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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

3) long-termsustainability of the outreach program.II. Project DescriptionThe engineering outreach programs that are most frequently cited as good models of K-12engineering outreach efforts are those developed by centers dedicated to outreach (ex: the Page 8.386.1Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory at the University of Colorado and the Center for “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”Initiatives in Pre-College Education at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute). These centers

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Pauline Sexton; Monique Wade; Bevlee Watford

weight in the software’s animation was awarded a certificate.Additional changes included incorporating actual laboratory exercises from the engineeringcurriculum that could be slightly altered for middle school students. This turned out to be verysuccessful; the campers enjoyed these exercises and had a sense of accomplishment knowing thatengineering college students perform the exact same exercises during the school year. The twoexercises introduced into the IMAGINATION schedule were the Engineering Fundamentals’Kodak Take-Apart Lab exercise and the Industrial and Systems Engineering’s Sand CastingManufacturing Lab exercise.Camper DemographicsThe IMAGINATION 2002 campers came primarily from southwest Virginia; this is also true ofthe previous

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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B. Sridhara

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationinstruction at MTSU. Sridhara attended workshops3,4 on CourseInfo and learned several toolsand techniques. He developed course sites for several ET courses including Fluid Power, 5CADD,6 Statics, Strength of Materials, and Thermodynamics on CourseInfo. In reference 5,sridhara discussed the advantages and limitations of web-enhanced instruction in EngineeringTechnology citing examples from ET 4850 – Fluid Power which is a lecture/lab course. He hasdiscussed the advantages of adopting CourseInfo for CADD courses which are essentially labcourses. Currently in our department, Statics, Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, andDynamics are taught as lecture courses without any formal laboratory

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chernik; Josh Lambden; Brent Young; Bill Svrcek

all types of courses, such as ones with group work orthose that require the use of laboratory equipment, it does offer an exciting alternative toelectronic courses. Programming courses, numerical mathematical technique courses, andelectronic simulation courses are all highly suited to be taught in a web-based environment. Astechnology improves and becomes more accessible, the ability to convey courses completelyover the Internet becomes a reality. Page 8.551.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Newman; Jon Weihmeir, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

environment that meets the needs of allstakeholders – industry, academics and students.1. The changing educational landscapeA long-standing characteristic of good technology education has been its blend ofclassroom and laboratory work. High technology subjects such as microelectronics facemany new pressures to sustain this goal. The weak business conditions since Fall 2000have dramatically affected the semiconductor industry and its workforce while the knock-on effects on the State economy have put severe pressure on University budgets.In spite of weak sales growth, the pace of semiconductor technology development has notslackened. The Technology Roadmap has become more aggressive (1) and globalcompetition has noticeably increased. One of the results

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Intro to Engineering: Not Just 1st Year Engineers

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2003 Annual Conference

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Todd A. Watkins; Drew Snyder; John Ochs

sector each year. Teamsinvented sporting goods in 2003, toys in 2002 and hand power tools in 2001. In retrospect thislast was a poor choice. Students lacked the real energy and interest they showed the next year inthe toy projects.Textbook, lab notebook and project budgetOur textbook is Ulrich & Eppinger, Product Design & Development, 2nd edition, Irwin-McGrawHill, 2000. We also require students to keep bound laboratory notebooks. Like industry labnotebooks, the project notebook is a record for all planning (including plans not carried out), allanalytical work, sketches, comments or questions that pop up during conversations, all records ofcustomer interviews, competitive analysis, experimental work or financial estimates, referencesto

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Michael Stefanone; Jae-Shin Lee; Geraldine Gay; Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder; Scott Jones; John Dannenhoffer

only Cornell students worked on detail design of thermal protection systems,incorporating thermal and structural finite element analyses and laboratory tests of prototypesystems. In the second half, mixed teams consisting of Cornell and Syracuse students designedadhesively bonded and bolted joints for the proposed RLV. Teams were required to verify theirdesigns by physical tests. Tests of the bonded joints took place at Cornell and of the boltedjoints at Syracuse. Figure 1, Proposed 2nd generation reusable launch vehicle. Students developed preliminary designs for thermal-structural systems at critical locations on the vehicle body.Course Technology Communication in the course included synchronous lectures given using distance

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Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson

the education process within ITE should be part of thesubject matter teacher preparation program, and that “Instructional or Educational Technology isnot Industrial and Technology Education.”Implementation The proposed program uses existing resources found in the Computer Engineering andComputer Science (CECS) Department and other College of Engineering (COE) departments.This allows access to fully equipped laboratory facilities, support staff, and many highly trainedfaculty to teach courses in this option. There are among the faculty and full-time lecturers severalcredentialed secondary school teachers. By design, all but one of the ENGR courses are presentlylisted in the catalog and are taught by experienced faculty. The Technology

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Computer-Based Measurements

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Webb; Julie Spader; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

project’s objective was to develop an asynchronous data transmission for controlling a motorvia the Internet. This method is equally applicable for controlling a motor driven instrument or aprocess from a remote location, monitoring and control of multiple motors/processes from acentralized remote location through the Internet or local area networks. Another application isdistance learning classes with virtual laboratory in the design, testing and trouble-shooting inmany electrical areas.This project incorporates (a) A stepper motor, (b) LabVIEW[3], a software residing in acomputer at the primary site for data acquisition and control, (c) A server to store data and thecontrolling software (d) A remote site computer with programs written in visual

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

from NASA, Naval Research Laboratory and University of Oklahoma wereinvited to give students interaction with professionals in robotics. Speakers discussed roboticexploration, project management, artificial intelligence and learning, and then tied those topics tothe concepts the students were learning in Botball. Our goal was for students to envisionthemselves in careers and higher education in STEM areas by hearing about each presenter's areasof research, personal stories, and experiences in the field.Break-out sessionsWhile the plenary sessions gave participants the opportunity to hear about cutting edgedevelopments in robotics, the break-out sessions allowed participants to share their owndiscoveries about using robots in science

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Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chih-Ping Yeh

, circuitdesign, computer programming, laboratory set-up, and data measurement and analysis.a. Development of Calibration Test Bench for Electronic Components This is an industrial based project co-sponsored by the local automotive industry. Theobjective of this project is to build a calibration test stand whose foremost feature is thecalibration check of electronic components that interface with data acquisition devices. Thepurpose is to test expensive automobile components, such as pressure transducers, for re-use.Figure 1 shows a test stand used in this project. Figure 1: A pressure transducer calibration test stand In the development, a Druck DPI-610 pressure transducer calibrator was used as the maincomponent for

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Burt Swersey

book, Working with Emotional Intelligence6, explains “new ideas Page 8.1069.3are fragile and all too easily killed by criticism.” Goleman tells about the efforts oneProceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationcompany made to prevent criticism that comes too early. He quotes Paul Robinson,director of Sandia National Laboratories, “We have a standing rule that wheneversomeone offers a creative idea, the people who speak up about it first have to be angel’sadvocates, people who support and defend it, only then can we

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Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zia Razzaq

EET II. Two courses each of 2 credithours were found to be necessary as opposed to a single one since each department generally hastwo specialty areas, for example, civil and environmental, electrical and computer engineering.Thus, a civil project can be covered in EET I and an environmental one in EET II. Each course isdivided into three five-week modules or sessions. In a given week, there are two class/laboratoryperiods each of a 75-minute duration, and one recitation period of 50-minute duration.Typically, the first class period is used by the instructor to introduce the related engineering ortechnology area related to a laboratory project. In addition, the instructor briefly explains aboutthe type of professional opportunities available

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

lecture or demonstration on a specific subtopic and focused toward the learning outcome associated with that subtopic. Each concept module (indicated as Module A-1, etc.) will have a varying number of these 15 to 20 minute subtopics (between five and nine). • A mechanism for reinforcing the learning objectives presented in the 15 to 20 minute subtopics. These mechanisms may take the form of generated simulation models for use in design-oriented laboratories/practicums and will be put in such a form as they can be imported into readily available software such as MATLAB or microwave and RF CAD tools (Sonnet, Serenade, ADS or Microwave Office, SPICE). Other

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Forbes; Mary Emplaincourt

” Conclusions Parsons et al. (1999) presents an excellent summary of warnings research thatreviews and summarizes data from more than 150 laboratory and field studies publishedduring the last 15 years. One interesting observation presented in this paper is that“laypersons may not recognize that a warning is poor until they see a good one.” Anexcellent start toward producing a “good” warning can be assured by ensuring that itcomplies with standards which have been available for a more than 50 years. Wheninvestigating an accident scene or equipment, where accident prevention signs were (orshould have been) utilized, it is important to document whether the signs conform to theaccepted standards published more than 50 years ago. Just as the general

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Gardner; Freddie Frazier; Kelvin Kirby

eachcourse. In addition, the team will develop an evaluation process designed to ensure thestudent has mastered the course content. The outcome of the activities will produce amodel for each mathematics course. In conjunction with the classroom and supportactivities, the project will establish a computer laboratory with instructional andevaluation tools used within the mathematics community. The judicious integration ofexperienced teaching and available technology will develop the infrastructure needed toenhance teaching and student performance in mathematics at Prairie View A&MUniversity. A preliminary study revealed that introductory courses in mathematics(algebra and trigonometry) experience a failure rate of almost fifty percent each

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2003 Annual Conference

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Marvin Needler; Anna Shiver; Elaine Cooney

LabVIEW software for control and data acquisition.Background EET 371 Automation, Instrumentation and Process Control is a junior-senior level coursein the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, IUPUI. The purpose ofthe course is to introduce ECET majors to automation concepts and control and instrumentationequipment and software. Emphasis of the course is on integration of hardware and software systems. It focuses ona major laboratory project to implement a model automated-assembly-line-style test system foran FM circuit board. (Figure 1) To update the course to provide for more experience with state-of-the-art technology,machine vision has been added and control of a Rhino Selective Compliance Assembly

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

languageTable 2. Simplified Breakdown of Primary School Curriculum in the Arab Gulf States Page 8.887.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Courses’ contents are old material, often irrelevant, and improperly sequenced • Poor text books • Insufficient recitation and lab periods • Very little, if any, hands-on laboratory experiments • Technical terms, symbols, and notations should be presented in English, side by side with Arabic • No help sessions on regular

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Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Radhika Kotha

our own research andapply our own problem solving skills to the objective of designing a thermally comfortable, aestheticallybeautiful house which would function with a very low expenditure of energy.What is even more exciting is the prospect of actually building a Natural House. That would be theculmination of a long and rich educational experience. After doing the calculations and the mathematicalmodeling we plan to do a computer simulation of the house under various environmental conditions. Thenext step will be to build a working scale model for laboratory testing under actual outdoor conditions.The design can then be modified and improved as needed.The last step, which we are eagerly looking forward to, is the construction of a small

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Primus Tillman

education need to develop asymbiotic partnership relationship that benefits both.When streaming media solutions are applied to the challenges of making high quality educationmore affordable and available to consumers, everyone benefits: Business and industry,telecommunications, science and medicine, and education all share in the benefits of faster andbetter information delivery methods. Unlike several years ago, when computer learning waslimited to classrooms and computer labs, students no long have to rely on attending lectures,taking copious notes, participating in classroom exercises and laboratory experiments, handing inpapers, or other activities requiring their physical presence. Educators no longer have to rely onphysical classrooms

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Melinda Gallagher; Lawrence J. Genalo

their three years of courseworktogether was an engineering course called Toying With TechnologySM.Toying With TechnologySM: The CourseThe Toying With TechnologySM course was initially offered during the 1996-1997academic year at Iowa State University by two engineering professors: Dr. Larry Genaloand the late Dr. Charles Wright. This engineering course was unique in that it was onlyoffered to education majors. According to Genalo (1998), the course encouraged andassisted students in designing and conducting hands-on laboratory exercises, whichwere based upon real world problems constructed out of LEGOs®. The courseexpounded upon technological innovations and assisted the preservice teachers inincorporating these activities into classroom

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Waddah Akili

Skills • Stage One: Building up knowledge and skills from scratch to a “preset” level Two semesters • Stage Two: Addressing writing skills, comprehension, and technical English One semester Math and Science One or two semesters • “Prep” Math: To link high school math with first year college math • “Prep” Science: General physics and/or general chemistry at high school One or two semesters level with hands-on laboratory experiments Practical Training

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Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Grimm

ethical dilemmas. The project cost report, report number 9, isrequired to include the costs associated with conducting the engineering design workassociated with each project based on typical salary levels for practicing engineers plusoverhead and real costs related to development of any models or prototypes built. Thisreport must also include the costs associated with production of a working prototype aswell as costs that would be incurred if a “quantity” of the designs were produced. Forexample if the design project involves designing a special laboratory test apparatus thestudents must determine the cost of producing one working prototype and the cost ofproducing a reasonable number of the test apparatus that could possibly be sold

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

real-worldcustomer requirement, then offer one or more solutions by explaining real-worldmachines, or processes, or systems, or management tasks and then discuss furtherdevelopment, service, maintenance, integration, connectivity and many other issues withseveral feedback loops, and then offer discussion opportunities for real or virtual teams.In terms of delivering the individual cases in the Library the 3D Virtual Product Democoncept is followed, an innovation on its own, in that learners are taken virtually intoreal hi-tech factories, R&D studios, exhibitions and laboratories and are given interesting Page 8.87.3Proceedings of the 2003

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bales; Thomas Consi

that can be tackled with simple tools and small budgets. We have createda Freshman seminar subject at MIT in which the students build and modify a kit-based modelrocket. In parallel we discuss the elements of rocket physics and guide them in creating theirown predictions of the what the acceleration curve should look like for the rockets. Their goalfor the term is to collect the data needed to test their predictions. To accomplish it, they build acompact microcontroller circuit that can log acceleration at 1,000 samples per second. Duringthe term, the students learn the basics of programming the microcontroller and explore its uses inthe laboratory. At the end of the term, the class goes to a large open area, launches the rockets,and returns

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

Engineering Education.5. Devens, P.E. 2000. MATLAB & Freshman Engineering. Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education.6. MATLAB”, MATrix LABoratory is a trademark of The Mathworks, Inc..7. Piepeier, J.A., Knowles, K.A., and Bishop, B.E. 2002. The Use of MATLAB for Robotic Control in an Undergraduate Robotics Laboratory. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education.8. Rizkalla, M.E., Yokomoto, C.F., and Oloughlin, C.L. 1996. A New Design-Oriented Approach for Freshman Engineering. Proceedings of the 1996 American Society for Engineering Education. Washington, D.C

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Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

student (STS); Community and primary impact is that Economic Development people do things differently as a result RESEARCH • Basic research • Mu ltidisciplinary and • Applied research • Student laboratories SCHOLARSHIP • Original works integrative research • Policy research • Thesis and dissertation • Evaluation research • Cross-disciplinary teams • Performances of research (the objective is

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Urmila Ghia; Rebecca German; Lisa Hogeland; Brian Kinkle; Carla Purdy

Page 8.848.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationparticular laboratory group, students doing research at either the undergraduate or the graduatelevel and their advisors can benefit from specific training in the mentoring aspects of thisrelationship. The Mentoring Workshop project we describe here has been developed by theWomen in Science and Engineering (WISE) Committee at the University of Cincinnati, avolunteer faculty committee which was created in 1996. The Workshop was first developed tosupplement the WISE Summer Research Experience for Women Undergraduates (REWU), whichis in its fourth

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What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

these perspectives.FacultyThe primary risk factor for engineering retention that affects the faculty was workload. Toaccomplish the important, necessary tasks for teaching was not possible, given the number ofengineering faculty employed. Faculty were required to carry 12 semester hours of class and 12office hours each semester. With required laboratories, the student contact hours increased evenmore. At the time of the study, the department had ten full time faculty members. Of the ten,one was the department chair and another was the associate dean both of which had thecommensurate administrative duties further increasing faculty workload. Some of the areasaffected include: • Assessment – assessment tools are not utilized as they should

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Gain limited experience with sheet metal forming, hand tool operation, and manual assembly of mechanically fastened structures. • Become better familiar with laboratory testing as means of design validation. • Improve teamwork and communication skills. Table 2. ABET 2000 Criterion 3 - Program Outcomes and Assessment • an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering. • an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data. • an ability to design a system