Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

. WEP and EOE will leverage several of the existing programs they offer toinform pre-college students about engineering careers and attract women and minorities to UT’sCollege of Engineering. Programs such as Girl Day, Un Sabado Gigante, Minority Introductionto Engineering (MITE), World of Engineering, Consider Every Option, and Your Opportunitiesare Unlimited (YOU@UT) give students the opportunity to interact with industry representativesand engineering faculty and students. WEP and EOE report that students from the target schoolshave participated minimally in these programs in the past. The additional AIM funding allowsWEP and EOE to direct a concerted recruiting effort toward the target schools. The extra fundingwill also be used to provide

Conference Session

CE Body of Knowledge

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Knox; K. Muraleetharan; G. Miller; D. Sabatini; Randall Kolar

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationachieved excellence in engineering education.Selected Educational Awards to Members of the Project Team: • 3 NSF CAREER Awards (integrating research and education) • ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Fred Merryfield Design Award • 3 ASEE Dow Outstanding New Faculty Awards • NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) Design in Education Award • 6 OU teaching and research awardsRegional Awards: • Oklahoma Regents Instructional Technology Excellence Award (1999) • Oklahoma Williams Faculty Innovator Award (2000)Other Project

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ming-Sung Koh; Mick Brzoska; William Loendorf

provide appropriate technologies, such as wireless Internet access, a high-tech classroom, and a computer lab. On-site support and programming will include a dedicated Academic Advisor/Career Counselor, tutors and cluster classes, where students from all over campus can come to take classes. Housing Scholarships will be offered to students who demonstrate academic potential and financial need.The ETMD Departmental level activities include: • Identifying industry mentors and establishing culturally relevant internships for underrepresented students (i.e., minority owned businesses, businesses located in the student’s home community, etc.); • Expanding traditional recruitment activities such as site visits

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry; James Farison

littledifference but realize others outside think there is” and “similar to other programs” to “findprogram challenging and rigorous in comparison to others” and “students remain attracted byinterdisciplinary approach.”A9c). Respondents reported that alumni views of the program ranged from “see little differenceand liked the degree they received” and “positive” to “passionately in favor of the general natureof the program” and “strongly believe program gives them an advantage in their career.”A9d). Respondents reported that employers’ views of the program ranged from “prefertraditional degrees but see little difference with our grads” “generally favorable” to “employersreturn to hire more of our grads, appreciate their skills” and “with gratitude for a

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Blat

students may stay in the program their entire academic career. Most otherretention programs typically invite or require students to participate during their first year only.Third, the program was developed with significant input from students and is still operated,assessed, and continuously improved by students with faculty oversight. This approach hasproven to have other benefits besides optimizing use of resources. Students involved in theprogram have assumed ownership for its success. They also have the opportunity to developnon-technical skills highly valued by employers, such as leadership, project management,communication, and teamwork skills. Fourth, the program recognizes and addresses criticaltransition stages experienced by students

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

indicative of their knowledge and skills. Current digitaltechnologies enable the storage and presentation of such materials in an easy to createand easy to access format. At the University of Texas at Austin, we are developing aweb-based tool for undergraduate engineering students that provides an environment forthem to display and reflect on their engineering accomplishments. The electronicportfolio system (http://pf.engr.utexas.edu) is now available to all students in the Collegeas a result of three years of development. While we are confident that the portfolio system will enrich our students’university experiences and prepare them for a career in engineering, we have faced anumber of challenges that we would like to share in this paper

Conference Session

Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Felder

career. At you will find links topapers that provide extensive information on the Felder-Silverman model, includingcharacteristics of students with different styles, teaching methods that address each style,suggestions for achieving the desired balance, and an on-line instrument to assess preferences oneach of the four dimensions of the model. Other papers on the same site provide information onother learning style models and cite references to their applications to engineering education.Active LearningDuring a traditional lecture, the only one who is active is the lecturer—talking, writing on theboard, showing transparencies, asking questions and often supplying the answers when there isno response from the class. The students are

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Bruno; Alistair Greig; Robert Mayer; Jennifer Waters

Shipbuilding.The mission of ACCeSS is establishing an international design environment where thedisciplines associated with hull, machinery, weapon and control system design can be broughttogether within the context of the total ship system design, thereby facilitating the creativeknowledge development, educational changes and discipline integration required for trueinnovation. Secondly, ACCeSS seeks to utilise this unique education and research environmentin the recruiting, training and long-term career development of the best and brightest youngengineers in the US (and UK). The latter initiative is expected to contribute to countering thecontinued downward trend in recruitment and retention in the marine industry being experiencedin both countries.1.1

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Cupp; Paolo Moore; Norman Fortenberry

the “Other” category do not fit strictlywithin the Boyer model but are still potentially valuable sources of improvement. For example,Chickering’s recommendation 55to “Advise students about career opportunities in theirmajor/field of study” is not describing an innovative application of knowledge, the developmentof new knowledge, the synthesis of different strands of knowledge, or teaching new knowledge;however, it may be categorized in our remaining dimensions as “Encouraging faculty-studentcontact” for the purpose of “changing the environment,” with the intended goal of enhancingcommunity.3. Category: PurposeThree major categories divide the practices into their purposes: improving teaching, redesigningcourses, and changing learning

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

+0.8One surprising result of the evaluation questions at the end of the report were the popularity oftechnical report projects in the course. A large number of students reported that the courserelated directly to their major and their career goals because they predicted that they would haveto engage in a great deal of communication in their careers. A sizeable number also mentionedthat what they learned from the course was that engineers needed to write much more than theyhad ever imagined, and they did not know that there were so many different kinds of technicalcommunication. Clearly, one of the aspects of the course elucidated by this survey was the extentto which we can be perceived to be a valuable part of their education. As students who

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jalkio; Christopher Greene

Vocabulary of Basic and General Terms, 2nd edition,ISO Switzerland, 1993CHRISTOPHER S. GREENEChris Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on adaptive control and navigationsystems before becoming Program Manager for several large aerospace programs. At Horton and Nexen, he. wasresponsible for the development of industrial control products. In 2002, Dr. Greene joined the engineeringdepartment at the University of St. Thomas where he currently teaches classes in signals and systems, controls anddigital design.JEFFREY A. JALKIOJeff Jalkio received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

2004-730 Optimizing Student Learning in a BME Capstone Design Course Sequence Richard J. Jendrucko Jack F. Wasserman Biomedical Engineering Program The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleIntroductionThe undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME) program at the University ofTennessee, Knoxville (UTK) was initiated in the fall of 2000. The 136 semester-hourcurriculum was designed to prepare students for a variety of careers and to meet ABETaccreditation requirements. Among the most prominent of the ABET requirements is thatthe curriculum include a capstone

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Parent

Using open-ended design projects in an open lab to teach lifelong learning skills in an IC design course D. W. Parent EE Department, San Jose State University, San Jose CA 95192-0084, email dparent@email.sjsu.edu, PH 408.924.3863, FX 408.924.3925The ABET criterion, recognition for and the ability to engage in life-long learning, is one of themost important, given that we as engineering educators can not teach every concept that studentswill encounter over the span of a 20-40 year career as an engineer. We believe that one methodto teach and verify this critical skill in the area of Integrated Circuit (IC) design, is to have thestudents learn

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Batta; Ron Zuckerman

Engenius Solutions: Creating an Entrepreneurial Revolution at RHITAndrew Batta, Aaron Capizzi, Jonathon Fruchte, Ron Zuckerman, and Dan Moore1 Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate engineering is changing at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology throughEngenius Solutions. Funded by a grant from the Lilly Foundation, Engenius Solutionsallocates financial and intellectual resources in an effort to help undergraduate engineersthink like entrepreneurs as well as engineers in their careers. Project ideas are solicitedfrom students, faculty, staff and the general public for evaluation by Engenius Solutions.Those ideas that meet the specific criteria establish by Engenius Solutions are

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar

of Engineering Educationtypes, and special features which can only be determined by working through thedrawings. The third goal is to teach AutoCAD. “Do you know AutoCAD?” is still the mostcommon question students are asked during job interviews. By learning it during thesophomore year, it becomes a tool that they can use throughout their college career. The course was developed to fit into the curriculum between Surveying in the Fallof sophomore year and the breadth of CE courses at the junior years. Because it usesland descriptions and legal documentation, Surveying is a prerequisite course. It alsofunctionally limits the class to Civil Engineering students. The course also has a co-requisite of Mechanics of Materials to ensure

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mousa Gargari

the reviewers for their constructive suggestions. Biographical Information Dr. Mousa Tabatabai Gargari received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from University of Tabriz, Iran in 1967, and his Master’s degree in Structures from University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois in 1976. After twenty years of engineering career in construction and design of heavy industrial projects he pursued his education towards a Ph.D. in Building Engineering “Behavior Modification of Space Trusses” in Concordia University, Montreal Canada. Dr. Gargari is a registered professional Engineer in Ohio and Quebec, specializing in design and consulting in material handling structures; racks and mezzanines as well as computer aided

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Myszka

CAD are usually the first phase inpreparing students for careers in mechanical design. After surveying on-line materialsfrom several institutions, the objectives for an introductory course are strikingly similar.The courses outlines all contain statements about introducing the student to establishedstandards of design documentation through technical drawings. Additionally, manycourses include a phrase about familiarizing the student with machine components.The topics presented in virtually every introductory technical drawing and CAD courseincludes: • Geometric constructions: ability to use graphical methods to solve analytical geometry problems. • Orthographic projection: ability to draw an object at 900 intervals to

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

limitations and the ability to manage the process. The use of calculation softwarefacilitates this process and allows students to produce more robust designs. This paper outlinesthe advantages of employing industry-standard calculation software within undergraduatecurricula on mechanical design.Author’s BackgroundThe author of this paper is a professor emeritus of engineering technology at the University ofDayton in Dayton, Ohio. He started his academic career in 1966 teaching a variety of courses inthe Mechanical Engineering Technology program and he continues to teach to this day. Besidesthe course in Design of Machine Elements, he has taught most of the major courses in theprogram and has contributed to the development of the curriculum and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Lozano

and moreseasoned engineering educators are being increasingly asked to produce as the building block of theirprofessional careers. New Engineering Educators need to incorporate a strong Teaching Philosophy aspart of their promotion and tenure dossiers, while more experienced educators will use it for advancementand promotion. In both cases, a clear and meaningful Teaching Philosophy is a critical point at the time ofbeing considered for employment at another institution.This paper addresses the author’s visions and experiences in the development of a Teaching Philosophythat conveys his own personal visions of the University and Department while gives the audience aframework to develop their own. There are four main critical points that

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Hutchinson; Larry Erickson; David Steward; Lakshmi Reddi; Alok Bhandari

Engineering Certificate program has also been developed at KSU topromote interdisciplinary education in geoenvironmental engineering. The educational objectivesof the certificate program include (i) preparing graduates for careers related to geoenvironmentalengineering; (ii) promoting interdisciplinary educational experiences in geoenvironmentalengineering; and (iii) enhancing interactions among faculty and students in allied science andengineering disciplines related to geoenvironmental engineering. The certificate program will beadministered and coordinated by the civil engineering department and the geoenvironmentalengineering faculty will review the certificate program periodically. Faculty members withteaching and research interests in

Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Trippe

Online Campus. Prior to his teaching career, Dr. Trippe worked for 33 years as an engineer andmanager in the defense industry.Rochester Institute of TechnologyElectrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department78 Lomb Memorial DriveRochester, New York 14623Email address: aptiee@rit.eduWeb Site: www.rit.edu/~aptieePhone : (585) 475-6537 Page 9.860.7 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

-year period of the grant. These topics have been confirmed by industryinput and agreement via the Emerging Electronics Curriculum Task Force (EECTF).However, a complete list of topics and requests for potential new topics is now under wayto provide a more conclusive and better validated topic list. Electronics experts(especially those with current industry experience) are encouraged to visit the web site,review modules under development, and complete the new survey (link provided on theopening page) at www.work-readyelectronics.org • Switching power supplies (regulators, DC-DC converters, inverters and UPS). • Switching amplifiers (class D, E and F) • Introduction to the electronic industry, jobs and careers. • Difference between

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Inside the Class

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Visco

the first homework assignment, the same of the student. [4]Such an approach, right from the beginning, demonstrates in a clear way that the instructor wantsto know more about the student. While most students will give back what is asked for in oneparagraph, several students take this as an opportunity to reflect on their life and career choice (infive pages!). As an additional benefit, the instructor can determine from reading the biographieswhether or not some situations exist in a student’s life that can affect their performance in class(single parent, disability, off-campus job, etc.)2. Have the students pick up the first exam or first quiz by coming to your office.There are certain students, no matter how much you beg them about

Conference Session

Maintaining the Engineering Workforce

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

appeal to many who arethinking of a chief engineer career but are not yet ready to take the whole certificate.Similarly, the individual course modules that form the bulk of the certificate can be takenin any order or simply as single modules within a different training program. The first Page 9.1246.6complete delivery of the whole certificate has been scheduled throughout 2004. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe approach taken to create this certificate has demonstrated the robustness of the 9

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

described in the following sections.Learning-Outcome Based Course RestructuringThe learning outcome of each course is solid understanding of fundamentals in a way that makesthem relevant to current industrial practices and prepares students for a lifelong learningincluding graduate studies for a research-oriented career. In addition, we recognized that mostinterested undergraduate students take only one course in each of these areas. Perhaps, theyshould take only one course, thus allowing them to attend courses in complimentary fields suchas digital control, applications of digital signal processors, and so on to receive a broadereducation.In light of these objectives and constraints, we decided to offer only one course in each field atthe

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationRUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. He has had a long career in education: faculty member atMIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University ofMassachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware.BETHANY S. OBERST is James Madison Distinguished Professor at James Madison University inVirginia. She has served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and as Executive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

work in the medical device industry or in service organizations can be exposed to awide range of career options before graduation.WorkshopsOne or more BME workshops are presented annually at LeTourneau University for students inthe concentration. These presentations are also open to other students, faculty, and the localmedical community. Experts from various disciplines related to BME present material used tosupplement the formal educational component of the program. Junior and senior level studentsparticipate in these workshops and complete additional assignments based on the material.Participation in at least two workshops is required for graduation.Generally, visiting scholars come from collaborating institutions which provide

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Mills; William Cleghorn

, American Society for Engineering Education”With an MMO funded project with industry, students in their final year can potentially achieve significantbenefits from real-life engineering experiences to enhance their experience, better preparing them for theirfuture careers. Additionally, in support of MMO Connections Program, the many industries, both small andlarge, have engineering problems which require solution within the time frame of a thesis project, therebyproviding both practical and useful training problems. The authors have been coordinators of this important program at the University of Toronto since itsinception in 1990. Over 150 students have participated at the University of Toronto. This representsapproximately 15 percent of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leotis Parrish; Devdas Pai

well as successful test-taking and situation-handlingtechniques. Our results have been very encouraging, and an unexpected additional benefitobserved is the increased confidence of SI leaders in their own knowledge and communicationsskills and an increased interest in exploring academia as a career option. Page 9.110.2Results Figures 1 and 2 provide the ethnic and gender breakdown of the 10 course sectionsserved by the program in the Fall 2002 semester. Ethnic minorities constitute a minimum of 80%of the classes and women a minimum of 20% of the classes. Table 1 and Figure 3 show thequantitative impact of the program on student