Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin Zhu, University of Northern Iowa; MD salim, University of Northern Iowa; Ali Kashef, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen; Kenan Baltaci

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Engineering Technology

, particularly green power. Therefore, the information on theprospective wind turbine sites and the estimated average energy production from eachlocation are of our interests. The State of Iowa will be used as a test bed. Three facultymembers with different background (Electrical and Information Engineering Technology,Construction Management, and Technology Management respectively) are involved in theproject. The issues from the aspects of construction, planning/safety, and engineeringeconomy have been considered to determine the suitable locations for wind turbines.Graduate students have also been engaged in this project. . Page 12.661.2In an effort to

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Nathan Vizzi, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University

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Engineering and Public Policy

terrestrial wind energyboom that follows in the successful steps of the photovoltaic program.Students have been given the opportunity to learn through this program many aspects of windpower (facility, planning, generation, equipment siting, estimating turbine production, etc.) whileproviding data that potential consumers and the State may be able to use as a method for drivingbroader adoption and faster market expansion for wind technology. In addition to providinglocation specific data measurements of wind resources, by loaning and installing anemometermasts to southern New Jersey farmers and residents, students are able to provide findingsconcerning the inclination of municipalities to allow installation of wind masts. Note: It isimperative to take

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado at Boulder

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First-Year Programs

students to complete a worksheet demonstratingsuccessful teamwork through a social style framework. Different components of effectiveteamwork were presented as follows: ‚ Driving — Setting goals, meeting deadlines, dividing up the workload, ‚ Expressive — Brainstorming, communicating with others, assigning roles, action, ‚ Amiable — Working cohesively, ensuring equal participation, resolving conflict, ‚ Analytical — Critiquing the design, troubleshooting design problems.Student teams were asked to use this list to analyze their teamwork and pick the greateststrengths and challenges for their team. Each team had to develop a plan to meet one challenge,and team members reported on how they could be more versatile in helping the team meet

Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

higher education are frustrated withstudents who do not attend class, turn in assignments late or exhibit a lack of effort inclasses where they pay tuition and receive a grade. It is a challenge, therefore, to gain theinvolvement of students in social entrepreneurship efforts where the reward (grade, payor recognition) is not immediate or minimal and the trade-off (time management for theirschedule) may be more fun or financially rewarding. This paper discusses the evolutionfor the process of enlisting student involvement in two distinct social entrepreneurshipprograms at our university.The first program involves linking university skill sets in the arts, digital media,technology and project management to the planning, implementation and

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wenfa Hu, Tongji University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

teams are lack of sharing constructioninformation with each other. Construction information can classified as (1) physical information,for example climates, construction site, and underground water of site; (2) technical information,for example shop drawings, construction specifications, construction planning, constructionmethods and technologies; (3) management information, for example construction contracts andregulations, construction schedules, management procedures, and construction quality; (4) socialinformation, for example cultures, religions, educations, and moral standards; (5) economicalinformation, for example salaries, materials prices, payments, and claims; (6) other information.Construction technical and management information is

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Nickolson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

better use the technology at our disposal to help disseminateinformation to students beyond traditional teaching methods. With so many on-lineuniversities, recruiting is becoming a game of who can best attract students with the bestand most versatile technology and innovations.The software being taught in this particular course as mentioned are Auto Desk Products,Auto Cad and Architectural Desktop. These are two software packages used widely in theArchitectural and Interior Design industries. They allow the user to create constructiondocuments in floor plan and elevation views, as well as 3D drawings, massing modelstudies, and to create schedules of all types.3.0 DevelopmentThese developments set the stage for finding the right course to develop

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgil Cox, Gaston College; Mary Beth Ross, Gaston College; Phyllis EssexFraser, Gaston College

Mary Beth Ross earned a Ph.D. in English from Syracuse University and undertook post-doctoral work in linguistics at University College London. She has over twenty years experience in higher education as a classroom teacher and curriculum developer (Syracuse University, S.U.N.Y Utica/Rome, The Women’s Writer’s Center, and Philander Smith College). Currently serving as the director of grants and special projects at Gaston College, she previously spent nearly a decade with The National Faculty, planning and implementing K-12 teacher summer workshops like this one from Alaska and Hawaii to Louisiana and Arkansas. This was the first time she was involved with one that included students. She is

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

USMA is constructed within a spreadsheet and iseasy to modify for use in any course. Inherent to this assessment technique is a mapping ofspecific student activities to program outcomes. The mapping involves the assignment of anumber between one (weak mapping) and five (strong mapping) by faculty members who havetaught the course at least once and are knowledgeable about both the course and its relation tothe program outcomes. This step normally requires about an hour and is the only subjective stepin the process. For example, as part of the 10 percent design submission for CE492, students arerequired to develop architectural floor plans for a given building scenario. Table 2 lists the

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education - I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Czajkiewicz, Robert Morris University; Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Ozden Uslu, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

a senior student running the RP machine or a CNC a couple days beforetheir graduation since he/she wants to gain more experience.In the near future RMU - School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science plans to expandRapid Prototyping & Manufacturing capabilities by adding several other technologies to itsinventory. Students will have more hands-on-experience with diverse RP/RM technologies,such as Desktop Composite Printing, 3D Metal Printing, and possibly Rapid MoldFabrication.References 1. Marian Bozdoc http://mbinfo.mbdesign.net/CAD-History.htm 2. 3D Systems Corporation, Valencia, CA http://www.3dsystems.com 3. Advances in Metal Part Manufacturing with Rapid Prototyping, Brett Lyons, Prof. Suman Das, and Prof. Pravansu

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guoping Wang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Electrical and Computer

is themost commonly used character code. During the implementation of this JiTT project, WebCT will be used to deliver warm-upassignments and collect students’ responses. In the event that WebCT server is down, both thewarm-up assignments and students’ responses can be delivered via email. The assessment toolsin WebCT will be used to deliver these warm-up exercises and gather students’ response forJiTT practices.Project Assessment Plan Development Project outcomes, which include students’ attitude change, student-instructor’sinteractions, time spent in and out of class presentations, the natures of JiTT presentations, willbe assessed and evaluated using surveys/questionnaires. Student responses to a standardattitudinal survey

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

engineering management. be able to determine the scientific and (c) an ability to design a 4 Technical design – the technical engineering management variables of interest system, component, or ability to design a prescribed and processes to manage engineering designprocess to meet desired needs engineering subsystem alternatives and management planning. (h) the broad education 5 Design assessment – the ability be able to assess the

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-237: BIG PICTURE, RATIONAL, ENGINEERING DESIGNMETHODOLOGYAndrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Dr Andrew C Foley P.E Associate Professor, U.S Coast Guard Academy, New London CT Page 12.308.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Big Picture, Rational, Engineering Design Methodology. Dr Andrew C Foley P.E. U.S Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTSummary Frequently in the teaching of design, instructors launch into an idealized sequence ofidentifying clients, their needs, setting objectives, planning, generating ideas

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Graduate Studies

presentations focused on application ofconcepts to industry. Distance education technology includes WEBCT-Vista and video chatsessions using web-cams provided to the students.The curriculum consists of 30 credit hours of coursework which follows a fixed plan of study. Inaddition, there are three one-credit hour modules which covers a directed (applied) project.Students are encouraged to select an area for improvement in their career area. The target size ofa cohort is 25 students.In 2005, a program was initiated in cooperation with Rolls-Royce Corporation that was modeledafter the Weekend Program. It also follows a fixed plan of study modified to meet the needs ofRolls-Royce and is delivered at the UAW/Rolls-Royce Training Center by Purdue

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Derek Ogle, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Megan Svarczkopf, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

Architecture and Planning) in Jogja. These providedthe opportunity to observe the behaviors of non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), scholarsand students of disaster reconstruction that congregated at the University’s information exchangecenters. This provided direct participation in sensitivity training workshops that required teamsto attempt to build efficient structures using cylindrical materials (straws) (see Figures 5 and 6).This was an activity that was timed, competitive and highly motivating as a result. This alsohelped in understanding the unique problems and advantages that building with bamboo (a localand readily available material) created. It also provided the students with an opportunity to laterdiscuss their approach to a competitive

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

. Through the 1980’s, New Jersey Institute of Technology, known earlier asNewark College of Engineering, was best known as a primary source of practicing professionalengineers. Through visionary leadership, reasoned planning and goals setting, an engineeringapproach to tactics, quality measures, and strategic resource allocation, NJIT became a majorproducer of graduate degrees, with increasing emphasis on research and the doctorate. Amongits priorities were an increase in graduate program participation in both master’s and doctoralprograms by those traditionally underrepresented in engineering by both ethnicity and gender. Astep-by-step approach is described: data gathering and analysis of student achievement, settingof admission and retention

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Solomon Eisenberg, Boston University; Jo-Ann Murray, Boston University; Urbain DeWinter, Boston University

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International

students will embrace the opportunity tostudy abroad if appropriate structures are created and significant barriers are reduced.IntroductionThe Boston University College of Engineering and the Boston University Division ofInternational Programs launched a study abroad program designed specifically for engineeringstudents in spring 2001. The authors reported on the planning and design of this program in aprevious paper1. Twelve students participated that spring in the first program, which was sited atthe Technical University of Dresden, in Dresden, Germany. In spring 2006, a second site wasestablished at the Guadalajara, Mexico campus of Tech de Monterrey, and a third site wasestablished in spring 2007 at Tel Aviv University, Israel. In spring 2007

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Haman, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy; Will Wittig, University of Detroit Mercy; David Chew, University of Detroit Mercy; Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy; Chris Keimig; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit Mercy; Tim Rourke, University of Detroit Mercy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. David will receive his undergraduate degree in August of 2008 and hopes to design thrill rides and roller coasters in the future.Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy Krysten Dzwigalski is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. She is currently in her third year and plans to graduate in August of 2008. She has Page 12.122.1 completed a co-op with Daimler Chrysler at Warren Truck Assembly Plant, and is currently working at TARDEC for the US Department of Defense. Krysten is also the President of the Engineering and Science Student

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; Kelley Racicot, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Aproject management tool, Basecamp, is used to manage everyday planning and communication.A knowledge management tool, WSU Wiki, is used for long-term knowledge sharing beyond thecourse of a single semester.2. BackgroundThe Design Clinic, as it is called by participants, is a project-based, ABET-certified program.Students work on industry-sponsored projects for one semester. They are responsible for everyaspect of project management, from specification writing to product delivery. In the fallsemester of 2005, two new technologies were made available to students, one for projectmanagement (PM) and the other for long-term knowledge sharing, or knowledge management(KM). From the beginning, students participated in a research project that analyzes

Conference Session

Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane Fairfax, USMA; Kevin Huggins, USMA; Bryan Goda, USMA

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

importance ofeffectively planning for the diffusion of IT into a course versus a hasty deployment that producesnumerous IT barriers that stifles the learning process. The proposed framework will highlightthe relevance of course design, lesson development, and assessment as it directly relates toincreasing students’ confidence level so that IT is not a deterrence to the learning environmentthereby enhancing learning and improving academic performanceRelated WorkIT applications have become one of the most prominent tools for enhancing classroominstruction. Chickering and Ehrmann encouraged the use of IT ranging from bettercommunication between faculty and students to active learning techniques to engage students inthe classroom. They noted that some

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul King, Vanderbilt University; Mark Richter, MaxMobility

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Biomedical

contacts for guestlecturers. Individuals who are certified as Assistive Technology Providers (ATP) can be foundon the RESNA web site by city and state.Based on the success of this course, we plan to offer it again in 2007-2008 with the enrollmentcap increased to 30. There will not be any significant changes made to the curriculum. However,a well-suited design project will need to be identified prior to the course start date. We will workwith local disability services groups to identify potential candidate projects. We also plan to offera full three credit hour rehabilitation engineering Junior/Senior elective course in the 2008-2009school year, which will give students exposure to more advanced topics in the field.This work was partially supported

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mariappan Jawaharlal

San Luis Obispo students have the unique opportunity to designand build a float for the Pasadena Rose Parade every year. They have been participating withtheir own float in the Pasadena Rose parade for over 40 years. The planning and building processof the rose float is a year long undertaking and requires serious engineering. Students from bothcampuses work in multi-disciplinary teams and focus on various fields such as electronics,engines, hydraulics, construction, animation control and administration.To improve student design experience and increase their participation, a new course has beendesigned and offered in the spring of 2006 at Cal Poly Pomona. This new course has beenstructured to assist students with special focus on the design

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh; Monika Bubacz; Andrey Beyle; Stefano Bietto; Stan Scoville; Dilip Paul; Charles Blatchley

relatedindustries are facing. Ultimately, the essence is to develop intellectual capital viacollaborative and cooperative inter-disciplinary research, education and knowledgetransfer. CNCMM research efforts are complemented by its education and workforcedevelopment thrusts. CNCMM plans to develop an interdisciplinary, graduate levelmaterials science and technology program with emphases in nanocomposites, computerproficiency and nanotechnology entrepreneurship. Shock From P(t) Explosive Detonation Ps Pressure (log scale) Bubble or Blast Pressure Po Micro

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Shaina Slonim; Richard Puerzer

”, “faculty and student development”, and “supportfor the transformation of the teaching/learning environment.” Rogers also lists other methods ofassessment: “written surveys and questionnaires”, “exit and other interviews”, “standardized exams”,“locally developed exams”, “archival records”, “focus groups”, “portfolios”, “simulations”, “performanceappraisal”, “external examiner”, “oral exams,” and “behavioral observations.”4 In “Managing and Aligning Assessment Knowledge”5, Cecelia Wigal discusses how, at theUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga, assessment information was not accessible to faculty memberswhen the faculty needed it to plan and evaluate courses. Wigal recommends sharing assessment resultsfrom the individual courses with the

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Michael A. Jackson; Thomas Schulte; Nathaniel Kane; Elaine Lewis; Surendra Gupta; Santosh Kurinec

disciplines notadequately provided by traditional engineering or science programs. Education must not onlykeep pace with this trend but also lead and foster this growth. The opportunities innanoelectronics are considerable. It is predicted that CMOS will be supplemented by novelnano-enabled solutions, such as those described above. Prudent semiconductor manufacturersmust plan for nanotech’s impact on their businesses today and prudent educators must plan foreducating a high tech work engineering workforce.The Bachelor of Science program in Microelectronic Engineering at RIT started in 1982 withbasic PMOS process on 2” wafers. Today the program supports a complete 4 and 6 inch CMOSline equipped with diffusion, ion implantation, plasma PVD and CVD

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Paul Racette, NASA; Scott Askew, NASA; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Belay Demoz; Paul Mogan, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

and Technology Center, the Center for RemoteSensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS). Haskell is one of six partner universities inCReSIS headed by KU. Serendipitously, my fellowship tenure at Haskell wouldcorrespond with the inaugural year of the Center. Working with faculty atHaskell, I developed and proposed a plan which included teaching, research andprogram development between Haskell, KU and NASA.“Turning Two Jobs into One”Belay B. Demoz, Ph.D., Cohort 9, assignment at Howard University (HU)I joined NASA Goddard Space Flight Center after spending several years workingwith private companies and the University of Maryland Baltimore County(UMBC). While at UMBC, I collaborated with Howard University on a grant toNOAA to do atmospheric research and

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

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Manufacturing

respondents, or 14%, offered a MET associates degreeonly.The second question in the 2005 MET survey asked if the programs planed on maintaining theirABET accreditation with all sixteen MET programs, 100%, indicating that they planned to do so.All of these programs indicated that ABET accreditation is a very important aspect of aManufacturing Engineering Technology degree. Therefore, ABET accreditation is an importantaspect of both two and four year MET degrees. Of course, this is a biased group as all currentlymaintain ABET accreditation. If surveys were completed of NAIT and un-accreditedmanufacturing programs, more general conclusions about accreditation could be drawn.Question three asked participants to complete a data table indicating their

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

Camp – 2005In partnership with the NAU Educational Support program, the NAU Multicultural EngineeringProgram (MEP) took the lead in the development of the first NAU engineering camp. Due tosignificant interest from the Siemens Corporation and support from the NAU HewlettEngineering Talent Pipeline, the pilot camp was developed for implementation in summer 2005.The planning team comprised of MEP staff (1 full time employee, 1 graduate assistant, 2 studentworkers) and Educational Support staff (2 full time employees) and engineering faculty (1) whomet over the course of seven months developed the week long residential camp based uponhands-on activities, week long design challenge, industry panel and workshop sessions, andextra-curricular

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Minorities in Engineering

for minority students. Out of 2044 student participants reporting, thetop “three most valuable things” about EPICS were teamwork, communication and organizationand planning in that order.27At the University of Michigan a choice of service-learning section of a required freshman courseresulted in students who were significantly more satisfied with the course and the instructor.That section was made up of a higher number of women and underrepresented minorities thanthe general first year population.284.2 The uniqueness of SLICEIn 2004, U. Mass. Lowell’s Francis College began implementation of a project called “Service-Learning Integrated throughout a College of Engineering” (SLICE). As such, it is the “I” thatmakes the curriculum reform at UML

Conference Session

An International Perspective

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University; Nancy Felipe Russo, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

proportion of engineers who are women is estimated at 10%. In 1971 only9.5% of lawyers were women. In 1974 the percentage was 20.1. A plan to have at least20% women lawyers by 1980 was easily met with 35.8% women lawyers in 1981. Therewere over 44% women lawyers by 1996 and experts say that soon there will be as manywomen lawyers as men lawyers.2In contrast, the percentage of women engineers in the U.S. workforce went from 5.8% in1983 to just 10.9% in 2000. Because the percentage of women receiving bachelor’s andmaster’s degrees in engineering has been about 20% for several years with the percentageof women receiving engineering doctoral degrees even lower, the rate of growth in thepercentage of women engineers in the workforce has been extremely

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Tormoehlen, Purdue University; Jeffrey Nagle, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to assist with this project.The instructor utilized a lesson plan developed by the instructor, facilitator, and researcher usingthe Indiana 4-H Electric 1 manual as a guide, instructional experiences from previous workshopsand the pilot test, and observations made while evaluating 4-H members’ working on the Electric1 project. The facilitator was instructed on the duties to be carried out for this study. To ensureconsistency these duties were reinforced via a list of procedures developed by the researcher. Page 12.585.5Instruments Developed and UtilizedFour evaluative instruments were developed and utilized in this study. They included a