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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Robert Poth, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

, andimprove the use of mathematics and the understanding of science among its students byintegrating mathematics, science, and engineering design within every subject and across eachgrade level at Jamerson Elementary.D.L. Jamerson’s overarching goal is to present required standards-based curriculum as a learningadventure that is enriched by applying engineering skills (integrated knowledge of mathematics,science, language, history, and the arts) for problem solving and higher order thinking at theappropriate level in all classrooms and subjects. The execution of its curriculum is not theproduction of a collection of miniature things like pyramids or volcanoes. Nor are Jamersonstudents in the gadget, robot, widget, and/or thing-a-majig creation

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Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

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2005 Annual Conference

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D'Arcy Randall; Hillary Hart

class, perhaps, instead of simply online as an e-mailthread. For some lessons the path through these stages would branch in different directions,depending what the instructor felt would be most helpful to students.Developing the lessons as web-based stages convinced us also to add an instructor-based “side” Page 10.1470.3to all the modules. Since the goal of the project is to create an undergraduate curriculum inengineering ethics, we wanted to make the lessons as usable as possible for different styles ofProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright©2005, American Society for

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Design and Computation in ChE Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Miller; Atanas Serbezov

project.Heat and mass integration help the students better understand the systems level interactions in aprocess as well as providing a framework for analyzing and improving processes. Students areexpected to apply these tools in their project work as appropriate. Finally, a module on batchdesign process addresses challenge 3 and lays the groundwork for interested students to furtherpursue a grassroots project in this area.Concurrently, the students are working on a large, open-ended process improvement project. Theproject begins as an exercise to review capital costing methods from the previous course andintegrate that with economic analysis. The students are then informed that based on theirrecommendation, the plant has been built, and they should

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

Xanga to createtheir own blog. Then they join a blog ring that the instructor sets up for a particular‘controversial’ current issue. Each student posts commentary to their own blog and reacts topostings made by other students. This activity is information sharing, but it is not collaborationthat is directed toward the achievement of a goal.As early adopters of an emerging technology, the Tablet PC (TPC), Information SystemsTechnology faculty began to integrate Tablet PCs into the undergraduate curriculum as early asFall 2003. The College supported the establishment of the mLearning Lab, a powered carthousing 30 Toshiba Tablet PCs. In the freshman information literacy course, the mLearning Labis used to help students develop skills required of

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

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Fong Mak; Stephen Frezza

outcomes arerealized within the curriculum, and thus the mapping from the program outcomes and ultimatelyto the program curriculum becomes important. An effective assessment of the program outcomesincludes an analysis of the correlation of the program outcomes to the minimum course set thatcomprise the program curriculum.At Gannon University, we correlate the individual course objectives of all required electricalengineering courses to the program outcomes. With this correlation of each course’s objectivesto the program outcomes in place, we have a plan for how the program objectives will be met Page 10.1429.2within the curriculum. Thus, one

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

begin choosing their electivesfrom different specialization areas.The Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program was one of the first Bachelor of Scienceprograms implemented at UVSC in 1993. The program’s goal has been to provide a qualityprogram that meets accreditation standards while providing the students with a skill set thatallows them to succeed in computing careers.2 Since our school does not offer a stand alone fouryears engineering program, the computer science department curriculum contains an area ofspecialization in computer engineering.Computing Curriculum – Computer Engineering draft 20043 specifies eighteen knowledge areas;sixteen of which relates directly to Computer Engineering and two relate to mathematics(probability

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John R. Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

there is more freedom to incorporate their own knowledge and experience into the solution. Engineering has been a huge motivator for the students to put forth an effort with TAKS so they may participate in these other activities. TAKS scores on the science tests across the state are extremely low. Science has usually always taken a back seat to reading and math. Looking more closely at the scores, it is also apparent that the physical science strand is the worst performed. Teachers typically stick to the areas that they are comfortable teaching. Life science is where most of the curriculums start so these areas are covered before the crunch of test time approaches. Earth sciences are fun and the

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Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dean Schroeder; Doug Tougaw

-based leadership • Environmental stewardship • Managing with technology As a result of these emphases, the Valpo MBA program has been very successful at attracting engineering graduates to the program, with as many as half of the students in many classes having an engineering or technical background. The MBA curriculum is broken into three sections. Up to 14 credits of foundation courses are required for students without a business background, followed by 26 credits of core courses taken by every students in the program, and finally 12 credits of electives chosen to complement the particular student’s interests and career needs. The following three courses provide an introduction to values-based leadership, environmental stewardship

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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

school and high school educators need to increase their technicalbackground in engineering and ability to integrate the engineering design process into theirclassrooms. This need is driven by the statewide curricula [2] and a high stakes testing systemimplemented throughout the Massachusetts public pre-college educational system [3]. Thetesting system assesses student knowledge in various areas of the state based curriculumframeworks and is known as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS).The MCAS tests include a technology/engineering section that is presently assessed for studentsin grades 5, 8 and 10.In an effort to support this need, a program entitled Pre-college Engineering for Teachers wasstarted in 2002 by Tufts

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jacklyn Wheeler; Carolyn Parker; Julia Ross; Taryn Bayles

, the curriculum is flexible andcould be implemented across several courses or integrated into a single design-oriented course.Each interactive learning module will focus on engineering decision-making while exposingstudents to “real world” engineering problems and applications. The modules integrate hands-onactivities with an inquiry-based approach that concentrates on critical thinking, problem-solvingand conceptual understanding.A total of five modules will be developed: Engineering in Health Care, Engineering in Flight,Engineering and the Environment, Engineering in Communications and InformationTechnology, and Engineering Energy Solutions. Each module will follow a similar “template”,beginning with a short video of practicing engineers

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Watkins; Ambrose Barry; Nan Byars

. Electronic submission of work was also utilized, again with no problemsexperienced. Portions of assignments frequently required accessing a website and downloadingfiles, which also wasn’t an issue for this group.A final disturbing development was the numerous cases of academic integrity violations. This isa larger issue that deserves additional study and comment beyond the scope of this paper.Delivery Options – What Worked and What Didn’tThe class was scheduled in a computer laboratory with workstations for each student. It wasequipped with a white board and an instructor’s workstation that was mirrored on monitorsthroughout the room. Numerous delivery techniques were attempted with varying degrees ofsuccess.Initially, faculty would lecture at the

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdinc Acar; Faruk Taban; Ismail Fidan

involved as 13% of all the participants. Fig. 2 shows the ethnic distribution of theparticipants.Students established positive and productive interaction among themselves through teambuilding and brainstorming activities. These activities most often resulted in development of newand useful ideas. For example, some of the FLL team members solved the problem of havinglimited slots for downloading programs by intelligent use of sensors as triggering different partsof the program when needed.In 2004, several teachers incorporated different aspects of the FRC in school’s curricula. One ofthe major enhancements was to open up an elective Robotics class where Carnegie-Mellon’sRobotics Academy17 curriculum was taught along with others that support FRC

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

civil engineering education could play in addressing theeducational requirements necessary for one wishing to “solve” the engineering problems of theurban environment.IntroductionShould an engineering degree be required for personnel responsible for the planning, design,construction and operation of the facilities integral to the urban infrastructure? For the purposesof this discussion the urban infrastructure includes (but not exclusively) the followingcomponents: Transportation facilities (bridges and roadways), energy distribution systems (gasand electric), environmental systems (water, water supply, waste water, waste management),public service facilities (fire, police, health).This urban infrastructure is essential to the quality of life

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Uwakweh Benjamin; Richard Miller; Bryan Dansberry; Kettil Cedercreutz; Cheryl Cates

information technology, the negligible price of telecommunications, and historically low transportationcosts have resulted in shorter technology and methodology development cycles combined with ever increasingglobalization. In this scene of rapid advancement of the workplace, the interaction between academia and industryinherent in cooperative education forms an asset that has a strong influence on the competitiveness and wealth of acommunity. Conclusively a modern curriculum can only be planned with regards to its composition. The actualcontent, especially the focus on applications, should be executed as an interactive process between the universityand its stakeholders. With baccalaureate program through-put times at four to five years the work

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Mike Collura; Dave Harding

Society for Engineering Education”manufacturing floor simulation involving the entire class2 and smaller group-based controlsprojects that use classical control experiments: solar tracking, water level control, salinitycontrol, temperature control of a chamber. For the control experiments, the system behavior isobserved rather than modeled and the control is performed with National Instruments equipmentand LabVIEW graphical programming language. Students first develop a basic level ofcompetency in the LabVIEW g-code, and then use simple programming techniques to develop anapplication-oriented understanding of feedback control.Control is an integral part of many engineering and applied science majors in the school ofengineering and applied science

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Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Session 3653 Assessing a Freshman Engineering Course Christopher Rowe, Stacy Klein, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Vanderbilt UniversityAbstractAssessment is arguably the most difficult activity in an engineering curriculum. An engineeringschool's first challenge is to align its incoming students with an area of study that appeals to theirinterests and will allow them to grow academically and ultimately embrace their profession. Asecondary challenge is to provide the students with essential problem solving tools in anatmosphere that is engaging while accounting for their diverse

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Carlson

) Page 10.1052.12. Modeling an existing part (testing comprehension)3. Creating a new part from scratch (application) Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, I discuss how these steps are implemented in a large-size, required first-yearengineering graphics course in the mechanical engineering curriculum. The third step isemphasized and illustrated through a unique rapid prototyping project in which students design anew body for a radio-controlled model car that is subsequently fabricated through the generouscontribution of

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kristine Martin; Kenneth Leitch; Jeffrey Will

converted into a surface Fledermaus willrecognize by using a companion program called DMagic. The DMagic programtranslates points to a solid surface with a color map for creation of an elevation legend.The surface can then be viewed with Fledermaus. Once the entities are imported into Fledermaus, they can be shown as a 3-D sceneeither on a computer monitor or projected on the VisBox screen. Fledermaus is able toproduce a split stereo mode for VisBox where one image is polarized vertically andanother image is polarized horizontally which produces the simulated 3-D effect whenviewed with polarized 3-D glasses. Figures 1, 2, and 3 show 3D images created usingFledermaus rendered as 2-D images.Applications in the Civil Engineering Curriculum

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cecelia Wigal

credit hour discipline-based senior capstone project.However, it is at the freshmen level where the students are introduced to the foundations of thedesign process. The freshmen course emphasizes (1) problem definition, (2) attribute generation,(3) function, constraint and objective identification, (4) idea generation, (5) creative thinking,and (6) simple decision-making using individual and team exercises. All this is done in thecontext of a real-life application—improving an entity. In this case the entity is an everydaysmall appliance, tool, or toy.Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary approach to evolving and verifying an integrated setof product and process solutions that satisfy customer needs. It uses modeling techniques toanalyze

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Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

has, up to that point, been foreign to them.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”One of these experimental interventions was initiated at a 99% African American high school inDeKalb County as part of Georgia Tech’s Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP)NSF GK-12 program, and consisted of involving high school students in a sophomore-levelmechatronics course.This paper will address the details of the program, how it aligns with the high school curriculum,and the many lessons learned regarding university/K-12 partnerships. The remainder of thepaper is organized as follows. Section 2 provides an overview of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Davis

guiding the selection of materials;acoustical properties or moisture resistance may trump durability in certain applications.“Invisible” TechnologyA university facility’s relationship to educational technology has matured far beyond the pointwhen the computer station was the showpiece of the college classroom. Technology can assistand enhance learning and various devices and systems will become a more essential componentin the learning process, it is time to think of technology as “just another tool” in an educator'stoolbox, and that school buildings be designed to seamlessly integrate technology.As a design concept, this means avoiding “over-celebrating” or overemphasizing technology,even as we create spaces that flexibly accommodate many

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Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

Implementing Self-Directed Problem Based Learning in a Multidisciplinary Environmental Engineering Capstone Class Kevin C. Bower and Kenneth P. Brannan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The CitadelAbstractThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel offers three differentcapstone classes during the second semester senior year. In an effort to meet ABET 2004-2005Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Criterion 3(d) requiring students to work in multi-disciplinary teams, the department has developed an artificial project that incorporates a “real-world” feel and integrates the three disciplines

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Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Silliman; Leo McWilliams; Kevin Abbott; G. Christopher Clark

information technology used throughout any Page 10.1384.3given semester. Further, each student is exposed to a different faculty member (typically not thefaculty member giving the lectures) in the learning center portion of each project. Finally, course “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”assessments / surveys are currently administered only at the end of a semester, such that studentresponses are integrated over an entire semester’s experience. The

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Blanton

network. There are a number of courses on personalskills such as technical communications, project scheduling, and supervision. Most importantly,the extra two years in the 4-year BMET curriculum at ETSU allows the student to spend twosemesters as an intern at a medical facility.Some of the graduates of the 4-year programs will compete with graduates of the 2-yearprograms for the BMET I, BMET II, and BMET III jobs. At ETSU, we expect that most of ourgraduates will be vying for the BMET specialist, BMET supervisor, and clinical engineeringpositions. We also expect that some of our graduates will make significant and noteworthycontributions to field of medical instrumentation.ConclusionsNowhere are technological advances more apparent than in the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Dolan

Page 10.834.1satisfy the University Studies Program, the college of engineering adopted the University Studies “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society of Engineering Education”Requirements into an integrated first year program. This allowed an opportunity to introduceglobal problem solving skills and introduce design early in the curriculum while meeting theuniversity requirements.Each fall the college of engineering offers 12 to 14 sections of ES 1000, Introduction toEngineering. Each section has 20-22 students and is taught by faculty members that are selectedfor superior teaching skills and an interest in first year

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rajab Challoo; Shuhui Li

electronics, power systems, and power system harmonics. From1995 to 1999, he involved into the research areas of renewable energies, neural networks, and applications ofmassively parallel processing. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at TexasA&M University - Kingsville (TAMUK) in 1999. He is currently an associate professor at TAMUK. He is amember of IEEE and ASEE.RAJAB CHALLOO is a professor in the EE/CS department. He has been teaching and conducting research atTexas A&M University – Kingsville since 1988. In the department of electrical engineering, he has served as actingchairman, graduate coordinator, chairman of the curriculum committee, scholarship committee and researchcommittee. At the college

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NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russ Pimmel

subject matter in depth and provideexamples, help students develop self-monitoring and reflection skills, and integrate thesepractices into the curriculum in a variety of subjects. In addition, the NRC report,Scientific Research in Education, 12 recommends that educational research projects posesignificant questions that can be investigated using direct empirical techniques, allow Page 10.542.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”replication and generalization across educational settings, and present

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Martinazzi

Session XXXX (Poster Session) Teaching Leadership with 10,000 Words, Page 2: Cinematic Portrayals University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Robert Martinazzi David F. Ward ABSTRACTLast year, the authors presented “Teaching Leadership with 10,000 Words” a paperabout using film as an integral part of to teaching leadership in an EngineeringLeadership class.1 This course was originally developed by the lead author, and hasproven itself to be highly successful at the

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

EducationThe Program Educational Objectives (PEO) of the Electrical Engineering (EE) programare:1 To provide the student with the knowledge of natural sciences, mathematics, engineering and computer science so that the student has the ability to systematically delineate and solve electrical and related engineering problems.2 To provide the student with a broad-based background in electrical engineering with experiences in the design, development and analysis of electrical and computer systems, subsystems and components.3 To provide the students with an engineering education to function as educated members of a global society, with awareness of contemporary issues, professional responsibility, ethics, impact of technology on

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Computer-Based Data Acquisition Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Hoffmann

Improving Data Acquisition and Reduction in a First-Year-Student Laboratory Experiment Michael Hoffmann The Ohio State UniversityAbstract The College of Engineering at The Ohio State University requires all engineeringstudents to complete introductory courses in engineering as part of their academic experience.The courses are usually taken during a student’s first year and follow either a standard twocourse track or an honors three course track. Courses in each track have both lecture andhands-on laboratory components. For the second course of the standard track,four-member-teams of students must design and build