Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Herbert Hess

. Theeffect of information technologies is considered, including real time control, operation andmaintenance management, and policy development.IntroductionSmall generator sets for electric power in remote locations have an important place in theagriculture and tourism industries of the rural western US. They increase the ability to use theland cleanly, safely, and productively and to enjoy its recreational beauty. Therefore,manufacturers are making improvements to create cleaner, quieter, more reliable smallgenerators that are easy to move and provide power on demand. Over the next two decades, anumber of technological advances currently in the laboratory will appear on models in the field.Though underlying power generation technologies have

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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FE TABAMO; CRISTINO CARBONELL; Conchita Javier; Clarita Guevara

SEC III,Dortmund, Germany. He is the Phyhsics Laboratory Supervisor of the UST Faculty of Engineering.Associate Professor Clarita R. Guevara is a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Santo Tomas. Sheobtained her Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, QuezonCity. She was a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia where she attendedcourses on Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Methods. She co-presented a paper at the ICEE2002, Manila,Philippines. She is the Chair of the Enginering Sciences Department of the UST Faculty ofEngineering.Associate Professor Fe P. Tabamo is a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Santo Tomas

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Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alok Verma

in engineering technology education. He holds aBachelor’s degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a Master of Engineering degree from OldDominion University. He has been very active in the Engineering Technology Division and the EngineeringTechnology Council of ASEE, holding several positions in ETD, including chair. He has also been active inTAC of ABET, as a commissioner and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.ALOK K. VERMA Alok K. Verma is Associate Professor and Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory atOld Dominion University. He received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Kanpur in 1978 and MS in Engineering Mechanics from Old Dominion University in 1981

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Connie Della-Piana

undergraduate education (i.e., courses, curriculumdevelopment, laboratories, and co-curricular activities in undergraduate STEM programs) is aninstitutional responsibility.5 Current directions include efforts to develop strategies fortransforming institutional practice – moving institutions and programs from a historical teachingcentered environment to student-learning centered environments.6, 7 & 8In response to the “shifting” landscape of concerns, the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE)project at The University of Texas at El Paso, with support from the National ScienceFoundation, has developed and implemented a comprehensive model of undergraduate educationin STEM.9 & 10 The components of the model include an entering students program

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Middleton; Cheryl Gengler; Antonio Garciq; D. L. Evans; Sharon Robinson Kurpius; Peter Crouch; Dale Baker; Mary Anderson-Rowland; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

andcurriculum needed to set up high school courses in this subject at their respective schools.MTI-trained teachers found this training to be very beneficial to their teaching. Their students(221 students at 7 high schools) reported that the courses: a) made them much more interested in Page 8.378.3a science career b) increased their enjoyment of laboratory activities; and c) helped them developProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright3 © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationtheir skills fo r working with equipment and in the laboratory

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

developed an“interactive lecture” unique to JiTT. There is also a traditional laboratory session once eachweek. This section will give a brief description of several web-based tools and assignments usedat IUPUI. One of these, the WarmUp exercise is a crucial element in the interactive lecturemethod. WarmUp Exercises are the single most important element of the Just-in-Time Teachingstrategy. These are brief, conceptual exercises that are due before lecture periods. Students mustread assigned materials, then answer several questions via an online form. In the introductoryphysics courses at IUPUI, the WarmUps are due two hours before each lecture session. Althoughthis period can be varied substantially, it should be short enough that the subject is

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios, workshops, and playingspaces. It demands strenuous efforts and experts to intercede with stories, admonitions,or principles when students fail, as they must, if they are to learn. Most of the learningthat results in the expertise of the practicing scientist, engineer, or poet is accomplishedthrough hands and minds on a task. Just think of the contrast between the activities ofapprentices in a workshop and the passivity of pupils in a lecture hall.If we refocus our efforts on learning, professors can exploit information technology toprovide data, scholarly references, and simulated problems for cognitive workshops. Inthose workspaces, student investigators

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REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephanie Bird; Mark D'Avila; Penny Hirsch

co-chairs the freshman program in Engineering Design and Communication. Hirsch also hasextensive experience in communications consulting in industry.STEPHANIE J. BIRD, Ph.D., a laboratory-trained neuroscientist, is Special Assistant to the Vice President forResearch at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she works on the development of educationalprograms that address the professional responsibilities of scientists and engineers. Current research interests focuson the ethical and social policy implications of neuroscience research.MARK D’AVILA – is assistant director of the VaNTH ERC and learning sciences coordinator for the HST portionof the consortium

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Ranky

optionally wireless Internet access(based on availability). Page 8.761.8Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.Bibliographic Information[1] Ranky, P.G, Deek, F P and Friedman R.: Interactive 3D Multimedia Cases for the Computer Systemsand Networking Curriculum in NJIT’s I-TOWER Sponsored Wireless Laboratories, ASEE West PointConference, May 2002, In the proceedings.[2] Ranky, P G., Golgen Bengu and Gale Tenen Spak: The Development and Application ofSynchronous and Asynchronous Technology Based Learning Aids for Undergraduate

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What's New in Industrial Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Ranky

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education.(based on availability).Bibliographic Information[1] Ranky, P.G, Deek, F P and Friedman R.: Interactive 3D Multimedia Cases for the Computer Systemsand Networking Curriculum in NJIT’s I-TOWER Sponsored Wireless Laboratories, ASEE West PointConference, May 2002, In the proceedings.[2] Ranky, P G., Golgen Bengu and Gale Tenen Spak: The Development and Application ofSynchronous and Asynchronous Technology Based Learning Aids for Undergraduate EngineeringEducation, The NSF Engineering Education Inn ovators’ Conference, NSF sponsored participation, April7-8, 1997, Arlington, VA, USA, Proceedings[3] Frazer, A. and

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Durgamadhab Misra; Fadi Deek; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller

-Scale Systems. 23 Fuzzy Clustering Of Object Data And Relational Data. 24 T1 Wide Area Network Protocol Analyzer 25 Common Cancer Drugs: Computer Modeling And Phyphysiochemical Study Of The Halogenated Analogs 26 Case Study Of The Software Engineering Process As It Relates To Group Collaboration And Problem Solving 27 Resilient Packet Ring Access Protocol 28 A Computational Approach To The Search For A Treatment For Cocaine Abuse 29 Simulation For A Universal, Dynamically Adaptable And Programmable Network Router For Parallel Computers 30 Enhancing Access To IT For Persons With Disabilities. 31 A Methodology For Web-Based Interactive Laboratory 32 A Voice Controlled Text-To-Speech Web Page Reader. 33 Imaging And Image

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

existing engineering undergraduate curriculum. Funded by a three-yearNSF-Course, Curriculum, Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant, the BESTEAMS curriculum iscomprehensive and developmental, offering three levels of instruction (introductory, intermediate,advanced) in three key areas of team functioning (personal awareness, interpersonal dynamics,and project management).The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of student evaluation of the introductory levelcurriculum that has been introduced into the Clark School of Engineering's - Introduction toEngineering Design course (ENES 100). Students completed three team work modules presentedby faculty trained in the module delivery during the 2001-2002 academic year. The firstIntroductory

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Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

side of this is thatmodeling problems need to be designed so that they readily reveal common problems withembedding behavior via constraints.IV. ExamplesAt NC State, the switch was made from AutoCAD to SolidWorks in the Spring 2001 semester.The faculty also removed all instrument drawing in the introductory courses. This transitionalperiod was not easy. One of the biggest challenges was designing new exercises that wereappropriate for the new courses. The previous courses were heavily focused on documentation –specifically detail drawings. Although several laboratory exercises involved solid modeling in Page 8.454.4AutoCAD, most CAD

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Bowen

Education. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Engineering Education7. “MathCAD” is a trademark of MathCAD, Inc.8. “Mathematica” is a trademark of Wolfram Research, Inc.9. MATLAB”, MATrix LABoratory is a trademark of The Mathworks, Inc..10. “MS Excel”, Microsoft Excel is a trademark of Microsoft CorporationJAMES D. BOWENJames D. Bowen is an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at UNC Charlotte. He received hisPh.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Bowen teaches MATLAB programming,hydraulics, aquatic chemistry, and water quality modeling. His research interests include water quality and eutro-phication modeling, model uncertainty analysis, and the microscale fluid motions around phytoplankton

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Maher Murad

5% Laboratories 20% Dr. Maher M. Murad Page 8.390.11 August 2002 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationAppendix B: A New Course in Pavement Design and Management: QuestionnairePlease answer each of the questions below based on your individual experience from taking thePavement Design and Management Course.Academic Level

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sheldon Jeter

of a Model”, ME4053 Engineering Systems Laboratory, the George W. Woodruff School of MechanicalEngineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 10 January 2003, available on line at.Sheldon M. Jeter is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the George W. WoodruffSchool of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He has degrees from Clemson University, the Page 8.542.15University of Florida, and Georgia Tech. He has been on the academic faculty at Georgia Tech Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

network (28) Training to utilize the school's computing resources (29) To what Degree did your Engineering Education enhance your ability to se modern Engineering tools (46) To what degree did laboratory facilities allow you to use modern engineering tools (71)12 What is your satisfaction with: Availability of computers (27) Remote access to school's computer network (28) Training to utilize the school's computing resources (29)13 My experience abroad gave me a good understanding of a different culture (80) Page 8.1200.9

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

1997 camper, when asked in a newspaper interview about the most memorableWisconsin-Stout (UW-Stout), in partnership with the thing she had ever done.Society of Manufacturing Engineering EducationFoundation (SME-EF), initiated an outreach program for girls entering the seventh grade.“STEPS for Girls” is a one-week introduction to the world of manufacturing. The girlsmanufacture radio-controlled model airplanes from raw materials. The components arefabricated in various laboratory activities using real production equipment. Each girl has anopportunity to fly her airplane with the assistance of skilled radio-controlled aircraft pilots.“STEPS for Girls” campers gain

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

, S.E., Stategies for Creative Problem Solving, Prentice Hall, 1995.17 Cloete, A., Solving Problems or Problem Solving: What are we teaching our students?, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.18 Prusak, Z., Laboratory Experiments in Process Design and Optimization, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.19 Schon, D., Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Basic Books, 1983.20 Otto, K.N, Wood, K.L., Product Design, Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development, pp.43-46, Prentice Hall, 2001.21 Lubkin, J.L.(ed.), The Teaching of Elementary Problem-Solving in Engineering and Related Fields, American Society for

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

to requests for changes in the way that we educate andprepare engineers for the future. For example, a number of organizations and stakeholders havesponsored initiatives focused on defining new goals, developing materials, and providingresources. Such efforts include NEEDS – the National Engineering Education Database (a digitallibrary of educational technologies), the NSF Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvementprogram (that supports resource development projects), the new ABET outcome-basedaccreditation policy, and the NSF Coalitions program (that brought together institutions aroundcoalition-specific missions and large-scale curricular reform).Work directly with faculty has been a key element of efforts to enhance engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Walker

knowledge. However, lack ofsignificant differences in the validity of map propositions suggests that students have notnecessarily gained a deeper understanding of associations among concepts pertinent tothe design process. Grounded in our prior work,18 we expect that once students begin toapply their conceptual knowledge to the actual design of a device (the focus of the springsemester of the course), their maps will not only contain more concepts, but more validpropositions, more precise vocabulary, and greater integration (i.e., higher line:noderatios).Links between concept map data and the number of summers students had spent inschool, or in industrial or laboratory settings were examined (industrial experience, M =1.34, SD = .61; lab experience

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

. Recognition of educational research and teaching as valuable scholarly activities Page 8.603.4 6. Provide two-way transfer of knowledge between universities, industry and government laboratories. 7. Target lifelong learning and graduate engineering educationImpact on Product Design CurriculumDesign activity involves a broader range of disciplines:The corporations have now realized that better and more functional products can be developed ifthe design team involves more expertise than just engineering alone. This allows the use of teamapproach and concurrent engineering practices.Globalization of engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

development, three specific courses will be introduced and their learning objectivesstated. The course will be discussed in more detail subsequently.ISE 3014 Work Measurement and Methods Engineering is a survey of methods for assessing andimproving performance of individuals and groups in organizations. It is taught as a first semesterjunior course and includes basic industrial engineering tools, such as: work analysis, dataacquisition and analysis, performance evaluation and appraisal, and work measurementprocedures. As conceived, the course was to have two lectures and a three-hour laboratory eachweek of the term. According to the syllabus of record, the course learning objectives are asfollows: Having successfully completed this course, the

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Al Hashimi; Colm Mealy; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

the PI differ from the learning styles of CSM Freshmen? • To what extent do practical laboratory sessions aid in the amelioration of misconceptions in mechanics? Page 8.350.11 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Hestenes, D., Wells, M., and Swackhamer, G., “Force Concept Inventory.” ThePhysics Teacher, 30, 414-158, 1992.2. Hestenes, D. and Halloun, I, “Interpreting the FCI: A Response,” The Physics Teacher, 33, 502-506 (1995).3. Hake, Richard R., “Interactive

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Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Reid; Charles Tiltrum

computer room. Chapter meetings are held in anauditorium style classroom which has worked very well. For the steel bridge and concretecanoe, space is set aside within our departmental laboratories. Typically this only requiresat least 300 to 500 sq. ft. Fabrication of the steel bridge occurs at a local steel fabricationcompany. Also, the students are provided access to the departmental technician workshopfor tools and equipment. This requires a certain level of trust between the department and Page 8.474.4student chapter which the students have honored to date. Space is also needed to display Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering

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New Programs and Success Stories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edward Hensel; Paul Stiebitz

a touchstonecase study throughout the academic term. This project was referred to in class, and by thestudents, as the “widget project.” The widget project gave students and faculty members acommon background for discussion, an opportunity to immediately apply new knowledgelearned in the class, and a vehicle for peer to peer education.Daily Topical Coverage The Design Project Management class was conducted in the System DynamicsLaboratory, a studio laboratory with 12 two-student workstations, a dual-headed projectionsystem useful for supporting impromptu design sharing and small group reporting. The DPMclass met two days per week, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Typically, each two hour session was conducted

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Lord

event, engineering students often bringfriends and family which provides a venue for social interaction among engineering faculty,staff, and students.Freshman EngineeringA freshman engineering student entering USD must enroll in ENGR5: Introduction toEngineering. The course includes students interested in Electrical, Industrial and Systems, andMechanical Engineering. The catalog description for the course isENGR5 Introduction to Engineering (3 credits)Introduction to the field of engineering. Exploration of problem solving using the engineeringdesign process in lecture and laboratory projects. Introduction to engineering tools includingspreadsheets and graphics. Intended for majors in engineering or those exploring careers inengineering.The

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Improving Communication Skills in ME

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Asper; Bijan Sepahpour

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationNORMAN L. ASPERNorman Asper is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey. Professor Asper is an activemember of ASME, ASEE and SAE. He has participated in the generation of the Safety Regulations for both theSolar Splash International Student Design Competition and Tour deSol. Professor Asper has degrees from Ball StateUniversity and Ohio State University.BIJAN SEPAHPOURBijan Sepahpour is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The College of New Jersey. He is activelyinvolved in the generation of design-oriented exercises and development of laboratory apparatus

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

might be termed classical engineeringsituations. Much time was spent in laboratories, working through standard exercises in datacollection and analysis. Unlike the teaching that now characterizes medicine or the law,engineers were taught in an environment curiously devoid of a sense of practice. Over the years,this “decontextualization” caused distortions in attitudes and values, along with graduatingengineers who had little exposure to the types of professional maturity and judgment they wouldneed from the very first day they stepped into the work world.16Most would agree that expectations for today’s engineering education incorporates richer notionsof how people learn and of how to nurture the higher-order skills necessary for a

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

. 116-121; 127. 12. Natishan, M.E., L.C. Schmidt, and P. Meade, “Student Focus Group Results on Student Team Performance Issues”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 89, no. 3, 2000, pp. 269-272. 13. Biernacki, J.J., and C.D. Wilson, “Interdisciplinary Laboratory in Advanced Materials: a Team- Oriented Inquiry-Based Approach,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 4, 2001, pp. 637-640. 14. Besterfield-Sacre, M., M. Moreno, L.J. Shuman, and C.J. Atman, “Gender and Ethn icity Differences in Freshmen Engineering Student Attitudes: A Cross-Institutional Study,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 4, 2001, pp