Volume 8 Number 2



UNESCO
International Centre
for
Engineering Education

MELBOURNE - WISMAR 2004

 Global Journal
of
Engineering Education

Editor-in-Chief:
Zenon J. Pudlowski
Monash University, Clayton,
Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia

Serving
the
International
Engineering Community

Z.J. Pudlowski 129 Editorial
M.J. Osborne 131 The Spectre of a Functional University Sector
Ö. Göl, A. Nafalski, Z. Nedic and K.J. McDermott 139 Engineering Awareness Raising through High School Mentoring
T. Goodliffe 147 Introducing Personal Development Planning: Educating Engineers for the Workplace of the Future
P.D. Chidgupkar and M.T. Karad 153 The Implementation of Vedic Algorithms in Digital Signal Processing
K.J. McDermott, A. Nafalski and Ö. Göl 159 The Quality Assurance of Engineering Programmes at the University of South Australia
S.S. Mathew and J. Earnest 167 Laboratory-Based Innovative Approaches for Competence Development
L.N. Green and E. Bonollo 175 The Importance of Design Methods to Student Industrial Designers
Ö. Göl, A. Nafalski, T.D. Nguyen and Q.T. Tran 183 The Development of Online Conference Management Tools as a Student Project
N.J. Mourtos, N. DeJong Okamoto and J. Rhee 189 Open-Ended Problem-Solving Skills in Thermal Fluids Engineering
R. Cwilewicz, L. Tomczak and Z.J. Pudlowski 201 New Simulation Techniques Developed for Maritime Engineering Education
A.S. Patil and M.J. Riemer 209 English and Communication Skills Curricula in Engineering and Technology Courses in the Indian State of Maharashtra: Issues and Recommendations
K. Rochford, J. Baxen and A. Inal 219 Student-Organised Research Conferences as a Medium for Research Capacity Building
C. Hacker 231 Implementing a Software Teaching Module for the Real-Time Simulation of Digital Logic Circuits

Editorial Board

A journal of the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE)
 

Published in Australia by

UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE)
Faculty of Engineering
Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia

© 2004 UICEE

ISSN 1328 - 3154

Papers published in the GJEE have undergone a formal process of peer review.

This Journal is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the copyright act, no part may be reproduced by any process without the written permission of the publisher.

Responsibility for the contents of these papers rests upon the authors and not the publisher. Data presented and conclusions developed by the authors are for information only and are not intended for use without independent substantiating investigations on the part of the potential user.

[UICEE Home Page][GJEE Home Page]
Copyright © Monash University 2003 - All Rights Reserved - Caution
Maintained by Diane Q. Nguyen