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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

Economics,” Journal of SMET Education, 4, 3&4 (2003).Biographical InformationKevin Dahm in an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. fromWorcester Polytechnic Institute in 1992 and his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998. Hiscurrent primary teaching interest is integrating process simulation throughout the chemical engineering curriculum,and he received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award for work in this area.Ravi P. Ramachandran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atRowan University. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 1990 and has worked at AT&T BellLaboratories and Rutgers University prior to joining Rowan

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Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Piechota; Shashi Nambisan

engineering education, is the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) programat Purdue University (http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu) that partners undergraduate students and localcommunity not-for-profit organizations to solve engineering-based problems in the communityService-learning is a type of experiential education where the students learn through "real-world"experiences that meet a community’s needs4. In the engineering curriculum, other forms ofexperiential learning include projects, clinics, internships, laboratory classes, field trips.Moreover, service-learning promotes student understanding of the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global/societal context, a requirement in the Accreditation Board of Engineeringand Technology (ABET

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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Arnaldo Mazzei

An approach for in-class learning of mechanical engineering design subjects Arnaldo Mazzei Kettering University Mechanical Engineering Department 1700 West Third Av Flint, MI 48504 USAAbstractThe objective of this paper is to present a simple approach currently being used by the author forteaching mechanical engineering design courses at Kettering University.Most basic engineering design courses currently being taught at the university are four-creditcourses. These usually follow a format of two blocks (two hours

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Andy Moore; C.J. Fisher; Pat Crosby; Wayne Helmer; Chih-Hao Wu

Systems. Wen-Yung Chan and Milton Meckler. American Society of Plumbing Engineers. 1983. p. 3-8.Biographical InformationC. J. Fisher is a senior electrical engineering student at Arkansas Tech University.Andrew Moore is a mechanical engineering graduate of Arkansas Tech University.Pat Crosby is a mechanical engineering graduate of Arkansas Tech University and an engineer at Cooling& Applied Technologies in Russellville Arkansas.Dr. Chih-Hao Wu is an assistant professor in the electrical engineering department at Arkansas TechUniversity. Dr. Wu received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. all from University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,Texas, Department of Electrical of Engineering, at 1995, 1996, 2000, respectively. He joined the faculty

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Andrew Sterian; Bruce Dunne; Andrew Blauch

Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at GrandValley State University. He received his B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. His interests includedigital signal processing and communications systems.ANDREW J. BLAUCHAndrew J. Blauch is currently an Assistant Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at GrandValley State University. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Messiah College, M.S. in Electrical andComputer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the PennsylvaniaState University. He has taught courses on digital systems

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sumedha Ariely; Barbara Masi; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

Learning, Spring 2004, pp. 21-33, 2004.6. E. Abes, G. Jackson, and S. Jones, “Factors that Motivate and Deter Faculty Use of Service-Learning,” MichiganJournal of Community Service Learning, Fall 2002, pp. 5-17, 2002.7. S. Adams and F. Pereira, “Measuring Faculty Preparation to Lead Teams in the Engineering Classroom: A PilotStudy,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.8. M. Zwyno, “Engineering Faculty Teaching Styles and Attitudes toward Student-Centered and Technology-Enabled Teaching Strategies,” Proceedings, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Nashville, TN, 2003.9. J. Mitchell, “Time Professors Spend Improving their Teaching,” Proceedings, 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, IEEE, Savannah

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IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

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Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

, with emphasis on human performance in occupationalenvironments, physical performance of special populations, technology and learning, and engineering educationfocusing on recruitment and retention. She can be contacted at rlshehab@ou.edu.TERI REED RHOADS is associate dean for education of the College of Engineering and assistant professorin the School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include learning in theengineering classroom, web-based learning in statistics, cognitive and affective learning and their assessment, andrecruitment and retention focusing on successful students. She can be contacted at teri.rhoads@ou.edu.TERI J MURPHY is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the

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Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

, with emphasis on human performance in occupationalenvironments, physical performance of special populations, technology and learning, and engineering educationfocusing on recruitment and retention. She can be contacted at rlshehab@ou.edu.TERI REED RHOADS is associate dean for education of the College of Engineering and assistant professorin the School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. Her research interests include learning in theengineering classroom, web-based learning in statistics, cognitive and affective learning and their assessment, andrecruitment and retention focusing on successful students. She can be contacted at teri.rhoads@ou.edu.TERI J MURPHY is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Ismail Orabi; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

2 3 4 514 Engineering graduates have no difficulty getting good jobs. 1 2 3 4 515 There is no real difference between work done by engineers and scientists. 1 2 3 4 516 Engineering has contributed greatly to fixing problems in the world. 1 2 3 4 517 On balance, technology has had a positive impact on the world. 1 2 3 4 518 I enjoy figuring out how things work. 1

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tia Sharpe; Robert Maher; James Peterson; James Becker; Bradford Towle

Development and Implementation of a Robot-based Freshman Engineering Course Robert C. Maher, James Becker, Tia Sharpe, James Peterson, and Bradford A. Towle Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717-3780 USA rob.maher@montana.eduAbstractWe describe the background and rationale for a new freshman course incorporating constructionand testing of a small mobile robot. The custom robot kit is assembled in stages as the novicestudents learn basic electrical principles, the terminal characteristics of circuit

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Dean of Engineering Individual Department Director, Institute for Associate Dean Associate Dean for Research Chairs and Director of Leadership and for and Graduate Programs School of Engineering Gender Equity Undergraduates Associate Dean for Technology Group Leader Coop Administration Assistant Dean for Director of Gateway Director of Women Undergraduate Undergraduate

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Sutterer; Robert Houghtalen; James Hanson

positions o a well organized and responsive recruiting processExample REU ProgramAt Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT), the Math Department has facilitated asuccessful NSF REU program for 14 years. The Engineering Forensics Research Institute(EFRI) REU at RHIT just completed its inaugural summer, having learned from the success ofthe Math REU, from PI’s for REU’s at other sites in the U.S., and through study of the success ofother types of summer student programs. The EFRI REU seeks to simulate as closely as possiblethe graduate school experience. A summary of the EFRI REU is provided below as an exampledemonstrating some of the characteristics of successful REU’s.The EFRI REU features real projects for outside clients identified

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Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Suketu Shah; Gaurav Agarwal; Mohammed Haque

Session xxxx A Virtual Tour of Energy Conscious Architecture Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E., Suketu Shah, Gaurav Agarwal Texas A&M University, Texas, USAAbstractAs technology rapidly changes, the importance of educating and training diverse populations ofcivil/construction engineering/science students becomes more critical. With the advances ininformation technology (IT) over the last decade, the traditional teaching format of having anindividual lecture to an audience has been supplemented, and in some cases, replaced by therapid development and implementation of new distance learning

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Suining Ding

approach to teach 3-D AutoCAD. It necessitates interdisciplinary dialogue andcollaborative action across the boundaries of courses taken by architectural and interior designstudents within the engineering technology department. In this 3-D AutoCAD course, thelearning of Roman architecture history is reinforced. Students are expected to create a hybridinterior space with Roman architectural components. Roman architectural materials areintroduced to students for their design and appreciation. The purpose of this new teachingmethod is not only to teach 3-D rendering software for construction of a realistic model for anew design concept, but also to teach students reconstruction of ruined ancient Roman buildingswith real materials and lightings

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Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sudepta Shabhag; Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

Engineering Implementation in Grades 6-12: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Workshop Model Bonniejean Boettcher, Bree Carlson, Martha Cyr, Sudeepta Shanbhag Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA / University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst MAAbstractIn order to assist math, science, and technology education teachers learn engineering designbased content they can use in their classrooms, the Pre-College Engineering for Teachers (PCET)program [1] was developed to provide teachers with professional development training. Throughthis program, teachers can participate as Mentor teachers who attend a two week workshopcalled Tufts Engineering Mentor

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed Chouikha; Don Millard

Toward the Development of a Mobile Studio Environment Don Millard, Mohamed Chouikha Rensselaer/Howard UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an overview of Rensselaer's "mobile studio" engineering teachingenvironment that is currently being used in circuits and electronics courses designed for collegesophomores and juniors. The paper discusses the deployment of HP Tablet PCs along withmobile technologies at Rensselaer and Howard University to: 1) eliminate the boundariesbetween the theory and fundamentals provided in a lecture; 2) help students apply theoreticalconcepts in directed problem sessions; and 3) enable exploration of engineering principles,devices, and

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Adamson; Cluny Way; David Cowan

ABANDONING THE LECTURE: USING JOB MEETINGS TO TEACH WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT David Jan Cowan Indiana University/Purdue University/Indianapolis (IUPUI)Abstract This paper looks at the notion that lecturing is not necessarily the most appropriatedelivery method for Architectural Engineering Technology courses that rely heavily uponrecreating the work environment within the classroom. The architectural project method is onethat is time-tested in architectural design schools, yet has been less embraced within engineeringand technology courses that tend to have a history of teacher-centered, lecture-based teachingmethods

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Salim Saherwala; Mohammed Haque

field trips, the site may not be at a particularstage of construction during the academic semesters, or the construction process may not be fastenough to understand multiple aspects within a short duration of field visits. Considerablepedagogical advantages can be achieved by the integration of the contemporary informationtechnology (IT) and visualization tools in teaching engineering technology. The objective of thisresearch was to develop 3-D animations and virtual walkthrough on reinforced concreteconstruction detailing. All the techniques that were used in this research employed a genericprogramming architecture, which was discipline independent and could be adapted to any othersimilar domain. These visualization techniques can be valuable

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Rossler; Martin High

engineering education in that it demonstrates the practical and economicimportance of applying sound technical skills. More important, it provides business withtechnologists who recognize the economic value of responsible design practices. Society, inturn, benefits from better, safer products and processes, and from legal systems and processesthat better reflect the unique challenges of technology practice.IntroductionStarting in the mid-to-late 1970s, and continuing to present day, legal issues have intruded uponengineering and technology practice. Despite the increased probability that an engineer willencounter a legal issue in daily practice, (almost) all engineering curricula do not reflect this,choosing instead to emphasize technical skills in

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

Page 10.1198.1taught courses into online versions is very important to create a pool of information andcommon body of knowledge that enriches all involved. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe author participated in several workshops and seminars and also received technicalassistance locally that helped him transfer one of the courses he teaches at Eastern IllinoisUniversity, School of Technology, into a web course for Internet delivery on-line. Thecourse is titled “Construction Project Management”. (3)This paper compares on-line delivery mode to the traditional F2F and summarizes thesteps taken by

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donna Barrett; Marion Usselman

computing as they apply to "real world"inquiry, problem solving and reasoning. Each teacher is assigned a science or engineeringmentor who is responsible for orienting the teacher to the work environment and guiding theteacher through the summer experience. The teacher also collaborates with the mentor to developan Action Plan for integrating new perspectives, knowledge, and insights gained from thefellowship experience into the classroom to stimulate student interest in science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM). These Action Plans can also include partnershipactivities such as mentor visits to the teacher’s classroom, field trips to the research lab, and highschool student research internships in university laboratories.GIFT

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shumon Alam; Matthew Sadiku; Cajetan Akujuobi

Development, Training and Implementation of Test Automation for ADSL Interoperability and Reliability Studies Cajetan M. Akujuobi, Shumon Alam, and Matthew Sadiku Center of Excellence for Communication Systems Technology Research Electrical Engineering Department, Prairie View A&M University P.O.Box 4078, Prairie View, Texas 77446 Cajetan_Akujuobi@pvamu.edu, Shumon_Alam@pvamu.edu, sadiku@ieee.orgAbstractAt Prairie View A & M University (PVAMU), we developed a new Broadband (High-Speed)Access Technologies Research Laboratory (BATRL) over the last few years. This laboratory isused in helping our

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Irina Nelson

, Germany, Russia and the UK) and numerous (typically fifty) visiting lecturersrepresenting different countries, contribute their expertise in various specialized topics such as:space utilization, space safety, project management, financing and insurance, human resourcesmanagement, research, innovation, and technology transfer, patent and intellectual property, Page 10.1301.1strategic alliances and international project management, etc. 4 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”More than an

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eric Hansberry; Guido Lopez

Avoiding Graphic Illiteracy: Incorporating Architectural Graphics into the Engineering Curriculum Eric W. Hansberry, Associate Professor, And Guido W. Lopez, Assistant Professor Northeastern University School of Engineering Technology 360 Huntington Avenue, Room 120 SN Boston, MA 02115-5096 Tel: (617) 373-4852, Fax: (617) 373-2501 e-mail: ewh@coe.neu.eduAbstractMajor problems stem from graphic illiteracy resulting in

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

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LOKESH JOSHI; James Sweeney; Edward Hall; Alyssa Panitch

engineering, biotechnology,biomedicine, nanotechnology, information technology and cognitive science to fosterfundamental improvements in human health and quality of life. Nationally, the Batelletechnology forecast for the year 2020 also clearly indicates that the traditional lines between the Page 10.112.1physical, life and medical sciences will become increasingly blurred. Predicted strategic Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationtechnological trends include: genetic based medical and health care

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Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

DESIGN PRINCIPLES: CREATING A MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING FACILITY Daniel Davis Associate Professor Department of Architecture College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of Hartford Phone: 860.768.4094 / Fax 860.768.5074 ddavis@hartford.eduAbstractUniversity professors are generally creative, inventive, resourceful people. And when it comesto many university facilities, even some newer ones, it is a good thing that professors are asingenious as they are. Professors often

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton

teacher or the student.Goals Three and Four: Research Questions And Extended Research AgendaAn overarching research question this project addresses is whether ALASKA is feasible anduseful as an operational tool for virtual and face-to-face classroom use. This large questionaggregates a complex series of intermediate questions on both the software engineering side andcontent domain side. Our stepwise approach to the platform integration, the development ofa domain topology, and the consequent embedding of domain expertise into the platform(through the agents and applets) are being carefully documented as a case study indistributed and heterogeneous networking with multiple intelligent agents in learningsettings. A primary socio-technological

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Thompson; Jed Lyons

also being restricted[1]. Concurrently, the number of underrepresented U.S. minorities (defined as students whoserepresentation in a given field does not closely match their representation among the generalpopulation) obtaining degrees in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) disciplineshas changed little in the past twenty years [2]. This lack of participation in engineering, scienceand other technological fields by such a large segment of the U.S. population is an issue ofcritical importance, especially in light of minority population growth projections and ourcountry’s advancing reliance on technology. These issues arise at the same time that the

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

members, and personal communication. Results showedthat classroom teachers effectively implemented quality classroom experiences usinginformation technology after participation in the program. University faculty reported having abetter understanding of the needs of classroom teachers and of the process of learning in generalafter participation in the program. Given the success of this model, the implications forimplementing the LRC for engineering K-12 outreach are discussed.IntroductionAccording to a report by Noeth, Cruce, and Harmston14, "[w]hile overall employment in Page 10.1173.1engineering is expected to increase during the 2000–2010

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Drummer; James Frendewey; Sheryl Sorby; Kris Mattila; John Sutherland; Leonard Bohmann

Development of a Curriculum for Service Systems Engineering Using a Delphi Technique Sheryl A. Sorby, Leonard J. Bohmann, Thomas D. Drummer, James O. Frendewey, Kris G. Mattila, John W. Sutherland Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractThe U.S. economy has gradually changed from one based in agriculture, to one focused onmanufacturing, to one now that relies heavily on the service sector. The service sector, includinggovernmental agencies, retail stores, the entertainment business, public utilities, and providers ofsimilar services, now makes up more than 80% of the total U.S. economy. Engineeringprograms, which typically have their roots