Conference Session

Works in Progress in Chemical Engineering Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erick S. Vasquez, University of Dayton; Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton

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Chemical Engineering

applications in separation pro- cesses and the design of advanced composite materials. About engineering educational research, Vasquez is working on the analysis of assessment methods to improve teamwork, open-ended laboratory experi- ments, active learning, and implementing computational tools to understand chemical engineering con- cepts. Vasquez has a vast experience teaching the Unit Operation Laboratories for six years and has taught many other junior-level chemical engineering courses.Dr. Michael J. Elsass, University of Dayton Michael Elsass is the Director of the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. He received his B.Ch.E in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton and his M.S. and

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2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Marina Miletic; Vanessa Svihla; Eva Chi; Jamie Gomez; Abhaya Datye; Pil Kang; Yan Chen; Sang Han

in her lab is focused on understandingthe dynamics and structures of macromolecular assemblies including proteins, polymers, and lipidmembranes. Undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars are trained in amultidisciplinary environment, utilizing modern methodologies to address important problems at the Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Copyright © 2020, American Society for Engineering Education 4interface between chemistry, physics, engineering, and biology preparing the trainees for careers inacademe, national laboratories, and

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity

Education, 2018 Enhancing Engineering Lab Report Writing Using Peer Review Assessment Rocio Alba-Flores Georgia Southern UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the educational experiences gained by incorporating a peer review componentfor evaluating formal lab reports in a Circuit Analysis Laboratory course. In this course studentsperformed ten lab experiments, from which the instructor selected two to have individual formalwritten lab reports. The instructor dedicated about one hour at the beginning of the semester to talkabout peer review and its importance. The instructor together with all students performed a mockpeer review of

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Majid Poshtan, Cal Poly; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

education, embedded systems, and ecological monitoring.Dr. Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. Fred joined the faculty at CalPoly in September of 1996. He has developed CATE, the Circuit Analysis Tool for Education. Fred continues to pursue

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhenhua Wu, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

(a) (b) Figure 1 (a) 3D Model of Water Pump Designed and (b) Prototype of the 3D Model Fabricated by Students [8] 33.3 Enable Digital Thread Learning Laboratorial EnvironmentTo aware students on “digital thread" in product design, manufacturing, quality and inspection,equipment performance and health, across the product lifecycle, the novel integration of datainformation from product lifecycle cradle-to-gate stage (idea, design, manufacturing, andinspection) has been deployed in the VSU labs and Makerspace with the help of Siemens NX PLMsoftware. The data information framework design addresses the

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical Engineering

gives insight into the performance and potential pitfallsof each algorithm. By the end of the course, students implement a number of FIR and IIR filtersas well as a variety of other signal processing techniques and use them to analyze ECG signals.At the beginning of the course, an ECG laboratory teaches about analog signal acquisition andpreprocessing by having each student build circuitry on a breadboard for amplifying his/her ownECG. Students use this ECG amplifier circuit throughout the lab course to provide live ECGsignals to the input of the microcontroller as one test of their filter designs.Students individually complete all the course prelabs and work individually on the first five in-lab experiences. For the final five labs, they

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; P. Scott Carney, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois; Dipanjan Pan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

the coordinator of the Cancer Community@Illinois, a group dedicated to advancing cancer-related research and scholar- ship on campus. Research in the Bhargava laboratories focuses on fundamental theory and simulation for vibrational spectroscopic imaging, developing new instrumentation and developing chemical imaging for molecular pathology. Using 3D printing and engineered tumor models, recent research seeks to elucidate hetero-cellular interactions in cancer progression. Rohit’s work has been recognized with several research awards nationally. Among recent honors are the Meggers Award (Society for applied spectroscopy, 2014), Craver Award (Coblentz Society, 2013) and the FACSS Innovation Award (2012). Rohit has

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2014 ERC

Authors

Linda Horton

Materials Project, Project a current BES supported research activity, is leading the discovery of new oxides and materials for batteries – Free resource for the community – Performs calculations for new compounds – Mines existing data through comprehensive collections of calculated and experimental data – Utilizes NERSC and the VASP code Opportunity for Computational Materials Sciences to replace the VASP code with better communityy code Capabilities are expanding with the JCESR Hub – Developing an “electrolyte genome” – Data from characterization and theory-modeling-computation Joint Center for Energy Storage Research An Energy Innovation Hub led by Argonne National Laboratory An Energy Innovation Hub led by

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Matt Leonard; Joseph Morgan; Jeremy P. Coffelt

development of theDSTR robot as a collaborative design developed by theMobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL) at TexasA&M University and ASEP 4X4 Inc. Texas Instruments hasbeen a major partner in the integration of the controlelectronics, and Texas Space Technology Applications andResearch (T STAR) LLC has played a significant role in thepropagation of the DSTR robot as an adaptable appliedresearch/education/STEM outreach platform. The paper willpresent examples of the strong industry-academic Fig. 1 DSTR Computer Modelrelationships that allow the DSTR robot to be utilized in amultitude of experiential learning environments. In addition The DSTR Robot was designed by a number ofto a number of STEM

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College

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Mechanical Engineering

library of motions foranalysis, and adding a laboratory experiments component are some of the future goals for thecourse.1. IntroductionExposing our undergraduate Mechanical Engineering students to wider engineering topics, andspecifically to Biomedical Engineering, was one recommendation made to us by ABET as partof the continuous improvement process of our program. Biomedical Engineering is an area ofhigh growth according to the U.S. Department of Labor projections data for 2006-20161. Inresponse to this continued demand, many Biomedical Engineering programs have been added inuniversities across the United States. In addition, Biomedical Engineering is taught as part of thecurriculum of other engineering disciplines as well2, benefiting the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Linda Hinnov, Johns Hopkins University; James Ogg, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, and toprovide hands-on experiences with the analysis, processing, and interpretation of earthsystems data. Page 13.947.10Bibliography1. Spanias, A.; Atti, V., “Interactive online undergraduate laboratories using J-DSP,” IEEE Transactionson Education, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 735- 749, Nov. 2005.2. Spanias, A., Atti, V., Ko, Y., Thrassyvoulou, T.,Yasin, M., Zaman, M., Duman, T., Karam, L.,Papandreou, A., and Tsakalis, K., “On-Line Laboratories for Speech and Image Processing and forCommunication Systems Using J-DSP”, IEEE DSP Workshop, 2002.3. Yasin, M.; Karam, L.J.; Spanias, A., “On-line laboratories for image and two-dimensional signalprocessing,” IEEE

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mouna Nakkar, University of Sharjah

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Electrical and Computer

be also used in embedded system laboratory courses as well as a workshop onSoC. The tutorial is organized to be completed within 6-8 hours. A sample group of junior/seniorstudents took this survey and the initial results are positive. The design and tutorial are availablefor public at the University of Sharjah website.IntroductionA. SoC revolutionThe last ten years witnessed a revolutionary shift in the traditional design of VLSI to a moremodern approach which is SoC; i.e. a board with reconfigurable hardware (FPGA) and otheradded chips and I/O features. As a result, the embedded systems market in general increaseddrastically. Jackson estimated that 98% of processors are used in embedded systems1. Currently,the market for SoC is a $2 billion

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

engineering programs across the U.S. declined 34% between1997 and 20061 and The University of Tulsa (TU) has mirrored this trend. This same period oftime saw significant changes in the technology infrastructure at TU in the College of Engineeringand Natural Sciences. Every classroom was equipped with a computer console and display forinstruction. All engineering departments established computer laboratories for their students inaddition to the numerous facilities available to all students. WiFi was installed campus-wide.Two instructional laboratories were created with computers for 20 or 30 students.In 2007 and 2008, the public watched the price for a barrel of oil rise to unprecedented levels.Salaries for engineers prepared to work in the petroleum

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

module students synthesized biodiesel and analyzed theproducts through chemical analysis and using it as fuel in a jet engine. The 12principles of Green Chemistry were presented as foundational knowledge for comparingthe life cycle of petroleum-based diesel to vegetable-based biodiesel. Students’ learningwas assessed quantitatively for each module along with qualitative comments using theStrengths, Improvements, and Insights (SII) format. From feedback gathered in the firstcourse offering, the Green Chemistry module was enhanced to include the use of thestudent-made biodiesel in a laboratory jet engine housed in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. In addition to the student assessment, the role of Green Chemistry in thiscourse was assessed by

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit, Mercy; Eswara Venugopal, University of Detroit, Mercy; Daniel Maggio, University of Detroit, Mercy; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

replaced a traditional introductory collegemechanics laboratory curriculum, which was not inquiry-based and provided only limitedopportunities for students to construct their own knowledge by performing open-ended activities.Research into physics education provides insight for the design of innovative curricula andpedagogy. 3 The learning environments that are able to demonstrate the highest rates of studentachievement, as measured by standardized examinations, involve some form of what iscommonly called interactive engagement. Hake defines, ‘‘Interactive Engagement’’ (IE)methods as those designed at least in part to promote conceptual understanding throughinteractive engagement of students in heads-on (always) and hands-on (usually) activities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Howard Pearlman, Drexel University; Ali Navvab, Gloucester County College

high.Table 2 – Survey questions and resultsQuestion 4 year university 2 year college1) What is your interest level in engineering? 4 4.12) What is your interest level in engineering 3.7 3.6related to sports and sporting activities?3) Please rate the quality of the instructions in your 4.1 3.6lab handouts.4) How did the laboratory experiments affect your 4

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Melissa Yale, Purdue University; Deborah Bennett, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Qt, (9) client-server networking, and (10) multithreading. Thetextbook is “Programming with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of Object-OrientedProgramming with C++ and Java” by Avinash C. Kak published by Wiley2. All lectures wererecorded in advance using Camtasia Studio. This tool performed screen capture with narration sothat the instructor could show slides, websites, code, and demonstrations of program execution.The course included five programming assignments, ten laboratory exercises, four exams, and afinal exam. There were three lecture sessions (50 minutes per session) scheduled per week. Thelectures were recorded on video. Students were encouraged to view the lecture according to aschedule for the course materials. There were two

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Hovell, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberly Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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Graduate Studies

Page 14.652.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Grad Students Just Wanna Have Fun: Great Sociability Makes a Great Graduate ProgramAbstractThe Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin combinesunique research and social aspects of graduate work for structural engineering students. Theresult is an education and experience that aids in the development of students who surpass theirpeers from other universities, as evidenced by consistently high rankings of the graduateprogram. In research, the students are responsible for producing top-quality results in anextensively equipped, hands-on laboratory. Socially, the lab employees, graduate researchers,and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thashika Rupasinghe, Clemson University; Mary Beth Kurz, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University

working with complex aircraft systems.1.1. Aircraft Maintenance Technology (AMT) ProgramsDue to the close integration of AMT curriculum with the high-end technology, the AMTprograms require improved educational environments to realistically create scenarios of complexmaintenance environments5. However, not all institutions can afford to invest in expensivetraining aids, wide-bodied aircrafts and stimulus materials. Therefore, implementing educationalmaterials integrated with technology aids that are less expensive, portable and effective can beconsidered as an efficient solution.ViSIns Laboratory (Virtual Simulated Inspection) was established in Greenville TechnicalCollege as a part of this ongoing research effort to diminish the gap between high

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

measure.Since OpenVZ is an open-source derivative of Virtuozzo, this change required only minor effort.Each VPS is configured as a LAMP server, with Linux, Apache, MySQL Perl, and usefulutilities pre-installed. Students access the servers through Secure Shell (ssh), transferring files toand from the server and using its command prompt to administrate the system. Each VPS isassigned a unique IP address on the laboratory network. For each user on his or her console, theappearance is that he is on his own system, with no other users. The user has a root and useraccounts, with most of the capabilities that come with them. Each user can see his VPS’ log filesand update the configuration files.There are, of course, some limitations. The most obvious one is

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory L. Moss

, and cost. Course Options & Content Chip fabrication services (for educational institutions as well as industry) are available through MOSIS toimplement standard cell or fill custom ASIC designs but the turn-around time of approximately 8 weeks can be amajor logistical problem. Some semiconductor fab houses and fab equipment manufacturers have also expressedinterest in supporting university student laboratories but providing clean room facilities can still be a problem,Student laboratory projects relating to ASIC applications can most easily be accomplished using HCPLDS. Thetwo principal companies are Xilinx, Inc. (mainly FPGAs) and Alters Corporation (CPLDS). Both companieshave University

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

CPT Thomas G. Hood; Colonel Kip P. Nygren

students to explore and exploit mathematical models of the natural world, while developing theirengineering intuition and understanding of important physical relationships. Junior level engineering students in an introductory aerodynamics course at the U.S. Military Academywere exposed to diverse computer simulations and multimedia presentations in West Point’s AdvancedTechnology Classroom Laboratory. Through the use of interactive software in an active learning environment,students were able to easily consider various combinations of aerodynamic parameters, develop an intuitivefeel for realistic values and study the impact of varying different engineering parameters. Appropriateemphasis was placed on the use of fundamental conservation

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul D. Johnson

Session 3532 A Design Project Approach to Microcontrollers Paul D. Johnson Padnos School of Engineering Grand Valley State University Introductory microprocessor and microcontroller classes often seem to be taught with a minimum ofrealistic applications and experience. Either the courses have no laboratory experience at all, or the laboratoryexercises are far removed from practical consumer or industrial applications. A two course sequence has beendeveloped in the Padnos School

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James Moller; D. Lee

measurement, analysis for design, prototype fabrication, inspection, testing,and evaluation. Laboratory sessions included creation of a product description, NC pattern machining, casting ofdies, injection molding, inspection, and testing. Students worked both individually and in teams. They beganwith brainstorming and had batches of products ready for testing two weeks before semester’s end. Futureofferings will include more active leadership through tasks, more review of important concepts from sciencecourses, and clearer communication of expectations.INTRODUCTION With the marketplace becoming increasingly competitive as notions of mass production and a serialdesign process have given way to lean, agile production and concurrent engineering

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

P.E., Dr. M. David Burghardt

into anactivity. Not only is there strength in numbers, but credibility as well. The maglev contest is run in conjunctionwith three technology teacher organizations and Brookhaven National Laboratory (a member of the CTESadvisory board); some teacher workshops have been run with the support of local industry and the CTE, and theCTE runs one in conjunction with another engineering school. In this instance, SUNY Stony Brook and theNYS Education Department with grant support from the National Science Foundation developed a high schoolcourse in technology education called Principles of Engineering (POE), similar in many ways to a fi-eshmanengineering course. During the school year, Hofstra’s CTE held follow-on workshops for POE teachers in

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; John E. Gastineau; Ernest E. Burniston

. Page 1.243.1 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings The principal features of IMPEC are as follows:• The courses are team-taught by mathematics, chemistry, physics, and engineering professors. Fundamental scientific and mathematical material is presented in the context of real-world engineering problems.• With the exception of a chemistry laboratory, the courses are taught in a single classroom equipped with PC’s that have real-time data acquisition capability. The classroom holds 36 students, which limits the enrollment in the curriculum.• The calculus instruction follows the Harvard Calculus format, emphasizing a true understanding of concepts as opposed to learning drills and

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Waintraub

Component Industry limited to “advisory” role Strong and meaningful industry involvement (true partnership in education) Learning as individual effort Learning as collaboration Faculty as provider of information judge of Faculty as coach accomplishment All learning from “expert” faculty Student responsibility for own learning Curriculum focus on technical knowledge Total Curriculum focus on desirable technician characteristics Primary dependence on lecture - laboratory Use of the most advanced instructional format

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

very helpful. ProfessorWilliams has used his mentor as a resource for teaching techniques, determining reasonableness ofassignments and exams, for creating new laboratory experiments, and, on occasion, as an advisor to helpresolve difficult circumstances. In Professor William’s first year teaching, the mentor did two things tolighten the load and assist Professor Williams, thereby increasing his chances of success. The first term thementor and Professor Williams each taught one section of a common course. This allowed the two faculty towork together to develop the syllabus, schedule, lecture notes and assignments. They even had commonexams to gauge the performance of the students and the instructors. The second term, the mentor hadProfessor

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Roman Z. Morawski; Jerzy Woznicki; Andrzej Krasniewski

preservation, restitution or expansion of academic rights or dues in a formal way seems to be more natural than getting those rights or dues in practice by an appropriate change of structures, managerial moves, etc.The above-described attitudes constitute a natural basis for a strategy called here “strategy of status quo preservation” whose mainelements are the following:+ submitting petitions to the authorities - internal (Rector and Senate) or external (Ministry of National Education, Scientific Research Council, Parliament) - for additional financial support;+ increasing yearly enrollment over the limits of available resources at the cost of the quality of education (reduced laboratory courses, lectures in overcrowded auditoria);+ renting

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Merl Baker

and the macro process must besufficiently flexible to accommodate these promptly and effectively. This particulw ASEE audience is especially interested in graduate education for scientists and engineers, but allPh.D. programs must be assessed in the context of changing world conditions and job markets, and be altered accordingly.The traditional programs have and will continue to be effective in producing Ph.D.s for academe, national laboratories, andbasic research in industry, but the future demands for these traditional graduates will decrease further before a plateau isreached. However, mdirecdon to achieve adequately the objectives of Armsmong, Griffiths, Bloustein, and others is notsimply providing a limited focus on