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Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

population. Questions about enjoyment and ability regarding math andscience were also included to measure their relationship to the choice of scientific or engineeringcareers. In addition to math and science, a compilation of research studies yielded the followinglist of factors related to the likelihood of females choosing to enter an engineering ortechnological field: family income (socioeconomic status), self-confidence, role models, peersupport, teaching methods, education, perceptions of engineering, and sex-rolestereotypes9,10,11,12,13. Several studies particularly emphasized the importance of parental andteacher support in choosing these fields 2,14,15,16. The National Center for Education Statisticsorganizes these factors into three

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Vavreck; Rebecca Strzelec

for Engineering Educationcampus is one of four campuses of Penn State to offer a BS in EMET, and at Altoona, theprogram emphasizes manufacturing and automation.1 The students gain skills in a wide varietyof technologies and have available state-of-the-art laboratories, including CAD, controls, andautomation. A machine shop and projects area are also available. The projects area is used forannual student design competitions, including SAE Mini Baja and the ASME Student DesignContest and for student projects as part of the EMET capstone design course.One of the most useful tools students have to help with the development of their capstone designprojects or student design competitions is the fused deposition modeling (FDM) system. TheFDM allows

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer; Robert Houghtalen; James Hanson

grants (NSF, 2004) states: “The REU program,through both Supplements and Sites, aims to provide appropriate and valuable educationalexperiences for undergraduate students through research participation. REU projects involvestudents in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects speciallydesigned for the purpose. REU projects feature high-quality interaction of students with facultyand/or other research mentors and access to appropriate facilities and professional developmentopportunities. Active research experience is considered one of the most effective ways to attracttalented undergraduates to and retain them in careers in science and engineering, includingcareers in teaching and educational research.”NSF thus expects

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Mincer; David McDaniel; Laurence Caretto

problems as a set of equations that may involvethermodynamic property calculations. EES is then able to solve a properly posed problem. Itcan also be used for finding an individual property at a single state. The texts by Sonntag et al.3and Moran and Shapiro4 include programs that can find state properties or generate tables.Several recent ASEE papers have discussed the use of computer property calculations inthermodynamics instruction. Dixon5 suggested that it is time to teach thermodynamics with onlycomputer property calculations. He noted that the U.S. Coast Guard Academy introduces EES inthe first thermodynamics course, and concluded that the “the value of utilizing the programcapabilities makes the learning effort well worthwhile.” Ngo and

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Mosborg; Robin Adams; Rebecca Kim; Monica Cardella; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

Conceptions of the Engineering Design Process: An Expert Study of Advanced Practicing Professionals Susan Mosborg, Robin Adams, Rebecca Kim, Cynthia J. Atman, Jennifer Turns, and Monica Cardella Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching, University of WashingtonAbstract. Published models of the engineering design process are widely available and oftenillustrated for students with a block diagram showing design as sequential and iterative. Here weexamine experts’ conceptions of the design process in relation to a model synthesized fromseveral introductory engineering textbooks. How do experts’ conceptions compare? What mightthey see as alternative accounts? We

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Feick; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

engineering coursework isintegrated with parallel courses and units that address culture, political, and other societal issues,then the overall experience exceeds what is typically learned on a “land-based” campus. Hence alecture on IP issues in China might be followed by visits to a Japanese firm consideringrelocating certain manufacturing process in that country. Teaching courses that address problemsbeyond engineering require different resources than would a manufacturing course that focusedonly on local companies. Finally, to best reinforce student learning, especially in a course thatfocuses on cross-cultural learning and experiences, it is necessary to have students reflect ontheir experiences. We summarize these reflections and their

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dean Burton; Ashbjorn Osland

been employed. • Recipient of NBIA’s 1995 Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year Award. • The Incubator has remained financially self-sustaining since its inception.”Other universities observed Rensselaer’s success and founded their own incubators. Mian (1996a) in a study of Page 10.1096.1university technology business incubators found that the university affiliation adds value to incubator client firmsdue to the university’s image, laboratories and equipment, and student employees. Mian also listed the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

to be successful in programs such as the EPICSprogram 3. “Service learning which has been described as experimental learning through theintegration of traditional classroom teaching with structured community service” 4, ispedagogically consistent with the literature on recruitment and retention of women in scienceand engineering with its social context; emphasis on general educational goals includingcommunication; employment of cooperative and interdisciplinary approaches; and problems witha “holistic, global scope” 5,6,7 and containing many attributes or factors that are relevant for Page 10.77.1 “Proceedings of the 2005

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Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Conrad Newberry

hireadditional missile oriented faculty members.However, for individuals who have left the university and entered government or industrialemployment, there may not be a temporal window through which they can return to such asetting. Accordingly, another delivery system may need to be developed to satisfy the needs ofthe missile community. Distance learning represents one alternative. Another alternative is acompany or agency sponsored on-site external degree program administered by a university.External Degree Programs. The corporate or government agency sponsored on-site deliverysystem has one big advantage over the formal university system. Companies and governmentagencies typically have a number of individuals who are qualified to teach graduate

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Bryant; Paul Biney

homework, design projects,written reports, oral presentations, case studies, and laboratory work. Table 7 Sample Completed Form used to Indicate Outcomes being Assessed by a Particular Assignment FLUID MECHANICS ASSIGNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUTCOMES SPRING 2004 Title of Assignment: TEST 1 TOPICS COVERED BY ASSIGNMENT Test 1 covered the following topics: Χ Introduction to Fluid Mechanics topics including definitions

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

manufacture is not competitive with nonrenewable oil or natural gas resources.3 ChE4975, hydrogen sustainability, is designed to examine and actively engage a solution to thedevelopment of alternative fuel sources by developing a working prototype of a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) that uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.It will produce hydrogen for laboratory gas chromatography applications and for fuel cellsthat are portable sources of energy fro sustainable vehicles to showcase the role ofhydrogen engineering in a sustainable economy in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area.3 The ultimate and long term goal of research of this sort is that the development ofan alternative fuel source would aid in the sustainability

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

during the summer of 2004, at which time it was possible to dedicate a laboratory space tothe design teams. Students were also encouraged to share problems and solutions through aspecial web page. The authors strongly recommend that for any effort involving IC design, alaboratory space equipped with the relevant CAD tools be set aside for student interaction.ReviewsThe authors found that it was necessary to go over the general format and purpose of designreviews before the students' first presentations. One of the primary purposes for the reviews is toallow the assembled team and other experts to assess design decisions made and to spot potentialproblems with implementation details. Hence the reviews should be highly organized, and visualaids

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

AHAMAD FARHOUD

part of a team is essential in any technological field. Therefore, in thetechnology program at The University of Toledo, each major course has a laboratory attached toit. Students in these courses gain the experience of working with a team to achieve the labobjectives. That experience proved to be a valuable asset when it came to accomplishing theCapstone project. Students were required to function as a team in a proficient manner in order toexecute each and every aspect of this project. This allowed them to share ideas and skills and toexamine each others strengths and weaknesses as well as the importance of delegatingresponsibility accordingly. Students shared responsibility for everything from establishing theparameters of the project

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Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodor Richardson; Jed Lyons

will not be an extraneous use ofclassroom time. On the classroom level, the software has to fulfill the needs of the teacher notonly with curriculum but as a means of tracking student progress and getting meaningfulfeedback akin to the more traditional use of hand grading. Teachers need to feel comfortablewith the software as a teaching or reinforcement tool and feel confident in allowing their studentsto use valuable class time on such software. The students have very different needs from thesoftware, such as reliability and ease of use. Each of these levels represent a set of stakeholders,or those with a controlling interest in the software; as such, each will be discussed in furtherdetail later in this paper along with the approach used to

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

innovation while maintaining an equally complementary focus on basic scientific research.Enhancing U.S. competitiveness requires that the pipeline for creative engineering must be strengthenednot only in K-12 education but in engineering graduate education as well. We have been teaching with analmost singular emphasis toward scientific research when all along we should have been teaching with anequal emphasis toward creative engineering practice. Broad sweeping changes are required to create anew type of practice-oriented graduate education, which focuses on creative engineering and innovation,to support the postgraduate needs of the U.S. engineering workforce in industry for leadership oftechnology development and innovation as a complement to