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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Otieno, Northern Illinois University; Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University

has continuously been a focus of many K-12 coalitions. Available datashows a very low representation of minorities and women in the Science and Engineering fields.Through early introduction to engineering and technology, and dissemination of informationrelated to careers and education in these fields, minority and women student representation isbeing expanded. This paper reports on a collaborative project between a university and middleand high schools to address this low representation. A coalition involving faculty in the university,and science and math teachers in various school districts resulted in the development of a uniqueeducational model that was first piloted in the summer 2005. The model comprises of a series of shorteducational

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

alumni of these competitions feel that these events helped themto gain better employment opportunities and faster career advancement? Both alumni who hadthese experiences and alumni who did not have these experiences were surveyed.This paper provides a brief introduction to the SAE design competitions along with the results ofthe alumni survey.IntroductionStarting in the early 1960s, engineering education shifted away from engineering practice andmore towards engineering science. Declining enrollments and shifting priorities causeduniversities to reduce program length. In order to accomplish this, many programs reducedapplication oriented courses and laboratories.1 This has resulted in a gap between whatuniversities are teaching, and what

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MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 11.553.7colleges. The attainment of doctoral engineering degrees by minorities is growing so slowly thattheir membership in academia in future will be very modest if not minimal6.By 2003, about 240 colleges have been designated as Hispanic-serving institutions in the lastdecade7. A greater proportion of the faculty, just like predominantly black colleges, are Non-Hispanics. This poses a real threat to educating Hispanics. In the words of one of the steeringcommittee members of FACES (Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Sciences, asNSF-sponsored minority program):“It is very important that minorities pursue academic positions. There are so few minorities inacademia, each additional Ph.D. can have a profound impact on the make

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Ye Sun, West Virginia University

determine whatknowledge, skills and abilities are needed by sophomore students who enter their engineeringdiscipline major. The items on the resulting list were discussed, refined, prioritized, and, finally,categorized as basic skills, fundamental engineering topics, and computer tools. The first yearexperience was then reviewed in relation to those elements and several changes wererecommended and made to the freshman engineering program.No significant changes were made to the one-credit engineering orientation course, whichprovides an excellent introduction to college life and engineering disciplines and careers, as wellas teaches study skills and time management practices. The other two freshman engineeringcourses were modified, as needed, to

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Assessment & TC2K Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Robert Lawrence, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

LessThe use of Rubrics as an assessment tool offers a number of advantages: • Student learning can be gauged effectively • Student’s areas of strengths and concern can be detected • Accomplishments of the various tasks of a project can be evaluated effectivelyII. CQI/Assessment Processes at DeVry UniversityStudent success is measured by student performance, satisfaction, retention, andplacement.EET/CET students learn the specialty technical knowledge necessary to enhance orlaunch their careers, as well as acquiring the general education competencies, skills, andvalues that help sustain their learning throughout their careers and add meaning to theirlives. Like other baccalaureate programs at DeVry, the EET and CET programs include

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henry Sneck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donald Bunk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Baxter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

chosen departmentalmajors. Perhaps more importantly they may not know what Engineers do as they ply theirprofession, and may have a misleading or unrealistic perception of their career choice.Engineering “Discovery” is a course intended for students entering an engineering curriculum.By using carefully chosen artifacts such as electric toasters and warm-mist room humidifiersstudents learn how engineers apply physics principles, most already learned in secondary school,in the design of such products. They observe the artifacts and sub-systems and theirinterconnectivity and speculate on the thought and problem solving processes used by practicingengineers in developing the product. A unique requirement is that students report their findingsusing

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Lyons, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

contamination;infrastructure damage to roads, bridges, buildings and the electricity grid; and Page 11.1292.2communications breakdown in the Internet, telephony, radio and television.” Finally, itwas noted that, due to the rapidly changing nature of modern knowledge, engineers“…must embrace continuing education as a career development strategy with the samefervor that continuous improvement has been embraced by the manufacturingcommunity.”Dean Paul Peercy of the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,presented a paper in June, 2004 entitled ‘The Changing Face of Engineering.’(2) The papernoted that it is time to reevaluate the

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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Banzaert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

expected that dramatic transformations would notappear in this initial assessment. However, the initial positive changes promote the value of S-Lfor engineering students. Both schools appear committed to continue the effort of integrating S-L into core courses, and to continue to assess this transformation.Previous research has shown that additional outcomes for MIT’s 2.009 service learning classinclude significant changes in career aspirations, with a preference toward engineering-orientedones following the class; more interest in service-oriented activities by minority students; andwomen having a greater increase in their confidence than men in using certain engineeringskillsiv. The results of other items on the UML student surveys, such as

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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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

that affect enrollment and retention of female students in science, math, engineering and technology (SMET) and help increase the female student population in SMET fields. He is also interested in teaching methods such as brain-based teaching, constructivism, team teaching and active learning that might improve the quality of engineering education.George Morgan, Colorado State University Dr. George Morgan is a professor emeritus in the School of Education, Colorado State University. He received his Ph.D. in child development and Psychology from Cornell University. During his 40 years of professional career, he has conducted programs of research on children’s motivation to master challenging

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Allison Interrante, Northeastern University; Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering tostrengthen the pathways for women and girls to pursue careers in engineering and science. Theprogram targets the transition points from middle school to high school, high school to college,and college to career. Connections program components at the college level are extensive andinclude scholarships, social programs, a freshman residence LLC (Learning Living Community),outreach programs, academic support, e-mentoring, and career preparation. The ConnectionsPhysics Review program was established as one of the early initiatives and has evolved over afive year period to become one of the key academic components. Physics was chosen becauseof its place in the engineering curriculum (required first year course) and because the problemsolving

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering, antenna design, and introductory electrical engineering. Dr. Furse works to interest young students, particularly women and minorities in engineering and routinely volunteers in Utah's K-12 schools as an engineering mentor, science educator, and engineering career guidance counselor and is active with the Society of Women Engineers, Junior Engineering State, Expanding your Horizons, School-to-Careers, MESA, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. Dr. Furse was the Professor of the Year in the College of Engineering at Utah State University for the year 2000. She is the Director of the Center of Excellence for Smart Sensors, an active, funded research program including

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2006-2047: TRACING STUDENT DEVELOPMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION OFENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIOSJennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students’ preparedness for professional engineering

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Barrett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

strategies. Page 11.247.8 Increase in content knowledge; exposure to real life examples of STEM research and careers SWEPT Theory of Impact Professional Learning Community Increasing student achievement Instruction on best practices (inquiry, problem based learning) Immersion in rich, inquiry learning environment In general, the evaluation of teacher professional development has its own set of uniquechallenges. Guskey20 proposes a 5 level model for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Shawn Schumacher, DeVry University; Lynn Burks, DeVry University

stated, the purpose of the study was to examine the conditions relating to teacherpreparation and how they influence teacher effectiveness at DeVry University. Thisqualitative study, using the narrative case study approach, focuses on teaching practicesand preparation at the Chicago campus of DeVry University, a for-profit institution ofhigher educationThis study has implications for all for-profit university faculty and administrators, whoserve undergraduate, career-oriented students. The knowledge elicited from theperceptions and experiences of these instructors has implications to the future success ofthe teachers and achievement for the students at for-profit universities.Research QuestionsThe research questions for this study focused on the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simo Lehto, Helsinki Polytechnic

Tagged Divisions

International

motivation for highereducation. In a way, Finland has reached its goals: the basic physical and mental needs of theyouth are satisfied. This has also changed the status of higher education: the youth do not seeit as the only way to success in life. These changes have had a distinct effect on the know-how level and they have increased the heterogeneity of the students entering EE. Therefore,the new requirements can only be achieved by embracing the individual motivation on thehighest levels of the human behavior (creativity).The situation during this decade places new demands on the EE organizations for deeperlearning, more efficient and innovative teaching, more responsibility for student employmentand career success, and responsibility to society

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 11.1351.5that students believe they have developed information acquisition skills and those to question 13indicate students will continue their education throughout their career. Students indicated theybelieve they can use and implement current technologies in their area of specialization in theirresponses to question 14. In a survey of graduates, 41 out of 48 respondents indicated theyagreed (19) or strongly agreed (22) that they were continuing their education, which indicatesthat students do follow through on their intent. The area of life-long learning was explored inmore depth on the attitude survey that is discussed in the next section of this paper.Questions 16 to 20 surveyed the students’ self-evaluation in the areas of problem

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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International

target Page 11.1016.2language, with the expectation that they return home for year five fully proficient in their secondlanguage and with substantial cross-cultural communication skills. Students complete their twodegrees in the fifth year at URI, with the expectation of then finding employment with a firmactively engaged in global activities. Indeed, the placement rate for IEP graduates is extremelyhigh, with the great majority employed by firms working globally and many students joining thecompanies with which they interned. Most graduates are based in the U.S. but each year a fewlaunch their careers in positions abroad.Now in its nineteenth

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.3.2taken to implement the change, typically curricular or pedagogical innovation, the current statusof the change, and the lessons that we learned in the process. At the close of the article, wediscuss the major challenge facing all of engineering education at this time, which is how tobetter prepare our students to succeed in a marketplace being transformed by globalization.The Beginning: ECSELA 15 year period of sustained effort to renew and enhance undergraduate engineering educationat Penn State began with the creation of the team that eventually became the ECSEL Coalition.The team was formed by the Deans of the seven coalition partners, many of whom had workedtogether over the course of their careers, including John Brighton of

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chastain, Clemson University; Harvin Smith, Clemson University; Mason Morehead, Clemson University; David Moline, Clemson University; John Wagner, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

(TAs) are responsible for two three hour sections. Mechanical engineering students completingthe program at Clemson indicate that the top three near-term professional career plans are topursue (in descending order) design positions, manufacturing positions, and graduate schoolopportunities7. The senior level laboratory should satisfy three key items: (i) accepted ABET(Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) syllabus, (ii) general learning goalscollectively established by the faculty, and (iii) student career needs. Consequently, studentsshould learn how to use common instrumentation, sensors, actuators, and data acquisitionsystems that complement analytical and numerical solutions to investigate engineering problems.Although the

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1046: PUBLIC POLICY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN: A CREATIVEPARTNERSHIP IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAlison Tramba, University of Virginia Alison Tramba is an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She plans to graduate in May, 2007, with a double major in Systems Engineering and American Studies. An internship in Washington, DC, research at UVA, and participation in interdisciplinary projects with the School of Architecture have motivated her to pursue a career in policy regarding housing and infrastructure provisions. Alison is also a two-term representative to the university's Honor Committee.Edmund Russell, University of Virginia

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

activities has numerous benefits tothe education and professional development of students. In particular, Seymour et al.1 did anexhaustive study to document the outcomes of summer research experiences for students inscience, math, and engineering fields. The benefits of undergraduate research were grouped intosix main areas: personal/professional; thinking and working like a scientist; skills; refiningcareer/educational paths; enhanced career/graduate school preparation; and changed attitudestoward learning and working as a researcher. Some of these beneficial outcomes may bedifficult to achieve in traditional coursework that comprises the bulk of most engineeringcurricula.Within environmental engineering and other fields, most of the research in

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Billy Hill, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

while setting up different size wind datacollection towers. These skills are invaluable when it comes to entering into a career, whetherthe career be engineering or some other profession.III. Project DescriptionDetermining feasibility of wind power requires the erection of tall masts outfitted withanemometers, wind vanes and data loggers in order to collect data on wind speed and direction.The data collected aloft is sent down to a data logger at ground level and stored there untilcollection of the data was required. But before this could be done, specific procedures had to betaken to raise these 20 and 30 meter towers. Before beginning erection of towers, a suitablelocation for the tower had to be established. Each site was looked at and

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

between Academia and IndustryAbstractCurrently the electric power industry is facing a looming shortage of qualified and well-educatedcandidates to fill a large number of positions within the electric energy sector. The job ofpreparing electrical engineering students for careers in the broad interrelated areas of electricalpower systems, machines and energy is a formidable challenge. This task is further complicatedbecause it must be accomplished using very limited financial resources within the short timeframe available in a typical undergraduate engineering curriculum. This situation providedColorado School of Mines (CSM) with a unique opportunity to design a very effectiveundergraduate power engineering curriculum

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Nels Wirkkala, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

donot command the subject matter well enough and sometimes feel that it is too late to catch up onreview what they now realize they should have already known from previous courses. Figure 1shows a cartoon expressing the student’s eventual realization as they approach the latter part of Page 11.503.2the undergraduate educational career. Professor, why didn’t someone tell us that the material covered in other courses was critical and going to be really important for the work we

Conference Session

Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Lance Edwards, MT Tech of the U of MT; John Evans, MT Tech of the U of MT; Leo Heath, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mike Johnson, MT Tech of the U of MT; Timothy Kober, MT Tech of the U of MT; Mary North-Abbott, MT Tech of the U of MT; Roger Oldenkamp, MT Tech of the U of MT

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

questions about the managerial andentrepreneurial aspects of the course and whether it had changed their thoughts regarding careerpossibilities. Six of the eight (75%) students envisioned a career in some sort of managementfunction and again cited this course as adding value regarding the business and management sideof the industry. Two of the students suggested that this course removed the fear of the unknownas to what is necessary to operate a business and it even instilled a sense of confidence as topossibly starting a new venture. While six of the eight aspired to a career in management, alleight basically understood the role of the entrepreneur and two of the students stated that theysaw themselves taking the role of an entrepreneur within

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hata, Portland Community College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

programsaddressing nanofabrication are needed if the nation is to successfully exploit the nanotechnologyopportunity. Efforts are underway within several colleges and departments of The PennsylvaniaState University to develop options, minors, or concentrations within existing baccalaureatedegrees. A key factor driving these efforts, in addition to nanotechnology career opportunities, isthe need for students to be prepared during their undergraduate studies to support newnanotechnology research programs as graduate students.Nanotechnology at Portland Community CollegeFifteen years ago in January of 1990, Intel Corporation’s Oregon Site asked Portland CommunityCollege (PCC) to develop a new associate of applied science degree program to preparetechnicians for

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Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, anonymous survey stage. 1. How many SFTP conferences have you attended and when? How did you attend them (in person or through distance education)? 2. What is your background (education, professional)? 3. What did you expect to get out of the conference(s)? Were your expectations met? 4. Was the conference an efficient use of your time? Would there be any way to make it more efficient? 5. How relevant was the conference to your education at CU and to your anticipated career? How well did the conferences tie into your coursework? Page 11.575.4 6. Is the conference format effective? What might make it more effective

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of “Student Chapter” andtypically have one or two practitioner advisors in addition to the faculty advisor. The characterof ASCE student groups vary widely across the U.S., as do the regional “Student Conferences”in which they can participate. Active chapters and clubs include most or all of the civilengineering majors in a program and these students participate in the vast majority of activitieslisted below. At the other end of the spectrum there are some student groups that only coordinatea few activities and involve only a limited membership. Regional Conferences can also rangefrom very large weekend-long venues having upwards of twenty competitions, involving outsidespeakers, career fairs and attracting well over a thousand students to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giri Venkataramanan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Annette Muetze, University of Wisconsin-Madison

directs research in the areas of electric machine design and has recently been awarded the NSF-Career Award for leading research in the area of electric machine design optimization. Page 11.640.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Features of a constructivist microclimate situated in a behaviorist learning environment at a university-based engineering research consortiumI. IntroductionA pressing need to reinvigorate the mission of the university to provide effective learningexperiences for the students while maintaining the scholarly vitality of the faculty is

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Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Stwalley, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

host organizations have recently beeninquiring about the possibility of these types of experiences, and the potential of this programseems to have captured the present students’ interests, particularly those in leadership roles oncampus already. We intend to use a separate employer accreditation procedure for this program,and we anticipate that our initial leadership Co-Ops will be engineers and technologists thatultimately intend to pursue administrative and managerial careers. A single continuous year long experience, the Concentrated Cooperative Education Page 11.391.7Program (C2), is expected to benefit smaller departments and