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2001 Annual Conference

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Brenda Morton; Raymond Thompson

process. As the project evolves, the ATdepartment withdraws to an advisory position leaving the air carrier with something they helpeddevise and continue with on their own.The benefits to the students have been tremendous. Numerous papers co-authored with thefaculty have been presented at significant conferences worldwide. Students work with all levelsof personnel including upper management and vice presidents making presentations of results.Over 50 internships supporting these projects have resulted during 2000 alone. Establishingapplied industry research partnership opportunities has been a tremendous success for allinvolved, especially the students. The exposure and experience gained is invaluable in preparingfor their upcoming careers in the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Sara Soderstrom; Chris Lorenz; Michael Keinath; Donald D. Carpenter

HispanicProfessional Engineers Regional conference, which was held at the University of Michigan.ASEE student members will be participating in an informational panel about applying to andchoosing a graduate school. We will also be hosting an informational booth about graduateschool during the conference’s Career Fair. Secondly, we actively perform service to theUniversity community with our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Event. In the past few years wehave organized various events including a seminar on the climate of graduate school for minoritystudents and an outreach program to inner-city middle schools. This year, we plan to again focuson the climate at the College of Engineering. We hope to organize both informational and socialevents that will welcome

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2001 Annual Conference

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John Steele

wanted to provide materials and experiences from the workshop that would be taken, by these teachers, back to their classrooms and shared with their students.The purpose of these objectives is to make teachers better equipped to • have a good appreciation for the engineering profession, • be able to describe engineering careers to their students, • provide their students with better information about possible future career paths that include engineering, mathematics and science and be able to describe the type of preparation the students will need to be successful in engineering school.As indicated in the exit survey given the participants, the workshop was very successfulin enhancing their understanding of the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

range of available design tools, they will be trained along with our large bodyof mechanical engineering students in the use of modern mechanical design methods. Followingthis basic training, BME student teams engage in a one semester-long exercise focused on thedesign of a specific clinical device.The curriculum includes two BME seminar courses, one in the junior year and one in the senioryear. The first includes coverage of subjects important to the BME field but not included inother core courses such as clinical device testing and governmental regulation. The secondseminar course is targeted on career issues including PE registration, opportunities for graduatestudy and techniques for job placement in the BME field.In the design of any

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2000 Annual Conference

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Loren W. Zachary; Janet M. Sharp; Barbara M. Adams

field of study in which to integrate thesetwo practices is engineering. “The component of technology most closely allied to scientificinquiry and to mathematical modeling is engineering”4.A surprisingly high percentage of middle school students express a desire for a career in scienceor engineering. That preference, unfortunately, declines as students move to upper level classes5and find science, mathematics, and engineering courses as “dull and unwelcoming”6. For manystudents, “The way science and math are taught critically affects their interest and laterparticipation in science and engineering”7. If this is the case, then the responsibility fallsprimarily on the teaching profession. A report to the National Science Foundation recommendsthat

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2000 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Wayne E. Wells; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

the module will simply demonstrate that necessary fact related tolearning pre-engineering and/or engineering topics. Practice is a required element of thislearning process for most if not all students. Practice is particularly pertinent for minoritystudents. If a minority student is faced with difficulty with a concept, it is anticipated that asignificant reason for this situation is the student’s lack of exposure to the preliminary structureassociated with this knowledge. At this point in their student careers, extensive practice willexpedite their learning process.Although the practice component will involve repetitive exercises, it is not simply a studentworkbook type of learning experience. The unique characteristic of this component of

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2000 Annual Conference

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Duane L. Abata

-disciplinary engineering training for bothundergraduate and graduate students specializing in this important area of national need. Now init’s second year, ICAP has significantly stimulated team teaching and research across departmentaland college boundaries and provided a unique opportunity for students in mechanical engineering,chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and metallurgical engineering to pursue theirinterests and develop careers in an otherwise traditionally mechanical engineering area. Althoughdifficulties existed at the onset, and problems still exist, traditional barriers are being bridged by asuccessful teambuilding.I. The Nature of Interdisciplinary WorkAlthough interdisciplinary teambuilding within the academic setting makes

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2000 Annual Conference

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Robert Sumrall; Nuggenhalli S Nandagopal; Gilbert J. Groendyke

piping professionals. Their activities have a synergistic effect and significantly benefiteach other. The graduates of the piping program are highly sought after by the industryand many of them have progressed rapidly in their careers. The program received itsinitial accreditation in 1984 and was re-accredited in 1990 and 1996. SPED has grownto be a well-recognized international organization and includes members from Canada,UK, Venezuela, Mexico and Australia. Educational videotapes produced by SPED havebeen sold all over the world. A description of how SPED and UH-D support each other’sactivities follows.• UH-D has provided office space for SPED. In addition, UH-D is the fiscal agent for SPED. Some SPED funds are maintained in an agency

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2000 Annual Conference

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Lucy C. Morse

Session 2642 Using E-Teams Lucy C. Morse University of Central FloridaAbstractTeams have become a mainstay in the workforce and teamwork is essential within modernindustry. As more and more companies require employees to function in teams, engineeringschools have begun to use teams as part of the training for careers in industry. The formation ofteams can easily utilize the talents from different functions, locations, and organizations. Nowthe functioning of industry in a global environment has led to formation of virtual teams. Asmore schools

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1998 Annual Conference

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Marcus Huggans; Halvard E. Nystrom

), TechnologyManagement (2) and Technology (1). The most common career objectives of the students inthese programs as perceived by the respondents were technical management (42%), operations(20%), consulting (13%), and R&D management (8%). The other career choices received lessthan 5% of the responses.Courses:The courses sought were those that had significant technology management content. Thisevaluation is subjective and the respondents were asked to make that evaluation. Most programshad one to four of these courses. Seven of the schools felt they offered a number of coursesranging from nine to eighteen that fit these criteria since most of the courses in the program hadsignificant technical content. These schools generally service regions in which most of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Ece Yaprak; Attila Yaprak; David Wells

embarkupon professional careers. The candidate’s hands-on manufacturing skills and theirinterdisciplinary knowledge at the CAT Center during their tenure, will be applied toacquire the capstone design project validation. We have incorporated the key competencies into a portfolio of three modules. TheProcess Module (PM), includes those competencies which demonstrate learning about theprocesses involved in engineering design, modeling systems, and specifications ofexperiments, Our validation goal for this module is twofold: to measure the degree ofacquisition and internalization of the more technical, and therefore the more quantitative,skills acquired in the design process and the appropriation of that knowledge to otherprocesses the candidate

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1998 Annual Conference

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Muhammad M. Rahman; Antonio J. Bula

interest and will be more effective in retaining the ideas learned compared to any conventional form of instruction.3. The use of a computer solver for numerical calculations will greatly reduce time required to solve problems, particularly design or open-ended problems where students are required to do several calculations.4. The reduction of calculation time will allow students to be more creative in their assignments. They will be able to explore new and non-conventional ideas.5. It will be possible to incorporate more design or open-ended problems in the course to better prepare our students for their professional career.6. The software will allow more efficient use of class time and will

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1998 Annual Conference

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

StateUniversity, Wilkes-Barre Campus (PSU-WB) are required to take a clinical internship at anapproved hospital. The objective of this internship is to have the students exposed to situationsand equipment that they will encounter in their professional careers. The clinical internship iscarried out for not less than 400 hours, with the students rotated as much as possible among thedifferent services in the hospital, increasing their exposure to different medical equipment.The grade that the students receive for this course is mostly based on the evaluation provided bytheir clinical engineering supervisor, but also considering the instructor’s criteria about theequipment they worked on, and the problems that they had to solve daily in the hospital. It

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1998 Annual Conference

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Henry W. Kraebber

, faculty, and even graduates of the CIMT program.Assignments were made early in the course that required students to look at CIM related sites onthe World Wide Web. The students were assigned to visit the web sites of the major corporatesponsors of the CIM program. Links to these sites were included on a special course page forCIMT students to assure easy access. Students found the information at the corporate sites to bevery interesting and informative. Information found included current news from our industrialpartners, product information, company overviews, career information, and often job postings.The corporate sites have proven to be a great source of relevant information for the CIMTstudents. See the following URL: http

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert F. Kubichek; Eskild T. Arntzen; Donald S. Warder

teaching of our undergraduate student - withfar reaching consequences. Additionally, it could be unpleasant enough for the graduate studentso as to convince them that a teaching career is not in their best interest. In either circumstance,the graduate student will have missed a growth opportunity.At the University of Wyoming, graduate students may enter into a program specifically designedto prepare them for college or university teaching careers. The Program in College Teaching(PCT), first initiated in 1994, introduces participants to the latest thinking in the teaching of thespecific subject area. The ability to teach effectively is paramount at all universities today, evenresearch institutions. It is no longer safe to assume that an individual

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1997 Annual Conference

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Michael A. Paolino; Leonard A. Van Gulick

was the high point of theirundergraduate years. Now that the program at Vesalius is firmly established and featured inadmissions materials, students frequently indicate that its availability played a major role in theirdecision to attend Lafayette.INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEGREE PROGRAMContinuing globalization of industry and technology is leading to increasingly attractive careeropportunities for engineers with the strong foreign language proficiency and understanding offoreign culture needed to support an internationally oriented career. The Lafayette InternationalStudies degree program enables highly capable and highly motivated B.S. engineering students toprepare for these opportunities. It recognizes their accomplishment in doing so by

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1999 Annual Conference

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Michael A. Hawkins; Susan M. Lord

moderncharacterization tool available to them that they can consider using in future research anddesign. They also broaden their understanding of the characterization of materials byexperiencing a high-resolution technique used for examining surface topographycharacterization first hand.AcknowledgmentsNSF Career Grant ECS-9796220 provided partial support for this work. The authors gratefullyacknowledge sample donations from Burleigh Instruments, Inc. and the cooperation andsuggestions of the students in Engr 114 at USD in Fall 1998.Bibliography1. H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, “Scanned-Probe Microscopes”, Scientific American, 261, 99 (1989).2. Robert Pool, “The Children of the STM”, Science, 247, 634 (1990).3. For example, the Metris-2000 by Burleigh Instruments, Inc

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1999 Annual Conference

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G. Tong Zhou; Hong-Jing Lo

. degree in Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation fromthe Tianjin University, China in July 1989. From September 1989 to May 1995, she was with theUniversity of Virginia UVA, where she obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biophysics in May 1992,M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in January 1993, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineeringin January 1995. She has been with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at GeorgiaTech since September 1995 as an assistant professor. In 1997, she received the National ScienceFoundation Faculty Early Career Development CAREER Award. Dr. Zhou's research interestsare in the general areas of statistical signal processing and educational research. She is a memberof Eta Kappa Nu, the IEEE, and ASEE.HONG

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1999 Annual Conference

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W. D. Jemison; W. A. Hornfeck; J. F. Greco; I. I. Jouny

height of the Cold War, Page 4.60.2Engineering R&D was very intimately tied to NASA and the Department of Defenseinitiatives. There was even the suggestion during the Vietnam War that an engineeringwelfare system existed for the benefit of highly educated but otherwise unemployableengineers. Spin-offs from military and space research, which spurred economicdevelopment in subsequent years, have largely dispelled that notion.The Cold War ended with the breakup of the Soviet Union; the United States has all butrestored diplomatic relations with Vietnam; NASA budgets have been dramaticallyreduced; and the outlook for engineering careers has been altered

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1999 Annual Conference

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Charles S. Elliott

practice. Working closely with an advisory committee, a program of study will be developed early in a student’s academic career that can include courses taken from any of the three state institutions. Designed as a terminal master’s degree program, the Master of Engineering requires the completion of 30 hours of course work. Within this 30 hours of coursework, students must complete a minimum of three hours in applied engineering mathematics as well as three hours of engineering management/business. Up to six hours of credit from a Page 4.196.4 practice-oriented project may be applied to the program of

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1999 Annual Conference

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Phillip C. Wankat

every student’s name; otherwise, they will feel like numbers. And Page 4.220.4numbers are much more likely to skip class, be disruptive, not do the work and cheatthan real people with names. Of course, learning names in large classes is difficult.Photograph every student and then study the photographs before class (digital camerasmake this process simple and even allow you to incorporate the photographs directlyinto your grade or evaluation sheets for your students). Anything you know beyondtheir name such as their home town or career goals will help you gain rapport.Since availability and attention require significant time, the demands of

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1999 Annual Conference

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Stephen Fokuo; Sohail Anwar

arerepresentatives of two major thrusts in engineering profession that are [2] :1. Theory-based academic preparation for graduates who would choose careers focusing on research and development (both basic and applied) and conceptual design.2. Applications-based academic preparation for graduates who would choose careers focusing on the application of existing technology to solve problems in manufacturing, production, and construction.Detailed information regarding the various issues associated with engineering technologyeducation in the United States may be found in [3] - [10].Evolution of Engineering and Engineering Technology Education in West African CountriesUntil the late 1940s engineering education in West African countries was developed mostly

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1999 Annual Conference

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Judy Grimes; Huiming Wang; Virendra K. Varma

criticalyear in college. That support can range from mentoring to peer group discussions, from facultyadvisors to special events to ease student transition into college life.”1 In this paper, Page 4.259.1recommendations are made to illustrate how Missouri Western’s Access Plus program can beapplied at other institutions to attract and retain students.II. Marketing Strategies for Recruitment: The New vs the OldI graduated from high school in 1961 with distinction in mathematics. Before I graduated, I knewI was heading for an engineering career. I applied to only one school for admission. It was oneof the top-notch schools in the country, and the

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1999 Annual Conference

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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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1999 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

University of Hartford began in 1991 - 1992 with only 6 students. Theprogram has grown to close to 100 students. Its mission is “to prepare students for a variety ofprofessional careers in the design and building industries”.The AET program’s goals are to: • provide a proper foundation in mathematics and the basic sciences. • retain the hands-on laboratory and studio features that are the hallmarks of all engineering technologies. • provide a broadly based education that will go beyond the bounds of technical competence. • enhance the graduates’ capacity for upward mobility within and beyond the profession.The objectives of the AET program are to provide students with the opportunity to developtechnical and professional competence

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1999 Annual Conference

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Jerome Atkins

requirements), stringent class schedules and high costs-allbarriers which the College can help to overcome.Technology Degree Programs at Regents CollegeRegents College offers technology degree programs that enable students to earn credit frommultiple sources and complete degree requirements at a distance, thus fostering self-confidence, personal satisfaction and enhanced career opportunities for motivatedindividuals. In addition, these programs may serve to increase opportunities forprofessional organizations and corporations to develop a more technologically literate workforce. The technology offerings include one Associate in Occupation Studies, twoAssociate in Applied Science, four Associate in Science and five Bachelor of Sciencedegree programs

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1998 Annual Conference

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G. F. Paskusz

bridge program to ease the transition from high schoolto college. In an urban environment where high school graduates can find summer employmentrelatively easily, and with financial aid starting only in the fall, bridge programs at the Universityof Houston cannot reach those students most in need of them. Our program for disadvantagedstudents (PROMES- PROgram for Mastery in Engineering Studies) therefore built the bridgeprogram concept into the freshman year. In the fall semester we teach this problem solvingcourse and a student development course based on Ray Landis’s book “Studying Engineering : ARoad Map to a Rewarding Career” [10] In the spring, these courses are followed by a one credithour laboratory where the student has a choice of a

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1998 Annual Conference

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William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

tools used.The assessment program includes a balance of formative and summative measurements,and qualitative and quantitative analyses. Results from the first year data collection willbe discussed. These cover comparison of student comprehension of basic fundamentals,performance on open-ended problem solving, communication skills, and attitudes andsatisfaction with group work and chemical engineering. IntroductionEngineering education in the United States today faces many challenges including: (1)attracting students with a diversity of backgrounds, learning styles, and pre-collegepreparations to engineering careers, (2) maintaining interest and motivation during a four-year undergraduate education, while at

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1998 Annual Conference

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John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

questions that should be asked are offered for the candidates at every level of theprocess. While this paper discusses the Purdue University tenure process, these keys should beadaptable to other schools and universities.The authors have written two previous papers on the topic, and this paper completes the trilogy,on a successful note. However, even failure to achieve promotion and tenure should be seen assimply another opportunity, and can be utilized as a tool toward career development. IntroductionThe authors have presented two papers in previous sessions1,2 dealing with mentoring and theprocess of promotion and tenure. This paper completes the story of a successful tenure andpromotion effort. Each of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stephanie G. Adams; Karan L. Watson

contributors in team ventures. This article will chronicle the evolution of teams, the emergence of teams in highereducation and the expectations for engineering faculty members with regards to teamwork. Thisinformation will be beneficial for new engineering faculty as they embark on a new career wherethe infrastructure is changing.Introduction In recent years, organizations in the United States have searched for ways to improvetheir overall effectiveness. No topic has garnered more discussion as an option than that ofteams. The results from the use of teams are numerous. Teams are often recognized as aneffective way to manage change, improve overall effectiveness, reduce costs, increaseproductivity and increase employee satisfaction