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2000 Annual Conference

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William J. Daughton

technologyenvironment through technical management education. We find professionals in customerservice, production planning, marketing, and sales that fall into this category in a typicalcompany. In addition, we even occasionally have an interest from individuals from non-traditional engineering organizations such as physicians and biologists. To serve this populationwe have recently created a Professional Certification in Engineering Management. Thiscertification broke new ground on the Boulder campus being the first of this type to be approvedby the Graduate School.BackgroundThe Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program (the Program) is in its 12th year ofoffering a Master of Engineering degree for working engineers preparing for early

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2000 Annual Conference

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Elaine L. Craft; James C. Wood

Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineeringand an Masters in Business Administration. She has more than 20 years of experience as a professional educator. Page 5.345.5

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2000 Annual Conference

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Donald C. Richter

for his problem.(please refer to figure #6) Well, I hope the above has given you an idea of the programsflexibility.III. Course Augmentation UsageI used the program as an aide in the Strength of Materials course at Eastern WashingtonUniversity. Homework problems were assigned and the students were encouraged to use theprogram to check their work and explore “what if” scenarios. Homework was still required to beturned-in using hand techniques including all calculations. The use of the program allowed Page 5.684.2students that were having trouble mastering concepts to receive help on demand using thecomputer. The instructor still encouraged

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2000 Annual Conference

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Nickolas S. Jovanovic

the only thermodynamic cycle thata student encounters, unless they take a second course in thermodynamics.This approach is logical and allows students to learn about processes that are then synthesized tocreate cycles. However, this synthetic approach leaves many students in the dark about theimportance and practicality of thermodynamics for more than a semester, and many studentstherefore take a dim view of the subject. While this approach is very logical, it is perhaps bestappreciated by someone who has already mastered thermodynamics! Perhaps there is a betterapproach.3. The Analytic ApproachA radical approach to the study of thermodynamics is to introduce practical thermodynamiccycles at the very beginning of the first (or only) course in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Eric Zimmerman; Donna Dorminey

areas of course development.Bibliography1. FM 22-100: Military Leadership. Department of the Army. Washington, DC (1990).2. Lowman, Joseph. Mastering the Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers (1995).3. Ullman, David G. The Mechanical Design Process. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, Inc. (1997).4. Wankat, Phillip C. and Frank S. Oreovicz. Teaching Engineering. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc. (1993).DONNA DORMINEYMajor Donna Dorminey is an instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United StatesMilitary Academy, West Point. She received her BS from the United States Military Academy in MechanicalEngineering in 1989 and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1999.ERIC

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1998 Annual Conference

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W. Wood; M. Becker; L. Meekisho; J. F. Holmes

, it is challenged for efficiency. However, at advanced levels and in specialized areas,classes generally are small compared with typical undergraduate classes. Thus, academicprograms can have difficulty offering all classes that are deemed appropriate academically. At thesame time, graduate education has to satisfy the needs of a diverse population ofresearch-oriented doctoral students, practice-oriented masters students, and targeted-goalpart-time students from industry in dynamic and rapidly-changing fields. This paper reports on anapproach for flexible and efficient curriculum development leading to an efficient mode ofdelivery.The basic approach taken is to break courses into credit-bearing segments. These segmentstypically are delivered

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Marek Podgorny; James Z. Liang

technicalities such as turn taking, and selecting who gets to choose X’s orO’s. Other than these changes, the rest of the game such as the rule enforcement segments andthe graphical interface methods remained unchanged. Once I had finished testing my Tango tic-tac-toe, I felt ready to begin making Tango Chess.Modifying the chess game was not very different from modifying the tic-tac-toe game. Therewere a few extra options I added like an observer mode and the ability for a person to becomethe master of a chess session while it is in play, but other than that, that modifications werealmost exactly the same as those that I had made earlier onto my tic-tac-toe game

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1998 Annual Conference

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Russell G. Bly; Ph.D., Paul E. Givens; Anita L. Callahan

of studies comparing the performance of students and faculty in graduateengineering courses.The state of Florida currently supports a collaborative initiative among the colleges ofengineering to provide graduate engineering education to engineers throughout the state.The University of South Florida offers masters degrees in six disciplines (Civil andEnvironmental, Chemical, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical, Industrial andManagement Systems, and Mechanical). This is FEEDS (Florida Engineering EducationDelivery System) and since its inception at USF, over 575 degrees have been awarded todistance education students at the University of South Florida. Three-hundred-seventy-five of these degrees have been awarded by the Department of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Janusz Starzyk; Brian Manhire; Roman Z. Morawski

RGTEGPVCIGQHVJGJKIJUEJQQNITCFWCVGUGPVGTKPICECFGOKEKPUVKVWVKQPU RGTEGPVCIGQHVJGRQRWNCVKQPYKVJWPKXGTUKV[FGITGGU VQVCN[GCTN[QWVNC[RGTUVWFGPVKP5VCVGCECFGOKEKPUVKVWVKQPU V. Overview of Engineering Education in PolandEngineering education at the university level is organized in technical universities and severalother specialized schools. Most of them offer a five-year program leading to the Master of Sci-ence degree. Undergraduate engineering programs, lasting 3.5-4 years and leading to the Bache-lor of Science or equivalent degrees, are offered by some institutions, and their number is grow-ing. Such a program is offered, for example, at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Tech-nology, Warsaw University of Technology, and within 2-3 years

Conference Session

Integrating Ethics into the Curriculum

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1998 Annual Conference

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Michael E. Gorman, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education (LED)

, including those teaching basicengineering classes. Research on the cases can also be done by engineering students, particularlygraduate students. With support from the NSF, the Dean of our Engineering School and theDarden School, I have created a graduate option in Systems Engineering in which Masters &PhD students do some coursework on ethics, culture and technology and do a thesis focusing ona series of cases. The cases are published with their names on them, as well as presentations atorganizations like this one (Gorman, Stocker, & Mealik, 1997). As a part of this collaboration, Ihave been given a courtesy appointment in Systems Engineering. Currently, we have our firstgraduate student from Civil Engineering, and other faculty in our

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Integrated Humanities and Social Sciences Programs (3661)

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Gorman

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education (LED)

, including those teaching basicengineering classes. Research on the cases can also be done by engineering students, particularlygraduate students. With support from the NSF, the Dean of our Engineering School and theDarden School, I have created a graduate option in Systems Engineering in which Masters &PhD students do some coursework on ethics, culture and technology and do a thesis focusing ona series of cases. The cases are published with their names on them, as well as presentations atorganizations like this one (Gorman, Stocker, & Mealik, 1997). As a part of this collaboration, Ihave been given a courtesy appointment in Systems Engineering. Currently, we have our firstgraduate student from Civil Engineering, and other faculty in our

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1998 Annual Conference

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J. W. Stevens; A.A. Jalalzadeh-Azar; W.G. Steele; B.K. Hodge

hismechanical engineering MS and PhD from the University of Alabama. He has worked for Thiokol Corporation(Huntsville Division) and Sverdrup Technology (AEDC). Currently he is a Giles Distinguished Professor, aHearin-Hess Professor of Engineering, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MSU where he teachesundergraduate and graduate courses in the thermal sciences and conducts related research. In 1993 he was named asone of the first four Master Teachers at MSU. Since joining the faculty in 1978, Dr. Hodge has developed six newcourses and written two textbooks. At MSU he is Director of the Industrial Assessment Center, Director of theGlobal Center for Desiccant Technology, and Director of the Mississippi Energy Research Center.A.A. JALALZADEH-AZARDr

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1998 Annual Conference

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Thomas J. Crowe; Herman Budiman; Elin M. Wicks

modeling, strategic manufacturing management, and manufacturing curricula reform.ELIN M. WICKS is an assistant professor of Industrial Engineering and a member of the Manufacturing SystemsResearch Group at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include manufacturing systemdesign and analysis, engineering economics, multi-attribute decision making, and production planning / control.HERMAN BUDIMAN is a graduate student in the industrial engineering department at the University of Missouri -Columbia. Mr. Budiman's masters research focused on an integrated, customizable methodology for the design ofcellular manufacturing systems

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi

NPN transistor during the process shown in Figure 3. The transistor acted as acurrent amplifier allowing it to operate an SPST relay. The relay allowed a clock signal tobe fed into the pulse sequencing circuit ultimately to drive a stepper motor for precisionsteering. The pulse sequencing circuit shown in Figure 4 generated a series of pulsesnecessary to operate a stepper motor. This was accomplished by applying a clock signal toa cascade JK Master/Slave Flip-Flop arrangement, to generate a multi-phase clock signals.During a positive transition of the clock signal the first JK-FF output was toggled. Thesecond JK-FF was gated such that it would only toggle every other period with respect tothe first. The signals were decoded to generate

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry W. Samples

presentsthermodynamics in a manner normally taught in basic mind-mapping classes. Mastering thestarting point(s) is critical and the most difficult part of the application. The starting points hereare real devices because they are used as the starting point in the thermodynamics course wherethe mapping was used. The starting point can vary depending on how the information is to beused, the needs of the person(s) for whom the map is made, and the desired outcome. Themultiple devices were selected because they represent the open and closed systems upon whichthe physical models are developed.SUMMARY: The one-page thermodynamics course is not meant to supplant the text or good teaching.It is a tool of some value to students who have trouble visualizing the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Gary B. Randolph; Dennis O. Owen

updating is done conveniently on a PC other than the web server and thensent across the Internet to update the master page. Figure 1 shows what the virtual library pagelooks like.The links on the virtual library web page were discovered through browsing newsstands andphysical libraries plus personal web browsing. Colleagues may mention a periodical that shouldbe included. That periodical’s web page can often be located through searching on the web or bysimply finding a copy and reading the periodical’s web address off its masthead. It typicallytakes less than 5 minutes to update the virtual library when new links need to be added.Table 1 lists thevarious categories Table 1 -- Virtual Library Contentof links includedin the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Mary Aleta White; Stephanie L. Blaisdell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 1392 Women in Engineering Scholars Program Mary Aleta White, Stephanie Blaisdell, Mary Anderson-Rowland Arizona State UniversityIntroduction Women continue to be seriously underrepresented in engineering graduate programs. InFall, 1996, women accounted for only 19.2% of the masters students and 16.2% of the doctoralstudents enrolled in engineering programs (Engineering Workforce Commission, 1997). A recentsurvey found that only 44% of students majoring in engineering their freshman year were still inengineering their senior year. Women and minority students were more likely to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Hisham Alnajjar

experiment thestudents were exposed to the concepts of periodic signals, frequency, amplitude, thedifferent type of functions, and sampling frequency. Also, it exposes them to the concept Page 4.198.5of master clock, clock, register, control bits, interface, function generator, andoscilloscope. For example, the students were able to actually “see” how increasing thefrequency will increase the number of times the signal repeats itself in the a time period.Since they made the connections and ran the programs they became more aware andfamiliar with what it takes to run an experiment in their field. Suddenly, a sophisticatedtool is used as a toy and a

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1999 Annual Conference

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Robert L. Green

effective in the classroom then we will have beensuccessful.BibliographyBennett, F. Lawrence, 1996. The Management of Engineering. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z., 1997. The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.BOB GREENBob Green is the Fred C. Culpepper ’40 Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the VirginiaMilitary Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Bob teaches Civil Engineering Design and Civil Engineering ProfessionalPractice courses to senior students. He is a registered professional engineer in Virginia with over twenty yearsexperience as a professional engineer in private practice. He received a B. S. degree in Civil Engineering fromVMI and a Masters

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1998 Annual Conference

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Wallace Venable

master the material. PI Versus Instructional ProgramsIt is easy to confuse Programmed Instruction with “instructional programming” for computers, orComputer Based Instruction (CBI). Historically there was much communality. B. F. Skinner Page 3.463.3coined the term Programmed Instruction in conjunction with his pre-computer “Teaching 3Machines.” Had inexpensive electronic computers been available in 1960, education might begreatly different today. A few programs applied PI to CBI. As a practical matter, books proved tobe the only convenient way of delivering behaviorally

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1998 Annual Conference

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Raymond G. Crepeau

). Session 2432If start / end times are inserted, the software will not allow students to access the examinationprior to the start time and will deny access following time expiration. Thus, great flexibility isprovided to the exam administrator in structuring the testing environment.The second program manages actual test taking. All test activity is logged. This log filecontains a complete history of test activity (accesses, submissions, and errors). This programalso grades the tests, sends the results to the student, and keeps a master file of all responses.Students can complete an examination in an asynchronous mode from any workstation havingaccess to the Internet and the World Wide Web via Web browser software. This permits examadministration

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1998 Annual Conference

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R. Pimmel; R. Borie; J. Jackson; D. Cordes; B. Dixon; A. Parrish

has significantly higher retention rates than ourtraditional first-year program.However, the revised curriculum is designed for traditional engineering majors. Studentsinterested in either computer engineering or computer science were not seen (originally)as part of this curriculum’s target audience. It was felt that students interested in thediscipline of computing should instead focus on mastering fundamental computer literacyduring their freshman year. This includes competence in programming, an idea of theinternal operations of the machine (including data representation), and understanding ofthe various hardware components associated with a machine, and an appreciation for thefundamental concepts of discrete mathematics that provide a

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Dustin B. Thoman, San Diego State University; Satchi Venkataraman, San Diego State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #42137Exploring Interdisciplinary Identity Formation in Graduate StudentsMs. Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Susan Wainscott is the Engineering Librarian for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Libraries. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University and a Master of Science in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University.Dr. Dustin B. Thoman, San Diego State University Dr. Dustin Thoman is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education at San Diego State University. His scholarship

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University; Juan M Cruz, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Abagael Anne Riley, Rowan University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #42095Board 192: A Support System for Low-Income Students to Catalyze Diversityand SuccessDr. Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University Kaitlin Mallouk is an Associate Professor of Experiential Engineering Education at Rowan University. Prior to beginning that role, she spent five years an Instructor in the Mechanical Engineering and Experiential Engineering Education Departments at Rowan.Dr. Juan M Cruz, Rowan University Juan M. Cruz is an assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. He has a B.S. in Electronic Engineering and a Masters in Education from Universidad

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ariel Chan, University of Toronto; Jackie Anjie Liu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

to enable repetitive practices for hands-on skillmastering. Ultimately, this repetitive practice can improve memory and recall competency of theconcepts and operations. The second stage of this study will focus on assessment, quantifying theeffectiveness of the learning system developed. The ultimate goal is to develop an affordabletraining and personalized learning system for hands-on mastering while complementingengineering concept integrations, developing critical thinking, and providing safety training in avirtual environment.References1. AVI HOFSTEIN; VINCENT N. LUNETTA The laboratory in science education: Foundationsfor the twenty-first century.2. Biocca, F. Communication in the Age of Virtual Reality; Erlbaum: Hillsdale, NJ [u.a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Omar Ochoa, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

facultyrewards and incentives. The two cases emphasize the need for continuous introspection at teamand department levels.AcknowledgementThe authors would like to acknowledge the many Scrum team members involved in this research fromthe EECS department. Finally, we would like to thank the National Science Foundation (NSF Award#1920780) for their support.References[1] Sutherland, J. & Schwaber, K. (2017). The Scrum guide: The definite guide to Scrum. Scrum Inc.[2] McKenna, D. & McKenna D (2016) The Scrum Framework. The art of Scrum: How Scrum Masters bind Dev team and unleash agility 27-34.[3] Schwaber, K. (1997). Scrum development process. In Business Object Design and Implementation, (pp. 117-134). Springer London.[4] Larusdottir

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 9: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

quizzes and exams. The second grading scheme usesspecifications grading, without points, to assess all assignments as either demonstrating sufficientmastery of the course learning objectives or otherwise needing revision. This specificationsgrading scheme allows for assignment revisions and resubmissions and clearly defines assessmentcriteria and standards for passing assignments and earning a particular grade. This shifts students’focus from accumulating points to mastering the learning objectives and promotes metacognitionof learning and improving.We describe the course learning objectives and the two different grading schemes, along withdetails of how the assessments in specifications grading were designed. Then we present students’performance

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakov Cherner, ATEL, LLC; Sonia Sparks Wallman; Margaret Bryans, Montgomery County Community College; Marina Taranova, Southern Federal University, Russia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, Inc. This system is acomplex piece of equipment that can be difficult for a student to master. For such equipment andprocesses virtual laboratories can be a very effective teaching tool allowing students tounderstand the components of the system and prepare them to confidently and successfullyperform actual experiments.Virtual laboratoryA set of interactive simulations forms the core of the Virtual Liquid Chromatography Laboratory(VLCL). The VLCL models the components and processes involved in protein liquid columnchromatography. In addition to online lessons, there are on line assessments, a glossary, andsupporting materials.The simulations can be run in three modes. The equipment mode enables students to useanimations and 3D images to study

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

associatedwith individual students enrolled in the course can provide detailed information about the specificstudents’ progress (or lack thereof!) upto that point in time, in mastering the topic in question. Theexisting LO approaches do not do this. Instead, they focus on the topic knowledge to be conveyedand do not allow for recording of student-specific information about individual students’ progressin their understanding and skill with respect to the topic. In one sense, learning objects, as theyexist now, essentially ignore the learner!The above discussion should also suggest the natural solution to the problem, the one we haveadopted in our work: Replace what are currently called “learning objects” by learning classes.Each learning class will

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian L. Houston, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Tenure and Education: Focusing on Research at the Expense of PracticeAbstractHiring practices for academia have traditionally focused on doctorate level candidates, butallowed for masters level work with equivalent practical experience, especially for teachinginstitutions. Current trends in hiring seem to be increasing the need for a doctorate in order toteach, primarily as teaching institutions begin to apply research-level criteria to their hiringpolicies.It appears that few institutions are willing to ask whether this trend is good, and are quick to useage-old arguments to justify the escalation. The question should be posed if this is a prudentcourse of action, especially in a time when engineering graduates in the United