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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Natalie D. Segal

assignment as it was originally developed, the object had to be new; theprojects weren’t actually meeting the requirements of the assignment.The projects were, however, meeting the requirements of the patent law in Title 35 of theUnited States Code, which states in part that anyone who “invents or discovers any newand useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new anduseful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent.”3 Because genuinely newimprovements are recognized as worthy of protection by the U.S. government, the projectwas redesigned to include patentable improvements. The redesign is not yet complete, butits broad outlines are in place, and information on the redesign and plans for the futureare presented here.Who

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2000 Annual Conference

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Richard A. DeVries; Douglas C. Stahl

Engineering Workshopwill greatly enhance the power of each experiment, however, by providing a rich context for itthrough a web-based module that will allow students to explore the links between the observedbehaviors, basic structural concepts, and structural design procedures. The StructuralEngineering Workshop will enhance continuity in our program by including content directed atstudents in all years of study in graphics, mechanics, analysis, management, and design courses.This will help students understand the relationships between each of their separate courses. Thispaper describes our plans to implement the Structural Engineering Workshop.II. Literature Review: Structural Engineering Labs in Undergraduate EducationA review of the literature

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2000 Annual Conference

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Ray Price; Jonathan R. Dolle

than one course--if any--exclusively withstudents for their department. As a result, many engineers lack a firm grasp of what their major isabout after their first year. Engineering 100 provides a unique opportunity for students to learnmore about their department as well as form a relationship with their ELA (who is typically anupper classman from their department). And, since most first year engineers are facingchallenges similar to those of their classmates in Engineering 100, this course provides a uniqueway for students to share personal challenges and discoveries with others.The high priority on networking in Engineering 100 means important steps must be taken byELAs to incorporate teambuilding activities into their lesson plans. These

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2000 Annual Conference

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William M. Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

isevolving faster than institutions and bureaucracies can respond. NSF recognizes that scienceteachers exercise key roles in implementing effective reforms. It is, therefore, imperative thatinstitutions of higher learning ensure that science teaching methods for preservice teachers bespecifically related to the teaching/learning process as it applies to science. Experiences shouldbe planned collaboratively with professional practitioners in the fields of education, scienceeducation, mathematics, engineering, technology and science. Included should be a myriad of Page 5.176.1problem solving techniques combined with information and technology that have

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Tomorrow's Civil Engineering Profession

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

KC Mahboub; Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Scott Yost

, approximately60% of the articles were related to topics of teaching methodology, assessment ideas, andsuggestions for curricular improvement, indicating that these are indeed areas that engineeringeducators are aware of.4 Furthermore, many of these researchers are able to combine researchinterests with curricular improvements AND please university administrators at the same time bydocumenting their efforts for ABET review.Besterfield-Sacre et al’s 1998 presents a plan for using ABET criteria in conjunction withassessment of student feedback and evaluation data to improve/tailor/customize teaching.2 Theseexamples are just a few examples of projects and papers in progress in engineering programseverywhere.Still not convinced that we’re out in our

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Patton

Graduation Check-off Sheets (ELE, CEN) web Determine outcomes required to Faculty meeting minutes electronic text, web achieve objectives Report to Visiting Committee password restricted web GPA Indicator Report web form/database Determine how outcomes Faculty/Staff Annual Plans electronic text will be achieved Curriculum Sheets (ELE, CEN) web Graduation Check-off Sheets (ELE, CEN) web Determine how outcomes Faculty meeting minutes electronic text, web will be assessed Report

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Samira Hasan; Tom Roberts

updated semi-annually, and provides information to new students in a timely manner. · A Student Organizations Handbook 6 has been developed to explain student organizations and to provide up-to-date contact information. This information has also been added to the College’s web pages. · Residence Life Coordinators report that engineering students have a better understanding of university processes than other students on campus. · The number of students with study plans at the end of the first semester has increased 25% since 1995. (Figure 2)Recommendations for Future Improvements · Work with department heads and faculty to enhance their understanding of freshmen and to improve

Conference Session

Technology Entrepreneurship Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Emery; John Feland

series which brings approximately 25entrepreneurial thought leaders (CEO’s, Venture Capitalists, authors) to speak on campus eachyear.Educational visionClasses within the STVP program focus on case-based instruction and experiential learning.Entrepreneurship education takes place in the classroom and the community. Studentscollaborate in teams to research and analyze cases, write business plans, and conduct real-worldresearch and internships within new ventures in Silicon Valley.John Dewey established the link between doing and knowing. According to Dewey, sharedexperience or joint action is crucial to the learning process. Educative experiences must leadfrom the classroom into the real world. The role of the educator is to view teaching and

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Real-world Applications in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Randall Timi; Dannie Hutchinson; William Strenth; James Otter

accepted into the course, they began an orientation and trainingsession. The orientation session consisted of a company history, company policies andprocedures, company paperwork and a review of projects (past and present). The trainingsegments included special seminars on various topics presented by either faculty or constructionprofessionals. The typical seminars included topics covering leadership, planning andscheduling, estimating, design process, safety, team building, contract documents and costcontrol.Once the orientation process was completed, the students, based on their resume and theirinterviews, were assigned positions and projects. The project teams then met with the projectcoordinator (one of the faculty) to review the project. The

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

for rapid prototyping machines. This is not the case with building design.Buildings today are still being produced with floor plans and section drawings that are two-dimensional, 2-D lines and text. Cad packages such as AutoCad Architectural Desktop canproduce 3-D drawings and render them with materials and light sources, but many of the drawingentities it uses do not translate into “stl” files without some extra programming. Why is thisprogram written this way? AutoCad Architectural Desktop is written this way because buildingsare assembled differently than machine parts. An exterior wall is an assembly of dozens ofindividual building components. It is not one homogenous material like a piece of machinery

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux

Session 2793 Web-Based Technology for Long-Term Program Assessment Heidi Diefes-Dux, Kamyar Haghighi Purdue University, West Lafayette, INAbstractDuring its first round of assessment plan implementation, the Department of Agricultural andBiological Engineering (ABE) at Purdue University collected data utilizing a variety ofassessment tools including ABET-compliant course profiles and constituent surveys. The man-hours involved in the development of program unique assessment tools and data collection andanalysis is astounding, especially when a university adopts a

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Collins; Alisha Youngblood

discussed.The conclusion section of this paper outlines the planned structure of a new MSEM program.Discussed are the identification of a target audience, admission and degree requirements, andpotential core and elective courses. These factors will take into consideration what is typical forother programs and special circumstances more unique to a specific target audience.Benchmarking ProcessA benchmarking study is conducted to gain insight into other MSEM programs. In all, 17programs are analyzed and results compiled. These programs vary in their size and scope, but thecriteria for selecting the EM programs are based on geographic and demographic region, missionof the institution, state support, and engineering-based degrees. The Internet is used to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Zahorian; Sacharia Albin; William Swart

uses one-way video and two-way audio broadcasts to deliver educational programsthroughout Virginia and beyond. Today, TELETECHNET enrollment has expanded toapproximately 18,000 registrations, with approximately 15% of all student credit hours nowdelivered by distance education. In the international arena, Old Dominion now has over 1,000international students, slightly more than 5% of the student body. However, the percentage ishigher at the graduate level, and lower at the undergraduate level.To emphasize the institutional commitment to both distance education and internationalprograms, Old Dominion has addressed both of these in its five-year program strategic plan.2Specifically, two of the 10 strategic initiatives included in the plan

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

, grids, arrays and proportioning systems in building design.Assignment Geometric constructions IV The Pantheon plan developed from the golden ratio proportioning system.The second unit of assignments, Real World Applications, is based on a rather moretraditional approach to the instruction of CADD tools, that is for the production ofarchitectural drawings. Since this is a topic that is included in the instruction of computergraphics in most curricula I will not expand on the specifics. In general this unit ofassignments introduces students to typical drafting conventions and construction details ,and as such is complementary to the instruction of courses on Construction

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia C. Tempel; Hisham Alnajjar; Beth Richards; Andrea Brick Ader; Ronald Adrezin

choices, and assigning them a number from the Page 6.609.2outcomes list. Our goal was to cover these objectives more than once during the semester, withProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationan eye toward shared activities that overlapped in numerous areas, thus deepening theintegration. The table below shows plans for weeks two and twelve: Week RLC 110 activities Content Overlap/Shared ES 141 activities Assignments2 Continue analyzing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wells; Jeffrey Mountain; Donald Goddard

selected primarily for curing composite lay-ups, but can alsobe used for a variety of processes where heat and pressure are required. The desktop industrialrobot in Item 8 is of a type typically used to load and unload CNC machinery. We plan to use itin a simulated CIM workstation (including a student-designed ASRS system), as well as fordemonstrating automatic parts handling for assembly. The metrology instruments, whichcomprise Items 9 and 10, allow students to evaluate the dimensional accuracy of variousprocesses and machines, conduct tolerance studies and learn quality control practices.Figure 1 shows a schematic of the production end of the PRP, and indicates how the equipmentcan be used to study the steps involved. Here, the design process

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno; Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

Microsoft EXCEL. Based upon input from the departmental advisory board, the department has switched from C to Visual Basic (Tech 395). In addition, we have dropped the EXCEL course and are instructing the students on this important software usage in a variety of other courses. The incorporation of Visual Basic is very important, as it will be the basic programming tool for several other courses in the curriculum.• Engineering Economy - This important course (Tech 443) was added as a requirement to the program. Introducing engineering economy as a core requirement challenged students to enhance their business skills, a serious deficiency among MET graduates across the nation (Manufacturing education plan, 1997) Further

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Global Education in Construction Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Grau, University of Alabama; Edward Back, University of Alabama; Guillermo Mejia, University of Alabama and Universidad Industrial de Santander

Tagged Divisions

Construction

bias in the sample that couldaffect the findings of this study.Three modules defined the training intervention. The modules were separately instructedat different locations in a four months period and covered, in this order, the followingtopics: front end planning, project execution methods, and project completion and teamdynamics. Table 1 details the instructed material. Each module was taught by a differentprofessor from The Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering atthe University of Alabama.Table 1. Material of instruction Topic Area Introduction Understanding Objectives Feasibility Phase Front End Planning

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Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C. Ordonez, Florida State University; Jose Vargas, Universidade Federal do Parana; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Necesio Gomes Costa, Universidade Federal de Itajubá

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering and renewable energy. We plan to formalize theinternational design collaboration as an integral part of the exchange experience by engagingvisiting students in specifically arranged design projects, which require close interaction betweenstudents from both countries. This paper reports the experience learned in the initial design andimplementation of these projects and our recommendation to fully integrate the design projectinto the curriculum of the exchange program.1. IntroductionIn this increasingly globalized market, it is critical for educational institutions to prepareengineering students with international experience beyond traditional technical knowledge andengineering skills. It has been suggested in a recent article1 that global

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos; William A. Stapleton, Texas State University

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Manufacturing

programs. The program-specific portions of the criteria guidancethat were consulted are indicated in Table 16.Table 1 – ABET Criteria for Manufacturing Engineering CurriculumMaterials and manufacturing processes: understanding the behavior and properties of materialsas they are altered and influenced by processing in manufacturing.Process, assembly and product engineering: understanding the design of products and theequipment, tooling and environment necessary for their manufacture.Manufacturing competitiveness: understanding the creation of competitive advantage throughmanufacturing planning, strategy and control.Manufacturing systems design: understanding the analysis, synthesis and control ofmanufacturing operations using statistical and

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui-Hui Wang, University of Minnesota; Tamara J Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Mi Sun Park, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

byMuseum of Science - Boston, which focuses on elementary student learning, feature lessons andlearning activities by a simple five step engineering design cycle: ask, imagine, plan, create, andimprove20. Throughout the STEM integration professional development program, the teachers Page 22.1469.4were introduced to multiple models of the engineering design process. We introduced the EiEdesign process as well as adapted the engineering design cycle from the Power of the Wind: Howcan we think like an engineer21 by the University of Illinois. This engineering design cycle hadeight steps: (1) what is the challenge? (2) How have others solved this?, (3

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott J. Anson P.E. P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

interest of the university and it students. Previous studentshave worked diligently on maintaining the robotic equipment. However, the students did nothave a focus of cleaning the work space or developing a static work area for future students. Inthe summer of 2009, it was determined by one of the co-authors of this effort that a clearlydefined plan had to be initiated to improve the overall condition of the robotics laboratory. In thesummer students are not using the laboratory for coursework so there was an opportunity. Partof the continuous improvement process included actually upgrading the laboratory space,equipment, and curriculum (in the form of updating the experiments the students would beperforming). In essence, the physical laboratory

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

activities for capstone design course. Activity Time FrameProblem statement and initial research Late August – Early-SeptemberRequirements Elicitation SeptemberRequirements Inspection Late September – Early OctoberInitial Design and planning OctoberPrototyping and initial implementation November – Mid-DecemberDesign review Mid-DecemberProduct Implementation January – Mid-AprilWrap-up AprilFinal presentation Late AprilFollowing this timeline, students generate a large number of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, usually portrayed by drawing plans or performing specific parts of the engineering design process, an implied client or public use is intended. • Technician – Computer or electronic technician portrayed by a person fixing something electronic. • Design/Create Single – Hobbies, crafts, and designs for personal use or making one object for a specific person. • Tradesman – Carpenters, plumbers, welders, etc. where a person is fixing something that is not mechanical. • Mechanic – Fixing a vehicle, engine, machine or something else that is mechanical. • Laborer/Builder – Building houses, roads or buildings through physical labor and other forms of manual labor not covered in other categories

Conference Session

Going Viral: Effective Instructional Techniques in an Online Environment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair J. McDonald, University of Texas, Pan American

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Civil Engineering

, developing one might be good…for the studentsand the program.SituationA Civil Engineering Program was recently introduced in a College with five other wellestablished and supportive engineering departments. The new program immediately experiencedunpredicted growth. After the first year the three new professors hired to operate the programfound themselves trying to advise 237 declared majors at the same time they were learning allthe ins and outs of a new campus and a new degree plan. The time for helping students “one onone” quickly disappeared. Not all of the 237 students were Rhodes Scholars, in fact, many haddeficiencies of some sort and some found ways to enroll in courses well above their academicability.A quick inventory of program resources

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hutzel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University; Brian William Loss J.D., Purdue University; Kevin Rodgers LEED AP, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

Balance Communications Affordability Home Entertainment The “Affordability” contest was particularly compelling for 2011. To emphasize theimportance of cost effective net zero energy construction, the DOE imposed a cost ceiling of$250,000 on all homes and hired an estimating firm to conduct independent appraisals. Homesthat were over budget got penalized on a pro-rated basis.Solar Decathlon Competition A paper presented at the 2011 ASEE Annual Conference discussed our team’s organizationalstrategy and planning for the Solar Decathlon through 2010.3 By the spring of 2011, work hadshifted to construction planning, including ideas for disassembly and transporting

Conference Session

Current Issues in Construction Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Tiss AIC, CPC, State University of New York

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Construction

AC 2012-4801: DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EDU-CATORS: IS INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND EVAL-UATION THE KEY?Mr. Kenneth J. Tiss AIC, CPC, State University of New York Mr. Kenneth J. Tiss, AIC, CPC is an instructor in the Department of Sustainable Construction Manage- ment at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. His research areas are in undergraduate and graduate education, curriculum, construction project management, construction safety, planning and scheduling, and equipment and methods. Page 25.426.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

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Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahita Zarei, University of the Pacific; Jinzhu Gao, University of the Pacific; Jason Roy Ortiz; Alan Joe

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

developed that would compare the user's answer with the solution andaccept it as a correct answer if the difference is within a small error margin due to rounding. Inorder for students to save their progress while working through the problems, a MySQL databasewas employed to house the information.EvaluationIn the preparation of our evaluation plan, we considered the guidelines of several programdirectors in NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education described in [12]. The goal ofevaluation plan was to measure the changes in cognitive and affective behavior. Measuring thechanges in cognitive behavior is in accordance with the project’s first objective of increasingstudents' understanding of concept of random variables. Evaluating the changes in

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

satisfying customers’ needs for value purchasing.Manufacturing Engineering is a bottom-up discipline, based upon a strong foundation of scienceand mathematics. The linchpin is comprehensive understanding of the science of the interactionsbetween tool and workpiece. The production system of the factory is built on this foundation,with all design and operating decisions emanating from fundamental principles of the physicsand chemistry (and more recently, the biology) of materials processing. ManufacturingEngineering is also a design profession, where practitioners are required to make decisions tocreate processing plans and production systems based on both fundamental analysis and the

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Jean-Celeste M. Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Amy E. Monte, Michigan Technological University; Brett Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

policy. This pathway also is used for traditional disciplines forwhich we have expertise but not a formal degree program.The pre-approved BSE pathways are 1) Industrial and Service Systems Engineering and 2) Page 25.211.2Geospatial Engineering. The Industrial and Service Systems Engineering pathway emphasizesanalysis, design, optimization, and the planning and management of manufacturing and servicesector operations, including human factors. The courses for this pathway are from ServiceSystems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Business, and the Social Sciences. TheGeospatial Engineering pathway was defined to integrate a variety of