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S. L. Ceccio; G. Tryggvason; Dawn M. Tilbury

communicationskills, teamwork, and hands-on experiences while retaining a strong core of engineeringscience instruction. The motivations for these changes are presented and the status of theprogram is discussed.IntroductionEngineering education has evolved considerably during the last few decades. But thefundamental premise that engineering education should provide students with the abilityto solve engineering problems as an exercise in applied sciences has not changed. Thisnotion has, however, come under increasing scrutiny in the last several years, and anumber of educators, employers and government officials have called for extensivechanges in the undergraduate engineering curriculum (1). Indeed, society at large isdemanding that universities evaluate and

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James E. Mitchell

Session 2606 Using the World Wide Web in an Architectural Engineering Design Course James E. Mitchell Drexel UniversityIntroductionFor more than a year Drexel University’s Architectural Engineering Program has made extensiveuse of the World Wide Web (WWW) in a junior-level Architectural Engineering Design course.Both instructors and students have prepared virtually all their materials for presentation on theweb. As with any new tool, there have been both difficulties and rewards. The intent of thispaper is to communicate what we have

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Susan M. Bolton; Scott D. Bergen; James L. Fridley

horticulture applications).We discuss our concept of the definition and scope of ecological engineering, and the knowledgeareas and skills that could be included in a university curricula. Specific attention is given to theprinciples of ecology that will influence ecological engineering design practice. We also noteorganizational challenges posed by working with faculty and administration from manydisciplines, attracting students, research funding and external partnerships, and seeking ABETaccreditation.IntroductionThe emerging practice of ecological engineering grows out of the failure of past engineeringpractice to provide for human welfare while at the same time protecting the natural environmentfrom which goods and services are drawn. It

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Deborah Hochstein

Session 2275 Merging Research with Service and Teaching in an Engineering Technology Department Deborah Hochstein The University of Memphis ABSTRACT When asked for a definition of research, engineering and engineering technology facultyusually respond with definitions that describe the technical and scientific projects they have beeninvolved with. This type of research usually falls under the scholarship of discovery.Consequently, research activities are segregated from the other activities

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Ted G. Eschenbach; Robert Madigan; Patricia Linton; Catherine Frank

;5For example, the MLA and the American Psychological Association (APA) styles are distinct, andthose styles are echoed throughout the literature of their respective disciplines. Students or facultywho have not mastered the appropriate style may find that their work is judged more harshly by theirteachers or peers. Strongly technical disciplines such as chemistry and mechanical engineering placerelatively less emphasis on writing and their style guides are less widely distributed. Nevertheless,violations of a journal’s or a proceedings’ style clearly affect a paper’s substantive credibility.Moreover, the potentially disparate technical styles are brought together in engineering management(EM), which does emphasize writing and which brings

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Ravi Pendse; Everett L. Johnson

Session 2520 ABCs OF PROCESSOR DESIGN: INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE USING THE LIS-4 Everett L. Johnson, Ravi Pendse ASEE/Wichita State UniversityABSTRACTAt Wichita State University a three course sequence in the Digital Design area is offered. Firstyear students are encouraged to take the first course. By their third semester it is possible for astudent to enroll in the third course in the sequence. The third course entitled, Introduction toComputer Architecture, introduces the student to the art of designing a processor from

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Samuel P. Clemence; Daniel J. McGinley

important subjects in the engineering curriculum. This paper will describe several ways ofimplementing issues in profesional practice either through the ABET-required major designexperience or as separate elective courses.Background of the InstituteThe Institute for Professional Practice was originated in 1989 by ASFE - Professional FirmsPracticing in the Geosciences (originally the Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers) withfunds derived from an international conference held in San Francisco a few years previously.While this geotechnical engineering group provided the impetus for establishing the Institute, itwas set up as a separate, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation to serve the entire spectrum ofengineering practice in the United

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Phil Fabiano

Session 1247 Strategic and Operational Planning At The Department Level Phil Fabiano New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the process used to develop a strategic-operational plan for the EngineeringTechnology (ET) department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The activities ofthe planning process that led to a combined strategic-operational plan, are presented as a guidefor starting and undertaking departmental level planning within academic departments. Ahistorical summary of the NJIT University

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Ray Adams; Paul Duesing; Ajay Mahajan; David McDonald

Session 1559 Improving the Laboratory Experience with Modern Computer-Based Instrumentation David McDonald, Ray Adams, Paul Duesing, and Ajay Mahajan Lake Superior State University AbstractThe extensive use of modern, computer-based instrumentation in industry has created a clearneed to provide students with instruction in this technology. This type of instruction is bestaccomplished by integrating learning experiences in computer-based instrumentation throughoutthe curriculum. The instrumentation system is first introduced in technical

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Rosa Gerra; José L. Torres

Figure 1. College enrollment in the U.S., 1984-1994. (Note that the Caucasian students curve is plotted on a different scale, shown at the right). (Chronicle, 1997)In the particular case of Hispanic/Latino students, national statistics show a significant lagbehind other racial groups in the U.S., as shown in Table 1. Non-Hispanics Hispanics Completed High School 81.6% 52.6% Received a B.S. degree 13.7% 5.9% Table 1. Some characteristics of ethnic groups in the U.S. (Chronicle, 1997

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L.J. Bohmann; B.A. Mork; Noel Schulz

Session 2333 Redefining the Introductory Electrical Energy Conversion Course by L.J. Bohmann, B.A. Mork, and N.N. Schulz Department of Electrical Engineering Michigan Technological UniversityABSTRACTAn argument is made that the traditional electrical engineering energy conversion course needs tobe redefined. The traditional course is no longer relevant to the majority of electrical engineeringstudents, and therefore has lost its place as a core course in many curricula. The course

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M. E. Parten; M. C. Baker

Session 3630 Distance Learning Courses on Campus M. E. Parten, M. C. Baker Department of Electrical Engineering Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 79409-3102AbstractThis paper describes the development of a distance learning course in SemiconductorProcessing and the use of the course for an on campus offering. The objective was tospread the development cost over more courses and students by offering the same courseon campus. Results and lessons learned will be presented.IntroductionThe development and use of distance learning

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Thomas W. Graver; Leon F. McGinnis; David W. Rosen

Session 1463 Engaging Industry in Lab-Based Manufacturing Education: RPM at Georgia Tech Thomas W. Graver, Leon F. McGinnis, David W. Rosen Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstractLeading edge manufacturing technologies present major challenges in education, both for degreestudents and for continuing education. Creating and maintaining the necessary instructionalfacilities can easily overwhelm typical university budgets. At Georgia Tech, a uniqueuniversity/industry partnership has been formed to create and sustain a laboratory for RapidPrototyping and Manufacturing (RPM

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Nicole F. Barde

Session 2570 Creating An “Architecture” For Success In Managing And Balancing The Needs Of The Corporation And Its Employees. Nicole F. Barde Intel CorporationBACKGROUND In 1968, when the Beatles were singing about revolution, Gordon Moore and RobertNoyce were starting one of their own – a technology revolution that would forever change thecomputer industry and the world. The new company – called Intel Corporation (which stood for“integrated electronics”) – focused on the design and production of large-scale integrated (LSI)memory. Gordon and Bob were

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Robert L. Reid; Bruce D. Hoeppner

Session 2633 Five Years of Solar Powered Boat Racing at Marquette University Robert L. Reid, Bruce D. Hoeppner Marquette University Milwaukee, WisconsinAbstract Marquette was the first university in the United States to build a solar powered racingboat in 1990-91 and has been participating in races since 1992. The first events for Marquettein 1992 were open competitions in Minneapolis, Seattle and Japan. These were the firstcompetitions in the U.S. but races had been held in Japan since 1989. Mainly companies

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George H. Sehi

Session 2248NSF Supported Engineering Technology Programs and Institutional Changes George H. Sehi, Ph.D. Sinclair Community CollegeIn FY95, Sinclair Community College was awarded NSF grant to establish a National Center ofExcellence for Advanced Manufacturing Education. Now in its third year, the AME Center hasmade major progress in transforming engineering technology education as it prepares students forcareers in the Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyUnder the guiding influence of the AME Center, the learning environment is evolving throughthe pilot testing of curriculum modules

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Robert J. Herrick; Dennis R. Depew

Session 3246 The Future of Graduate Education in The School of Technology Dennis R. Depew, Robert J. Herrick Purdue UniversityAs we consider the future of technology education, one should ask a basic question: Willtomorrow be different from today? Most will agree that the obvious answer is “yes.” In a daywhen technology is transforming all aspects of our lives, both at home and at work, it isimportant that we consider the future of those individuals completing undergraduate degreeprograms in

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M. Giger; K. M. Siddiqui; C. Loukides; F. Coowar

Session 1260 Employment Pattern and Educational Standards of Engineering Graduates in the Lao PDR F. Coowar, M. Giger, C. Loukides and K. M. Siddiqui1 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland c/o National Polytechnic Institute, Vientiane, Lao PDRABSTRACTThe National Polytechnic Institute (NPI) is the only tertiary institution in the Lao PDR thatproduces engineering graduates at the Bachelor’s level in the major engineering fields ofCivil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. Since its establishment under a UNESCO-sponsored project in 1984, a total of

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Robert Underwood; Loren Douglas Poole; Barbara Blake Bath

Session 2265 Mathematics for Scientists and Engineers II at the Colorado School of Mines Barbara Blake Bath, Robert Underwood, Loren Douglas Poole Colorado School of Mines (CSM) is in the process of a major curriculum revision asa response to the changing world for today’s science, mathematics, and engineeringgraduates. An integral part of that revision is the development of new mathematicscourses to better prepare students for their studies in science and engineering.Mathematics for Science and Engineering II is a four hour course which addresses theconcerns of faculty from other disciplines who comment that students

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T.R. Hsu; P. Reischl; P. Hsu; J.C. Wang; F. Barez; B.J. Furman

Session 3666 Mechatronics Engineering Laboratory Development at San Jose State University J.C.Wang, B.J.Furman, T.R. Hsu, P.Hsu, P.Reischl and F.Barez Departments of Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering San Jose State University San Jose, California, 95192. USA.AbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Department of San Jose State University has beendeveloping a new mechatronics engineering laboratory since Fall 1995. This laboratory isintended to provide engineering students on the

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Janet K. Allen; Farrokh Mistree; Jennifer Turns

Session 1630 Quantitatively Analyzing the Use and Usefulness of the Design Learning Simulator Jennifer Turns, Farrokh Mistree, Janet K. Allen Georgia Institute of TechnologyAbstract: Current trends in engineering design education, which promote teams of studentssolving open ended problems, often result in classes which create a wide variety of logistical,cognitive, and motivational problems for students. Software resources can help students but onlyif students perceive them to be useful and make use of them. Our Design-Learning Simulator atthe Georgia Institute of

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Sharon Zelmanowitz

. To achieve this withoutsacrificing too much in technical course content, educators are challenged to develop innovativeways to incorporate legal, social, and political topics into environmental engineering courses andcurricula.This paper describes various projects and assignments developed for an introductoryenvironmental engineering course at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy designed to address thesenon-technical issues. The course was recently changed from a Water and Wastewater course to abroader introductory environmental engineering course. Although it is impossible to cover legal,political, and social topics in-depth in an introductory technical course, it is possible to raisestudent awareness of these issues. Graduates of the Coast Guard

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Saleh M. Sbenaty

Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies at MTSU has participated forthe first time in Sunrayce 95 through its entry SOLARAIDER III. The biennial solar car race isdesigned to promote the use of renewable energy sources, the efficient use of energy, andinnovation in engineering and technical education. The author has served as a faculty advisor tothe undergraduate student team overlooking the design, construction, and testing of the solar car.Benefits of this project to MTSU students, the younger generation in particular, and the public ingeneral are described below.INTRODUCTION Sunrayce is a biennial solar car race sponsored and organized by General Motors (GM),Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE

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Mileta M. Tomovic

as it sounds, but nowadays one can obtainvery good results even on a personal computer within a reasonable period of time. Themanufacturing process that belongs to this group of problems is metalcasting. In the past,metalcasting was more of an art than the science; however, nowadays computer software issuccessfully applied to simulate filling and solidification process. The accurate result ofsimulation allow improved casting design along with the optimization of the gating and riseringsystem used to produce a sound product.IntroductionTremendous developments in computer science, engineering and technology in recent years havebrought many changes in the way we conduct our daily activities. Computer speed and memoryhas been increased, and

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Robert J. Beichner; Hugh Fuller; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

Session 2230 UPDATE ON IMPEC: AN INTEGRATED FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY Richard M. Felder, Robert J. Beichner, Leonhard E. Bernold, Ernest E. Burniston, Philip R. Dail, Hugh Fuller North Carolina State UniversityAn integrated freshman engineering curriculum called IMPEC (Integrated Mathematics, Physics,Engineering, and Chemistry Curriculum) has undergone three years of pilot-testing at NorthCarolina State University under the sponsorship of the SUCCEED Coalition. In each semester ofIMPEC, the students take a calculus course, a science course

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W. Ernst Eder

Session 2330 PROBLEM SOLVING IS NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT W. Ernst Eder Royal Military College of CanadaABSTRACTSome curriculum changes introduced in the 1960's were counter-productive. Too much emphasiswas placed on engineering science, and not enough on aspects of engineering. The reduction ofengineering drawing, manufacturing methods and similar topics has made matters worse.Redress was initiated by introducing methods of problem solving at some institutions. Proceduralknowledge, especially for open-ended problems, is a necessary

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Mogens Henriksen

. Recently,many engineering educators have seen this “criterion swell” as symptomatic of rules that havebecome too cumbersome, too prescriptive, and a recipe for the evolution of “cookie cutter”programs. In fact, some have charged that the current ABET general criteria constitute anegative incentive for sound educational experimentation and the evolution of better teachingmethods. Although Criterion II.A.7 encourages well-planned experimentation, the engineeringcommunity has been reluctant to pursue such experimentation. Undoubtedly, the hesitation topursue such experimentation may, in part, be traced to a fear of restrictive interpretations of the“old criteria.”In the early 90’s, many outstanding institutions became openly frustrated with the

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Michael Alley

Session 3553 Revisiting Freshman Composition Michael Alley ASEE/University of Wisconsin–Madison Before the Fall of 1995, over eighty percent of the freshmen at the University ofWisconsin–Madison were able to place out of freshman communication. Responding to a generalreduction in the quality of writing, speaking, and library research skills by undergraduates overthe previous two decades, the faculty senate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison passedguidelines making it much more difficult to place out of this course—these guidelines raised thepercentage of

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Thomas G. Stanford; Donna J. Michalek; Donald Keating

Session 2275 The Tenure and Promotion Dilemma at the Nation's Professional Schools of Engineering Thomas G. Stanford and Donald A. Keating University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Donna J. Michalek Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931 Abstract With today's emphasis on research at the nation's engineering schools, there exists anincongruence between graduate research

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Cal Caswell; Mel I. Mendelson

Session 2563 Integrated Product Development in the Classroom Mel Mendelson, Cal Caswell Loyola Marymount UniversityAbstractA course entitled, "New Product Design and Development" was introduced to meet the needs ofindustry and to address reform in engineering education. It was modeled after a similar onetaught at MIT; however, it had distinctly different features. The course used multi-discipinaryteams and product planning to create commercial products. Our course emphasized teambuilding, marketing, design, prototyping, and the business aspects of launching a new product onthe