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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

not only to speak a foreign language but to have a working knowledge of thetechnical language of their chosen profession. What we want our students to learn: (italics indicate learning objectives directlyrelated to lab component) • Students will master grammatical structures required in an intermediate Spanish class • Students will communicate with newly learned structures in written and oral form • Students will learn vocabulary commonly used in engineering and technology contexts Page 10.374.4Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Bertozzi

Engineering from Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire. Future plans include pursuinga Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering. Email: rough2c7@erau.eduCHARLES STANIUNAS is a senior undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering at Clarkson University,Potsdam, NY. He received an AS Engineering Science from Daniel Webster College in 2003, and transferred toClarkson in the fall of that year. His academic interests include the mechanical design applications of robotics, thephilosophy of robots, and the psycho-social effects of technology. Email: staniunc@clarkson.edu Page 10.719.15 Proceedings of the 2005 American

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Milton Bryant; Paul Biney

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Youssef Shatilla; Adnan Zahed

reflection upon theassigned textbook reading.2. The Laboratory SessionAll of the work in the Laboratory Session is team based. In Laboratory, the teams areassigned a broad problem context and are then expected to work a number of smallerproblems that are consistent with the specified context. The general problem provides a seriesof opportunities for the teams to practice and master the specific concepts introduced in theConcepts Session. The Laboratory Session is somewhat less structured than the ConceptsSession. There are two general problems assigned; one that culminates in the development ofa process, and one that culminates in the development of an artifact. As in the ModelingSession, the actual final work product is not as important as the

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Board; April Brown; Joseph Holmes; Hisham Massoud; Steven Cummer; Jungsang Kim; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel; Gary Ybarra

”. The goalof this experience is to educate students on the current knowledge about creativity,learning and design through integrated art and engineering projects. Another experiencewill focus on “Leadership: Developing Personal Potential.” Leadership develops overtime and cannot be explicitly taught. That said, leadership can be enhanced through theconscious consideration of great leaders and the tools that enhance their effectiveness. Inpartnership with the Fuqua Business School and the Masters of Engineering Management(MEM) program in Pratt, we will create a Leadership Institute that all of our students willparticipate in.In the third experience, students will consider “Global Issues: Opportunities andChallenges”. Great issues face us today

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IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

, only words. The other half that have cars are to write instructions that are mainly pictures with few words. Once all groups are done, the group with ties gives the neckties to a selected group, usually the women in the class, or the least experienced in tying a tie. Then volunteers are found to give verbal one-on-one instruction on tying a tie to this inexperienced group. The rest of the class observes as the group with ties tries to follow verbal instructions. Then another group tries to tie the ties by following the written instructions, of course, with mixed levels of success. The class discusses what is the easiest way to learn how to master a skill and realizes that this may be done best by modeling and verbal

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Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

, only words. The other half that have cars are to write instructions that are mainly pictures with few words. Once all groups are done, the group with ties gives the neckties to a selected group, usually the women in the class, or the least experienced in tying a tie. Then volunteers are found to give verbal one-on-one instruction on tying a tie to this inexperienced group. The rest of the class observes as the group with ties tries to follow verbal instructions. Then another group tries to tie the ties by following the written instructions, of course, with mixed levels of success. The class discusses what is the easiest way to learn how to master a skill and realizes that this may be done best by modeling and verbal

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Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

construction rather than to use the project to reinforce knowledgefrom construction-related courses and experience. This content was covered during the firstphase for Project One as the students researched construction materials, selected assemblies tomodel, and produced conventional orthographic representations of their assemblies. Page 10.228.7“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” All students appeared to master the required modeling tasks and geometric manipulationsassociated with the project. However, some

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Xiannong Meng; Luiz Perrone; Maurice Aburdene

, American Society for Engineering Education”resources in the implementation of a Computer Security thread in its curriculum. We proposethat much of the foundation for creating this thread may already be in place for a number ofinstitutions. When that is the case, with small additional efforts, it may be possible to expand thesyllabi in the core courses to provide a strong education in Computer Security without incurringin the costs of creating a special track or degree program. There should be little or no need to putfaculty through specific training in security as long as they continue to be assigned courses withsubjects that they have mastered: the implementation of the thread would lead to small,incremental changes in syllabi of their courses

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Nelson; Barbara Olds; Monica Geist; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

Assessment Instrument forIdentifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences.”References[1] http://www.mines.edu/research/cee/Misconceptions.html[2] Streveler, R.A., Olds, B.M., Miller, R. L. & Nelson, M.A. (June, 2003). “Using a Delphi Study to Identify the Most Difficult Concepts for Students to Master in Thermal and Transport Science.” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Nashville, TN.[3] Olds, B. M., Streveler, R. A., Miller, R. L., & Nelson, M. A. (June, 2004). “Preliminary Results from the Development of a Concept Inventory in Thermal and Transport Science.” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering

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Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Beverlee Kissick; Alysia Starkey; Jung Oh; Judith Collins

Session 1661 Information Literacy Teams: Bridging the Fluency Divide Judy Collins, Beverlee Kissick, Jung Oh, Alysia Starkey Kansas State University-Salina Introduction "The quality and quantity of information needed to function effectively in society and the workplace continues to increase. Individuals...must be able to master rapidly changing information technology and possess the information literacy skills to act independently in this information rich environment1."The fluency divideAccording to futurists, in

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Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

(project supervision, classroom discussions, extrahelp visits) increasingly directed and efficient as time passed because the students learned to takeownership of their learning objectives and saw the instructors as resources or allies to help them.As mentioned above, the newness of Olin College makes it difficult to compare the “traditional”learning outcomes of this course to other courses. Students were expected to master foundation-level materials science processes and concepts, learn ancient and Revolutionary-era historicalcontext, and develop writing and presentation skills. Student work certainly exhibits animpressive command of these areas, and the instructors are extremely impressed with the studentachievements, considering them equal to

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Pamela Maass; Kesa Black; Heather Storace; Anne Ranes; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

. MAASSPamela Maass is a recent graduate of the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering who received a Bachelor of Science inIndustrial Engineering. Pamela served for four years on the SWE leadership team as President, Vice President,Secretary, Special Events Committee Representative and Newsletter editor. She is currently pursuing a Masters ofScience in Civil Engineering and is an active SWE member and Co-founder/Vice President of Engineers withoutBorders.KESA A. BLACKKesa A. Black is a graduating senior in Chemical Engineering and has been an active participant in the ASU SWESection since the fall 2001. She served as secretary during her sophomore and then as chair of the Sonora Regionplanning committee the following year. In addition to her activities

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Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solt Michael; Malu Roldan; Burton Dean; Asbjorn Osland

Page 9.373.4Engineering faculty and students, and one was by a SJSU student who wanted to start aProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationLouisiana Bayou restaurant chain. Also, two exhibits were from the DeAnza Community CollegeEntrepreneurship Boot Camp. Twenty-three startup companies from local incubators and fiveservice providing organizations set up exhibits at the NVF, including the two winners from theSilicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship’s 2003 Business Plan Competition. SJSU’s CareerPlanning & Placement office, Masters in Biotechnology program, and Entrepreneurial Societystudent club also set up tables

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Information Integration and Security

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Cecil

formal context. ‘Virtual Prototyping’does not merely refer to the use of computer models or software tools for engineeringapplications. A Virtual Prototyping tool has a major distinguishing characteristic: it usesVirtual Reality technology and allows ‘immersive’ or ‘semi immersive’ interaction.While there are numerous CAD/CAM software tools widely used in industry today formanufacturing process simulation, only a few of them can be described as belonging tothe category of ‘Virtual Reality based prototyping’ (or Virtual Prototyping). Forexample, tools such as Master CAM and CAM Works can allow users to ‘visualize’tool-cutting paths (in G-code and other formats). However, they do not allow an user towear Virtual Reality sensors, motion trackers

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BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

underlying these changes. How do you “build anexpert?” Is expertise a mode of reasoning that can be readily acquired or does it requiresubstantial amounts of domain knowledge and years of experience to master? Put anotherway, even if we know the “wisdom” of design, can we translate it into educationalexperiences that accelerate student development?Our current hypothesis is that the expert-novice gap is closed when students increasetheir domain knowledge and bring that knowledge to bear on an authentic medicalproblem in a realistic way (i.e., work in teams, consult with experts in multipledisciplines, think through the design process from ideation to implementation). Thus, weview students’ initial maps as their assumptions about the design process

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Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

distribution at the beginningof the first class during the second year teaching the course, which summarized how tosolve simple but important differential equations that appeared in the class. In addition,an introductory lecture (with a complementary homework set) was prepared to reviewconcepts from previous courses that were of particular importance. Finally, a ConceptQuiz was given on the third week. The performance on this quiz was lower thanexpected. During the following year, additional review material and computerdemonstrations were included in a second lecture. When the Concept Quiz was given, theaverage increased dramatically, giving students confidence in their ability to master thematerial. As an added bonus, this story was recently told in

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Leanne Avery; Angela Lueking; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

understanding of it.Group Number ________________( from the website) Page 10.995.17 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationELANA CHAPMAN /PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYElana is a PhD Candidate in Fuel Science in the Department of Energy & Geo-Environmental Engineering at thePennsylvania State University. She is also a candidate for a Masters in Mechanical Engineering. Over the last 3years, she has been involved with the phase I and phase ii of the NSF project, as well as

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Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

can properly eliminate terms from the energy balance to fit a verbal scenario, andthat they can solve the simplified energy balance for both steady and unsteady systems. Once the students have mastered the first law, a second goal is addressed, namelythat they learn to deal with second law analysis (entropy change calculations) and applythe second law to find the limitations of processes and equipment used for convertingwork to heat and vice-versa. The practical systems the students are expected tounderstand are classical power and refrigeration cycles. Outcomes are that the studentshould be able to design a cycle to accomplish a thermodynamic goal, should be able tocompute local and global entropy changes for processes, should be

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Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Jung; Anthony de Sam Lazaro; Amanie Abdelmessih

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005. American Society for Engineering EducationSecretary:The secretary keeps the project portfolio (several big files) with all details of the progress in theproject, technical data related to the project, and copies of communications. Team memberscontribute to the file. The files are checked by the advisor, on none specified times andsubmitted at the end of the two semesters.Web Master:With the help of the team members, the web master creates and maintains an updated web page.The team members contribute to the web page information and pictures.Other leadership positions are created as students see necessary.Participation of the School of BusinessOver the course of the

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Davari; Amir Rezaei

institutes offering a variety of engineeringand engineering technology programs in the State. The Leonard C. Nelson College ofEngineering (LCNCOE) at WVU Tech offers degree programs in chemical, civil, computer,electrical and mechanical engineering, master of science in Control System Engineering as wellas computer science areas. WVU Tech also offers through its Community and TechnicalCollege (CTC) a variety of two and four year engineering technology programs. WVU Tech haschanged significantly over its 106-year history in trying to meet the demands of higher educationin West Virginia. Through a major portion of this period, WVU Tech offered degree programsin engineering, engineering technologies, sciences, business, and health professions. The

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela J. Théroux; Gary Gabriele; Brad Lister; Deborah Kaminski

indicator, SAT scores, would indicate that their academic abilityis well up to the task of mastering the materials. That leaves the mode of instruction suspect.Recognizing that instructional styles may discriminate against particular students with learningstyles that are not being accommodated, future research should explore the potential of matchinginstructional and learning styles. Additionally, as the learning experience extends beyond theconfines of the given subject and, as outlined by Felder (1996), should include affectiveexperience (attitudes, expectations, frustrations), research should explore the extended learningexperience. Recognizing the potential academic as well as the affective consequences ofeducation that does not match the

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thaddeus Fowler; Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Anant Kukreti

”were masters’ students in engineering. One of the education graduate Fellows served as theevaluation Fellow to assist in developing and executing the evaluation. This Fellow did notparticipate in the implementation of activities in the classroom. The undergraduate Fellows wereall seniors in engineering. The participating teachers represented a variety of STEM disciplines;5 in biology, 2 in engineering, 4 in math, 1 in environmental education, 1 in physics, 3 in generalscience/science education and 7 in other fields. Their teaching experience ranged from 2-30years with an average of 12 years. The classrooms ranged from 7th grade to 12th grade andincluded biology, math, chemistry and physics.This paper first discusses the development and

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Warren

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Matthews; Perry Heedley

with the master's project will help the institutionmeet the needs of the community that it serves. California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)is located in a region with many employment opportunities in the semiconductor industry."Silicon Valley" is nearby, and the greater Sacramento area itself is a growing technology center.The College of Engineering at CSUS offers Master of Science degree programs in Electrical andElectronic Engineering (EEE), Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science,and Computer Engineering. The institution does not offer doctoral degrees. It should be notedthat CSUS requires that master's project teams be no larger than two students. Each student on alarger design team must therefore be assigned

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Brigham; Angran Xiao; Kenneth Bryden

fermentation tank, but also to be able to simulate the fermentation process so they cantest-run the virtual fermentor by varying the operation parameters and observe the results instantly.Finally, a human factor experiment was conducted to study the effectiveness of different datavisualization methods that should be used in the virtual fermentor at facilitating students’ self-pacedlearning.1. Education Enhancement Using Virtual RealityThe rapid advancement of technology requires that engineering students master an increasing amount ofabstract knowledge to remain competitive in today’s job market. However, in recent years, there hasbeen an increasing concern that the current higher education system is not adapted to this pace ofchange. Many educators

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The Nuts & Bolts of TC2K

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Gregory Neff; Susan Scachitti

teachingcourses in parametric modeling; integrated design, analysis & manufacturing; manufacturing processes; andthermodynamics. He holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. Page 9.1279.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Support and Partnership Opportunities

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

and Management,Integrated Business and Engineering, Integrated Computer Science and Business, and acampus-wide, year-long experiential program in Integrated Product Development.Entrepreneurship teaching – graduate: Historically, entrepreneurship education atLehigh has focused on the graduate MBA program in the College of Business andEconomics. This program has recently implemented an entrepreneurial track led by anexperienced and successful entrepreneur. The graduate MBA has been augmented by acombined MBA and Engineering Masters program, where students earn dual degrees inbusiness and engineering. Also at the graduate level, one of the authors, Professor Ochshas offered a new product development course with industry-sponsored projects

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Leah Jamieson; Katherine Banks; Kamyar Haghighi; John Gaunt; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

Education. In addition, engineering educationundergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs will be developed. A brief description of theseprograms follows.First-Year Program. The Department of Freshman Engineering is celebrating 50 years ofproviding first-year engineering students with a firm foundation and initial understanding ofengineering and career options to assist them in identifying the appropriate professional schoolin which to earn their undergraduate studies. Today, 1550-1700 new engineering majors enterthrough the Purdue University Freshman Engineering Program (FrE). Thus, FrE serves as thegateway to the Schools of Engineering with all students completing the FrE core curriculumbeing admissible as sophomores to the professional