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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerald Vogel; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

Taxonomy.Hands-on activities often provide good learning experiences. Small design projects that requirestudents to develop a design solution in a given time using a limited number of commonmaterials and tools offers many opportunities to promote higher order learning and divergentthinking. Such projects can be implemented into a class period. Students my be encouraged towork in design teams to promote the exchange of ideas and experiences, interaction, andcommunication. These projects have been used successfully with students as young aselementary school15. Successful implementation requires the educator to be alert to opportunitiesfor follow-up questions and discussions that provoke thought and reflection. These are oftensituation-specific. Probing

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Winston Conway Link; Carlos G. Spaht II

studies, preferably in mathematics, science, or engineering. Becausethe measure of under representation of minorities in a particular field is in direct proportion to theamount of mathematics contained in the field (see paragraph 2 of II), LaPREP emphasizes thedevelopment of abstract reasoning, problem solving, and technical writing skills, primarily throughmathematics enrichment courses and seminars. Class assignments, laboratory projects, andscheduled examinations are included in the program.Other aspects include field trips to local industries, lecturers speaking on science and engineeringopportunities, drug and violence prevention activities, well-known minority speakers, and ACTpreparation.Program faculty includes college, high school and

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2000 Annual Conference

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Kenneth D. West; Craig W. Smith

looking for funding of faculty time for course development. Our five persongroup was too large and diverse and so was the scope of our project. Moreover, our lack ofexperience was poorly disguised and NSF rejected our bid.Fortunately, several months went by before the rejection arrived. This was enough time to pressthe President for the money to purchase the workstation. In our proposal, we had bragged aboutthe generosity of our administration funding an experimental workstation to prepare us forcourse reform even before NSF funding arrived. When the President tried to back away from hisoffer, we asked “What would the folks at NSF think?” We got our workstation

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh M. Sbenaty; Claudia House

teams from five colleges across Tennessee. Each teamincludes multi-disciplinary faculties, industry partners, university partners, and high school tech-prep teachers. The unique partnership with the industry along with the rigorous training ofSEATEC participating faculty have produced work-based case-study models that areinterdisciplinary, multi-media enhanced, open-ended, and use active and collaborative learning.The current paper provides a brief account of the various curriculum development activitiesthroughout the SEATEC project. A sample multi-media enhanced case is also provided.I. IntroductionThe fast introduction of new technology in the workplace has greatly affected the daily operationof most industrial institutions. Automation

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Scott; J. Elaine Seat; J. Roger Parsons

practical sensing types and theoretical intuitive types. Shepoints out that the domination of thinking types in the profession could lead to the neglect of thehuman side of projects, an undervaluing of the opinions of the “feelers” on the work team, and alack of emphasis on explaining and selling projects to the public, because “the logic speaks foritself.” She points out that intuitive students have an advantage over sensing students onstandardized aptitude tests commonly used for college admissions, and this extends to all timedtests that are conceptual or symbolic in nature. Intuitives experience learning as rapid leaps ofinsight, while sensors emphasize thoroughness of understanding, and work in a slower, morelinear fashion. An important

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2001 Annual Conference

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Sallie Townsend; Natalie Segal

parts to understand its organizational structureSynthesis Putting parts together to create a new wholeEvaluation Judging the value of material based on definite criteria Source: Designing and Managing MCQs: Appendix C: MCQs and Bloom’s Taxonomy.www.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqappc.html. 12/05/2000 Two points to remember here. One: we can’t expect our students to master all ofthese steps at once. As Wankat and Oreovicz point out in Teaching Engineering, movingfrom novice to master in any set of skills requires

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hedrick

presented in the freshman engineering course was that ofproblem solving. Students prefer to study problem-solving concepts in the context of a practicalapplication. For this reason, in part of the course (the design studio) students learned aboutengineering principles by applying them to solving the problem of implementing a series ofdesigns, culminating in a large team-oriented design project. Each year we change the finaldesign task to prevent students from usurping a solution from the previous year. In the fall of2000, students designed a machine to dump/shoot ping-pong balls through a small hoop. To addinterest to the project student teams competed by pitting their machine against each other to seewho could place the most balls through the hoop

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ET Interdisciplinary Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

P. James Moser; Biswajit Ray

per TC2K guidelines are incorporated in the curriculum design.A capstone design experience is not built into the curriculum; however, 14-months of full-timeco-op experience and upper level design-oriented courses will most likely suffice the intent ofthis requirement. The project management techniques, statistics/probability, transform methods,and applied differential equations are part of the curriculum satisfying the TC2K requirements.A pre-accreditation visit is in the plan for Spring-2006. Faculty members dedicated to the EEETprogram will receive training on ABET accreditation process through participation in ABET andASEE sponsored seminars. A couple of schools with accredited programs under TC2K criteria

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Subhash Sarin; Louis Guido; James Heflin; Robert Hendricks

of the word). We describe a unique and innovative curriculum that solves anumber of difficult problems. It: • develops a process to expose large numbers of students to the excitement of microelectronics as a career very early in their undergraduate education; • provides a clear educational pathway for students who start their education in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS); • provides and opportunity for those so inclined to obtain a superior education in the field through a university option in microelectronics; • improves on the standard course-based undergraduate education by providing team-based research projects; and • encourages the best of our students to continue

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Eckerman; Robert Hendricks

waferprocesses, tests performed on wafers, cleanroom supplies and materials, and cleanroomperformance. Additionally it was desired to create a system that was easily scalable to anycleanroom environment and easy to use and configure for future projects. What follows is adescription of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that was created. Thegoals of the LIMS were achieved by using such technologies as network-aware testing andmonitoring equipment, barcode scanners, and distributed relational databases, all coupledthrough a TCP/IP intranet, and web reporting technologies to provide access to data fromlocations outside the lab using a standard World Wide Web (WWW) browser. Because theUniversity has adopted Microsoft Office 2000 as its

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Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

, skills, and tools in engineering practice2.2 BOK IThe first committee on the BOK took a futuristic approach on infrastructure andenvironmental needs to develop a list of outcomes to elevate the depth and breadth ofknowledge, skills, and attitudes required of civil engineers desiring licensure. The firsteleven outcomes directly related to ABET’s eleven outcomes (3a-k). The twelfthoutcome called for “an ability to apply knowledge in a specialized area related to civilengineering.”1 Quickly all realized that this could not occur at the bachelor’s level. Theadditional outcomes were: • “an understanding of the elements of project management, construction, and asset management;” • “an understanding of business and public policy and

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Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles E. Baukal, John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L. Price, University of Tulsa; John E. Matsson, Oral Roberts University; Wes Bussman, John Zink Co. LLC.; Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College

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College Industry Partnerships

several universities and is a member of Kappa Mu Epsilon Mathematical Society and Sigma Xi Research Society.Sarah M. Olson, Northern Oklahoma College Ms. Olson received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University in 1998 and is completing her Masters in Adult Education at Colorado State University (May 2011). She worked with ConocoPhillips as a project and area engineer and as a distillation consultant until 2009. She currently serves full time as a faculty member teaching math and science courses and as Director of the Process Technology degree program at Northern Oklahoma College. Page

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary E. Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Tyler J. Evans, Humboldt State University

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Minorities in Engineering

S-STEM funding has influenced educational practices in the ERE department.The lessons learned from SLS program have informed the ERE department Diversity andRetention Plan required by the new university accreditation process, whose purpose is to increaseretention of diverse students in all majors. One part of the plan that was informed by the SLSproject is the implementation of a peer mentoring program for first year engineering (ERE)students. The peer mentoring program was started due to the SLS project outcomes thatindicated the importance of peer mentoring. Assessment of the new peer mentoring program isnot yet complete. In addition, based on outcomes from the SLS project, the ERE department isencouraging the university to implement

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mrinal C. Saha, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Bipul Barua, University of Oklahoma; Christof Heisser, MAGMA Foundry Technologies, Inc.; Shaiful M. Arif, University of Oklahoma

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NSF Grantees

graduates ill-prepared forthe professional career [8]. An instructional media that is more effective and engaging must needfor students’ learning complex engineering concepts. It has been proven that learning through amedium that combines course materials with interactive visualization can be powerful tool forengineering education.It has been found through NSF funded projects that students learn the best when (i) presentedwith organized information that relates in some way to their own experiences, and (ii) they aregiven the opportunity to test themselves on their own understanding and to work to develop theirunderstanding with other students [9]. High school or undergraduate students in the 21st centurygrow up in an era where interactive role

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Nur Ozge Ozaltin, University of Pittsburgh; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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NSF Grantees

U.S.economy.The purpose of this Phase 2 CCLI research project is to understand how institutional, instruc-tional and student variables influence student learning of technology-focused entrepreneurship.In order to enhance future engineers‟ abilities to incorporate entrepreneurship in their work, weneed to better understand: (1) how entrepreneurship is taught within engineering schools, and (2)how the different pedagogical environments increase students‟ learning of entrepreneurship.This paper addresses the first overarching objective. Specifically, we have conducted a nation-wide study to determine the status of entrepreneurship education in engineering schools acrossthe U.S., and using this information, map and identify similar types of approaches and

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BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve R Marek, University of Texas, Austin; William Liechty, University of Texas, Austin; James W. Tunnell, University of Texas, Austin

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Biomedical

design paradigm ● Hands-on and problem-based learning ● Development of team-building skills ● Recognition of creativity in engineering designThe drug-delivery module is the first of three sections in this new course, which leads thefreshmen students through several aspects of design in the biomedical engineering field, andexposes them to all three tracks in The University of Texas at Austin BME department. Sincethis module is the first in the series, it has the most rigorous (i.e. least open-ended) project Page 25.345.3guidelines. The students are introduced to the concept of engineering design, but in a directedmanner. Unlike the later

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Laboratory Development in ECE I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae-do Park, University of Colorado, Denver

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Electrical and Computer

implementation of the instructional electric machine laboratory is describedin this paper. The objectives of this project are to upgrade 50-year old laboratory equipmentand to provide students with hands-on experience on up-to-date electric machines, drives andinstruments, as well as to improve their understanding of the theory learned from lectures.Instead of the systems especially designed for educational purpose, off-the-shelf industrialdevices have been selected for the experiments to make them more realistic and thus closer towork situations, as well as more cost effective. Experiments, hardware components,instruments and student feedback about the laboratory course offered are presented.1. IntroductionThe importance of power engineering education

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Understanding Our Students II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy S. Van Arsdale, University of California, Riverside; Thomas Stahovich, University of California, Riverside

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Educational Research and Methods

Department at the University of California, Riverside. Page 25.478.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Does Neatness Count? What the Organization of Student Work Says About UnderstandingAbstractStudents have long been taught that neatness counts. But does it? In this project, we seek tounderstand how the organization of a student’s solution to a problem relates to the correctness ofthe work. Understanding this relationship will enable us to create software to provide earlywarnings to students who may be struggling in a course. In this study, students in

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Energy, the Environment, and Nano Technology

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky; Yang-Tse Cheng, University of Kentucky; Donald G. Colliver P.E., University of Kentucky; Aaron Cramer, University of Kentucky; Paul A. Dolloff, University of Kentucky; Bob Gregory, University of Kentucky; John George Groppo Jr., University of Kentucky; Yuan Liao, University of Kentucky; Stephen M. Lipka, University of Kentucky; Jim Neathery, Unversity of Kentucky; Johne M. Parker, University of Kentucky; Vijay Singh, University of Kentucky; Joseph Sottile, University of Kentucky; Timothy R.B. Taylor P.E., University of Kentucky; Rodney Andrews, University of Kentucky

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

communicate in both directions, providing the institute with information from their home departments about potential problems, as well assisting the institute in seeking solutions to problems that can work for all parties. It's important that the representatives are self-chosen and thus motivated to put in the time and effort needed to launch such a project. The current leadership team (which corresponds to the coauthors of this paper) came together based on a shared commitment to power and energy education, and began working together as participants on the grant proposal. A challenge for the future will be to determine how to maintain an effective core leadership team, as additional faculty outside the initial team become interested

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New Trends in ECE Education II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

. Page 25.89.2A primary goal of this research is to develop a model for widespread use of portable laboratoriesthroughout the curriculum as a way of enhancing lecture-based courses. This approach has thepotential to have extensive impact on student learning and mitigate the challenges and resistancefaced by other engineering education reforms. The limited development required forincorporating hands-on experimental platforms for engineering students to use in the classroomor to take home shows promise towards reaching a realistic modification of lecture-onlyengineering courses6-11. The Finite State Machine Module described in this paper is one of the modules developed aspart of a project funded by the NSF CCLI program to develop labs

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What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

a meaningful job while going to school and testing degree interests in real-world situations. Co-op students frequently qualify for higher starting salaries after graduation because of their experience. Many organizations participate in the co-op program to develop future employees, offering permanent positions to numerous former co-op students after graduation. Fellowships are typically a merit-based scholarship, or form of academic financial aid. They may provide students and scholars with support to pursue independent or guided research projects of value to the granting agency.Rational for a Graduation RequirementNetworkingOne of the most powerful networking tools available for engineering

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Learning and Assessment I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, Page 25.104.8a project report etc. This approach is consistent with the notion of direct assessment andleverages the fact that the instructor is going to evaluate the chosen component irrespective ofthe assessment need, since it contributes to the course grade. The instructor is also asked to set acriteria that reflects the demonstration of the particular outcome. For example an instructor,having chosen a homework on uncertainty analysis as the activity to reflect ability to applyknowledge of mathematics and engineering, may set the criteria for attainment as a 75% score onthe HW. This criteria is instructor dependent since instructors are in best position to judge thedifficulty level of the problem. Finally the instructor simply reports the

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Outreach, Engagement, and Undergraduate Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Barrett, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanical Engineering

take up to four coursesincluding this one. All of the students in the program also participate in an industry project ledby an engineer from a local corporation. One major limitation is that there will only be about 16hours of instruction time for this course.ContentCurricular PrioritiesWiggins and McTighe (1998) discuss three facets of understanding to help learners graspmaterial. The first is enduring understanding and these are the big ideas that the learners shouldbe able to understand even if they have forgotten the course details. The second is important to Page 25.115.2know and this is important knowledge and skills that is considered

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Spatial Visualization

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; AJ Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma L. Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

about orthographic projection. Studentsurveys and classroom observations were recorded by the teachers.High levels of student motivation were observed during both phases and the studentsevidenced a clear understanding of the picture plane and its relationship with perspectivedrawings. The paper also reports that a number of ergonomic improvements which weremade to the sketching equipment (subsequent to ‘Phase One’) were beneficial and that theseenabled more controlled and reflective exploration of complex geometries. The manner inwhich students completed the activity during both phases of the study varied. Some studentsperformed the exercise in a slow, controlled and reflective manner, resulting in sketcheswhich were precise, with significant

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Outreach, Engagement, and Undergraduate Research

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew A. Carr, U.S. Naval Academy; Jim Cowart, U.S. Naval Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

this project was to develop anunderstanding of how the original engines worked. This paper provides authentic design andoperating data collected from historical documents for an actual Newcomen engine andillustrates the thermo-fluids analyses of this reverse-engineering portion of the design project.Today’s students should be aware of significant historical developments as part of theirengineering education. The types of analyses included in this paper allow for relatively easyintegration into existing thermo-fluids courses and, at the same time, allow for development ofan appreciation for the history of steam engineering and its contribution to the engineeringprofession.introductionThe year 2012 marks the tercentenary of a significant

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Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University; Jennifer T. Edwards, Tarleton State University

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Environmental Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Summer Merit Camp and Environmental Communication Week: Targeted Approaches to Environmental Engineering EducationAbstract:This paper discusses the effectiveness of two targeted approaches, a three-week paid summercamp for high school junior and senior students selected based upon proficiency in high schoolmath and science classes and teacher recommendations and an environmental communicationweek targeted toward general university students, in promoting environmental education ispresented. The environmental communication week was a cross-collaborative environmentaleducation project involving lectures from experts in related fields and interactive activitieshighlighting the importance of green

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Chang Yan, College of New Jersey; Lisa Grega, College of New Jersey; Suriza VanderSandt, College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, College of New Jersey; Elizabeth Borland, College of New Jersey; Karen Elizabeth Clark, College of New Jersey; Amanda Norvell, College of New Jersey

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Women in Engineering

years agoand can thus make more detailed analysis of faculty accomplishments according to gender,discipline, and length of service.Qualitative Interviews Research for the Gender Equity Interview Project was carried out in Fall 2010 and ananalysis of the data was performed in Spring 2010 to identify policies and practices that produceand reproduce gender inequality. All of the female professors and a comparable number of malefull professors from NSF-supported disciplines were asked to participate in interviews abouttheir career histories, with particular attention to the process of promotion to full professor (seeTable 1 for sample information). All of the female associate professors eligible to apply forpromotion and a comparable group

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Zmich; Thomas Wolff

of a big university.” The Department of Residence Life at MSU hadalready developed much experience and expertise in the residential and social side of suchprograms.During the 1992-93 academic year, the Department of Residence Life and the Colleges of NaturalScience and Agriculture & Natural Resources joined the project. Students were invited toparticipate on a first-come first-served basis and 142 began the program in Fall 1993. Engineeringand Natural Science students were required to enroll in the ROSES seminar, at that time a singlelarge lecture, and five of the Agriculture & Natural Resources students elected to enroll. Studentsattended a study skills or engineering/science related lecture each week, as well as an

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2001 Annual Conference

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Raul Ordonez; Hong Zhang; Ravi Ramachandran; Stephanie Farrell

P r o c e s s V a r ia b le S e tp o in t 17 15 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 T im e ( s ) Figure 13: Effect of integral gain on the process variableSummary This NSF-funded project is progressing well at Rowan. We have describedmultidisciplinary

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2001 Annual Conference

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Eugene Russell

project completed under supervision.” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Education Page 6.1071.1The off-campus Civil Engineering program was initiated in the late 1970’s by faculty teaching evening courses inTopeka and Salina. This led to a program in Topeka in the 1980’s, administered jointly by KSU and the Universityof Kansas (KU). Courses were cross listed and students could get graduate credit at either KSU or KU. Since thegreatest demand were Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT