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Improving Mechanics of Materials

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kris Wood; John Wood; Daniel Jensen

have lowered grades (recall that the software was first used in 2004). By thetime we present this paper in Portland, we expect to have the 2005 grade data available as well.In addition, we have received verbal (qualitative) assessment from professors specificallyanswering the questions of whether the use of Vis-MoM appears to provide students with theneeded Mechanics of Materials background. According to this qualitative feedback, the studentshave not suffered a lack of ability to use foundational Mechanics of Materials background due tothe introduction of Vis-MoM. Table 1 - Grade Averages Before and After Introducing Vis-MoM Year(s) Incoming GPA Mid-term grades Final grades 2001

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Boehm; Brackley Frayer; Joe Aldridge

theatreschools made their educational programs more technical to address this increase in complexity,some of the shows became much too technically based to be handled by the more traditionallytrained theatre technicians.The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is a relatively young institution. While it has hadsome engineering courses offered since the 1960’s, its College of Engineering was initiated inthe late 1980’s. With the exception of a limited number of technically based businesses as wellas a US Department of Energy presence, very little industrial base exists in Las Vegas. In fact,the desire to diversify the economy was one of the motivations to set up the College ofEngineering at UNLV.In the early ‘90s a series of discussions took place

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karl Smith; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

these collaborations aroseHow does one “find” organizations that are not now linked to the CoP, but would be beneficialadditions to the community? This process begins by the willingness of members of the initialCoP to be “boundary crossers” and join other organizations. In our case, all of the three authorswere already members of at least one of the proposed partner organization (ASEE and AERA).And two of the authors were members of all three communities (ASEE, AERA, and POD).Once these partner communities or organizations have been identified, then discussions canbegin with the respective core group(s). The core group is generally the governing body (electedofficers and board members, and executive committee members.) These discussions begin

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cameron Wright; Michael Morrow; Thad Welch

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2005, American Society for Engineering Education [9] J. P. Hoffbeck, “Using real signals with simulated systems,” in Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, (Nashville, TN), June 2002. Session 2220.[10] J. P. Hoffbeck, “Using real signals with simulated systems,” ASEE Comput. Educ. J., vol. XIII, pp. 31–38, Jan–Mar 2003.[11] Comrex Corporation, “Telephone couplers,” 2004. http://www.comrex.com/couplers.htm.[12] S. A. Tretter, Communications System Design Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Ex- periments for the TMS320C30. Plenum Press, 1995.[13] S. A. Tretter, Communications System Desgin Using DSP Algorithms: With Laboratory Ex- periments for the

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Reyer; Stephen Williams; Glenn Wrate; Joerg Mossbrucker; Owe Petersen

Engineering in the New Century,” National Academies Press, 20045. D.D. Awschalom, M. E. Flatte, and N. Samarth, “Spintronics", Scientific American, June 2002, 666. Steven Reyer, Glenn Wrate, John Wheeldon, Owe Petersen, “Freshman Electrical Engineering Course Addressing Retention and Career Choice,” ASEE annual conference, Nashville, June 20027. Katherine Wikoff, James Friauf, Hue Tran, Steven Reyer, Owe Petersen, “Evaluating the Communication Component of an Engineering Curriculum: A Case Study,” ASEE annual conference, Salt Lake City, June 20048. Williams, S., Petersen, O., Reyer, S., Mossbrucker, J., “Engineering Curriculum Development to Address Globalization,” presentation at Engaging The Global Community: Best Practices

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

Session: 2220 Technical Aspects of Creating and Assessing a Learning Environment in Digital Electronics for High School Students Adam S. El-Mansouri, Herbert L. Hess, Kevin M. Buck, Timothy Ewers Microelectronics Research and Communications Institute Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Idaho Moscow, IdahoAbstract To develop an interest and an understanding of digital electronics for high schoolstudents, we have created digital electronic projects using a Field Programmable Gate Array(FPGA). The approach is module-based

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joe Stanley; Daryl Beetner; Donald Wunsch; Rohit Dua

one using a capacitor and resistor or using an S-R latch. • You will need to obtain or build a counter and a magnitude comparator to complete this project.Figure 1 shows an example of a typical, completed, first and second project. Some of the designshad innovations such as a real time clocks and seven segment displays. Page 10.682.4 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education”Figure 1. Typical projects 1 and 2. Students had the flexibility to include their own innovations

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A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Dettman

practical situation Students generally select Experimentation: Students select or design some Students select and/or design and/or design the appropriate Students select or design some Designing an appropriate tests or processes, all appropriate test(s) or test(s) or process (es) to the appropriate tests or processes, but

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xian Fan Liu

] “Machine vision fire detector for millisecond response,” Photonic Spectra, pp. 18-20, Oct. 1993.[5] Liu, S., Z Man and S. Kumar et al, ‘Video Analysis and Knowledge Based Fire Detection’ Proceedings of thethird IASTED International Conference on VIIP. pp. 698-703. Spain, 2003. Page 10.161.12 “Proceedings of the 2005 AMERICAN society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”6 Biographical Information SOPHIE LIU XIAO FAN Dr. Sophie Liu Xiao Fan is currently teaching in the Engineering and Physics Department of Oral Roberts

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Advice for Dual-Career Couples

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kirk Schulz; Noel Schulz

. 123-124.[10] Vincent Ercolano, “Dual Career Couples,” ASEE Prism, April 1997, pp. 28-32.[11] S.L. Burkett, J.C. Lusth, L.A. Ruhala, R.J. Ruhula, S. Brbsky and B. Hyslop, “Solving the Dual-CareerDilemma: Three Case Studies,” Proceedings of the 1999 Annual ASEE Meeting, 1999.[12] Academic Couples: Problems and Promises, edited by M.A. Ferber and J.W. Loeb, University of Illinois Press,Urbana, 1997.[13] “Faculty moms: How they do it?”, About Women on Campus, Fall, 1998, pp. 4-5.[14] Robin Wilson, “Timing is Everything: Academe’s Annual Baby Boom,” The Chronicle of Higher Education,June 25, 1999. pp. A14-A15.[15] Mairin B. Brennan, “Women Chemists Reconsidering Careers at Research Universities,” Chemical&Engineering News, June 10, 1996, pp. 8

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

curriculum, and 5. evaluate the success of previous changes due to course review and outcomes assessment.Each faculty member creates a course review folder for each class taught every semester. Thisfolder will contain the following information: 1. Current syllabus. 2. Identification of the textbook(s). 3. Copies of materials provided to students. 4. Copies of examinations. 5. Examples of graded work. 6. Grade distribution.Other material or discussion deemed important by the instructor including experiments (ifapplicable).Results and ConclusionsCourse review is important for improving courses and to ensure that course outcomes are beingmet. Course review takes approximately 15 per class. The original offering for a new

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

, CSE education has been evolving in three stages. The firststage, dating back to the 1980's and infused by the 1982 Lax report 9, was recognition of theparadigm shift in which computation was accepted as a third methodology, joining theory andexperiment as the basic techniques of scientific research and engineering design. The secondstage of CSE occurred in the 1990's and marked its infancy 10-12. During this period of time, a “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 10.769.6 Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”few CSE

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Hayden Griffin

Page 10.624.5 Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 20057. http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Learning_Styles.html Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education8. David J. Barnes & Michael Kölling, Objects First with Java - A Practical Introduction using BlueJ, Second Edition, Prentice Hall / Pearson Education, 2005.9. Cooper, S., Dann, W., and Pausch, R., “Teaching objects-first in introductory computer science,” Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Proceedings of the 34th SIGCSE technical symposium on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

) Page 10.523.415469:2004 (E) / CIE S 011/E:2003 [3]. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 6: Overcast Sky Conditions Figure 7: Clear Sky Conditions3.4. Direct Solar vs. Sky ComponentIn fact, internal illumination levels inside spaces (due to daylight) occur due to three differentcomponents, which are: direct solar, diffuse sky, and ground-reflected components. In thisdesign, the artificial sky dome represents the diffuse sky component. A heliodon, which is amovable point source light, represents direct solar component. The reflection off the raised

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven York; Lynn Nystrom; Elizabeth Joyce; Michael Gregg; Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor

continue tobe well-funded. It is through the support of our corporate sponsors that we are able to do somuch within the college and hope to be able to do even more in coming years.Background of the Department of Engineering EducationUntil the fall of 2001, all freshman engineers at Virginia Tech were general engineers in theDivision of Engineering Fundamentals (EF) and took two introduction to engineering classes(EF1015 and EF 1016) through the division. The topics were traditional in content with EF1015’s comprising ethics, the engineering profession, problem solving, programming withMatLab, statics; material balance; electricity; and energy. The EF1016 topics were alsotraditional with design theory, graphics theory, freehand sketching, computer

Conference Session

Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendree Sampson; Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young

materials.While there is no dispute about the importance of written communication skills to engineers, theuse of writing as a learning tool in an engineering curriculum is not common. The use of writingas a learning tool makes sense because writing skills are closely related to critical thinking skillsthat are essential if students are to synthesize, analyze and correctly apply course material.Furthermore, writing is an active process and, as such, is an efficicient pedagogy. As stated bySyrene Forsman, ‘Writing is one the most effective ways to develop thinking1 .’Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) as a formal program began spreading in the 1980's

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

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John King; Dae-Wook Kim; Tom Stoebe

Manufacturing Excellence Web Page,http://www.pscme.org/educators.html[4] J.C. Swearengen, S. Barnes, S. Coe, C. Reinhardt, K. Subramanian, “Globalizationand the Undergraduate Manufacturing Engineering Curriculum,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, April 2002, pp. 255-261.[5] Bob Lahidji, Jihad Albayyari, “Assessing the competencies in the ManufacturingEngineering Technology programs,” Proc. 2002 ASEE Annual Conf. Session 3548, CD-ROM, 8 pages, June 2002.DAVE (DAE-WOOK) KIMDr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Assistant Professor of School of Engineering andComputer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He received his Ph.D.from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his M.S. and B.S. at SungkyunkwanUniversity, Korea. His teaching and research

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lorraine Fleming; Kimarie Engerman; Ashley Griffin

on minorities. Ogbu stated that African Americans learn the level of optimism theyshould have about career choice from the family. Leslie et. al.’s study looked at engineeringminorities. Their results showed that having a parent in an engineering occupation increasedminorities’ probability of selecting engineering as a major. Not only did having a parent as anengineer create the perception that becoming an engineer is a realistic goal, but it also reinforcedscience self-efficacy and supported the student becoming committed to the goal of becoming anengineer.Financial Motivation Page 10.997.1Studies have shown that in some cases money is a

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Goodwin

. King, P. M., & Kitchener, K. S. (1994). Developing Reflective Judgment: understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults (1st Ed.). CA: Jossey-Bass. 3. Komives, S. R., Lucus, N., & McMahon, T. R. (1998). Exploring Leadership: for college students who want to make a difference. CA: Jossey-Bass. 4. Valian, V. (1998). Why so slow: The advancement of women. Cambridge: The MIT Press.Biographical InformationMARY E. GOODWINDirects several programs for the College of Engineering, including the following areas: academic standards,orientation, advising, transfer issues, retention and women’s programs. Previously, worked nine years as anengineer in the construction industry

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viviana Cesani-Vazquez; Maria Irizarry; Freya Toledo-Feria; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography[1] Bartolomei-Suárez, S. & González-Barreto, D., 2003. Why the University of Puerto Ricohave so many Women Studying Engineering?. Working Paper, Department of IndustrialEngineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[2] Bartolomei-Suárez, S., Cesaní, V., Irizarry, M., & Toledo, F., 2002. Promoting Changethrough Faculty Self-assessment: the Results of an Initial Survey. International Conference ofWomen and Scientists, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[3] Gibbons, M. T., 2004. ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering TechnologyColleges, 2003

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker

; Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, (2000).2 Pardue, S., and Darvennes, C., “A Modular Approach to Vibrations”, Proceedings of the2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for EngineeringEducation, (2001).3 Murphy, K., and Orabi, I., “Structural Response in the Frequency Domain UsingLabview”, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, AmericanSociety for Engineering Education, (2001).4 D’Souza, S., Scott, N.W., and Stone, B.J., “A Student Controlled Two-Degree ofFreedom Vibration Laboratory”, Proceedings of the 1998 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, (1998).5 Kukreti, A., “Use of a Small-Scale Models Testing Laboratory to Teach

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehria Saffi; Mariana Alvaro; Diana Mejia; David Bowen

to improve the most valued skills. Only then can faculty make informed decisionsregarding development of team skills in their students.AcknowledgementsFunding for this work has been provided in part by NSF Grant #0234987 and by a grant from Page 10.761.7California State University, East Bay. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences[1] Aldridge, D., and Swamidass, S., “Teaching Cross-Disciplinary Teaming Through Design: Challenges and Lessons,” International Conference on Work

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

fast, possibly as a result of low air pressure in the braking system. The engine left the tracks, pulling the other four cars in the train with it, and all crashed in a ravine approximately 70-feet below the trestle. Speed estimates for the train at the time of the derailment ranged between thirty and almost ninety miles per hour. The true cause of the wreck was never proven. Southern Railway claimed the engineer was responsible, while other reports indicated a wheel flange on the engine might have broken. Train wrecks were not uncommon in the early 1900’s, and the wreck of the Old 97 might have never gained much public attention had it not been for the song, The Wreck of the Old 97, which

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

. The objective of this project isto develop a detailed process design for an engineered product (typically with three or fourcomponents) with a specified market demand. Each group utilizes industrial and manufacturingengineering techniques taught in class but is encouraged to branch out based on their specificinterests. For example, some groups may choose to focus on developing a very detailed CADdesign and then outsource the product while another may choose to replicate an existing design.As part of the project, each group is expected to• Develop a drawing, including design specs and modifications,• Develop a detailed process plan (s) by studying alternative manufacturing processes/ materials.• Conceptualize jigs and fixtures needed

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Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; Jerald Varner

has been successful in increasing student outcomes ineach course and in improving prerequisite retention from course to course. In addition, thequalitative data suggests that meta-cognitive or developmental issues may be important whendesigning undergraduate laboratories.References 1. Srinivasan, S., Pérez, L. C., Palmer, R. D., Anderson, M. F. and Boye, A. J., “An Integrated Signals and Systems Laboratory at the University of Nebraska: Lab Philosophy and Study Design”, Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, TN, June 2003. 2. Pérez, L. C., Varner, J. L. and Anderson, M. F., “WIP: A TIMS Based Laboratory for Undergraduate

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Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

/legislative_issues/federal_issues/ hot_issues_in_congress/confirmation_watch/mckey.pdf[14] Ira Winkler, “Memo Gateless,” National Review Online, March 4, 2004, http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/winkler200403041011.asp[15] Manuel Miranda, “What wrongdoing?” National Review Online, March 11, 2004, http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/miranda200403111041.asp[16] Dahlia Lithwick, “Memogate,” Slate, Feb. 19, 2004.[17] Joe Metcalfe, “District court concludes that obtaining access to a password-protected Website using another person' s password is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,” http://hermes.circ.gwu.edu/cgi- bin/wa?A2=ind0403&L=cybercrime&F=&S=&P=70 Refers to IMS Inquiry Management Systems v. Berkshire

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Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyejeong Kim; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

Technology inComputer Science Education, 2004, p 233[3] Arndt, Richard A.,”Computer Graphics Simulations In Electromagnetic Education,” AP-S InternationalSymposium (Digest) (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society), 1987, p 338[4] Iskander, Magdy F.; Rodriguez-Balcells, Albert; de los Santos, Oriol; Jameson, Rex M.; Nielsen, Ali, “Newinteractive multimedia CD-ROM for engineering electromagnetics,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-SInternational Symposium (Digest), v 4, 1997, p 2486-2489[5] Kharma, Nawwaf; Caro, Leon; Venkatesh, Vivek, “MagicBlocks: A game kit for exploring digital logic,”Computers in Education Journal, v 13, n 2, April/June, 2003, p 35-46.[6] Riedel, Johann C.K.H.; Pawar, Kulwant S.; Barsonn, Richard, “Academic and industrial

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” PRESENTATION GRADE SHEETNAME OF STUDENT TOPIC DATE Unsatisfactory L Satisfactory H Outstanding U L S H O ORGANIZATIONINTRODUCTION Emotional; failed to introduce Appropriate; claimed audience’s Stimulating; original; clear/well 0 1-3

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charlie Edmonson; Donna Summers

problems: no specific or clearlydefined objective(s) for the meeting or the participants; no meeting agenda; unpreparedleaders or participants; and the wrong choice of participants. Care should be taken to teach students how to prepare for an effective meeting.An effective meeting will incorporate several principles: 1. Determine the objective of the meeting Why is the meeting going to be held? 2. Determine who should participate Who can influence the fulfillment of the meeting objective? 3. Set an agenda What is the plan of action for the meeting? 4. Prepare for the meeting What is needed in order to provide answers and save time? 5. Run the