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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Keith L. Hohn

they applied a problem solving methodology developed by Treffinger et al.5 to stimulateand develop creativity in engineering students6. With this methodology, the instructor showedthe students how to apply three hierarchical levels: learning and using basic thinking tools,learning and practicing a systematic process for problem solving, and working with realproblems. The thinking tools described in level one include analogical thinking7, brainstorming8,mind mapping9, and others. Chan et al. describe the InnovTech facility within the CityUniversity of Hong Kong that seeks to train creative professional engineers10. This facilityteaches creative problem solving processes, creative idea generation techniques, and bringindustrial problems to the

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson

MS studentsFigure 1. Survey of 18 engineering faculty members at KU. 100% of these professors reportedtheir MS students work in industry and 77% reported their PhD students work in industry.Responsible Conduct of Research in Engineering at KUBeginning in Fall 2007, we have been teaching a 1-credit hour course each Fall in ResponsibleConduct of Research in Engineering which meets for 1 hour each week. Originally created tomeet the needs of Bioengineering graduate students (who are required to take it as part of theirdegree requirements), this course is open to all engineering graduate students. Mindful of thediverse research types and career trajectories of the students, this course includes a variety ofengineering specific topics that are

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Shauna A. Morimoto; Anna M. Zajicek; Valerie H. Hunt; Joseph J. Rencis

Faculty Composition and Doctorates Awarded: An Analysis and Comparison of the Colleges of Engineering at ADVANCE Institutions and their Non-ADVANCE Peers (2001 - 2009) Shauna A. Morimoto, Anna M. Zajicek, Valerie H. Hunt, Joseph J. Rencis University of Arkansas, FayettevilleAbstractIn 2001, an inaugural group of nine universities received the NSF ADVANCE InstitutionalTransformation (IT) awards. The NSF ADVANCE program seeks to increase the representationof women in science and engineering with the understanding that systematic transformation ofthe U.S. institutions of higher education is essential to this effort. Using the American Society ofEngineering Education (ASEE) data, we

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Greg Murray; Tim Thomas

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PARAMETRIC MODELING SOFTWARE FOR YOUR ET PROGRAM Greg Murray, Tim Thomas Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KSAbstractKeeping up with technology has always been a challenge, and parametric modeling software is aprime example. This paper presents findings from a project that deals primarily with answeringa few key questions that every Engineering Technology program should ask when incorporating3D graphics software into its program: What software is being used in industry? Whichsoftware packages should we use? Is it beneficial for students to be familiar with more than onetype of software? How important are

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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YoonJung Cho; Sohum Sohoni; Donald P. French

GTAs did on all categories. On the importance ratings, GTAs placedsignificantly higher importance on all categories of GTA roles and responsibilities than facultyand students did. Both GTAs and faculty reported high discrepancy between importance andcompetence in the categories of „instructional practices‟ and „engagement with students‟. Facultyreported high discrepancy between importance and competence in the „TA Preparedness‟category while GTAs did not. The diverse needs, viewpoints, and perspectives of the threegroups that were captured by this survey provide interesting insight and valuable data fordesigning a GTA training program.IntroductionConcerns about recruitment and retention of students in engineering disciplines have resulted

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Keith E. Hedges

with the whole class during the lecture sessions. Permittingcultural journeys fostered critical thinking. This lesson learned also offers an opportunity forteam teaching outside of the design discipline. An instructor in the humanities area might be themost appropriate collaborator. Please keep in mind that if the dogs are not let out occasionally,we may arrive at the final destination without making stops along the way.Pit StopsAn engineer with formal training may view the images of the earthquake aftermath and concludethat the building construction was grossly inadequate for the applied loads. This may import arush to judgment where the final solution is to educate and provide the Haitians with the mostcurrent model building code. Not so