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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Young; Sanjiv Sarin; Xiaochun Jiang

• Faculty Mentored Research • Summer Bridge Programs • Industry and National Research Laboratory Internship • Career Advisement • Stipend Awards • Conferences and SeminarsIn year 2003-2004, 80 undergraduate students and 12 graduate students participated inthe NC-LSAMP project. There were 53 males and 39 females. Three of the studentswere Native American, whereas 89 of the students were African Americans. Figures 1through 6 represent the student distribution based on gender, race, major, category, cohortand activities they were involved in. Race Ge nde r 3% Native A merican

Conference Session

Experiences with Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Walter Bankes; Michael Eastman; Anthony Trippe; Jeffrey Lillie; George Zion

-op work as part of BS program requirements. The firstco-op block generally takes place at the start of the third year with the remaining co-op blocksoccurring during the student’s fourth and fifth years of study. Starting in March 2003, studentsare required to perform oral presentations and poster sessions describing their co-op experiences.During the first week of each quarter, an evening is set aside for returning co-op students toparticipate in a formal oral presentation and/or a poster session. Attendance is mandatory for allreturning students and faculty within the Computer Engineering Technology program. Studentsfrom certain courses such as First Year Enrichment and Career Orientation may also be requiredto attend. All students within

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

, to a great extent, determines students’ performancein design and technical graphics courses. Prior research shows that 3-D visualization abilitygreatly influences students’ future career success in science, engineering, and technology(McKim, 1980; Norman, 1994; Pleck et al., 1990). Students without sufficient 3-D perceptionability may become frustrated and drop out of CAD programs, or may be advised to pursuestudies in areas that do not require CAD skills. However, if students could improve and gainconfidence in their 3-D visualization skills, they would enjoy CAD instruction more and becomemore engaged. Fortunately, prior research also shows that visualization is a skill that can belearned, developed, and improved with proper instruction

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

notions of the rest of the world. Their lives deeply anddaily influenced by Islamic religion and law (no separation of church and state), and with extendedfamilies as their primary subculture, the students’ lives were thus far highly provincial. In the newSTEPS II program, the students are introduced to the whys and hows of getting along with peopleunlike themselves in their future careers. Arab students’ ideas about the rest of the world are largely formed by watching movies andtelevision, so they have variously distorted and unrealistic expectations about the behavior of peoplein foreign lands. For many, the Petroleum Institute is the students’ first opportunity to interact

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

commitment and encourages them to think about their own values and futureplans. • I make a point to talk with my 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 responding

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster; Mohan Krishnan; Shuvra Das; Sandra Yost

1 4 7 2technical presentations in front of an audience?How much competence do you have 2 1 7 4contributing to a written technical report? Not Likely Somewhat Very Likely LikelyHow likely is it that you will use your knowledge of 0 7 7mechtronic systems in your future career?How valuable is it for you to continue the educational process 0 3 11throughout your career (i.e. how much do you value “lifelonglearning

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Casalena; Matt Weinstein; Borna Ghavam; Blake Robertson; Karen Thornton; David Barbe; James Green

undergraduate at the University of Maryland, is eager to pursue anentrepreneurial career in technology. He founded 57th Avenue Advertising, LLC during his freshman yearto help develop core business skills that will aid him in technology development. Borna has also served asan undergraduate researcher in the area of micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). He is a member ofthe Hinman CEOs Program.JAMES GREENJames is the Associated Director of the Hinman CEOs Program. He earned a BS of Industrial Engineeringfrom the Georgia Institute of Technology, a MS in Technology Management from the University ofMaryland University College, and an MBA from the University of Michigan Business School. James isexperienced as a founder, executive, and advisor to start

Conference Session

New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Jiusto; David DiBiasio

schools, including WPI, have academic goals that include preparation for life-long learning. Nontraditional academic experiences claim to support preparation for LLL.However, evidence is largely anecdotal or superficial.LLL “suddenly” became part of engineering education when ABET included it as one of thedesired learning outcomes. Most schools have had trouble defining it, and nearly all have troublemeasuring it. Many have resorted to outcomes descriptors that relate to information findingabilities, elective course decisions, and participation in professional societies. Despite theseoutcomes being desirable they are somewhat superficial, low-level abilities. Other methods toprobe LLL involve using post-graduation paths and career choice data

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Blake

A Multidisciplinary Engineering Computation Module for Introductory Courses in Engineering Technology John W. Blake Austin Peay State UniversityAbstractTopics selected for introductory courses in engineering technology and in engineering shouldhelp students decide if they want to pursue the degree and, if so, to prepare them for work intheir later courses and in their careers. The topics should be applicable in different areas oftechnology. The author has found that a module on computations using rates and capacitiesmeets these criteria and is a useful addition to a first year course. This paper discusses thismodule and describes the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Jones; Karen Berger; Tamara Knott

major engineering concepts of problem solving and teamwork. Exploring Engineering Dayaimed to promote engineering as a stimulating, exciting, and rewarding field of study as well asto dispel the idea that engineers must wear hard hats or work on trains. It was also our goal tohave the children see that engineering is not just for men but to show the young women that theytoo can pursue a career in the fields in engineering, math, and science.Previous experience has indicated that educational outreach events such as ExploringEngineering day benefit not only the participants but also the volunteers involved in the project.This paper provides details of the organization, planning and implementation of the event, aswell as an analysis of the

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi; Andrew Rose

feelings of anxiety, frustration, and even a sense ofinadequacy in their area of expertise. These sentiments coupled with the unrelentingdemands on all faculty lead to a sense of isolation and abandonment within the academiccommunity.“The Spaghetti Factor”, is a peer leadership model that is being successfully implementedat the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. It serves to address the multitude ofconcerns and questions of new faculty members. It accomplishes this primarily with peermentoring by “senior” untenured faculty who are near the tenure decision time in theiracademic career. By working together through this mentoring, new faculty are able to“stick together” in such a way that everyone is on track to achieve tenure in a moreefficient

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melissa Eljamal; Matthew Mayhew; Eric Dey; Stella Pang

that the pre-college experiences combined with a supportive infrastructure mean students place a greatervalue on international education and lead to greater participation, particularly if these overseasexperiences better position them for careers in engineering. The level of intercultural awarenessof student participants in international programs is similar across race, gender, department,academic level, and cumulative grade point average. Participants behave in tolerant ways towardother cultures but must learn more about their own culture by trying to see it in the way it is seenby people from different cultures.I. IntroductionIn 2000, the International Programs in Engineering (IPE) office of the University of Michigan(UM) College of

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

period, engineering degrees over this Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsame time period are expected to remain stable" (p. vi). Noeth et al., also note that of the highschool students who took the ACT and indicated they would pursue a baccalaureate degree,those who expressed an interest in majoring in engineering consistently dropped from 8.6% in1992 to 5.5% in 2002. It is imperative that more K-12 students be encouraged to considerengineering as a career to not just maintain but increase the number of graduates to meetdemand.Jeffers, Safferman, and Safferman8 list many ways for engineers

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tori Bailey; Jonathan Gabrio; David Cannon; Helen L. Chen; George Toye; Larry Leifer

otherwiseseparated by time and space and make meaningful connections among those experiences that canlead to powerful new insights about themselves and their learning career. For students who arecontemplating deeply their experiences and the relationships among those experiences, theartifacts may serve as objects to facilitate thinking and remembering (Brereton, 1998; Pea,1993).11,12 We purposefully chose to couple the implementation of wikis and weblogs (thetechnology) with Folio Thinking (the pedagogy). It is our working hypothesis that thecombination of Folio Thinking practices with the wiki and blog technology will increase: 1)awareness of what is learned and 2) articulation of connections between learning and thedesign process. Folio Thinking

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Head

LCAeffectively increased the complexity of the design process, forcing students to evaluate, research,and coordinate in a team environment.Digital Clock/TimerThe student teams also build a digital timer for their crane. This digital circuit measures theamount of time required to lift the weights the required 2 feet and its accuracy is compared to an“official” clock. Since none of the students, not even the Electrical and Computer Engineers,have had a course in digital electronics at this point in their academic career, we provide themwith instruction in the basics of binary counting and logic circuits during the laboratory sectionof the course. Then they are given a simple, single-digit display option to work from.Students use a standard timer chip

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brett Hamlin; Gretchen Hein

Engineering EducationIntroductionWomen and men face different challenges when they enter engineering school. In general, mostmen are more likely to succeed in engineering due to many factors. First, the traditionalstereotype that men are good at math and science, while women are perceived to have lessability.1 To help women succeed, researchers have suggested that students work in teams, receiveencouragement, and learn via various instructional methods.1,2 Because men are expected toexcel in math and science prior to college, this expectation follows them into the universitywhere they have more confidence that engineering is the right career choice for them thanwomen. 3 Women have a tendency to doubt their abilities and frequently question their

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; George Wright; Joseph Morgan

the CDR, allteams are present and thus are able to assess their accomplishments in terms of what other teamshave accomplished. In addition, the CDR offers all team members another opportunity toprepare and deliver a formal verbal presentation which will receive critical review and feedbackfrom a large number of individuals. Many students have communicated back to the EET/TETfaculty that these “opportunities” to communication have served them well as they haveadvanced in their professional careers. One relatively new aspect of the course sequence is the “Request for Extension”. In thetwelfth week of the semester, each team must decide whether they will need to request a timeextension for their project. If so, they must formally request

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

for Engineering Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education_______________________________________________________________________Academician DATO’ IR. LEE YEE CHEONG, is President 2003-2005, of the World Federation ofEngineering Organisations. During his career he has served with the National Electricity Board Malaysia,Tenaga Ewbank Preece (M) Sdn Bhd (TEP), and CEO, KTA Tenaga Sdn Bhd. He is a Coordinator of TaskForce No.10 “Science, Technology and Innovation” of the UN Millennium Project, 20O2-2005.RUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services inengineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a

Conference Session

Integrating Research into Teaching

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlin Thomas

practice for many industrial engineers. IE is diverse, much more so than otherengineering disciplines and it is practiced widely throughout private and public sectors ofsociety. IE managers influence decisions at strategic, management control, and operationallevels of organizations. The overall systems perspective and the experiences that industrialengineers develop through the key elements of operations and organizations prepares them wellfor upper management as a career option. The basic strategy for homeland strategy is to detect, prevent, and respond to threats andacts of terrorism. So the first initiative is awareness to terrorism. Employees should understandthe types of terrorist events that could occur and the appropriate

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

, American Society for Engineering Educationto provide a framework for students to see how the challenging technical content in theirother courses will be applied later to creative careers which impact society. Engineeringstudents are often motivated by practical significance, and these seminars provide broadercontext for their required math, physics and chemistry courses.A key element of the courses is small class size, enabling faculty to facilitate originalteam projects. In the four introduction to engineering courses which feature projects, thesection size is 50 or more students. Each team uses an identical set of raw materials tomeet identical design specifications. These projects have powerful instructive value in thecontext of discipline

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

Page 10.793.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”have learned in school.1 The same can be said for some college graduates. Wherever educationis inadequate:1 Students know little about work. Students have no clear idea about what they must do to enter a particular career or occupation. Students do not know what might be expected of them at work since the teaching environment bears little to no resemblance to the engineering environment found in industrial companies. Schools do not teach the attitudes and maturity needed on the job. Schools isolate young people from adults who

Conference Session

New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

topics of history of engineering,engineering majors and career paths, problem solving, design, project management, teamwork,oral presentation skills, technical writing, and some basic computing skills using a spreadsheet(statistics, solution of equations, and optimization). Most of these skills are relevant to allengineering majors and can be introduced without the need for a rigorous mathematicalframework. To connect all of this material together, team-based engineering projects aretypically assigned. A significant challenge for first semester first year engineering students is tofind projects which are both challenging enough to require real teamwork and projectmanagement, while not having unreasonable time and skill-level demands. We feel

Conference Session

Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

individual’s outcomes are affected by others’ actions3. A study performed by Forbes etal.12 on the students’ perception of group-based PBL showed that students felt group work waseffective at focusing them on the reality of their roles as future clinical practitioners. It isreasonable to assume that students whose educational strategy focused on group interactions andbelieve they are preparing for their eventual career roles are more prepared to work in groupenvironments that mimic real world conditions. The second benefit stems from the discovery ofthe individuals’ roles in the group. In self-directed problem based learning, students are Page

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

discussed for both experiments andavailable for instructor use.Keywords: Freshman course, Electrophoresis, Bioreactor, Experiment, Inexpensive equipmentIntroductionAt Mississippi State University, our 1-credit hour freshman seminar course has been designed tointroduce students to the Chemical Engineering field. The class meets once a week for 50minutes with about 15 contact sessions in the fall semester. The objectives of the course aremultifaceted and include having the students • Gain an appreciation and knowledge of chemical engineering as a career, • Perform laboratory activities that illustrate key chemical engineering concepts, • Gain experience in oral and written communication skills, • Gain an appreciation for chemical

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

, consider a typical adult student pursuing an MET Associates degree atthe Purdue statewide location in New Albany, IN. Career and family obligations limit his/hercoursework to two evening courses each semester. The experimental work at New Albany islimited because the energy lab, hydraulics lab, and controls lab occupy the same space. It wouldstrengthen the overall Purdue MET program if sophisticated laboratory equipment were suppliedin a format that meets the constraints of this non-traditional student. In a stroke of good fortune, the key technology for improving energy efficiency incommercial buildings is also supplying a ready-made solution to the challenge of providingmodern laboratory equipment to large numbers of undergraduate

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Yellin; Jennifer Turns

asinstructional staff include increasing their knowledge and core understanding of course materialby learning through teaching. Other benefits include improving their communication skills,practicing their mentoring skills, and gaining more confidence in their leadership skills. Gettingundergraduates in STEM fields to think about teaching at the college level early in their careersmay make them more aware of the possibility of continuing their education in graduate school orfaculty careers. In addition to these higher level professional outcomes, undergraduate teachingassistants and tutors are typically compensated for their work through hourly pay rather thanteaching appointments. With some training, advanced undergraduate teaching assistants

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

this project and with their academic careers. It was something I knew, but didn’t know, if that makes any sense. (JJ-IV: 11)Students like Jennifer and Joshua are moving toward fuller participation2 in this engineeringcommunity of practice, and recognize their role in helping newer students feel confident asnovices in the community. Such mentorship is crucial to help more novices feel valued aslegitimate participants.Novice students often feel as if they have nothing to offer the group and no role to play in thecommunity. Without help from more expert participants, their learning will suffer, since they arenot recognized as legitimate participants. Lave and Wegner argue that for newcomers,participation in a community of practice provides

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Burleson; Theodore Djaferis; Paul Dobosh; Orin Hoffman

% of women drop out of engineering beforegraduation, many citing lost confidence, the competitive culture, and lack of interest inthe subject material as reasons [3]. As we look at the demands that will be placed onengineers in the upcoming century, traditional engineering methods will retain theirimportance, but engineers will also be faced with emerging problems that are morecomplex, multi-layered, and encompass a large number of disciplines [2]. Traditionallysystems courses are taught towards the end of an undergraduate career, but we proposethat explicitly integrating a “systems perspective” into an introductory course will offer amore honest view of modern engineering as well as significantly aid the student grapplewith the complexities

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

quality of life; and the need fortechnological literacy for all of our citizens.In spite of soaring U.S. college enrollments in the last 25 years, the number of undergraduatescompleting degrees in engineering has declined dramatically after peaking in 1988,1 and is stillbelow the number of new B.S.-level engineering graduates in 1988.2 An engineering educationcreates access to a successful and rewarding career and personal future, and people from allbackgrounds should have ample opportunity to share in that future.The participation of women in engineering and technology programs has stagnated, with femalesaccounting for fewer than 21% of B.S. engineering graduates. Sadly, as society has become moretechnology driven, the representation of women

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Maughmer

for the U.S. engineering profession or academiawithout massive growth in demand for aerospace products.Much recent attention has been devoted to this gloomy scenario.5,6,7,8,9 Mercer5 notes that the jobsbeing advertised by Administration officials as signs of economic recovery are far from beinggood replacements of engineering / technology careers. She warns of the disastrous effects ofdiscouraging American youngsters with aptitude in the mathematical sciences by telling themthat the “hot’ occupations of the future do not require such aptitudes. Economist Paul CraigRoberts is quoted as saying that “only labor involved in non-traded goods and services is safefrom foreign substitution." This is a replay of what happened to engineers and factory