Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

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Design in Engineering Education

design instructors indicates that most use a collectionof custom-designed, single-purpose assessments that are not well-integrated with one anotherand are largely untested for reliability or validity11. This led participants in the TransferableIntegrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium to shift their focus fromarticulation between 2-year and 4-year programs12,13,14 to capstone course assessment15,16. In2004, TIDEE received a National Science Foundation grant to develop transferable assessmentfor capstone engineering design courses. This research project responds to the need for a deeper,richer, more rigorous definition of the knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes that are important toengineering practice.The assessment framework

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-6: A WEEKEND STEM ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR TRIBAL HIGHSCHOOL TEACHERS AND STUDENTSG. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University G. Padmanabhan Dr. G. Padmanabhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of North Dakota water Resources Research Institute. He served as the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department from 1999 through 2003. Dr. Padmanabhan has more than twenty five years of teaching experience in engineering. He has attended several engineering education conferences. He has served not only as PI or CoPI but also as instructor of several educational outreach projects to motivate women and Native

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Schmidt, Bismarck State College; William Wahlman, Bismarck State College; Zachery Allen, Bismarck State College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

system itself is unique,it is just a piece of a larger project. One of the main focuses of the WebLab project, which isfunded by a National Science Foundation Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)grant (Award #DUE-0340927), is to help establish remote laboratories as a successful academictool. This challenge is two fold. The first hurdle is to validate that student learning can occurthrough remote means. The second hurdle is to inform the rest of the academic community thatremote laboratories are viable, cost-effective, and genuinely promote student learning.The first hurdle can be addressed through high quality design, not only of the system andlaboratory, but also through the use of a comprehensive system with good instructional

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ben Garbers, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Kasi Periyasamy, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

process and is error-prone. This paper describes an interactive tooldeveloped at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse that assists students preparing an SRSdocument based on the IEEE standard 83019981. The tool provides an easy-to-use interface andthe ability to create, edit, load and save SRS documents. In addition, it evaluates therequirements document based on criteria published by the Software Metrics program at theSoftware Assurance Technology Center, NASA2. A function-point metrics analyzer is also builtinto the tool so that the efforts required to complete the project specified in the document can beevaluated.IntroductionA project-oriented course in Software Engineering generally requires the students to analyze therequirements for the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Myszka, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

their ownabilities. In most cases, success appeared to please the students and provide the internalmotivation to achieve a correct solution.Example ProjectsA few example projects are given below. The description given to the students alwaysincludes the same format, which includes background, underlying theory and the actualassignment. Also given below is a sample submission for each assignment. I. Slider-Crank Mechanism A. Description Given to the Students Background: Many machines, most notably compressors, operate by imposing movement on a piston, in a linear manner, by rotating a crank. This common machine element is called a slider-crank mechanism and shown in figure 1. Mechanical design engineers often

Conference Session

Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Materials

years, our facultyhas been adding the criteria of societal and environmental considerations with the projects. Evenwith very little lecturing on sustainability principles, students are easily able to incorporate theABET design criteria into their project. While the treatment may be only on the surface, the factthat future engineers have enough awareness to give consideration to environmental and societalfactors is tremendous. Deeper levels of analysis are required for the higher level materialsengineering courses. For instance, senior projects require the analysis of environmental impactsdue to their project design or topic.ACTION: doing engineering through a freshmen service learning projectAn excellent technique to create motivation for the

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hassouneh Al-Matar, Oklahoma State University; Afshin Ghajar, Oklahoma State University; Ronald Delahoussaye, Oklahoma State University

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Computers in Education

been particularly important in appreciating thepower of numerical methods in solving engineering heat transfer problems. The softwaredescribed in this paper is based on the finite difference method and can handle three types ofboundary conditions (constant temperature, specified heat flux, and convection) and two types ofnumerical schemes (implicit and explicit). The user has access to a built in material propertieslibrary for selection of realistic material properties. The program provides tabular output,graphical output, and shaded and animated temperature plots for steady and transient cases. Theprimary goal of this project was to develop MS Windows based software that is effective forteaching; easy to use, maintain and update; and freely

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salim Haidar, Grand Valley State University; Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

only free vibrations and avoids the complex conjugateeigenvalues involved. On the other hand, Meirovitch presents a forced vibration formulation ofthe suspension model, however, avoids the solution part all together. None of these textbooksmentioned above, present derivation and formulation for base excitation of the suspension Page 11.213.2system as it is presented in our paper. That is a 2-degree of freedom model. Besides, in derivingthe equations of motion for their problems, all textbook authors mentioned above use Newtonianmechanics, whereas in our classroom project we introduced our students to analytical approachof Lagrange’s equations

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Brophy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

selected by the interviewer. An advantage of this technique is thatthe interviewer is also familiar with the context of the interview. Another advantage of thistechnique is that the case study activates parts of the interviewee’s memory that might notnormally be accessible. Because the interviewer provides the case study, the data from allinterviewees is limited to the same context: a single project. Therefore, valuable data might bemissed because it does not pertain to the project. Another risk is that the interviewer provides acase study that is not sufficiently realistic. If that happens, the interviewee might not be able toproduce data, or the data might be invalid (Cordingley, 1989, p. 119).The critical incident technique was developed by

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University; Braden Katterheinrich, Valparaiso University

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International

had experience in recent years in drilling water wells in a remotevillage in northern Kenya using a simple drilling system. This work was done as part ofan on-going project of the Engineers Without Borders chapter at Valparaiso University.While their experiences have been limited to Sub-Saharan Africa, the problems that theyencountered and the solutions they developed are typical of this sort of endeavorregardless of location.This paper will first briefly outline the need for drilling wells in developing nations andthen discuss the basics of well drilling. Next the work performed during the authors’project is outlined. A list of recommendations for similar endeavors will be presented.Finally, the educational impact experienced by students

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Stuart, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

methods, goals and accomplishments that have beenachieved through liaison work between industry and engineering education at the OregonInstitute of Technology. This project shows clearly the role of industry and how mutual benefitscan be continually achieved for both the industries involved and the engineering educationalcommunity. The project highlights include: • Discussions on the OIT satellite campus at Boeing • The many positive benefits of an Industry Advisory Board • Discussions of how to develop industrial connections and relationships • Illustrations of how to integrate and streamline the process of articulation work at the community colleges and making connections with local industries • Examples of how to achieve

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

as the responsible staff officer for the Committee on Assessing Technological Literacy, a joint project of the NAE and the National Research Council. He also oversaw an earlier project that resulted in publication of the report, Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology.David Ollis, North Carolina State University David Ollis is Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University. He has created a device dissection laboratory with NSF support, and used it to instruct new engineering students, collaborate with other departments in design, technology education, and foreign language instruction, and develop a course in

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College; Sunil Paleru, Lamar University

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Civil Engineering

2006-792: SATISFYING FUTURE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE OUTCOMESEnno Koehn, Lamar University Enno "Ed" Koehn is Professor of Civil Engineering at Lamar University. Professor Koehn has served as the principal investigator for several research and development projects dealing with various aspects of construction and has experience in the design, scheduling and estimating of facilities. In addition, he has authored/co-authored over 200 papers in engineering education and the general areas of civil and construction engineering. Dr. Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, Chi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi and is a registered Professional Engineer and surveyor.James Koehn, Chadron

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Rutkowski, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Computers in Education

place ofemployment, position, name of supervisor, address, dates of employment, job description andaccomplishments. Students can tailor these elements to their own particular educational andprofessional experiences. Faculty may also use certain elements, such as awards, grants, andpublications, to describe their own achievements. Faculty members can use the elements inPortfolio for developing their own tenure package. The categories also contain specific elements but give flexibility for the types ofinformation that may be entered. For example, educational documentation is an element used forentering artifacts such as class project reports, presentations, etc. For these elements, the usercan upload files or provide URL links to other

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Pamela McCauley-Bell, University of Central Florida; Edward Hampton, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

and management topics in Engineering Education, curriculum reform isneeded to adequately prepare students. Thus, this paper discusses the development of a minorprogram of specialty in Engineering Leadership & Management that can be pursued by allengineering and computer science majors while completing a BS degree.Keywords: Leadership, Management, Engineering Education, and Curriculum Reform.IntroductionEngineering education in the United States is currently undergoing a crucial period of awarenesswhere the necessity to reform academic program curriculum is becoming more evident in orderto maintain technological leadership and competitiveness of the US in a global economy. Thefollowing table shows the "Occupational employment projections

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Bazil, Purdue University; Aaron Kyle, Purdue University; Suneera Bhatia, Purdue University; Brain Moerdyk, Purdue University; Thomas Talavage, Purdue University; Andrew Brightman, Purdue University; Allison Sieving, Purdue University; George Graber, Purdue University; Ann Rundell, Purdue University

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Biomedical

laboratory componentculminates in a two-week design project to solve a bioinstrumentation problem. Studentsemploy a structured design process in problem formulation, brainstorming, research, designevaluation, and implementation. After the initial offering of this course, students learned basiccircuit theory and fundamental measurement principles. These laboratory exercises develop thestudents' understanding of bioelectric phenomena and bioinstrumentation, and their ability toaccurately measure physiological events.1 Introduction Many Biomedical Engineering (BME) programs have implemented a bioinstrumentationcourse requiring prior linear circuit theory instruction. Such programs often evolved fromElectrical Engineering (EE) classes that had been

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

agraduate of CLOIP), while the students served as interns in the program. Consistent with theoriginal course learning objectives, the primary learning objective of the CLOIP was to ensurethat the interns gained experience on how to design and develop training programs using a socio-technical system designed perspective. The use of role play allowed the students to participate ina real-world learning environment.To enhance the role play scenarios and facilitate subsequent course assignments, an executivefrom industry served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ACME, Inc., another fictitiouscompany. The CEO was responsible for assigning the teams semester projects and serving as acourse resource. The course was organized to provide student

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firouzeh Keshmiri, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ann Bloor, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mary Jo Wellenstein, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

Education, 2006 Wisconsin and Hawaii WIT Partnership to Encourage Women and Girls in Rural Areas to Pursue STEM FieldsAbstractXXX in Milwaukee, Wis., is spearheading a new partnership with Hawaii’s XXXX toencourage women and girls living in rural areas to enter into science, technology, engineeringand math (STEM) fields. The partnership’s mission is to: • Ensure that women and girls, especially in rural areas, have more opportunities to be engaged in STEM careers. • Develop program models that can be adopted in the future by local organizations and institutionsThe Wisconsin and Hawaii Women in Technology projects are funded in part by the CooperativeState Research, Education, and Extension Service of the

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

at McKinsey & Company assisting project teams in defining and conceptualizing client studies and communications. While employed at Halliburton, she developed a training program for engineering project managers.Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University Lisa Getzler-Linn is the Associate Director of Lehigh University’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) program, the multi-phased program in which business, engineering and arts & sciences students work together to produce and market new products, as well as Director of Academic Projects for IPD and the Integrated Business & Engineering honors program. Currently she is leading the initiative to establish both an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Joan Kwako, University of Wisconsin-Madison; John Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Deanna Byrnes, Lawrence University; Thatcher Root, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Clif Conrad, University of Wisconsin-Madison

. Page 11.1347.2 1Authentic AssessmentAuthentic projects involve specific content and human interactions that promotedisciplined inquiry, also known as substantive conversation. In substantive conversation,each person is trying to express a point of view, to understand why others have theirviewpoints, or to arrive at a solution to a problem that neither has previously is the mostdifficult. Four conditions are essential for authentic professional development:collaboration, access to tools and resources, discretion and ownership, and flexible use oftime. According to Newmann, “substantive conversation is the key. It provides thecrucible for practice, for

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre

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Engineering Libraries

and saying “Fellas’ I am the truth, I’ll tell you what you are doingright and I’ll tell you when you’re making mistakes. Every team member knows right up frontthat not only will I tell them the truth-but I will do so as soon as possible,”(Krzyzewski &Phillips, 2000, p.75). This straight forward approach eliminates possible excuses or negativeadjustments. This can be is a valuable approach, because now your staff members know exactlywhere you stand-always with the truth. As simple as it may seem, the problem may fall back onthe manager (librarian or coach) because it only works as long as they are consistent and fair.The test occurs when a project sequence (library) or game plan (coach) goes wrong (assumingthe task is executed correctly

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Women in Engineering

2006-1471: PARTNERS IN ENGINEERING: OUTREACH EFFORTS PROVIDEHOLISTIC ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLSJan DeWaters, Clarkson University Jan DeWaters, PE is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Environmental Science and Engineering at Clarkson University, with a focus on energy and environmental education. She has several years of experience as the curriculum coordinator for Clarkson's Project-Based Learning Partnership Program and is director of the Partners in Engineering Program that provides mentoring and engineering activities for eighth grade girls.Susan Powers, Clarkson University Susan E. Powers, PhD, PE is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Associate Dean in

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Garay, Vanderbilt University; Aubrey McKelvey, Vanderbilt University; Patrick Gonzales, Vanderbilt University; Alex Nguyen, University of Rochester

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-745: INEXPENSIVE, ACTIVE LEARNING OF X-RAY AND ULTRASOUNDIMAGING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS CLASSROOMStacy Klein, Vanderbilt University Dr. Klein teaches high school physics courses at University School of Nashville, TN, and teaches undergraduate courses in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. An active investigator in the development of new high school and undergraduate curricula through VaNTH, she is co-PI of the NSF-sponsored project, “Biomedical Imaging Education: Safe, Inexpensive Hands-On Learning”.Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University Prof. Paschal teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in biomedical engineering and conducts research in magnetic resonance

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

creating a supportive and cohesiveenvironment for the Hypatia women. The women are block scheduled for their first semester atVirginia Tech, meaning that they will be among at least ten other Hypatia students in all of theirengineering, science and math related classes (chemistry and chemistry laboratory, calculus,engineering education, and linear algebra). Placing the students in classes together, creates amore comfortable environment by reducing the sense of isolation for the women and naturallyfacilitates the formation of study groups and collaboration on group projects and reports.Another feature of the program that helps to create a supportive environment along withproviding personal and professional development for the students is team

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Industrial Engineering

three steps used were to perform SIPOC (supplier, inputs,process, outputs, and customers) to flow chart the process, generate data on the output of theprocess and quality problems, and analyze the data and provide quality improvementrecommendations.The objective of the project on the University Enterprise Partnership for Total QualityManagement (UE-TQM-P)7 was to fill the gap between the demands of business and theknowledge, skills and attitudes about TQM being provided to students by institutes of highereducation. The study identified eight important quality concepts and skill categories: customerorientation; practical knowledge and application of TQM tools; fact based decision making; anunderstanding of work as a process; team orientation

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Korinne Caruso, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

students inscience, engineering, and technology by introducing them to college life, involve them inhands-on activities, and offering them network opportunities. Our goal is to make theactivities of this project an integral part of the recruiting and training efforts and expandthem to reach a larger geographical area and a higher number of underrepresentedstudents. This paper will describe the program and present some results.IntroductionStrategies employed to recruit and retain students in engineering and engineeringtechnology programs include hands-on approaches [1, 2], field trips [3, 4], summerworkshops [5], and software training programs [6]. This paper discusses a project thatuses all these methods to attract underrepresented students to

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University

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Environmental Engineering

2006-144: STUDENT GENERATED REAL-TIME NOTE DEVELOPMENT ANDWEB PAGE ARCHIVALBruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University Bruce W. Berdanier is currently an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the TJ Smull College of Engineering at Ohio Northern University. In this position, Dr. Berdanier is responsible for teaching all of the courses in Environmental Science, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Solid and Hazardous Waste, Surface Water Quality and Project Management that are included in the Civil Engineering curriculum. Additionally, Dr. Berdanier directs all teaching and research activities in the Environmental Engineering laboratory. Dr. Berdanier also conducts research in surface

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

most important prevalent mechanism to examinethe quality of teaching and effectiveness of professors. A research study was conducted in SPSUConstruction Department to examine the teaching effectiveness. The spatial transferability of thefaculty evaluation mechanisms, without regard to spatial socio-cultural differences, is discussedin this study based on the collected data and following a thorough literature review. It was foundthat the ratings of a large percentage of construction students were positively influenced whentheir exam grades were inflated; the entire course material was not covered during the semester;a project was not assigned to the course; and students were allowed to arrive late as well asabsent from class from time to time

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

participants in theprocess, not passive listeners.”3 In this paper I describe a project to significantly improve student learning in my one semestersophomore course in modern physics for engineers by introducing technologies to enhance activelearning. None of the technologies is new; I only am describing my own experiences with aparticular combination, a classroom response system in conjunction with a tablet computer, acombination which is also not new. The Physics Education Research Group, University ofMassachusetts, web site provides many links to information about the technologies used here asdeveloped by themselves and a number of universities and companies4-6. Another excellentsource, emphasizing their own product, Classroom Presenter, is the

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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International

Western Carolina University. Dr. Burbank is active with IEEE, SME, and TAC of ABET, and strives to bring practical engineering activities into the classroom. His current project is the development of a photonics program within the Electrical Engineering curriculum. Page 11.626.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Exporting America: First Technologies, Then Engineering Management Skills, What’s Next? - A Case Study from an Engineering Education PerspectiveAbstractThis paper presents the results of our research on the process of exportation from anengineering education