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be exposed to a wide range of 3D computer graphics areas at the Page 6.296.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationfreshman level, so students will be able to make informed decisions about future careers. With thisin mind, one of the introductory courses was revised to include the following: 3D modeling,visualization, 3D coordinate systems, geometric entities, isometric sketching, solid modeling,surface modeling, multiview sketching, the design process, sections, creativity, and lettering 7

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sizable period between one’s undergraduate career and starting as anassistant professor. Cooperative group work in graduate courses will improve theeducation of graduate students and serve as a model the students can draw on after theygraduate and start teaching. And for students who do not experience these teachingmethods as undergraduates, their only chance to use coop group instruction methods willbe in graduate school. When asked if they had done group work in graduate courses, afew students raised their hands, but the majority did not. Page 6.304.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for engineering Education Annual Conference &

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, political, communication, ethical and economicconstraints that have an impact on whether a particular technical solution is implemented. Theauthors advocate introducing students early in their academic careers to the broad relevance andsocial impact of engineering. We suggest that such an opportunity would make for higherretention of women and minorities and would attract more non-traditional students to the field.References1. Women, Minorities, and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2000, National ScienceFoundation, September 2000.2. Land of Plenty, Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology, Report of theCongressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science

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Department P&T Committee as a significantcomponent of the third-year review of Assistant Professors. This provides the opportunity toaddress and improve teaching effectiveness early in an Assistant Professor’s career or to correctproblems if they exist. For decisions regarding tenure and promotion to Associate Professor orProfessor, the teaching portfolio will be sent to four outside reviewers from the same listdeveloped to evaluate research accomplishments. These external reviewers are to havesignificant teaching experience and may be the same persons who review a candidate’s researchaccomplishments. Reviewers will be asked to use the portfolios to evaluate the contributions ofthe candidates to the teaching mission of the university. They will

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Page 6.348.14Telecommunication Technology professor at Hudson Valley Community College inTroy, New York. He received his Ph. D. in 2000 from Rensselaer Polytechnic InstitueProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering 14 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationin Troy, New york. Abraham main interests are in Petri Nets, Computer Simulations,and Computer Programming. In addition to is teaching career, Abraham is a consultantto the Internet Company Globalspec.com in Troy, New York. Page

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defined as engineering practice that provides solutions totoday’s problems so that future generations will have at least the same opportunities to liveand prosper that the present generation enjoys. By going through a four-year college-widesustainable/green engineering program, students would increase their understanding of 1)environmental issues and the global impact of engineering solutions; 2) the legalframework that guides engineering solutions and protects the environment and resources;and 3) the need for efficient and effective resource conservation and energy utilization. Inthe end, all engineering graduates will be introduced to the concept of sustainableengineering and practice those principles during their engineering careers. This

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the survey, it was decided to consider where the majorityof WMU’s Industrial Engineering (IE) students work after graduation, including type of industryand location. From a past survey completed by the College of Engineering and AppliedScience11, it was concluded that 64.9% of the graduating students with bachelors in engineeringaccepted starting positions in Michigan and a total of 73.3% started their careers in the Midwest.Based on these results, 60% of the questionnaires were sent to industries in Michigan, Illinois,Indiana, and Ohio. In the survey, statistics were also compiled on the type of employmentstudents initially accept. Out of 154 bachelor students surveyed 88.3% were employed bybusiness and industry. The remaining students had

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military engineers for Corpsde Ponts et Chaussées established in 1716. Although that education was a somewhat flexiblecompilation of independent studies, it is widely considered to be the first organized education thatdiffered from the centuries old education model of one master and few apprentices. In 1794L'Ecole Polytechnique was established to prepare engineering officers for French army andengineers for state service. It is considered to be the first engineering institution with a structuredprocess of knowledge transfer exposing students to various disciplines and points of view. Thefounders of that institution recognized that with the ever growing body of knowledge needed for asuccessful engineering career, the then present educational

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skill development, students will be muchmore effective in their future careers. Preliminary work to improve the curriculum hassought to provide students with a fundamental education as well as with training in areasnot traditionally taught in lecture classes. Most undergraduate classes do not includelaboratory experiments. Due to inadequate instructional equipment, most efforts toimprove the undergraduate educational experience have been limited to field trips,writing projects, presentations, and project simulations.The state-of-the-art laboratory course serves as a model for meeting the challenges oflinking teaching with engineering practice. Environmental scientists and engineers mustunderstand the basic concepts of many subjects: fluid

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undergraduate thermal power courses shouldcontinue to focus exclusively on “traditional” thermodynamic topics. At first glance, it seemsreasonable to emphasize topics that students will typically encounter during their early careers. wind coal 0.5% 23% solar 1% nuclear electric

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the TED grant (described in Section V), provided funds for programexpansion.For purposes of the Entrepreneurial Internship program, an entrepreneurial company isdefined as one with sales of less than $25M/yr and fewer than 200 employees. For suchcompanies accepting RHIT students as summer interns, Rose-Hulman pays 1/3 of thestudents’ wages which are required to be competitive (a minimum of $15/hr in summer2000).Students are selected by the Director of Career Services based upon results of an in-depthinterview and a creative essay written by the applicant. Selected students are required to(1) read Innovation and Entrepreneurship2 by Peter Drucker and write a three-page papersummarizing the salient points; (2) Enroll in VA453, The Entrepreneur

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areimportant to the careers of the practicing engineers. (add industry-centered approach) Results ofthe evaluation will be available during the spring of 2001 and presented subsequently.Course Module ScopeCourse modules developed within the pedagogical arena described above are generally subsets ofcomplete college courses in engineering design and various disciplinary areas normallyencountered in engineering design. As an example, one might consider breaking a 3 credit-hourfinite element analysis course into 4 course modules that combine to form the total course. Themotivation for a modular structure resides in the fact that students who enroll in off-campuscourses cannot always schedule sufficient contiguous uninterrupted time to allow completion of

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can, however, enhance thegeneral education received by these students. As an example, faculty can define capstoneengineering design problems in a broad context which not only requires students to "design asystem component, or process to meet desired needs" but also to realize the "broaderimplications" of their designs in a "global and societal context". Faculty can (and perhapsshould) teach engineering economics in the context of the engineering enterprise that manystudents will later experience in their professional career. Even during the freshman year,students can study the engineering design process in the context of the EngineeringEnterprise that helps them understand professional and ethical responsibility and the need tocommunicate

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forteamwork in course projects and leadership in student organizations and to build esprit de corpsin the department. For IME 490, Engineering Leadership, the program was designed to providestudents with opportunities to develop and practice leadership skills. It was conducted oncampus and utilized leadership reaction course activities and a rappelling tower. The underlyinggoals for this program were to better prepare students for engineering careers and/or graduatestudy. Page 6.438.6 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for

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the estimate. This project included significant cultural changes needed to implement switch to the using the new technique.4. Project: Developing an Engineer for Product Development Self-Reported Savings: $1,000,000 This paper accelerated the development of knowledge and capabilities of product engineers by improving their access to product development knowledge in a more effective fashion. As a result, younger engineers could tackle more complex designs earlier in their career effectively accelerating the creation of engineering expertise. This allowed faster and better designs, fewer delays, less redesign, and earlier deliver of new products.5. Project: Reductions in Receiving Inspection Testing Based on Closed Loop Testing

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4.00 4.20 skill Page 6.451.7 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. R.B. Landis, Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, Discovery Press, 1995, pp.11-12.2. Adapted from a University of Florida survey conducted by T. Davis: www.cise.uf.edu/~davis/Renewal.KAREN C. DAVISKaren C. Davis is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer

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teachingsimulations and modeling, it is underutilized as a Live-on-line Resource. We think that once thecapability of using of live data is understood and utilized through the kinds of technology aselaborated above, further uses will only be limited by the creativity of the students and faculty.Bibliography1 The Business Roundtable Construction Cost Effectiveness Task Force, Confronting the Skilled Construction WorkForce Shortage- A blueprint for the Future, October, 1997.,2 Indiana Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Indiana Department of Workforce Development,Indiana Career Cluster Guide, 2nd Edition, 199-2053 Sener, E. & Ward, R., “ Addressing the Workforce Shortage in the Construction Industry: A Vision” Proceedings onCD-Rom, ASEE

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the teams received “2” for their proposals suggesting thatmany teams/students had not developed independent learning/study skills. It would seem that lifelong learning skills are fundamentally important to the success of a student even while still inschool and failure to develop these skills early in his/her career leads to failure. The teamsreceiving “2” at the Proposal stage may be those receiving “1” or “NA” at the Final Report stage. Table 4 Advisor's Evaluation of Life-Long Learning (Numbers indicate percentage of teams receiving given ranking.) Ranking Proposal Oral Presentation Final Report n = 32 n = 21 n

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wereintroduced to the engineering profession and, specifically, mechanical engineering. Operationaldefinitions were given for both engineering and mechanical engineering. The role of anengineer as problem solver, innovator and creator was presented. The disciplines of engineering,such as chemical engineering and civil engineering were elaborated on. Areas of engineeringpractice, e.g., manufacturing, design, testing, were explained. Discussion was held on the skillsand attributes needed for an engineering career. Specific attention was then turned tomechanical engineering. An automotive propulsion system was described via the technical areasof mechanical engineering: dynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, etc. Finally, severalexamples of mechanical

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collegeafter graduation from high school. This has been a very successful program. The workshop isoffered three times during the month of July. As a part of the workshop, the students participatein a two-hour reverse engineering, product dissection laboratory using the watt-hour meter.Feedback from these students has been that the lab is a valuable experience.B. Fundamental of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering CourseThe department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has developed a one-creditexperiential, hands-on laboratory course to help in the retention of their freshmen students. Onelab is the reverse engineering of the watt-hour meter. This lab ranks as one of the most popularamongst these students each semester.C. Career TrekThe ISU

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confirmFig. 5 Simulation for Effect of Masses Attached to a Rotational Disk.Fig. 6 Dynamic Balancing Simulation Page 5.427.9that this course material is suitable for a wide variety of students who seek careers in design andmanufacturing fields to understand important concepts in the kinematics and dynamics ofmachines.AcknowledgementThis work was funded by the National Science Foundation through a subcontract under theGreenfield Coalition, cooperative agreement number EEC-9221542. The authors would like tothank members of the Instructional and Multimedia Design and Development Teams of theGreenfield Coalition for their help with the implementation of these course

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Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

Page 5.33.1graduates in making a successful transition from academic life to engineering careers. 1A variety of programs exist for providing this experience, including summer internships,co-op programs, and industry/university educational programs. Cooperative educationhas come a long way since 1906, the year this unique pedagogy was conceived. SamSovilla [3] reviews its history, current status, and the outlook for the future in a paperpublished in ASEE in 1998. Jeff Meade [4] lists co-op program advantages as increasedretention and enhancement of the educational experience. On the other hand,disadvantages are the extra time required by co-op programs, typically one year, andextra cost to the offering

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Atlantic Section of the ASEE, Session VI (158-166)ANDREW GROSSFIELDThroughout his career, Dr. Grossfield has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned aBSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics at nightwhile working full time during the day, designing circuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. He is licensed in NewYork as a Professional Engineer. Ai207@freenet.buffalo.edu is his email address. Page 5.443.7

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). Statistic Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed. Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, p. 608.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard A. Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and he is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to his academic career, Dr.Layton worked 12 years in consulting engineering, with the final five years as a group head and project manager.His technical research is in the area of dynamic systems and control. He is a registered Professional Engineer in NC.MATTHEW W. OHLANDMatt Ohland received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Education from the University of Florida in1996, and since then has been the Assistant Director of the NSF

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managers at all levels of management need to be skilled in successful Page 5.51.1governance board practices. It is likely that an engineer will chair a board, serve on a board orprovide service to a board at some time during their career. Henry Wiebe, Professor and Chairof Engineering Management at Missouri Rolla, commented that it was never too early to learnthis subject. He reported that 11% of those students receiving a bachelors degree in engineeringmanagement from 1985-1990 were in the executive management ranks of their companies. In amore longitudinal study, 31% of their undergraduate alumni had reached the ranks of executivemanagement just 20

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. Ruhala, Richard J. Ruhala, Susan Vrbsky, and Brian Hyslop. “Solving the Dual-Career Dilemma: Three Case Studies.” 1999 ASEE Proceedings, Session 3675.6. Clandinin, D. Jean, and F. Michael Connelly. “Personal Experience Methods,” in Handbook of Qualitative Research, Denzin and Lincoln, eds., pp. 413-427.7. Courter, Sandra Shaw, Susan B. Millar, and Lyman Lyons. “From the Students’ Point of View: Experiences in a Freshman Engineering Design Course.” Journal of Engineering Education 87(3), July 1998, 283-288.8. Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln, Eds. Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Sage Publications, 1998. (Parts IV and V of Handbook.)9. Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln

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Dominion University.Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr.Kauffmann received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Hereceived his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer.ABEL FERNANDEZAbel A. Fernandez is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at Old Dominion University. He has a B.S. inElectric Power Engineering, a M.E. in Electric Power Engineering and a M.B.A. all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His industrial experience includes twelve yearsof systems engineering

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University of San Diego (USD) to meet community and academic needs. Inthis project, first-year engineering students worked with 6th grade students in a science class at alocal middle school with an economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse student body.Middle schools need to keep students interested in science and motivated to go to college,become technically literate, and possibly pursue technical careers. First-year engineeringstudents need to learn about what engineering is, why it is useful to society, and othernontechnical skills such as communication and teamwork. Students worked in teams to preparea hands-on, fun, and educational activity. The academic learning goals for the project were toeffectively communicate to a "real live

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middle schools fortheir Service-Learning project. The activity is being designed to prepare them for their futureteaching career in Elementary and Middle schools.IV. Learning Outcomes"Service-Learning" emphasizes both "Service" and Learning" and can be distinguished fromactivities that may be labeled as "Volunteerism" or "Community Service", where the "Learning"aspect is insignificant. Students "Learn" as they "Serve" their community. Therefore, it isimportant to identify and encourage activities that have specific learning outcomes consistentwith course and curricula within which such activities are performed. In the category of theacademic outcomes, "Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the Cognitive Domain"was found to be extremely

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communicate.The reasons why the young researcher wants to publish include to gain recognition in thefield; to progress in the academic career; to establish relations with others in the field; toobtain founding for further research; to spend more time doing research.7. Evaluation of the workshop by the participantsThe workshop is evaluated using an instrument with some multiple-choice questions andsome open questions. Some important aspects reflected by the evaluations are:• 36% of the participants said that they were not familiar with the material discussed, 55% were moderately familiar, 9% were familiar, and 0% were very familiar.• 73% responded that the work done would be of top help to increase their productivity in terms of research paper