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John A. Kleppe; Eric L. Wang

guestspeakers to testify as to the importance of what is learned. Likewise, alumni of the College thatdid not have the course overwhelmingly support the course because they wish they had been aswell prepared as our current graduates are.Towards the FutureTo better quantify the learning outcomes assessment, we have begun surveying the alumni of thecourse. Of primary interest is how useful the course has been in their professional careers. Wouldthey recommend this course to a friend? Additionally, pre- and post-tests will be compared toassess what the students felt they learned in terms of both engineering and teamwork skills6.ConclusionsBased on the experience of the past two offerings of this multi-disciplinary course, the followingconclusions can be

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Donna J. Michalek

I give the team exam to let the students choose their ownpartners, or to let them take the exam with their homework teams, I have not tried either of theseoptions. An additional reason for assigning the exam teams is to give the students a different typeof teaming experience; a short term, intensive, time-on-task experience. While most students donot think they will experience this in their engineering careers, I have been assured by practicingengineers that they will. It is common for teams to convene for a single day to solve a problem.The people on these teams may, or may not, have worked together previously, and they must, in ashort period of time, determine how to work best as a team to solve the problem at hand. Theteam exam gives

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S P Maj; D Veal

career at a senior technical or Page 5.367.3supervisory level in this field of activity. It combined theory, practical work and presentationtechniques with the associated industrial management problems. The focus of all moduleswas industrial applications, ranging from basic electronics to control systems theory. TheInstitution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers, leading to IncorporatedEngineer status, accredited the course. In both years of the course students undertake projectwork. Projects include investigations of materials to be used, costing, standards and codes ofpractice. An important part of the course is the development of

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W. Nicholas Delgass; Phillip C. Wankat; Frank S. Oreovicz

preparing students for engineering practice. Almost 40% of thegraduates participate in the five-year coop program. A smaller number (31% in the 1994survey) participate in at least one summer internship. These experiences are not requiredsince some students plan to use a ChE degree as a background for other careers, and sinceit is impossible to guarantee industrial employment when the economy is down.IV. Surveys of Graduates and EmployersTo assess the ability of our graduates to compete in industry, we have surveyed ourgraduates at irregular intervals. Before ABET 2000 the most recent survey was done in1994 of graduates from the 1989 to 1993 graduation classes. This survey did notspecifically ask about all of the current ABET soft criteria. The

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Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

the piping, valves, pumps, etc.along with the theoretical design concepts is required considering that a design engineer not onlyhas to design the plant, but has to start up, troubleshoot, and operate the plant. The designengineer requires not only theoretical number crunching ability, but also practical experience andknow-how as well. I believe that your lectures and labs have given me the important diverseeducation that is required for a typical chemical engineering career”, The quantity and quality ofinformation that is provided in the manuals and the labs are very helpful in the everyday use for aProcess Engineer. I hope you can relate the message to your current students of how importantand useful this information is to the typical

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Julie Ann Stuart

. Facilities Planning (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996).33. Stuart, J.A. in "Clean Manufacturing." To appear in Handbook of Industrial Engineering (ed. Salvendy, G.)(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000). Page 5.379.7JULIE ANN STUARTJulie Ann Stuart is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Ohio State University. Sheis a registered Professional Industrial Engineer in the state of Ohio. She has received both a CAREER grant and anIndustrial Ecology grant from the National Science Foundation. She was awarded a SLOAN Foundation grant toattend the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Engineering Education Conference in 1997

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Bethany S. Oberst; Russel C. Jones

International Practice”, Proceedings, SEFI AnnualConference 1999, Winterthur and Zurich, Switzerland, September 1-3, 1999, p. 261-266.Russel C. JonesRussel C. Jones is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. He previously served as Executive Director of theNational Society of Professional Engineers. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: faculty memberat MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University ofMassachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware.Bethany S. OberstBethany S. Oberst is Executive Director of International Education at James Madison

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Qiuli Sun; Kevin Stubblefield; Kurt Gramoll

information if available. If the user has no previously saved datathe simulation will use the default data set of information.A key aspect of this Virtual City is that each student builds and maintains his or her ownworld. There is not just one Virtual City, but also one for each student. Only the ownerof the world can change and add to the city, but others can view them on the web. In themanner, students can collaborate with other students and with the instructor. At the endof the four years, the student can also use the Virtual City as a visual portfolio of theirdesign work during their engineering education career. Fig. 7 An overview of the Virtual City

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J. Nazalewicz; H. Hadim; D. Donskoy; B. Gallois; Keith Sheppard

structures. Although the diversity of conceptsinvolved in the integrated lecture course may present a challenge to the average freshman,repeated emphasis on fundamental concepts throughout the course leads to improved studentlearning, facilitates the transition between the various topics included in statics and mechanics ofmaterials, and it illustrates the existing relationships between these various topics. Furthermore,other important topics as defined by the ABET 2000 criteria have been implemented in theassociated design laboratory course to enhance the engineering practice skills early on in thestudents’ academic career. Page 5.590.7Figure 1

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William G. Fahrenholtz; Mohamed N Rahaman

Page 5.678.1appreciation for laboratory practice. Furthermore, it is important that students learn and refinelaboratory skills in order to perform effectively in their future careers in industry or academia.This paper outlines the undergraduate laboratory program in Ceramic Engineering at UMR. Acoordinated series of laboratory classes has been developed to provide students with a practicalbackground to complement the knowledge that they acquire in lecture courses. A summary of thelaboratory courses is given in Table 1. It should be pointed out that the academic schedule atUMR is based on the semester system with courses offered in Fall and Winter terms.Table 1: Laboratory courses in Ceramic Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla

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Robert L. Armacost; Robert Hoekstra; Michael A. Mullens

doing things that “givesomething back to the community”.12Service learning has not only benefited the community and the student. Ansell17 reports thatobserving the personal interface of student and patient (client) and the metamorphoses resultingin attitudes, friendships, and overall learning, was one of the most rewarding experiences of his38 year career as an engineering professor. Gokhale and Aldrich12 indicate that the School ofEngineering and Technology also benefited from a service learning project through the publicityit received in local newspaper and on television.While liberal art educators have been on the forefront of service learning, the engineeringeducation literature does describe some service learning type experiences. Large

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Kenneth A. Knowles; Carl E. Wick

additional protection will be added to the positive disconnect switch discussed above. C. Although the ship model was large, it still became crowded when several sections were working in the laboratory after hours. In a new design of the ship model we will make the individual compartments removable boxes so that work can be accomplished away from the basic ship platform.Our students became very interested in this project because they could see the application ofnetworked embedded processors in their careers. In spite of the difficulties mentioned above,most teams designed and built systems that operated partially to requirements and we hadseveral teams build systems that completely fulfilled all design parameters. We can see

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Stephen Stafford; Rosa Gomez; Daniela Castaneda; Connie Della-Piana

organizational meetings 4. A facility which serves to supplement classroom and laboratory instruction with tutoring, workshops, and miscellaneous resource materials 5. A satellite for Tutoring and Learning Services, Career Services, Graduate Services, Scholarships and Financial Aid, and other student-support offices on campus 6. A location for students to utilize the presentation aids via computers/software, e.g. POWERPOINT, and then use the facility to rehearse for presentationsThe Center also serves as an important resource for the students by inviting speakersfrom on and off campus to do workshops, presentations and training sessions. In addition,the student team maintains a comprehensive library

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William J. Norman; Jerald Rounds

. Page 6.151.3 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering Education • By the end of the final year, all 6 universities would have a recognizable specialty construction option in place.The project envisioned support from the industrial partners not only financially, but also in kind,through assistance in developing the course materials. The academic programs agreed to developthe infrastructure including such things as student associations, academic and career advising,and internship and summer job programs. The national associations provided both direct supportand local contacts with chapters and

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Paul Chinowsky

and technology components of the business as they are withdesign or construction fundamentals. Introducing breadth into the university education is thekey to this comfort level. Universities must recognize that the civil engineering industry isbroad enough to attract students with different views of the same career choice. With manyuniversities witnessing declining civil engineering enrollments, it is time to recognize thatsupporting these different views may be the path to reversing the enrollment trend.Unfortunately, embarking on such a path will reignite the debate over where this flexibility canbe inserted into the curriculum. There are no easy answers to this debate, however the safe pathof returning to a tightly controlled, old-economy

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Terry Beck

to high school students participating in the Engineering andScience Summer Institute (ESSI) at KSU. The ESSI Program is offered to high school students(and high school instructors) as an opportunity to learn about engineering, as well as physics,chemistry, biology and mathematics. Lectures and laboratory activities are given to illustrateimportant problems and challenges faced by society presently and into the future. The programis also designed to aid the students in determining their career interests. In addition, students aregiven opportunities for leadership activities and for learning about life on campus at a university.Further information about the ESSI Program can be obtained by contacting the College ofEngineering at Kansas State

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Eugene McVey; Gary Dempsey

EngineeringDepartment at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. He currently teaches the undergraduate control theory sequence,senior and graduate laboratories, and artificial neural networks.EUGENE S. McVEYEugene McVey received the Ph.D. degree in engineering from Purdue University in 1960. He was Instructor andAssistant Professor from 1957 to 1961 at Purdue University. From 1962 to 1994, he was Associate Professor (1961-1966) and Professor (1966-1994) at the University of Virginia. He is the author of over 140 archival publications, holds18 patents, and supervised 30 Ph.D. dissertations and 55 Master Theses during his teaching career. Page

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Jr., Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

and analyzing data, which is then presented in a technical report format. The reportproduced is the essence of the laboratory experiment and serves as an indicator of the student’sability to collect and analyze data and present it in an acceptable engineering report format. InCET 400, students are required to work independently with the software.Engineering technology programs are frequently promoted as providing students with “hands onexperience”. However, even a student who chooses a materials testing career path will probablyfind that equipment and methods used in the professional laboratory are different from thoseused in the educational laboratories. Any methods or procedures used previously will have to bemodified to the equipment

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo Perna; Vladimir Briller

. Page 6.157.3Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright @ 2001, American Society of Engineering Education FacultyThe Faculty appreciated the importance of real engineering exposure, good oral and writtencommunication skills, and team concepts in project development. StudentsOur students wanted to start engineering studies very early in their academic careers. Theywanted interesting and exciting programs but they have always complained about “to muchwork”. Nevertheless, they would ask, “where is the beef”? In other words, when are we going tostart studying “real” engineering problems instead of only chemistry, mathematics, physics

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Andrew Jackson

requirements cited by aviation industry experts (including members ofthe Aeronautical Management Technology department Industry Advisory Board), the faculty, Page 6.228.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationand from criteria specified in CAA accreditation guidelines. The CAA aviation managementcapstone course guidelines, under the Aviation Management Option states: Focus This area MUST be defined by the institution and SHOULD provide preparation for a career. It

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Danny Bee

, and economic units within their environment.” Engraved in the arch over theentry to Bowman Hall are the words “Industry, Skill, Trade, and Honor.” The original missionof the Stout Institute and these four core values are still practiced in this unique University ofWisconsin Institution. The University of Wisconsin-Stout, the only system institution bearing anindividuals name, serves a unique role within the state of Wisconsin. UW-Stout preparesindividuals for professional careers in business, industry, and education. James Huff Stoutbelieved every individual was entitled to an education, and the manual training schools weredeveloped with the intent to actively train individuals in the manual arts and domestic sciences,thereby allowing

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John Field; Janelle Tonti; Eric Beenfeldt; Isaac Horn; Edward Williams

evaluations and retention trends it appears to besucceeding in its goals.Bibliography1. R. B.Landis, Studying Engineering A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Burbank, CA: Discovery Press 1995.2. K. Donaldson, The Engineering Student Survival Guide. Boston, MA.: WCB McGraw-Hill 1999.3. D. White, & R. Doering, Electrical Engineering Uncovered. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 1997.4. URL: http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu:80/~ee1/ Home page for UC Berkeley introductory course EECS 1.5. K. Craven, S. Wayne, & A. Stiller, The Freshman Engineering Experience at West Virginia University. 1999ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Charlotte, NC.6. URL: http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/ugrad/happy.html Description of Univ. of Illinois’ introductory course ECE

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William Jordan; Norman Pumphrey

100 Fall 2000 (2 sections) 2.89 2.43 37 Fall 1999 (3 sections) 2.83 1.79 63Table 3 provides information that gives an interesting look at how students in different programsperform in MEMT 201. We need to consider the classification of the students that complete the coursein each of the disciplines. The biomedical and industrial engineers generally do not need to completethe course early in their careers at Louisiana Tech, so many of them wait until they are seniors to enroll.These two disciplines also have the greatest differential between average overall GPA and averageMEMT 201 grade. However, these 21 students are a very

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Vincent R. Canino; Lisa Milkowski

Junio Junio Soph Soph Soph Introduction to Engineering Design, Team Formation, & Project Assignments Maintaining an Engineering Logbook Design Team Meetings and Management Resume, Memos, & Report Writing Use of Matlab, pSpice, Visio software Scientific Calculator Usage Literature Searching; Product & Component Literature Project Management Concepts Patent Process & Patent Searches BE Career Opportunities Developing Test Procedures & Experiments Design Process Modeling Obtaining Project Funding Team Conflict

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Maria Kreppel; Beverly Swaile

other stakeholders, and work across stakeholder groups towards consensus. Through this learning process, the faculty intends that students develop those criticalthinking and evaluation skills important to them as they move forward both in their careers andas educated citizens. Below is a list of course goals from the faculty perspective:Course Goals• Development of critical thinking skills, oral and written communication skills, and technical research skills. Page 6.253.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American

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Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

grades on individual quizzes orassignments designed to test the influence of a new course components 13, 14, and regular courseevaluations 15. Administering surveys is also common16. IE 323 and 424 were taught before theproposed changes were implemented in Fall 2000, allowing a comparison between sections usingthe traditional laboratories to those using the revised laboratories. The formal evaluation usesfour techniques:1. Student Surveys: Anonymous surveys were administered twice in each course, for comparisonbefore and after the laboratory changes. Survey questions are shown in Table 1. We expected,due to the changes, that the laboratories would be seen as more relevant and applicable tostudents’ future careers, and that this effect would

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1998 Annual Conference

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Richard K. Keplar; Eugene F. Smith; Vernon W. Lewis

, Page 3.6.3and adding that instruction to the appropriate design courses. As a result of these changes, moretime can be spent in the basic structural analysis course on the primary and secondary methods ofstructural analysis that are emphasized in the curriculum, i.e., on the stiffness and momentdistribution methods. The remaining portion of the structural analysis course can now include alimited but adequate coverage of approximate methods that may be used to check the results(output) of computer software.These changes emphasize to the CET student that structural analysis is an integral part of thestructural design process for every building structure design project.Experiences Established for the Structural CurriculumThe career goals of the

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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

be used to provide background information to the user forevery material, process facility and test lab in Material World. For example, the process facilitysimulations could include links to a “virtual plant trip” of an actual manufacturing facility. Thesewill link the lab work to reality, and will help show the students what they'll be doing upongraduation and throughout their professional career. This provides motivation for them tocontinue working, thereby positively affecting engineering student retention rates. Hypertextwith CGI forms may also be used to create the student self-testing sections in the “ExaminingRoom.”4.2. Specific LessonsMaterial World will use the strength of the internet to gather knowledge from experts world

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Carol Richardson

which they can meettheir education needs. Changing lifestyles, multiple career paths and the need for 1continuation education are fueling rapid growth in the distance learning population. Page 3.219.1 Distance Learning Population and Programs In 1992-93 RIT registered 2000 students in 130 distance learning courses 2 and in1995-96 registered 3500 students in 148 distance learning courses. In 1995-96 about onehalf (49%) of these students lived more than 30 miles from campus, across the UnitedStates and in other countries. The remaining (51

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Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; James Kang; Hans Soelaeman

philosophy we proposed, i.e., design, analysis, simulate, build, and test is a good approach. Students generally learn more and have a sense of accomplishment after they finish testing their very own product. This experience can stimulate their interest and expand their imagination. Both of these are essential in their engineering careers.(3) The distance learning (remote) laboratory is a good tryout. We have learned a lot how this can be accomplished. It also raises a few important issues. We will try to address these issues later. Nonetheless, this distance learning laboratory requires some hardware and software for it to happen. IEEE 488 in each instrument and a data acquisition system are