Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

68.70a: Difference between the two groups is significant at p<0.05.b: Percentage of correct answers out of the total number answered. Page 11.374.5In order to understand the difference in the ability of the two groups to complete the instrument,the students were asked to reflect on their experience. The only guidance they were given wasthat there was a desire to explain a surprising difference in the ability of some students tocomplete the instrument. Table 2 shows the general codes developed from the responses, and thenumber of responses that could be identified with each code. It should be noted that in Table 2 asingle participant’s response

Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Bernard Carlson, University of Virginia

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

,social or religious goals. I suspect that these student assumptions reflect the dualismprevalent in modern thought that separates the material world from the world of ideas;technology is about “stuff” and “stuff” is dealt with by markets and business whilepolitics, society, and religion are the realm of beliefs, ideas, and abstractions, all of whichare ethereal and not affected by material considerations. Given that students tend to find it easy to think about technological and economicchange and are less familiar with the interplay of technology and political power orreligious beliefs, the examples offered here focus on themes relating first to religion andthen politics. While there are other ways that people use technology to shape

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Conley, U.S. Military Academy; Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

curriculum. Finally, ASCEstudent group activities can also be used to support civil engineering program accreditation,under both current and proposed criteria.IntroductionCivil engineering programs, and the policies and guidelines for their assessment, continue toevolve. The latest activities in these areas are reflected in the American Society of CivilEngineer’s (ASCE) publication Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century[1], theNational Academy of Engineering (NAE) publication Educating the Engineer of 2020 –Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century[2], and the ABET, Inc. “PROPOSEDCriteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs”[3] . In fact, Bruce Seely writes in the NAE reportthat “Engineering education has been the subject

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Victor Rubanchik, Don State Technical University (DSTU), Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Learning Attributes of Surface Learning Learners relate ideas to previous Learners treat the course as unrelated bits knowledge and experience. of knowledge. Learners look for patterns and Learners memorize facts and carry out underlying principles. procedures routinely. Learners check evidence and relate it Learners find difficulty in making sense of to conclusions new ideas presented Learners examine logic and Learners see little value or meaning in argument cautiously and critically. either courses or tasks. Learners are aware of the Learners study without reflecting on either understanding that

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hwang, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Ahrash Bissell, Duke University; Daniel Kaplan, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Matthew Mian, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Vineet Agrawal, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Jessica Manson, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developments, such as learning-styles theories.20 In particular, Kolb’s experientiallearning cycle theory has received significant attention from educational researchers.21,22 Thistheory argues that learning originates from real-world experiences and involves four essentialprocesses: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract hypothesis, and active testing.1The experiential learning cycle was recently integrated with some general principles ofneurobiology, as documented in The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice ofTeaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning, by James Zull.18 This synthesis is achieved bydescribing the learning cycle in the context of brain anatomy and physiology. In brief, the humancortical brain can be

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Division Poster Sessions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

included. People have images in their heads about the meaning of thegender terminology--sex, gender-role, male/female, masculine/feminine, but these images aredefined by the fact that they reflect an individual’s familiar world.d. Previously dismissed or under-explored psychological factors like character and emotionalresponses may be very important in understanding complex 21st Century issues of leadership andentrepreneurship.We begin by briefly discussing how this preliminary investigation came into being— one of theauthor’s personal path into it, the creation of collaborative FIE and ASEE sessions, and how theevolving design of the research methods parallel the key features of an approach tounderstanding leadership, gender and teams.The

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technology education curriculum. The projectused engineering design challenges in order to lead teachers into experiencing the engineeringprocess, the application of mathematics and science in order to optimize solutions, predict theirbehavior, and analyze solutions, and to reflect on their learning and the implementation process.The Bridges for Engineering Education professional development was highly rated byparticipants as useful and beneficial. It is interesting to note that three of the most important Page 11.762.7things learned by the public school students who participated were:1. Engineering is a very intellectually demanding process.2

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

engineeringundergraduate degree program and from industry standards and best practices. Students andinstructors will continuously add to that pre-populated content as they learn and create, together.The eNotebook content will be organized in multiple ways, reflecting the software engineeringcourse curriculum, the industry consensus captured in software engineering standards (such asISO and IEEE standards), the IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula models,2,3 and the SoftwareEngineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK).4 In addition, students and instructors can add to,modify, and extend these pre-built knowledge organizations to provide additional structure andcontent that reflects the complexity and richness of their knowledge and interactions. Theorganization will not be a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

2006-46: WOMEN ON THE MARGIN OF ENGINEERING: ACCEPTABLE ANDUNACCEPTABLE THESESDavid Haws, Boise State University Page 11.1455.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Women on the Margin of Engineering: Acceptable and Unacceptable ThesesAbstractWhat demographics should an engineering faculty reflect, and how might it acceptably differ inappearance from its students, the broader community, or the narrower complex of professionalsand research consumers it purports to serve? Of course, we are horribly partial to our own DNA,but we can also reason through to the needs of society and put aside our personal bias. Similarly,our

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

/conferences/annual/2005/highlights.cfm5. Delbanco, A. “The renewal of literature: Emersonian reflections”, The New Republic, Review of book, “Renewal of literature: Emersonian reflections” by Poirier, Richard, 1987, Retrieved April 15, 2005 from http://galenet.galegroup.com6. Edmundson, M. “Why read?” Bloomsburg, 2004, pp 5 and 297. Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997. Retrieved April 15, 2005 from http://creativequotations.com8. Wilson, F. “Emerson” Review of two books, “Emerson” by Lawrence Buell & “Emerson” by Kenneth S. Sacks, July 8, 2003. Retrieved April 15, 2005 from http://galenet.galegroup.com9. Director, S. “2020: It’s sooner than you think.” ASEE PRISM, Vol. 14, No. 4, January 200510. McGown, J

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrance Lovell, Pennsylvania State University-Berks; Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Page 11.1196.7The IMAQ Read LCD VI is which also comes with LabVIEW’s VISION software then uses theROI for each seven segment display to determine each segments status and digit. This ispreformed by doing three edge detections, two horizontal and one vertical. The horizontal edgedetections are preformed at 1/3 and 2/3 the height of the ROI to determine if the verticalelements are active. The vertical edge detection search is preformed to determine if thehorizontal elements are active.6 Figures 9 shows the LabVIEW DMM Reader VI front panel.Notice that the proper reading is extracted despite considerable reflected glare on the displaycover. Figure 10 show the front panel and block diagram respectively for the DMM Reader VI

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

requiring students to consider an engineering solution within a societalcontext, students were assigned to read a Harvard Business Review case entitled Taking theCake.6 In this case, Southland Bakery is considering radically changing their strategic plan tostop producing bakery products drenched in trans fats to address the growing concern of obesity,especially with respect to obesity in children. Students are asked to reflect upon the societalimpacts of this dilemma and whether Southland Bakery has any social obligation to produce amore health conscious product. This case strikes the emotion of much of the class with opinionsat both extremes, i.e., it is the company's duty to do what they can to prevent obesity, to it is the

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Woo; Robert Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mark Clayton, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

because of the following factors: overhead required to capture; limitedknowledge; poor IT infrastructure of organizations.Sharing Tacit Design Knowledge with CMC technologiesSome researchers in the field of architecture have rigorously studied the importance of sharingtacit design knowledge sharing. Various terminologies for tacit knowledge have been adopted:visual analogy1, episodic knowledge9, reflective practice8, personal knowledge2, expertknowledge1, and strategic knowledge5.Due to the development of emerging CMC technologies and geographically dispersed businessenvironments, the use of CMC has been inevitably accepted. Face-to-face meeting is now beingrecognized as too costly in terms of time and expense. CMC research has focused on

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Beverly Perna, Tsongas Industrial History Center

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

impact on student motivation and success.2. IntroductionEngineering education seems to have come under increased criticism lately, with manycompanies and students arguing that engineering curricula are too abstract and disconnected [1,2]. It is interesting to reflect upon similar concerns of Henderson [3] and Grinter [4] dating backto 1983 and even 1955. These studies consistently indicate that engineering education shouldhave the following properties: 1. Relevance to the lives and careers of students, preparing them for a broad range of careers, as well as for lifelong learning involving both formal programs and hands-on experience; 2. Attractiveness so that the excitement and intellectual content of engineering will

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Linda Hutchison, Bristol Community College; Alan Moore, University of Wyoming

faced byK-12 teachers. Reflective of activities in most states, the Wyoming State Department ofEducation has adopted an aggressive schedule for implementing outcomes-based educationstandards as a requirement for high school graduation, covering the spectrum of student abilitiesas represented in the philosophy of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. All K-12 schooldistricts in the state are currently integrating uniform topic material standards into existingcoursework. Demonstrating compliance with Wyoming’s standards while retaining local schoolcontrol of programs has led to a significant level of confusion and anxiety for administrators,teachers, students and families.Could this be a recipe for a match made in heaven (or at least, in the

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, practical, oriented toward facts and procedures) vs. intuitive learners (conceptual, innovative, oriented toward theories and meanings); • visual learners (prefer visual representations of presented material--pictures, diagrams, flow charts) vs. verbal learners (prefer written and spoken explanations); • inductive learners (prefer presentations that proceed from the specific to the general) vs. deductive learners (prefer presentations that go from the general to the specific); • active learners (learn by trying things out, working with others) vs. reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone); • sequential learners (linear, orderly, learn in small incremental steps) vs. global learners

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

of the radio or TV propagations. This will therefore affect radio and TVreceptions. During the periods when the atmosphere is dry, dust particles in theatmosphere, with comparable dimensions to the signal wavelengths, will behave ascrystalline structures that will reflect, deflect and scatter the radio waves. The constanthigh temperatures will also affect the performance of the equipment at the componentlevel.IV. Educational ImplicationsAll the factors discussed above have serious implications in the design and manufactureof equipment intended for use in electromagnetic propagation applications, or intelephony. This suggests that these factors should be given consideration in the designspecifications employed. It is therefore essential that

Conference Session

CPD - Engineering Education K - Life

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Becker, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

-oriented technology education. As a first step toward establishing best practices for delivering engineering design andcontent through professional development, engineers and technology teacher educatorsfrom each of the technology teacher education (TTE) partner institutions haveconceptualized, developed, and delivered a series of workshops. While the format andspecific content varied across the five professional development sites, a balance betweentheoretical content and activity-based experiences has been maintained. At the conclusionof each workshop, participating high school teachers complete similar surveys, whichwere designed to facilitate analysis and reflection. Building on lessons learned during theinitial year of the Center, the TTE

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

areas. The number of students enrolling from the natural sciences has been growing overthe last five years.Currently, the enrollment for CSE 131 is approximately 250 students for both autumn and springsemesters, and approximately 30 students for summer semester. Class enrollment has beendeclining over the last five years, which is a reflection of generally declining engineeringenrollments both at MSU and on a national basis. Enrollment hit a high point of approximately400 students per term in 2001.CSE 131 is a lecture/lab course. Students meet in lecture once per week in an 80-minute session,and in two lab meetings per week both for 80-minute sessions. Students enroll in one of twolecture sections of approximately 125 students each, and in one

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Nancy Chism, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

small informal spaces to meet in ad hoc pairs or group exercise and reflection (hotel next small groups for further discussion to a stream and bike/walking path) • time scheduled in the middle of the day for assimilation/reflection and unstructured discussion • reception to kick off the event on first evening • daily common meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Szmerekovsky, AFIT; Brian Self, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

technique. Finally, references and advice on how to utilize JiTTwill be supplied to potential users.The Just in Time Teaching ApproachJiTT should not be confused with other uses of “Just-in-Time” that is prevalent in engineeringliterature. Other authors use JIT to represent presenting material just before it will be used, forexample in a laboratory exercise or an assigned project. JiTT on the other hand, is a techniqueused to enhance the interactivity of a lecture period by creating a feedback loop between theinstructor and the student.As discussed in last year’s proceedings1, the JiTT strategy reflects recent efforts in cognitivepsychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, andeducation research to better

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Materials

such a way that makes them seem Reflection irrelevant to everyday life. In our and Self- Assessment curriculum, we borrow from the of Learning principles of service learning, in which the learners are engaged in Figure 3. Eight “best practices” in our approach experiential learning that addresses human and community needs. Engineering students involved in service learning demonstrate a stronger ethic of social and civic

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

engineering programs have freshman engineering courses designed to introduce studentsto the design process early in their careers. Such courses typically focus on communicationskills, team work, self-evaluation and reflection, systematic approaches to problem solving, andgenerating and considering alternative solutions.1 These are critical engineering skills to masterand provide freshman with a glimpse into their futures as engineers. In addition, successfulexperiences in such courses have been correlated with higher retentions rates.2 However, anintense biomedical engineering design experience at the freshman level is difficult to achievesince most “real world” design experiences require advanced analytical skills and body ofknowledge that is not

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Huettel, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; Michael Gustafson, Duke University; Jungsang Kim, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

temperature sensor and how to build a circuit to condition the signal generated bythe sensor and how to extract useful information from that signal to control another part of thesystem. The benefit of being able to use more realistic experiments in the laboratory also leads tomore comprehensive discussions in the classroom and an overall more integrated experience.Through this approach, students are presented a holistic view of the field of ECE, which moreaccurately reflects real systems, and develop a greater understanding and appreciation of thisinterdependence. Page 11.90.42.4 Design ExperienceThe importance of design experience in an

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa; Clifton Martin, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

brain/left brain functions30. That is, each cognitive stylerepresents two opposing extremes, such as impulsivity and reflectivity or field dependent andfield independent31. At the one extreme, impulsive individuals have a tendency to act spontaneously, givingthe first answers that come to mind. At the other extreme, reflective individuals tend to take timeto explore the plausible alternatives to respond to questions and resolve problems32. Fielddependent individuals tend to depend on global perception and demonstrate a need for an“inordinate” amount of concrete referents to work through problems (actual objects, pictures,graphs, diagram, and so on)33. Further, they tend to be holistic and focus on the totalenvironment, giving credit to

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meetu Walia, Polytechnic University; EDWIN YU, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Sensors in High School Living Environment Labs: A GK-12 Project1. Introduction In a series of recent op-ed pieces in The New York Times and in his latest book The WorldIs Flat,1 Thomas Friedman points to an urgent need to develop a strong and technologicallytrained workforce to ensure the American leadership in scientific discovery and technologicalinnovation. This call to action has been joined by business and government advisory groups suchas the American Electronics Association,2 the National Innovation Initiative,3 and the NationalAcademy of Engineering;4 and reflected in the remarks delivered by industry captains such asBill Gates at the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools.5 In a recent letter6 to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

documentation, with the over-arching goal ofestablishing a better system for comprehensively tracking improvement items.Systematic tracking of improvements is structured to occur at both the individual classlevel as well as allowing meaningful aggregation at the curriculum level, reflective of theentire program.The objective of this paper is to highlight the usefulness of the thread (outcome linkagebetween specific course goals and sub-areas) as a framework for assessment. This paperdescribes the process used to develop threads and provides an example course goal andoutcome thread for the environmental engineering curriculum within the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering. In addition, the paper addressees the subsequentchanges that have

Conference Session

DB & Information Integration

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Wilson, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

, interest, surprise,contempt, disgust, shame, fear, anger, distress, sadness, and anxiety. Richard Lazarus (ascited in Priesmeyer et al.15) confirmed many of the basic emotions in this list through hisown research and provided much discussion about the interaction of emotions thatdirectly contributed to the interpretation and analysis of emotional dynamics in theEmogram system. An important step in the development of Emogram was the creation ofprecise photographs depicting varying degrees of the eleven basic emotions.The Emogram system provides measures of each of the emotions by combining responsesto low, medium, and extreme expressions of each. It also computes an overall EmotionalQuality (E-Quality) score that reflects the overall emotional

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leilah Lyons, University of Michigan; Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Museum, a children’s science center. Informal learningenvironments, like museums, align well with outreach efforts because they share manygoals: to intrigue, educate, and inspire visitors. Science museums in particular havebecome more conscious of their role as an auxiliary to the education that occurs intraditional classrooms, striving to encourage interest in science10 and to present sciencepolicy issues9 that might not get addressed in the classroom.This exhibit is divided into three parts, reflecting three interrelated fields required tobring a product to market: design, manufacturing, and marketing/business.6,8 Each of thethree parts of the exhibit was designed to emphasize the processes, tools, and careers ofits field, through an

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Lawrence Neeley, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

picture of the state of mechanicalengineering education. It was from these schools that the programs discussed in this paper weredrawn as subjects of an even narrower investigation into mechanical engineering designeducation.Our working definition of engineering design was drawn from a recent article in a special issueof the Journal of Engineering Education focused on engineering education research: Engineering design is a systematic, intelligent process in which designers generate, evaluate, and specify concepts for devices, systems, or processes whose form and function achieve clients’ objectives or users’ needs while satisfying a specified set of constraints.3This definition, along with the research perspective it reflects, operates