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Curriculum Development in Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jan Lugowski

' feedback and recommendations (samples)Laboratory 1: "For this assignment, I would recommend to add more Automation Studio practice examples. This would allow the students to gain more familiarity with how to construct more complex hydraulic and electrical schematics to control a test stand. This could then further teach them by letting them make more complex testing situations without having to actually build this on a stand. To make this lab more interesting, I recommend that an example is presented on an actual automated system that was created with the Automation Studio software. Then the students would realize that this software could be very beneficial in their engineering careers. Another recommendation would be to have

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Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Philip Kosky

sophomore engineering and science majors with prerequisites ofmathematics through calculus, a first sequence in physics, and one course in chemistry.Important goals were to bring the excitement of nanotechnology to students early in theirscholastic careers and to make them aware of the many opportunities for research and furtherstudy. The pedagogical challenges were several. We needed to: 1) reflect existing facultyinterests in engineering, physics, and chemistry, 2) integrate those faculty into a cohesiveteaching unit, 3) be intelligible to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, 4) serve a multidisciplinarystudent body, and 5) have assessable outcomes. In addition, no single ideal text was available soseveral sources of ancillary readings were

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rajesh Malani; Enno Koehn

(Construction) engineering atLamar University perceive they have obtained a much stronger background in professional issuescompared to the students involved in the benchmarking study. It is hoped that this additionalbackground information will assist the Lamar students in their career as future engineeringpractitioners. Page 9.1081.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationVI. Summary and ConclusionsEngineering program assessment for an academic institution is periodically conducted by anABET team during a

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Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jason Keith

are listed intable 2.The core enterprise experience occurs in the project work course. During each semesterof the sophomore and junior years, students sign up for 1 credit of project work. At thispoint the students are becoming acquainted with the enterprise project and become moreinvolved as they progress through their academic career. The experience culminates when Page 9.109.2students sign up for 2 credits of project work per semester during their senior year. At Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timothy Walsh; Sean Pearson; Jeffrey Cotton; Jane Hall; Robert Caverly

. These circuit components are introduced early in thestudent s academic career, but usually only as ideal circuit elements. Concepts such as resistive1 Now with Lockheed Martin Corp., King of Prussia, PA. Page 9.811.12 Now with Raytheon Corp., Chelmsford, MA

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Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

concentration in industrial and enterprise networking. The program is designed tobe accreditable by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology2 (ABET) and to attract students who desire topursue a career in the computer networking, automation, telecommunications, or othercomputer-electronics fields. The degree is a collaborative effort between the Electricaland Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) and Computer Science (CS)departments. The program is designed to provide training in modern, industry based areasthat are experiencing growth in the northeast Indiana region, which has experiencedconsiderable job loss in the manufacturing sector. The term, industrial, is used to meanbusiness

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Vennes; Phillip Smith

solids modeling into the design curriculum at thefreshman level involved retention. This course allows the students introduction to fairlysophisticated engineering problems and methods for solving them early in their career. It was feltthat early successes by the students would encourage them to continue in an academic fieldwhich is known to be very rigorous and has, in the past, been plagued by a very high drop outrate. It is probably too soon since the institution of this program to tell if there has been adecrease in the drop out rate from Mechanical Engineering, but drop out and failure rates for thefreshman design course are now significantly lower than ones observed before the solidsmodeling course was introduced. Although it might not

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Adam McGough; Coral Nocton; Ken Patton; Ismail Fidan

the Chair of National Engineer’s Week for theCollege of Engineering at TTU. During the 2000-2001 year she was the secretary of the SME studentchapter and President of the Society of Women Engineers. Currently a Senior in the Manufacturing andIndustrial Technology department, Coral has been awarded many scholarships due to her highly involvededucational nature. Miss Nocton completed a manufacturing cooperative education program in high school,then continued on to complete a summer co-op program in her freshman year and is currently finishing upher college career with a one and one-half year process engineering co-op at a local automotive supplier.Planning to graduate in May of 2004, Miss Nocton hopes to obtain a manufacturing engineering

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Cliver; Mike Eastman

theupcoming year; 4) “Two Worlds Together” presentation brings to light the issues hearing, deafand hard-of-hearing students will have living together (the National Technical Institute for theDeaf , one of RIT’s 8 colleges formed in 1968, supports 1200 students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing); 5) student identification cards and employment cards are obtained; and 6) week ofwelcome entertainment including comedians, dance parties, movies, picnics and athletictournaments.The Tinto Model2 refers to the stages of passage in student college careers. The stages areseparation from communities in the past, transition between high school and college andincorporation in the society of the college. The Freshman Orientation Committee’s goal was toaid in the

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Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roli Varma

of Gains for Female Faculty?" Teachers College Record, 93, 697-709.5. P. Bronstein, E. Rothblum & S. Solomon. (1993). "Ivy Halls and Glass Walls: Barriers to Academic Careers for Women and Ethnic Minorities" in J. Gainen and R. Boice (eds.) New Directions for Teaching and Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.6. J. Buck. (2001). “The President’s Report” Academe, September-October, 18-20.7. D.E. Chubin & E. Hackett. (1990). Peerless Science: Peer Review and US Science Policy. Albany: State University of New York at Albany Press.8. R.T.D. De George. (1997). Academic Freedom and Tenure: Ethical Issues. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.9. J. Dewey. (1902). “Academic Freedom

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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Molu Olumolade

degrees into five or sixyear program?” It is imperative for every college or university to realize that the answer is notaddition of classes that specifically address all these competences. We should be able toaccomplish preparing our graduates for a career in industry if every professor will endeavor toincorporate these industry practices into their courses as they go along. As globalization andrapid technology innovations continue to rise, financial constraints continue to make itincreasingly difficult for colleges and universities to provide all the resources needed cope oraddress these changes and impart the necessary competency.One approach that is being used to address some of these problems is the Problem-based learning(PBL). Some

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen Fitzhugh; Robert Goodrich; Ronald Lessard; Jacques Beneat

, communication, and control is the most appropriate thing we can do for engineeringstudents.II. Professional ProjectsThe EG115 and EG116 Professional Projects course sequence at Norwich University is designedto introduce freshme n engineering students early in their academic career to applications withintheir discipline. This provides the freshmen with a perspective on the reason for themathematics, science, and engineering science courses that serve as the foundation of theirknowledge. Since electrical and computer engineers take this course in common, applications inboth disciplines are covered. Robotics is one application area that naturally draws significantly

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

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2004 Annual Conference

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S. Birgül Tantekin-Ersolmaz; Gülsün Saglamer; Ekrem Ekinci

December2003.Brain drain is another issue appearing as a challenge tied to globalization. The international jobopportunities attract many talented engineers in Turkey, in particular those with advanceddegrees. The instability of Turkish economy and the severe economic crises experienced in thelast twenty five years, and hence the low income of engineers along with unsatisfactoryprofessional careers enforce professionals seek alternatives abroad.Bibliography1. Yerlici, V., “A Short History of Government Involvement in Engineering Education in Turkey”, Proceedings of the SEFI Annual Conference, Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, 1981.2. Rodinson, M., Islam and Capitalism (translated from French by Brian Pierce), University of Texas Press

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Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Moran

communication projects and a relevance to theirfuture careers is considered important for student success in technical communication courses.10Some problemsBringing troubleshooting and other types of fault identification/isolation procedures into theclassroom is not an easy task. Most students have a writing background of essays, letters andreports that has concentrated on producing linear narratives. Most technical writing exercisescontinue this, asking students to write physical descriptions, process descriptions, reports usingthe IMRAD format, and instructions following a numbered step pattern that provides a sense ofthe beginning (step 1), middle and end (last step).Troubleshooting procedures ask the student develop an information product that may

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kukulka

coordinate.The Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology (ABET) currently requires a capstonedesign requirement for programs. This senior design course is probably the most critical coursein the student’s education. It requires a considerable time commitment by students, sponsors andinstructors. The course at Buffalo State College provides mechanical majors withinterdisciplinary creative design and problem solving experience. The ability of the student toeffectively manage a project, as well as to interact with the other team members on projects thatstretch over several disciplines are hard lessons to learn early in a career. It is felt that thisexposure to these concepts while still in school better prepares our students for their earlypositions

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aranggan Venkataratnam; Ashok Goel

and by using quantum cells. In this paper, the undergraduateresearch projects carried out by the two REU students are summarized1. IntroductionActive research experience is one of the most effective techniques for training andmotivating undergraduate students for careers in science and engineering. NationalScience Foundation (NSF) recognizes this and supports undergraduate research under“Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements” program where itencourages principal investigators of NSF-funded research grants to include one or twoundergraduate students in their existing projects. This paper summarizes the experiencesof two such REU students (CR, DG) who worked on research projects in nanotechnologycircuit design under the

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Assessment & Quality Accredition in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

communication,engineering management, technical entrepreneurship and global prospective and informationengineering along with the traditional courses will produce a different breed of engineers andtechnologists who will be prepared for those positions from the start of their careers. Theclassroom learning of entrepreneurship must be merged with the industry participation for reallife applications. During one semester the students can work in teams to study the industrysponsored projects for feasibility, from both a business and technical standpoint. In the followingsemester the students can design and build a working prototype.Here in the Northwestern State University the students can have six credit hours of capstoneprojects in two consecutive

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ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Leonhardt

project relies on teams of two to four students.The Ekranoplan project targeted several educational objectives in Engineering Design GraphicsI. Students could participate in a more complete engineering design process. Using theEkranoplan project, students should develop a stronger understanding of the engineering designprocess to help them with their own personal goals and career development.14 The projectshould challenge student’s creativity, design skills, and their developing computer aided designskills. Students should work through the process of building a physical prototype whileovercoming limitations in materials, their own skill level, and the software/CAD capability. Theproject offered a potential link between vehicle design objectives

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TIME 8: Materials, MEMS, and Nano

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2004 Annual Conference

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sudhakar vadiraja; Hector Cervantes

pursue careers in the professionalresearch areas of materials engineering/smart materials/biomedical engineering. Teaching toolsdiscussed in this paper include; competency based curriculum, discussion based model approach,and lecture quiz approach. This course is basically a combination of developed and redesignedcourse on smart materials for which the course objectives, course methodologies and learningobjectives are also discussed. The specific experimental procedures for carrying out themechanical tests and microstructure analysis are introduced. The basic objective of thesesupplemental experiments is to give students the hands-on experience. More importantly,considerable emphasis is given for improving students’ learning skills and creative

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Almeida; Guillermo Salazar

- requires neither previous work-related experience nor highlevel of computer skills.Another important aspect of the introduction of the 3DPBM within the CEE curriculum refers tofuture career opportunities created for WPI graduates in the AEC industry. The students not onlygain a competitive advantage in the job market but they will also become agents of changeimpacting the way the industry works today. Page 9.1359.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliogr aphic Infor mation1. Anumba, C

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Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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William Jordan; Hisham Hegab

from economically disadvantaged parishes in Louisiana. Each campwas one-week long with approximately 50 students in each camp. The primary focus of thesummer camps was to motivate the students to select a career in science and engineering. Inaddition to the students, one of the camps involved professional development activities forteachers in the targeted parishes.The students had a very active week. In the mornings they had leadership training and tutoring,which was based on the evaluation quizzes they took their first evening on campus. In theafternoons they had a series of active learning experiences where they explored chemistry,environmental science, space science and engineering.Their engineering time was started with an introduction to

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Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

career models for young STEM educators. Names anddisciplines along with links to project abstracts and other relevant publications can beaccessed through the DUE webpage (1).National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education DigitalLibrary (NSDL) Page 9.485.3 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Building on work supported under the multi-agency Digital Libraries Initiative, thisprogram aims to establish a national digital library that will constitute an online networkof learning

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jim Rand; Don Bowie; Donald Peter; Anthony Donaldson

identified, bothby the instructors themselves, and by reviewing feedback from student questionnaires. Itwas a clear reminder that we were learning as we went. The most glaring issue was thesheer magnitude of the workload required for the EE3730 students when this interactiveelement was added to an already packed course. Most of the students enjoyed and valuedthe experience, but complained, some vehemently, that it was simply too much. Evenbefore attempting this, Don Bowie had expanded content of the course by including morenon-technical topics of the engineering profession like management of self, effectivecommunication, relationships with others, design methodology, decision economics,career planning, leadership, and ethics. This was on top of an

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Brown; Michael Flynn; Gordon Carichner; Dennis Sylvester; David Blaauw; Catharine June

process technologies. The coursescover topics ranging from semiconductor device physics to computer architecture. This programhas produced graduates who are productive almost immediately when they begin work, and whohave the broad and deep background that makes them flexible as technologies and design styleschange throughout their careers. The proposal reviewers at Intel were convinced that this pro-gram meets their objectives, so the task at hand was to document and disseminate the curriculum. Page 9.1408.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Broussard; Jenelle Piepmeier

target recognition technologies currently used within the military. The state-of-the-artis discussed to give the student an understanding of capabilities and limitations of thetechnologies they may encounter during their military careers. We use Computer Visionby Shapiro and Stockman as a text [1].2. BackgroundA comprehensive survey of computer vision education has been compiled by Bebis et alin [2]. Bebis correctly points out that the computer vision field has grown rapidly in thepast decade, and yet it is not well represented the curriculum most institutions. For over adecade, computer vision has been a part of the robotics curriculum in the SystemsEngineering Department at the Naval Academy [3]. The course presented in this articleserves as a

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Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Vyas Harinath; Pfumai Kuzviwanza; Jianzhong Lou; Leonard Uitenham; Keith Schimmel

to play an important role in the nation's economy as one of thelargest sectors of the chemical industry.5 Application of polymers in biotechnology isexperiencing the fastest growth. Large investments by both government and industry inbiotechnology are reshaping the career paths for both faculty and graduates of the traditionalpetrochemical-centered chemical engineering programs. Hiring by traditional petroleum andchemical companies has stagnated for the last two decades, whereas the health care andbiotechnology sectors are hiring more chemical engineering graduates. The U. S. Department ofLabor projects that the employment of chemical engineers will grow more slowly than theaverage for all occupations though 2010, and the overall employment

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Herz

on-line users who have the conference room feature active. Non-networked versions of theLab are available in Spanish and Portuguese.IntroductionEarly in my teaching career I realized that only a small subset of people, which includes collegeprofessors, can learn solely by reading or by listening to someone talk for extended periods. Inorder to enhance the learning of all students, especially those that do not belong to this subset, Iwanted to supplement lectures with demonstrations and "hands on" experiments in a lab. Page 9.1039.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

technically-prepared graduates also be prepared for the communication needs of various jobs, enabling themto get good jobs and move up the career ladder. Examples of workplace materials and curriculabased on the Criteria of Communication Excellence will be provided in the presentation alongwith specific steps for replication. Results will be provided for use by other undergraduateprograms teaching Technical Communication courses.I. IntroductionRecent research has demonstrated that engineers entering the workplace need to acquire moreproficient communication skills in order to excel in their jobs.1 Although the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) has recently passed criteria that include written and* This work was supported by

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Kresta; Alan Nelson

class time, awareness of studentlearning styles, and alignment of course objectives between lectures, assignments, andexaminations. Developing these attributes early in the career of a young academic will providethe basis for future positive classroom and teaching experiences.Instructional Development Through Team Teaching In the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta,we have made large service courses a vehicle for the development of teaching and classroomskills in new academics. One of the particular successes of this strategy is a multi-section coursein thermodynamics (ChE 243) offered to over 700 engineering undergraduates every year. Thiscourse is very highly structured, has clearly

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Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Bob Wilkins

airplanes that would performwell in their competitive arena. The results of the students’ efforts were presented in a publicforum where parents, teachers, and support staff gathered to recognize and congratulate thestudents on their achievements. The experience of Texas A&M University-Commerce facultyand staff during the summer 2003 GEAR-UP program was overwhelmingly positive and it islikely that future activities such as these will be created and administered in order to energizeyoung students to consider careers in science and engineering. It is our belief that by capturing,focusing, and nurturing a student’s interest in engineering during the middle school years (e.g.7th, 8th, and 9th grade levels), students will be more likely to feel