Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

1997 camper, when asked in a newspaper interview about the most memorableWisconsin-Stout (UW-Stout), in partnership with the thing she had ever done.Society of Manufacturing Engineering EducationFoundation (SME-EF), initiated an outreach program for girls entering the seventh grade.“STEPS for Girls” is a one-week introduction to the world of manufacturing. The girlsmanufacture radio-controlled model airplanes from raw materials. The components arefabricated in various laboratory activities using real production equipment. Each girl has anopportunity to fly her airplane with the assistance of skilled radio-controlled aircraft pilots.“STEPS for Girls” campers gain

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

. Recognition of educational research and teaching as valuable scholarly activities Page 8.603.4 6. Provide two-way transfer of knowledge between universities, industry and government laboratories. 7. Target lifelong learning and graduate engineering educationImpact on Product Design CurriculumDesign activity involves a broader range of disciplines:The corporations have now realized that better and more functional products can be developed ifthe design team involves more expertise than just engineering alone. This allows the use of teamapproach and concurrent engineering practices.Globalization of engineering

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

event, engineering students often bringfriends and family which provides a venue for social interaction among engineering faculty,staff, and students.Freshman EngineeringA freshman engineering student entering USD must enroll in ENGR5: Introduction toEngineering. The course includes students interested in Electrical, Industrial and Systems, andMechanical Engineering. The catalog description for the course isENGR5 Introduction to Engineering (3 credits)Introduction to the field of engineering. Exploration of problem solving using the engineeringdesign process in lecture and laboratory projects. Introduction to engineering tools includingspreadsheets and graphics. Intended for majors in engineering or those exploring careers inengineering.The

Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Asper; Bijan Sepahpour

fellowships. As the program develops, the view from the inside is that it can onlyget better.Table A-3, (Appendix: 3) displays the performance record of the students in the mechanicalspecialty of the engineering program at The College of New Jersey in regional, national andinternational student design competitions. The effectiveness of what we have proposed in thispaper may be measured through the results shown in this table.Bibliography1. Dale, E., Audiovisual Methods in Teaching, Dryden Press, NY, 1969.2. Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., & Smith, C.A., Active Learning; Cooperation in the College Classroom, Interaction Book Company, Edina, MN, 1991.3. Finelli, C.J., et al., "Strategies for Improving the Classroom Environment," Journal of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

teaching level. The K-12 levelschoolteachers are not well informed about engineering and applied mathematics and science. Thelack of understanding of engineering and technology by curriculum designers and teachers make itdifficult to introduce engineering concepts into courses. They must be educated first in terms ofengineering and technology professions. It is established that the schoolteachers who have anappreciation for engineering and technology will convey that appreciation to their students, which,in turn will attract more students to choose careers in scientific and engineering disciplines. Acollaborative relationship between teachers and university personnel to bring about the necessarychanges has proved to be effective between North

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

accessible to all engineering undergraduates. Leveraging recent technologicaldevelopments, our aim is to create, in essence, a single engineering college offering access to thecombined courses and resources of NAU and our foreign partner institutions; students at oneuniversity will be able to participate - via an appropriate combination of direct (in person)participation and internet technologies (distributed teaming) - in engineering design coursesoffered at any partner university. An important side benefit in this age of dwindling educationalresources is that students will have access to a much wider array of specialized elective topics,laboratory equipment and practical experiences (the totality of courses/facilities available at allpartner

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Staci Provezis; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Dan Budny; Harvey Wolfe

note are the highly successful counseling andcooperative learning programs for first year students. Dr. Budny has numerous publications and presentations onengineering education. He is also widely recognized for outstanding teaching, receiving numerous university andnational awards. Dr. Budny has also been awarded the 1996 ASEE Dow Young Educator Award, the 1994 ASEESectional Teaching Award, the 1998 ASEE Ronald Schmitz Outstandin g Service Award, the 1992 FIE Ben DasherAward and the 2001 Carnegie Science Center University/Post Secondary Educator Award for Excellence. Dr.Budny is very active in ASEE within the Freshman Programs and the Educational Research and MethodsDivisions, and was on the ASEE board of directors. He served as the 1999

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Mills; Tonya Emerson

both to the primary goal of student learning and to thesecondary objective of a competitive entry. CSU, Chico acquired the prerequisite testingequipment over several years, beginning with a year when we hosted the regional competition.Some portion of the fundraising for the regional conference was used to augment existinglaboratory facilities with equipment applicable to testing of the steel bridge entries. Thisequipment, including electronic instrumentation and automated data acquisition, is now readilyavailable to our students for physical testing of bridge concepts. These developments have notonly enhanced participation in the bridge contest but have also provided improvements to thestructures laboratory applicable to a variety of

Conference Session

Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

agreed that the collaboration was arewarding experience. Seniors and Freshmen alike believe that the Freshmen made meaningfulcontributions to the projects. The second assessment revealed that the strongest response elicitedfrom the Seniors was recognition of the value of their “management” experience.Faculty evaluation of the teaching experience, the assessment information and anecdotal data hasled to the conclusion that the second collaboration experience was more successful than the first.The three global objectives of Freshman introduction to design, Freshman retention in theprogram, and Senior management experience are all being achieved to some degree (although notmeasured at this point) and it is believed that the education acquired by all

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Philips; John Hochstein; William Janna

agreed that the collaboration was arewarding experience. Seniors and Freshmen alike believe that the Freshmen made meaningfulcontributions to the projects. The second assessment revealed that the strongest response elicitedfrom the Seniors was recognition of the value of their “management” experience.Faculty evaluation of the teaching experience, the assessment information and anecdotal data hasled to the conclusion that the second collaboration experience was more successful than the first.The three global objectives of Freshman introduction to design, Freshman retention in theprogram, and Senior management experience are all being achieved to some degree (although notmeasured at this point) and it is believed that the education acquired by all

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Mente; Marian McCord; Joni Spurlin; H. Troy Nagle; Susan Blanchard

engineers and life-long learners, with a solid background in the basic sciences and mathematics; an understanding and appreciation for the arts, humanities, and social sciences; an ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences and for various purposes; and, a desire to seek out further educational opportunities. 6. To expose students to advances in engineering practice and research and to prepare them for opportunities in graduate engineering education or professional schools. 7. To retain faculty who are committed to the educational and research missions of the department and to acquire, maintain, and operate facilities and laboratory equipment appropriate to our engineering program. 8. To recruit students with high potentials who will

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ettema; James Stoner; Forrest Holly; Wilfrid Nixon

. “Engineering Problem Solving I,” in preparation.4. ASCE, 2001. Civil Engineering Practice in the Twenty-First Century. ASCE Publications, Reston, VABiographical DetailsWILFRID NIXONWilfrid Nixon is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa and aresearch engineer at IIHR - Hydroscience and Engineering. He is also Director of the University of IowaCenter for Teaching. Dr. Nixon, a Professional Engineer in the State of Iowa, received a B. A. inEngineering from Cambridge University, England in 1981, and a Ph. D. in E ngineering from CambridgeUniversity in 1985.ROBERT ETTEMARobert Ettema is a professor, and department chair, of Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Iowa. He also is a research engineer

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Heist; Ann Marie Flynn

high-risk students are closely trackeduntil their cumulative G.P.A reaches 2.0. Students are then expected to attend tutoring sessions.Typically, engineering faculty tutors freshman classes and sophomore classes are tutored by thevarious honor societies. Finally, the students are either required to seek professional counseling ormeet with the Academic Advisor regularly.Non-Engineering SpecificTutoring: In regard to our earlier observation that actions outside the SOE may be necessary toaffect retention of SOE students, the performance of engineering students in Math and basicScience courses becomes an increasingly important issue. The faculty that teach Chemistry,Physics and Calculus to the freshman engineering students are always available