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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joseph Musto; William Howard

of Engineering (MSOE), which includes: • A balance of MATLAB programming and spreadsheet usage. • An emphasis on selecting the appropriate tool for a specific task. • Instruction in the presentation of problem statements and results. • A focus on applications.BackgroundComputer programming has been a required skill in most engineering and engineeringtechnology programs for several decades. From the 1960’s through the 1980’s, some knowledgeof programming was necessary or at least preferred in order to perform computing tasks onmainframe computers. Until very recently, ABET requirements for engineering technologymandated the instruction of at least one computer language. Criterion I.C.6 of the 2003-2004conventional

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Weber; Nathan VanderHorn; Rashmi Bahuguna; Arun K. Somani; Mani Mina

backbone and highspeed measurement capabilities) is enhancing interaction between faculty, graduate andundergraduate students. Finally the paper will examine how HSSE has been successful inencouraging students from all undergraduate levels (freshman to senior) to participate in learningand experimenting in the State-of-the-art laboratory and are encouraged to be involved inresearch and graduate studies.The motivationCurrent fiber-optic technology will soon be augmented to allow transmission of data at 40 Gb/sover a single communication link. 40Gb/s is soon the state-of-the-art of the electronic systems2,3.Comparing this to several decades ago when a single link, early versions of a twisted copper pair,would transmit data in the rate of 100 kb/s

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Don Millard

dynamic and compelling media to re-engage and inspiretoday’s adolescents. General Electric (GE) had recognized the potential for capturing the interest “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”of K-12 students in the 1940’s and 1950’s through the creation and distribution of technologyoriented comic books (as depicted in figure 1 below). Figure 1 - Sample Pages from GE Comic Book #1Comic books have historically been banned in K-12 environments, viewed by the administrationas diversions that students would be reading during a teacher’s instruction. Now comic books areviewed as an

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Josef Rojter

recognition that professional engineering work discourses encompasshumanities has been mentioned as early as 1853. These ideas of engineeringprofession as productive pragmatists which uses the tools of technosciencethat is inclusive of humanities and social sciences has widely recognized. Inthe concluding comments of the Inquiry into engineering profession andeducation in Britain the need for the inclusion of greater humanities contentinto engineering curricula has been recognized if the engineering professionwas to be transformed from a technical profession into a social profession thatreflects the realities of engineering workplaces [15]. A major review intoengineering education in Australia in the late 1980’s identified human aspectsof

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Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wm Evans

Programmable Logic Controller Teaching Method by Wm. Ted Evans Engineering Technology College of Engineering U of Toledo Toledo, OhioAbstract:Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's) have been found in industry since the early1970's. The application of PLC's has long been considered a required course for majorsin Electrical Engineering Technology. Course content has traditionally centered onhardware with labs giving some programming experience. It is proposed that theeducation process for teaching PLCs should concentrate on programming from

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nirmal Khandan

correctly and efficiently.Preliminary validation data indicates that the approach is effective in assessing the problem-solving skills of these students.BIBILIOGRAPHY1. Maul G. P. and Gillard, J. S., “Teaching problem-solving skills”, Computers in Ind. Engrg., 31, 17-20, 1996.2. Taylor, P. A., Woodhouse, K. A., and Bouchard, C. G. K., Developing problem-solving skills: The McMaster problem-solving program, Jour. Engrg. Educ., vol 86, p 75-91, 1997.3. Woods, R. D., Hrymak, A. H., Marshall, R. R., Wood, P. E., Crowe, C. M., Hoffman, T. W., Wright, J. D., Taylor, P. A., Woodhouse, K. A., and Bouchard, C. G. K., Developing problem-solving skills: The McMaster problem-solving program, Jour. Engrg. Educ., vol 86, p 75-91, 1997.4. ABET 2000

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thanassis Rikakis; Jiping He; Hari Sundaram; Andreas Spanias

selecting the board members include (1) reputation in their expertise fields; (2)experience in interdisciplinary research and education; and/or (3) education/researchassessment. The board will meet once a year to visit AME program for annual evaluationin addition to communications through meetings, emails and phone conversations. Thetwo founding colleges and the university are supporting AME through dedicated facultylines, staff positions, facilities and seed research funds.References[1] G. Qian, F. Guo, T. Ingalls, L. Olson, J. James and T. Rikakis, "A Gesture-DrivenMultimodal Interactive Dance System," in Proceedings of the International Conferenceon Multimedia and Expo, Taibei, Taiwan, China, June 27-30, 2004[2] S. McAdams, Thinking in sound

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Morgan; Beverly Davis

intheir education that engineering is not for them. The number of earned degrees inengineering and computer sciences grew sharply in the early 1980s, peaked in 1986, andthen dropped precipitously before leveling off in the 1990s [2]. In addition, a 2001National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey ofGraduate Students and Post-doctorates found that graduate student enrollment in thesciences and engineering fields have dropped significantly between 1994 and 2001.Clearly, engineering as a profession needs to promote itself on numerous levels. Oneavenue available is to seek to understand and promote engineering to the futuregenerations, or specifically the millennial generation (Born in the 1980’s-2000’s).The different

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Susan Wills; Mihaly Lenart; Peter Tarjan

Respirator (2003-2004) – 3 membersFireman’s helmet with enhanced communication and protection – 5 membersOxygen saturation monitoring within a firefighter’s helmet with two-way communication and one-way data transmission of physiologic data – 5 membersSummary and ConclusionsSuccess stories: 4 Advanced E-Team Awards from NCIIA1 US Patent pending1 SBIR proposal received encouragement to resubmit1 special award from the Center for Aging at the UniversityStudents from electrical and mechanical engineering are beginning to join the BMEteams.An interdisciplinary doctoral student in Entrepreneurship (S. Wills), who holds an MBAhas joined the instructors as a volunteer.Participation in local and televised enterprise forums.Gathering external support for the

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Course and Program Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sohail Anwar

enrolled in ELEC 495 (or NUC 495) are required to develop learning statementsthat objectively address the ITA learning objectives. A learning statement must includean explanation and example(s) of how a given learning objective has been met. Evidencemust be provided in support of every learning statement. The relationship between thegiven learning objective and the corresponding evidence must be explained. The essentialelements of good learning statements are as follows:• Written clearly and concisely in Standard Written English• Written in the form of a narrative• Supporting evidence is referenced and provided• Describe how the evidence supports the learning statement• Show how the learning statements

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rafael Obregon; Kevin Hall

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 8a – Insert the desired image. The image may need Figure 8b – Create desired layers and their content. As to be reduced in size. layers are generated, they have the option of being visible or hidden. In the Layer panel, the eye column indicates whether a layer is hidden or visible. For this exercise, all layers will be hidden after generation. Figure 8c – Create the hotspot area(s) that the user can

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Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer; Madara Ogot

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

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Harvey Abramowitz

test specimen until failure.Note to Instructors: While such equipment when new can cost well over $1000, all the equipmentdescribed here was purchased at auction for $22.Statistics for Analyzing DataMeanThe mean, x , is simply the average of a sample from a population. It is defined as i =n xi x= i =1 Eq. 1 nWhen n goes to infinity, the symbol µ is commonly used. Thus the total population is consideredand s is also called the ‘population mean.’ Page

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Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

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Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

Senior Design Progress Report to Page 10.184.13 ASHRAE, Al-Khamis, M., Al-Rasheedi, M., Doughty, C., Dye, D., Heitzmann, E., Holtcamp, G., Malallah, H., Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005. American Society for Engineering Education Miller, S., Perkins, T., Thabet, J.; Advisor: Dr. A. N. Abdelmessih, Saint Martin’s School of Engineering, Lacey, WA, December 2000.(8) “Instrumented Air Conditioning Bench Experiment,” Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Final Report to ASHRAE, Al-Khamis, M., Al-Rasheedi, M

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Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Thompson; William Oakes

by P. W. Jackson, New York: Macmillan.10. Rosser, S. V. (1990). Female-Friendly Science. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY.11. Rosser, S. V. (1995). Teaching the Majority: Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. Teachers College Press, New York, NY.12. Matyas, M. L. & Malcolm, S. (1991). Investing in Human Potential: Science and Engineering at the Crossroads. AAAS, Washington, D.C.13. Oakes, J., Gamoran, A., & Page, R. N. (1992). Curriculum Differentiation: Opportunities, Outcomes, and Meanings, from the Handbook of Research on Curriculum, edited by P. W. Jackson, New York: Macmillan.15. Tsang, E., editor (2000). Projects That Matter: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Engineering

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Erekson; Kurt Becker; Maurice Thomas; Christine Hailey

technology education and whyNCETE focuses on 9-12 grade technology education as the provider of engineering designconcepts. The nine institutions associated with NCETE, the school district partners, and theprofessional society partners are described. The paper also presents a broad overview ofresearch themes with a description of how these themes will be more sharply focused over thenext five years. The paper briefly outlines the doctoral program and the technology teacherprogram. It concludes by describing some first year goals.IntroductionProfessional communities across the country are concerned with the future of the science andengineering (S&E) workforce. A report by the National Science Board of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

. Prism, 10(7), 14 - 21.6. Cunningham, C. M., Thompson, M., Lachapelle, C. P., Goodman, I. F., & Bittinger, K. C. (2000). Women's experiences in college engineering and support programs: Findings from the WECE project. Paper presented at the WEPAN 2000.7. Heller, R. S., & Martin, C. D. (1994). Attracting young minority women to engineering and science: Necessary characteristics for exemplary programs. IEEE Transactions on Education, 37(1), 8-12.8. National Science Foundation (2001). Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (Program Announcement NSF 01-6): National Science Foundation.9. Thompson, M., Cunningham, C., Lachapelle, C., Bittinger, K., & Goodman, I. (2001). The Women's

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

experiences involved solving the followingproblem involving spring, rope and an applied force as shown in Figure 1a and 1bbelow[28].The problem seeks a solution for angle θ assuming the rope and spring are of length x =2ft. and a force of F = 10 lb. is applied at the joint of rope and spring as illustrated inFigure 1a. Since rope is not stretched, its’ length does not change. The spring lengthchanges (s ft.) in accordance with the spring constant (k = 15lb/ft.). From the free bodydiagram of point A in Figure 1b and using appropriate trigonometry and algebra in the Page 10.173.3resulting triangle ABC in Figure 1a, the following equations are formulated

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Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2005 Annual Conference

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Snehamay Khasnabis

= Net Present Worth = PWOB – PWOC ($) n = Project life (years) n1 = Pay off period (PP)(years) (P/A) = Present Worth Factor (Uniform Series) (P/F) = Present Worth Factor (Single Payment) (PP) = Pay off Period (years) PWOB = Present Worth of Benefit ($) PWOC = Present Worth of Cost ($) S = Salvage Value ($)3.1 Cost Effectiveness (C/E) TechniqueThe principle of Cost Effectiveness (C/E) techniques is based upon the premise that thealternative that costs the least to derive one unit of benefit is considered to be most cost effective.For the highway safety project case, this should be the alternative that costs the least to prevent ahighway accident (of a specific type). The algorithm is as

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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Hochstein; William Janna

FRESHMAN-SENIOR COLLABORATION IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE John I. Hochstein, William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Memphis Memphis TN 38152ABSTRACTAn innovative capstone design course titled “Design of Fluid Thermal Systems,” involves groupsof seniors working on various semester-long design projects. Groups are composed of 3, 4 or 5members that bid competitively on various projects. Once projects are awarded, freshmen enrolledin the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to work with the senior designteams

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

gratifying to find that the traditional gender gap inretention is not apparent among Rowan students. Rather, the patterns of gender differences inretention are more like what Huang & Peng11 found for all science and engineering (S&E)students, that is, females having better retention rates and earlier degree completion than males.As explanation for why female students seemed to do better in terms of program switching anddegree completion among S&E students, they suggested that “a very stringent selectionmechanism might be at work in S&E program entry. The selection mechanism—either bywomen themselves or by institutional forces or by a joint effect of both—probably filters out allbut a small group of highly resilient women for S&E

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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Anderson; Jeanine Casler; Bugrahan Yalvac; H. David Smith; Gulnur Birol; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

. Ultimately, the survey was administeredin five classes, resulting in a sample size of 137 students representing all departments. Thisconstituted approximately 10 per cent of the undergraduate student engineering population. Thenumber of participants and their departmental affiliations are represented in Table 1.For the interviews, we selected eight faculty,1 using a maximum variation sampling strategy.2Maximum variation sampling involves purposively picking a wide range of variation on thedimension(s) of interest. It helps to identify important common patterns that cut acrossvariations. Since our research interest was to identify commonly shared standards in writtenengineering, we used departments as the basic criterion to identify variation. Of the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Mingle; Tom Roberts

among other applications the use of Total Quality Management techniques to better organize hospitals.12 Williams, op. cit., note 1.JOHN O. MINGLE, Ph.D., J.D.Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityFirst started teaching chemical engineering in the late 1950’s and experienced significant changes in engineeringeducation during the 1960 - 70’s. Obtained J.D. in the 80’s, retired from teaching nuclear engineering in the early90’s and continues to practice patent law. Served as professor and advisor for co-author Roberts in the 60’s-70’s.TOM C. ROBERTS, P.E., CMCAssistant Dean, Recruitment and Leadership Development, College of Engineering, Kansas State UniversityTom has more than 30 years experience in planning, organizational

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Understanding Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zsuzsanna Szabo; Reid Bailey

Build Specifications Identify Formulation Needs Problem Solving Select Top Concept (s) Generate Solution Concepts Implementation Analyze Select Top Concepts Embodiment (s

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

. Page 10.1178.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright , American Society for Engineering Education Table 3: Assessment Techniques Engineering Attitudes Survey – Given to ALL students in GE 1030 (all sections) and selected students in one class for middle-level math/science education or science majors Learning Style Assessment – Given to all students in pilot section of GE 103 Section 1 and faculty participants First Week(s) of Fall 2004

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

Student's Ownership Of Class Project Improves Learning Aiman S. Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E. The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractAn alternative approach to the project assignment process in the Steel and ReinforcedConstruction courses (AET 214 and AET 215 respectively) in the Architectural EngineeringTechnology Program at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus was introduced andimplemented in the past four years. Instead of dictating the project topic by the instructor, thestudents were given the freedom to choose their own topics with a few necessary restrictions.This paper gives details on this alternative approach. As usual, there are advantages andshortcomings. This paper

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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

Session 2150 Integrating TC2K from the Macro to the Micro: Program Assessment Inside and Outside of the Classroom David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroduction This paper addresses specific, deliberate actions taken by the School of Science,Engineering, and Technology to establish and sustain a comprehensive program ofassessment and evaluation consistent with an academic environment of continuousimprovement that demonstrates compliance with the technology Criteria 2000 (TC2K).1The plan’s primary objective and ultimate end-state was to affect a

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Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lonnie Welch; Karin Sandell; Chang Liu

Teaching Communication Skills in Software Engineering Courses Chang Liu, Karin Sandell, and Lonnie Welch Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701, U. S. A. {liuc | sandell | welch}@ohio.eduAbstractCommunication skills are important to software engineers. Yet, this topic is sometimesoverlooked in computer science and software engineering curricula. To address thisproblem, we attempted to explicitly teach communication skills in a software engineeringcourse. We experimented with a number of approaches, including lectures by theinstructor, student presentations, mini-lectures mixed with in-class discussions, and otherin

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Norma Mattei

the two surveys’ results indicates thatparticipants gained much knowledge as a result of attending the workshop. Hopefully thisincreased knowledge will ultimately result in the retention of these women and minorityengineering faculty.BackgroundAccording to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall engineering employment is expected togrow more slowly than the average for all occupations during 2002 to 2012 [1]. Despite this,overall job opportunities in engineering are expected to be good because the number ofengineering graduates should be in rough balance with the number of job openings over thisperiod. Employment of mining, petroleum, nuclear, and geological engineers is projected todecline, while other engineering disciplines, such as