Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

National Research Council3 criticized undergraduate engineering curricula for notreflecting the shifting needs of the engineering profession by saying that these curricula are“lacking the essential interdisciplinary character of modern design practice” (p. 4). As a result,NRC claimed, engineering graduates are poorly prepared to utilize “scientific, mathematical, andanalytical knowledge in the design of high-quality components, processes, and systems”. TheABET Engineering Criteria (earlier called Engineering Criteria 2000) reinforce theseperspectives as has the National Science Foundation in the last decade.4Curricular reform efforts have focused on developing new paradigms for engineering education,including an emphasis on active student learning

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Mechanical Engineering

Higher Education.4. Johnson, D., R. Johnson, and K. Smith (1991). Active learning: Cooperation in the collegeclassroom. Edina, MN: Interaction.5. Barr, R., and J. Tagg. (1995). From teaching to learning: a new paradigm for undergraduateeducation. Change, Nov., AAHE.6. Astin, A., L. Vogelgesang, E. Ikeda, and J. Yee. (2000). How service learning affects students. UCLA:Higher Education Research Institute. Retrieved March 8, 2006, fromhttp://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/PDFs/HSLAS/HSLAS.PDF.7. Eyler, J., and D. E. Giles. (1999). Where's the learning in service-learning? San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, p. 182.8. Clary, E.G., M. Snyder, and A. Stukas. (1998). "Service-learning and psychology: lessons from thepsychology of volunteers' motivations," in R

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

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International

-school entrance examinations or approaching trips abroad.Korean students’ strong work ethics are culturally engrained. According to Lee andCarrasquillo, “[e]very Korean child learns from a very early age that education is the ultimatecriterion for one’s advancement in life. In fact it is their outright responsibility to their parentsand to their family name that they perform at their best in all scholastic endeavors. Because ofthis belief many Korean students perform schoolwork energetically with resilience, tenacity, anda positive outlook,” though Lee and Carrasquillo also caution of the negative impact suchperfectionism can have on Korean students’ psyches.10 Grade concerns were evident among mystudents. Many considered a grade below an “A

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

regarding the need to modify the engineering curriculum in order to betterprepare engineering graduates to face the new challenges that the current engineeringenvironment presented. In 1994, “industry and academe realized that their concerns were thesame, [therefore] they began to mobilize through ABET, the organization responsible for settingthe standards of engineering education” (ABET, 2004, p. 1). As a result, the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) acknowledged this call from industry andeducational leaders, and started working towards changing the standards of engineeringeducation in order to guarantee that engineering students not only have an education in thetechnical disciplines of engineering but also in human