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Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Denise Driscoll ; Klod Kokini; Linda Katehi; Jeff Wright; Carolyn Percifield

. Page 8.85.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”6 Ipsaro, A. J. (1997). White Men, Women, & Minorities in the Changing Work Force: Race, Sex, Power,Technology, Global Markets, Innovation. Denver, CO: Meridian Associates. BiographyDENISE M. DRISCOLL, PhD, is a social psychologist with 8 years of experience as a faculty member teachingand researching the processes involved in changing stereotypes and prejudice, as well as 6 years of experience asan administrator in the Diversity Resource Office directing projects, writing grants, and

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

National Science Foundation Grant No. 008079 fro the Division of UndergraduateEducation, The A. James Clark School of Engineering, the colleges of engineering at our partnerinstitutions: Howard University, Morgan State University, and the United States Naval Academy,and, lastly, the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of MarylandBibliography[1] Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), (2000) Engineering criteria 2000, Engineering Accreditation Commission, Baltimore, MD, 2000.[2] Colbeck, C.L. (2002) Evaluation of the National Science Foundation Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development Program BESTEAMS Project: Year One Report (unpublished report).[3] Colbeck, C. L. (2002) Assessing

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kena Burke; Paul Rainey

coordinator and student employees, works with faculty program representatives tocoordinate and support their assessment efforts. The EAC is committed to excellence in allaspects of assessment practices and processes, paying particular attention to accuracy andtimeliness. The EAC initiates and records quarterly forms for faculty and chairs and thusminimizes the impact upon program faculty and the staff in eight departmental offices. Aprimary purpose of the Engineering Assessment Office is to provide sustainability to theassessment process. The formation, funding, and daily activities of the Cal Poly EngineeringAssessment Office are discussed.IntroductionIn 1996, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted anaccreditation

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

Conference, Kansas City, MO, 18–21 October 2000.17. Mason, T. W., and F. C. Berry, “Assessing the outcomes of E-Teams for Engineers,” NCIIA 6 th Annual Meeting, 14–16 March 2002, Arlington, VA.SVEN G. BILÉN (BS Penn State, MSE and PhD Univ. of Michigan) is an Assistant Pr ofessor of EngineeringDesign and Electrical Engineering at Penn State. His educational research interests include developing techniquesfor enhancing engineering design education, teaching technological entrepreneurship, and global product design.He acts as faculty advisor for a number of student design projects, including the Flyin’ Lions and Get AwaySpecial payloads teams. He is member of IEEE, AIAA, AGU, ASEE, URSI, and Sigma Xi

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

Session 2268 Games as Teaching Tools in Engineering Mechanics Courses Timothy A. Philpot, Nancy Hubing, Richard H. Hall, Ralph E. Flori, David B. Oglesby, Vikas Yellamraju University of Missouri-RollaAbstractThe computer as a teaching medium affords new opportunities for creative instructional activities that are notpossible in the traditional lecture and textbook format. One such type of activity is the use of interactive games.Several games have been developed and implemented in the Statics and Mechanics of Materials courses at theUniversity

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Davis; David Socha; Valentin Razmov

Session 3475 Teaching Reflective Skills in an Engineering Course David Socha†§, Valentin Razmov§, Elizabeth Davis † Center for Urban Simulation and Policy Analysis § Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of WashingtonAbstractOne of the most effective tools for lifelong learning is the ability to reflect and learn fromexperience. Reflection helps to clarify our understanding of the world and to create newdistinctions and possibilities for the future. It is a way of

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Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kristin Wood; Daniel Jensen; Alan Dutson; Matthew Green

Engineering Design,” Proceedings of the ASEE Frontiers in Education conference, pp. D1.1-1.4, 1995.7. Linn, M. C., “Designing Computer Environments for Engineering and Computer Science: Scaffolded Knowledge Integration Framework,” Journal of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1995.Biographical InformationALAN DUTSON is an faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Brigham Young University -Idaho. He joined the department in 2002 after completing his Ph.D. in the Mechanical Engineering from theUniversity of Texas at Austin. His research interests include mechanical design and product development, with anemphasis on rapid prototyping. Alan has also conducted research on undergraduate capstone education.MATTHEW G

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A Focus on Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

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Juan Lucena

skills of engineers,engineering societies, and even large public infrastructure organizations like the CaliforniaDepartment of Transportation (Calstrans), have opened their engineering management ranks tonon-engineers. (Bellinger 1995; 1996)To compensate for shortages of engineers, RelianceIndustries Limited (RIL), India’s largest petrochemical and exporter (RIL produces 3% of India’sGDP), has made a pact with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) of Powai for the upgradingof skills of its non-engineering employees (1997). These two examples point to lack ofmanagement skills in engineers and shortage of engineers as reasons to incorporate non-engineersinto the ranks of engineering

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

Session 3547 Enhancing the pre-engineering curriculum – a multi-partner initiative Thomas M. Juliano1, Ronald H. Rockland 2, Joel S. Bloom 3, George Gonzalez4 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 596-5694, Fax: (973) 642-4184, thomas.juliano@njit.edu / 2 Associate Dean, Newark College of Engineering, and Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

once economical speculations seemsto be more powerful with more sharp actions world wide. Anyway, professionals and educatorsof every field of science and technology have been discussing the destiny of education in thecountry taking into account the historical moment of the world.Certainly some of these discussions have generated some practical actions at governmental levelas a response to the society that see itself as the most interested part in the issue. In Brazil inengineering and technological fields the situation is very delicate. Although the proliferation ofprivate universities all over the country expanding the number of 3rd grade students it does notassure the increase of students in engineering and technology areas. Looking through

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Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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Suzanne Keilson

constraints that go into suchdecision-making is crucial to an appreciation of the complex nature of the practice ofengineering.Technically literate citizens of the 21st century need to become more self-conscious of how theyuse and enjoy the fruits of engineering ingenuity (health, transportation, communications,agricultural systems). We live in a highly technological environment, much of which is oftenkept invisible to us, so that we forget how dependent we are on the smooth functioning of thosesystems and how vulnerable we are when they are disrupted. For example, when electricalpower is disrupted as the result of a severe storm, people often comment how that experiencealters their view of themselves in the world. There are positive and negative

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Belle Upadhyaya

2793 Web-based Development and Delivery of Course Material on Maintenance Engineering B.R. Upadhyaya, H Woo Nuclear Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleABSTRACTThe objective of this technology enhanced course material development is to createinstructional objects that are suitable for both synchronous presentation and for use as web-based modules for students accessing the material anytime and anywhere. This projecthas been undertaken as part of the effort by the College of Engineering at The Universityof Tennessee for enhancing the delivery of instructional

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ernest Goeres; Elisabeth Sanchez; Alejandro Lozano; Victor Mucino

Session No. _____ An International Industrial Outreach Program in Engineering Education: The Cultural Impact Elisabeth Sanchez1, Ernest Goeres2, Victor H. Mucino3/ Alejandro Lozano4 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV/ CONCyTEQ, Queretaro, Mexico ABSTRACTThere is more to engineering education than science and technology; there is more that is beyondthe textbooks, the classrooms and the laboratories; there is more that relates to the cultures of theprofessional worlds in which graduates aim to work. It relates to the gap between the competitiveprofessional world and

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Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Carolyn Hogan; Barbara Goldberg

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationelectronics and computer technology. Subsequently, mentors can demonstrate critical thinking intheir technical field and model technical thinking. Expanding the role of faculty mentors from aninitial welcoming and support function to one of direct involvement with students during the termstrengthens not only the mentors’connection to their mentees but also reinforces the importanceof critical thinking in students’ professional and personal lives.Faculty mentors initially meet with their COLL mentees during the first week of the term tointroduce themselves. Later, they visit their classes

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

Session 1526 Digital and Control Labs for a New Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum Karl D. Stephan and Vedaraman Sriraman Department of Technology Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666 Abstract: We present work in progress which describes the development or redesign oftwo courses in the manufacturing engineering curriculum which was founded at Southwest TexasState University in the fall of 2000. Digital electronics

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Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

), a joint degree offered between Lehigh’s College of Businessand Economics and our Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. The IBEcurriculum, supported in part by Lehigh’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) Program,features a multidisciplinary freshman projects workshop course, described in this paper, acapstone technology entrepreneurship experience, as well as special seminars or workshops eachsemester. IBE students can major in any of Lehigh’s business fields or in electrical engineering,civil engineering, computer technology, environmental engineering, industrial engineering,materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, or structural engineering, whiletaking a variety of courses in business, engineering and arts

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

study, we are attempting to strike a new and more effective balance.Resonating throughout the curriculum are the benefits of having an architectural program at an independent,comprehensive university that can provide educational programs in the liberal arts and professional disciplines forundergraduate and graduate students.IntroductionDeveloping our new Master of Architecture program and improving our existing Bachelor of Science inArchitectural Engineering Technology program creates an opportunity to view the programs as an entity.Additionally, we can begin to understand the importance of having a single, universally understood mission that isevident in every component of the school’s programs. Educators and students alike must recognize that

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Ranky

Session 3220 Interactive 3D Multimedia Cases for Engineering Education with Internet Support Paul G. RankyProfessor, The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,New Jersey Institute of Technology, MERC (Multi-lifecycle Engineering Research Center), Newark, NJ, 07102, USA. Email: ranky@njit.eduAbstractIn this paper we introduce the principles of our educational methods and solution, andexplain and demonstrate (during our presentation) a series of case-based learningmodules and eBooks that encourage reusable interactive multimedia development, objectand component

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Frank Peters; John Jackman; Sarah Ryan; Sigurdur Olafsson

An Active Learning Environment in an Integrated Industrial Engineering Curriculum Frank Peters, John Jackman, Sarah Ryan, Sigurdur Olafsson Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering fpeters@iastate.edu, jkj@iastate.edu, smryan@iastate.edu, olafsson@iastate.edu Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011AbstractWe are developing a new learning environment that supports a suite of interrelated modulesbased on real-world scenarios. The primary goals of the project are to integrate industrialengineering courses, improve students’ information technology skills, and enhance students’problem

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Contemporary Issues in Manufacturing Education

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Mary Jo Cartwright; Allie Knowlton; Donald Falkenburg

. As the number of people involved in thedevelopment of IT-based educational materials expands, the engineering education landscape hasbecome dotted with islands of innovation—isolated areas where IT-based materials are available.However, these materials are not available to a large number of users, thereby reducingopportunities for synergy, discourse, and exchange. The NSF-funded Greenfield Coalition hasdeveloped a technology strategy to facilitate an ability to re-purpose web-based learningactivities for a new context, enabling reuse and exchange. This paper describes Greenfield’sapproach to share learning activities, and describes a suite of material that is available from theCoalition website.A Unique Educational EnvironmentThe Greenfield

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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Malinda Zarske; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Jacquelyn Sullivan

Session 2530 A Collaborative Process for K-12 Engineering Curriculum Development Malinda R. Schaefer, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Janet L Yowell and Denise W. Carlson Integrated Teaching and Learning Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309-0522AbstractBringing engineering and technology curricula into the K-12 classroom as a vehicle for theintegration of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tricia Berry

Session 2793 WE@UT – A Residential Recruitment Program for Women in Engineering Tricia S. Berry The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Women in Engineering at The University of Texas (WE@UT) program, a two-day in-depthresidential program, is designed to increase participant knowledge and understanding ofengineering and technology through hands-on, technology-based team projects so well informedand solid educational and career decisions are made. The objectives of this program are (1) toencourage young women to explore engineering as a career

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Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

forengineers. At the moment it is not possible to predict the future of the discussions andexperiences in engineering education between both continents but there is no step back and theacademic midst has felt it. This is an ambitious project that although it is very difficult toaccomplish is at the same time so much necessary.1. IntroductionSouth America is in the “invisible Continent” (the Latin America) it has 13 Countries with deepdifferent colonization processes and that in many ways is also a huge economical market, bigenough not to be despised.It is a continent which historically the colonization of the Countries were very different and inthe same way the development of Science, Technology and Education. Added to that he different

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Turso; David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney

Session 2648 Development of a Mechanical Vibrations Course for Engineering Technologists Shannon K. Sweeney, David H. Johnson, James A. Turso School of Engineering and Engineering Technology Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractA senior-level, elective course in mechanical vibrations has recently been developed for theMechanical Engineering Technology program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Thecourse has many similarities to traditional vibrations courses offered in Mechanical Engineeringprograms across the country but it also

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Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

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Charles McIntyre

innovation use of space and provided state-of-the-art technologies that can be used byboth the students and the instructional staff. Traditional classrooms are usually configured forlecture-based instruction and are limited in their functionality for group work. The Division ofConstruction Management and Engineering (CME) at North Dakota State University (NDSU)has developed a reconfigurable multi-use classroom / laboratory that is the primary meeting spacefor most CME courses.The Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at North Dakota State University consistsof two divisions, the Division of Construction Management and Engineering and the Division ofCivil Engineering. The Construction Management and Engineering (CME) Division hasaccredited

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REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

Session 2309 Enriching the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs) in Biomedical Engineering Penny L. Hirsch1, Stephanie J. Bird2, Mark D’Avila3 1 Engineering Design and Communication, Northwestern University/ 2 Office of the Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ 3 Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and TechnologyAbstractResearchers in VaNTH--a National Science Foundation (NSF) consortium of schools with strongbioengineering departments, namely Vanderbilt

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kelvin Kirby

Session 2526 Establishing and Managing Multi-Disciplinary Research and Engineering at Small Universities Kelvin K. Kirby Electrical Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, Texas 77446-0397AbstractThe technological requirements of the 21st century will often be satisfied through the conceptof multi-disciplinary research. Multi-disciplinary research is often the impetus that movesscience, engineering and technology forward to facilitate system solutions. A commonapproach to

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Meredith Aronson; Marie Reyes; Jeff Goldberg

Development Center (VDC) at the University of Arizona committeditself to increasing retention of women students through improving the quality of educationalexperiences. Our approach was to develop programming and coursework for cohorts of womenengineering undergraduates. We focus on opportunities both within and outside the curriculumspanning the 4 undergraduate years: in building community during the freshman year, and inbuilding commitment to engineering by focusing on community projects during the sophomore,junior, and senior years. At this point, we have implemented our junior and senior programs. Thebasic process starts with a 1-day "innovation workshop" led by facilitators from the Institute forWomen and Technology. Next we have a 1-semester

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Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Ranky

Session 1309 A 3D Multimedia Approach to Biomedical Engineering: Low Back Analysis Paul G. RankyProfessor, The Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,New Jersey Institute of Technology, MERC (Multi-lifecycle Engineering Research Center), Newark, NJ, 07102, USA. Email: ranky@njit.eduIntroductionThe objective of this research was to adopt our 3D engineering case-based / problem-based teaching, learning and assessment methodology to biomedical engineering, andeven to medical science education, following our validated methodology, that enablesstudents to explore engineering, management

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Information Literacy

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Smith; Lawrence Whitman

necessary to achieve information literacy aswell as basic library instruction? What is the best method of teaching using this technology? Isthis effective with both native English speakers and non-native English speakers? Whatsupplemental tools or technology must be made available to enhance learning?Method: Research Writing The Engineering Research Writing course was randomly divided into two groups. Groupone was required to attend a live lecture in the library’s electronic classroom immediatelyfollowing their second class session. Group two was required to view the six lecture sessionsonline. Both groups were given identical packets of supplementary handouts including a libraryassignment. A pre-test was administered through Blackboard to