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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

the current study.Sommers’ four-year study of student writers from across the disciplines notes that “students whomake the greatest gains as writers throughout college (1) initially accept their status as novicesand (2) see in writing a larger purpose than fulfilling an assignment” (p. 124). Carroll suggeststhat writing proficiency develops throughout the course of a student’s academic career asstudents assume new tasks—new roles—as writers, and not in a single freshman coursesequence. Sternglass’ study of at-risk students enrolled at CCNY, with its provocativeframework of richly detailed case studies, offers a strong example in qualitative methodology.These researchers’ findings are intriguing—in them it is possible to see the limits of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

community and for the public good. Students will be expected to address both thetechnical and the human aspects of the problem. Public costs versus benefits must be determinedand weighed requiring students to think critically about the community and their professionalphilosophies. Students will also critique and evaluate what aspects of the project were difficultand why, what aspects of the project they were unprepared for, and how the project related totheir coursework and career goals.The trend in engineering education is converging technological education and liberal artseducation [1]. This article further states that students need to “be prepared for a life in a worldwhere technological, scientific, humanistic, and social issues are all mixed

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Nicola Ferralis; Leanne Avery; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

using a pre- and post-participation test approach as well as an attitude toward science pre- and post-participation survey. While information gained from surveys can be very valuable it wasfelt that the deeper, fine-grained information available from qualitative methods mightbetter measure the attainment of the project goals in a useful manner. A change inmiddle school and high school students’ attitude toward science careers that is revealedby a pre- and post-participation attitude survey of all 7th graders might or might not be aresult of this project’s intervention. Since the project involved changes to the experienceof school students in the particular classes where graduate fellows used “hands-on”activities to convey important science

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

lead a design team of a company and grow as technology advances, to express himself/herself in written and oral form, to be able to function as a project engineering immediately upon graduation, or undertake graduate studies in a variety of professional fields.The three primary objectives of the program are: 1. To produce an engineer capable of functioning as a project engineer upon graduation. 2. To develop professional design skills. 3. To produce and engineer capable of professional-level written and oral expression.We recognize that many of our students will not become or remain designers. While theirtraining will allow for this option, and certainly many take this route, many others will pursue adifferent career

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Bilodeau

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

4-year institutions had 589,000 enrollments (10 percent of the total) (p. iv) The Internet and two video technologies were most used as primary modes of instructional delivery for distance education courses during the 12- month 2000-2001 academic year (p. v)With this mushrooming growth of distance education programs (online asynchronous/synchronous and mixed/hybrid) in private and public institutions, faculty technical currency thusbecomes a pivotal factor for the design, implementation and delivery of effective onlineprograms that can promote student learning/success.Faculty in purely teaching institutions (non-research environment), especially those teaching intechnology-based and career-oriented programs

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

to American history may have been his manymetallurgical endeavors: beginning his career as a silversmith apprentice and eventually theowner of a successful silver shop, Revere sought additional prestige and income after theAmerican revolution and started iron casting, bronze bell and cannon casting, malleable copperworking, and copper sheet rolling enterprises until his retirement in 1811. This proved an almostideal backdrop for an interdisciplinary project. Student teams selected one of “Revere’s” alloysystems (silver, iron, copper, or silver) and a process applicable to the alloy (casting, drawing,rolling, or forging). Students learned new laboratory techniques and designed experiments thatused state of the art technology and laboratory

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

frankly discussed difficulties encountered on the tenure track and touchedon strategies the authors used to overcome them. A variety of external resources inteaching, research, and service were also provided. Although a new faculty member isexpected to do above average in research, teaching, and service, being a professor is atruly noble career. Remember your mission statement and why you chose this careerpath; focus your memories on the students you impacted and your enjoyable experiencesalong the way. Also make sure to schedule time for family, friends, yourself, and toexercise. The key is to remember to find people willing to help you and ask for theiradvice. Strong mentors can be your most valuable tool.Bibliography1. "Survival Kit for New

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

secondary schools what they expect incoming first-yearstudents to know and be able to do to succeed in college. Nor do they make clear tocollege-bound students why the expected preparation matters”1. Texas Tech Universityis addressing these issues by working with K-12 teachers and administrators to developthe engineering resources, content, and training for teachers so that they will be betterprepared to prepare their students, especially women and minority students, for careers inengineering.By providing engineering resources, content and training that meet state standards for K-12 teachers, higher education can make a difference in the number of students applying toengineering colleges and a difference in the success rate of those students.The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

research opportunitiesfor undergraduate students through its REU Sites program. An REU Site consists of agroup of about ten undergraduates who work in the research programs of the hostinstitution. Each student is associated with a specific research project, where he/sheworks closely with the faculty and other researchers. Students are granted stipends and, inmany cases, assistance with housing and travel. Undergraduate students supported withNSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions.An REU Site may be at either a US or foreign location. The program seeks to attract adiversified pool of talented students into careers in science and engineering and to helpensure that they receive the best education

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lagace; Earll Murman

studies. The Engineering Systems Division4 (ESD)offers a joint engineering and management SM degree in System Design and Management5(SDM) targeted at students with 3 to 5 or more years of engineering work experience who seekadvanced studies in system engineering and management in preparation for a career in technicalleadership positions in industry and government. The School of Engineering, through ESD, andthe Sloan School of Management jointly offer the Leaders for Manufacturing6 (LFM) Program,resulting in dual SM degrees in engineering and management, to recent graduates or candidateswith work experience, in preparation for a career in Manufacturing – with the “Big M” indicatingthe inclusion both up and downstream lifecycle phases. Both the SDM

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael E. Hay; Recayi Pecen

Technology area. The major prepares studentsfor application oriented engineering technology careers in conventional and renewable electricalpower, analog/digital electronics, microcomputer, telecommunications, and networking areas.There are also elements of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic system controls as part of thecurriculum. The EIET program was updated from an Electro-Mechanical Systems Program. It isalso the first and only program in the state of Iowa that grants its students a BS in electricalengineering technology after the completion of a four-year course of studies. Page 10.403.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

levels. The range of interest in engineering is almost always 20% or more for 11th-12th graders, in general. If the students are taking higher-level math or science classes, this percentage is over 30%. Overall, almost 30% of the students who responded to the survey indicated that they wouldconsider Engineering as a career choice. For 6th through 8th grade, the percentage is 28.84%.This percentage peaks at 29.79% for 9th-10th graders and then decreases to 27.27% for 11th-12thgraders. This represents the “future possibilites” for College of Engineering applications butonly 5% of high school graduates apply as freshmen nationwide. Why is there such adiscrepency? Can we find a way to bridge this gap? To help anwer these

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

subjects, the extensive experience of theparticipants substantially enhances the scope of each course as it is being given. Everyclass has a different and unpredictable mix of technical experts. Combine that with deepproblem-solving capabilities and the stimulation of finding kindred souls from othercompanies and we have a recipe for exciting events. In every class, we have anincredible diversity of career experiences combined with shared values, prejudices andgoals. The result is that the courses are likely to evolve continuously for many iterationsof the program.As a measure of the chief engineer’s job, we defined a few attributes that could be used toset the scope and range of personal and technical skills that might be expected insuccessful

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

& Computer Engineering. He received his PH.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois,Chicago, in 1991, M.S. and B.S. also in Electrical Engineering from I.I.T. Kanpur, India in 1970 and 1968respectively. Professor Agrawal has worked recently for two years in optical networking industry in the SiliconValley in California. Professor Agrawal is the Founder Advisor to Agni Networks Inc., San Jose, California. Hisexpertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers, optical and WDM interface, SONET andGigabit Ethernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published byPrentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

courses to courses in their majors orto their careers. Consequently, their motivation to learn the material in mathematics courses islow, and their retention of this material is poor.This paper describes an interdisciplinary, multisemester project designed to lead students toappreciate the relevance and importance of basic STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics) material. Starting in the sophomore level differential equations course andcontinuing in junior and senior level engineering courses, students analyze dynamic systemsfrom various points of view, including mathematical modeling. This paper describes the projectand the modules being developed to implement it.IntroductionMathematicians teaching service courses for engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

split (or not sure) whetherthey wanted to study at college to be an engineer. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 indicates theystrongly did not want to be an engineer and 5 indicates that they strongly did, the average studentresponse was 3.3, with a median of 3, and a standard deviation of 1.1. At the end of the week,their opinion did not change considerably with an average score of 3.2, a median of 3, and astandard deviation of 1.2. This result is not surprising since one week is unlikely to change theirinterest. More time and reflection would be more likely to decide on a career in engineering. Page 10.855.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

, multi-disciplinary design, computer aidedinstruction and testing, computer aided instrumentation systems, and analog and digital circuit design.JOHN T. TESTERJohn Tester is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. He received hisdoctorate in Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to his academic career, he was a MechanicalEngineer at the telecommunications firm, Amtech Systems; he also served as an engineering officer in the U.S. AirForce. His interests include design, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy and engineering education. Page 10.888.5 Proceedings

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Lisa F. Bullard; Douglas G. Schmucker; Misty Loughry; Richard Felder; Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton; Cynthia Finelli

Engineering with a minor in Education fromthe University of Florida in 1996. Previously, he served as Assistant Director of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEEDEngineering Education Coalition. His research is primarily in freshman programs and educational assessment.MISTY L. LOUGHRYMisty L. Loughry is an Assistant Professor in Clemson University’s Management Department. She received herPh.D. in Management from the University of Florida in 2001. Her research focuses on control in organizations,especially peer monitoring. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Loughry worked in banking for ten years, holding theposition of Assistant Vice President of Small Business Lending at the time she left to begin her graduate studies.RUFUS L. CARTERRufus Carter is Coordinator of

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

interested in career change. The program has also attracted senior undergraduateengineering students who are interested in entering the medical device industry.Students range from company presidents, marketing and sales leaders to engineers, scientists,program managers and regulatory personnel to nurses. About 30% are from large companieswhile the other 70% come from smaller firms in the medical device business, plus some fromhospitals and the University of Minnesota Health Center. Some are in the process of making atransition from other industries into the medical device industry. Page 10.504.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kellen Maicher; Patrick Connolly

principles in the transforming and viewing of graphical images is a requiredskill in many career areas, including many outside of traditional technological boundaries [1, 2, 3].Although many students struggle with this skill set, there is ample research that shows that theability to visualize in 3D environments can be developed and enhanced [4, 5, 6, 7]. One practicalmethod of visualization skill development comes in the form of multiview drawing and Page 10.1273.1development. Through the application of multiview drawing principles in solving challengingvisualization problems, students exercise and improve their spatial acuity and comprehension

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

can be adifficult task. Mathcad provides a general template for an engineer to perform a wide variety ofdesign tasks. The format of the program lends itself to civil engineering based its ability toperform design work with the same application that serves as a report for review. By eliminatingthe report generation phase of the process, engineers can quickly go from design to submittal andincrease profitability. Development of standardized, reviewable documents can mitigate risk.Both of these qualities have appeal for the new civil engineer.A comprehensive, organized approach encompassing many courses can present Mathcad as auseful tool for their future careers. In addition, consistent exposure to the program supports thematerial presented in

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Palmer; Terri Lynch-Caris; Laura Sullivan

to build on the work and extrapolate to the needs of female faculty. Theresult of the previous grant included teaming opportunities between industrial, manufacturingand mechanical engineering courses through an interdisciplinary design course. A secondary objective of this work is to foster female faculty professional development.Many would agree that collaboration is second nature to women. This work provides anintegrated mentoring opportunity for a female assistant professor to work with a female associateprofessor in another department. The result should be increased career satisfaction andlikelihood for retention and promotion. A third objective of this work is to add value to society through graduating engineers

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Ostheimer

department also hired a writing expert todesign, develop and teach the communication component of these classes; thus alleviating theneed for ECE faculty to direct and formatively assess student writing. After ten years ofemphasizing writing, at least in the senior year of the ECE curriculum, and in response to theABET 2000 requirement that program outcomes be measured, the department, in 1999, begandeveloping plans to design an assessment process capable of evaluating how well the ECEcurriculum was actually preparing our graduates to write for their future careers. In this paper,we will describe first the series of steps that led to the establishment of the assessment design,then present and discuss our observations from five years of this

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Biographical InformationWARREN L. G. KOONTZ is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer andTelecommunications Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Koontz joined the faculty of RIT aftercompleting a 32-year career with Bell Laboratories. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Page 10.627.8 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”

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Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

again, the faculty plays asignificant role in this strategy’s success.Results Engineering Student attitudes have changed significantly over the past five years. In1990 students resented having to take a senior exam and/or the FE. The culture has changed andso have their attitudes. Students seem to accept the fact that preparation for the FE is animportant part of career preparation. While it may be difficult, they seem to accept it a positiveway. The end-of-year exam data also provides a tool for assessing the students' retention ofknowledge. The data tends to dispel the popular misconception by the students and the facultythat students do not retain basic concepts in a course beyond the final exam. Prior to the pilotproject seniors

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Brockway; Gregory Spaulding

for my job. 3.77The content was relevant to me for my career path. 3.85The course evaluations also solicited comments from workshop attendees. Selected commentsfrom the “Introduction to RCM class” evaluations follow.“How is this new system to be implemented?”“What is success under this system?”“This program will work with team work only.”“Don’t think it will work.”“Will work only if all upper management goes for it too.”“Works well on paper…will it work in practice?”“Concept of program is great but management won’t let it happen.”Measuring Program SuccessAt the writing of this paper, training is still ongoing. Once training is completed and the RCMprogram and related technologies are fully

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

students in thesecond week of their Engineering Exploration (EngE 1024) course. The ePortfolio wasintroduced as a tool for the collection of samples of their academic and extracurricular work overtheir academic career and as an aid in their learning. Students were also informed that theePortfolio was being investigated as a tool for program assessment. In class, the students wereintroduced to the ePortfolio interface and provided guidelines for entering information into the Page 10.1407.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

) knowledge of calculus-based physics.The educational objective of the Mechanical Engineering program at AAMU is to providestudents with the necessary preparation in mechanical engineering to compete effectively forprofessional careers in this field and with the motivation for personal and professional growththrough lifelong learning.The educational outcomes of the ME program are: [1]. The student will demonstrate the necessary competencies in the fundamental education in areas of mechanical engineering, such as thermal and mechanical sciences and system design. Page 10.898.1 Proceedings of the 2005

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

’ understanding of bioengineering-related work, to inform and excitesecondary students’ about bioengineering-related work, and to increase students’ matriculationinto bioengineering fields. Specifically, the CD will explore the applicability of bioengineeringto education, business, law, medicine, and government.SLC Outreach Effectiveness The effectiveness of VaNTH SLC outreach across sites is noted by the positiveperceptions that secondary students have of SLC-led outreach activities, the influence of SLCactivities upon the career choices that students are making, the diversity of the students who havebeen exposed to outreach activities, and the enjoyable teaching and learning experiences that aregained by SLC students. At HST/MIT, SLC students