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Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannie Brown Leonard; Janet Schmidt; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

). Women's ways of knowing: Thedevelopment of self, voice and mind. New York: Basic Books.6. Wankat, P.C., & Oreovicz, F.S. (1993). Teaching engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill.7. Fullilove, R., & Treisman, P.U. (1990). “Mathematics achievement among African American undergraduates atthe University of California Berkeley: An evaluation of the math workshop program,” Journal of Negro Education,59(3): 463.8. Mead, P.F., Moore, D., Natishan, M., Schmidt, L., Brown, S., Latham, C., & Mouring, S. (1999). “Faculty andstudent views on engineering student team effectiveness,” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science andEngineering, 5, 351-363.9. Salas, E., & Cannon-Bowers, J. (2000). “Teams in organizations.” In. M.M. Beyerlein (Ed.), Work

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Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karel Stryczek; Bryan Griffen; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

system. A model-based controller implemented directly on the existing, standardprocess control hardware (the PLC), with the standard process control software, requires noadditional hardware, software or communications drivers.This study implemented and evaluated three PC-based, commercial MPC technologies for thesugar cooking process, and developed and implemented model predictive functionality directlyon a PLC. The options investigated from the range of commercial MPC software packages wereControlSoft, Inc.’s MANTRA®, Universal Dynamics’ BrainWave®, and Pavilion Technologies’Process Perfecter®. A model state feedback (MSF) solution was developed and implementeddirectly on a Rockwell Automation ControlLogix® PLC using ladder logic and function

Conference Session

Provocative Presentations & Lunch

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ikhlaq Sidhu

of external factors while creating a growth model for the region. Thesecould be areas of extension for this research.Finally, it is worth noting that many things can happen in a region which can upset the predictivepotential of both models. For example, a powerful politician can bring a non-predictableindustry to a region the predictive potential of the model.4 Other limitations are provided in(Shariff et al., 20031; Sidhu, et al.,20032).5. Reference: 1. Shariff, S., Diaz, F., Yassine, A., Sidhu I., “Capability-Market Matrix Analysis for Economic Development Policy”, IEEE Engineering Management Conference Proceedings, Albany, NY, 2003. 2. Sidhu, I., Yassine, A., Shariff, S., “Predictive model for New Venture-Based

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joanne DeGroat; Jeffery Radigan; Jeff McCune; Andrew O'Brien; James Beams; Matt Gates; Craig Morin; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Session 1620 Expanding the Options for a First-Year Student Design Experience – An Improved Microcontroller for Mobile Robotics Jeffery P. Radigan, James M. Beams, Richard J. Freuler, Craig E. Morin, Matthew S. Gates, Jeffrey J. McCune, Andrew J. O'Brien, Joanne E. DeGroat, and John T. Demel College of Engineering, The Ohio State UniversityAbstractIn order to meet the rising demands of both education and logistical feasibility when usingrobotics as a design tool, a research group at The Ohio State University is design and testing anew micro controller for

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

journal articles or may be entered into contests.The instructor of record was Dr. Robert N. Riggins, but a project advisor could be any instructorin the ELET Department (not necessarily the ELET 492 course instructor). It was the student’sjob to find a faculty member willing to act as project advisor to the student’s project. Theresponsibilities of the project advisor include the following: (1) Provide technical guidance throughout the duration of the project (2) Maintain contact by meeting with the student(s) at least once a week to monitor progress (3) Order project parts if finances allow. In the case of inadequate finances, then the project advisor must

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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kenneth weaver

Transactions onEngineering Education. Vol. 46, No.1.6. Marchese, A. J., Schmalzel, J. L, Mandayam, S. A. and Chen, J. C. (2001) A Venture Capital Fund forUndergraduate Engineering Students at Rowan University. Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 90, No. 4, pp.589-596 Page 9.351.12 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education7. Schmalzel, J. L, Marchese, A. J., Krchnavek, R. R., Weiss, L. B. and Shah, V. S. (2001). Developing a Micro-Business: Engineering Intrapreneurship. 5th Annual Conference of National

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Blat

more of thestudents receive a final course grade of D or F, or withdraw from the course. Second, SI doesnot use a one-on-one format, but rather promotes and facilitates collaborative learning. Third,unlike group study, a specially qualified and trained peer leads the SI sessions. Fourth, SIleaders do not work problems for students. Instead, SI leaders skillfully teach students how tolearn by introducing them to and helping them apply academic success strategies.Students who have previously made an “A” in the course qualify to be an SI leader. Applicantsare interviewed by the director of MAPS and the course instructor(s) and are selected based ontheir technical competency, communication skills, and ability to work as part of a team. SIleaders

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

instructional practice. Online portfolio systems are aculmination of technological advances and current curriculum reform efforts. While adictionary definition of portfolios still describes a paper-based tool (A portable case forholding material, such as loose papers, photographs, or drawings.) 1 many of today’sportfolios are electronic and can store a variety of multimedia files. Lankes defineselectronic portfolios as a “purposeful collection of student work that exhibits thestudents’ efforts, progress, and achievements.” 2 Portfolios have been in use for a longtime in disciplines such as art or photography and in K-12 education, yet they are stillrelatively new in other disciplines such as engineering and in higher education. ABET2000’s Criteria 33

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

). However, we will refrain from doing so – at least for the time being – fortwo main reasons: First, the standard deviations are rather high and the number of students islow, invalidating any statistical claims of success (in fact, we can only claim that the two meansare statistically different at a 75% confidence level using a paired t-test). Second, we have onlydone this on one class of students. We would like to point out a few other observations that are worth noting. The third studentin the BME experiment group indicated that he was rather unsatisfied with ECE, and since theexperiment was in fact closely related to ECE, it is not surprising that s/he showed no interest inBME. This case could be considered as an outlier; however, we decided

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; Catherine Pieronek

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Brockman, J.B., Fuja, T.E, Batill, S.M., “A Multidisciplinary Course Sequence for First-Year EngineeringStudents,” 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2002.2. Pieronek, C. , McWilliams, L. H., Silliman, S. E., “Initial Observations on Student Retention and CourseSatisfaction Based on First-Year Engineering Student Survey and Interviews,” 2003 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June 2003.3. Pieronek, C. , McWilliams, L. H., Silliman, S. E., “A Demographic Characterization of First-Year EngineeringStudents,” 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.4. Silliman, S. E., McWilliams, L

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Reed Stevens; Lorraine Fleming; Cynthia Atman; Sheri Sheppard; Theresa Barker; Ruth Streveler

their valuable contributions to this research.Bibliography1. Sheppard, S.D. and Silva, K. (2001) Descriptions of Engineering Education: Faculty, Student and EngineeringPractitioner Perspectives. 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, October 9-11, 2001, Reno, NV.2. Silva, K. and Sheppard, S.D. (2001). Enabling and Sustaining Educational Innovation. ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, Alburqueue, NM, June.3. Wankat, P.C., Felder, R.M., Smith, K.A. and Oreovicz, F. (2002). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning inEngineering. In M.T. Huber and S. Morreale (Eds.), Disciplinary styles in the Scholarship of Teaching andLearning: Exploring Common Ground. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education and TheCarnegie

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Claudia Morrell; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

down and a video began.The sound of ocean waves and seagulls faded in and the image of a large summer sun setting inthe sky over an open beach was projected on a forward screen. The word summer faded in andout and is just a state of mind did the same. As the words faded out, the first guitar strains ofDon Henley’s song The Boys of Summer began, followed by his scratchy voice singing “I neverwill forget those nights….” 1950’s and early 60’s images appeared in antique yellow with wordsfading in and out on the screen. Halfway through the video, the pictures changed, becomingmodern and high tech. Rich colors were added, creating vibrant, exciting images.The video continued for only four minutes, but in that time it successfully captured the

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Fredericks Volkwein; Linda Strauss; Lisa Lattuca; Patrick Terenzini

Engineering Education.6. Bradburn, N.M., & Sudman, S. (1988). Polls and surveys: Understanding what they tell us. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.7. Brandt, R. M. (1958). The accuracy of self estimates. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 58, 55-99.8. Converse, J.M., & Presser, S. (1989). Survey questions: Handcrafting the standardized questionnaire. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.9. DeNisi, A.S., & Shaw, J.B. (1977). Investigation of the uses of self-reports of abilities. Journal of Applied Psychology, 62, 641-644.10. Hansford, B.C., & Hattie, J.A. (1982). The relationship between self and achievement/performance measures. Review of Educational Research, 52, 123-142.11. Laing, J., Swayer, R, & Noble, J. (1989

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Estell

, orgraphical representation, of the card. One of the problems with GUI implementations of cardgames is finding images of cards that are not encumbered by copyrights; fortunately, there is aset of card images available through the GNU General Public License [5]. The format of thefilenames for these images is such that the process of reading in the images can be automated.All of the standard card images are stored in individual files using filenames in the form of: RS.gifwhere R is a single character used to represent the rank of the card and S is a single characterused to represent the suit of the card. The characters used for R are: 'a' (ace), '2', '3', '4','5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 't' (for 10), 'j' (jack

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Chris Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman; Josh Bostwick

realized as (2 + 2 + 3) or (2 + 3 + 2), but 7 cannot berealized as (1 + 3 + 3); in other words, 7 can be realized only from two 2’s and one 3. Thus,each score represents a unique level of total quality, but a given score does not uniquelyindicate the level of quality derived from each individual criterion. As a result, this scoringsystem provides a monotonic scale against which to measure overall quality of work, but doesnot favor the importance of one criterion over another.We employed this assessment tool to five different homework problems from Dynamics orStrength of Materials classes. The average scores are reported in Table 1 (N is the number ofhomework papers evaluated (incidences); the total N = 105 arises from five distinctassignments

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mueller

free-standing wheeled cart that uses a physical movementto the bar for the disturbance. Page 9.1271.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Before continuing on, it should be mentioned that the students were unsuccessful in getting thependulum to remain vertical. The possible cause(s) for this will be addressed. Figure 2. Finished Cart

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominic Halsmer

2004-473 Electronic Portfolio for Assessment of Engineering Dominic M. Halsmer, PhD, PE, Professor, Chair Engineering and Physics Department Oral Roberts University 7777 S. Lewis Ave. Tulsa, OK 74171 918-495-6935 dhalsmer@oru.eduAbstractIn an effort to continuously improve the quality of education in the general engineering programat Oral Roberts University, a new tool known as Electronic Portfolio or e-Portfolio has beenimplemented as the primary data

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kim Covington; Jeff Froyd

: Accumulating Advantage for Women in Science and Engineering.”During her various talks, she stated: "Science and engineering (S&E) departments need more women as faculty-and not only to show their undergraduate students (the majority of whom in some disciplines are now women) that a career in academia is a viable path. Yet applications from women for advertised faculty positions in S&E departments rarely match the numbers of women granted Ph.D.s. The disproportionate absence of women who have chosen not to enter the applicant pool for faculty openings gives notice that an unhealthy environment exists in S&E departments and institutions. The women aren't broken: the system is."Dr. Rolison’s message, although bleak

Conference Session

Rethinking Collection Development

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Clay

ensure that valuable information is Page 9.1139.7not lost. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education"Bibliography1. Auger, C.P. 1998. Information Sources in Grey Literature, 4th ed. New Providence, N.J.: Bowker-Saur.2. Chan, Winnie S. and Deborah Rhue. 2001. Providing a Digital Portal to a Print Collection: A Case Studyfor an Engineering Documents Collection. Science and Technology Libraries, 21(1/2): 29-42.3. Gelfand, Julia M. 1998. Teaching and exposing grey literature: What the Information Profession

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko

- 469 course sequence. An overallcourse instructor provides general oversight and oversees the formation of student teams,student team selection of projects, monitors progress, schedules all course events andgrades all course work. In addition, other faculty serve as "technical advisors," whoprovide technical guidance to one or more design team(s). In this way, the technicaladvisors become virtual members of the design teams which allows closer attention toproject needs than can be provided by the course instructor alone.Course ActivitiesThe completion of design projects requires substantial student work "outside theclassroom." In order to achieve good project results for all teams, this effort must besystematically directed. During the period

Conference Session

Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Sun; Robert Comerford; Musa Jouaneh

, Proceedings of the 1997 Annual ASEE Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 1-8.6. Srinivasan V. (2002). Perspective: Ten years of experience teaching a multi-disciplinary product development course. J. Product Innovation Management, 19, 32-45.7. Mahalik M, Richards L, Gorman M. (1999). Turning students into inventors and entrepreneurs: the continuing evolution of a course on invention and design. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, PR, 11a6-8-11a6-12.8. Stern P, Trefler E. (1997). An interdisciplinary problem-based learning project for assistive technology education. Assistive Technology, 9, 152-157.9. Culver D, Fellows S (1998). Using assistive devices for the disabled to teach design in a

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yakov Cherner

a partial support from the National Science Foundation.Bibliography: 1. Campbell D.W. E-learning steps up to next level. http://www.ets-news.com/CAE_selearning.htm 2. Aldrich, C. The State of Simulations. OnlineLearning, (2001) 5(8), 52-59. 3. Matthew M. High Fidelety – Training Through Simulation. http://www.praxis-learningnetworks.com/documents/High_Fidelity.pdf 4. S. L. King. Computer Simulations, Considerations for Instructional Designers, (1999) http://projects.edte.utwente.nl/pi/Papers/SimulationsPaper.htm 5. L.C. McDermott (1997). Bridging the gap between teaching and learning: The role of research. http://www.psrc-online.org/classrooms/papers/pdf/plenary.pdf 6. Kolb, D. (1984

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Will; Wesley Stone

toaccommodate student wishes, while preserving balance on each team. Each project is carried Page 9.968.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationfrom concept to completion by team members, going through various stage s from brainstormingall the way to a physical prototype that is tested, then presented in various capacities.Course Improvements Following the collection of student and faculty inputs, curriculum improvement effortswere focused on two main areas: (1) developing a new administrative

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Hankley

,http://www.msoe.edu/eecs/se/[4] S. Bennett, J. Skelton, K. Lunn, UML, Schaum’s Outlines, McGraw Hill, 2001.[5] P. Coad, Object Models: Strategies, Patterns, & Applications, Prentice Hall, 1997.[6] W. Hankley, “On Teaching Software Architecture and Design,2003 ASEE Conference, paper 2494 on Conference CD.[7] A. Cooper, The Inmates are Running the Asylum”, Sams Publishing, 2004, pp255, Part 4 on Interaction design.BiographyWILLIAM HANKLEY is professor of Computing and Information Sciences at Kansas State University. Page 9.1105.7He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. He developed and teaches a course on software

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

). Contemporary approaches to teachingand learning. In N.K. Hartley & T.L. Wentling (Eds.), Beyond tradition:Preparing the teachers of tomorrow’s workforce. Columbia, MO: UniversityCouncil for Vocational Education.Blum and Shapiro and CBIA. 2003 Survey of Small and Midsize ConnecticutBusinesses. p. 25National Association of Manufacturers Keeping America Competitive: How a TalentShortage Threatens U.S. Manufacturing A White Paper (c) 2003National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing Industrial Transformation: Key toSustaining the Productivity Boom A White Paper (c) May 30, 20032000 L St., Suite 807, Washington D.C. 20036.Schlafly, P. Issues and Views. May 19, 2003.Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992, S. 1146, 102d Cong. (1992).Summerville

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Batta; Ron Zuckerman

are then subsequently developed by thestudent(s) that submitted the idea. The most common occurrence of this is a group ofstudents that are seeking funding for their senior design project. In this case, the studentsare overseen by faculty, although they still report to Engenius Solutions and must fulfillrequirements that Engenius Solutions has above those of the student’s course. In the casethat the accepted idea was proposed by an inventor outside of Rose-Hulman, the BusinessManager will begin by soliciting applications from students to work on a specific project.Interviews will be conducted with students who apply and the team will be selected at thecompletion of interviews. After project teams are established, development begins.The

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul McCright; Joanne Larsen

teaching strategies that appeal to a larger sample of theengineering student population and in turn contributes to better retention rates. This studyinvestigates the use of a multifaceted teaching strategy designed to enhance learning, satisfactionand, ultimately, success in a basic core engineering class. This paper explores the relationshipbetween this instructional technique and the broad spectrum of learning styles. The studyexamines the correlation between the student reported learning style preferences, satisfaction,and success in the course.Why Are Learning Styles a Hot Topic in Engineering Education?The paradigm shift in the 1950’s from a more hands-on approach to engineering education to amore theoretical approach has resulted in graduate

Conference Session

Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chen Lin; Cheng Lin

; Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education MET 386 LABS - Syllabus Rules: 1. Four people in a group. 2. Actual implementation of your design with successful demonstration. 3. Each project completed with the use of major components provided. 4. Inventory control of the components in your group. 5. Instructor’s signature for each lab completion. 6. Lab report(s) due at the beginning of next lab, with discussion. 7. Lab exam will be given at end of course. Content: Week Topic No 1 Single Acting Pneumatic Cylinder. 2 Double-acting cylinder – Lifting Machine. 3

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdolmajid Lababpour

program the student(s) will be able to: Describe the reasons for CO2 increasing in the environment. Describe the alternatives for reduction of CO2 in the environment. Describe the microalga and their ability to decrease the CO2 in the environment. Describe the general micro alga cultivation steps (photobioprocesses). Describe the photobioreactor types and function. Describe the preculture preparation method by H. pluvialis. Describe the culture preparation method by H. pluvialis . Describe the controls of cell growth and production during the cultivation. Define the other benefits of micro alga cultivation. The presentation starts with making a problem in the mind of the student/viewer

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rhonda Lee-Desautels

engineering; what do engineers do; what are the different types of engineering, andwhat courses should I take to prepare myself for engineering college. The slide show is thenfollowed by a demonstration(s), which would include participation by the students.A pool of four demonstrations were chosen from the SWE websitehttp://www.swe.org/iac/LP/index.html that provides a listing of many excellent hands onactivities for demonstrating the different fields of engineering. For our first year ofdemonstrations, we chose Paper Structures, which involves building a book supporting structureout of just sheets of paper and masking tape; Oxidation and Corrosion, where the studentsexperiment using different compounds to clean oxidation and corrosion off of