Explanation of Paper ID:

1st Digit	2nd Digit	3rd Digit	4th Digit
M = Monday Tu = Tuesday W = Wednesday F = Friday	Time I 09:00 - 09:30 Time A 09:40 - 11:00 Time B 11:10 - 12:30 Time C 14:00 - 15:40 Time D 16:00 - 18:00	Room Number	Presentation Order

For example, MD5-3 means Monday, Time D, Room 5, The 3rd Paper.

August 14, Monday 14:00 - 15:40
MC1: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (1)
           Chairs: George Swisher (USA) ; Yeong-Bin Yang (Taiwan, ROC)

MC1-1	Preparation for Global Engineering Practice in the Twenty-First Century John Zeugner, Lance Schachterle, Edward A. Parrish, Yi Hua Ma, William W. Durgin, Paul Davis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
MC1-2	The Development Strategy of Engineering Education System in the Digital Age Chieh-Yu Lin, Hsiaoping Yeh, Chang Jung Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
MC1-3	Curriculum Innovation: Professional Responsibility Steven P. Nichols , Ted Aanstoos, Christy Moore, Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA)
MC1-4	Multi-Media Based Laboratory Modules in Particle Technology for the Undergraduate Core Laboratory Curriculum Rajesh Dave1, Robert Pfeffer1, Chao Zhu1, Karl Jacob2, 1NJIT, 2The Dow Chemical Company (USA)
MC1-5	Estimation, System Identification and Chemometrics Rolf Ergon, David Di Ruscio, Kim Esbensen, Svein Thore Hagen, Telemark Univ. (Norway)

MC2: Distance Learning (1)
           Chairs: Victor Schutz (USA) ; Wen-Tsuen Chen (Taiwan, ROC)

MC2-1	A Master of Engineering Degree Designed for Distance Learning Vern Johnson1, Pamela Eibeck2, Julie Higle1, Daniel Jankowski3, 1Univ. of Arizona, 2Northern Arizona Univ. , 3Arizona State Univ. (USA)
MC2-2	Engineering Education by Distance Learning Robin Smith, UMIST (UK)
MC2-3	Engineering Distance Learning: Development of Course Contents Ana M B Pavani , Adelaide L S Lukowiecki, PUC-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
MC2-4	From Synchronous Distance Learning to VOD System: The Perspective for Private Universities Yo-Ping Huang, Min-Yuan Hsiao, Gwo-Way Chiang, Huei-Ling Peng, Da-Yeh Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
MC2-5	Functions of Distance Learning System: VIEW Classroom A. Hatanaka, A. Okada, M. Yuriyama, H. Tarumi, Yahiko Kambayashi, Kyoto Univ. (Japan)

MC3: Global Engineering Practices (1)
           Chair: Wen-Zen Shen (Taiwan, ROC)

MC3-1	Publishing for Engineering Education in a Global Dimension Michael Wald, Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)
MC3-3	The Study Program in the Education of Mining Engineers-Electrical Engineering Vladimir Strakos, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MC3-4	A Ghanian-American Collaboration in Engineering Education Sohail Anwar1, Ebenezer Jackson2, 1Penn State Altoona , 2Univ. of Science & Technology (USA)
MC3-5	Research & Technology Development and the Exercise of Ethics Ary Marques Jones, Brazilian National Academy of Engineering-ANE (Brazil)

MC4: Accreditation in Higer Education (1)
           Chair: Benjamin T. F. Chung (USA)

MC4-1	Improving Undergraduate Engineering Education in USA and abroad using EC2000 Rafiq Noorani, Mel Mendelson, Loyola Marymount Univ. (USA)
MC4-2	Engineering Program Accreditation- ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 Kurt C.K. Lo, California Polytechnic State Univ. (USA)
MC4-3	Program Outcome Assessment Issues and ABET EC 2000 Accreditation David Y. S. Lou, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln (USA)
MC4-4	Surveying Students and Alumni for Evaluation of a B.S. Program in Mechanical Engineering R.W. Mayne, A.K. Patra, R.C. Wetherhold, K.E. Lewis, W.J. Rae, SUNY at Buffalo (USA)
MC4-5	Developing Electronic Portfolio for Assessment Based Analysis for ABET EC 2000 Billy Wood, The Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA)

MC5: Models for Higher Education (1)
           Chairs: Ahmad Fadzil M. H. (Malaysia) ; L. J. Chen (Taiwan, ROC)

MC5-1	Engineering or Technology: Which Path to Take? Vojislav Ilic, Univ. of Western Sydney Nepean (Australia)
MC5-2	Questions of the Quantity and the Quality in Engineering Education Janos Barsony, Univ. of Pecs (Hungary)
MC5-3	The Dynamic Engineering Education of SENAC-School of Engineering and Technology Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany Ciampi, Ricardo Molina, SENAC School of Engineering and Technology (Brazil)
MC5-4	Improving Quality Assurance Co-Operation with European Union Universities Lenka Landryova, Radim Farana, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MC5-5	Lessons to be Learned from Industry/Univeristy Cooperation on Undergraduate Project Work Trond Clausen, Telemark College (Norway)

MC6: Reengineering in Engineering Education (1)
           Chair: Jing-Yang Jou (Taiwan)

MC6-1	The Expected Profile of the Next Century Brazian Electrical Engineer Sinval Zaidan Gama1, Marcos Azevedo da Silveira2, Reinaldo Castro Souza2, 1Companhia de Eletricidade de Rondonia, 2PUC- do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
MC6-2	The Improvement of Technology Education for Mechanical Engineering-Practicing of Pre-University Make-Something-Education Guang-Jer Lai, Ming-Guo Her, Der-Huei Shiu, Long-Gyi Yeh, Chin-Hsiang Cheng, Ging-Gee Dai, Chih-Fu Wu, Chuan-Gen Liu, Tatung Univ., (Taiwan, ROC)
MC6-3	Preparing Engineering Students to Meet the Ecological Challenges through Sustainable Product Design Venkat Allada, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla (USA)
MC6-4	An Investigation on the Influence of Technology on the Strategic Management and on the Human Resources of Industrial Enterprises? A Case Study on Metal-Mechanics Industries on Sao Paulo State Segment Alfredo Colenci Jr., Ana Teresa Colenci, Renato Vairo Belhot, USP - Engenharia de Producao (Brazil)
MC6-5	Role of Technical University in Coordination of Education and Scientific Processes in Region Sergei Belikov1, V. Boguslayev2, 1 Rector Zaporizhzhia State Technical Univ., 2Motor-Sich (Ukraine)

MC7: Current Trends in Engineering Education (1)
           Chairs: Vitezslav Zamarskyz (Czech Republic) ; Chen-Yih Huang (Taiwan, ROC)

MC7-1	The Influence of Present Unempolyment on Engineering Courses Eduardo Bauzer Medeiros1, Eliana Ferreira Rodrigues2, Henor Artur de Souza2, 1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (Brazil)
MC7-2	Implementation of the ECTS System in Polish Technical Universities on the Example of the Technical University of Czestochowa Maria Nowicka-Skowron, Janusz Szopa, Technical Univ. of Czestochowa (Poland)
MC7-3	The Present Forms of Mining Education at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava and Their Expected Development Jiri Grygarek, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MC7-4	Role of Technical University in the Development of Innovation Process Daniel Kaminsky, Vitezslav Zamarskyz, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MC7-5	Education Enhancement of Communication Engineering in Taiwan,ROC Man-Chi Lan1, Chen-Cheng Chang1, Chung-Ju Chang2, Wen-Tseng Chen3, 1 Ministry of Education, 2National Chiao Tung University , 3National Tsing Hwa University , (Taiwan, ROC)

MC8: Disaster Reduction Education
           Chair: Chin-Lien Yen (Taiwan)

MC8-1	Earthquake Engineering Education Activities Using the Center Approach G.C. Lee , Andrea S Dargush , SUNY at Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo (USA)
MC8-2	Disaster-Prevention Education in Taiwan Jong-Tsun Huang, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
MC8-3	Developing a Virtual Disaster Information Management and Analysis System in Internet for Chi-Chi Earthquake S.M Wang1, C.H Loh2 ,T.H Huang2 , 1Chinese Culture Univ.,2National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)

August 14, Monday, 16:00 - 18:00
MD1: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (2)
           Chairs: Peter Hicks (UK) ; Jhing-Fa Wang (Taiwan, ROC)

MD1-1	Teaching Information Systems for Mechanical Engineers Radim Farana, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MD1-2	EDEC-A Study of the Role of Educational Technology in the Design of Electronic Engineering Degree Courses. Peter Hicks1, Nick Coleman2, Erik Dagless3, John Lidgey4, 1UMIST, 2Univ. of Newcastle , 3Univ. of Bristol , 4Oxford Brookes Univ. (UK)
MD1-3	The Web-Based Learning Environment for Creative Design Course Shu-San Hsiau, Jiunn-Chi Wu, Tse-Liang Yeh, Shyi-Jeng Tsai, National Central Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
MD1-4	The Study Program in the Education of Mining Engineering – Mechanical Engineering Jaromir Polak, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MD1-5	First Engineering Games at UnicenP Mauricio Dziedzic, Marcos Tozzi, Dinis Tragheeta, Julio Gomes, Claudio Kruge, Centro Universitario Positivo – UnicenP (Brazil)

MD2: Distance Learning(2)
           Chairs: Max Yen (USA) ; Wu-Hsun Cheng (Taiwan, ROC)

MD2-1	A Java-Based Remote Laboratory for Distance Learning Sam Hsu, Bassem Alhalabi, Mohammad Ilyas, Florida Atlantic Univ. (USA)
MD2-3	Putting Tele-Pedagogy into Practical Use: How, Why and When-Will It Affect the Administration and Organisation of Education and Educational Institutions? Eirik Lindberg, Telemark College (Norway)
MD2-4	Terminal-Served Interactive Distance Learning Laboratories: Augmenting Engineering Courses Delivered via the Web C. Greg Jensen , E. Max Raisor, Brigham Young Univ. (USA)
MD2-5	Satellite Technology, the Winner for Interactive Distance Learning Applications Keh-Ming Lu, Hughes Network Systems (USA)
MD2-6	Development of Distance Learning in Croatia Karmela Aleksic-Maslac, Branko Jeren, Univ. of Zagreb (Croatia)

MD3: Global Engineering Practices (2)
           Chairs: Luiz Carlos Scavarda do Carmo (Brazil) ; Wei-Chung Wang (Taiwan, ROC)

MD3-2	Alternative Training of Engineers. Extension Peter Moson1, Charles Sol2, 1Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics, (Hungary), 2CNAM (France)
MD3-3	A US-Czech Republic Cooperative Research Program in Friction Materials M.A. Wright1, V. Roubicek2, Z. Weiss2, P. Filip3, 1SIU-Carbondale (USA), 2VSB-TU Ostrava , 3SIU-Carbondale (Czech Republic)
MD3-4	The European Materials Science Education Database and Czech Supply Jiri Kliber1, Tasilo Prnka2, 1VSB-TU Ostrava, 2Tastech Slavicin (Czech Republic)
MD3-5	Automation and Control in The Study Program of Mining Engineering Education Vladimir Kebo, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)

MD5: Models for Higher Education (2)
           Chairs: John Mead (USA) ; Hong-Sen Yan (Taiwan, ROC)

MD5-1	Museum of Industrial Technology and Engineering Education at Nippon Institute of Technology Akira Suzuki, Kiyoyasu Ohkawa, Nippon Institute of Technology (Japan)
MD5-2	Development of a New Engineering Education Scheme in Brazil Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany Ciampi, Univ. Center of Lusiada (Brazil)
MD5-3	A Science and Technology Education Portal for Ibero-America Ramiro Jordan 1, Soraya Abad-Mota 2, Matias M. Pizarro 1, 1ISTEC Executive Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 2Universidad Simon Bolivar (USA)
MD5-4	The Design of the Higher Education in the Vocational Education System in Taiwan Dau-Chung Wang, Wen-Shung Chang, National Yunlin Univ. of Science and Technology,  (Taiwan, ROC)
MD5-6	On Prospects of Studying Mining and Mining Geology at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava Vitezslav Zamarsky, Miroslav Palas, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)

MD6: Reengineering in Engineering Education (2)
           Chair: Peter Lee (USA)

MD6-1	Why so Many People Repeat in Engineering Colleges? Paulo Franco , Paulo Ribas, Jorge Silva Filho , PUC-Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
MD6-2	The Role of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Electrical Engineering Education Timothy Chang1, Daphne Chang2, 1NJIT, 2Bloomfield College (USA)
MD6-3	The Act of Learning, a Cerebral or a Psychical Phenomenon? Paulo R.G. Franco , Paulo A.V. Ribas, Jorge F. Silva Filho , PUC do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
MD6-4	A Change in the Freshman Engineering Education Paradigm-Bringing Engineering Design Upfront in the Curriculum Deran Hanesian, Angelo Perna, NJIT (USA)
MD6-5	Curriculum Reform for Business-Management Programs at “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania Dan Maniu Duse1, Charles Franz2, 1"Lucian Blaga" Univ. of Sibiu (Romania), 2Univ. of Missouri- Columbia (USA)
MD6-6	The Re-use of Social Resource to Improve Engineering-Education Facilities Shyng-Her Lin, Southern Taiwan Univ. of Technology (Taiwan, ROC)

MD7: Current Trends in Engineering Education (2)
           Chair: Chung-Biau Tsay (Taiwan, ROC)

MD7-1	Student and Employer Expectation Jerzy Swiatek, Wroclaw Univ. of Technology (Poland)
MD7-2	Recent Trends and Possibilities of International Integration of Engineering Education at Technical Universities in Slovak Republic Viliam Bauer, Technical Univ. Kosice (Slovakia)
MD7-3	Meeting the Educational Needs of Emerging Technologies Alongside Traditional Disciplines Melvyn Dodridge, Univ. of Derby (UK)
MD7-4	The New National Policy of Research and Development (R&D) in the Czech Republic and Expectations of Institutions of Engineering Education Tomas Cermak, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
MD7-5	Nuclear Engineering Education in the New Era Farhang Sefidvash, Nuclear Federal Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (Brazil)

MD8: Distributed Engineering Learing Environments
           Chairs: Joseph Tront (USA) ; Chin Chen Chang (Taiwan, ROC)

MD8-1	Effective and Efficient Distance Learning over the Internet: Implementation of an Online DSP Course David V. Anderson, Thomas P. Barnwell, Monson H. Hayes, Joel R. Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
MD8-2	Leveraging the Web for Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Distance Learning Scott Midkiff, Luiz DaSilva, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. (USA)
MD8-3	Effective and Efficient Distance Learning over the Internet: Tools and Techniques Joel Jackson, Monson Hayes, David Anderson, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
MD8-4	Experiences in Distance Education for Life-Long Learners William Aden1, Joseph G. Tront2, 1Draper Aden & Associates, 2Virginia Tech. (USA)
MD8-5	The Development of a National Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Digital Library: Lessons Learned from Needs Brandon Muramatsu, Univ. of California at Berkeley (USA)
MD8-6	Key Elements in Effective E-Learing-Examples in Engineering Education Haniph Latchman, Vaclav Havlicek, Univ. of Florida,  (USA)

August 15, Tuesday, 09:00 - 09:30

TuI9	Invited Session Chair: S. T. Mau (USA) The Next Challenge in Engineering Education Curriculum Reform-A New NSF Program Ernest T Smerdon, Univ. of Arizona (USA)

August 15, Tuesday, 09:40 - 11:00
TuA1: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (3)
            Chairs: Janusz Kowal (Poland) ; Powen Hsu (Taiwan, ROC)

TuA1-1	The Development of an Institute-Wide Graduate Personal Skills Training Programme that Integrates Centrally Provided Core Skills Training with the Requirements of Individual Academic Departments, Research Councils and Professional Bodies K. Barber, J. Boran, P. Brunn, UMIST (UK)
TuA1-2	Innovations Based on Interaction between Students, Industry and Academia: Case Studies from PBL and Learning Laboratories Saba Mylvaganam, Inger Hedvig Matveyev, Morten Pedersen, Telemark Univ. College, Telemark Univ. (Norway)
TuA1-3	The Reformation of EE and CE Curricula in Taiwan Hsiao-Chuan Wang1, Shian-Shyong Tseng2, 1National Tsing Hua Univ., 2National Chiao Tung Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
TuA1-4	Curriculum Innovation and Integration in Electronic Materials Processing and Engineering Jane P. Chang, UCLA (USA)

TuA2: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (4)
            Chair: Sheng-Jii Hsieh (Taiwan, ROC)

TuA2-1	Project Based Learning in Engineering Education at Tromsoe College Arne Gjengedal, Tromsoe College (Norway)
TuA2-2	RF/Microwave and Lightwave Engineering Laboratory Edip Niver, NJIT (USA)
TuA2-3	A RF Laboratory and Lecture Course for Wireless Communications Cheng Sun, M. Kaliski, Cal Poly State Univ. (USA)
TuA2-4	A First Laboratory Course on Digital Signal Processing Hsien-Tsai Wu, Hong-De Chang, Southern Taiwan Univ. of Technology (Taiwan, ROC)

TuA3: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design(5)
            Chair: Vladimir Kebo (Czech Republic)

TuA3-1	An Introdution to the Curriculum Schedule for Undergraduate Students at the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University Liang-Gee Chen, Jenn-Gwo Hwu, Hao-Hsiung Lin, Way-Seen Wang, Powen Hsu, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
TuA3-2	A Multidisciplinary Curriculum Based on Team-Work and Industrial Partnership Sheikh Akbar, Prabir Dutta, Bruce Patton, Yunzhi wang, Marc Madou, Ohio State Univ. (USA)
TuA3-3	Industry Participation in a Capstone Design Course Sanjeev Kumar, Southern Illinois Univ. - Carbondale (USA)
TuA3-4	Facilitating Learning of Engineering Graphics Instead of Learning CAD System A. Majdi Abd. Rani, Azmi Abd. Wahab , Rahmat Shaarani , Abd. Rashid Abd. Aziz , Univ. Teknologi Petronas (Malaysia)

TuA4: Models for Higher Education(3)
            Chair: Tomas Cermak (Czech)

TuA4-1	Strategic Planning of Engineering Educational Programs in Ministry of Education, Taiwan Jennie Y. J. Wu, Ministry of Education (Taiwan, ROC)
TuA4-2	New Concepts in Engineering Education to Meet Modern Technological and Ecnomic Challenges-Case Studies from Wollongong and Staffordshire Universities MNS Hadi1, NI Aziz1, A. S. Atkins2, 1Univ. of Wollongong, 2Staffordshire Univ. (Australia)
TuA4-3	North Carolina State University Center for Minority Engineer Development Tony L. Mitchell, Sarah A. Rajala, Laura J. Bottomley, Mary Clare Robbins, North Carolina State Univ. (USA)

TuA5: Models for Higher Education(4)
            Chair: Janos Barsony (Hungary)

TuA5-1	Institutionalizing Curricular Change: The SUCCEED Experience Catherine E. Brawner1, Carl F. Zorowski2, 1Research Triangle Educational Consultants, 2North Carolina State Univ. (USA)
TuA5-2	The National Courses Examination in Brazil-Some Considerations and a Study of the Performance of a Civil Engineering Course Jose Adelino Kruger, Carlan Seiler Zulian, Oscar Herberto Fstenberger, Roberto Frederico Merhy, Ponta Grossa Univ. (UEPG) (Brazil)
TuA5-3	Doctoral Program-How to Make It More Attractive Jaromir Pistora, Michal Lesnak, Ondrej Barta, Tomas Kreml, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
TuA5-4	Some Obseravtions on Recent Development of Aerospace Engineering Education in Taiwan Jiun-Jih Miau, National Cheng Kung Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)

TuA6: Applications of Advanced Technologies (1)
            Chair: Yahiko Kambayashi (Japan)

TuA6-2	Digital Educational Knowledge Assets (DEKA)-An NJIT and Industry Sponsored R&D Project Paul G. Ranky, One-Jang Jeng, Herli Surjanhata, NJIT (USA)
TuA6-3	Object-Oriented Web-Based Courses Development through XML Shyi-Shiou Wu, Sin-Min Tsai, Shya-Shiow Sun, Bo-Chin Yang, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Taiwan, ROC)
TuA6-5	Avoiding Pitfalls in Online Materials Normashida Mansor, Ahmad Fadzil Mohamad Hani, Univ. Teknologi Petronas (Malaysia)

TuA7: Pre-College Engineering Education
            Chair: David T. Shaw (USA)

TuA7-1	North Carolina State University Summer Transition Program-A High School to College Bridge Program for Enhancing Undergraduate Engineering Education Tony L. Mitchell, Alisa Hunt-Lowery, Sarah A. Rajala, North Carolina State Univ. (USA)
TuA7-2	Technology Literacy Enhancement for PreCollege Students David T. Shaw1, Thomas Liao2, Michael Hacker2, 1SUNY at Buffalo, 2SUNY at Stony Brook (USA)
TuA7-3	Secondary and Post-Secondary Partnering-Enhancing the Pre-Engineering Curriculum Ronald Rockland, Dennis Siginer, Joel Bloom, NJIT (USA)

TuA8: Quality Assessment in Teaching (1)
            Chair: Melvyn Dodridge (UK)

TuA8-1	Compensation and Condonement: Is this Acceptable Outcomes Based Assessment? Melvyn Dodridge, Univ. of Derby (UK)
TuA8-2	University Quality Assessment in Spain: A (double) Bid of an Engineering School at Polytechnic University of Valencia Enrique Ballester, Luis M. Sanchez-Ruiz, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)
TuA8-3	Analysis of the Electrical Engineering Problems Using Computer Tools Vaclav Havlicek, Roman Cmejla, Czech Technical Univ. in Prague (Czech Republic)
TuA8-4	Analysis of Multivariate Affective Instruction Evaluation on Engineering Instruction Bao Rong Chang, Kao Yuan Institute of Technology (Taiwan, ROC)

August 15, Tuesday, 11:10 - 12:30
TuB1: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (5)
            Chair: Rolf Ergon (Norway)

TuB1-1	Hands-on Laboratory Exercises in Biotechnology/ Bioprocess Engineering Dhinakar S. Kompala, Univ. of Colorado (USA)
TuB1-2	On Efficacy of Power Engineering Education Pavel Noskievic, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
TuB1-3	Improve the Quality of Chemical Engineers' Education Pin-Chan Du, Kao-Yuan Institute of Technology (Taiwan, ROC)
TuB1-4	Intelligent Curriculum Designer-Practical Implementation of Curricula for Engineering Courses Mario Neto Borges1, Michel Lewis2, 1Funrei - Federal Univ. of Sao Joao Del Rei, 2Univ. of Huddersfield (Brazil)

TuB4: Models for Higher Education (5)
            Chair: Jaromir Polak (Czech Republic)

TuB4-1	(Invited)Technical Education in the Changing World Michail Zgurovsky, National Technical Univ. of Ukraine (Ukraine)
TuB4-2	(Imvited)The Models of Engineering Education. Wojciech Zielinski, Silesian Univ. of Technology (Poland)
TuB4-3	Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Year Long Engineering School Acclimation Model for Enhancing Student Diversity Tony L. Mitchell, Alisa Hunt-Lowery, Laura J. Bottomley, Mary Clare Robbins, North Carolina State Univ. (USA)

TuB5: Models for Higher Education (6)
            Chair: Rolf Palmgren (Norway)

TuB5-1	The Formation of Emtrepreneur Engineer Fabio Elias Araujo, Alvaro  Guilhermo Rojas Lezana, Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
TuB5-2	Recipients View of Science and Engineering University Education in Japan The Results of a Joint Industry-University Study Yokichi Itoh1, Nobuko Hosogaya2, 1Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., 2Sophia Univ. (Japan)
TuB5-3	40 Years of Experience in Educating Marine Engineers in Dubrovnik, Croatia Luko Milic, Matko Bupic, Niksa Koboevic, The Polytechnic of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

TuB6: Applications of Advanced Technologies (3)
            Chair: Juan-Miguel Martinez-Rubio (Spain)

TuB6-1	Web Based Laboratory Manuals in Civil Engineering James N. Craddock, Lizette R. Chevalier, Southern Illinois Univ.-Carbondale (USA)
TuB6-2	Web-Aided Teaching in Materials Science and Engineering L.J. Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
TuB6-3	The Use of Virtual Reality in Virtual Learning Environment Fabio Goncalves Teixeira , Regio Pierre da Silva , Tania Luisa K. da Silva , UFRGS (Brazil)

TuB7: Applications of Advanced Technologies (4)
            Chair: Robert Davis (USA)

TuB7-2	Engineering Education and the Internet: A Project for Global Access to Quality Education J. C. Olabe1, M. A. Olabe2, J. Mouzna3, 1Christian Brothers Univ., 2Univ. Basque Country , 3Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieurs en Genie Electrique (USA)
TuB7-3	Problems Connected With the Utilisation of Mineral Resources in Advanced and Developing Countries. Their Impacts on the Teaching Process at VSB-Technical University of Ostrava ( Czech Republic) Miroslav Palas, Vitezslav Zamarsky, Karel Zacek, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
TuB7-4	School Based Administration Model for Virtual Learning Community on Internet Yih-Ruey Juang, Shun-Fu Li, Tak-Wai Chan, Sing-Tsang Huang, National Central Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)

TuB8: Quality Assessment in Teaching (2)
             Chair: J.Morris Chang (USA)

TuB8-1	Project Work Using Mathematical MacTutor Peter Kortesi, Univ. of Miskolc (Hungary)
TuB8-2	Undergraduate Engineering Course Evaluated by Students-Truth or Mith? A Brazilian Experience Maria Eugenia Mosconi de Gouvea, Denise Maria Soares Gerscovich, Nival Nunes de Almeida, Pedro Colmar G. da Silva Vellasco, Eduardo dos Santos Pimenta, Ana Tereza Spindola Bento de Faria, Jose Guilherme Santos da Silva, State Univ. of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
TuB8-3	Utilization of the Physical Models of Industrial Aggregates for Improvement in University Education Quality Lubomir Smutny, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)

August 16, Wednesday, 09:00 - 09:30
WI9: Invited Speech
             Chair: Win Aung (USA)

WI9

Implementation of a Web-Based Directory and Data Repository for International Education and Research Cooperation Radim Farana1, Trond Clausen2, Peter Hicks3, John Mead4, Luis M. Sanchez Ruiz5, Luiz Scavarda6, Victor Schutz7, Che-Ho Wei8, Max Yen4, Win Aung1+4, 1VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic), 2Telemark Univ. (Norway) , 3UMIST (UK) , 4Southern Illinois Univ.-Carbondale (USA) , 5Univ. Politecnica de Valencia (Spain) , 6Univ. Sao Feancisco (Brazil) , 7 IEEE Education Society (USA) , 8National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan, ROC)

August 16, Wednesday, 09:40 - 11:00
WA1: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (6)
           Chair: Mauricio Dziedzic (Brazil)

WA1-1	Integrating Best Practice Pedagogy with Computer-Aided Modeling and Simulation to Improve Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Education Kuyen Li, Carl L. Yaws, Daniel H. Chen, John L. Gossage, T. C. Ho, David Cocke, Lamar Univ. (USA)
WA1-2	Integrated Project System and Supervised Industrial Placement – Essential Cores of the Cores of the Civil Engineering Education Stanislaw Majewski, Roger Mayo, Andrzej Mokrosz, Marcin Gorski, Silesian Univ. of Technology (Poland)
WA1-3	Laboratory Facilities for Visualization of Groundwater Flow Shao-Hua Marko Hsu, Chuen-Fa Ni, Pi-Fang Hung, Feng Chia Univ., (Taiwan, ROC)
WA1-4	Integrated Computer-Aided Instruction for Separation Technology in Pollution Prevention and Control C. S. Fang, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette (USA)

WA2: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (7)
           Chair: Sam Hsu (USA)

WA2-1	Using Technology to Increase Learning and Decrease Costs in a Computer Fluency Course Deborah Walters, Debra Burhans, Helene Kershner, Carl Alphonce, SUNY at Buffalo (USA)
WA2-2	Systems and Automation Education through Web-Based Labs Barry M. Lunt, Richard G. Helps, Perry Carter, Edward Red, Brigham Young Univ. (USA)
WA2-3	Design and Implementation of a Software Package for Network Education I-Peng Lin, Ming-Syan Chen, Jason Chang, Cheng-Ming Chao, Mintz Hsieh, Chi-Chun Lin, Chang-Jung Kao, Wei-Guang Teng, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
WA2-4	Curricular and Pedagogical Changes in the Engineering Courses: Support to Freshmen Marcos Azevedo da Silveira1, J. A. R Parise1, T. S Costa1, L. C Scavarda-do-Carmo1, R. C. Campos2, M. A. V de Araujo2, 1 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), 2PUC-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

WA3: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (8)
           Chair: Samuel H.S. Wang (Taiwa)

WA3-1	Engineering Ethics Teaching Program at CYCU Hsin Rau, Tau-Wei Feng, Jyh-tong Teng, Timon Chih-Ting Du, Gang-sheng Lin, Samuel H.S. Wang, Chung Yuan Christian Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
WA3-2	Advanced Electrical Energy Education-Internet, Industrial Alliance, and Software Xingwu Wang, Alfred Univ. (USA)
WA3-3	The Training of Electrical Engineers in Work Safety Management Janusz K. Grabara, Eugeniusz Sitek, Technical Univ. of Czestochowa (Poland)
WA3-4	An Interdisciplinary Educational Program in Rail Systems Engineering Ye-Ee Albert Wu, Zone-Ching Lin, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Taiwan, ROC)

WA4: Applications of Advanced Technologies (5)
           Chair: Robin Smith (UK)

WA4-1	An Interactive Language Learning System in the Web David Lo, Wen-Tsai Liao, Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
WA4-2	Design of an Effective, Web-Based, Global Learning Environment Using the Keller Plan Robert Davis, Kenneth Ragsdell, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla (USA)
WA4-3	A Study into the Effectiveness of Studio Teaching Robin Bradbeer, City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
WA4-4	Web-Based Distance Experiments: Design and Implementation Timothy Chang, Douslas Hung, NJIT (USA)

WA5: Panel: Outcomes Based Assessment
           Panelists:

• Melvyn, Dodridge, United Kingdom
• Lubomir Smutny, Czech Republic, etal
• Luiz Scavarda, Brazil

August 16, Wednesday, 16:00 - 18:00
WD1: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (14)
           Chair: Shih-Liang Wang (USA)

WD1-1	Training in Solar Photovoltaic Energy at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Salvador Segui Chilet, Francisco J. Gimeno Sales, Fernando Ibanez Escobar, Carlos Sanchez Diaz, Miguel Alcaniz Fillol, Salvador Ano Villalba, Juan Angel Saiz Jimenez, Jose Vicente Catala Villar, David Rodriguez Lopez, Pilar Molina Palomares, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (Spain)
WD1-2	Space-Sugar Coating for the Mechanics Pill Devdas Pai, Richard Layton, Sameer Hamoush, Samuel Owusu-Ofori, Shih-Liang Wang, North Carolina A&T State Univ. (USA)
WD1-3	Modern Physics in Egineering Carrers Carlos E. Troncoso, Ricardo Chrobak, Comahue University (Argentina)
WD1-4	Design of Biotechnology Education in Chemical Engineering Discipline Jo-Shu Chang, Yun-Peng Chao, C. Perry Chou, Feng Chia Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)
WD1-5	Prototyping an Autonomous Guided Vehicle in Undergraduate Mechanical Design Jhy-Cherng Tsai, Guo-Jen Wang, National Chung-Hsing Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)

WD2: Innovation in Curriculum and Course Design (15)
           Chair: Swee-Ping Yeo (Singapore)

WD2-1	Measurements in the Force of Robot Grippers Pinheiro Beck, Joao Carlos, PUCRS (Brazil)
WD2-3	>Protection of Natural Environment as a Fundamental Element of Modern Engineer's Education Wladyslaw Jodlowski , Boleslaw Karwat, Janusz Kowal , Bogdan Sapinski, The Univ. of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow (Poland)
WD2-4	Trends of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design for Integrated Circuit ( IC) Industry Yu-Charn Chen, San Francisco State Univ. (USA)
WD2-5	The Sustainable Development and Energy Engineering Education Pavel Kolat, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
WD2-6	Engineering General Education Program at CYCU Jyh-Tong Teng, Chung Yuan Christian Univ. (Taiwan, ROC)

WD5: Applications of advanced technologies (9)
           Chair: Najdat I. Aziz (Austalia)

WD5-1	Multimedia as a Teaching Tool for Multiple Intelligences Pi-Chi Chen1, Tsung-Han Chang2, 1I-Shou Univ., 2Kaoyuan Vocational High School (Taiwan, ROC)
WD5-2	A Multimedia CD of Mechanical Devices Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang, North Carolina A&T State Univ. (USA)
WD5-4	Multimedia-Based Chip Design Education Tamer Catalkaya, Ulrich Golze, Tech. Univ. of Braunschweig (Germany)

WD5-5	Sharing Course Contents-A Case Study Renata Cardoso, Ana Pavani, PUC-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
WD5-6	Self-Learning Interactive Website Mining Engineering Education for Australian Environment Najdat I Aziz, Stuart Chambers, Ernest Baafi, Richard Caladine, Univ. of Wollongong, Univ. of Wollongong (Australia)

WD6: University-industry Collaboration Programs (3)
           Chair: Len Polizzotto (USA)

WD6-1	Co-Operation of Electrical Power Companies in Education at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of VSB-Technical University of Ostrava with the Prospects for the 21st Century Zdenek Hradilek, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
WD6-3	The Possibilities and Type of the Collaboration Universities and Praxis and in the Europe Juchelkova Dagmar, Hlavackova Milada, Horyl Petr, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)
WD6-4	Ten Years of Experience in University-Industry Co-operative Education and Research in Power Engineering Tomas Huner1, Pavel Santarius2, 1Northern-Moravian Power Company, 2Technical Univ. of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
WD6-5	The Role of Corporate Partnerships in Today's Engineering Education Len Polizzotto, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
WD6-6	Partnership as Important Part of Engineering Education Zdenek Toman, VSB-TU Ostrava (Czech Republic)

WD7: Integrating Computer and Communications Technology into Engineering Education
           Chair: Joseph Troont (USA) ; Chin-Hwa Kuo (Taiwan, ROC)

WD7-1	An Evaluation Process for Engineering Courseware: The Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware Brandon Muramatsu1, Flora McMartin1, Pamela A. Eibeck2, Joseph Tront3, Wayne Anderson4, 1Univ. of California at Berkeley,2Northern Arizona University, 3Virginia Tech (USA),4John Wiley & Sons (USA)
WD7-3	Creating a New Learning Tool for Mechanics of Materials Students Timothy A. Philpot, Univ of Missouri - Rolla (USA)
WD7-4	The Instructional Software Development Center (ISDC) at the University of Missouri-Roll Robert L. Davis, Ralph E. Flori, David B. Oglesby, Timothy A. Philpot, Univ. of Missouri - Rolla (USA)
WD7-5	Development of a Video-Stream Lecture Series for Remote Learing Jack Lohmann, Gunter Sharp, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
WD7-6	Telepresence-Virtual Labortory Experiences Using Real-Time Control and Interative Simulations over the Internet Haniph Latchman, Univ. of Florida (USA)