Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tze-Chi Hsu; N. Yu

system in Taiwan and manyprograms in education reform have been conducted recently. Among these reforms, the international cooperation hasreceived extensive attention from the academia and the government. There are many ways to conduct internationalcooperation such as personnel exchanges, participating in conferences, holding seminars and working on jointresearch projects. The people involved in these activities could range from undergraduate students, graduate students Page 10.1300.2to faculty members. Among all these activities, personnel exchange is probably the easiest and most popularprogram to implement. For most

Conference Session

Exploring Trends in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Llewellyn Mann; David Radcliffe

the job; they must undergo a structured professional development with clearobjectives to develop further professional knowledge, values and skills. This paper presents acourse developed for students undertaking a Master of Engineering or Master of ProjectManagement at the University of Queensland. This course was specifically designed to helpstudents plan their continuing professional development, while developing professional skillssuch as communication, ethical reasoning, critical judgement and the need for sustainabledevelopment. The course utilised a work integrated learning pedagogy applied within aformal learning environment, and followed the competency based chartered membershipprogram of Engineers Australia, the peak professional body

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

Education/ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BlacksburgAbstractThis paper briefly discusses the motivating factors that led to formation of an active collaborativegroup of engineering and education faculty at Virginia Tech. This group is actively pursuing anumber of engineering education research activities and has been successful in winning twogrants from the NSF in first 12 months of their collaborative efforts. These collaborativeactivities are targeted at improving engineering pedagogy at Virginia Tech and began with aplanning grant from the NSF in September 2003. A 15-month Masters/Licensure program hasbeen developed specifically for licensing engineering graduates in Technology Education. Anumber of assessment

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John McMasters

truly student-centered approach with quality rather than quantity being anobjective at the undergraduate level, with much of the specialization in current programsdeferred to the graduate level and continued career-long learning opportunities.At the undergraduate level, we need to adopt a modern systems engineering perspective and do amuch better job of determining what really needs to be presented (and how to present it) in ourefforts to educate students to operate in a modern engineering environment, rather than merelythinking about what specific skills they may need in order to gain their initial job assignments, oras preparation for a graduate program in research. Instead of creating courses to meet specific(and too often parochial) needs

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Rohrback; Donald Carpenter; Lisa Anneberg; Andrew Gerhart

and tabulates the information as a qualityimprovement process. Both the Office of Admissions and the College of Engineering use thisinformation.Engineering Day Activity DescriptionsEach Department in the College of Engineering is responsible for planning and executing theirown activities during the Exploration Days. However, the Departments work closely withrepresentative from the Office of Admissions on scheduling and number of students to beserviced. Faculty are assisted by current undergraduate, and in some cases graduate, students inconducting the activities. Table 2 provided brief descriptions of several of the activitiesconducted during the events. This section provides additional details of some of the activities ineach discipline to

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Maughmer

list emphasizesaptitude for leadership across professions, including roles such as educating policy debate. Theeducator’s challenge is to translate the above guidance into practical steps in the curriculum.There is debate among NAE experts on the need to push the first engineering degree out to a fifthyear; however, barring this development, one must assume that the time available to impart thenew, broader, deeper education to the 18-year-olds of 2016 will be the same as that available toeducate 18-year-olds now.Clearly, all of the above cannot be “taught” in courses within any reasonable time. It has to belearnt by students. The learning will occur from many sources, of which classroom instruction isat best the most important. The change from

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Walker; Hayden Griffin; Tamara Knott; Richard Goff; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

110 minute lab period led by a graduateteaching assistant. Potential advantages to the new format may include reduced teaching andgrading time for research faculty and opportunities for students to do more involved in-classactivities during the new extended lab period. Furthermore, it will provide teachingopportunities to graduate students. Lo and Lohani will explore ways to grade efficiently, managegraduate teaching assistants who will be teaching lab sections and assisting in the developmentof the course, and introduce a research-related component and contemporary issues into thecourse.AcknowledgementsThe authors of this paper would like to acknowledge the financial support of the NationalScience Foundation (grant numbers 0342000 and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

of highschool, college and graduate students. The researchers will (1) examine team-membersexperiences in this course to determine if and how the course design can be improved and(2) quantify high school students’ perceptions of college, specifically the University ofUtah and the College of Engineering. ChE is a pilot interdisciplinary service-learning seminar on hydrogen sustainability.It includes 12 University f Utah college students (six from Chemical Engineering and sixfrom other disciplines) and 12 advanced high school students who will be taking the coursefor college credit. The “pilot” nature of this course requires that research be conducted toassess the impact of the course. Currently, the seminar will be evaluated for both

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Brown

Page 10.1162.13experiences [29, 30]. A subset of active learning is cooperative learning. Cooperative learning hasreceived significant attention both in practice and in the research, and is best understood when Proceedings of the2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcompared with two alternate modes of learning, competitive and individualistic. It is importantto note that cooperative learning is not simply putting students together in a group to worktogether. Specific characteristics of the group work must be present for it to be successful:positive interdependence of the group members; promotion of face-to

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

classroomsemploying an inquiry-based approachhave improved attitudes toward bothscience and school as opposed tomore negative attitudes resulting Making and destroying O2 and O3 molecules using gumdropsfrom traditional teaching methods.12, and toothpicks, fifth-grade students conduct an interactive13, 14 Furthermore, Eisenhardt15 ozone depletion model to explore the real-world dynamicsshowed that change in interest results that engineers take into consideration when designing air pollution cleanup methods.in change in achievement.Engineering projects taught in teams provide hands-on, inquiry-based opportunities for learningin a cooperative setting. Baker16

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

lingering sense of dissatisfaction to students,such as low learning motivation, little demonstration of higher order skills, too little autonomyetc. One of the attempts for engineering education reform in Taiwan is to introduce accreditingprograms into colleges. In order to examine the core competence of student defined by ABETEC-2000, we aimed thus to develop a similar methodology under a three-year integrated projectthrough a joint research group from the National Central University, and Yuan Ze University.The cooperation of interdisciplinary expertise is intended to develop a series of guidelines to help Page 10.475.1the faculty to review the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

modification of traditional lectures give rise to a common question: “Is the large class aspecial case?” Although a shared perception among many faculty members is that large classespreclude significant participation by students, the literature suggests otherwise.(41) For example, afaculty member in a class of any reasonable size can instruct students to write a brief response toa question, to pair with another student seated on the left or the right, and to compare andcontrast both responses. Simply stated, activities could be tailor-made to take into considerationthe class-size, if need be. Also, it should consider differences in levels, nature of the materialbeing taught, and the maturity of the recipients.In-class discussion is considered by most

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charla Triplett; Eugene Eckstein

success of our member’s industrial interactions.The mission has broadened to include aid in placing new or recent graduates in BME who havehad internship experience in selected industrial experiences. This natural growth will provide ameans to continue mutual rewarding interactions among students, faculty, alumni, and industry. Page 10.144.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Alliance is a network of member universities throughout the United States that cooperate forthe benefit of

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Teri Rhoads; Kurt Gramoll

, by the time they graduate, is turned into a blueprint for Sooner City's infrastructure [21].Among other things, the project promotes five outcomes not fully addressed by traditionalcurricula, but which are emphasized by the NSF Engineering Education Coalitions and ABET2000: team building, communication, leadership, design, and higher level learning skills. Page 10.72.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education.”1.2 Project Philosophy.Students are taught to view engineering design as a

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

bioengineers.” 1 To helpaccomplish VaNTH’s goals, students across VaNTH institutions established an outreachcomponent for the ERC, the Student Leadership Council.The Need for a Student Leadership Council VaNTH SLC engineering outreach to K-12 students is needed for several reasons. First,many K-12 teachers have not studied engineering principles, and therefore do not teach theseprinciples in their classrooms. 2 This means that most K-12 students are not exposed toengineering concepts until they enter undergraduate engineering programs. Outreach projectsinitiated by SLC students, however, can expose students to the field of bioengineering early.Second, the number of minorities graduating with engineering degrees is a small percentage ofthe

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hebrank; Glenda Kelly; Paul Klenk; Gary Ybarra

experimental data; design Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education and build models; or any combination of these. These learning situations are open-ended in that they do not aim to achieve a single "right" answer. Nevertheless, students work under clear standards. They learn to observe keenly and thoroughly and to pose questions that are answerable, in part or in whole, through some meaningful test or exploration. They engage in trial and error, and they learn to analyze and reason carefully.” 2Inquiry is a complex idea that means many things to many people in many

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

that this discipline has gained its rightful place in the company ofengineering and engineering technology. This new level of partnership and collaboration betweenengineering and technology programs promises to be a step in the right direction for society at large.Engineering and technology majors both supplement and complement each other’s knowledge andskills and it is crucial for educators to build bridges of active interaction. This paper takes aim atone specific as well as basic need in teamwork and interdisciplinary projects – ethics and itsimplications for professional practice. The primary focus here is to promote ethics education amonga wider audience that includes industrial technologists.A preliminary study suggests that students

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Lavelle; Joseph Herkert

indicates the number of graduates by cohort.Student response among those who have completed the Franklin Program has been generallypositive. For example, the following unsolicited testimonials were included in the author biosection of the final report for the Fall 2004 capstone course: “BFS has been a great experience that has opened my eyes to the human, ethical side of engineering.” “I can think of no area of academic research more important today than multidisciplinary studies. As our world becomes more globalized and people and ideas become more interconnected, it is only by approaching problems from multiple angles—by expanding our modes of thinking in non-traditional ways— that we will be able to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

, are uniquelypositioned to provide such experiences. Among their recommendations the commission suggeststhat, “The first year of a university experience needs to provide new stimulation for intellectualgrowth and a firm grounding in inquiry-based learning and communication of information andideas” through such interventions as small freshman seminar courses requiring extensive writingand block scheduling where cohorts of students are scheduled into two or three common courses,also known as “learning communities.” 2In addition to the general literature exploring undergraduate education, several research studiesinto the specific problem of minority student retention in science and engineering have foundthat minority students face not only

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Lauffer; Frank Duda; Peter Idowu

andprofessional challenges must be eased for the faculty before they could be expected to bepartners in the outreach initiative.5. The proposal and plan for action The recognition of areas of needs as articulated in meetings with the faculty provides aconvenient starting point for exploring project ideas that address challenges faced by facultycolleagues. This will ultimately enable and free them to pursue outreach in remote areas ofwestern Uganda. High priority areas of needs includes: library resources; partnering forauthoring textbooks; and energy research and education. The specific challenges and theproposed plan of action are enumerated in this section.A. Both professors and students have access to a limited number of engineering textbooks

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

method of assuring individual accountability in cooperative learning is to give individual examinations covering every aspect of the assignment or project. One way is to define a group process monitor rotated among team members in different projects to verify that each team member understands each part of the final report, not just the part for which he or she was primarily responsible. By the end of each problem/project, each team gives a written report and the instructor arbitrarily designates which group member presents which part of the project. The instructor completes the discussion by highlighting important items either missed by students or not addressed by the current problem. In this

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Eljamal; Matthew Mayhew; Eric Dey; Stella Pang

University of Michigan: Strategies and Preliminary Results.” Presented at the University of Rhode Island, 6th Annual Conference on International Engineering Education, Providence, RI14. Mayhew, M.J. & Landreman, L. (2004). “Exploring engineering students’ decisions to engage in international experiences: A grounded theory.” Presented at the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA.15. Bennett, M.J. (1993). “Towards Ethnorelativism: A Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity.” In Paige, R.M. (Ed.) Education for the intercultural experience (2nd ed.).Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1- 51.16. Eljamal, M.B., Mayhew, M.J., Pang, S.W., & Dey, E. (2003). “Gaining a

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Seth Bates; Patricia Backer

assists the students inlearning and applying the subject matter in a consolidated fashion.The three courses in the minicurriculum require students to work in groups during the laboratoryexperiments, project development and execution and oral presentation. This will developproblem-solving skills and will foster cooperation, communication skills and ability to worktowards a common goal. This is consistent with the research conducted by Behm and others18“Connections across Cultures: Inviting Multiple Perspectives into Classrooms of Science,Technology, Math, and Engineering” and funded by the National Science Foundation.Prototype for this ProjectIn the prototype stage from 2002 to 2004, we developed a minicurriculum uniting programs inIndustrial

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Andrew Clark

tobenefit from the advantages of university faculty, personnel, students and graduates in bothconsulting and employee positions. Establishing a university managed technology-basedbusiness incubator at a regional university requires a strategic vision that integrates theuniversities core competencies, academic and research missions, senior administration concerns,capital and building campaigns and economic development concerns of the surroundingcommunities. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for building the strategic vision,developing the necessary infrastructure and mitigating risks when establishing the incubator. Inaddition, a discussion of lessons learned through the establishment of our university managedtechnology-based incubator at

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

freshmanclass placement). Since the freshman writing course schedules large group eveningsessions for Wednesdays at 7pm, two large group engineering speakers were scheduledfor evenings not used by the Writing program. To allow students to concentrate on examsand final projects for their other courses, the seminar course meets only during the first12 weeks of each semester. Through a group effort in which each faculty membercoordinated tours in his or her respective department, all sections visited at least threeengineering research labs during the semester. Page 10.444.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference