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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karl Stevens; Sharon Schlossberg; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

Session Number: 1430 Students to Engineering Practice K. K. Stevens, S. M. Schlossberg, M. M. Larrondo Petrie College of Engineering, Florida Atlantic UniversitySTUDENTS TO ENGINEERING PRACTICE (STEP) is a manifestation of a research project* that setsthe task of developing a sustainable and replicable industry-academia partnership model forhelping talented, but financially disadvantaged, students complete their baccalaureate degrees intimely fashion and move successfully into the workforce. The intent of the project is todemonstrate that significant improvements in retention, placement, and workforce throughputcan be achieved by

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sean Holleran; Elaine Chan; Chad Rasmussen; Alan McGaughey

is to inform students about various aspectsof a career in academia6, ASEE recognizes that many Ph.D. students decide to pursue careers innon-academic environments, and that a substantial number of students are often unsure whetherto pursue careers in academia or elsewhere. To help address these matters, the student chapterorganizes the event Non-Academic Careers for Ph.D.’s to provide students with information onjob opportunities and the work environments in industry and government for doctoral graduates.In this panel discussion students learn that their Ph.D. degree is applicable to a wide variety ofindustrial and government positions and gain an understanding of employment at theseinstitutions. In 2003 the panel consisted of former

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shivram Sankar; Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

Teaching Science Concepts using LITEE Case Studies Shiva K. Sankar, Northwestern University Chetan S. Sankar, Department of Management P.K. Raju, Department of Mechanical Engineering Auburn UniversityProject Goals The NSF, in its Shaping the Future document (NSF, 1996), declared that improvedscience, mathematics, engineering, and technology education is central to shaping America'sfuture. They expect that it will be increasingly necessary that citizens have a substantialunderstanding of the methods and content of science and technology and some understanding oftheir potential and limitations, as well as their

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Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

action of your circuit2. What are the limitations of the circuit you designed Figure 4. Application Example for the CycleExamination of Figure 2 will show that a student begins the cycle by wiring a circuit or using apre-wired one to explore the fundamentals of logic. Using two switches, the student fills out thestate of the output in response to changed states of the input – these are documented in the table.Figure 3 shows the dialog that follows. The instructor at this point would engage the student(s)in a discussion on what just transpired and guide them through the relevant theory – truth tables,normally open and normally closed contacts, and the setting of bits, in this case. With thisknowledge gained in

Conference Session

Assessment & Evaluation of Graphics Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kathleen Harper; Frederick Meyers; John Demel; Frank Croft

community, faculty are working to include as much instructionas possible in limited time. They are trying new approaches and this test can provide them witha method for measuring results. This can be particularly important when there are not enoughsections of a class to have both pilot and control groups. As we refine the test it will be madeavailable to faculty teaching similar curricula at other institutions.Compare with FCI for PhysicsNationally normed tests can have a profound effect on the educational state of a discipline. Asan example, consider the case in physics. In the early 90’s, the Force Concept Inventory (FCI)was developed and published.5 Soon physics instructors at a variety of institutions, from two-year colleges to elite

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ron Artigue; Mark Anklam; David Miller; Dan Coronell; Atanas Serbezov; Sharon Sauer; Alfred Carlson

Session 2213 Improving Student Learning in the ChE Laboratory David C. Miller,* Mark Anklam, Ronald S. Artigue, Alfred Carlson, Daniel G. Coronell, Sharon G. Sauer, and Atanas Serbezov Department of Chemical Engineering Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstract: The unit operations lab brings together a significant number of educational goals forthe students: experiencing a broad range of equipment and instrumentation, enhancing teamingskills, learning to analyze experimental data, and developing written and oral communicationskills. To help improve the

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Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robin Sanders; John Favata; David Kukulka; David Barker

Session 3249 Implementation of the Computer Science, Engineering Technology, and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) Program at Buffalo State College David J. Kukulka, David S. Barker, John Favata and Robin Sanders State University of New York College at Buffalo, Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14222The CSEMS program at Buffalo State College (BSC) is funded by a grant from theNational Science Foundation (NSF). This program provides scholarships andcareer/educational opportunities for academically talented students that are financiallyneedy in the

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alan Price

engineering andbiomedical engineering are competing with older engineering disciplines for the same anddecreasing supply of students 2.Since the 1970’s there has been a reactive to proactive shift for many universities and colleges tomarket their individual programs and educational offerings. Increased competition anddemographic changes in student population have placed considerable pressure on many Page 9.642.2institutions to adopt “customer driven” strategies to compete more effectively in the educational “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alex See

steady condition after about 25 s in time. Figure 5.2.6 Open circuit voltage profile of the series connected solar panels versus tracking time. The sampling interval is 0.5 sec. The tracking system appears to maintain steady condition after about 25s. Page 9.657.14 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 5.2.7 A single channel data acquisition block diagram for open circuit voltage measurement6.0 Student response to practical hands-on

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Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

. Page 9.499.4 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Table 2. ANOVA Results – Breakdown by Grad School vs. Employed Question P-Value (Prep) P-Value (Imp) Higher Group A Make Oral Presentations 0.833 0.024 Grad School I Write Clearly 0.844 0.251 S Listen to Others 0.450 0.008 Employed T Deal with Conflicts 0.403 0.000

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Colleen Duran; John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

make its first appearance? It has probably been around since the first softwareengineer wrote a program using buffers.The first noted problems with buffer overflow occurred around 1973 [5], but only withinsoftware engineering circles. A famous article appeared in IEEE regarding the Therac-25incidents mentioned above, but when the events occurred in the late 1980’s not much attentionwas focused on buffer overflow. The buffer overflow problem became known world-wide in1988 with the Morris Internet Worm. It has continued to be a problem since, as evident by theCERT Coordination Center’s November 11, 2003 buffer overflow advisory regarding Window’sWorkstation Service. Below are some infamous buffer overflow problems in the history ofsoftware

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TIME 4: Pedagogy

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohamed Gad-el-hak; Judy Richardson; John Speich; James McLeskey

Session 2566 The Creation of an Experiential Engineering Library James T. McLeskey, Jr., John E. Speich, Judy S. Richardson, and Mohamed Gad-el-Hak Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USAIn preparation for solving twenty-first century problems, today's engineering students needtwenty-first century examples. These students also express a need for hands-on activities to helpthem understand the theories they learn in class. Satisfying these criteria while ensuring masteryof the fundamentals is becoming an increasingly greater challenge given the time

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

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Waddah Akili

students, the objectives provide a logical and coherent framework for the course and helps attract those that desire to enroll in it.(15) 2) The Course Syllabus: The syllabus should provide, step by step detailed information, on how to achieve course instructional objectives. It should clearly communicate the course goals, list the subject matter to be covered in an orderly fashion with time allotted for each heading, list the textbook(s) and supplementary reference material, spell out the applicable grading policy, and address other course matters such as: lab work, recitation, field trips, and research papers. It should also list the instructor’s contact information and office hours, and should also provide

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hari Janardanan Nair; Frank Liou

Society for Engineering Education”Figure 3 Ink Jet Print Head (Micro Fabrication Technologies Inc)3) MEMS medical applicationsMEMS devices and structures have been used in medical applications since the 1980’s withthe advent of the silicon micro-machined disposable blood pressure sensor. The medicalapplications market is estimated to grow by one billion dollars by 200617. Theincorporation of MEMS devices on surgical tools represents one of the greatest growthareas. Cardiac catheterization is a non-invasive surgical procedure in which specializedcatheters are threaded up through the blood vessels in the arm or neck to an area of thebody which needs treatment. The problem is treated from the inside of the blood vessel.MEMS pressure sensors are now

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Jayant Rajgopal; Bryan Norman; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

only forindustrial practice or graduate school, but also trains students to readily recognize and apply theirengineering background to solve problems, both locally and internationally.Beginning in the early 1990’s, a series of reports emerged detailing serious deficiencies inengineering education and calling for major reforms. In short, these reports proclaimed thatengineering education programs must teach not only the fundamentals of engineering theory,experimentation, and practice, but: Page 9.24.1 Proceedings of the 2004American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma

: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),PING will resolve the hostname if the -a switch is used. PING can be used as a keepalive mechanism if the –T switch is used or to test when a computer comes back up.C:\>ping /?Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS] [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]] [-w timeout] destination-listOptions: -t Ping the specified host until stopped. To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break; To stop - type Control-C. -a Resolve addresses to hostnames. -n count Number of echo requests to send. -l size Send

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Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jammie Hoskin; Brad Wambeke; Ronald Welch

18.75Pm4 0 0 483333 0 0 4833 -4833 966667 θ4=0 -1250 θ1 θ2 θ3 v1=0 v2=0 v3=-0.25 v4=0 θ4=0 Figure 10. Rearranged Structure Force-Displacement Equation • The sorted equation is then partitioned as shown in Figure 10, which allows the force-displacement equations to be represented symbolically by the following two equations (EQN 17), where the only unknowns are {δf} and {Ps}:  P f   K ff K fs  δ f   P f , fixed   =  +   Ps   K sf K ss   δ s   Ps

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Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Solt Michael; Malu Roldan; Burton Dean; Asbjorn Osland

entitled “Lessons learned in first business plan competition at San Jose StateUniversity” (by Dean, B., Osland, A. & Solt, M.) that has been accepted for a special issue of the InternationalJournal of Engineering Education entitled “The Entrepreneurial Engineer: Educating Tomorrow’s Innovator,” editedby John Feland.5 Legare, T. “How Hewlett-Packard Used Virtual Cross-Functional Teams to Deliver Healthcare IndustrySolutions” Journal of Organizaional Excellence, Autumn 2001; DeSanctis, G, Wright, M, and Jiang, L. “Building aGlobal Learning Community” Communications of the ACM, December 2001; Kock, N. “Managing with Web-basedIT in mind” Communications of the ACM, May 2002; Clark, M., Amudson, S. and Candy, R. “Cross-FunctionalTeam Decision-Making

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Innovative Curriculum Development in BAE

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Fisher; Anthony Ellertson; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

27 0 F 1998 S 1999 F 1999 S 2000 F 2000 S 2001 F 2001 S 2002 F 2003 S 2003 Page 9.999.4 Semester“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Gerhart

. All of these activities are relatively dangerous, are perhaps shocking toobserve, and would likely get many 12 year olds into trouble by their parent(s). Yet this scenariois one of the tools used by many youth organizations to recruit, retain, and teach middle to highschool students. The youth organizations that use these tactics successfully include the BoyScouts, Girl Scouts, Venturing, Learning for Life, Campfire Boys/Girls, the YMCA, and theYWCA. The World Organization of the Scout Movement (including all forms of Scouting forboys and girls) is the single most successful youth organization in the world (based onenrollment of nearly 29,000,000 members), and it is commonly known within the Boy Scouts ofAmerica community (which includes male

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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Glenn Ellis; Baaba Andam

Penrose in the debate over machine consciousness? 1b. What are the four major positions on machine consciousness? 2a. How do classical AI and connectionism differ? 2b. In what ways is connectionism superior to classical AI? 2c. In what ways is classical AI superior to connectionism? 3. Write down a strategy for exposing a computer in a Turing test. Include multiple attack strategies and example questions for each one. 4a. What is a Turing machine? What is its significance in the AI movement? 4b. What is a universal Turing machine? What is its significance in the AI movement? 4c. Write a Turing machine code that given any tape will switch the 0’s to 1’s and the 1’s to 0’s. It will continue until it reads two

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sig Lillevik

Partnership with Industry: A Win-Win Situation,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 3248. 4. Turley, R. S., “The Transition from Industry to the Academy,” American Physical Society, Forum on Education, Summer 2002, http://www.aps.org/units/fed/newsletters/summer2002/turley.html 5. Barber, B. H., “Academic vs. Private Sector Research: Surviving the Transition?”, Business of Science Symposium 2003, http://www.gov.mb.ca/est/rit/bos/index.html 6. Brent, R., Felder, R. M., Rajala, S. A., Gilligan, J. G., and Lee, G., “New Faculty 101: An Orientation to the Profession.” 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 7. Cutlip, M. B., Fogler, H. S., and Slater, C. S., “The

Conference Session

Recruiting and Building Diversity

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nancy Horvath; Cecilia Lucero

period, with 2000 enrollment reflecting a 23percent drop from 1992.While total graduate enrollment in science and engineering fell, current National ScienceFoundation4 data show that the numbers of minority graduate students in science and engineeringhave increased since 1990. However, a large percentage of these African American, Hispanic,and American Indian S&E graduate students (more than 50 percent) were in the social andbehavioral sciences compared to White students (39 percent) and Asian students (20 percent) inthese disciplines. With regard to doctoral degree attainment, of the 17,428 doctorates earned in Page 9.646.1 Proceedings

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Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

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2004 Annual Conference

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Marvin Criswell

, increasinglyembedded in powerful commercial software, have made the largest impact. Many of the“classical methods” which were the only tools available, or at least practical, before computers(BC?) for obtaining detailed analysis and component/member design are no longer routinelyused in practice for these purposes. However, before we declare these classical methods to beobsolete and relegate them the past, let us proceed to examine what all are their uses in bothengineering education and the practice of engineering.Civil engineering practice is no more than two centuries removed from a period when theavailable analysis tools were very limited – moment distribution was not defined by ProfessorHardy Cross1 until in the early 1930’s, soon after the completion of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Ishikawa, K. (1996). Principles and Perspectives in Educational Reform at Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Changing Knowledge to Wisdom. KIT Progress, Vol.1, 5~10.2. Kaneko, S., & Watanabe, T. (2002). Report on Overseas PBL Programs. Journal of Japanese Society for Engineering Education. Vol. 50, No. 3, 29-33.3. Matsumoto, S., Maekawa, H., Kubo, T., & Matsuishi, M. (2001). The Courses of Engineering Design I & II at Kanazawa Institute of Technology. Journal of Japan Society for Design Engineering. Vol. 36, No. 8. 25-31.4. Matsuishi, M., Kubo, T., & Matsumoto, S. (2002). Engineering Design Education at Kanazawa Institute of Technology, ASEE/SEFI/TUB

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International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eck Doerry

(3), p. 29.2. Baeker, R. (1992). "Readings in Groupware and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Assisting Human-Human Collaboration." Morgan Kaufman Publishers.3. Bikson, T., and Law, S. A. (1994). "Global Preparedness and Human Resources: College and Corporate Perspectives." Rand Corporation.4. Collier, K., Hatfield, J., Howell, S., and Larson, D. (1996). "A Multi-Disciplinary Model for Teaching the Engineering Product Realization Process." 1996 Frontiers in Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.5. Doerry, E., Doerry, K., and Bero, B. N. (2003). "The Global Engineering College: Exploring a New Model for Engineering Education in a Global Economy." Proc. of the 2003 American

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

maximum grade allowable on the first submission. Assignments may only be resubmitted once. All assignments must be resubmitted prior to the final examination.Grading Policy: Step 5 info entered here Passing Objective Criteria: To receive a passing grade in this course, all students must meet the following minimum criteria demonstrating how well they have mastered the course learning objectives. Each objective is assigned one or more Key Assignments, which will be graded specifically on the course objective(s) and related program objective(s) listed below. Students will not be eligible to receive a passing grade

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ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Easton; John Stratton

education to prepare graduates for a successful career in business and industry.Customarily, instruction was conducted on the central campus in classroom and laboratorysettings. This mode of instruction was suitable for many years and met the needs of theRochester, NY community.Beyond the HorizonWhile RIT has long had a part-time evening program to accommodate adult learners, thisprogram was operated in a fashion similar to the full-time day program. In the 1970’s it becameapparent that there was a potential to expand instructional offerings to other geographical areas, Page 9.469.1especially the programs offered in the School of Engineering

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Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

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Atif Qamar; Zahed Siddique

environment the user first receives the instructions in text format forthe specific step, s/he then has to understand the instruction and show his/her level ofunderstanding in the environment by executing the step interactively. The training modules in theCAD environment are structured into lessons according to CAD software operations required forsolid model creation. Every CAD training module, in the environment, is structured into twomain components (Figure 1): 1. Lessons that interactively demonstrate how to create solid models using the CAD software. Each lesson covers different functions available for solid modeling. After completion of the lesson in the interactive environment the users can view and interactively rotate

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Jalkio; Christopher Greene

Session 2532 Evaluation of the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Portfolio Based Student Self-Assessment Christopher S. Greene and Jeffrey A. Jalkio Department of Engineering University of St. ThomasAbstractOne advantage of having clearly articulated learning objectives for courses is that students canfocus on these objectives to help them unify course material. Unfortunately, students oftenignore the stated course objectives and focus their attention on the specific work required to earngood grades from the instructor