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Paul Blowers

-determination while tailoring advicedirectly to changing interests.The talk will highlight advising opportunities from outreach, through retention, continuing tograduation, and post graduate interactions that fit within student progress towards theirindividual careers. Appropriate advising content for a technically rigorous chemical engineeringprogram will be used as examples of how to motivate students towards exploring options andmaking decisions that open new doors to professional development. The issue explored is thatself-determination comes from inside the student and that confidence in personal evaluation isfostered through directed activities throughout students' time with us.Objectives that readers should be able to meet will be:• to

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Lawrence Fong; Brian P. Self

283 Modeling the Dynamics of a Small Catapult to Enhance Undergraduate Studies Lawrence Fong and Brian Self California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstractIt is estimated that the average engineering student will work 3000 "back of the book" stylehomework problems by the time that they graduate. While these problems can certainly helpwith the learning process, many do not mimic any type of real world systems that an engineerwill encounter in their careers. Furthermore, most do not require the student to

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Lizabeth Schlemer; Jose Macedo

student’s points of view. Areas of future research will also be discussed.Review of Literature Most engineering schools use team based projects, or laboratory assignments to helpstudents develop skills necessary for their professional careers. Teamwork skills havetraditionally been developed by assigning students to teams. To some extent, this approach doesproduce results, but a better approach was undertaken at the University of Dayton[4] wherestudent teams were instructed on teambuilding and leadership. One of their suggestions was notonly to instruct, but to give students opportunities to work on teams where students refine theirskills as they mature though the engineering program. Many researchers have struggled with thedifficult task of

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Vince Bertsch; John Krupczak; Kate Disney; Elsa Garmire; Tim Simpson

standards was helpful in categorizing or classifying content areas that mightappear in technological literacy courses for undergraduates as well. The curriculum frameworkintegrates these disparate attempts to define technological literacy and addresses the overlapbetween the NAE and ITEA approaches.Engineering and Technology Courses for Non-Engineers.Some engineering programs have embraced the need to increase the awareness andunderstanding of engineering as a career by initiating a number of programs aimed at the K-12audience. An example is the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) publication,Engineering Go For It,[9] and a website [10] for K-12 students and teachers. The majorengineering societies have outreach activities for K-12

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Raman Menon Unnikrishnan; Ricardo V. Lopez

Program also caters to the needs of Computer Science students.6 TheFYS courses’ curriculum emphasizes the interdisciplinary application of Computer Science withcareer presentations by career specialist and alumni of the college. The service learningcomponent allows the application of computer science skills to community issues. Students aregiven a three dimensional perspective on multiple careers in computer science via exposure tocomputer science oriented student clubs, access to computer science faculty, and invitation to Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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Stephen Beck; Joshua Brent; Thomas Brown; Agostino Cala; Eniko T. Enikov; Richard Lucio

numerouseducational programs including summer school in micro-systems design held in Udine, Italy, 2004, studentexchange programs with ETH, Zurich, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and Slovak TechnicalUniversity of Bratislava. Prof Enikov is a recipient of several prestigious awards including NSF Career award(2001), US Dept. of State Fulbright Research Scholarship in Hungary (2007). Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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Donna M. Schaeffer; Patrick C. Olson

,democracy and even Liebnitz. In fact, by any measure, it is an amazing career. Fairly described,Dewey is a Phiosopher. In his works Dewey discusses experience on may occasions, and hisphilosophy on experience directly relates to our current environmnet. One of Dewey’s lifelong efforts is the improvement of education. It is likely that Deweywas unimpressed by the educational practices of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In fact, hemakes the following observation in 1902;The source of whatever is dead, mechanical, and formal in schools is found precisely in thesubordination of the life and experience of the child to the curriculum.3This is a good introduction to what Dewey’s concern with experience is about. In effect, heobserves that we

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Jesa H. Kreiner; Peter W. Othmer; Timothy W. Lancey

importance of avoidingobsolescence is being impressed throughout of the courses as is the need to pursue learningthroughout one’s career 6.Funding of the projectsThe California fiscal crises notwithstanding, the funds for the projects have for yearsoriginated as a result of the instructors’ entrepreneurial efforts and activities. The bulk of thefunds have been secured by submitting proposals to the CSUF student government’s IRA –Instructionally Related Activities fund which has enthusiastically supported the projectactivities. The fund’s resources hail from students’ fees. Proposals for the funding of theprojects undergo a rigorous scrutiny of a large committee consisting of students, faculty andadministrators. The committee then allocates the funds

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Geon S. Seo; Eniko T. Enikov

from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1998. Since then he has worked as a post-doctoralassociate at the University of Minnesota and subsequently as an Assistant and Associate Professor at the University ofArizona. There, he established the Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory with sponsorship from multiplefederal agencies (AFOSR, NSF, DOE, DE) and the private sector. Prof Enikov has also led numerous educationalprograms including summer school in micro-systems design held in Udine, Italy, 2004, student exchange programs withETH, Zurich, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and Slovak Technical University of Bratislava. ProfEnikov is a recipient of several prestigious awards including NSF Career award (2001), US Dept

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Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

Researchers, Educators and Development)project. The collaborative undertaking involves partnerships with scientists, researchers,secondary school teachers, and college faculty from several institutions nationwide. It isdesigned to build an enriching and engaging curriculum development and deploymentprogram that would prepare undergraduate, middle and high school students for researchenvironments where cyberinfrastructure systems, tools and services are used effectively tofuel a knowledge-based economy.The deployment phase is a CIERRA for STEM field careers and 21st century education andworkforce component. This two-pronged approach could be considered as K-12educational, outreach, and training (EOT) stimulus and renewal strategy. CIERRA standsfor

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David Lanning

Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 220classes at Embry-Riddle (perhaps unfortunately), although students are encouraged to repeatclasses in which they receive a grade of D.Students with such transcripts are clearly at-risk. While only one of these students from theAutumn 2008 semester is currently on probation, the author knows enough about the rest of thesestudents to predict that at least three or four are rapidly nearing serious academic trouble, or arelikely to be leaving the degree program shortly. There are additional students from the othersemesters who also appear to be nearing the end of their academic career. However, we

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University as the California State Affiliate University for Project Lead the Way, a nationally- recognized program for preparing middle and high school students for careers in engineering. Dr. Hayhurst and his wife, Mari, raise, show and judge AKC champion Great Danes, Whippets and Boxers.   Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 13 Classifying Student Engineering Design Project Types Micah Lande and Larry Leifer Center for Design Research

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Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

cyberinfrastructure (CI) environment. 2. Scientists require increased knowledge and proficiency in team science to conduct transdisciplinary research within a CI environment. 3. There is a decrease in the number of students entering the STEM disciplines. 4. Curricula for existing students require new courses that are built on the principles of team science and methodology for conducting transdisciplinary research within a CI environment. 5. Learning environments must increasingly engage students in STEM disciplines, build awareness of team science and transdisciplinary research within a CI environment, and inspire students to further investigate or pursue a career in these areas. 6. To