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Ann D. Christy; Marybeth Lima

customers’ requirements. Direct interaction with the customergives engineering students a more realistic experience of design, and better preparation for theirprofessional careers. However, as Christianson and Rohrbach1 point out, the customers’consideration may be subtle and may require ongoing dialogue and questioning between thestudent designers and the client/customer. Industry has been critical of engineering educationthat does not produce graduates who are sufficiently knowledgeable about how design ispracticed in industry or who are able to deal with open-ended problems.8 Interacting with realclients is a good way to enhance ties between industry and academia. Another method toenhance industrial ties is the use of student portfolios.2, 5Much

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Richard B Cole; Charles V. Schaefer; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

a faculty advisor for the firstthree semesters until they started their chosen disciplinary elective sequence, at which point theytransitioned to an advisor in their chosen engineering Department. The general experience wasthat little interaction took place between students and advisors in the first three semesters. In theseminar, the faculty gets to know a small group of students over a full semester and this pro-motes much freer and extensive interaction in an advisory mode, both within class and outsideone on one.References1. Landis, Raymond B., Studying Engineering - A Road Map to a Rewarding Career , Discovery Press, Burbank, CA, 236 pp., 1995

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Jawa Mariappan; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran

ExperimentSophomore Engineering Clinic IHaving studied in detail the work of practicing engineering designers, the students are ready toembark on their careers as designers. To meet this objective, in the Sophomore EngineeringClinic I, all engineering students complete four compact, open-ended design projects sponsoredby each of the four departments. Each module demonstrates the design principles inherent invarious classes of design problems. As outlined in table 2, during the course of the semestereach student completes the following modules: design of a product, design of a process, designof a structure, and design of a simulation. In the Fall 1998 semester, sophomore engineeringstudents from each of the four departments completed the following four 3-week

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Barry Jackson

and process.The ProblemArchitects and engineers, who need to interact during their professional career in order to buildany kind of complex building, are educated entirely separately. “Over the past century, increasedmovement toward concentration within an academic discipline has taken charge of the curricu-lum, as well as serving to compartmentalize the professoriate and the institution.” 1 The verticalseparation of disciplines occurs in most universities. This suggests a need for modification of thecurriculum, the delivery of course material and teaching methods. Fortunately, this comes duringa period of reflection in schools of architecture when, as Mitgang suggests, there are “growingdoubts over whether the traditional educational

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Sohail Anwar; Shamsa S. Anwar

an established length and/or scope in a recognized occupational skill category.Apprenticeship is a work-study training scheme in which part of the training occurs on the joband part occurs off the job in a classroom or workshop setting. (Glover, 1986, p. 5) Page 4.560.3Apprenticeship training is particularly useful for occupations requiring diverse skills andknowledge, as well as maturity and independence of judgment. The number and scope of theseoccupations have expanded dramatically in recent years to include such fields as business andhealth careers (U. S. DOL, 1989).Apprenticeships permit employers to train employees to industry-based and

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S. A. Chickamenahalli; M. Bolepalli; Venkateswaran Nallaperumal; Chih-Ping Yeh; Bonnie Shelnut

. Page 4.118.4 5. Conclusion Our experiences of developing an electric machines course for a NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition for new Manufacturing Education is provided. Significant features of the development are described. The intention of providing the detail of our experience was to set some of the “Do’s” and “Don’ts” for such developments. The effectiveness of the courseware as enhanced by utilizing multimedia components is highlighted. It appears that serious learning of technical material, which normally occurs only once in a student’s learning career, has to be carefully kept in mind in order to prevent CBI courseware comparison to video games. However, providing effective interactions on each screen of the technical material appears to

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Raji Sundarajaran; Christina Sisterna; Charles A. Lipari; Robert W. Nowlin

respectively. In 1989 he received the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Louisiana State Universityin Baton Rouge. He worked as a digital systems engineer for Texas Instruments from 1978 to 1984, where he waspart of a design team developing array processor technology for seismic signal processing. Before returning to anacademic career he worked for Thermalscan Inc., where he was chief engineer for the development of a pavementimage processing system for surveying distress in road beds. In 1990, he joined Arizona State University, where heis now assistant professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology. He is currentlyworking on projects to develop an image processing system for the recognition of breast cancer using

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Edward Gehringer

time on course preparation, faculty and students will be able to spend more timeworking with each other, to the benefit of both.AcknowledgmentsThe assistance of the following NCSU students with this project is gratefully acknowledged: Xiaokang Sang, AnaGoulart, Chenhao Geng, Zhiling Zheng, Sonali Aditya, and David Steffy.Bibliography1. Gehringer, Edward F., "A database of course materials in computer architecture," Proceedings of the FirstWorkshop on Undergraduate Computer Architecture Education, Santa Margherita Ligure Italy, 19 June 1995.Available on the Web at http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/e/efg/archdb/public/full-paper.html.2. Lozada, Marlene, "Look out for distance learning," Techniques: Making Education and Career Connections72:7

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Justin Pniower; Michael Ruane; Bennett Goldberg; Selim Unlu

Francis Bitter National Magnet Lab at MIT. He holds two patents, and is author of over 60 scientificpublications.SELIM ÜNLÜ is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his BSEE from MiddleEast Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and his MSEE and Ph.D. in EE from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has received a Research Initiation Award and a CAREER Award from NSF, and a YoungInvestigator Award from ONR. Page 4.597.9

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Steven L. Cohen; Dennis P. Slevin; David I. Cleland; Kim LaScola Needy; Heather Nachtmann

ProjectManagement, Engineering Management and Manufacturing Management. An active member of the ProjectManagement Institute (PMI), he has published numerous articles, handbook chapters, and papers at professionalmeetings in his field. He has received funding for eighteen research projects during his academic career, and hasgiven over 300 lectures and seminars outside of his university. He has served as a consultant for both national andforeign companies, and is recognized as one of the best known members of PMI. He has been described as the“Father” of Project Management. He has both a national and international reputation in his field, and has beenhonored for his original and continuing contribution to his disciplines.DENNIS P. SLEVINDennis P. Slevin is

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George W. Garrison; Garry D. Coleman

advantages and disadvantages of each approach are described.The two approaches are compared and recommendations for others implementing web-assistedinstruction are presented.I. IntroductionDistance learning is extremely popular with the full-time employed engineer1. It makesobtaining a graduate degree possible without sacrificing one's current career. The functionalityof the world wide web (www) and increased access to it have made this tool a necessity, ratherthan an optional part of delivering distance education. This paper describes and compares theauthors' experience as the www has become an increasing part of how they deliver courses.While the courses are primarily delivered via live and recorded video, the instructors rely heavilyon the www to

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Alexander N. Cartwright

Functional Groups: The Influence of Group Size, AcademicRecord, Practical Experience, and Learning Style,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 4, 1997, pp. 321-332.13. Chrysanthe Demetry and James E. Groccia, “A Comparative Assessment of Students’ Experiences in TwoInstructional Formats of an Introductory Materials Science Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no.3, 1997, pp. 203-210.ALEXANDER N. CARTWRIGHT: Alexander N. Cartwright received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in1995 and has been an Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo since August 1995. In1998, he was fortunate enough to receive a NSF CAREER Award that supports his research and educationalactivities. He is active in curriculum

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J. Arvid Andersen

educators must constantly look at interestingtrends that may illustrate where engineering careers are going. The new ABET 2000 elevenpoint program should be observed with great interest. In my opinion this program certainlytry to create a competent graduate ready to perform work immediately. We must try to predictwhat knowledge and base skills is needed by the new graduates if they have to make thetransition from college to work smoothly and perform successfully2. One way to prepare fortomorrow is to have a thorough understanding of to day.The futureThe Danish society develops towards a more and more service oriented society. Themanufacturing industry will be highly automated with increasing use of robotics. Ourengineers should therefore have a

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Stacy Marie Olaskowitz; Shane T.J. Kemper

categories: academia orresearch.Upon completion of establishing the laboratory goals, the next step is to identify whichavenues of funding to pursue. For example, if building a research lab were the objective,one would pursue funding from the research allocated funds.In identifying potential local donors, it is suggested to pursue different avenues. Someleads to start your funding search are the following: the local chamber of commerce,local newspaper, the college career office and the R&D department at the school.In some cases the donations from industry may be less then desirable. However, it isrecommended to accept these donations. There are several unrecognized benefits toused equipment donations such as: a learning experience is provided by

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James J. Alpigini

Option B – Elective option (9 credits; select three courses from approved I.S. curriculum)A tenet of the MSIS program is that to manage technology effectively, it is necessary first tounderstand the technology. For this reason, a course in computer architecture is included as oneof the engineering core courses. The course is introductory in nature, offered at the level of asenior undergraduate or first year graduate. Despite its fundamental nature, teaching the courserepresents a major challenge for the instructor due to the diverse technical backgrounds of thestudents, many of whom are “career shifters.” That is, they are shifting into the field ofinformation science from non-technical backgrounds such

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Scott J. Amos; James L. Otter

intuitive, visual, inductive, reflective and sequential learning styles. Engineeringtechnology faculty tend to prefer sensing, visual, deductive and sequential methods, with nodistinct preference between active and reflective methods. Dr. Felder's studies and philosophiessupport the objectives of this project to assess student perceptions and learning styles comparedto provided delivery methods.With the construction industry demands on graduates of construction programs ever increasing,it is important that students in the program receive "real-world" experiences early and often intheir academic career. The importance of integrating practical experience, technical knowledgeand interactive communication guided the objectives for the first phase of

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Bahador Ghahramani

particular andengineering as a whole. Besides required courses, students are also encouraged to register forelectives in management and technical areas that most effectively satisfy their personal andprofessional careers. NTU students are assigned an academic advisor from the faculty. Advisors assiststudents in selection of the academic programs, planning their curriculum, registration, and otherpertinent information. Students are responsible for interfacing with their advisors and addressingtheir academic problems and issues.US ARMY ENGINEERING SCHOOL AND OTHER PROGRAMS The US Army Engineering School at Ft. Leonard Wood (USAES) is located to the southof Rolla, Missouri. USAES is a training school for the Army’s Engineering Officer

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Raymond Yannuzzi; Edward McDonnell; Bradshaw Kinsey; Robert Bowman

thepartnership. Philadelphia greatly increased its enrollment in Shipyard courses. Delaware andCamden, offering courses at the site for the first time, found new students for specializedprograms and attracted additional students from the Shipyard to campus-based programs as well.Drexel began to develop a career path and transfer opportunities for two-year graduates inapplied technologies. Building a consortium requires taking a risk and a willingness to examine and perhaps changeestablished attitudes and ways of operating. "Working together" often means "workingdifferently" and accepting the possibility that doing things in another way (like scheduling,admissions, credit transfer) can lead to favorable results. The Shipyard partners took a risk

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Sumit Ghosh; Raymond Kuo

primarily upper-middle-class high school students and parents whoview college as a pivotal career investment, the process of choosing colleges and preparing for admissionhas become extremely important. Parents are aware that going to a selective college increases one's socialstanding, contacts, and income potential. Today, the admissions process is often viewed as an erratic, highlycompetitive, chancey game over which neither parents nor students have much control. Kravets [2] paints avivid picture of the typical applicant's frustration and apprehension.Karen [3] describes the roles of academic achievement and ``ascription'' in the admission process atHarvard University, as examined in 1994. Karen notes that students whose parents have attended

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Paul Rossler

. As the academic section wears on, an instructor can feelas if she or he works in the fast food business. The above situation, however, works counter tothe goal of integration.Second, students look to be trained, not educated. In this regard the managerial ethos seems wellingrained in these students by their senior year. Like many managers, they apply short-sightedthinking under the philosophical banner of pragmatism. Both assigned work and materialpresented are judged against an application criterion that has a (seemingly) short time horizonattached to it: Can I apply this at work tommorrow? While the variety of co-op employers,employment experiences, and future career plans leads different students to different answers tothis question

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Matthew Hayes; David Pittner; Bryon Formwalt; Daniel J. Pack

robotics: design and gait control of a six legged robot, design andnavigational control for a mobile robot, and autonomous helicopter control. Thestudents agree that an undergraduate research project is a valuable ‘bridge’ betweentheir undergraduate academic careers and the next stages of their lives, working as AirForce engineers or continuing the academic path to graduate school. The paper presentsthe three different student perspectives on the subject of undergraduate researchregarding the value, the drawback, and the type of research which can be performedgiven the constraints of time and advanced knowledge. The paper will also include theopinions of the faculty mentor concerning the observations made by students. Inaddition, the paper will

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Hamid Khan

. & Strategy: Negotiation and Dispute Resolution, Competitive Advantage, Change Management, Human Resource Management (Skills Sub-scales: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, and Human Resource Management) & Productivity: Design for manufacturability, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Career Management, Decision Analysis (Skills Sub-scale: Strategic Planning) & Leadership: Managerial Communication, Designing Organizations for Teams, The Creative Process, Presentational Speaking (Skills Sub-scales: Organizational Leadership, and Managerial Communication) & Global

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craig evers

achievements varies from the students’ Page 2.468.1self-expectations. Papers acknowledged that “student performance must be weighed," but passedon quickly to deal with other aspects of the teaching experience. Some papers mentioned the useof different techniques to award grades, and there was talk of the “curve," but it seems that verylittle resource is focused on the development of this curve.In the course of a lengthy industrial career, this engineer has participated in, taught, endured, andas a true student, slept through many training sessions regarding the use of metrics to determineproject status. Industry uses many measurements to define

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Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

endterm evaluations. Each component is described below.Team Work LaboratoriesThe course has a three hour lab section per week. One hour is for an activity section and theother two hours are a computer lab. The first four activity sections are devoted to developingteam work skills.In the activity sessions, students are told that they will often work in groups in their engineeringclasses and later during their careers. Thus, it is important to learn how to work well in groups.The instructor introduces four group work roles that are always assigned during ENGR 111group work sessions: Scribe: Records the minutes of the group work. Facilitator: Engages all members in the group process. Presenter: Presents a summary of the group’s

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Richard Gilbert; Mark Maughmer; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

the fact that course content complexity increases later in the curriculum. Thismaturation refers to the increased complexity in the course goals and objectives and how thecourse lectures must be adjusted to meet those intentions. It is convenient to explain this changein the lecture in relationship to the curriculum as well as to the courses within that curriculum. Page 3.73.3 Session 1675The Curriculum Perspective As suggested above, all engineering curricula tackle the task of preparing their graduatesfor a successful engineering career by

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David E. Clough

; Cascade Control Fluids Unit Evaporator Flow ControlActive-Learning ComponentDuring my somewhat lengthy career of teaching process control, I have worked diligently on myperformance as a lecturer, keeping well in mind the well-publicized necessary conditions toexcellent teaching: ¾ knowledge of subject ¾ organization ¾ communication ¾ rapport ¾ fairnessMuch of this work focused on my performance. After enough time, I felt I had squeezed asmuch performance out of myself, and yet I was dissatisfied in two aspects of the students’experience in the course: ¾ extent of

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William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

detailed information regarding the dates, travel requirements, costs, and post trip obligations.Several previous participants are usually in attendance at this first meeting to provide additionalinformation and give a student’s perspective of trip dynamics and benefits. Those who areinterested are given an informational packet which includes an exchange application. Later,during the first week of the second semester, early in January, the final recruiting effort isconducted.The student selection process is based upon class standing, letters of recommendation, and a shortessay addressing such things as career goals, international experience, expected benefits, and how

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John D. Whittaker; Ted G. Eschenbach

ofengineering but without the “use and convenience of man” part.What do engineers do? The definitions and functions do not describe the actual minutia of the engineer’s job. Itis difficult to visualize exactly what one is doing when designing, planning, or fulfilling any ofthe other functions. However, what engineers do is of considerable concern to engineeringeducators. Adequately conceptualizing and describing a career is an obvious pre-requisite todeveloping an educational program for it. We have undertaken an observational study of engineers in practice. Rather than asking,we would observe and record, and in this way develop an activity-based definition ofengineering. This activity-based definition is more inclusive than a common

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Alexander N. Cartwright

Students Asking Questions WithinA Learning Community,” NSF Curriculum Reform Institute, Oshkosh, WI (1997). Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.in the U.S. and other countries.8. Landis, Raymond B. (1995). Studying Engineering A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Burbank, CA:Discovery Press.9. David Hunkeller, Julie E. Sharp, “Assigning Functional Groups: The Influence of Group Size, Academic Record,Practical Experience, and Learning Style,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 4, 1997, pp. 321-332.10. Chrysanthe Demetry and James E. Groccia, “A Comparative Assessment of Students’ Experiences in TwoInstructional Formats of an Introductory Materials Science Course

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

perspective. Collaboration among classmates of variedbackgrounds encourages greater understanding of an increasingly interdependent worldeconomy. Careers will benefit as Indiana employers come to value the broader worldview of graduates.B. Content, Structure, and Rigor of the Course / Program OfferingsThe "voluntary presentation of standards" contain several points to consider in settingstandards for content, structure, and rigor of the course:1. Proposed standard:The home campus departments supervise the credits offered at the host institution abroad.The IUPUI / UNITEN program has met this criteria. The syllabus, textbooks, andsupporting course materials are specified by the home department for each content area.A chief academic officer on site