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Improved Retention Through Innovative Academic And Non Academic Programs

Conference Session: FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

engineering residential college, and peer mentoring, faculty mentoring,and mentoring by practicing engineers.The introduction to engineering course will include all freshman students in SIUC College ofEngineering. This lecture-laboratory course will provide an interesting description of eachengineering major and allows students to work with hands-on projects that will teach theusefulness of mathematics and basic engineering concepts. The SIUC College of Engineeringhas worked with other departments on campus to offer engineering designated sections of corecurriculum courses, such as math, sciences, English, and speech communication. The summermath course lasts four-weeks and accepts students who test below the pre-calculus level andprepares them for

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Diversity In Engineering Teaching – Views From Future Engineering Faculty

Conference Session: Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

incidentresulted from an awareness of past offenses and potential future offenses related to diversity. Page 12.558.5When JI102 attempted to write her first draft of the diversity statement she did not know what tosay. She emphasized that she did not think it was very good. When she brought her diversitystatement to the peer review and discussion session it was not a priority for her to have the groupread it and comment. JI102 stated that these feelings of inadequacy about her diversity statementstemmed from her previous experience. She was unaware of how much the incident that occurredduring the previous diversity workshop had negatively impacted her

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Service Learning And Integrated, Collaborative Project Management

Conference Session: EMD Curriculum Design
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gene Dixon, East Carolina University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

is monitored by milestones defined in the project charter, project baselineschedule and earned value analysis—again, a demonstration that these topics are understood.Meeting the project milestones ultimately means the project meets the need of the sponsoringclient. Throughout the project, project team members write (for review/ranking) a weeklyprogress memo indicating both personal progress on project responsibilities and progress onlearning related to the course objectives. These memos are peer-reviewed and peer ranked aspart of the process for evaluating course objective completion.The ProjectsAs the course design evolved from instruction centric to learning centric, the university’sVolunteer and Service-Learning Center was invited to

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Use Of A Supplemental Abet Assessment Document To Improve Capstone Design Courses

Conference Session: Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Divisions: Design in Engineering Education

Skills in MultidisciplinaryTeams, ” (paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, St. Louis, Missouri, June 18-21, 2000).7. Robert S. Thompson, “Reliability, Validity, and Bias in Peer Evaluations of Self-Directed Interdependent WorkTeams” (paper presented at the ASEE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico,June 24-27, 2001).8. Jennifer L. Miskimins, “Peer Learning: Observation of the Cluster Effect in Multidisciplinary Team Settings,”(paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-19, 2002).9. Kirk H. Schulz and Douglas K. Ludlow, “Incorporating Group Writing Instruction in Engineering Courses,”Journal of Engineering Education, July 1996

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Performing Engineering Research At Non Ph.D. Granting Institutions

Conference Session: Advice from the Experts for NEEs at Small Universities
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Eric Larson, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University
Tagged Divisions: New Engineering Educators

what extent the following factors contribute to scholarship ifat all: publishing pedagogical papers, synthesis or review papers, setting up labs for research andteaching, writing grant applications, developing software, exploring different research areas,performing research that is unsuccessful, and involving undergraduate students in research.4. Time ManagementOne of the most difficult challenges to conducting research at a smaller institution is finding thetime for it. This section presents tips on how to manage the time required for teaching, research,and service.Tip 1: Spend summers doing almost exclusively research.Virtually all of the people we talked to used the summer to concentrate on research. Unlike theacademic year, summer is free

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Explicit Development Of Engineering Skills And Characteristics In The Freshman Year

Conference Session: FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Joseph Schimmels, Marquette University
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

of eachcourse is reflected in their respective titles. The first course in the sequence is titled,“Engineering: The Art of Creating Change”. The title of the second is: “Engineering Projects:The Practice of the Art”.Both courses use assigned reading followed by reflection, writing, and discussion related to adebatable question (or questions) posed by the instructor. Section size is limited to 25 students.A relatively senior member of the regular faculty and one teaching assistant facilitate classdiscussion using Socratic questioning.Both courses also use design projects as vehicles in developing student understanding of keyconcepts. In the first, the course requirements manage student-team project activities; in thesecond, the student-teams

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Active And Collaborative Learning Strategies For Teaching Computing

Conference Session: IT-based Instructional Technologies
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: Information Systems

carried out online in a lab, or usinglaptops. A “scavenger hunt” gets students to work in pairs to surf the Web for answers toquestions posed by the instructor. In another kind of exercise, students can be assigned to comeup with new examples, or exercises, for the text, and then submit to an online peer-reviewsystem, where their work is reviewed by others, and the best work selected to be presented tofuture classes. Another strategy is to have students prepare resources to share with the class.They post these on a wiki, and the lectures become class meetings with an agenda posted on thewiki. The instructor moderates the meeting, and a student takes the minutes, and posts them onthe Web. Peer assessment is used for all contributions. The paper

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Integrating Chinese Students Into An American Classroom: Lessons Learned

Conference Session: Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David Myszka, University of Dayton; Scott Schneider, University of Dayton; Scott Segalewitz, University of Dayton
Tagged Divisions: International

students in the U.S. come from developing and newlyindustrializing countries, most notably China2. Many students believe that the prestige of adegree from a foreign, especially an American, degree is greater than one from a local institution.Also, with the tremendous growth of U.S. companies setting up manufacturing facilities inChina, a technical degree from an American university is extremely desirable3.In the classroom, many performance studies have been completed. Oakland4 documents thatChinese students are more organized than American counterparts. Chinese students exhibithigher achievement in mathematics than their American counterparts. However, Turner5 foundthat aptitude in critical thinking skills is below their American peers

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Improving Retention: Engaging Pre Engineering Students Via Integrated Enrichment Activities

Conference Session: Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mahmoud Ardebili, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY

sessions. Assessment is underway to ascertain optimum strategy in incorporating peer-mentoring.Student SupportEnrichment/Research workshop for pre-engineering students is offered every summer. Itis designed to reach out to engineering majors who are academically not prepared toenroll in the science and mathematics courses of engineering curriculum. The motivationis to strengthen students’ academic skills and therefore increasing the likelihood of theirretention in engineering.The five-week long workshop focused on improving students’ Physics, Chemistry andVisualization skills in an inquiry-based/active-learning environment. Upon completion ofeach module in the workshop, students were required to write reports about their subjectmatter. It

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Team Composition Methodologies For Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program Projects

Conference Session: Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James Rumpf, Ferris State University
Tagged Divisions: Manufacturing

– essentially a time & motion study project during their first semester in the MFGE program, every student is on the same footing as none enter the program with prior experience. Whereas we used to assign groups randomly, we now use the rank in class method to motivate underperforming students and give them one final chance to demonstrate subject mastery. • Computer applications project – a project that requires students to develop an Excel spreadsheet to solve an assigned set of engineering problems, write a training & operations manual for the spreadsheet in Word, and present their efforts to their peers using PowerPoint. Because students in the computer applications class come from multiple

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Teaching Visual Design Thinking

Conference Session: Capstone Design II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University
Tagged Divisions: Design in Engineering Education

methods contained within. Therefore, the main goal of this research paper is tosimply communicate the author’s approach towards teaching design. The results of thisexperimental research are by no means conclusive. Therefore, this paper neither substantiates norvalidates the systematic methods contained within. However, some measure of assessing student Page 12.1372.2performance when using the following methods can be ascertained by empirically peer reviewingexamples of student design projects at the paper’s presentation session.Design ProcessA seven stage design process organizes design projects and structures this paper. The stages inthe process

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Using Technology To Support Engineering Laboratory Studies

Conference Session: Design of Lab Experiments II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire
Tagged Divisions: Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

compares with only 69/297(~23%) that did not. The rest, 53/297 (~18%) indicated a neutral response.ConclusionLaboratory studies should be considered an integral component of any engineering curricula.They offer significant value in that they allow the students to gain both first hand and situatedknowledge of the subject domain. Two issues however are found to exist – both of which canbe countered by judicious use of technology.First the additional resource demands of laboratory studies and the attendant assessmentdemand can be offset using technology to help set, collect, mark and provide feedback.Second, the desire for students to disregard advice on how to write laboratory reports can becountered by using the learners as assessors. Peer

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The Clarkson Common Experience Curriculum: Graduation Requirements Based On Student Learning Outcomes

Conference Session: Liberal Education Division Poster Session
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Meyer, Clarkson University; Dick Pratt, Clarkson University
Tagged Divisions: Liberal Education

̇ Increased understanding of and insight building effective relationships with peers, being a into personal behavior collaborative team member, and identifying and ̇ Appreciation of the need for self- managing team conflict. motivated, life-long learning ̇ Increased social awareness and 2. Students should identify moral and ethical dilemmas interpersonal competence, including an and problems in situations typically encountered within appreciation for the value of the student’s profession, and provide an analysis of these experiencing diversity from different ethical perspectives. ̇ Understanding of and recognition of the

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Improving Interdisciplinary Capstone Design Projects With Cooperative Learning In The Medi Fridge Project

Conference Session: Design in BME Poster Session
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David McStravick, Rice University; Marcia O'Mallley, Rice University
Tagged Divisions: Biomedical

the electrical requirements and control concepts • This project provided an excellent design development experience for the mechanical engineering and electrical student. It has followed the classic design procedure of defining the problem, brainstorming, determining specifications, locating components, making other components, assembly, and testing. • The Medi-Fridge project is an excellent engineering project in that it has the typical engineering tradeoffs required to reach a satisfactory approach that meets the project goals.Bibliography1) Robinson, R., 2001, Calibrated Peer ReviewTM: An application to increase student reading and writing skills. The American Biology Teacher, v. 63, n

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Web Based Forums For Student Learning Through Teaching

Conference Session: Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American

. The prevalence of quality media richcontent related to course material has produced an increasing expectation among students thatlearning should be easy and is primarily the responsibility of the instructor. Additionally, accessto report writing services and vendors who will sell homework solutions manuals presents manychallenges to students. Addressing these issues can be frustrating and time consuming forfaculty. This paper presents the experiments conducted in four mechanical engineering coursesspanning from freshman to graduate level courses that lead the authors to discover that manystudents enjoy partnering with the faculty in addressing these issues, the benefits to studentsthrough involvement in the process, and the practical issues

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Cim Lab To Support Manufacturing Design Implementation

Conference Session: Technology Integration in the Classroom for Manufacturing II
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Nasser Ghariban, Virginia State University
Tagged Divisions: Manufacturing

implementation project. Communication Skills Finally, after the completion of their project, the students are required to write a final high- quality design report and give a clear and informative oral presentation elaborating on the works they have done throughout the semester. They are also required to demonstrate the operation of their production line.Project ComponentsAfter specifying the target product through brainstorming by team members, considering allconstraints (time, budget, availability of tools and equipment), the activities follow the threeproject phases of definition, planning, and implementation.The project has the following two main components (refer to figure 2) 5: a) Defining and solving design problems, which includes

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Redefining “Distance” Education: Increasing Diversity, Accessibility, And/Or Classroom Participation In Engineering Courses On A Time, Financial And Technology Shoestring

Conference Session: Web-Based Education
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Thomas Walker, Virginia Tech
Tagged Divisions: Computers in Education

students and instructors. The results are overwhelmingly positive and themethods can be applied to all or parts of multiple courses and curricula. There is definiteapplicability to K-12 outreach programs as well as community/junior college collaborativeprograms. Issues addressed include learning styles, under-represented minority participation,student peer support and collaboration, student classroom participation, budgetary and personnelresources, computer grading, and course management systems. Methods and technologiesinvolved will be used and demonstrated during the presentation.BackgroundThe concept of “distance” or “online” courses is not only generally accepted by most engineeringschools, appropriately and properly developed courses are

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Impact Of Student Selection Of Design Projects On Team Performance

Conference Session: Capstone Design III
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University
Tagged Divisions: Design in Engineering Education

projects, and projects for design competitions. A systematicmethodology, based on the students’ rankings of all the projects for assigning students to theirpreferred choice of projects, is also presented. Whereas the data presented shows that studentsgenerally read carefully the project description, the majority of students prefer the project clientsto make short presentations. To analyze the impact of project choice on team performance, fourcategories, based on the student project choice, were proposed. Teams whose majority did notget their first choice of project, showed the largest drop between the mid-semester peer ratingscompared to end-of-semester peer ratings. This study was performed at two universities.1. Introduction The teaching of

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Program Outcome Assessment In An Industrially Sponsored Senior Capstone Course

Conference Session: Assessing Design Coursework I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University
Tagged Divisions: Design in Engineering Education

. Describe the project to peers and faculty through oral presentations during the Page 12.1190.4 project development phase (g).3. Develop design alternatives and evaluate them using a decision matrix, as appropriate for the project (a, c, e, f, h, j, k)4. Apply scientific and engineering principles to the assigned project (a, c, e, k).5. Optimize the engineering design based on client expectations, design constraints, and constructability (a, c, e, f, h, j, k).6. Demonstrate effective written communication skills through the development of a written proposal, progress reports and final project report evaluated by faculty, liaison(s) and Civil Engineering

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Assigning Civil Engineering Students To Capstone Course Teams

Conference Session: How to Effectively Teach Using Teams
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: Civil Engineering

model usesdeviations (greater than or less than) from the centroid, essentially the middle point for allvalues. The BSTAM software can do this by writing the same constraint twice, first goal forpenalizing below the target and a second goal for penalizing above the target. These twoformulations are essentially similar since penalizing team levels above or below a target valuewill tend to bring the teams close to the average or target value essentially accomplishing thesame objective.Current techniques for solving binary variables and a quadratic objective function create difficultproblems in optimization, as pointed out in the literature (Bhadury et al., 2000)5. The BSTAMsource code is written in Visual Basic for Applications within Microsoft

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Recruitment And Retention Programs For Minorities In Engineering Programs

Conference Session: Recruitment and Retention
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: James Northern, Prairie View A&M University
Tagged Divisions: Minorities in Engineering

decades, one of the top priorities forAmerica’s higher education leaders is to get more students into college. The second priority is tograduate students that are competent in their field of study. In a recent national study, only twoof five minority students who enroll in engineering programs graduate with a baccalaureatedegree in engineering, as compared to two of three non-minority students. Another nationalstudy found that 54 percent of students entering four-year colleges in 1997 had a degree six yearslater, with even a lower percentage for Hispanics and Blacks. The barriers to minority studentretention continue to be: the cost of education, isolating campus environments, a lack of peer andfaculty engagement, and inadequate math and science

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Impacting Instructional Practice Through The Implementation Of An Inquiry Based Elementary Mathematics Program: A Single Site Collective Case Study

Conference Session: Mathematics in Transition
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Sandra Linder, Math Out of the Box; Donna Gunderson, Math Out of the Box/Clemson University
Tagged Divisions: Mathematics

development model where they wereimmersed in tasks in which the facilitator supported an inquiry-based learning environment. The professional development model consisted of two full days of inquiry experience anda half-day at the end of implementation dedicated to reflection of practice. The first day ofprofessional development focused mainly on Algebra concepts and was given prior toimplementing any of the Math Out of the Box lessons. After teachers implemented the tenlessons relating to Algebra, they returned for the second day of professional development dealingprimarily with data concepts. Teachers were also given the opportunity to reflect on the Algebralessons and discuss issues relating to implementation with their peers. Topics such as

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Engineering Sustainability?!

Conference Session: Sustainability & Environmental Issues
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne; Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University
Tagged Divisions: Multidisciplinary Engineering

, decision-making and report writing. These are the new basics.Compare this list with the old basics, which includes mathematics, physics, chemistry,applied mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, etc. These map onto the new basicsthrough the analysis phase (Figure 2). It is clearly time to rethink how we practise engineeringeducation. Yet, the temptation remains to continue with the basic sciences through years oneand two, with some engineering design being introduced in the third or final years. Page 12.654.4Of course, the accrediting bodies have beensaying this for sometime now (above). The

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Incorporating Global Issues Into Freshman Engineering Course

Conference Session: FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Larry Bland, John Brown University
Tagged Divisions: First-Year Programs

requirements? 3)understanding the engineering design process, 4) beginning to learn basic engineering computertools, 5) developing writing skills, and 6) establishing ethical engineering practices.The course begins with understanding what engineering is. There is the classical definition thatengineers use science to solve problems. Most programs have come to recognize that this is anoversimplification of the engineering discipline. The students are taught that engineers have toconsider many elements that go beyond the physical sciences and mathematics. There are theadditional, broader issues of economics, politics, environment, health, safety, quality, ethics,culture and other contemporary issues.Along with an understanding of general engineering

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A Small Scale Design And Build Project In Biochemical Treatment

Conference Session: Environmental Engineering Curricula I
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Butkus, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Environmental Engineering

biomass in the systems. It isthought that more time should have been provided for the testing phase of the project. Withoutprior testing, more than two weeks are probably required to get the systems close to steady statewith reasonable COD removal. In addition, the students should have had an IPR during thisperiod so the instructor could assess the data collection protocol. In the future, the studentsshould be asked to conduct a mass balance on COD and/or nitrogen as part of this assignment.Students were asked to assess the overall project, their own performance, and the performance oftheir peers by completing a survey (Table 2). The survey was administered in-class after theproject was completed and was treated like an exam (no collaboration or

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Mechatronics Course With A Two Tiered Project Approach

Conference Session: Outstanding Contributions to ME
Collection: 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver
Tagged Divisions: Mechanical Engineering

-scale projects that centered around each core competency required by the second tierwhich is the main project in the course. Page 12.1052.3In the first tier, each student group is given four weeks to work on a tier-one project in thelaboratory. Then, each group teaches the rest of the class the details of the core competency theyworked on. This allows peer-to-peer learning. In this process, each group gave a 25-minutemini-lecture to the class and demonstrated their prototype. The design challenges andprogramming details were covered in great depth. This approach generated lots of questions andinteraction between the presenting