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Lia F. Arthur; Irem Y. Tumer

prepared for teaching as junior faculty while submitting numerousproposals and supervising research, but also help them with their decision on whether to embarkon such a challenging career.1.1 Team-Teaching with a Faculty MemberTeam-teaching a course requires a commitment from the faculty member, the academia-trackdoctoral student, and the department. The idea is to experience the full spectrum of tasks andissues involved in teaching a course. Unlike the typical Teaching Assistantship, the doctoralstudent is responsible in all aspects of a class, including deciding on course material, lecturing,and preparing and grading homework and exams. There are a few examples of faculty mentoringprograms where a graduate student teaches an entire course, with

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Gary Benenson; El Hadji Diop; José Sánchez; Alphie Mullings; Nadine Simms

researchhas been done to explore the potential role of engineering graduates in K-12 education. Thispaper reports on what we believe to be the first such study. RESEARCH GOALS AND METHODS The study was conducted by an engineering faculty member and five engineering students. Page 3.250.1Its purposes are threefold: 1. to determine the level of interest in teaching careers among engineering students; 2. to explore the reasons why some engineering students would consider teaching as a career; and 3. to identify the barriers which would discourage engineering students from pursuing teaching

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1998 Annual Conference

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Melody Ivory; Kathleen Luker; Kathleen Coppock; Erol Tutumluer; David Hill; Christine Masters; Amelia Regan; Alkim Akyurtlu; Eric Matsumoto; Sandra Shaw Courter; Sarah Pfatteicher

many benefits related to teaching and learning strategies, participantsalso credit EESP with an early opportunity to “learn the ropes” of the academic career. EESPaddressed topics including the hiring process, mentoring, promotion and tenure, and writinggrant proposals. This brief section outlines one participant’s insight and experience. Amelia Regan, Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, University of California at IrvineEESP provides invaluable information for graduate students and young faculty members whoneed to “learn the ropes” of academia. The truth is that an academic job is very different frommost other jobs. Despite the fact that young academics have spent years in school

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Sherra E. Kerns; Robert T. Nash; David V. Kerns

Florida State University.SHERRA E. KERNS. Dr. Kerns is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, andProfessor of Management of Technology at Vanderbilt University. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and has been active inABET 2000 accreditation development. She recently completed a term as President of the National ElectricalEngineering Department Heads Association. She has also served on the faculties of Auburn and NC State University.ROBERT T. NASH. Dr. Nash is Associate Professor of Management of Technology and Electrical Engineering. Hecurrently serves as Director of Graduate Studies for the Management of Technology Program and advises a portion ofthe undergraduate MT students. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE

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Stephen R. McNeill; Jed S. Lyons

Session 1358 The Design of Material World, an Internet-Based Educational Environment Jed S. Lyons and Stephen R. McNeill Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 292081. ABSTRACTEngineers need a solid understanding of the relationships between material processing, propertiesand structures to make informed material selection decisions for design applications. Hands-onlaboratories help students develop this understanding. However, time constraints, equipment costsand safety concerns severely

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Jeffery McDowell; Sandra Yost

support mechanism for womenengineering and science majors. This program, currently in planning, will require little funding,because it utilizes existing resources inside the university, including faculty, undergraduate andgraduate students, and residence life and other student life staff.BackgroundThe last twenty years have seen a substantial increase in the number of women choosingacademic majors in the sciences and engineering. The University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) hasalso seen an increase in the number of women students choosing such majors at the time theyenroll at the University. However, women also leave these majors in disproportionate numbers.The University of Detroit Mercy is no different than other institutions in this regard

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Robert J. Beichner; Richard M. Felder; Philip R. Dail; Leonhard E. Bernold; Ernest E. Burniston

orientation course, and the spring engineering course is an add-on to the standard curriculum.• The courses are team-taught by mathematics, chemistry, physics, and engineering professors, who present fundamental scientific and mathematical material in the context of real-world problems to the greatest extent possible. As a rule only one professor at a time is in the classroom, but several times during each semester the entire IMPEC faculty is present to conduct a “workshop” on a topic that involves all of the disciplines being taught. The faculty meets periodically, in person and electronically, to coordinate assignments, schedule activities, and discuss any problems that the students seem to be having.• With the exception of

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Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

3position two see things as "us versus them", right versus wrong and good versus bad. Everythingthat is right, is determined absolutely by authority, and faculty members are seen as examples ofthis absolute authority. Thus there is no need for evidence beyond simply quoting an authoritywho knows what is "right". Freshman, who are often at this level, do recognize that multiplepoints of view regarding an issue may exist (even from authorities) but generally chalk this up asa short coming in the authority. Freshman at this level who are working on an open–endeddesign project may be disturbed or shocked that neither the client nor the professor has a definiteanswer to the problem at hand.Position four, called multiplicity, is represented by students

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Andrew S. Crawford

function on multi-disciplinary teams.” The University of Michigan has developed a model for leadership based on developing“skills” that are applicable for different leadership or citizenship roles. Each student has differinggoals and capabilities around mastering their “leadership” potential. The College of Engineering hasestablished a minimum level of team skills required for each of our graduates. These involve skills inrelating with team members, in accepting roles and responsibilities that contribute to the team, and indeveloping and implementing effective group decisions. We will assist students who choose tomaster skills in “team building” and “leadership” beyond the requirements to get the neededinstruction and practice. There

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

start, a faculty member of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technologyhas been on site to support the IUPUI faculty and monitor implementation of contractterms. The person serves as both chief academic officer and chief of party. As such, theteaching load is reduced so that the person can devote 50% or more of his / her time toadministrative duties.3. Proposed standard:The teaching faculty has appropriate qualifications.All prospective faculty members must be approved by corresponding departments at thehome campus of IUPUI. The departments ask an essential question: If we had anopening, would this person be an acceptable candidate? The departments require aminimum of Master's degree in the specified academic area and two years of

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

member of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technologyhas been on site to support the IUPUI faculty and monitor implementation of contractterms. The person serves as both chief academic officer and chief of party. As such, theteaching load is reduced so that the person can devote 50% or more of his / her time toadministrative duties.3. Proposed standard:The teaching faculty has appropriate qualifications.All prospective faculty members must be approved by corresponding departments at thehome campus of IUPUI. The departments ask an essential question: If we had anopening, would this person be an acceptable candidate? The departments require aminimum of Master's degree in the specified academic area and two years of experienceteaching similar

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Timothy Diemer; H. Öner Yurtseven; William R. Conrad

member of the Purdue School of Engineering and Technologyhas been on site to support the IUPUI faculty and monitor implementation of contractterms. The person serves as both chief academic officer and chief of party. As such, theteaching load is reduced so that the person can devote 50% or more of his / her time toadministrative duties.3. Proposed standard:The teaching faculty has appropriate qualifications.All prospective faculty members must be approved by corresponding departments at thehome campus of IUPUI. The departments ask an essential question: If we had anopening, would this person be an acceptable candidate? The departments require aminimum of Master's degree in the specified academic area and two years of experienceteaching similar

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Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

headquarters to the NKUregion. In addition, Clarion manufacturing (electronics), Mazak Corporation (machine tools), andSachs Automotive (auto components) have announced the formation of similar centers in thenear future. More specifically, there are several trends that are shaping technical organizationsrequiring MST graduates. Some of these are: a) Technical training specialists will be needed to explore alternatives and faster methodsof delivering new skills and learning; b) Master's level prepared students are needed to manage the complexity of rapidlychanging organizations; c) The manufacturing sector for the area over the last five years has increased by 24.5%with a 42 % growth in non-durable output and an increase in durable

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Arthur B. Sacks

that stours is indeed the Age of the Environment, that the 21 century will demand engineers andapplied scientists aware of the complexity of environmental problems and how such problemsemanate from the interactions of human systems and environmental systems. As I havecommented elsewhere, ...it is important to observe that CSM students...will live professional and personal lives Page 3.313.1 -1- substantially different from those whose careers will end by the turn of the current century. Future CSM graduates will work

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David E. Goldberg; W. Brenton Hall; Lindsay Krussow; Eunice Lee; Aaron Walker

Facilitation Each team must be facilitated by an experienced fac-ulty member.Although faculty should not do" the organizing of the reform e ort, it is absolutely essentialthat there be a faculty member a liated with each team, both to provide a source of guidanceand experience for the team and to build personal ties between students and faculty. Withthese principles in place, we have almost all the pieces of the puzzle, but it seems that perhapswe are relying on a student's sense of duty and mission a bit too much. Although students arebeing empowered by the reform process, what will ultimately power the individual student?2.4 Incentives, Friendly Competition, & Minimal CreditHuman beings being what they are, there is a wide range in what

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Barbara E. Marino; Sandra Yost

program, obtainingfunding, securing laboratory facilities and equipment, teaching courses, and weeding through theseemingly countless requests to serve on university and research-related committees and activitiesare all demands placed on new faculty members. Unseen to most graduate and doctoral students,these tasks present an imposing reality to the beginning faculty member. Decisions at the beginning of a tenure-track appointment regarding the use of limited timecan have lasting effects on one’s professorial career. Successfully handling the demands of atenure track appointment and negotiating the “tenure gauntlet” requires an astute balancing act.Having a skilled mentor to assist in choosing appropriate activities and career strategies

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Randall A. Yoshisato

change fast enoughto produce graduates who can meet the changing job requirements in industry.The Value of AdvisingThere are many ways faculty members can work together to improve educational productivitywithout sacrificing quality. Improvements in career counseling, teaching methodologies,curriculum, and student support programs all could shorten the time from matriculation tograduation. Another solution which is easily and inexpensively implemented is to encourage andtrain faculty to be proactive advisors, mentors, and coaches. Such an advisor takes a deep,personal interest in the development and success of his/her advisees. As the relationshipdevelops, it will go through stages starting at teacher/student where the advisor has virtually

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Gulcin Cribb

personal contacts. There are similarities between the designof information skills programs and other subjects in engineering or science . Library staffwere able to discuss the relevance and significance of information skills for students atboth undergraduate and postgraduate levels at appropriate committee meetings andworkshops in the context of teaching and learning across the university or the faculty, byemphasising the need to produce graduates for an increasingly complex, competitive,socially sensitive and interdependent world. The fact that several academic staff wereopen about lack of their own information skills gave librarians opportunities to organisespecial workshops for academic staff. These initiatives facilitated acceptance

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1998 Annual Conference

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Sharon M. Schlossberg

and engineering laboratories of the FAU College of Engineering. • Encourage teamwork and creative thinking through design projects and technical compe- titions. • Provide students information and experience needed for reasoned educational and career decisions. • Provide students a glimpse of campus life. • Provide teachers new and meaningful opportunities to learn and to interact with peers. • Build continuing partnerships with teachers and their schools. • Insure full participation by women and members of under-represented groups.Program goals and objectives are accomplished through a highly structured mix of hands-onlaboratory exercises, industry tours, industry speakers, design projects and

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Marilyn Dyrud

of their workand play an active role in directing it towards humane ends.” 11Subject Matter Professional ethics is a huge area for study, and instructors must make decisions about whatcomprises appropriate content matter within the realm of a technical course. The following isoffered as a starting point and is appropriate for lower division courses.Definition It’s difficult to discuss professional ethics without having a common definition to keep classdiscussions on track and to distinguish between personal and professional ethics. Brainstormingdefinitions is a useful in-class exercise, or an instructor may simply pluck one from a myriadversions. I tell my students to think of professional ethics as “codified behavior,” that is

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M. A. Mooney; K. K. Muraleetharan; H. Gruenwald; B. E. Vieux; Randall L. Kolar

abilities within agroup so that less able students might take on tasks that would be viewed by others asmeaningful, thus furthering the group activity. Concerning disabled students, a virtual field tripto anywhere, and in particular to the job site, can be as easy as pressing a key on the student spersonal computer. This provides persons with disabilities an opportunity to visit theconstruction site.Graduate students will also benefit greatly from the plan, particularly those pursuing a career ineducation. In academia, it is widely recognized that junior faculty are often ill-prepared for theirroles as instructors3. Graduate students will be invited to participate in the reform and in writingsoftware modules. Advanced students will be invited to

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Suzanne Keilson

appreciation for and sensitivity tothe cultural background, history, mores and norms of the other. In the academic setting, there is aneed to create an open and safe environment in which each can learn both to talk and listen,explore the self and the other. By truly learning one’s own culture and exploring another, onereturns with an understanding that far exceeds the sum of the parts. Multicultural educationseeks to enable the student to appreciate the variety of perspectives that each of us represents andthat various identities, even embodied within one person, provide unique positions from whichone interacts with and views the world. In this paper the importance of such issues for engineering and science education isexplored. At the

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1998 Annual Conference

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Melvin Neville; David Scott; Bryan Knodel; Debra Larson

the personal control, approach-avoidance, and confidence subtotals. Even thoughthe sub-total results can be quite useful on an individual-by-individual basis, for purposes ofcomparing various populations, total PSI scores are sufficient. This is because changes in totalscores generally represent a proportional change in category scores. The total PSI scores canrange from a low of 32 to a high of 192. Page 3.402.3 Session 2530 Total PSI Scores Spring

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Michael D. Murphy; Kristen L. Wood; Kevin Otto; Joseph Bezdek; Daniel Jensen

in-depth study and analysis of an existing product to recreate the designdecisions and information developed by the original design team.” During the first half of thesemester, teams of students dissect an industrial product, learn how it works, justify the decisions Page 3.129.3of the original design team via analysis, and then present their findings at the mid-point of thesemester. During the remainder of the course, the teams are expected to redesign the product toachieve a given goal. Gabriele notes that the course helps students “realize that considerableeffort and ingenuity goes into the design of every engineered system.” Rather than