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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

include Park and Ride, a 6th and 7th grade amusement park designprogram; Expanding Your Horizons, an 8th-10th grade engineering and science conference; theSWE Sleepover, an introduction to Engineering at RIT for 11th grade women; Colleges andCareers, a summer recruiting workshop for 12th graders; and I Built My Computer @ RIT, asummer camp for 1st year women engineering students accepted to RIT. An overview of all fiveprograms is presented here, but the focus of this paper will be the Park & Ride and ExpandingYour Horizons workshops, which are new as of 2004.Background and MotivationIncreasing the diversity among those who graduate with engineering degrees is essential forproviding a strong workforce for the nation’s high technology

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Orono; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire

demands of industry, and demystifyingthe design process.8. Acknowledgements The first author would like to acknowledge funding for part of this work, from Office forProfessional Development grant for Special focus Gateway Development and Purdue School ofEngineering and Technology both at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.9. Bibliography[1] Ressler SJ, Ressler EK. Using a nationwide internet-based bridge design contest as a vehicle for engineering outreach. Journal of Engineering Education 2004;93(2):117-28.[2] Impelluso T, Metoyer-Guidry T. Virtual reality and learning by design: Tools for integrating mechanical engineering concepts. Journal of Engineering Education 2001;90(4):527-34

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Bailey; Andrew Ricke; David Spurlock; Susan Murray

A Matter of Priorities: Effects of Increased Opportunities for Extracurricular and Non-traditional Learning Experiences on Student Time Management and Attitudes David G. Spurlock, Ph.D., Daniel J. Bailey, Susan Murray, Ph.D., and Andrew S. Ricke Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department University of Missouri-Rolla AbstractMany schools are emphasizing non-traditional and extracurricular learning experiences forundergraduate engineering students. These include activities such as incorporating service-learning projects into the classroom

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilan Grave

the classroom. Educators nowadays mostly consider the learning process as a shareddiscovery and triggering of knowledge involving teachers and students in complementary roles.This is in contrast to previous models which envisioned knowledge being “given” to students bylearned (and autocratic) professors.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET,) has, by its standards,encouraged professional maturity upon graduation. In the accreditation process, an institutionmust critically expose its curriculum and convince the accreditation team that professionalrequirements are met. The accreditation process invites a cross-referenced analysis of all coursesand activities, including details of each course’s contribution to the various

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wipplinger

websites.Once this background knowledge had been established, the cadets reviewed the plans for theproposed building solutions. They then performed seismic analyses on the as-designed buildingsusing the 2003 IBC and the 2002 Indian Standard. Preliminary hand-calculations using thequasi-static Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure were followed by computer analysis using theprogram SAP2000. SAP2000, which was developed by Computers and Structures, Inc., is a Page 10.1042.4common structural analysis package used in industry and for research. This project introducedthe cadets to current technology used in structural engineering and provided an opportunity

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Johan W Joubert; Dolf Steyn

Assessment as the driver behind operationalising operations research teaching Dr. AB (Dolf) Steyn & Mr. JW (Johan) Joubert University of Pretoria Pretoria, South AfricaABSTRACT: Assessment is often viewed as a nasty afterthought to quantify learning. A cycleof action research and repeated adaptations to a semester project course at the University ofPretoria in South Africa indicate that the assessment process does, in fact, guide and enhance thelearning experience. This paper reports on a case where a project was used to address relevancyissues of industrial engineering practitioners of operations research. A

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Drawing Valid Inferences from the Nested Structure of Engineering Education Data: Application of a Hierarchical Linear Model to the SUCCEED Longitudinal Database Miguel A. Padilla, Guili Zhang, and Timothy J. Anderson Educational Psychology and Chemical Engineering, University of Florida Matthew W. Ohland, General Engineering, Clemson UniversityAbstractAlthough hierarchical linear models are seldom used in engineering educational research, thenested structure of students in various colleges of engineering and the longitudinal nature ofstudent records supports the use of such models. Hierarchical linear models account for thenested structure and can test hypotheses on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

flexible to protect the students whilechallenging them sufficiently. Our classrooms are interactive; technology is used, but not overused. Discussions arefacilitated by the instructor though driven by students. Occasional guest speakers will usuallylecture; often give demonstrations which kick off discussions. Care has to be taken to select theguest speakers and the time commitment following this invitation. While the students often finda different angle interesting, another academic view may not be what broadens their scope.Wisely chosen industrial representatives, from a famous knife maker to production engineers,will positively add to the laboratory experience in relationship to the real world. It is absolutelynecessary to give students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program and the EducationalMaterials Development (EMD) Track. The authors also thank Dr. Richard Shaw and hiscolleagues in the Center for Writers at North Dakota State University for their help in thepreparation of this manuscript.References1. NRC. (1996). “From Analysis to Action: Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology,” A report from NRC, http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9128.html, accessed March 30, 2001.2. NRC. (2000). How people learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School (expanded edition). National Research Council’s Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Developments in the Science of Learning and Learning Research and Educational Practice. National

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Martin

Decentralization Tendencies by Deans (Related Software Overview) Gary Martin, Ed.D. Professor and Assistant Dean University of the Pacific February 23, 2005AbstractA survey was conducted with business, education, and engineering deans across thecountry which revealed a surprising prevalence in decentralized approaches todevelopment, new-student recruitment, career services support, and even record-keepingfor enrolled student. A specific comprehensive software package for academic deans anddepartment chairs is outlined which allows academic administrators to track

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ilan Grave

. Page 10.776.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Tyco Electronics / Amp Foundation supportThe class-studio was made possible in part by a grant from Amp Foundation (Tyco Electronics)in 2000. A proposal submitted to the Amp foundation by Prof. Thomas Salem (currently at theU.S. Naval Academy) was funded and the main lab equipment for the class-studio-lab setup waspurchased, including digital oscilloscopes from Tektronix, waveform generators and powersupplies from HP/Agilent Technologies. The proposal was based on “ample evidence that thescientific community recognizes the need for integrated

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Throne

compare these estimates to check for consistency.BackgroundEleven ECP-210a spring/mass/damper rectilinear systems were purchased through an NSF CCLIgrant obtained by investigators from both the Electrical and Computer Engineering andMechanical Engineering departments at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. These systemsallow for easy implementation of different standard controller types and are easilyreconfigurable. Figure 1 shows one of the “carts” of the system, connected with two springs. Theposition encoder is shown toward the back of the system. The carts are moved via a motor with arack and pinion mechanism.Faculty from both the Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineeringdepartments have developed weekly 3 hour labs

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Drnevich

2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION1. Drnevich, V.P., (2001). Evolution of the CE Capstone Design Course at Purdue, ASCE Education Congress, Houston, Texas.2. ABET (2000). Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Pl., Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202, Phone: (410) 347-7700. (http://www.abet.org/eac.html )3. Meyers-Briggs (2000). Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Consulting Psychologies Press, Inc., 3803 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, California 94303.4. Drnevich, V. P., (2001). "A Case Study of Using the Web to Teach Civil

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

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

new engineering students would be required topurchase laptops in the fall of 2002, and the plan was implemented in August 2002 withoutproblems. In fact, this implementation coincided with the beginnings of wireless Ethernet accessin the academic buildings, the Library, and the Student Centers, which resulted in the laptopsbeing considerably more useful for overall student activities. We believe wireless access had apositive effect on the students’ acceptance of the new technology and this belief is supported bythe increasing percentage of students who are using wireless Ethernet. At this time we have nottried large-scale use of wireless in the classroom because the campus networking group believesthat such use would overwhelm the available

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

educationApplying the idea of user-centered design to engineering education requires addressing at leasttwo questions: 1) who are the users? and 2) how do the three principles apply to situations inwhich these users are involved? This section addresses these questions in turn.In the context of engineering education, students and educators represent two important usergroups. Students use elements of the engineering education system such as curricula, learningexperiences, educational technologies, office hours, and lectures in order to achieve goals such as Page 10.697.2graduation, professional preparation, and effective learning. Educators (faculty as

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Duane Bolick; Richard Drushel; John Gallagher

Wide Web Robotics Practicum”, in Proc. of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. ASEE Press.4. Beer, R.D., Chiel, H.J., and Drushel, R.F. “Using Autonomous Robotics to Teach Science and Engineering”, Communications of the ACM (June 1999). ACM Press.5. CWRU Autonomous Robotics Course. Online. http://www.eecs.cwru.edu/courses/lego375/6. Martin, F.M. A Toolkit for Learning: Technology of the MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition.7. MIT 6.270 Autonomous Robot Design Competition. Online. http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/6.270/home.html8. K-Team (Khepera Info). Online. http://www.k-team.com/9. Mondada, F., Franzi , E. and Ienne, P. “Mobile Robot Miniaturization: a Tool for Investigation in

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

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Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

adopts this somewhat radicalapproach remains to be seen.Identifying characteristics of a chemical engineerTwo organizations, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and theNational Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), have defined subjectmatter areas for undergraduate chemical engineering programs, though with quite differentpurposes in mind.ABET’s requirements include the well-known “A through K” outcomes criteria for allengineering programs and the requirement for an assessment program with documented results3.In addition, ABET requires a minimum of one year of college level mathematics and basicsciences, appropriate to the discipline; a minimum of one and one-half years of engineeringtopics; and a

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Livesay; Kay C Dee

Test-Retest Reliability of the Index of Learning Styles for First-Year Engineering Students Glen A. Livesay, Kay C Dee Department of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN 47803AbstractSeveral different inventories and assessment instruments have been used to characterize thelearning styles of engineering students. While recent studies have examined the psychometricproperties of the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) - particularly the alpha reliability - there is lessinformation available on the test-retest reliability of the ILS.In this study, the ILS was administered to all

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger; Richard Felder

1985. His work inengineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, faculty development, andassessment. He may be contacted at tal2@psu.edu.JOHN WISEJohn Wise is Director of Engineering Instructional Services at Penn State. In this capacity, he provides assistance tofaculty members and teaching assistants in the areas of teaching, learning, and instructional technology. Hereceived his B.A. in Liberal Arts from The University of the State of New York and his M.S. and Ph.D. inInstructional Systems from Penn State. He may be reached at jwise@psu.edu.SANGHA LEESangHa Lee is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology at Penn State. He earned his M. Ed. and B.S. inMathematics Education from the Korea National

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jared Erickson; J. Ledlie Klosky; Stephen Ressler

is well on its way to replacing telephone and e-mail as the primarycommunication mode for people with internet connections.2 The Pew Internet and American Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationLife Project reports that, of approximately 13 million American teenagers who use the internet,74% use instant messaging.3 And although IM use is usually associated with teenagers, morethan 53 million American adults also report using IM—a significant increase from 41 million in2000.4 PR Newswire predicts that IM will become increasingly commonplace in corporateenvironments, with business IM accounts

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

completing quizzes and exams,• ENGL 111G: Rhetoric and Composition teaches skills and methods used in writing university-level essays.• EE 109: Engineering of How Things Work is an introduction to the basic science and engineering concepts of everyday devices such as DC circuits (Ohm’s Law, Batteries, System of Linear Equations) and applications using MathCAD, statistical analysis, and graphing skills.• SMET 101: Introduction to Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology is a learning course designed to help students learn, apply, and, ultimately, internalize specific learning behaviors. The instructional approach to the course links these learning behaviors to the scientific method of inquiry, which becomes the

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tobia Steyn

Teaching, (3):2-8, 1993.7. Chickering, A.W. & Ehrman, S.C. Implementing the seven principles: technology as lever. AAHE Bulletin, October 1997.8. Herrmann, N. The whole brain business book, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996.9. Lumsdaine, M. & Lumsdaine, E. Creative problem solving - Thinking skills for a changing world, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1995.10. www.ncsu.edu/effective_teaching/ILSdir/ilsweb.html11. Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Standards for accredited university engineering Bachelors degrees. Documents PE-60 and PE-61. www.ecsa.co.za12. Carr, A. & Steyn, T. Master grapher for windows. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1998.13. Greybe, W., Steyn, T. & Carr, A. Fundamentals of 2-D function graphing – A

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer

- Structure-Property Relation Using Sn-Bi Alloys; Journal of Metals, pp. 41-44. (2002)4. Palmer M. A.: Low Cost Demonstrations to Teach Structure of Materials; ASEE 2003 Conference Proceedings Session 2364.5. Kenny S. S.: The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,6. Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology; National Science Foundation Document NSF 96-139, ©1996

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Bean, J.P. (1986). Assessing and Reducing Attrition, in In Managing College Enrollments: New Directions for Higher Education, D. Hossler, ed. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco.4. Kaplan, K.M. and J.J. Kaplan. (2003). Understanding the Numbers: Increasing the Number of Minority Engineering Students. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Educational Annual Conference & Exposition.5. Katz, S. et al. (2003). Gender and Race in Predicting Achievement in Computer Science. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. Fall 2003.6. LeBold, W.K. and S.K. Ward. (1998). Engineering Retention: National and

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BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

gainedimmediate reinforcement of technical concepts through a range of hands-on experimental,simulation and design exercises. Our goal was to create the opportunity for the faculty to be ableto quickly address student misunderstandings which may arise during lecture, immediatelyreinforce complex technical concepts through hands-on activities and to provide the studentswith a real world application of the concepts. In the only other paper we are aware of whichdocuments this style of instruction, faculty in the Department of Technology at the StateUniversity College at Buffalo designed a facility which permits the integration of lecture and labfor the purposes of exposing students to the application of engineering principles rather than thederivation and

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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas DiStefano; P. Aarne Vesilind; Richard Kozick; Thomas Rich; James Baish; Xiannong Meng; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

Ethics for First-Year Engineers: The Struggle to Build a Solid Foundation Margot A.S. Vigeant, James W. Baish, Daniel Cavanagh, Thomas DiStefano, Xiannon Meng, P. Aarne Vesilind, and Ronald D. Ziemian All: Bucknell University College of Engineering. Departments: Chemical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Biomedical Engineering/ Civil and Environmental Engineering/ Computer Science/ Civil and Environmental EngineeringAbstract Exploring Engineering is a first semester course taken by all incoming engineeringstudents at Bucknell University. The instructional objectives for this course include

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

Page 10.1087.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”PAUL H. KINGPaul H. King is an associate Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University.He has taught Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University for the past 35 years. He holds a BS andMS from Case Institute of Technology, and a PhD from Vanderbilt University. His current area ofspecialization is design, both in his teaching and research.DONALD L. KINSERDonald L. Kinser is Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. After

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States.” 3rd ed.,Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.,Baltimore, MD, Dec., 1997, http://www.abet.org/eac/eac2000.Gee, E. (2004). Moral Vision and the Landscape of Engineering Professionalism. National Society ofProfessional Engineers. Retrieved September 20, 2004. http://www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1-vis.aspGreer, P. (1998). Teaching virtue. Education Week on the WEB. Retrieved April 3, 1998.http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-17-21greer.h17Hargreaves, A. (1993). Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers Work and

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guerriero; Elizabeth Chain; Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Matar; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Engineering ModulesThe METS team has created modules of engineering-related learning activities that communitycollege instructors can access to engage their students’ interest. The purpose of these modules isto offer engineering-related learning activities that can be utilized in currently taught curricula,and can help such instructors build interest in engineering. Each activity features an engineeringproblem set in the context of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subject taughtin the Maricopa County Community Colleges. A best practice dictum suggests that educators“encourage discovery and hands-on, constructivist learning” when teaching STEM subjects towomen and underrepresented minorities.Chosen modules were based on activities