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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Stroud Rossmann; Clive Dym

(s) in ever greater detail.In our later discussion of student reaction to this course, we will also note that students wereengaged by our devoting a significant portion of the course to a series of case studies. Thisapproach, too, bears something of the “cost” of substituting meaningful discussions of bothtechnical and social aspects of events such as the 1981 collapse of the Kansas City HyattRegency Hotel and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in central China for further“depth” in the analysis of one-dimensional bars or of the hydrostatics of dams. It seemed to usthat such case studies would offer conceptual reinforcement, real-world application, and anextension and expansion of course material whose benefits far outweighed this cost

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shuhui Li; Rajab Challoo

computer assisted teaching methodologies have been developed.All these are important for successful teaching and restructuring of the integrative electricmachine/energy conversion course. Table 1. Restructured Electric Drives Course Modules and Lab Sessions Lectur es No. Topics (39 hour s) 1 Introduction to Energy Conversion/Electric Drive Systems 1 2 Understanding Mechanical System Requirements 2 3 Review of Basic Electric and Three Phase Circuits 3 4

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IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt; Eydie Lawson; Barry Lunt; Joseph Ekstrom

a president, vice-president, secretary,treasurer, regional representatives, and an activities chairperson. The other two committeesformed were the IT Curriculum Committee, including subcommittees for 4-year and 2-yearprograms, and the IT Accreditation Committee, also including subcommittees for 4-year and 2-year programs.The development of IT as an academic discipline is similar to the process that computer science(CS) went through in the 70's and 80's. In fact, looking at the placement of CS programs inacademic institutions around the U.S. illustrates the debate that swirled around the discipline asits core was being defined. Some CS programs are in departments of mathematics, others are inengineering schools, and many others have become

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Narciso Macia

) 10 8 Fill rate = 1.24 gal/min 6 4 Set Point = 15 inch Gain = 10 2 0 0 50 100 150 Time (s) Figure 2.1: Tank SimulationAlso, the response when the set point was reached was under damped and the steady state errorwas 1.2 inches. The steady state error was large because the gain was low. A higher

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Watkins; Joel Esposito; Matthew Feemster

secondorder system with the Laplace transformed model. Ayn2 1/ J l ? 2 (0.3) s - 2yn| s - yn s - * d l / J l + s - * K l / J l + 2 2However, the calculation is highly sensitive to measurement errors and fundamentally assumes thatthe system is linear – which it is not. Page 9.1076.6 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Williams; Hadi Saadat

the system on the real-time hardwareA schematic layout of the servomotor is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2. Servo plant schematicFrom the detailed equations describing the electrical and mechanical systems the block diagramrepresentation is obtained as shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. Servo plant block diagramIn the pre-laboratory assignment the student begins the design cycle by obtaining the transferfunction model, controller design, simulation and preparation of the implementation diagram asfollows. The servo plant transfer function neglects the armature circuit inductance θo (s) am

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robi Polikar; Krchnavek Robert; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan; John Chen; Shreekanth Mandayam; Paris von Lockette; Yusuf Mehta

theengineering clinic students at the College of Engineering for their support in developing theexperiments.References1. Marchese, A. J., Constans, E., Dahm, K., Hollar, K., Hutto, D., Johnson, F., Sun, C. vonLockette, P., Kadlowec, J., Cleary, D., and Sukumaran, B. (2001). The Sophomore EngineeringClinic I: Integrating Statics, Solid Mechanics and Product Development in a Sophomore LevelDesign Course. ASEE Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.2. Johnson, F. S., Hutto, D., Dahm, K., Marchese, A. J., Sun, C., Constans, E., Hollar, K. andvon Lockette, P. (2001). An Investigation into Interdisciplinary Team Teaching in Writing andEngineering: A Multi-Year Study. ASEE Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.3. Jahan, K. and R.A.Dusseau (1998) Environmental Design for

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Session xxxx Electronic Conferencing for Faculty Continuing Development Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. World Expertise LLC and Bethany S. Oberst, Ph.D. James Madison UniversityAbstractMany engineering faculty members in developing and emerging countries find it nearlyimpossible to participate in continuing professional development through attendance atmajor international conferences in their areas of interest. One mechanism to address thisproblem is the addition of an electronic

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lesley Hubbard; Peter Mente; Susan Blanchard

manyinstitutions that have benefited from The Whitaker Foundation’s industrial internshipprogram in biomedical engineering. This combination of internship opportunities forstudents offers a rich source of data for assessment of six of the BME program’soutcomes: 1.a, 1.e, 2.a, 2.b, 2.d, and 3.c.The relevant objectives (numbers) and associated outcomes (letters) that can be assessedwith data from student internships are given below. The numbers and letters inparentheses refer to ABET outcomes 3a-3k.1. To educate students to be successful in Biomedical Engineering by emphasizing engineering and biology as related to basic medical sciences and human health. After completing the B. S. in Biomedical Engineering, graduates will be

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ramon Vasquez; Anand Sharma

e S ys te m fo r E v a lu a tio n o f E d u c a tio n (S E E D ) A ssist in a ccre d ita tio n stra te gie s S ys t em for t h e D e p ts. E v a lu a t io n o f E d u ca t ion SEED R e p o s ito r y o f as s e ss m e n t s trat e gie s & to o ls C o o rd in a t e p r o

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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Steif

Session 1368 Initial Data from a Statics Concept Inventory Paul S. Steif Carnegie Mellon UniversityIntroductionEngineering Statics is a pivotal course in a number of engineering disciplines. Statics laysthe foundation for subsequent courses, namely Dynamics and Strength of Materials.Moreover, Statics and these follow-on courses are the basis for engineering design andpractice. Instruction in Statics is worthy of significant attention.While a variety of topics and problems are addressed in typical Statics textbooks, problemsfocusing on interactions between

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Mokodean; Xiannong Meng; Maurice Aburdene

sites. The materials for eachcourse contain at least a course description. Of the 61 web sites we visited, 27 have actualcourse materials such as syllabus, assignments, lecture schedules and assessment methodsavailable on line; 42 listed their choice of textbooks, including the ones that indicate explicitlythat no textbooks are used. The 61 courses come from a total of 27 different schools, all ofwhich are from the U.S. except for one from Hong Kong and one from Australia. Most schoolsin our study offer network course(s) in more than one department and some offer courses at boththe undergraduate and graduate levels.There are 16 different department names in the 61 courses studied, including “ElectricalEngineering”, “Computer Science”, “Computer

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jerome Tapper; Walter Buchanan

? Students quickly learn that it is a lot easier to move a wire or change a component when they are in a virtual design space. One of the great advantages and features of MultiSim is its ability to allow the user to capture its graphics. A major strength of a professional report is the visual presented to the reader. It is true that “one picture is worth a thousand equations.”1 Just take a look at a bridge or large building the next time you pass one. Each of these represents literally thousands of complex equations of which you are viewing the results. Among MultiSim’s capture capabilities is its ability to capture a schematic under design, in addition to capturing a whole host of responses such as

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahnam Navaee

(28)M CB ? 2 Ek BCs B - ( FEM ) CB (29)In these expressions, M, E, k, s , and FEM are respectively, member end-moments, modulus ofelasticity, member relative-stiffness factors, joint angular displacements, and member fixed-endmoments. The values of the fixed-end moments in the above expressions for the given beam andloading conditions can be obtained using the following equations. These equations are tabulatedin any elementary structural analysis text6.( FEM ) BA ? wL AB (30) 2 /8( FEM ) BD ? / wL BD 2

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2004 Annual Conference

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Davis Charles; Tony Lin

R o a d M a p f o r In t e g r a t io n S u m m e r, 2 0 0 3 W eek 3 W eek 6 IE & M E J o in t L a b IE & M E J o in t L a b D O E ( E x p e r im e n t ( F a m ilia r iz e th e a n d D a ta M a c h in e ) C o lle c tio n ) W eek 4

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gordy Skattum; Clifford Mirman

, and thus, this program was the first developed for formalarticulation during the mid-1990’s. During the 02/03 academic year, it was determined that theEngineering Technology areas represented a strong need for articulation. To provide access tothis student group, a new articulation initiative was undertaken allowing for a nearly 1:1 transfer.Curriculum Issues and Needs The NIU Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Industrial Technology programsrepresent a very diverse set of skills and fundamental abilities. Table 1 outlines the fundamentalcourse differences between the three areas involved in the articulation process. In addition to thebasic skill requirements within the programs, each program has outcomes that are

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Charles Forsberg

exchanger.“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Page 9.108.8©2004, American Society for Engineering Education” Table No. 1 Experimental Data for the Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Parallel Flow In/Out Flow Rates Temperatures Hot Water Cold Water Hot Water Cold Water UA (kg/s

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Martha Garcia-Saenz

) Table No. 2 Alternative values when project is build one year from nowIn the 1970’s, Net Present Value (NPV) and Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) were the bestpractices for valuing corporate assets. NPV and DCF analysis fail to consider future uncertaintyand strategic response to future events. In principle, DCF analysis can be dynamic and canincorporate uncertainty. With dynamic discount cash flow analysis, the most difficult inputs toestimate are the probabilities of future cash flows and the proper risk-adjusted discount rates.NPV and DCF do not take into account the managerial flexibility that allows mangers to takebetter decisions when new information arrives. It takes implicit assumptions related with thescenarios of cash flows and expects a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

Session 1332 UMIPS: A Semiconductor IP Repository for IC Design Research and Education Michael S. McCorquodale and Richard B. Brown Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2122AbstractSemiconductor intellectual property (IP) and design reuse have recently become cornerstones ofcommercial integrated circuit (IC) development because they enable significant gains in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Virgil Cox; Stephen Kuyath

schools thatwill meet these needs. The high school students, through the clubs, will become involved in moredemanding, engineering related activities as well as participate in advanced competitions, such asthe Junior Engineering Technical Society’s (JETS) TEAM+S Competitions (TEAM+S is theTests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science).Mentoring & TutoringAs high school students get involved in the advanced activities, they (and their teachers) willrequire more help. The community college faculty have made the commitment to assist thesestudents and teachers (Figure 1). Figure 1: Community College Faculty working with High School Club MembersFigure 1 shows one of the faculty members working with club members at one of

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daniel Maggio; Sandra Yost

Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationSTEPS Program has been a big draw in attracting corporate and further grant support to continuethe programs. The mechatronics content has helped to enhance corporate interest because of itsrelevance to the auto industry in Detroit. The modules that have been developed can be adaptedin various configurations to allow faculty to take the show on the road and offer anything from atwo-hour hands-on introduction to mechatronics up to a six or more week series of activities.References[1] “Mechatronics: A Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Initiative”, National ScienceFoundation Grant No. DUE-9950862.[2] S. A

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

learning initiative.” SIT News & Releases, 2001. [http://www.sit.edu/news/2001/impact_study_abroad.html]4. Vande Berg, Michael. “The Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Study Abroad.” Opendoors on the Web.[http://www.opendorsweb.org/Lead%20Stories/Assessment.htm]5. Rubin, Donald and Sutton, Richard. “Assessing Student Learning Outcomes from Study Abroad.” Opendoors on theWeb. [http://www.opendorsweb.org/Lead%20Stories/Assessment.htm]6. Spodek, S. R., Gerhard, L., and Mook, D. J. “Study Abroad: Impact on Engineering Careers,” Proceedings, 2003ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Paper No. 2003 3260, 7 pp.7. Rhodes, Gary. “Making the Case for Study Abroad, Without Research Confirming Study-Abroad Outcomes.” IIENetworker: The Magazine of the

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette

waste.BibliographyAngelo, T. & Cross, K. P., (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Bee, H. L., (1996). The journey of adulthood, (3rd. edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.Bennett, R. J., (2003). The talent gap. (paper in preparation)Boyer, E. L., (1990). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univerisity Press.Brookfield, S., (1990). The skillful teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Brookfield, S., (1995). Becoming a critically reflective teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Brookfield, S, & Preskill, S., (1999). Discussion as a way of teaching: Tools and

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

process to design and test an orange juice concentration unit. Students are challenged to provide good-tasting orange juice to Boston Schools for $0.15 a glass. - BU’s project involves genetic coding and decoding. The connection between the codes of the DNA building blocks in genes and physical traits are stressed. Students do hands-on gene manipulation to make bacteria fluoresce and create physical models of DNA/RNA to code and decode genetic traits. - Tufts’ project introduces the concept of number systems and the language of computers (binary). Once students are familiar with patterns of 1’s and 0’s, decoder boxes are distributed and students map binary patterns to letters of the alphabet. Students

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Peter Baumann

Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1998, pp. 79-85.8. Johnson, K. V. and M. Rajai, “’Student in the University’: A Format for Retaining Students in Engineering Technology,” Proceedings, 2000 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2000).9. Lau, A. S. and R. N. Pangborn, “Engaging Engineering Students in Learning – A College-wide First Year Seminar Program,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).10. Lau, A. S., et al., “Student Assessments of Engineering First-year Seminars,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education

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ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Horacio Sosa; Vladimir Genis

, 3.5 MHz,and 5 MHz are used. The diameters of all transducers are 12.7 mm.Equipment used: ‚ DAEDAL XYZ S Scanning System (800 mm x 900 mm x 350 mm Travel). ‚ Pulser/Receiver: Panametrics Pulser/Receiver 5073 PR. ‚ Oscilloscope: Tektronics TDS220 Digital with the GPIB board. ‚ Pentium 4 PC.The placement of the transducers is controlled by the LabView 6 virtual instrument (V I) (Fig.2).The precision of the stepper motors of the Scanning System is 10-4 mm per step, which allowsthe displacement of the transducers from one position to another very accurately. Initially,transducers are installed at 400-mm distance between each other and are perfectly aligned. Then,one of the transducers or the reflector is moved by 50 mm

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development & Innovations

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai

the terminals corresponding to input voltage, Vi, output voltage, Vo, one inductor current,iL, and controlled switch, S. The controller output variable is the switch duty cycle, δ.2.1 Fuzzy Controller Design Primarily, students will decide on the state variables of each converter topology that can betaken as the input signals to the controller. The controller-input variables include, output voltageerror, inductor current error, and inductor current, which will be used for current limiting only.Consequently, the input to the converter unit would be a signal proportional to the converter dutycycle that is actually the output of the controller. After choosing proper fuzzy variables as inputand output of the FLC, students must decide on the

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cullinane; Baris Yanmaz; Ronald Perry

. Six question items were identified as important outcomes: overall satisfaction (OS),feeling of being rewarded for efforts (RE), feeling of being stimulated and challenged (SC), op-portunities for career advancement (CA), length of time in an IT job (TJ), and salary (S). Thus,twelve regression equations were developed: six for the first job and six for the current job. Ta-ble 1 lists the outcome and predictor variables used for these analyses (All tables appear at theend of the paper). SPSS software was used in all of the analyses. The straight-forward approach to developing these relationships would be to offer all ofthe candidate predictor variables to SPSS and let it select the subset which provides the bet fit asmeasured by the

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Shaw; James Gidley

Session 3261 Ethics & HSS in Engineering Addressing the Liberal Arts in a Core Engineering Class: Theology, Philosophy, Social Ethics, and The Second Law of Thermodynamics Dr. David W. Shaw and Dr. James S. Gidley Department of Engineering, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PAIntroductionCan an engineering professor address theological, philosophical, and social issues in a coreengineering class in a way that is relevant to the core content of the class? Our answer is yes.We have been addressing such issues for more than a decade in an introductory thermodynamicsclass required of all students in the general engineering program

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph LaLopa; Mara Wasburn

the atmosphere. One protégé's mentor was described as"more interested in blowing his own horn than in any meaningful interaction." Another protégéagreed: "I have a lot of anger about my interaction with my mentor. All he did was offend andtalk and never listened to the protégés."7The Montclair State program described above relies heavily on the group as mentor, anetworking mentoring model discussed above.2, 3 As will be seen below, that approach stands insharp contrast to the Purdue's Faculty Mentoring Network program's reliance on the dyadicinteractions of mentor and protégé(s).The Faculty Mentoring Network at Purdue UniversityThe Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN) was conceived and implemented by the TeachingAcademy at Purdue University. The