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Peg Pankowski

Assessment for Accreditation and Beyond Peg Pankowski, Ed.D.AbstractThis paper details the story of one division’s efforts to update program assessment based onABET and NWCCU accreditation requirements. During a fall term, the college required allprograms to submit and implement new assessment plans, with results analyzed and reported atthe end of the spring term. This coincided with our application for ABET accreditation of two ofour engineering technology associate degree programs. The paper outlines the steps taken alongthe way to accreditation, highlighting efforts to articulate a program assessment plan. Collegeassessment forms are referenced and sample plans

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Kurt Colvin; Robert Crockett

, including academia, government, and private or-ganizations. Individual plans of study for participants will depend on many factors, including,but not limited to, their professional goals, course location/time/delivery method, ability to re-ceive reimbursement under company educational reimbursement policies, etc. There is no moni-toring of progress, exit exams, certifications or degrees awarded under this program. While thismay lack the perceived coherence and control of a more formal program, in this instance, the endgoals of a student’s continuing education is entirely defined by the student. While this is appro-priate for working professionals, the lack of a single end point such as a degree or certificate cre-ates an inherent challenge in

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Edward J. Smaglik

impacted by thedesign. To address this disconnect, a series of lectures and laboratory exercises havebeen incorporated into coursework at the university level. This material has beendemonstrated useful for orienting students to field issues that should be considered duringdesign, and may be useful to introduce other engineers whose responsibilities for trafficissues are not substantiated by their prior engineering experience.IntroductionAs a subset of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering has several sub-disciplines,ranging from urban planning and transportation systems analysis to highway design andtraffic operations. Materials are available for teaching theory in all of these areas,however, the application of traffic theory into applied

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Jeffrey J. Heys

of objectslike mathematical equations, lines, bold face text, and links to other webpages. The ‘discussion’tab, shown in Figure 1, is a similar window where group members can discuss their plans witheach other and the instructor can leave comments for the group.Figure 2. Edit page of the wiki.Clicking on the ‘history’ tab in any window brings up a page showing a detailed list of thechanges that have been made to the webpage. The history tab for the main page (figure 3) showsthat the page has mostly been modified only by the instructor, ‘Jheys’. However, it also shows astudent changing the name of a project (the only part of the individual student projects appearingon the main page), and another student corrected the instructor’s spelling and

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Wolf-Dieter Otte; Anthony Crain

Requirements Specifier Discovers all requirement use cases Details a single set of requirement use casesAnalysis and Design Software Architect Designer Decides on technologies for the whole Details the analysis and design for a single solution. set of use cases.Implementation Integrator Implementer Owns the build plan that shows what Codes a single set of classes or a single set classes will integrate with one another of class operationsTest Test Manager Test Designer

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Taufik Taufik

Valley. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering EducationHardware Project BackgroundOne of the power electronics companies visited during the initial stage of developing thehardware project for the introductory course was the Linear Technology located in Milpitas,California5. Discussions during the visit resulted in a plan for a hardware project that was notdesign-driven, but rather would focus on and would address common issues observed on ourrecent EE graduates. In particular, Linear Technology has observed that our EE graduates ingeneral lack of knowledge in and of handling the surface mount components

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Jeffrey S. Burmeister; Kyle A. Watson; Maria Garcia-Sheets

MESA Community College Program (MCCP) assists community college students so that they can transfer to four-year institutions as majors in math-based fields. The MESA Engineering Program (MEP) helps students at major California universities to attain degrees in engineering and computer science. Specific MESA services offered to all participants include: individualized academic planning, community building, learning opportunities, study skills training, peer group learning, mentoring, career exploration, professional development, and transfer assistance. Furthermore, MESA provides rigorous academic development that offers pre-college students math and science curriculum based on the California Math and Science Standards, while creating

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Keith E. Holbert; George G. Karady

Removing an Unsupported Statement in Engineering Education Literature Keith E. Holbert and George G. Karady Arizona State University, Tempe, AZAbstractThe STATEMENT that “students retain 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% ofwhat they see, …” enjoys widespread appearance in engineering education papers. The firstarchived occurrence of the STATEMENT emerges in a trade magazine article by Treichler (1967).A continuous improvement plan compels the re-evaluation of the status quo, and as such thispaper provides a critical review of this unsupported STATEMENT and its proliferation. Thoserecent ASEE conference papers

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Nikolay Kravchuk; Ryan Colquhoun; Ali Porbaha

EQUIPMENTOverview and Initial PlanThe preliminary model of a Friction Pendulum bearing is consisted of a simple springsystem connected to an anchor, as shown in Figure 4. Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Education Bolts Spring Anchor Top Plate Bottom Plate SpringsShake Table Profile View Plan View Figure 4. Preliminary design of friction pendulum system This model was developed to

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Christos Valiotis

approach 2) Describe the physics - Motion diagrams, force diagrams, coordinate system 3) Plan a solution – Identify the correct law or principle and list the pertinent equations 4) Execute the plan – Use the equations to solve for the unknown 5) Check and evaluate – Are the units correct?, Does the answer make sense?In 2005 I started using CRPs for homework and test questions and students had ampleopportunities to practice using the standardized problem solving sheet. They were required to usethe sheet for all open ended questions in the tests. As a result, problem solving performanceincreased to 59% in 2005, 62% in 2006 and 65% in 2007. That represents a significant increasein problem solving ability as compared to the 40% shown in

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Bryan Cooperrider

human power to conceive, plan, and realize products that serve humanbeings in the accomplishment of any individual or collective purpose.”5Convergent thinking is a process of logical reasoning that converges on one “correct” answer.What is 2+2? Clearly it is four. There is only one right answer in this line of thinking.Convergent thinking is useful in the realm of analysis and any quantifiable engineering process.This method of thinking serves quite well in many of the “engineering science” classes taught toprepare an engineer.Creativity may be simply defined as the ability to generate novel and innovative ideas in aneffort to solve a stated issue, situation, or problem. Divergent thinking is closely associated withcreativity in that multiple

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David Lanning

% and not spend time retaking the exam until theypass. However, the author has also noted that each of these students is doing quite poorly in allaspects of Solid Mechanics, even at this early date in the semester.SummaryThe prerequisite skills exam implemented in the author’s Solid Mechanics course has producedmany qualitative benefits, although efforts to find quantitative evidence of improved skillsretention at the end of the semester has not yet borne any fruit. The author plans to continueimplementing the exam in future semesters and monitoring student outcomes during the finalexams.Bibliography 1. Helbling, J., Lanning, D., Madler, R., Marriott, D., and Siebold, K. (2007). "Impact of New Facilities on Engineering Student

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Thomas N. Duening; Jeffrey R. Goss

Pacific Southwest Division • Information technologies and expert systems • Financial and accounting systemsTo accommodate this range of ESIM opportunities within the enterprise, the followingcore and elective curricula are proposed:ESIM Core Curriculum (18 Hours) • FSE 598 Introduction to Strategic Enterprise Innovation • IEE 505 Enterprise Information Technology Systems • IEE 532 Management of Technology • IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling • IEE 512 Financial Engineering (Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers) • IEE 593 Capstone ProjectESIM Electives (12 Hours) • IEE 552 Strategic Technological Planning • FSE 598 Collaborative Innovation Management and Value Creation (Duening