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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

Integration of Electrical Engineering Core Labs with Major Design Experiences Glen E. Archer Leonard J. Bohmann Michigan Technological UniversityMotivation: Michigan Tech has taken bold steps to structure a design experience thatbegins the moment a student sets foot in the department. Michigan TechnologicalUniversity underwent a remarkable transformation as the conversion from quarters tosemesters unfolded over the 2000-2001 academic year. The Electrical and ComputerEngineering department took advantage of the opportunity to enhance the department’slaboratory experiences as well. The ECE department had followed a traditionalcurriculum model that

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State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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Edward Evans; H. Michael Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

Session 1153 Impact of Vertically Integrated Team Design Projects on First Year Engineering Students Helen K. Qammar1, H. Michael Cheung1, Edward A. Evans1, Sandra Prettyman Spickard2, Francis S. Broadway3, Rex D. Ramsier4 Department of Chemical Engineering1/ Educational Foundations and Leadership2/ Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies3/ Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering4 The University of Akron Akron, Ohio

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Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Pines

Session 3651 Including Service Learning In The Environmental Engineering Research Project David Pines College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of HartfordAbstractService learning provides a meaningful service to the community as well as a relevant learningexperience for the student. The service done by the student is linked to course outcomes andenhances the learning experience that occurs in the classroom. Service learning wasincorporated into the civil engineering curriculum at the

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Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohammad Al-Ansary; Andreas Christoforou; Ahmet Yigit

to communicate effectively in oral and written form. An awareness of the impact of engineering solutions on safety, h health, welfare, and the well being of the society and the environment. An ability to acquire new knowledge independently, and a i recognition of life-long learning as a necessity for progress in the profession. An awareness of emerging technologies in local and global j context, and involvement in discussions of contemporary issues related to society. An ability to utilize state-of-the art hardware and software tools k for problem solving and design that are necessary for engineering practice

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Barbara Williams; Paul Blowers; Jeff Goldberg

Session# 1793 Integrating Information Literacy Skills into Engineering Courses to Produce Lifelong Learners Barbara Williamsa, Paul Blowersb, Jeff Goldbergc a Univ. Lib./Chem. & Env. Engr./cSystems & Industrial Engr. The University of ArizonaAbstract One criterion of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is thatengineering students must develop lifelong learning skills in order for a program to beaccredited. We argue that developing information literacy skills will allow students to

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The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Morris; Dawn Conniff; J. Ledlie Klosky

class time and diminish the time available for solidclassroom instruction. In the worst case, poorly executed drama can even detract from learningor undermine the instructor’s authority.This paper describes examples and results of drama, multimedia, and demonstrations Page 9.868.1implemented in the ABET accredited Civil Engineering program at the United States Military Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAcademy (USMA) at West Point. With constantly improving technology, music and videos arenow

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Hanson; Julia Williams

McLeod, Susan H., Eric Miraglia, Margot Soven, and Christopher Thaiss, eds., 2001, WAC for the NewMillennium: Strategies for Continuing Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Programs, Urbana, Illinois: NCTE.3 Young, Art, & Toby Fulwiler, eds., 1986, Writing Across the Disciplines: Research Into Practice, UpperMontclair, New Jersey: Boynton/Cook.4 Hibbeler, R. C., 2004, Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 10th Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 638p.Author BiographiesJames H. Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, TerreHaute, Indiana. He has been teaching courses on mechanics, structural analysis and structural design for four years.He has also taught at Cornell University and Bucknell

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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

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Audeen Fentiman; John Demel; Richard Freuler

these companies have chosen to support the FEH program through funding and others havemade contributions of time from their engineers. An example of the latter is Proctor & Gambleteaching a workshop on product launch to all of the sections of FEH. The list of companies Page 9.271.10 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationincludes American Electric Power, Arvin Meritor, AutoDesk, Caterpillar, Eaton, Ford, Honda,Lockheed-Martin, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Raytheon

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Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karen Willcox; Gergana Bounova

Mathematics in Engineer ing: Identifying, Enhancing and Linking the Implicit Mathematics Cur r iculum Kar en Willcox, Ger gana Bounova Depar tment of Aer onautics and Astr onautics Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstractA study is undertaken to lay out in a structured manner the mathematics skills required ofundergraduate students in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology. The key objective of the research is to identify barriers to deepmathematical understanding among engineering undergraduates. Data from engineering coursesyllabi and interviews with engineering and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Josh Goldowitz

Session 1793 Doing and Understanding: Installing Monitoring Wells to Understand Groundwater Hydraulics Joshua Goldowitz Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management Technology & Safety Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623Abstract “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” EngineeringTechnology educators have always focused on the last phrase of this famous Confucian saying.This paper presents a

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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Roxanne Jacoby

important questions, since their professional survival will largely depend on how well weprepare them to face the realities of our times. We live in very exciting times. A time when, due to rapid increase in globalization andInformation Technology (IT), most products assembled in the United States have more than 70%of their content supplied by various domestic and overseas firms. As examples consider the carmotors fabricated in Japan for the Big Three American car manufacturers, or the many essentialparts and subassemblies imported from all over by Boeing for their planes. In the information andcomputer technologies, and many others, engineers in different countries work and collaborate onthe same project 24/7. It is a time when staying

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Malgorzata Zywno

since1999 by McGraw Hill7, had similar findings. The two most frequently mentioned barriers towider creation and use of digital resources were: knowing what is available (50%) and lack ofdevelopment time (49%). Thus it is not surprising that in a recent survey8 of decision-makersresponsible for implementations of instructional technology, two thirds of respondentsrepresented institutions interested in using learning objects in online learning. Page 9.1428.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering

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The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joni Spurlin; Susan Grant; Jo-Ann Cohen; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley; Sarah Rajala

Sciencesand current Vice President for Technology Policy and Consulting Engineering for Cisco Systemsin San Jose, California. The second speaker featured Suzanne Gordon, alumna of the College ofPhysical and Mathematical Sciences and current Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Page 9.1280.5the Information Systems Division for SAS Institute. Another program featured a panel of female Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alisha Waller

Session 1430 T-shirts and Ponytails: Women Students in Engineering Talk about Self-presentation Alisha A. Waller Georgia State UniversityIntroduction Over the past thirty years, educators, activists, and politicians have made manycalls to increase the number of women in engineering education and practice. For example, in apublic hearing conducted by the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science,Engineering, and Technology Development in July of 1999, William Wulf, President of the NationalAcademy of

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

achieved by the integration of the contemporaryinformation technology (IT) and visualization tools in teaching engineering technology.Although the classroom environment in Engineering and Construction Science is highlystructured by the instructor, teaching students to be critical thinkers is essential in the virtualclassroom of the future. The objective of this research was to develop a virtual tour of areinforced concrete building construction using 3D animation and walkthrough. All thetechniques that were used in this research employed a generic programming architecture, whichwas discipline independent and could be adapted to any other similar domain. Thesevisualization techniques can be valuable aids not only in teaching in the classroom but

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State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steven Brandt; David Hansen; Steven Kuennen; Pamela Neal; Cary Fisher

, frame and resolve ill-defined problems, use technology, exercisetheir intellectual curiosity, work with others, and communicate orally and in writing. Various assessmentmethods aid the instructors in determining course effectiveness, student comprehension, and studentmotivation toward pursuing engineering degrees.What? Another Freshman Intro to Engineering Course?Wait! Before tossing this paper aside, this brand-new freshman “Introduction to EngineeringSystems” (Engineering 100) course really works. Here are some of the distinctive aspects of thecourse:1 Department of Astronautical Engineering, steve.brandt@usafa.af.mil2 Department of Engineering Mechanics, cary.fisher@usafa.af.mil3 Department of Engineering Mechanics, dave.hansen

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kevin Dahm

. Sullivan, W. G., Bontadelli, J. A., Wicks, E. M., Engineering Economy, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1993.4. Young, D. Modern Engineering Economy, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY 1993.5. Dahm, K. D. “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2002, Montreal.6. Dahm, K. D., “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics,” Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 4, July-December 2003.Biographical InformationKevin Dahm in an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

spring semester. Students reported that the class was enjoyable andhelpful in networking, improving presentation skills, and in giving tips on being a good student.Keywords: Freshmen Retention, Underrepresented Minorities, Scholarship Program, AcademicSuccess WorkshopI. IntroductionSince 1974, NACME (the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) has providedleadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful AfricanAmerican, American Indian, and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math-and science-based careers. NACME believes in the concept of the “learning organization,” acommunity in which each member is encouraged and assisted to grow and develop. With thesupport of

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Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

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Yen Shi Gillian Hoe; Seth Townsend; Ryan Kon; Robert Allen; Richard Boyer; Peter Goldwine; Mathew Kung; Mary McDonald; Laura Sprowls; Gary Tong; Artin Shoukas; Ankit Tejani; Elizabeth Johnson

the Design Teams and leads the HopkinsEmergency Response Unit.GARY H. TONGMr. Tong is a senior in the Biomedical Engineering department, specializing in Chemical Engineering. He serves asa team leader for one of the Design Teams.RICHARD B. BOYERMr. Boyer is a freshman in the Biomedical Engineering department, specializing in computer algorithms. He hashad extensive experience in the field of information technology and provided a highly effective digital processingprogram for the data analysis.ROBERT H. ALLENDr. Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, and has taught andperformed research in engineering design for over 15 years. He directs the Design Teams program.ARTIN A. SHOUKASDr. Shoukas is a

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vijay Rajappa; Steve Watkins; Ray Luechtefeld

: Curricula Need Product Realization,” ASME-NEWS, vol. 15, no. 10, American Societyof Mechanical Engineers, 1996, pp. 1-6.2. Seat, Elaine and Susan M. Lord, “Enabling Effective Engineering Teams : a program for teaching interactionskills”, Journal of Engineering Education, Oct. 1999, p. 385-390.3. Hissey, T. W. “Education and Careers 2000: Enhanced Skills for Engineers,” Proceedings of the IEEE, 88(8),1367-1370, (2000).4. Engineering Accreditation Commission, “Engineering Criteria 2000,” 2000-2001 Criteria for AccreditingEngineering Programs, (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, New York, NY, 1999), pg. 32.5. McDonald, David James Devaprasad, Paul Duesing, Ajay Mahajan, Mohamad Qatu, Maurice Walworth, “Re-Engineering the Senior Design

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International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

of specialization in Computer Engineering in the Computer Sciencedepartment is a viable option for schools that can not have engineering programs.References[1] Impagliazzo, John, et. al. Computer Engineering Computing Curricula, SIGCSE 2003, Reno, Nevada, Feb. 2003.[2] http://www.ee.byu.edu, BYU – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, access on January, 2004.[3] http://www.ece.utah.edu , UU – Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, access on January 2004.[4] http://www.uvsc.edu , UVSC – Department of Computing and Networking Sciences, access on December 2003.[5] Manokhoon, Kitti and Fazil Najafi, Civil Engineering Curriculum at the University of Florida and the Mahanakorn University of Technology, Proceedings of

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Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

Session 1413 A Web-Based Case Study for the Chemical Engineering Capstone Course Lisa Bullard, Patricia Niehues, Steven W. Peretti, Shannon H. White North Carolina State University One of the most daunting tasks in teaching the capstone design class is to develop suitableprojects. Some departments may not have faculty with industrial experience; other departmentsmay not be located near industrial partners to provide hands-on experience to the students; andother departments may lack faculty with deep expertise in specific areas such as biotechnology.North Carolina State University is developing, testing

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

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William J., Jr. Park; Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1 Tribus, M., “Education for Innovation,” Engineering Education, p. 421 ff., February, 1971.2 Travers, R.M., Essentials of Learning: The New Cognitive Learning for Students of Education,5th Edition. New York: MacMillan, 1982.3 Jacobs, G., “Hypermedia and Discovery-Based Learning: A Historical Perspective,” BritishJournal of Educational Technology 23(2), 113-121, 1992.4 Goforth, D., “Learner Control = Decision Making + Information: a Model and Meta-analysis,”Journal of Educational Computing Research 11(1), 1-26, 1994.5 http://www.abet.org/images/eac_criteria_b.pdf6 Felder, R.M., “Reaching the

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hue Van Tran; Steven Reyer; James Friauf; Owe Petersen; Katherine Wikoff

, and microprocessorsystems. He received his Ph.D. from Marquette University in 1978 and has done research and extensive consultingin the areas of DSP and communications.OWE PETERSEN is Professor and Program Director for Electrical Engineering at the Milwaukee School ofEngineering. He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. His areas of interest areintegrated circuit technology, high-speed integrated circuit design, and quality in manufacturing. He received hisMSEE and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1965, 1971) and his BSEE from the University of Wisconsin(1963) Page 9.578.8

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

of the Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcourses, provide focus to the curriculum in the APM. Furthermore, all courses are designed toclearly show the experiences that students draw upon while achieving a Learning Outcome.The College of Information Systems at ZU seeks to produce graduates who have anunderstanding of information technology and its uses, and who are capable of identifying andsolving problems. The college has established five major leaning outcomes which form the basisfor curriculum analysis and student assessment: • Problem identification and analysis • Problem solving

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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LTC Robert Powell

.: The Brookings Institution.6. Powell, Lita D. R. 1994. Cooperative Office Education: Student, Employer and Teacher-CoordinatorPerceptions. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland.BiographyLIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT A. POWELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of SystemsEngineering at the United States Military Academy. He received a BS in Industrial Engineering, Texas A&MUniversity, a MS in Operations Research/Management Science, George Mason University, a Master of Military Artand Science, US Army Command and General Staff College, and a PhD in Systems Engineering, Stevens Instituteof Technology. He is married with three children and a bulldog

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mulchand Rathod

Session 3560 ORGANIZING THE FIRST EVER CONVENTION OF ALUMNI OF SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY OF INDIA IN THE USA Mulchand S. Rathod, PhD, PE Division of Engineering Technology College of Engineering Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 SUMMARY During the summer of 2003, a group of alumni of Sardar Patel University (SPU), named after the first deputy prime minister of India, convened a team to organize the first ever alumni convention of SPU in the USA. This paper

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Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeannie Brown Leonard; Janet Schmidt; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

other science, technology, andmathematics disciplines, graduates of engineering programs typically enter a work environmentthat immediately requires team and interpersonal process skills. From the perspective ofeducation, positive team project experiences can motivate students to perform at higher levels.Well-functioning teams have been shown to improve learning and retention in non-engineeringfields, especially for members of underrepresented groups3,4,5,6,7.Previous research suggests that while most engineering faculty are committed to using projectteams in their classrooms, they have little or no formal training on how to work with studentteams or how to teach team members to work well together8. Focused on their discipline and onpedagogy

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Greta Zenner; Amy Payne; Aura Gimm; Wendy Crone

nanotechnology.The UW IPSE program is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded collaboration betweenthe UW Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on NanostructuredMaterials and Interfaces and The James Lovell Museum of Science, Technology, and Economicsin Milwaukee, also known as Discovery World (DW), the largest science center in Wisconsin.UW IPSE’s collaboration between a research university and a science center is an innovativeprogram that draws on the strengths of each partner to bring cutting-edge science to the public.In the process, the UW IPSE interns receive technical training and engage in an iterative projectdevelopment process as they gain experience in communicating science, and students and thegeneral public gain a better

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alok Verma; Cheng Lin

1793 Session Enhancing MET Curriculum with Applied Research Experience for Faculty - Parametric Study of Water Jet Cutting (WJC) Processes – A Case Study Alok K. Verma, Cheng Y. Lin Department of Engineering Technology Old Dominion University Carl J. Voglewede, Mike E. Tall Technology Development and Integration Branch NASA Langley Research CenterAbstract In today’s global competitive environment, the engineering technology curriculum must adoptand