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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

Session xxxx Canaries in the mineshaft: engineers in the global workplace Bethany S. Oberst, Ph.D., James Madison University and Russel C. Jones, Ph.D., P.E., World Expertise LLCAbstractWe need to get beyond the overheated rhetoric about the offshoring of jobs and look seriously athow engineers and the engineering profession want to live and act in society. This articleoutlines the current debate about the migration of jobs overseas and the dismemberment ofengineering and technology jobs into commodifiable pieces. It is written so as to provide

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Nielsen

industrial relations have led to a number of different modes of co-operation withmutual benefit which has been reflected in other areas of M.Sc., Ph.D. and researchprogrammes.Of course, the lecturing of theories, methods and techniques can best be done at theuniversity. But when students are to learn academia and professional skills, all the cycles ofKolb´s [6] and Cowan´s [7] learning model have to be included. Following the four stages ofthe Kolb or Cowan learning circle, the engineering problem solution let the students to beinvolved in e.g.: 1) analysis and diagnosis of industrial issues, 2) development/design ofsolutions – holistic as well as detailed, 3) planning/implementation and control of solutions 4)a dynamic learning process for

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Staver; Naiqian Zhang; Masaaki Mizuno; Gurdip Singh; Mitchell Neilsen; Donald Lenhert

electronic systems used in automobiles, industrial automation, andother control systems continues to increase dramatically. These systems typically includesubsystems with separate processors. The processors must communicate to coordinate theiractivities. A typical system consists of an interconnected collection of distributed processors* This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Grant No. 0227709.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) Page 9.528.1and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Eichinger; Mark Wilson; Anton Kruger; Marian Muste; Tao Xing

Conference, Boulder, CO, pp. T3E-1 – T3E-6. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education[12] Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (1994). Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, Projects, and Materials, McGraw Hill, New York, NY.[13] Naghedolfeizi, M., Arora, S., and Garcia, S. (2002). “Survey of LabVIEW Technologies fro Building Web/Internet-Enabled Experimental Setups,” Proceedings American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Motreal, Quebec, Canada.Author BiographiesMARIAN MUSTE received his Ph.D. in Civil and

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

Centered, Inquiry Based Approach to Page 9.538.9 Middle Grade Science and Mathematics Education. Journal of Engineering Education. 91(3):309-318. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” 3. Robinson, W.H., et al. Incorporating Engineering into High School Algebra and Geometry. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Session 2665. 4. Rosser, S., ed. Teaching the Majority: Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Weber; Rob Walstrom; Kukjin Lee; Jayme Hero; Galen Faidley; Bernard Lwakabamba; Feng Chen; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

necessary for designing anddeveloping the subsystem. A sub-design document consists of several sections: • Description + Goal: describes an overview. e.g., what is it for?, why do we need it?, when do we need it? • Input/Output: describes information necessary for interfacing with other subsystem(s). e.g., what data should be given?, what data will be generated? • Operations: describes functionalities of the subsystem. • Requirements: describes required capabilities. • Constraints: describes any assumptions. e.g., frequency range should be within the ISM band, ideally 915 MHz, for the Data Acquisition and Control subsystem. • Resources: describes necessary resources for designing and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Masi

applicable, in what company organization group are you working this summer(Marketing, research and development, manufacturing, etc.)? What’s your supervisor’stitle?D. How does your group fit into the organization structure of the company?2. PRODUCT/ PROCESSA. If applicable, are you working on particular product (s) or processes as part of yourjob? If so, what?B. If you are working on particular product(s) or processes, how might you describe theproduction/ distribution stream for that product? Where does your group fit into thisstream? Who, in essence, are your group’s ‘customers’? Who does your group receive‘supplies’ from? (Recall the IAP lecture on the beer production / distribution stream.)?C. If you are working on improving a particular product

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vish Prasad; Richard Schoephoerster; Ofer Amit; Alan Carsrud

upongraduation. Program activity complies with the requirements of the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) for senior design projects.The Biomedical Engineering Mentoring and Internship program is offered to seniors majoring inBiomedical Engineering. The program is comprised of a three-semester sequence that beginsduring the latter half of the Spring Semester of the Junior year or the Summer Semester of theSenior year. Seniors that do not participate in the program do an in-house senior design project.The program offers two tracks: an entrepreneurial track and a corporate track. In theentrepreneurial track student entrepreneur(s) recruit prospective team members for the durationof the project and lead the development of their own

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

“wish they had a course like this when they attended school.” They have all beenvery supportive and help to reinforce the instructional objectives.Bibliography 1. Todd, R.H., et al., “A Survey of Capstone Engineering Courses in North America,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, no. 2, 1995, pp. 165-174. 2. Bloom, B. S., Krathwohl, D. R. (1984). Taxonomy of educational objectives. Handbook I. Cognitive domain. New York: Addison-Wesley. 3. Grove, A. S., Only the Paranoid Survive (1999). New York: Time Warner Books. 4. Grove, A. S., High Output Management (1995). New York: Random House. 5. Shaeiwitz, J. A., “Observations on Forming Teams and Assessing Teamwork,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Motivating Students to Achieve

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2004 Annual Conference

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Craig Turner; Keith Johnson; W. Andrew Clark

” their idea (in this case their seniorprojects) to the business students involved in their “strategic experience” class. These students(already broken into teams by business functional expertise) then voted on which project/s theywould like to take on for their semester assignment. Upon this selection thetechnology/engineering student/s became members of the team. This provides some degree ofbuy in for the non-technological students. It also provides an opportunity for the technologystudents to think through the benefits/costs that are involved in their innovation.Pedagogical IssuesThere are several issues that make teaching in a multi-disciplinary course a challenge. First, thedifferences in background mean that instructors will need to clearly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Hietpas

Studies.Bibliography1. NSF-Faculty Workshop on Teaching of Electric Drives, University of Minnesota, Department of Electrical Engineering, Minneapolis, June 19-21, 1997.2. N. Mohan, Electric Drives: A Systems Level Approach University of Minnesota Press, 2001.3. S. M. Hietpas and M. E. Ropp, “Improving Undergraduate Power Engineering Education: A System-Level Approach to Teaching Electromechanical Energy Conversion,” NSF-CCLI A&I Grant, # DUE-9952517, June 1999.4. S. M. Hietpas, “An efficient pedagogical approach for integrating power electronics, drives and the PMDC motor into the traditional energy conversion course,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.5. S. M. Hietpas and M. E. Ropp

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Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lerzan Özkale; Fatma Küskü; Gülsün Saglamer

gendereddistribution”, International Journal of Engineering Education, 18(4): 400-408.[8] Kennedy, H. L. and Parks, J. (2000), “Society cannot continue to exclude women from the fields of science andmathematics”, Education, 120 (3):529-537.[9] ITU Archives, unpublished data.[10] Turkish Chamber of Engineers and Architects, http://www.tmmob.org.tr/yayin/bulten/bulten04/bulten04-11.htm[11] Akduman, İ. Ekinci, E and Özkale, N. L (2001) “Accreditation in Turkish universities” (2001) EuropeanJournal of Engineering Education Vol.26, No.3, 231-239.[12] Koushki,P.A.; Al-Sanad,H.A. and Larkin,A.M. (1999), “Women Engineers in Kuwait: Perception of GenderBias”, Journal of Engineering Education, 88(1):93-97.[13] Özkale, N. L and Küçükçifçi, S (2002) “The Ongoing Effects

Conference Session

Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Henry; James Bandstra

the Mechanical Engineering Technology program thefirst-hand experience of working with practicing engineers and technicians in their work place. Page 9.180.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationCTC is organized as a non-profit educational corporation whose primary business activity is toperform engineering services work for the U. S. government. These services include informationtechnology and environmental services as well as problem solving in materials andmanufacturing. As part of its

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

like to acknowledge theNational Science Foundation for their support of the offering of several pilot courses in ourMulti-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral curriculum.8 References 1. Collura, M.A., B. Aliane, S. Daniels, and J. Nocito-Gobel, “Development of a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral”, Submitted to the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2004. 2. Mikic, B. and D. Grasso, “Socially-Relevant Design:the TOYtech Project at Smith College”, Journal of Engineering Education, 91(3):319-326, 2002. 3. John Hopkins Virtual Laboratory, Bridge Designer, http://www.jhu.edu

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tom Mancine; Scott Harper; Ryan Scott; Hassan Rajaei

NetRNG; a templatized, thread-safe circular buffer structure whichimplements the Mesa monitor semantic. Its size is a construction-time parameter. When it is fullthe thread(s) calling put() is(are) blocked, and when the buffer empties the thread(s) calling get()is(are) blocked. This construct provides following services: Page 9.1098.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education BoundedBuffer(unsigned short) ~BoundedBuffer() get(T& ) : bool put(T ) : bool

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wesner; Cristina Amon

projects to the students, so that teams can indicate on which project(s) they would like to work. • to participate (ask questions) in the two Design Reviews • on the last day of class, to hear the Final Reports of all the teamsOccasionally a sponsor representative will manage only the first and last of these. At the otherend of the spectrum, some sponsor representatives come to nearly every class. These peopleoften get drafted to make a presentation during the semester on some topic relevant toEngineering Design, such as describing the Product Realization Process used in their company,or speaking about Intellectual Property issues.The Projects ThemselvesProjects have mostly sought a design solution to a hardware problem. A few have

Conference Session

The Fundamentals of Fun

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2004 Annual Conference

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Brewer Stouffer; Jeffrey Russell

Session #1615 Making The Strange Familiar: Creativity and the Future of Engineering Education W. B. Stouffer, Jeffrey S. Russell, and Michael G. Oliva Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-MadisonIntroductionWhy does the perception persist that engineers are uncreative, or worse, do not need to tap intocreativity when most engineering projects demand creative or innovative approaches in thedesign of equipment, systems, and facilities? With the complexity surrounding everyengineering project mounting as natural resources dwindle, the world population

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

Education. We also gratefully acknowledge the donation of 2 kg ofcatalyst from Purolite.References1. H. S. Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering,3rd ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999.2. M. E. Davis and R. J. Davis, Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003.3. K. D. Dahm, R. P. Hesketh, M. J. Savelski, “Is Process Simulation Used Effectively in Chemical Engineering Courses,” Chemical Engineering Education, 36, 2, (2002).4. K. D. Dahm, “Process Simulation and McCabe-Thiele Modeling: Specific Roles in the Learning Process,” Chemical Engineering Education, 36, 4 (2002). Page

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dawei Wu; Chunyan Wu; Aditya Dikshit; Weizhao Zhao

Pharmacological Sciences, 2001; 22:71-74.5) Macoviski A. Medical Imaging Systems, PrenticeHall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983.6) Quinn GB, Taylor A, Wang HP and Bourne PE. “Development of Internet-based multimedia applications,” Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 1999; 24:8:321-324.7) Schmidt A, Brück R, Hahn K, Labeque A, Popovic G, Ohler M, Riedel H, Rizvi N, Stange T. “TRANSTEC - A new tool for online educational multimedia training on innovative high aspect ratio microtechnologies,” Microsystem Technologies, 2000; 6:109-112.8) Suetens P. Fundamentals of Medical Imaging, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002.9) Webb S. (Ed.) The Physics of Medical Imaging, Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1996

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

, as well as aesthetic considerations, asmotivating elements of social and intellectual life11.Technical rationality contributes to the well known “over the wall” problem in enginering.Here, the focus of the engineer designer is restricted to solving the problem according tocorrect theory as s/he understands it rather than developing a complete picture of the problem Page 9.630.4from a variety of different points of view. The assumption has been, as it is in the rational and Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society

Conference Session

Role of Professional Societies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dianne Dorland

Knowledge Curriculum EH&S Public AwarenessFigure 1. AIChE’s Historic Role as a Professional Society Page 9.296.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFigure 2. Expanded Role of AIChE and Chemical Engineering Page 9.296.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Lloyd Massengill; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

medical school(s) components, the ability to discussengineering professionalism in a multidisciplinary format, the ability to discuss safety asa generic rather than a disciplinary issue, etc. Page 9.432.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”This paper will discuss our development and first experience with a common designseminar, and will explicitly discuss feedback from the student body regarding the designseminar evaluation.IntroductionThe senior design courses at

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joan Walker

Expert and novice conceptions of the design process: Developmental differences with implications for educators Joan M.T. Walker1, Paul H. King1, & David S. Cordray2 Biomedical Engineering1 / Psychology and Human Development 2 Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN 37203AbstractIf educators want students to learn to think like experts, then we need to learn howexperts think. Addressing this issue, we asked what is “the wisdom” of biodesign (i.e.,what are the key concepts)? How do people at different points of professionaldevelopment define biodesign? Both questions were intended to inform our efforts toestablish experiences that support students’ understanding of the design

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

reduction, etc. The choice of the proper mass-separating agent from a greenengineering standpoint for the particular industrial separation is a key criteria to be presented.Ultimately a separation course should present sound rationale for the “green” integration ofseparation technologies in a reuse/recovery mode where valuable material(s) may be recoveredand reused in the overall process. These approaches should be applied in the discussion ofdesign and application of the various separation methods to the system being purified,fractionated or concentrated. Separation processes courses also need to encompass a broad rangeof both traditional and novel unit operations such that a student can see the pros and cons in theirapplication from a green

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Depew

Session 14552004 ASEE – Salt Lake CityGraduate Studies DivisionInvited Panel Session:Professional Graduate Engineering EducationRelevant to the Needs of IndustryInvited Panel Paper #3 Draft Enabling the U.S. Engineering Workforce to Perform: Developing Financial Sustainability to Ensure High-Quality in Professional Graduate Engineering Education D. R. Depew, 1 A. L. McHenry, 2 S. J. Tricamo, 3 D. H. Sebastian, 3 J. M. Snellenberger,4 D. H. Quick,4 I. T. Davis,5 J. P. Tidwell,6 D. D. Dunlap, 7 D. A. Keating, 8

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Semahat Siddika Demir

Peer-Mentoring among Female Biomedical Engineering Students can be Extended to Other Engineering Disciplines Semahat S. DemirJoint Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Memphis & University of Tennessee 330 Engineering Technology Building, Memphis TN, 38152-3210, USA Adjunct Faculty of Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey Email: sdemir@memphis.edu Abstract— Mentoring is significant personal and professional assistance given by a moreexperienced person to a less experienced person during a time of transition. Transitions fromhigh school to

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

ofstudents, faculty, and the institution. He asserts, “it is unacceptable, we believe, to go onusing research and publication as the primary criterion for tenure and promotion whenother education obligations are required.” [3:34] Additionally, Boyer maintains faculty“are often not rewarded for teaching while being penalized if they fail to do research.”[3:33] Boyer found that “for 70 percent of today’s professors, teaching represents theirprimary interest”; [3:43] however, faculty are often held to narrow—even constraining—expectations that limit their ability to develop as teachers within their disciplines. [3:43]In engineering education, studies in the 1980’s and 1990’s indicated the critical need forchanges in engineering education. A

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

SESSION 1566 The Balanced Scorecard in a Capstone Design Course John I. Hochstein, Jeffrey G. Marchetta, William S. Janna Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Memphis Memphis, TennesseeAbstractIn response to a perceived need to improve the project management skills of program graduates,the authors introduced the general principles and structure of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC)system to seniors in a capstone design course. This paper briefly presents the principles of theBalanced Scorecard, describes how they were

Conference Session

Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hisham Abdulmallik Al-Shahabi

thecompany.This programme was such a success that within a decade the majority of graduates werebeginning to occupy the middle and upper management & engineering positions within theCompany.Other oil companies, established in the 1980’s, followed suit in sending secondary schoolgraduates to continue their tertiary education abroad, this time to the U.S.The role played by the Bahrain Petroleum Company & the other oil companies in engineeringeducation, as the majority of those sent to study abroad came back as engineers, has been vital toBahrain as well as the engineering profession in particular. Getting their engineering educationabroad & combining it with on-the-job training programmes both at home & abroad producedtop quality, highly

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

K-12 arena is rarely a path to fame and riches. Even small rewards are appreciated, especially if teachers have to spend evening or weekend time in your program. We offered stipends, equipment, and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit. 3. Offer incentives to complete pr ogr am r equir ements. To assure that teachers implement our activities in class and to help us with data collection, we also offer a financial incentive at the end of the school year. 4. Listen to teacher s. Hold focus groups with teachers. Ask teachers what they need and want, but do not expect them to speak with one voice. Be prepared to get an earful about issues that are beyond the scope of your project. At the algebra I