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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Homsy; Wayne Whiteman

. • Curriculum design concentrates on the integration of the learning experience • Curriculum design is the responsibility of all.At the conclusion of the January 1999 workshop, a Teaching and Learning Initiative Committeewas formed of which the lead author became the chair. This committee refined the followinginitial outcomes to support the achievement of the shared vision. 1) Document an evolving action plan that integrates all efforts of the initiative into acoherent program. 2) Gain the support of the Dean of the Academic Board, and others who can provideresources for the initiative. 3) Integrate processes developed as part of the initiative into the existing USMAAssessment System and make these processes consistent

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad A. Zahraee; Gregory P. Neff; Susan Scachitti

requirements of the Criteria for AccreditingPrograms in Engineering Technology. Use the T4 in preparing for the accreditation visit andyou will be ready for the accreditation visitor who will be using the T4 to evaluate your program.With the program evaluation cycle beginning in 1999, evaluators started looking for evidencethat a written continuous improvement plan has been implemented and that assessment data arebeing used to improve the program. These requirements have been a part of the criteria for anumber of years but evaluators did not check beyond survey data showing achievement. Beyondthis year into the near future, the New Criteria for Accrediting Technology Programs beginningin the year 2001 (TC-2K) is performance based and heavily dependent

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean Roberts; David Pines

tostudent’s academic achievement and personal satisfaction with post-secondary education2. Thetwo environmental factors found to be most influential were interaction between students andstudents, and interaction between students and faculty. These two characteristics are especiallystressed in the environmental engineering laboratory.Groups of four or five students work under close supervision and guidance of the instructor andproject sponsors. For each project, teams of students are presented with a practical engineeringproblem. The students propose a plan to solve the particular engineering problem at hand. Theadvantages and disadvantages of their proposed plan are discussed with the instructor and projectsponsor and modifications are made, if

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

inconjunction with Centennial Middle School in Wake County, North Carolina. The first week ofthe camp consisted of a teacher week, where teachers came to NC State University College ofEngineering to work side by side with engineering faculty to plan and test camp activities.Additional enhancement experiences were incorporated to help provide ideas and enrichment forthe teachers in other areas covered by their science, math and social studies goals. One long-term objective was that the teachers use some of the material they learned to change the way theyteach various subjects during the school year. An evaluation was done six weeks after the camp.During the second week of the camp, fifty middle school students came to the campus ofCentennial Middle

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2001 Annual Conference

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M. Chaudhry; Jr., Bonifacio Doma; Edwin Obra; Consuelo Flora; Adrienne Cooper; Joseph R.V. Flora

four phases over a period of three years.Phase 1 involved an assessment of the state of environmental education and research in Mapúa.In this phase input from academia, industry, government, and NGOs was gathered through aworkshop on the local needs for sustainable development and pollution prevention education andresearch. During Phase 2, an education and research action plan was formulated based on theneeds identified in Phase 1 and experiences gathered from a workshop at USC. Implementationof the plan of action is currently occurring during Phase 3, and dissemination of experiences toother Philippine institutions through a workshop will occur in Phase 4.Baseline StudyThe Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of the Philippine Government

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emiko Hirose Horton, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Kumiko Miki, Nihon University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

to basic information such as the ratio ofmale and female students, faculty members, or workers. As for the academic institutions, 24questions were asked including the questions regarding the plans to increase the number offemale students and the support for female faculty members. On the other hand, 31 questionswere asked of the member corporations related to their efforts to improve the workingenvironment for female workers as well as some basic questions such as the ratio of femaleworkers, and present conditions regarding maternity/nursing leave.Ratio of female engineers The number of responses (=14 of 98) received from the member corporations wassmall and not really an adequate number to investigate the present conditions of women

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iskandar A. Hack, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Gary D. Steffen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Azrul Hisyam Abdul Rahman, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute

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International

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Providing International Experience through Studying Abroad for Engineering Technology StudentsIn 2004 we began an investigation to provide international experience for engineeringtechnology students at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) thatwas currently not available. The original plan was to have a small group of students go toKuala Lumpur, Malaysia for six weeks to study with Malaysian students in a projectorientated course. This was planned for the summer of 2005. The project was actuallycompleted for the first time during 2006, and repeated again in 2007. A group of fourstudents from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Biology and EngineeringAbstract:This paper presents planned activities and some recent successes related to collaborative effortsbetween engineering and biology at North Carolina A&T State University. For many years,faculty in engineering and biology have teamed up to submit research proposals, much of thiscollaboration has occurred through personal relationships among faculty members. Morerecently, the university has encouraged a formal and intentional cooperation between the twodisciplines in an effort to find mutual benefits. Spurred by the establishment of newbioengineering degree programs and helped by the NSF Engineering Research Center

Conference Session

Manufacturing Process Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Denny Choate, Cannon County High School; Kenan Hatipoglu, Tennessee Technological University; Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

security, laboratory safety rules, intellectual property issues, etc.  Introduction by mentors to their research areas and possible research questions/opportunities.  Training in research methodology for independent investigation: o Teachers work with their mentors and graduate students to understand and refine the research questions. The mentors guide the teachers to identify and understand the theories and references needed to investigate their questions. o Teachers develop a computer study and/or experimental measurement plan to address the research study question in consultation with their mentors.  Identify possible curriculum links of the study question

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, ar- chitecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Prior to this assignment, Ms. Guerra worked in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise and the Space Science Enterprise in the capacity as Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator. While in the Space Science Enterprise, she managed the Decadal Planning Team a precursor effort to enabling the Bush Administration’s Vision for Space Exploration. Ms Guerra also spent 3 years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for future high-energy astrophysics missions, particularly the James Webb Space Telescope. Ms. Guerra started her

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard W. Freeman, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

include turning a 2-wheel drivevehicle into all wheel drive and silent (no engine) drivability. The current project plan is todesign and build a full-scale prototype system. Major system components include energycapture, energy storage and energy delivery as well as braking and acceleration control systemsand a rudimentary anti-lock brake system.Cadets from Civil and Mechanical Engineering are collaborating as a capstone team with twoElectrical Engineering cadets who are collaborating with them via a directed study. The amountof collaboration required for this grant is a major departure from past years. In this pilot, thereare three Faculty Advisors, representing the three majors and a senior faculty membersupervising the entire project. Issues

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

. Gwen has conducted over 30 workshops and presentations on cultural, racial, and generational diversity; assessment, evaluation, and accreditation; teaching and learning; and leadership. Gwen teaches organization administration and culture, internship experiences, multicultural university, project management capstone course, and strategic planning and institutional effectiveness at Old Do- minion University in the graduate program of the Darden College of Education. Prior to ODU, she was the Executive Assistant to the President from 2004 2005 and Director of Assessment from 1998 through 2004 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologya small private STEM college in Indiana. She has also served as an editorial associate of

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Maryland State Highway Administration; Thavavigna Thanikachalam, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

organizations. Dr. Najafi is a member of many professional committees and several professional societies. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, and public works. Page 25.310.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Civil Engineering Education at the University of Florida and the Anna University, IndiaAbstractCivil engineering is a discipline that amalgamates art and science to create and refine infrastruc-ture work, provides solutions according to the

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Burton, North Carolina A&T State University; Shawn Pope; Ibraheem A. Kateeb, North Carolina A&T State University; Craig Rhodes, North Carolina A&T State University; Robert Cobb Jr., North Carolina A&T State University; Tony E. Graham I, North Carolina A&T State University; Li-Shiang Tsay, North Carolina A&T State University; Cameron Seay, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Technology does nothave dedicated research lab space, nor a data center. The primary desire for the NCA&Tresearchers was to have a data center for research of innovative configurations and applicationsof enterprise computing, and an environment that is conducive to active undergraduate andgraduate student research participation. The research plan called for the equipment to be installedin classroom labs. The primary location shares space with an industrial controls lab, and has Page 25.24.3existing three-phase power and network connectivity. The cooling capacity of the lab is notsuitable for 24/7 operation of several racks of servers, but is

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

instructional methods.Finally, we conclude the paper in Section 6 after presenting the assessment plan in Section 4 andtentative course schedule in Section 5.2. Course Content, Objectives, and OutcomesThis course was developed as an upper-level undergraduate course for junior and senior studentsinterested in green technologies and electronics industry. Currently 51 students are registered to takethe course in Spring 2012 semester. The course aims to help these students to create a foundation tostudy concepts, issues, and techniques used to plan, and analyze supply chain for new generation ofgreen products. The course will be offered in spring semesters as a three credit course, which meetstwice a week for 75 minutes. It is also designed in modules such

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Eric Owens

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Energy, BiomedicalSystems, Digital Design and Modeling, Electronics, Mechanical Design & Fabrication,and Quality, Two new specializations are expected to be added in 2012. Of the 10Florida colleges that offer the Engineering Technology degree, six support multiplespecialization tracts.The Florida Technical Education PlanThe A.S. Engineering Technology degree is part of a much larger statewide unifiedcurriculum project, the Florida Plan, which embraces high school technology programs,career academies, worker training programs, apprenticeships and bachelor degreeprograms. A model example of the Florida Plan is built around the CPT certification. Byembedding the MSSC Skill standards into the ET degree, FLATE has constructed anindustry-relevant

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Bakersfield College; Julio R. Blanco, California State University, Bakersfield

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Planning. Blanco earned his Ph.D. in physics at Penn State University and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees also in physics at CSU, Northridge. He has more than 35 years of academic, administrative, aerospace research, and management experience. He has supervised 14 master theses and 11 honor undergraduate theses, as well as supervised research and postdoctoral fellows. He has more than 30 peer-reviewed research articles and has participated in lead roles in research projects over his career in excess of $100 million. His area of expertise is experimental condensed matter physics, particularly in the characterization of semiconductor thin films used in the elec- tronic industry. Currently, he is leading the

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan W. Bjerkaas, Johns Hopkins University; Mary L. Fletcher, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

concentrations thatrequire one or more of the courses that use the simulation approach: OrganizationalManagement, Project Management, Project/Organization Management, Technical InnovationManagement, and Quality Management. The simulation approach courses are also electives forthe Master of Science in Systems Engineering.Project ManagementThe first course in which the student encounters this simulation is entitled Introduction to ProjectManagement. In this course, the students learn about planning, organizing, and monitoring aproject. The scenarios involve the sequences of activities involved in bringing a new project intoAVI. Each student takes on the role of the manager of this new project and learns about all theactivities and interactions with others

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

to writing in engineering. The goal was to graduate students with the writingabilities that they needed. Perhaps all of their education did not need to be contained in a 15-week, three-credit-hour format. The university had a few years of experience with “WritingAcross the Curriculum,” an approach that embraces the concept of “connected learning” where askill is developed and reinforced over a longer period of time with respect to other elements of astudent’s education. Championed by a professor in the English department, the effort resulted ina thoughtful plan to implement writing as a focus throughout the total general educationexperience. In fact the College of Arts and Sciences had already implemented it. Perhaps theschool of Engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Hart; Ronald Welch

project responded to a real community need. Theenvironmental engineers determined the treatment process type, treatment basin size, andtreatment stream layout in plan and elevation. The civil engineers performed structural design ofthe treatment tanks, layout and design of the structure surrounding the treatment stream, andoverall site analysis and design. The students quickly realized that their counterpart group (CE orEV), not the instructor, was the primary contact for key information beyond the client’s concernsand needs. Students in both groups often found themselves waiting on the other group tocomplete work before they could proceed. While frustrating, they experienced the intricacies ofmultidisciplinary problem solving. In a typical class

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Desrosiers; John Rivera; James Gregory; Don Baggert; Lloyd Heinze

process and theability to consider and plan all activities--not just the courses. Advisors are also happywith the shift away from scheduling and toward professional and personal issues thatpromote long-term academic and professional success.College Advisers: Opportunity and Need for ChangeGood college advisors are typically overworked, under appreciated, and under rewarded.Yet, accrediting agencies for professional programs often demands quality advisement.Accreditation agencies sometimes even deny or limit accreditation if the student toadvisor ratio becomes too high. Thus, quality advisement opportunities must be providedto college students.With old technology, the student to advisor ratio is probably a good measure ofadvisement opportunity and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas McCormack; Franz Rad; Dale Richwine; Azad Mohammadi; Scott Huff

, bonds, warranties; construction documents, including specifications; cost estimating,planning, and scheduling; construction administration; group process, diversity and leadership.Prerequisite: senior standing in Civil Engineering.”The textbook used, “Engineering Project Management,” is by E.S. Huff, and is a set of boundnotes prepared as a textbook. The goals of this course are for students to learn the fundamentalsof engineering project management and to utilize that knowledge and design knowledge gainedin other classes in a project involving research, written reports, and oral presentations by teams.The topical outline of this course is as follows: The engineering process, including the players - owner, design professional, constructor

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John Razukas; Jean Le Mee; Gerardo Del Cerro

Technology students.II. Course OrganizationThe course is divided into two parts of five and ten weeks duration respectively, though theyare overlapping to provide for continuity and thoroughness. The schedule included at the end ofthis paper gives a week-by-week plan of the work distribution over the course of the term.Essentially, during the first five weeks, the emphasis is on disassembly–reassembly of a pieceof equipment, such as a floppy disk drive. Here, students typically work in groups of two,learning through hands-on experience the importance of giving attention at the design stage toconsiderations of accessibility, repair, replacement, choice of materials, recycling, and safety.Students develop the ability to make observations and record

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert D. Knecht; Barbara M. Moskal; Michael J. Pavelich

organization of the document; "Coherence" emphasizes the details ofwritten communication (e.g., sentence structure, grammar and spelling).The scoring rubric was designed to assess a student’s progress from their freshman year tograduation. Currently, the rubric is only being used to assess the students' performances in the Page 5.618.3EPICS courses; however, there are plans to use the rubric for the evaluation of juniors and Table I. Content Portion of Scoring Rubric Used to Score Final Reports from EPICS’ Teams -0- -1- -2

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William Peterson

Page 5.301.3create a shortfall in excess of $400,000. To offset this shortfall, local manufacturing companies,the MCC Foundation, local civic groups, and WMU’s Division of Continuing Educationpledged $470,000 in supplemental support to underwrite the program. Indicative of the supportthis program has had from MCC is the lead in raising startup funds that was taken by MCC’spresident.Program InitiationThe plan for the curriculum and the plan for conducting the program were submitted to thevarious committees, councils, and boards with final approval for the program being obtained inthe summer of 1996. Almost immediately upon final approval of the program, the Department ofManufacturing Engineering was made operational with the hiring of its first

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2000 Annual Conference

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Lisa Wipplinger

building structure inlieu of a comprehensive final exam. The students work in assigned teams to perform a preliminarydesign based on material they have learned in class. The teams generally all work on one buildingwith minor variations. Each team is required to turn in calculations, plans, sketches and individualjournals. The class professor serves as $senior engineer#, providing guidance during the designprocess and assessing the final project for accuracy and clarity. Smaller design projects have alsobeen used in the Concrete Theory/Design classes.Evaluation projects have been used in the Steel Theory/Design classes to reinforce the structuralfundamentals of load path and material behavior. These projects generally involved analysis of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Kleppe; Eric L. Wang

MBA studentselects one E-Team to focus on to develop a full-fledged business plan for. The selection processis treated like a venture capital screening process whereby the MBA students read each E-Team’s reports and proposals and selects one based on merit of the proposal and perceivedpotential for success.While the instructional material focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship, the goal of the Page 5.332.1course is not necessarily to produce entrepreneurs, but rather engineers better prepared to enter Session 1454the workforce. To achieve this goal

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sankar Sengupta; Ronald J. Srodawa; Robert P. Van Til; Michael J. Latcha

485 Statistical Quality Control course (containing both undergraduate and graduate engineeringstudents) via video conferencing.Results from these pilot projects are presented on a website, developed by the Seaholm High School students, whichcan be viewed at the following URL: • http://www.bizserve.com/seatec/spc.html. Page 5.31.4Projects in the area of engineering geometry are currently under development with initial plans for the design anddevelopment of a high school level course of the same title. This course’s goal will be to teach the high schoolstudents geometry through the use of various engineering and technology

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Stafford; Rosa Gomez; Daniela Castaneda; Connie Della-Piana

Team or student managementstructure ensures a student-oriented agenda for the Center while facilitating the use ofmodern computer technology in the form of laptops, current software, peripherals, multi-media presentation equipment, and wireless Internet access. In addition to providingequipment and space, the Center offers workshops to enhance students’ personal,professional and academic growth in many topic areas. Visiting graduate schools andcorporate representatives utilize ACES for information programs since ACES assuresaccess to the students. Future plans for ACES include the opening of satellite facilitiesacross campus, online posting of class notes and homework solutions, and continuingevaluation of the ACES Model.IntroductionThe

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Hussen; Jose Castro; Robert J. Gustafson

1.11 8 Entrepreneurship 2.59/5 1.08 9 Business law 2.41/5 1.04 Other Topics List: Require a business plan for design Management projects increasing in completion Management of people. as you get close to graduation. People skills International studies/business. Public speaking, technical writing. Accounting Dealing with the corporate lifestyle. Business accounting. Quality system management. Activity-based accounting