PROCEEDINGS Volume I

1986 "3) WORLD CONFERENCE ON CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION N

May 7 - 9 , 1 9 8 6 Lake Buena Vista, Florida Edited By Lawrence P. Grayson Joseph Wl. Biedenbach University of South Carolina

Hosted By ASEE Continuing Professional Development Division IEEE Education Society

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1986 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education

Workshop I (1:00 - 5:30 p.m.) Tuesday, May 6, 1986 SELECTING AND EVALUATING CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS Moderator: Nicholas Bridges, AT&T, Lisle Panelists: Agnes Conway, AT&T, Lisle Mary J. Solarz, AT&T, Lisle Linda Kowalik, AT&T, Lisle

Workshop II (1:30 - 5:30 p.m.) Tuesday, May 6, 1986 THE ENGINEERING MANAGER AS MENTOR Moderator: Jay Gilbert Professional Development, Inc.

Workshop III (1:30 - 5:30 p.m.) Tuesday, May 6, 1986 USE OF VIDEOTAPE FOR CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS THE AMCEE APPROACH Moderators: Eileen M. Matz University of Arizona Mary Bea Walker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "An Overview of U.S. Engineering Outreach by Video1* Joseph M. Biedenbach University of South Carolina "Satellite Delivery of Video Program Material" Philip A. Rubin Rubin, Bednarek and Associates, Inc. "Using Video to Improve Productivity" James F. Gibbons Stanford University "Starting a Videobased Education Delivery System"

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Endrick Noges University of Washington "The Florida Engineering Education Delivery System" Andrew J. Barrett University of South Florida Eugene R. Chenette University of Florida Alan B. Marcovitz Florida Atlantic University Bruce E. Mathews University of Central Florida Arnold J. Rothstein Florida International University Yacov Shamash Washington State University Fred O. Simons Florida A & M University/ Florida State University Arthur J. Zirger, Jr. University of Florida

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"A National Cooperative Program—NTU" Lionel V. Baldwin National Technological University "Marketing Videobased Education Programs to Industry" Charles S. Elliott Purdue University

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Coordinator of AMCEE Exhibit: Susan M. Kryczka Northeastern University Workshop V (1:30 - 5:30 p.m.) Tuesday, May 6, 1986 EVALUATING CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS: PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES Moderator? Henry P. Cole University of Kentucky

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Panelists: David K. Blythe Warren E. Lacefield Billy J. Barfield University of Kentucky

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Workshop VI (1:30 - 5-:30 P.M.) Tuesday, May 6, 1986 AN OVERVIEW OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR TRAINING

Moderators: Raynold A. Svenson Karen M. Wallace R. A. Svenson & Associates, Inc.

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"Strategic Planning for Training" Ray A. Svenson R. A. Svenson & Associates, Inc.

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Session 7A1 (8:00 - 9:45 a.m.) PLENARY SESSION Moderator: John P. Klus University of WisconsinMadison

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"Welcome from the Sponsors" Robert N. Mills General Electric Company

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"A Private Institution's View of Continuing Engineering Education" Edmund T. Crarish Wang Institute of Graduate Studies

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"Industry's Approach to Continuing Engineering Education" Richard P. Case IBM Corporation

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Session 7B1 (10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon) COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN CONTINUING EDUCATION Moderators: Marilyn Crilly Bell Communications Research Technical Education Center Joseph Bitran Control Data Corporation Panelists: "Videodisc Applications in Science and Engineering" Ronald W. Nugent University of Nebrask Jack Welsh DELTAK, Inc. Stanley Trollip University of Minnesota "Computer - Based Training in Continuing Education" Marylyn Crilly Bell Communication Research Technical Education Center

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Session 7B2 (10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon) TECHNIQUES OF MAKING A NEEDS ANALYSIS FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Moderator: Sundaram Krishnamurthy California State UniversityFullerton Janice C. Hepworth Colorado School of Mines

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"Techniques of Making a Needs Analysis for Continuing Education" Sundaram Krishnamurthy California State University-Fullerton "An In-Depth Continuing Engineering Education Study of Finland with International Comparisons" John P. Klus University of WisconsinMadison Markku Markkula Helsinki University of Technology Juha Venho Finnish Centre for Continuing Education in Engineering (INSKO)

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"Making the Needs Analysis: An Organized Approach" Donald E. Jacklich The Jacklich Corporation

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"Matching the Professional and Management Development Contents of a Program for Developing Engineering Directors" Hussein M. El-Gammal Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

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Session 7B3 (10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon) FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS Moderators: Richard G. Denning University of Central Florida Milind S. Pimprikar Concordia University "Tying Continuing Education to the Bottom Line—Quality Course Development for Organizational Payoff" Lester J. Gabis-Levine John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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"Continuing Engineering Education at a Reasonable Cost: How Can Professional Societies and Academic Institutions Help?" Dorairaj a Raghu New Jersey Institute of Technology Jerry Haimowitz Franklin Township Sewerage Authority "A Case for an Integrated Approach to Corporate Engineering Education" Rod L. Boyes Ronald G. Greenwood GMI Engineering'and Management Institute

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, "How to Invest $2M Wisely in Professional Development of Engineers" J. Dennis James Neil A. Love Robert M. Anderson, Jr. General Electric Co.

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"The Economics of Training" David L. Cummings , ROI Systems ——

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"Interactive Television by Satellite" Lupa . ., > .,.:'. AT & T Technologies

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Session 7B4 (10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon) SOME RESERACH FINDINGS IN CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS Moderators: Myron;L.Hayden University of South Florida Chandra Shekhar Jha Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi (Pennsylvania State University) - — — — - - •

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"IEEE Survey of Members Continuing Education Needs" John A. Adam Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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"Preliminary Study on Continuing Engineering Education in; the Enterprise" Lu Liangmin Shen Zechun The Chinese Association for Mathematics "Cooperation Between Company External and Internal Continuing Engineering Education" Wilfred J. Bartz Technische Akademie Esslingen

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"Actual Problems of the Improvement of the Quality of Specialist Training" Shipunov Vladimir Grigorievich USSR "A Profile of U.S. Continuing Engineering Education Diploma Programs" Janice Czyscon Richard A. Moll University of WisconsinMadison

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"Locus of Control and Its Effects on Levels of Participation in Continuing Professional Education for Engineers" Brian A. Giles Eastman Kodak Company

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"Educational Technology for Quality Engineering Education" Russel C. Jones Boston University

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"Session 7B5 (10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon) APPROACHES TO CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD Moderators: Myron W. Chin University of the West Indies Alemayehu Feferra Addis Ababa University

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"An Italian Approach to Continuing Engineering Education for Industrializing Countries" Lorenzo Ascione SSGRR Rome, Italy

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"Design and Implementation of a University Linkage Program Involving Brazil and the U.S.A." Edward C. Bertnolli George W. Zobrist University of Missouri-Rolla

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"Industrial Training of Mechanical Engineering Students--The University of Lagos Experience" David A. Aderibigbe Oluremi A. Olatunbosun University of Lagos

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"Continuing Education of Scientific and Technological Personnel in the Academy of Sciences of China" Ren Zhi-shu The Academy of Sciences of China

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"Continuing Education for Mechanical Engineering Graduates of Kenya" Sudirikku R. Amaradasa University of Nairobi "Continuing Engineering Education in the West Indies--An Overview" Myron W. Chin University of the West Indies

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"Educational Activities of Young Czechoslovak Engineers" V. Cermak The Research Institute of Higher Education-Prague Session 7L1 (12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.) CONFERENCE LUNCHEON Americana Dutch Resort Hotel Moderator: Frank E. Burris RCA Technical Excellence Center —

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"Welcome from Host Organizations" Glen L. Martin CH2M Hill, Inc.

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"Corporate and Academic Education: Friends or Foes?" Donald K. Conover AT&T Technologies

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Workshop IV (1:30 - 5:30 p.m.) Wednesday, May 7, 1986 SUPPLY AND UTILIZATION OF CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION AIMED AT ENHANCED INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION, PRODUCTIVITY AND PRODUCT QUALITY Moderator: Israel Katz Northeastern University "Supply and Utilization of Continuing Engineering Education Aimed at Enhanced Industrial Tnnovation" David G. Jansson Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Continuing Engineering Education for Enhanced, Productivity" Israel Katz Northeastern University

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"Supply and Utilization of Continuing Engineering Education Aimed at Enhanced Industrial Product Quality" Ralph Barra Barra International, Inc. Session 7C1 (1:30 - 3:15 p.m.) CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR MANAGEMENT Moderators: Emil L. Martinec Argonne National Laboratory T. Szentmartony Technical University of Budapest

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"Educating Today's Engineering Manager" Nathan H. Hurt, Jr. W. G. Russell P. I. Davis G. E. McGuire D. L. Nickel Goodyear Atomic Corporation

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"Continuing Education for Engineering Management" Daniel L. Babcock Bernard R. Sarchet University of Missouri-Rolla

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"A Management Alogrithm" E. Nick Friesen Los Angeles Department of Water and Power -

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"The Emergence of Engineering Management Discipline" Dundar F. Kocaoglu University of Pittsburgh

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"Management of Continuing Education" Robert L. Swaim PRESENTED BY Bill -Cooper Oklahoma State University

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"Developing a Curriculum for Tomorrow's CIM Manager11 David P. Rutt Gene Minton Darlene P. Copp Society of Manufacturing Engineers

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Session 7C2 (1:30 - 3:15 p.m.) EVALUATING CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS Moderators: John M. Amos

University of Missouri-Rolla Xianhong Zhang Tsing Hua University and China Society of Continuing Engineering Education

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"Quality Assurance of Training Programs: Challenges and Opportunities" Roger Baldwin Virginia Electric & Power Co. Sarah A. Lutterodt General Physics Corp.

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"A Cooperative Industry-University Continuing Education Program in Engineering Design for Reliability" John W. Priest University of TexasArlington

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"A Survey of Management Practices Being Used by Technical Managers" Jerry D. Westbrook University of Tennessee

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"A Statistical Performance Analysis of Engineering Students Using Contingency Tables and Multiple Linear Regression" Sarin Naji M. Jawad R. M. Abel Ali United Arab Emirates University

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"Measuring Learning in Continuing Engineering Education" Warren E. Lacefield Henry P. Cole David K. Blythe Billy J. Barfield University of Kentucky

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"Research in Program Evaluation" Donna J. Dennis RCA David Sarnoff Research Center "Using College Credit Standards to Evaluate Training Programs" Sheila Murdick Annis Grover National Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction Session 7C3 (1:30 - 3:15 p.m.) FACULTY SELECTION, COMPENSATION, AND INVOLVEMENT IN CONTINUING EDUCATION

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Moderators: James R. Wilbanks Auburn University Michel Lucius Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine

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"Prospectives of Continuing Education in the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico" Octavio A. Rascon-Chavez Gabriel Moreno Pecero National Autonomous University of Mexico

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"The Graduate Engineering Education Program: Development and Future Direction" Shirley Dell Stahl Digital Equipment Corporation

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"Evaluation and Development of Faculty for Continuing Engineering Education" Donald D. French Institute for Advanced Professional Studies "Faculty Rewards and Compensation for Continuing Engineering Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign" Mary Bea Walker J. F. Donaldson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Continuing Engineering Education...The United Kingdom Scene and Cranfield's Contribution" K. W. Ramsden PRESENTED BY • David J. Farrar Cranfield Institute of Technology Session 7C4 (1:30 - 3:15 p.m.) MICRO-COMPUTERS FOR CONTINUING ENGINEERING EDUCATION

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Moderators: Gary L. Workman University of AlabamaHuntsville Derek R. Wilson The Polytechnic of Central London

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"Computer Graphics in Engineering and Continuing Education" Richard H. Latinter Robert A, Matthews University of Louisville

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n Personal Computer Literacy for the Practicing Engineer" Jerald L. Rounds Iowa State University

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"Software Engineering—The Need for New Skills" Neal J. Hutchinson Derek R. Wilson Polytechnic of Central London

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"Computer Literacy and Engineers' Job Satisfaction" Hossein Azani Millersville University Reza Khorramshahgol North Carolina Central University James Dinwiddie George Washington University

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"A Continuing Education Program in Microcomputing Applications" Carlos Scheel Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey "Microcomputer Based Optical Mark Readers (OMRs) for Information Management Systems" Gamini Weerasekera The University of Southwestern Louisiana

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"Role of Computers in Continuing Education" B. M. Gupta the late A. K. Sinha Prem S. Satsangi Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi

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Session 7C5 (1:30 - 3:15 p.m.) TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY THROUGH CONTINUING EDUCATION Moderators: Galal S. A. Shawki Qatar University Mihir K. Das California State University-Long Beach

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"Technology Transfer for Local Transportation Needs—An Experiment" Stanley L. Ring Iowa State University

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"A Regional Initiative for the Transfer of High Technology into Small and Medium Size Enterprises" Dieter Seitzer

Heinz L. Gerhaeuser University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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"Technology Transfer: A Collaborative Effort Between Industry and Academia" Ruth H. Zollinger Walter H. Edling Lorain County Community College

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"Appropriate Technology Transfer and Curriculum Development in Developing Environments" Salah E. Aidarous Bell Northern Research

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"Technology Transfer: A Nigerian Experience" 0. Ajayi University of Lagos "Transfer of Technology Through Continuing Education: A Case for Individualized Instruction" Robert R. Roehrich DeVRY, Inc.

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"Information Transfer and Continuing Education" Vladimir T. Borovansky Arizona State University Session 7D1 (3:45 - 5:30 p.m.) UNIVERSITY CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Poster Session Moderators: David K. Blythe University of Kentucky Sabah Al-Nassri University of Qatar

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"Arizona State University: Continuing Engineering Education via Telecommunications" Joseph S. Greenberg Martin R. Gilson Arizona State University

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"Computer Usage in the University of Kentucky's Engineering Continuing Education Program" R. G. Edwards Juanita Graves University of Kentucky

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"Remote Delivery Methods for University of Illinois Continuing Engineering Education" Mary Bea Walker University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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"Continuing Engineering Education: Clemson's Evolution to Excellence" Thomas H. Oswald Clemson University

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"Role of Universities in Rural Development and Technology Transfer in India" Ayyagari Janaki Rao Andhra University

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"Tsinghua University Actively Develops Continuing Education to Serve National Construction" Lu Shen Tsinghua University

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"Developing Proceedings for Conferences—The Nuts and Bolts" Joseph M. Biedenbach Linda S. Maynard University of South Carolina

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"Engineering Education by Video Tape, Microwave and Fiber Optics" Bernard R. Sarchet University of Missouri-Rolla

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"The National Technological University--'A Space-age Model for the Future'" Mark Bradley National Technological University

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"The Engineering Professional Development Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison" William W. Wuerger C. Allen Wortley University of WisconsinMadison

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"Microcampus—It's More Than a Delivery System" Eileen M. Matz University of Arizona

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"Continuing Engineering Education at Purdue University" Charles S. Elliott Philip H. Swain Purdue University

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"Continuing Engineering Education Available Through Oak Ridge Associated Universities" Richard E. Wiesehuegel Oak Ridge Associated Universities

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"Fundamentals of Engineering Review" Charles L. Townsend James M. Varnum Iowa State University

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"Continuing Engineering Education at U C L A — A Comprehensive Approach" Thelma Estrin University of CaliforniaLos Angeles

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"Television Delivery of Engineering Continuing Education Through TV" Clifford R. Bragdon Georgia Institute of Technology

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"Technology Transfer—University to Local Practicing Professionals" J. Fred O'Brien, Jr. Auburn University

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"Continuing Engineering Education at the Technische Akadenie Esslingen" Wilfried J. Bartz Technische Akadenie Esslingen

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"Continuing Engineering Education in the State of Qatar" Galal S. A. Shawki Qatar University

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"Some Observations on the Development of Continuing Education of Engineers in Iraq" Sabah Al-Nassri University of Qatar

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"Planning During a Period of Rapid Change" Janice C. Hepworth Colorado School of Mines

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"Diversity, Flexibility and Risk--The Self-Financing of Continuing Education at Leeds University T. D. Bilham The University of Leeds "Some Causes of Accelerated Technological Obsolescence Among Engineers in Developing Regions" Patrick A. K. Awotwi Nicholas K. Kumapley University of Science and Technology-Ghana Eugene R. Chenette University of Florida Session 7D2 (3:45 - 5:30 p.m.) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD Poster Session

Moderators: John F. Wilhelm Consultant, Formerly with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Patricia Irmen American Society of Civil Engineers

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"Continuing Engineering Education for Mechanical Engineers in China" Xu Shaogao Pan Xinhan Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society Shen Zhao Qinghua University Yu Zongrui Education Bureau, Ministry of Machine Building Industry

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"Videoconferencing via Satellite: Using Technology in Continuing Education" Robert G. Kharmann Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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"The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Approach to Continuing Engineering Education" Harold I. Abramson American Institute of Chemical Engineers ••

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"Instrument Society of America—Training and Continuing Education" Douglas J. Kolb Instrument Society of America

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"The American Society of Civil Engineers Continuing Education Program" Patricia Irmen American Society of Civil Engineers

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"The American Society of Quality Control Continuing Education Program" Steve Gordy American Society of Quality Control

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"Continuing Industrial Engineering Education" David J. Soukup American Institute of Industrial Engineers

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"Continuing Education Program of the American Vacuum Society" Paul H. Holloway American Vacuum Society

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"TAPPI's Approach to Continuing Education" Carnie M. Holmes Wayne H. Gross TAPPI

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Session 7D3 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. PRODUCTION AND RECEPTION OF INTERACTIVE TELEVISION VIA SATELLITE Workshop VII Moderators: Henry F. Frailey University of Notre Dame

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PART I: Producing the Seminar and Transmitting to the Satellite "Putting Together the Pieces" Tom Dennin University of Notre Dame PART II: ITVS Reception "Why, How, Results - A User's Perception" Steve Yourst IBM Corporation PANEL DISCUSSION Tom Dennin University of Notre Dame Hank Frailey University of Notre Dame Bill Cooper Oklahoma State University Steve Yourst IBM Corporation Session 8A1 (8:00 - 9:45 a.m.) MANAGING THE CONTINUING EDUCATION FUNCTION Moderators: Owen D. Osborne Iowa State University William Leslie Anderson Saint Lawrence College

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"A Method of Calculating Workloads for Continuing Education Staff Assignments" Bill L. Cooper Oklahoma State University

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"Meeting Dollar Dynamics" Anver S. Suleiman The Marketing Federation

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"Advisory Board Management for Continuing Education Administrators" Dana R. Darling University of Southern Maine

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