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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

participate in MIMIC are enrolled in a capstone course, IntegratedBusiness Operations, required in their Associate in Applied Science degree programs. Theyare from a variety of career fields, including marketing, accounting, management, computersystems and information systems, which allows the makeup of the "companies" to berepresentative of an industry. Integrating students from various disciplines not only fulfillsthe technical needs of the student teams but also provides valuable interaction andcommunication opportunities. Acting on the advice of the advisory committees for theircareer programs and utilizing a list of essential workplace skills1 endorsed by the area TechPrep consortium, the instructors who organize the project make the development

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

proceedings on CD-ROM, paper 436, 9 pages (indexed by the ERIC database with accession number ED452047).[26] Agresti, A. (1996) An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.[27] Adelman, Clifford. (1998) Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers. U.S. Department of Education, PLLI-98-8055. Available at http://www.erc-assoc.org/nsf/engrg_paths/[28] Dunn, David W., Joan K. Austin, Jaroslaw Harezlak, and Walter T. Ambrosius (2003), “ADHD and epilepsy in childhood,” Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 45, 50–54. Page 10.658.11

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Warren; Jason Yao

also motivatethese capable students to pursue careers in an expanding biomedical industry.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to acknowledge Jerry T. Love, Sandia National Laboratories (retired), for theoriginal design of the light feedback circuit. Portions of this material are based upon worksupported by the National Science Foundation under grant BES–0093916. Opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the NSF. All studies addressed in this paper that involve humansubjects have been approved by the Human Studies Board at Kansas State University underprotocol #2211

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Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suguna Bommaraju

explain relationship between electricity and magnetism. These fundamentalsare very important for individuals pursuing careers in electronics and electrical engineering.Electricity and magnetism concepts were discussed in your Tuesday class. You are invited to give a 3-minute guestspeaker lecture about “how the relay operates” to “Junior High” class at Lakota High School.Your instructor provided the following circuit that you can use to prepare your lecture.Your presentation should contain a brief explanation of the circuit. Page 9.507.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Catalano

electrical,computer, systems and industrial and mechanical engineering, the engineering disciplinesoffered by the Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science at the State Universityof New York, Binghamton (SUNY-Binghamton). As required by the guidelines set forthin ABET EC2000, students during their senior year must enroll in and successfullycomplete a capstone design experience. The capstone design experience helps studentsbegin to bridge the gap between their academic and professional careers by exposingthem to the technical demands, potential pitfalls, and professional expectations ofengineers and researchers. Previous to the development of the new multi-disciplinary capstone sequence,each engineering department in the Watson School

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

, is to provide classroom teaching experience, with an emphasis on learner-centeredteaching methods, to future engineering educators.Those engineering graduate students interested in an academic career have limited options whenit comes to preparing to teach the next generation of engineers. These options can includeteaching assistantships (TAs) which can be accompanied with a teaching workshop, teachingseminars, and under rare circumstances a graduate course on engineering education that canincorporates lesson-planning and learning theory1. The GK-12 fellowship program provides Page 9.601.1USC’s engineering graduate students experience

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ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kishore Kotteri; Joan Carletta; Amy Bell

an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Bell conducts research in waveletimage compression, embedded systems, and bioinformatics. She is the recipient of a 1999 NSF CAREER awardand a 2002 NSF Information Technology Research award; she has also received two awards for teaching excellence.JOAN E. CARLETTA is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Akron. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in1995. Her research involves the design of digital hardware for applications that require intensive computation

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Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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C. Wayne Unsell

worthwhile* 26. I expect to have little use for Tablet in my daily life* 27. I can’t think of any way that I will use Tablet in my career* 28. Anything that a Tablet can be used for, I can do just as well some other way* 29. Working with Tablet will not be important to me in my life’s work* Usefulness (course) 30. Using Tablet did not have a positive effect on my learning** 31. The Tablet was helpful to me in learning class concepts** 32. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to understand the material** 33. Using Tablet during lectures made it easier to do my homework assignments** 34. The Tablet should be used more often in this class** 35. Tablet should not be used in this class

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paige Smith

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Positive Relationship with Faculty Mentors: Almost all Scholars and Undergraduate Fellows saidthat one of the highlights of their experience was being able to work directly with a femaleprofessor. The Scholars generally found the Mentors were very understanding and helpful.Many Scholars got to know their Mentor on a personal level. Several Mentors invited theScholars into their homes or took them on field trips. The Scholars found they could talk to theirMentors about virtually anything including career goals, graduate plans, and how to balancehome life and work. One Scholar pointed out that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

students interested in an engineering career. A wide variety of factors are available foranalysis using already existing University and Department databases. The first factor thought tomeasure student success is usually cumulative GPA however, that alone is not a sole predictor ofsuccess. Other data, such as SAT verbal and math scores, first semester GPA, high schoolgraduation rank, high school extra curricular activities, concurrent employment, internships,math placement exams, socio-economic factors, gender and minority status, may also beindicators of student success. Preliminary data suggest involvement in student professionalsocieties enhances graduation rates. Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam indicates aminimum level of academic

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

features. This has been attributed to the more developed ability ofexperienced designers to think and visualize in three dimensions as well to the influence ofdesign habits developed over the course of their education and careers which lead them to relymore on 2-dimensional representations [12]. Despite the ubiquitous presence of CAD technology, designers continue to find aspects oftraditional sketch media that contribute to conceptual thinking lacking in CAD interfaces andultimately in the representations produced with CAD, either on screen or in printed form. Asnoted previously, the ineffectiveness of digital media in conceptual design has been attributed tocharacteristics of the markings as well. However, digital media has not been

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

corporate business model as experienced by the lead author during his industrialengineering career. This model provides a good learning environment for students as theyreceive exposure to a traditional business model they may experience in a company upongraduation.The management structure developed is directly taken from business where the PrincipalInvestigator (PI) is the CEO, and the following positions are assigned to students: ProjectManager (PM), Engineering Leads (EL), and Individual Contributors (IC). Figure 1 shows thestructure used for the 2003-04 academic year in our Intelligent Prosthetic Arm project. This is atypical organizational chart and is determined within the first week of the fall semester by the PIwith input from the incoming

Conference Session

Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Czuchry; W. Andrew Clark

Technology or aMasters of Business Administration (MBA) can select coursework with an emphasis inentrepreneurial business practices and concepts. Faculty members from both the technology andbusiness colleges form an interdisciplinary team to help coordinate offerings for students. Tohelp facilitate cross-pollination between diverse fields of study many of these courses are duallisted in both the MBA and Technology curriculums. In addition to the master degree programs,an Entrepreneurial Leadership Graduate Certificate Program has been implemented to providenon-traditional students an opportunity to learn entrepreneurial business concepts that can beapplied directly to their careers. Coursework offered at ETSU to facilitate innovativeentrepreneurship

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

. Overall, the results show the need for further development of case study materials thatshow how learning STEM concepts is essential in solving real-world problems. A collection ofsuch materials need to be made available to instructors and students using the national digitallibrary initiative. Widespread use of such materials has the potential to get young studentsexcited about pursuing careers in science and engineering. ReferencesAldridge, M.D. (1994). “Professional Practice: A Topic for Engineering Research and Instruction,” Journal ofEngineering Education, 83(3): July 1994, pp. 231-236.Bok, D. Higher Learning, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986.Boyer, E. College; The Undergraduate

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

Session 2004-1819 The Manufacturing Learning Model – An Innovative Method for Manufacturing Education Winston F. Erevelles – Robert Morris University Pearley Cunningham – Community College of Allegheny County Sunday Faseyitan – Butler County Community College Robert Myers – Westmoreland County Community CollegeI. IntroductionThe Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) is an industry-driven, academic system delivering innovative manufacturing education and career developmentin southwestern Pennsylvania. The coalition brings

Conference Session

Teaching Engineers to Teach

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Neil S. Grigg; Darrell G. Fontane; Marvin Criswell; Thomas Siller

the work processesof civil engineers, the allocation of work, educational requirements and career paths, andbusiness opportunities for civil engineering firms are also changing. These changes are leadingto new paradigms for intelligent transportation, smart buildings, SCADA, monitoring andcontrol, disaster management, and intelligent construction.Most observations and conclusions of the IT study will have applicability for civil engineeringprograms in general, even though some specific plans for implementation within our curriculumwill center on the core courses. IT certainly has many applications outside of the core courses,including in simulations, virtual labs, formulation and analysis of design options, demonstrationsand illustrations of

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

. Page 9.981.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationUniversities and K12 institutions share the burden of adequate preparation for students who maychoose technical careers. Indeed, universities “have a crucial role to play in the important stridesbeing made to transform K12 science and math education.”1 Weaknesses in the preparation ofK12 students in science and mathematics are well recognized. The academic performance ofU.S. students in mathematics and science slips from near the top of the list of 48 countries at theelementary level to near the bottom during the high school years

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Betz

and encourage their successful students withspecific aptitudes to enter Technology Education careers, and this acts like a form of institutionalinbreeding. This is significant because these students fit a profile, with an inclination andorientation toward practical hands-on, non-traditional academic work.Creative Crane Competition as a ModelThere were two main reasons for developing the Creative Crane Competition.15 The first reasonwas marketing in nature; promoting interest, rewarding excellence, inspiring students, etc.Although this is not central to the theme of this paper, it provides a justifiably pragmatic reasonfor the College, technology educators, and corporate sponsors to support the effort. The secondreason was pedagogical in

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

learn theory applied to a real-world situation.”These comments suggest that they seemed to realize the importance of the skills they learnedin the class and how they are related to their career goals. Exceptionally Exceptionally High LowRate the instructor’s overall teaching 35% 59% 6% 0% 0%effectiveness Excellent Very poorHow would you characterize the 47% 47% 6%instructor’s ability to explain

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Pawley

may have studied much of our Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationadult lives, which we have been questioned and challenged on through our undergraduate,graduate and professional careers, and which has taken up so much of our time, money, energy,and other personal resources, is potentially damaging to the social position of women in theworld can be a shock. At least, it was for me, at the beginning of my studies in feminist theoriesof science. After all, I had been learning that the ultimate aim of my work in engineering was tostay objective in my relationship to my subject of study (itself

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering/Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andre Sayles

Session 3470 Diversity: An Engineering Process Andre H. Sayles United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996AbstractEngineers often prefer to work with processes, particularly those that allow for assumptions,inputs, and outputs. Unfortunately, engineers seldom pursue diversity management as perhaps asecondary career field. In this paper, organizational diversity is represented by an engineering-like process having three primary phases and a supporting phase. The Leading Diversity ProcessModel (LDPM) is

Conference Session

Service Learning in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patti Clayton; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering"Appendix CSyllabus for Service-learning ModuleDEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYDraft SyllabusCHE 451P, Chemical Engineering Design II – Spring 2003M 1:30-3:20, Riddick 242Instructor: Dr. Steven Peretti (peretti@eos.ncsu.edu) 221 Riddick Labs, 515-6397 Dr. Lisa Bullard (lisa_bullard@ncsu.edu) 206 Riddick Labs, 515-7455Contact: Jennifer King (jlking2@unity.ncsu.edu) 835-4368Objectives: • To assist in providing an understanding of engineering in a broader, community-based context • To discuss issues of diversity and the implications upon the career of engineers • To define and assist in understanding

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

foreign companies to sell their goods and products in theUnited States, just as it makes it easier for American companies to sell their goods and productsin foreign markets. Manufacturing facilities are increasingly relocated overseas to takeadvantage of lower production costs, access to raw materials, less stringent regulations, ortaxation considerations.IE students should have an opportunity to understand how their professional careers may leadthem to many different assignments around the globe. In the case of the University of MinnesotaDuluth, many students come from rural settings and have not traveled extensively, especiallyoverseas, and a good appreciation of international opportunities and challenges can be difficult todevelop. This

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Lin; Richard Pfile

Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”groups of industry players for everyone’s benefit. These types of certifications are usuallycalled vendor neutral to indicate that they stress general knowledge as opposed to detailedknowledge of some particular vendor’s proprietary products or technologies.Below is a sample list of different certification programs that are readily found in most ofthe publications as well as advisements:Microsoft Certifications (MCP, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD, MCT, MOUS, MOUSMI)Novell Certifications (CNA, CNE, MCNE, CNI, CDE)Oracle Certifications (OCP)Cisco Career Certifications (CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, CCDA, CCDP)CompTIA Certifications (A+, Network+, i

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wigal

Execute/EvaluateFigure 2.0: Object Oriented Approach to Systems Modeling (adapted from Levis16)Need for Integrating Technical Communication with the Engineering CurriculumPracticing engineers, industry representatives, and ABET recognize the need for technicalcommunication instruction in the engineering curricula. Studies estimate that engineers spend aminimum of fifty percent of their time on some form of written or verbal communication.18However, many students see written and oral communication as largely unrelated to their futurejobs and/or career goals.19 Engineering students believe that engineering is understanding andbuilding something and does not include explaining and transferring knowledge, and thus, doesnot require rhetorical skills

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

reviewing formal technical data packages related to an engineering design. 4.2.Apply the broad range of technical tools and engineering sciences learned during the previous formal educationLevel 5: Synthesis 5.1.Be ready to begin a career as an engineer. 5.2.Synthesize the learning achieved from not only the formal classroom experiences, but also co-op work experiences, to form a solid foundation for subsequent professional development. 5.3.Be able to function in a multi-disciplinary environment. 5.4.Understand the importance of life-ling education. The learning objectives of the DPM class may be mapped against the ABET EC2000educational outcomes as indicated in Table 1. Each department in the college has

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Abdullah Abonamah; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

, Page 8.860.4students must satisfy the employer’s as well as faculty supervisor’s requirements. In their capstone Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 3project, they must take responsibility for completing a major project in their chosen field to thesatisfaction of their major program faculty. At the end of their internship, students make a finalreport in which they perform a reflection on their achievement of the learning outcomes and acritical review of their experience. This exercise may help students make better career decisionsupon

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Camp; Laurie Smith King; Keith Miller; Barbara Moskal

decision would have a positive impact ontheir careers (iv and ix); The reverse was true for students. As was previously discussed,conflicting results between student and faculty outcomes may suggest that maturity andexperience may be important factors in determining the effects of computer ethics education.The causes of these differences span beyond the scope of this paper and are left for futureresearch.The final assessment instrument used was the Computer Ethics Content Assessment. Thisinstrument was specifically designed to measure goal #2, "To increase faculty and students'content knowledge in computer ethics", and to be consistent with Johnson's3 textbook. Bothparticipating faculty and students displayed an increase in their average score

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiangqiao Lan; Donghai Xie

career creation, so as to uplift the comprehensive quality of fostered talents.Bibliography1. Joint Committee on Standards for Education (1994). The program evaluation standard 2nd ed. ThousandOaks, CA: Sage.2. Stufflebeam, D. L. (1991) Foundational Models for 21st Century Program Evaluation. (pp.1-5). Kalamazoo,MI: Western Michigan University, The Evaluation Center.3. Stark, J.S. (1989). Goals for Colleges and Course: A Missing Link in Assessing and Improving AcademicAchievement. District of Columbia, (ERIC No. EDO-HE-89-6)4. Student assessment of courses and faculty [On-line]. Available:5. Course Ratings as K-State. [On-ling]. Available: 6. Guide to Student Ratings at the University of

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili

integrate this class with the engineering graphics curriculum.Introducing the Gantt chart earlier could have helped the first team project.Rely on web and email even more for class communication, reducing need for handouts.Consider having past students give testimonials about the purpose of the course and thepersonal value in their academic careers. Page 8.582.12Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe TIDEE design process was well explained and thus there was no need forimprovement.It is important to form a