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1998 Annual Conference

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Sameer Kumar; John Walker; Jeffrey A. Jalkio; James Rehg

of the class. FAX machine in the classrooms distributes any additional information during the session. 4. A document camera is a useful tool. One can display explanatory samples, notes and drawings and also transmits overheads. It is quite useful for students’ presentations. It allows students to present examples, notes, etc, without any special preparation. 5. Examinations require careful planning. Sending the material is easy, but getting it back in a timely manner is more difficult. Overnight Federal Express was found to be convenient. 6. Instructors have to be constantly aware of the fact that they are in a distant class to keep them actively involved in the class activities. Particularly, they need to be vigilant

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Marilyn Dyrud

relief work. 9An M.O. While understanding of what constitutes professional ethics and an examination oftroublesome issues is important, knowledge is useless without a plan for coping with thesesituations. Michael Davis, of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at IllinoisInstitute of Technology, offers the following as a modus operandi for dealing with ethicalsituations:21. State problem (“There’s something about this decision that makes me uncomfortable.” “Do I have a conflict of interest?”)2. Check facts (Many problems disappear upon closer examination of the situation, while others may change drastically.)3. Identify relevant factors (Include persons involved, laws, professional codes, other practical constraints.)4

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David Wells

minimized and computer-based-learning modules are heavilystressed. Learning is designed to be modular, in-context, inquiry-based and competency-measured. Many of the modules are self-paced, employing only minimal instructor intervention.Greenfield courses vary widely in number of credits and in duration. Most of the courses are oftwo or three credits, but there are many at one credit and a few at four or five credits. Duration isplanned around the amount of time for a ‘standard’ student to absorb the designed subject matter.Thus, planned duration of course varies from five to fifteen weeks. However, with the emphasison self-pacing, methodologies are being devised to permit students to accelerate their learningand complete courses in shorter periods

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S. Cem Karacal; John A. Barker; Jacob Van Roekel

ideas about how science relates to engineering, and howthe content of their physics, mathematics, and chemistry classes bears upon even the simplestengineering problems. This is accomplished by pointing out the relevant theory on each projectthey work on. Even though they are not expected to perform a scientific analysis of the givenproblems, they are encouraged to use their knowledge of science to make predictions and/or Page 3.278.7investigations about given situations.Once the course is well established, we are planning to offer it to all undeclared freshmanstudents in the university. Many freshmen, even those interested in science, are not

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1998 Annual Conference

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Steven H. VanderLeest; Edward G. Nielsen

veryimpressed by the sheer size of the project as well as by the careful planning and research thatwent into the engineering of the system. The design had to account for a variety of political,historic, and economic constraints as well as the more familiar technical constraints. Figure 1 Model of Storm Surge Barrier Practical Hints for Managing a Foreign-Travel Engineering CourseBefore the trip• Arrange site tours/meetings yourself , but let your travel agency arrange the airfare, hotel accommodations, etc.• Use a hired driver/tour guide who knows the language(s). This frees you to teach and plan rather than finding your way through traffic.• Incorporate variety to peak the interest of all the students. Work

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Jay S. DeNatale; Gregg L. Fiegel

dilatometer testing systems have been used inthe Advanced Geotechnical Testing course (CE 582). Students in this course spend much oftheir time in the field performing cone penetrometer and dilatometer tests under the directsupervision of faculty. Four or five person laboratory groups are used so that each studentreceives hands-on experience with the equipment. Data and soil samples retrieved during fieldexploration are examined as part of detailed design projects. The design projects teach thestudents how to plan and complete subsurface investigations, interpret field test data, and designsimple foundation systems.Student evaluations indicate that this course is very well received. Last year, the instructor of thecourse received an overall rating of

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Arthur B. Sacks

attributes of CSM graduates. The “Profile,”drafted by the CSM Academic Planning Council over the course of the 1993-94 academic year,was debated and subsequently adopted by the CSM faculty and finally by the Board of Trustees.’Key items in the “Profile” supported the direction which the Division of Liberal Arts andInternational Studies (LAIS) had already embarked upon in its own curriculum planningactivities. Specifically, the preamble of the revised “Profile” states, CSM is committed to educating students to become good stewards of the Earth and its resources. To do this, CSM must provide students with perspectives informed by the humanities and social sciences, perspectives which also enhance students’ understanding of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Michele H. Miller

meetings he attended at Boeing couldhave been more productive if everyone had that type of training.Engineering Drawing This skill is particularly important for design engineers and producibilityengineers. Beyond seeing the drawing, an understanding of geometric dimensioning andtolerancing (little emphasis at MTU) is very important. Our students do not spend a lot of timeworking with drawings during their 4-5 years here, which was surprising to some of theengineers I talked with. On the other hand, I met a design engineer who had no drawing orgraphics classes in college and who was able to learn this skill fairly quickly.Project Planning and Management The design build team manager emphasized this skill.Designers work on long lasting projects (1-3

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Kristopher Delgado; Hartono Sumali

Department at Page 3.344.1Purdue University has decided to start offering an undergraduate course in instrumentation andmeasurement. The authors are drafting a plan for such a course to be given in the Fall 1998semester on an experimental basis. The plan is outlined in this paper.Challenges in offering an instrumentation courseSome agricultural or biological engineering departments do not offer any instrumentation course.The lack of instrumentation courses in those departments may be caused by several factors:FacilityA good instrumentation course requires a laboratory that can be very expensive. Manyagricultural and biological engineering

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1998 Annual Conference

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Daniel P. Schrage

chance to enter national competitions andprovide a seamless transition with the graduate program was needed. This has beenaccomplished over the past few years by having highly motivated undergraduates takeboth the capstone senior design courses, as well as enter national student designcompetitions and participate as teams, using the CE/IPPD methodology developed in thegraduate program. This approach has proven to be highly successful and has provided anexcellent recruiting program for the graduate design program as well as provide a smoothtransition. It also has been used to help satisfy the ABET 2000 intent of outcomemeasurement. With the conversion from a quarter system to a semester system in 1999we plan to provide an even tighter linkage

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1998 Annual Conference

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Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs; Alan Demmons

to technology.Assessment results are presented and discussed. IntroductionCal Poly is currently reevaluating its curricula, indeed its very role as a polytechnic university. Part of thatreevaluation is a discussion of educational expectations and desired outcomes for non-technical majors. Shouldliberal arts majors be aware of the strong effect of technology on our culture? Should music majors appreciate thelinks between their discipline and computers? At first glance, it seems that the answer is a resounding yes. TheUniversity Strategic Plan calls for all Cal Poly graduates “to have acquired knowledge regarding technology, itsimportance to society and its impacts on natural systems”. Our

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1997 Annual Conference

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Parris C. Neal; Donna E. Peterson; Cindy L. Lynch; Cameron Wright

.”• “After reviewing my journal, it was apparent that there was a trend in my study habits and grades. When I did the homework and went in for extra instruction, there was a dramatic improvement in my grades. I got into a bad cycle of doing well and then letting up.”• “By looking at the study journal I had written for the first [exam], I was able to make changes to my study plans... These techniques have helped me become a better student. I was able to get better grades on [exams] not only in this class, but also in all my other classes as well.”• “I felt I have improved my study skills, not only in this class, but in all of my classes.”• “What I learned for study habits is that because I had to write in a study journal I thought

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1997 Annual Conference

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Heather Nachtmann Umphred; Kim LaScola Needy; Jerome P. Lavelle

groups nearly twice as often asIE faculty. Further probing into this finding is planned for future work. As depicted in Figure 3,groups are being used most frequently in the form of term projects and presentations. Groups 6% term 12% projects/presentations case studies homework 46% 18

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1997 Annual Conference

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G. Frederick d'Almaine; Brian Manhire; Samuel O. Atteh

faculty by engineering discipline is given in Table 2. The mainstream disciplinesare chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering. Other disciplines such as avionics,industrial and medical engineering as well as town and regional planning, computer science, ar-chitecture and building are also offered but not at every technikon. The engineering qualifications offered at South African technikons consist of the follow- Page 2.169.4ing:11• National Diploma in Engineering (3 year course)• Baccalaureus Technologiae, B Tech degree in Engineering (at least one year beyond the Na- tional Diploma)• Magister Technologaie, M Tech

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Mark A. Shields

. Finally,instructor-generated materials, workshops, lectures, and assignments were also produced duringthe five-week project period.A key emphasis of the whole project was intensive documentation and analysis of sourcematerial, including not only published articles and books on each team’s topic, but also data andreports compiled by a range of national and international organizations (including the United Page 2.176.2Nations, World Watch Institute, World Bank, Planned Parenthood, U. S. Census Bureau, Agencyfor International Development, World Health Organization, Oxfam, and many others). Teamsalso were instructed to make appropriate (but not

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1997 Annual Conference

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Peck Cho

one of the stages, then the discussion on making effective exams wouldfocus around tricks, situation-specific techniques, and other peripheral matters. For example, adebate can be generated ad infinitum on things like whether or not open-book exams are betterthan closed-book exams.6, 7 In the next section, the process of exam is briefly reviewed.The process of examThe process of exam can be analyzed in seven stages: the planning, writing or making,administering, scoring, returning, following up, and giving the final grade. Each step requirescareful considerations. In general, the considerations fall in one of three categories: procedural(how often, when, where, who, and how long), technical content (what, and how), andphilosophical (why

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1997 Annual Conference

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Michael H. Gregg

and functions -- reinforces the need to break largeproblems into smaller, digestible pieces.The FORTRAN project in EF1005 represents a significant level of programming -- both inquantity and structure. As a large project, it requires planning, not procrastination. Studentslearn through this process to plan their time, to design solution algorithms prior to writing code,to take one step or problem element at a time. EF faculty introduce upper class engineeringtopics as part of the project -- statics, heat transfer, queue theory as well as other selected topics.The majority of these students have not been exposed to engineering problems -- multi-facetedword problems -- prior to coming to Virginia Tech. The FORTRAN project represents their

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1997 Annual Conference

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T.R. Kurfess; M.L. Nagurka

behind the renewed ties betweenuniversities and industries. In developing a plan for a joint research project and when workingtogether towards its solution, both sides need to be cognizant of their respective roles to ensure asuccessful partnership.INTRODUCTION Interactions between industry and academia continue to increase in frequency. Thisgrowth is a result of the requirements and abilities of both parties involved. Many universitiescurrently suffer from cutbacks in government funding and are looking elsewhere for researchsupport. Simultaneously, corporations have reduced their R&D staff in an epidemic of “down-sizing” due to (generally, short-sighted) economic reasons. Many of these corporations still havesignificant demands in

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1997 Annual Conference

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P.R. Roberge; M.A.A. Tullmin

. However, experience has shownthat, despite advances in software applications, an enormous investment in professionaltime in planning and developing the course material is required. This computer basedcorrosion course is unique, in that emphasis has been placed on quantitative material,rather than on more descriptive subject matter often found in existing corrosion educationproducts. The course was also designed to be fundamentally interactive in nature, with theuse of situational case studies and assignments, in direct contrast to some approaches ofre-creating books in hypertext format. Course modules have been created initially inpaper based format, to place the scientific/technical course content on a sound footing.Selected case studies and

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1997 Annual Conference

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Sharon Zelmanowitz

Local residents living down gradient from the site A local PhD student studying the fate of lead in soils Two members of a pro-environment group Two members of an anti-environmentalist group A local T.V. reporter A local newspaper reporter The school nurse and the school principalThe mayor was responsible for conducting the meeting and keeping it moving so that everyonehad a chance to participate. The mayor was also encouraged to confer with all speakers to findout what they planned to cover and how long their presentations would be. Students wereencouraged to discuss the meeting and coordinate with each other where necessary, but it wasmade clear that each

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jawaharlal Mariappan

home appliances. Rapid changes in theindustry, and the increasing use of microprocessors in many of today′s machines lead to productsthat are mechatronics in nature. In order to design such products, an engineer must have generalknowledge of various design techniques and special knowledge of a blend of technologies. Suchskills can be obtained from multidisciplinary mechatronics courses. Recognizing the need for mechatronics education, some Japanese higher educationalinstitutions[1] and European colleges and universities[2-4] offer courses in mechatronics atdifferent levels. Some schools abroad even plan to offer degree programs[5] in mechatronics.The significance of this can be underscored by the fact that there is already an

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1997 Annual Conference

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Deborah Hochstein

faculty are called uponto do, namely service and teaching. Engineering and technology faculty are often unaware of thebroader definition of research offered by Ernest L. Boyer in his text, Scholarship Reconsidered.Many universities are adopting this expanded view of research. At The University of Memphis,teaching-faculty are encouraged to share their experience in the classroom through thescholarship of teaching. Technology faculty are joining in the research arena by sharing theirtechnical experience through the scholarship of application and the scholarship of integration.This paper presents, as an example of the expanded definition of research, one engineeringtechnology faculty member’s efforts to develop a research plan based upon teaching

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1997 Annual Conference

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Matthew R. James; Mario G. Beruvides

most capable authors on this issue since they are the founding fathers ofEngineering Management as we know it. They founded the first EM program in the US at the University of Missouri- Page 2.318.2Rolla.2 The course had more than one group, which addressed other research questions as their course assignment.Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects to run the experiment. The list of criteria forsubject acceptance are given below: • Subjects were recruited indirectly through engineering management faculty at various universities across the USA. • Subjects were sought from MBA and EM degree plans only

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1998 Annual Conference

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Milo D. Koretsky

Cpk are defined as follows: Specification Tolerance USL − LSL CP = = , Process Spread 6σ x − LSL USL − x  C pk = minimum  ,  3σ 3σ  where USL and LSL are the upper and lower specification limits, respectively, σ is the standard deviation of the sample and x is the mean. • Use of control charts, to monitor processes, access variation and determine process capability • Use of Design of Experiments (DOE) for planning experiments which

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1999 Annual Conference

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Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

resolved.International engineering education must evolve and mature in the near term as part of asystemic plan for bi-national economic development. International engineering education Page 4.59.3can not be placed out of the radar screen without risking increasing gaps on competencies ininternational communication, international teamwork and international manufacturing in thenext generation of engineering graduates.While before the 1990’s international education has grown substantially in areas of business,culture, tourism, health and agricultural aspects among others; however that has not been thecase for international engineering undergraduate education. The

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1999 Annual Conference

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John I. Hochstein; E. H. Perry

requisite knowledge or skill? DCTcan provide clear evidence that every student successfully completing a course has acquired aspecified ability. Careful curricular planning can produce a set of competencies that, when takenin the aggregate, provide proof of a demonstrated educational outcome for every student.Returning to the metaphor of a building, DCT can produce the essential building blocks todemonstrate that program objectives are being achieved.Another fundamental shift embodied by EC2000 is a new focus on the “process” of education. Itis no longer adequate to document the educational experience provided by a program. Tosuccessfully pass an EC2000 review, the program must demonstrate that processes are in place topursue continuous program

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1999 Annual Conference

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

all higher education institutions in the U.S. plan 7to offer distance education courses .V. Distance EducationDistance education takes place when a teacher and a student are separated by physical distanceand instructional gap is often bridged with a technology like voice, video, data and print. It is Page 4.201.4not a new concept and was pioneered by Stanford University in the USA, more than 30 yearsago in response to Silicon Valley’s demand to educate high-tech engineers and computerscientists. Soon after the Open University of United Kingdom was chartered in 1969, and iscurrently one of Britain’s largest

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1999 Annual Conference

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J. Hardwick Butler; Burton Courtney

andpotential surveyors throughout Georgia. This presentation will discuss the major aspects of thecurrent program and the potential for applying the same practices to meet the needs of othernon-traditional students.I. IntroductionOver the past few years, educators in all areas of the U.S. have sought innovative ways tointegrate rapid technological advances in computers and communications with traditionalmethods of instruction. Thanks to the foresight, planning, and financial support of GeorgiaState government officials, the University System administrators and college officials, MiddleGeorgia College has been provided the resources needed to provide distance learningopportunities to residents all across the State of Georgia. In this presentation, the

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1999 Annual Conference

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Winston F. Erevelles

assessment using the project evaluation matrix that addressesresearch questions, performance criteria, implementation strategies, assessment/evaluationmethods, timelines, and audience dissemination (4).Once the project description has been developed a plan of attack and a timeline are essential forgood project management. Regular communication on a weekly or other pre-determined timeinterval must be conducted using a variety of media. This is needed and involves allconstituents for purposes of project updates, periodic reports, exception handling, and focus/re-direction if necessary. Formative and summative assessments must be conducted to assess theimpact of the project over its lifecycle. The final stage involves the preparation of a

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1999 Annual Conference

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T. Scott; John P. O'Connell

several NSF Engineering Coalitions, there are only a few computer-orientedmaterials and no experiments in this subject.This paper describes our workshop content, philosophy, and execution. Some activities arediscussed in detail and we review part of the assessment information obtained from studentevaluations. Finally we discuss our plans for modifications and improvements of experimentsfor the first engineering thermodynamics course.II. Some Challenges to Learners and Teachers in the First Thermodynamics CourseAs in most schools, our first thermodynamics course follows basic physics and chemistry takenby all undergraduate engineers. It precedes, or sometimes accompanies, courses introducingstudents to their major discipline, especially in