Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

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Two Year College Division

both the guidance symposium and the follow- 5up session. Participants were introduced to the various fields of engineering andalso engaged in a laboratory activity Numbers Impacted: 110 guidance counselors and staff participated in the full day symposiums for engineering and engineering technology outlining opportunities in education and careers with a focus on diversity and gender equity. Over 90 percent reported that their understanding of engineering changed as a result of this event. (Three events offered in total.) 65 Engineers and Technicians: participated in the guidance events. Follow up sessions have occurred with a subgroup to explore the

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Smith College; Israel Koren, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Baaba Andam, Smith College; C. Mani Krishna, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; C. Andras Moritz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. • Using an Architecture-Level Power Simulator. Breakdown of Energy Consumption: An important part of power-aware design is tracking down where the energy is being spent through the use of power simulators. The focus of this module is on architectural and circuit-level power simulators, like Wattch and HSpice. Page 11.803.4 • Fetch Throttling: The fetch unit in a processor may bring in instructions at a higher rate than they can be consumed by the execution unit resulting in a waste of energy. Techniques to throttle back the fetch are studied in this module, and laboratory exercises are included to

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Behling, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

selective demolition and remodeling course, and a“capstone”-style course in demolition and reconstruction management are planned to round outthe specialization. These three courses provide an opportunity to further address areas that cannotbe adequately covered in an introductory course. The addition of more case studies and field tripswill be beneficial and could be incorporated into the capstone course which likely will include aformal laboratory session. The inclusion of detailed case studies in the capstone course willallow students to gain insight into the information and challenges an owner or developer mustsift through and overcome while generating a pro forma for a project. A significant portion of thecapstone course would be devoted to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University

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Environmental Engineering

2006-2646: WATER RESOURCES EVALUATION FOLLOWING NATURALDISASTER IN HAITIBruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University Dr. Bruce 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

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

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Charlene Yauch, Oklahoma State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

with success coaches/peer mentors. The six main areas coveredin the class are detailed below: • Academic Success- study skills, time management, finding help for classroom material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Chemical Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics, diversity/international issues, environmental issues/sustainability, medicine and bioengineering. • Personal

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

at the Harvard Graduate School of Education: http://pzweb.harvard.edu/.10. International Science Olympiads: http://olympiads.win.tue.nl/.11. National Engineering Aptitude Search (NEAS): http://www.jets.org/programs/neas.cfm .12. Barrett, J. (2003) The Aptitude Test Workbook, Paperback.13. D. Ahlgren. “New Directions in Fire-Fighting Robotics.” Presented at ASEE Annual Conference, Portland, June, 2005.14. I. Verner and D. Ahlgren, “Robot Contest as a Laboratory for Experiential Engineering Education,” ACM's Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC). Special Issue on Robotics in Undergraduate Education, Part 1, 4(2), 2-28.15. C. Stein, “Autonomous Students Engineering Autonomous Robots.” In Proceedings of the ASEE

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Wedlick, The College of New Jersey; Shou Rei Chang, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

-Baja teams at the College of New Jersey for the past twelve years. For years, he served as the advisor for the department’s ASME club. He teaches subjects related to Finite Elements, Machine Design and Advanced Stress Analyses.Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey Bijan Sepahpour is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of New Jersey. He is actively involved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus and experiments in the areas of mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery for undergraduate engineering programs. In the period of September 1997 to 2002, he served as the Primary and Technical advisor of TCNJ Lunar Rover

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Flynn, The College of New Jersey

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Industrial Engineering

all become part of theFaculty member’s responsibilities: those specific things that bring a bi-weekly check. We mustadd to this an activity that supports both the student and society. Come hell or high water, wemust develop a grade for each student!Let’s say that Ole State is an undergraduate-only comprehensive institution offering a number ofABET-accredited Engineering courses. Without support from graduate programs (there aren’tany), the faculty assumes execution of all aspects of support for the teaching activity. A fullteaching load at Ole State usually involves teaching three sections, each scheduled at threecontact hours per week. Laboratory courses are independent and carry a different load allocation.Teaching Faculty members must

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

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

to future employersCourse Instructors Want to mentor in a challenging and complex environment; stay current with industrial practices, technology, and design tools; collaborate with peers; be treated fairly and rewarded for performanceTechnical Staff Want to advance professional skills by consulting on real-world engineering problems; generate resources for expanding design/laboratory infrastructureProject Advisors Want effective course infrastructure and support, including well-defined

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

girls. The purpose of the program is to introduce participants toengineering and related technologies through various hands-on activities, laboratories, andpresentations. Student Transition Engineering Program (STEP) is a five-week orientation programfor new students entering Virginia Tech's College of Engineering. Students participate in anintensive academic program during the summer prior to their freshman year. Hypatia, a learning community for first-year women engineering students, is a programdesigned to bring together students in a residential environment to provide encouragement andsupport in their pursuit of a career in engineering. Galileo, a learning community for men in engineering, is a program designed

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phyllis Tedford, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

worked as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for over 20 years before earning her Master's Degree in Computer Science. She is interested in developing successful methods of recruitment, retention, and placement of students majoring in computer science. Page 11.344.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Computer Science Recruiting and Retention of Undergraduates to Meet the Needs of the Business CommunityINTRODUCTIONAvailable information from a variety of governmental and private sources indicate anincrease in the demand for computer science (CS) and information technology (IT)professionals in the

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

practical experiences available at Purdue, it seemed to makesense to utilize the original mission of the university to classify the types of experiences. Purdueis one of the first Land Grant universities, with engagement, research, and traditional academicgoals. Students at Purdue can gain practical experience in service learning projects throughEPICS, research projects through employment in on-going laboratory projects with faculty, andwork experience through employment with various university partner organizations. It wasdetermined that we would use the term “experiential education” to describe this larger spectrumof practical experience. Unfortunately, Co-Op does not adequately describe all of the types of traditional workexperience

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Sumpter, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University

completecourse homework and laboratory assignments, excluding assigned projects. (Note: aresponse explicitly referring to a student’s understanding of an assignment, e.g. “Iunderstand the homework”, was categorized as Understanding/ Learning since thestudent did not discuss actively working the homework.) When asked what influencedtheir efficacy beliefs, student responses included: “Completing the lab tasks”, “Ability todo CHIP homework [timed online homework program where students submit theiranswers on a weekly or biweekly basis]”, “I do the work”, or “I do well on thehomework”. These responses suggest students’ self-efficacy beliefs to be boosted whenthey are able to successfully work or complete assignments or other tasks given to them.In other

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roberts, Kansas State University; John Mingle, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

regularly seek the traditional discipline specific graduates.Cross -domain EducationLearning is often divided into two cognitive bases. First, is the concrete basis where the accentis on “hands on” operations. Data is obtained via the senses at laboratory or site locations. Thiswas the traditional approach to engineering problem solving in the industrial revolution and theearly information age of the cybernetic revolution. The proof was a “hands on” usable product.The second cognitive base is the abstract where the solution includes much in the form of ideasand perceptions. In the current cybernetic revolution, this abstract form for engineering solutions

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shantha Daniel, Iowa State University; Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Leslie Potter, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

definition and solution generation. Much of their work throughout the semester isaccomplished during the six hours of laboratory time that they have scheduled each weekAn hour lecture period held most weeks provides the students with relevant projectinformation, as well as various other topics pertinent to their future roles as engineers.The intent of the lecture is mainly to reiterate the importance of the economic feasibilityof solutions, to raise awareness about how the “people component” of projects is criticalbut also unpredictable, and to make the point how challenging yet essential it is toconstantly consider realistic constraints throughout the design process. Global,economic, environmental, and societal constraints are some of those

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno (Eng)

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Materials

Bridge Decks”, Intl. SAMPE Technical Conf., p. 2903 (2004).10. K. C. Chen, B. London, L. Vanasupa, T.T Orling, and L. Christensen, “Travelogue from the Materials World: A First Week Laboratory Activity”, ASEE Annual Conf. Proc., 3664 (2004).11. W. D. Callister, Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: 6th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, (2001).12. PRIME website: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/sgleixner/PRIME/13. M. Alley, M. Schreiber, and J. Muffo, “Pilot Testing of a New Design for Presentation Slides to Teach Science and Engineering,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf., T1A-1 (2005).14. S. Krause, J.L. Decker, J.L. Niska, T.L. Alford, and R. Griffin, “Identifying Student

Conference Session

Digital System Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Loui, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Longino, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

offered by theDepartment of Computer Science. Both courses are sophomore-level courses that are requiredfor the departments’ undergraduate majors. The two courses cover almost identical material:representation of information, both combinational and sequential circuit analysis and design, andcomputer organization and control. Both courses use the same text3, but they are not jointlyoffered, primarily due to their large enrollments of 200 and 120 students per semesterrespectively. In both courses, students attend three hours of class every week; two hour-longlectures are taught by faculty and one hour-long recitation is taught by graduate teachingassistants. Students complete schematic-capture and simulation-based laboratory assignments ona bi

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

laboratories, theystill can not provide the understanding gained through actually engaging with technology in itsworking environment. Taking fundamental theoretical concepts and applying them to real lifeengineering problems helped to solidify the students’ understanding of those fundamentals. Inmany ways this validation parallels the value attributed to undergraduate internship and coopprograms as well as other experiential learning experiences. The ETHOS experience providedthe participants with an increased awareness of how engineering impacts the daily lives of peoplein all societies.Another common outcome that the ETHOS experience provided to the participants was anunderstanding of another culture. Furthermore, most students indicated that the

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Jane Parmentier, Arizona State University; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; N.K. Kishore, IIT, Karagpur; Uma Devi Sundararajan, National Highways, India; Krutarth Mehta, Arizona State University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University

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International

. One such example of this is the IIT Kharagpur’s initiative to ‘adopt’villages in its vicinity and bring information technologies to these villages to create awarenessand interest amongst the villagers. Another example is IIT Kharagpur’s agricultural and foodengineering departments which are setting up a laboratory on food processing technology toassist rural people.Educators need to work on the development of more tools, workshops and online offeringsshaped by ongoing feedback from program participants. The Indian curriculum is to be modifiedto help students develop the required thinking skills they need to participate and succeed in theknowledge based economy. Private companies and educational institutions need to collaborateon developing

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine; Lori Maxfield, College of St. Catherine

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Educational Research and Methods

toincorporate the Curriculum of Connections, but it is not the only one and may not be the mosteffective one for a given institution’s system.PCM provides a language to describe how educational objectives, instructional strategies, andassessment relate back to the overarching criteria required by a system. For example, thetraditional engineering program can be described and analyzed as follows: The Core and Practice curriculums are taught in the first years with science, math and computer science requirements. Engineering Core and Practice are introduced in the sophomore year through introductory courses and laboratories. Design classes and co- ops, which students attend in the last years, provide environments that require

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Lyons, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

additional expertise relevant tothese newly emerging areas’. ‘Mechanical engineering curricula should be reviewed andrevised in light of these emerging areas. Curricula should include new material on atomicand molecular physics, quantitative biology, comprehensive (organic) chemistry, microfabrication and modern computing’. ‘Mechanical engineering laboratories should bereviewed and revised in light of these emerging areas’.Corresponding ArticlesThe following technical articles discussed the demands and trends of the engineeringgraduate and changes in curriculum.The Prism, in an article entitled ‘2020 It’s Sooner Than you Think’,(9) notes that ‘thefuture engineer must be prepared to work in a time in which what we now consider to beengineering is

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

more engaged as a resultof the project-based learning, and feel that they can understand the “big picture” of scienceprocesses better than ever before. One teacher stated and another agreed that on the middleschool level, the students may not be specifically improving their understanding ofmath/science/technology, but are more excited about it. Most consistently indicate that thestudents love the hands-on approach to learning, and note that the program helps studentsbecome more comfortable operating in the science lab and using laboratory equipment. Severalteachers have noted an improvement in students’ ability to integrate various subject material,noting that many of them have opened up to math/science/technology in a way they were notdoing

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Abadie, Louisiana State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge

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Women in Engineering

spouses handle running the home. The social pressures and responsibilities of motherhood greatly exceed those of fatherhood especially in the early years of childhood. It is a solid societal belief in this country that infants need their mothers more than their fathers. This doesn’t change in any way for women who have careers of equal or greater intensity than their husbands.Respondents were asked if they had experienced gender related salary inequities. Eleven percentreported that they had, 78% reported that they had not, and 11% did not respond. When askedabout laboratory space inequities (e.g., the MIT study), 11% of respondents reported that theyhad experienced space inequities, and 89% reported that they had not

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

Program for the New Millenium,” ASEE Southeastern Regional Conf, April 6-8, 1998, Orlando, FL.[5] Goff, R.M. and Gregg, M.H. "Why Hands-on Design? A First Year Hands-on Design & Dissection Laboratory", 1998 Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) National Design Education Conference. Long Beach, CA September 21-23, 1998. Proceedings are on CD. Page 11.657.14[6] York, S. C., “Providing early design/build opportunities to Freshman Engineering Students”, Proceedings of the ASEE 2002 Annual Conference and Exposition, June 16-19, 2002, Montréal, Quebec Canada.[7] Lo, Jenny, Richard M. Goff

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Beverly Jaeger and Richard Whalen are members of Northeastern University's

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First-Year Programs

engineering design is to build a course out ofactivities that are woven around a well-established process in order to allow students toexperience design rather than just listen to how it is supposed to work. It is well known throughresearch and practice that incorporating learning activities into a course better facilitates thestudent learning process as compared with more passive approaches2,6,13,14,15. First-yearengineering design courses typically include standard design-and-build projects, designcompetitions, laboratory projects, and other projects that span many weeks. These projects areactive and hands-on, but are often relatively self-contained and separate from the exercises ofpresenting a design process and becoming familiar with other

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

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

innovative education in engineering, including a Materials ConceptInventory, and also in adapting design, engineering and technology concepts to K-12 education. He is currentlyworking on an NSF sponsored MSP developing courses for high school teachers connecting math, science andengineering.CHELL A. ROBERTS is an Associate Professor and industrial engineer who conducts research in design, robotics,and engineering systems. He is Director of Engineering Development at ASU and has led the redesign of thefreshman engineering design curriculum and also founded the Integrate Manufacturing Laboratory. He received hisPh.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech in 1991. He has a MS in IndustrialEngineering and a BA in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-1136: PATTERNS IN TEAM COMMUNICATION DURING A SIMULATIONGAMEDavid Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla DAVID M. BACA received his B.S.. from the University of Missouri – Rolla in Architectural Engineering in 2005. He is currently a graduate student in Engineering Management at UMR. His research interests include organization change and transformation.Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla STEVE E. WATKINS received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas - Austin in Electrical Engineering in 1989. He holds an M.S.E.E. and a B.S.E.E. from University of Missouri-Rolla. He is currently a Professor at UMR and Director of the Applied Optics Laboratory. His research interests include optical

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

innovative educational materials as part of the Laboratory for InnovativeTechnology and Engineering Education (LITEE). This paper describes the project goals,summary of some of the case studies that have been developed, methods to integratethese case studies with theoretical materials, and evaluation of implementing thesematerials in freshman engineering classrooms. Page 11.842.4Establishing Project Goals Information technology is essential for solving critical national problems in areassuch as science and engineering, the environment, health care, and governmentoperations; but new fundamental understanding is required to make optimal

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

Technology, and was formally a Jr. Researcher in the Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies at the University of Hawaii. She is co-author of several publications on collaborative learning.Jennifer Beller, Washington State University Jennifer M. Beller, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology at Washington State University. She is co-author of six ASEE proceeding papers, including one that won the ASEE Best Conference Paper.Greg Crouch, Washington State University Greg Crouch is associate professor of chemistry at Washington State University. In addition to organic chemistry research, Greg’s