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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”elapsed before high school graduates got a chance to use whatever advanced skills they mighthave learned in school. Wherever education is inadequate, it has been noted that:1 Students know little about work. Students have no clear idea about what they must do to enter a particular career or occupation. Students do not know what might be expected of them at work since the teaching environment bears little to no resemblance to the engineering environment found in industrial companies. Schools do not teach the attitudes and maturity needed on the job. Schools isolate

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarah Nation; Leah Jamieson; Jill Heinzen; Carla Zoltowski; William Oakes; Joy Krueger

their high school careers. The intent of thisprogram is to provide credit for the students; however it is currently an extra-curricular, after-school activity.The first project was to design and develop a device to help people with neurological disordersthat do not have the automatic swallow reflex to remember to swallow. OLJMG Joint Services,the special education branch of North Lawrence Community Schools, is the community partnerfor the project. It is estimated that there are at least 20 people in the service area that wouldbenefit from this project. In particular, an elementary school student with cerebral palsy willhave the opportunity to be more fully integrated into a normal classroom because of this project.Even though this engineering

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Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kofi Nyamekye; Yildirim Omurtag

: Page 10.66.7 • engineering“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” • technology • mathematics/statistics • hard natural sciences • computer science • operations research and other similar fields.Designing a Ph.D. program in engineering that meets all the above needs, requires the programbe discipline-focused independent and be agile to respond to changes in future needs. Thus, thePh.D. program prepares the students for career advancement in technical and engineeringenterprises, and career options in academe and in government services, as well in emergingdisciplines

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Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

: Page 10.98.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationProgram Program Numberabbreviation of awardsCAREER Faculty Early Career Development 27Coll.Res. Collaborative Research/ Americas Program 15 Controls, Networks, and Computational IntelligenceCNCI Integrative Systems

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BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Cutbirth; Brett Hughes; Sundararajan Madihally

modeling. The chief disadvantage of this method is the time requirement; thisexperiment will require four to six weeks. The long timeframe minimizes the number ofexperiments that may be performed. The project-oriented style will require a greatercommitment from faculty members and less dependence on teaching assistants in the laboratory.However, short experiments tend to become modular and lack integration of comprehensiveconcepts. The advantage of this method is that it integrates concepts such as fluid flow, transportissues, physiology, reactor design, statistical analysis, differential equations and numericalmethods. In summary, this multi-level experiment demonstrated the integration of variousconcepts and trains the students seeking a career

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Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Robertson

departments. • In a world of rapidly changing technology, the basics are constant. That gives Page 10.1467.1 comfort to some, especially when allied to the more subtle desire to preserve a measure of elitism in a mass education market. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education • Any group of practicing engineers will readily admit that in their entire careers they have used only a very small proportion of their math skills.Each of these points has enough validity to guarantee endless

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

, Television, microwave,telephony, etc) [8].In 2004, the first class has ended the program, the new engineers have provided a feedback aboutthe Program, and their comments and suggestions ended as a parameter for next newexperiences. In general, the Program has been suitable for them in a way that they had morecontact with other careers approaches for the same problems. The possibility of having courses atdistance increased the number of students that made this choice because they could study in thecomfort of their houses at the time they wanted.8. ConclusionThe creation and the application of this program were possible thanks to the new laws andperspectives that have been changed during the last years. The more flexibility in the creation of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Dick

Microsoft Visual Studio. Page 10.1091.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAs the motivation for instruction in programming shifted from application problemsolving to preparation for embedded systems design, students perceived a lack ofrelevance in the introductory course. Many of the problems addressed in typical“Introduction to C Programming” text were not sort that an EET student would expect tosee later in his career. The problem solving focus of the text seemed to focus onproblems that, in many cases

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hong Zhang; John Chen; Bernard Pietrucha

-actuated system, robotics and automation, and engineering education.BERNARD PIETRUCHA has been a member of the Rowan Engineering faculty since September 2001. Hereceived his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and The PhD fromRutgers University. Prior to coming to Rowan, he was employed by Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies and itsparent, AT&T, for 22 years. He also served for 19 years as a member of the adjunct faculty at NJIT.JOHN CHEN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has been a faculty member since 1994,when he began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at NorthCarolina A&T State University. He joined Rowan University in his current

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Kurpius; Dale Baker; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

but wanted it integrated into other subject matter15.Research on teachers trained to use DET concepts, however, has shown that DET has a positiveimpact on students. For example, The Materials Technology Institute project provided teachersin Singapore with the background and curriculum needed to create a high school course inMaterials Science and DET16. Students reported the courses: a) made them more interested in ascience career; b) increased enjoyment of laboratory activities; and c) helped develop skills forworking with equipment and in the lab, and 96% said they would recommend the class to theirpeers.PurposeThis study documented the effect of a course designed to help teachers integrate Design,Engineering, and Technology (DET) into their

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Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

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 several researchpapers in IEEE journals and conferences.OMER FAROOK is a member of the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department atPurdue University Calumet. Professor Farook received the Diploma of Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering andBSME in 1970and 1972 respectively. He further received BSEE and MSEE in 1978 and 1983 respectively fromIllinois Institute of Technology. Professor Farook’s current interests are in the areas of Embedded System Design,Hardware – Software

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

. Adams, Stephanie G., “Building Successful Student Teams in the Engineering Classroom”, Journal of STEM Education, 4/3&4, July-December 2003.Biographical InformationPHILLIP A. SANGERPhillip Sanger is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology and serves as the Director of the Center forIntegrated Technologies at Western Carolina University. He holds a B.A. in Physics from Saint Louis Universityand earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Technologydevelopment including MRI magnets and SiC power devices plus economic development has been his career foci.AARON K. BALLAaron K. Ball is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director in Engineering andTechnology at

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Boehm; Brackley Frayer; Joe Aldridge

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationneed for this course leads an active professional career with many on-the-job time demands.Additionally, the instructor should be able to demonstrate to the students actual systems of thetype being discussed. In general we do not have cutting-edge versions of this equipment at theUniversity, so we depend greatly upon the ability to visit commercial venues where these aremore likely to be available. In this regard, our location in Las Vegas is extremely valuable. C) AnimatronicsAnimatronics is a term that was made famous through Walt Disney’s Imagineering efforts.Included in this is the development of machines able to perform lifelike actions. A combinationof mechanisms, dynamic

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venubabu Vulasa; David Grieve; Chetan Sankar; Bob Bulfin; Paul Swamidass

Engineering Education” The mission of this project fits well with the mission statements of the Faculty ofEngineering, Plymouth University; whose objective is to produce high quality graduates wellprepared for careers in engineering through high quality student experience. The experience thatthe student gained through this project is unique and unparalleled for working in the increasinglyglobal economy, where product development teams are scattered all over the globe. Being a well-received program, all applicants to this design course at UP in fall 2004 arebeing told about the overseas design team experience. It is viewed by students as a very positivefeature because of its potential value to recruiters.What could we do differently to

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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La Verne Abe Harris; Judy Birchman; Mary Sadowski

to help them make educated decisions about their career choices. A search onthe web will turn up numerous sites and on-line tests. Traditionally, instructors have encouragedto present information in several different modes to engage students with a variety of learningstyles.This paper presents the results of a pilot study that examined the learning styles of graphiceducators and graphics students using the Style Delineator by Anthony Gregorc (2000). TheStyle Delineator is a self-assessment instrument for adults and can be used as a tool forunderstanding learning as well as teaching styles. For the purpose of this pilot study, the studentparticipants were limited to undergraduates majoring in computer graphics technology. Thefaculty

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Russell

of the outcomes of the recentlyexpanded Body of Knowledge can be covered within the undergraduate curriculum, withthe exception of Outcome 12, additional technical depth. The additional technical depthcomponent would, by its very nature, be very flexible in its application to allow for awide range of career paths. Under this situation, the post-BS engineering educationwould consist of upper level undergraduate or graduate level coursework in professionalpractice and/or technical topic areas.The preceding recommendations of the BOK and the Curricula Committee, combinedwith the activities of the Accreditation and Licensure Committees, are enabling ASCE tomove forward in implementing ASCE Policy Statement 465.Why Civil Engineering Education

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

Support Program at WCU was initiated as a small program to help K-12 teachersuse a collaborative approach to identify their problems and search for solutions. The programwas designed to provide different types of assistance to special education teachers. Specialeducation teachers often deal with the most challenging demands within the teaching profession,and are thus continually at great risk for stress, burnout, and early departure from the field. TheTeacher Support Program is intended to help professionals working with special needs childrento solve difficult problems, reduce stress, become more effective, and maintain career longevity6.Some of the problems faced by the teachershave technical solutions, and manycommercial devices exist. Most

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elton Graves

, useful, and would be a tool that they would use when theyleave college. Only a few students felt that mathematics would not be a tool they woulduse regularly during their careers. Some of these beliefs may have come from studentswho were going into the military after graduation, or were going to graduate school infields other than engineering.Conclusions from InterviewsThe interviews supported what the survey told us. While students may enter Rose-Hulman with an attitude that mathematics is just a subject that needs to be taken, theseniors told us that their mathematics education was very important. We werecontinually told that the concepts learned in the calculus, differential equations, andstatistics courses were regularly used by the students

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leslie Brunell

, and meeting the dates established for the proposed design. Page 10.510.10 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The feedback from the alumni has been very positive. They enjoyed the opportunity to work on“real life” projects, visit an actual site and address issues such as permitting, codes and standards.These are all aspects of design they will need to consider when they begin their careers as CivilEngineers.The sponsors continued support of the program has been enormous. Each industry

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

enlightenment.ConclusionsThis paper presents the results of an assignment given to a senior level fluid dynamics class. Thisassignment is one of several engineering case studies being developed to incorporate finiteelement analysis software into traditional engineering courses. The desired theme of each casestudy is to perform a finite element analysis on a typical engineering problem and compare theresults to traditional solution methods. The key purpose is to develop student awareness of thepower and limitations of FEA software so that it becomes an effective design tool for them asthey begin their careers in industry.Results for this particular assignment were considered successful, since it was the first attempt atincorporating FloWorks into the fluid dynamics

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Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

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Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

., “Improving Ultrasonic Transit Time Calculations,” Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2004, 20-26. Page 10.121.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographiesDALE H. LITWHILERDale H. Litwhiler is an Assistant Professor at Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College in Reading, PA. He receivedhis B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from LehighUniversity (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

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Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

, ASICs, microelectronicspower conversion techniques, and Extreme Environments.TIMOTHY EWERSTimothy Ewers is a scientist turned science educator. Formally trained as a toxicologist and then risk analyst he gotinterested in the science education while working with the general public on risk management issues. His interestsinclude research into developing more authentic science experiences and science thinking in K-12 schooling and inpromoting interest in math and science careers. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Idaho where he is anAssistant Professor in the College of Education. Page 10.1243.8 Proceedings of the

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Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Kadlowec; Dexter Whittinghill; John Chen

Technology for Rapid Feedback and Student Engagement,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2005.6. Steif, P.S., "Initial Data from a Statics Concept Inventory", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 20-23, 2004.Biographic InformationJOHN CHEN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has been a faculty member since 1994,when he began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North CarolinaA&T State University. He joined Rowan University in his current position in 1998.JENNIFER KADLOWEC is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. She began asan Assistant

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joe Stanley; Daryl Beetner; Donald Wunsch; Rohit Dua

President, an IEEE Fellow, NSF CAREER Awardee,has over 200 publications, attracted over $5 million funding, and produced 8 Ph.D.'s. Page 10.682.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education”

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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ming Sheu; Michael Ohadi; Arman Molki

An Undergraduate Instructional Laboratory Model for a Modern Mechanical Engineering Program Michael Ohadi, Ming Sheu, Arman Molki Department of Mechanical Engineering The Petroleum Institute P.O. Box 2533, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.Abstract Hands-on laboratory skills play a vital role in preparing the next generation ofmechanical engineering students to assume successful career paths in the 21st century. Our teamreviewed several undergraduate laboratory models at a number of well-recognized undergraduateengineering institutions. When possible, we also sought the feedback of some of

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Irina Nelson

agencies, space industries, andinternational organizations (e.g. the United Nations). Analysis of the past three years shows that70% of the ISU alumni have found employment in the space sector, while 12% have continuedtheir advanced graduate studies. Only 18% of the graduates have pursued careers outside thespace sector.Bibliographic Information 1. The International Space University (ISU): http://www.isu.isunet.edu 2. Contact information: International Space University, Parc d’Innovation, 1 Rue Jean-Dominique Cassini, 67400 Illkirch, France, Tel: +33 (0)3 88 65 54 30; Fax: +33 (0)3 88 65 54 47; e-mail: 3. General Information: http://www.isunet.edu/about_us/what _is_isu.htm 4. ISU Faculty: http

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

and the second two goals are for the faculty involved: provide pre-service teachers with a basic understanding of the field of engineering so they are better able to describe the excitement of an engineering career to their future students; provide pre-service teachers with engineering applications that can enhance the learning of mathematics; introduce fundamental issues relating to engineering and engineering education to faculty members outside the field of engineering; improve pedagogy and teaching effectiveness of engineering faculty.To meet these goals, we planned and implemented a model for an engineering experience forpre-service teachers. This experience pairs an existing 1-credit-hour

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

pursuing degree studies and career paths in science, engineering and technology, andto increase the presence of minority students on campus.Bibliography[1] Computing in Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Climate Modeling, 4 (Sept./Oct. 2002).[2] National Workshop on Advanced Scientific Computing, National Academy of Sciences, J.S. Langer, Chair,1998. [3] Yasar, O., "A Scalable Model for Complex Flows," J. Computers and Mathematics, 33, 117 (1998).[4] Computing in Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Materials Science, 3 (Nov./Dec. 2001).[5] SIAM Workgroup on CSE Education, "Graduate Education in Computational Science and Engineering," SIAMReview, 43 (1) (2001), pp. 163-177.[6] Computing in Science and Engineering, Special Issue on Data

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Capstone/Design Projects: Information/Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sam Geonetta

.13Bibliographic Information 1. University of Cincinnati, Professional Practice and Career Placement. “Co-op Program Description.” http://www.ocasppcp.uc.edu/co-op/describe.htm. The University of Cincinnati’s College of Applied Science has a long history of hands-on education exemplified by its co-operative education program (co- op). The College was founded in 1828 as a private college; it merged with the University of Cincinnati in 1969. Co-op has been a tradition since a "Power Laundry" course was offered in 1920. 2. University of Cincinnati, College of Applied Science. “Program Description.” Http://it.cas.uc.edu. 3. The Senior Design sequence discussed in this paper was implemented in the BS in Information

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Derby; Stephen Frempong; Willie Ofosu

reinforce the theoretical knowledge that hasbeen acquired while offering students the opportunity to experience real world situations in theirchosen careers. Most of all, they offer students the opportunity to discuss their fears, concerns,and expectations with people who are already in the field. Such experiences can only be Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 10.628.6 Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationacquired through educational field trips. Through visits to industry, students also get theopportunity to network with