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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omnia El-Hakim, Colorado State University

research and present it in PowerPoint before an audience of faculty, parents, students, and community members.RecruitmentFaculty Faculty with expertise in engineering, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, biology, and physics were recruited to design the curriculum and provide the activities to the students. Most received a mini stipend for their work to cover their expenses. The faculty introduced hands-on engineering activities, as well as hands-on mathematics, technology, and science projects.StudentsStudents were recruited based on their needs and interests in beingexposed to and learn about

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Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

, manufacturability, and ethical). In short, our challenge is toeducate an engineering professional who is far more sophisticated than the engineer of the 20thcentury. Additionally, challenges brought on by the overuse of natural resources put a specialresponsibility on materials science and engineering (MSE) faculty, whose role it is to assist inshaping the MSE profession. How can faculty deliver relevant curricula for the MSEengineering professional in an already crowded curriculum? Certainly curricular content must beup-to-date. However, a number of the goals can be met through changing the way in which thecurriculum is delivered. In particular, we have emphasized mastery at the lower levels toincrease retention, and implemented a number of learning “best

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Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

Technology program could only earn their creditsby demonstrating their college-level knowledge and competencies in the academic fields throughthe submission of transcripts from regionally accredited colleges/universities or throughwritten/performance examinations.Anticipating the growing demand for online instruction in higher education and to provide thestudents with an additional avenue for degree completion, B&T launched the online courses inSeptember 2004 starting with the capstone course NUC 495.In Spring 06, a total of 4 upper divison online Nuclear Engineering Technology core coursesincluding the capstone course were launched; they are: 1. NUC 320 Materials ( 3 credit hours) 2. NUC 330 Reactor Core Fundamentals ( 3 credit hours

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simo Lehto, Helsinki Polytechnic

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International

world. It is divided into scientific disciplines with different conceptsand terms, subjects, basic and professional subjects, and courses, and relies on personalexaminations for grading. The inherent structure directs the students and teachers towards theroutine repetition mode, working alone, and using the time and resources ineffectively. Thepractical example is that when a new need is detected, a course is added to the curriculum.For example, if there is a need for learning ethics, a course in ethics is added.The fundamental reason for the fragmentation is that the knowledge and teaching/learningneeded to achieve the professional level of the engineer (“engineerness”) is first differentiatedand then integrated. As an example, project

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Network Administration and Security

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Paul Gray; Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa

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Engineering Technology

Curricula 2001, Computer Science Volume”, December 15, 2001. Published by the Joint TaskForce on Computing Curricula: IEEE Computer Society and Association for Computing Machinery.http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_ieeecs/ieeecs/education/cc2001/cc2001.pdf.[8] Bailey M., Helps R., Lunt B., “Hardware Systems within an Information Technology Curriculum”, Session1450, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2004, June 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.[9] Said H., Wulf T., “Pathway to Higher Education: Bridging the Digital Divide”, Session 3547, Proceedings of theASEE Annual Conference and Exposition 2003, June 2003, Nashville, Tennessee.[10] Nelson V. P., Chapman, R.O., Jaeger R. C., “A New Baccalaureate Program in Wireless Engineering

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Faculty Reward System Reform Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce

which involves conventionalengineering practice but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements,unsuitability of conventional materials, and difficult coordination requirements. Work requires a broad knowledge ofprecedents in the specialty area and a good knowledge of and practices of related specialties.Responsibility For Direction of Others. May supervise or coordinate the work of engineers, drafters, technicians,and others who assist in specific assignments.Typical Position Titles. Engineer or Assistant Engineer, Resident, Project, Plant, Office, Design, Process, Research,Chief Inspector, Assistant Professor.Education. Bachelor's Degree in engineering from an ABET accredited curriculum, or equivalent

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afshin Goharzadeh, The Petroleum Institute; Arman Molki, The Petroleum Institute; Michael Ohadi, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1293: A PROPOSED PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV) SYSTEMFOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES IN A MODERN MECHANICALENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE LABORATORY PROGRAMAfshin Goharzadeh, The Petroleum Institute AFSHIN GOHARZADEH, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the petroleum Institute. An expert in experimental fluid mechanics, Dr. Goharzadeh obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Le Havre in France (2001). After his Ph.D. he joined the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen (Germany) as scientific researcher. He characterized experimentally the flow at water-sediment interface. Using the Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Refractive Index

Conference Session

Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, National Science Foundation and Colorado School of Mines; Michelene Chi, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Nelson, University of Colorado; Monica Geist, University of Northern Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of the participants had completed at leastone course in thermal or transport sciences (e.g. heat transfer, fluid mechanics,thermodynamics).The new question set was administered to 29 chemical engineering seniors, all of whomhad completed courses in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics (2 courses),mass transfer, and an integrated transport phenomena course. These students alsoanswered 3 heat transfer questions from the TTCI (Meltice, Carpet, Hotplate) to comparetheir performance with the TTCI beta test results. Page 11.933.6Results and AnalysisIn this section, we report findings from the study using 29 chemical engineering seniors.So that

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; David Quick; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

focusing on innovation and leadership and solving unknownproblems.Educating engineers as creative professionals is a career long process of growth and furtherprofessional development including the development of intrinsic creative and innovativepotential for leadership in engineering practice. This process extends beyond entry levelundergraduate education to the highest levels of engineering leadership within the practicingprofession. Professional education at this level requires an integrative combination of self-directed learning, experiential learning, and advanced professional engineering studies combinedwith real-world experience in creative engineering practice.The Task Force believes that the development of the professional engineer in

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; David Quick; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

government all comingtogether to advance engineering education for the practice of engineering in the national interest.This paper describes the critical innovation skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experiencefactor that is required for mid - career development of engineers for effective engineeringleadership of continuous technology development and innovation in industry at the technicalprogram management level. It describes the framework and an integrative educational approachconcurrent with engineering practice leading to the professional Doctor of Engineering forresponsible engineering leadership of systematic technology development and innovation.2. Professional Education for Engineers –The New Challenge for Industrial InnovationWhile the

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pam Newberry, Project Lead The Way; T. Richard Grimsley, Project Lead The Way; John Hansen, The University of Texas-Tyler; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technology education and mathematics for ten years. During that time, she was an Albert Einstein Fellow in 1996 and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching in 1994. Pam holds a BS in Education and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Address: 177 Stone Meadow Lane, Wytheville, VA 24382; Telephone: (276) 228-6502; Fax: (276) 228-6503; E-mail: pampltw@earthlink.netT. Richard Grimsley, Project Lead The Way T. Richard Grimsley is the Associate Vice President for Project Lead The Way®. PLTW is a non-profit organization that provides pre-engineering curricula for schools in 45 states and the District of Columbia

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teaching Award (2004), and both the CECS Excellence in Service (2004) and Excellence in Teaching (2002) awards at Wright State University.Richard Mercer, Wright State University RICHARD E. MERCER is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington in 1980. Professor Mercer is active in curriculum reform, and has led an NSF supported effort to integrate Mathematica laboratory sessions into the freshman calculus sequence at Wright State University.Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University KULDIP S. RATTAN is a Professor in the

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of 0.726 problems to which DET can be appliedMy motivation for teaching science is to promote an understanding of 0.672 how DET affects societyI am interested in learning more about DET through in-service 0.665I would like to be able to teach students to understand the process of 0.659 communicating technical informationMy motivation for teaching science is to prepare young people for the 0.652 world of workMy motivation for teaching science is to promote an enjoyment of 0.599 learningI believe DET should be integrated into the K-12 curriculum 0.592I am interested in learning more about DET though workshops 0.591I am

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenshen Pong; Tim Le, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Laboratoryfor the School Preview and Summer Program for High School Students. The equipment willbecome an important part of our outreach events and summer program for promising high schoolstudents from backgrounds underrepresented in the engineering profession.Reference:1. SFSU Civil Engineering Curriculum Mission Statements, Internal Report by School of Engineering, San Francisco State University (2003).2. Sabatini, D.A., Teaching and Research Synergism: the Undergraduate Research Experience, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 123, No.3, 98-102 (July 1997).3. Jenkins, S. R., Pocock, J.B., Zuraski, P.D., Meade, R.B., Mitchell, Z.W. and Farrington, J.J., Capstone Course in an Integrated

Conference Session

Innovative Lower Division Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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Two Year College Division

College of Technology (COT) is a seamless pathway program in technologyand engineering between all 12 Community Colleges and six four-year institutions.Students can complete either an A.S. degree in Technological Studies or an A.S. inengineering science. The infrastructure of the program allows flexibility of thecurriculum such that the programs can respond to industry needs with specific optionsand implement the new curriculum within 3 months. In addition, there is a statewideCOT site coordinators council that includes faculty and administrative representativefrom all of the institutions of higher education, secondary partners and business andindustry liaisons. This COT Council has been instrumental for the systemic integrationof the COT at the

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, Page 11.3.10Proceedings of the 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.15 Liz Kisenwether and Jack Matson, Launching An Undergraduate Engineering Entrepreneurship Program,Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec. (2002)16 T.W.Simpson, D.J.Medeiros, S.Joshi, A.Lehtihet, R.A.Wysk, G.R.Pierce and T.A.Litzinger, IME Inc.- A NewCourse for Integrating Design, Manufacturing and Production into the Engineering Curriculum, InternationalJournal of Engineering Education, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2004, pp.17 Thomas Litzinger, Martin Trethewey, John Gardner, Integrated Design, Experimentation, Analysis and Life Skills(IDEALS) Courses, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM

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Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

problem-solving skills and proficiency in the use of techniques andtools that implement these skills.3. Develop design skills and integrate design throughout the curriculum.4. Develop proficiency in written, oral, and graphic communication.5. Introduce and develop an appreciation for the arts, humanities, and social sciences.6. Promote engineering ethics, personal integrity and responsibility, and professionalism.7. Develop teamwork and leadership skills.8. Instill a commitment to lifelong learning.The aerospace engineering program is accredited under the EC 2000 criteria by the EngineeringAccreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.The crux of changes to this long-standing program of aerospace engineering

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Denis Enderle, University of Connecticut

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Biomedical

/dental schoolrequirements of one year of biology and organic chemistry in our curriculum. An additionalcourse in the curriculum like genetics, molecular biology or biochemistry would be an asset.Many universities are requiring engineering programs to reduce the total number of credit hours,while increasing the number of general education credit requirements. In the past year at theUniversity of Connecticut (UConn), we were forced to reduce the number of semester credithours in BME from 133 to 127 . This has caused us to rethink our curriculum and to optimizeour course offerings.Another consideration in a BME curriculum is ABET, the organization that accredits allengineering programs. ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000 allows programs to define

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

schools with the flexibility to adopt either an engineeringcurriculum or integrate selected curriculum materials into other subject areas such as science.The incorporation of engineering in technology education curricula focuses on existing or Page 11.288.3planned pre-college engineering and technology programs. These programs provide a strongmechanism for incorporating cohesive, level-appropriate engineering experiences for K-12students. Typically, students enrolled in these programs are more interested in engineering andtechnology than their peers, and are strong candidates to study engineering as undergraduates.Incorporating engineering and

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Clemson University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

prepare them to develop curriculum development in physics,engineering and math with the goal of increasing interest in STEM disciplines as well thedevelopment of curriculum that integrates science, technology and engineering topics with math,reading and writing.15In-service teacher development extends the reach of engineering colleges into classroomsengineering faculty and students do not visit directly. Michigan Tech offered an introduction toengineering workshop for in-service teachers that allowed them to participate in engineering Page 11.644.3explorations in civil, environmental, chemical, computer, electrical, mechanical, materials,geological

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College; Ida Ngambeki, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Engineering Ethics

pursue Page 11.1287.11new ideas that emerge from the integration of personal experience, technical content, andconcepts in ethics.References 1. Mattei, N.J. Is covering ethics in an analysis class effective? ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2005, p 9069-9079. 2. Dyrud, M.A. Four reasons for including an ethics component in engineering classes. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2003 p 2317-2322. 3. Dyrud, M.A. Training faculty for ethics across the curriculum. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2000, p 6409-6415. 4. Riley, D., Ellis, G., and Howe, S. “’To Move People from Apathy’: A multi-perspective approach to ethics across the

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Important to Engineering Management USMA is not the only university in which the Engineering Management major is run by aSystems Engineering (SE) department. SE is a central theme in several of the top undergraduateprograms in Engineering Management. Three other undergraduate ABET accredited EMprograms (University of Arizona, University to Missouri at Rolla and Stevens Institute ofTechnology) are integrated with departments that have large SE or Industrial Engineeringprograms.4 Many other non-ABET accredited EM or hybrids of EM programs co-exist in SEdepartments. This phenomenon also occurs at the graduate level at many universities andhappens by design. This strongly indicates that an understanding of SE principles is critical tothe success

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Vincent Childress, North Carolina A&T; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Craig Rhodes, North Carolina A&T

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

suffered from a lack of well designed, standards-based curriculum. Merrillstated that “An engineering thrust may create a clearer case why technology education shouldexist in the public schools.”2 There exists, however, a major stereotype that has to be overcome ifengineering concepts are to be integrated into technology education, and for engineers to take Page 11.762.2technology education seriously. Greg Pearson, a Program Officer with the National Academy ofEngineering, made the following statement regarding common perceptions of the two fields ofstudy. “Let’s face it, engineering is filled with elitists, and technology education is for blue

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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International

global competencywill depend both upon their integration across the full range of the engineering curriculum,including in engineering science courses, and upon widespread acceptance among engineeringeducators of the importance of giving as much weight and time to problem definition as iscurrently given to problem solving.”Introduction We begin with a short quiz on problem definition in engineering. The quiz consists of twoquestions, one on international differences in what is emphasized in engineering work and oneon international differences in what counts as engineers. All are true. The first is an example from World War II. During the summer of 1940, British freighterswere sinking, victims of Nazi U-boats. Doubting its survival, the U.K

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of a problem or project – students learn, and then apply, science content andskills that are relevant to their project or problem solution. The technique improves studentlearning and retention of science concepts, largely because students learn more when they areinterested and actively involved in what they are doing, and when they understand the relevanceof the material to their own lives.[8, 11]Recent developments in curriculum reform have also promoted the integration of science,technology, and mathematics in an effort to deviate from the traditional, compartmentalizedsubject structure and move toward learning situations that mimic the real world.[12-14] Thesereform movements promote the teaching and learning of science process skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

addition, engineers with better communication and teamworkskills are needed to ensure U.S. competitiveness in today’s global economy.In order to address this competency gap a team of faculty members (consisting of faculty fromboth ME and EE departments) started work in the late nineties to integrate Mechatronics-basedactivities at all levels of the undergraduate engineering curriculum at University of DetroitMercy. These included a new senior level technical elective in introductory mechatronics alongwith mechatronic activities in freshman design and in the introductory electrical engineeringcourse for non-EE majors. This effort has been very successful, and now mechatronics activitiestake place in many pre-college programs that the school

Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglass Klein, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

implications of those technologies for theworld? This paper addresses the concept of technological literacy for 21st centuryundergraduates and proposes an agenda for a new liberal arts curriculum which we call“Converging Technologies” which emphasizes both “technology” and “literacy.”I. Introduction It is high time to address and bridge the historical gulf between engineering and theliberal arts in higher education. Both engineering and liberal arts educators should not merelyview this as an interesting sideline, but rather as an educational imperative in order to introducestudents to the new interdisciplinary ideas that are changing the landscape of global society, andto “minimize the threat of terminal incompetence.”1 How long can we produce

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to be different from business ownership, entrepreneurs seem to differfrom non-entrepreneurs in some of the ethical pressures they face. Given these reasons, wehave developed an ethics curriculum more geared to entrepreneurial students’ future needs.We base our curriculum on the Seven Layers of Integrity™ framework which has a practicalapplication underpinned by the theories of Cognitive Moral Development, Integrative SocialContracts, Moral Imagination and Bounded Moral Rationality. This curriculum will enableeducators to facilitate the exploration of ethics by their entrepreneurial students. No longerignored entirely or taught as an afterthought, such ethics training can give these futureentrepreneurs tools needed for ethical

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Meyer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

wide variety of peripherals integrated into a contemporary microcontroller (j,k).Subsequent curriculum changes (specifically, increased emphasis on embedded system design)prompted revision of the course learning outcomes as follows: 1. an ability to write programs for a computer in assembly language (e,k); 2. an ability to interface a microprocessor to various devices (a,c,e,k); 3. an ability to effectively utilize the wide variety of peripherals integrated into a contemporary microcontroller (j,k); and 4. an ability to design and implement a microcontroller-based system (a,c,e,j,k).Currently, in-lab “practical exams” are used to assess outcomes 1-3, while an embedded systemdesign “mini-project” (implementation of a turn-key

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation to Improve Student Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

optional or something done at the end of the designprocess, since this course is usually both optional and at the end of their undergraduateeducation. A better method is to introduce these concepts throughout the curriculum [4] which helpsto emphasize that engineers should be using green engineering and sustainability throughout thedesign process. Implementing this integrated approach, in which students see green engineeringthroughout their four years of engineering shows the importance of this subject to the students Page 11.150.3and reinforces the need to employ this subject in industry. Both of these methods of educationshould be