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Developing Young MINDs

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Rosa Cano; Howard Kimmel

of efficacy in scientific, engineering and technological fields in which womenare traditionally underrepresented.Developed by the Center for Pre-College Programs, FEMME concentrates on thosetechnological areas necessary for the future. Academic curricula provide students withopportunities not available in their high school to master higher level problem solving skillsin mathematics, science and technology; learn about architecture, computer science andengineering principles, and practice written and oral communications. The structure of theprogram includes classroom discussions, lectures, laboratory experiments anddemonstrations, projects, and field trips. Projects and field trips relevant to the group themeenhance all classroom activities

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Sallie 'Lee' Townsend; Natalie Segal

, that individuals with different strengths can work together tosolve problems. We also demonstrated that our different strengths (Professor Segal isextremely strong in musical and linguistic intelligences, whereas Dr. Townsend isextremely strong in mathematical-logical and visual-spatial intelligences) lead us to Page 7.1088.6Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationprefer different media for problem solving, but that both of us have mastered the skillssupported by other intelligences in order to perform

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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John Wheatland

interpersonal relations. Theyconcluded that women master more developmental behaviors than men do and seniors mastermore developmental behaviors than freshmen do.MSU SEM Summer Bridge Programs (1994-1998) Two summer bridge programs specifically designed for SEM majors were conducted atMSU from 1994 to 1998. They are The Alliance for Minority Participation Summer MathBridge Program (AMP Math Bridge) and The National Aeronautical Space AdministrationMorgan Engineering Enrichment Program (NASA). Each spring semester from 1994 to 1998,invitations and SEM summer bridge program applications were mailed to MSU applicants withintended majors in SEM. For the most part, only applicants that had been accepted for admissionto MSU were invited to participate

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Technology for Learning

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Billy Koen

Personalized System of Instruction More than one asynchronous self-paced learning strategy exists. We focus on one of them,the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) or the Keller Plan, because of the extensive researchin its effectiveness in a non-web-based situation. Theoretically, it puts students on a variable ratioschedule. To implement the PSI method,5,6 course material is divided into units, each containing areading assignment, study questions, co-lateral references, study problems, and any necessaryintroductory or explanatory material. The student studies the units sequentially at the rate, time,and place he or she prefers. When he feels that he has completely mastered the material, a proctorgives him or her a readiness test

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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James Spreen

to solveproblems involving magnetic structures as well as electrical circuits. Co-simulation can providefluxes and mmf drops as simulation outputs in addition to more familiar currents and voltages,demonstrating for students the general power of a tool they have mastered. Of course, there isnever sufficient time to expose students to all the delightful extensions of what they havelearned. At Indiana Institute of Technology, co-simulation is used as one of several "challenge"topics that vary from year to year in an Electrical Machines course in Electrical Engineering.Students in the course have successfully sorted out the magnetic and electric simulations, and thetechnique is being used as part of the simulation phase of an Electrical

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Philip Chmielewski

North Pacific Coast of America. Edited and annotated byRandy Bouchard and Dorothy Kennedy. Translated by Dietrich Bertz. Vancouver: Talon Books, 2002.3. __________. Tsimshian Mythology. 31 st Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916.4. __________. Tsimshian Texts. Bulletin 17. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902.5. Robert Bringhurst, editor and translator. Being in Being: The Collected Works of a Master HaidaMythteller, Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001.6. W. Bernard Carlson. Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric,1870-1900. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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Amy Miller

without realizing it.At times new faculty members may even sense they are missing the mark with the students andbecome frustrated lacking the know-how to correct the situation. The frustration will be sensed bythe students and can lead to an unpleasant learning/classroom environment. This scenario oftenleads students to give instructors failing grades in Expectations 101.As stated by media master Roger Ailes, the first thing that must be done to prepare for publicspeaking is to evaluate your audience. He states, “Be aware, in advance, of their special interests,expertise, and desires of aspirations, so you can be sure to address them appropriately.”(2) Thisfundamental rule of public speaking is equally important in the classroom. An

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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Kena Burke; Paul Rainey

Transactions on Education 43 (2): 100-110.KENA BURKE is the Coordinator of the Engineering Assessment Center at California Polytechnic State University,San Luis Obispo. She is currently working on a masters degree at California Polytechnic State University, San LuisObispo. She received a B.A. degree in English at Texas Tech University in 1989.PAUL E. RAINEY is a Professor of Materials Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and isAssociate Dean for the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He alsoserves as coordinator of engineering facilities and assessment. He received B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineeringand Metallurgical Engineering from Purdue University in 1967, M.S. Degree in

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What's New in Engineering Economy

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Joseph Bartus; Snehamay Khasnabis

University specializing in the Transportation area. He is also the regular instructor for anundergraduate Engineering Economy Course for the College of Engineering, and has often used economicanalysis as an evaluation tool in his research in transportation.JOSEPH BARTUS is a graduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering currently working onhis Masters Degree (Transportation Major) at Wayne State University. He has served as a GraduateResearch Assistant in the department, and has participated in a number of transportation research projectsat Wayne State University, in the areas of transit fleet management, fare media technology, and assetallocation

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Toniann Rotante; Sarah Brem; Norma Hubele; George Runger; Kathryn Kennedy

gain a better understanding of the mechanisms that students employ in representing and solving problems in engineering statistics.• The ITS will support non-expert instructors, quite common in large service courses.There is the potential to catalyze restructuring of engineering courses and inform cognitive andinstructional models of CBR.The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology wants to infuse engineering curriculawith complex, practical problems that present challenges as students will face them in the realworld. In the context of an undergraduate engineering statistics course, students have to: 1)master difficult concepts such as randomness and probability distributions, 2) learn to representcomplex everyday situations as

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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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Nadia Craig; Michelle Maher; Walter Peters

need to read abook about biology?” One student, Lindsey, loved this book from the beginning. She wants to be a biomechanical engineer and never thought that she would be reading something like this in her first semester of college. She is a soft spoken student that responded to this question of why engineers need to know about biological systems in class. Lindsey said, “What is Life? discusses the great complexities and amazing capabilities of life. It shows us how we as engineers have a great deal to learn from the perfected complex systems of life. A striking example is found on page 92: ‘Ancient bacteria mastered nanotechnology. Already miniaturized, bacteria control specific molecules

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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Rosalyn Berne

from the social-cultural milieu in which they function. Theconcept of determinism and illusion of neutrality, are apparent in some of thesenarratives. They appear as a claim of innocence and social insignificance, in assertingthat what an individual scientist does, someone else will do inevitably, because science isabout the discovery of what already exists. But what if science is also about the socialcreation of knowledge? Then, this expressed naivety about the very direct impacts oftheir work on society serves to function as a myth. Perhaps science does not simplyfunction was an isolated enclave of masterful minds, busy at work in discovering whatthere is to be known about the physical universe. Maybe, science is also a cultural mirror.It

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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Saeed Foroudastan

/ReportSeries (12 November 2002).8. Competitive Enterprise Institute staff, “Flushing Federal Regulations Down the (Low-Flow) Toilet,” (July 27, 1999). www.cei.org/gencon/003,02636.cfm (13 March 2003).9. Oregon State University editorial, “Don’t dispose of low-flow,” (May 7, 2002). www.lexis-nexis.com (September 18, 2002).10.United Nations Environmental Programme Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics, “Proceedings of the International Symposium on Efficient Water Use in Urban Areas, REUWS. www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/ReportSeries?IETCREP9/4.paper_F/4-F-nelsl.asp. (12 November 2002)11. The Master Plumbers’ and Mechanical Services Association of Australia, “Water Smart Guidelines

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Three P's in Introduction to Engineering

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Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery

presented at numerous workshops by noted engineering educator James E. Stice and waspublished in 1987 by Lochhead and Whimbey2. 3. Uses active learning techniques.Active learning was strongly encouraged. The instructor and the undergraduate assistantscirculated among the students, nudging them in the direction needed to master the currentconcept. Noise was encouraged during the active learning portions of the lecture period.Students were continually reassured that conversation was an essential part of the learningexperience, so long as it related to the concept being studied. 4. Gives prompt feedback.Students found out virtually immediately what they did not understand, as computer softwaretends to only know the right way to do things

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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Ferat Sahin; Wayne Walter

work closely with masters level graduate students since theseprojects are driven by the research conducted mostly under the Laboratory for AutonomousCooperative Microsystems (LACOMS). Several graduate students and faculty have beenconducting research mainly in swarm intelligence, micro locomotion, MEMS based microrobot,Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Page 8.867.9  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdistributed sensors, and intelligent agents. This research requires robotic platforms to conducttests and experiments to

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

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Richard Robinson; Fred Denny

group has a presence in Washington and developsmaterials describing policy positions and legislative proposals. The effective interest groups havebecome masters of the seven second soundbyte, and employ highly educated teams of policyanalysts to do extensive research, use focus groups, and craft messages with the proper “spin.”To function in our modern society it has become necessary to understand the meaning andconnotation of the terms shown here in quotation marks.We not only live in an age of increasing political sophistication, we also live in an age ofincreasing technological sophistication. About thirty years ago Gordon E. Moore made the, atthat time, startling prediction that the number of transistors per integrated circuit would

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sundiata Jangha; Richard Peltier; Pamela Reid; F. Scott Cowan; Christal Gordon; David Woessner; Douglas Edwards; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

. His research interests revolve around clarifying the linkage between environmentalexposures of airborne pollutants and associated health effects through improved measurement Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationtechnique and novel sensing equipment. He received a Masters in Public Health from ColumbiaUniversity in 2002 and is a member of APHA. Richard is a STEP Fellow at Tri-Cities HighSchool for the 2002-03 academic year.DONNA C. LLEWELLYNDr. Donna C. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching andLearning (CETL) and an adjunct associate professor in Industrial and

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ET Design Projects

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Wagdy Mahmoud; Tom Timmermann; Bonita Barger; Ahmed Elsawy

Manufacturing and Industrial Technology,College of Engineering, Tennessee Tech University. He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in MechanicalEngineering with emphasis on Materials Technology and Manufacturing Engineering. In his 33 professional years,Dr. ElSawy held several positions in industry and academia. His teaching and research interests are in the areas ofmaterial processing, metallurgy, and manufacturing systems. He has received several grants in support of hislaboratory development and research activities. He has advised several masters and doctoral students and hasnumerous publications in national and international professional conferences and refereed engineering journals. Dr.ElSawy has done extensive consultations and his clients include

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Robert Haley; Calvin Mackie; Sundiata Jangha

2003-1936undergraduate tenure. Since the inception of FOCUS, more than 1/3 of Georgia Tech’s African-Americangraduate students have attended FOCUS. Georgia Tech’s retention rate for graduatestudents on both the Masters and Ph.D. levels, who attended FOCUS is 92 percent.Perhaps most importantly, more than 1,800 highly-qualified African-Americanundergraduate students have attended FOCUS and have been exposed to the merits ofgraduate education. These students are the future business, education, civic, and politicalleaders of our country. The contacts and knowledge they have gained from FOCUS willhelp them shape the future of our nation.FOCUS Program Data In the first decade of itsexistence, FOCUS has brought over

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Web Systems and Web Services

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Marcus Huggans; Steve Watkins; Halvard E. Nystrom

amount of knowledgethat must be mastered for success and professional growth, yet pressure exists to reducethe curriculum requirements in many engineering programs to encourage student Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.814.1 Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationenrollment. Also, working engineers have a greater need to acquire knowledgethroughout their busy careers. Therefore, improvements in the effectiveness of theengineering learning processes are important issues. Better understanding of the learningprocess and application of

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Sarah Irvine; Mary Anne Lesiak; Andrea Prejean; Teresa Larkin-Hein

@american.edu]MARY ANNE LESIAKMary Anne Lesiak is an eighth grade Social Studies teacher at Ronald H. Brown Middle School in the District ofColumbia Public School System. Ms. Lesiak received her B.A. in Government and Politics from the University ofMaryland at College Park and her Master of Arts in Teaching from American University. In addition, Ms. Lesiakteaches computer applications to at risk youth in an after-school program and is interested in developing programsdesigned to bridge the digital divide. Ms. Lesiak can be reached at Ronald H. Brown Middle School, 4800 MeadeStreet NE, Washington DC, 20019. [mrslesiak@hotmail.com] Page

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Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

beginning with the parts and expecting students to create ameaningful “whole” on their own, the instructor presents the whole scenario first, whichestablishes the context within which the student will operate. Then student groups“plunge into” the problem, take it apart, and put it back together into a new “whole,”one which represents a solution to the problem.There is ongoing debate among educators as to whether it is more effective to teachfrom “part to whole” or vice versa. Those who advocate the former insist that it ispreferable to break complex concepts down into their simplest parts and to teach thoseparts7. Once students have mastered the components, they are expected to put the piecestogether to make the whole. As stated earlier, this

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Terrence Freeman

speaker thinks, sees, or feels. Good listening also requires anappreciation for the cultural and experiential diversity that may influence the communicationprocess. Active listening is hard work and it requires considerable concentration. Faculty canperiodically give listening quizzes where students listen, without taking notes, to a short course-related passage followed by a quiz on the contents.Group communication adds a layer of complexity to interpersonal communication. In groupcommunication, people are brought together to accomplish a task or complete a project. Theparticipants are faced with the “three C’s of effective group dynamics”: collaboration, consensusand compromise8. Mastering these skills is critical to success in the business

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Jerome Lavelle; Peter Shull; Heather Nachtmann; Joseph Hartman; Robert Martinazzi; Kim Needy

an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State University, Altoona. Peter received hisundergraduate degree from Bucknell University in Mechanical Engineering. His Masters and Ph.D. degrees arefrom The Johns Hopkins University department of Materials Science and Engineering. Peter’s primary researcharea is sensor development for quality control and nondestructive evaluation. Prior to his current academic career,Peter was employed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Page 6.27.12 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roman Morawski; Andrzej Krasniewski

degree, e.g. Master of Science (M.S.),− the field of study and, optionally, the area of concentration,− the final grade.The scale for the final grade differs from the scale used for grading courses – it has no numericalvalues. Most institutions use the following scale: excellent, very good, good, quite good, andsufficient. The regulations for determining the final grade are set by the institution. Since thecurriculum requirements for an engineering program (both at the B.S. level and M.S. level)require a thesis and its defense (diploma examination), the final grade is usually determined sothat its numerical value (numerical final grade – NFG) is first calculated according to theformula: NFG = c1 ⋅ WGA + c2 ⋅ TG

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Shirley Fleischmann

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationAn engineering education involves much more than simply mastering a set of skills andtechniques. While such mastery is essential it is also important that students aretransformed by their education; that their interests, their attitudes, their sense ofcompassion are shaped by the education experience. An engineer is, in a very real sense,a type of person that you become. Building an identity as an engineer is essential to thisprocess of becoming. Design-based instruction can be used together with the ABET 2000guidelines to provide students with a curriculum that is meaningful to them and thatbuilds

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Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; J. Adin Mann; Ann Dieterich

result of the grading was that the students had set standards to work toward which resulted in better reports by the end of the semester than semesters without rubrics. • The faculty changed the weighting of the objectives as the semester progressed to emphasize the higher-level skills and quality of content as the semester proceeded and the students mastered the mechanical aspects of reporting technical information. The students seemed to find weighting of various objectives to be confusing. • Instructor collaboration during the development and implementation of rubrics appear to be important to the

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William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

importance. MentorNet provides e-mentoring opportunities to undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral women students;this paper focuses on the experiences of the students who participate during the early years ofcollege.II. MentorNetMentorNet (www.mentornet.net), the Electronic Industrial Mentoring Network for Women inEngineering and Science, addresses the underrepresentation of women in engineering and relatedsciences by creating a large-scale structured electronic mentoring (e-mentoring) program.MentorNet pairs women students in engineering, engineering-related science, and math fieldswith industry professionals and supports them through a year-long e-mentoring relationship.MentorNet’s multi-institutional focus allows for economies of

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Andrew Lau; Robert Pangborn

activitiesIII. Program DesignOwing to its early internal study, the College of Engineering was ready to launch a pilot seminarprogram in the Fall 1998, a year earlier than the implementation timetable for the Universityrequirement. Other Colleges, too, had already experimented with seminar programs for first-year students: The College of Liberal Arts, for instance, had begun offering an array of 3-creditseminars on various academic topics directed towards lower division students, with each seminarpaired with another course. 2 The College of Agricultural Sciences, on the other hand, hadimplemented a college-wide seminar program entitled Be A Master Student. The multiple-section, 2-credit course was designed for students to explore agricultural issues

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Jerald Vogel; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

progress up the taxonomy. Difficulty refers to tasks within a specific level. As an example, anengineering professor may require that students be able to solve a two-dimensional dynamicsproblem using Newton’s second law. Once a student has mastered that, the professor presents athree-dimensional problem that may also be solved using the same process. However, the threedimensional problem requires many more calculations and much more book-keeping. Thestudent is operating at the same level on Bloom’s Taxonomy using the same skill set, however,the problem became more difficult. Suppose the professor proposed a different problem that wasstill based on using Newton’s law that required the student to design a means to deliver tennisballs to a tennis