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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karl Stevens; Sharon Schlossberg; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

., Campbell2,3,4,Director,5, Drier6, IEEE7, NSF8.Project Plan and OrganizationSTEP is a partnership between the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) College of Engineering,industry partners, and the National Science Foundation. NSF provides funds for scholarships,industry partners provide professional development opportunities and other project support, andthe College of Engineering provides student support and project management.The four-year STEP project began in July 2000 and ends in June 2004. It is organized into twophases, each of two-year duration. In each project phase, thirty (30) undergraduates inengineering and computer science participate in STEP as a cohort group during their junior andsenior years. Results presented in this paper are primarily

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Smith

Education.1. Submitting the FAFSA form to qualify for Federal aid and identify the maximum permitted amount of aid receivable under this program. This is required by CSEMS.2. Downloading a one-page form from the Financial Aid website, filling it with details such as class standing, GPA, and other aspects required to evaluate qualifications of the overall CSEMS program and the specific Georgia Tech requirements.3. Writing and attaching a 1-page to 2-page free-form “essay” delineating the candidate’s interests in a career in technology, and beginning the process of getting candidates to think about “where” they planned to be in 5, 10 and 20 years’ time.4. Mailing the package to the Financial Aid Office (or to the project director), along

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene P. Deess; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori

goals and factors in the enrollment decision.Students were asked to describe their financial situations using two multiple-choice items. Thehigh school average, and student academic plans and aspirations were captured, as were thereported emotional support provided by family and friends regarding the decision to pursue a Page 9.1001.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"degree. Five items related to the student level of commitment to earning a degree and to NJITspecifically. The

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Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robin Sanders; John Favata; David Kukulka; David Barker

14Student higher educationEngineering Enrolled f/t Enrolled p/t Enrolled in a Enrolled in Not NotTechnology* in grad in grad certificate grad presently presently degree degree program courses enrolled, but enrolled and program program plan to in no plans to the future in the future 7% 11 4 0 57 21 * all programs combined – some are not part of CSEMSStudent CriteriaWith this NSF award, students at Buffalo State College who

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

rewarded forbeing competitive, getting the right answer, and getting higher grades than most of theirclassmates. However, in courses where team performance becomes part of the evaluation process,the student must master an entirely different set of abilities that demonstrate knowledge by [3]: (1) Help team members and cooperating in a group; (2) Helping to plan; (3) Pacing and scheduling projects; (4) Getting peer and teacher feedback on work; and (5) Teaching classmates. Therefore, learning teamwork skills may be difficult for engineering students. The shiftfrom the traditional system of education to one based on groups and student participation alsoredefines what a good student does, which can threaten and raise the

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharnnia Artis; Bevlee Watford

How to Work a Career Fair3 9/8 & 9/10 Ware Lab 9/11 Assistive Technology Presentation4 9/15 & 9/17 Study Skills/Time Management 9/18 McGyver Box Exercise5 9/22 & 9/24 Women in Industry Panel Discussion 9/25 Math and Science Elementary School Project6 9/29 & 10/1 Web Development 10/2 Learning Styles/Teaching Styles7 10/6 & 10/8 True Colors 10/9 Planning Your Academic Timetable; College

Conference Session

Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lerzan Özkale; Fatma Küskü; Gülsün Saglamer

ofpreferences, as is compatible with their scores. The final selection and placement of students inhigher education institutions is dependent on the composite scores of the candidates (raised bythe amount of the special credit mentioned above, if it applies), on the personal preferences theyhave listed, and on the quotas and prerequisites of the higher education programs. The centralplacement procedure in the higher education programs admitting students on the results of theexamination is carried out through an iterative computing routine. Each candidate can be placedin one program only [16].Planning to Work as an Engineer after GraduationMost of the students (both boys and girls) say they plan to work as engineers after graduation.Half of the students

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roslyn Smith; Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

tools/materials from stock pile -----5%Comments on ResultsThe results from the two projects were similar. The direct work components were 41%and 46% , that means less than 50% of the time workers were engaged in some thingsthat produces revenue. But, this follows the national trends found in other studies. Theessential contributory works in the projects were 30% and 35% shows that the supportworks generally take third of the time of the project. To minimize the support work,careful site planning is needed. Highly trained workers also help to reduce time in thiscategory. The ineffective times on the job for the projects were 24% for both. Personalbreaks on projects although seems high, were again within the national range. Havinggood supervision

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff

August 27th, 2003.The fall semester work starts at Virginia Tech on August 10th and I knew that I wanted to beriding my Harley-Davidson® motorcycle across from the Southwest to Milwaukee when classesstarted. I also knew that I wanted to work with this legendary company so I needed a plan.I was eligible to apply for a research leave so I used this opportunity to create a plan to useHarley-Davidson® as the focus of my work. I also wanted to share my experience immediatelyin the classroom and so also planned to teach a class while in Milwaukee.What I proposed was to consult with Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc. and teach anIntroduction to Mechanical Engineering class at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)while on Sabbatical in Milwaukee

Conference Session

TIME 7: ABET Issues and Capstone Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Zheng; Dong Young Jang; Donald Harby; Yuyi Lin

of the semester.One significant difference in capstone design courses is the inclusion or exclusion of a formal lecture.Some engineering schools believe there should not be any formal lectures in this course. The instructorserves as a coach and manager of the design projects. Some other schools may consider that a one-hourweekly lecture may be necessary to provide students with basic system design concepts that are notcovered in the machine component design course, and a thread to bind course materials and tools fromother undergraduate courses. The proposed plan was to develop core material consisting of 12-units oflecture notes. Even for this minimum intersection set of many different sets of interests and requirements,it can be tailored by

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph Rogers; Phil Lunsford; Paul Kauffmann

Session 1793 A Case Study: Development of a Practice Oriented Engineering Program with Implications for Regional Economic Development Paul Kauffmann Ralph Rogers Phil Lunsford East Carolina University, Greenville, NCIntroductionThis paper describes an engineering program planned for implementation at East CarolinaUniversity in fall 2004. The program presents a unique design synthesis of concentration areasrequired to enhance regional economic development and the best practices

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

years.The Alternative Fuels and Fuel Cell Enterprise (AFE) is run as a business with studentmanagement and faculty oversight. The students have arranged themselves into sub-teams that are active in the following projects: ‚" Development of a hybrid diesel / fuel cell military transport ‚" AIChE Chem-E-Car competition ‚" Recruting, public relations, and fundraising ‚" Business plan and accountingThe paper will further illustrate the structure of Michigan Tech’s enterprise program andhow AFE is helping students learn to solve real-world energy problems, work in teams,and communicate with other students, faculty, and industry.Motivation for Alternative EnergyThe search for alternative energy sources is an area that has received great

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

O. Geoffrey Egekwu; Prince Anyalebechi

course level) in the junior and senioryears.3. Team Teaching within ISATThere is support in the interdisciplinary literature to the belief that learning can becomeinterdisciplinary when instruction is aided by team teaching. [7, 9] But what is teamteaching? The general definition of team teaching would include all arrangements in whichtwo or more faculty are involved at some level in the planning and teaching of a course.Levels of collaboration in planning and delivery among team members differentiatemultidisciplinary courses from interdisciplinary courses. Therefore the "greater the level ofintegration desired, the higher the level of collaboration required". [9]We have experimented with the various forms of team teaching, most of which

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jim Lyall; Rachel Shinn

drawings,requirements and test plans; 2) teach the students to integrate multiple subsystems into a systemdesign; 3) give the students the experience of building their design as a prototype and 4)complete the design process by having the students test their prototype against the designrequirements.This paper outlines the way in which these objectives are being met and the pedagogical toolsthat have been developed in the process.I. IntroductionDesign, build, fly has been done in both the spacecraft and the aircraft arena. Typically, this isdone over multiple semesters. We complete this cycle in a single semester. Some schools thathave design, build, fly programs are MIT1, Purdue2, and USAFA3. At Embry-RiddleAeronautical University, we have a two

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

course.IntroductionMasters of Education candidates within the Technology Education program are required todevelop vehicle-based technology projects to use in their own high school and middle schoolclasses. The purpose of the vehicle project is to motivate students to learn about teamwork,engineering design, math, physics and technology. The candidates create a curriculum plan thatincorporates the project. The curriculum plan includes the educational objectives that thecandidates intend to meet and the assessment tools that the candidates will use. The candidatesbuild examples of the vehicles and test them in a friendly competition at the end of the course.During the summer of 2002, candidates were introduced to the Ekranoplan vehicle. This vehicleprovides educators

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James West; Dennis Miller; Daina Briedis

Frontiers in Chemical EngineeringEducation” workshops (hereafter referred to as “Frontiers”) that have been conducted inOrlando, Cape Cod, Austin, and San Francisco (3). This paper describes a parallel andcomplementary effort in constituency-based curriculum redesign that is being conducted in ourprogram. We describe the planning, implementation, and data analysis involved as well as boththe obvious and subtle benefits that have come as a result of this ongoing effort.The PlanEarly in 1999, immediately following our Fall, 1998 ABET accreditation visit, the chairperson of Page

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jim Rand; Don Bowie; Donald Peter; Anthony Donaldson

,agreed to work together by teaming the School of Business and Economics’ senior coursein Operations Management (BUS4644) with the Electrical Engineering Department’sjunior Engineering Design Course (EE3730). Don Bowie had been encouraged by thedepartment chair, Dr. Anthony Donaldson, to innovate on the course content with respectto cross disciplinary interaction, in keeping with the ABET related goals. Don and Jimdecided to implement their plan via three key activities of (1) exchanging professors asguest lecturers, (2) participating in joint workshops, and (3) having student teams becomeintimately involved with each other’s class projects. It was hoped that these activitiesshared by engineering and business students would expose them to the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Armando Pellerano

to execute. It is now a simplematter to incorporate human models in simulations to study ergonomic factors in designspecifications.This paper will discuss issues related to creating inverse kinematics rigs for 3D modelsand the recent advances made in automating the process. It will also examine thepractical application of pre-production planning principles to streamline the workprocess.To understand the importance of ergonomics in engineering, ask any engineer whodesigns for the human end user. You’ll quickly come to understand the importance ofevaluating the design parameters to include human form factors in creating engineeringsolutions that solve real world problems without creating new ones. This has becomeincreasingly important in

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

colleges, andindustry while promoting manufacturing as a viable career path.This paper presents details and experiences involved in the organization and managementof such an outreach activity for manufacturing technology programs. The overall studentexperience and lessons learned in organizing such an outreach event will be discussed.2. Outr each Pr ogr am PlanningThe PSCME organized the outreach program, choosing several technology disciplines inmanufacturing areas: materials processing, machining technology, computer-aideddrafting (CAD), and electronics. In order to introduce these manufacturing technologydisciplines to underrepresented students, the PSCME first contacted Seattle MESAleaders to plan the events and to recruit program participants

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

pressures and the demand for higher quality, lower cost technology have increaseddemand for well-educated engineers. Also, the development, implementation, maintenance, andmanagement of technology require sophisticated leadership from the engineering profession.However, as many studies and leaders have concluded, our graduating engineers are not preparedto address the new constraints of collateral impact of technology and the risks posed byunintended consequences. Therefore, engineering educators must now plan for the next step inthe evolution of engineering education to prepare students for the leadership challenge ofdeveloping technology in an organizational and cultural context. Contemporary engineeringleaders increasingly depend on

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

discussed in this paper with the hope that early results and lessons learnedfrom implementing these strategies will be helpful to other ET programs intent on increasing thelevel of ET faculty scholarship within their program.Faculty Associate for Scholarship (FAS)To lead the effort towards increasing the scholarly productivity of CAST faculty, the Dean of theCollege appointed an ET faculty member with experience in scholarly activities to the position ofFaculty Associate for Scholarship (FAS). The FAS was first presented to the department chairsat the Dean/Chairs meeting at the beginning of the academic year; at this meeting the FAS wasintroduced as a resource to help the Chairs move their faculty along in the scholarship arena andthe proposed plan

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Richards; Daniel Pack; David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

competitions provide to students many opportunities for learning, both in the robot designand preparation phase and in the competition itself. Specific learning outcomes related to contestparticipation for Trinity students include: (1) the ability to set design specifications based on Page 9.504.2contest rules; (2) the ability to work as team members; (3) the ability to perform independentProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationstudy and research; (4) the ability to plan work and set deadlines; and (5) the opportunity to meetand to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

document, (j) conduct research to see what prior work has been completed on the topic oftheir project, (k) complete the first half of a research paper outlining the nature of their project,prior work completed in this area, and the design methodology they are taking to solve theirdesign problem.During CS408A, each project team must: (a) complete a detailed test plan, (b) adjust their projectschedule to ensure completion, (c) write software to complete the computer science portion oftheir project, (d) test, integrate, and fix software errors, (e) complete a detailed user manual, (f)field an initial version of their completed project, (g) correct problems and errors in the initialversion, (h) field a final version of their completed project, (i

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

students enrolled in the COE (NCSU Institutional Planning andAnalysis, 2004). And yet, NC State College of Engineering is among the top ten universities inenrollment of these underrepresented groups. From a preparation standpoint, studentsthemselves (men and women) report having difficulty adjusting to the academic rigor of thecoursework, citing particular struggles with the expectations for computer literacy and ability.5At the same time, the Wake County Public School System has taken unprecedented steps towardhigh achievement for all by setting an ambitious system wide goal of 95% of students in grades3-12 performing at or above grade level in reading, math and science by the year 2008. Anachievement gap between white students and African

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

students the integration of business and engineering theory and practice. This paperillustrates a case study they developed in partnership with Powertel (now called as T-Mobile), awireless service provider. In March of 2001, Powertel began a new rate plan to attract customers. The response tothe new rate plan resulted in 40% growth in network traffic in a month. A particular area ofinterest to Powertel was the intersection of Interstate 459 and Highway 280 in Birmingham, AL.This intersection, one of the most congested areas in Birmingham, had constant traffic jams.This intersection experienced more dropped calls and busy signals than was acceptable toPowertel’s customers, and something had to be done. The potential cost of building a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett

to promote higher-level thinking skills and improve retention. For the project, incoming freshman will be given a plot of undeveloped land that, by the time they graduate, will be turned into a blueprint for certain segments of the city (time constraints prevent the design of an entire city). Design tasks include all facets of the traditional civil engineering program, such as site planning and layout, sewer and water infrastructure, water supply, wastewater treatment, buildings, transportation systems, channel design, floodplain analysis, and geotechnical work. A common, four-year design project unifies the curriculum and allows material learned in early courses to carry forward, unlike

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

JoAnn Lighty; Holly Moore; David Richardson; Nick Safai

unique to Metallurgy (proposed) The course work in these programs is designed for most part to mirror thefirst two years of course work at 4 year institutions – primarily the University ofUtah. Tables 3 through 10 show the course work and the number of credits foreach semester for the various APE Degrees for each of the engineering programsat SLCC. Page 9.274.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Table 3Chemical Engineering Plan of Study

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Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Dettman

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”outcomes assessment. In addition, consultants, including Ron Miller and Barbara Olds, wereutilized at strategic points in the training process to focus the activities of the faculty. Theobjective of the training program was to develop a common understanding of the ABETprocesses and a common “language” for the faculty. The planned outcome of the process wasthe formal expression of the program educational objectives prior to the conclusion of the 2001-2002 academic year. In addition to the faculty, the CE IAB also received an abbreviated trainingsession in the ABET language and processes during the Spring 2002 meeting in preparation forparticipation in expressing the program educational

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joanne DeGroat; Jeffery Radigan; Jeff McCune; Andrew O'Brien; James Beams; Matt Gates; Craig Morin; John Demel; Richard Freuler

course focuses primarily on the planning, execution, management, documentation,and presentation of an engineering design/build project.The ENG H193 design project is a focal point for the FEH program. In many respects, thisfreshman design project course is comparable to a junior level or senior "capstone" design coursein which a student might participate as part of the requirements for his chosen engineeringdiscipline. A major difference is that the first-year ENG H193 course teaches the variousplanning, management, 4 documentation, 5 and presentation aspects of a design project, whereasmany senior level design projects focus on the specific design problem alone, assuming someprior instruction in or knowledge of what is needed for a complete and

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

kenneth weaver

generously supported by a series of grants by the NCIIA and private donors. To date,over $100,000 has been raised.Funding of up to $2500 per semester is competitively awarded to student teams based onstudent-generated proposals to the UVCF. To be funded, a student proposal must describe anenterprise that meets the following criteria: ‚ The team must be multidisciplinary, including engineering students from at least two disciplines and, if possible, a student from outside engineering. ‚ The team must be organized into a company and must submit a preliminary business plan. ‚ The team must appoint a project director from the College of Engineering, an advisor from the College of Business, and an advisor from industry. ‚ The enterprise