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Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sandra Courter; Jay Martin

positive comment • Discuss larger issues first, i.e. organization, evidence • Use assessment criteria as a guide • Use technology effectively o Comment, revision, and highlighting features on word processor o Email to send files • Talk about the writing, not the writer. Page 8.8.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Focus on the team’s document, not the person’s draft. o Rude: You don’t explain clearly…; Better: I’m having trouble

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Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Reid; Charles Tiltrum

exclusively professional engineersand many discuss how that is necessary in their particular field. With regards tocontinuing education, attending conferences exposes students to practicing engineersparticipating in continuing education. Additionally, professional speakers will oftendiscuss how new technology, materials and other advances have changed the professionover their career. Attending presentations at student meetings and engineeringconferences helps develop an interest in licensure and life long learning that they will carryinto their professional careers. These presentations help support the departmental goal ofhaving every student take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam and many students also

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Amare; Charlotte Brammer

-disciplinary assignments. Forexample, instructors in chemistry, calculus, and engineering tried to incorporate writingassignments into their courses while English instructors included technology in the classroom,assigned paper topics about subjects covered in the students’ other core classes, and adopteduniversal evaluative techniques. In some cases, the students were encouraged to write not onlyEnglish essays about engineering, calculus, or chemistry subject matters, but also papers thatbetter fit an “engineering genre”: design projects, proposals, memos, etc. Students wereencouraged to develop the cross-disciplinary skills of organization, grammar, “critical thinking,written and oral communication, collaborative work, and innovative, flexible

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fred Weber; John Prados

of Michigan in 1974 and aPh.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1982.J. W. PRADOSJohn W. Prados is Vice President Emeritus and University Professor at The University of Tennessee, where he hasserved for more than 46 years. He received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Tennessee. Heis a past president of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET): a Fellow of ABET, AIChE,and ASEE; and a Registered Professional Engineer in Tennessee. Page 8.522.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Bill Ray

environmental and water resources engineering,particularly in the area of groundwater flow, transport and remediation. She actively participates in theintegration of technology-enhanced education at SIUC.Dr. John W. Nicklow is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering atSouthern Illinois University Carbondale. He is a registered Professional Engineer in two states and is aCertified Professional Hydrologist with the American Institute of Hydrology. He earned B.S. and M.S.degrees in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from ArizonaState University. Dr. Nicklow’s research and scholarly activities have been devoted to advancements inthe fields of water resources systems engineering

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Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

Session A Longitudinal Study of Retention and Grade Performance of Participants in an Engineering Entrepreneurs Program Matthew W. Ohland, Clemson University Guili Zhang, University of Florida Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Thomas K. Miller, III, North Carolina State UniversityAbstractThe Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at North Carolina State University is a program in whichundergraduate students participate in design teams formed around corporate technology start-upcompany themes. Through funding from the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Neal Armstrong, University of Texas at Austin; Sherry Woods, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationenhance student learning through the appropriate use of instructional technology and goodpedagogy in engineering instructional practice.With respect to linking ABET EC2000 with engineering education excellence, the FIC is currentlydeveloping two Web-based systems that support a learner-focused approach: an electronicstudent portfolio project and a comprehensive syllabus tool. Created in conjunction with theMechanical Engineering Department, the portfolio system allows engineering students todocument and communicate key project and design work in a format easily accessible by others.The tool is being pilot tested and plans are underway to incorporate a student self-assessmentbased on ABET

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

Session 2793 Advisors and Mentors: Their Role in the Retention and Success of Chemical Engineering Students Dana E. Knox Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractThis paper will discuss a variety of changes that have been implemented in the way students havebeen advised and mentored over the last several years in the chemical engineering department atNJIT. These changes have included: use of a single person to advise all

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Masi

-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, RosE Portfolio Demonstration website, http://www.rose-hulman.edu/irpa/old/REPS/index.html 4. McCurdy, L.B., D. Walcerz, W.Drake, “A Web-Based Approach for Outcomes Assessment,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM, June 24-27, 2001. 5. Rojas-Oviedo, R., Z.T. Deng, A. Jalloh, and A. Mobasher, “Engineering Education and the Continuous Improvement Process,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, MO, June 18-21, 2000. 6. Shuman, L., M. Besterfield-Sacre, H. Wolfe, C.J. Atman, J

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wilfred Roudebush

Session #2506 Environmental Value Engineering: An environmental life cycle assessment methodology for comparing built environment alternatives. Wilfred H. Roudebush, Ph.D., NCARB College of Technology Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0302 Office: (419) 372-8275 FAX (419) 372-6066 Email: wroudeb@bgnet.bgsu.eduOverviewPurpose of the Paper Engineering

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

. Engineers perceived clini-cal problems and issues from a different perspective than medical professionals, leading to newways of defining and solving the problems. Engineers had the skills to design and build equip-ment that could be tested in clinical settings. Working on design projects with engineering stu-dents helped the advisors keep up with state-of-the-art technology in their medical fields.Projects were technically and intellectually stimulating, and had the potential to advance knowl-edge in the field. The investigative aspect of the design process was challenging. Teaching andmentoring of university students was enjoyable and personally rewarding.Examples of Clinical Design ProjectsCranioplasty Implant for Improved FixationThis design

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Anderson-Rowland

leaving engineering and science is “inappropriate reasons to stay.” Throughoutreach and recruitment programs we try to instill a vision in young women of what engineeringis all about and how the first couple of years are tool-building years. The WISE Office providesand promotes retention programs to the women in the CEAS to support them in the academic,social, and personal arenas of their lives.Although there are too few women in engineering and the problem is not easy to solve, there aresolutions. If we all work together, we can make a difference.References 1. Engineering Workforce Commission of the American Association of Engineering Societies, Inc., Engineering & Technology Enrollments, Fall 1990, Washington, DC, 1990. 2

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

laboratory that successfully addresses the fundamental requirements of undergraduate laboratories in mechanical and civil engineering as well as engineering technology programs.4. Enhancement of capabilities of future engineers/educators by their involvement in the processes of research, design and development and group dynamics.5. Creation of a National Data Bank for submission and distribution of all information necessary for putting together an affordable model laboratory that may successfully address the fundamental requirements of undergraduate experimentation in mechanics of materials and dynamics of machinery.Collaboration with other colleagues may further enhance the quality of the proposed modellaboratory, which may then be

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Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Eck Doerry

almost universally reluctant to develop webcourses. Rather than simply designing yet another software package, we began our effort with anintensive, six-month user study to identify core web authoring challenges and obstaclesencountered by faculty, and to understand why current authoring technologies are unsatisfactory.Specifically, the goal of our analytic effort was to address three central issues: 1. Obstacles. What are the main challenges that engineering faculty perceive in the creation of course websites and content? What aspects of previous authoring experiences have been the most frustrating? 2. Adequacy of existing systems. Are current courseware authoring alternatives, in fact, fundamentally inadequate? Or is

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene McGinnis; Denise Theobald-Roberts

joined forces topromote awareness in parents and caregivers that girls need to be exposed to math, science, andtechnology at an early age1. Parents and caregivers are also encouraged to aid girls in maintainingthis interest long enough to pursue a career in math, science or technology. Inviting parents tonot only attend the workshops, but to be involved in the hands-on aspects of the workshop willhelp to increase the parents’ interest in engineering and science which will be passed on to thegirls.The community must also be involved in the efforts to increase the awareness of engineering andscience. CBU School of Engineering plans to partner with local industry to provide the scoutsfield trips, access to engineering practitioners, and mentors

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REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephen Quint

greatly expanded the business potential for commercially applying the innovationsintroduced by this technology-based discipline. Thus, many BME students are attracted by theentrepreneurial potential of the field. Also, most students graduating with the M.S. degree areemployed in industry and would benefit from training in business practices and the businessenvironment [1]. In the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at The University of North Carolina atChapel Hill (UNC-CH), annual student surveys frequently requested more exposure to the BMEindustrial sector. In a 1998 survey in our department, only about half of the students entering ourgraduate program had taken an introductory course in economics in their undergraduate

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Keat; Michael Larson

University. Heearned his PhD from MIT. His efforts in teaching engineering design have been recognized by a Lee H. JohnsonAward for Teaching Excellence, a Tulane Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, an SAE Ralph R. TeetorEducational Award, and twice being selected by students as his department’s “professor of the year.”WILLIAM D. KEATWilliam D. Keat is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Union College. Professor Keat earned BSand MS degrees in mechanical engineerin g from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in mechanicalengineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has taught numerous courses in design from thefreshman to the graduate level and conducts research in the area of computational fracture

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

to be studied in conjunction with structuralconfiguration, mechanical behavior, and technological and architectural expression and Page 8.741.4functionality. Deployable structures in this regard provide an opportunity to integrateinterdisciplinary approach to architectural engineering class projects or assignments. The introduction of a project that focuses on the design of a deployable structure in thecontext of the Advanced CAD Systems course, taught at the senior level, exposes studentsto the need for a holistic approach in the design of certain types of structures. Asmentioned earlier, concepts on architectural morphology, mechanism design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education5. Wright, R. A., B. E. Smith and C. Kravaris (1998) "Online Identification and NonlinearControl of pH Processes", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 37, 2446-2461.6. Brockman, J. B. (1996) “Evaluation of student design processes,” in Technology-Based Re-Engineering Engineering Education , Proceedings of Frontiers in Education FIE'96 26th AnnualConference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, pp. 189-93.7. Johnson, E. W. and J. B. Brockman, (1998) “Measurement and analysis of sequential designprocesses,” ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-20.JAY B. BROCKMANAssociate Professor, Department of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Cecelia Wigal

Society for Engineering Education”person has a feeling that some elements of a situation or process are problematic and henceworth exploring. The methodology moves from finding out about the situation to taking actionwithin it, and does so not by relying on experience but by doing some careful, formallyorganized systems thinking about the problem situation.10Socio-technical systems theory is used to define the behavior of organizations. Specifically, thistheory defines organizations as pursuing a primary task that can best be realized if their social,technological, and economic dimensions are jointly optimized.11 An application of this approachis DeGreene’s examination of how the human, behavioral and social subsystems affect and areaffected by

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Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman

for Advanced ComputingResearch at the California Institute of Technology. His research interests includecomputer architecture, VLSI systems, and multidisciplinary design and optimization. Dr.Brockman was one of the developers of the college-wide Introduction to EngineeringSystems course sequence at Notre Dame, and served as course director 1999-2002. Page 8.1296.12Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald DeMara; Avelino Gonzalez; Annie Wu; Jose Castro; Ingrid Russell; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi; Marcella Kysilka; Erol Gelenbe; Michael Georgiopoulos

, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. Currently, many undergraduate andfirst-year graduate students in the aforementioned fields do not have exposure to recent researchtrends in Machine Learning. This paper reports on a project in progress, funded by the NationalScience Foundation under the program Combined Research and Curriculum Development(CRCD), whose goal is to remedy this shortcoming. The project involves the development of amodel for the integration of Machine Learning into the undergraduate curriculum of thoseengineering and science disciplines mentioned above. The goal is increased exposure toMachine Learning technology for a wider range of students in science and engineering than iscurrently available. Our approach of

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ross Shonat

engage inbiomedical research involving animals, appreciate the important role of animal experimentationand, most importantly, empowered with the knowledge to make informed ethical decisionsregarding the use of animals in biomedical research.References1. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs (2002-2003 Accreditation Cycle), Engineering Accreditation Committee, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA. URL: http://www.abet.org.2. Course URLs: http://www.wpi.edu/+bme/Course/BE3110 or through http://my.wpi.edu.3. Sherwood, L. (2001), Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems, 4th edition, Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.4. Blackboard Learning System and Blackboard Community Portal

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocco Ciccolini; Robert Barat

Session 2793 LASER DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX FLOW PATTERNS A New Chemical Engineering Experiment Using Applied Optics Rocco Ciccolini and Robert Barat Chemical Engineering Department New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102ABSTRACTA simple, yet effective, undergraduate experiment has been developed in collaboration between

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

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Darrell Massie

Session 3233 Evaluating Energy Services Performance Contracts With Engineering Students – Learning From Real Projects Darrell D. Massie United States Military AcademyAbstract Most campus heating and cooling plants can provide a wealth of real life opportunities toeducators who teach energy topics. This can be accomplished by evaluating existing heating andcooling systems or by analyzing potential plant upgrade projects. A common method of obtaining funding to upgrade new equipment on campuses and otherinstitutions is through Energy Service Companies

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Bowen

. Bowen is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at UNC Charlotte. He received hisPh.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Bowen teaches MATLAB programming,hydraulics, aquatic chemistry, and water quality modeling. His research interests include water quality and eutro-phication modeling, model uncertainty analysis, and the microscale fluid motions around phytoplankton cells. Page 8.1236.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

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Susan Lord

, November 2002.(5) Engineering Criteria 2000, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), see http://www.abet.org(6) Jakubowski, G. (2002). Is there a role for ASEE in K-12 education? ASEE Prism, 11(5): 41.LEONARD A. PERRYLeonard A. Perry is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of San Diego. Heis the Coordinator/Advisor for the Walk On Water competition for the last two years. He earned his Ph.D. inIndustrial Engineering at Arizona State University, received his M.S. in Industrial Engineering from ClemsonUniversity and his B.S. from Ohio University also in Industrial & Systems Engineering. His research interests are inthe area of process improvement especially in the area of applied

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker

graduates from UWP. This paperintroduces the survey we created and analyzes and assesses the results.2 Creation of the SurveyThe primary intent of the survey was to determine the fraction of women graduates fromthe College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (EMS) at UWP who were retainedin the SMET (Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology) workplace. A varietyof questions using a variety of formats were used to help determine which factorsimpacted the decision of women to be retained in the SMET workplace.We investigated two groups of factors which might impact a woman’s decision to remainin a SMET workplace. The first group of factors dealt with determining the reasons thatsurvey respondents pursued a SMET degree in the first place

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Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barry Lineberger; Larry Stikeleather

Advanced Engineering Study. 5. MacGregor, J.F. 1990. A Different View of the Funnel Experiment, Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 22, 255-259. 6. Gunter, Bert. 1993. Through a Funnel Slowly with Ball Bearing and Insight to Teach Experimental Design. American Statistician, Vol.47, Issue 4, 265-269. 7. Anderson, Mark J. and Patrick J. Whitcomb. 2000. DOE Simplified: Practical Tools for Effective Experimentation. Productivity, Inc., Portland, Oregon.BiographyLarry F. Stikeleather has been professor of Biological & Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina StateUniversity since 1985. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Biological & Agricultural Engineering in 1968 and worked18 years in industrial research

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Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Byron Newberry; James Farison

Directory of Engineering Colleges – Profiles, http://www.asee.org/publications/colleges/default.cfm3. usnews.com Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs, http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankengineering.htm4. ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges , 2000 Edition, http://www.asee.org/colleges/part1.PDFBiographical InformationJIM FARISONJim Farison joined Baylor University in August 1998 as Prof. and chair of Engineering, after serving in ElectricalEngineering (64-96) and Bioengineering (96-98) at the U. of Toledo, including a period as Dean of Engineering(70-80). He holds BSEE, U. Toledo, MSEE and PhD, Stanford U., P.E. (Ohio, Texas), sr. member IEEE, ASEEcampus representative and