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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

Session 1430 An Institutional Model for Student and Faculty Support Benjamin C. Flores, Connie Kubo Della-Piana, Thomas Brady, Andrew Swift, Helmut Knaust and Jana Renner Martínez The Model Institutions for Excellence Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX 79968AbstractThe University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has developed a comprehensive support system forundergraduate science and engineering education with support from the National ScienceFoundation. This model integrates four programs designed to increase the retention and successof science and

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Mani Mina

that can affect students’learning in technical fields (as well as life-long learning) are highlighted. We analyzedthe effect that the Internet and the use of computer games have on students’ thinking andproblem-solving approaches. Contrary to what many technologists believe, these effectsare not always glorious and wonderful. This paper identifies some important issues thatcan hinder a student's future progress in any technical field and recommends remedies.Finally, after reviewing many of the major symptoms, and identifying the above-mentioned potential weaknesses and strengths, we will propose solutions to help studentsovercome these potential hurdles.IntroductionOne of the main purposes of the freshman engineering classes is to teach the

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Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sami Ainane; Janet Schmidt; Gary Pertmer

Session No. 2002-189 Keeping the Flame Alive: What Happens AFTER the ABET visit Dr. Sami Ainane, Dr. Gary Pertmer, Dr. Janet A. Schmidt The Clark School of Engineering University of Maryland College ParkI. Introduction In the United States, engineering programs are accredited by ABET, the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology. The Board is made of representatives from each of thevarious professional societies such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers, etc. Over the past ten years, ABET has developed a new andcomprehensive program

Conference Session

ET Web Based Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sanjeev Arora; Masoud Naghedolfeizi

2248 Survey of LabVIEW Technologies for Building Web/Internet-Enabled Experimental Setups Masoud Naghedolfeizi, Sanjeev Arora, and Singli Garcia Fort Valley State UniversityAbstractThe impact of World Wide Web on education has gone beyond the text and multimedia basedinstruction in course offering through the Web. Today, a number of universities, nationallaboratories and companies are using Web/Internet-enabled applications that can be fullycontrolled and monitored from remote locations. Continuous advances in computers andelectronics

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Trends in Engineering Economy Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joan Burtner

Session 1628 Bringing Ethical Considerations and Contemporary Issues into an Engineering Economy Course Joan A. Burtner Mercer UniversityAbstractWith the adoption of EC2000, many engineering faculty believe they are being asked to addmore topics to an already full curriculum in order to demonstrate accomplishment of several ofthe a-k learning outcomes. One solution is to incorporate curricula related to ethicalconsiderations and contemporary, societal issues into existing courses. Through the use ofcarefully selected case studies, the

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephen Petersen; Richard Hughey; David Meek; Alexandra Carey

, Santa Cruz. It teaches the functions andinterrelations between the basic parts of computers and introduces assembly language to allstudents within the School of Engineering (except bioinformatics majors). Hence, effectivelyteaching the foundations of computer organization is important at this early stage for severalreasons. First, students frequently solidify attitudes about whether or not to pursue fieldsrequiring further study involving computers. Secondly, our experience in the classroom revealsthat many of them find the hurdle of bridging the conceptual relationship between computerhardware and low-level programming very difficult to leap. This is not too surprising if wepause for a moment to gaze back at how computers have developed

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patricia Shamamy

Session 2793 Cutting, Milling, Drilling, Tapping and Brazing -A “Hands-on” Experience – Patricia M. Shamamy, P.E, Lawrence Technological UniversityAbstractSecond semester junior M.E. majors are required to individually design and build a metal objectin the university machine shop using the processes of cutting, milling, drilling, tapping andbrazing. Additionally, the object built must have one moving part. Creativity is encouraged asthe type of object to be designed and built varies each semester. Thus far, types of objects haveincluded

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Trends in Nuclear Education--I

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Robert Jackson; Larry Miller; J Hines; Harold Dodds; Dr. Ronald E. Pevey; Dr. Lawrence W. Townsend; Belle Upadhyaya

Street, Suite 100, Knoxville, TN. 37996-4101.Abstract:The Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee offers three graduateprograms that are available to distance students: the M.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering, aGraduate Certificate program in Nuclear Criticality Safety, and a Graduate Certificate programin Maintenance and Reliability Engineering. Most of the courses in the three programs aredelivered synchronously (i.e., live and interactive) to the student’s desktop computer via theWorld Wide Web using a virtual classroom software program called Centra SymposiumTM. TheCentra software permits oral communication between instructor and students as well as oralcommunication among students. This interactive oral communication is

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ralph Buchal

Session 2793Using Animations and Interactive Simulations to Learn how Machines Work Ralph O. Buchal Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B9 rbuchal@eng.uwo.caAbstractOne of the most difficult tasks for students and even practicing engineers is to visualize andunderstand how a mechanism or machine operates based on written descriptions and staticillustrations. Historically, engineers have learned about machines by studying physical models andtinkering with real machines and referring to

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

Session 2455 Survival of an ASEE Student Chapter Cynthia A. Finley, Haitham Logman, Peggy Rijken, Pablo Bueno, Jagannathan Mahadevan, Michael Hagenberger, Asad Hassan, Ronald Barr The University of Texas at AustinAbstract Insight into how a student chapter of the American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) can survive through many years may be provided by the experiences of the ASEEstudent chapter at The University of Texas at Austin. ASEE student chapters offer manyprofessional development opportunities for engineering students considering possible careers inacademia. However

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sukhvarsh Jerath

Session #2793 Engineering: The Basic Degree of the Future Sukhvarsh Jerath, Member ASEE Professor in Civil Engineering University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202IntroductionIn the past the cathedral church schools engaged in the training of priests and clergy for theirrespective denominations. These schools evolved into universities upon the rise of scholasticismand the development of theology as a systematic discipline. The course of studies includedtheology, law, medicine, and what came to be known as liberal arts. The liberal arts

Conference Session

CE Projects: International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

Session 3615 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS DESIGN: A DISTINCTIVE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM Alberto Gomez-Rivas, and George Pincus Professors of Structural Analysis and Design, University of Houston-DowntownAbstractGraduates of the Structural Analysis and Design Engineering Technology program, University ofHouston-Downtown, are successful in reaching responsible positions in industry andgovernment. The strong emphasis on computer technology provides an advantage to graduates ofthe program because they are highly productive.The Structural Analysis Design (SAD) Engineering Technology

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Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gouranga Banik

) course was originally developed at Southern Polytechnicto teach basic computer literacy to undergraduate construction students. Basic computer skillssuch as word processors, spreadsheets, power point and some database skills were taught inprevious years. With the recent computer revolution and the change of requirements of theconstruction industry, the course content was revisited. Web Page development, internet/intranet,use of Palm Pilot, scanner, and editing of photographic images were introduced recently. Basedon the experience gained through teaching this class and results of student and industry opinions,a new syllabus with a number of classes was developed. The study suggests to monitor thecourse continuously and to modify the course

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Albert Lozano; Willie Ofosu

the case in TelecommunicationsEngineering Technology (TelT) in which instruction on antennas forms a majorcomponent.This paper describes computer-based antenna experiments in the TelT program at PennState Wilkes-Barre. Computers are used in these experiments to facilitate the collectionof large amounts of data and to convert the data from one set to another for differentgraphs.IntroductionCurrent technology is based largely on the transmission and reception of information.Factors such as speed of transmission and size of memory in computers have propelledthe information age forward. Research and developmental work that have been done inthe recent past have been directed mostly at such factors in support of datacommunication.Factors such as

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bruno Osorno

2002-774 FOURIER ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE-PHASE FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER USING MATLAB Bruno Osorno California Sate University Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St Northridge CA 91330 Email: bruno@ecs.csun.edu Phone: (818)677-3956AbstractThe use of trigonometric Fourier series is applied when repetitive waveforms are found. Thissituation occurs at the output of full bridge single

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Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Craig Somerton

Session 2270 The Loophole in Affirmative Action Hiring of Engineering Faculty Craig W. Somerton Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionOver the past twenty years engineering administrators have come under increasing pressure, dueto affirmative action, to hire minority and women faculty. This has posed a problem due to thevery small pool of minority and women Ph.D. graduates in engineering across the country. Onesolution to this problem that has been implemented is to augment the hiring pool with foreign-born minorities holding (or nearly holding) permanent

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Swaminathan Balachandran

TEACHING DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL USING PROMETHEUS Swaminathan Balachandran Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Platteville 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818 Ph.: (608)-342-1718. FAX: Ph.: (608)-342-1566. balachas@uwplatt.edu ABSTRACT A graduate-level course on the design of experiments was designed in 2001 and taught asa web-based course in 2002. This course was designed for the University of Wisconsin LearningInnovations and is available to students enrolling in the Master of Engineering degree programoffered by UW

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Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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Andrew Rose

only desired for improved teaching, but developing rapport with othersmay be a lesson in and of itself for the students. Experience developing professionalrelationships with superiors as well as colleagues is as important to the future career plans ofstudents as it is for the student and teacher in the present classroom environment. Developinggood rapport with students can result in more effective teaching, improved student evaluations,and a more rewarding experience for faculty and students in the and out of the classroom.Suggestions from the literature, as well as the author’s own experiences for developing andimproving student-faculty rapport are provided. With practice, developing good rapport withstudents can become second

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gerald Heydt; Keith Holbert; Khaled Nigim

Session 2270 Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates With Topics Important to American Indian Students Keith E. Holbert, Khaled A. Nigim, Gerald T. Heydt Arizona State UniversityAbstractAn NSF-sponsored research experience for undergraduates (REU) program is described herein.An important objective of this REU program is to encourage retention of American Indianstudents in the science and engineering disciplines. Originally, the program strategy was to useenergy engineering topics of relevance to indigenous peoples. The topic of energy utilization

Conference Session

MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

high schools. We havedisseminated a "computing and composition" approach, originally implemented in first-year college programming and English composition courses, to a high school curriculumin an urban setting. The Computing and Composition Project served students attendingfour Newark, New Jersey high schools, each serving populations with different profilesof academic performance. The instructional program included the development of a seriesof case studies based on the state high school science and mathematics content standardsand the specific curriculum in place at the schools. These learning modules weredesigned to emphasize the skills required to solve problems and learn the syntax of theC++ programming language. Teamwork was an

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Issues in Physics and Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

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Joao Vinhas; Joao Paiva

SESSION NUMBER 1380 FILLING THE GAP BETWEEN INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS AND APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS Joao Vinhas and Joao Monney Paiva Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Department Esc Sup Tec, Polytechnic of Viseu 3504-510 Portugal Abstract: The present paper describes introductory physics curriculum revisions that havetaken place in the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management Department during the lasttwo years, particularly those undertaken in order to ensure a better understanding of basic thermody-namics concepts. Being traditionally focused towards

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Halvard Nystrom

Session 3242 Potential Roles for ASEE-EMD in Distance Education Hal Nystrom University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThis paper is written to propose a new role for ASEE-EMD in an effort to support thegrowth and survival of Engineering Management (EM). This proposal can then become astimulus for dialogue within our division focusing on ways that the division can becomemore valuable. Our EM programs are currently doing well, but perhaps not up to ourexpectations. There is growing competition for our students as technical MBA programsaddress a very similar market need in the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Adams

Session 2793 Measuring Faculty Preparation to Lead Teams in the Engineering Classroom: A Pilot Study Stephanie G. Adams, Ph.D. and Fernando Pereira University of Nebraska, LincolnAbstract According to modern education practices, teaching students how to work in teamsrepresents a big challenge for faculty members. In many cases they are the individuals whoestablish tasks for the teams and who form, monitor and evaluate them. Studies have shown thatthere is a strong statistical difference in the number of hours of training between low and highusers of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

. We have developed a series of hands-on modules that introduce freshman engineering students to chemical, mechanical, and electricalengineering principles through application to the human body. Students are engaged in thescientific discovery process as they explore the engineering systems within the human bodyusing exciting hands-on “reverse engineering” methods. The modules explore respiration,metabolism, pulmonary mechanics, the cardiovascular system, work and power, electricalsignals, biomechanics, and mechanics of materials. Through the investigation of these systems,students learn basic concepts of mass and energy balances; fluid flow; work, energy, andefficiency; forces and levers; material strength and stresses; and electrical signal

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kristine Csavina

Session 2455 The Preparing Future Faculty Program at Arizona State University and Its Role in Preparing Graduate Engineering Students for the Professoriate Kristine R. Csavina Bioengineering Department, Arizona State University“Doctoral students preparing for faculty careers should begin to learn about the entire range offaculty roles – teaching, research, and service – while in graduate school. Further, they ought tohave direct personal experience with faculty life in various kinds of colleges and universities todetermine a good fit between

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ET Web Based Laboratories

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Cliver

Using Power Point in Distance Learning Laboratories Richard C. Cliver Department of Electrical Engineering Technology Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstract: The purpose of this paper is to discuss using power point presentations to enhance circuits laboratories for a distance learning course. Students in this course meet with the instructor for one day instead of two hours for eight weeks during the quarter. Laboratory experiments with directions portrayed with diagrams, photographs, and words were given to the students to do at home before they came to campus with power point presentations. This allowed the students to be more familiar with the material before they

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Susannah Spodek; Marianne Machotka; D. Joseph Mook

institutions, government agencies, and/or multi-nationalcorporations often extol the benefits of study abroad exchanges for both the students and theinstitutions that are involved. While this is certainly laudable, in order for an exchange to besuccessful, there are a myriad of details that must be handled correctly. The better prepared thestudent and the institutions are, the better the experience will be.Academic matters, logistics such as visas, and important cross-cultural awareness issues are keycomponents to an engineering student’s preparation for studying overseas. In this paper, thesedetails are reviewed by professionals with many years experience involving hundreds of USengineering students who have participated in engineering study abroad

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New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Lucy Morse; Jack Selter

1096 Using the Baldrige Process to Market An Information Systems Technology Curriculum Lucy C. Morse, John A. Selter University of Central FloridaThe increased use of distance education within higher education has provided the impetus foreducators to think differently about the audience they seek to influence. This is particularly truewithin the Information Technology (IT) field. Furthermore, renewed interest in outcomes-basededucation has moved educators to take greater stock in the use of industrial advisory boards forcurriculum development, evaluation and improvement

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Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Paterson; Samantha De Bon; Jean-Yves Chagnon; Deborah Wolfe

Session 2002-873 Engineering Accreditation in Canada and Its Current Challenges S. De Bon, MBA, D. Wolfe, P.Eng., Canadian Council of Professional Engineers / J.-Y. Chagnon, ing., W.G. Paterson, P.Eng. Canadian Engineering Accreditation BoardIntroduction to the CEABThe Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) is the federation of provincial andterritorial authorities (constituent members) which license professional engineers. It oversees theprofession across Canada. The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), a

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

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2002 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Amey; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher

the adequacy of resources to help the faculty carry out theirobligations. From this perspective, both criteria assume that the sum of individual facultyachievements meets the course and curricular obligations of the academic unit. This assumptionis consistent with the belief that individual autonomy, a hallmark of academic work life, and itsvariant, academic freedom, are essential to productive scholarship, effective teaching, and manyforms of professional service. The formal assessment of faculty work—whether in promotionand tenure decisions or salary allocations—reinforces this belief by focusing on theaccomplishments and productivity of each individual faculty member. Our research, however,indicates that the academic unit and institution