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Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Anna Dollar; Paul Steif

Session 1368 REINVENTING THE TEACHING OF STATICS Anna Dollár, Paul S. Steif Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Department Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 / Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213IntroductionLearning in the subject of Engineering Statics deserves significant attention. First, Statics laysthe foundation for subsequent courses, namely Dynamics and Strength of Materials, both ofwhich rely heavily on free body diagrams and on recognizing

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Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Stratton; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson

Alumni Survey 2002 Rochester Institute of Technology Engineering Technology Department College of Applied Science and Technology All information is confidential – no individual information will be reportedI. Please complete the following:1. Identification (optional)Name: _______________________________ Telephone: ____________ Email: _____________Address:_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________2 a. Degree(s) received from RIT AAS BS2 b. Program Electrical Computer Telecommunications Electrical/Mechanical Civil Mechanical

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Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Eldon Larsen

overtime cost. When leveling, use the following constraints. (1) No one task may besplit in its duration and resource requirements. For example, if a task takes four people threeweeks to complete, those parameters cannot be changed and the three-week block must becontinuous. (2) A task on the critical path cannot be moved in the schedule. (3) The sequence inany path cannot be changed; in other words, the given predecessors must be maintained. Assignment 15: For the projects in Assignments 10 and 13, construct the Gantt chart foreach project (a total of three). Show the critical path(s) task bars in a different color and patternfrom those tasks not on the critical path(s).Putting It All Together To help our students put all of their

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Shawn Woodruff; Farhad Reza

thank Dr. Earl Lhamon of the LimaAstronomical Society for his enthusiasm and cooperation. The authors also thank the Lima CityEngineer Kirk Neimeyer and his staff for their assistance. The assistance provided by Dr. JasonPinkney of the Physics Department at ONU was also appreciated.Bibliogr aphic Infor mation 1. Chan, E. H. W., Chan, M. W., Scott, D., and Chan, A. T. S. (2002). “Educating the 21st century construction professionals,” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice, 128(1), 44-48. 2. Molenaar, K. R., and Saller, B. J. (2003). “Educational needs assessment for design/build project delivery,” Journal of Professional Issues In Engineering Education and Practice, 129(2), 106-114. 3

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alex See

lack portability ‚" Highly portable in nature Table 3.1 shows some comparisons between traditional instruments and virtual instruments4.0 Hardware requirements The main hardware used was the National instruments PCI-6036E series DAQ card, which comprises of a 16 analogue inputs, 2 analogue outputs channels. The sampling rate of this card is up to 200 kSamples/s. A Connector terminal Block, CB 68LP was used for interfacing purpose. A Pentium 2 personal computer was used for this application.5.0 Data acquisition testing using DAQ board Students were given the opportunity to perform the installation of both the hardware and

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State of the Art in Freshman Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stoian Petrescu; Ronald Ziemian; Richard Zaccone; Richard Kozick; James Baish; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

pg 235.4. Jordan, James E. ADA Americans with disabilities act architectural barrier removal & compliance manual,Jordan Publishing, Granada Hills, CA:1996.5. US Government ADA webisite http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm6. R. S. Means Company. Means ADA compliance pricing guide: cost data for 75 essential projects, R. S. MeansCompany, Inc.:1994.Biographical SketchesJAMES BAISH is Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering and Co-Director of the BiomedicalEngineering Program. He has been on the Bucknell faculty for 17 years and taught in the previous version ofExploring Engineering.DANIEL P. CAVANAGH is an assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering. In addition to holdingthe Emmitt Memorial Chair in Biomedical

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Novel Courses for ChEs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Brian Dickson

n n 1st Year Core Engineering * Mathematics 1 Vectors, Matrices and * Numerical Methods Foundation Chemistry * Physical and Organic * ChemistryBasic Principles in Chemical * * * Engineering Intro to Chemical and * * Process Engineering IT and Graphical * * *Communication s

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New Electrical ET Course Development

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Zhang

systematic perspectivebecause of the wide coverage of content. This article presents a systems approach to teaching an introductory course of electroniccommunications that effectively helps students consolidate their knowledge in electronic circuits,to be better prepared for later communications theory course(s) in terms of how differenttechnologies are applied to a communications system, and to accumulate hands-on experienceat a communications system’s level. Introduction Traditionally, an electronic communications course in ECET covers a wide range of topicsin communications theory, with the focus on different modulation schemes such as AM, FM,BPSK, QPSK, FSK, QAM, DS-SS, FH-SS, and the respective receivers’ baseband structures

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Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nicholas Kissoff

., “Internet-Based Interactive Construction Management Learning System”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2000. 3. Al-Jibouri, S., Mawdesley, M., “Design and Experience with a Computer Game for Teaching Construction Project Planning and Control”, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management , Volume 8, Issue 5-6, Blackwell Science, Ltd, October 2001 4. Messner, J., Yerrapathruni, S., Baratta, A. Whiskers, V., “Using Virtual Reality to Improve Construction Engineering Education”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, June 2003 5. Otter, J.L., Strenth, W., Timmie, R., Hutchinson, D., “A Real World Approach to Construction

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Watts; Theodor Richardson

Session 3555 Exposing Engineering Graduate Students to a Constructivist Approach to Teaching Elementary and Middle School Science Theodor D Richardson, Michael J Watts, Jed S Lyons, Christine Ebert University of South CarolinaAbstractTraining and competency are essential attributes of teachers at any societal level; however, mostcollege professors are trained in a technical area instead of the art and science of teaching.Knowing a student's learning style, developmental level, strengths, and weaknesses will help toeducate that student in a meaningful way; at the college level, these factors

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Marilyn Smith

their need to work at part-time jobs while studying full-time.3. Zero-overhead administration. With the simple program management structure that we set up we have enabled every participant to focus on what s (he) wants and is skilled to do. Thus, the only formal “staff meetings” ever conducted on this program are two meetings involving Page 9.907.9 necessary PIs and the Financial Aid office – one to lay out the initial plan, and one to set out Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Copyright ©2004 by the American Society of Engineering Education

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Virtual Instrumentation

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Viva Austin; Keith Koenig; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

managers and educators have “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”been in a constant revisionist mode just to keep up with the steady flow of ever faster andmore capable computers and related data acquisition and control systems.A quick look at the revenues invested in such hardware from one of the prominentsuppliers, National Instruments1, revealed a tremendous growth in the use of newtechnology, with NI net corporate incomes increasing by an order of magnitude in thelate 80’s, and a similar increase through the 90’s, to a level four times greater than that ofKeithley,2 one of the most prominent

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Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

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Janet Schmidt

need for further study ofgroup learning and productivity processes in the context of academic and career development.Student teams are becoming an increasingly popular educational medium in engineering,business, and other academic fields, mirroring the prominence of teams in the workplace. Thus,it is important to examine theoretical mechanisms, like collective efficacy, that may both shedlight on team functioning under natural conditions and suggest developmental or remedial stepsfor promoting effective teamwork.References1. Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman.2. Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest

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Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sara Tracy; Jin Yoo; Jason Immekus; Brian French; Susan Maller; William Oakes

measures are discussed. Specifically, this paperis intended to provide engineering educators (a) guidelines for implementing a clear andrigorous measurement process to assess professional program outcomes, (b) a survey ofavailable instruments and tools, and (c) procedures for evaluating the quality of thedeveloped assessment instrument(s).1b. EPICS EPICS is a service learning program that enables long-term projects in which teamsof engineering undergraduates are matched with community service agencies that requesttechnical assistance21, 23. EPICS was formally established in 199522 and is now a featureat fifteen undergraduate engineering programs across the U.S. More information onEPICS can be found at the website http://epics.ecn.purdue.edu

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DEED Poster Session

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Mathew Hyre; James Squire

. Page 9.1078.11 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliogr aphy 1. George, M.D., Bragg, S., de los Santos, Jr. A.G., et al., “Shaping the Future: New Expectations ofUndergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technolog,” NSF 96-139, Arlington, VA:National Science Foundation, 1996. 2. Ditcher, A.K., “Effective Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, with Particular Reference to theUndergraduate Education of Professional Engineers,” Intl. J. Engineering Educ., v. 90, no. 1, 2001, pp. 69-73. 3. Orr, J.A. and Eisenstein, B.A., “Summary of Innovations in

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Timokleia Togkalidou; Rudiyanto Gunawan; Mitsuko Fujiwara; Jr., J. Carl Pirkle; Eric Hukkanen; Richard Braatz

and W.B. Knowlton, J. Materials Education 24, 15 (2002).2. J.K. Heeren, J. Chemical Education 67, 330 (1990).3. R.G. Brereton, Chemometrics: Data Analysis for the Laboratory and Chemical Plant, Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., 2003.4. L.X. Yu, R.A. Lionberger, A.S. Raw, R. D’Costa, H. Wu and A.S. Hussain, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 56, 349 (2004).5. T. Togkalidou, M. Fujiwara, S. Patel and R.D. Braatz, J. Crystal Growth 231, 534 (2001).6. G.E.P. Box, W.G. Hunter and J.S. Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters - An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building, Wiley, New York, 1978.7. E.L. Crow, F.A. Davis and M.W. Maxfield, Statistics Manual, Dover Publications, New York, 1960.8. J.M. Juran and F.M

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Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Emilia Hodge; Chang-Yu Wu; Anne Donnelly

would be tested) there are often other groups that should beincluded.Since the goal of this project was to develop educational materials for undergraduates, it wasclear that undergraduate education students would be part of the evaluation process. In additionhowever, potential faculty users of the finished products were an important group to include, asthe acceptance of the materials by them would impact how well the materials were disseminated.Step Three: Identify what question(s) the evaluation will seek to answer. There are multiplepurposes for the evaluation (to ensure the products are effective, to enhance dissemination of thematerials, to report to the funding agency, etc.) and each of these purposes should be consideredwhen determining

Conference Session

TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendy Reffeor; David Blekhman

: Confounding Constraints or HelpfulHindrances?," Standardization News, Vol 27, No 9, 1999.2. Mahendran, M., "Project-Based Civil Engineering Courses," Journal of Engineering Education, Jan, 1995.3.Regan, M., Sheppard, S., "Interactive Multimedia Courseware and the Hands-on Learning Experience: AnAssessment Study," Journal of Engineering Education, Apr, 1996.4. Jenkins, M. G., Arola, D. D., " When Is a Truss not a Truss: A ‘Do-Say’ Pedagogical Laboratory Exercise,"Session 2526, Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition," Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24 - 27, 2001.5. http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/6. Gere, J. M.,"Mechanics of Materials," 5th ed., Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning, 20017. Young, W. C

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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April Kedrowicz

ofEngineering Education, 82, 171-173.3. Evans, D.L., Beakley, G. C., Crouch, P. E., & Yamaguchi, G. T. (1993). Attributes of engineering graduates andtheir impact on curriculum design. Journal of Engineering Education, 82, 203-211.4. Bjorkland, S. A. & Colbeck, C. L. (2001). The view from the top: Leaders’ perspectives on a decade of change inengineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 13-19.5. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. www.abet.org.6. Ford, J. D. & Riley, L. A. (2003). Integrating communication and engineering education: A look at curricula,courses, and support systems. Journal of Engineering Education, 92, 325-328.7. Wenger, E. (1999). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Bliven; Elizabeth Eschenbach

cycleanalysis and subsystem. The teachers invited to keep a lab notebook with a page for each of thefollowing questions. What is the purpose of this object? How do you think this object is made? What subsystems do you think exist as part of this object? What part(s) of this object might be recyclable? What do you think is the life cycle of this object? What other questions do you have that are related to your object? What ideas do you have about using mechanical dissection (reverse engineering) in your Page 9.672.5 class? Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers, John Wiley & Sons (1997)Orvis, W.J., Excel for Scientists and Engineers, Sybex (1996).Visual Basic Books :Jacobson, Reed, Microsoft Excel 2000/Visual Basic for Applications Fundamentals, Microsoft Press, (1999)Walkenbach, J., Excel for Windows 95 Power Programming with VBA, 2nd ED., IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., FosterCity, CA (1996)Webb, Jeff, Using Excel VBA (special edition), Que (1995)Boonin, Elisabeth, Using Excel VBA for applications, Que (1995)Green, John, et al, Excel 2000 VBA Programmer's Reference, Wrox Press, inc (1999)Refer ence BooksMonson, L., Using Microsoft Excel 97, Que Corporation, Indianapolis (1997).Halberg, B., Kinkopf, S., Ray, B. et al., Special Edition - Using

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

), The Capability Maturity Model: Guidelines for Improving the Software Process, Reading,MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995.2 Humphrey, W. S. Managing the Software Process, Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 19893 Deming, W. E. Out of Crisis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Center for Advancement Engineering, 1982.4 Crosby, P. B. Quality is Free. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.5 Juran, J. M. Juran on Planning for Quality. New York: MacMillan, 1988.6 Ahern, D. M., A. Clouse, R. Turner, CMMI Distilled: A Practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement,Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 20017 Council for Higher Education Accreditation. http://www.chea.org/8 Curtis, B., W.E. Heffley, and S. Miller. People Capability Maturity Model, Technical Reports SEI-CMU-TR-95-MM-001

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Nontraditional Ways to Engage Students

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas O'Neal; Thomas Jacobius; Joseph Steig; Arnold Heggestad; Abigail Barrow; Phil Weilerstein; David Barbe

the workshop at existing sites and to develop I2Vworkshops at additional sites around the U.S., with the objective of informing and energizingthousands of would-be entrepreneurs through intensive workshop experiences that empowerthem to shape their plans, build a strong team, and achieve their ambitions. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright • 2004, American Society for Engineering Page 9.815.101 Marchese, A. J., Shmalzel, J. L., Mandayam S. A., Chen, J.C., “A Venture Capital Fund for UndergraduateStudents at Rowan

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DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephan Hussmann; Nitish Patel; Julainne Sumich; Bruce MacDonald; Abbas Bigdeli

represents the emphasis in the engineering profession on solving problemsfor people by creating artifacts. A strong design theme runs through all years in our Engineeringprograms, leading to a substantial final year project. In design projects students practiceknowledge based skills. An interdisciplinary aspect was introduced to Computer SystemsEngineering design with Fine Arts students. Course evaluations were very positive.References1. M. E. Cambron and S. S. Wilson, “Introducing Design To Freshmen And Sophomores At Western Kentucky University”, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, 2003.2. R. Seidel, X. Xu and M. McCarthy, “Making Design the Focus of the Engineering Curriculum,” Proc. of the Australasian Association for

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tom Thompson; Terri Fiez; Larry Flick; Edith Gummer

experiments are examples of collaboration between educators and engineers andstrengthen understanding of learning and teaching.References[1] Fisher, P, Fairweather, J., & Amey, M. “Systemic reform in undergraduate engineering education: The role ofcollective responsibility”, Proc. of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, 2001.[2] Clark, C., Froyd, J., Merton, P., & Richardson, J. “The evolution of curricular change models within theFoundation Coalition”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, pp. 37-47, 2004.[3] Fullan, M., The New Meaning of Educational Change (3rd ed.). New York: Teachers College Press. 2001.[4] Tobias, S., Revitalizing Undergraduate Science: Why Some Things Work and Most Don’t. Tucson

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Chia-Jeng Tseng

., 1988. 8. Brian W. Kerninghan, and Ritchie, Dennis M., The C Programming Language, 1978, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632. 9. Brian W. Kernighan and S. Lin, An Efficient Heuristic Procedure for Partitioning Graphs, The Bell System Technical Journal, 49(1): 291-307, 1970. 10. Kurt Keutzer, DAGON: Technology Binding and Local Optimization by DAG Matching, 24th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 1987. 11. E. J. McClusky, Introduction to the Theory of Switching Circuits, McGraw-Hill, 1965. 12. Mentor Graphics, Leonardo Spectrum User’s Guide, 2002. 13. W. V. Quine, The Problem of Simplifying Truth Functions, The American Mathematical Monthly 59, Pages 521-531, October 1952. 14. W

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

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Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

., Oxford, J. A., Bond, C. F., Jr., & Dansereau, d. F. (1998). Individual Differences in Dyadic Cooperative Learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, V. 90 (1), 153-161.[5] Butler, D. L. & Winne, P. H. (1995). Feedback and Self-Regulated Learning: Theoretical Synthesis. Review of Educational Research, V. 65, no. 3, 245-281.[6] Rogers, G. M. & Sando, J. K. (1996). Stepping ahead: An Assessment Plan Development Guide. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Terre Haute, IN: Office of Institutional Research, planning and assessment.[7] Howard-Rose. D., & Winne, P. H. (1993). Measuring component and sets of cognitive processes in self-regulated learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 591-604.[8] Newman, R. S. (1998

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Bowen

key features of the course that serve to furthermotivate students to learn programming are then discussed in a later section. The articleconcludes with assessment of the course that has come from the experience of teaching it for thelast four semesters.Course Description The course as it is presently conceived has been taught every semester since Spring 2002.The focus of the semester-long course is now a group-based structural design competition.Groups of one to three students compete against one another to produce the most “profitable”truss-style balsa wood bridge. The bridge benefit is determined using an “S” shaped function ofbridge strength (Figure 1). Bridge costs are calculated by summing a fixed cost, a material costfor the wood

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Taner Eskil; Mark Urban-Lurain; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

technology. Washington, D.C., National Science Foundation.3 Abet (2000).4 Terenzini, P. , et al (1996). "Students' out-of-class experiences and their influence on learning and cognitive development: A literature review." Journal of College Student Development 37(2): 149-162 (EJ 527219).5 Bordogna, J. (1997). Making connections: The role of engineers and engineering education.6 Bordogna, J., E. Fromm, et al. (1993). "Engineering education: Innovation through integration." Journal of Engineering Education: 3-8.7 Hall, S. R., I. Waitz, et al. (2002). Adoption of active learning in a lecture-based engineering class. Frontiers in Education, Boston, MA, IEEE.8 Witt, H. J., J. R. Alabart, et al. (2002). Development of

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The Climate for Women in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sharnnia Artis; Bevlee Watford

up-to-date resume? 9/25 a. Yes Math and Science Elementary School Project6 b. 9/29 No & 10/1 Web Development 8. What type(s) 10/2 of learner are you? Learning Styles/Teaching Styles7 10/6 & -10/8 a. Visual True learn by seeing, Colors and demonstrations. watching b. 10/9 Auditory - learn through Planning Your Academic verbal instructions fromTimetable; College others or