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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joni Spurlin; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

Lickert scale forresponse, a short-answer segment, and a part where students were asked to rate their experiencesin their various freshman classes. Table 1 lists the statements in the first part.1=Strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=agree,5=strongly agreeI feel like my first semester has been easy.The College of Engineering has been a welcoming place to start my collegecareer.I have discovered that engineering is not what I thought it was.I have used the computer more than I did in high school.I expect to do well in the College of Engineering.College has been exactly as I expected it would be.I know more about what I want to do as a career than I did before thissemester.Table 1: Statements to which students were asked

Conference Session

Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Ashby

, providing the material for lectures and classes. These dovetail with thetexts 10, 11 in which the selection methods are developed in full. The progression through the three levels provides the students with the knowledge andconfidence to select materials for mechanical, thermo-mechanical and electro-mechanicaldesign, as well as processes for forming, joining and surface treating the materials. Itprovides a tool that they take with them when they leave the university and start aprofessional career.4. Further adaptation to student needs. The needs of a course for engineers working in aerospace design differs from those of onefor the design of civil structures or for product design. A benefit of computer-aided teachingis the ability to customise

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon

sufficient, mainly due to the generosity of several of the co-principle investigators who voluntarily declined any summer salary throughout the project.Perhaps the most valuable person associated with the ISIS project was the lead programmer. This person(J. Giron) had an educational background uniquely suited for the project. At the onset of the project, hehad just completed his M.S. in Water Resources Engineering, so he was intimately familiar with the worktasks to be simulated in ISIS. At the same time, Giron, like many engineering students in the mid-to-late1990s, was interested in pursuing a career in computer science/programming, and was therefore learning to

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Mizen; Robert Baldwin; Ronald Miller

, written and graphical communications in engineering practice and project management, and will have the corresponding skills to communicate with a range of audiences, and the skills to employ information technologies where appropriate. • The graduating student will acknowledge that technologies, economies and societies are in a continuous state of evolution, and should therefore have the flexibility to manage a career path that changes over time, and that is supported by life-long learning, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership and the ability to span several disciplines. • The graduating student will understand the global nature of modern engineering and

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; Kyongbum Lee; Howard Saltsburg; Gregory Botsaris; David Kaplan

operations approach. Whiledrawing heavily from problems of the petrochemical industry, commodity chemicals, andpolymers, the core courses were adequate to prepare chemical engineers for careers in emergingareas of energy and environmental engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, and the diverserequirements of the pharmaceutical industries. Elective courses in these technologies were straightforward applications of the paradigm, as they were based on the same chemical engineering core;namely, thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and transport phenomena. More importantly, over theyears, when chemical engineering departments brought into the curriculum advanced materials,combustion and fuel engineering, biotechnology, or environmental engineering, that

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Safa Sadeghpour; Ragu Vijaykumar; Mark A. D'Avila; Joseph V. Bonventre; Heather Gunter

research careers. The previous glomerular filtration Page 8.464.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcurriculum included the use of quantitative and basic science examples designed to capture theinterest of this population. This learner centered aspect is maintained in the new module.Feedback between students and teachers is evaluated from the assessment-centered platform.The existence of opportunities for formative assessment that provide feedback and time forrevision prior to final summative

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lloyd J. Griffiths; Anne J. Marchant; E. Bernard White

undergraduateprogram) in an engineering school might benefit from the lessons that we have learnedearly on. Most notable are changes in preconceived notions widely held by some IT&Efaculty and administrators as to the impact that the BS-IT program would have on thefollowing: student enrollment and their persistence in our existing calculus-intensiveIT&E majors; integrity of existing degree programs in related disciplines such as computerscience and management information systems; relationships with other GMU schools andcolleges offering related IT study options; overall quality, number, and diversity ofstudents who are preparing for careers in the IT profession; availability of resources tosupport both the BS-IT program and existing programs; and IT

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

culminate in formalengineering design reviews. These reviews serve several purposes. They help keep the studentson schedule by providing deadlines at regular intervals. In addition, they provide an engineeringreview experience similar to what they may one day experience in engineering practice. In orderto ensure this, two reviewers were recruited from local industry. Both were senior engineers whohad participated in many design reviews over their careers. Page 8.1152.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copywrite © 2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

andtechnical school projects. These grants are made for the school for the support of the materialsrequired for the project and not for funding school overhead costs, faculty or student salaries.These grants are provided to engineering, technical and architectural schools worldwide. Byproviding this type of funding, ASHRAE hopes to fill a need often found in undergraduateengineering and technical school programs. Their goal is to increase student knowledge, learningand awareness of the HVAC&R industry through the design and construction of senior designprojects and to encourage students to pursue ASHRAE-related careers. Announcement of theUndergraduate Senior Project Grant Program is normally out by mid September of each year.Copies of the

Conference Session

Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill

opportunity to reach remoteaudiences with their program offerings. In many parts of the country, there are pools of engineersand technologists who are already employed in industry and who, due to their employment, areplace bound at remote locations away from a university setting. Many of these individuals seek tofurther their education in order to advance their careers. These are the audiences that are mainly Page 8.358.1targeted by these higher education institutions. It is not, however, possible for many of these “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

. The purpose of this paper is to sharethe experience and discuss some of the details on the implementation.IntroductionThe primary goal of an engineering technology program is the preparation of technicallycompetent entry-level engineers for private industry. For the recent graduate, thetransition from student to entry-level engineer can be a difficult bridge to cross. Industrymanagers have recognized this difficulty, and many companies have developed elaborateprograms to aid the recent graduate in this transitionIn the early 1990’s, the public began to grumble about the poor student preparation fortechnical careers in industry. A great deal of criticism was thrust upon the technicalschools and universities [4, 7]. In response, many

Conference Session

Trends in Biological & Agricultural Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Lacey; Ann Kenimer

faculty, obtaining qualityacademic assistance, and study strategies. Senior leaders are also instrumental in bringing newstudents into professional societies. Senior leaders assist new students with obtaining accounts touse departmental computer labs, course preregistration procedures and policies, and employmentopportunities within the department and with other groups on campus. In addition to passingalong information, senior leaders encourage new students to stay in engineering. Many of the Page 8.1090.3senior leaders experienced disillusionment during their early academic careers. They are easilyable to identify with similar problems faced by

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

Session 1241 Using Virtual Instruments in a Measurements Laboratory Micheal Parten Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas Tech UniversityI IntroductionLearning instrumentation and how to make measurements is important to all engineering studentsearly in their academic careers. In many cases, knowing how an instrument works, aids inunderstanding limitations of instruments. Although learning how to use a single instrument isimportant, learning to use groups of instruments together to make required measurements andanalyze the data is

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James H. Lorenz; Ahad Nasab

specialty based on a study by theNational University Continuing Education Association.2 According to a 1991 National ResearchCouncil study, university curricula, in general, did not reflect the modern design practices used inmost competitive companies.3 The reason behind this is that faculty teaching these courses arerarely aware of the most recent design techniques. Therefore, it becomes a mandate for thepracticing engineer as well as for the engineering technology educator to treat their careers asdynamic entities that require constant updating. So how can this be accomplished? There areseveral options faculty can pursue such as attending conferences and workshops, taking time toconduct research, taking a sabbatical, reading trade magazines, and

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

THEO MARYONOVICH; Chris Netherton; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

recently for two years in optical networkingindustry in the Silicon Valley in California. Professor Agrawal is the Founder Advisor to Agni NetworksInc., San Jose, California. His expertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers,optical and WDM interface, SONET and Gigabit Ethern et and analog electronic systems. He is the authorof a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally dividedin academia and industry. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences.THEO MARYONOVICH received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology with an option inComputers, Telecommunications and Networking from Purdue University Calumet in 2003. He iscurrently working as

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Carter; John Feland

student in the Design Division of the Mechanical Engineering Department of StanfordUniversity. A former IDEO employee, John was also a Captain in the Air Force. His last assignment was as an AssistantProfessor at the Air Force Academy. His current research is developing methods to support cross discipline productdevelopment and Innovation Opportunity Assessment based on field research in real companies and his experience as adesigner.STEPHANIE CARTER works at Doblin as a Project Manager, interpreting user insights and field research and translatingthese into new business concepts and processes. She began her career as a designer for infants' clothing, conducting fieldresearch throughout Europe for a user group notoriously difficult to peg. She

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Kauffmann; William Peterson

Workshop, August 25-26. Page 8.54.7 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Biographical InformationPaul Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering Technology at OldDominion University. His previous position at ODU was in the Department of EngineeringManagement. Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as PlantManager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in ElectricalEngineering and MENG in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Wilcher

engineering instruction, sophisticatedlaboratory projects in electronics and software programming can be developed. A hands-onapproach to learning digital/analog circuits, microcontrollers, I/O interfacing, and computerlanguage programming are key educational elements needed by the EC engineering student withinthe undergraduate career. The LEGO programmable brick or P-Brick allows the freshman studentto seamlessly learn these key areas in electrical engineering through play. The LEGO P-Brickallows a range of complexity to be design by the EC engineering educator for creating laboratorybased electronics/software projects. This paper will discuss how these engineering laboratoryprojects can be develop using the design methods of Hately/Pirhbai

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

. Page 8.165.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStudents enrolled in the EE and CpE programsThe main feedback is based on the end-of-semester assessment form used for each course. Also,exit questionnaires are requested from each student during their final semester. The questionnaireincludes such topics as: career preparedness; course syllabi, general facilities, faculty instruction,advising, laboratory facilities, relevance of instruction, quality of instruction, and coursetextbooks. This questionnaire is used for both EE and CpE students and includes questionsapplicable to the individual

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jill Lynn

career toUntil recently, distance education was viewed as a achieve their educational goals.viable option by a small percentage of engineering Page 8.442.1and technology instructors due to the strictThe author shares her knowledge and various through an educational method that makestechniques in distance education for engineering education more accessible to individuals in ourand technology instructors to use in order establish world today.distance education formats for their courses andprograms. It is the goal of the author to encourageengineering and technology instructors and schools

Conference Session

Computers in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathy Stalcup; Javad Hashemi; Edward Anderson

. Thelaboratory course is used to give students hands-on experience in verifying some of the majortheoretical or physical concepts that they have used throughout their student careers. Theknowledge gained in a laboratory courses usually leaves a lasting impression on students asrelated to experiential learning concepts. However, from a practical point of view, there aremany factors that could hinder the effectiveness of the laboratory experience. Some of thesefactors are i) lack of familiarity of many students with procedure, ii) equipment availability andprocedure, and iii) lack of experience with objectives and the expected outcome of theexperiment. The purpose of this paper is to present the use of an interactive virtual laboratoryexperience

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

FastTrack. These four and seven week programs usecomputer-based learning to build fundamental skills in mathematics and English. When thestudent graduates from FastTrack, they have skills certified at the ninth and tenth grade level inreading and math. This provides the appropriate prerequisite skills for entering the MachinistTraining Institute (MTI). MTI is a thirty-one week program in which students earn certificationin the operation of material processing equipment (machining), metrology, computer-aideddesign, computer numerical control, and the associated math, computer, and communicationskills. Alternatively, students may also choose to pursue a career pathway through Focus:HOPE's Information Technologies Center.Greenfield presents an

Conference Session

Design Projects in Manufacturing

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Scott Almen; Russel Biekert; Norbert Richter; Al Post

past International Director of SME and a Fellow of SME. His areas of interest are manufacturingprocesses, manufacturing management, and laboratory teaching that replicates industry conditions.ALVIN POSTAlvin Post is an assistant professor in the Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department atArizona State University East. Before joining ASU East, Dr. Post taught at McGill University in Canada and hada 19-year career at IBM as a designer. His areas of interest are machine design, applied engineering mathematics, Page 8.835.7and education. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Meckl

Session 1532 Integrating Ethics into an Undergraduate Control Systems Course Peter H. Meckl School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088AbstractAn approach to inserting an ethics component into a control systems course is described. Sincethe technical content is rather complex, only limited time is available to focus on ethical issues.However, even limited discussions provide an opportunity to reinforce the importance of ethicsin a professional career

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

will not be able to cope with this.One particular innovative suggestion was that the Introduction to Civil Engineering course betaught on a full-time basis during the first two weeks of the Freshman year. This would helpeach new Freshman confirm that his or her curriculum (and later professional) choice werecorrect early in their academic career. (This has worked successfully at several other Dutchuniversities, by the way.) Unfortunately, the adminstration involved with the required specialscheduling of other courses in the semester apparently prevented the implementation of thisidea in Delft.The curriculum design team made an extraordinary effort to maintain widespread and open,two-way communications. For example, the task for each expert in

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fabio Carrera; David DiBiasio; Natalie Mello

Session 2160 Undergraduate Engineers Get Credit for Saving Venice Fabio Carrera1, David DiBiasio2, and Natalie A. Mello1 1 Interdiscipilinary and Global Studies Division 2 Department of Chemical Engineering Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609IntroductionEngineering students, like their peers in other areas of study, enter college today with an openmind. They have hopes and dreams, fears and priorities . . . and when students begin theiruniversity career, their goals include

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack McGourty

and integration of competency-based attributes to ensure that future engineers have the requisite skills to develop and build uponthe steady stream of advanced technological breakthroughs. There are several reasons for thisnew focus in the engineering classroom. A key factor is the dynamic nature of technology inboth the workplace and society. While fundamental scientific and technical knowledge remainsimportant and necessary, many of the tools and technologies learned in today’s classroombecome obsolete within the early years of an engineering career. One common statement madeby today’s engineering alumni is the need to acquire certain professional skills in order to beeffective in this dynamic workplace. These include functioning on

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

• sound understanding of non-technical forces that affect engineering decisions • awareness of global markets and competition • demonstrated management skills and a strong business senseMany of these skills and expertise are not easily taught within a traditional classroom setting. Infact most, if not all, of these abilities are best developed in practice. The engineering programs atMTU took a 'giant leap of faith' and liberated some of the credits typically assignedtechnical/approved electives and created a new and different experience designed to educate andprepare graduating engineers for more productive and successful careers. This paper describesthe curricular structure of the Enterprise Program and our experience thus far

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joel Weinstein

gave students theopportunity to develop these skills in a real world environment. Students needed to learnhow to communicate with one another and to work effectively with other team memberswith whom they have little in common. Students learned that attention to detail isparamount when developing a product. Students became aware of the economic andfinancial side of building a product for a business. Students who participated in this classexperienced first hand the internal intricacies of the software industry and its inherentproblems. These students will be better equipped to compete for the best jobs and start ona path to a successful career upon graduation.BibliographyTQM for Computer Software-2nd Edition, Robert H. Dunn and Richard S. Ullman

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Design in the CHE Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

taught in class.The exact topics students must learn are a function of the project. It is less important what theylearn year to year. The goal is to make students realize that they will have to continue learning Page 8.825.1new material throughout their careers and that they have the ability to do so. Table 1 lists some Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Some Recent Large-group Projects Project