Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ciletti; Gregory Plett

Piloting a Balanced Curriculum in Electrical Engineering— Introduction to Robotics Gregory L. Plett and Michael D. Ciletti Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Colorado at Colorado SpringsAbstractRecent papers have reported that engineering students perceive and assimilate academic contentin different ways. A variety of theories have been developed to try to understand this phenome-non better so that instructional methods may be developed to reach all students. One well-knowninstrument used to assess learning styles is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) [Myers80],which can be used to classify

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

innovative. 73% 11% 15% 87% 9% 4%15. Women professionals have to be more concerned about how they dress and act than men do. 82% 13% 5% 65% 9% 26%16. Technology occupations are respected by 79% 7% 14% 83% 9% 9% other people.17. A technology degree will guarantee me a job when I graduate. 24% 55% 20% 39% 52% 9%18. I feel that male students in my classes know more about computer software than I do. 67% 17% 15% 65% 22% 13%19. Technology plays an important role in solving society's problems

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sam Geonetta

Management for Students of Technology: A Case Study in Information Technology Education Dr. Sam C. Geonetta University of Cincinnati, College of Applied Science 2220 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45245Introduction In her article on graduates of engineering and technology programs Kerry Hannonobserves that “. . .corporations want the whole ball of wax—soft skills, science skills, anddiversity.”1 Loria Yeadon, a patent attorney who holds a master’s degree in electricalengineering, emphasizes the need for technology professionals to be “business-minded”.2 InInternetWeek, Nick Evans states that “Most will agree that

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

seminars. As Table 3 indicates, there are vocabulary differences in the waystudents are talking about the ILC at the end of the first semester. The “stayers” tend to use “I”in diverse and un-patterned ways, tend to talk about the cluster in past tense, and tend to talkabout the math course more than others. A comparison between students in first-year writing atNMSU who enrolled in an un-clustered section and ILC students can be made. In Green’sdissertation on “Student and Teacher Identity: Pedagogy and Identity in First-Year Writing,” thetypical use of “I” in prompted writing exercises rarely exceed 4% of the corpus regardless ofgenre or pedagogical approach in her study.8 Having the students clustered might be one of thereasons for the higher use

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

. Page 10.1087.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”IntroductionSenior design courses at Vanderbilt University in the departments of Biomedical andMechanical Engineering have long been stand-alone full year courses (3-3). Studentexchanges between the design teams in BME and ME first took place in 2001-2002school year, when 2 ME students joined BME teams. The Electrical and Computerengineering department began to require a senior design course in 2003-2004 for theirmajors requiring a design course (Electrical engineering and computer engineering), andthe instructors involved agreed to collaborate on a

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Panhans; Joseph Musto; William Howard

the future of the mechanical engineering profession fromthe perspective a small, private undergraduate engineering institution. Also presented are somecurricular recommendations for balancing the emerging trends with practical considerationswithin the context of a traditional mechanical engineering program.IntroductionThere have been numerous highly-publicized efforts focused on planning reform ofundergraduate engineering education. These reforms are proposed in response to rapid andprofound changes in technology, student demographics, and global socioeconomic trends. Inthis paper we will summarize the findings of three important proposals for undergraduateengineering educational reform: • The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Smith; Kevin Craig; Pamela Theroux

happen. Individual departments in science, mathematics, and social science will retain ownership of their respective courses, as it is most important for students to hear and work with professors from these diverse fields. Problems of the 21st-century will best be solved by multidisciplinary teams with different points of view and approaches, all contributing to the optimal solution. • A set of modules of instruction, in electronic, interactive form, for both self-study and in- class use, will be developed in key skill areas essential for the practice of engineering: problem solving and design, technical communication, professional development, measurement systems, and computing, all with a balance between theory and

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mia Markey; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

eachcategory, scores are scaled from -11 to +11. For each category listed, the first category is thestrong negative value (i.e., for category “ACT/REF,” -11 equals strong ACT affinity and +11equals strong REF affinity). The closer a score comes to +/- 11, the greater the affinity for thatlearning style. In general scores between one and three reflect pretty well-balanced preferencebetween the two dimensions. Scores of five to seven reflect a moderate preference for therelevant pole. Scores between nine and eleven reflect a strong preference. (Only odd-numberedscores can result).2.1.3 First Day Impressions After the first day of class, students took a survey assessing their impressions of the first dayof class. They were given a structured response

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpitfalls. A large body of literature exists supporting the importance of teaching teamwork to ourstudents. For example, the Foundation Coalition promotes student learning communities. Thesecommunities are used to build a sense of group identity and cohesiveness so that students maybuild a better understanding of the material they are learning (Clark et al., 2003; Astin, 1992).Transitioning from the importance of student teamwork to faculty teamwork in curriculumdevelopment is evident in a number of additional papers. Balamuralikrishna et al. (2003) discussthe importance of faculty collaboration or teamwork to develop student design projects thatimplement multiple discipline or simultaneous