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Recruitment programsthat inform potential engineering students about the engineering career and help shore up thescience and math skills are also retention programs.10 Many science and engineering studentstransfer to another major because their reasons for choosing the technical field no longer seemappropriate.11 The students lack a vision of what engineering really is and therefore are notmotivated to persevere through the tough “tools classes” that are required.Nationally only about half of all engineering students actually graduate. The proportion is evenlower for underrepresented minority students and women. Therefore curriculum changes andretention programs are especially concerned with these students.12 Since a large proportion ofthe attrition

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” had significantly different attitudesabout engineering and themselves than those held by comparison groups.9 Recruitment programsthat inform potential engineering students about the engineering career and help shore up thescience and math skills are also retention programs.10 Many science and engineering studentstransfer to another major because their reasons for choosing the technical field no longer seemappropriate.11 The students lack a vision of what engineering really is and therefore are notmotivated to persevere through the tough “tools classes” that are required.Nationally only about half of all engineering students actually graduate. The proportion is evenlower for underrepresented minority students and women. Therefore curriculum

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Michael A. Hawkins; Susan M. Lord

moderncharacterization tool available to them that they can consider using in future research anddesign. They also broaden their understanding of the characterization of materials byexperiencing a high-resolution technique used for examining surface topographycharacterization first hand.AcknowledgmentsNSF Career Grant ECS-9796220 provided partial support for this work. The authors gratefullyacknowledge sample donations from Burleigh Instruments, Inc. and the cooperation andsuggestions of the students in Engr 114 at USD in Fall 1998.Bibliography1. H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, “Scanned-Probe Microscopes”, Scientific American, 261, 99 (1989).2. Robert Pool, “The Children of the STM”, Science, 247, 634 (1990).3. For example, the Metris-2000 by Burleigh Instruments, Inc

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. degree in Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation fromthe Tianjin University, China in July 1989. From September 1989 to May 1995, she was with theUniversity of Virginia UVA, where she obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biophysics in May 1992,M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in January 1993, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineeringin January 1995. She has been with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at GeorgiaTech since September 1995 as an assistant professor. In 1997, she received the National ScienceFoundation Faculty Early Career Development CAREER Award. Dr. Zhou's research interestsare in the general areas of statistical signal processing and educational research. She is a memberof Eta Kappa Nu, the IEEE, and ASEE.HONG

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W. D. Jemison; W. A. Hornfeck; J. F. Greco; I. I. Jouny

height of the Cold War, Page 4.60.2Engineering R&D was very intimately tied to NASA and the Department of Defenseinitiatives. There was even the suggestion during the Vietnam War that an engineeringwelfare system existed for the benefit of highly educated but otherwise unemployableengineers. Spin-offs from military and space research, which spurred economicdevelopment in subsequent years, have largely dispelled that notion.The Cold War ended with the breakup of the Soviet Union; the United States has all butrestored diplomatic relations with Vietnam; NASA budgets have been dramaticallyreduced; and the outlook for engineering careers has been altered

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practice. Working closely with an advisory committee, a program of study will be developed early in a student’s academic career that can include courses taken from any of the three state institutions. Designed as a terminal master’s degree program, the Master of Engineering requires the completion of 30 hours of course work. Within this 30 hours of coursework, students must complete a minimum of three hours in applied engineering mathematics as well as three hours of engineering management/business. Up to six hours of credit from a Page 4.196.4 practice-oriented project may be applied to the program of

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Phillip C. Wankat

every student’s name; otherwise, they will feel like numbers. And Page 4.220.4numbers are much more likely to skip class, be disruptive, not do the work and cheatthan real people with names. Of course, learning names in large classes is difficult.Photograph every student and then study the photographs before class (digital camerasmake this process simple and even allow you to incorporate the photographs directlyinto your grade or evaluation sheets for your students). Anything you know beyondtheir name such as their home town or career goals will help you gain rapport.Since availability and attention require significant time, the demands of

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arerepresentatives of two major thrusts in engineering profession that are [2] :1. Theory-based academic preparation for graduates who would choose careers focusing on research and development (both basic and applied) and conceptual design.2. Applications-based academic preparation for graduates who would choose careers focusing on the application of existing technology to solve problems in manufacturing, production, and construction.Detailed information regarding the various issues associated with engineering technologyeducation in the United States may be found in [3] - [10].Evolution of Engineering and Engineering Technology Education in West African CountriesUntil the late 1940s engineering education in West African countries was developed mostly

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Judy Grimes; Huiming Wang; Virendra K. Varma

criticalyear in college. That support can range from mentoring to peer group discussions, from facultyadvisors to special events to ease student transition into college life.”1 In this paper, Page 4.259.1recommendations are made to illustrate how Missouri Western’s Access Plus program can beapplied at other institutions to attract and retain students.II. Marketing Strategies for Recruitment: The New vs the OldI graduated from high school in 1961 with distinction in mathematics. Before I graduated, I knewI was heading for an engineering career. I applied to only one school for admission. It was oneof the top-notch schools in the country, and the

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Joseph Cecere

Session 1321/1 FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUMS: REVISING THE REQUIREMENTS Joseph J. Cecere ,Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University HarrisburgI. IntroductionThe goal of any educational program is to provide each student with the necessary informationand skills which allow him or her to perform successfully in a chosen career. Yet this goal mayprove difficult if the curriculum offered by the university is not revised and updated to keepabreast of the changes and advancements being made, especially in the

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University of Hartford began in 1991 - 1992 with only 6 students. Theprogram has grown to close to 100 students. Its mission is “to prepare students for a variety ofprofessional careers in the design and building industries”.The AET program’s goals are to: • provide a proper foundation in mathematics and the basic sciences. • retain the hands-on laboratory and studio features that are the hallmarks of all engineering technologies. • provide a broadly based education that will go beyond the bounds of technical competence. • enhance the graduates’ capacity for upward mobility within and beyond the profession.The objectives of the AET program are to provide students with the opportunity to developtechnical and professional competence

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Jerome Atkins

requirements), stringent class schedules and high costs-allbarriers which the College can help to overcome.Technology Degree Programs at Regents CollegeRegents College offers technology degree programs that enable students to earn credit frommultiple sources and complete degree requirements at a distance, thus fostering self-confidence, personal satisfaction and enhanced career opportunities for motivatedindividuals. In addition, these programs may serve to increase opportunities forprofessional organizations and corporations to develop a more technologically literate workforce. The technology offerings include one Associate in Occupation Studies, twoAssociate in Applied Science, four Associate in Science and five Bachelor of Sciencedegree programs

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and Construction Managementand get their view of having practitioners in the classroom. More specifically, students’ viewsof the importance or value of having professors who actively engage in professional practice inaddition to their teaching duties were explored. The questions were few and straightforwardwith a chance for general comments as the last question. This study was used to determine thestudents understanding of the need for real world knowledge on the part of the faculty. If theunderstanding was there, responses to the questions could be used to refine this practice with thestudents interests in mind. If the understanding was not there, steps would be taken to clarifythis point to the students early in their educational career

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Diandra Leslie-Pelecky; Rochelle Payne Ondracek

their research to thegeneral public, a skill that they will carry with them throughout their careers. ScienceWorksnow has over 30 hands-on modules and multimedia presentations describing a variety of basicand applied scientific principles, from biology and chemistry to engineering.FormatScienceWorks activities take two forms: hands-on modules and multimedia presentations. Forgroups of 2-15 participants, we have several hands-on activities, including modules on polymers,seatbelts and airbags, failure and fracture, DNA and the human heart. These activities allowparticipants to discover science concepts through their own activity and have the advantage ofone-on-one interaction between participant and presenter. Two of our most popular hands

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EE programs to besupplanted just as the ‘electronics’ based EE degree has supplanted the EE power engineeringdegree.II. Professional Demographics.Recent career and professional trends in the United States reflect technological changes thathave taken place over the past decade. 2,3 The U.S. Department of Labor projects the need forover 350,000 Computer Engineers and Scientists over the next decade. While EE has replacedMechanical Engineering as the predominant (engineering) field, computer (hardware/software)engineering is growing rapidly. (In government surveys, 11 percent of all engineers reportsoftware engineering as their primary field .2 This discipline was not even reported in 1972.). Arecent survey of mid- and large-size companies

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Warenna Millon; Eric Sheppard

Session 2570Discussion and Plans for the FutureOne of the most critical concerns in TU CEAPS is student retention to graduation. There may beseveral causes of high attrition rates, amongst which are: insufficient secondary preparation incore science and mathematics courses, insufficient preparation in study and learning skills,inadequate motivation toward engineering as a career choice, and lack of adequate financialresources. It is crucial that the reasons for the low retention be established in more detail so thatthey may be addressed.Efforts at TU CEAPS include plans to track students individually as well as in their incomingclass and discipline cohorts. Both academic and survey data will be used. This is critical inassessing the causes of

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Chi-Wook Lee

an increased appreciationof the common technical interests with a growing awareness of the significant mutual benefits.In addition to the element of collaborative research activity, consideration should also be givento the inclusion in the alliance of placement of engineering graduates in career positions,cooperative education and continuing education2.Students, who are the principal product of universities, should be the most effective means oftransferring knowledge from universities to industry. However, in evaluating the capabilities ofemployees who are recent graduates from engineering schools, aerospace industry sees severalprominent shortcomings: (i) New hires must serve excessively long apprenticeships before theyare fully productive

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labor yielded success. Since becoming a faculty member, the author’snew philosophy is smart labor yields success. This philosophy reflects the authors new found beliefthat just because you work hard, you are not guaranteed to achieve your career goals. Too often, theburden of being committed to so many committees and trying to keep up with regular duties can beextremely frustrating. Committee assignments can become a burden if they are taken out of perspective, and onedoes not anticipate the amount of work and time involved. As a new faculty member, there is a Page 4.504.3strong possibility that one may be encouraged to serve on

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describes howwe are using conferencing tools, discussion groups, case studies and design projects in anasynchronous collaboration. We have moved traditional lecture materials to media accessible onthe web and focus our valuable face-to-face class time on creative problem solving. Thecollaboration that we have developed essentially becomes an asynchronous network for acommunity of users focused on specific outcomes.Collaboration takes place within the traditional academic setting where students interact withother students and faculty as well as later in their careers where success is often dependent oneffective relationships with other professionals in business organizations. Our goal in this paperis to extend the concept of collaboration among

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Norman L. Fortenberry

populations in undergraduate and graduate programs? 3. Which mechanisms of undergraduate and graduate student financial support are most effective for attaining different goals--providing effective mentoring experiences, providing independence and flexibility, encouraging shortest time to degree, encouraging interdisciplinary work? 4. What constitutes effective mentoring and/or career counseling, and does this differ for different fields or groups of students? Do students and faculty agree? Who is best prepared to provide this service--faculty, professional societies, individuals in the private sector, business consortia? 4. What are student attitudes towards science careers (including being a

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Marilyn Dyrud

, how groups are evaluated, whether outcomes are satisfactory, whatproblems have emerged. The survey also included open-ended questions, such as “If you couldchange one thing about student groups, what would that be?” Page 4.275.4Of the surveys returned, 84% indicated that they use student groups in classes; only four facultynoted that they do not and cited these reasons: the course is incompatible with group work(straight lecture class), faculty are dissatisfied with outcomes, or, as one instructor noted, it’s“too easy for individuals to get lost in the cracks.”Most faculty use groups to better prepare students for careers, as shown in Figure

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John, Jr. Lipscomb

professorcomes to mind that was nationally known for scholarship and never obtained any funding in hislong career. However, acquiring tenure without scholarship is probably impossible. Althoughless valued than refereed journal articles, presentations are another avenue of publication.Because travel to conferences requires expenditure, several papers should be presented. A oneyear time-lag is typical for both publications and presentations. Consequently, good scholarshipeffort during the first year in a tenure-track position is very important, particularly if a third yearreview is required.To publish is to say something useful and hopefully new. This cannot be done without expertise

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individual’s own choosing is Page 4.90.1probably the most unique. With this freedom comes the associated burden and responsibility ofactually accomplishing at least a reasonable level of performance and expertise in the chosenspecialty. The hope of the academic administration is that those who have survived the tenureprocess will have developed good habits that will serve them throughout the remainder or theiracademic career (their personal internalized model.) The concepts presented herein can beutilized by new faculty and their mentors to further hone that model.II. AspirationsWhen starting a new position, for financial reasons alone, most individuals

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William Darby; Richard Grodsky; Joseph Pietroburgo; Nancy Shields

, electrical, and civil engineering, and a minor in environmentalengineering science. There are currently 314 students enrolled in the program, 16 percent areAfrican-American and 17 percent are female. The Joint Program has co-sponsored a programcalled “Access to Engineering” for three summers. The McDonnell Douglas Foundationprovided funding to the University of Missouri-St. Louis for the Access to Engineering Programin the summers of 1995 and 1996, and the Boeing Foundation continued to provide funding forthe program in the summer of 1998.Description of the 1998 Access to Engineering ProgramThe major goal of the program was to introduce rising high school seniors to the field ofengineering and the challenges of an engineering career. Nearly all high

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Paul P. Mathisen

of the professionalcommunity.1. IntroductionFor the last decade, there has been a growing concern that a division exists between theprofessional community and academia. The university or college typically provides the studentwith an undergraduate education, and then industry takes over and trains the student for theremainder of the student’s career. New approaches are necessary to overcome this division andbetter prepare both undergraduate and graduate students for their careers after graduation.Fortunately, a number of educators have taken steps toward this goal. For example, Bourham(1997) emphasized the use of research to better prepare undergraduates for post-graduate work,while Middleton and Branch (1996) established collaborative

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Ronald J. Gatehouse; John R. McWhirter; George J., Jr. Selembo

Session 2213 The Vertical Integration of Design in Chemical Engineering Ronald J. Gatehouse, George J. Selembo Jr., and John R. McWhirter The Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThe purpose of this project is to better prepare chemical engineering students for their seniordesign course and for industry by exposing them to more design-oriented problems much earlierin their undergraduate careers. The feature that distinguishes engineering from the purelytheoretical sciences is that of synthesis. Any meaningful synthesis requires two basiccomponents, one that arises from the order of our scientific knowledge and

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attracting some of the brightest and most capable students in the program.The option has been designed to introduce qualified students to research environments atearly stages of their careers. The program is based on research projects that are tailoredto fit the time frame of the students and to give them a very meaningful experience duringthis period. The topics of the projects have ranged from purely experimental studies tohighly sophisticated theoretical problems in a variety of chemical engineeringapplications.The option has become a popular one among the most advanced students in the programand they feel that the opportunity of being involved in research, at very early stages oftheir careers, is very useful to complement the academic activities

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Michael Lee; Charles Sampson; Ingrid St. Omer

environment and the on-goingchanges in affirmative action offer little to remedy the situation. After attending technicalsessions and panels, many students indicated a change in their self-confidence and their approachto the engineering profession. They expressed a belief that they better understood therequirements and qualifications necessary for the next step in their career. I was also invited to a private party with FMC. I got a chance to talk to several representatives. The atmosphere was very laid back and everyone was having fun. The representatives were impressed that a freshman was so interested in a career so young. When I finally left the party I felt really good about myself and that I had accomplished something

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Neil D. Opfer; John Gambatese

Page 4.467.8developed for applicants lacking undergraduate construction education. In all cases the goal isto attract students that are committed to a high level of academic and career achievement. Table 3. Deficiency Courses Credit Course Title Hours MAT 181 Elementary Calculus I 3 PHY 155 General Physics 3 STA 161 Introductory Statistics 3 EGG 307 Engineering Economics

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Phyllis Sperling

Session 2606 Educational Innovations through “Learn and Serve” Projects Phyllis Sperling Department of Architectural Technology New York City Technical CollegeIn the beginning of my career as an architecture instructor I had first to learn the rudiments: howto get a point across, how to organize material, how to make this material interesting and vital.Once I learned the basics, I was ready to pursue creative approaches to teaching. I learned thatsessions with students were more productive when I organized the subject matter aroundproblem-solving