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Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

of cost pressure has been asubstantial reduction in the internal training capacity of most US companies.Arizona has a large semiconductor industry with Intel, Motorola, STM, Microchip, TI,Medtronic, ON Semiconductor and ASML as the leaders. Total employment exceeds25,000 and more than half have some level of technical qualification. However, with anew technology generation every 2 years, there is a need for continuous skills upgradingand the majority of students taking technology courses in ASU (or the CommunityColleges) are already working in the industry. Students are seeking courses that willprepare them for the technology of the future and the skills to map out the knowledge andcredentials their future career plans require.(*) Motorola

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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MICHAEL HOLTZ; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Agni Networks Inc., San Jose, California. His expertiseincludes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers, optical and WDM interface, SONET and GigabitEthernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published by Prentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several research papers inIEEE journals and conferences.ASHFAQ AHMED is Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University Calumet.Professor Ahmed received his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Karachiin 1973 and Master of Applied Science degree in 1978 from University of Waterloo. He is the author of a Textbook

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mohamed Gadalla; Kamal Shahrabi

].The objective of this paper is to provide taxonomy of the CAD/CAM users, and introduce a newcategory of users named as intelligent users. In addition some academic experimentation was doneto prove that the new category of users is indeed an independent category. This research will haveanother phase where the industry will be contacted for possible participation in questionnaire typeof survey to get their feedback and suggestions.Fig. 1 shows the proposed Job taxonomy for careers in CAD/CAM and particularly in the usersection. The programmer section is left as an area of future research. As shown in the figure, theuser section is split into three categories: users, super users, and intelligent usersIn this paper each user category will be

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Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sheryl Sorby

pursuing a mechanical emphasis with aminor in manufacturing. A marketing survey was conducted among second-year engineering stu-dents during the fall semester. Through this survey, it was found that the primary barriers toincreasing the number of students who choose this degree seem to be: (1) lack of awareness of theprogram itself and (2) hesitation to enroll in a program with no proven track record for job place-ment. Of the students surveyed, sixty included their name and email on the form indicating thatthey wished to be contacted with further information on the program. We will also be workingwith staff in the Career Center regarding interfacing with corporate recruiters to ensure theemployability of the BSE graduates. Problems that we have

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Murphy

beenwritten on numerous pedagogical and androgogical research theories. It does not matter what weknow, if we are not able to convey it. Newly appointed faculty members should be daring asthey begin their new career. Your students will not only notice and appreciate your enthusiasm,they will respond to it.Joubert, Joseph. as quoted from 21st Century Dictionary Of Quotations . Dell Publishing. 1993.DAVE MURPHYDave Murphy retired from the Richmond (Kentucky) Fire Department as Assistant Chief. Upon retirement, heentered the industrial sector as a safety director for AFG Industries. He is currently an Assistant Professor in theFire Safety Engineering Technology program located at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dan Parshall; Anthony Buonaquisti; Anita Callahan

). Building theories from case study research. Academy of Management Review, vol. 14,no. 4, pp. 532-550.5) Gardner, H., (1999). Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st century. New York, NY: BasicBooks, c19996) Armstrong, R., (2002). Personal interview with Science for Success external program evaluator.7) Moffat, N., et al. (1992). Girls and Science Careers: Positive Attitudes Are Not Enough. National Associationfor Research in Science Teaching. Boston, MA (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 362 400)8) Hall, B., Armstrong, R., (2001). Evaluation of the MOSI/CitiGroup project “Science for Success: Making theGrade”. Executive Summary.9) Parshall, D., (2002). Science For Success: A Case Study of the MOSI/CitiGroup Project.10

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Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Miller

forms indicate the students enjoy the approachand alumni comments indicate they feel the approach is worthwhile.Introduction The USNA was established in 1845 and is the premier institution staffing the officercorps of the Navy and Marine Corps. Its mission is “to develop midshipmen morally, mentallyand physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order toprovide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for futuredevelopment in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command,citizenship and government”. The Academy provides the 4100 midshipmen the opportunity topursue studies in engineering, science or humanities. Due to a large focus in math and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gary Martin

to conduct smaller job searches on their own. To this end, we offer a 20-minutemotivational talk on how to network, how to utilize job ads, and how to identify potentialemployers through such resources as web career indices and the yellow pages.Interviewing Skills & Mock Interviewing Exercise: We devote one full class session tothe art of interviewing. We then spend the next week conducting video-taped mockinterviews. In student groups of three (plus a Co-op staff member), we have one studentinterview another while the third student observes. The Co-op staff member facilitatesthe exercise including asking a few interview questions him or herself (usually includingat least one question which the interviewee was not likely expecting). The

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Brougham; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger

compliments the students’ desirenot detract from the students’ educational experience. to prepare for subsequent entrance into their careers. METHODOLOGY acceptable progress, contribution and performance inParticipants the course.A total of 128 students enrolled in five sections of an All students took the weekly quizzes and the final examintroductory engineering course, Engineering Problem individually. Only the assigned homework programsSolving with Computation, participated in the study. were completed under the elective status conditions ofThis is a required course taken in the third quarter of paired or solo. All students

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Hamilton

history of civil engineering, may be defined in severalways. Such a course would generate a point of contact with the student body at a point whenthey are half way through their college career and have seen little or nothing of their major. Thiscourse is a vehicle to present the students with an historical overview of the profession,illustrating the triumphs and failures through noted projects with name recognition that thestudents may be vaguely aware of. In addition this course will give faces and context to theaccomplishment of various individuals and their contributions to engineering and society as awhole.Bibliography 1. Retention Summary Statistics, Office of Institutional Research, Boise State University, 2002 2. “Commentary on EdAC

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Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Bryant; Paul Swamidass

entrepreneurialsuccess later in their careers. The program has two major components; one addressessustained development of cross-functional skills, and the other imparts business andengineering knowledge and skills to business and engineering students.An unique two-year joint minor (16 semester credits) for business and engineeringstudents in their junior and senior years is offered through the Thomas Walter Center forTechnology Management, Auburn University; the Center is a creation of the two colleges.This Business-Engineering-Technology (B-E-T) program, which began in fall 2001, is ajoint effort of the colleges of business and engineering. The program admits selected equalnumber of business and engineering students to the program each fall. The program

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rafael Rodriguez-Solis; Rafael Medina; Jose Colom

experiments are focused in five specialization areas: Power, DSP andCommunications, Control Systems, Electronics and Applied Electromagnetics.The laboratories are carefully designed so that freshman students have an understanding of thedifferent applications in electrical engineering early in their college career. In addition to thefamiliarization with basic laboratory equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, signal generators,etc.) during their freshman year, the students will be introduced to other important software toolssuch as Matlab, Excel, Power Point, and Cool Edit. The students will also attend seminars oneffectives oral and poster presentations as part of the requirements of the course.In this work, the course is briefly discussed, including

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Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Mason

are veryinterested in the students’ experiences, and the anecdotes they can tell show potentialemployers how much they have learned about being productive.CONCLUSIONSRose-Hulman Ventures has obviously been extremely fortunate to receive the injection ofresources from Lilly Endowment, but the results generated to date have produced lessonsthat should be applicable to other institutions with less funds. First, students really areexcited about the opportunities to work on new products, they learn a lot in the process, itoften affects their career goals and it helps them even when they take a traditional first jobin a large, established corporation. Second, faculty members can benefit from workingwith client start-ups to get hands-on experience

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kristoffer Findley; Mary Emplaincourt

from the defense contract industry . Touring these different types ofmanufacturing facilities allows the students to observe the industrial work environmentsand responsibilities of engineers and to make informed career decisions upon graduation.Extending the Classroom – The IAC presents a situation in which students are able toapply the theories and concepts learned in the classroom to real-life engineering problems.Students use the data obtained from the site visits and draw from a wide range ofacademic courses to calculate costs and energy, waste, and productivity savings for the Page 8.965.4assessment recommendations. The financial ramifications are

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Anna Shiver; Elaine Cooney

project was also beneficial. I was in a group where I didn’t know anyone so I had tobecome acquainted with them. We were able to combine our separate parts together and makethe project work. This helped for me to see how this could work in a career. I thought the classwas interesting and valuable.” Gregory Cool. Page 8.728.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationSummary This project course is successful in bringing new technology into the curriculum. Sincethe course was introduced, the PC

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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

?”), workshop simulations (e.g.,“How do we decide when to ship a product?”), journaling, and some unusual activities (e.g.,“Draw a picture of your team”). To gauge student progress we also used weekly reflectivewriting assignments as well as reflective questions on the take-home final exam. All of thesetechniques were well received by the students, as evidenced by anonymous, detailed end-of-course evaluations, as well as by feedback many students voluntarily provided four months afterthe course. Many have continued using several of the techniques after the course. Theexperience of applying reflective practices appears to have influenced a number of the studentsinto viewing their project, careers, social interactions, and life choices in a different

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Martha Cyr

within themselves, but a typical approach is forthe students to attend from one to several days of a 'learning camp' environment that guides themthrough a focused type of activity. In the state of Massachusetts, some examples of this are theScience Saturdays held by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Camp REACH held byWorcester Polytechnic Institute, Design Camp held by the University of Massachusetts, Lowell,and LEGO Camp held at Tufts University. The students who participate in these events all ratethem as fun, worthwhile, and indicate that the experience has made them either change thereopinion about engineering and science, or that they would now consider pursuing a career in theseareas. Both are highly worthy outcomes.Professional

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Curriculum Development in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Russell Olsen; Jeffrey Peterson; Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

the Information Technology program with a Business Managementminor at Brigham Young University. He is a level 2 MCP and has several years of practical networkingexperience. Upon Graduation in August 2003, he will begin his professional career with Ernst & Young’sTechnology and Security Risk Services in Atlanta, GA.JEFF PETERSON is a senior in the Brigham Young University Information Technology program, will begraduating in the summer of 2003 with his Bachelors degree. He has had extensive experience withLinux networking and maintaining production networks. Upon graduation he will take a position with anas-of-yet undecided organization.JOSEPH J. EKSTROM is an Associate Professor of Information Technology at Brigham YoungUniversity in Provo

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Melinda Gallagher; Lawrence J. Genalo

who worked for a local food companyas a chemical engineer. Another group sought the help of a DOT engineer in assistingthem with their road construction story.For the first draft deadline, students presented their work to the instructor and therationale behind the research that contributed to the book. Students were instructed howto proceed for the next deadline. Students chose a variety of venues to prepare theirfinal books. One group skillfully utilized PowerPoint to create their text and incorporatecreative artwork by a class of 5th grade students. Another group took advantage of usinga digital camera and photographed original pictures for their engineering career book.And yet another group member had her mother, who was a professional

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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James A. Davis; Melissa Dark

]. There is an urgent need to significantly increase the number of graduates who areprepared for careers in the IA fields. A major barrier to meeting this challenge is that fewUniversities currently offer a comprehensive IA educational program; furthermore, sufficientnumbers of experienced faculty to ramp up such an effort does not exist. Given the growingneed for graduates educated in computer security and the current lack of a capacity to meet thatneed, there is a premium placed on leveraging existing expertise by sharing instructionalmaterials for core concepts. This will succeed on the scale needed only if there is an acceptedIA curriculum framework in place. CNSS Job

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Emmanuel Ugo Enemuoh

course exposes students to critical thinking about the fundamental assumptions,discussing calculated results, analyzing plots of data, posing questions about the meaning ofdefinitions, increasing interest in and connection with course material, and becoming familiarwith engineering writing conventions.I. BackgroundThe College of Science and Engineering is a four-year ABET accredited engineering schooloffering engineering degrees in mechanical & industrial, chemical, computer science, andelectrical & computer engineering. The curriculum emphasizes design, manufacture, andautomation, while preparing students for careers in industry and continued education. A four-credit manufacturing process course is designed for junior and senior

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Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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George Havener

ranked cadets. Called the DFAN Dash-1Seminar, our purpose is to review with our cadets the program objectives, outcomes, assessmentactivity, career opportunities, and scholarship programs. The format and agenda for a typical Dash-1 Seminar can be obtained from the web page, pages 253 and 266, respectively.Gateway Examination - Approximately three weeks into the fall term, the junior ranked cadetsare given a gateway examination to assess their performance on prerequisite knowledge inmathematics, physics, aeronautics, mechanics, and thermodynamics. Advisors use the gateway datato develop personal remediation plans intended to improve the needy-cadets’ opportunity forsuccessful completion of the upper division course work.Comprehensive Examination

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Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

students on a personal level and learn about their educational and career goals. • I seek out my students who seem to be having problems with the course or miss class frequently. • I advise my students about career opportunities in their major field. • I share my past experiences, attitudes, and values with students.Encourage Cooperation Among StudentsLearning is enhanced when it is more like a team effort than a solo race. Good learning,like good work, is collaborative and social, not competitive and isolated. Working withothers often increases involvement in learning. Sharing one’s own ideas and respondingto other’s reactions improves thinking and deepens understanding. • I have students participate in activities that

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Grimm

that attention to details in the area of experimental work is toodifficult. More emphasis related to this topic is probably needed in other courses earlierin the students’ academic careers. A logical place for this might be the requiredengineering laboratory course. In an attempt to point the students in the right directionsome examples of professional reports dealing with experimental work are madeavailable to the students as good examples of how to report experimental work properly.Poster SessionsThe midterm progress report in the second semester project course is in the form of aposter session. Professional quality posters are printed following guidelines provided inclass. The first semester that this was required a poster that was used at

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Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dhirendra Bhattarai; Christopher Ibeh

property system” (WPS) are considered advanced and innovative, andhave the capability to rank suitable materials for a given application in order ofsuitability. The in-built “normalization” strategy of the WPS is tantamount tobenchmarking, and provides ease of comparison of materials on an equivalent base.Considering this apparent importance of materials and materials selection in process andsystem design, the concept of advanced innovative materials selection techniques hasbeen incorporated as a core component of the “advanced engineering materials” course atPittsburg State University. This move takes into account that most engineeringtechnology and SMET careers involve one form or another of design, development,production, marketing/distribution

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Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

Page 8.88.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Figure 2. Figures from Reynolds’ original paper that showed the major flow regimes1 vDρ Re = (1) µThe history and details about Osborne Reynolds are fascinating and the reader can gain someinsight into his career at the University of Manchester website4. His portrait is also available onthe web5.The duplication of Reynolds’ experimental setup has been done in many ways. For example

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

Session 3275 Advice on Covering Classes during a Prolonged Instructor Absence: Keep the Students Learning Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownIntroductionCareers in academia have some situations different than careers in industry. One difference is thegeneral ease of taking a prolonged trip at any time during the year. In industry, vacation orpersonal time can typically be scheduled by employees when needed. In academia, vacations andlong trips are usually planned between semesters or during the summer. Occasionally aconference or committee

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald Krahe

, theyhave not all acquired the same amount of knowledge of the prerequisite and subject material, theydo not have the same ability to learn, they do not have the same expectations of the course. Page 8.1054.1Students have vastly different understanding of what being an engineer means; they have different "Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education"interests and career aspirations.Students have a variety of needs, and it would be most beneficial to structure our courses to meetthe needs of the largest number

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Bales; Thomas Consi

Session 1353 Smart Rockets: A Hands-on Introduction to Interdisciplinary Engineering James W. Bales and Thomas R. Consi Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstractModel rockets have inspired generations of students to pursue careers in engineering andscience. Indeed, many current engineering educators have probably gone through a rocket phasein their formative years. Model rockets are popular with young aspiring engineers for goodreason, they are exciting, fun to build and launch and they offer a number of significantengineering challenges

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Nelson; Osama Abudayyeh; Edmund Tsang; Molly Williams

the interest of first-year students and prepares them for success in studying engineering. There are a number ofmodel freshman engineering programs in the U.S. These have replaced “traditional” freshmanengineering courses that focus only on career exploration. Instead, the new programs haveidentified the following elements as necessary to successful retention of first-year engineeringstudents2,3,4,5: • Connection between mathematics, science, and engineering concepts; Page 8.102.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering