Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Sherick

students in this summer’s program has donevery well in his Calculus II class, and he believes that the math prep sessions we offeredwere a big part of getting the student refreshed on Calculus so that he was able to get agood start in math.Student ContractAt the beginning of each semester, students participating in DOC sign a contract definingexpectations. The program was created to support, guide, and encourage NativeAmerican students to successfully achieve academic goals, foster career goals, developpersonal life skills, and attain leadership skills.1 Students in the DOC program arerequired to attend campus orientation, meet with their instructors, meet with theiracademic advisors, meet with the DOC staff, attend professional

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

Session XX10 K12 Engineering Education Field Experience Lawrence J. Genalo, Celeste E. Ogren Iowa State UniversityAbstractEngineering faculty have offered an engineering literacy course entitled Toying WithTechnologySM to elementary and secondary education majors for eight years. Studies haveshown that students form many of their overall career and educational attitudes as early aselementary school. Schoolteachers who have an appreciation for technology will likely conveythat appreciation to their students. This will, in turn, broaden the horizons of their

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

we needed to do ? Student views material Professor clearly sees in a disjointed fashion how pieces fit together Figure 1 – Professor vs. Student View of Material PresentedIn order for STEM material to become an integral part of the student’s learning processthroughout their entire educational and professional careers, the students must, in essence, “livethe material” every day and in every course [1-5]. To make this happen, one important step is tostop presenting information in a disjointed fashion.Engineering problems are never solved by “looking up answers at the back of the book”.However, this is the exact way many engineering courses are

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

objective writing.IntroductionEngineers and scientists are called upon throughout their careers to write persuasively. Theyfrequently have to sell the reader on some idea by outlining a convincing solution to a problem.In EG 1004, Introduction to Engineering and Design, the preparation of lab reports is thefeatured writing assignment. The mastery of this rhetorical exercise is critical to our student'ssuccess, but what about the persuasive writing situation? The lab reports they write arecompletely objective documents, even constructed in the passive voice to de-emphasize theperson executing the experiment and focus on the action taken.The introduction of persuasive writing skills into the technical writing component of EG 1004has been accomplished

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Kicher; Frank Adamo; Dale Flowers

in the DFMA process will have on manufacturingoperations and the management of same. That is a constant and recurring theme throughout thesecond semester of the course. In addition, many engineers will run plants or manufacturingdivisions or even companies during their career. The second part of the course provides asignificant exposure to state of the art practices for these career experiences.The primary text for this part of the course is the Vollmann et al.6, while the software supportcomes from Emmons, et al.5. In addition, there is an extensive course pack of readings fromcurrent engineering and business publications that relate to the specific topics being studied inthe course. The purpose of these supplemental readings is to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Heenan; Hector Estrada

will subscribe to the following mission statement: The mission of the undergraduate program in architectural engineering is to prepare students to undertake the necessary design experience in the building industry to become registered engineers with a specialization in Building Architectural Engineering, and to instill in them the importance of lifelong learning, including pursuing advanced studies leading to graduate degrees.Program Educational Objectives The program will emphasize the following educational objectives: • To provide graduates with the necessary engineering skills to engage in lifelong careers as practicing professional architectural engineers who are ethical and socially

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Gonzales; Stephen Renshaw

8examples of computing skill competency over-time. Those students who considerengineering as a career would have an opportunity to develop necessary skills in advanceof their University experience. It would seem that preparedness in any career fieldwould provide the strongest possible alliance to facilitate a successful learningexperience. Existing curriculum development has focused on relative performance acrossacademic content areas. This experiment represents a comparison between six computingcontent area categories and four grade levels of student proficiency. It was expected thatthe progress of computing skill proficiencies will be demonstrated in a positively linearcurve with a rapid slope in the later years of computing proficiency

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold Peskin; Walter Buchanan

Excelsior is predominantly an assessment-oriented school, thisorientation in the accreditation process is a welcome advance. 6. ConclusionThe ‘typical’ undergraduate college student, one who enters college straight out of highschool, attends for four years, graduates and then begins his or her professional career, isa shrinking percentage of the population. That student is increasingly being displaced bythose with more complicated life histories that may make it difficult for them to realizetheir full potential in a traditional learning environment. One of the major challenges ofthe twenty-first century for colleges is to provide the kind of support that ensures thatsuch prospective students are not disenfranchised by the hurdles of their life

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Millard

. Bored grammar school students have difficultyretaining focus in math and science classrooms, resulting in fewer high school graduates thatchoose to pursue technical careers. Unfortunately, today’s products call for advanced skills inscience, math, engineering and technology, yet the number of graduating engineers in the U.S. isdeclining in comparison to other countries such as China and India. This issue is clearly ofconcern to the competitive outlook for U.S. industry and, consequently, U.S. citizens.We need to use technology to help us address the declining number of U.S. students entering Page 10.1111.1STEM oriented fields by utilizing

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo; Margaret Bailey

. Page 10.359.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session ####In addition, all of the engineering women faculty actively support WE@RIT through directinvolvement in the design and administration of college-level outreach, retention, andrecruitment efforts.RIT’s Women Engineering program (also known as WE@RIT) has been in existence since 1996.The program is designed to help students achieve career goals by offering activities aimed atfostering a positive community for women within the college. As a

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carpenter

, and which speakers to use in the nextclass offerings of the course were based on these student evaluations. The questionsasked about the speakers were: • Did you think the speaker’s topic was appropriate for this class? Definitely keep the topic Keep it for now but look for something better to offer Definitely get rid of this topic • Was the speaker’s coverage appropriate? More coverage (how may sessions) Keep the same Less coverage (how many sessions) • Did you think this speaker/topic will have an impact on your life/career? Definitely Probably yes Perhaps but it is hard to say Probably no

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

ethics “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationeducation in an ongoing and proactive manner: “The active learning exercise should bechosen so that, over the course of their undergraduate career, students engage indeveloping a full range of ethical skills.Sample topics that should be considered for an engineering ethics curriculum includesappropriate behavior (Whitbeck, 2004) related to: recruitment; employment; termination;guidelines for raising ethical concerns; commission payment under a marketingagreement; gifts to foreign officials; and writing a letter of recommendation. Discussionson these types of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Powers; Mary Fran Desrochers

about instruments, programming, and data collection and analysis than if the labs were offered as canned labs • LabVIEW™ has the ability to talk with just about anything (instruments and devices)EET needs:Many Electrical Engineering Technology students will be involved with data acquisition andcontrol systems during their careers. Therefore, a strong preparation in a variety of sensors isrequired. The basic physics behind transducers for temperature, position, and force sensingelements is covered both in theory and in the lab.In addition, EET students need to work with and understand basic signal conditioning techniquesin order to make effective use of various sensors. Prior coursework that is introduced ininstrumentation

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rebecca Blust; David Myszka

project. Student learning occurs through these activities. • Students are evaluated solely based on their performance related to the project.The benefits of capstone design courses have been well documented4,5, 6. The mostimportant are that they prepare a technical professional for the creative solution toconstrained problems that will be come the trademark of their career. These capstoneexperiences with open-ended tasks allow entry-level graduates to “hit the groundrunning”.CompetitionCompetition is most often associated with an athletic contest. However, in generalcompetition is any opportunity, in which an individual, team or organization striveagainst others to achieve a goal, such as a victory1. Competition makes people stronger

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nashwan Younis

10.1181.3S = Significantly Improved I = Improved N = Not at all Improved U = Uncertain Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe level of achievement can be used as a classroom and program assessment. The majority ofthe above co-op learning concepts can be mapped to the program’s outcomes. Hence, it can beused as a measure of preparing the student to have a successful career.2. Employer evaluation: In order for the student to receive a passing grade in his/her co-opassignment, the employer evaluation must be returned. A program assessment by anindependent engineer is a frank

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Melissa Miller; Randall Reynolds

withpeers and a time for a discussion with the class about career opportunities in engineering andcomputer programming. It is a treasured opportunity when eighth graders are receptive to aconversation about the future and that was a very positive result of this activity. While theactivity was in progress, the students involved also became more focused on their regular mathclass, which was a welcome surprise.Overall, both projects were well received by the students and provided worthwhile instruction.References1. Foreman, J., July/August 2003, Next Generation Educational Technology Versus the Lecture. EDUCAUSEReview [On-line], http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0340.pdf , 12 July 2004. "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

departmental freshman curricula, retention related activities are oftenevaluated at this level. The University of Arkansas (U of A) is no different and has an ongoingeffort to increase its six-year graduation rate through improved retention. In addition, the U of ADepartment of Mechanical Engineering (ME) is trying to better understand its six-yeargraduation rate by first focusing on the retention of students during their freshman year. For the sake of comparing retention data internally and externally, some commondefinitions need to be established to foster uniformity. A freshman is universally defined as aperson who is going to college for the first time in their academic career and who is considered afull-time student with regard to the

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Luke Niiler; David Beams

the current study.Sommers’ four-year study of student writers from across the disciplines notes that “students whomake the greatest gains as writers throughout college (1) initially accept their status as novicesand (2) see in writing a larger purpose than fulfilling an assignment” (p. 124). Carroll suggeststhat writing proficiency develops throughout the course of a student’s academic career asstudents assume new tasks—new roles—as writers, and not in a single freshman coursesequence. Sternglass’ study of at-risk students enrolled at CCNY, with its provocativeframework of richly detailed case studies, offers a strong example in qualitative methodology.These researchers’ findings are intriguing—in them it is possible to see the limits of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Loendorf

community and for the public good. Students will be expected to address both thetechnical and the human aspects of the problem. Public costs versus benefits must be determinedand weighed requiring students to think critically about the community and their professionalphilosophies. Students will also critique and evaluate what aspects of the project were difficultand why, what aspects of the project they were unprepared for, and how the project related totheir coursework and career goals.The trend in engineering education is converging technological education and liberal artseducation [1]. This article further states that students need to “be prepared for a life in a worldwhere technological, scientific, humanistic, and social issues are all mixed

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Nicola Ferralis; Leanne Avery; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

using a pre- and post-participation test approach as well as an attitude toward science pre- and post-participation survey. While information gained from surveys can be very valuable it wasfelt that the deeper, fine-grained information available from qualitative methods mightbetter measure the attainment of the project goals in a useful manner. A change inmiddle school and high school students’ attitude toward science careers that is revealedby a pre- and post-participation attitude survey of all 7th graders might or might not be aresult of this project’s intervention. Since the project involved changes to the experienceof school students in the particular classes where graduate fellows used “hands-on”activities to convey important science

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

lead a design team of a company and grow as technology advances, to express himself/herself in written and oral form, to be able to function as a project engineering immediately upon graduation, or undertake graduate studies in a variety of professional fields.The three primary objectives of the program are: 1. To produce an engineer capable of functioning as a project engineer upon graduation. 2. To develop professional design skills. 3. To produce and engineer capable of professional-level written and oral expression.We recognize that many of our students will not become or remain designers. While theirtraining will allow for this option, and certainly many take this route, many others will pursue adifferent career

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Bilodeau

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

4-year institutions had 589,000 enrollments (10 percent of the total) (p. iv) The Internet and two video technologies were most used as primary modes of instructional delivery for distance education courses during the 12- month 2000-2001 academic year (p. v)With this mushrooming growth of distance education programs (online asynchronous/synchronous and mixed/hybrid) in private and public institutions, faculty technical currency thusbecomes a pivotal factor for the design, implementation and delivery of effective onlineprograms that can promote student learning/success.Faculty in purely teaching institutions (non-research environment), especially those teaching intechnology-based and career-oriented programs

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Robert Martello; Jonathan Stolk

to American history may have been his manymetallurgical endeavors: beginning his career as a silversmith apprentice and eventually theowner of a successful silver shop, Revere sought additional prestige and income after theAmerican revolution and started iron casting, bronze bell and cannon casting, malleable copperworking, and copper sheet rolling enterprises until his retirement in 1811. This proved an almostideal backdrop for an interdisciplinary project. Student teams selected one of “Revere’s” alloysystems (silver, iron, copper, or silver) and a process applicable to the alloy (casting, drawing,rolling, or forging). Students learned new laboratory techniques and designed experiments thatused state of the art technology and laboratory

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

frankly discussed difficulties encountered on the tenure track and touchedon strategies the authors used to overcome them. A variety of external resources inteaching, research, and service were also provided. Although a new faculty member isexpected to do above average in research, teaching, and service, being a professor is atruly noble career. Remember your mission statement and why you chose this careerpath; focus your memories on the students you impacted and your enjoyable experiencesalong the way. Also make sure to schedule time for family, friends, yourself, and toexercise. The key is to remember to find people willing to help you and ask for theiradvice. Strong mentors can be your most valuable tool.Bibliography1. "Survival Kit for New

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

secondary schools what they expect incoming first-yearstudents to know and be able to do to succeed in college. Nor do they make clear tocollege-bound students why the expected preparation matters”1. Texas Tech Universityis addressing these issues by working with K-12 teachers and administrators to developthe engineering resources, content, and training for teachers so that they will be betterprepared to prepare their students, especially women and minority students, for careers inengineering.By providing engineering resources, content and training that meet state standards for K-12 teachers, higher education can make a difference in the number of students applying toengineering colleges and a difference in the success rate of those students.The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lenea Howe; Jr., Elijah Kannatey-Asibu

research opportunitiesfor undergraduate students through its REU Sites program. An REU Site consists of agroup of about ten undergraduates who work in the research programs of the hostinstitution. Each student is associated with a specific research project, where he/sheworks closely with the faculty and other researchers. Students are granted stipends and, inmany cases, assistance with housing and travel. Undergraduate students supported withNSF funds must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its possessions.An REU Site may be at either a US or foreign location. The program seeks to attract adiversified pool of talented students into careers in science and engineering and to helpensure that they receive the best education

Conference Session

Graduate Aerospace Systems Engineering Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lagace; Earll Murman

studies. The Engineering Systems Division4 (ESD)offers a joint engineering and management SM degree in System Design and Management5(SDM) targeted at students with 3 to 5 or more years of engineering work experience who seekadvanced studies in system engineering and management in preparation for a career in technicalleadership positions in industry and government. The School of Engineering, through ESD, andthe Sloan School of Management jointly offer the Leaders for Manufacturing6 (LFM) Program,resulting in dual SM degrees in engineering and management, to recent graduates or candidateswith work experience, in preparation for a career in Manufacturing – with the “Big M” indicatingthe inclusion both up and downstream lifecycle phases. Both the SDM

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Hay; Recayi Pecen

Technology area. The major prepares studentsfor application oriented engineering technology careers in conventional and renewable electricalpower, analog/digital electronics, microcomputer, telecommunications, and networking areas.There are also elements of mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic system controls as part of thecurriculum. The EIET program was updated from an Electro-Mechanical Systems Program. It isalso the first and only program in the state of Iowa that grants its students a BS in electricalengineering technology after the completion of a four-year course of studies. Page 10.403.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

levels. The range of interest in engineering is almost always 20% or more for 11th-12th graders, in general. If the students are taking higher-level math or science classes, this percentage is over 30%. Overall, almost 30% of the students who responded to the survey indicated that they wouldconsider Engineering as a career choice. For 6th through 8th grade, the percentage is 28.84%.This percentage peaks at 29.79% for 9th-10th graders and then decreases to 27.27% for 11th-12thgraders. This represents the “future possibilites” for College of Engineering applications butonly 5% of high school graduates apply as freshmen nationwide. Why is there such adiscrepency? Can we find a way to bridge this gap? To help anwer these