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Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

Science and Software Engineeringat the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. His research interests include software processimprovement, software tools for student advising, and software methodologies. Dr. Bagert is a registeredProfessional Engineer in software engineering in the state of Texas. Contact him at Don.Bagert@rose-hulman.edu.STEPHEN V. CHENOWETHSteve Chenoweth is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Rose-HulmanInstitute, following a career at NCR Corporation and at Bell Laboratories. His research interests include softwarearchitecture and requirements, software processes, artificial intelligence, and alternatives to pedagogy. Contact himat Steve.Chenoweth@rose-hulman.edu

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Project Management and Team Issues

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Mehria Saffi; Mariana Alvaro; Diana Mejia; David Bowen

suchexperience. By this method, we were able to interview practitioners in manufacturing, service,transportation and government organizations. Interviewees hailed from relatively smallmanufacturing organizations (approximately $6 million in annual sales), to some of the largestand well known (UPS, FEDEX), and most respected engineering companies (e.g., Bechtel, Intel,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Hewlett Packard) in the world.As a group, our interviewees averaged 17.9 years supervising engineers working in teams andparticipated in an average of 68 teams each. They served as leaders or supervisors for 22% ofthe those teams, and served as non-supervisory team members on the remaining 78%.Interviews were conducted either at the interviewees

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Embedded Computing

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Eduardo Montanez; Andrew Mastronardi

connectors, and 1 BNC connector Page 10.938.4 • LCD module and 8-pin keyboard interfaces “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” • COM port with selectable RS232, Background Debug Module (BDM), and Monitor Mode (MON08) interfaces • MON08 interface for programming and debugging HC08 MCUs • BDM pod for programming and debugging HCS12 / HCS08 MCUs • Compatible with National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), which is a LabVIEW

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Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joseph Shaeiwitz

the students.Although the authors have limited experience with these product design case studies, it isapparent that sometimes information needed at the smaller scales may not be readily availablefrom the usual sources. For example, it is often difficult to extract useful scientific/engineeringdata from the patent literature, while books and journal articles may not be specific enough for agiven product. Solutions to these types of problems include: going into the laboratory andmaking measurements, teaming-up with a researcher in the area who is willing to lend expertise Page 10.637.2to the problem, and creative extrapolation of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Edgar; Michael Urynowicz; Jerry Hamann

The Static Stability Factor – A Dynamic Introduction to Engineering Thomas V. Edgar, Michael A. Urynowicz and Jerry C. Hamann University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 80271AbstractMost students want to become engineers so they can design and build things. An introductorycourse in engineering should pique those interests and provide information and activities whichshow the breadth of the field of engineering. This paper presents a series of laboratory activitiesbased on the Static Stability Factor (SSF), used in vehicle design to determine under whatconditions a vehicle will spinout or rollover.The

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Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

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M. Zoghi

construction and/or repair of the component. End of the semester projectassessments have indicated the collaborative service-learning projects to provide a positivelearning experience for students from both courses. Based on the results of evaluations andthrough conversations with the students, the service-learning projects have achieved both thecourse specific and non-course specific educational goals. As expected, the instructors continueto modify the project and its requirements in an effort to further enhance the educationalopportunity for students.Since the Fall semester of 2002, the Introduction to Materials Laboratory Class has beeninvolved with a service-learning project through the ETHOS program. This project supports thework of the service

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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

Construction Management Technology, ElectricalPower, Information Systems Technology, Consumer Science and Merchandising, Logistics, andTechnology Leadership and Supervision. In addition, UH is recognized as the most ethnicallydiverse major research university with no single majority group in its student body. Thus, thestudent population served is heterogeneous with respect to a number of factors including priorcomputer experience. IST faculty members have chosen to use a variety of technologies thatsupport collaboration with students in the course. Technologies used with students include e-mailand discussion boards through the centralized interface provided by WebCT, Web logs, ad-hocnetworking using Tablet PCs in a Mobile Learning Laboratory, and

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Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carol Haden; John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

engineering students: 1) increase the numbers of entering freshmen andtransfer students, and 2) increase retention of currently-enrolled students. The topic of this paper is Page 10.563.1primarily associated with retention of sophomore engineering students. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The “Design4Practice,” or “D4P,” curriculum is a series of innovative undergraduate classes whichinvolve active learning laboratories for the students in each of their freshman, sophomore, junior andsenior

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Alok Verma

. Another important use of simulations in education is to facilitate efforts at whathas become known as “bridging the gap” between academics of profession and practiceof that profession. Simulations are ideal for connecting factual knowledge, principles, andskills to their application within a profession. Simulations help students with anopportunity for decision making, and for evaluating the consequences of their decisionsthat no textbook or laboratory can. [12]IV. Incorporating Lean Training in Senior Electives The training program and simulation activity has been tested in the ComputerIntegrated Manufacturing course (MET-445) this year. The goal of this course is to

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leslie Wilkins

based loosely upon the following model programs. Attracting Women into Engineering Summer Workshop, Rowan University College of Engineering [1] Outreach Activities by Benet Laboratories, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, Watervliet, New York [2] IBM Excite Camp at Purdue University [3]Since then, the program has steadily grown in recognition among middle school girls and hightech employers, successfully improving the quality of its native Hawaiian and ethnic minorityapplicants each year, as well as the creativity and educational value of its program activities andmentor presentations.Program ApproachHawaii public schools traditionally rank poorly in math and

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ranjith Munasinghe

more desirable. The way the research problem is presented tothe students could make a difference. For an example, consider a research project that involvesstereo vision. One could make students take this project as a laboratory experiment; study themethods of constructing three-dimensional data from two images of an object from two differentpoints of views. The same project would be more attractive to the students as a reverseengineering problem; construction of three-dimensional images of existing engineeringstructures for detecting deformations. We do not wish to undermine the importance of basicscientific and mathematical research. For the future mathematicians and the scientists we shouldprovide necessary nourishment. We will discuss a

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Tekippe; Krishna Atherya; Mani Mina; Ryan Legg

. He is Founder and President of the Iowa State University chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World he worked to integrate sustainability into the curriculum. He is currently working for Opus West Construction Corporation as an Associate Project Manager in Pleasanton, California. MANI MINA is an adjunct assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering and the director of Spacecraft Systems and Operation Laboratory (SSOL) at Iowa State University. He has been a recipient of several teaching and research awards. His research interests include physical layer measurements and testing, optical networking, nondestructive testing and evaluation, and innovative methods of teaching technology

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu

Autonomous Navigation System Design for a Smart Robotic Rover Yi Cheng, Kathleen Hayden, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona1. IntroductionIn response to the NASA Research Announcement of 2002, California State PolytechnicUniversity, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) submitted a proposal for the “Partnership Awards for theIntegration of Research into Undergraduate Education” (PAIR) program. The purpose of thePAIR program is to integrate cutting-edge NASA-related research into the undergraduatecurriculum. Cal Poly Pomona proposed to incorporate the Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL)robotic technology research into

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

their ownunderstanding of several optics concepts such as Snell’s Law, lenses, refraction, etc. as well asbiology related concepts of eye anatomy, vision, etc. A variety of instructional activities are partof the mosaic including lens laboratories, historical information on eyeglasses and how they arecurrently prescribed, and the LASIK process itself. This mosaic was designed for use in Physicsand Anatomy & Physiology classrooms.The Hemodynamics mosaic has as its grand challenge “You, as a medical student, are presentedwith a patient with a heart murmur that can be heard throughout diastole. Listen to the audio filethat accompanies this module to hear the murmur through a stethoscope. Pressure measurementsmade in the heart are shown below

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Madhukar Vable

propeller.Students understand the state of stress shown. They can see that it will arise from combined axialand torsional load on a shaft. They can be exposed to the ideas of various modes of fracture,mixed mode, and the role of critical stress intensity factor. They can calculate normal and shearstress on the plane containing the crack and using mixed mode to answer part (a) of the question.They can also calculate principal stress one and answer part (b) of the problem. Problems of thesetype help integrate fracture mechanics with the material they already know. The photographsshow the students the practical relevance of the subject material.Computer laboratory manual: The primary focus of the manual will be on set of computer exer-cises to bring out

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Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leonard Perry

design capstone course description is: ISyE 490 Industrial Engineering Design Capstone senior design project. Application of principles of Industrial Engineering from throughout the curriculum to a design project. Written and oral reports, design reviews, final project report and presentation. Three hours lecture and one laboratory weekly.This course provides the capstone Industrial and Systems Engineering experience at USD. In thecourse, students are required to complete all aspects of a project from preparing the proposal topresenting recommendations. Students are expected to draw on their principles learned in manyof their courses. At USD, we solicit projects from local companies in order to provide students a“real

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Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rafic Bachnak

performed by two teams of students. In fall 2004,there was only one project performed by a team of two mechanical engineeringtechnology students. Their project involved the design and development of an airabrasion machine, LabJet, that has an integrated working enclosure with two chambers Page 10.1079.7containing two micron of aluminum oxide abrasive media for dental laboratory usage. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”This project was sponsored by American Medical Technologies. It is anticipated that

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russ Pimmel

. Page 10.542.6 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”ConclusionDUE has an array of programs that support engineering education research anddevelopment. Individuals who are interested should review the web site to determinewhich program best matches their interests and ideas. The CCLI program, which plays aprominent role in engineering education research and development, has been revised andinterested parties should review the new solicitation carefully before submitting aproposal.Bibliography1. Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI), http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russel Jones

address how to effectively implement these proposed actions.ConclusionsThe Engineer of the Americas concept is tuned with present necessities of the WesternHemisphere. Nevertheless, although taking into consideration a similar program inEurope, it must be emphasized the deep asymmetric economic conditions of LatinAmerica and the Caribbean as compared with North America.The European concept of mobility must be translated to the Hemisphere of the Americastaking into consideration the profoundly different political reality. The extension of theconcept of mobility goes beyond the movement of well prepared professionals, butencompasses also the southbound movement of high tech industries that are willing toestablish their factories and laboratories

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Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Roy McGrann

. Based on the source of funding, there are four major types of interdisciplinary designprojects. First, there are university-sponsored projects that require additional fundraisingactivities from the students. These projects are typically student competitions that areestablished by engineering professional societies. Examples from recent years are Mini-BahaCar and Super-Mileage Vehicle Competitions (SAE), Micromouse Competition (IEEE), andMine Madness (ASME). The second type of project includes those sponsored by individualfaculty. These projects often involve design and fabrication of devices for use in research orteaching activities. Some examples are an electrically controlled fixture for a microscope and anautonomous robotics laboratory that

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

Female Students" SIGCSE Bulletin, 25(3), 3-12.14. National Science Foundation. (2000). Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. Arlington: Author.15. National Science Foundation. (2002). Science and Engineering Indicators. Arlington: Author.16. Seymour, Elaine. and Hewitt, Nancy M. (1997). Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. Colorado: Westview Press.17. Spertus, Ellen. (1991). "Why Are There So Few Female Computer Scientists?" The MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report 1315. Available at << http://www.mills.edu/ACAD_INFO/MCS/SPERTUS/Gender/why.html>>18. U.S. Census Bureau. (1998). “American Indian Heritage Month: November 1-30” Census

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Blanton

technician who is not a supervisor * BMET specialist: a BMET specializing in a particular area, such as radiology or the clinical laboratory * BMET supervisor: a BMET with group or department supervisory responsibilities * CE: clinical engineer who is not a supervisor * CE supervisor: a clinical engineer who supervises a group or department * Director/manager: the overall group or department director or managerBioinstrumentation is the subdiscipline most closely related to BMET and refers to theapplication of electronics and measurement principles and techniques to develop devices used indiagnosis and treatment of disease. Computers are important in bioinstrumentation, from themicroprocessor

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Blanton

wireless communications systems. Emphasis is on transmission lines, Smith charts,noise, random processes, modulation, and antennas, especially at the higher frequencies.One of the curriculum stalwarts in BMET is medical imaging: X-ray, ultrasound, magneticresonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET). Each is based on EMradiation.4 MRI, for example, uses a strong superconducting magnet to align the magneticmoment of the hydrogen protons that exist in the water (H2O) content of the body. Thisalignment (equilibrium) is in the z-direction (laboratory frame) and is known as longitudinalmagnetization. A set of radiofrequency (RF) pulses (transverse magnetization) are applied thatdisplace the magnetic moment of the protons from

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome McCoy; Leslie Keiser; Michael Kessler; William Potter; Peter LoPresti; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Enhancing Interdisciplinary Interactions in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences: Year I Shirley Pomeranz, Peter LoPresti, Michael Kessler, William Potter, Jerry McCoy, Leslie Keiser, Donna Farrior The University of TulsaIntroductionA team of faculty members in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at The Universityof Tulsa (TU) has begun work on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Project (Proposal # 0410653). This projectuses Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs)1 as a vehicle for strengtheningconnections among the science, engineering, and mathematics

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carl Wick; Bradley Bishop

. Page 10.199.95 Murphy, R., Introduction to AI Robotics, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA., 2000.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Biographical InformationBRADLEY E. BISHOP is an Associate Professor in the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at theUnited States Naval Academy (USNA). He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan StateUniversity in 1991, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in1994 and 1997, respectively. He is the founder of the Mobile Robotics Laboratory at USNA. His research interestsinclude robot swarm

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bradley Bishop

Theory, March 2004, pp. 451-455.Biographical InformationBRADLEY E. BISHOP is an Associate Professor in the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at theUnited States Naval Academy. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan StateUniversity in 1991, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in EE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in1994 and 1997, respectively. He is the founder of the Mobile Robotics Laboratory at USNA. Page 10.1228.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Lakeou

deRadioelectricite de Grenoble (ENSERG) of the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, France, in 1978. He iscurrently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at UDC. He was formerly a staffmember at the New Products Laboratory of RCA’s Consumer Electronics Division in Indianapolis, IN (1984-86). Page 10.635.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

practical and challenging projects instead of writingresearch papers.Identifying and Recruiting Good Candidates for the ProgramThe ECET faculty teaching the freshman courses in introductory circuit analysis and digitalelectronics identify students through their scores on exams and their performance in lab. Welook for students who are willing to take the initiative in the laboratory, are inquisitive both inlab and lecture, and are mature and responsible individuals. When potential students areidentified, a meeting is arranged between the student and the faculty advisor for the ECEThonors students. The requirements of the program are discussed, questions and concerns areaddressed, and a general plan for completing the requirements is outlined. The

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donald Carpenter

Program Educational Objectives and ProgramOutcomes5. These Program Outcomes can be viewed as curricular learning objectives. Insupport of these objectives, faculty can write course learning objectives as described above, withmore specific objectives written for chapters, units, laboratories, or lectures (Figure 1).As a specific example, the Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Departments atLawrence Technological University in Southfield, MI have implemented the use of courselearning objectives as part of their ABET Accreditation Process. The author has conductedseveral workshops during the past several years to educate the faculty on the writing and usageof learning objectives. In addition, books have been placed on reserve for faculty

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Visualization

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eric Wiebe

tracking lab at North Carolina State University is looking into manyof the issues listed above. Current studies include looking at the effect narration has on makinguse of both printed text and graphics in PowerPoint presentations. Another line of work iscomparing simplified 2D schematic representations and complex 3D representations of DNAreplication in biotechnology instruction. Finally, work is also ongoing to better understand howto best represent terrain for students trying to visualize 3D land forms. The laboratory looksforward to taking a closer look at how other spatially challenging information such asmechanical devices are represented and how animation affects how graphic information isacquired and processed.AcknowledgementsThis work was