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Electrical and Computer Engineering
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Martha Sloan; Ashok Goel
circuits is described. Undergraduate students worked with electricalengineering graduate students and faculty members for ten weeks on projects rangingfrom designing & study of GaAs-based circuits using MAGIC and L-Edit to modelingthe very high-frequency effects and parasitic capacitances in the GaAs-based VLSIinterconnections to computer simulations of GaAs-and SOI-based devices and circuitsusing the semiconductor TCAD tools. In this paper, the undergraduate research projectscarried out by the REU students are summarized1. IntroductionIt is widely recognized that active research experience is one of the most effectivetechniques for training and motivating undergraduate students for careers in science andengineering. In the USA, National
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Advisory Boards & Program Assessment
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Michael Cutlip
- as a facultymember, as a department head, and as a member of a Board at another university. Experiencesover a 35-year period will be used to explore ways in which these Boards and their members canbe utilized to the fullest advantage for the sponsoring Departments and for the EngineeringCollege.IntroductionThe following are my personal views on the operations of a Departmental Advisory Board. Theyare based on career-long experiences with Boards in various capacities. My first contact with aBoard was as an assistant/associate professor participating in our department's Board when it wasthe only one in the engineering college. I then managed and interacted with a Board as adepartment head for nine years. Finally, I am now a professor who
Conference Session
Women in Engineering: New Research
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Lawrence Genalo
theuniversity research and industrial sponsor’s work. These lesson plans are placed on a web site fordissemination. The interns have visited the industrial sponsor to learn about their business anddone final project presentations for them.This program has a history of success in attracting women students into engineering and sciencemajors. It also hopes to have a larger impact in the long term as the 5th – 8th grade audiencetargeted for the lesson plans becomes of college age and chooses science, technology,engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers in (hopefully) larger numbers than before.Introduction and History:Female, high school summer research interns at Iowa State University work with engineeringindustries and Iowa State research groups to
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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson
website at http://www.pltw.org.This nonprofit organization has developed a five-course curriculum that helps students exploreengineering-related careers and develop engineering concepts that help them as they enter two-and four-year college engineering and engineering technology degree programs. PLTW aims atchanging the focus of technology education at the high school level.The strategic goal of PLTW is to forge a dynamic and on-going partnership among schooldistricts, colleges and universities and industry that will establish and support a pre-engineeringcareer cluster program in America’s high schools. The PLTW program excites students aboutengineering careers and strengthens the link between traditional academic programs with hands-on learning
Conference Session
Innovative Curricula and Outreach
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Bruce Berdanier
application of fundamental math andscience relationships to solving real-world engineering problems. Programs are needed in the K-12 experience that deliver hands-on, project-based curricula providing the opportunity for K-12students to experience the wonders and opportunities of education and careers in engineering andtechnology 1.K-12 teachers typically have not majored in the science field of the courses they teach. Also, inthe United States students are less likely than students in other countries to be taught science byteachers with a major area of study in science 3. Generally, across all countries, only 20% ofstudents are taught science by teachers who believe that they are well prepared. The US teachersgenerally report higher levels of
Conference Session
Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Walter Massie
professional career paths have reported appreciating their Survey of OffshoreEngineering experiences even more as time progresses. They remark that they have found thatthey are especially capable of presenting a problem to and discussing it with a consultedexpert.ConclusionsMulti-background teams provide an added dimension to projects which are broad enough toallow each member to make a unique contribution. An offshore field development provides anexcellent setting for this within the Offshore Engineering MSc curriculum at the DelftUniversity of Technology.The broad hands-on experience relatively early in the curriculum becomes more and morevalued as team participants progress through the curriculum and on into their careers. It alsohelps to motivate
Conference Session
ASEE Multimedia Session
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Anne Beddingfield; A. Wayne Bennett
Engineering Education Annual Conference & Expositions Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” One of the primary goals of the leadership program is to affect the campus culture ofstudent-initiated life-long learning and to positively impact the pejorative stereotype that engineerscannot communicate effectively or become good leaders. All of the activities are voluntary andno course credit is given for participation. Attendance and participation have not been problems.Careful planning and student input are keys to the program’s success. Students realize theactivities are relevant to their growth as individuals and that these skills will serve them well intheir professional engineering careers and personal
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Current Issues in Information Technology
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
James Davis; Melissa Dark
prepared for careers in the IA fields. A major barrier to meeting this challengeis that few Universities currently offer a comprehensive IA educational program; furthermore,sufficient numbers of experienced faculty to ramp up such an effort does not exist. In a testimony given to the US House of Representative Committee on Science (4) on February11, 1997, Professor Eugene Spafford from Purdue University presented results from a survey heconducted indicating that there were only 12 faculty members nationwide with significant teachingand researching assignment in Information Assurance. In 2003, we are able to identify only a fewscore institutions offering more than a single course in network security or cryptography2.Given the growing need for
Conference Session
The Biology Interface
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Patricia Mosto; Gregory Hecht; Kathryn Hollar; Stephanie Farrell
DivisionAbstract Preparing chemical engineering students for careers in emerging technologies, suchas bioengineering and pharmaceutical engineering, is essential in today’s competitivemarket. To meet the industry (and student) demand for training in bio-focusedengineering, many schools offer specialized curricula that concentrate on the interfacebetween biology and engineering, or offer elective courses at the senior or graduate level.However, integration of biology and chemical engineering at the lower levels and in corecourses is often difficult in curricula that are already filled to capacity. The chemical engineering curriculum at Rowan University has been revised toinclude a Biological Systems & Applications course designed
Conference Session
Tools for Teaching and Learning
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk
. Page 8.1200.1The assessment tools used include course assessments, student course portfolios, senior exit “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” Session 3166surveys and interviews, alumni surveys, the FE Exam results, co-op employer evaluations, degreeaudits, ME curriculum audits, course-end evaluations, and career surveys. Table 1 lists theseassessment tools and some of the associated details.We are constantly looking for new and better assessment tools for obtaining data on the studentoutcomes. Recently
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Novel Courses for CHEs
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Mariano Savelski
committed tobeing a major technological resource for the area, preparing students for engineering careers inregionally important industries such as food processing. The New Jersey Economic DevelopmentAuthority has targeted food processing as one of the state’s key industries, and has arranged for [2]over $50 million in financing to attract new food processors to the state . The state is home toCampbell Soup Co. (in neighboring Camden, NJ), and has major manufacturing operations of topcompanies such as Coca Cola, Anheuser Busch, General Mills, and Kellogg’s. The immediateVineland area is the hub of Southern New Jersey’s food processing industry, home to about thirty
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Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education II
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
William Prestwich; Fiona McNeill; David Chettle
careers are known; 70% are working in a medical or healthphysics related area, 87% have employment in science or medicine and 63% undertake agraduate degree of some form.The undergraduate programmes are also successful in that they attract a relatively highproportion of women, as compared with other physical science or engineering degrees.Undergraduate enrolment of women has ranged from 40-50%. Current enrolment in theprogrammes is 50% women. Page 8.209.1The Graduate Programme in Health and Radiation PhysicsMcMaster University has maintained a graduate programme in Health Physics at the M.Sc.Level for some twenty years. The current M.Sc. in Health and
Conference Session
What Makes Them Continue?
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Kenneth Van Treuren
Page 8.114.2 Copyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents who took the first engineering course in the fall or spring semester of a particularacademic year. These students were then tracked throughout their career at Baylor. Table 1. Department of Engineering Retention Data Engineering Any Degree from Degree EGR EGR EGR EGR Baylor from 13011 13022 24303 33804
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Engineering / Education Collaborations
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Barbara Coburn Stoler; Peter Crouch; Douglas Gorham
Editor of IEEE Educational Publications and Director, Career Development and Outreach.Before joining IEEE, she was a training consultant to the telecommunications industry in New Jersey, asocial studies textbook editor with Prentice-Hall and a teacher in elementary and middle schools for 13years. Page 8.580.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education
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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang
are created, and older jobs and skills become obsolete. Career broadening throughinterdisciplinary experiences is particularly important in preparing underrepresented students forthe opportunities in geophysical sciences. North Carolina A&T State University, the Nation’s topproducer of minority baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines, is well positioned to take thelead role in preparing underrepresented students to pursue academic studies and careeropportunities in geophysical sciences.The National Science Foundation HBCU Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) funded theUniversity’s TALENT-21: Gateway for Advancing Science and Mathematics Talent programin 1999. The TALENT-21 Program began the effort of developing an undergraduate
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Strategic Issues in EM Education
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Elise Barrella; Keith Buffinton
interactions between technology and management. The Engineers Leadership Foundationand the Foundation for Professional Practice conducted a survey of almost two hundred seniorengineering managers and leaders, in which they concluded that engineering knowledge isessential, but that leadership positions can be attained earlier if engineering students are exposedto management, public speaking, and other non-engineering coursework. The most highlyrecommended courses included business management, public speaking, and marketing. Inaddition to taking courses, the professionals surveyed suggested involvement in activities likesports, internships, volunteering, and clubs to improve interpersonal skills. Engineering andtechnology-related careers involve life
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Programming and DSP Issues in Education
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Stephen Yau
discussions of heuristic versus brute-force problem-solving approaches. In the context of a course on computer security, the assignment serves totangibly demonstrate issues with password selection and user policies that apply to this issue.Undergraduate students in Computer Science Technology and Information EngineeringTechnology do not receive the same training in the formal analysis of algorithms that students instandard theory based Computer Science programs do. It is clear, however, that IT studentsmust develop a basic understanding of problem complexity issues and heuristic problem solvingapproaches to be successful in their careers. The exercise described in this paper gives students ahands-on feel for computational complexity through a
Conference Session
Graduate Student Experiences
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
David Murphy
Session 1355 Practical Advice for the “New Kid on the Block” Dave Murphy Fire Safety Engineering Technology The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Nobody told me how hard and lonely change is. – Joan Gilbertson As a new faculty member at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I haverecently experienced many changes associated with starting a new career. I can readily attest tothe unique challenges and expectations of assuming the position of assistant professor afterserving twenty years in the fire
Conference Session
Teaching Design Through Projects
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
George Wise; Philip Kosky; Robert Balmer
, from unit systems throughenergy, electrical circuits, and information and control are exemplified by systems found in theautomobiles of today and tomorrow. Problem Definition The problem that Union College’s Introduction to Engineering and Mechatronics course isdesigned to solve is to help students make an early and informed decision about whether or notthey find engineering an exciting career path and have both the interest and the capability topursue an engineering degree. This problem is, in large part, set by the nature of Union Collegeas an educational institution. Founded in 1795, it is a small, predominantly liberal arts collegewith a total enrollment of 2000. About 15% of these students are engineering majors. Withinengineering
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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Ron Zuckerman; Nathaniel Bowe; LaMarr Taylor; Kyle Smith; Dan Moore
8.593.4submissions. Each project submitted by the Engenius Solutions team is of the utmost importancedue to the impact our projects have upon our economic survival. More specifically, the workcompleted by each design department team has a direct relationship to both project andorganizational success. While some design department teams may be involved in a project that iscritical to some organization or company, every Engenius Solutions sponsored project is criticalto our operation. Moreover, students are exposed to both the pressures and excitement of doinghighly beneficial, marketable work.Direct HiringDirect Hiring involves Engenius Solutions “advertising” the project being undertaken, as well asthe students needed for the project. The career services
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New Trends in ECE Education
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Thomas Keyser; Ronald Musiak; Richard Mindek; Mary Vollaro; Steven Schreiner
lectures were greatly needed for the incoming freshmen. Duringrecent years, within the context of the college’s SOAR program, engineering faculty had been introducingfreshmen enrolled in our Introduction to Engineering course (ENGR 103) to the topic of ethics by discussingthe “Hyatt Regency Skywalk Collapse” in some detail, including a technical demonstration, and then givingthem related homework to complete over the summer. The introduction of several ethics lectures to thesesame freshmen during the fall semester was thought to be a good follow-up to the SOAR assignments, and anappropriate point in the careers of potential engineers to introduce them in earnest to the topic of ethics.While the main emphasis of ethics integration in the
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Industrial Collaborations
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
John Kissock; Rebecca Blust
theclient with specific recommendations to save money by reducing energy waste or productioncosts. Each recommendation presents the current state a recommendation of the estimatedsavings, the estimated project cost, and the estimated simple payback. Last year, facilities fromThe University of Dayton Industrial Assessment Center reported savings on average of $136,000per year based on an assessment.II. Student LearningCommunicationA critical element in a successful career is the ability to communicate effectively; transferringinformation clearly and accurately is important for the students to learn. Through the IAC,students are given the opportunity to become effective communicators by extensive practiceconveying written and oral technical
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Engineering Technology Poster Session
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Kenneth Reid
) influence their career choice - students (andtheir parents) who were involved in these activities stated that they loved the activities and parents haveexpressed appreciation to the instructors for explaining engineering to their children in a fun and excitingway.Young ScholarsThe Young Scholars program was established before the starting dateof this grant and was quite successful. The technical portion of theprogram was named as one of the top three programs nationwide inthe IEEE-USA Precollege Education Project Competition. Wehad a series of classes which were all full, and demand for moretechnical content in the program. The Young Scholars program is administered by the School ofEducation, not the School of Engineering and Technology.The courses
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Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie
implement the projects. The college also partner with area industries toschedule classes and workshops for specific groups of employees wishing to upgrade or learn newskills. As the industries realize the benefits these labs, they will offer research project and financialsupport to our department which grantees our future grow.c. Impact on Curriculum and InstructionThe study of CIM and related advanced manufacturing requires modern equipment that thestudent can utilize in a lab setting. The long run plan is to offer students CIM-related options incomputer science and other pertinent fields. Such advanced offerings can be tailored to thestudent’s individual career goals. Our developing interdisciplinary effort combines engineeringand computer
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Recruitment and Retention
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Hirak Patangia
SESSION 3448 A Recruiting and Retention Strategy Through A Project Based Experiential Learning Course Hirak C. Patangia University of Arkansas at Little Rock hcpatangia@ualr.eduAbstractAn experiential learning course centered on an intellectually inquisitive project has been designedfor the benefit of any freshman student who wants to explore engineering as a career field, andalso to provide the prospective majors with a head start for the beginning engineering
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Recruitment and Retention
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal
Session 3448 Gateway to Technology Ashok K. Agrawal, Terrence L. Freeman St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyAbstract One of the critical challenges in recruiting and retaining students in engineering andengineering technology is overcoming the hurdle of time spent in developmental courses. Many ofthe students who express interest in technological careers find that they must address deficienciesin reading, English, or mathematics before beginning a technological program. During this processmany students are diverted from their original academic goal
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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Karen Horton
, developed CAD projects of equal interest to girls and boys, anddeveloped appropriate classroom techniques to support girls’ and boys’ learning. Of the thirty-six campers attending, nine were girls. Several of the girls planned to enter technical fields butothers had no prior interest in technical careers. The directors were particularly pleased that allthe girls were enthusiastic about the camp and wanted to recruit other girls to the planned 2003CAD Camps. Page 8.636.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”This camp
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Integration vs. Compartmentalization
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Craig Gunn
man is an island, and no field of study can divorce itself from the activities,interests, and positive reinforcement of divergent areas of instruction. Students who becomeembroiled in the quest for a degree in any of the engineering areas can quickly close the doors tomany of the more liberal pursuits. The feeling exists that any time spent on "non-engineering"pursuits is not beneficial to the career. Efforts must be made to include in the educationalstructure of every engineer ample connections to the world of the humanities.Too many engineers go through their college or university careers unaware that many of theirpeers studying fluids, circuits, controls, composites, or calculus have vast experience in the liberalarts. These talents and
Conference Session
Developing Young MINDs
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Abhijit Nagchaudhuri
students in the Department of Mathematics and ComputerScience at UMES. Twenty middle school students identified from selected schools inAccomack County, VA, in the Eastern Shore of Delmarva peninsula participate in thistwo-week summer activity. Two school teachers accompany, chaperone, design anddirect some of the student activities during the camp. They also try to include some of thescientific and engineering related projects that they get exposed to during the camp to thestudents during the regular school year. The overall objective of the program is togenerate interest among participants and other school students to pursue MSET careers.I. IntroductionIt is imperative to inspire more students to pursue MSET careers to sustain the
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International Collaborative Efforts
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2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch
. Page 8.1259.3 o I thought that this AIAD was extremely useful. I have a much better idea of the options that I have if I spend a career in the Army. I got some experience in seeing Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education what actual engineers do on a daily basis. This was extremely helpful, because I really didn’t know what the occupation was really like. This summer caused me to think a little bit harder about how I look at my academic classes. o This AIAD was without a doubt a very enriching experience. I was able to see first hand some of the theory I had