrial Engineering Capstone DesignAbstractFor the past several years, workforce communication instruction has been integrated intoIndustrial Engineering (IE) Capstone Design courses at Georgia Tech. The instruction is basedon actual interviews with practicing IEs, managers, and senior executives. Evaluation data

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles U. Okonkwo

products. We had little or no success in finding a model curriculum thatincorporates an environmental program into a predominantly metal working based manufacturingcurriculum. Many universities offer separate environmental curricula and manufacturingcurricula, but do not incorporate the two. Our proposed program will bring the two together.Our long term goal is to create an undergraduate environmental engineering technology program.This paper describes the addition of emphasis area consisting of six new environmentalengineering technology courses to an existing manufacturing engineering technology curriculum.These courses incorporate the philosophy that engineers and engineering technologists mustfocus on improvements in total waste reduction by