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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

current level of competency has been achieved. The question involvedwith this or any other level of qualifying exam at the educational marketplace is theextent to which students are prepared to achieve this level of performance. Or, is theprocess of certification left to be discovered only by a chosen few who have the curiosityand therefore the aptitude to obtain certification. The reference to a software application user implies the ability of a user toperform satisfactorily with WordProcessing programs, Database programs, Spreadsheetprograms, Presentation programs, and Information and Communication programs. Theefforts of this project experiment were designed to include a stratified random samplingof 4th graders, 8th graders, 12th

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

engineering programs to use freeware in creative and meaningful ways innetworking curricula. The following are the goals of the ongoing evolutionary computer networkinglaboratory website organized by Lawrence Technological University and Wayne StateUniversity: Page 10.1441.3 Use of Open Source Software in Computer Networking Classes 3(1) Infuse Internet-based free-ware networking exercises into existing networking curricula. A major goal of the project is to develop competency-based freeware exercises for educators and students, such as open source networking software downloaded from the Internet that will inspire active

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Schrage

fundamentals of IPPD and apply them to a number of complex systemformulation projects. One of these projects is usually based on the AHS rotorcraft student designcompetition RFP and the results end up in a Baseline Model Selection. The first course inRotorcraft Design, taught in parallel with the Aerospace Systems Engineering course,concentrates on using Vehicle Sizing and Performance methods to conduct conceptual designand parametric analysis of potential solutions. Georgia Tech Rotorcraft IPPD Design Methodology PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT Requirements Baseline Vehicle

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

. These courses Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationprovide a virtual classroom with scheduled assignments, chat/whiteboards, dialogue withother students in the course via course e-mail, discussion boards, group activities, coursecontent modules/lectures, quizzes, exams, and term projects/papers – all delivered on-line. The manuscript also provides information regarding the methods used in thesecourses to assess students’ learning. Finally, the manuscript describes Excelsior College’sfuture on-line education initiatives in the academic discipline of Electronics EngineeringTechnology.IntroductionA variety

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Brainard; Sheila Edwards Lange; Elizabeth Litzler

. Washington, D.C.: Project on the Status and Education of Women, Association of American Colleges, 1986.[8] B. Ulku-Steiner, B. Kurtz-Costes, and C. R. Kinlaw, "Doctoral student experiences in gender-balanced and male-dominated graduate programs," Journal of Educational Psychology, vol. 92, pp. 296-307, 2000.[9] C. S. V. Turner and J. R. Thompson, "Socializing women doctoral students: minority and majority experiences," Review of Higher Education, vol. 16, pp. 355-370, 1993.[10] H. Etzkowitz, C. Kemelgor, and B. Uzzi, Athena unbound : the advancement of women in science and technology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.[11] R. M. Hall and B. R. Sandler, "The classroom climate: A chilly one

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

, security, and preservation. • SP4 Professional and Ethical Responsibilities (3): Computer usage policies and enforcement mechanisms. • SP5 Risks and Liabilities of Computer Based Systems (2): Implications of software complexity, and risk assessment and management. • SP7 Privacy and Civil Liberties: Study of computer based threats to privacy. • SE6 Software Validation (3): Validation and testing of software systems. • SE8 Software Project Management (3): Risk analysis and software quality assurance.This list clearly indicates the taskforce’s resolve to use security in CC2001 as a recurring themeacross the curriculum, much in the same way that concepts such as layers of abstraction,efficiency, and complexity are

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela Maass; Kesa Black; Heather Storace; Anne Ranes; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

continues to experience atransformation that is responsible for an increased state of complexity and achievement, resultingin national recognition as the 2003 Outstanding Student Section for a medium-sized section.Major restructure of SWE officers: management leadership and a team approach in theLeadership TeamThe major restructure of the SWE officers began in the 2001-2002 academic year. The executiveboard decided that there was too much work for only a handful of officers, and that a largergroup of officers would be more effective in handling the workload of all the SWE projects. Inorder research how other SWE student sections organized their volunteer resources, the currentPresident and Vice President performed a benchmarking analysis using the

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Thom; James Thom; Dennis Depew

; Yates, D.W. (1997). Professional registrationissues for engineering technology graduates: A range of perspectives, Frontiers in Education 1997.4 Study of technical Institutes, A Collateral project to the investigation of engineering education (1931). Pittsburgh,PA: Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education.5 Study of technical Institutes, A Collateral project to the investigation of engineering education (1931). Pittsburgh,PA: Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education6 Study of technical Institutes, A Collateral project to the investigation of engineering education (1931). Pittsburgh,PA: Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education.7 Study of technical Institutes, A Collateral project to the investigation of engineering

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Erekson; Kurt Becker; Maurice Thomas; Christine Hailey

. • University of Georgia (UGA): Program of Technological Studies, College of Education. The Department of Occupational Studies houses the Technology Studies program and was ranked fourth in the nation in the area of technical and vocational education in a recent US News and World Report survey. The University of Georgia has successfully completed an NSF-sponsored Bridges to Engineering project that has fostered collaboration between engineering and technology education faculty.Technology Teacher Education (TTE) PartnersThe five TTE partners have successful programs to prepare technology teachers. Three of thepartners’ TTE programs were identified by Iley as growth programs with successful recruitmentstrategies (ISU, BYU

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lagace; Earll Murman

depth, delivered Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education.!! through a series of engineering and design electives, with engineering and management breadth,obtained through a suite of foundation courses5. This is structured around three system-orientedcourses in system architecture, system engineering, and system and project management. Thesecourses, along with further program experiences and thesis work, provide an integration of thedisciplinary aspects through the system perspective central to the program. Various experiencesand course engagements work to provide the leadership cap. As noted, a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

engineering graduates have strong technical skills, however modern professional practice requires more breadth. Additional skills in communication, team building, leadership, and project management principles are needed to be successful in the engineering workplace. The challenge is that mastery of technical skills and a broad liberal training are difficult to achieve within the standard 4-year undergraduate engineering degree program. An alternate engineering paradigm exists that is known as the Bachelor of Arts in Engineering (BA Engineering) degree. Such a degree offers a paradigm shift from the traditional Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BS Engineering) degree to a less technical, more liberal program, arguably creating a

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Eric Davishahl; Denny Davis; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

introductory design class at anotherinstitution. These two institutions used different design education methodologies and emphasizeddifferent aspects of the design process.Results of this survey compare favorably with previous work using other TIDEE assessmenttools, which includes a Design Team Readiness Assessment3,4 that measures team design skillsof student teams as they engage in a short design project, team interviews5, a verbal protocolanalysis6, and continuous classroom improvement assessment activities2. Deployment of theDesign Team Growth Survey provides a relatively quick and reliable feedback mechanism with agoal of increasing student learning through the improvement of the curriculum, development ofbetter classroom management techniques

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Barrett; Marion Usselman

placements vary greatly in length, intended scope and type of research experience, and canbe grouped into the following six general categories: 1. Fellowships in technical data analysis divisions of corporations; 2. 8-week experiences in which teachers conduct science, engineering, or social science research in academic laboratories; 3. International experiences in which teachers travel with university lab members to conduct research or compare cross-cultural models of academic instruction; 4. Student mentoring experiences where teachers supervise high school student research projects conducted in the university laboratory, 5. Fellowships created to assist teachers in refreshing their knowledge of specific academic

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

”, but which was not recognized before the initiative came along. They feel that there is a language game that must be played to assure fundability of their projects, and they find themselves adapting their primary research questions to fit the goals of the nanotechnology initiative. Some, especially those who are senior level scholars at the top of their fields, and internationally recognized, express no such criticism. They speak optimistically and with enthusiasm about their prospects for new findings and particularly, for the creation of new processes, devices, and applications. The smaller group PI’s have on occasion referred to the “big guys” with established nano centers as being the ones who “always” get the federal grants, as

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

current and projected use of this standard web-basedlearning environment in laboratory classes will be explained in a later section. Here a Page 10.1115.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”description of each exercise is followed by specific comments concerning the adaptation of thetask as a web-based assignment.Data Analysis: A set of calibration data is read into memory from a sequential data file, thenoutput to a formatted file. In EXCEL, the data set is plotted, a linear regression is

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Meyer; Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

: Page 10.1472.3 • This project is not a passing fad; it appears that it is really going to happen. ASCE has committed considerable time, effort, and talent to change the requirements for Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education professional licensure and raise the bar for the profession. While the obstacles are formidable, there is a plan to work with universities, the accreditation board, the state licensing jurisdictions, and the other professional societies over the next two decades to achieve this goal. Engineering education is important and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Lynn Alpert; Jacqueline Isaacs

high school girls excel in relatingscience concepts to design projects – processes more akin to the way professional engineersoperate in the real world.35In his role as P.I. of the NSF-funded National Center for Learning and Teaching NanoscaleScience and Engineering, Chang is spearheading a new effort to develop, test, and implementinnovative nano-centered STEM curricula in secondary schools. The National ScienceFoundation’s decision to fund the NCLT is a further example of the way in which the NationalNanotechnology Initiative is catalyzing new developments in engineering education with far- Page 10.955.7 “Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Systems Approach to Teaching ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Masciadrelli; Nicholas Massa; Gary Mullett

completing a capstone-type project, an approach antithetical to way peoplereally learn. As a result, learners often learn content with little or no regard for the world inwhich the knowledge is to be applied. This approach is analogous to having all of the requiredbuilding materials delivered to construction site but having no blueprint to work from – howdoes it all fit together?The goal of engineering technician education should not be limited to the transfer of knowledgefrom instructor to student, but more importantly the development of proficient individuals;individuals who have a well-organized knowledge base and skills set that they can apply to solvereal-world problems and who are ready to learn and adapt as technology changes7

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Crossley; Melanie Thom; James Thom

ultimate outputgoal of the academic experience. To that end research and academic activities have revolvedaround how to provide a better design experience as the purpose of education as opposed toproviding education in what were the desired skills of industry supporting design. Industrypractitioners suggested that possession of the presented, more fundamental skills would result inthe ability to design, but that the ability to design was not the ultimate goal.Student Observations. The senior capstone design course observed by the first author was taughtby four different instructors, had a variety of projects and task emphases, had different classsizes, and used a variety of different instructional methodologies. Generally, the expressed goalsof

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Whalley; Harriet Svec; Harvey Svec; Teresa Hall

, Martin Whalley, a biology professor at MMU by Page 10.547.3profession who had worked with SDSU faculty to jointly offer a course for MMU and SDSU “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”students in bioethics. However, his passion for Manchester regional history, 30-plus yearswork on the Bugsworth Basin restoration project and his interest in the Manchester canalsystem, provided unique access for SDSU faculty and students during visits to the area. Dr.Whalley’s walking tour of Manchester’s canal

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Mavriplis

final paper the students were assigned to write was a technical report of the bookthey read. The students were asked to pick one specific technological development in the Page 10.178.6engineering project described in the book and present it in a technical manner, i.e. with “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”figures and/or technical drawings, and providing a technical description and analysis ifpossible, stating the problem and the eventual method of solution. A section on theirpersonal reactions to

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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

JoDell Steuver; Donna Evanecky

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education EMD 1642Perhaps project management will be one of the fads that will be incorporated into businessculture. Ideas with merit seem to find their way into engineering practices. Those who can useproject management tools not only for individual projects, but for the entire project managementprocess will ensure its longevity. Once a fad moves from novelty to a position central to abusiness’s corporate strategy, it becomes a strategic business tool.22Thoughtful, reflective study is called for from today’s

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro; Jane Fraser

integrated throughout the professional component. Understanding of professional practice issues such as procurement of work, bidding versus quality-based selection processes, how design professionals and the construction professions interact to construct a project, the importance of professional licensure and continuing education, and/or other issues.Electrical Curriculum that provides both breadth and depth across the range ofEngineering engineering topics implied by the title of the program. Knowledge of probability and statistics, including applications appropriate to the program name and objectives

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

Page 10.758.1field of industrial engineering. This paper reports data that reflect student comments regardingwhat drew them to the industrial engineering program at the University of Oklahoma and what Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationencouraged them to stay. The themes extracted from these data can be used to help increase bothenrollment and graduation in industrial engineering degree programs.BackgroundAlthough the number of engineering graduates has steadily increased over the last severaldecades, the long-term national projections are for a shortage of science and

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

Page 10.759.1field of industrial engineering. This paper reports data that reflect student comments regardingwhat drew them to the industrial engineering program at the University of Oklahoma and what Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationencouraged them to stay. The themes extracted from these data can be used to help increase bothenrollment and graduation in industrial engineering degree programs.BackgroundAlthough the number of engineering graduates has steadily increased over the last severaldecades, the long-term national projections are for a shortage of science and

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; Kevin Sutterer

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationWe wanted to determine if we could find a mechanism for students to earn the formal educationcomponent of the BOK at Rose-Hulman. Our solution was to investigate the development of atract within our current four-year baccalaureate curriculum that would allow a student with ahigh number of off-curriculum hours to earn a four-year baccalaureate degree that satisfies theentire formal education component of the BOK. The current curriculum at Rose-Hulman satisfies14 of the 15 BOK outcomes. The new BOK compliant tract must specifically meet outcome 12,an ability to apply knowledge in a specialized area related to civil engineering. To maintain thebroad civil engineering education and project

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jameson Wetmore

betterunderstand the problem through its own lab testing and through a joint research project with theSociety of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Second, the community began an extensive program toconvince parents to place rear-facing child safety seats in the back seat of their automobiles.They publicized the importance of putting rear-facing child safety seats in the back through itsnormal channels—press releases, doctors, public information pamphlets, and the media.But the auto industry claimed that this was not enough. They believed it was necessary to post awarning of the dangers of air bags in every automobile. But none of the companies wanted to dothis voluntarily because they feared that a competitor could gain a sales advantage by notwarning their

Conference Session

Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Hurteau; Cedric Demers-Roy

real-timeimplementation of a given control theory. Moreover, a survey done in 1999 by ITRON [1]shows that performance, proved track record, industry usage and reliability are the main criteriafor the selection of an operating system for a given control engineering project. In this paperMatlab and LabVIEW are explored as an integrated environment since they are commonly used Page 10.210.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationin industrial and academic context and they show good performance at

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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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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Eljamal; Matthew Mayhew; Eric Dey; Stella Pang

. Advantages and disadvantagesof individual measures will be discussed in addition to the benefit of engaging other academicunits in the evaluation process. Finally, we will discuss how the outcomes of this assessmenthave led to programmatic changes in international programs offerings.II. Evaluation PlanA. Year 1During the first year of evaluation activities, the graduate student research assistant engaged forthe evaluation project interviewed 28 students to determine their pre-dispositions to participatingin international programs activities. Eighteen of these students were enrolled in a newly designedcross-cultural engineering course; 5 were participants in various study abroad programs, and 5were attendees at international programs information