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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William E. Kelly

Assessment and Improvement – Defining Best Practice William E. Kelly The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064IntroductionIn 2005, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) published two volumes on assessmentin the disciplines; these two volumes deal with the business disciplines.1 A third volume onmathematics has recently been published and a volume on engineering is scheduled for 2007.The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the AIR engineering volume.The vision of the engineer of 2020 presented by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) intheir recent report goes well beyond the ABET outcomes

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Howard Kimmel; John Carpinelli; Rosa Cano; Angelo Perna

education as early as the sixth grade andcontinues to provide services to students until they graduate from high school and are placed in college oranother form of post-secondary training.UPWARD BOUND—A six week summer program with academic services during the school year, UpwardBound is designed to support high school students in preparation for college entrance.UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE—A six week summer program with academic services during theschool year, Upward Bound Mathematics & Science seeks to enhance the students' academic ability andinterest in mathematics and science, including research projects with NJIT faculty and mentors, and theapplication of physics and mathematical concepts to real-life experiences.Impact the Classrooms

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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E. Hou; T. N. Chang; A. Dhawan; J. Ji; E. Luxford; D. Rodriguez; W. Stoddart; S. Siddiqui

regarded. Students can boast aboutworking within a team as well as the intense practical experience they acquired while working on thisproject. Outstanding team members are acknowledged and rewarded publicly. For example, during theNJIT senior design presentations, outstanding members of Highlander Racing are recognized.5. Bibliography[1] DARPA online documents. Located at http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/index.asp.[2] Special Issue on the DARPA Grand Challenge (Part 1), Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 8, 2006.[3] Special Issue on the DARPA Grand Challenge (Part 2), Journal of Field Robotics, Vol. 23, No. 9, 2006.[4] Sebastian Thrun et al, “Stanley: The robot that won the DARPA Grand Challenge,” Journal of Field Robotics

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

partnered with the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, the NewJersey Department of Education and Verizon Communications to co-sponsor a one-day summit at Stevensin May 2007 for principals and administrators to share a vision of the technological competencies neededby citizens and workers in the 21st century. This conference will present research on student impact of K-12 engineering programs; provide an orientation to exemplary K-12 engineering curriculum resources;showcase best practices and strategies for integration of engineering/technology into existing curricula;and link K-12 engineering efforts to New Jersey’s policy and plans for STEM education and workforcedevelopment. Five New Jersey engineering universities will present

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Fani Zlatarova

mentioned above? Theauthor’s answer, based on her experiences from the last eight years of teaching at Elizabethtown College,has to do with the concept of the computing project and the way how these projects are created. 2Obviously, university students develop a taste for research, not only in practice-oriented issues, but also intheoretical concepts related to the respective project area. Their projects are comprehensive and thecomplexity involved is high. Usually, the number of projects is reduced to one per course and someinstructors do not even assign such projects in computing disciplines. The project results are due at theend of the