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ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

capabilities are required by the expanded list of application areas and their more stringent demands on knowledge and synthesis skills.d) Transfer fundamentals and knowledge to novel challenges. Graduates cannot acquire all of the data, information, ideas, etc. that they will require in careers that will span 40-50 years. Therefore, an increasing priority is attached to the ability of our graduates to learn and transfer their learning to innovative settings. Bruer21 describes learners who had quickly become competent in new areas as ‘intelligent novices.’These four outcomes were additions to the list of outcomes that the departments had formulatedfor their ABET visits. The project team prepared a memo to department faculty with theseoutcomes

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rick Covington, California State University-Northridge; G. Michael Barnes, California State University-Northridge

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Educational Research and Methods

Asynchronous Learning Networks, 4(1), 23-32 pp., 2000.2. Trueman, M. and Hartley, J., A comparison between the time-management skills and academic performance of mature and traditional-entry university students, Higher Education, 32(2), 199-215 pp., 1996.3. Felder, R.M., Felder, G.N., and Dietz, E.J., The Effects of Personality Type on Engineering Student Performance and Attitudes, Journal of Engineering Education, 91(1), 3–17 pp., 2002.4. Kember, D., Jamieson, Q.W., Pomfret, M., and Wong, E.T.T., Learning approaches, study time and academic performance, Higher Education, 29(3), 329-343 pp., 1995.5. Landis, R., Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, Discovery Press, 304 pp., 2000.6

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

examining the data and reasoning that led to a particular conclusion willincrease trust, openness, and learning, leading to better working relationships and betterdecisions. Good habits formed during work on student teams will be practiced in the long-termteamwork situations of an engineering career. Effective collaboration and consistent groupdecisions are more likely when each member of the team operates using the Mutual LearningModel. In the hypothetical examples, Mutual Learning behavior would have produced clearbenefits. If Joe had surfaced his fear that his teammates were not going to pull their weight at thefirst sign of trouble, he would not have to engage in the covert and deceitful behavior. If Sue had

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

responsibilities that interfere too much with classattendance). The inclusion of external commitments as possible predictors of persistence isparticularly important for transfer students and adult students in general, since this category oftenhas job and family responsibilities. External commitments can be incentives to seek a degree inhigher education (e.g., better career opportunities and higher salary to provide for dependents),but they can also form impediments (e.g., scheduling conflicts, lack of time for studying). Theinstitutional interactions in Tinto's model encompass students' academic achievements andlearning experiences and their interactions with faculty and peers, which in turn determine theextent to which they experience academic and social

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Scudder, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Stratton, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Sutherland, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

. Grand Average Response 4.06Analysis of MET Survey Results:In general, the results of the survey provided confirmation that the MET Program was wellpositioned to educate students appropriately to pursue careers in the fields indicated in thedemographic questions asked in the survey. In particular, the relative importance ofcommunication, manufacturing processes, data analysis, mechanics, engineering graphics,materials, etc. reaffirmed that the emphases of the MET Program were correct. Furthermore,none of the results conflict with either ABET Criteria 2 or Criteria 8, but instead pointed to areaswith improvement potential.The most notable potential improvement is in the project management area. Even though facultydid address some project

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

of the curriculum tostimulate learning through independent thinking, communication with peers, and interaction withthe instructor. Voluntary peer tutorials were held each week by outstanding juniors in chemicalengineering who took the course the previous year. Also, short writing assignments were used toprovide the instructor with background information about each student, provide midtermfeedback to the instructor, and to stimulate student thinking about certain tangential aspects ofthe course; like careers, history and famous women in engineering.For the blended instruction course (experimental group), new elements included the following:1) course was set up under university-licensed software as a web-based course using WebCT(even though it

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

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Engineering Technology

2006-496: USING ROCKETS TO UNIFY TOPICS IN ANELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGYINSTRUMENTATION COURSEDale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks Dale H. Litwhiler is an Assistant Professor at Penn State Berks in Reading, PA. He received his B.S. from Penn State University, his M.S. from Syracuse University and his Ph.D. from Lehigh University all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he worked with IBM Federal Systems and Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems as a hardware and software design engineer. Page 11.1408.1© American Society for

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IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

rank your knowledge of legal issues related to intellectual property ownership? 0% Expert 0% Very Knowledgeable 89% Somewhat Knowledgeable 11% Not At All Knowledgeable What category best describes you? 100% University Undergraduate Student Gender: 78% Male 17% Female 5% Do not wish to respond Ethnicity: 5% Indian 95% White/CaucasianThese students were seniors in electrical engineering, but they felt rather unknowledgeable aboutintellectual property topics that will affect them throughout their careers. The survey was nothanded out a second time after the IP lectures were complete.Table 6 tabulates the responses to the various

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Alba-Flores, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, University of Minnesota-Duluth

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Electrical and Computer

Page 11.934.11IGVC, and to fulfill the senior design requirement for the students in our department. Theparticipation in this project gave students real life team work experience. They experienced theapplication of theoretical information in different areas of knowledge to solve real life problems.This experience could later be used in their professional careers to solve similar problems innumerous other applications. The potential of real-world autonomous devices being able tocontrol themselves is growing, and in some cases is very desirable.Throughout the process of designing and building the autonomous vehicles, the teamsencountered many problems and made some mistakes of their own and they had to be realizedand acted on accordingly. The

Conference Session

Questions of Identity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Liberal Education

broad reflection, personally satisfying but not professionally promoted bythe various external structures (departments, colleges, professional societies, colleagues).Second, the age of the instructor fascinates. Young faculty are not typically present inthis activity, for evident reasons: they are starting their research careers and both theirresearch and teaching must be easily judged and rewarded by their engineeringcolleagues, almost none of whom teach technology literacy. Second, the outlook of theyounger instructor is in an earlier, outbound phase of exploration and conquest ofresearch (the stated reason, according to Foster), whereas the senior faculty are morelikely to have completed sufficient “stated reason” voyages to reflect more

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, U.S. Military Academy; Daisie Boettner, U.S. Military Academy; Michael Rounds, U.S. Military Academy; Phil Root, U.S. Military Academy; Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

integrates the topics in the course should be used. Such a text wouldnot feature separate Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics sections. It would also address thetopics on a more fundamental level and address the fact that both disciplines are essentiallydifferent ways to analyze energy and losses. Furthermore, a custom text that utilized a casestudy approach to developing the theory or the actual case studies used for ME311 would greatlyenhance the course.Another recommendation is to continue to use the Fundamentals of Engineering ReferenceManual as a supplemental text for the course. The opportunity to view and use this referencetool early in students’ academic careers is an excellent way to familiarize them with the layout

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

. Many were reduced to the role of a “technician”, and some have abandoned Page 11.1257.7engineering, all together, to pursue other careers. This is attributable, to some extent, to colleges’failure in creating an educational experience conducive for the development of the characteristicsmentioned above. The author(9)reported the outcome of a survey of engineering employers in theRegion, that summarized frequently cited perceptions of the weaknesses of recent engineeringgraduates: lack of design capability and creativity, deficiency in thinking critically andindependently, narrow view of engineering and related disciplines, weak communication

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Classroom

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

traditional classroomteaching and what really takes place in the real world.(9) They give students experience withsituations and challenges they do not usually come across during traditional classroom activities.In any of their form, thoughtfully planned and well prepared cases provide: • Relevance. Cases depict real situations at a particular location and point in time. As such, they tend to provide an insight into the decision-making process. Students see the relevance of the case to their future careers. • Motivation. Cases can provide incentives for students to immerse themselves in real engineering tasks. Also, assuming the role of a practicing engineer can be challenging and stimulating. • Interaction

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines; Craig Van Kirk, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

). Page 11.432.9 Table 1 Petroleum Engineering Program Assessment Objectives1. Broad Education, based on (3a,c,g,h,i,j,k) 1.1. CSM systems and design courses (3a,c,h,k) 1.2. Effective communication (3g) 1.3. Skills necessary for diverse and international professional career (3j), CSM** 1.4. Recognition of need and ability to engage in lifelong learning (3i,j)2. Solid foundation in engineering principles and practices, based on (3a,h) 2.1. Society of Petroleum Engineers’ ABET Program Criteria (3a) 2.2. Strong petroleum engineering faculty with diverse backgrounds (CSM**, PE***) 2.3. Technical seminars, field trips, and field sessions (3h) (CSM**, PE***)3. Applied

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Catherine Bale, U.S. Military Academy

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Computers in Education

provide some anecdotes to give the flavor of unexpected challenges thatinevitably arose during contest operations and how the contest’s design allowed them to be met.The overarching goal of the WPBDC is to increase awareness of and interest in engineeringamong a large, diverse population of middle and high school students. As described in our earlierwork,2 its motivation is to attract young students of the United States to careers in engineering,math, and science in order to mitigate projected national shortfalls in the future. This leads tomore specific goals, which are that each contestant should: • Learn about engineering through a realistic, hands-on problem-solving experience. • Learn about the engineering design process—the application

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1999 and 2001, respectively. In 2001 she joined the Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Department at Rice University, where she is currently an Assistant Professor. Her current research interests include nanorobotic manipulation with haptic (force) feedback, haptic feedback and shared control between robotic devices and their human users for training and rehabilitation in virtual environments, control methodologies for improved performance of haptic interfaces and teleoperator systems, and educational haptics. She is a 2004 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator and the recipient of the NSF CAREER

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Long, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

Responsive As in MR above and presents multiple examples of coursework and clear evidence of applications to the discipline, job, hobby, or later courses HR Highly As in R above and presents many detailed examples Responsive of coursework and applications in career or other activitiesIt has been observed from the experience of implementing this grading system that there appearsto be a tendency for students to be satisfied with MR grade. Furthermore, since MR is a passinggrade and being a qualitative in nature it does not affect the students’ grade point average.Therefore, they do not feel encouraged to exert more

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M.P. Sharma, University of Wyoming

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International

enrolled 14.The good news for departments seeking to maximize the number of U.S. citizens in their graduate programs is thatthe drop in foreign applications has been offset at many universities by rising demand from domestic students. AtDuke, for example, the number of domestic applications for graduate programs hit a 10-year high this year. It alsoexceeded the number of foreign applications for the first time since 2000. The University of Texas saw a similarflip-flop in the nationality of its graduate school applicants. "From my view, this is a very good thing," says LewSiegel, dean of Duke's grad school. "It means that more U.S. students are interested in STEM [science, technology,engineering, and mathematics] careers, and that's a trend we

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

. “Extensive research has shown that students learn best when theyperceive a clear need to know the material being taught”[19] being able to tie what is done in theclassroom to skills needed for future courses or better yet their future careers post college is a Page 11.319.10huge motivator to students.[20] If students believe that they really do need to know how to dosomething, they will tend to work harder at learning and do their best.[6, 21] - Don't focus on popularityThe author also learned that students will not necessarily like a new methodology or embrace it,even if they agree it is useful. Students resist change, and anything they perceive to

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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New Engineering Educators

multidisciplinary projects. Page 11.1086.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Research in the Undergraduate EnvironmentAbstractThe benefits of research experiences for undergraduates are significant. For many faculty, thesewere the experiences that convinced us to pursue further education and a career in academia.However, performing research at an undergraduate institution carries with it certain challenges.In traditional research institutions, doctoral students perform most of the research activities, ledby the faculty. These students have completed at least their undergraduate courses and can beexpected to remain

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University; Jane Moorhead, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

enrolled in the ESL class showed a 57 percent average improvement on thegrammar test.12 For continued support throughout the semester, TAs may work with technicalwriting tutors and possibly graduate students enrolled in English or technical writing programs.This collaboration benefits all involved, providing valuable experience to English studentsconsidering pursuing teaching or technical writing careers and possibly financial assistance forEnglish graduate students, who are chronically underfunded.Finally, quantitative penalties for mechanical/stylistic errors can prove problematic. Forexample, if a TA spots a misspelled word that reappears multiple times in a report, he or she may

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Waldorf, Cal Poly State University; Sema Alptekin, Cal Poly State University; Robert Bjurman, General Motors Global Engineering

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Manufacturing

hours after Bob received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology from California Polytechnical University, he began his career with General Motors in Southern California. Bob had many challenging assignments in the vehicle assembly side of the business on the factory floor in Industrial Engineering, Tooling, Production Supervision and Future Production Planning. His manufacturing expertise lead to assignments in vehicle design bringing real world production concerns and processes into the product engineering activity to design in quality and buildability. Bob’s manufacturing and engineering expertise were also applied during an assignment at Hughes Aircraft on

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Council of Sections

come.AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by a planning grant from the National Science Foundation,Division of Engineering Education and Centers, under program solicitation NSF-03-562,"Department Level Reform of Undergraduate Engineering Education," Grant Number EEC-0343214. This work has also been supported by the College of Engineering & ComputerScience and the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Wright State University. Page 11.1073.12Bibliography1. Adelman, Clifford, 1998, "Women and Men of the Engineering Path: A Model for Analyses of Undergraduate Careers," U.S. Department of Education Report, May, 1998.2. Pomalaza-Raez

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Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas Scambilis, Sinclair Community College; Jennifer Wise, Sinclair Community College

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Environmental Engineering

, Program Outcomes and the Assessment Methods must therefore be established and evaluated. These items are defined below: • Program Educational Objectives: Broad statements that describe career and professional accomplishments that the graduates are expected to achieve. • Program Outcomes: Narrow statements that describe what students are expected to know upon graduation. • Assessment: A method to identify, collect and prepare data to evaluate the achievement of the program objectives and outcomes. The assessment also considers how general education is applied and evaluated in the engineering courses. For example, how math is used in the engineering courses rather than how many math courses are required

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cari Bryant, University of Missouri-Rolla; Eric Pieper, University of Missouri-Rolla; Brandon Walther, University of Texas-Austin; Tolga Kurtoglu, University of Texas-Austin; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Daniel McAdams, University of Missouri-Rolla; Matthew Campbell, University of Texas-Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

2001. Dr. Campbell's research is focused on the area of computational design synthesis. Dr.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2001. Dr. Campbell's research is focused on the area of computational design synthesis. Dr. Campbell has been acknowledged with best paper awards at conferences sponsored by the ASME, the ASEE, and the Design Society. His research focuses on computational methods that aid the engineering designer earlier in the design process than traditional optimization would. To date, he has been awarded $1.57 million in research funding, including the CAREER award for research into a generic graph topology optimization method. This research represents a

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-1880: AN ACTIVE LEARNING FLUID MECHANICS COURSE BASED ONOUTCOMES ASSESSMENTIbrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University Dr. Ibrahim A. Olwi is an Associate Professor in the Aeronautical Engineering Department of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He received his MS in 1980 from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. in 1984 from Tulane University, New Orleans. He started his academic career 20 years ago and has been teaching Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics courses since then. He published numerous papers in applied aerodynamics and modeling of energy systems. However, his recent interests are focused on thinking based learning strategies and gifted education. He frequently

Conference Session

Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Joseph, Pace University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

foundationssuch as the Lemelson Foundation and the Kauffman Foundation. Within the last 20 years, thenumber of colleges and universities offering training in entrepreneurship grew from a few to over1500. Entrepreneurship education comes in a myriad of forms ranging from simply oneentrepreneurship course to many including interdisciplinary courses. Some interdisciplinaryvariations include entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial engineering, and entrepreneurship andtechnology-based new ventures. One of the reasons for the increasing rise in entrepreneurshipeducation is student demand. This education provides students with an entrepreneurial mindsetthat enables them to manage a career and/or a business. It provides students with the toolsneeded to pursue

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

Assistant Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. She received her M.S. in Counselor Education, Student Affairs Administration from Radford University and M.S. in Career and Technical Education and B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. Page 11.887.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Lessons Learned: Implementing a Large-Scale Peer Mentoring ProgramAbstractBeginning in 1992 with the creation 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

others in business careers. In addition, not allentrepreneurship students will have studied business and/or engineering ethics. As a new courseoffering, many institutions are offering Entrepreneurship with no prerequisite courses.Thus, special circumstances pertain to the entrepreneurship student: • With its extensive emphasis on opportunity, technology, and innovation, entrepreneurship differs somewhat from other business ownership or from non- entrepreneurial work within organizations. Page 11.1209.3 • Entrepreneurs face expectations that they will aggressively compete based on

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Thomas Waldmann, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

of year one engineering students withinthe Manufacturing and Operations Engineering Department at the University of Limerick.The rationale for the selection of this student sample was grounded on specific criteria: • It could be assumed that the preferential styles of these students are representative of the larger engineering student body as the cohort included students from both core and interdisciplinary engineering courses. • These students have chosen engineering as a career choice; therefore it is less likely that there would be the same level of heterogeneity in attitude, aptitude, and motivation as could be argued with second level (high school) students.Resulting from egalitarian access to