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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joe Hartman

Session 1532 Using a Request for Proposal (RFP) Methodology to Enhance Engineering Design Courses JOE HARTMAN Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boise State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a novel teaching technique that uses a “Request for Proposal” (RFP) as adesign tool to add practical real-world engineering design experience in upper level electricaland computer engineering courses. Design examples and student survey responses from aComputer Architecture and Computer Networks course are described.RFPs are used in government and industry for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gregory Tonkay

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationimprove according to their plan. Later in the program, they assess the success and/or progress oftheir plan.Individual Interaction with Industry and Faculty Mentors. Throughout the four years, ISELPstudents interact closely with a team of mentors consisting of faculty, industry experts, andresearch engineers. Close interaction with mentors and industrial projects in systems engineeringand information technology ensures that the students can apply what they learn in the classroomto real-world problems. Mentors also help students assess their leadership capabilities and planactivities to improve their leadership

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

ofcoursework. Our experiences with the first three years of the program have been positive, withsome accomplishments but also challenges.Introduction – Advances in bioengineering technology during the past decade have increased pressure toinclude more and more topics in the curriculum leading to the bachelor's degree in the field ofbiomedical engineering and to increase the rigor of such undergraduate studies. This trend oftenresults, in practice, in a lengthening of the time that a student takes to earn the B.S. Yet at thesame time, many educators and employers consider the master's degree to be the minimaltraining needed to adequately prepare modern bioengineering student for practicing theprofession.1,2 This presents a long and sometimes

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matthew Smith; Joseph Ekstrom

Information:MATTHEW Z. SMITHMatthew Z. Smith is an Information Technology major at Brigham Young University. Prior to returning toschool, he worked as Systems and Quality Assurance Manager for About Web Services. In addition tobeing a full-time student, he continues to contribute to online development on a contract basis. Page 9.107.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationJOSEPH J. EKSTROMJoseph J. Ekstrom (Ph. D. Computer Science, BYU 1992) has been Associate Professor of InformationTechnology at BYU since

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zac Bunnell; Garett Scott; Sundararajan Madihally

plants. This has necessitated the integration of novel technologies Page 9.765.1into traditional courses, particularly into the Unit Operations Laboratory (UOL).Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session # 1793 A laboratory course on Unit Operations is a critical component in the chemicalengineering undergraduate curriculum, because it provides hands-on experience on theapplication of the theoretical concepts

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Cottrell

first hands-on design experience. In particular, this article features ET 200,“Graphic Communications,” a three-credit course taken by all students in the StructuralDesign and Construction Engineering Technology Program, generally during the fallsemester of their junior year. The course content is conventional and develops basicskills in the student aimed at reading and interpreting commercial and residentialconstruction drawings. For most students, ET 200 is their first engineering course withthe potential for a design component. These design projects presented in this paper weredeveloped and implemented with specific objectives in mind: • To stimulate interest in engineering and design; • To provide the user with an

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.8. Soloman, Barbara and Felder, Richard, “Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire”, http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html. Last accessed November 6, 2003.Biographical InformationCORDELIA M. BROWN is currently enrolled as a doctoral candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science at Vanderbilt University. She is a student member of ASEE and IEEE. Her interests includeemploying learning models in engineering classrooms and laboratory.ARTHUR J. BRODERSEN is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Scienceat Vanderbilt University. His recent technical interests have been the use of computer and network technology toenhance engineering

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ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kishore Kotteri; Joan Carletta; Amy Bell

an assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech.She received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. Bell conducts research in waveletimage compression, embedded systems, and bioinformatics. She is the recipient of a 1999 NSF CAREER awardand a 2002 NSF Information Technology Research award; she has also received two awards for teaching excellence.JOAN E. CARLETTA is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Akron. She received her Ph.D. in computer engineering from Case Western Reserve University in1995. Her research involves the design of digital hardware for applications that require intensive computation

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stan Guidera

Session ____ Assessing the use of digital sketching and conceptual design software in first-year architectural design studio Dr. Stan G. Guidera College of Technology Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Computer aided design software has supplanted traditional drafting in architecturalpractice as well as in most related design and engineering disciplines. However, both educatorsas well as many design practitioners continue to rely on traditional sketching during conceptualdesign. This has been

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Bowen

grumble about having tolearn programming, as they frequently did when Fortran was taught, introduction of the bridgedesign project has injected an element of enthusiasm and energy into the class, which arecertainly desirable outcomes for an introductory class in Civil Engineering.Introduction At the University of North Carolina at Charlotte there are three engineering departments(Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer) and an Engineering Technology Department. Inthe freshman year, all engineering majors take a common first semester course (ENGR 1201).This course, whose content is relatively new, serves as an introduction to the engineeringprofession and training in some of the skills needed for professional success1. The course has a

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Wo; Pei-Fen Chang

Session 1610A Workshop on New Trend of Implementing the Engineering FacultyImprovement Workshop in Taiwan: A Multi-institutional perspective Pei-Fen Chang Graduate Institute of Learning and Instruction National Central University Chung-Li, Taiwan 320 Dau-Chung Wang Department of Mechanical Engineering National Yunlin University of Science and Technology Touliu, Taiwan 640 Andrew M. Wo Institute of Applied

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Joseph LaLopa; Mara Wasburn

advisor to Women in Technology. Her research interests focus on mentoring with an emphasis on women intechnology-related disciplinesJOSEPH M. LA LOPA is an Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Purdue University. Heholds a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He teaches introduction to foodservice, lodging, and tourism;organizational management; and a sophomore honors course. His research focuses on tourism, hotel management;and operational analysis. Page 9.219.13 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 1

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2004 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River. 2. KELMAN, S. (1994) Cost Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique in The Ford Pinto Case --A Study in Applied Ethics, Business and technology, Donald Birsch and John Fielder editors. Page 9.972.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education 3. BUTTERS G., Johan Calfee, and Pauline Ippolito. (1994) Defending the Cost Benefit Analysis: Replies to Steven Kelman in The Ford Pinto Case --A Study in Applied Ethics, Business and technology, Donald Birsch

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Introduction to Engineering and More

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ian Campbell

Session 2653 The use of model making (and breaking) in freshman Engineering Statics courses. Ian Campbell School of Architectural, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Victoria University of Technology – AustraliaAbstractIn the Engineering degree programs that traditionally commence with an introductory staticscourse, instructors typically search for examples and applications that can explain and bringto life the physics and mathematics involved. Laboratory classes designed to reinforce theoryvia experiments are the norm but are often

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Myat Hla; Samuel Lakeou

Session: 1532 Remote Monitoring and Control of GPIB-based Electronic Experiment Myat Hla, BSEE, Samuel Lakeou Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of the District of Columbia slakeou@udc.edu, (202) 274-5834 I. Introduction This work presents a novel approach in the implementation of a remote laboratory foran electronic experiment using LabVIEW’s remote panel technology. In the past, a numberof remote labs have been tried and tested 1,2,3,4

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Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Turner Stuart; Cary Fisher; Jason Bartolomei

aeronautical or mechanical engineering, have elements Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationof systems engineering imbedded in their programs, the Air Force Academy did not have anengineering major explicitly dedicated to systems engineering.Definition of Need:The U.S. Air Force desperately needs “airmen and a vibrant civilian workforce with science,technology, and systems- engineering skills.” —Dr. James Roche, Secretary of the Air Force.Recent notable engineering failures and cost overruns of several major governmental acquisitionprojects have been traced to a lack of systems engineering principles

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Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Clifton Johnston; Diane Douglas

departments and a topic well discussedin the 2001 ASEE conference2,3. The curriculum of the course was built around fourpillars: drawing, design, communication and teamwork.The Engineering Design LabThe University of Calgary invested 1.28 million dollars as a start up contribution to thedesign and construction of four technologically advanced laboratories for the first yeardesign course. The four linked labs circle around a central broadcast booth; instructorscan broadcast to all labs simultaneously and are able to monitor lab activities throughfeedback screens. The four labs accommodate 150 students at one time; students work atlab tables in teams of four. Each lab has a document camera, a projection screen, acomputer terminal for every two students

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ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

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Constantinos Panayiotou; Yu Song; Venkatraman Atti; Andreas Spanias

communications,” in 33rd ASEE/IEEE FIE-03, Boulder, Nov. 2003[11] T. Thrasyvoulou, K. Tsakalis, and A. Spanias, “J-DSP-C, A control systems simulation environment for distance learning: labs and assessment,” in 33rd ASEE/IEEE FIE-03, Boulder, Nov. 2003[12] A. Spanias et al., “Using J-DSP to introduce communications and multimedia technologies to high schools,” in 33rd ASEE/IEEE FIE-03, Boulder, Nov. 2003.[13] T. Robinson, “SHORTEN: Simple lossless and near-lossless waveform compression,” Technical Report 156, Engineering Department, Cambridge University, Dec. 1994.[14] P. G. Craven and M. Gerzon, “Lossless coding for Audio Discs,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., Vol. 44, no.9, pp. 706-720, Sept. 1996

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

studies in Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationengineering and technology. From the authors’ efforts to provide a research experience forundergraduates and from the generosity of the Xerox Corporation arose the “Xerox FellowsProgram.” The Xerox Corporation provides a small stipend for the student and his or her facultymentor and the student experiences the challenge and excitement of the research experiencethrough the mentorship of a faculty member.This paper describes the evolution of this program and presents a few of the student researchprojects

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Trends in Construction Engineering III

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daryl Orth

the delivery systems mentioned in this paper are only a survey ofwhat is available. To make the correct media choice, an instructor needs to know the advantagesand disadvantages of the various types of delivery systems.References1. Dick, W. & Carey, L. (1996). The systematic design of instruction (4th ed.). New York: Longman. Page 9.497.7“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”2. Heinich, R., Molenda, M., Russell, J. D., & Smaldino, S. E. (1999). Instructional media and technologies for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daniel Pack; Kenneth Soda

and sigmoid cellcan be identical. Only scaling changes in the Current Accumulation and Scaling Cellsare necessary as the complexity of each neuron increases. Indeed, this methodology isnaturally implemented via CMOS integrated circuit technology where repetition of circuitelements greatly eases design and reduces the cost of fabrication.4 S. M. Fakhraie and K. C. Smith, “VLSI-Compatible Implementation of Artificial Neural Networks”, Page 9.1096.4Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, SECS 382, ISBN 0792398254, KluwerAcademic Publishing, Boston, 1997.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nam Kim

Session _______ Developing an Inexpensive Device to Train Controller Tuning Nam K. Kim Department of Chemical Engineering Michigan Technological University 2004 ASEE Annual Conference Salt Lake City, UTAbstract Tuning of PID controller parameters for a new process is a challenge and of greatconcern to process control engineers. Developing and implementing an inexpensive devicealong with programs for on-line instant evaluation of tuning criteria benefit

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

recruit and mentor young women comes through several programs sponsored byby organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the Women in Engineering, Science and Technology (WEST) for which the women faculty in the college frequently participate in various events. There is a long list of special programs in which the College participates which can be accessed through the TAMU website (http://eapo.tamu.edu//). Efforts to diversify the engineering student population are intensifying at the present time. 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Physical

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Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Siegenthaler

engineering principles. With this foundation students will be able toadapt to wherever the technology leads them. Mathematics is the common glue amongthose areas. The better one knows mathematics, the better one does physics andchemistry, and the better one applies good engineering principles. We need better salespeople to encourage students to take more mathematics.As a part of the special projects assignments in Math 470, each student taught a lesson ona subject using mathematics related to the course material. An electrical engineeringmajor presented a class on the use of advanced mathematical techniques incommunications theory to improve the data download from Global Positioning Satellitesfor extremely accurate time keeping in the aviation

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Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ying Tang

Disassembly Planning and Demanufacturing Operation,” IEEE Trans. on Rob. & Aut., 17(6), December 2001, 773-784.[4]. Zussman, E. and Zhou, M.C., “Design and implementation of an adaptive process planner for disassembly processes,” IEEE Trans. on Rob. & Aut., Vol. 16, No. 2, April, 2000, pp. 171-179.Ying Tang is Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University,Glassboro, Nj. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph. D degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, in2001. Her research interests include modeling and design of computer-integrated systems, Petri nets,Networking and communication, and FPGA

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Steven Bradley; Walter Bradley

skills intoour freshmen engineering classes, the retention rate increased from 67% to 83% and thefreshmen GPA increased from 2.59 to 3.13. One simple approach to teaching time managementand study skills to freshmen and helping them develop new habits is to use a video seminar likeSuccess4Students with Internet follow-up.References1. UC and the SAT: Predictive Validity and Differential Impact of theSAT I and SAT II at the University of California, Oct. 2001.2. Georgia Institute of Technology, Faculty Senate Minutes, Item 5, February 2002. Page 9.723.7Biographical Information Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

Session 1793 How to Run a Successful Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site M. Grant Norton, David F. Bahr School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-2920IntroductionThe Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site program supports active researchparticipation by undergraduate students in any of the areas of research funded by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF). One of the goals of the program is that students are “involved inmeaningful ways in ongoing research

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roland Thomas; Albert Rosa

solution to theproblem. In the early 1990’s the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)began emphasizing the importance of design in the curriculum. What ABET sought to influencewere programs wherein students had some experience with design before they attempted theircapstone design project. Although design was usually added to other than circuits courses, a fewbrave circuits instructors began to add some design content to their courses. Some circuits textsbegan to include some design problems. Today including design content in the first and/orsecond circuits course is still far from being universally adopted. Many students, especiallythose in non-electrical/computer engineering programs, view linear circuits as uninteresting

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Liv Brakewood

engineering. Itis also recognized that civil engineering students should have closer contact with real-worldconstruction, and in many cases this has been accomplished with bringing construction siteaspects into the classroom, but may also be accomplished by bringing the classroom to theconstruction site 1. In addition, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) system, which is used for accreditation of most of the collegiate engineering programsin the United States 2 lists one of the outcomes that must be demonstrated is that the graduates ofthese programs have the ability to communicate effectively 3,4. One of the areas important forengineers in land development is being able to communicate field information effectively. Addedto

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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kim Covington; Jeff Froyd

Session 3692 Challenges of Changing Faculty Attitudes about the Underlying Nature of Gender Inequities Kimberly Covington and Jeff Froyd Texas A&M UniversityAbstractIncreasing diversity of the engineering student body requires at least one of two parties, eitherthe incoming student population or the institution offering engineering programs, to change.Efforts to increase diversity in engineering have historically focused on changing the incomingstudent population. At Texas A&M University, the second alternative, changing the institution(by