Conference Session

Professional Practice in CE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Cleary

descriptions of typical contracting forms.There is additional information about careers for engineers in construction.There is a body of information currently available to introduce constructibility and economicissues into a typical structural design course, particularly in the area of steel design. Much ofthis is written for practitioners but is presented in ways that most undergraduate students will beable to follow. Examples include a discussion of the economics of constructing a steel buildingand practical advice on how contract documents and design details can influence the cost 4 andsimilar advice on reducing steel fabrication costs5 and joist costs 6. Advice on creating effectivecontract and shop drawings is also available 7, 8. Concrete

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Keating

© 2002, American Society for Engineering Education § “Many of the job opportunities of the future will favor students with greater breadth of academic and career skills, so the universities and their partners in the graduate-education enterprise (industry and government) should therefore cooperate to broaden curricular options for graduate students.” § “The process of graduate education is highly effective in preparing students whose careers will focus on academic research. It must continue this excellence to maintain the strength of our national science and technology enterprise. But graduate education must also serve better the needs of those whose careers will not center on research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Atashbar

Session number 1526 Bridging the Freshman Engineering Gap by Building Mobile Robots1 M.Z. Atashbar, D.A. Miller, F. Severance, R. Tanner, and M. Suchowski Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008Introduction:Many freshman-engineering students have little or no idea of exactly what an engineer does. Inaddition, these students often lack even the most basic technical skills that will be requiredthroughout their careers. These skills are often are taken for granted by instructors, e.g., use ofhand tools and identifying basic components. These

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

: Career Day Space engineering as a technical career 1presentationBusiness School Graduate Class Strategic aspects of business 2 development in SpaceAerospace Industry Engineers Concept and methods 3Space Resources Utilization 1. Concepts for Space-based 4Roundtable, 1999,2000 manufacturing 2. Cost-reduction using Space-based construction of large spacecraft.College undergraduates (engg., Various concepts for customer 5advertising & business) : NMB national engagement related to the Marscompetition

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Shallcross

career. A number of strategies exist to raise theprofile of engineering within secondary schools. One activity involves targeting the studentswhile still at school, with engineering academics either visiting the schools or playing host to thestudents on campus. An alternative to this is to present to mathematics teachers real engineeringdesign problems that may be solved by the application of relatively simple mathematicalconcepts. This paper describes a challenge in chemical engineering design which can beanswered in the class room by applying logic and a knowledge of the volumes of cylinders andrectangular prisms. The problem can be pitched to different year levels by selecting individualparts and can be undertaken by individuals or as a team

Conference Session

Inter. collaboratory efforts in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Uriel Cukierman; Jorge Vélez-Arocho; Ciristián Vial; Miguel Torres-Febus; John Spencer; Lueny Morell

ü Career Fairs 1 4. MSR UR Programs ü Interviews 1As a result of our commitment to work with UPRM and the success we haveMhad ü EDU Account 2 SR UR Research in Chile and 5. 6. Other (LCA, Alumni,Argentina, we are working to continue both the investment and the outreachExec) into Brazil andMexico. The Learning

Conference Session

What's in Store for the ChE Curriculum?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Dardy; William Krantz; Kettil Cedercreutz

pioneering programin 1906. Professional Practice is the name given by the University of Cincinnati to its model forco-op education. Co-op exposes the student to the real world of work and to career options. Thebenefits of co-op are multifold: · It helps students to interrelate theory and practice; · It promotes a sense of independence and professional maturity; · It increases opportunities for career positions following graduation; · It provides an opportunity for students to ‘test drive’ their career choice; · It greatly strengthens a student’s resume; · It gives students an edge in hiring and salary in the job market; · It permits students to earn while they learn2.2 How Co-op WorksThe co-op program is administered by the

Conference Session

Assessing the Humanities in Engr. Educ.

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lee

-graduation lives. 8 In another study, engineering students werespecifically studied. 9 The investigators reported that 63% of the respondents felt that humanitiesand social sciences (H&SS) courses were meaningful to their engineering education; 57% feltthat this meaningfulness extended to their future professional careers. Furthermore, 67% felt thatH&SS courses did develop their critical thinking skills and 69% thought that such courses madethem more aware of social issues. They also found that 46% of the students planned to furtherstudy an area of the H&SS while still in school.In this paper, the term “humanities” is taken to be the summation of literature, philosophy, art,music, religion, and language. This is consistent with the

Conference Session

NSF Opportunities for Undergrad Eng Ed

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Neal

support from Erie Community College, the University at Buffalo, and our industry-academia partners is also acknowledged.1 Introduction and Project OverviewThe Web-Net Tech Program is being developed by Erie Community College in collaborationwith the University at Buffalo, guided and supported by education-industry partners. This NSFproject is designed to assist industry meet its needs for a well-trained information technology(IT) workforce and prepare students for professional careers in IT, focusing on the high-demandarea of web-network technology. The primary target population for the new Web -Net TechProgram includes industry personnel in need of IT skills training or upgrading, students inacademia, and persons desiring to join the IT

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Carpenter; Harvey Smith; Murali Krishnamurthi

knowledge ofenvironmental issues, especially those who are being educated and trained professionally to facethis challenge. This is true whether one is pursuing a career in business, law, education, science,engineering, social sciences, or political science.Knowledge of environmental management systems (EMS) and how it encompasses subfields inthe sciences, math, public policy, business, law, and engineering is generally lacking amongstudents. This contributes to their inability to comprehend the value of basic math and science Page 7.184.1courses in solving real-life environmental problems. An interdisciplinary approach to educating

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Navratil

possible since it has been stated in CreativeTraining Techniques by Bob Pike that “People learn in direct proportion to how much funthey are having.”3 Finally, I tried to emphasize the importance of actinide chemistry andwhat the students could really use for their future careers and private life. I also tried toemphasize the conceptual understanding of actinide chemistry above rote memorization,but indeed used a variety of memorization techniques when possible. For example, Ithink you, the reader, could easily remember the names of the actinide elements (namedafter people and places) by reading the following story and drawing a learning mapillustrating the story in a clockwise fashion:Actinium (Ac), 89, and Thor (Th) (Norse mythical god of

Conference Session

ET Industrial Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad; Andrew Rose

. Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of different summeremployment opportunities from student and faculty perspectives can help students pursueopportunities most appropriate for their career goals. In addition, faculty can better advisestudents on summer job opportunities to suit student academic and professional needs. Studentfeedback was obtained to assess summer employment experiences and quantify the resultinglearning experiences. The interactions between student learning experiences in the classroomand in their summer jobs are assessed and discussed. Suggestions for advising students onsummer job opportunities are also presented.IntroductionCivil Engineering Technology (CET) students at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Clancey; Anton Pintar; Jason Keith

learning were also tested. In addition, twenty students were interviewed by the departmentchair. Department strengths include: professors/instructors (reported by 11 students), unit operationslaboratory (4), size of department/classes (4), teamwork (2), hands-on experience (2),encouragement/motivation (2), and faculty-student closeness (2). Areas needing improvementincluded student advising (5), computers (5), and professors/instructors (4).Students also found career advising from the university career center to be generally positive.Additional comments included: the need to increase the number of credits and reduce the amount ofgroup work during the senior plant design courses.Tool #4—Alumni SurveyTool #4 of the department’s assessment plan is

Conference Session

multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

projectsdeal with new, clean, renewable energy sources, or other new technologies, the simulation has theadded benefit of exposing the students to practical engineering and managerial concerns theymight encounter in their future careers. It also gives them an ethical background related tosustainable development and environmental issues, which will play a major role in the years tocome. This article presents our positive and sometimes not so positive experiences with thisproject, and aims to encourage other schools to participate in this, or similar projects.Introduction We live in very exciting times. A time when, due to rapid increase in globalization, mostproducts assembled in the United States have more than 70% of their content supplied by

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman; Gordon Kingsley

was also a paradox in their motivation. Few of theFellows entertain any notion of teaching at the high school level and the majority didn’t exhibit astrong interest in teaching at any level (except perhaps later in their research career). But most ofthe Fellows described being attracted to the program as a means of improving their teachingskills. For the majority of the Fellows their only previous experience at teaching had been intutorials or as a teaching assistant.The expectations of the Fellows were influenced strongly by discussions with high schoolcoordinators and teachers regarding their assignment. The Fellows had some idea of what theirassignment would be in the high schools as all had some contact with the high school coordinator(if

Conference Session

Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Faitak; Monika Blair; Matthew Johnson; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

high school studentshave had to learn how to work as a team, be creative and problem solve. Knowing that the teamsare only given a box of materials, a list of game rules and six weeks to design and build therobot, it is also obvious that they have gained time and resource management skills. Amid thefun and excitement of the competition, students barely know they are learning these importantskills; skills which are invaluable for the continuation of their education and for their careers. Inthe heat of this competition, ripe for learning, is there a lost opportunity to more deeply teachbasic science concepts as well?With funding from a National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and EngineeringCenter (MRSEC) grant, and in

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Dahleh

to employers of UCSB undergraduates. It is distributed at the annualCollege of Engineering career fair in the fall quarter and the annual SWE evening with industryin the winter quarter. The career placement office gives it to on campus recruiters. The Collegeoffice sorts the forms by department and sends them to the department to be processed. Thesurveys are reviewed annually and the results are included in the ABET report to the faculty.The survey consists of a single page with six questions. It asks for feedback on all of thetechnical outcomes of the program.Necessary resources for the assessment processThe College of Engineering at UCSB hopes to maintain the assessment of the program outcomesand objectives with the current faculty and

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sr., Willyerd Collier; Ken Vickers; Benita Wolff; Greg Salamo

, undergraduate faculty lack knowledge of graduate programs atother institutions, which can limit prospective students’ confidence in accepting academicopportunities that would well support their academic and career goals.Even with the difficulties involved, HBCU students have found and enrolled in UA graduateprograms. Upon arrival on campus, they found that there existed a lower level of interactionbetween research faculty and students at the UA as compared to the students’ undergraduateHBCU. This change of academic operational culture, coupled with the change in workload at Page 7.795.1the graduate versus undergraduate level and the change in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Samira Hasan; Tom Roberts

Copyright @2002, American Society for Engineering Educationinformation about computer labs and Career & Employment Services are distributed as studentsenter.Students are welcomed into their groups, complete an attitude survey, and participate in warm-upexercise designed to acquaint group members. Students are welcomed to the College by theDean and the Chairman of the Student Council NSOS Committee. The material covered in thefirst session is administrative information including; the University Honor Code, a calendar ofevents, course drop/add procedures, information about campus/college computer systems, andclass schedules. College of Engineering computer id’s are also given out by mentors at thissession.Session Two: Personal Development and

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

only desired for improved teaching, but developing rapport with othersmay be a lesson in and of itself for the students. Experience developing professionalrelationships with superiors as well as colleagues is as important to the future career plans ofstudents as it is for the student and teacher in the present classroom environment. Developinggood rapport with students can result in more effective teaching, improved student evaluations,and a more rewarding experience for faculty and students in the and out of the classroom.Suggestions from the literature, as well as the author’s own experiences for developing andimproving student-faculty rapport are provided. With practice, developing good rapport withstudents can become second

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Smith; Denny Mahoney

driving principle, supported as necessary by business and Page 7.914.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education(systems) engineering disciplines. Targeted students include mid-career engineers andtechnical specialists with career paths to senior management.PD21 began as a two-year pilot project with funding from the National Science Foundation,during which time the consortium grew to four universities, adding the Naval PostgraduateSchool in 2000. PD21 is a consistent educational program based on

Conference Session

New Information ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jalaluddin Ahmad; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

manufacturing and technical careers for students who might have been turned off by traditional manual-labor-intensive programs. o Many employees are still not fully aware of the purpose of the EMS degree. Many times, when students applied for industry positions, the faculty must provide employers with additional information such as curriculum listings and course descriptions. Based on the personal experience of faculty in the EMS area, it is interesting to note that the first impression of employers have in general about EMS is considering it to be Emergency Medical Systems. EET or EIET are more common and standard terms for industry and academics in the electrical and electronics area. This will eliminate any initial

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Collins; Matthew Ohland

1996-97 cohort tofind that retention rates for the L&L students were significantly higher than the rest of thefreshman class and that the overall academic performance of the L&L group was “more uniformthan the other freshmen, but not necessarily better.”Some communities keep students for their entire academic career. Since some programs such asResidential Initiative on the Study of the Environment (RISE) at Michigan State Universitymaintain a living/learning community for four-years, it seems appropriate to maintain programduration as a classification variable. Similarly, the Residential Option for Science andEngineering Students (ROSES) at Michigan State University allows upperclass students to

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Fahmida Masoom; Abulkhair Masoom

understanding of engineeringdisciplines, and prepare students well for the intended course of study. Nine years after the firstoffering of this course, it is time to reflect on what t his course has accomplished, and thedilemmas faced by the instructors.IntroductionTowards the end of the 1980s, engineering educators around the country began to tackle the issueof large attrition rates in undergraduate engineering programs by introducing the concept of afreshman engineering or introduction to engineering course. The idea was to teach basic collegesurvival skills to incoming freshmen and introduce them to the different fields of engineering inorder to help them make an informed choice about their future career path. Since this problemwas common to most

Conference Session

Projects to promote eng.; teamwork,K-12

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Geselowitz; Kim Breitfelder

endeavor as well asdecreased exposure to the possibility of engineering as a potential career. The IEEEVirtual Museum uses the history of science and technology to bridge the gap betweenthese two disciplines at the pre-college level. The IEEE, an international organization,has chosen the World Wide Web as its medium because of its potential to reach thelargest number of educators and their students worldwide. The site explores howtechnology works while examining the social ramifications of that technology. It isaugmented by instructional materials that help educators implement the material found onthe site, and which can be tailored to local conditions. In this way, science andtechnology teachers learn how to bring the humanities into their

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Mooney

since 1985. 1 Coupled with the well-chronicled mathand science deficiencies in primary and secondary school levels, 2,3 this has promptednumerous entities to develop and funding agencies to finance K-12 engineering outreachprograms. The Adventure Engineering program addresses some of the critical issuesassociated with these trends by encouraging more students to consider technical careers atthe time when they are likely to be exploring possible career paths, the 5 th through 9thmiddle grade years.Adventure Engineering (AE), launched in 1999 with funding from the National ScienceFoundation, is a middle grade science and math outreach initiative aimed at students whowithout the benefit of a positive mathematics and/or science applications

Conference Session

ET Student Design Teams

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Kelly; Aaron Cowin

backgrounds and programs of study. This may be true because as another writernoted “Few opportunities exist in most undergraduate engineering curricula for students ofdifferent disciplines, even within engineering, to work together 4.” When in fact, that is exactlythe scenario that our graduates will encounter when they begin their career. Multidisciplinedesign and research teams are used extensively in industry to reduce the time required to completea complex process or a task. Inexperienced teams must deal with self-imposed barriers based onthe individual's preconceived expectations of other team members (and often their own) value tothe team based on their education or position. As another writer pointed out “It is no longeradequate to teach

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gerard Foster

and advanced digital circuits. A routing program generates printed circuit boardsfrom the students’ designs. This course includes programming the GAL22V10 PLD.Designing projects with the Basic Stamp and/or the PIC microcontroller is an option forschools with developed programs.Principles of Engineering (POE)POE is a survey course to provide the student with an understanding of the field ofengineering and engineering technology with an eye to career possibilities. Studentsexplore engineering systems and manufacturing processes. Students also grapple withquestions of broader application such as the social and political consequences oftechnological change. In this course, the student sees many sides to the question ofwhether a career in

Conference Session

New ET Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

designed to accept courses and experiential learning from various disciplinesto be applied toward lower-level credit. The upper-level curriculum requires some specificcourses from an existing engineering technology discipline and courses required to obtain aminor in Engineering Management. This curriculum would assist the graduate in advancingwithin his/her company or branching into other careers such as sales engineering and plantengineering. Since the GET program is relatively new, the major population of students in theDepartment of Engineering Technology (both on and off campus) is still within the accreditedprograms. A few students (less than 20) who came from non civil, electrical or mechanicalbackgrounds have entered the GET program

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Lawrence; Michael Warner; Douglas Bayley

Page 7.1127.7the class. The project must have some complexity to require engineering a nalysis (which“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”should be able to be performed by even non-technical cadets), and yet it must be capableof being built by cadets in a single semester timeframe within a tightly constrainedbudget and minimal sub-contracting. The required engineering analysis must reflectmaterial that cadets have learned in the core engineering classes throughout their USAFAcademy career. The project is best if it can be broken into individual subsystems. Also,the instructor needs to have a possible solution to the