Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Sana Nawaz, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne; Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

preparing students for the LEED APAccreditation Exam. The text book for this course “Sustainable Construction and Design”explains in detail the LEED rating system, distribution of credits, and the Certification process.Course goals: The goals of the course were to increase student awareness about the LEED ratingsystem, help them in being a LEED AP and support USGBC efforts in promoting sustainability.Another important objective of course was to assist student in taking LEED AP AccreditationExam before graduation so they can start a professional career with LEED Accreditation in hand.Course Contents:The major topics covered in the course were: ≠ The Foundations of Sustainability ≠ Site and Natural Energy Mapping : Covering USGBC LEED NC

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

AC 2010-939: STANDARDS FOR NEW EDUCATORS: GUIDE TO ABETOUTCOMES AND STANDARDS AVAILABILITY IN LIBRARIESCharlotte Erdmann, Purdue University Page 15.1088.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Standards for New Educators: Guide to ABET Outcomes and Standards Availability inLibrariesAbstractEngineering educators worked with standards in industrial and research careers. Many facultymembers use standards in their research and teaching. Awareness of standards may develop in avariety of ways including reading and writing dissertations, journal articles, conference papers,and handbooks. References to standards are also prevalent in bibliographic databases, andcampus websites

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

successful careers in manufacturing engineering and allied professions.The curriculum consists of 63 credit hours of engineering fundamental and manufacturing core,33 credit hours of mathematics and science and 31 credit hours of general education courses toprepare students for engineering practice as required by ABET 1 (Criterion 4) and to meet theUniversity’s general educational requirements as well.The process of fourteen outcomes developed for the MANE program at Virginia State Universityalong with the methodology of assessment was described 2. The program provides students withextensive experience in basic science and mathematics, engineering science, laboratories,computers, design, communication and teamwork, along with humanities and social

Conference Session

Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

unified multi-disciplinary curriculum. This paper describes one such program, a Master ofScience degree in Robotics Engineering (RBE) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).The M.S. program is a natural successor to the B.S. program in Robotics Engineering that wasintroduced in 20071,4. The B.S. offers what we believe to be excellent undergraduate educationin preparation for careers in robotics and related fields. However, there is a limited amount ofscientific and engineering material that one can cover in a 4-year degree while still providing therich undergraduate experience necessary to become a well-rounded citizen in today’s society.The RBE M.S. degree goes beyond the B.S. to prepare graduates for technical leadership roles inthe robotics

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

First Year Engineering Students Engineering 2007 and written Education engagement responses survey3 An Engineering Major Does Not Journal of July national student (Necessarily) and Engineer Make: Engineering 2009 survey interviews Career Decision Making Among Education Undergraduate Engineering Majors4 The Relations of Ethnicity to Female Journal of October web based individual Engineering Students

Conference Session

New Collaborations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Strife, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

AC 2010-1939: LEARNING WITH THE STUDENTS: CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS HELP DESIGN AND SHAPE DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTIONALINFORMATION FOR THEIR DISCIPLINE.Mary Strife, West Virginia University Mary Strife has been the director of the Evansdale Library at West Virginia University since 2002. She began at WVU in 1995 as Coordinator and Head of the Physical Sciences and Mathematics Libraries. Her career has included science and/or engineering librarian positions at Cornell University, Syracuse University, the University of Rochester, and SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome. Page 15.839.1

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Amarachukwu C Ukaegbu, University of the District of Columbia; Lily Kemathe, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-1992: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A VIRTUAL WEB-BASEDPOWER MEASUREMENT MODULE FOR A HYBRID RENEWABLE POWERSYSTEMEsther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Esther T. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer and as a software engineer, in addition to her academic activities. She received her education in the United Kingdom, where she achieved her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1985. She was also a Visiting Professor at Michigan Technological University for five years

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique Head, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

in pursuingIt was found that students were more attentive during lectures when they knew that a response,and hopefully the correct response, would be required of them. Each lecture consisted of aspeaker, typically a faculty member from a specific subdiscipline within the civil engineeringdepartment. (A schedule of the course topics is shown in Table 1). During the presentations,various aspects and challenges faced by those in the profession were emphasized along withresearch needs and career paths. During each lecture, the students were to respond to at least Page 15.1304.2three (3) questions that were prepared by the speaker. Attendance was

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yaser Abdulaziz Hadi

course has to be dividedinto components, topics, or competencies that easily map into different programoutcomes. These program outcomes, which can be measured at the time ofgraduation, are the means by which the program prepares our graduates to achievethe professional and career accomplishments stated in the program objectives.Direct assessment of outcomes of program courses may therefore be the bestmeasure of the degree of achievement of program outcomes. Surveys and similarindirect measures can only provide secondary evidence and should be used inconjunction with direct measures (graded students' performance). The gradesobtained by students in course quizzes, exams, assignments, etc have to beconverted to levels of achievement assigned by

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vladimir de Delva; Keith McIver; Katherine Whitaker; Stephanie Farrell; Mariano Javier Savelski; C. Stewart Slater

beingtaught. They are also informed of the existence of the specialization of pharmaceutical chemicalengineering as a possible career path after graduation. Published literature, such as patents,textbooks, handbooks and reference works, on the subjects of pharmaceutical design,manufacturing and engineering were studied to ensure the values and processes described in theproblems were realistic representations of the pharmaceutical industry. Felder and Rousseau wasused as a guide for the selection of engineering principles and subjects to be covered in newproblem development.Once complete the problems will be publicly distributed on the PharmaHUB website2 forprofessors at Rowan University and others to use in their courses. Feedback from

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Pritpal Singh

by civil engineering and mechanicalengineering students and are motivating and often transformational, in the student’s interest anddesire to pursue an engineering career after graduation.Having seen these examples of excellent engineering projects that were available to students ofother engineering disciplines, I was inspired to develop project opportunities for electrical andcomputer engineering students. There are several areas where electrical and computerengineering (ECE) students may participate with regard to humanitarian projects including theareas of power generation and distribution, communications systems, and computer-basedsystems of various types. We have developed a number of projects, primarily in developingcountries, that

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

. Hawken, P., Lovins, A., and Lovins, L. H., “Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution,” BackBay Books; 1st edition (October 2000) ISBN: 03163530008. Gardiner, K. M., “Discovery, Learning and Research in a Classroom Factory,” Proceedings, ASEE Mid-AtlanticSection Fall Conference, Temple University, 2007 (CD).9. Alava, J., and Gardiner, K. M., “The Development of the First Year Engineering Experience," Proceedings, Fall2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University (CD).10. Landis, R. B., “Studying Engineering – A Road Map to a Rewarding Career,” Discovery Press, Los Angeles,CA., Third Edition, ISBN 978-0-964-6969-2-1 Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Vladimir De Delva; Keith McIver; Katherine Whitaker; Stephanie Farrell; Mariano J. Savelski; C. Stewart Slater

beingtaught. They are also informed of the existence of the specialization of pharmaceutical chemicalengineering as a possible career path after graduation. Published literature, such as patents,textbooks, handbooks and reference works, on the subjects of pharmaceutical design,manufacturing and engineering were studied to ensure the values and processes described in theproblems were realistic representations of the pharmaceutical industry. Felder and Rousseau wasused as a guide for the selection of engineering principles and subjects to be covered in newproblem development.Once complete the problems will be publicly distributed on the PharmaHUB website2 forprofessors at Rowan University and others to use in their courses. Feedback from

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Junichi Kanai; Jeff P. Morris; Mark Anderson

, RPI.Tel: 518-276-3347Address: RPI, JEC3018, 110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180-3590.Jeff Morris (morrij5@rpi.eu)He received his BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer. In 2001, he worked forRohm & Haas Inc. incorporating new measurement methods for integrated circuit polishingdevices. He currently works for Rensselaer as a Technical Manager for the School ofEngineering and manages the Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering networkproviding support and instruction for engineering software tools.Mark Anderson (anderm8@rpi.edu)He received his Bachelor's degree and his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1979 and 1980, respectively. Mark began his career atRensselaer as a Project

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Douglas E. Dow; Stephanie Cheney

design usingthat tool. This completed program or design could be an outcome submitted for the assignment.Utilizing these web-assessable tutorials within a traditional engineering course has severaladvantages. First, practicing engineers regularly use particular programming languages andCAD tools to effectively do their jobs, and having the students become familiar and proficientwith the tools would aid the transition from student to productive engineer. Second, over thecourse of the career of an engineer, there is a high likelihood that they will need to becomefamiliar and learn new programming languages or CAD tools. Being familiar and skillful atusing web-available tutorials to begin the learning process will aid their life-long

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Kevin John McDonnell; Anne Joan Caraccio; Nithin Susan Abraham; Nicholas Alexander Ruffini; Susan Gallardo; James Patrick Abulencia

non-profit company. This aspecthelps to give the participants the ability to learn about and partake in entrepreneurship. It givesyoung engineers a look into the practical aspect of the business world they may have never takennotice of or had the opportunity to experience in their academic careers. Most engineeringcurriculums forgo any business training aspect. This project helps to give these students a lookinto the world of business, which they would not normally encounter in the classroom. The ultimate goal is that by taking their time, their talents, and their education and puttingit towards helping those who are in need and less fortunate is they will understand that they canuse their abilities and education to help others, while

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Andrew C. Foley; Eben H. Phillips

in their careers and the primary objective ofhaving an appreciation of the importance of tolerances is believed to have been achieved.ReferencesFoley A.C (2007) Big picture, rational, engineering design methodology. ASEE 2007National convention , HawaiiShigley J.H, Mischke C.R, Budynas R.G (2004) Mechanical Engineering Design 7thEd, McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-252036-1Kepner C.H, Tregoe B.B,(1981) The New rational Manager, Princeton Research Press,NJ,USA, Library of Congress no. 80-84367Barry Hyman (2003) Fundamentals of Engineering Design, 2nd Edition. PearsonEducation, New Jersey. Pp 8-15. ISBN 0-13-046712-X

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Haruna Hosokawa; Judy Robinson

empowering experience for young students. They also learn to look at acomplex sequence of events and break it down into step-by-step process. It also teaches themproblem solving and troubleshooting, which is an important life skill. Furthermore, it introducesstudents to the field of computer science, which can be a successful career path for some of thestudents.Second Grade Version The original Alpha-Robotics curriculum was designed for students in kindergartenthrough second grade. However, as schools began adapting the curriculum, we were faced withthe question of "what do we do when students who already learned Alpha-Robotics inkindergarten become 1st and 2nd graders?" The second grade version of the curriculum wasdeveloped in response to

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

accepts the sarcasm!) commented on theirimproved ability and comfort to deliver good presentations. The following are five selectedcomments that span the spectrum of responses: Student 1 “Confident I can put on a long presentation that engages the audience” Student 2 “Good presentation and preparation skills; Good searching and researching skills” Student 3 “Presentation skills; Ability to set-up experiment (research proposal); General interest in nano; Understanding what nano actually means; Better idea for future career path; Journal reading experience” Page 15.782.11

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Thomas Schroeder, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Gilberto Mosqueda, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Sofia Tangalos, University at Buffalo-SUNY

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of the future S&E workforce.Along with the need for increased participation in science and engineering careers, theubiquitous nature of cyberinfrastructure-enabled frameworks (e.g., Facebook4, MySpace5) hasalso increased the expectations of students when engaging them in an authentic learningexperience. Researchers and national advisory panels have recognized the increased expectations Page 15.1339.2of learners and made recommendations to increase the role of technology in learningenvironments.6-7 In 2001, the President’s Information Technology Advisory Council (PITAC)recommended the development of technologies for education and training

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University; Bruce Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

ABET criteria and has been singled out by ABET program evaluatorsas unique and noteworthy. On graduate surveys, graduates, upon joining the workforce, generallypraise the project as being one of the most useful of their college career. More than a few haveparlayed jobs through the contacts developed with vendors when seeking Treasure Huntinformation. Several companies specifically seek graduates who enjoyed this project.ConclusionThe case study project has been an insightful learning experience since the early 1980s. Thiscurriculum integrated assignment has offered opportunities for students and library staffmembers to acquire increased appreciation for the knowledge, skill, and persistence needed tosolve the complexities of challenging

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Northrup, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

activities and after dinner discussionphenomena relevant to the students‟ contemporary issues, other -Final Paper and presentationexperience or to personal career phenomena relevant to the students‟aspirations experience or to personal career aspirations. Ability to identify the values and4. Ability to compare and contrast assumptions of community -Quality of participation in dailyvalues and assumptions of a your development and rural potable water

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eli Patten, University of California at Berkeley; Sara Atwood, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

lab was assessed using four surveys throughout the semester.Most students reported noticing how different learning styles contributed to group discussions(70%) and thought it brought new and creative ideas to their teams (50%). On average, femalestudents ranked learning styles, teamwork, and the outreach teaching activity as more useful forthis course, other courses, and their career while male students ranked Bloom’s taxonomy andliterature search activities as more useful. With respect to different majors, bioengineers rankedtechnical writing, oral presentations, and teamwork as more useful, while mechanical engineersranked the literature search activities as more useful. This indicates that various activitiesengaged students of different

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathematics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida; Alvaro Islas, University of Central Florida; Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Patricia Ramsey, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida

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Mathematics

Research, evaluator for an NSF CAREER Grant, and Coordinator of Assessment for the "EXCEL-UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence" grant for two years.Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida Cherie Geiger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the UCF College of Sciences and a Co-PI of the NSF-funded S-STEM program at UCF entitled the "Young Entrepreneur and Scholar(YES) Scholarship Program" as well as the NSF-funded STEP program entitled "EXCEL:UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence." Dr. Geiger's research interests are in the areas of developing novel materials and technologies for use in environmental remediation and degradation

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

AC 2010-1447: AN EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTING IN THECLASSROOMSusan Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston. She began her career in higher education teaching applied mathematics for engineering technology students. She demonstrated consistent interest in the application of information and communication technologies to instruction. This interest plus demonstrated depth of knowledge of computer applications and systems caused her to change her teaching focus to computer information systems in 2000. Recently, she has completed graduate course work in the area of Medical Informatics in order

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Constant, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

important to enhancing participation of hierarchywomen. To broaden our impact and learn fromother experts, ISU ADVANCE hosted a Nationalconference on increasing flexibility in faculty careers (in October, 2008). To broaden the reachof ISU ADVANCE within ISU, Equity Advisors from each of the three colleges spoke to non-focal department faculty in their college (usually at a departmental faculty meeting) to discussISU ADVANCE activities and efforts in other departments and colleges – focusing specificallyon how they can make use of the results of research in their own departments. A number ofelectronic resources have been developed (in Web and sometimes CD-ROM format). Topicsinclude best practices for faculty searches14, faculty

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-1587: IMPROVING ENGINEERING EDUCATION PEDAGOGY VIADIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONJohn Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the Department at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning.William Marshall, Alief Independent School District William Marshall is the Director of Instructional Technology and Career & Technical Education for the Alief Independent School District in Texas. He provides supervision of Program Managers in the areas of

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Marsocci; P.K. Raju; Chetan Sankar

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

studies give an additional result of exposing students to an iterative design process. Thisprocess starts by fully understanding and analyzing situations. Students then must constantlycheck back on this understanding to make sure that the solutions implemented are actuallyalleviating problems. Case studies encourage input, interaction, and criticism among classmates.This is important because for some students, this might be their first teamwork experience intheir collegiate career. It enhances the abilities of students to work with others who havedifferent work execution approaches. This is especially true for longer case studies.6Working on an International Student-Led ProjectWorking in a foreign setting can produce unique problems, especially

Conference Session

Design Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Bradley University; Ye Li, Bradley University

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Manufacturing

detail.3.1 Module 1: Entrepreneurial OpportunityEntrepreneur MindA personal assessment is conducted to determine the level of entrepreneurship mindset ofeach of our students. The personal assessment consists of a list of predetermined questionsthat ask about the career plan of students after graduation and about their desire to developand pursue an idea or business of their own. Based on the results, very few students showedlittle or no desire to be an entrepreneur. A large majority of the students showed a moderateinterest in being an entrepreneur, however, their degree of interest showed that they wereopen to the entrepreneurship but they were not likely to devote a lot of time to pursue it. Theywere much more likely to go out and find a job

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, College of Technology, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

background for employment with IBM7.Is this a breach of academic integrity and independence, or merely an instance that requiresfaculty to realign their teaching activities to suit the emerging job market?In the experience of the author, it is necessary to take into account the potential for conflicts ofinterest when engaging practitioners in the educational process. Those involved in curriculumdevelopment must be cognizant of the need for curriculum that is broad enough to suit asufficiently wide range of potential employers that will allow their students career flexibility. Inaddition to possible disagreement about expected educational outcomes, there may also bemisunderstandings about content and potential for bias. It is the author’s suggestion