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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Kelly

://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/mechan_equipment/machinery/welcdir.htm]8 Gillen, B 2002 A Standards Education: Beyond the Skills, [ONLINE http://www.ses-standards.org/library/02proceedings/gillen.pdf ]9 EU Draft Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing aframework for Eco-Design of End Use Equipment [ ONLINEhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/eee/workdoc09102002.pdf ]10 Sun Microsystems The Eco-standard Design: The need for a rational, balanced approach on environmentalprotection in the EU, [ ONLINE http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/policy/eco-standard.html ]11 ANSI Standards Education Database ,http://www.ansi.org/education_trainings/stand_edu_database.aspx?menuid=9, accessed January 3, 200312

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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FE TABAMO; CRISTINO CARBONELL; Conchita Javier; Clarita Guevara

the Pre-Test. The result may qualify the learner to bypass the learning unit on hand and proceed to the next. 8. The Lessons a. Specific Objectives – which states the specific learning outcomes. b. Discussion – which introduces the learner to the concepts of the unit. c. Illustrative Examples – which demonstrates the solution of relevant problems. d. Practice Exercises – which lists the problems the learner has to solve. Answers are provided for comparison. 9. Post-Test – which assesses if indeed learning has taken place. 10. Key to Post-Test – which provides the answers to the questions in the Post-Test. The result will direct the learner to either proceed to

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

Administration from Nova SoutheasternUniversity. He holds and M.P.A. in Public Administration from the State University of NewYork at Brockport and a B. A. in Political Science from SUNY Fredonia. Page 8.949.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie K. Ofosu

antennas. He is anadvocate of diversity in the educational environment. Dr. Ofosu received his Ph.D. from the Electronic SystemsDepartment at University of Essex in England.Austin B. AsgillDr Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone,his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering fromthe University of South Florida. He is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyatSouthern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). Prior to joining the faculty at SPSU, he was an Associate Professorof Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where he served as Program AreaCoordinator

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

Session 1061 “Toying” to Learn for 21st Century Product Development Environments: Computer-Aided Design, Collaboration, and Rapid Prototyping Alexander Lee, David Anderson, Karthik Ramani∗ School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue UniversityAbstractA successful hands-on learning environment has been developed for a computer-aided designand prototyping class (ME444). The goals for this course are a) to help students learn multi-dimensional aspects of advanced product design and b) to allow

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

, Page 8.351.3 Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationchopsticks for proper use. Placing the chopsticks back on the table involves the reverseoperation. The chopsticks should be replaced on the holder when not being used. The followingpractices: (a) stabbing food with chopsticks, (b) breaking food items using one chopstick in eachhand, (c) passing a food item from one set of chopsticks to another, (d) moving tableware withthe chopsticks, (e) hitting the table or tableware with the chopsticks, (f) planting chopsticksvertically in rice or any other food (This is done only when offering food to the dead.), (g)licking the chopsticks. (h) mismatching the chopsticks, (i) inserting the wrong end of a pair

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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Laila Guessous

as an analysis tool. This project addresses multipleobjectives of the course: a) students are introduced to fundamental concepts of fluidmechanics, such as the Bernoulli equation, and conservation of mass b) the use of CFD asa flow prediction and analysis tool, c) the accuracy of numerical solutions andexperimental measurements, and d) mesh generation, and e) the commercial software,Fluent. It is expected that this and other similar projects will continue to be included inthe CFD course at Oakland University. Page 8.302.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diversity in Materials

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Miller; Oscar Barton

Training Craft”, Naval EngineersJournal, Spring 2001, pg 71-78.Biographical InformationOSCAR BARTON JR. is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the USNA. Hereceived his Ph.D. from Howard University. His research focus is on structural mechanics of composite materials.PAUL H. MILLER is an Assistant Professor in the Naval Architecture Program at the USNA and received a B. S. inMechanical Engineering from Tufts University and a M. E. in Ocean Engineering from Stevens Institute ofTechnology. He also completed a M. E. in Naval Architecture and a D. Eng. in Civil Engineering from theUniversity of California at Berkeley. His research focus is on marine composites

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

Engineering EducationTable 5. Alignment of Capstone Course Outcomes with Attributes of Top Quality Engineers Weight* Capstone Outcome Number* FACTORS (of Engineer Profile Attributes) A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Accepts responsibility needed for . . . 2 0 2 2 Maintains focus to complete . . . 0 0 1 1 Takes necessary initiative, appropriate risks . . . 0 1 1 Demonstrates knowledge of math . . . 0 0 1 1 Demonstrates knowledge of engineering sci . . . 0 2 2 1 1 Demonstrates ability to use contemporary . . . 0 0 1 2 Recognizes key

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Bernal

Education: Many Enroll, Too Few Graduate”, Pew Hispanic Center (September 5, 2002) http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/latinosinhighereducation-sept5-02.pdf2. Lowell, B. L., Suro, R. “The Improving Educational Profile Of Latino Immigrants”, The Pew Hispanic Center (December 4, 2002) http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/ImmigEd12-04-02Final2.pdf3. Report of the Hispanic Task Force of the Board of Regents University System of Georgia (June 1999)4. Smith, J. P., “Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market: Trends Over the Short and Long Term,” in America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (2001)5. Suro, R., Singer, A. “Latino Growth In Metropolitan America: Changing

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Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

Session 1739 INCLUSIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NSF FOUNDATION COALITION M. Carolyn Clark, Jackie Revuelto, Dianne Kraft, and Paulette Beatty Texas A&M UniversityIn 1993, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalitionsprogram funded the fifth engineering education coalition nationally, the FoundationCoalition (FC). Within the broad mandate of the NSF program, this new coalition ofhigher education institutions was to explore, experiment with, and initiate a series ofbroad-based reforms within their undergraduate programs, to change the complexion ofengineering

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mufazzal Arif; Mitchel Keil; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

[3] showed theuse of commercially available MDSolids system for developing and solving a variety ofmechanics of materials problems. Ressler [4] developed “Visual Stress Transformer,” aVisual Basic program to animate stress transformations in a strength of materials class.Prusak [6] showed available commercial software such as Working Model [7] andspreadsheet to enhance student learning. Each of the tools has some novel feature that canbe beneficial in specific situation, but requires a prior background in computer applicationsfor their efficient use.In general, these application tools can be classified in two categories, (a) commerciallyavailable software adapted for specific curriculum requirement and (b) applicationprograms developed in

Conference Session

Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jeff Goldberg

: • Grade in ENG 307 or ENG 308 (> 80% get A or B) • Instructor analysis of oral presentations in senior design final presentation, % of students that score in the top two categories (very good or excellent) (> 80%) • % of students that score in the top two categories (very good or excellent) on the entrance paragraph requirement. (> 80%)Outcome 3.3 - The students should be able to deal with clients (including instructors) in aprofessional manner covering demeanor, presentation style, and work ethic. Metrics: • Client evaluation reports for senior projects - % of students that score in the top two

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Wise; Nicholas Scambilis

bycalculating a grade point average for each section of each course. Taking the number of studentswho earned each letter grade multiplied by the assigned point value (Table 1), summing the totalfor each course, and then dividing that total by the number of students in the course determinedthe course grade point average. Table 1 A B C D F 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0Overall, the enhanced course grade point averages increased over 20%. In two cases, EVT 110and EVT 200, the grade point average decreased an average of 13%. In the first case, a first timeinstructor taught the

Conference Session

Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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John Chandler; dean fontenot

.), Women: Their Underrepresentation and Career Differentials in Science and Engineering. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, pp. 123-56.5. Clewell, B.C. and B. Anderson (1991) Women of Color in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. Report submitted to EUREKA!, Women’s Center of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.6. Gibbons A. (1992) “Future Conditional: Minority programs that get High Marks.” Science, Vol. 258. pp.1190- 96.7. Oakes, J., T. Ormseth, R. Bell, and P. Camp (1990) Multiplying Inequalities: The Effects of Race, Social Class and Tracking on Opportunities to Learn Mathematics and Science. Santa Monica, CA.: RAND.8. Linn, M.C. and J.S. Hyde (1989) “Gender, Mathematics, and Science.” Educational Researcher, 18.8

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Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Masi

modifiedcyclodextrin polymer and cast it into solid shapes for use in high-speed magnetic devices (inductors,transformers). This is done in aqueous solutions, with alcohol added as a dispersant. B. Materials Needed Substrates (alumina, printed circuit G-10, modified, ceramic-filled vinyl, and glass), FeCl3, Beta Cyclodextrin, isopropyl alcohol. C. The solution and polymerization The solution is prepared by mixing 1 mole of FeCl3 With 1 mole of β-cyclodextrin in an aqueous solution. By weight, the amounts are: 26.9 g FeCl3, 16.2 g β-cyclodextrin, added to 50 g water. Alcohol is added, drop by drop, until the solution becomes homogeneous in appearance. The material is condensation polymerized by

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Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

), “Industry/University Collaborations: Different Perspectives Heighten Mutual Opportunities”, Draft to appear in Journal of Systems and Software, http://www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/ed/indust-univ-collabs.html 8. Ellis, J. C. H, Nancy R. M., Moreno, A., McNeil, P., (2001) “Can Industry and Academia Collaborate to Meet the Need for Software Engineers?” Cutter IT Journal, June 2001 9. Ellis, J. C. H, Moreno, A., Mead R. N., Seidman, B. S., (2002), “Reeducation to Expand the Software Engineering Workforce: Successful Industry/University Collaborations”, SEI Special Report, CMU/SEI-2002- SR-001, Software Eng. Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, Pa. 10. Ellis, H.J.C., Mead, R. N., Moreno, A., Tanner, D. C., Ramsey, D

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fabio Carrera; David DiBiasio; Natalie Mello

Press (1991).13. Rogoff, B. and J. Lave, eds, Everyday Cognition: Its Development in Social Context, Harvard University Press (1984).14. Bruer, J.T., Schools for Thought: A Science of Learning in the Classroom, MIT Press (1993).15. Loacker, G. ed. Self Assessment at Alverno College, Alverno College Institute (2000).16. Mentkowski , M. & associates, Learning That Lasts, Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in Page 8.1217.6 College and Beyond, Alverno College publications, Milwaukee (2000). Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Devdas Shetty

viSystem Components of the LaboratoryA single laboratory section of Korea University of Technolog y and Education consists of 20students guided by a single faculty member. Each group of students has their own data acquisitionworkstation, and students often bring in additional laptop computer as secondary terminals forconcurrent data analysis. The data-acquisition workstation operated by each group of studentsconsists of the following components.- Pentium 4 Desktop computer- National Instrument LabVIEW software- National Instrument Signal Accessory- National Instrument AT-MIO-16 Multifunction I/O Board Page 8.668.4- National Instrument B-50 Connection

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi; Nick Safai

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”CEG 5105 Geotechnical Engineering Fall02 03 0 0 ATTE 5256 Traffic Engineering Fall02 03 1.5 1.5 ACGN 6905 Special Problems in CE Fall02 02 0 0 B+CGN6974 Master Report Spr02 02 1 1 ACONCLUSION In the past ten years, in most US-IHE, the enrollment of persons with different racial andethnic backgrounds has been low. A typical

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marjorie Hovde

revised therating sheets and used them to assess samples from spring technical communicationclasses. At that time, we “froze” the rating sheets so that we could gain comparableresults across the years. (See Appendixes A and B for examples of the writing and thespeaking rating sheets.)These rating sheets were intended to provide overall rating scores for each artifact, ascore that could be used to generate data useful for accrediting purposes. The sheetswere also designed to highlight important features of effective communication. Datagathered from the ratings of these features were intended to be used by departmentsas they ascertained student areas of weakness; these areas could then receiveparticular attention in curricular revisions. These

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Urmila Ghia; Rebecca German; Lisa Hogeland; Brian Kinkle; Carla Purdy

of CincinnatiAbstractAlthough there are currently many mentoring programs available for women in science andengineering, few of these programs directly address the mentor-mentee relationship between astudent and her advisor. However, this relationship is a crucial factor for research success anddegree completion. In this paper we describe a Mentoring Workshop program developed at theUniversity of Cincinnati which concentrates on improving the mentoring aspects of this importantrelationship. The Workshops are based on mentoring materials developed by WEPAN (Womenin Engineering Programs and Advocates Network) and have been used to improve mentor-menteeskills for women graduate students and their advisors, as well as for students in the

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matthew Parsek; Chris Riesbeck; Gulnur Birol; Ann McKenna

educational principles to a complex engineering domain. In this senseengineering faculty worked closely with education faculty to create enhanced learning materialsfor biomedical engineering education. We describe the process we followed to develop thesematerials and highlight several components that led to the success of our collaborative effort. Inaddition we describe our course materials, the reformed learning environment, and presentstudent feedback from the initial implementation.IntroductionThe current work was undertaken as part of the VaNTH (Vanderbilt, Northwestern, University ofTexas, and Harvard/MIT) Engineering Research Center 1. One goal of VaNTH is to reformundergraduate engineering courses such that they embed the subject matter in a

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rebecca Zambon; Rachael Shevin; Cynthia Paschal; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Session 2209 Safe Alternatives For Hands On Learning Of X-Ray Imaging Principles Rachael Shevin1, Rebecca J. Zambon1, Stacy S. Klein 1,2, Cynthia B. Paschal1,3 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1631 / 2 University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN 37212 / 3 Department of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

Session 2793 Large Scale Destructive Testing in an Undergraduate Structural Engineering Curriculum Douglas C. Stahl, Richard A. DeVries Milwaukee School of EngineeringBackground and Project Goals Most engineering educators would dismiss as a crackpot one who claimed that computersshould not be used in the practice of structural engineering; most would agree that blind faith inthe computer is an equally indefensible position. Many of us are not quite sure how to respond,however, to the opinion held by some senior engineers that reliance on a slide

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

) Wilson, B., The Phenomenon of Grade Inflation in Higher Education, National Forum, Fall 2000. http://www.nas.org/print/print/wil_pkp_fal99.pdf5) The Academic Program Model, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2002.6) Guskey, T. (Defining the differences between outcome-based education and mastery learning. The School Administrator, 51 (September), pp34-37, 1994.7) Fitzpatrick, K. Leadership challenges of outcome-based education. Education Digest, 60 (January), pp.13-16, 1995.8) Glatthorn, A. Outcome Based Education: Reform and the Curriculum Process, Journal of Curriculum and Supervision 8, pp.334-363, 1993.9) Kirk, D., & Welborn, L., The impact of outcome-based education and the library media program, Colorado Libraries

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly

engineering because it isclosely attached to the needs of humans in their daily lives. To others, it is an old fashioneddiscipline that does not belong in a modern engineering curriculum. Colleges, universities, andeducational institutions have debated the question of how to modify the civil engineeringcurriculum in ways that will increase its appeal to students. Some of these institutions went as faras debating the viability of existing civil engineering programs. Many of the factors that affect thedirection of civil engineering education are directly related to environmental, economical,political, social, and cultural issues. Civil engineering is a discipline that mirrors the societalconditions of a community and addresses these conditions in a

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Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Stanford; Duane Dunlop; Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo; Donald Keating

standards andguides for diverse engineering activities.Direction Received. Supervision received is essentially administrative with assignments given in terms ofbroad general objectives and limits.Typical Duties & Responsibilities. One or both of the following: 1) in a supervisory capacity isresponsible for a) an important segment of the engineering program of an organization with extensive anddiversified engineering requirements, or b) the entire engineering program of an organization when it ismore limited in scope. The overall engineering program contains critical problems the solution of whichrequires major technological advances and opens the way for extensive related development. The extent ofresponsibilities generally requires several

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Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Edwards; Lawrence Hochreiter; Laura L. Pauley

courses into a logical sequence such that it requires only a slightly higheracademic load during the semester as well as one additional semester of work. Uponsuccessful completion of the program, the student receives two separate Bachelor of Sciencedegrees, in nuclear and mechanical engineering. The program has gained significantpopularity at Penn State with thirty-two students currently enrolled.IntroductionBy the mid 1990’s, the undergraduate enrollment in nuclear engineering, across the nation, hadsignificantly decreased such that many Nuclear Engineering Programs and Departments werediscontinued or merged into other programs. Some of the mergers resulted in the eventualdisappearance of the Nuclear Engineering Program as a viable

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Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure & Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Walter Loveland; Wade Richards; Sue Clark; Steven Reese; Stephen Binney; Kathryn Higley; John Bennion; Edward Morse; James Elliston

Session 2577 The Western Nuclear Science Alliance Authors: Stephen E. Binney, Wade J. Richards, Walter D. Loveland, Steven R. Reese, Kathryn A. Higley, James T. Elliston, Sue B. Clark, Edward C. Morse, John Bennion Oregon State University/University of California Davis/Oregon State University/ Oregon State University/Oregon State University/Washington State University/Washington State University/University of California Berkeley/Idaho State UniversityIntroductionThe Western Nuclear Science Alliance (WNSA) came into