Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific Univ; Donald Peter, Seattle Pacific University; Steven Parsons, Seattle Pacific University; Brad Gjerding, Seattle Pacific University

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Continuing Professional Development

when (s)he isat that location. Another web cam is pointed at the projection screen. Although the resolution isinadequate for reading the screen, if the instructor points at locations on the screen, the remote Page 13.1284.4student can generally tell what the instructor is pointing at. To provide a general perspective ofactivity in the room, we can connect a third web cam mounted in a corner of the room, but theincreased bandwidth can lead to poor audio quality.More details of our hardware setup are included in Appendix A.We should mention that our Instructional Technology Services “ITS” department has a licensefor Adobe Connect, and provides the

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Rencis; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; David Woodall, Oregon Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Albert McHenry; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Edmund Segner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Barry Farbrother, University of New Haven; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Graduate Studies

, recommends, wemust “ensure that the United States is the premier place in the world to innovate.” 32.1 Statement of the ProblemBut a disturbing reality is now apparent that must be corrected. Over the last several decades, 1960’s,70’s, 80’s, 90’s, the nation has invested wisely, because of 1945 U.S. science policy in fostering worldpreeminence of research-oriented graduate education for the U.S. Scientific Workforce for basic researchand ‘discovery’ at the universities, and must continue to do so.4 But it has not made a parallel investmentand balanced educational emphasis during this same time period in fostering professionally-orientedgraduate education, beyond entry level engineering, that supports the further development of the U.S.Engineering

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

innocent, rich, majority, male students who of course never whine,and whose rich parents never try to bully the teacher. Basically, if non-merit considerations gointo grade decisions, the process is corrupt and indefensible, so there is no need to micro-analyzethe corruption further. The teacher(s) and administrative grade-fixer(s) should be fired. As myfirst boss told me bluntly when I asked him 3 weeks into my first (sophomore) class, what to doabout an intransigent Army Major who was heading for an F, “You gotta be objective! If you losethat, you have nothing!” Elementary thought would also confirm experience that if there is anydifference between the expectation levels of students based on affluence, then in today’sgeneration, it is the more

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashland Brown, University of the Pacific; Joseph Rencis; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Chuan-Chiang Chen, Tuskegee University; Essam Ibrahim, Tuskegee University; Vladimir Labay, Gonzaga University; Paul Schimpf, Eastern Washington University

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Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

The Academic Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Birmingham, Grove City College; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mia Clark, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota

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Educational Research and Methods

researchers at his/herschool and championing a set of research instruments to be used across schools. In this capacity,each principal co-investigator oversaw the development, training, data processing and dataanalysis related to their instrument(s) for all campuses. The Urban Private University served aschampion for structured interviews, the Large Public University for the ethnographic tools andengineering design tasks, the Suburban Private University for survey instruments, and theTechnical Public Institution for academic transcript information.Monthly conference calls and periodic face-to-face meetings facilitated the work of the APSleadership team

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brant Miller, University Of Minnesota; Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine, Rising above the gathering storm: Energizing and employing America for a brighter economic future. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2006.8. National Research Council. National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996.9. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science for all Americans, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.10. Russell, S. H., & Hancock, M. P., Evaluation of the research experiences for teachers (ret) program: 2001-2006 (SRI Project P13392). Menlo Park, CA: SRI International, 2007, July.11. Averett, S

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Lambrechts, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

local areashaving groundwater levels below Elev. 5, and he proposed these were caused by leaky sewerswith relatively localized influence. Further concerns were expressed in a 1914 discussion to apaper by Worcester11.It was the finding of rotted wood piles beneath the Boston Public Library in 1929, and concernsfor the wood piles across the street at Trinity Church that set in motion the major 1930’s studyand the early public awareness of the tenuous relationship between groundwater and wood pilepreservation12. But the issue lost advocates and public awareness with the onset of World WarII, and the urban decline of the 1950s and 1960s. It was not until 1984 when rotted wood pileswere discovered beneath the 19 contiguous rowhouses on the waterside

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Margaret Bates, Northeastern University; Brittany Damon, Northeastern University; Alison Reppy

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New Engineering Educators

teaching techniquesfor your current academic year. Ex). 1% active learning | 99% lecture9 - % Explanation: Briefly explain why below.12: Retention Techniques: What teaching technique(s) would most help to improve your retention ofcourse material at your current level in your education? Please explain:TL vs. AL Effectiveness. Directly after the demographics portion of the survey, students were asked Page 13.1290.5their opinion ratings on whether lecturing is an effective method of teaching. On a 7-point scale, theresults are depicted in Figure 1 and shown in Table 2 below. Responses to Effectiveness

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kelly Hutchinson, Purdue University; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University; Nicholas Giordano, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia; David Gattie, University of Georgia-Athens

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Women in Engineering

future studies can explorehow a more complex learning environment will lead to a less gendered environment thatempowers underrepresented minorities to pursue degrees in engineering.Theoretical BackgroundThe environment’s influence on a person’s behavior has been recognized since the 1930’s whenLewin developed field theory (see Table 1).12 Field theory postulates that behavior is not only afunction of the individual person, but is also a function of their environment. Years later,Murray developed the needs-press theory, which extended field theory by discussing theindividual’s needs and the environment’s press.13 The environment’s press is the pressure thatthe environment exerts on the individual. These theories provide a useful framework to

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

Page 13.1004.11requirement that students can explain basic concepts in management, business, public policy, andleadership (ASCE 5 in Table 1) and can explain the importance of professional licensure (ASCE6 in Table 1) are assessed in this course.A rubric was developed to aid in the assessment process. An example is shown as Figure 1. Theinstructor(s) teaching the course are provided with the rubric at the start of the semester and it istheir responsibility to create and evaluate the assignments. All assignments are evaluated and theinstructor saves one example of student work from each category for archival purposes.In addition to performing assessment on individual outcomes, the instructor(s) also qualitativelyassess the course at the end of

Conference Session

Accreditation Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

significant impact on a student’s attitude and motivation toward heattransfer.Bibliography Page 13.153.91. Berg, R, and Nasr, K., 2002, “Achieving Those Difficult ABET Program Educational Outcomes Through a Capstone Design Course,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.2. Robinson, M, and Sutterer, K, 2004, “The ASCE BOK – A Case Study of the Evaluation and Design of a BOK Curriculum, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 20-23, 2004.3. Lord, S, 2005, “Fabulous Fridays: Satisfying ABET 2000 Criterion I ad J in an

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

). www.labjack.com). Table 1. Linguistic Antecedents and Consequences for a Temperature Fuzzy Controller. Temperature Current Temperature is: oC 1 Change Far Below Near Below Set Point Near Above Far Above Fast decrease I-100 or I-100 or I-50 or I-50 or N_C or (F-D) High heat, Fan2 Medium Heat Medium Heat Low Heat Heat Off Off Fan Off Fan Off Fan On Fan On Slow Decrease I-100 or I-50 or I-50 or N_C or R-50 or (S-D) High Heat Low

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bryan Norman, University of Pittsburgh; Jean Fullerton, Elizabethtown College; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

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Industrial Engineering

usingthe materials for the first time in Spring 2008, and a second workshop is planned for June 2008to support implementations at additional schools in 2008/2009.Bibliographic Information(1) Bandura, A., Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986.(2) Bandura, A., Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1997.(3) Bradley, J. R., and J. Willett, “Cornell Students Participate in Lord Corporation’s Kaizen Projects”, Interfaces, 34(6), 451-459.(4) Donovan, M. S., and J. D. Bradford, “Pulling Threads”, How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom, Washington, D.C.: Nataional Academy Press, 2005.(5) Frechtling, J

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noemi Mendoza Diaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Cox, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

%20Core%20-%20Jenny-Yong-Marty_y2.pdf[18] Denson C. D., Avery Z. (2007). Retrieved October 1, 2007, from African American High School Students Perceptions of Engineering and Technology Education. http://ncete.org/flash/research/African_American_High_School_Student's_Perceptions.pdf[19] Blashki K., Jia N. D., Prompramote S. (2007). ‘The future is old’: immersive learning with generation Y engineering students. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32(4), p. 409-420.[20] Barnett M. (2005). Engaging Inner City Students in Learning through Designing Remote Operated Vehicles. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 14(1), p. 87-100.[21] Gifford L. K., Eckenrode H. M., Rogers L. C. (2004). A Partnership Incorporating Labs into

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Reading 59/37% 32/20% 4/2% 7/4% 2/1% 22-24 Senior Hispanic D Written 8/5% 16/10% 2/1% 0/0% 2/1% 24 or greater Other Native Am. F Multi-modal 7/4% 0/0% 2/1% 0/0% 57/36% Other S/U 2/1% 0/0% Page 13.1203.4The NCLAGES survey asked

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Kim, Howard University; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University; Veronica Thomas, Howard University

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Electrical and Computer

, the answer was just one unanimous, "yes." Because of the new class, newtechnology, or any other reason, they liked the mobile studio class and they wanted more.(c) In addition to Network Analysis, which course(s) would be most benefited by the mobile studioclass? • I don't know. I just took the first course in ECE! (4 ) • Electronics (15) • Digital System (12) • Signal Processing (4) • Energy Conversion (1) • Physics (Physics Department) (2)Most could suggest the expansion of the benefit in Network Analysis and the experience of themobile studio into other courses that they have yet to take. Electronics and Digital System coursesreceived most votes in the suggestion.(d) What did you learn most from the mobile

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno

Bourne at University of Florida and Brenda Serrano, WynnRay, Art Diaz, and Richard Chung at San Jose State University. Extensive developmentof the thermal processing of steel and metallography lab module was done by BrendaSerrano, Wynn Ray, and Bob Herring at San Jose State University.References1. Private Communication, Jonathan Plant, Senior Sponsoring Editor: Mechanical, Materials &Aerospace Engineering, Mc-Graw Hill.2. S. Gleixner, O. Graeve, E. Douglas, “Project Based Introductory to Materials EngineeringModules on Biomaterials, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Non-volatile Memory, and Fiber Reinforced Plastics”,ASEE Annual Conf. Proc., (2006).3. S. Gleixner, O. Graeve, E. Douglas, “PRIME Modules: Teaching Introduction to

Conference Session

Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Ilya Leipunsky, Russian Academy of Science; Nadezda Berezkina, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Mechanical Engineering

crack is possible due to the concentration of coffee particles at the opening of the crack.In general, Penetrant Testing (PT) involves the following steps: (1) pre-cleaning and surfacepreparation of the part under test, (2) selection and application of visible or fluorescent dyes thatare capable to penetrate discontinuities by capillary action, (3) penetrant dwelling, i.e.: allowingthe penetrant to stay in contact with the surface for a suitable period of time, (4) removal ofexcess penetrant using special solvents and/or emulsifiers, (5) extraction of penetrant by specialdevelopers and, subsequent inspection of discontinuities, and (6) post-cleaning of the part(s)tested in order to remove developer and residual

Conference Session

Fostering and Assessing Effective Teaming

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Roach, University of Texas-El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

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Educational Research and Methods

. Johnson, N., Meeting the challenge: Becoming learning communities, in Learning communities ineducation: Issues, strategies and contexts. 1999, Routledge: London. p. 26-43.15. Butt, R., Towards the learning community: Working through the barriers between teacher development andevaluation. Learning communities in education: Issues, strategies and contexts 1999: p. 60-83.16. Johnson, D.W. and R.T. Johnson, Cooperation and Competition: Theory and Research. 1989, Edina:Interaction Book Company. 257.17. Masten, S.J., et al., A web-based and group learning environment for introductory environmentalengineering. Journal of Engineering Education, 2002. 9(1): p. 69-80.18. DeLyser, R.R., Thompson, S. S., Edelstein, J., Lengsfeld, C

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer; Alison McKay, University of Leeds; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Alan de Pennington, University of Leeds

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Design in Engineering Education

your design, please submit all of the documents you created.We video-recorded students’ discussions and collected the documents they produced during theprotocol. Verbal Protocol Analysis was performed on data collected from these four studentteams. A modified version of Atman (2001)’s design steps and categories were used for codingteam protocols (See Table 2). We used a modified version to capture some of the details weobserved when analyzing design teams (e.g. modeling alternative solutions and modelingselected solutions). Senior product design students had 30 minutes to solve their problems in aquiet conference room. For the freshman engineering teams, the verbal protocol was acomponent of their introduction to design course and they were

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thorsten Wagener, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

the right answers for the right reasons: Linking measurements, analyses, and models to advance the science of hydrology. Water Resources Research 42: W03S04 Doi:10·1029/2005WR004362. 6. Wagener T, Sivapalan M, McDonnell JJ, Hooper R, Lakshmi V, Liang X, Kumar P. 2004. Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a catalyst for multi-disciplinary hydrology. Transactions-American Geophysical Union, 85(44), 451–452. 7. Nash JE, Eagleson PS, Philip JR, Van der Molen WH. 1990. The education of hydrologists. Hydrological Sciences Journal 35(6): 597–607. 8. Eagleson PS, Brutsaert WH, Colbeck SC, Cummins KW, Dozier J, Dunne T, Edmond JM, Gupta VK, Jacoby GC, Manabe S, Nicholson SE, Nielsen DR, Rodriguez

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; James Maneval, Bucknell University; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Michael Hanyak, Bucknell University; William Snyder, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

than the original, each of which makesthe project more open ended and less structured than before. Students were moved fromthe relative safety of a paper design to one where they are responsible for extractingrequirements from customers, physically building and operating systems, interpretingdata, and communicating their conclusions to their customers. There is significantly lessstructure and certainty in the second version, yet students continue to feel highly positiveabout the experience.Table 3: Mean Course Evaluation Scores (5 = agree strongly; 1 = disagree strongly)Course n Course Instructor Instructor(s) I would I wouldFormat was well was well was fair recommend recommend

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

outside of engineering, exitsurveys are one mechanism that is useful for tracking the reason(s) for “non-persistence”.Students who decide to change their major out of engineering are asked to complete asurvey that included both closed-ended questions (multiple-choice) and open-endedquestions about their reasons for leaving and factors that helped them make that decision.The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.Close-ended questions included personal information such as gender and number ofsemesters in engineering, as well as the following questions. • When you started in General Engineering, how certain were you that engineering was what you wanted to study? (Very certain, Not very certain, Felt I was expected to

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Minorities in Engineering

the greatesthurdle in their effort to obtain a science or engineering education is financial…Options such asscholarships, …traineeships, …, support for research experiences and internships have proveneffective in providing incentives to students who pursue a career in S&E disciplines, while alsoproviding them with a good grounding in what it is like to work in the S&E fields.” 8 Theprogram takes this statement to heart, embedding some of the methods mentioned above into ourprogram. Page 13.458.5ScholarshipsMany low income students simply cannot go to college because Figure 2

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

continuing and evolving process for constructioncurriculum improvement.Key Words: Construction, Curriculum Improvement, Assessment, StudentIntroductionFrom its beginnings, construction education in this country focused strongly on practice. Theexpansion of world economy mainly in India and China accelerated construction workssignificantly and gave opportunities for the greater advances. Post-expansion industriesflourished, creating demand for contractors and engineers that exceeded the supply. Newly-minted engineering and technology Ph.D.’s joined the ranks of academia without much industryexperience and perpetuated the research emphasis on campuses for the last ten years. While thisresearch has contributed immeasurably to our technological

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

that you deem to be relevant, ormention any incident(s) that might have affected the achievement of the course objective(s).Concerns and possible improvements: Page 13.227.6Please mention any concerns that you might have regarding the course content, the appropriateness of course objectives and/orassessment tools, and any ideas you have for improving the overall effectiveness of the instruction.Proposed changes to Course Objective(s):Please list any changes that you would like to propose for the course objectives.Proposed changes to course content:Please feel free to propose changes to course content, in light of

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

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Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Annel Medina, California Polytechnic State University; Susan Linnemeyer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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First-Year Programs

happened during SAGE and reflects onwhat must be improved upon.IntroductionThe underrepresentation of minority students in science, technology, engineering andmathematics (hereafter STEM) has been an enduring crisis in U.S. education. Decrying suchinequity, efforts increased from the late 1960’s and early 1970’s to educate and train minoritystudents in the technical fields. To that end, one would be hard pressed to find a higher educationinstitution that had not developed some sort of program to support minority students’ STEMparticipation1. Though the rate at which students seek to study STEM is increasingly comparableby race/ethnicity, the rate of students graduating with STEM degrees is still disparate2 3 4. Thechallenge remains to continue and