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On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Eiichi Sentoku, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1337: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROBLEM-FINDING ANDPROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTED ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT COURSE IN ALARGE CLASSNobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Dr.Eng., Assistant Professor Practical Engineering Education Program Nobuyuki Kitashoji is an assistant professor of the Division of Practical Engineering Education Program at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan. He has been engaged in the problem-finding and problem-solving oriented engineering experiment course since 1999, endeavoring to improve a learning environment and textbooks so that students will be able to flexibly apply an experiment to deal with problems in any field. He has experience in research in

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Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Betz, SUNY-College of Technology

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Architectural

Engineering Education, 2006 The Effects of Computer Automation on the Design Development Process in ArchitectureAbstractComputer automation and information technology has changed the design development processin architecture. Students no longer use a transparent, linear design process facilitated through thecraft of hand drawing. Instead, the design process has become increasingly fragmented andhidden through the use of this new technology. The dilemma we face as educators is: one, howto teach and assess this new process in the context of existing ideas of how students experienceand acquire design knowledge, and two, how to prepare students who will work in a professionthat is increasing embracing the use

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Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Monica Gaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-352: RICH NETWORKS: EVALUATING UNIVERSITY-HIGH SCHOOLSPARTNERSHIPS USING GRAPH ANALYSISDonna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Donna C. Llewellyn is the Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technolgy. Donna received her doctorate from Cornell University in Operations Research and spent ten years on the faculty in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her primary research interests now are in the educational domain, specifically improving access and equity in STEM disciplines for underrepresented groups. Donna is the PI of the NSF GK-12 grant, STEP.Gordon Kingsley, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Anthony Gaddini, Illinois Institute of Technology; Nishi Gupta, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology

Page 11.604.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 EVALUATION OF A TEAMWORK EFFECTIVENESS INTERVENTION WITH INTERPROFESSIONAL PROJECT TEAMSAbstract All undergraduate students in Illinois Institute of Technology are required to completetwo InterProfessional (IPRO®) projects as part of their General Education Requirement. One ofthe important meta-objectives of the IPRO program is the development of individual skills needto assure team competency. A Teamwork Functioning survey followed by a very briefintervention protocol for developing team effectiveness is now in its third semester ofimplementation; results from the first two semesters (Trial 1 and Trial 2) are reported here.During Trial 1, students from a subset

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Jarrett, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Architectural

2006-2523: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE / ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNChristopher Jarrett, Georgia Institute of Technology Chris Jarrett is Associate Director and Associate Professor of the Architecture Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He teaches courses on architecture and ecology, eco-tectonics, and graduate design studios addressing a range of contemporary green topics. Page 11.594.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Environmental Science / Environmental DesignAbstractEnvironmental science has formed the central part of ecological discourse in architecture. It hasbeen the

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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

2006-2396: EXCHANGE FACULTY PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONALCOLLABORATIONSDonal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology Page 11.611.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Exchange Faculty Perspectives on International CollaborationsIntroductionThe College of Technology at Purdue University in the United States of America and the Facultyof Engineering at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in Ireland have pioneered facultyexchange during 2005 as one important lynchpin of their overall collaborative programme. Theauthors, explicitly supported by their respective faculty and School/Department leadership teams

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Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Franca Trubiano, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Architectural

Performance” held at the CooperHewitt, National Design Museum in 2005, furthermore affirms the precipitous increase ininnovation which technology and engineering have made possible in the field of textiles.9 HighPerformance Fibers with “high modulus and high tenacity” were featured alongside designs for aCarbon Tower designed by the architect Peter Testa.10 And as such, this exhibition and the recentpublications mentioned here above confirm the urgent need to once again undertake a return tothe material dimension of architecture.To this end, the design exercises described here below were directed at increasing the student’scapacity to acquire a learned understanding of materials, albeit the materials with which theywere involved were neither

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Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Gershenson, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-2472: HOW TO ENGINEER A WINNING COMPETITION PROJECT:LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE CHALLENGEJohn Gershenson, Michigan Technological University Dr. Gershenson is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan and directs the Life-cycle Engineering Laboratory. Professor Gershenson performs research in the areas of life-cycle product architecture and lean and sustainable design and manufacturing. Specific research interests include: product and process architecture, product platforms, modular product design, lean manufacturing, lean engineering, life-cycle design, and design for the environment

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Approaches to Emerging Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Craig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

2006-1943: TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS TO REASON AND TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT COMPLEX DESIGNCHOICESJennifer Craig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Page 11.1232.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students to Reason and to Communicate about Complex Design Choices Jennifer L. Craig Program in Writing and the Humanities and Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAbstract: Undergraduate engineering students who are enrolled in capstone designcourses are introduced

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Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cory Hoffman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

2006-2434: FAILURE ANALYSIS PROJECTS AS TEACHING TOOLS INMATERIALS SCIENCEElizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology ELIZABETH A. DEBARTOLO is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at RIT. She earned her BSE at Duke University in 1994 and her MSME and Ph.D. at Purdue University in 1996 and 2000, respectively. She works with several students on predicting and enhancing fatigue life in aircraft materials and structures and is active in the college’s K-12 outreach programs.Melissa Zaczek, Rochester Institute of Technology MELISSA A. ZACZEK is a student at Rochester Institute of Technology completing her BS and ME in Mechanical Engineering. Her

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology

2006-2310: THE EFFECT OF INCORPORATING VERBAL STIMULI IN THEONLINE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT: AN ONLINE CASE STUDYAlice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology Alice Squires is the Associate Director of the System Design and Operational Effectiveness (SDOE) Online Program in the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM), Schaefer School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Alice teaches systems engineering as a faculty at Stevens and business and management as a faculty at University of Phoenix. Alice graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science of Electrical Engineering (BSEE) at University of Maryland in 1984 and a

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Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-2165: REVISION OF FRESHMAN ENGINEERING GRAPHICS TO SUPPORTAN EVOLVING CORE DESIGN SEQUENCEJohn Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology JOHN NASTASI currently serves as Director of the Product-Architecture Lab, and Program Coordinator for the interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Product Design, Architecture and Engineering (which he created) at Stevens Institute of Technology. He teaches Freshman Graphics in the undergraduate engineering program. He is also the Founder and Creative Director of the award-winning Hoboken-based design build studio, Nastasi Architects. Mr. Nastasi is a graduate of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, a recipient of Harvard’s Rice Prize for

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Saeed Khan, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

of our citizens as possible have the opportunity to capture the benefits that flowfrom that engagement1." The urgency with which this “vigorous engagement” has to be pursuedin the area of technical education is apparent from remarks made by William Wulf, in hisPresidents Speech to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003, in which he concludes withthis advice: “Our society is dependent upon technology created by engineers. Engineering ischanging rapidly, and I believe engineering education has to change even faster for us tomaintain our quality of life. We’ve studied it to death. We know what to do. So let’s get on withit!2” The rapidly changing technological ecosystems demand that students in science andtechnology prepare for the growing

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Pedro Leite, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

multicultural leadership. Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3TAC/ABET Learning OutcomesAnother framework that will be taken into consideration is related to the TAC/ABET(Technology Assessment Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)accreditation document. There are eleven student learning outcomes ranging from technicalskills to personal traits to citizenship. This project will focus on the student learning outcomeknown simply as outcome j. It states that graduates will demonstrate “respect for diversity andknowledge of contemporary professional, societal

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James A. Sinclair; Kamal Shahrabi; Mohammad Behi

instruction. Authoringsoftware provides another level of computer use by allowing educators to develop anduse multimedia instruction and programs designed for specific learning outcomes. Newtechnologies, such as the personal computer as an instructional tool, are providingteachers and learners the opportunity to explore alternative ways to learn. “Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 2BackgroundUse of technology in mathematical education is not a new issue, nor a recentphenomenon. However, technology in the form of computers and

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin

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Biomedical

2006-123: ASSESSING AN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SCAFFOLD FORREINFORCING LEARNING OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICSKathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin KATHY J. SCHMIDT is the director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In this position, she promotes the College of Engineering’s commitment to finding ways to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation.Mia Markey, University of Texas-Austin MIA K. MARKEY is an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The mission of her

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Effective Teaching with Online Technology

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Continuing Professional Development

2006-1872: CUBISM IN EDUCATION, FLEXING TO ALL PATRONS’ NEEDS FOREDUCATION, LEARNING STYLES, CULTURES…Mani Mina, Iowa State University Page 11.377.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Cubism in education: Flexing to all patrons’ needs for education, learning styles, cultures…AbstractThis paper will consider the use of technology as a medium for innovation in engineeringeducation, which can certainly be expanded to all fields and disciplines. For the most part,technology has been invading all classes and subjects. From kindergarten to college graduates,all students and educators have been influenced by the

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Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Civil Engineering

2006-25: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM: USING A LECTURE SERIES FORMATTO GIVE ENGINEERING STUDENTS A SOCIETAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTAndrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyJennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Page 11.271.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Beyond the Classroom: Using a Lecture Series Format to Give Engineering Students a Societal and Global ContextIntroductionABET 20001 recognized that, in order to be successful, engineers require skills above andbeyond a technical knowledge base. Among the ABET criteria that address nontechnical skills isoutcome h which states that students must be able to

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Improving ME instructional laboratories

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

2006-133: MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS: REWRITING THE SCRIPTRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton earned his doctorate from the University of Washington in 1995 and is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Layton worked for twelve years in consulting engineering, culminating as a group head and a project manager. His professional interests include physical systems theory for modeling and simulation of dynamic systems and curriculum development and lab development in mechanical engineering.James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology James E. Mayhew received his

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-309: BRINGING ENGINEERING INTO K-12 SCHOOLS: A PROBLEMLOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS?Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has spent the past twenty-five years designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first year college courses in the sciences, engineering, and computer science.John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology DR. JOHN

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Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

2006-723: DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE CRITERIA AND RUBRICS FORBIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING OUTCOME ASSESSMENTKay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Kay C Dee is an Associate Professor of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her educational research interests include learning styles, teaching faculty about teaching, student evaluations of teaching, and assessment. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on: biology; biomaterials; cell-biomaterial interactions; cell and tissue mechanics; bioethics, science fiction, and tissue engineering; interdisciplinary engineering problem-solving; and teaching engineering

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Improving the Mathematical Preparation of Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

2006-749: HOW TO GET ENGINEERS TO ENROLL IN MATHEMATICSCOURSESElton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 11.699.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How to get Engineers to take Mathematics CoursesAbstractOne of the challenges to any mathematics department is how to recruit non-majors to take upperlevel mathematics courses. While several engineering curricula require some upper levelmathematics courses, most engineering students only take the bare minimum to meet graduationrequirements.In this paper the author will discuss some three simple methods which have been employed toencouraged students to take upper level mathematics courses. These

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Software Engineering Curriculum Components

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Bagert, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-2628: THE ROLE OF APPLICATION DOMAIN TRACKS IN SOFTWAREENGINEERING PROGRAMSDonald Bagert, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology DONALD J. BAGERT Dr. Bagert is the Director of Software Engineering and a Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. His research interests include software process improvement, software tools for student advising, and software methodologies. Dr. Bagert is a registered Professional Engineer in software engineering in the state of Texas. Contact him at Don.Bagert@rose-hulman.edu. Page

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Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-2339: EXPERIENCES WITH ALLOY IN UNDERGRADUATE FORMALMETHODSMichael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology Michael Lutz is Professor of Software Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he led the effort resulting in the first baccalaureate software engineering program in the United States. His professional interests include software architecture and design, formal methods, and engineering education. Page 11.616.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Experiences with Alloy in Undergraduate Formal MethodsIntroductionAt the core of all engineering endeavors

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International Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Sanjay Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Dinesh Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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International

2006-1290: QUASI INTERACTIVE VIDEO: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TOTHE DELIVERY OF LABORATORY CLASSESPeter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Peter C. M. Burton is Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at RMIT. He has also taught extensively and worked in the microelectronics industry in the United States. A background and strong interest in video production, coupled with an appreciation of difficulties faced by some first year tertiary students has been the impetus for this current work.Sanjay Kumar, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Sanjay Kumar is a Research Associate in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His background is in

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Engineering Ethics and Contemporary Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Davis, Illinois Institute of Technology; Heinz Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

2006-538: ENGINEERING ETHICS AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: KATRINAIN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYONDMichael Davis, Illinois Institute of TechnologyHeinz Luegenbiehl, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Page 11.561.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Michael Davis February 24, 2006Getting an Ethics Charge out of Current Events:Some Doubts about Katrina1 On August 29, 2005, “Katrina” was still only the name of an unusually largecyclonic storm (a “category-4 hurricane”). A few days later, it had become shorthand fora complex economic, political, and social disaster. A long stretch of the Gulf coast hadbecome more

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

University of Maryland.Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Dr. Norman L. Fortenberry is the founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering. Prior to joining NAE in October 2002, Dr. Fortenberry held various executive and managerial positions within the National Science Foundation. He received his S.B., S.M., and Sc.D. degrees, all in mechanical engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Page 11.496.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Documenting the Research Base

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Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Maor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

2006-1206: TWO MATHEMATICS COURSES FOR ARCHITECTURE COLLEGESTUDENTS: FROM CONTEXT PROBLEMS TO DESIGN TASKSIgor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Dr. Igor Verner is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education in Technology and Science, TechnionSarah Maor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Dr. Sarah Maor is a Lecturer at the Hadassa-Wizo College of Design, Haifa, Israel Page 11.1352.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Two Mathematics Courses for Architecture College Students: From Context Problems to Design TasksAbstractThis paper considers Mathematical

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kedmon Hungwe, Michigan Technological University; Seyed Zekavat, Michigan Technological University; Glen Archer, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-2294: GENDER PERSPECTIVES ON THE OPTIMIZATION OF THEINTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE CURRICULUM “INTRODUCTION TOELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOR NON-MAJORS”Kedmon Hungwe, Michigan Technological University is with the Department of Education, Michigan Technological University. He received his Ph.D from Michigan State University in 1999. His research interests focus on teaching and learning in school, college and workplace contexts.Seyed Zekavat, Michigan Technological University is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University. He received his Ph.D from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado in 2002, in Telecommunications. He has over 10 years of

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Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin Stewart, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-157: POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING OFENGINEERING EDUCATION RESEARCHDevin Stewart, National Academy of Engineering Devin Stewart was a summer 2005 Science & Technology Graduate Policy Fellow at the National Academies. He is currently a research assistant with the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering. He received his MS in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech, and earned his BS in Aerospace Engineering and BA in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park.Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering Dr. Norman L. Fortenberry is the founding