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Outreach and Freshman Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Margaret Pinnell; Gabrielle Williamson; Corinne Daprano

-learning from over 500 universities and colleges and from both public and politicalorganizations and representatives 7. Although engineering courses often provide opportunitiesfor project-based experiential learning, service-learning is not implemented as frequently inengineering courses as it is in other disciplines. This is unfortunate since most descriptions ofengineering careers include service to society or meeting societal needs as a goal or requirementof the profession 2, 8. Furthermore, service-learning in engineering courses provides theopportunity for experiential learning that can not only help develop technical and soft skills, butcan also help establish the skills for practicing engineering in an ethical and civically mindedmanner 2

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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Brown; Michael McCorquodale

concept to most stu-dent researchers. In previous years, the idea that one can utilize university resources to commer-cialize technology has been received with utter surprise by many student researchers at Michigan.But even with these resources, students begin to ask themselves, how can a business plan bedeveloped? How can one learn about business development while pursuing an engineeringdegree? How can capital be raised to support an emerging business? Who can help? And quitesimply, where should one start? It is our contention that an engineering curriculum in the UnitedStates should support students along this career path by providing resources, both academic andprofessional, that can help answer these questions so students can pursue their

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Silvanus Udoka; Paul Stanfield

seniordesign projects. Additionally, most industrial engineers have experience interacting with otherengineers earlier in their academic career through common engineering courses. However,interaction with business students rarely occurs before the senior year, if then. This deficiencyprevents the development of a key skill required for industrial engineering practice. This paper describes two innovative approaches to experientially teach multidisciplinaryproblem solving to teams of engineering and business students. Both approaches allow theinteractions to occur earlier in the curriculum. The first approach is through class partnering.Such partnering emulates more long term interdisciplinary efforts such as design teams andconfiguration

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hy Tran; Catherine Clewett

thefinal week of classes, to see if there had been any change in attitude. The hope was that therewould be improvement in four areas—enjoyment of science lessons, leisure interest in science,career interest in science, and normality of scientists. To insure that students answered honestlywithout concern for their grades, the tests were given completely anonymously. The students Page 8.831.8Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwere asked not to put any identifying marks on their papers. This also precluded

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Malicky

, psychology, women's studies,linguistics, career counseling, human development, government, and engineering. This reviewaims to integrate the empirical findings from these diverse viewpoints, especially as they apply toretention. The primary articles of this review were selected based on relevance, empirical rigor,and variety of scientific methods. Page 8.62.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationGender Differences in PersistenceThere is little question that matriculation decisions are primarily

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Trends in Engineering Economy

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gabriel Alungbe

expandedcoverage, especially on practical topics not covered by the class textbook. Page 8.1327.5Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationConclusionThe foregoing strategies have been used, not necessarily in whole, while teaching engineeringeconomy. The objective is to arm the students with the essential concepts and the applications ofengineering economy so that they will bring to bear in their professional careers as engineersand/or managers.References:1. Informant Testifies About Loan Sharks. The

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Technological Literacy for Non-Technical Majors

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Sokol

majors.Bibliographic Information1. Remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft. 2001. First Annual Computer Privacy, Policy & Security Institute. May 22. www.cybercrime.gov/AGCPPSI2. CERT Coordination Center. 2000. How the FBI Investigates Computer Crime. July 27. www.cert.org/tech_tips/FBI_investigates_crime3. Sokol, John P. 1994. An Introduction to Electronics for Private Security Students. Security Journal. Vol. 5, No 4. October. pp. 223-2264. Mandia, Kevin and Chris Prosise. 2001. Incident Response: Investigating Computer Crime. McGraw-Hill. P. 885. CERT Coordination Center. 2003. Training and Education. www.cert.org/nav/index_gold. January 2.6. SANS (SysAdmin,Audit,Network,Security) Institute. 2003. SANS Training and Your Career Roadmap

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ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Frederick Mahaffey; Elizabeth Petry

– key to project success.Architecture Education: Challenges of Team BuildingThe Department of Architecture at the University of Hartford objective has always been “toprepare students for a variety of professional careers in the design and building industries”.Architecture at the University of Hartford supports the mission of the University whileemphasizing an integration of artistic principles, engineering fundamentals, and businessunderstanding with the constant exploration of innovative design. In the academic environment isoften proves more difficult to implement team projects based on personalities and individualschedules. Every course is not conducive to presenting a team project. Every project and/orexercise is not conducive to presenting

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Cruz-Pol

motivate girls entering the 7thand 8 th grades, early in their life, to select and pursue careers in engineering or computersciences. The students participate on workshops applying scientific and engineeringconcepts, as well as on hands-on experiments in a laboratory environment.One of the most popular workshops in EXITE! is the construction of an electronicdoorbell for the girls’ bedrooms. Girls at this age begin to ask for respect from theirparents when they want to go into their rooms, and most of girls see the doorbell as themean to manage this need. This motivates the participants to be interested in theworkshop.The construction of the electronic doorbell introduces the participants the basics conceptsof electricity, circuits, types of

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Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Debra Fowler; Jefferey Froyd; Don Maxwell

Session 2430 Learning Strategy Growth Not What Expected After Two Years through Engineering Curriculum Debra Fowler, Don Maxwell, Jeff Froyd Texas A&M UniversityAbstractAs the pace of technological development continues to increase, consensus has emerged thatundergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula cannotcontain all of the topics that engineering professionals will require, even during the first ten yearsof their careers. Therefore, the need for students to increase their capability for lifelong learningis

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ian Simpson

.• A belief that the French language would remain a major force on the world’s linguistic stage, on a par with the influence exerted by English, and that no special effort was necessary to encourage international students to choose to come and study in France.As a result of this mistaken attitude, the numbers of international students registering at FrenchUniversities and “Grandes Ecoles” declined sharply in the early 1990’s, as many internationalstudents saw greater career opportunities for themselves by registering at English-speakinguniversities in countries such as Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. The French are alsoonly just beginning to become aware of the economic potential of attracting internationalstudents to France, both

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Jaeger; Richard Chapman; Victor Nelson

switching equipment, will choose the Hardware Specializationwithin the Wireless EE Option. Students interested in application development, includingserver-side as well as client-side, and embedded applications, will choose the SoftwareSpecialization within the Wireless SWE Option. Both options provide a NetworkSpecialization for those students interested in pursuing a career with wireless serviceproviders and other telecommunications companies (those companies that develop andmaintain wireless networks and sell service). This specialization will prepare students toanalyze, develop, design, test, administrate and support wireless network systems, and tointegrate products from various vendors into new or existing networks.Each curriculum builds upon

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hannah Collins; Byron Newberry; Ira Lockwood

interest include structural analysis, thermal stress, linear and nonlinear oscillations, andengineering design.HANNAH COLLINSHannah Collins is a recent graduate from Oklahoma Christian University with her degree in MechanicalEngineering. She is most interested in the area of machine design and is currently pursuing a career in research anddevelopment.IRA LOCKWOODIra Lockwood is a senior at Oklahoma Christian University majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Bible andMinistry. He is interested in designing products for the automotive or aerospace industry, especially in areas ofvibration analysis or aerodynamic design. Page 8.220.8

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Student Issues - Present & Post Graduate

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Holcombe

Session _____ ET grads – How’d the transition go? Michael L. Holcombe Purdue University, South BendAbstractWe in the academic world often wonder about the trials and tribulations experienced byour graduates as they transition from academia student status to full-time industrialemployment to begin their careers. Many students leave the university with no experiencein industry, some have had co-op experience and others have had internship experience.In addition, many of our ET students are in the category that we call non-traditionalstudents who may have had a variety of experiences

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

number and type of goods produced in their geographic area, and maintaining their interest ina technical education and career. This paper presents examples of topics, demonstrations, andfield trips used in an introductory materials course for freshman and sophomores. Materialsprocessing information does not detract from the focus of the course, but rather enhances theability of students to see connections between theory and implementation.IntroductionMaterials courses emphasize understanding the relationship between the internal structure andresulting physical and mechanical properties of materials. This understanding has always beenessential for appropriate selection and application of materials even when the primary engineeringmaterials were

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Current Environmental Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Cynthia Veit; Chris Swan

or brought to the recycling center, what happens next? Researching anddescribing what happens next was the project of a course on the reuse of waste as constructionmaterials. The course serves as an introductory course for first-year engineering students to seewhat type of work engineers may do in their professional careers. To create an appropriate, “real-world” component of the course, students were tasked to research options for recycled materialreuse.This paper describes how this effort was transformed into a community service-learning project.Community service learning, the pedagogy of combining education with community service, hasvalue in a number of academic fields. The students in the course were assigned communities(municipalities

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Mehmet Ozturk; Hatice Ozturk

, did not give us anypositive feedback on group cohesion and performance when compared with randomly formedgroups. The extensive use of psychological type in work setting, education and career counseling [2]gave us the idea of applying personality profiles while forming our problem laboratory groups.Jung’s comprehensive theory that relates to psychological type is the belief that everyone usesfour basic processes or functions which are called sensing(S), intuition (N), thinking (T) andfeeling (F). These four processes are used with the attitudes of introversion (I) and extraversion(E) and the orientations to the outside world as judgment (J) and perception (P).Isabel Myers developed the following work expectations for the eight preferences [2

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Smith; Angela Quick

careers. Page 8.1178.5“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”BiographiesDR. WILLIAM W. SMITH, JR is a Senior Research Engineer in Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. In addition to classroom teaching, research, and consulting work with satellite, navigation, andinstrumentation, Dr. Smith works with a variety of pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate students onprogrammatic and individual research and design projects.ANGELA HINSON QUICK is the director of the

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

newtechnology by developing and offering proper advanced instrumentation courses at graduatelevels so that upon entering the work place for professional career, students will have thenecessary background for advancement.This article explains the content of a new advanced instrumentation course offered to graduatestudents in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Memphis. Thedevelopment of the course material, the required instruments, and the method of delivery will bethe main topics of this article.IntroductionThe Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Memphis in addition to itsmajor degrees in electronics, computer, and manufacturing technology offers M.S. degree inengineering technology with concentration in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Manuel Toledo-Quinones

participate in a multidisciplinary program focused on promoting careers inmass transport. Participating students from the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)Department of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) improved and acquired skillsin areas such as software development, distributed computing, embedded systems, machinevision, image processing, and multimedia. The program complements UPRM’s ECE curriculumby combining a year-long development experience with participation in workshops, publicpresentations and report writing.As a way of illustration, this article presents two projects being developed by ECE students aspart of UPR/MIT/Tren Urbano Professional Development (TUPD) program, which is brieflyoverviewed first. The first

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hoskin; Ronald Welch

together a project from ground zero to the preliminary design. It was perfectly tailored for what I need to learn.• Students can make a difference.• We have the knowledge to solve real-world problems.• I know more than I thought I did about engineering and the problem solving methodology.• I learned that there is much more to civil engineering than what I have learned in formal training.• Working on an ambiguous project is more time consuming than other projects here.• How to think outside of the box.• That real-world problems require in-depth thinking and problem solving and that the skills I have learned earlier in my student career are actually applicable

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

Shafts received her Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Universityof Cincinnati in June 2002. She had been working at the Nursing Home throughout her college career. Shecontinues to work there while finalizing her future plans. Page 8.267.7“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering

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Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit; Richard M. Felder; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

students in the regular freshmanengineering course, including nine African-American students. (Most of the other African-American students in the freshman class were in a separate program designed specifically forminorities.)The data compiled included the following:• pre-admission data (predicted grade-point average, SAT scores).• responses to the Pittsburgh Freshman Engineering Attitude Survey (beginning and end of the fall semester, and for IMPEC only, end of the second semester). An instrument developed at the University of Pittsburgh that assesses attitudes toward engineering as a curriculum and career, self-reported confidence levels in core freshman-year subjects, and in the post-survey, attitudes toward the freshman year

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chu Chen Chen

2001. 8. Ginsberg, M., “New Directions in Federal Energy Management”, 17th World Energy Engineering Congress, pp. 555-562. 9. Lobash, M., “Finding a Space in a Facility Career.” Building Operating Management, February 2003. 10. Moriarta, Courtney, “The Next Generation of Energy Efficiency Professionals.” State Energy Program, Rebuild America Conference, July 29-August 1, 2002. 11. Mumma, Stanley A., “HVAC: The Next Generation”, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, January 2003. 12. The International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol, http://pmvp.org.CHU-CHEN (C.C.) CHENDr. Chen is an Endowed Professor in Construction in the Department of Mechanical Engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mehran Kasra; Joe Iannelli; Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

coordinationto a lead faculty member. Often, this assignment is not viewed as career-enhancing and thusappointment is often made by the department head sometimes on a semi-voluntary basis. In anycase, in order to be effective as an overall ABET review coordinator, the selected individualmust be willing to devote a substantial portion of his or her time for several months and must bea "detail person" who can give attention to the many facets of the preparation process. Thecoordinator must also be thoroughly knowledgeable of ABET 2000 requirements in order toguide the activities of other program faculty. Additionally, the coordinator should anticipatemotivating and encouraging the other faculty members to keep the project on schedule. In ourcase, the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ku-Yen Li; David Cocke; John Gossage

sense, theCAMS course acts as a “pathfinder” course, since it sets the stage for all the succeedingchemical engineering courses that the students will see in their academic careers.At the other end of their undergraduate academic career, the students encounter the senior-level Advanced Analysis (AA) class, in which problem-based learning is used to tietogether all of the material that the students have learned in all of their chemicalengineering courses between CAMS and AA.Two additional topics are covered during the second part of the semester of CAMS. Thesolution methods employed by the simulation packages are discussed in a general way, sothat the students can understand how the packages work (and, occasionally, don’t work)[Felder and

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anthony Hotchkiss; Slade Gellin

, 1997.Biographical DataSLADE GELLIN received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1977. Since that time he has spent his career inboth industry and academia developing engineering software. He is currently an assistant professor of mechanicalengineering technology.ANTHONY HOTCHKISS received his Ph.D. from Southampton University, England in 1977. He has worked inthe aerospace and computer industries before entering academia in 1987. He has more than 100 publications inCAD/CAM/CAE, and is currently a professor of industrial technology at Buffalo State College. Page 8.55.8 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Silverstein

demonstrating the relevance of their science and math education to futurecareers. The prizes they earn by correctly answering questions give them a taste of the materialrewards that may be earned though an engineering career. Above all, this activity ensures thatparticipants have a good time as they are exposed to engineering concepts a direct andentertaining way. The student and faculty involvement in the development of the software usedin this outreach, the forums in which it has been used, and the responses of participants aredescribed. Applications of the software in chemical engineering courses are considered.Different modes of question writing are also discussed, including application of the lower levelsof Bloom’s Taxonomy.I. IntroductionOne of

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Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

great benefit for applied disciplines and technologies suchas Geomatics. The Adjunct faculty member of Geomatics in our department is in continuouscontact with providers of equipment and services in the field. These providers are interested inpresenting their products to students. Figure 4 shows the representative of a manufacturer ofrobotic equipment used in Geomatics explaining the characteristics and operation of the robots toone of the many women students in Structural Analysis and Design.Adjunct faculty teaching engineering technology at the University of Houston-Downtown areprofessional engineers successful in their careers and willing to share with students professionalexperiences accumulated over many years of practice. Most students at

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Albert McHenry; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

arevery different; they are computer literate, mature, and prefer to integrate their studieswith work and family to achieve their career goals.Today, almost every higher education institution is engaged in educational programcontent delivery over the web at some level. However, the survey conducted for thispaper only includes those institutions that are engaged in distance delivery of laboratorycourses (Table 1). Table 1 Institution Course MIT Microelectronics WebLab. Rochester Institute of Technology On-campus laboratory. University of North Texas Circuits laboratory accessible by