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TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elaine Craft; Monica Pfarr; Jack Waintraub

difficult for educators to become knowledgeableabout what is available, how to access it, and how to put it into action in their own programs. Page 10.958.1Many fine projects funded by the National Science Foundation and others have produced Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationexemplary materials, but they have difficulty disseminating them to potential users around thecountry.To ensure that the innovations in the forefront of engineering technology are more widely knownand adopted, the National

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Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christi Patton; Daniel Crunkleton

. Page 10.302.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTraditionally, Chemical Engineering (ChE) at the University of Tulsa has been a leadinstitution in petroleum-related research. Over recent years, however, effort has beenmade to extend this reach into environmentally responsible energy research. Onecomponent of this focus has been fuel cell research. As a result, several undergraduateshave conducted fuel cell research projects, including some who have designed andconstructed fuel cells which power miniaturized vehicles. This vehicle was used in theAIChE Chem-E-Car competition and won 1st Place in the

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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lisa Rosenstein; Jeffery Donnell; Christina Bourgeois

, several required ECE courses were purposefullyselected as candidates in which to integrate a technical communications component. Page 10.701.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Five required courses (beginning at the sophomore level and continuing through the seniordesign experience) have been designated as communication-intensive: ECE 2031 (Digital DesignLaboratory), ECE 3041 (Instrumentation and Circuits Laboratory), ECE 3042 (MicroelectronicsLaboratory), ECE 4000 (Project Engineering and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cecelia Wigal

Introducing Systems Modeling at the Freshman Level Cecelia M. Wigal, Ph.D., P.E. The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractThe Engineering program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) emphasizes theelements of the design process throughout the curriculum, beginning with the freshmen year. Atthe sophomore level all engineering students use design concepts to design, build, and test smallstructural and mechanical projects. At the junior and senior level the students use the designprocess to solve real-life and open-ended interdisciplinary industry-based problems provided byindustrial sponsors. In addition, students apply design concepts in a three

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TC2K Issues and Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

332, “Construction Management I” 4.66 CET 430, “Structural Analysis” 3.71 CET 431, “Structural Design – Steel” 3.89 CET 432, “Structural Design – Reinforced 3.86 Concrete” CET 452, “Planning and Scheduling” 4.05 CET 458, “Senior Project” 4.62 Weak Average Strong

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Engaging Upper Level Classes

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sue McNeil; Adjo Amekudzi; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

learning activities we use in our courses. Specifically, we discuss the types ofhomework and project activities undertaken by our students, the feedback we have received, andour assessment of their value to student learning and in increasing student interest ininfrastructure management. It is evident from student responses that those activities that connecttheory to practice increase students’ interest in the topic and contribute to their understanding ofthe concepts.BackgroundThe maintenance and improvement of a community’s economic health and standard of livingdepends on adequate and functioning civil infrastructure systems. These systems includetransportation (highways, rail networks, airports, ports, etc.); water, stormwater, and

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IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lisa McNair; Garlie A. Forehand; Judith Norback

majorconclusions based on our experience using the instruction. The instruction is expected to beuseful as a starting point for undergraduates in courses other than Senior Design and in otherengineering disciplines. Page 10.728.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationII. The Instructional Context: Senior DesignThe Senior Design course we worked with involved real-life engineering projects with realclients. Students started the semester with a five- or six-person team and a rough idea of aproject that

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Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Bryan Norman; Jayant Rajgopal; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

these steps were also presented and discussed. The conceptual modelthat we proposed is shown in Figure 1. Experiences Senior Capstone Project Outside the Classroom Integration Across •Co-op

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New Learning Models

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2005 Annual Conference

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Johannes Strobel; David Jonassen

. Demographic information about the engineers and their workplace contexts arepresented in Table 1. The interview focused on a single job or project that had beencompleted by the engineer during their career. We made no attempt to influence the nature ofthe story that was recalled. We asked questions regarding the engineers’ academicpreparation, the organizational context in which they worked, the nature of the project, howthey analyzed and represented the problem, how they generated solutions, and howsuccessfully the job was completed. A total of 98 interviews were transcribed (technicaldifficulties affected the remainder).Engineering education: civil (39), electrical (18), chemical (10), mechanical (13), structural(5), industrial, nuclear (1), other

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Thomas Carter; Mary Gomez

thedevelopment of student leadership skills. A student can gain these skills by takingleadership roles in the organization or by working in teams. Leadership roles, such aspresident or any other officer, give the student a sense of responsibility and commitmentto succeed. The leaders of the organization receive great exposure by speaking in public,organizing activities, or encouraging members to get involved. Students learn first handhow to take control, a skill that is very helpful when they need to face the real world asworking professionals. Students that are involved have the opportunity to interact withother members while executing projects. This interaction gives them a great chance todevelop their team building skills, which are important when

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Visualization

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Suchora

. Page 10.645.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAt this point the computer graphics courses tried to teach 2-D drafting with AutoCAD and SolidModeling with Solid Works. The time allotted was approximately 6 weeks of AutoCAD and 4weeks of Solid Works. Each week had 5 contact hours of a mix of lecture and lab time in acomputer lab with the instructor having a work station and computer projection system. It wasvery ineffective since with little understanding of traditional 3 view drafting, it is difficult to usethe computer to draw something that is not understood. Dimensioning was a complete

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Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nathan Ekstrom; Joseph Ekstrom

Session 2658 DOGMA: An Open Source Tool for Utilization of Idle Cycles on Lab Computers Nathan H. Ekstrom, Joseph J. Ekstrom Brigham Young UniversityAbstractOrganizations often have many computers that are unused for much of the day. Thedesire to utilize these idle machines has spawned systems that attempt toharness the unused computer cycles for useful work. These include SETI, Globus,Condor, DOGMA, and recently SLURM. In the late 1990’s the Distributed Object GroupManagement Architecture (DOGMA) project was begun in the Network Computing Labin the Computer Science department at

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Dan Dimitriu

students for an engineeringeducation. The new curriculum was implemented in Fall 2000.EGR 1303 –Exploring the Engineering ProfessionA brief review of previously reported attempts to develop successful programs to attract andretain students in the engineering field shows that a primary objective must involve improvingthe curriculum. The new curriculum should be the primary tool to recruit new students andretain those enrolled beyond their first academic year. One of the studies provided clearindications that freshman and sophomore classes are critical in retaining students in the field ofengineering.[4] Early hands-on projects which involve active learning and student participationappear to be very promising. Many engineering schools introduced

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Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Haig Vahradian; Veekit O'Charoen; Teresa Hall

interest may be observed. The wide variety of tooling and fixtures are difficult to cover withina single quarter (or semester), especially if consideration of related topics on gaging, cuttingtools, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing are included. The need for interactiveteaching tools for discreet technical fields such as modular fixturing in tool design applications isindicated and as a result, ToolTRAIN© was introduced as a solution to this problem.1This paper illustrates the outcomes of a research project in integration of multimedia coursewarein modular fixturing concepts, in which the traditional lecture on this topic was replaced by amultimedia courseware. ToolTRAIN© software was used in the area of MET and IT courses atWestern

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Peter Wild; Kevin Firth; Brian Surgenor

requiring excessive time commitments on the part of the students and excessiveresources from the department [2]. In terms of structure, the course is now organized toprovide a combination of lectures, tutorials and laboratories at the beginning of the term, thatculminate in a team project at the end of the term. The project requires a group of students to Page 10.890.1work in a cooperative fashion to create a team of mobile robots, a team that must perform a Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeff Frolik

interestedparties to visit the project website for details: www.cem.uvm.edu/~jfrolik/nsf_ccli_03.htm.Intro to Communication Systems Among other concepts, this course deals with the theory behind modulation, spectralanalysis and the fundamentals of digital communications. These concepts are reinforced usingthe lab exercises described in Table 1. In addition, these labs give students their first exposure toof the use of RF signal generators and spectrum analyzers. The lab assignments constitute 10% Page 10.862.1of the student’s final grade. Students nominally take the course in the junior year as a follow-on Proceedings of the 2005 American

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bruce Thompson

Student Supply Chain Analysis Bruce R. Thompson Rader School of Business, Milwaukee School of Engineering Abstract: Several years ago, an elective in supply chains was added to the Master of Science in Engineering Management program at Milwaukee School of Engineering. A major requirement of this course is student analysis of an actual supply chain. This project consists of three papers over the course of the term: (1) describe a supply chain, (2) identify problems and issues in the chain, and (3) make recommendations for improvement. Since most students are working full-time and attending class part-time, they

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Larry N. Bland

engineering world, math and basic sciences arefoundational to our courses. Herein lies our dilemma, how to make engineering fun while notsacrificing the technical truths. The University of Tulsa (UT) uses undergraduate research and competitions as their funelements. The undergraduate research program is very challenging academically, but from arecruiting perspective can be presented as very interesting, exciting and rewarding. The studentsare discovering new frontiers, helping humanity, and going somewhere no one else has gone.Some of the projects have been community service learning activities of mentoring and teachingunderprivileged youth. Some projects are sold as adventuresome, cutting edge technicalresearch. These projects are an

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Ciletti; Gregory Plett

learners according to a Jungian personality typography. Othershave reported on the utility of this approach. Since the engineering profession requires that itspractitioners function in all types of circumstances, these results underscore the importance of aneducational process that provides a balance in teaching methods to reach, reinforce, and chal-lenge students of all personality types and learning modalities.Comprehension of the Kolb elements of learning combined with the 4MAT system [Harb93]provides an instrument to formulate balanced engineering curricula. In Kolb’s framework, stu-dents’ learning styles are projected onto two dimensions: perception, and processing. Based onthese two continuums, Kolb enumerated four different types of learner

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jane Rohrback; Donald Carpenter; Lisa Anneberg; Andrew Gerhart

Engineering Department and the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) StudentChapter have a history of outreach events12 and was the first Department in the College ofEngineering to conduct an Exploration Day, which has given them an opportunity to improvemany of the activities. Finally, numerous undergraduates are used as assistants and the studentcompetition teams (Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge) display their projects during springExploration Days. Page 10.546.5 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Thompson; George Bodner; William Oakes

section of the first engineering course for students choosing toparticipate in the Engineering Learning Communities (ELC). In the ELC, groups of first-yearengineering students attend two or three core courses in the fall semester together.Participating students had the option to live in the same residence halls to facilitate thecommunity environment. All students took the first engineering course, Engineering ProblemSolving and Computer Tools, where a half semester service-learning project was assigned. Theyalso took a seminar class and either chemistry of communications. These other courses providedopportunities to address the broader issues of the service-learning and opportunities for reflectionof their learning and experiences. The service

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Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christopher Loving; Joyce Yen

, the faculty all agreed to lengthen the time to three hours and this time frame has made ahuge difference. These three hour sessions, still respect faculty time and allow them to value thetime they are spending. Moreover, scheduling these sessions during a meal and providing lunchor dinner has worked well.CDCCP CurriculumThe CDCCP curriculum includes concepts and skills development and acquisition as well as adepartment project. The first few sessions are focused on skill development; however, as theskills become a part of the faculty member’s interpersonal repertoire, the time focused on thedepartment project increases (See Figure 1). DEPT. PROJECT WORK SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jiunn-Chi Wu

) . . . Another course Automotive Engineering, which emphasizes the application andhands-on for realistic object, also adopted the same format of course planning as shown inTable 2. What we want to address here is to stress its unique teaching strategies and actionsfor the hands-on activity and the term project. For Automotive Engineering course, besides the knowledge of modern automotivetechnology, it is also important to include adequate contents of practical applications.Therefore, strategies and actions of this course are arranged into four parts: 1) Regular classlecture, 2) Demonstration of auto-repair skill, 3) Term project, 4) Factory tour. The regular class lecture, which takes half of class hours, covers the principles of all

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International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gary Steffen; Iskandar Hack

Preliminary Investigation into Providing International Experience through Studying Abroad for Engineering Technology Students Gary D. Steffen, Iskandar Hack Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractA preliminary investigation is currently ongoing to provide international experience forengineering technology students at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW).This would consist of a small group of students from the Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology Department (ECET) teaming up with a similar group of students from University ofKuala Lumpur (UKL) in Malaysia. These student groups will work on a joint design project in aclassroom setting

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New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gary Fischer; Richard Jerz

; product designprocess; introduction to engineering drawing standards and graphics; 3D, CAD modeling;graphical projections; sectional views; dimensioning and tolerancing; mechanical and physicalproperties of materials; metal, polymer and electronic processing; and integration of design,manufacturing and environmental considerations.How should the course be developed? Course development works best when faculty who mightteach the course are involved. The University wanted one section taught by IE faculty and oneby ME faculty. Manufacturing is often not perceived by engineering students and faculty as themost exciting course area, especially when compared with other engineering opportunities.Additionally, in research-based universities, courses that

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarangi Parikh; Joel Esposito; Robert DeMoyer; Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

projects are inspired bystudents’ upper level electives. Ideally students would develop a detailed mathematical model oftheir system and use this model for simulation, performance prediction and control system design.Since it is a device of their choosing, it is unlikely that they have had prior classroom exposure to allthe device’s components. Page 10.1037.1Despite the fact that students have learned to model basic systems and develop transfer functions andstate space models in their Junior year, it is rare that a group applies these principles to their senior “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stacie Edington; Melissa Eljamal; Stella Pang

context of the region where engineering solutions willbe implemented. Because these courses are not offered every semester, the PGE also permitscourses that allow a student to independently focus on cross-cultural issues. Students can use anIndependent Study option to work with a faculty member whose research involves working withinternational colleagues, suppliers, etc. Strict guidelines for the independent study project havebeen developed (how much interface necessary with international counterparts, plans forpersonal goals on improving skills, and a reflection paper) to ensure that the student gains insightinto cross-cultural challenges. One other option is for students to take part in an EngineeringCross-Cultural Training Series. This option

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Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tori Bailey; Jonathan Gabrio; David Cannon; Helen L. Chen; George Toye; Larry Leifer

Using Wikis and Weblogs to Support Reflective Learning in an Introductory Engineering Design Course Helen L. Chen1, David Cannon2, Jonathan Gabrio, Larry Leifer2, George Toye2, and Tori Bailey2 Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning1/Center for Design Research2 Stanford University, USAAbstract An observation and a pedagogical challenge often found in project-based design coursesis that students see what they have produced but they do not see what they have learned. Thispaper presents preliminary findings from an NSF-sponsored research project which experimentswith the use of weblogs and wiki environments, two

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Teaching Team Skills Through Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mary Cook; Jim Lyons; Kenneth Gentili

experience.Multiple instructors have effectively used the process to assign valid grades to team members inintroductory engineering design and physical science classes. All of these courses featurecooperative learning activities and open-ended projects throughout the term.IntroductionThere are numerous methods that have been used to determine team scores. The methoddescribed in this paper engages the entire team with the instructor or graduate studentcollaboratively to determine a team midterm or final grade. It takes about thirty minutes per teamto complete.The team interview session is a formal process that is designed to measure soft skills such asparticipation, communication and team process. Individual elements include sharing theworkload; participation

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

The Minority Engineering Transfer and Articulation (META) Program: Building Stronger Pathways and Developing Student Achievement Ricardo B. Jacquez, Jeanne Garland, J. Phillip King, Michele Auzenne, Steven Peralta, and Hilario Rubio New Mexico State University/ Santa Fe Community College/ And Luna Community CollegeAbstractThe Minority Engineering Transfer and Articulation program (META) is a 36-month project thattook place between 2001 and 2004. The program is a cooperative effort between communitycolleges, New Mexico State University (NMSU), and