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Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger; Richard Felder

1985. His work inengineering education involves curricular reform, teaching and learning innovations, faculty development, andassessment. He may be contacted at tal2@psu.edu.JOHN WISEJohn Wise is Director of Engineering Instructional Services at Penn State. In this capacity, he provides assistance tofaculty members and teaching assistants in the areas of teaching, learning, and instructional technology. Hereceived his B.A. in Liberal Arts from The University of the State of New York and his M.S. and Ph.D. inInstructional Systems from Penn State. He may be reached at jwise@psu.edu.SANGHA LEESangHa Lee is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology at Penn State. He earned his M. Ed. and B.S. inMathematics Education from the Korea National

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jared Erickson; J. Ledlie Klosky; Stephen Ressler

is well on its way to replacing telephone and e-mail as the primarycommunication mode for people with internet connections.2 The Pew Internet and American Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationLife Project reports that, of approximately 13 million American teenagers who use the internet,74% use instant messaging.3 And although IM use is usually associated with teenagers, morethan 53 million American adults also report using IM—a significant increase from 41 million in2000.4 PR Newswire predicts that IM will become increasingly commonplace in corporateenvironments, with business IM accounts

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

completing quizzes and exams,• ENGL 111G: Rhetoric and Composition teaches skills and methods used in writing university-level essays.• EE 109: Engineering of How Things Work is an introduction to the basic science and engineering concepts of everyday devices such as DC circuits (Ohm’s Law, Batteries, System of Linear Equations) and applications using MathCAD, statistical analysis, and graphing skills.• SMET 101: Introduction to Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology is a learning course designed to help students learn, apply, and, ultimately, internalize specific learning behaviors. The instructional approach to the course links these learning behaviors to the scientific method of inquiry, which becomes the

Conference Session

Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tobia Steyn

Teaching, (3):2-8, 1993.7. Chickering, A.W. & Ehrman, S.C. Implementing the seven principles: technology as lever. AAHE Bulletin, October 1997.8. Herrmann, N. The whole brain business book, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996.9. Lumsdaine, M. & Lumsdaine, E. Creative problem solving - Thinking skills for a changing world, McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1995.10. www.ncsu.edu/effective_teaching/ILSdir/ilsweb.html11. Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Standards for accredited university engineering Bachelors degrees. Documents PE-60 and PE-61. www.ecsa.co.za12. Carr, A. & Steyn, T. Master grapher for windows. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1998.13. Greybe, W., Steyn, T. & Carr, A. Fundamentals of 2-D function graphing – A

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer

- Structure-Property Relation Using Sn-Bi Alloys; Journal of Metals, pp. 41-44. (2002)4. Palmer M. A.: Low Cost Demonstrations to Teach Structure of Materials; ASEE 2003 Conference Proceedings Session 2364.5. Kenny S. S.: The Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,6. Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology; National Science Foundation Document NSF 96-139, ©1996

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2005 Annual Conference

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Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Bean, J.P. (1986). Assessing and Reducing Attrition, in In Managing College Enrollments: New Directions for Higher Education, D. Hossler, ed. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco.4. Kaplan, K.M. and J.J. Kaplan. (2003). Understanding the Numbers: Increasing the Number of Minority Engineering Students. Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Educational Annual Conference & Exposition.5. Katz, S. et al. (2003). Gender and Race in Predicting Achievement in Computer Science. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. Fall 2003.6. LeBold, W.K. and S.K. Ward. (1998). Engineering Retention: National and

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Samantha Richerson; Daniel Cavanagh

gainedimmediate reinforcement of technical concepts through a range of hands-on experimental,simulation and design exercises. Our goal was to create the opportunity for the faculty to be ableto quickly address student misunderstandings which may arise during lecture, immediatelyreinforce complex technical concepts through hands-on activities and to provide the studentswith a real world application of the concepts. In the only other paper we are aware of whichdocuments this style of instruction, faculty in the Department of Technology at the StateUniversity College at Buffalo designed a facility which permits the integration of lecture and labfor the purposes of exposing students to the application of engineering principles rather than thederivation and

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas DiStefano; P. Aarne Vesilind; Richard Kozick; Thomas Rich; James Baish; Xiannong Meng; Margot Vigeant; Daniel Cavanagh

Ethics for First-Year Engineers: The Struggle to Build a Solid Foundation Margot A.S. Vigeant, James W. Baish, Daniel Cavanagh, Thomas DiStefano, Xiannon Meng, P. Aarne Vesilind, and Ronald D. Ziemian All: Bucknell University College of Engineering. Departments: Chemical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Biomedical Engineering/ Civil and Environmental Engineering/ Computer Science/ Civil and Environmental EngineeringAbstract Exploring Engineering is a first semester course taken by all incoming engineeringstudents at Bucknell University. The instructional objectives for this course include

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

Page 10.1087.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”PAUL H. KINGPaul H. King is an associate Professor of Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University.He has taught Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University for the past 35 years. He holds a BS andMS from Case Institute of Technology, and a PhD from Vanderbilt University. His current area ofspecialization is design, both in his teaching and research.DONALD L. KINSERDonald L. Kinser is Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. After

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Criteria 2000: Criteria for Accrediting Programs in Engineering in the United States.” 3rd ed.,Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.,Baltimore, MD, Dec., 1997, http://www.abet.org/eac/eac2000.Gee, E. (2004). Moral Vision and the Landscape of Engineering Professionalism. National Society ofProfessional Engineers. Retrieved September 20, 2004. http://www.nspe.org/ethics/eh1-vis.aspGreer, P. (1998). Teaching virtue. Education Week on the WEB. Retrieved April 3, 1998.http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-17-21greer.h17Hargreaves, A. (1993). Changing Teachers, Changing Times: Teachers Work and

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guerriero; Elizabeth Chain; Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Matar; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Engineering ModulesThe METS team has created modules of engineering-related learning activities that communitycollege instructors can access to engage their students’ interest. The purpose of these modules isto offer engineering-related learning activities that can be utilized in currently taught curricula,and can help such instructors build interest in engineering. Each activity features an engineeringproblem set in the context of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subject taughtin the Maricopa County Community Colleges. A best practice dictum suggests that educators“encourage discovery and hands-on, constructivist learning” when teaching STEM subjects towomen and underrepresented minorities.Chosen modules were based on activities

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hartmann

A Methodological Approach to Developing Stakeholder Defined Demand-Pull Requirements for Graduate-Level Industrial Engineering Graduates David H. Hartmann, Ph.D. Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Central OklahomaIntroductionManufacturing and service organizations generate outputs to satisfy the needs of the consumerwhose perceptions and judgments are shaped by an environment of political, economic, social,and technological change. Products and service outputs result from processes supported by thesecompanies’ engineering employees, who may be also represented as an

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

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Nicole May; Marguerite Mohan; Marco Castaldi; Nada Assaf-Anid

sustainable future. The example presented in this paperdemonstrates that such a training is possible through an in-depth approach to a societal problem.It also sets the stage for further development of the Chemical Engineering curriculum at Page 10.260.13Manhattan College to include grounding in alternative energy sources and sustainability “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”following the call of Sutherland, J.W. et al.,19 of Michigan Technological University for the needfor “globally aware students

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bodner; Deborah Follman; Mica Hutchison

future are tobe met. National trends show that the retention rate of women in these fields varies from 30 to46 percent, depending on the size and type of institution studied, while, for their malecounterparts, rates vary from 39 to 61 percent.2 These data indicate that retention is poor on thewhole, but also that the problem is more significant among women. The occurrence of poor retention in science and engineering fields has already become Page 10.1113.1the focus of numerous studies. Results of these studies have linked the efficacy beliefs ofundergraduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karim Muci; Jonathan Weaver

Session 1125 Using Industry-Like Product Development Projects in Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Courses Karim H. Muci-Küchler1 and Jonathan M. Weaver2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 2 Mechanical Engineering Department University of Detroit Mercy Abstract A good engineering education involves more than preparing students that have soundtechnical knowledge in a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Johnston; Christopher Greene; Jeff Jalkio

University of California, Riverside working in atomicphysics. After serving as a Post-Doctorial Researcher at the University of Nebraska he came to the University of St.Thomas in 1995 to initiate an undergraduate research program in physics. When he is not in the laboratory, Martycan be found teaching classical physics, electricity and magnetism, theoretical mechanics or experimental methods.CHRISTOPHER S. GREENEChris Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on adaptive control and navigationsystems before becoming Program Manager for several large aerospace programs. At Horton and Nexen, he wasresponsible for

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

elements of the BOK may be achievable with a B+15 model, or somevariation therein.Bibliographical Information1. Dettman, M., “Development and Assessment of a New Project / Problem Based Civil Engineering Curriculum,” Proc. 2004 ASEE Annual Conference. ASEE, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.2. Self-Study Prepared for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Western Kentucky University, 1 July 2004.3. Lenoir, J., and Russell, J., “The Roles of the Student in a Project-Based Engineering Curriculum.” Presented at the International Conference on Practice-Oriented Education: Transforming Higher Education, Northeastern

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

the student to program using Visual Basic while inside of anotherapplication. Many applications, such as Microsoft Windows based ones, as well as theSolidworks suite, DP Technologies Espirit, and countless others, support Visual Basicand the API. Using the API, students can write their own custom programs while insideof another application, and can also communicate directly between them. This makesVisual Basic and the API an important tool for students as they are required to learnmany different applications while pursuing an engineering degree.An application’s API may support more than one language (Visual Basic, C++) thusthere is a distinct difference between the API and a programming language: anapplication can contain an API which

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendree Sampson; Darin Ridgway; Valerie Young

://wac.coloradostate.edu/intro/pop4a.cfm2 “Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Discipline.” http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/WACBiographical InformationDarin Ridgway is an Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of Undergraduate Studies of Chemical Engineering atOhio University. He received his B.S. from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, M.S. from Louisiana TechUniversity and Ph.D. from Florida State University. His current research interest is in optimization of fungalfermentations.Valerie L. Young is an Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of Graduate Studies in Chemical Engineering atOhio University. She received her B.S. from Lehigh University and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech University. Hercurrent research interest is in

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Hahn; Nancy Wynn; James Fuller; David Pines

Session 3215Bringing Together Engineering, Architecture, and Art Students to Creatively Solve Community Design Issues David Pines, James Fuller, Terri-Ann Hahn / Nancy Wynn College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture / Hartford Art School University of HartfordAbstractThe University of Hartford established the Center for Integrated Design (CID) to bring togetherfaculty and students from engineering, architecture, art, and business to work on issues facing theUniversity’s neighboring communities. Service learning

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Benegas; Rick Covington

calculus-ready). The course attracts an audience composed of majorsfrom Computer Science, Information Technology, and Computer Engineering, for whom it is arequirement for their major, as well as students from other science and engineering departments.Failure rates of 15% to 30% are not unusual 10, and the problem is widespread, from top-tierprivate schools, through the state universities, all the way to the community and junior colleges.There are many possible causes, and some can be blamed on the students themselves (pooradvisement, poor math preparation at the high school level, among others). But other causesmust be contributors. While computer programming might be a more technically challengingskill to master than, say, writing a good English

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

Practicing Real World Design, Teamwork, and Communications through Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering Projects Richard R. Schultz and Arnold F. Johnson University of North Dakota Department of Electrical EngineeringAbstractStudents enrolled in the B.S.E.E. with an Aerospace Focus program at the University of NorthDakota (UND) receive a traditional electrical engineering degree, along with aviationcoursework and a private pilot’s license. Cross-campus collaborations with UND’s world-renowned aerospace program provide the students with many experiential learning opportunitiesthat satisfy EAC/ABET EC2000 design, multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry

Research on Use of Cambridge Engineering Selector (CES4) Software in an Introductory Materials Science Course Chrysanthe Demetry Worcester Polytechnic InstituteI. IntroductionCambridge Engineering Selector (CES4) software1 is being used in both educational andprofessional settings as a tool for design and material selection. Using educational versions of thesoftware, students are able to browse a database of material attributes, learn about and comparedifferent materials in a graphical manner, and select materials using a variety of design criteria.Integration of the software into both elementary and advanced courses has been reported toengage

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Owen; Robert Knecht; Abel Feltes

, theDesign (EPICS) Division prepares them for careers in the engineering disciplines. This projectsatisfies the following objectives of the Design (EPICS) Division mission: ♦ To develop and demonstrate creative engineering technologies ♦ To build effective teams of engineering students ♦ To communicate design products to a societal marketThese skills must evolve from practice centered on a project they solve as a team. The Versatile Weather Station Challenge provided an exciting environment for students to Page 10.104.9develop not only their engineering skills but also their creative and critical thinking

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doreen Lawrence; Barbara Oakley

franchises. These franchisees work either full or parttime with pre-K and K-12 students to ensure their students’ success in mathematics. Theengineering background appears to serve as optimal background in guiding Kumonstudents towards potential careers in mathematics, science, and the technology fields.Simultaneously, by moving from engineering to entrepreneurship, theseinstructor/engineers find themselves in an excellent, independent job position. Thispaper discusses the flow of practicing engineer from a regular salaried position toindependent entrepreneurship involving the K-12 supplemental education environment.It also provides information about the benefits and disadvantages of the career change,based on interviews with Kumon franchisees

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, NorthCarolina State University, University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Charlotte andVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The data from all nine universities have beenplaced in a common format, making it possible to carry out appropriate cross-institutional studies.The SUCCEED LDB is a unique resource that has been and continues to be studied, and isrepresentative of a large cross-section of undergraduate engineering education.9-25 While theLDB contains data on both transfer students as well as first-time-in-college (FTIC) students, welimited the study to FTIC students only.Among the demographic information, gender information was

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Bryan Norman; Jayant Rajgopal; Bopaya Bidanda; Kim Needy

programs, with the capability for adaptation by other fields of study.The authors also presented a conceptual model for integrating and synthesizing the industrialengineering curriculum. We began by identifying the core knowledge areas of IE and theexpected life-long engineering proficiencies. We then developed a plan that builds on andcontinually reinforces these areas throughout the curriculum in support of our first objective ofintegration. Following this we detailed a plan for combining the technical skills with life-longengineering proficiencies, in support of our second objective of synthesis. Finally, we discussedcurricular implications of the changing role of science and technology in society. Pedagogicalissues related to each of

Conference Session

Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

. Page 10.724.115. Davis, W.J., Bower, K.C., and Mays, T.W (2005). “Implementation of a Course Assessment Process for Continuous Improvement and Outcomes Assessment.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference, Chattanooga, TN, April 4-6.6. ABET, ABET 2004-2005 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, MD.7. Dods, R. F. (1997). An Action Research Study of the Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning in Promoting the Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 20(4), 423 - 437.8. Johnstone, K. M., & Biggs, S. F. (1998). Problem-Based Learning: Introduction

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Jacobitz; Kathleen Kramer; Rick Olson

applications to turbulence and turbulentmixing in geophysical flows and bio-fluid mechanics.KATHLEEN A. KRAMER is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and currently serves as Director ofEngineering at the University of San Diego. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of digital systems,communications systems, and data fusion. She received her MS and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from theCalifornia Institute of Technology, and her BS in Electrical Engineering from Loyola Marymount University. Page 10.485.10 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Tracy; Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; William Oakes

Evaluating the Outcomes of a Service-Learning Based Course in an Engineering Education Program: Preliminary Results of the Assessment of the Engineering Projects in Community Service - EPICS. Jason C. Immekus, Susan J. Maller, Sara Tracy, & William C. Oakes Purdue UniversityAbstract Design courses embedded in service-learning are rapidly emerging within the curricula ofmany engineering programs. The learning outcomes service-learning courses seek to promote arewell aligned with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology criteria 2000 (EC2000)1. The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program