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ChE: Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Robert Ofoli, Michigan State University; Dennis Miller, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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Chemical Engineering

reformation process. In 1997, as a result of this process,ABET adopted Engineering Criteria 2000 (EC2000), which focused on programevaluation based on what is learned rather than what is taught. At the core was acontinuous improvement process driven by the specific and unique missions and goals ofindividual institutions and programs. Questions remain in the minds of most engineeringfaculty and administrators as to whether the requirements of the “new” criteria areaccomplishing their ultimate purpose. Early evidence2 suggests that they are; students arenow better prepared for engineering careers than they were ten years ago.The ABET outcomes-based criteria were also instituted to give engineering programs thefreedom to exercise innovation in

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron Newberry, Baylor University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

, Page 12.660.2and interested in, careers in engineering is a crucial objective for the profession and one thatdepends on sufficient numbers of young people—and their parents—understanding theprofession and what it does.I personally support wholeheartedly the movement to increase the technological literacy of ourcitizenry and I applaud those who have made efforts to advance that cause. In fact, I havedeveloped and directed engineering and computer science summer camp programs for middleschool students, I frequently make presentations at schools and career fairs, and I have taughtcourses in the history of science and technology to college students from non-technical majors. Inote these things about myself only because in what follows I may cast

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin; Christy Moore, University of Texas-Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

by accreditation requirements5 and other factors, faculty have better definedthe need, developed materials, and introduced these topics to undergraduate engineering studentsacross the United States. Much less material, however, is available to assist in developing anengineering graduate student’s understanding of “academic” ethics involved in teaching andresearch.Researchers, such as Steneck,6 stress the importance of including topics of engineering ethics incourses across the curriculum, but few researchers have outlined specific suggestions forincluding ethics at the graduate level (there are exceptions – see Vollmer and Hall’s work7). Yet,graduate students, who stand at the doorway to future careers as high-level engineers andresearchers

Conference Session

Software and E-learning in the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 12.1303.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Strategies for the Integration of Computer-Based Simulation Technology into the Engineering CurriculumAbstractWhile Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) technology has revolutionized engineeringanalysis, design and research, its penetration into the undergraduate mechanicalengineering curriculum has been limited. As a result, undergraduate students do notacquire a solid foundation in CAE technology that they can build upon during the courseof their careers. Our pedagogical approach for integrating CAE software into courses hasthree key elements. First, the CAE experience revolves around a series of case studies inwhich students use CAE software to simulate

Conference Session

Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mechanics

. This trend is of particular importance to Los Alamos National Laboratorybecause of its reliance on employees with advanced degrees. The problem is further exasperatedby the need for most employees of LANL to be US citizens so they are able to obtain therequisite security clearances. The Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School (LADSS) is aninnovative, proactive approach that is designed to not only benefit the students through theireducational experience, but also to motivate them to attend graduate school and to make thestudents aware of career possibilities in defense-related industries after they have completed theirgraduate studies. Students in the program are paid the same as regular LANL summer students,but there are significant educational

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-220: EXPERIENCES AND EXPECTATIONS OF DOCTORALINSTITUTION FACULTY COLLABORATING ACROSS DISCIPLINESMaura Borrego, Virginia Tech MAURA BORREGO is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and 2005 Rigorous Research in Engineering Education evaluator. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study interdisciplinarity in engineering graduate

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; June Marshall, St. Joseph's College

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New Engineering Educators

Education Commission of States, and The Johnson Foundation.These Seven Principles are also presented in Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F.Gamson’s book entitled Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice inUndergraduate Education.11Encourage Student / Faculty ContactFrequent student-faculty contact in and out of classes is the most important factor instudent motivation and involvement. Faculty concern helps students get through roughtimes and keep on working. Knowing a few faculty members well enhances students’intellectual commitment and encourages them to think about their own values and futureplans. • I make a point to talk with my students on a personal level and learn about their educational and career goals. • I seek out my

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Fani Zlatarova

; accomplished as a part of an external grant awarded to Career Services 5▪ Etownian/WWEK/WKZT Website – development of an interactive website to unify the information that is published, broadcasted, and/or shown through the three different media managed by Elizabethtown College students: the newspaper Etownian, the radio station, and the TV channel, and▪ others.The combination of the three types of projects is also possible and perhaps this is the most valuable typeof project because of the incorporation of all the respective multilateral features. Such projects allow thebroader understanding of the different aspect met in such cases and the

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2621: SERVICE-LEARNING IN CORE COURSES THROUGHOUT AMECHANICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMJohn Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor of Mechanical and Solar Engineering. Faculty Coordinator of SLICE Program (Service-Learning Integrated throughout a College of Engineering), Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Solar Engineering, and Director of the Center for Sustainable Energy.Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Service-Learning Coordinator for the Francis College of Engineering. She is a second career Mechanical Engineer, with over twenty years of human services management. She assists faculty in all five engineering departments to develop course-based service

Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Thornton, University of Maryland; Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired); Kristen Waters; Nathan Myers, University of Maryland; Lisa Rawlings, Prince George's Prince Community College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

residence at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired) Jacqueline Rogers was a Senior Fellow for the Maryland School of Public Policy from 1994 until her retirement in 2006. In her role, she taught in the Management, Finance and Leadership concentration and was lead instructor in a variety of Executive Education Programs for mid-career professionals including Housing and Community Development, Managing Social Services, Military Housing Privatization and Asset Management for Privatized Military Housing. Previous to joining the University of Maryland, Jacqueline was Secretary, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development from 1987-94 for

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 12.109.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Service-Learning Project in Digital Media Designed to Develop Professional SkillsAbstractIn well-developed instructional programs, professional skills such as business writing, teamorganization, project management, and oral presentation skills are built into courseworkthroughout the curriculum. Because of limitations of the classroom environment, theseexperiences only simulate those encountered in the field, making it difficult for students toappreciate the importance of these skills in their career preparation. In the Digital Media (DIGM)program at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), students often see professional skillsaspects of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentin Razmov, University of Washington

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

studentsreceived from instructors and peers, as well as questions aimed at capturing student perceptionsof what had worked well and what had not.Among the encouraging results are that students almost unanimously report feeling betterprepared for industry careers after taking the course. They also increasingly come out with aheightened appreciation for the value of incremental project development and of many of the“softer” (non-technical, human) issues in engineering. In contrast, the main aspects that ouranalysis identifies as needing further improvement are the choice of course readings, as well as astronger emphasis on quality assurance practices and techniques for dealing with ambiguity –both aspects that students tend to find unfamiliar and unnatural

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-1468: TEACHING 101: INITIAL CONVERSATIONSElizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Elizabeth Godfrey is currently the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland after a career that has included university lecturing, teaching and 10 years as an advocate for Women in Science and Engineering. She has been a contributor to Engineering Education conferences, and an advocate for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning since the early 1990s, and is currently a member of the Australasian Association of Engineering Education executive.Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland Gerard Rowe completed the degrees of BE, ME and PhD at the University of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gregory Moses, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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International

important trends, phenomena and business areas duringthe next10 –15 years. On the top of the list is deepening globalization. Globalization hastransformed the workforce trends globally and particularly in the emerging economies. Some ofthese trends in the emerging economies follow. • The availability of a trained workforce is growing in emerging economies like China and India. 6 • The number of engineers graduating in most countries as a share of the degrees in higher education is far greater than the same in the USA. 2,7 • The great interest among the students in India to choose careers in science and engineering is mainly because of better prospects for employment both in the developing local companies and the

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Stephen Roberts, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

since that was the only course often available,some engineering students in the earlier times could devote themselves to “computing” and itbecame a career for them.Impact of Computer ScienceIn the late 1960s an intense interest in computing began to evolve and more faculty wereshowing considerable skill and interest in computing, to the point where curriculums were beingdeveloped that were identified as “computer science” and/or “computer engineering.” Coursesbegan to proliferate and, as the say “the rest is history.” Today most colleges and universityoffer some kind of degree in computer science. It is a full-fledged discipline, some withinengineering and some outside engineering. There are journals, meetings, research conferences,professional

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Benitez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Juan Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Yesenia Cruz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Marta Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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New Engineering Educators

companies in the island. Graduate school is also an option as all engineeringspecialties have well-established graduate programs and many prestigious engineering schools inthe continental US come to recruit students, offering full scholarships to the most qualifiedgraduates. Besides, large companies and consulting firms in the US participate in the annual jobfair by the hundreds, in search for qualified Hispanic engineers. Research wise, three fourths ofits faculty has Ph.D. degrees from the most prestigious American and European engineeringschools. The UPRM has a research-oriented culture that resonates in society due to a history ofacademic success, having several NSF’s CAREER awardees among its engineering juniorfaculty and several department

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

needs, working to endpoverty, or providing students with cross-cultural design experience in preparation for careers ina globalized economy, numerous small-scale engineering projects have proliferated indeveloping countries, either driven by or with participation from U.S. engineers and engineeringstudents. Many different models have been employed to this end, curricular and co-curricular, incollaboration with foreign governments, educational institutions or non-governmentalorganizations, with entrepreneurial, sustainable, appropriate technology and/or community-basedapproaches to design.These engineering projects are occurring in the context of globalization and broader economicdevelopment efforts. It is important that we in the engineering

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nhut Tan Ho

impart design conceptsand related computational tools at the lower division to improve students’ preparation forthe senior design capstone course and their future careers. These changes resulted in a“design stem” of courses (see diagram below): the freshman orientation course ME101,the one-year sophomore design sequence ME286AB, the junior-level machine designcourse ME330, and a year of senior design. Based on industry partners’ input, theDepartment also selected a single software design tool, SolidWorks and its linkedanalysis packages, for use not only in design courses, but also in other courses in thecurriculum.While this development has improved the Department’s offerings, it also resulted in apatchwork curriculum. Over the past 15 years, ME

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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Minorities in Engineering

,minorities and women all have the same interest and aptitude in math and science7. However,these numbers begin to diverge during the high school and early college career. Statisticsindicate that socio economic status and gender were statistically significant in math and scienceachievement. However, social development only accounted for a small amount of the variancein the academic performance. This ability to do math in high school does positively affect the Page 12.139.4science and engineering ambition in college. Furthermore, minority students who enjoy theirscience and engineering studies are more likely to commit to an engineering career and

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

sociology who studyengineering and technology. Just as engineers can learn from the historians and sociologists, thehistory or sociology major interested in pursuing an academic career in these fields should beencouraged to learn more from engineers about engineering and technology. While majors inmathematics and physical science will have more affinity for engineering and technology, theyneed help understanding the differences between their fields and engineering. Many math andphysical science majors go on to teach in secondary schools, where they are likely to be guidingstudents for whom engineering would be a good career choice, and they may be tapped to teachtechnological literacy at the secondary school level. For them to do this successfully

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

AC 2007-2693: DESIGNING A COURSE ON BUSINESS PROCESSREENGINEERING (BPR): BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESSOPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSRashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology RASHMI JAIN is Associate Professor of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Jain has over 15 years of experience of working on socio-economic and information technology (IT) systems. Over the course of her career she has been involved in leading the implementation of large and complex systems engineering and integration projects. Dr. Jain is currently the Head of Education and Research for International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Her teaching and research interests include

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yolanda George, AAAS; Patricia Campbell; Tom R. Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc; Rosa Carson, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.; Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

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Women in Engineering

scientific and technical education, careers and literacy. Dr. Malcom is a former trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a fellow of the AAAS and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2003, she received the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, the highest award bestowed by the Academy. Dr. Malcom was a member of the National Park System Advisory Board from 1999-2003. She served on the National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation from 1994 to 1998, and from 1994-2001 served on the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Boschetto-Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Ciro Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

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International

affective as well as effective cultural mediators andambassadors, students acquire an understanding of how a language other than their ownproduces and distributes knowledge within socio-cultural communicative frameworks.As we learned in the spring of 2006, the piloting of a unique collaboration between Civiland Environmental Engineering and Humanities provided a forum for generating furtherreflection on the benefits of cross-disciplinary efforts for both students and faculty. Wediscovered, for example, that cross-disciplinary literacy as a framework for advancinglanguage acquisition and engineering service learning also encouraged language andnon-engineering students to integrate an international field experience into theireducational career goals

Conference Session

Direct Measures of Student Performance

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Civil Engineering

to face during their careers. Such issues include the conflict between engineers’ duty tothe public, their employer, and themselves. Approximately, 10 to 20 civil engineering studentsenroll in this course each semester. Prior to the fall of 2005, the class was taught in alecture/seminar format and met nearly every week for one hour at a time. As such, the courseincluded instructor lectures, occasional guest speakers, an ethical video (Gilbane Gold), andintermittent student discussion sessions. The course has always been used to address several ofthe “soft” outcomes associated with ABET EC2000, but the modified course expanded thecoverage of the outcomes such that learning is deepened and impact was broadened. While thiscourse is not the sole

Conference Session

New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Scales; Rebecca Gunter; Cheryl Peed

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Continuing Professional Development

operates under the auspicesof the Office of International Research, Education, and Development. Bilateral exchangeprograms, faculty-led study abroad trips, and other international education experiences are allcoordinated through this office. Students can also enroll in international co-ops through Career Page 12.1467.1Services. For international students, faculty, and their dependents, the Cranwell InternationalCenter serves as invaluable resource. Here, an abundance of pertinent information can befound about topics ranging from visas to general orientation to the area. The Cranwell Centeralso sponsors English conversation programs and an

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Michael Robinson, Rose-Hulman Institute; Charles Glagola, University of Florida; James Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler

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Civil Engineering

, continuing education, professional practice experience, active involvement in professional societies, community service, coaching, mentoring, and other learning and growth activities. Personal and professional development can include developing understanding of and competence in goal setting, personal time management, communication, delegation, personality types, networking, leadership, the socio-political process, and effecting change. In addition to the preceding, professional development can include career management, increasing discipline knowledge, understanding business fundamentals, contributing to the profession, self-employment, additional graduate studies, and achieving licensure and specialty certification.10. A

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

career, Nancy owned several businesses Page 12.1438.1 including a wholesale/retail business, rental property business, and a direct marketing business. As an independent contractor she has worked for the Department of Education, the US Census Bureau, and was a teacher for a private mental health institution. Nancy was awarded the Frank Murphy Outstanding Faculty Fellow of the Year for 2006 Windsor Halls. She was also recognized by the Residence Hall Association as the 2006 Fredrick L. Hovde© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Outstanding Faculty Fellow for all of

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Catherine Claiborne, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

careers. Specifically,many colleges and universities applied for the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCEProgram for Institutional Transformation (ADVANCE), which was launched in 2001. Thepurpose of ADVANCE is to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women inacademic science and engineering careers by transforming higher education institutions. NSFfunds recipient institutions for five years and requires that each college and university sign acooperative agreement, which means that each institution must have deliverables. The firstgroup of institutions received an ADVANCE grant in 2001 and the second group received agrant in 2003. The first round of ADVANCE grantees is now ending their five years, and theissue of

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Christopher Greene, University of Saint Thomas

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

interested in how gender affects career choice. She believes strongly in the scientist-practitioner model, using her academic background to solve practical problems and using her problem solving experiences to enhance her teaching. She has received an award for excellence in service learning. Professor Amel has specific expertise developing assessment plans and dissemination approaches through her work on the UST Bush Foundation Grant. She has completed pedagogical presentations and publications about international education and service learning.Christopher Greene, University of Saint Thomas Dr. Chris Greene comes to the University of St. Thomas following a 20+ year career in industry

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

-- INTERVIEWER: Yeah, I see. YI105: Which I think is very relevant for future career stuff, to interact with people who -- who -- yeah, I mean have really good intentions, but maybe have slightly different view that to me surprises me.”YI105 claimed that she was used to a certain “politically correct” way of discussing diversity andwhen people diverged from the norm she was surprised. When YI105 first spoke about diversity, Page 12.558.10she used the acronym PC for politically correct. She also spoke about trying to frame diversity inthe “correct” way, so that people can understand. Several other participants talked about