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Joseph J. Delfino

Session 3151 Effects of Global Change on Water Quality Joseph J. Delfino Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32611AbstractGlobal change is a widely discussed environmental issue. Climate change, related to continuedincreases in atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gas concentrations, is the most frequentlystudied indicator of global change. While definitive proof remains elusive, trends seem to indicatethat mean annual tropospheric temperatures are increasing

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John, Jr. Lipscomb

Session 2548 Curriculum Diversification in Mechanical Engineering Technology Programs John W. Lipscomb, Jr.AbstractMechanical Engineering Technology is a very broad field of study that may include thefollowing topics: structural design, machine design, fluid design, thermal design, manufacturingprocesses, engineering economics, quality control, electronics, computers, automation, andmany others. Such a breath of topics is difficult to fit into a four-year curriculum and the depthof study in each is expected to vary between programs. A nationwide study of the TAC/ABETaccredited

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Gary Patterson

Session 3513 Preparing for the First ABET Accreditation Visit under Criteria 2000 Gary K. Patterson, University of Missouri-RollaIntroduction Many aspects of the preparation for an ABET accreditation visit under Criteria 2000 willbe the same as under the traditional criteria. Forms must be filled out; student work must begathered, organized, and exhibited; course notes and syllabi must be organized for exhibit; thefaculty must educate themselves to the process; and the evaluator must be treated respectfullywhile he or she is on campus. In the traditional process, if a program was well conceived andadministered, adhered to a

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John Marshall

Session 0564 Microprocessor Controlled Fluid Clutch John A. Marshall, PHD University of Southern MaineKey Words:Hydraulics, mechanical power transmission, and rheology.Perquisite Knowledge:Elementary concepts of power transmission.Objective:To observe the tunable characteristics of magneto-rheological fluids.To understand the potential power transmission advantages of thesefluids.Equipment and Supplies:Magneto-rheological clutch assembly and power supply.Introduction:Magneto-rheological fluids change their flow characteristics whensubjected to an electrical field. Response, which takes only milliseconds,is in the form of

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Peter J. Graybash

Session 2522 Selecting Communications Technology for Delivering Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs Peter J. Graybash, Jr. Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractIdeally, Continuing Professional Education (CPE) helps us enrich careers by providing access tonew information that enhances competence and opportunity1, but simply providing thatinformation is only part of the equation. Clearly, how information is delivered has as strong aneffect on individual success as what is delivered. This paper investigates a proposed study ofhow Continuing

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Sung Kim; Kevin Logeais

Session 2548 High Velocity Coolant Delivery System Sung Kim and Kevin Logeais Piedmont Technical College/Jarvis Cutting Tools Inc.AbstractThis paper is for the design and implementation of a high pressure coolant delivery system thatwill aid in making a step drill grinding process more efficient. Work related and pertinent to agrinding process is used to produce the pilot section of a step drill.Step drills are used to create highly accurate holes in aircraft skins and stringers. These holes arefor the fasteners that hold the aircraft skin to the stringers or ribbing. The step

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Joseph Cecere

Session 1321/1 FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUMS: REVISING THE REQUIREMENTS Joseph J. Cecere ,Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University HarrisburgI. IntroductionThe goal of any educational program is to provide each student with the necessary informationand skills which allow him or her to perform successfully in a chosen career. Yet this goal mayprove difficult if the curriculum offered by the university is not revised and updated to keepabreast of the changes and advancements being made, especially in the

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Warenna Millon; Eric Sheppard

, physics, and computer science. Tuskegee is one of only a handful ofHistorically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) with accredited engineering programs, andthe relatively low retention statistics for engineering students at HBCUs have been reportedelsewhere. This paper looks at both the numbers at Tuskegee, their meaning, and progress andplans towards improving them.Retention to graduation of engineering students, particularly those who may have started collegewith a weak secondary science and mathematics background, is an important goal in CEAPS.These strategies may include precollege orientation, tutorials (both university-wide and college ordiscipline specific), and advising. These efforts are all the more important when we see that

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Donald J., Jr. Fournier; Cyndi Gaudet

programsrecognized that building close ties with business and industry was important to the long-termsuccess of these new programs. The authors adopted a four step approach designed to involvebusiness and industry in the process of program development. The first step was to define therole that industry should play in the development and growth of the programs. The second stepwas to identify and contact companies which would be interested in committing their time andtalent to program development. The third step was to actively involve business and industrypersonnel while developing opportunities within industry to augment student education. Thefinal step was to cement the relationship with the industrial partner and to develop long-termcommitments to program

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Gearold R. Johnson; Dueb M. Lakhder

Session 3460 UNESCO Initiatives in the Field of Engineering Education Dueb M. Lakhder, Gearold R. Johnson UNESCO/National Technological UniversityAbstractEngineering education is an essential component of UNESCO’s science programmes and it isoriented towards serving Member States on a continuous basis. After a discussion of severalmajor distance learning programmes in the world, this paper concentrates on the status ofUNESCO’s current distance learning initiatives: the Satellite Universities of Science andTechnology for the Arab States, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Africa, and Central America.A

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Tom Christensen; R. M. Seymour; Kim McKeage; Deborah Skinner; Darrell Donahue

. The project required the marketing and engineering studentsto work together on development of a product or service marketing plan directly related to anengineering capstone design project. During the first two years of implementation, the project hasevolved towards a more cooperative learning format that has improved the development of thestudents’ team building skills and their appreciation for a multidisciplinary perspective. Projectevaluations show that the benefits of the multidisciplinary project have been apparent to most ofthe student participants.IntroductionEngineering education is adapting to the new constraints of manufacturing and business needs.New ABET 2000 criteria are emphasizing new kinds of capabilities such as teamwork

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Halvard E. Nystrom

Session 1639 Bridge Rehabilitation Financial Model and Case Study Halvard E. Nystrom University of Missouri – RollaAbstractThis article describes a financial model to identify the tangible and intangible costs and benefitsassociated with externally bonded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement of bridges. It isapplied to the analysis of bridge G270 located on Route 32 in Iron county, Missouri, but alsoapplies an approach that can be used with other bridges and structures. This research modelrepresents an approach to address major issues in order to assist in the

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Johm W. Duggan; Francis J. Hopcroft

overall engineering qualifications of individual students. Studentperformance in this laboratory is also being used as an assessment instrument to measure theachievement of objectives in Wentworth’s environmental engineering program.Working in teams, students are given the task of designing, building, operating and evaluating asystem to treat a steady-state flow of wastewater with components of oil, water, dissolved andsettleable solids. Treatment criteria consistent with regulatory limits are given including: watereffluent limits for dissolved solids and oil and grease; water content in the retained oil phase;and oil content in the retained settleable solids phase. Few design boundaries are imposed uponthe teams other than the requirement that

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Roger Ferguson; Lisa Anneberg

Allendale, MI USA ferguson@csis.gvsu.eduABSTRACTThe Personal Software Process (PSP) was designed to help Software Engineers producehigh quality software [1]. PSP helps in the estimating, planning, development ofsoftware systems. PSP shows the Software Engineer how to track performance againstother related software systems, and most importantly, it shows the engineer that PSP canguide their work so they can produce quality software. As of today, only experiencedpractitioners of Software Engineering have used PSP. However, the rigor of PSP shouldhelp novice engineers better manage their time as they design, develop, test and maintainprojects. This paper reports the results of a four month study conduct by the

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Thomas Walker; Jan Helge Bøhn

monitor, the computer/LCD projector are examples. However, in most cases, theseare used in such a way that they are simply color blackboards and color overhead projectors.There has been, on the other hand, continuous improvement in engineering text books; mostsignificantly in the quality of the graphics and in the use of color, but also in overall readability.Additionally, many texts come with software to assist the student and the instructor. TheCDROM that comes with the classic Halliday and Resnick physics text is an example.1 Thereason for this continuous improvement is simple – there is tremendous competition amongpublishers and they are constantly pushing their authors to produce new testbook editions withmultimedia content and/or computer

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Gulser Kosal; Hasan Nadir Derin

Session 2260 Design and Conduct of a Partially Asynchronous Course on Total Quality Management Gülser Köksal, Hasan Nadir Derin Middle East Technical University Industrial Engineering DepartmentAbstractIn this paper, design and conduct of a partially asynchronous course on Total QualityManagement are explained. Students enrolled in various engineering and otherprograms in a university can take the course. Also people from other institutions andindustry are allowed to register for the course on a special status. In the design andconduct of the course, total quality

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Frank Cheng; Daniel M. Chen

demand for implementing rapid deploymenttechnology through simulation has already created a growing shortage of qualified employeeswho can carry out virtual engineering design. At the same time, the educators from Michigan’shigh schools, colleges and universities have also recognized the changes, challenges, anddemands faced by today’s automotive industries. They believe that learning rapid deploymenttechnology is important to Michigan’s students as they are preparing for their careers in high- Page 4.306.1tech industry 6. Session 1463 TS/ 3Incorporating concepts

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Daniel M. Chen

to acquire the CAE skills , because a CAE software can provide very accurateresults without dealing with in-depth theories and complex mathematical calculations. Manystudents in engineering technology have already had the experience in this area. They havestarted taken the courses which incorporate CAE software. The purpose of this study is to assesstheir learning outcomes via the evaluation of classroom and laboratory performance.At Central Michigan University, the CAE course was originally developed eight years ago formechanical engineering technology majors. Nevertheless, more students in both industrialtechnology and computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) today want to take this course even itis not required for their majors. Most of

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Marla E. Hacker; Thomas M. West

Session 2322 Distance Learning: Recent Graduates Share Their Experiences and Recommendations Marla E. Hacker, Thomas M. West Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department Oregon State UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses a graduate level engineering distance learning program, which startedtransmitting courses in 1994. The program currently has a dozen graduates. The graduatesrecently provided their perspective of the program. The information is shared in this paper.Basis for the ProgramManufacturing Engineering is an important and

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

Session 1421 Assessment of ABET Program Criteria for Engineering Curricula Enno “Ed” Koehn Lamar UniversityAbstractThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has adopted a revised set ofcriteria for accrediting engineering programs. Nevertheless, as in the past, civil (construction)engineering departments will be required to demonstrate proficiency in specific subject areaswhich are included in the ABET program criteria.This paper investigates, according, in part, to construction related students, the level at which thesubjects in the civil

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Matthew Y. Lee; Jiang Li

and examsto students in order to enhance student’s understanding of their learning and to obtain importantfeedback information from students at the same time. During a lecture, students take class notesand ask questions. Such a pattern obviously has some problems. For instance, the one-hourlecture may be too short to solve student’s problems or to answer student’s questions. Theavailability or accessibility of an instructor after lecture hours is one of important key issues inteaching of engineering courses. Today, with help of high technology of telecommunication, theteaching of engineering courses can be improved greatly with many ways. Teachingengineering courses through the Internet is one of them (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6).The Internet is a

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E. H. Shaban

like CAD, IDEAS, MATLAB, PSPICE are not available. The mostavailable tool is probably the hand held scientific calculator or an obsolete IBM main framecomputer. The crème of the crop of outstanding students in physics and mathematics compete tojoin the engineering program. Qualified professors with terminal degrees are not alwaysavailable in the engineering schools. A handful of students who are able to join graduate schoolsof engineering in the US have adapted to the flood of the new technologies. An effort is underway, from alumni, to open a channel of an open line of communication to enrich someunderdeveloped and developing country’s engineering school with continuos transfer oftechnology of computer aided design (CAD) tools.I

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Ted G. Eschenbach; Kim LaScola Needy; Jerome P. Lavelle; Heather Nachtmann

participated in the second survey. In total, the surveyparticipants teach 165 sessions of engineering economy on average each year to over 10,000students. A statistical analysis was performed on the data to examine the effect of theinstructor’s discipline and class size on teaching methods. Detailed findings have beenpreviously reported. 6,9,10 The purposes of this paper are to discuss existing teaching practices inengineering economy as uncovered by our two-part survey and to suggest methods ofimprovement based on relevant literature.IntroductionBased on the authors’ work in surveying engineering economics instructors, three central issuesemerge as a semester’s plan is being developed: “Am I attempting to cover too much material?”,“Am I lecturing

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Rafiqul Islam

Session 3547 Curriculum Development of an Advanced Communications Course by Sharing Properly Wireless and Wireline Systems in Electronics Engineering Technology Program. Dr. Rafiqul Islam DeVry Institute of Technology 2700-3rd Avenue S.E. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2A 7W4 Tel: 403-207-3123 Fax: 403-207-6225 Email: rislam@cal.devry.caAbstractWireless communications appears to be a

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John E. Nydahl; Nancy Peck

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Carlos Ortiz

Session 3549 Environmental Engineering Course Sequence and Learning Outcomes for Civil Engineering Technology Majors at Southern Polytechnic State University Carlos A. Ortiz, Ph.D. Southern Polytechnic State UniversityRecent changes in the Georgia University System have prompted substantial modifications toalmost all the professional programs in the state. This paper discusses changes proposed tosatisfy the new credit hour requirements, while giving the civil engineering technology studentsthe basic concepts in environmental engineering.BackgroundDuring the 1995

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Chi-Wook Lee

to stay competitive. This may be accomplished by emphasizing education and training.More companies are shifting much of the education and training responsibilities back to theeducational institutions. The new advances in technology must be studied and understood byuniversities so that engineering curriculum incorporates them while maintaining the principle ofcoherence. Universities and industry need better communication and closer interactions.Engineering students must be exposed to the leading advances in technology, and be familiarwith the latest trend in design, fabrication, and implementation of various manufacturingprocesses.This paper discusses a specific university/industry partnership that uses the resources efficientlyin meeting the

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Stanley J. Pisarski

Session 2548 Impact of Simulation Software in the Engineering Technology Curriculum Stanley J. Pisarski University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractThe University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) offers the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil,Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Technology Many of the courses offered in UPJ’sEngineering Technology Program rely on laboratory experiments to supplement the lectures.Although there is no substitute for the experience that a laboratory environment provides,various software packages allow the user

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Peter Rosati

Session 1692 Graduation in Engineering Related to Personality Type and Gender Peter Rosati The University of Western OntarioAbstractThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was completed by most students (n=1865) entering theUniversity of Western Ontario (UWO) engineering program during the years 1987-1993 and hasprovided a stable personality profile of the engineering entry class. The personality type of this entryclass of Canadian engineering students shows cross-cultural differences from similar data forAmerican students. The

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Susan Randolph

Session 3586 Case Study Development under the TEFATE Project* Susan Randolph Jackson State Community CollegeThe Tennessee Exemplary Faculty for Advanced Technological Education(TEFATE) project was the result of a National Science Foundation ATE grantdesigned to educate an interdisciplinary group of faculty who would provideleadership in communications technology curriculum development1. A primaryproduct of this project was twenty-five case studies designed to deliver academiccontent and develop problem-solving skills in engineering technology courses.Each of the twenty-five cases joins academics with the workplace