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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

to be on-campus only once every six weeks. FlexNet has beenpopular and successful in achieving high levels of student satisfaction. UOP students love themixture of classroom and online delivery. The blended environment of FlexNet is a nice choicefor students who are close enough to a campus to attend every six weeks, but far enough away tonot want to come every week.Blending at Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) hasoffered applied technology education since 1829. Today, RIT is internationally respected as aworld leader in career-oriented and professional education with over 15,000 students seeking awide variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. After instituting a policy which requiresevery

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

who do not take the course.The projects course has also been found to increase students’ confidence in their own skilldevelopment.3 Students rate their skills at the beginning and end of each semester, and self-reportsignificant increases in communication, teamwork and design skills, as well as knowledge ofengineering methodology and engineering careers. When analyzed by gender, these skill gains heldup for males and females.Even though the FYEP course builds engineering skills and promotes retention for women,important differences have been observed between how men and women behave in the course.Instructors have found that prior to enrolling in the course many women have not tinkered withtools, disassembled gadgets, or built toy models, as

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker; David Silverstein

; integration of those materials into all four semesters of calculuscourses; and evaluation of student retention of relevant calculus topics in laterengineering courses with and without the aforementioned supplements. During thecourse of this project, these applications and examples will be introduced to area highschool calculus instructors in a workshop format as part of a larger cooperative effort toencourage students to pursue careers in STEM disciplines.Goals and ObjectivesThis project intends to answer the following questions: • What calculus topics are in need of improvement in retention and understanding by students in the mechanical and chemical engineering programs at the University of Kentucky? • Will

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Holger Dahms; Stefan Bartels; John Gassert; Jens Thiedke; Owe Petersen

with a primary focuson applied engineering, business, and the natural sciences. Both institutions are teachinginstitutions with similar missions.Issues and Resolutions 1. Issue: Student Profile Resolution: Engineering students typically are determined to achieve constant academic progress towards graduation. They are less inclined to explore the world at large for the sake of the experience that might be provided. They are reasonably settled on their immediate career path and any exploration should at least provide useful result. Hence, in order to be successful the program had to provide very specific benefits in order to attract a sufficient number of students. Therefore, the program was designed to insure

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Graham; Ronald Bieniek

Session 2793 Multi-Campus New Faculty Development to Improve the Culture of Teaching William G. Fahrenholtz, Ronald J. Bieniek, and Steven W. Graham University of Missouri-Rolla/University of Missouri-Rolla/University of Missouri-SystemAbstractThe strategic plan of the University of Missouri calls for renewed emphasis on student learningand the creation of learner-centered environments. As major step in achieving this vision, theUniversity of Missouri (UM) system launched the New Faculty Teaching Scholars (NFTS)Program in 2001-2002.1 It is a system-wide development program for early career

Conference Session

A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Burbach

students.The first step in preparing the students for their summer research project was to introduce themto geophysics in general, and to the theory behind the geophysical methods we proposed using.This was done initially through a series of formal seminars which faculty and other students werealso invited to attend. The first seminar focused on geophysics as a broad discipline andintroduced a variety of geophysical methods, types of problems that can be solved usinggeophysics, and research and career opportunities in geophysics. Following seminars focused inmore detail on the theory and practice of the most common geophysical methods.While the seminars laid an important foundation and gave the students a framework to see howtheir project fit into the

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Zhixue Wang; Guangpi Lai; Feiyue Wang; A. Terry Bahill; Jeff Goldberg

, userinterface, application and experience in course instruction.1. Introduction To address students' concerns in undergraduate education, the College of Engineering andMines at the University of Arizona conducted a student/faculty survey in which students wereasked to rank the importance of 12 issues in undergraduate education. The survey report hasindicated that our students consider 1) “hands on” experiences with the application ofengineering principles, 2) faculty who communicate course material effectively, and 3) theability to relate studies to career preparation and future employment, as the three mostimportant issues at the College. The clearly showed that students were not satisfied with thecurrent situation at the College in terms of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

, faculty and staff from The Ohio State University College of Engineering, with input fromteachers at Walnut Hills High School, reorganized the 2-course college-level Introduction toEngineering sequence (designed to be taught over two 10-week quarters) for presentation overtwo 18-week semesters in high school. The course content was not changed thus making highschool students taking the course eligible for possible college credit.The course had two main components, basic skills and hands-on laboratory activities. In the“basics” portion of the course, students learned skills that would be valuable in engineeringcourses, in an engineering career, and in a wide variety of other courses and careers. Those skillsincluded, teamwork, written, oral, and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy King; Jacqueline El-Sayed

function of the grippers. A competitionwas held and the best optimal gripper was chosen based on the functionality and quality of workperformed. The next iteration will include design of experiments to verify gripper functions.The students were enthusiastic in the assessment survey given. Students felt that having to designunder strict budget and time restraints, communicating and working with engineers from differentdisciplines would “greatly benefit their engineering careers.” Through this integrated learningexperience, students gained interdisciplinary design experience to better their proficiency of thereal world, multi-disciplinary design synthesis process.Introduction and BackgroundRecent technological and industrial advancements have

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy McGrann; Abraham Howell

must be properlyaligned for communication to take place. The possibility of a radio frequency (RF)transmitter/receiver was researched and it was decided that this would be a costly alternative ascompared with the UHF kit.“Exploring Engineering” a case study “Exploring Engineering” was a weeklong event that focused on giving 5th and 6 th gradestudents a more detailed sense of what engineering encompasses and exactly what engineers do intheir careers. Throughout the week students participated in numerous hands-on activities such asbuilding wooden structures to withstand a simulated earthquake and assembling and testingremote-controlled CD-Robots. Exploring Engineering was organized by Eileen C. Way(Professor, Systems Science and

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

national standards will helpthem to improve the science, mathematics, and technology proficiencies of their students. Theirstudents, feeling more able to solve problems in STEM fields, will be more likely to chooseengineering as a career in greater numbers. Those students who choose to become K-12 teacherswill be more able to introduce STEM topics to their students. Even those who choose not to gointo STEM-related careers or teaching will be more informed citizens.The program presented here is helping to increase the numbers of teachers who are able tooperate in engineering related contexts. Each semester 20 to 30 preservice teachers complete athree-credit engineering course. Each summer 20 to 30 inservice teachers complete a two-creditgraduate

Conference Session

Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

materials, resume materials, and learning reflections that can follow them throughout their career here at UT and into the world beyond. The Mechanical Engineering department at UT Austin is creating an electronic portfolio system in hopes of encouraging both teachers and students to focus more on projects as a way to foster active experimentation and to help students create artifacts that show their growth and progress along the pathway to becoming an engineer. The FIC is providing technical expertise to build the system and instructional design support to create a tool that can be used for reflective practice throughout a student’s academic career. (For more information, see http

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Holger; James Melsa; Loren Zachary

ACHIEVING A GLOBAL ACADEMIC INDUSTRIAL NETWORK FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY James L. Melsa, Dean David Holger, Associate Dean Loren Zachary, Assistant Dean College of Engineering Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50014 Abstract It is clear that the engineer of the 21 st century will be required to spend an appreciable portion of his or her career in an environment rich with a variety of global connections

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Bishop; Gary Lewandowski; Joel Fried; Carla Purdy; Anant Kukreti

oneducational issues by a distinguished engineering educator helps to facilitate both faculty andstudent involvement. Overall, this program provides a richer, more supportive environment forgraduate students, with opportunities for mentoring by multiple mentors, and thus increases thechance of retention.1. IntroductionPreparing Future Faculty (PFF)1 is a ten-year-old national initiative designed to improve thegraduate educational experience, to encourage more Ph.D. students to consider academic careers,and to better prepare the next generation of college and university professors to meet their manyresponsibilities. A PFF program has three main features

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heinz Luegenbiehl

it is questionable whether a strictly Americancontext for engineering practice still exists, even for engineers who practice solely in the U.S. Welive in an era of global interdependence which is reflected in the working environment of typicalAmerican engineers. Often these engineers work for multinational corporations which employengineers from a variety of cultural backgrounds, both here and abroad. Even if that is not the case,their employers are likely engaged in contractual or trade relationships with companies in othercountries. Further, the mobility of contemporary engineers makes it increasingly likely that duringtheir career they will work for a foreign employer, either in the U.S. or abroad. Perhaps most important to

Conference Session

New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Border

three-semester co-operative education component, emphasison application over theory has proven beneficial to our students. With the rise of networkingapplications, and the “network appliance” in both corporate, manufacturing and consumerenvironments, our students need additional communication systems preparation. This isparticularly critical for ECT graduates that seek a career in an Information Technology field. Inthis employment sector they will compete for jobs with recent graduates from other institutionsthat may already hold an IT industry related certification. These certifications can be either Page 8.333.1closely tied to the

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Capstone Design and Engineering Practice

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Harris

-hour difference can be one reason for that. Besides, this project was a part of HMC but not for METU. But, for sure this project was useful for my future career because I learned that no matter what the distance is between the partners teamwork can be achieved and the result was pretty good. I learned how to work people who I don’t know anything about. The main problem was the time difference between two countries. In order to connect by phone or netmeeting either they should stay at night or we should wake up at early morning. So connection with netmeeting was restricted. But the connection with netmeeting was more efficient as we can

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Jewell

long-termdata on how terms abroad experiences have influenced the lives and careers of Union’sgraduates. A survey to develop base-line data will be sent out later this winter.Preliminary results from that survey should be available by June and will be presented atthe poster session.Future DevelopmentsIt is the goal of the engineering programs at Union to have sufficient number and varietyof foreign experiences available to allow all students to participate in a program that is ofinterest to them and meshes with their professional and personal interests. In a period offiscal belt tightening, it is unlikely that many additional terms abroad will be developed.Mini-terms are certainly an option. However, they are highly dependent on

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi; Nick Safai

the overall IHE ’s students department. informa tion, office of Graduate Minorit y• Provide web-site research and enrolment objectives. information r esources statistics. • Career and with security placement workshops including MGS • Time management handbook, etc. workshops

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie McBride

the further development and improvement of the program. • The outcomes important to the mission of the institution and the objectives of the program are being measured.Examples of evidence that can be used in assessment documentation are student portfolios,including design projects; nationally normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; and Page 8.134.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Alan Rudnitsky; Borjana Mikic

Table 1). Student confidence increaseddramatically. At the beginning of the semester only 11% of the students in the class agreed orstrongly agreed with the statement, “I feel confident in my skills, abilities, and knowledge inengineering.” At the end of the course, 81% agreed or strongly agreed. The number of studentswho agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, “I am committed to a career in engineering”rose from 56% to 69%.Students perceived Objectives 1, 2, 3 and 5 to be the most effectively achieved. These were alsothe objectives in which concept maps played the largest role. But how much of the success inmeeting these objectives was due to the use of conceptual frameworks? In a mid-semestersurvey students were asked to rate the

Conference Session

Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

deeperunderstanding of the subject material through their attempts to explain the material to the lower-level students. Case studies have shown that this is a legitimate form of learning and it’seffectiveness stems from the circulation of knowledge among the team. If successful, thiscooperative learning environment quickly generates positive interdependence since each teammember needs to learn from the others for both individual and team success.As students progress through the program they will have repeated practice at developing the so-called career skills of teamwork and communication. According to Reynold’s (1965) model ofdeveloping competency, consistent and reliable performance of a skill occurs after a number ofattempts since competency rises just

Conference Session

Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Pinnell; Gabrielle Williamson; Corinne Daprano

-learning from over 500 universities and colleges and from both public and politicalorganizations and representatives 7. Although engineering courses often provide opportunitiesfor project-based experiential learning, service-learning is not implemented as frequently inengineering courses as it is in other disciplines. This is unfortunate since most descriptions ofengineering careers include service to society or meeting societal needs as a goal or requirementof the profession 2, 8. Furthermore, service-learning in engineering courses provides theopportunity for experiential learning that can not only help develop technical and soft skills, butcan also help establish the skills for practicing engineering in an ethical and civically mindedmanner 2

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

concept to most stu-dent researchers. In previous years, the idea that one can utilize university resources to commer-cialize technology has been received with utter surprise by many student researchers at Michigan.But even with these resources, students begin to ask themselves, how can a business plan bedeveloped? How can one learn about business development while pursuing an engineeringdegree? How can capital be raised to support an emerging business? Who can help? And quitesimply, where should one start? It is our contention that an engineering curriculum in the UnitedStates should support students along this career path by providing resources, both academic andprofessional, that can help answer these questions so students can pursue their

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Silvanus Udoka; Paul Stanfield

seniordesign projects. Additionally, most industrial engineers have experience interacting with otherengineers earlier in their academic career through common engineering courses. However,interaction with business students rarely occurs before the senior year, if then. This deficiencyprevents the development of a key skill required for industrial engineering practice. This paper describes two innovative approaches to experientially teach multidisciplinaryproblem solving to teams of engineering and business students. Both approaches allow theinteractions to occur earlier in the curriculum. The first approach is through class partnering.Such partnering emulates more long term interdisciplinary efforts such as design teams andconfiguration

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hy Tran; Catherine Clewett

thefinal week of classes, to see if there had been any change in attitude. The hope was that therewould be improvement in four areas—enjoyment of science lessons, leisure interest in science,career interest in science, and normality of scientists. To insure that students answered honestlywithout concern for their grades, the tests were given completely anonymously. The students Page 8.831.8Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwere asked not to put any identifying marks on their papers. This also precluded

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Malicky

, psychology, women's studies,linguistics, career counseling, human development, government, and engineering. This reviewaims to integrate the empirical findings from these diverse viewpoints, especially as they apply toretention. The primary articles of this review were selected based on relevance, empirical rigor,and variety of scientific methods. Page 8.62.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationGender Differences in PersistenceThere is little question that matriculation decisions are primarily

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Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe

expandedcoverage, especially on practical topics not covered by the class textbook. Page 8.1327.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationConclusionThe foregoing strategies have been used, not necessarily in whole, while teaching engineeringeconomy. The objective is to arm the students with the essential concepts and the applications ofengineering economy so that they will bring to bear in their professional careers as engineersand/or managers.References:1. Informant Testifies About Loan Sharks. The

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Technological Literacy for Non-Technical Majors

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Sokol

majors.Bibliographic Information1. Remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft. 2001. First Annual Computer Privacy, Policy & Security Institute. May 22. www.cybercrime.gov/AGCPPSI2. CERT Coordination Center. 2000. How the FBI Investigates Computer Crime. July 27. www.cert.org/tech_tips/FBI_investigates_crime3. Sokol, John P. 1994. An Introduction to Electronics for Private Security Students. Security Journal. Vol. 5, No 4. October. pp. 223-2264. Mandia, Kevin and Chris Prosise. 2001. Incident Response: Investigating Computer Crime. McGraw-Hill. P. 885. CERT Coordination Center. 2003. Training and Education. www.cert.org/nav/index_gold. January 2.6. SANS (SysAdmin,Audit,Network,Security) Institute. 2003. SANS Training and Your Career Roadmap

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ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Mahaffey; Elizabeth Petry

– key to project success.Architecture Education: Challenges of Team BuildingThe Department of Architecture at the University of Hartford objective has always been “toprepare students for a variety of professional careers in the design and building industries”.Architecture at the University of Hartford supports the mission of the University whileemphasizing an integration of artistic principles, engineering fundamentals, and businessunderstanding with the constant exploration of innovative design. In the academic environment isoften proves more difficult to implement team projects based on personalities and individualschedules. Every course is not conducive to presenting a team project. Every project and/orexercise is not conducive to presenting