Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

diverse young technology professionals whograduated from local high schools on the subject of “How I Got My Start.” The final activity is avisit to the normally inaccessible observatories at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex, tenthousand feet above sea level atop Mount Haleakala.In its first year, Tech Careers employed a passive recruitment process to enroll interestedstudents. Sixty-six percent of participants were male, and most came from private schools orthose in wealthier districts. Anecdotally, they were also primarily Caucasian. In subsequentyears, gender equity recruitment protocols were implemented and refined so that now theparticipant population appropriately reflects the gender, socio-economic and ethnic diversity ofthe community

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Sneck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Donald Bunk, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas Baxter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

. Page 11.546.11ConclusionsThe evaluation of the effectiveness of a course like this is difficult for several reasons. First, thestudents have no bench-mark to use for their judgment of the course because its goals and itsdelivery are unlike any course they may have taken or, for that matter, will take. As with manycourses the long-term benefits cannot obviously be assessed in the short term. The students whotook this course will be tracked throughout their educational career to collect their impressions of“Discovery” as they reflect back upon it in the context of their subsequent education.Determining whether we have succeeded in our goal of helping students discover the professionof engineering will depend on the long-term tracking

Conference Session

Visualization

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Hartman, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; Jeffrey Gilger, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

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Engineering Design Graphics

paradigms suggested by Gardner12 and West13.There is a call for better measures of spatial skills and methods for improving spatial ability.While there are a limited number of studies that examine the effect of training on spatial ability,some have proposed that spatial ability has a biological basis; however, individual differences inthe ability are also reflective of environmental input. For instance, Miller and Bertoline14 suggestthat spatial ability develops over periods of time and is related to stages of a person’sdevelopment and various learning environments and types of life experiences. It has beenhypothesized that it is, in part, through these experiences that individuals tend to migrate towardscertain career paths, ultimately influenced

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

engineering students, depending on their major. Students whohad elected to major in Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil, Industrial, Mechanical, or NuclearEngineering were assigned to Track A. Students who had elected to major in Computer orElectrical Engineering were assigned to Track B. Students who had elected to major inBiomedical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering were assigned to Track C. Content of the twofirst-year engineering courses in each track was modified to reflect the goals of faculty membersin departments associated with each track. However, if students changed majors, courses in anytrack are satisfactory for completion of the first-year engineering courses. For the initial pilot ofthe STEPS first-year curriculum in the 2004-05 academic

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale; Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.1201.17promoted to the second year, but simply reflects those classes that did have two years ofchemistry studies in their syllabus.Part 2, Stage 1 – Using CHICKA to learn the Language of ChemistryHere the computer game was introduced as a new tool of language acquisition to test if thetime required to learn the elements of the PT, the basic formulae and concepts could bereduced when compared to the same ability achieved through traditional, text-book methods.Stage 1 was therefore measured in quantitative terms (length of time occurred to learn).To measure the results, students were given two tests. These were similar in concept to thetests usually given to students at the end of the first term (14 weeks), however in this case thetests

Conference Session

Hurricane Katrina

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Robert Story, Virginia Tech; Brian LeCroy, Virginia Tech; Christina Pace, Virginia Tech; Michael Palmer, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech

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Ocean and Marine

information regarding the ship, neither the shippingcompany nor the classification society were prepared to discuss the naval architecture of thevessel, so approximations were formed. Based on the classification numbers and pictures of theship, an approximation of the hull was created in Fastship, a hull modeling software packagecreated by Proteus Engineering. A basic tanker hull was utilized as a starting point thenmodified using the parametric subprogram Fastgen.32 Using this application, a hull was createdthat very accurately models both the ship particulars and hull shape of the Sinar Andalas, as seenin the graphic below. The hull created reflects the displacement of the ship though neglects theparticular structures on deck, including the

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington; Richard Ladner, University of Washington; Annemarie Poginy, University of Portland

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

disseminate the workshop model and key properties to other colleges and Page 11.1293.2universities so that engineering and computer science may attract a more diverse population. Weprovide evidence regarding the success of the workshop through students’ work, a case study,and analysis of program evaluation data.1. IntroductionEngineers and computer scientists build products for use by a diverse population; therefore, it issensible and necessary that engineers form a diverse population. Unfortunately, thedemographics of US students earning engineering degrees and those practicing as professionalengineers do not reflect the US population1. Among the

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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First-Year Programs

have identified peer adviceas more valued by students than advice from formal sources.7 Students are, in some sense, morequalified than formal sources to give advice to undergraduate science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) students. Many counselors and advisors were not STEM studentsduring their undergraduate program. Faculty, while more often STEM students asundergraduates, are likely to have been elite students, who underestimate the challenges facingthe average student.The advice expressed by our 185 interviewees, most of whom are upper division, derives fromtheir actual lived experiences, reflecting on the challenges they have faced in the context ofsuccessfully negotiating an engineering curriculum. Most perceptions of

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Anaïs Miodek, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

School of Engineeringand Applied Science. Initially, the MITE program was intended to serve as a preparation andrecruitment program for first-generation college students and minority groups in engineering,defined as: women, African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. In 2002, the programwas renamed the Introduction to Engineering, reflecting a conscious decision to make theprogram more overtly inclusive of all demographic groups. The OMP continued to run theprogram and was officially renamed the Center for Diversity in Engineering (CDE) in 2004. Inaddition, in 2003, a new emphasis on hands-on engineering was introduced and material frominteractive engineering teaching kits was incorporated into the ITE program. This included theadoption

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Zapanta, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe Manning, Pennsylvania State University

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Biomedical

, and neuroprosthesis. The instructors of these specificareas were consulted to determine how these scores can be improved for future class offerings.6. ConclusionThis paper has described the development of an artificial organ design course at the PennsylvaniaState University. The objectives of this course are to understand engineering design and problemsolving techniques, become familiar with various engineering issues surrounding the design ofartificial organs, understand the process of obtaining regulatory approval for artificial organs,and apply these techniques and knowledge to the design of artificial organs. The current offeringof this course in the Spring of 2006 reflects this continuous development.AcknowledgementsThe authors would

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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Engineering Physics & Physics

following topics: Ü A view of E&M theory from a physics and engineering perspective Ü Sources of electromagnetic noise and shielding methods Ü Transmission line phenomena particularly with regard to high-speed digital system Ü General antenna theory and antenna propagation patterns; e.g. for cell phone applications and WiFi. Ü Basic plane wave phenomena such as reflection, transmission, and absorption characteristics at interfaces.Surprisingly, there was almost no external demand for our undergraduates to understand generalwave-guide theory. This was considered to be a more ‘advanced’ topic. With regard to appliedskills, a basic proficiency in the following was considered desirable. Ü Ability to perform E

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

alone. We explained to the students that, intheir professional careers, they will often run across those who do not share the load equally butthe job must still be done and, if done poorly, reflects on everyone on the team. We consideredthe possibility of using peer reviews of the teams when we assigned grades but so far have optedto give the same grade to each team member. Figure 3 shows that, in spite of the few problems,most of the students thought everyone contributed. Page 11.932.9 Everyone in my group contributed to the case study presentation. 20

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Elsa Villa, University of Texas-El Paso

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

leadingcorporations and National Laboratories, and as entrepreneurs. In Hispanic BusinessMagazine recently, UTEP was named Number One in the Top Ten Engineering Schoolsfor Hispanics [1]. Clearly, UTEP produces a large number of high quality baccalaureategraduates.1 This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-0411320. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are thoseof the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Support was alsofrom the PACE program (www.PACEpartners.org) and the author gratefully acknowledges their support

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen White, Purdue University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

science, engineering, and technicalworkforce and to bring best practices to communities nationwide.3 The report describes ashortfall of scientists, engineers, and other technically skilled workers.Much research literature documents the under representation of women in science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, linking this problem to the attitudes and behaviors ofgirls from elementary school through graduate studies and employment. The studies reflect aclear gender distinction at all ages,4,5 showing that as girls grow older, there is steady decline inthe number expressing interest in STEM subjects, and a corresponding decline in the numbers ofwomen entering higher levels of study. Numerous programs proposed, and implemented

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Mott Community College; James Moseley, Wayne State University

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Engineering Technology

theeducational basis of PBL. The main supporters of the cognitive theories are Jean Piagetand Robert Gagne. The implementation of the PBL activities involves instructorguidance, reflection and motivation as well. Constructivism is an off chute fromcognitivism where theorists believe not all information is known and there isn’tnecessarily one truth to all questions. Constructivist philosophy believes knowledge isbased on experiences and one must construct their own meanings. John Dewey, born outof a progressive philosophy, believes in social constructivist psychology, because he isconcerned with the process rather than the end product of the curriculum (Dewey, 1916)4.Cognitive teaching involves problem solving, cooperative learning and discoverylearning

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Li Qian, South Dakota State University; Teresa Hall, South Dakota State University; Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

the time table. • Divide work fairly and do not be unfair, such as changing team meeting recorder, reporter, or even team leader over the project. • Criticize ideas without criticizing people. • Differentiate where there is a disagreement within the group. • Integrate a number of different ideas into a single position. • Ask for justification for a member's conclusion or answer.Those teamwork skills shown in team progress reports, final reports and presentations werereflected in teams’ and team members’ grades. Learning attitudes reflecting life-longlearning skills such as hard-work and desire for learning were emphasized in the course,which was graded at 10% of the total grade and graded at 15% for projects

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

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Environmental Engineering

that solvent used in the process.A weighted index was established to measure which solvent would be more applicable for a Page 11.671.6particular process. Each metric was scaled and summed to generate an overall index dependentupon amount of solvent used in the process. To accomplish this, each parameter was normalizedfrom 0-1 so that the lower numbers reflect greener material for a given category. These valueswere then summed by a weighting factor to stress the category of greatest concern. Toaccomplish this, each category (i.e. Ingestion toxicity, biodegradation, aquatic toxicity, etc.) wasinitially weighed on a log scale with a log base

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso

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Mechanical Engineering

author and Page 11.95.2do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Support was also from the PACE program(www.PACEpartners.org) and the author gratefully acknowledges their support. Many of the UTEP faculty believe hands on experience is one component of an excellentcurriculum. Ohland et. al. [1] makes a good case for this position and the author does not arguewith the point. As far as control labs are concerned there continues to be excellent discussion onimplementing technology with hardware [2]. This paper has a different focus and that is to usegraphical simulations of mechanical devices to

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

programs in that we know with relative certainty the likelyfuture employment paths for our graduates. Because of this unique understanding, we have agreat responsibility to the Coast Guard and to our students to prepare them for their futureemployment in service to our taxpaying nation. It is in this context that we pursue our shipdesign sequence following the guidance provided by the ABET Accreditation Criteria.It is interesting in our case to reflect that the ABET emphasis on academic design experience ispresumably motivated by a need for graduates to be prepared to do design work as practicingengineers. In contrast, in our program, the design sequence is very important because we knowour graduates will likely experience hands on design work

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

ofadditional funding. Over this time, a number of different approaches to leading the changeprocess have been applied. In reflecting on our experiences, it is apparent that we employeddifferent approaches to facilitate change depending on the circumstances, in a sense applyingsituational leadership, and also that our change model has evolved much along the linesdescribed by Clark et al.,2 shifting to a model that always has the question of how we willsustain an innovation built in from the outset.To write this paper, we have selected projects from which we drew significant lessons about theprocess of implementing and sustaining change. For each, we briefly summarize the approach

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

bend the beam with the appropriate displacement.Based on the mathematical model developed to simulate the real beam experiment, the outputstrain and voltage values appear on the screen of the strain gage indicator.ConclusionThis paper presents the development of a virtual laboratory which enhances the students'understanding of physical concepts by providing a high degree of immersion within richinteractive learning environments. The experimentation system integrates dynamic andinteractive simulations in stand-alone and Web-based environments. During the experimentationphase, changes in parameters and variables are immediately reflected in the graphical userinterface. Thus, the students can visualize in real time how the model behavior

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Jennifer Oliver, IAESTE United States; Karl Zimmer, General Cable

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

. International practical training isessential for educating tomorrow’s engineering leaders. The need for globally-minded engineersis no longer the question; the new question is how to prepare today’s engineering students for theworkplace. International engineering co-op and internship programs allow students to gain globalcompetencies required by today’s industry. Such programs assume various forms but sharemany of the same benefits and challenges.IntroductionABET criteria for accrediting engineering programs specifically states that students must attain“the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,economic, environmental, and societal context.”1 A reflection of the changing role ofengineering, such

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henrik Åkesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Lars Hakansson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Claesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Johan Zackrisson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Thomas Lago, Acticut Inernational AB

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Instrumentation

of vibration analysis. The instruments arealso familiar to the campus students from experiments carried out in the traditionallaboratory comprised in e.g. the undergraduate signal processing courses.The experiments in the remote laboratory is designed to reflect on authentic vibrationproblems in the manufacturing industry, e.g. vibration in metal cutting processes.5, 6, 7The object under investigation is a boring bar used for metal cutting in a lathe. Vibrationproblem associated with this type of process is considered to be an important and criticalfactor concerning the performance of, the tool life, the surface finishing, etc. whichfinally ends up on the production cost negatively. Since it is shown that vibrationproblem originates from the

Conference Session

A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jesse Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Zachary Johnson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Lovell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maria Van Houten, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

project jointly (Boronkay et al., 2002; Jones et al., 2002). Some of theadvantages noted by those authors include the following:• Increases technical skills.• Teaches teamwork over international borders.• Links two teams over cultural boundaries.• Provides international experiences for students who cannot afford to travel.• Reflects modern reality that products are designed in one country and manufactured in another.• Teaches international project management.• Teaches communication through technical media.Those authors also noted the following disadvantages:• Partner schools must acquire computers, workstations, and communications tools.• Difficult to coordinate the design effort.From those papers, we observed the following additional

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

interactive” … “Encourage more class involvement”Incorporating any of these suggestions will involve additional time outlay from the class, yetwill likely enhance the quality and variety of the OMEs. Professors can make their owndetermination of which adjustments are appropriate according to their own course schedule,class dynamics, and timing.Professors. As educators, a few additional advisory thoughts emerge from the data, feedback,and our reflection on the OME to further improve it as a design course asset. Some furthermodifications may involve the following: (1) Identify the main objectives clearly to thestudents at the beginning of the semester and emphasize supplemental goals for the OME,beyond the details of administration and assignment

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.381.9 Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2006, American Society for Engineering Education interdisciplinary team has a complexion that extends beyond selecting individuals to participate. 6. Our historic Program has its roots in a 30-year old vision not far removed from that more prominently stated in Engineer of 2020; self-reflection promoted by this project has reaffirmed our institutional commitment to the principles, values, and perspectives of our mission statement: ….to provide a select community of CSM students the enhanced opportunity to explore the interfaces

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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Engineering and Public Policy

students to demonstrate the resourcefulness and initiativeto define problems and design solutions. As is happening in engineering schools across thecountry, a realization is dawning that students cannot learn to be engineers simply by listening tolectures and working textbook problems. Ninety years after the publication of Democracy andEducation, in which John Dewey laid out a case for the importance of education in preparingyoung people to participate in public life and “alter conditions,” engineering education isbeginning to recognize that experiential learning is the core of true education.27Tramba’s personal experience reflects the potential impact of creatively integrating hands-onexperience into the engineering curriculum. During her summer

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University; Jason Rhode, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Ethics

the results were farbetter compared to the fall 2005 data set, thus confirming the positive impact of the module. Butit should be pointed out that no changes were made to the content, quiz questions or the pre andpost-test questions, and the only changes were related to module navigation and instructions. Theresults of the evaluation conducted in spring 2006 will also be presented at the conference.ConclusionsAn online module has been designed, developed and implemented successfully for promotingacademic integrity. The implemented module not only covers academic integrity issues, but alsoengages students to reflect on the issues through quizzes, games, FAQs and case scenarios. Themodule includes features for students to print a Certificate of

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Collaborations and Interactions

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roli Varma, University of New Mexico

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International

. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. 8. National Science Board. (2004). Science and Engineering Indicators. Arlington: National Science Foundation. 9. Redding, S.G. & Baldwin, E. (1991). Managers for Asia/Pacific: Recruitment and Development Strategies. Hong Kong: Business International. 10. Schlesinger (1992). The Disunity of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society. New York: W.W. Page 11.317.10 Norton. 11. Tang, J. (2000). Doing Engineering: The Career Attainment and Mobility of Caucasian, Black, and Asian- American Engineers. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.12. Trompenaars, F

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

descriptors fell neatly into two statistically independentcategories, which Lowman defined as intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport.Lowman described intellectual excitement as the clarity of the instructor’s presentations, theinstructor’s disciplinary expertise, and the degree to which the students were stimulatedemotionally by the classroom experience. The most common adjectives that described thisintellectual excitement included enthusiastic, knowledgeable, inspiring, humorous, interesting,clear, organized, exciting, engaging, prepared, and energetic. Interpersonal rapport reflects howmuch an instructor cares about her students and the degree to which they are effectivelymotivated by the teacher. The most common descriptive indicators