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Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Rowe; Tim Mulroy

Session A Qualitative Study of the Student Inter nship Exper ience J ohn W K Rowe, Tim J Mulr oy Sheffield Hallam Univer sity, UKAbstractStudents studying engineering in universities are often offered a departmentally facilitatedinternship at some point in their program. In the UK this activity is referred to as placement andEngineering departments encourage and positively promote the placement process to students.Typically in the UK the placement lasts for 12 months, is taken between the 2nd and 3rd year ofstudy with students placed in junior level engineering posts in a wide

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Angela Linse; Tammy VanDeGrift; Jessica Yellin; Jennifer Turns

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Teaching Portfolio Program DescriptionWe designed the ETPP with engineering graduate students in mind. The objectives listed belowguided all aspects of the program. 1. Create a draft of a teaching portfolio (teaching philosophy statement, diversity statement, 2-3 supporting artifacts). 2. Develop a network of fellow graduate students, early career postdocs, and other people on campus that share an interest in teaching and the scholarship of teaching. 3. Discuss teaching issues with colleagues. Research suggests that making this a habit helps new faculty succeed17. 4. Develop the practice of

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Olds

the results of the assessment data. Our finalstep in this project is to disseminate the designed instructional materials in K12 and highereducation.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by the National Science Foundation EEC-9876363Bibliographic Information1 Bransford, J., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, andSchool. Washington, DC,: National Academy Press, 1999.2 S.A. Olds, D.E. Kanter, A. Knudson, and S.B. Mehta “Designing an Outreach Project thatTrains Both Future Faculty and Future Engineers”. Proceedings of the American Society for Page 9.400.5Engineering Education (CD-ROM DEStech Publications

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Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

Session 1722 Wireless Technology as a Tool for Interactive Learning in Electrical Engineering Courses Fernando Rios-Gutiérrez, Rocio Alba-Flores Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Minnesota Duluth friosgut@d.umn.edu, ralbaflo@d.umn.eduAbstractThis paper describes the educational experience gained by the introduction of wireless computertechnology that is used as a learning tool in the Digital System Design and MicroprocessorSystem Design courses in the Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Cathryne Stein

Botball Robotics and Gender Differences in Middle School Teams Cathryne Stein KISS Institute for Practical Robotics cstein@kipr.org Kim Nickerson Norman Public Schools kimn@norman.k12.ok.usAbstractThe Botball Educational Robotics Program is useful in sparking and maintaining an early interestin engineering and technology. Thousands of middle and high school students across the countryhave participated in Botball, many of them in all-girl or all-boy teams.Botball gives students

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Ken Jr. Jannotta; William Lin; Richard Pfile

Sesssion 1349 Integration of Enterprise and Industrial Networks in Computer Engineering Technology Program William Lin, Marvin Needler, Richard E. Pfile, and Ken Jannotta, Jr.* Purdue School of Engineering & Technology Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indiana *Horner APG Indianapolis, IndianaAbstractIn many industrial plants, the local area network is a relatively small path that connectscomputers and workstations used by managers and engineers. Unlike enterprisenetworks, industrial networks are typically

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roberta Harvey

#### Beyond Learning Styles: Understanding the Learning Processes of Engineering Students through the Interactive Learning Model™ Roberta Harvey Rowan University, Glassboro, NJAbstract: Many engineering educators have noted that engineering students present somedistinctive challenges in the classroom. In an effort to develop teaching strategies that moreeffectively reach these students, engineering educators have made use of the concept of learningstyles. However, while useful, learning styles approaches are

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

Session 1692 You Can Be Anything – Women and Technology Video Claudia Morrell, Anne Spence, Taryn Bayles, Bill Shewbridge University of Maryland Baltimore County All things are first apprehended in the senses. Dr. Maria MontessoriIntroductionComputer software engineering is expected to be the fastest growing occupation through 2010and computer hardware engineers are expected to have favorable job opportunities with strongexpected growth.1,2 And while in 2004 the short-term market may still

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Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Christopher Long

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationinvolvement in the meetings. Similarly, provided that a sufficient amount of data are collected, ademographic study can be carried out to show how participants of different ages, sex, ethnicity,disciplines, research experience, etc. benefit from their participation in the RCS. If a morecomplicated model is needed, additional layers can be incorporated into the model by notingmore details or different aspects of the interactions taking place.Assessment of Student ProductsRecalling Simon’s observation that all cognition takes place within the learner’s mind eventhough most

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

. However, the idea of filingweekly lab reports reinforces the prejudices of students, making them believe that they are in ascience course.There is no reason to get rid of the lab reports; they are a valuable writing experience forstudents. It would be valuable, however, to ask students to approach them in a different way. Theassessment project must emphasize the engineering aspects of the writing assignments over thenontechnical aspects, and traditional writing topics must be approached with technicalcommunication in mind. For instance, in discussing paragraph development the writingconsultants should use the explanation of design decisions as an example. “One-minute” papersthat utilize such an approach will be developed.CHRIS LESLIE, a graduate

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Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Julie Petlick; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

Session 3138 VisTE: Visualization for Technology Education; An Outreach Program for Engineering Graphics Education Eric N. Wiebe, Aaron C. Clark, Julie Petlick and Miriam Ferzli NC State University, Raleigh, NCAbstractVisualization in Technology Education (VisTE) is a standards-based initiative designed topromote the use of graphic visualization tools among students in grades 8-12. By using simpleand complex visualization tools, students can conduct research, analyze phenomena, problemsolve and communicate major topics identified in the Standards for Technology Literacy (STL)as well as topics

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

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Naomi Chesler; Leslyn Hall; Mark Chesler

Acting Out: Using Theater to Discuss Career Struggles of Women Faculty in Engineering Naomi C. Chesler, Leslyn Hall, Mark A. Chesler University of Wisconsin/ORC Marco International/University of MichiganAbstractIn a workshop for untenured women faculty in engineering, participatory theater exercises wereused to build community and facilitate a discussion among participants about their careerstruggles. Two key differences between participatory theater-based discussions and traditionalround table discussions are the physical enactment of personal experiences and the collectivebrainstorming for (and enactment of) problem-solving strategies. At the workshop, the

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Nadir; Peter Young; Il Yong Kim; Olivier de Weck; David Wallace

Session 332 Innovative Modern Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping Course: A Rewarding CAD/CAE/CAM Experience for Undergraduates Il Yong Kim, Olivier de Weck, William Nadir, Peter Young and David Wallace Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems Division Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139AbstractThis paper presents a new undergraduate design course in the Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics at MIT. This course combines design theory, lectures and hands-on activities to teach thedesign stages from

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IE Outreach and Advancement

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tycho Fredericks; Steven Butt; Jorge Rodriguez

appetite for the latest technology and do not mind spending billions of dollars eachyear to satisfy our yearnings. Unfortunately, we are not as passionate about encouraging ouryouth to pursue careers in engineering and technology. The gap between the demand forengineers and the supply required by industry is growing and is not being filled by our owntalent pool1. The problem of attracting students to engineering has been a topic largely debated. Page 9.1267.1The most commonly cited reasons for the void in students is an undeniable image problem2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth A. Stephan; Amy G. Yuhasz; Matthew Ohland

Session 1526 The Benefit of Using Real-Time Sensors in the Engineering Classroom: Design of an Educational Experiment Amy G. Yuhasz, Matthew W. Ohland, Elizabeth A. Stephan General Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634AbstractClemson’s NSF-sponsored EXPerimental Engineering in Real-Time (EXPERT) project isinvestigating the effect of using real-time sensors on student learning of graphical representationsof various physical concepts and auxiliary benefit in understanding the concept itself. Thedevelopment of parallel laboratory activities (designed with and without the use of real

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gul Okudan Kremer

Page 9.1087.3education, which is focused on fundamental teaching and learning principles; and he proposed Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition 3 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationEducation-Driven Research (EDR) as to simplify the formulation of the underlying theoreticalfoundation and of specific tools and solutions, so as to make them easy to understand andinternalize. A similar point view was taken at Penn State while trying to develop a methodologyto select a solid modeler that will enable effective and efficient learning without limiting the timeto teach design knowledge. With this in mind, a comprehensive solid modeler

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Josephson; Nader Vahdat; K.C. Kwon

are those in which the course description explicitly states that computer skills will betaught. These skills may be needed in other courses in the school’s chemical engineeringcurriculum but are not the focus of the courses. Also bear in mind that, while the departments atsome of schools might be considered cross-disciplinary (e.g., Cornell has a department ofChemical and Biomolecular Engineering), the core values of all may be considered to those ofchemical engineering. (Suggested Term) Computer Software Used Taught in Institution Courses Descriptions Comp Sci Gen Eng. Chem Eng. Cornell COM S 100

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Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roxanne Spray; Lori Donath; Nancy Thompson; Theresa McGarry; Elisabeth Alford

ChemicalEngineering and Principal Investigator, for his support of the project.References1. Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University. (1998) Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities. The Commission. http://www.sunysb.edu/pres/boyer/NSF/2. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (Eds.). (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. http://www.nap.edu3. Coleman, R. J. (1995). Studio for Engineering Practice, .STEP,. Lessons Learned About Engineering Practice Proceedings. 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference. Atlanta. Nov. 1-4, 1995. CD-ROM. 1996 and 1995 Proceedings. IEEE. http://www.ieee.org

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

Session 2525The role of virtual student design teams in engineering education for the “new workplace” K. Sheppard*, G. Korfiatis*, S. Manoochehri*, K. Pochiraju*, E. McGrath**, P. Dominick***, Z. Aronson*** *Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering **Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education *** Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 07030The “new workplace” for engineering is increasingly at the interface of three environments

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 3675 What You Need to Know about Becoming an Academic in Engineering: A Woman’s Point of View Mary R. Anderson-Rowland Arizona State UniversityAbstractAn academic career offers many advantages: choice of research area, choice of teaching style,flexibility in scheduling, a new start each semester, options on how the summer is spent, workingwith really great people, and after tenure, job stability, to name a few. Academia is anopportunity to help people directly, to be able to see the “light bulb turn on,” to be a mentor, tobe a role model.The academic

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

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George Catalano

contexts. By the end of thesemester students are expected to be able to: (a) utilize the internet as a valuable tool inconducting research; (b) construct mind-maps as an effective tool to organizeinformation; (c) set short-term and long-term goals and strategies; (d) take effectivenotes; (e) describe the different engineering disciplines; (f) solve technical problemsusing an effective problem-solving technique; (g) use an engineering design problem-solving schema for open ended design problems; (h) describe the value-laden nature ofthe engineering profession; (i) define and describe moral reasoning theories used inengineering contexts; (j) develop writing skills required to argue for an ethical position orperspective; (k) use effectively standard

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Web Education I: Delivery and Evaluation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ismail Orabi

Session # 1120 A Comparison of Student Performance in an Online with traditional Based Entry Level Engineering Course Ismail I. Orabi, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University of New Haven West Haven, CT 06516AbstractWeb technology offers a diverse set of possible innovations to the traditional teachingprocess. To assess the effectiveness of online learning in entry-level engineering courses,students' performances in an

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

, A., & Cocking, R. eds. (1999). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press5. http://www.cdio.org/cdio_syllabus_rept/syllabus_index.html6. Part of a white paper in progress: Steneck, N.H., Olds, B.M., Neeley, K.A. (2002). Discussed at the annual meeting of the Liberal Education Division, American Society of Engineering Education.7. Thomas, F-N., and Turner, M. (1994) argue that writing is “too large” to be taught. . . It is not one skill; it is not even a small bundle of routine skills.”. Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, p. 12.8. Maimon, Elaine P. "Writing Across the Curriculum: Past, Present, and

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Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vijay Ramani; James Fenton; Suzanne Fenton

Session 3413 Active Learning of Chemical Engineering Principles Using a Solar Panel / Water Electrolyzer / Fuel Cell System Suzanne S. Fenton, Vijay Ramani, and James M. Fenton Department of Chemical Engineering University of ConnecticutAbstractModules are described that provide experimental/analytical investigation of traditional chemicalengineering concepts within the framework of a solar/hydrogen renewable energy cycle. Modulelessons cover photovoltaics, thermodynamics, stoichiometry, characteristic current-voltagecurves/efficiency, kinetics and transport. A self

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Session 2238 Learning Theories: Applications for Instruction in Constraint- Based Solid Modeling and Other Engineering Graphics Topics Nathan W. Hartman, Theodore J. Branoff Purdue University/North Carolina State UniversityAbstractConstraint-based modeling tools, as well as computer graphics tools in general, offer the usermany choices in commands and techniques for creating graphics, which forces the user to have astrategy or plan as they proceed. The formulation of this plan is often dependent on theintegration of existing knowledge and current factors, such as customer specifications

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Teaching with Technologies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Linda Orth Wright; David Robinson; Carol Mullenax

Session 2258 A Comprehensive Activities Management Website for Tulane’s Freshman Intro to Engineering Course Linda Wright, David Robinson, Carol Mullenax Tulane UniversityAbstractAs part of the effort to revamp the freshman engineering experience for the 2003-04 academicyear, several outside-the-classroom activities were added to the course requirements. To managethese events, a comprehensive website was developed in a collaborative effort between Tulane’sInnovative Learning Center and the School of Engineering.Managed activities include small group mini-labs

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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Odis Griffin

Session 2566 Hands On, 24/7 – Virginia Tech’s Joseph F. Ware, Jr. Advanced Engineering Laboratory Odis Hayden Griffin, Jr. Professor and Head, Department of Engineering Education Director, Joseph F. Ware, Jr. Advanced Engineering Laboratory Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061AbstractThis paper details the design, renovation, and approximately six years of operation of a hands-onundergraduate student projects laboratory with approximately 400 undergraduate

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

Page 9.298.3education). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIn the context of engineering education reform, it appears that one way “culture” hasbeen used is as “a code word for the subjective side” of engineering education, similar tohow Meyerson18 characterized cultural studies of organizations that began appearing inthe business management literature in the early 1980’s. But as a code word or somethingtangible in the minds of change agents, references to “culture” and culture change havebeen plentiful in literature of the engineering education reform movement. From thebeginning of the Engineering

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Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

portrayed by 1945 science policy. While outsourcing is a current trend, U.S.technology-based companies must rebuild their in-house engineering capability for leadership of needs-driven creative technological development/innovation if they are to remain competitive. As John A.Armstrong, former vice president for science and technology at IBM, has pointed out:26 “The end of the Cold War and the increased international competition among national economies is forcing a shift in U.S. priorities, and with it a reevaluation of the rationale for federal support of university research. In considering this shift, we should keep in mind that the lion’s share of the responsibility for deficiencies in our industrial performance rests with the

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ellen Ford; Keith Levien; Ellen Momsen; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

), and a separate mixed gender camp (6 girls/5 boys); 3) Advocates for Women inScience, Engineering and Math (AWSEM), an after school club for middle school girls withwomen undergraduate and graduate student mentors; 4) Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science(SKIES), an 11 week non-residential summer camp for K-8 students (approx. 400 kids) that useda “holistic learning” approach, turning a “traditional” summer sports/crafts day camp into anexperience that “exercises” both the body and mind of kids throughout the “lazy days ofsummer”. Page 9.586.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and