Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Bowman, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

new course at Purdue is based on fulfilling the needs for students inthe new Multidisciplinary Engineering (MDE) located in the new Purdue School of EngineeringEducation (ENE), which was founded in 2004. The ENE program is Purdue's answer to a needto better understand the learning and teaching of engineering.1 The MDE program is intended tobuild upon the success of the Purdue Interdisciplinary Engineering (IDE) program that hasenabled students to earn a degree at the interface between different engineering disciplines orengineering and other disciplines by providing a common multidisciplinary foundation for Page 11.993.3students who will then

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University; Jason Rhode, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, tutorials, and online modules on academic integrity. Theeducational materials online on academic integrity fall under three categories: (1) policyinformation on academic dishonesty (numerous universities), (2) simple tutorials on academicintegrity with examples and quizzes (York University, Penn State University, Indiana University, Page 11.1047.2Virginia Tech, University of Southern California, Radford University) and (3) multimediatutorials with audio, stills, and interaction (Rutgers University, University of Guelph).The quality of educational materials on academic integrity available online and their accessibilityto a wider audience vary. Many

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

easily. While the diversity of learning styles canbe a source of frustration for educators, it can also be used as insight on how to design acourse that more effectively educates most of the students.Analysis of the learning preferences for environmental engineering students at MichiganTech reveals the problem with most courses: they are designed in a manner incongruentto the natural learning preferences of most students. Figure 1 shows the results of thisstudy. Responses from two different years are presented and reveal relative similarity inthe classes’ mosaics of learning styles.The results from the active-reflective pairing indicate a good balance among the students;some active and some reflective activities would be a good mix. Active

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

confronting engineering topics for the first time; in a sense, they say “Don’tTELL me, SHOW me!”I. IntroductionPhysical models are a great way to both educate and motivate the student and can greatlyimprove student learning. Sound innovative? Sounds new? Not really; these types of techniqueswere in use at the United States Military Academy and nearly every other engineering institutionat the beginning of the 20th century (Figure 1). Hands-on models were once the cornerstone ofevery class in mechanics, but today many classrooms are equipped with only a textbook,chalkboard (if lucky), and a computer projection system. Is this enough? Not hardly! How canfaculty in today’s classrooms foster an atmosphere that is more conducive to student-centeredlearning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Fisher, MVCS Science Advisor

Page 11.804.6solving problems, everyone wins. We cannot afford to lose the game of educating ournext generation because the outcome is so critical to our nation’s future and its role in theworld! The following is a list compiled from the MVCS science club experience that has beenseen to help our students become more interested in science, math and engineering fields. 1) Start early in the educational process, even in grade school: It is important to have an elementary curriculum to comprehensively cover the areas of math and science. This plants the seed and starts it growing to be well rooted for the branches, such as the area of engineering, to come. A well rounded academic foundation with practical application

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Assessing Current Programs Against the New BOKAbstractThrough the formal development of Policy 465, the American Society of Civil Engineers hasdefined the Body of Knowledge (BOK) that describes the knowledge, skills and attitudesnecessary to become a licensed professional engineer.1, 2 The BOK is presented in the form of 15outcomes that prescribe the necessary breadth and depth of knowledge required for a practicingcivil engineer. The levels of competence for these outcomes are defined as recognition,understanding, and ability. The attainment of the BOK is expected to occur through a broadundergraduate education, specialized education at the masters level, and practical experienceduring the

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

comprise this body and assess who is best qualified to teach each outcome separately. Table1 represents such an attempt. For each BOK outcome, the authors considered four categories offaculty members: 1) the traditional faculty member with Ph.D. who has significant researchresponsibilities and interests; 2) the faculty member with at least a masters degree in the civilengineering discipline but no significant practical industry or research experience; 3) the facultymember with only a masters degree, but has at least 15 years of relevant experience as apracticing civil engineer; and 4) the faculty member with educational expertise in a disciplineother than civil engineering. The bold xx indicates that this person is best qualified to teach

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross Gordon, Rice University; Alex Gordon, Rice University; Philip Bedient, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

engineers who have the skills and tools appropriate to address the issues that ourplanet is facing today and is likely to face within the next 20 years, who are aware of the needsof the developing world, and who can contribute to the relief of the endemic problems of povertyafflicting developing communities worldwide”1. It is the goal of Rice-EWB to make positivechange in the developing world while simultaneously developing engineers who are capable oftackling the challenges that confront our world.Overview of Rice-EWB Rice-EWB is an entirely student run nonprofit organization dedicated to helpingcommunities in the developing world improve their quality of life through the implementation ofengineering projects that address basic needs for

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Szmerekovsky, AFIT; Brian Self, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

drives the interactive classroom experience,enhancing the students’ critical thinking, problem solving ability, and conceptual understanding.JiTT ExamplesTwo example WarmUps are shown below, one for Dynamics (see Figure 1) and one forMechanics of Materials (see Figure 2). Some sample student responses are provided for eachexample, followed by a discussion on how the instructor might interweave these answers into thelesson.Dynamics. In the first question, students are asked to answer a conceptual question. This type ofquestion can be used to encourage students to read the text, to require them to think at a deeperlevel, or just to introduce the material. The second question is conceptual and requires thestudent to think about what can happen

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pam Newberry, Project Lead The Way; T. Richard Grimsley, Project Lead The Way; John Hansen, The University of Texas-Tyler; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

used: (1) career/technical students fromhigh-tech fields, and a sample of (2) all career/technical students.For both comparison groups – high tech fields and all career/technical students – two stratifiedrandom samples of 274 students were drawn to match the demographics of the 274 PLTWstudents (Table 1).Table 1 Student Demographics for All PLTW Students and CTE Comparison Groups Group Male Female White African- Other Students Students American Ethnicities Whose Whose Parent Parent Did Attended Not

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

their performances in the second-year courseprovides an opportunity to examine whether and how participation in the STEPS first-yearcurriculum has improved their performance in a core sophomore engineering course.IntroductionFirst-year engineering curricula have been identified as significant opportunities to improve four-year engineering curricula, and many institutions have addressed the opportunity in differentways. At Texas A&M University (TAMU), at least four challenges were identified with respectto first-year curricula in the Dwight Look College of Engineering. These challenges are notunique to TAMU and avenues for addressing these challenges might be applicable to otherinstitutions. Challenge 1. Although innovations introduced

Conference Session

ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

the intentions and methods used Page 11.416.3in each course, department faculty members have a firmer grasp of the current curriculum: Whatdoes each course intend to accomplish? How are these intentions realized? With a clearer pictureof present reality, the department can engage in more reasoned dialogue about how to obtaindesired outcomes. Fourth, the faculty has begun to develop new materials, such as interlinkedcurriculum components (ICCs), to support specific areas of the renewed curriculum.Process Step No. 1: Developing Departmental OutcomesInstead of first asking which courses or which topics should be included in a revised

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

analysismethod was used to validate the instrument. This analysis revealed four factors defined as: 1) theimportance of DET; 2) teachers’ familiarity with DET; 3) teachers’ perceptions of stereotypicalcharacteristics of engineers; and 4) teachers’ perceptions of characteristics of engineers. Theinternal consistency reliability estimate for the survey was 0.88. The analysis of 98 teachers’responses to these items indicated that: a) the importance of DET in the curriculum was strongerfor female teachers as compared to male teachers, t ( 96) = 2.42, p < 0.05; b) elementary schoolteachers were least likely to teach DET in their curriculum as compared to middle school andhigh school teachers, F (2, 28.81) = 4.35, p < 0.05; and c) DET was more likely to

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Covington, California State University-Northridge; G. Michael Barnes, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.136.2two parallel sections of the same course and tested the hypothesis that periodic self assessment oftime management by the experimental section would improve performance as measured byproject grades compared to the control section.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. In the Study 1 section, we describe thedetails of the first study, including a description of the assessment surveys, how the surveys weregraded, and the results of two different analyses: (1) a hypothesis test analysis and (2) anassessment survey validity test analysis. In the Study 2 section, we describe the details of thesecond study, with a description of the experimental design and the survey questions used. Wealso present the results of the

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Conner Seepersad; Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

and undergraduate engineeringdesign education for providing concrete experiences. Such experiences are fundamentalcomponents in Kolb’s model of experiential learning.1 Experience alone, however, is not helpfulfor students unless they learn something in the process, as noted in Dixon’s survey ofengineering education.2 Accordingly, we have instituted learning journals in undergraduateengineering design courses to encourage students to reflect on what they can learn from theirpersonal experiences with design projects, lectures, and assignments. The learning processinvolves metacognition (the monitoring of one’s own learning) and while this is a naturalprocess, it often needs reinforcement and improvement through practice.3 As reflective

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering and Business

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Clayton, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; Evelyn Thrasher, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

strive to “own” or personalizethe material and learning of it will be enhanced. Moreover the students will be less likely toforget key concepts that have been learned to the point of being “owned” by the individual 1, 6.Unfortunately, the challenge of getting students to enjoy learning statistics has been made moredifficult with the need to teach the subject in large, multiple sections. This need has been drivenby budgetary and staffing constraints. The consequences of teaching statistics in large multiplesections have been a lack of enthusiasm among the students, poor class attendance, and theinability of students to transfer key concepts to other courses in the curriculum. In recognition of the challenges facing teachers of statistics

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

connect to a comprehensible devicethat is practically applied in interesting new consumer products.Brushless DC Motor KitFigures 1 and 2 show an unassembled kit and an assembled Brushless DC Motor. Experiencewith 62 students building their kits showed that 100% were successful in making their motoroperate. The kit is relatively straightforward to assemble. It is based on a low-cost designoriginally developed by Stan Pozmantir8 which uses simple switching controlled by various rotor Page 11.291.3position sensors. The parts kit includes all of the parts listed in Table 1.Figure 1 – Unassembled brushless DC motor kit

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Mark Azadpour, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Engineering Education, 2006 Lossless Image Decomposition and Reconstruction Using Haar Wavelets in Matlab R for ECET StudentsAbstractA method for introducing the topic of lossless image decomposition and reconstruction toECET students is presented. The definition and frequency selective properties of the Haarwavelet is introduced. In addition, the application of Haar wavelets to the decomposition andreconstruction of a 1-dimensional signal is explained and serves as a stepping stone todiscussing the application to digital images.IntroductionIn the past few years, the authors reported their efforts of enhancing students’ learning byutilizing a systems approach [1] - [4]. These

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy Cox, University of Missouri-Rolla; Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

demographic section which asked the students to ratetheir overall knowledge of the engineering profession and whether or not they knew someonethat was an engineer or held an engineering degree. In the event that they did know someone, weasked the nature of the relationship, in terms of whether that person was a close or distantrelative or a friend. This was followed by a survey that asked them to rate, on a scale of 1 – 5,with ‘1’ being “not familiar” and ‘5’ being “extremely familiar,” their knowledge of variousengineering degree programs. Also, a qualitative measure was used to understand their thinkingwith regard to the previously-rated degree programs. Respondents were asked to respond withthe first word or phrase that came to mind when presented

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roli Varma, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

International

as was hoped and few woulddeny that in the new millennium racial/ethnic minorities are still underrepresented when it comesto attaining high-level, decision-making positions in public and private organizations ascompared to Whites. Even when racial/ethnic minorities are overrepresented in professionaloccupations, such as Asian Indians who make up less than 1% of the U.S. population, butconstitute 58% of management, professional, and related occupations, they rarely hold positionsin the upper echelons of management or administration. Despite their being heavily concentratedin professional occupations (74%), they hold only 17% of management positions.13This paper examines the issues surrounding the career mobility of Asian Indians in

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; David Winget, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Engineering Program outcomes shown in Table 1 are configured to meet therequirements of ABET 3a-k and specify what civil engineering majors should be able toaccomplish at the time of graduation from the USMA. With the evolution of the BOK and thepromise of implementation in the near future, the CE Program Outcomes include the requirementfor specialization in an area of civil engineering (14), project management, construction andasset management (15), business and public policy and administration (16), and leadership (17),the requirements extending beyond previous ABET 3a-k requirements. The program is assessedby measuring the extent to which graduates can accomplish the 17 CE program outcomes

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

were concerned, helpful,caring, encouraging, challenging, available, fair, friendly, accessible, demanding, approachable,and patient. Lowman created the two-dimensional matrix shown in Figure 1 and divided thecategories of intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport into high, medium and lowcapabilities. This two-dimensional model then describes nine categories of teachers based ontheir relative strengths in these two areas. Teachers can range from those who are inadequate(low in both categories) to complete exemplar (high in both categories) with every possible Page 11.905.2combination in between. The numbers indicate a priority of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

feedback.” However, using his observableactions, we can reasonably say his theory-in-use was actually “Don’t give feedback if doing socould cause an undesirable reaction.” Likewise, Sue may think she is helping her teammatesloosen up and relax, but her “Don’t worry…” statement may in fact cause them to become evenmore concerned because she didn’t give them a good reason not to worry! Argyris and Schön defined two models of theories-in-use, each with their own governingvalues that determine behavior. The Unilateral Action Model (also called Model I by Argyrisand Schön) has the governing values shown in Table 1. Across gender, educational and racialboundaries, most people interact using the Unilateral Action Model as their theory-in-use8

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

outset.Learning Strategies of the courseIn addition to pedagogical goals, several strategies underlie the capstone’s approach to learning: Page 11.1114.5First, students must develop solutions to complex problems. The problem must have many partsthat make up the final solution. Students who are presented with a problem that cannot be easilyresolved are challenged to draw on their critical thinking skills. According to Ali, criticalthinking is necessary to challenge the student’s “ability to evaluate and interpret information,make predictions, identify assumptions, and draw conclusions from the data.”1 Successful criticalthinking is reliant upon knowledge

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John Denis Enderle, University of Connecticut; Amy Lerner, University of Rochester; Samantha Jacques; Peter Katona, The Whitaker Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

project and a design project in anengineering curriculum.IntroductionCan the difference between design and research be quantifiably defined? At what pointdoes research become design or design become research? Addressing these questions ismuch like examining a fine work of art. Examine a painting by a master artist. Look atthe white of a lily such as those found in the painting “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose,” byJohn Singer Sargent 1. Can you truly find anything that is just black or white? The factis there are many colors in the blacks and whites and the beauty is truly in the eye of thebeholder. As with art, design is often in the eye of the evaluator. If the difference wereblack or white, the job an engineering faculty member would be easy. A

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Throne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

systems are utilizedin electives ECE-520 Discrete-Time Control Systems and ECE-521 Modern Control Systems,which usually have about ten students per year. The majority of this paper discusses thelaboratories for the introductory controls course. All of the labs for ECE-320, ECE-520, andECE-521 can be found using the link http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~throne/CCLI.html. Theselabs are continually undergoing revision as we gain more experience.Laboratory ApproachIn the initial labs the students determine models for the different plants they will be utilizing.Figure 1 shows one of the “carts” for one of our ECP rectilinear systems. The position encoder isshown toward the back of the system. The carts are moved via a motor with a rack and pinionmechanism

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the School of Engineering.1. Introduction Like most engineering schools across the country, the Grove School of Engineering (SOE) atthe City College of New York (CCNY) is engaged in the implementation of a process ofcontinuous improvement in its engineering curriculum. As an urban commuting college, one ofthe School’s missions is to provide education to a highly diverse student body, includingtraditionally underrepresented minorities, working adults, and immigrants in the metropolitanNew York area. The breakdown of undergraduate ethnic groups from fall 1992-2001 at CCNYwas: Black 29.6%, Hispanic 26.0% and Asian 13.5% and for fall 2001 women represented20.1% of the college's engineering majors.In the period under consideration in this paper

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Smith, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

mechanics course which we taught during an eight month period over theinternet to Master’s level students at Boeing Aircraft Company1 . It was hoped that this wouldgive the students (future theoretical and experimental researchers in the fluids area) a soundunderstanding of (1) the derivation and limitations of the fluids equations, (2) the classicallinear and non-linear mathematical methods for solving the fluids equations, and (3) variousnumerical methods for solving the fluids equations. The mathematical challenges faced by thestudents included learning both classical mathematical techniques and numerical techniques forsolving linear and non-linear time dependent partial differential equations in various orthogonalcoordinate systems. In this

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Leandra Aburusa-Lete, Boise State University; Christa Budinoff, Visioneering LLC; Janet Callahan; Michael Luque, Boise School District; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Michelle Taylor, Micron Technology, Inc.

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Women in Engineering

Education. She taught in several schools before starting employment with Page 11.1448.1 Micron Technology as a Training Specialist and is now in the K-12 outreach.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Where the Girls Are: Applying an Integrated Marketing Approach to Attract Girls into Engineering ProgramsAbstractThe steady national decline in women engineering students persists despite a plethora ofprograms and camps at engineering colleges around the country aimed at attracting girls intoengineering and technical fields.1 Discussions about this decline often suggest that influentialcultural

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yong-Kyu Jung, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

oneof the preferable forms of the silicon chip design.IntroductionBecause technology has evolved drastically, introducing design practices that are similar to real-world projects into the classroom is one of the crucial issues facing engineering educationsocieties. Before discussing detailed activities, an examination of the “pros and cons” of currentdigital design practices in the classroom [1] is worthwhile. In industry, delivering the mostmarketable and typically large-scale, high-quality products in the shortest amount of time iscritical. Engineering education, on the other hand, usually deals with more general subjects thatmay not often, if ever, be used during the post-academic engineering career, as well as withpractices involving small