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International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Waddah Akili

Active Learning: A Range of Options Intended for Engineering Faculty in the Arab Gulf States Waddah Akili Professor of Civil Engineering (Retired) Principal, Geotechnical Engineering Ames, Iowa, 50014, USAAbstract:This paper reviews the literature in search of common forms and strategies of active learning,engineering faculty in the Arab Gulf States (the Region) could add to their repertoire as viablealternatives to traditional teaching. The article is a follow up to previous work, by the author, onviable strategies to improve the classroom environment of engineering colleges

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ELD Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kiem-Dung Ta; Helen Clements; Kevin Drees

development of their assignments. In addition, workplace expectations for new engineeringgraduates, as well as information literacy guidelines which correlate with ABET (AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology) accreditation criteria justify the need for the program.In the instruction sessions, librarians teach students how to search by subject category rather thanby a specific keyword, as well as how to utilize critical thinking skills, make use of discipline-specific databases, consult government documents and technical report collections, and utilizesubject experts as a means of increasing the pool of useful information for the development offinal project reports. Students are exposed to a range of discipline-oriented databases and

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Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Timothy Keener; Anant Kukreti; Eugene Rutz

. Our undergraduateprograms span five academic years and includes an average of six co-op quarters for a typicalbaccalaureate degree. Our graduates are highly sought by employers. This paper presents thegeneral structure of this degree program, its curriculum, marketing strategy, and the results oftwo years of implementation. The successful use of distance learning will be discussed as this isone of the cornerstone elements of the program which allows students to take courses whileaway from campus on their co-op sessions.Introduction It is becoming increasingly evident that current technological and societal needs demanda greater level of preparation for the engineering profession than the historical baccalaureatedegree. Both the

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christy Moore; Billy Koen

, Caroline, “Undergraduate Education in Practical Ethics,” The Online Ethics Center for Engineering andScience Case Western Reserve University: 2003.3 Koen, Billy Vaughn, Discussion of The Method: conducting the engineer’s approach to problem solving, NY: OxfordUniversity Press, 2003.4 Koen, Billy Vaughn, “Engineering Method,” entry in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, NY: MacmillanReference U.S.A. June 1, 2005.5 Koen, Billy Vaughn, “Engineering Method,” entry in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, NY: Macmillan Page 10.1433.2Reference U.S.A. June 1, 2005.6 Bumiller, Elisabeth, “Corporate Conduct: Bush

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Davis; Craig Hoff

design. Decliningenrollments forced universities to reduce program length. In order to accomplish this,many programs reduced application oriented courses and laboratories.1 This shift hasresulted in an increasing gap between what engineers are expected to know and how theyare to perform in industry, and what universities are teaching.2 Engineers in industryspend much time working on complex system integration, yet few engineering graduatesunderstand this process.3 Reference 2 adds “the state of education in this country,especially in science, engineering and technology, has become a matter of increasingconcern to many of us in American industry.”In order to meet the professional needs of industry, engineering educators must place arenewed

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Scott

react tothe guidance of an adult mentor, as opposed to the expected lecturer? These and other questionswere asked and answered over the 2003-4 academic year. The following represent recognizedaspects and components of the CSM engineering design model, and how they were realized andreceived in the UAE.TEAMWORK AND ARABIAN FRIENDSHIP/ LOYALTYSince the fields of engineering and science increasingly demand the use of team decision-making in Page 10.125.5order to meet the needs of a rapidly developing technological society, the STEPS program (like itsCSM counterpart) formed teams of 4-5 students to participate in project problem solving. Since the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

A Summary of the Workshop on Integrating Appropriate- Sustainable Technology and Service-Learning in Engineering Education Robyn Sandekian, Dr. Bernard Amadei / Dr. Margaret Pinnell University of Colorado at Boulder / University of DaytonThe University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder) hosted a workshop entitled, IntegratingAppropriate-Sustainable Technology and Service-Learning in Engineering Education onSeptember 27-29, 2004. This workshop was funded in part by the National Science Foundation(NSF) and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). One objective ofthis workshop was to provide a forum for engineering educators and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Radha Balamuralikrishna; Clifford Mirman

ADOPTING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DESIGN A FRESHMAN COURSE IN TECHNICAL GRAPHICS – MEETING THE SOCIETAL NEED FOR ARTICULATION Radha Balamuralikrishna, Clifford R. Mirman Department of Technology, Northern Illinois UniversityIntroductionThe freshman course in engineering or technical graphics has received wide attention in recenttimes 1. There is a significant variation in course offerings taken across engineering andtechnology degree programs nationwide both at two-year and four-year institutions. Forexample, in problem solving, some courses are solely restricted to structured drafting exercisestaken from typical textbooks and others are devoted to an ill-structured design

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

Building Infrastructure to Develop Electronic Collaboration Skill Among Students Susan Miertschin, Cheryl Willis University of Houston College of Technology Information Systems TechnologyAbstractSkill sets related to teamwork and collaboration are in demand in all sectors of employment.Accreditation agencies for college programs have responded to the demand by incorporatingrequirements related to teamwork into statements of program outcomes. This is true, forexample, for both the 2004-2005 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Technology Programsestablished by TAC of ABET and the draft accreditation criteria for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Patricia Backer

A shift in teaching methodology: From Instructor Led to Student Driven Multimedia Instruction Patricia Ryaby Backer San Jose State UniversityAbstractMultimedia can be a powerful tool in exploring the nature of the world around us, including itstechnological systems. This paper describes the design, development, and evaluation of self-paced multimedia and web-based modules that are used in an advanced General Education (GE)course in the College of Engineering at San José State University. The design and developmentcycle of these modules began in 1994 and spanned nine years. The General Education course,Technology and Civilization (TECH 198

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sonia Sanchez; S. Khalid Latif; Elias Faraclas; Catherine Koehler; Kazem Kazerounian

science and mathematics curriculum therebypromoting technical literacy for their high school students, will be necessary in order forstudents to fully understand increasingly complex technology they will face in their everydaylives.IntroductionThe fundamental focus currently facing education curriculum developers in all disciplines isensuring that students have a broad and relevant knowledge base by the time they graduate Page 10.550.1from high school. However, the current Federal Administration, with its new education reform “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Adam Cavender; Saeed Foroudastan

Session 3662 Diesel Noise and Urban/Rural Interfaces Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Professor, Adam Cavender, Research Assistant Olivia Dees, Research Assistant Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractThe health hazards associated with noise exposure warrant that it be recognized as aserious form of environmental pollution, one that threatens the health and well being ofall Americans. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss noise pollution, specifically whatis produced

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi

E-mail: fnaja@ce.ufl.edu And Alex E. S. Green Graduate Research Professor Emeritus ICAAS, CLEAN COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (CCTL) College of Engineering, University of Florida Weill Hall Rm 577 PO Box 116550, Gainesville, Florida 32611-6580 Phone: (352)392-2001 E-mail: aesgreen@ufl.edu Natural gas prices have increased significantly in the past four years. Natural gasaccounts for almost a quarter of the United States’ energy consumption. The increase in naturalgas prices may create an economic problem in the U.S. economy and the university’s budgetdeficits. The

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christopher Fernando

2005-1661 Integration of Manufacturing Automation Laboratory Component with Distance Education Christopher G. Fernando Industrial Technology/Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Community & Technical College at WVU Tech Montgomery, WV 25136 Lfernando@mail.wvu.eduAbstractIn the last two decades, there has been an increasing emphasis on manufacturing automation andflexible manufacturing work cells in order to increase the product quality and reduce

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tony Keller; Jeff Frolik

Session 1793Wireless Sensor Networks: An Interdisciplinary Topic for Freshman Design Jeff Frolik and Tony Keller University of VermontIntroduction Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are a nascent technology that builds upon the recentdecade’s advances in electrical and mechanical engineering including wireless communications,low-power embedded systems, MEMS-sensor design, network architectures and instrumentationapplications. These networks promise a means by which to better monitor and understand ourindustrial, military and natural environments. Wireless sensors have

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Fike

Teaching Telecommunications Fundamentals – A Networking Approach John L. Fike, P.E. Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M UniversityIntroductionAs with many topics in a rapidly changing technical world, an introductory course intelecommunications and networking presents a challenge to curriculum developers. How doesone teach fundamentals, such as frequency, bandwidth, and multiplexing, which change slowlyand do not always appear important to the students? How does one teach contemporarynetworking topics in a way that is interesting to the “techies” while not losing the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eugene Perry Deess; Judy Valyo; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

has become a popular way to increase retention and graduation rates. Theprimary motivation has been to expose students to engineering at the beginning of theirundergraduate studies, typically using open-ended design problems suited to first-yearengineering students. Such an early introduction serves as an important first step inincorporating design work throughout the undergraduate curriculum, and provides an earlyintroduction to teamwork, presentation skills, and time management. The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) developed its first freshman engineeringdesign course in 1992, and has continued to offer this course to first-time full-time freshmen inall engineering curricula. The format has undergone several revisions, but the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene Liao

-metal panel. A real industrial part, an automotive front fender panel, isutilized in the project. This project tied much of the material from students’ previous coursework together, including mechanics of materials, machine design, and manufacturing processplanning.1. IntroductionOver recent years, many manufacturing engineering or technology graduates work in positionsrequiring familiarity with computer-aided engineering analysis as well as design andmanufacturing process. They are asked to utilize commercial software for simpledesign/manufacturing analysis, such as performing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in fixture andtooling design to ensure required function. The main reason for this shift is integration ofanalysis at early stages of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationindustries and the expectations of TAC/ABET accreditation for educational institutions.In the course, faculty learned that many companies use an internal intranet for easydocument access by all employees, generally with a single person controlling the postingof documents. It was with this recognition that PUC faculty members in theManufacturing Engineering Technologies and Supervision (METS) department decidedto post documents on the Internet to provide easy access and central storage for faculty,ABET evaluators, and any other interested parties such as students, parents, otherinstitutions, etc. Hence the title of the paper is ABET TC2K Preparation – A Web BasedApproach. The remainder of

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russel Jones

Session # 2560 Technical Capacity Building in Developing Countries to Promote Economic Development Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. President, Committee on Capacity Building World Federation of Engineering OrganizationsAbstractIn the pursuit of a more secure, stable and sustainable world, developing countries seek toenhance their human, institutional and infrastructure capacity. To do so they need a solidbase of technologically prepared people in order to effectively improve their economiesand quality of life. Such a base of qualified engineers and technologists will

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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

-Technology (B-E-T) program, and the College ofEngineering, University of Plymouth, participated in a joint effort to replicate real-life productdesign process with a mixture of engineering and business students. This paper describes theexperience, its lessons and compares it with other attempts at multinational student design-teamprojects.Introduction In the last ten years, an important change is occurring in new product development inlarge technology-intensive American manufacturing firms. They are tapping into engineeringtalent in countries around the world without actually bringing internationally trained engineers tothe US. Consequently, complex product/process design is undertaken by teams made ofprofessionals located in more than one

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hsiao-Shen Tsao; Belle Wei

STUDYING OFFSHORING THROUGH A STUDY-TOUR OF TAIWAN AND CHINA Belle Wei, Jacob Tsao College of Engineering, San Jose State University San Jose, California 95192AbstractIn recent years the pace of offshoring knowledge-based technology jobs has quickened.This is primarily due to the advances in communication technology and the availability ofa large low-cost talent pool in developing countries. As a result, American engineeringgraduates will compete and collaborate with their counterparts in other parts of the world.It is critical that they understand the dynamics of a global economy and recognize theneed to acquire the skill set that

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jerome Lavelle; Joseph Herkert

,especially in light of Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC 2000) of the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) (for example, see [1,2]). While some attention has beenfocused on traditional three-two programs or Bachelors/Masters Programs, little has beenfocused on dual degree programs in engineering and non-technical fields. In this paper wepresent a status report on the Benjamin Franklin Scholars (BFS) Dual-Degree Program now in itsfifteenth year of operation at North Carolina State University. Students in the program earn aBachelor of Science degree in engineering or computer science from the College of Engineering,and a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Humanities and SocialSciences. Students may elect

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Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeed Foroudastan

Session 2160 The Middle Tennessee State University Experimental Vehicles Program: Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Engineering Projects Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ian D. Campbell Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractMiddle Tennessee State University (MTSU) decided to combine several competition vehicleprojects into one Experimental Vehicles Program (EVP). The goal was to facilitate fundraisingand resource sharing, and to improve chain of command within the

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

) Page 10.1415.4 The ZU Learning Outcomes (ZULO) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe GELO and MALO are course embedded, and the ZULO are a set of higher intellectualoutcomes, which can be achieved at different levels of the students’ learning experiences.The GELO are designed to help students develop an understanding and the ability to apply thetheoretical structures and methodologies of the academic disciplines. There are five GELO:Creative Expression; Culture and Society; Humanities; Language and Communication; andScience, Mathematics and Technology. The GELO knowledge domains are

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Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

Session 3148 Great Progress, Great Divide: The Need for Evolution of the Recruitment Model for Women in Engineering Jennifer Gilley and Joan Begolly Penn State New KensingtonAbstractDespite years of recruitment efforts, the percentage of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded towomen in the U.S. still hovers at only 18%, and the percentage of degrees awarded inengineering technology stands at 16%. The question then remains, what keeps high school girlsfrom choosing engineering or engineering technology as a potential career path? Or conversely,for those

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Judith Miller; Paula Quinn; Jill Rulfs; John Orr

Society for Engineering Education 2. To implement the technology/engineering portion of the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Frameworks (MSTECF)[1] in grades K-6; and 3. To develop curricular materials and prepare teachers so that the project is self-sustaining after the NSF grant expires.Massachusetts is one of the few states to have mandatory curriculum standards in engineeringand technology at the K-12 levels and appears to be the only state with such standards in the K-6grades) which specifically incorporate engineering and technology topics. Hence, Massachusettsis an ideal venue for the extension of NSF’s previous science and mathematics initiatives to theengineering disciplines.More details on

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yasemin Jones; Elaine Maldonado

The Adjunct Academy at City Tech: Academic Support for First Year Engineering Students at an Urban College Yasemin Jones, Elaine Maldonado College Learning Centers New York City College of Technology, CUNY AbstractUrban students in engineering programs can face certain challenges including: 1)Inadequate academic preparation for college 2) Family and work responsibilities and 3)Lack of in-school support in the formation of their academic/ professional identities. TheAdjunct Academy at City Tech (CUNY) project was created to improve the lives ofadjunct, engineering faculty and engineering students

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jared Odom; Saeed Foroudastan

Session 3662 Proposal for Alternative Energy Applications in the Field of Desalination Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Professor, Jared Odom, Research Assistant, Olivia Dees, Research Assistant Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractMany parts of the world are currently suffering from such an intense deficiency in ground andsurface water, that this life sustaining treasure often makes the “black gold” of oil resources lookunimportant by comparison

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jameson Wetmore

Monitoring Air Bag Performance: Exploring the Social Facets of Engineering with STS Jameson M. Wetmore Department of Science, Technology & Society University of VirginiaIntroductionOver the past several decades a new social science discipline has been emerging that seeks tobetter understand the relationship between technology and society. This discipline is sometimescalled “Science & Technology Studies” or “Science, Technology, and Society,” but is oftensimply given the umbrella title of “STS.”1 The discipline has attracted scholars from the fieldsof sociology, history