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Software Engineering Curriculum Support

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheryl Duggins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

-defined process description can better coordinate thework of individuals and track their progress. As new methods are identified, they areincorporated into the process definition, facilitating learning by allowing new projects to build onprior experiences.The Capability Maturity Model provides a way for organizations to assess the capabilities oftheir current software processes and to focus on improving those processes. The CMM definesfive levels of progressively more mature process capability 4.“1. Initial: The software process is characterized as ad hoc and occasionally even chaotic. Fewprocesses are defined, and success depends on individual effort.2. Repeatable: Basic project management processes are established to track cost, schedule

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

world.The minimum definition of a successful graduate from an undergraduate engineering programcan no longer rest upon existing standards of technical acumen, an adequate completion of atraditional senior design project, and prompt job placement. With the rapid expansion oftechnologies, market forces, and even social movements fostered by globalization, the pragmaticstandards of technical acumen are moving at the pace of Hubble’s Law, leaving the elements thatappeared so innovative in last semester’s senior designs teetering on the edge of obsolescencewhile the seemingly perfect position secured in Boston following graduation may in allprobability will transfer to Beijing.4While engineering educators cannot hope to address every challenge posed by

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Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leonard Bond, Idaho National Laboratory; Robert Wharton, Idaho State University; Andrew Kadak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kevin Kostelnik, Idaho National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA),the State of Idaho, an Idaho University Consortium (IUC), and a National University Consortium(NUC). CAES will be based in a new facility that will foster collaborative academic and researchefforts among participating institutions.IntroductionThe world is not running out of energy, but it is starting to run out of some of those sources ofenergy which have been most commonly used. To meet global energy demand over the nextcentury new technologies will be needed. This will require a highly skilled and inventiveworkforce. However, it is projected that 40% of the U.S. skilled workforce can retire withinabout four years, and within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex 75% of thoseworkers with nuclear and related

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Emma Rose, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

. Page 11.388.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Decision-making: What does it have to do with my teaching?AbstractEngineering education is a complex design activity where educators create a range of teachingartifacts including course curricula, classroom policies, lecture notes, exams, and timelines forstudent group projects. In order to design such artifacts, engineering faculty must make a seriesof teaching decisions, each of which can impact their students’ learning and engagement withcourse activities. Given the importance of decision-making in engineering education, we hopethat by beginning to characterize engineering educator decisions, educators will gain a greaterawareness of decision-making by recognizing

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Educational Research and Methods

Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Anne M. Spence is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UMBC and holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland - College Park. During her twelve years as an engineering educator, she has developed curricula, directed programs to increase the recruitment and retention of women in engineering, and developed hands on engineering programs designed to foster an interest in engineering among elementary, middle and high school students. She manages a number of NSF grants related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and serves as the director of the Project Lead the Way

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Architectural

location where language would notbe a barrier was particularly critical if the students were to maximize benefits from the officeexperience. Secondly, London’s status as a major economic center, its reputation for culturaldiversity, the richness of its historic architectural works, and the large numbers of recently builtand in many cases highly acclaimed architectural projects, were among other factors thatinfluenced the selection. These factors were important considerations in meeting courseobjectives beyond those related to the cooperative education requirement.Course Structure:As previously noted, while a primary objective of the course was to provide a curricular parallelto the college cooperative education requirement, other activities

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

UP projects who serve over 70,000 middle and high school students.Goal 3: Build on the professional development of public school STEM teachers-especially teachers of low-income and ethnic minority students, by providing engineering workshops that include hands-on activities to take back to the classroom. This was accomplished by inviting Texas Middle School Aerospace Scholars (MAS) and the NSF TAMU E3 Teacher Summer Research Program participants.Discover Engineering Conference PartnersSpace Engineering InstituteThe Space Engineering Institute (SEI) is credited for being the primary organizer of the DiscoverEngineering conference. In order to understand the cause of the conference it is worth explainingSEI’s

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

learningprocesses and Christy et al.9 deigned portfolios to identity the motivation for choosing Page 11.1000.6engineering. These purposes show that a particular portfolio program could have multiplepurposes depending on the educators’ focuses and interests.ContentGiven the different purposes for using portfolios, it is unsurprising that the portfolios alsocontained different types of content. The materials in the portfolios included diverse artifactsthat were created by students, such as students’ exams, assignments, project reports, andhomework. In addition to those artifacts, students were often required to write an entry ornarrative for each artifact or

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

must perform an annual assessment. Theprimary reason for this assessment is to demonstrate the learning community is meeting its statedoutcomes. There are three general reasons to assess any project or program- to improve theprogram or project; to inform stakeholders whether the program, or project, is achieving it’sgoals; or to prove a program, or project is meeting, or has met its intended goals. [6]Traditionally, the evaluation in EELC is done via different tools. For the material at hand theevaluation has been done by homework, quizzes, tests, and laboratory reports. In addition tothat, one-on-one interviews are conducted, with each student, twice during the term and wouldidentify weakness and strengths for each student. The interview

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Monica Gaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Gordon Kingsley is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Gordon is the project evaluator for the STEP NSF grant, and PI on the Alternative Approaches to Evaluating STEM Education Partnerships NSF grant. His area of research interests are the interactions of public-private partnerships to harness developments in science and technology, and the nature and assessment of educational partnerships.Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Marion C. Usselman is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Marion received her Ph.D. in

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Helgeson, University of Tennessee-Martin; Edward Wheeler, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-987: PASSING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING EXAMINATIONAS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN A GENERAL ENGINEERINGPROGRAM: LESSONS LEARNEDRichard Helgeson, University of Tennessee-Martin Richard Helgeson is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Dr. Helgeson received B.S. degrees in both electrical and civil engineering, an M.S. in electral engineering, and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Buffalo. He actively involves his undergraduate students in mutli-disciplinary earthquake structural control research projects. He is very interested in engineering educational pedagogy, and has taught a wide range of

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aram Agajanian, DeVry University-Chicago; George Morgan, Colorado State University; William M. Timpson, Colorado State University

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Engineering Technology

projected to increase at an annualrate of 6.4% between 2000 and 2010, with about 5 million jobs expected in 2010 in the fields of Page 11.28.2science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET). Women, underrepresentedminorities, and persons with disabilities represented only about 20% of the workers in the SMETfields in 1997, although they constituted about 70% of the total work force (Commission on theAdvancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development[CAWMSET])2. Despite an increase of women in SMET programs to 20% of totalundergraduate enrollment, this number still falls short of the projected demand.One

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suining Ding, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Architectural

of cultural dimensions in design and thebuilt environment.Course Format and Cross-cultural Comparison of ArchitectureCourse Format Instead of using traditional course format, which is facilitated with the lectures by theinstructor, an innovative approach has been explored. The innovative teaching methods for thiscourse are facilitated by interactive visual images through PowerPoint presentations. Classactivities include non-traditional class activities, such as dialogue discussion group, groupactivities, presentations and field trips. Student projects include cross-cultural comparisonnotebooks, papers and presentations.Cross-Cultural Comparison of Architecture Examples of Cross-Culture Comparisons of Architecture in this course

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

system 11 Participate effectively in groups. • Describe involvement in group projects or activities • Interact effectively with colleagues who have critical involvement with projects 12 Demonstrate an ability to understand professional, ethical, and social • Demonstrate comprehension of ethical responsibilities, including the impacts of culture, diversity, and issues interpersonal

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Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

important feature of effective assessment12. The more tools used to assess a specificcourse learning objective, the greater the likelihood that the assessment will be both valid andreliable. It is usually advised to use both direct and indirect assessment tools.Direct assessment tools are used to measure the degree to which each student has achievedeach course learning objective by the completion of the course. These direct tools mayinclude classical as well as non-classical methods such as2: Written tests or test items clearly linked to course learning objectives Homework assignments and reports Written project reports Oral presentations Student portfolios, learning logos, and journals Abstracts, executive summaries, term papers Peer

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Neff, Purdue University-Calumet; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University-Calumet; Lash Mapa, Purdue University-Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University-Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

workor only two. It was difficult or impossible to add new courses to cover any of the so-called“soft” ABET program outcomes “h, i, j, and k” that were not covered before TC2K.Simultaneously, Purdue University Calumet added a new general education graduationrequirement requiring all programs teach a one to three credit hour freshman experience courseto improve retention, an Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) goal and project forthe Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Inresponse, the department modified the title and contents of an existing three credit freshmanlevel computer course. Our sister MET program at Purdue West Lafayette found that most

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

beginning programmer at the start of ENGR 106, Ryandiscussed the development of positive efficacy beliefs due to his ability to master the skill, notingthat he was able to complete programming assignments more quickly than his teammates. Hefurther explained his ability to contribute more than his share of the work to the team project as asecond factor in this efficacy-building experience. …and like, I came into the class not being able to do anything with programming; and now I’m pretty, I feel pretty good at MatLab, where like I did most of the prime program for our last project which was like programming intensive. So, I think I’ve, I think I’m doing pretty good. …And like, like in this-this last project, I wrote one

Conference Session

Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods

activities havenot been systematically developed for engineering education.This work is a step towards filling that gap. In the initial phase of the project, the work targetsone student misconception relating to heat transfer. The specific misconception addressed is thedifferentiation between factors impacting the rate of heat transfer versus those impacting theamount of heat transfer. Educational materials to address student misconceptions in these areashave been developed and tested.The effectiveness of the prototype materials was assessed using concept inventories. Conceptinventories are reliable and valid multiple choice assessment tools specifically designed toidentify common misconceptions. Members of the research team that developed a

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibrahim Olwi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

21 M7_3 Lab 3 8 22 M8_1 Conservation of energy 172-192 23 M8_2 Team work exercises on the energy equation 24 M8_3 Lab 4 9 25 M9_1 Individual exam 3 26 M9_2 Dimensional analysis (homogeneity) 293-302 27 M9_3 PI theorem 303-308 MID TERM COMMON EXAM 2 10 28 M10_1 Design Project Lab1 29 M10_2 Design Project Lab2 30 M10_3

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Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

in May 2005. He worked on the ROV boat project from Spring 2004 to spring 2005. Page 11.1452.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Wireless Loggers for Real-Time Data Acquisition and Analysis Rafic Bachnak and Mike Englert Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX 78412AbstractData acquisition is a very important aspect in the engineering world of today. There isconstantly a need for new data to be logged and analyzed. This paper describes the use ofwireless data loggers in an application where data is transferred

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

for the Texas Alliance for Minority Participation program from 1993 to 2002, and is currently the Department Chairperson for Physics, Engineering, & Architecture. He has been involved in numerous initiatives to integrate the findings of physics and engineering education research with education practice. Page 11.1276.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 THE EDGE SUMMER PROGRAM IN ITS THIRD YEARThis paper presents the results of the third cycle of the EDGE (Early Development of GeneralEngineering) Summer Bridge Program that was initiated in 20031. This project was partiallyfunded by

Conference Session

Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley; Eric Lew, University of California-Berkeley

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-172: A WEB ENABLED STUDY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGBenson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley Benson Tongue is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his MS from Stanford University and his BSE, MA, and PhD from Princeton University. He taught from 1983-1988 at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has been at Berkeley since 1988.Eric Lew, University of California-Berkeley Eric Lew is an undergraduate student, majoring in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. His projected graduation date is May 2007

Conference Session

Visualization

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan Hartman, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; Jeffrey Gilger, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Research in the Purdue University College of Education. As Associate Dean he works to build research programs, infrastructure and faculty development mechanisms, and consults or advises on a large number of research projects from very diverse content areas. Gilger’s background includes an MS and certification in Clinical Child/School Psychology, and he holds an MA and PhD in Developmental Psychology with a specialty in Behavioral Genetics. Gilger’s scholarship is multidisciplinary spanning the clinical, educational and neuroscience disciplines. His teaching and research has tended to focus on normal and abnormal neuropsychological development, genetics, and the etiology of

Conference Session

Progress on Raising the Bar

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ernest Smerdon, University of Arizona; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; James K. Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler; Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

future. Important among these is theNational Academy of Engineering, which has recently completed its Engineer of 2020 project.The report on Phase I of the project was discussed by Russell et al. last year and will not befurther reviewed here.3 While Phase I focused on visions of the problems that engineers wouldbe asked to solve in 2020, Phase II of the study considered the implications of these futureconditions for engineering education. The Phase II report, published in 2005, contained 14recommendations on the education of engineers.4 The first two are very closely related toASCE’s PS 465 initiative and are quoted below: 1. The baccalaureate degree should be recognized as the “pre-engineering” degree or bachelor of arts in

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-309: BRINGING ENGINEERING INTO K-12 SCHOOLS: A PROBLEMLOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS?Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has spent the past twenty-five years designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first year college courses in the sciences, engineering, and computer science.John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology DR. JOHN

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

innovation at project level,program level, and policy level of engineering leadership responsibility in the practicingprofession.As a consequence, the National Collaborative Task Force will accelerate its leadership efforts asa major action item to begin to define professional scholarship, to build on work alreadypioneered at universities,7,8 to share best practice, and promote new professionally oriented unitcriteria for engineering and technology faculty across the United States in order to advanceprofessional engineering education in the national interest.5. Conclusions ─A Work in Progress for Planned ReformWhereas the current faculty reward system at universities largely reflects the value system andmission of universities for scientific

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Miron, University of Cincinnati; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Pradosh Ray, Tuskegee University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Analysis andEnvironmental Restoration. The first course focuses on elements of radiological engineering,pathway analysis, dose assessment, fuel cycle, and waste management. It is specificallydeveloped to set up the basis and convey the knowledge required for the second course.Juniors/seniors from biology, chemistry, environmental science, physics and all engineering Page 11.382.3disciplines are eligible to take this course. This course was developed in Fall 2005 semester andoffered at TU as a 3-credit hour elective course during the Spring 2006 semester.Alabama A&M University (AL A&M) is also participating in this project. Some of this

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Fisher, MVCS Science Advisor

also reassured that abuse of the internet would notoccur by young students getting into the wrong areas on the net).Several MVCS science club teams were region winners receiving trips to WashingtonDC, winning a total of over $50,000 in savings bonds and were among the top schools inthe country for the 1st two years of the competition. The boys 7th grade team designed a Page 11.804.5laser dust detector that could help save motorist lives in dust storms of the southwest andour 6th grade girls showed how pets could help lower heart rate and blood pressurereducing the risk of heart disease for people. Many other projects received recognition.Since the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

for issues d. an ability to apply creativity in the design ofidentified in health care technology as systems, components or processes appropriatedemonstrated in a senior project. to program objectives5. Function as a member of a 2-4 person team e. an ability to function effectively on teamsto complete a task in a timely manner.Demonstrate ability to organize work done byteam members.6. Identify, analyze and integrate the technical f. an ability to identify, analyze and solveequipment requirements with the needs of technical problemsmedical staff and patients as required in thedegree program’s courses.7. Write technical reports; present data and g. an ability to communicate

Conference Session

Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

developing countries to engage effectively in the global economy; direct foreign investment, international trade, mobility of engineers, and the flow of work to countries with cost effective talent will result. • Indigenous science and technology capacity is needed to insure that international aid funds are utilized effectively and efficiently – for initial project implementation, for long-term operation and maintenance, and for the development of capacity to do future projects. And a sufficient pool of engineers can enable a developing country to address the UN’s Millennium Development Goals effectively, including poverty reduction, safe water and sanitation, etc