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FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Kosky, Union College; William Keat, Union College; George Wise, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

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, and published an Engineering Thermodynamics textbook in 1990. His current research includes engineering education pedagogical research, the study of electrostatic energy generation in moving dielectric materials, and general applications of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.William Keat, Union College William D. Keat is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Union College. Professor Keat earned BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught numerous courses in design from the freshman to the graduate level and conducts research in the area

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FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University

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2006-2383: HIGH ENROLLMENT, EARLY ENGINEERING COURSES AND THEPERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEMMark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is Director of Instructional Technology Research and Development in the Division of Science and Mathematics Education at Michigan State University. He is responsible for providing vision, direction, planning and implementation for using technology mathematics and science education and developed several introductory computer science courses for non-computer science students serving 2000 students per semester.Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at

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FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

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theemerging global competition of the production of engineers. The use of multimedia andinformation technologies has provided a tool for learning delivery in engineeringeducation, and this project provides a methodology to incorporate real-world experiencewith decision making in an academic setting. The use of a multimedia case study is usedfor an engineering design course to encourage team work, improve presentation skills,and simulate real world decision making. An evaluation of the project suggests thatstudents are susceptible to this pedagogy for engineering instruction, and that it canpromote critical thinking and team work in an academic environment.IntroductionThe industry foghorn continues to resonate across the engineering academy on the

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FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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2006-2076: ENHANCING LEARNING OF LOW ABILITY STUDENTS INMULTI-SECTION FRESHMAN LECTURE/LABORATORY CLASSESJon Sticklen, Michigan State University Jon Sticklen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He has a strong research record in knowledge-based systems. His main contributions have been in the theory and application of task specific approaches and in model-based reasoning. Dr. Sticklen has led the effort to rejuvenate the MSU College of Engineering freshman gateway course in computational tools.Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University Mark Urban-Lurain is Director of Instructional Technology Research and

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Richard Sheryll, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rustam Stolkin, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology

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2006-78: DISCOVERY BASED LEARNING IN THE ENGINEERING CLASSROOMUSING UNDERWATER ROBOTICSLiesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology Liesl Hotaling is Assistant Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), Stevens Institute of Technology. She received a B.S. in Marine Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a M.A.T. in Science Teaching from Monmouth University and a M.S. in Maritime Systems from Stevens.Richard Sheryll, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology Richard Sheryll is a Research Associate and Ph. D. candidate in Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He received a B.S. in Oceanography and an A.S

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ari Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rafael Bras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kip Hodges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2006-435: TERRASCOPE: A PROJECT-BASED, TEAM-ORIENTED FRESHMANLEARNING COMMUNITY WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL/EARTH SYSTEMFOCUSAri Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ARI W. EPSTEIN, a Lecturer in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, earned a Ph.D. in Oceanography (specializing in physical/biological interactions) in a program run jointly by MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is particularly interested in free-choice learning, such as the learning that happens through museums, media, libraries and community-based organizations.Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ALBERTA LIPSON is the associate director of the Teaching and Learning

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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standard test, but that academic success in other courseswas not related to visualization ability. At Michigan Technological University, Sorby8 reportsthat a class to develop and improve students’ visualization abilities has been developed andimproved, with positive results in engineering graphics grades and retention rates.The studies referenced above correlate with the anecdotal experience of the authors: we haveknown several female engineering students who were successful in their studies, but recall theirfreshman engineering graphics classes as among the biggest challenges they faced in completing Page 11.1140.3their program of study. As

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FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

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, and economy together withpossible positive as well as negative impacts on U.S.-based engineers. Thesecontemporary challenges require a systems perspective and a growing need to pursuecollaborations with multidisciplinary teams of technical experts. Important attributes forthese teams include excellence in communication (with technical and public audiences),an ability to communicate using technology, and an understanding of the complexitiesassociated with a global market and social contextii. In order to ensure that engineering students studying in any university in the USreceive an appropriate and useful education, ABET a-k criteria have been created. Thisstates that engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates attain

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roth Elliot, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Phillip Jacob, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Northwestern University; Bruce Ankenman, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University

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Page 11.892.1 Director of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the Paul B. Magnuson Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Medical School, and the Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In that capacity, he is responsible for the quality of patient care at RIC and for the rehabilitation education and research efforts at those institutions. He also is the Project© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Technology Promoting Integration for Stroke Survivors: Overcoming Societal

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Connor, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech; G. Loganathan, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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its differing models gave the students preliminary insight into many of themethods, concepts, and tools that they will be more formally exposed to in upper level courses.The authors are continuing efforts to refine the project and plan to use it in future semesters. Page 11.943.7AcknowledgementThe support provided by the NSF through its Department-level Reform (DLR) program (grant #0431779) is sincerely acknowledged.Bibliography1. Engineering Workforce Commission Report. 2002. "Engineering & Technology Degrees." Report from theAmerican Association of Engineering Societies Inc.2. Connor, J. and J. C. M. Kampe (2002). “First Year Engineering

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FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dwight Tolliver, University of Tennessee; Lauren Hines, University of Tennessee; J. Roger Parsons, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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study investigated howstudents perceive the importance and utility of these experiences by exploring the ways inwhich students’ attitudes toward group work changed through experiences on technicalteams. For the purposes of this study, the terms “team” and “group” will be usedinterchangeably.ABET, the accreditation board for university programs in applied sciences, computing,engineering, and technology, identified communication skills and teaming as twoimportant qualities students should develop during their engineering education. It is nolonger enough for engineering students to graduate with technical skills and sufficientknowledge. They must have the skills and abilities necessary to communicate effectivelyand function adequately on

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FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Elzey, University of Virginia

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compacted residue of solids. And just as it is claimed that later, the addition of hotwater leads to a rich, satisfying coffee experience, it is implied that students will absorb all of themissing context upon graduating into the real world of practicing engineers (‘add water’) andmake all the necessary connections to their technical extract.Unfortunately, the lack of context has several short and long range negative effects: 1) the student’sability to appreciate the need for the knowledge and skills presented in the classroom, i.e. to clearlysee their usefulness, is diminished, thus missing an opportunity to motivate learning4, 2) thestudent’s ability to appreciate the connectivity between technological solutions and their influence

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FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

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General Engineering and in the Thermal Sciences. He received a BSME degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the MS and PhD, both in Mechanical Engineering, from The University of Notre Dame.John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University JOHN K. ESTELL is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

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University. He got his B.S. from Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in mechanical engineering in 1997, and M.S. from Shanghai Jiaotong University in computer engineering in 2001. His research areas include computer network, bin packing, and statistical data analysis.Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University Arun Srinivasa is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He earned a B. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology in 1986 and a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley, 1991. His current areas of interest include plasticity of metals and polymers; thermomechanics of dissipative processes, dislocation dynamics, Cosserat continua, design and

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FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Thompson, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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program. Thispaper will focus on the engineering aspect of the K-12 outreach program and the experiences ofboth the first-year college and high school students. Both qualitative and quantitativeassessments of will be reported and have shown initial success.IntroductionModern society continues to rely on research and technology related to science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) which is driving an ever increasing demand for qualifiedprofessionals. A major area of concern over the last two decades has been the declining interestin the engineering fields among pre-college students and the continued underrepresentation ofwomen and minorities. The efforts of the past two decades have produced gains in some areas,but women, African

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FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Simmons, University of Queensland; Elise Barrella, Bucknell University; Keith Buffinton, Bucknell University

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mechanics, vibration and control. He played a significant role in initiating and promoting the Cape York Spaceport concept and the need for a national space program. Professor Simmons formerly served as Chair of the Australia Council of Engineering Deans.Keith Buffinton, Bucknell University KEITH W. BUFFINTON received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1979 and his Master of Science and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and 1985. From 1984 through 1987, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Institut fuer Mechanik at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. He began his

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FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youssef Allam, Ohio State University; David Tomasko, Ohio State University; John Merrill, Ohio State University; Bruce Trott, Ohio State University; Phil Schlosser, Ohio State University; Paul Clingan, Ohio State University

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structures by self- assembly at interfaces. Page 11.856.8 Nano-Structured Sheikh A.. Department of Materials The emerging field of nano-ceramics 3 Ceramics for Akbar Science & Engineering and nano-technology; some potential Chemical Sensing applications with an emphasis on chemical sensors; the challenges and

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FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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2006-1360: REVISION OF A FIRST-SEMESTER COURSE TO FOCUS ONFUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERINGMichael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University Michael Hagenberger is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Valparaiso University. His area of scientific research is reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and his teaching interests include first-year courses and the use of scientific visualization technology in undergraduate engineering course.Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University Barbara Engerer is the Freshman Engineering Coordinator at Valparaiso University. She advises the freshman engineering students and coordinates the first-year courses. She was the first woman to receive a national

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FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mwarumba Mwavita, Oklahoma State University

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unprecedented level of national interest.The 2003 National Science Foundation report emphasized that Science and technology willcontinue to be the engines of the US economic growth and national security 1. The report furtherindicates serious problems lying ahead that may threaten U.S. long-term prosperity and nationalsecurity. Among various trends is a reduced domestic student interest in critical areas, such asengineering and the physical and mathematical sciences1. Future projections indicate thatemployment in engineering and science will increase by 51 percent or approximately 1.9 millionjobs by the year 2008. 2 Numerous studies have examined plausible explanations and factors contributing to dropoutrates among engineering students in many of the

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FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University

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Design and Electrical Engineering at Penn State. His educational research interests include developing techniques for enhancing engineering design education, teaching technological entrepreneurship, and global product design. He is course chair for ED&G 100: Introduction to Engineering Design. He is member of IEEE, AIAA, AGU, ASEE, URSI, and Sigma Xi. Page 11.1315.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The One-Minute Engineer: Getting Design Class out of the Starting Blocks Beverly K. Jaeger* and Sven G. Bilén

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristin Wilhelm, University of Virginia; Benjamin Kidd, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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: AnAgenda for American Science and Technology, 2006,http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309100399/html2. National Academy of Engineering, “The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in theNew Century”, National Academies Press, 2004, http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091624/html/3. National Academy of Engineering “Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting EngineeringEducation to the New Century”, Committee on the Engineer of 2020, Phase II, Committee onEngineering Education, National Academies Press, (2005)http://www.nap.edu/books/0309096499/html/, Page 11.1330.9

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marc Christensen, Southern Methodist University; David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

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the digitization ofpopular audio and visual media—such a decline is both surprising and detrimental to thelong-term sustenance of our modern technology-driven society.Addressing this decline in engineering enrollments is likely to require a multi-facetedapproach to recruitment, retention, and graduation of engineering students. Recruitingstrategies in the precollege arena include 1) robotics competitions such as FIRST andBEST, and 2) educational programs such as Project Lead-the-Way, The Infinity Project,and Cisco Academies, which introduce and bring awareness of engineering principles andopportunities to young people in the classroom. These efforts set the stage for curricularchanges at the college level, as students who are intrigued by

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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have identified peer adviceas more valued by students than advice from formal sources.7 Students are, in some sense, morequalified than formal sources to give advice to undergraduate science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) students. Many counselors and advisors were not STEM studentsduring their undergraduate program. Faculty, while more often STEM students asundergraduates, are likely to have been elite students, who underestimate the challenges facingthe average student.The advice expressed by our 185 interviewees, most of whom are upper division, derives fromtheir actual lived experiences, reflecting on the challenges they have faced in the context ofsuccessfully negotiating an engineering curriculum. Most perceptions of

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Light, University of Washington; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University; Jennifer Beller, Washington State University; Greg Crouch, Washington State University

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educational research focuses small group cooperative learning and technology-enhanced education. Greg has designed, implemented, and assessed a prototype "flexible classroom" where lecture space, small group collaboration space, and technology access are combined; has implemented and evaluated a problem-based undergraduate learning community focusing on science and mathematics majors and been funded by the NSF to develop adaptive, web-based science and math teaching modules to augment traditional lecture courses. Page 11.1404.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Using Reflective

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FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; Samantha Jarema, University of Michigan

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role of engineers in society, engineeringethics and appropriate technology, student were actively involved in applying their knowledge ina responsible manner for the betterment of society and developing interpersonal skills in both ateam setting and a multi-cultural setting. For example, students applied the concept of asset-based community development to form a framework for design criteria by personal interactionwith the client and users.In addition, requirements for the course were expanded to include a weekly reflection journalassignment designed to enhance both academic and civic learning outcomes in an informalsetting.Course EvaluationsOne method for assessment of the course objectives is through student evaluations of teaching.Every

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FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Ric Williams; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Geoffrey Dieck, East Carolina University; Steve McLawhorn, East Carolina University

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joining ECU, he was appointed as an Associate Research Professor at Auburn University. Williams has sixteen years of industrial experience in design, research and development and project management functions. He received his BS and MS degrees from Georgia Tech and his PhD from Auburn University. Williams is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia.Keith Williamson, East Carolina University Dr. Keith Williamson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. He has received numerous awards for teaching and research. Dr. Williamson’s current research is focused on

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FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas-Tyler; Ron Pieper, University of Texas-Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas-Tyler

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educational institutions. This isnecessary to keep the nation at the forefront of the technological innovation. In recent years,many engineering schools, including first-tier institutions, have observed a general downturn inenrollment. The student retention rate for the first and second years of engineering programs hasbeen falling. Engineering students must be ready for university-level classes in math, physics,chemistry and computer programming. In an all-too-large percentage of cases, these students arenot well prepared in high school for the four-year university programs on which they embark.The problems of recruiting and retaining students adequately prepared for engineeringcoursework are particularly acute in the region served by the University

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FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Burn, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan

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. Second, theweekly assignments were to be, as much as possible, placed in the context of technology appliedto the improvement of society, to current events, or to technologies with which the students werevery familiar.The importance of computing and of the class to engineers and their education was emphasizedduring the first week of class, as it always had been. But, as part of the intervention, this contextsetting was carried forward throughout the term. Specifically, all graduate student instructors Page 11.1450.5were asked to emphasize and repeat this importance throughout the term. Further, roughly once aweek, 5 to 10 minutes of lecture

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FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

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2006-824: LEARNING THROUGH SERVICE: ANALYSIS OF A FIRST COLLEGEWIDE SERVICE LEARNING COURSEDavid Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell David Kazmer is a Professor in the Department of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to this position, Dave held various individual contributor and management positions at GE Plastics and Synventive Molding Solutions. He teaches and researches in the area of product design and manufacturing.John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell John Duffy is a Professor in the in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He has an active interest in solar engineering and related technologies

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

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Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering.Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech J. C. MALZAHN KAMPE is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University, M.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering at Michigan Technological University.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY A. EDMISTER is the