Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Engineering Technology

A is area.If the density is assumed to be constant, which is the case for most problems encountered in afirst course in fluid mechanics then it can be brought outside the integral giving equation 2. m&= ρ ∫ V dA (Equation 2) AIf the function for the velocity profile V as a function of position is known, then it can be Page 12.1531.2evaluated at each cross-section.In most real applications the velocity profile is not a nice clean function that can be easilyintegrated. The velocity can vary seemingly randomly across the cross-section. An example ofthis

Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Importantly, the U.S. is the only nation among the G7 to register a TEA score in the topten.Today, nearly 50 percent of the growth in the U.S. economy can be attributed to entrepreneurialactivity; much of this activity is in the technology sector. Since success in a technology venturerequires both technical feasibility and economic viability an engineering curriculum thatintegrates both aspects is of considerable value.2 Of the over 200 thousand graduates of collegeengineering and science programs each year in the U.S., a growing proportion seek employmentin entrepreneurial ventures or are starting their own ventures. This trend among engineering andscience graduates requires “a new type of engineer, an entrepreneurial engineer, who needs abroad

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Marcek

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International

systemic engineering education reforms and the realization of harmonized systems of quality assurance as a fundamental basis for both hemispheric progress and their own future business success. • Foster a broad dialogue on Innovation that addresses research as an integral part of quality education and facilitates an expanded capacity for inquiry, especially in the applied sciences, as an essential ingredient to improving university capabilities and expanding intellectual and economic opportunity throughout the region. • Engage faculty in curriculum reform, the creation of quality learning environments, and the shaping of policy and strategies aimed at creating the educational infrastructure

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Writing and Reading Center was established in 1986 to support USCGA’s sharedlearning outcome for Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC). Funded by the AlumniAssociation from the John and Erna Hewitt Endowment, the center supports writers at all classlevels and abilities. The Hewitt fund also supports an annual competition that requires allstudents to write substantial researched arguments during each of their four years. During theirthird-year, students write a paper as part of a required class in their major.In 2003 USCGA hired a full-time director and moved the center from the Department ofHumanities to the Department of Academic Resources to support WAC more effectively. Priorto 2003, the center was staffed by ten faculty members, primarily from

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lee Anne Cox, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University in 1992 and has been on the ECE faculty at Duke University since 1993. In addition to his K-12 outreach work, his research interests include microwave imaging and electrical impedance tomography.Lee Anne Cox, Duke University Lee Anne Cox, B.S., is a second year graduate student in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. She was awarded an NSF funded GK-12 Engineering Teaching Fellowship through the MUSIC Program (Math Understanding through Science Integrated with Curriculum) at Duke. For the past two years, in partnership with K-8 classroom teachers, she has taught hands-on, engaging science and engineering lessons to grades 3, 5, and 6 at Bethel Hill Charter School in

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Christine Floyd, Brownsburg East Middle School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Way curriculum. Gateway is the introductory course to the PLTW program andis offered in seventh grade in Brownsburg’s two middle schools.There were 120 total students in the Gateway course in the fall 2006 semester at East MiddleSchool, 60 of which were in a section of the class implementing the tsunami activity. TheGateway course was an elective for seventh grade students. The sections that participated were67% male, 33% female. Students were placed in teams of 5-6 students per team around largetables, a typical arrangement for most projects in the class.This initial implementation involved incorporating the entire MEA in the Gateway course; a trueinterdisciplinary model of the project across social studies, science and Gateway has

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphne Duncan, Purdue University; Euridice Oware, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 12.1189.11strongly agreed with the questions asked for each Mission to Mars activity (Figure 4s 4 and 5).Teachers seemed to feel that each activity was grade appropriate and would be feasible to use intheir classrooms.All of these activities were originally written to accompany 5th-6th grade science curriculums andthey had gone through extensive piloting and revision. To some degree, engineering thinking oran engineering design element was incorporated into these activities. Cleaning Water is a goodexample of an activity where engineering design was easily integrated into the original scienceactivity. However, teachers were less interested in and comfortable with this more engineeringproblem

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Baier, Florida International University; Yong Tao, Florida International University

AC 2007-2714: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PEDAGOGICAL TEACHINGAPPROACH FOR ENGINEERING, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARCHITECTUREAND CONSTRUCTION WITH SOLAR DECATHLON PROJECTRonald Baier, Florida International University Instructor & Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Construction Management, College of Engineering & Computing, Florida International UniversityYong Tao, Florida International University Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, College of Engineering & Computing, Florida International University Page 12.227.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

knowledge, skills, and attitudes outlined by ASCE are obtained through formalstructured education, and other parts are obtained through focused professional experience aftergraduation. The Curriculum Committee of the Committee on Academic Prerequisites forProfessional Practice (CAP3) was charged with two fundamental tasks regarding the formaleducation component, namely: ‚ Determine the current status of civil engineering education in relation to the formal educational component of the BOK, and ‚ Determine the nature of change necessary to support the formal educational expectations of the BOK. Presented in this paper is an extended summary of the work of the committee. The primarytopics addressed in the

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Mark Nelms, Auburn University; Regina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-1635: EXPERIENCE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY WORKSHOPFOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERSR. Mark Nelms, Auburn UniversityRegina Halpin, Program Evaluation and Assessment Page 12.712.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Experience with an Alternative Energy Workshop for Middle School Science Teachers Encouraging interest in science and engineering can begin early in the education process ifteachers have the proper training1. Discussed in this paper is an outreach activity for middleschool science teachers to provide them with the curriculum materials needed to foster students’interest in science and engineering. This

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dewey Spangler, Virginia Tech; Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learnimportant fundamental subjects in a well structured yet open minded and supportiveenvironment.Many high schools offer courses in engineering. Due to a lack of pre-requisite classes, thesecourses are usually introductory in nature and do not offer opportunities for students to studyvector and calculus based engineering mechanics1. The course coverage in GESN is the same asthat offered in a freshman or sophomore university level statics class, making it unique for a highschool curriculum. Exposing high school students to engineering before they apply to a collegeor university is beneficial since the rigorous course load of a university program makes itdifficult to complete an intended major without adding an extra year (or more) to the requiredtime.2

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Learning, Agility, and a Focus on the individual.These values are related to the program mission as the program is built around the concept ofengaged learning: discovery-based education and learning by doing. Classrooms are defined notas lecture halls but as engineering studios. Courses are delivered not as lengthy exercises intheory but as integrated opportunities to apply knowledge in real-world projects. The expectedoutcome of the program is an agile engineer, a lifelong learner with a comprehensive set of skillsappropriate to the needs of today and tomorrow. Agility also characterizes the program itself:streamlined, purposeful and flexible in adapting to changes in pedagogy, knowledge or the needsof its stakeholders. We also express the brand

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and sophomore yearsand continuing to integrate entrepreneurship throughout the academic career. Crosscampus collaboration will be accomplished by requiring multidisciplinary project teamsand cross-listed courses open to other disciplines.Goal 2: To provide an environment that encourages the growth of the entrepreneurialculture in the University community.An entrepreneurship environment will provide stimulus and motivation to act with anentrepreneurial attitude in all facets of university life. This environment will be createdthrough faculty incentives for fostering entrepreneurial projects, instituting pedagogicalmethods consistent with an entrepreneurial culture throughout the curriculum, requiringattendance at entrepreneur speaker series

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Lance Kenney, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Villanova University promise "to add its influence to the search for world peace and justice by means of its academic programs and the pastoral ministry it provides for the members of the community." In fulfilling this promise, the OIS views its mission as one that enhances and strengthens the University's commitment to diversity, intellectual growth, and a global perspective. Thus, the OIS is committed to ensuring that an international educational perspective is an integral part of a Villanova University education.The OIS mission statement segues with the academic strategic plan of the university (synopsiscan be found at http://www.vpaa.villanova.edu/academicstrategicplan/goals.pdf). Specifically,the

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manar Shami, University of the Pacific; Ed Pejack, University of the Pacific; Ravinder Jain, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

structures. Threeof which are supported by hands-on labs except for the structural engineering area. The newlab will support structural engineering and integrate teaching and research in structural andconstruction engineering.This paper also summarizes the lessons learned and the innovative aspects of the planningand design phases of this laboratory. This lab facility will be providing valuable informationabout the economics and technical challenges to support its mixed use of teaching andresearch. Students will benefit from this facility by having education in an applied structuraland materials testing environment.The lab features a unique layout and spacing arrangement of anchors to fully take advantageof the limited floor area. We are currently

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

vectors, and then matrices. An initiative tointroduce MATLAB to students in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (MAE)at University of Florida was undertaken, and the effectiveness of several different formats for andtiming in the curriculum was evaluated.4 It was discovered that “low risk” courses (e.g. a coursethat is not perceived as a “weed-out” course) that relate directly to students’ other coursework arebetter received by students.The course that we have developed differs from previous MATLAB courses found in the literaturein several ways. First, it is a one credit-hour course rather than all or part of a three credit-hourcourse and thus covers significantly less content than courses found in the literature. Secondly,it is

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

in these fields To provide an opportunity for the U.S. Air Force and growing Maui-based technology companies to share their technology and research with Maui students as part of an integrated education program that demonstrates the relevance of science and technology in the community To maximize the impact of this program initiative while achieving cost and time effectiveness for the various partnersThe initial Excite Camp was based loosely upon the following model programs. Attracting Women into Engineering Summer Workshop, Rowan University College of Engineering 1 Outreach Activities by Benet Laboratories, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and

Conference Session

Student Teams And Project Based Learning / The Critical First Year in Engineering Education / Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2721: SPONTANEOUS GROUPS VERSUS LONG-TERM TEAMS: ANINVESTIGATION USING COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING IN A FIRST-YEARENGINEERING COURSETamara Moore, University Of Minnesota Tamara Moore is a Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education, her M.S.Ed. in Mathematics Education and her B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University. Tamara taught high school mathematics for seven years prior to pursuing her doctorate. Her research interests include curriculum development, the learning of complex problem-solving in mathematics and engineering, teamwork, and integration of

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Trimble, Arizona State University; Ronald Bengelink, Arizona State University; Valana Wells, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

building risk mitigation exercise, andethics scenario on DVD. There was inadequate time to fully utilize the proposal activity, whichis supposed to be the culminating activity for the course. With minor adjustments to theschedule and content, this course will be an effective required course for seniors to address theABET Criterion 3 and new Dean’s engineering business practice requirements that are not Page 12.82.9adequately covered elsewhere in the curriculum. Page 12.82.10Figure 5. Final Schedule for Fall 2006 Table 7. Summary of Student Survey ResultsSurvey Question

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-895: CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSMENTAND IMPROVEMENTShowkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University Dr. Showkat Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Chowdhury has extensive background in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Mechanical Engineering, and performing research in the fields of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Combustion, Propulsion, Heat & Mass Transfer and Turbulence. Previously, he worked as a Professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and at University of Brighton, U.K. He also worked in the Research Division of Corning

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Davis, Kettering University; Craig Hoff, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

also active on the professional level of SAE, currently serving as Past-Chair of the Engineering Education Board and on the SAE Board of Directors (Director term, 2007-2010), and as a Director on the Publications Board. He is also active in numerous committees. Greg joined the faculty at Kettering after serving on the faculties of the U.S. Naval Academy and Lawrence Technological University. He received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991. Prior to this, he worked as an engineer for both the automotive and electric utility industries. Dr. Davis is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan.Craig Hoff, Kettering University DR

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kiefer, Tri-State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2593: PREPARING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS FORSENIOR DESIGN PROJECTS WITH ELECTRONICS COMPONENTSScott Kiefer, Tri-State University Scott Kiefer is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tri-State University. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Page 12.1180.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Preparing Mechanical Engineering Students for Senior Design Projects with Electronics

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

Tagged Divisions

International

goals in order to follow the present-day reality that demands increased innovation in enterprises so as to face global competitionwas felt. The introduction of entrepreneurial skills has been an established goal since 1999,but, only after a first external evaluation process was momentum created that enabled this totake place under the guidelines of the Bologna Declaration on the European Space for HigherEducation. Therefore, in the 2002 academic year, a reorganization in the OperationsManagement curriculum took place, bringing together the (not so) classic contents ofdesigning productive systems (both products and services

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madhukar Vable, Michigan Technological University; William Kennedy, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Science for his professional integrity and his belief in engineer’s rights and responsibilities. The physical cause of the accident was the deformation at launch was in excess of the design allowable deformation. The primary cause was an administrative misjudgment of risk assessment and the potential benefits of the Challenger launch contrary to recommendation by the engineers. Page 12.1078.8

Conference Session

Developments in the Energy Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

isa modern and straightforward method to use in an undergraduate laboratory. Nowadays, most ofthe students possess digital cameras and many have one integrated in their cellphones, whichthey use to photograph the experiment. flame SL U(r) Inner cone α flame Ulocal R Bunsen burner A typical Bunsen burner

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

to enhance their knowledge of both microcontrollers and analog circuits, such as A/DC(analog-to-digital conversion), D/AC and integrated-circuit temperature sensors. The system alsoprovides students real-world examples of microcontrollers application and helps studentsunderstand how a microcontroller, C language programming, and analog circuits work togetherto become an embedded system. In addition, it provides a tool for the students to programhardware specific driver codes and to test the system to meet design requirements. The designinvolves integration of an 8051-based microcontroller, a 12-bit serial A/D converter, an 8-bitD/A converter, an instrumentation operational amplifier, a keypad, and a liquid crystal display.Once the C-language

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Chonacky, Yale University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

respect to integrating computation, and attempts to outline the common challenges thephysics and engineering communities face and the opportunities they have to cooperate to theirmutual benefit in curriculum development efforts.This paper starts tracing recent physics education developments using data from a nationalsurvey that was commissioned by the magazine Computing in Science and Engineering (CiSE).This publication is co-sponsored by the American Institute of Physics and the IEEE-ComputerSociety, hence its interest in working at the intersection between physics and engineering. Thepaper continues with a description of an effort by the Committee on Instructional Technology –the counterpart to CoED within the American Institute of Physics

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

-learning project inour required one-credit seminar for American Indian students. Students in theclass were vertically integrated in groups to develop an engineering-relatedactivity that could be used by 5th to 8th grade teachers to teach Montana mathstandards. In this paper, we discuss the curriculum for the service-learningexperience, give examples of activities that the student teams developed, andreport assessment results from the pilot test. We are convinced that this approachprovides benefits not only for our American Indian engineering students, but alsomay interest 5th to 8th grade students in studying engineering.Background and RationaleThe seminar component of the Designing Our Community Program requiresstudents to enroll in a one-credit

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

Tagged Divisions

International

, problem solving and creative skills must also be developed in theworkforce along with an ability to learn and research and think critically13.Adult students are recognised by adult educators such as Malcolm Knowles as havingdifferent learning needs. Knowles argues that adult learners require a differentpedagogy, curriculum design and institutional organisation. In fact, the term pedagogyitself is out of place as it refers to the science of teaching children. Androgogy is theterm which Knowles advocates should be used to refer to the science of teachingadults. Most androgogical researchers advocate according the learner a role in shapingthe purpose and process of learning. This promotes personal development and ismotivating to adult learners

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Bentow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Richard Blais, Project Lead the Way; Laura Bottomley, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Christina Vogt, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

activities organized by ASME was to incorporate gender equityresearch into the Essential Teaching Seminars that are given by ASME for engineering faculty. Current effortshave utilized several on-going ASME activities including the Department Leadership Workshop scheduled forthe spring of 2007 and the Department Heads Forum in the fall of 2007. Topics to be addressed at these andother ASME meetings include the following: • Creating an effective teaching climate in the classroom; • Creating a supportive/effective climate in your department and how to get your colleagues to support this effort; • Effective hands-on pedagogy; and • Enhancing diversity through curriculum reform.These activities are being developed to improve faculty