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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

compliments the students’ desirenot detract from the students’ educational experience. to prepare for subsequent entrance into their careers. METHODOLOGY acceptable progress, contribution and performance inParticipants the course.A total of 128 students enrolled in five sections of an All students took the weekly quizzes and the final examintroductory engineering course, Engineering Problem individually. Only the assigned homework programsSolving with Computation, participated in the study. were completed under the elective status conditions ofThis is a required course taken in the third quarter of paired or solo. All students

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Hamilton

history of civil engineering, may be defined in severalways. Such a course would generate a point of contact with the student body at a point whenthey are half way through their college career and have seen little or nothing of their major. Thiscourse is a vehicle to present the students with an historical overview of the profession,illustrating the triumphs and failures through noted projects with name recognition that thestudents may be vaguely aware of. In addition this course will give faces and context to theaccomplishment of various individuals and their contributions to engineering and society as awhole.Bibliography 1. Retention Summary Statistics, Office of Institutional Research, Boise State University, 2002 2. “Commentary on EdAC

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Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Bryant; Paul Swamidass

entrepreneurialsuccess later in their careers. The program has two major components; one addressessustained development of cross-functional skills, and the other imparts business andengineering knowledge and skills to business and engineering students.An unique two-year joint minor (16 semester credits) for business and engineeringstudents in their junior and senior years is offered through the Thomas Walter Center forTechnology Management, Auburn University; the Center is a creation of the two colleges.This Business-Engineering-Technology (B-E-T) program, which began in fall 2001, is ajoint effort of the colleges of business and engineering. The program admits selected equalnumber of business and engineering students to the program each fall. The program

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rafael Rodriguez-Solis; Rafael Medina; Jose Colom

experiments are focused in five specialization areas: Power, DSP andCommunications, Control Systems, Electronics and Applied Electromagnetics.The laboratories are carefully designed so that freshman students have an understanding of thedifferent applications in electrical engineering early in their college career. In addition to thefamiliarization with basic laboratory equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, signal generators,etc.) during their freshman year, the students will be introduced to other important software toolssuch as Matlab, Excel, Power Point, and Cool Edit. The students will also attend seminars oneffectives oral and poster presentations as part of the requirements of the course.In this work, the course is briefly discussed, including

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Mason

are veryinterested in the students’ experiences, and the anecdotes they can tell show potentialemployers how much they have learned about being productive.CONCLUSIONSRose-Hulman Ventures has obviously been extremely fortunate to receive the injection ofresources from Lilly Endowment, but the results generated to date have produced lessonsthat should be applicable to other institutions with less funds. First, students really areexcited about the opportunities to work on new products, they learn a lot in the process, itoften affects their career goals and it helps them even when they take a traditional first jobin a large, established corporation. Second, faculty members can benefit from workingwith client start-ups to get hands-on experience

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kristoffer Findley; Mary Emplaincourt

from the defense contract industry . Touring these different types ofmanufacturing facilities allows the students to observe the industrial work environmentsand responsibilities of engineers and to make informed career decisions upon graduation.Extending the Classroom – The IAC presents a situation in which students are able toapply the theories and concepts learned in the classroom to real-life engineering problems.Students use the data obtained from the site visits and draw from a wide range ofacademic courses to calculate costs and energy, waste, and productivity savings for the Page 8.965.4assessment recommendations. The financial ramifications are

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Anna Shiver; Elaine Cooney

project was also beneficial. I was in a group where I didn’t know anyone so I had tobecome acquainted with them. We were able to combine our separate parts together and makethe project work. This helped for me to see how this could work in a career. I thought the classwas interesting and valuable.” Gregory Cool. Page 8.728.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSummary This project course is successful in bringing new technology into the curriculum. Sincethe course was introduced, the PC

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

?”), workshop simulations (e.g.,“How do we decide when to ship a product?”), journaling, and some unusual activities (e.g.,“Draw a picture of your team”). To gauge student progress we also used weekly reflectivewriting assignments as well as reflective questions on the take-home final exam. All of thesetechniques were well received by the students, as evidenced by anonymous, detailed end-of-course evaluations, as well as by feedback many students voluntarily provided four months afterthe course. Many have continued using several of the techniques after the course. Theexperience of applying reflective practices appears to have influenced a number of the studentsinto viewing their project, careers, social interactions, and life choices in a different

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Martha Cyr

within themselves, but a typical approach is forthe students to attend from one to several days of a 'learning camp' environment that guides themthrough a focused type of activity. In the state of Massachusetts, some examples of this are theScience Saturdays held by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Camp REACH held byWorcester Polytechnic Institute, Design Camp held by the University of Massachusetts, Lowell,and LEGO Camp held at Tufts University. The students who participate in these events all ratethem as fun, worthwhile, and indicate that the experience has made them either change thereopinion about engineering and science, or that they would now consider pursuing a career in theseareas. Both are highly worthy outcomes.Professional

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Russell Olsen; Jeffrey Peterson; Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

the Information Technology program with a Business Managementminor at Brigham Young University. He is a level 2 MCP and has several years of practical networkingexperience. Upon Graduation in August 2003, he will begin his professional career with Ernst & Young’sTechnology and Security Risk Services in Atlanta, GA.JEFF PETERSON is a senior in the Brigham Young University Information Technology program, will begraduating in the summer of 2003 with his Bachelors degree. He has had extensive experience withLinux networking and maintaining production networks. Upon graduation he will take a position with anas-of-yet undecided organization.JOSEPH J. EKSTROM is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at Brigham YoungUniversity in Provo

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Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Havener

ranked cadets. Called the DFAN Dash-1Seminar, our purpose is to review with our cadets the program objectives, outcomes, assessmentactivity, career opportunities, and scholarship programs. The format and agenda for a typical Dash-1 Seminar can be obtained from the web page, pages 253 and 266, respectively.Gateway Examination - Approximately three weeks into the fall term, the junior ranked cadetsare given a gateway examination to assess their performance on prerequisite knowledge inmathematics, physics, aeronautics, mechanics, and thermodynamics. Advisors use the gateway datato develop personal remediation plans intended to improve the needy-cadets’ opportunity forsuccessful completion of the upper division course work.Comprehensive Examination

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Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

students on a personal level and learn about their educational and career goals. • I seek out my students who seem to be having problems with the course or miss class frequently. • I advise my students about career opportunities in their major field. • I share my past experiences, attitudes, and values with students.Encourage Cooperation Among StudentsLearning is enhanced when it is more like a team effort than a solo race. Good learning,like good work, is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated. Working withothers often increases involvement in learning. Sharing one’s own ideas and respondingto other’s reactions improves thinking and deepens understanding. • I have students participate in activities that

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Grimm

that attention to details in the area of experimental work is toodifficult. More emphasis related to this topic is probably needed in other courses earlierin the students’ academic careers. A logical place for this might be the requiredengineering laboratory course. In an attempt to point the students in the right directionsome examples of professional reports dealing with experimental work are madeavailable to the students as good examples of how to report experimental work properly.Poster SessionsThe midterm progress report in the second semester project course is in the form of aposter session. Professional quality posters are printed following guidelines provided inclass. The first semester that this was required a poster that was used at

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Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dhirendra Bhattarai; Christopher Ibeh

property system” (WPS) are considered advanced and innovative, andhave the capability to rank suitable materials for a given application in order ofsuitability. The in-built “normalization” strategy of the WPS is tantamount tobenchmarking, and provides ease of comparison of materials on an equivalent base.Considering this apparent importance of materials and materials selection in process andsystem design, the concept of advanced innovative materials selection techniques hasbeen incorporated as a core component of the “advanced engineering materials” course atPittsburg State University. This move takes into account that most engineeringtechnology and SMET careers involve one form or another of design, development,production, marketing/distribution

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Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

Page 8.88.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Figure 2. Figures from Reynolds’ original paper that showed the major flow regimes1 vDρ Re = (1) µThe history and details about Osborne Reynolds are fascinating and the reader can gain someinsight into his career at the University of Manchester website4. His portrait is also available onthe web5.The duplication of Reynolds’ experimental setup has been done in many ways. For example

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

Session 3275 Advice on Covering Classes during a Prolonged Instructor Absence: Keep the Students Learning Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownIntroductionCareers in academia have some situations different than careers in industry. One difference is thegeneral ease of taking a prolonged trip at any time during the year. In industry, vacation orpersonal time can typically be scheduled by employees when needed. In academia, vacations andlong trips are usually planned between semesters or during the summer. Occasionally aconference or committee

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald Krahe

, theyhave not all acquired the same amount of knowledge of the prerequisite and subject material, theydo not have the same ability to learn, they do not have the same expectations of the course. Page 8.1054.1Students have vastly different understanding of what being an engineer means; they have different "Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education"interests and career aspirations.Students have a variety of needs, and it would be most beneficial to structure our courses to meetthe needs of the largest number

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Bales; Thomas Consi

Session 1353 Smart Rockets: A Hands-on Introduction to Interdisciplinary Engineering James W. Bales and Thomas R. Consi Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstractModel rockets have inspired generations of students to pursue careers in engineering andscience. Indeed, many current engineering educators have probably gone through a rocket phasein their formative years. Model rockets are popular with young aspiring engineers for goodreason, they are exciting, fun to build and launch and they offer a number of significantengineering challenges

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Nelson; Osama Abudayyeh; Edmund Tsang; Molly Williams

the interest of first-year students and prepares them for success in studying engineering. There are a number ofmodel freshman engineering programs in the U.S. These have replaced “traditional” freshmanengineering courses that focus only on career exploration. Instead, the new programs haveidentified the following elements as necessary to successful retention of first-year engineeringstudents2,3,4,5: • Connection between mathematics, science, and engineering concepts; Page 8.102.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

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What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

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Silliman Stephen; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; Catherine Pieronek

offers this course within an overall academic structure at Notre Dame that imposes anumber of constraints. Notre Dame engages in an "intent-blind" admissions process. Whilestudents might indicate a proposed major on their applications, the Admissions Office bases itsdecisions on student credentials, with no consideration of any proposed major. Further, theCollege of Engineering has no control over whether individual students may enroll in the collegebeginning in their sophomore year. First-year students begin their academic careers within andreceive all first-year academic advising through the First Year of Studies, an academic unitdesigned to assist students in the transition from high school to college. All first-year studentsmust complete

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Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mark Thompson; William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke; B. Lee Tuttle; Henry Kowalski; Douglas Melton; Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

non-engineers [Goff, 2001]2. No reference was found to interdisciplinary freshman courses involvingconcurrent exposure to manufacturing processes. Although one reference involved a upper levelmanufacturing class fabricating designs from a previous semester’s mechanical engineeringdesign class [Scheller,2001]6. Such attempts involving design in mechanical, electrical andcomputer engineering are found at senior levels [Stone, et al., 2002]9 [Driver, et. al.,2002][Pearson, 1999]5. The GMI heritage of Kettering University emphasizes hands-onexperience to reinforce the students’ learning process. All students hold co-operative positionsin reputable companies throughout their academic career. In 2001, Kettering embarked on acurriculum reform. A

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

context (the challenges encountered whenworking with students and technology), and the career context (the specific needs of engineeringfaculty regarding career development). In addition, we have completed a preliminary review ofseveral online resources for engineering educators. This review was conducted to more fullyunderstand the current state of internet-based resources for our targeted audience.Results: Phase OneThe phase one research has given us preliminary insights related to each of our four researchquestions (i.e., teaching concerns, preferred information types, preferred language, and effectiveinstructional development processes). These preliminary results are discussed below.What are unique concerns of engineering faculty regarding

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

that students need to acquire in order to be successful in gainingemployment. Special courses are used to support and assist students in their understanding of thelearning outcomes. Furthermore, we show how the use of technology can facilitate the learningand assessment process. Students develop an electronic portfolio to document and reflect on theirlearning experiences. Assessment and feedback are used to make the learning outcomescomponent work effectively in the students’ learning experiences. This new academic model mayhelp address issues on curricular design for successful career placement, and producing graduateswith the skills and abilities needed for the job market.1. IntroductionA college degree has in many ways become what a high

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Turso; David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney

educator since 1992 with a career focus in applied finite element analysis (FEA).JAMES TURSO, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Erie. He holds M.S. andPh. D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. He has 10 years of industrialexperience with a career focus on robust process/vibration control and model-based diagnostic system development. Page 8.418.8“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sang Ha Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

preparing students for lifelong learning is new, thesignificance attached to lifelong learning, and in particular continuing education, within theengineering profession is not.Lifelong learning in engineering has been recognized as critical for decades. The Final Report ofthe Goals Committee on Engineering Education, written in 1968, contained a discussion of theimportance of lifelong learning.1 In 1978, the theme of the ASEE Annual Conference was“Career Management – Lifelong Learning.” Over the years there have been a number of studies toinvestigate the types of activities involved in lifelong learning, their frequency of use, the types ofsupport systems required for lifelong learning, barriers to lifelong learning, and impact of lifelonglearning

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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S. Michael Kilbey; Richard Rice; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Debi Switzer

Orientation. Educational and Psychological Measurement 1994, 54, 1013-1021.BiographiesDAVID A. BRUCEDr. Bruce is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Clemson University. He received bachelor's degreesin chemistry and chemical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1991 and 1992 and his doctoral degree in chemistryfrom Georgia Tech in 1994. Dr. Bruce is the recipient of the 2000 NSF Career Award. He has been an activemember of ASEE since 1998.CHARLES H. GOODINGDr. Gooding is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Clemson University. He received his bachelor's and master'sdegrees in chemical engineering from Clemson University in 1970 and 1972 and his doctoral degree in chemicalengineering from North Carolina State University in 1979. He has

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert LaFarge; Chaouki Abdallah

guestspeakers; Robert LaFarge, Director of the Diversity Programs, was responsible for the studentrecruitment and the fiscal aspects. The program was funded by NSF through the MinorityGraduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA), at Arizona State University.BackgroundThere’s no question that the face of the American workforce is changing. The minoritypopulation in the United States, primarily the Hispanic population, is growing. The populationchanges from 1990 to 1999 include an increase of 13.4% for American Indians, 30.1% for AsianAmerican, 12.1% for African Americans, 28.0% for Hispanics and only 6.9% for Whites. 4Although minorities have broadened their career choices in the past few years, they have notincreased their numbers in

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Murphy; G. Lineberry

home state to continuetheir careers. After an extended political battle regarding what institution would be the providerof engineering education in western Kentucky, the state legislature charged the University ofKentucky with establishing engineering programs in chemical and mechanical engineering inPaducah. The university was required to collaborate with Paducah Community College andMurray State University in the delivery of these programs.II. Program Structure Although the history of this program has been previously documented 1,2,3, a bit of theprogram organization and the chronology of its development will be given here to establish theimportance placed on program accreditation from the very earliest discussions. The University

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

studentswith technical design experience for appropriate careers through systematic exercising ofdesign projects in a carefully controlled academic environment. Students are encouragedto collaborate on design projects with industry, government agencies, universitydepartments, or community institutions. The scope and level of the course is set by thefollowing course descriptions: EET 490 – Senior Design Project, Phase I Credit 1, hours arranged Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of EET electives with a grade of C or better. An extensive individual design and/or analytical project performed in consultation with one or more faculty advisors. Collaboration with representatives of industry, government agencies, or community

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sundiata Jangha; Richard Peltier; Pamela Reid; F. Scott Cowan; Christal Gordon; David Woessner; Douglas Edwards; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Educationschools) and percent of students scoring 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement exams (between11% and 15%) are substantially below the state averages of 991 (SAT) and 52% (A.P. passingrate), making them low performers in a low performing state3.This low academic performance level effectively closes off the opportunity for most of thesestudents to pursue careers in science and engineering. Georgia Tech is the premier engineeringinstitution in the southeast United States, and is a leader in educating minority engineers.However of the over 7,500 applications received for admission to the university in 1997, only 34came from these three local high schools, with the majority (23) submitted by students from aMathematics and Science Magnet Program