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Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

online programs), without manymore in sight. This paper looks at the growth and development of the Bachelor’s degreeprograms in software engineering in the United States, possible causes for the paucity of newprograms, and what this might mean for the future. Included is a survey of software engineeringeducators in programs which do not currently have a Bachelor’s degree program in softwareengineering, as well as comparisons with other computing fields when they were in similarstages of development.1. Introduction The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) lists “software engineer” as one of the fastestgrowing job categories in the United States, over three times as fast as job growth in generalexpected for the period 2002-2012. In fact

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Reed Stevens; Kevin O'Connor; Lari Garrison

primary research focus on the details ofthe identifications made over time by individual persons as they develop. This is thus aform of “person centered ethnography”8, which led us to design ethnographic interviewsthat have two key properties. First, because our interviews take place with the sameparticipants over a number of years, we have designed them with an explicitly past,present and future structure. By this we mean that at each interview we ask questionsabout these three phases of experience, relative to their current point in personal andcultural time. Because our study is longitudinal, present experiences reported in InterviewN become past experiences in Interview N+1; similarly, projections of future experiencesduring Interview N move

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Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Mark Gunty; Leo McWilliams; Carrie Graf; John Uhran; Catherine Pieronek

admission to Notre Dame.IntroductionIn the 2000-01 academic year, the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dameintroduced a new two-semester, six-credit-hour Introduction to Engineering Systems coursesequence (EG 111/112), described in Brockman et al.1 The course, which consisted of fourteam-oriented projects, moved the introductory engineering course from a faculty-centeredteaching paradigm to a student-centered learning paradigm, and radically changed the way thatNotre Dame prepared first-year students to begin discipline-specific engineering studies in thesophomore year. Consequently, the College placed significant emphasis on assessing courseeffectiveness.In the first three administrations of the course, in academic years 2000-01

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Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhash Anand

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdinc Acar; Faruk Taban; Ismail Fidan

Teaching Basic Engineering Concepts in a K-12 Environment Using LEGO® Bricks and Robotics Faruk Taban1, Erdinc Acar2, Ismail Fidan3, Ayhan Zora4 1 University of Nevada, Reno / 2Coral Academy of Science / 3 Tennessee Technological University / 4Technology Center, Deere & CompanyAbstractThis paper explores the impacts of basic engineering concepts of LEGO® Bricks and Robotics inCoral Academy of Science in Reno, Nevada - a Science, Math and Technology Middle and HighSchool - collaborated with the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Nevada, Reno(UNR). A team from middle school students designed and developed a LEGO® Robot and

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Young

catalogs theselearning objects by subject area, provides links to them, and provides descriptions and peerreviews that indicate the learning objectives addressed by the object and document the Page 10.994.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”contribution of a learning object to the scholarship of teaching. The MERLOT homepage(Figure 1) url is www.merlot.org.Figure 1. The MERLOT homepageUsers can browse by subject or search by key word. Pedagogical resources useful in anydiscipline are found

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Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins

representatives from employers in our region. An additionalvaluable source of information was Clarke’s recent informal survey of two and four-yearengineering technology programs (1).After collecting all the data, major decisions had to be made on several key issues regardingengineering graphics education in today’s computer-driven world. Questions included: Shouldany work be done with manual instruments on the board? Is hand sketching an appropriatetopic? Should some level of hand work (board or sketching) precede work on the computer?Should 2-D drawing practices, such as orthographic views and dimensioning, be stressed?Should the focus now be on design and parametric modeling rather than traditional 2-D drawing?Though there are certainly no “correct

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

Session 3549 So You Have A Presentation?! Michael R. Kozak University of North TexasThere are not boring topics, only boring presentations. The effective communication of ideas isas important as the idea itself.1 A presentation is a one-shot attempt to make a point, a salespitch that promotes an idea, proposition, position, organization or product. 2,3 Effectivecommunication: • transfers vital information • provides a basis for judging your knowledge • conveys your interest and competence • increases the knowledge of others

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Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Todd Johnson; Eric Key, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Dale Buechler, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

other urban-13 schools, our admissionstandards are fairly low (top half of graduating class or ACT score of at least 21) in order toprovide initial access to disadvantaged students. As a result, many of the incoming freshmanengineering students do not have the background of traditional engineering students. This lackof background is demonstrated by the poor performance of incoming freshman engineeringstudents on our Math Placement Test. The initial math placement of freshman students at UWM(2001-2004) who intend to major in engineering is provided in Table 1. Not quite a quarter ofincoming freshman engineering students are ready for the traditional three-semester calculusseries. The majority of our students (42%) test either into college

Conference Session

Re-energizing the Mid-Life Professional

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Reid

suggestions that could helpmid-career librarians to re-energize themselves and survive in a workplace that isin constant flux. How you react to anxiety of job disconnect will affect the rest ofyour career life. Should you become more proactive at your job, increasing yourresponsibility and value to your institution? What does your personality have todo with how you adjust to management changes? Does tenure fit into thisequation? Should you even think about changing your job at this stage of yourcareer? What other factors could “spice” up your career? Specific strategies andoptions for each of these questions will be discussed.1. IntroductionSome days at work can lead to boredom, stress, and difficulty concentrating, andeven thoughts of leaving the

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Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Henderson; Gerald Gannod; Barbara Gannod

provide observations about factors thatcontributed to the quality of the information gathered as well as the strengths and weaknesses ofthe process. In particular, we describe which types of activities led to the most valuablefeedback and which activities resulted in less useful outcomes. Finally, we discuss futuredirections including how this process can be modified for future use both at ASU and in otherprograms as well.1 IntroductionIn 2000, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) changed itsevaluation process from assessment of curriculum content to assessment of program outcomes,primarily student outcomes, which is more difficult. This shift in the target has turned out to be ahuge adjustment for program

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisabeth Cuddihy; Steve Lappenbusch; Jennifer Turns

been to design something that the students find intrinsically valuable because it addresses atrue need.Results and DiscussionAt this writing, the seminar has been offered twice, once in the spring of 2004 and again in thefall of 2004. This section provides an overview of the two offerings, presents details on selectedtopics from the offerings, and discusses the general response of the students each term.Offering 1: Spring 2005The first offering of the seminar took place during the spring 2005 academic term. Five students(all of the students in the program at the time) participated in the seminar. Three of thesestudents were finishing their second year of the program, while the other two students werefinishing their first year. The group met

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viviana Cesani-Vazquez; Maria Irizarry; Freya Toledo-Feria; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

rates. Later it presents the female faculty profileand at the end it suggests courses of action to increase the female faculty in the COE.Students Profile at UPRMEnrollment statistics per engineering department of the UPRM for fall 2004 are included inTable 1. The Department of Chemical Engineering has the highest female enrollment perdepartment (64%), followed by Industrial (55%), Civil (31%), Electrical/Computer (24%),and Mechanical Engineering (21%). Longitudinal data covering from 1990 to 2002,presented in a study by Bartolomei-Suárez and González-Barreto [1], shows a similarTable 1- Enrollment statistics for the fall 2003-04Engineering Percentage Percentage Total No. ofDepartment Male Students

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Martinazzi

Session XXXX (Poster Session) Teaching Leadership with 10,000 Words, Page 2: Cinematic Portrayals University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Robert Martinazzi David F. Ward ABSTRACTLast year, the authors presented “Teaching Leadership with 10,000 Words” a paperabout using film as an integral part of to teaching leadership in an EngineeringLeadership class.1 This course was originally developed by the lead author, and hasproven itself to be highly successful at the

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State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo McWilliams; Mark Gunty; Carrie Graf; Catherine Pieronek

students: (i)those who left engineering after the first semester (group 1), (ii) those who completed bothsemesters of the first-year course but pursued a major other than engineering (group 2) and (iii)those who remained in engineering into the sophomore year (group 3).A number of observations were derived from the survey results. First, the greatest difference instudent response was observed in comparing students in group 1 with students in either group 2or group 3. Second, students in group 1 reported a higher rate of negative experience in the first-semester course as expressed by higher rates of occurrence of feeling “overwhelmed by theintelligence of fellow students” and “intimidated by the environment” in the course. These samestudents

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

, such as designing a simplepumping system to bring water from a river to a village in Mali or providing electricity toa rural school in Haiti or working on Native American reservations in South Dakota andColorado. Bernard Amadei, professor of earth systems engineering at the University ofColorado at Boulder and founder of the US arm of EWB, is adamant about theresponsibility of engineering to improve the lot of the world’s destitute: “Improving thelives of the 5 billion people whose main concern is to stay alive at the end of each day onour planet is no longer an option for engineers: it is an obligation.”1 Page 10.588.4 Proceedings of the 2005

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Murray

, students take both classes. Duringthe semester involved in this research, three students were in both classes and eighthuman factors students had previously taking the safety engineering course. The coursescan be taken by undergraduates or masters students. The majority of students taking thecourses were seniors. An anonymous survey was given during the final exam period of the control classwith the purpose of determining student patterns in class attendance and textbookreading. The survey included four closed ended questions. Responses are shown infigures 1 and 2. Open ended questions, “When you miss class what is the primaryreason(s)?”, “Why have you taken your approach to reading textbooks for classes?”, and“What is your preferred method

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

STEM Partnerships that Spill Over Marion Usselman1, Gordon Kingsley2, Donna Llewellyn3, Brecca Berman2 1 Center for Education Integrating Science, Math, and Computing (CEISMC) 2 School of Public Policy 3 Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) Georgia Institute of TechnologyIntroductionIn recent years the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education (DoE)have emphasized that universities have an inherent responsibility to assist the K-12 communityin improving student academic

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

Education”I. IntroductionThe study of mechanical vibrations is a standard component of a typicalundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. At the University ofKentucky, vibration basics are included in a required systems modeling course,and some of the concepts are also applied in a required controls course. There isan additional course which is specific to the study of vibrations, ME-513:“Mechanical Vibrations”, which can be taken as an elective by upper levelundergraduates, or for graduate credit. It has been taught at the University ofKentucky Extended Campus Program(1) every fall semester since Fall, 2001, as anundergraduate-only elective.It seems that vibrations, in particular, is a topic that requires some hands-onlaboratory

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

gettinga fuller picture and extent of the problem.” 1 This is a problem that needs scientific andengineering solutions using “good” science. 2Excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides has adversely affected the surface water. According tothe World Conservation Union (IUCN), the environmental ecology of the country is changingrapidly. Alarmingly, a large number of fish, amphibians and reptiles, mammals, and birds arenow on the endangered and threatened species list. 3The fertilizer and textile industries are considered major contributors to surface water pollution.Bangladesh has a number of urea, ammonium sulphate, and phosphate (TSP) fertilizer plants ofmulti-million ton annual capacity along the banks of major rivers. Unregulated discharge

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Physics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McNeil

Engineering Physics: The Universal Donor Degree J. A. McNeil Department of Physics Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Co. 80401Introduction The ABET-accredited B.S. Engineering Physics program at the Colorado School ofMines has enjoyed major expansion in recent years - growing from 108 majors in 2000 to 230majors today. Physics is now the fourth largest undergraduate program on campus. This growthfollowed three events: (1) curricular reform which reduced the overall credit load andconcentrated most of the electives in the senior year, (2) the establishment of three 5-yearprograms that lead to a B.S. in Engineering

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Holles

when this course was started. There are typically seven to thirteen students taking thisclass. Currently, the major goals of this course are: 1) Equip the students with the skills andexperience to prepare and present professional presentations, and 2) Present systematically manyof the common situations that make up the graduate school experience. Although the originalgoal of the course was to better prepare students to present professional publications, this goalhas grown to include equipping the students with a greater variety of the oral and writtencommunication skills that they will require as a graduate student. These expanded goals fall intoboth of the major goals above. While many other courses have been developed to help

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

, all students enrolled in the course take a pretest (if it is offered) during thefirst week of class. The pretest is designed to familiarize individuals with the FE examinationand to indicate that a review session may be helpful in preparing for the exam. It consists of acollection of problems in the engineering science subject areas.The average grade on the pre-test for the academic years since 1988-89 has been calculated andshown in Table 1. The results indicate that the pretest scores of students who passed the FE examare roughly the same as those who did not satisfy all the course requirements including thosewho failed the FE examination. The average scores are a disappointing 15.55 versus 13.02 out ofa maximum of 70 points. It appears

Conference Session

Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Melton; Michael Micci; Deborah Levin; Charles Croskey; David Spencer; Sven Bilen

nanosat isexpected to be flight-ready by September of 2005. An overview of the NS-3 program milestonesis given in Table 1. Note that this schedule is fairly aggressive so that students can see multiplephases of a satellite development process during their tenure. Page 10.1166.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society from Engineering Education Table 1 NS-3 program milestones (future dates and locations are tentative)Milestone Location DateKickoff

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Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Ninteman; John Natzke

electrical and mechanical concentrations was initiatedat George Fox University, and with it a new freshman experience was developed entitledEngineering Principles I & II. The new course incorporated the computer programming courseand a separate engineering graphics course. The latter was previously taken at the sophomore orjunior level and had not yet utilized computer aided engineering tools. The new course was to bemuch more than simply a training venue for programming and graphics, however, as this paperwill show.The new two-course Engineering Principles sequence is structured around two broad goals: 1. To expose the freshman engineering student to the work of engineering through hands- on activities and projects in engineering problem

Conference Session

Labs, Demos and Software in Mechanics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hall; Carla Campbell; Nancy Hubing; Timothy Philpot

essential for successful design of beams and shafts in courses such as Mechanics of Materials, Machine Design, Structural Analysis, and Structural Design. • The construction of V/M diagrams tends to be a time-consuming process, especially when presented in traditional lecture format.The format of computer-based modules for construction of V/M diagrams varies widelydepending on the solution method and intended use. Basic calculation packages allow thestudent or instructor to define loads on a beam and produce the resulting V/M diagrams [1-2].They also serve as a resource for students to check assigned problems or for instructors toconstruct new problems. Modules intended for use as student problems (assigned or

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

, processes of external evaluation and internal assessment will beperformed. These processes must be regular, systematic, comprehensive, and accurate.Definitions:Constituents – The constituents of the Chemical Engineering program include: 1. Industrial employers 2. Alumni Page 10.493.3 3. Graduates Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 4. Students 5. FacultyEvaluation – The processes to validate that the Chemical Engineering program mission andeducational objectives are being achieved in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

Page 10.865.1outlined, and a couple of representative practical examples from mechanical engineeringwill be presented. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1793BACKGROUND A typical polynomial model is this general quadratic formulation, which relatesthe dependent variable y to a polynomial in terms of the independent variable x, y est = c + b1 x + b2 x 2 (1)It is relatively well known that the result of least residual squared error

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehria Saffi; Mariana Alvaro; Diana Mejia; David Bowen

fromconsultants.’Discussion: Implications for AcademiaIt is important to note that some of the content, methods and practices utilized by practitionersare also commonly used by engineering faculty to teach team skills to engineers. This includeslectures, problem-based exercises or case studies, group discussions, group presentations,reading materials, and clearly defining the schedule.Also, some content areas though not as common, have been used and results reported byengineering faculty, for example personality types [1,4], verbal communication [10], writtencommunication [5], forming/norming/storming/performing etc. [7], diversity training [1], andeffective meetings [7].Similarly, some methods and practices are less commonly used, but have been

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TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

The wireless project has will address the demonstrated need through the development andimplementation of AAS and credit certificate programs with multiple entry and exit points toprepare technicians for the wireless communications industry. The project components includecurriculum development and adaptation, program development, professional development forhigh school and community college faculty, and development of a 2+2+2 articulation, in wirelesscommunications. The following objectives and supporting activities ensure attainment of thisgoal.Objective 1: Create education and training programs in wireless communications leadingstudents to AAS degrees, certificates, and occupational competencies through curriculumdevelopment and adaptation