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Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Lucy King; Matthew Sanders; Jacqueline El-Sayed

Job Readiness through Multidisciplinary Integrated Systems Capstone Courses Lucy King, Mohamed El-Sayed, Matthew S. Sanders, & Jacqueline El-Sayed Kettering University Flint, MI 48504AbstractIndustry wants job-ready engineers from day one. A panel of industry partners pointed out sixqualities expected of recent graduates. These engineers need to adopt an enterprise-wideintegrated systems approach from product conceptualization to realization. They need to workclosely with engineers from different disciplines while maintaining their own technical expertise.Leadership, conflict resolution and inter

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

innovative undergraduate classes whichinvolve active learning laboratories for the students in each of their freshman, sophomore, junior andsenior years. This program received the 1999 Boeing Outstanding Educator Award, in recognitionof its quality and effectiveness in providing a well-rounded engineering design education.The program objectives were developed in response to the call by industry for baccalaureateengineers to possess a broader set of skills beyond their analytical and computer skills. This call wasstrengthened by the Engineering faculty’s observation of the students’ experiences in senior capstonedesign during the late 1980’s and 1990’s. These students, who had had no prior experience with adesign process, struggled with the issues of

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Sutterer; Robert Houghtalen; James Hanson

notoccur, the REU program may fail or will succeed at great personal cost to the PI and mentorsinvolved. Assessment of all stakeholders is important for program improvement. When welladministered, regularly assessed, and subject to continuous improvement, REU programs are anasset to the research community, allowing students who may not seriously consider a future inresearch to experience and examine research as a viable and desirable pursuit.BibliographyBlock, P. (2000) Flawless Consulting, 2nd Ed., Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 372 pages.Booth, W.; Colomb, G.; and Williams, J. (2003) The Craft of Research, 2nd Ed., The University of Chicago Press,329 pages.Covey, S. (1989) The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, Free Press, 360 pages.Eisenman, S

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

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Satinderpaul Devgan

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Sherman

1999). pp. 60-81. Pascarella, Ernest T. and Terenzini, Patrick T. (1991) How College Affects Students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991. pp. 484-485. Strange, Amy A. and Brandt, Tamara S. (1999) “Authorative parenting and college students’ academic adjustment and success.” Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol. 91, No. 1 (March 1999). Pp. 146- 156.9. Marano, Hara Estrorr. (2004) “A Nation of Wimps.” Psychology Today. Vol. 37, No. 6 (November/ December 2004). Pp. 58-70, 103.10. Daniel, Bonnie V. and Scott, B. Ross. (2001) “Understanding Family Involvement in the College Experience today.” op. cit. pp. 3-13. Horn, Laura and Bobbitt, Larry. (2000) Mapping the Road to College: First-Generation

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A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

room.After Foundation Engineering was over, and the final course grade was out, a “questionnaire”was sent to those who enrolled in the class seeking their opinions, evaluations, and anycomment(s) they may wish to offer. Twenty six out of a total of 30 students returned the“questionnaire” on time! The opinions expressed and comments made were, by and large,positive to say the least. After regrouping, and rephrasing to correct the English language; someof the comments offered by the ex- students, could be summarized as follows: The adjunct was easy to approach every time and every where, and was always helpful, His input into the course has dramatically improved students’ understanding of the material, enlivened the

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jared Odom; Saeed Foroudastan

Page 10.1041.5is supplying water to the Jordanians and the Palestinians. Unfortunately, since the 1960's theirfresh water has been exploited to its utmost. The region's water supply depends on fluctuations in Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationrainfall, which is in short supply. The countries in the region also suffer from lack of storagecapacity, to regulate the water supply and to bridge over drought and dry cycles 11.Barriers associated with desalinationIt is a fact of humanity that there is no man made operation that is completely without flaw. Theart of desalination is no exception

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Robertson

academic colleagues isalso gratefully acknowledged.References 1. The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) provides a full and helpful outline of systems engineering principles at: http://www.incose.org/practice/fellowsconsensus.aspx 2. Kaplan R S & Norton D P, “The balanced scorecard: measures that drive performance”, Harvard Business Review, Jan-Feb 1992, pages 71-79. 3. Wisler D C, “Engineering – what you don’t necessarily learn in school”, Proc ASME/IGTI Turbo Expo 2003, June 16-19, 2003, Atlanta, GA. 4. Robertson J, Munukutla L and Newman R, “Delivery of a common microelectronics technology curriculum at several degree levels”, Proc ASEE Annual Conference

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

Session 3649 Matrix Based Approach to Assessment of an Educational Program along ABET Criteria S. Verma Texas A & M University – Corpus ChristiAbstractThis paper describes a spreadsheet based matrix method to quantify the performance of aneducational program and its various courses against criteria set forth by the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET). Inputs to the spreadsheet are: student learningoutcomes for each course, connection of these outcomes to the ABET criteria, student scores invarious classroom assessment activities

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tze-Chi Hsu; N. Yu

programs and to cooperate with each other. Full recognition of the importance of international affairs has also been given by both ministries. Each ministryestablishes its own division in charge of international cooperation and provides certain common programs topromote activities as mentioned earlier such as attending international conferences, holding internationalconferences in Taiwan and providing long-term or short-term visits for foreign scholars. In Year 2000’s overallinternational mobility expenditure (excluding the research project funding) in NSC, 60% of the expenditure isdevoted to these programs. The rest of the expenditure is focused on bilateral cooperation and mission orientedprograms. Establishing the relationship between

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Dick

Session Number 2548 Robots and Microprocessors: Increasing Student Interest in Introductory Programming Gregory M. Dick University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownBackgroundInstruction in computer programming has been a required component of the EngineeringTechnology curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) since itsinception in the early 1970s. In the 1970’s the programming language was FORTRANand the primary goals of the course were to give the students a firm grounding in thebasics of: problem solving algorithm development program design

Conference Session

Education Ideas in Software Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Gassert; Deepti Suri

Future DirectionsIn summary, requirements in general, and the authors’ project approach in particular, emphasizedifferent skills than those with which most engineers have the greatest comfort. The emphasis onunderstanding a new domain and finding requirements before doing design enables providesskills to our students which we believe will really help them in the workplace.We are very excited about the collaboration and see great potential. If this collaboration continuesto work, they may be future opportunities in the BE and SE curriculum to collaborate on otherareas (like Verification and Validation, Design Reviews) that can be pursued.8. References[1] Davis, A., Overmayer, S., et al.,“Identifying and Measuring Quality in a Software

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gene Harding

” Table 1: Jitter topics by semester Semester Topic(s) 1 Real time oscilloscope introduction 2 Real time DSO topics: sampling, aliasing Jitter vs. wander Random vs. deterministic jitter Use DSOs in lab, if available 3 DCD vs. ISI vs. PJ, and 8B/10B encoding Infinite persistence with a DSO, and eye diagrams 4 Intro to logic analyzers: asynchronous vs. synchronous modes, inverse assembly & source code correlation, cross-triggering & time correlation, jitter analysis technologies Probing considerations (including

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Laura Nelson; Keith Williamson; Hassan Ndahi; Sharon Waters

, N.J.8. Rogoff, B. (1990) Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context.Oxford University Press, N.Y.9. The U.S. Commission on National Security/ 21st Century (2001) Roadmap forNational Security: Imperative for Change10. Friesen, D., Finney, S., and Krentz, C. (1999) “Together against all odds: towardsunderstanding the identities of teachers of at risk students” Teaching and TeacherEducation ,5, 923-93211. Britzman, D. (1991) Practice makes practice, State University New York Press, N.Y.12. Williamson, K., Land, L., Butler, and Ndahi, H. (2004) “A structured framework forusing games to teach mathematics and science in K12 classrooms” The TechnologyTeacher, 11, 15-18.13. Guskey, T. (1986) “Staff development and the process

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gregory Watkins; Ambrose Barry; Nan Byars

Strategy for Ensuring Minimum Competency in the Use of Engineering Computer Skills, Proceedings of the 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 19992. Hoffman, M., Blake, J., Computer Literacy: Today and Tomorrow, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Volume 18 , Issue 5, Pages: 221-233, May 20033. Fellows, S., Culver R., Ruggieri P., Beston, W., Instructional Tools For Promoting Self Directed Learning Skills In Freshmen, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, November 20024. Banik, Gouranga, Introductory Computer Applications for AEC Freshmen, Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, JuneBiographyGREGORY K

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

the Engineering Technology curriculum at WesternCarolina University is a work in progress. However, strides have been made toward integratingthe team concept into many classes. The three cases presented illustrate varying levels ofinvolvement and results. Important lessons were learned and will be used to further developthese individual classes, and to serve as models for others. Hopefully, by sharing ourexperiences, we will contribute to the advancement of other engineering technology curriculathat foster the growth of teaming skills and stimulate them to create other approaches tostrengthen this effort.Bibliography1. Survey performed by the American Society of Training and Development and the U. S. Department of Labor, 1988

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MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Omnia El-Hakim

awardedgrants to raise funds to support K-12, undergraduate, and graduate students. Page 10.320.13 13 Page 10.320.14Appendices 14 Figure 1. Map of AMP Programs Nationwide(The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LS AMP) program is designed to developthe comprehensive strategies necessary to strengthen the preparation and increase the number ofminority students who successfully complete baccalaureate degrees in STEM fields. Thisobjective facilitates the long-term goal of increasing the production of Ph.D.’s in STEM fields,with an emphasis on

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberley R. Breaux; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

University have beenpersistent and patient overseers of CSM’s Institutional Review Board requirements and carefulshapers of the structured interview protocols.Reed Stevens, Kevin O’Connor, and Lari Garrison have provided ongoing vision and support inimplementing the ethnographic research and interview protocols.Ozgur Eris, Helen Chen, George Toye, and Tori Bailey at Stanford University have beenunfailing in support of the online surveys, as well as methodological background documents.References[1] Sheppard, S., Atman, C., Stevens, R., Fleming, L., Streveler, R., Adams,R., & Barker, T. (2004, June). Studying the engineering student experience: Design of a longitudinal study.Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Charu Sharma; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

Education and Human Resources, Division of Human Resource Development: “Making a Difference” 5) Bogue, B., & Marra, R. (2001). Informal Survey of WIE Directors. University Park, PA: Penn State University. 6) Bogue, B., R.M. Marra, Effective Assessment as a Tool to Develop and Enhance WIE / WISE Programs Workshop. WEPAN National Conference, Chicago, IL. 2003. 7) Brainard, S. and Linda Carlin. A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering and Science. Journal of Engineering Education pg. 369-375 (October 1998) 8) Burtner, Joan. The Changing Role of Assessment in Engineering Education: A Review of the Literature, 2000 ASEE Southeast Section Conference 9) Goodman, I.F

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Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rose Marra; Barbara Bogue

fullyin developing and testing assessment instruments with large numbers of students, documentationand career development tools.This paper will look at the rewards and challenges of coalitions in general and, using initialassessment of the AWE experience as a example, identify ways that PIs and grant sub-contractors can be engaged successfully in a productive and mutually rewarding process; howfull participation of collaborators can be realized; what organizational tools and processes help toachieve collaborator ownership of the overall project; and how to document process.Coalitions—Benefits and DrawbacksCoalitions became a familiar feature of engineering education in the late 80’s when the NSFlaunched the Engineering Education Coalitions, an

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Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University; Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

RubricBOK Level Bloom’s Level(s) Authors’ Behavioral Description3. Ability 6. Evaluation • Student can judge the value of various options, 5. Synthesis material, and concepts when no clear correct or 4. Analysis wrong answers exist. • Student can creatively or divergently apply knowledge or skills to produce something new. • Student can apply concepts to new problems that may require breaking complex situations into component parts2. Understanding 3

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New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

It’s Time to Remove a Barrier to Engineering Education Reform: ABET’s Prohibition on Dual Level Accreditationa Jeffrey S. Russell, P.E., Ernest T. Smerdon, P.E., Thomas A. Lenoxb What attributes will the engineer of 2020 have? He or she will aspire to have the ingenuity of Lillian Gilbreth, the problem-solving capabilities of Gordon Moore, the scientific insight of Albert Einstein, the creativity of Pablo Picasso, the determination of the Wright brothers, the leadership abilities of Bill Gates, the conscience of Eleanor Roosevelt, the vision of Martin Luther King, and the curiosity and wonder of our grandchildren. --The closing paragraph of The Engineer

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rasha Morsi; Wael Ibrahim

Learning in Distance and Conventional Education", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION, Vol 42, No 4., November 99, pp 247-254. 9. Bourne, J. R., Brodersen, A. J., Campbell, J. O., Dawant, M. M. and Shiavi, R. G., "A Model for On-line Learning Networks in Engineering Education", Journal of Engineering Education, July 1966, pp 253- 262. 10. Shen, H., Xu, Z., Dalager, B., Kristiansen, V., Strom, O., Shur, M. S., Fjeldly, T. A., Lü, J. and Ytterdal, T., "Conducting Laboratory Experiments over the Internet", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EDUCATION, Vol 42, No 3., August 99, pp 180-185. 11. Distance-Learning Remote Laboratories using LabVIEW, National Instruments, 11500 North Mopac Expressway • Austin, TX

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Teaching Software Engineering Process

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Vallone

finish (e.g. from an identifiedrequirement through the implementation to the ultimate test results) along with the questions andsupporting quality records really drove home many of the course concepts. In fact, the studentsseem to deem this assessment so valuable, that one of the top course improvement requests wasto perform an assessment at the end of the first cycle too.Class TimeIn general, each class has three different segments: project related discussions, lecture topic(s),and team presentations or other project activities (e.g. requirements inspection).Project discussions are intended to help guide the teams through the project developmentprocess. These discussions cover topics such as requirements development, test strategies,measurement

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Brunell

, “Criteria for Accrediting EngineeringPrograms,” November 2002.”Dominick, P., Demel, J., Lawbaugh, W., Freuler, R., Kinzel, G., Fromm, E., “Tools and Tacticsof Design,” Wiley Custom Services, New York, 2002.Griffin, P., Griffin, S., and Llewellyn, D.,“The Impact of Group Size and Project Duration onCapstone Design,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No.3. July 2004, pp. 185 – 193.Johnson, D., Johnson, R., Smith, K., “Active Learning: Cooperation in the college classroom.”Interaction Press, MN, 1991.Leslie Brunell is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Senior Design Coordinator and Director of the Water ResourcesGraduate Program at Stevens Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering and her PhD inCivil/Environmental

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Curriculum Development in Civil ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

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Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Pyke; John Gardner; Amy Moll

INTRODUCING ENGINEERING (1-6-3)(F/S). The engineering profession and professional organizations, application of computer software to solving engineering problems, and introduction to the design process. Student design projects emphasize critical thinking and teamwork, and require oral and written presentations. Course Web Site: blackboard.boisestate.edu Schedule: MWF 8:40-10:30 am FRIDAY, 12:40-1:30 pm MEC 106 Detailed Course Description: ENGR 197 is an introduction to the profession of Engineering. Intended to give the students an idea of the type of work they will encounter as engineers. The course is also intended to provide

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Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

Spacing (m)” control inputof the VI. The user may choose to adjust the burst duration, chirp high tone frequency, chirp lowtone frequency, and the sampling rate. When the VI is run and the toggle switch is in the “Speedof Sound” position, the calculated speed of sound will be displayed. The speed of sound is nowknown and the VI has been calibrated for use in measuring the speaker spacing.To determine the speaker spacing, the user moves the toggle switch to the “Speaker Spacing”position. The value displayed in the “Speed of Sound (m/s)” indicator is now used to calculatethe speaker spacing. The calculated value for the spacing is displayed in the “Speaker Spacing(m)” control location. This experiment can be repeated as the speaker spacing is

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Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Saleh Sbenaty

of Mind Mapping proponents who say that:“this concept will improve learning and enhance performance.”IntroductionThe Mind Map is an expression of “Radiant Thinking” and is therefore, a natural function of thehuman mind. It is claimed to be “a powerful graphic technique, which provides a universal keyto unlocking the potential of the brain” [1, 2, 3]. According to Tony Busan who originated theconcept of Mind Maps in the late 1960’s: “A Mind Map is a powerful graphic technique, whichprovides a universal key to unlock the potential of the brain. It harnesses the full range of corticalskills – word, image, number, logic, rhythm, color and spatial awareness – in a single, uniquelypowerful manner. In so doing, it gives you the freedom to roam the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Lauffer; Frank Duda; Peter Idowu

details.8. References1. The Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Education & Sports. Growth in the Education Sector in the variousSub-Sectors between 1986 and 2003. Education Statistical Abstracts (2004) [Online]. Available:www.education.go.ug2. Raizen, S. A. (1993) Three decades of science education reform in the USA. In D. Edwards, E. Scalon andD. West, Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Science Education (London: Paul Chapman), 33-57.3. AllRefer Reference. Uganda: Country Study and Country Guide (2004) [Online]. Available:www.reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/uganda/uganda61.html4. Muloni, I. (2000) Improving International Access to science and Technical Education Challenges, programs