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Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

community watershed council would improve thecommunication between those community members conducting the environmental sampling, thebroader community, and the governmental agencies that make decisions affecting thecommunity. Second, community assessment of environmental data should continue during andafter redevelopment or restoration of the area. This continued evaluation of environmentalparameters would help to assure that the community understands the environmental impact ofredevelopment or restoration plans. Finally, more research needs to be conducted on theeducational and career enhancements that result from community and youth involvement inprojects such as this.AcknowledgementsThe Yosemite Slough Watershed Restoration Project is a

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mohamed El-Sayed; Jacqueline El-Sayed

theirfuture engineering careers, that they have to keep an open mind about their designs and processplans, that it was a challenging endeavor trying to meet with other students, to practice trueteamwork, and to communicate, discuss and compromise their ideas for the betterment of qualityand low cost. Figure 2. Student Survey for Course Assessment Combined Manufacturing and Design Survey (IME and MECH, Fall 2003) This survey is to be used for student assessment of the combined team projects of the vehicle design class. Please rate on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best): 1) To what

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Issues in Computer Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tulio Sulbaran; Chad Marcum

://www.ecrc.gatech.edu/~chsiung/career/ME8103C_Final_Project.pdf, Accessed July 31, 2003.[9] A.Johnson, M. Roussos, J. Leigh, C. Vasilakis, C. Barnes, and T. Moher, “The NICE Project: Learning Together in a Virtual World” VRAIS ’98, http://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/vrais98/vrais98.2.html, Accessed July 31, 2003.[10] Rosenblum, L. (Ed.) (1995, March) “Detour: Brain Deconstruction Ahead” IEEE Computer Graphics and Application, pp. 14-17, http://dlib.computer.org/cg/books/cg1995/pdf/g2014.pdf, Accessed July 31, 2003.[11] J.H. Kim, S.T. Park, H. Lee, K.C. Yuk, and H.Lee, “Virtual Reality Simulations in Physics Education” Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer Enhanced Learning, Wake Forest University, http://imej.wfu.edu/articles/2001

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Massoud (Mike) Safavi; James Strueber

to coordinateProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationand work together as equals and as a team providing learning opportunities for all elementsthroughout the entire project process. This would provide not only an opportunity for learningabout ones own career of choice, but of other related professions thereby furthering theknowledge of the value of interrelated skills.Should our school enter in such a competition again? That decision will depend upon reasonableguidelines, time constraints, and the will of the students. The faculty of the Architecture andConstruction Science Programs at Tuskegee University will support the

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Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Leirad Carrasco; Charles Turner

spring 2003 and is scheduled for completion by the end of the fall semester of 2004.Graduate Student’s End Perspective and how to do it right.The GEBDC was a useful tool for both students and faculty that led to the understanding andintegration of sustainable engineering concepts in the design process. A design competition ofthis kind is a valuable learning experience for students since they are exposed to the real lifeworld. Even though the prizes were very attractive and this fact caught the attention of somestudents, all participants were very enthusiastic about the design aspect of the contest withgreater emphasis on the integration of green engineering elements into their lives andprofessional careers as future engineers.During the contest

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

registeredprofessional engineer. His areas of interest include freshman programs, multi-disciplinary design, computer aidedinstruction and testing, computer aided instrumentation systems, and analog and digital circuit design.JOHN T. TESTERJohn Tester is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Northern Arizona University. He received hisdoctorate in Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to his academic career, he was a MechanicalEngineer at the telecommunications firm, Amtech Systems; he also served as an engineering officer in the U.S. AirForce. His interests include design, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy and engineering education

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Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey Tisa; Greg Garwood; Peter Jansson

providedus with clear feedback that the project is on the right track. In the coming semesters this clinicproject will focus on integrating this package with other important utility data acquisition prioritiesand further demonstrate the robustness of this technology in field trials via a prototype system forautumn 2004 delivery. The success of this technology demonstrates the value of research performedat the undergraduate level to industry as well as the value of this research experience to engineeringstudents who may be interested in seeking a career in product development, research and developmentor academia. In future semesters we will also consider alternative means to transfer this information tothe database at the utility (i.e.; new versions

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

have completed an associate degreeor the equivalent from an accredited college or university. Students must be employed in anA/E/C career field position. As part of the admission requirements, credentials, transcripts andevidence of course work shall be submitted for review and a personal contact will be made todescribe the evaluation process. There will be an application fee assessed each student to coveradministrative costs.If the students’ first language is not English or the applicant graduated from a non Englishspeaking institution, a TOEFL Score of 550 or other accepted proof of proficiency of Englishmust be submitted during the application process

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dilia Alcalde; Stephanie Adams

project teams. Small Group Research, 31(3).19. Baker, D., & Salas, E. (1992). Principles for measuring teamwork skills. “Human Factors”, 34, 469-475.20. Cannon- Bowers, J. A. & Salas, E., (1990). In Quinonez, M. & Ehrenstein, A., (Eds.), “Training for a rapid changing workplace: applications of psychological research”. 249-279. Washington: American Psychological Association.21. Bruce, L. (1997). Informal Learning: The new frontier of employee & organizational development. “Economic Development Review”, 15(4), 12-19.22. Cofer, D. (2000). “Informal Workplace learning. Practice Application Brief No 10”. Clearinghouse on Adult, Career and Vocational Education. Columbus, Ohio.23. Turnbull, S. (2002). Social

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Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Frey; Marisa Wolsky

. TheNational Academy of Engineering committee on technological literacy noted these trends and suggesteda possible cause: Most people have very few direct, hands-on connections to technology, except as finished goods. They do not build the devices they use, tinker with them to improve their performance, or repair them when they break. Because of this lack of engagement, people today learn relatively little about technologies through direct experience.1Coupled with the lack of public understanding is the dearth of students, especially women andminorities, studying engineering in school and pursuing engineering careers. In 2002, fewer than sixpercent of the 1.1 million seniors who took the ACT Assessment college entrance

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Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Turton; Joseph Shaeiwitz

statement, with inputfrom faculty members, and to learn material not normally taught in class. The exact topicsstudents must learn are a function of the project. It is less important what they learn year to year.The goal is to make students realize that they will have to continue learning new materialthroughout their careers and that they have the ability to do so.AssessmentTwo assessment measures were used. In one, the two instructors use a rubric to evaluate,separately, all aspects of the final design report and oral presentation submitted by the studentseach semester. This rubric was developed in the context of more traditional chemicalengineering design problems. For example, since biology is not required in our curriculum, it isnot listed as a

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Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Tonkay

and instrumentation are topics usually addressed after students have taken theirbasic math and science courses. Greenfield Coalition has taken an alternative approach, which Page 9.648.8introduces students to the topics in their first semesters. The advantage of this approach is that it Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationallows students to apply this knowledge to better see the relevance of introductory math andscience courses to engineering problems early in their careers. Retention of

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Victor Nelson

, defense, and electronics industries. They design high-tech devicesranging from tiny microelectronic integrated-circuit chips, to powerful systems that utilize thosechips and efficient telecommunication systems that interconnect those systems. Technologicaladvances and innovation continue to drive computer engineering. There is now a convergence ofseveral established technologies, which has created many opportunities and challenges forcomputer engineers. This convergence of technologies and the associated innovation lie at theheart of economic development and the future of many organizations. The situation bodes wellfor a successful career in computer engineering.The Computer Engineering body of knowledge The most significant effort of the CCCE

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Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Rothaupt

of parts forprojects, a payment process, shipping procedures, and the approval and documentation ofpurchases.All industrial projects require an extensive amount of time outside of class for group meetings,trips to industrial sites, contacting suppliers, fabricating the machine or cell, and troubleshooting.But, it truly becomes a passion for the students to complete these projects. Many graduates havesaid that it was the most rewarding experience of their school career because it allowed them to“put it all together” into one comprehensive project.References1. “Manufacturing Education Plan: 1999 Critical Competency Gaps”, SME Report, 19992. Wells, D., Editor, Manufacturing Education for the 21st Century, Volume 1: Curricula 2000 Report

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Smolleck

helpful to review briefly, in this paper, the fundamental goals andmethodology of the mentoring program as presented in [1]. The mentoring program wasactually initiated in the Fall semester of 2001. Its goal has been to encourage students toconsider power engineering as a career choice. Identifying students as early as theirfreshmen or sophomore years, and engaging them in power engineering, is seen as thepath to accomplishing this goal. A major incentive (from the student’s point of view) isfinancial support and the near-guarantee of a summer or co-op position. Students whoelect to participate in the program have the following opportunities: • Work with faculty during regular semesters while they take power area

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Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Niebuhr; Heather Smith

experience in the freshman andsophomore years.Traditional methods of engineering education often involve a piece meal approach where thefundamental topics such as math, statistics and chemistry are taught as separate, stand-alonecourses. In some ways this is like eating a pie one ingredient at a time, where the seeminglyunrelated topics are devoid of integrative synergy.6 And since these support courses are takenearly in a student’s career it becomes more crucial to capture their attention and createenthusiasm, lest we see yet another change of major request. This is not to say that thefundamentals are not important nor are we here to entertain the students, rather we propose anapproach that gives the student an appreciation for real world problem

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

Networks Inc., San Jose, California. Hisexpertise includes optical networking at Physical and Data link layers, optical and WDM interface, SONET andGigabit Ethernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published byPrentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several researchpapers in IEEE journals and conferences.OMER FAROOK is a member of the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department atPurdue University Calumet. Professor Farook received the Diploma of Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering andBSME in 1970and 1972 respectively. He further received BSEE and MSEE in 1978 and 1983 respectively fromIllinois Institute of

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Heer

, knowledge integration, innovation and troubleshooting experiences. It also created ownership, motivation, community, and course continuity. When working with the platform, students often need to choose one out of manysolutions, in contrast to the end-of-chapter problems that usually have only one correctsolution and rarely more than one way to find it. In this sense, the platform naturally putsstudents in the position of actual engineers. To solve these problems, students use manyof the procedures and practices that they will need later in their professional careers. Thisemulation of engineering practice encourages students to use their imagination andteaches them to be innovators, rather than replicators

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ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi

been createdas a learning tool (not a homework solver). It is intended to eventually provide a suite ofapplications that would aid Electrical and Computer Engineering students in the process of theireducation by providing them with tutorials and interactive applications where they can ‘practice’their new found knowledge.MotivationWithin the electrical and computer engineering curriculum, fundamental theories and conceptsare taught that provide tools to be used by students in their upcoming careers. These topics aretraditionally taught in a classroom by professors engaging in discussion with the student.However, a lack of resources exists outside of the classroom to aid the student in theunderstanding of these topics. Software packages like

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Mayer

Demurrage Level of Service, e.g., Number of Berths (or Moorings) Figure 4. Competing cost curves for port operationsThese and other models have been included in the new course EN486A to enhance studentunderstanding of the solution techniques while gaining appreciation of their application in thestudents’ career field of choice. While the comprehensive nature of the course was challengingto the students who enrolled in the initial offering of this “Project Management” course, thefeedback through class discussions and course evaluations has been encouraging.Alternative courses in Project Management at USNAAs noted previously, three other track electives for the project management are EN412, EN450and EN445

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

fairly independent, autonomous courses to anintegrated, cross-coordinated organic shared curricular experience, complete with large publicevents and shared policies and course management systems.The circumstances driving these changes are a synergistic confluence of independent decisions toshift faculty assignments, seek senior design funding, coordinate senior design courses, start abusiness accelerator and, on the part of the School of Management, to get involved withengineering senior design. The net result is as outlined in this paper.Though it is too early to quantitatively assess the bottom line of the effects of these changes(student career satisfaction and success), such measurements will be done. In the meantime,there is general

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

the first two years of the program. These numbers willincrease as the program continues to endure and grow, expanding to the middle and elementaryschool level. This growth meets the project goal of helping teachers and schools increase thenumber of students who are better equipped for the technology/engineering component of theMCAS exam. In addition, these students will be exposed to new career opportunities and furtherdevelopment of problem solving skills that can be applied to all areas of their lives.Bibliography1 http://www.fairtest.org/care/Overview_of_MA_Ed_Reform.html http://www.doe.mass.edu/edreform/2 Technically Speaking, Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy Press

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

topics they have been addressing in their coursework.CONTEXTThis work presented in this paper is unique largely due to the collaboration between the Collegesof Engineering and Education. In this section, the context for the collaboration is established.Assessment of Student Learning in Introduction to EngineeringThe engineering course focused on in this collaboration is ENGR 102, Introduction toEngineering, a class taken by approximately 800 students each year in 20 different sections. Thefive learning objectives of the course are that students should: ‚ Learn how to use the design process to meet expressed needs. ‚ Become effective team members. ‚ Become effective communicators. ‚ Create career plans & develop the personal

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Design in Freshman Year

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

the doors to an area of activity many of them see as a primaryreason for becoming an engineer. The growth of popular cable shows documenting motorcycleconstruction and other vehicle fabrication activities is having an impact on young engineeringstudents in our region. Comments suggest that they see an engineering degree blended withfabrication skills as a path to a successful career. They recognize value in the experiences of ME101, and see the wobbler project as a rite of passage to getting their ME degree.Lessons LearnedThis course was offered with the Wobbler assignment for the third time in fall 2003. Based onthe course outcomes assessment, specific student comments, and observations by the courseinstructor, several major improvements

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TIME 1: Controls

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carnell; John Lumkes; Joseph Musto

entering college. For students with little or no previous programming experience, a single ten-week course was not sufficient for learning a programming language. • Specific weaknesses in the use of loops and the use of data arrays could be seen in a significant number of students. • Despite faculty efforts to motivate students with examples from engineering, many students still found the material in the programming course to be very “dry”, and many could not see (or did not believe) that programming would be an important and integral skill for both their academic and professional careers. • Many students had little interest in flowcharting their algorithms prior to coding, or in

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

Page 9.103.2 Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education • Given the broadening nature of electrical and computer engineering, and the rapid changes that the field will experience during students’ careers, it is more important yet more challenging than ever that ECE students develop a firm foundation in the basic phenomena, principles, and concepts underlying ECE, and understand their interrelations and practical application.In response to these concerns, the course EE 2799: ECE Design was developed in 20002 bythree ECE faculty who between them had over 70 years of experience as practicing engineersand engineering managers. The course has since become a de facto

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

a very large extent, and there is a need to have new texts in this area. It isinteresting to note that some of the current texts have already started to expound on thissubject. For example, Shigley and Mitchell [1] address the issue of stochastic approach indesign. Collins [10] and Dieter [11] address the issue of material selection. The overallcurriculum needs to have elements of computer-aided design both in terms of computergraphics as well as finite elements to address structural design of complex structures thatthe students would use in their professional careers and also to verify numerically thesolution of classical mechanics problems that are solved in a closed form. The entirecurriculum needs to have a modern and a novel outlook

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Teaching Experiences in OME

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Waters

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationConclusionsThe ACCeSS projects described here have proven to be an attractive vehicle for increasedstudent involvement in research related to naval engineering. It is anticipated that the SESprogram discussed here, as well as the other projects mentioned, will continue to attract studentsto naval engineering research, by engaging them in interesting and exciting research that is likelyto impact their future careers. It is also apparent that the extensive cooperation and collaborationbetween the ACCeSS members experienced to date will continue as these research programs

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rhona Moore; James Strueber

discovering things that are new to theprofessor. Students gain insight into how current consensus practice evolves and how new knowledge isintegrated into practice. Former students relate that they still scan the journals. Some students havechanged the direction of their careers because of what they have learned in reading the journals as a con-tinuation of doing this simple assignment. We are convinced that for a technical professional, the skillshoned in this assignment are invaluable tools for success in this growing global world. Page 9.1429.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Lighting the Fire: REU

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

well as developing other skills that will be useful in post-graduate educationand careers.” It is stated explicitly in the Lafayette College Faculty Research Manual that thework of EXCEL students must be research-oriented and not be clerical in its primary emphasis.Participating students are paid $8-$10 per hour and receive no academic credit1. During theacademic year, students can work up to 8-10 hours per week; during the interim and summersessions, students may work full-time. In addition, during the interim and summer sessions, theCollege provides the students with free housing. To qualify for the program, students mustmaintain a GPA of at least 3.25 both overall and in their major.Additional commentsStudents conducting research with Civil