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Xueshu Song; Philip Pilcher; Charles Billman; Radha Balamuralikrishna

groundbreaking, proactive learning tool for thisprofession. Three modules addressing landing gear operation, turbine engine and aircraftstability comprises the aviation maintenance training on line system. We believe that thisnew learning system will address the needs of the aviation industry worldwide, and enable ashorter cycle time in training aircraft maintenance technicians thereby reducing overalltraining costs for the industry as a whole. Although our system is primarily designed toprepare professionals, it may also be used to advertise general engineering or aeronauticalengineering as a career choice for middle and high school students. As more and moreyoung people become computer literate early on in their lives, integrated media tools will

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cornerstone of engineering and is a common subject ofengineering education research [1]. How well do chemical engineering seniors, on thethreshold of their professional careers, “know” this key concept? How can engineeringeducation tell if students misunderstand the concept? These are the questions tackled bythis study.A basic premise of our work is that the concept “design” cannot be viewed in isolation.Research in cognitive psychology has well established that people learn by creating anetwork of meanings among concepts [2]. For example, a person who thinks of the word“dog,” might view that term in connection with terms relating to other domesticatedanimals, with memories about the family dog, with certain knowledge about the behaviorof dogs. These

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Sundar Krishnamurty; Robert Gao; John Ritter; Donald Fisher; Janis Terpenny

social responsibility.2) Interdisciplinary Education Assistive technology is an interdisciplinary field of great breadth. It encompasses electromechanical systems design, simulation, embedded computing, materials, human factors, and the understanding of assistive learning processes. Exposure of students to this broad field and contact with practicing industrial designers at an early stage in their career enhances their understanding of the importance of cross-discipline integration. This understanding is critical for today's engineers to face the challenges of the 21st century and provide better service to the society at large.3) Integration of Research and Education The capstone course sequence enhances the efforts of the

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Jerry Sellers; Douglas Bayley

Page 6.887.5 available an average of five hours per week. Unlike a normal university or“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Educators Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2001, American Society of Engineering Education” graduate school, cadets at the USAF Academy have 95% of their time scheduled for them, giving them very little flexibility to devote additional time to the program even if they want to. • 100% turn-over each year—The USAF Academy is an undergraduate institution only, thus each year we lose our seniors to their careers in the Air Force and can’t keep them around as graduate students to continue

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Kevin Murphy; Ismail Orabi

vibrations in manufacturing processes such as wireelectro-discharge machining (EDM). Dr. Murphy has been awarded a NASA GSRPDistinguished Fellowship, an NSF Career Award and several other competitive grants in supportof his research and teaching efforts. He has served on the review boards for several technicaljournals and for the National Science Foundation. He has received four awards for distinguished teaching.Ismail I. Orabi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven. He receivedhis Ph.D. from Clarkson University, and his MS degree from the State University of New Yorkand B.S. from Cairo Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical Engineering. In the past 10years, he has established three Laboratories: the Materials Testing

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Sue Ann Kearns; Merredith Portsmore; Judy Barsosky; Catherine Rogers; Chris Rogers

activities at the first grade level.IntroductionThe primary goal of Tufts University’s Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO) isto bring engineering into the K-12 classroom. Constantly building and taking things apart togain a better understanding of how they work, children are natural engineers. By bringingengineering into the classroom, these natural instincts can be capitalized on to excite childrenabout math and science and interest them in a future careers in science , math , and engineering.Engineering also provides a way to integrate subjects and to show students the real worldapplications of the subjects they are learning. It lends itself to the development of personallymeaningful projects that the students can relate to and

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-technical school. Jody Moss wishes to return to CPE next summer, in the role of rappor-teur for the summer 2001 experience. Ben Mead would be interested in a summer internship in France or inCanada. William Huang and Arathi Bale are also interested in further overseasexperiences, perhaps in France. April Wilson (rapporteur and co-author) has a heightened interest in aneventual international career with a French connection. These data indicate that the CPE summer experience can be profitably pursued byNCSU students at any class level (freshman, sophomore, junior However, to more firmlyaid CPE in developing a reliable exchange program with NCSU, a future NCSU effortshould concentrate on

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Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

faculty training focused on positive attitudestoward writing as one of the engineering skills, the program will benefit students and theireventual employers. After establishing the matrix approach, the department will begin to assesswhether employers find that graduates are ready to leave the university and begin careers withthe ability to communicate professionally with their peers.Bibliography1. Alford, Elisabeth M. Writing center programs for engineering Proceedings - 29th Annual Frontiers in EducationConference, v3, 1998,p518-522. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ2. Baren, R. Teaching writing in required undergraduate engineering courses: A materials course example. J. Eng.Educ.; vol. 82, no.1 pp59-61, 19933. Berry, Frederick C.; Carlson, Patricia A

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Ryan Wicker; Connie Della-Piana; Bill Diong

understanding of thelecture material and prepare them better for a rewarding engineering career. To achieve this, a proposal was recently submitted to the National Science Foundation’sCourse, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program1 for the establishment of a state-of-the-art Dynamic Systems and Controls instructional laboratory at UTEP. The proposal was funded,this laboratory was developed and it is now being used by both Electrical and MechanicalEngineering undergraduate students at UTEP. Its main goals are to:a. prepare students to be multidisciplinary in their thinkingb. introduce students to a model-based simulation-oriented approach to control systems designand developmentc. let students gain experience with the actual equipment

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Sema Alptekin; Reza Pouraghabagher; Patricia McQuaid; Daniel Waldorf

across California will have an attractive option for studying manufacturingengineering and establishing successful careers in the field; and finally, regional employers willfind talented, enthusiastic graduates who are better-equipped to meet today’s industry challengesand contribute to company success.Bibliography1. URL: http://virtual.ime.calpoly.edu/vf/2. URL: http://wait.pspt.fi/english/default.htm3. URL: http://bizednet.bris.ac.uk:8080/virtual/4. URL: http://factory.isye.gatech.edu/index.htm5. URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/ise/research.htmlSEMA E. ALPTEKINDr. Sema Alptekin is a professor of the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Cal Poly StateUniversity in San Luis Obispo. She has been serving as the department chair

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Leslie Dorworth; Barbara Mania-Farnell; Susan Scachitti

, recommendations were developed to help perpetuate growth and retention of womenin the STEM areas. Among the recommendations were mentoring programs and outreachprograms.In addition to gathering data regarding gender inequities during the early years of project STEM,the committee also collaborated on the facilitation of a major project which focused on regionalhigh-school students. This project was funded by a grant that amounted to $46,000 for region-wide activities including $7,000 for the university to host a program called the WorkplaceGender Equity Project (WGEP). This was a one-day workshop to encourage high-schoolstudents to pursue education and careers in fields traditionally dominated by one gender (eithermale or female). The committee

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representatives and ITE membership further supported theneed for increased undergraduate transportation education. The department’s industrial advisorycommittee cited at several meetings the need for students to be well versed in all the civilengineering specialty areas including transportation, while members of the Georgia Section ofITE openly wondered why undergraduate students were not given more exposure totransportation engineering as a career path. There was a concern that the confinement oftransportation engineering studies to the graduate level will and is stifling the development offuture transportation professionals.The Challenges to Change: As a result of the expressed need for more transportation engineering education in

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Raymond Luebbers; R.A. Rodríguez-Solís; José Colom-Ustáriz

instrument to attract students is by providing them with undergraduate researchopportunities. The Industrial Affiliates Program (IAP) of the ECE Department is one of theprograms providing such opportunities. IAP is supported by 13 companies and it has beenrunning continuously for the last 11 years, supporting over 300 undergraduate students. Thestudents participating in the program usually register in Undergraduate Research (INEL 4998),which is a flexible course that can count for up to 3 credit hours a semester for a maximum of 6credit hours during the student’s career. The size of the course is four students in average. Themain advantage over a capstone design course is that the student has two semesters to completethe project under close

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(l), 23-26 (1996).10) Bourne, J.R., A.J. Brodersen, J.0. Campbell, M.M. Dawant, and R.G. Shiavi, “A Model for On-Line Learning Networks in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 85(3), 253-62 (1996).11) Orr, J.A., D. Cyganski, and R. Vaz, “Teaching Information Engineering to Everyone,” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, CDROM, Session 2532 (1997).12) Pfaffenberger, B. and M. Shields, “Teaching Engineering Career Literacy and Teamwork Communication Skills in the First-Year Writing Course,” 1997 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, CDROM, Session 2561 (1997).13) Lilja, D.J., “Suggestions for Teaching the Engineering Research Process,” ASEE National Meeting CDROM, Session 0575 (1996).14) Agrawal, P.K

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Willis Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

of clothing the bare bones ofscience with life, comfort, and hope.” With our design courses and particularly the designbackbone of the BME curriculum, we hope that we are helping BME graduates to see how to“clothe the bare bones of science” regardless of whether they choose to continue their careers inengineering, medicine, or any other field.AcknowledgementsDevelopment of the biomedical engineering design sequence was supported in part by aWhitaker Foundation Special Opportunities Award. The faculty who have contributed todeveloping and teaching this sequence are David Beebe, Frank Fronczak, Jordan Lee, MarkNicosia, Nimmi Ramanujam, and John Webster. The EPICS program is supported by an NSF

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William Watkins; John Sullivan

disciplinary orientationsneeds to increase.Earlier exposure to interdisciplinary teamwork activities may tend to lessen the impact of the“preconceptions and attitudes” exhibited by some students. Since “preconceptions and attitudes”tend to be self-correcting with the interdisciplinary experience, an earlier exposure may allow theeffected student, through practical experience, to develop the more appropriate perspectiveearlier in their academic career, thus providing an expanded opportunity for other relatedlearning experiences. Frequent exposure to interdisciplinary may also lessen the reinforcementof preconceptions and attitudes that result from the stronger/weaker student combination. Effortsare currently underway to include on a routine basis

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Philip Lau; Merredith Portsmore; Scott McNamara; Chris Rogers

not been foundelsewhere in their education. They also expressed that although ROBOLAB would not be usedin their future careers they had been able to address more concepts and topics than with aprogramming language they were unfamiliar with.Conclusions and Future DirectionsThe combination of the RCX , ROBOLAB and Lego elements provide a tool set that is easy forthe students to use and learn and is also easy for the instructor to teach. It requires a smallamount of time for instruction which frees up class time to focus on the topics of the course.Little support from the instructor or teaching assistants for hardware or software problems isneeded. As the students can program at home or in existing computer facilities, it does notrequire lab

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, Computer Science, and ComputerSystems). A recurring theme in all of the engineering careers studied is that of problemsolving. Students prefer to study concepts in the context of a practical application. For thisreason, part of the course is a “Design Studio” in which students learn about engineeringprinciples by applying these principles to solving the problem of implementing a machine todump ping-pong balls into a basketball hoop. To add interest to the project students competeby pitting their machine against other students’ machines to see who can place the most ballsin the hoop in the shortest time. The problem-solving theme is also used to connect the“Design Studio” to the lectures. The concepts presented in the lectures are connected using a

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Eli Fromm; Jack McGourty

participate in course pilot test Spring courses evaluation system 2000 A2. Establish system in Design system • Increasing input from • By the end of year 9, • Institutional collaboration with and surveys Fall external constituents 100% of departments Metrics (E6) career services to 2000 on student learning will participate in first solicit information outcomes administration of on student and Implementation employer survey graduate learning Spring 2001

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Jeffrey Johnson; Janet Rutledge; Eric Sheppard

30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Year Computer sciences, Total Computer sciences, Female Figure 3: Computer Science Graduate Students, all U.S. Institutions4Many under-represented minority (URM) applicants to GRF (and, previously, MGF)started their educational careers at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs, such asHistorically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) or Hispanic Serving Institutions(HSIs)), as can be seen in the first column of Table 1. However, the second column ofthe

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John Klegka; Robert Rabb

Page 6.54.1 Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationmechanical engineering curriculum at USMA and show how it meets the needs of the institutionand the engineering profession.USMA must prepare its mechanical engineering graduates to meet diverse expectations in atechnical army and in careers beyond the military. They need experience and exposure with thediscipline’s wide range of topics. By providing students the opportunity to study a broad andbalanced choice of mechanical engineering offerings, the Academy responds to the requirementsfor graduates with the capabilities to solve complex, ill-defined problems and who are preparedfor advanced schooling in a wide range of technical areas.However

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@aol.comMexico State University ahyde@nmsu.eduPinewood Preparatory School (SC) coolchemist@rocketmail.comSaint Martin’s College esjoblom@stmartin.eduSouthern Illinois University mrtfehr@aol.comSouthwest Missouri State University billdrake@smsu.eduTennessee Technological University rcp5542@tntech.eduThe College of New Jersey sepahpou@tcnj.edu Page 6.743.8UniTec Career Center (MO) bminkel@peoplepc.comUniversity of New Hampshire moon.buggy@unh.eduUniversity of

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after a career in the information technology industry, working in management andtechnical positions in the Industrial Sector and as a consultant with IBM. Mark received an A.A.S in ComputerTechnology and B.S. in Management from Purdue University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Page 6.183.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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multidisciplinary project thatexamines technology-society interactions. The project is called an Interactive Qualifying Project(IQP). Students research, address and report on a problem examining how science or technologyinteracts with cultures, societal structures, and values. Project objectives include enablingstudents to understand, as citizens and as professionals, how their careers will affect the largersociety of which they are a part. Projects are done in small, multidisciplinary teams, they arebroad and integrative, are not limited to major field, and are equivalent in credit to three courses.Since the inception of this academic exercise, we have tried to find ways to get students off-campus to do these projects. The first such resident project

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majors and students in KFF were all chemical engineering majors. Students in this study are from several engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, civil, and so forth) and we know that some students and faculty deem certain engineering disciplines more demanding than others. Peer ratings may have been influenced by such prejudices.3. Perception of ability based on age and experience. Students in L&O I were all at essentially the same point in their academic career. Students in this study ranged from first-semester jun- iors to graduating seniors (and one graduate student as well). Peer ratings may have been in- fluenced by prejudices based on academic level.The previous studies tend to refute explanation 1. Peer-rating

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area in the table.4. As usual, make conclusions.Every exam includes one more question about the technical article in the most recentprofessional publications. The answer is expected in the form a memorandum to their supervisor.Students should be current in their specialty from the beginning of their careers, right here, at theCollege. Development of their communications skills is also a target.At the beginning of the semester students are assigned a library research project. They canchoose topics freely as long as they are related to electrical engineering/electrical engineeringtechnology field. The structure of the project should reflect the following: 1. Why did I choose this topic 2. What did I know before I started my research 3

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exclusively on ensuring that the large bodyof data that we had gathered could be clearly tied to our mission, program outcomes, and acontinuous improvement process. In the end, all of the hard work required by EC2000 was feltto be well worth the effort.3. Focus on constituency needsBecause of the excellent job market, most of our graduates and students are able to find jobswithout going through traditional channels such as University Career Services offices.Consequently, collecting complete and accurate data on where our students work is challenging.It was to our advantage that George Mason University is located in the Northern Virginia hightechnology community where the demand for our engineering graduates exceeds the supply.Each engineering

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theircareer and university experience, we believe there should be a greater focus on these threespecific thinking skills.CreativityTechnical students, particularly Engineering Technology students, are expected to create anumber of devices or systems during their student career, and probably many more after theyhave graduated. They are also often called on to generate multiple solutions to a single need orproblem. In these activities, they can benefit greatly from learning how to think creatively. “Inthe competitive marketplace, [creativity is] a crucial asset in the bid to win the race to buildbetter machines, decrease product delivery times, and anticipate the needs of futuregenerations.”2 Additionally, “Engineers and technologists bring mathematics

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fostered and made moreconcrete for students is one such use. It is with this in mind, that Lehigh Universitycreated an innovative course in which engineering students entered into a relationshipwith an industry client to produce an instructional product. The completion of thisproduct required the students to incorporate their subject matter expertise as well as touse critical thinking and problem solving skills.II. Literature ReviewAccording to Sengupta 1, the very definition of engineering as an applied science isproving to be a myth. An applied science indicates a profession in which students studyfundamental scientific theory and then apply it in a professional career. It is becomingclearer that an engineering education requires more than

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readers may be found athttp://www.mse.vt.edu/faculty/hendricks/publications/publications.html. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcharacteristic variables of the processes such as diffusion and oxide growth rates correspond wellwith literature, thus allowing the students to compare and model their results.Students taking this laboratory class learn the basics of a complete transistor manufacturingprocess and develop an appreciation for the processing equipment. This gives them a significanthead start towards a career in semiconductor manufacturing or semiconductor related research.The