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to a Rewarding Career, Discovery Press: Burbank California, p. 11.Polya, G., (1973) How to Solve It, Second Edition, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.Wales, C. E., (1972a) “Guided Design: Why & How You Should Use It,” Engineering Education, 62, (8).Wales, C.E., and Stager, R.A., (1972b). “The Design of an Educational System,” Engineering Education, 62 (5).Wales, C. E., (1979) “Does How You Teach Make a Difference?” Engineering Education, 69 (5), 81-85.Wales, C. E., Nardi, A.H.,Stager, R.A., (1986) Professional Decision-Making, Center for Guided Design, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.Wales, C. E., Nardi, A.H., Stager, R. A., (1987) Thinking Skills: Making a Choice, Center for Guided Design, West Virginia

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Stephen McKnight; Gilead Tadmor; E Everbach; William E. Cole; Michael Ruane

Toolboxes inMATLAB to implement our measurement and control functions.In fact, we are now convinced that there are good reasons to choose MATLAB in conjunctionwith the HTT&TL to teach programming concepts, and we are considering this interface for usein the modules at Boston University as well. MATLAB is a widely-used engineering tool that Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.936.3 Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents can make use of throughout their careers. For many, or even most, one-time analysistasks, MATLAB

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departments, while thedelivery of systems and control theory has been the strength of electrical engineeringdepartments. This comment is based on anecdotal (hence debatable) evidence and certainly thereare exceptions. What is clear, however, is that to prepare students for productive careers insystems and controls, engineering courses must address the issue of integrating the theory withrelevant design issues, including modeling, implementation, complexity, and cost. As always,we must remain cognizant of the fact that every student should design control systems upon afirm foundation of mathematics and systems theory. So in the end it is a question of balance.We believe that the control system analysis and design approach adopted by the authors in

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projects; nationally - normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys that document professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; placement data of graduates. The institution must have and enforce policies for the acceptance of transfer students and for the validation of credit courses taken elsewhere. The institution must also have and enforce procedures to assure that all students meet all program requirements. Criterion 8. Program Criteria Each program must satisfy applicable Program Criteria. Program Criteria provide the specificity needed for interpretation of the basic level criteria as applicable to a given discipline. Requirements stipulated in each Program Criteria

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Investigator for the project "Visions for EmbeddedSystems Laboratories" sponsored by the National Science Foundation Combined Research-CurriculumDevelopment Program. She served as the Director of the undergraduate program in Computer Engineering. Dr.Rover received an NSF Career Program award in 1996. Page 6.1042.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Appendix I—ABET’s Level of Implementation Form 3Each evaluator completes this form at the conclusion of the visit. Each

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curricula • To develop team skills through the use of collaborative, learning-based assignments • To introduce students to various problems (areas of interest) within the agricultural engineering and technology field • To experience hands-on laboratories related to the AE and AST options • To increase involvement in professional societies and student branch • To introduce technical writing skills during the first year of study • To make the first-year composition courses more meaningful to the students • To establish career development/job preparation • To receive academic guidance related to curriculum issuesThese general and specific ABE LC objectives were designed to help our department meet thefollowing college and

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Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 1998.36. Mourtros, N. “Portfolio Assessment in Aerodynamics,” Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997.37. LaRose, G. “Documenting your course with course portfolios,” http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/%7Eglarose/courseinfo/portfolios/page00.html.38. Stanford Learning Laboratory “Learning Careers,” http://sll.stanford.edu/projects/hlc/index.html.RICHARD L. UPCHURCHRichard L. Upchurch is a Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of MassachusettsDartmouth. He is currently working with the assessment team of the College of Engineering, under the auspices ofthe NSF-sponsored Foundation Coalition, in developing software support for assessment and reporting. He and Dr.Sims

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faculty must setstandards and also provide encouragement and advice on problems. The faculty alsoneeds to act as a consultant, help set direction and sometimes make decisions as a leader.The faculty must use their expertise to define and limit the project scope so that studentsuccess is a challenging but reachable goal.The final principle that provides the framework for the senior projects at LSSU is theintegration of soft, or non-technical, skills into the projects. It is the belief of the facultythat a graduate’s successful career will be determined as much or more by their soft skillsas their technical skills. The projects do require that students use their technical skills,but these are not seen as the focal point. Soft skills such as

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Geoff Swan; S P Maj; D Veal

, there have been many complaintsinternationally about students’ deficiencies in basic mathematics 3. Whilst McHenry hasnoted with respect to the quantitative understanding, that “It is clear that this need for aworkforce able to think quantitatively is much more of a challenge to school mathematics,science and engineering than the nurturing of the best students toward careers inmathematics, science and engineering” 17. Maybe these approaches need not be mutuallyexclusive. A major challenge for today’s education systems are to be able to effectively servea broad cross-section of student needs in the areas of mathematics, science, and technology.McHenry has also noted with respect to the lack of quality mathematics education reachingthe broad mid

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Wayne Walter; Paul Stiebitz

Session 2255 On Developing Integrated Systems Architecture and Systems Engineering Courses at RIT Wayne W. Walter, Paul H. Stiebitz Rochester Institute of TechnologyIntroductionThe Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, theUniversity of Detroit Mercy and the Naval Post Graduate School have joined with industryleaders to create a two-year product development program at the Master’s Degree level for mid-career technical managers. Using a common curriculum framework, each member of theconsortium, named the Educational

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Jr., Richard O'Brien; Jenelle Piepmeier

students at the military academies (see Section 3.2) and to the potential career options in the2 Data was obtained from the Registrars at USNA, USAFA, USMA.3Data was obtained from the Registrars at Bucknell University and Rochester Institute ofTechnology. Page 6.761.5 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright (c) 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationmilitary. It is important to note that the percent increase is a relative measure and these conclusionsmay obscure the fact that Bucknell has been very successful in recruiting female

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behavior patterns. Thepedagogical objective is to get students involved in a project that has technologicalconsiderations and social impacts. Such an opened and multidisciplinary design project requirescareful preparation and the implication of students, faculty and experts. This presentation aim atdescribing the organization of the RoboToy Contest, to get other universities interested in suchrich and fruitful initiative for all.I. IntroductionIf we want engineering students to learn how to be good engineers, we must put them as close aspossible to real challenges similar to the ones they will have to face during their career. At theUniversité de Sherbrooke, in addition to the co-op training program, we are dedicated to makestudents work on

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: Guest speakers representing a variety of work settings and professionalexperiences spoke about their career as professional industrial engineering practitioners. Fourguest speakers were distributed spread through the term. Each speaker was asked to describetheir IE work setting and to give insight into projects on which they have worked. Students wereprompted to reflect on the experiences of the guest speakers in terms of the various dimensionsof professional practice activity (i.e., the EC2000 learning outcomes).Design Project: For the term project, students were asked to develop a tool to educate a selectedaudience about industrial engineering. As part of this project, students were asked to select aninteresting work setting and then work out

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Ron Eglash; Larry Kagan; Gary Gabriele; Frances Bronet; David Hess

Innovation (PDI) is a newundergraduate dual degree program at Rensselaer that seeks to educate students for careers innew product development. PDI is a dual major program satisfying the requirements for theBachelor of Science programs in engineering and Science, Technology and Society (STS). PDIprepares students to become innovative designers who can integrate contemporary technologieswith changing social contexts for a new generation of advanced product designs.This paper will describe the PDI program, its goals, how it was formulated, and reviewexperiences we have had in offering the first three years of this innovative program. We willprovide the curriculum templates and discuss how the design studio sequence fits together.BACKGROUNDLike it or

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ability to learn sheet metal forming and think critically. Your responses to this questionnaireare confidential; no one will see your individual responses except the Office of Institutional Research. Dr. Raghu willreceive a summary of the results but not the questionnaire’s themselves. Your frank responses are an important part ofbuilding a composite picture; we appreciate your participation.Current information about yourself:Major (specialty) ________________________________ Co-op Employer _____________________________Planned Career: Please check one of the following categories. Employment in Mechanical Engineering after BS _____________________________ Graduate Education in Mechanical or

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Terrence Freeman

Session: 2793 Recruiting and Retention Effectiveness Terrence L. Freeman St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyIntroductionThe twenty-first century will be dominated by technological change as the United Stateseconomy becomes increasingly dependent on a technically literate workforce. Engineering is oneof the careers that will help fuel the engine of economic growth1. If the United States is tomaintain its technological leadership in this interdependent global economy an inclusiveengineering education is a must.Brainard and Carlin (1998) report that undergraduate

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Andre Clavet; Mario Lucas; Gerard Lachiver; Francois Michaud

of this project was toconfirm early on the career choice of these students by putting them close to the reality of theprofession and making them work on projects involving design and analysis abilities,autonomous learning, teamwork, communication skills and social considerations. We alsowanted to create a stimulating and motivating learning environment, with a reasonable workloadthat favored the integration and the application of the engineering knowledge and skills.To accomplish this goal, we were looking for a project that could integrate these ideas indifferent courses with appropriate complexity, and also provide open challenges that push furtherthe creativity and the ingenuity of the students. With that in mind, we developed an

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Richard N. Smith; Michael K. Jensen; Deborah A. Kaminski; Amir Hirsa

, interconnections, and synergy. Traditional Page 5.227.2courses focus on teaching the details of each discipline in isolation. Because of the amount ofmaterial presented, we sacrifice discussion and the use of other disciplines, which invariably comeinto play in many “real-life” situations.Two other factors contribute to the present arrangement of courses in thermal/fluids engineering.First, we generally intend our courses to perform “double duty;” that is, we prepare our studentsfor advanced study within the discipline and for a career in industry. While many more studentsopt for industry immediately after the BS than for graduate school, traditional

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Valana Baxter; Mark R Henderson; Jim Baxter; Alan de Pennington

benefits and limitations of a number of communication methods• In the environment that the project created, the students acquired a number of skills that will give them a grounding for a professional career. These skills included appreciation of the need for a single point of contact to a given group of people and discipline in communications, and the importance of agendas and strategies for meetings and other interactions with people.• The project enabled them to experience the management of change. In addition, they have had to realize that attention to detail and the need to liaise with others (including customers and suppliers) is important - input from industrialists raised the tenor of the project and made it possible for

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Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

programs it has become a challenge to adapt to thesesuggested changes at a fast pace. One of the challenges is to provide a fast track toproject/design engineering while providing the strong fundamental engineering education andsolid preparation in design, analysis and evaluation in a four year program. However, it is toour advantage to meet the challenge, it is critical to the success of our engineering graduates intheir professional careers to “hit the mark” and meet industry’s expectations.While there is not a universal definition of design; it is paramount to realize that engineeringdesign brings new products/processes/systems and subsystems to the specialized consumer orthe global market seeking to improve health, well-being, safety

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. Bragdon, C. & Berkowitz, C. "Transportation Technology Careers: 2005," 1996 ASEE Annual ConferenceProceedings, Session 16254. URL: http://www.teslev.com/links.htm; Maglev reference resources.5. URL: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/3075/maglev.html; Maglev reference resources.6. URL: http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/maglev/maglev.html; Maglev reference resources.7. URL: http://www.ccnet.com/~lnstech/#lev; Magnetic levitation science kit.8. URL: http://www.fbk.com; Educational magnetic levitation systems9. Hurley, W.G. & Wolfle, W.H. "Electromagnet Design of a Magnetic Suspension System," IEEE Transactions onEducation, Vol. 40, No. 2, May 1997, pp. 124-130.10. Oliveira, V.A., Costa, E.F., & Vargas, J. B. "Digital Implementation of a

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Publishers, 1990, p. 131.14.) Carl Mitcham, Thinking Through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994, pp. 192-208.15.) Ibid., Goldman, p. 131. Page 5.666.12 1216.) Web Cite for the IEEE Code of Ethics http://www.ieeeusa.org/DOCUMENTS/CAREER/CAREER_LIBRA RY/ethics.html17.) Bonnie A. Nardi and Vicki L. O’Day, Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart. Cambridge, MA.: The MIT Press, 1999.18.) Ibid., p. ix.19.) Langdon Winner, "Engineering Ethics and Political Imagination," in Paul T. Durbin (ed.), Broad and Narrow Interpretations of

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Nicole DeJong; Ken Van Treuren; Don Farris; Cindy Fry

, laboratory activities, interaction between faculty andstudents, engineering problem solving, and the use of engineering analysis and designtechniques. The objectives of the course are • To provide career guidance and motivation for new engineering students • To build a sense of community among engineering students and faculty • To provide students with experience in engineering problem solving • To develop some basic analytical and design skills needed by engineers, and • To introduce Computer Aided Design (CAD)The design project reinforces many of the topics in the course. Its completion is the culmination Page 5.690.1of

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Education andHuman Resources concluded that “… while K – 12 programming can expand the pool of thoseinterested in pursing careers in SME&T [Science, Mathematics, Engineering, & Technology], itis at the undergraduate level where attrition and burnout can be most effectively prevented.What we in SME&T education must do is to concern ourselves with all students, not just thosewho historically have been represented in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.Such a breadth of concern has important educational benefits as well, as it will force us to thinkmore about how individuals learn and recognize what research has made clear: that there aredifferences in learning style which profoundly effect achievement. And let us not forget

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convert their course materials into the new multimedia format. Fromthe program’s perspective, it is definitely worth the effort.As to the program’s future, despite all the difficulties encountered so far, we are optimistic aboutcontinuous enrollment growth of VAFB students. This growth can be attributed to severalreasons. First, it is a degree program. To many Air Force personnel and civilian engineers, what Page 6.134.9they want is a master’s degree to advance their professional careers. Second, the degree program Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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discovery of the current bestpractices available and to invent and test a new curriculum based on desiredcharacteristics and extensions and modifications of existing theories and findings. Oneobjective was to understand how to create a graduate who is the best prepared to dealwith her future whether her career is in engineering or other areas. The curriculum wasdesigned in a way to meet individual needs, produce agile and adaptive learners who areable to deal with a world in which knowledge is constantly changing and ensure thatgraduates greatly exceed common standards in the disciplines in which they graduate. Page 6.153.22 An ad-hoc working

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P. Hirsch; J.E. Colgate; J. Anderson; G. Olson; D. Kelso; B. Shwom

, instead of the traditional freshmen essay or research paper, students learn how to structure an argument, highlight benefits, answer questions and objections, and back up assertions with evidence; they learn how to gather evidence from surveys and focus groups and how to present that evidence in text, tables, charts, and appendices. Thus they can see how the demands of college writing and speaking are different from those they have experienced in high school and how they can use writing, research, and related skills in their academic and professional careers.• Introduction to new technologies Most students are already computer literate at the start of EDC; they have begun to use specialized engineering programs such as

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for AppliedPsychological Type have determined MBTI type for thousands of engineering students at variousuniversities. This data has been analyzed for application to student learning as well as forpossible use in career counseling and student retention strategies [McCaully1990, 1983, 1976].Other examples include using MBTI to develop self instruction materials [Irey], using MBTIcomparisons between freshman and senior students to determine the change in preferencebrought about during the four years of engineering curriculum [Rodman, Rosatti] and workwhich has shown the potential to increase academic success of struggling students bystrengthening their non-preferred areas [Yokomoto].The present work builds on what is known from MBTI type

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degree helps assure career security belief 5 – strongly holds this belief Perception of the Work Engineers Considers engineering a respectable field and the work 1 – does not strongly hold this Do and the Engineering Profession engineers do has a positive impact in solving the world’s belief problems 5 – strongly holds this belief Enjoyment of Math and Science Preference for math and science courses over liberal arts 1 – does not strongly hold this Courses courses

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pre-college level. Introducing the practiceof engineering to students earlier in their career may potentially provide them with a head-starton the abilities they will need to be competitive in the workplace.The Introduction to Engineering course described in this paper was developed to meet thegrowing interest for pre-engineering curricula appropriate for high school students. The coursewas designed to combine engineering skills and content with a firm pedagogical and instructional Page 3.350.1foundation. The main goals of the course are to familiarize students with the practice of