Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

successful design do not necessarily translate into a successful report. Because thedesign is of limited value if it cannot be communicated, a significant portion of the learning inthe course involves creation of the client report. Students learn to manage creation of site plans,engineering drawings, report tables and figures, and how to organize the material into a suitableengineering report. The instructors foster this learning through weekly assignments of portions ofthe report so the draft report submittal in week 8 consists of assembling together report sectionsprepared during the prior seven weeks.The department believes a day trip to a major city is a good opportunity to expose our freshmanto the work conducted by most civil engineers. The

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Pagano, Western Michigan University; Amanda Rossman, Western Michigan University; Kendall Vasilnek, Western Michigan University; Betsy Aller, Western Michigan University; Edmund Tsang, Western Michigan University; Andrew Kline, Western Michigan University; Edward Brabandt, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-2550: FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE AND BEYOND: USING THEENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS TO SUPPORT LEARNING ANDENGINEERING SKILL DEVELOPMENTPaul Pagano, Western Michigan University Paul Pagano is a second-year student in Civil Engineering at Western Michigan University. He is active in the student ASCE chapter, assists student teams in the Student Projects Lab, and plans to gain his professional engineers license and employment in a geotechnical engineering firm after graduation.Amanda Rossman, Western Michigan University Amanda Rossman is a second-year student in Civil and Construction Engineering at Western Michigan University. She serves as a tutor to first-year, at-risk students, and is

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; John Bugado, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Albert Cruz, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

- Describe what is planned to be achieved, what students will be doing and what they may be using. State, “At the end of this lesson you will be able to….” Create expectations with objectives and a description of the structure of the module and/or learning unit. Relate this expectation to the certificate-focused types of pre-assessment and post-assessment questions. • Stimulate recall of prior learning - Relate a new lesson to situations or knowledge Page 12.876.5 with which the students are already familiar; e.g., material from a previous course, lesson or module. Describe the key

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; David Bowker, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University; Mi'schita' Henson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2007-2805: CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND CONFIDENCE: SYNTHESIZINGTHE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCECarolyn Percifield, Purdue University Carolyn Percifield is Director of Strategic Planning for the College of Engineering at Purdue University; helped found and continues to co-advise two engineering student organizations; and created two study abroad courses for engineering students.David Bowker, Purdue University David Bowker is the Director of Undergraduate Engineering Recruitment at Purdue University. He has a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and supervision, a master’s degree in higher education administration (both from Purdue University), and has worked in college recruiting and

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

; 1. Set specific educational objectives and determine how the service learning activity fitswithin the curriculum. Devise assessment rubrics to determine if the goals are being met. 2. Assess the needs and resources of your community and school and form partnershipswithin the community 3 When selecting a project determine how all partners will work together to achieve thegoals. Insure the necessary funding and resources before planning the project. 4. Plan early and in detail. Establish a reasonable timetable, develop a budget and assigntasks. 5. Actively manage the project insuring that timelines are met and assess theeffectiveness of activities. 6. Incorporate reflection and celebration. Students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Debbie O'Hare

built in 2003 in a predominantly ethnicallyisolated inner city neighborhood. Its location facilitated ethnicity integration without the aid of adistrict assigned plan. During its first year of operation, the school applied for and received athree year grant from the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) that provided additionalresources to support its curriculum and faculty development. The school has a K-5 studentpopulation with no special enrolment criteria and definitely functions as a typical neighborhoodschool. It has more than 600 students and at least 3 classrooms at each grade level. Studenttalents and abilities are normally distributed and there is no grouping of mainstream students bysections, test scores, and/or perceived ability

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

International

credit, be embedded in Indian culture, and to create bridges between faculty andinstitutions for future collegial endeavors.Six students and one professor were the pilot group to determine the viability of an engineeringstudy abroad in India program. Program planning was initiated in September 2005 forimplementation in July 2006. Due to the low number of students in the pilot program, the costper student was relatively high. $50,000 was budgeted for a six-week experience that includedall student tuition and fees, housing, meals, all travel to and within India (including allexcursions), Indian faculty salary, UofA faculty travel and living stipend, visa, insurance andprogram administration. This budgeted amount did not include the UofA professor

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Evers, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; James Ledlie Klosky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

goals: “At the conclusion of CE 390, you should be able todefend/justify your choice of CE as a major. You should also be able to diagram and explain theCE curriculum, and be able to describe how the components of the curriculum fit into the designand construction of the elements of civil engineered infrastructure. Finally, assuming you canjustify your choice of CE as a major, you should be able to formulate a tentative plan as to howyou will use the knowledge gained in CE390 to further yourself in the Army, and beyond.” Further motivation for creating CE390 was the recognition of the lack of breadth of theCE program at West Point and the desire to better align the program with what the majority ofthe cadets who chose to join the Corps of

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ian Denholm, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Required – Order Charter for the Sensors/Material Design Project Experiment 3 (Begin) - Design/conduct an experiment to evaluate a critical component(s) of Creative Thinking your Design Project based on Analysis/Simulation or Test ; Finalize Context Diagrams and 9 Workshop Use Cases Complete Design Project Plan (WBS/Gantt Chart) - Order Sensors/Material Written Proposal Report Due - Report to be Evaluated for Completeness of Design Using Total Design Process 10 Conclude Experiment 3

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Lyndon Abrams, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Bosley, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Dawn Denney, Northwest Cabarrus High School; Kelly Teague, J.M. Robinson High School; Bill Welch, J.M. Robinson High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classroom techniques used during thecamps, and to practice skills learned in the TECT workshop. The capstone practicum for theTECT workshop will require the participants to prepare a lesson plan incorporating a hands-onengineering activity and delivering the lesson to the summer camp students.At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be required to develop work action plansdescribing the engineering content and activities they intend to incorporate into their classroomsduring the course of the next semester. A one day follow up meeting with all participants will beheld at the end of the semester in which participants will be asked to report and critique their

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahram Asiabanpour, Texas State University; Chandrashekar Subbareddy, Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

offer the most relevant and timely topics in the real world business. In addition,our new graduates have benefited from the fact that the recovery of the manufacturing sector inTexas has started sooner and exceeded than the nation average. In 2005, “Texas added roughly7,500 manufacturing jobs, a 0.8 percent increase, compared with a U.S. loss of 72,500 jobs, a 0.5percent decline” [5].The goal for the capstone design course in manufacturing engineering program at Texas StateUniversity was to provide teams of students the opportunity to work with open-ended designproblems wherein most aspects of the product development cycle, including product design,prototyping/verification, manufacturability analysis, and business plan of the product

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bodde, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

societythat held life to be precious and implemented that view in its public policies would Page 12.1294.2i This paper focuses on the content to be taught, leaving plans for integration into the engineeringcurriculum for separate discussion.require very different brakes on its vehicles than one that did not. Thus understanding theethical foundations of policy leads to better engineering.In our more complex society, we ask more complex questions in setting the societalexpectations for government policies to implement. For example: • Is the technology “fair” in the balance of risk and reward that its use imposes? For example, critics note that

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Tech; Brenda Brand, Virginia Tech; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

phase, the capstone studentsfollow conventional steps of a design process including process planning, identification ofcustomer needs, product specification, concept generation, concept selection, concept/prototypetesting, product architecture, industrial design, design for manufacturing, and conclude with thebuilding and delivery of a final product. More details associated with Phases 1 and 2 are presentedbelow.Capstone Design and Service Learning—Bringing It All TogetherSenior mechanical engineering students at Virginia Tech are required to take a two-semesterengineering capstone design course, ME 4015 and ME 4016, in which this project is offered as oneof many options students have. Among the other projects were industry-sponsored projects

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Sarah Roux, Arizona State University; Vivek Ramanathan, Arizona State University; Mark Rager, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, notjust in engineering but in every sector of business, government and professional services.A change in University policy in 2004 introduced lower division programs for a campus that hadpreviously relied exclusively on Community College transfers into upper division classes withina 2 + 2 structure. For the electronics program, the change was an opportunity to take a top-down systems view of the subject and therefore more accurately represent the applications thatincreasingly provide employment for the graduates. The planning process started with astatement of expectations and constraints. They are represented in figure 1. Future industry roadmap and careers 4xx Expectations

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Schrage, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Kenneth McPherson, The Boeing Company; Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systemes; Cedric Simard, Dassault Systemes

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Enabled Control (SEC) program, where Georgia Tech was chosen as the university experiment leader. Dr. Schrage serves Page 13.649.1 a principal investigator on this program. In the late 1990s, Dr. Schrage developed a unique graduate course in “Safety By Design and Flight Certification”. This project oriented course has a team of students develop a Preliminary System Safety Analysis (PSSA) and a Flight Certification Plan for different aircraft and spacecraft. Dr. Schrage’s recent experiences as a member of the FAA’s Oversight Board for their Certification Process Study and the NASA Aviation

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

often benefits student learning, there are concerns as Page 13.1257.5well. Finding appropriately qualified adjuncts may be difficult in certain geographiclocations. Adjuncts working full time in industry may have schedules which conflict withinstitutional and student schedules. This may include scheduling classes in eveningswhich are inconsistent with the program’s usual class times and planning around worktravel requirements that may arise during the course of the semester. Limited office hoursand minimal physical presence on campus may limit student interest and effort in thecourse. Adjuncts that are used to working with qualified peers in industry

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh; Miguel A. Ramos; Enrique Barbieri

to study various factors that impactstudent academic performance and learning to ensure that the course is fulfilling itseducational responsibilities. A key component of this evaluative process has been thedevelopment and implementation of a multi-faceted assessment plan. The paper providesan exploratory analysis of the most recent assessment instruments used to evaluate eachstudent and team in the class from fall 2006, spring 2007, and fall 2007. Using multiple-regression modeling, we examine the predictive effectiveness of intermediate assessmenttools (e.g. midterms, project proposals) in terms of summative course outcomes. Whileassessment tools in fall 2006 and fall 2007 generally functioned as appropriate predictors,the specific

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. Although those courses were notevaluated during that visit because they were an experimental offering, a curriculum review wasunderway and an implementation plan for updating the curriculum was subject to scrutiny duringthat visit. As the full plan was implemented, a programming course, an introductory course inflight mechanics, and a graphics communication course were eliminated in favor of including allof the original elements of those required courses into this introductory sequence.1 The impetus Page 13.227.2of establishing the introductory sequence was in seeking to increase retention of students bymaking them feel more connected with the

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

International

is an EDC emphasis in the environmental engineering focus area of theCivil Engineering (CVEN) M.S. degree. A newer EDC emphasis for undergraduate CVENmajors was approved in spring 2007. A college-wide certificate in EDC open to students in anymajor is being planned. Many of the students in the EDC program participate in EngineersWithout Borders (EWB) as an extra-curricular activity (http://www.ewb-usa.org). EWB projectsserve communities around the globe. The EWB student chapter at the University of Colorado isvery strong, with on-going projects in three countries, Nepal, Peru, and Rwanda.The goals of this study were to determine: (1) if there are differences in the attitudes of freshmanstudents toward community service (CS) based on selected

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

participants were assigned office space together in a centralroom between the two lab buildings. This helped facilitate communication beyond emails once the students beganworking on their independent projects. In 2007, the students developed their own group on Facebook andcommunicating activities through that venue proved to be very effective. The key lesson learned in this category isthat one cannot communicate with the various individuals involved in such a program too frequently. Planned Social ActivitiesFor The Bonds program, a day was spent experiencing the surrounding community via a guided tour from the localChamber of Commerce. While this was not mandatory, a majority of the participants moved into their dorm withenough time to go on

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruben Morales-Menendez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Tomas Lopez, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Ricardo Ramirez Medoza, Institute Tecnologico De Monterrey; Luis E Garza, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, new planning activities may be defined to encompass higher levels ofachievement; evaluation should be modified accordingly.Academic proposalSpecial attention was given to the experimental teaching. Several constraints were identified inour previous projects27. A research project was started in 2006 looking for a solution of somelimitations. The goals of this research project include that students can: 1. interact with industrial equipment 2. avoid the time that is consumed in the that installation and configuration steps. 3. design and implement different control strategies Page 13.451.7Given that there are several tank-level control

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

collective and individual goals. Leader When providing needed leadership, the engineer promotes shared vision to individuals, teams, and organizations and empowers them to achieve their individual and collective goals. Professional Roles Holistic Professional Behaviors Self-Grower Motivated for lifelong success, the engineer plans, self-assesses, and achieves necessary personal growth in knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Achiever When given an assignment, the engineer demonstrates initiative, focus, and flexibility to deliver quality results in a timely manner. Practitioner Driven by personal and professional

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Stephen S. Tompkins, Virgina State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

ABET criteria for continuous improvementrequirements. The assessment process and evaluation of the program outcomes are discussedalong with the results as well.IntroductionAlthough there are several papers published in the field of engineering program outcomeassessment 1, 2, 3, there are very few that discuss assessment process of manufacturingengineering programs. Most of these assessment plans revolve around certain aspects of theprogram such as courses, capstone courses, or engineering labs. This paper presents anassessment procedure which considers all program outcomes assessment processes.The Manufacturing Engineering (MANE) program at Virginia State University developed acurriculum that provides students with balanced coverage of ABET

Conference Session

Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanislav Karapetrovic, University of Alberta; John Doucette, University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

(course “D”). ISO 10001principles, framework and guidelines were used to plan, develop, implement and maintain codesfor student satisfaction with the course delivery, while ISO 10002 was applied to resolve andfollow-up on the individual student complaints, suggestions and other feedback in the course.Because these standards were designed for universal, efficient and focused applications (e.g., seesection 1 “Scope” of ISO 10001: 20076 and ISO 10002: 20047 or Dee et al., 20048), aninterpretation or replacement of only a few generic terms from section 3 “Terms and Definitions”of the standards, such as the previously-mentioned “customer”, “product” and “organization”,was necessary. Therefore, “customer satisfaction code of conduct” (term 3.1 in ISO

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siddika Guzey, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

design process –ask, imagine, plan, create, test,improve (adapted from Boston Museum of Science). First, the students watched short video clipsthat explored civil engineering as a career. Then, they discussed different types of civilengineering projects found in their community and how to become a civil engineer. There weretwo purposes in this: (1) to help the students connect the content of the curriculum to theireveryday lives, and (2) to encourage the students to consider engineering as a career. Followingthese introductory activities, students engaged in deep discussions about the 35W bridgecollapse. This context connects activities in the Summer 2008 program and to the curriculum inthe after-school program in Fall 2008. During the summer

Conference Session

Design Communications

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharad Oberoi, Carnegie Mellon University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the information contained in documents through aninteractive and intuitive interface.Topic SegmentationThe previous work on automatic topic segmentation can be broadly classified into two types: (1)lexical cohesion models, and (2) content-oriented models. In lexical cohesion models the textsegmentation is guided primarily by distribution of terms used in it. So the lexical co-occurrenceof thematically-related or synonymous terms indicates continuity in topic and the introduction ofnew vocabulary refers to a new topic, implying a boundary between the two. In content-orientedmodels, the re-occurrence of topic patterns over multiple thematically similar discourses areevaluated. We plan to use lexical-cohesion based approach known as TextTiling

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Thuriya Rajkumar, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

scope suggests that the liaison shouldaddress scope concerns with the project coach as soon as possible. Page 14.1233.82.8 Coach – Liaison Engineer Project Discussion ChecklistThe entire coach-liaison checklist is included in the Appendix. The purpose of this document isto provide the project coaches with a punch list of items to discuss privately with the liaisonengineer prior to the first project team meeting. The checklist addresses the liaison guide,planning for company-specific and course-specific deliverables, setting schedules, how to givecriticism, access to campus computing resources, verifying company hiring needs, and planningfor the

Conference Session

Robot Mania in Precollegiate Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Bing Chen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Neal Grandgenett, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

hobby storecomponents, and is applicable to a wide range of instructional activities. Figure 1 below showsa comparison of the attributes of the CEENBoT™ and TekBot® platforms. TekBot® CEENBoT™ Page 14.1330.4Page 14.1330.5 engage students in highly motivating, interdisciplinary and standards-based STEM instruction. 2. To train and equip science and math teachers in grades 7 and 8 in engineering design principles by the use of the TekBot® platform (and the new CEENBoT™), and to help them plan for the integration of this platform into their curricula. 3. To increase

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Gappa-Fahlenkamp, Oklahoma State University; Mark Wilkins, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

-Menten kinetic parameters by using the Langmuirplot, the Lineweaver-Burk plot, the Eadie-Hofstee plot, and nonlinear regression technique. Inevaluating the kinetic parameters, do not include data points that deviate systematically from theMichaelis-Menten model and explain the reason for the deviation. Determine which techniqueresults in the best prediction of kinetic parameters.The instructors will serve as the technical advisors for this project and you should be workingclosely with them to define the scope of the project. You will need to start planning your projectsoon and submit a project preliminary planning report (see below) on March 4, 2008. You areon the agenda to present your work to the technical support group on April 22, 2008. The

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Monroe, North Carolina A&T State University; Narayanaswamy Radhakrishnan, North Carolina A&T State University; Bala Ram, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Christopher Doss, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the Engineering Directorate at NSF. The program alsoincluded presentations on successful research partnerships in six areas, four paneldiscussions (with Deans and Associate Deans as panelists) addressing K-14 educationrelevant to research, research partnerships, research at minority institutions, and industrypartnerships. This paper reports on the planning, conduct, and important outcomes of thisworkshop. PLANNING FOR THE WORKSHOPPlanning for the workshop began immediately after the workshop sponsorship award wasreceived from the National Science Foundation in August 2007. The followingcommittees outlined in the proposal were constituted: Arrangements Committee,Technical Committee, Report Committee, Invitees and