Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brian Thomas, Cleveland State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

time frames between ninety minutes5, 10-12 and one day1, 13.Regardless of the time frame, all authors cited here employ repetition as a tool to highlight thedifference between non-Lean production and Lean production. The shorter time frames allowfor just two or three rounds to be used as a basis of comparison. For example, the exercisedescribed by Billington6 uses three rounds (push, pull with lot size = 3, pull with single-pieceflow) to demonstrate to students how Lean can reduce work-in-process (WIP). An advantage formultiple sessions, though, is that it provides the students with time to reflect on the events of aprevious exercise and plan for the next. The added time permits a less-structured exercise, asstudents are able to develop their

Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaRuth McAfee, Case Western Reserve University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, while the students work full-time for six weeks over the summer.PEP participants present formal oral or poster presentations on their research project at leastthree times per year, and attend various events sponsored by and/or relevant to the program.These events include monthly meetings during the academic year, weekly meetings during thesummer, a welcome meeting for new students, and other social and professional developmentevents. Additionally, regular program meetings with the students feature presentations byfaculty and staff on polymer concepts, technical communication, and planning for college.Students in PEP additionally develop demonstrations that can be shown to middle schoolstudents and younger high school students. These

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Friess; Carol Briam, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Linda Thompson, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University; Hemdeep Dulthummon, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, increasing ESL student achievement, and meeting the needs of secondary ESL students in the content areas. Current interests include, developing programs which ensure university success for ESL students, integrated curriculum at an aviation focused university, and accreditation processes.Hemdeep Dulthummon, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University Hemdeep Dulthummon is an undergraduate student at Dubai Aerospace Enterprise University. He is currently doing a B.Sc. in Flight and Aviation Management but plans to switch to Aerospace Engineering. Page 13.629.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Cavicchi, Grove City College

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Electrical and Computer

Celsius set point.Side Benefits of the PLC ProjectsAs well as being a multifaceted programming experience, the student work on the PLC forcesstudents to adopt some important behaviors. Students must also plan properly and treat theirclassmates with respect in a situation of limited resources. Grove City College has purchasedseveral copies of the software but has only one PLC. Students are able to log in remotely atnight to lab PCs that have the software on them to develop and test code (using the emulator).As only one student can use a PC at a time, there must be time-sharing and such etiquette asbeing patient with each other when one is on a machine that someone else wants to use, notlocking up the PC under his/her name, remembering to log off

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Lurline Marsh, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Craig Daughtry, United States Department of Agriculture; Tracy Earle, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Jurgen Schwarz, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Biological & Agricultural

course. Faculty and staff from Agriculture, Natural Sciences, Engineering,Aviation Sciences, and collaborators from USDA, NASA, and representatives from a localindustry involved in “Precision Farming” have worked together to plan and deliver the course.The course content spans over the fundamentals of global positioning systems (GPS), yieldmonitoring, soil testing, variable rate applicators, fundamentals of plant physiology andagronomy, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), statistics and data analysis, aerial imagingand remote sensing, & nutrient and watershed management. Significant field work using variousfield sensors, including a chlorophyll meter, pH meter, and other instrumentation to measure leafarea index (LAI) in conjunction with

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

the Philadelphia area. In allcases the “language of engineering” for each discipline is introduced. The case study culminatedin a visit to the construction site guided by the project’s construction managers. Studentsascended the 11 story building to inspect the structural, mechanical and electrical systems. Atthe time of the visit the building was enclosed; however, key building systems were still visible.Assignments • Drawing – use “Sketch-up” to construct a building with given dimensions on a site. Construct perspective and orthometric views with floor plans and sections. Move the building onto a real site using Google Earth. • Site Conditions – use building layout to determine fraction of site covered by building’s

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Jacques; Deepti Suri, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

amongst them are(i) Assigning “tasks” to team members that tend to be outside their specialty and (ii) Creatingteams in which students of two closely related majors are placed on a capstone design team for ashort duration (typically a semester). These approaches are definitely steps in the right directionbut have limitations.This paper describes an innovative and sustainable framework to provide “multi-disciplinary”experience between the Biomedical Engineering (BE) and Software Engineering (SE) students atMSOE. The approach is neither an “after-thought”, nor an “add-on” to one of the existingcourses. It is a well-thought out plan for vertical and horizontal integration of this experiencewithin the curriculum. This interaction not only provides

Conference Session

Electrical Engineering Technology Design Projects & Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hackworth, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

EET350 project, asmany as 10 projects were batch-processed overnight, thereby freeing the computer during theday for lecture development.Relative File Sizes and BackupsFor planning purposes, it is important to be able to estimate expected file sizes in order to insurethat sufficient hard drive space is available both on the computer and in the iPod.3 File sizesvary according to length of the lecture and animated content. The amount of voice narration hasa small effect on file size, but compared to the space needed for video storage, it can beconsidered to be insignificant. Typical file sizes for a 30-minute lecture are listed below..ppt Powerpoint with narration 21 Mb.wmv file (output from PowerVideoMaker

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christos Valiotis

approach 2) Describe the physics - Motion diagrams, force diagrams, coordinate system 3) Plan a solution – Identify the correct law or principle and list the pertinent equations 4) Execute the plan – Use the equations to solve for the unknown 5) Check and evaluate – Are the units correct?, Does the answer make sense?In 2005 I started using CRPs for homework and test questions and students had ampleopportunities to practice using the standardized problem solving sheet. They were required to usethe sheet for all open ended questions in the tests. As a result, problem solving performanceincreased to 59% in 2005, 62% in 2006 and 65% in 2007. That represents a significant increasein problem solving ability as compared to the 40% shown in

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adam J. Czekanski; David-Michael P. Roux

learned and compare these results toexamination scores. This study involved 96 students divided among six sections, each with an averagesize of approximately 16 students. The course was organized into four blocks of instruction (I throughIV), each representing major course themes. Mid-term examinations were administered at the end ofblocks I and III. We were each assigned three sections of students to teach over the course of thesemester and selected ten (of 40) scheduled 55-minute lectures in which review questions were used toassess the students’ grasp of course material presented during the lessons. Three review questions wereadded to each of the lesson plans and presented at the end of the designated lessons, each in a multiple-choice format

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

All M, T, C, S, L, Lego VDG I, A S, T, E M M, H A & Sensors Generators VDG Design A S, T, E L M A, S, T, P, U, E T, C, W Use of LegosConclusions and Future Plans Focusing on technology innovations, rather than education research, this paper reveals for the first time Lego-basedVan de Graaff generators field-tested on approximately 200 K-12, undergraduate and graduate students. As most of theeducators in engineering in the US have doctoral

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

All Generators A switches/gates Coputer Switches All M, T, C, S, L, Lego VDG I, A S, T, E M M, H A & Sensors Generators VDG Design A S, T, E L M A, S, T, P, U, E T, C, W Use of LegosConclusions and Future Plans Focusing on technology innovations

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Adam J. Czekanski; David-Michael P. Roux

learned and compare these results toexamination scores. This study involved 96 students divided among six sections, each with an averagesize of approximately 16 students. The course was organized into four blocks of instruction (I throughIV), each representing major course themes. Mid-term examinations were administered at the end ofblocks I and III. We were each assigned three sections of students to teach over the course of thesemester and selected ten (of 40) scheduled 55-minute lectures in which review questions were used toassess the students’ grasp of course material presented during the lessons. Three review questions wereadded to each of the lesson plans and presented at the end of the designated lessons, each in a multiple-choice format

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

All Generators A switches/gates Coputer Switches All M, T, C, S, L, Lego VDG I, A S, T, E M M, H A & Sensors Generators VDG Design A S, T, E L M A, S, T, P, U, E T, C, W Use of LegosConclusions and Future Plans Focusing on technology innovations

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. ‚ Limit human interaction with the device, preferably eliminating it completely during the testing phase. ‚ Have deliverables submitted regularly throughout the time period of the project. (Spread the pain.) ‚ Have one or more “tests of concept” scheduled (so the team experiences the difficulty in taking a concept from the drawing board to the prototype before the final testing). ‚ Plan several meetings with each team and force all team members to participate in the discussion; assign a team deliverable for each meeting, e.g., Gantt chart, task assignments, test results, the current prototype, etc.More information41 is available on the development of these outcomes and guidelines.The testing part

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

both Erica and Colin also changed theirdescriptions of their future work as engineers. In other words, the image of engineering workeach held had less and less to do with an image of pure design work as they progressed throughtheir engineering majors. At first, probably, you know, some drafting, some busy work. Hopefully as time goes on, more designing and more decision-making, um, kind of overall planning stuff, because that’s what I really like doing, the planning and problem-solving rather than the actual, you know, implementation. (Steve, SPRI, Year 3)Whereas Erica and Colin had a gradual development of their perceptions of their future work,some students did not develop an adequate sense of an engineering workplace

Conference Session

The Latest in Improving Learning in ChE Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

graphing functionality. Perhapsthe most interesting feature of Google Docs is the ability to share a single online documentamongst multiple users, and when configured appropriately, to enable simultaneous editing bymultiple users. Page 13.1323.2Students in two chemical engineering courses were each assigned a different group problem forwhich they were expected to use the Google spreadsheet to solve. To prepare them for thisprocess, they were given basic instruction in group problem solving, focusing on planning asolution and task distribution. Students then were placed in separate rooms and asked to create aspreadsheet solution using the online

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Susan Freeman and Beverly Jaeger are members of Northeastern University's

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First-Year Programs

or interesting they were. Not all of the activities were used by every Professor, in whichcase students were instructed to place an ’n/a’.While Engineering Design sections are taught by individual instructors, the course is conducted with a Page 13.164.3team-planning approach. All three of the authors were involved in co-coordinating this course over thesemesters of interest. Team meetings were conducted for all instructors every two weeks throughout thesemester. It was established that instructors of this course conduct the learning modes in a similar fashion.Accordingly, the results across the sections were combined to yield

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Ullman9, Eggert10, and Otto and Wood11, toname a few), faculty members teaching those courses benefit from having access to additionalinformation and case studies that can help them to implement a meaningful learning experiencefor the students. The authors have used for several years a project based learning strategy in asophomore-level product development course, a senior capstone design course sequence, and agraduate-level course in product planning and development. Muci-Küchler and Weaver12 andMuci-Küchler et al.13 already documented in detail the relevant aspects related to the tasks ofidentifying customer needs and of setting functional requirements and target specifications. Thispaper focuses on the concept generation task. The process

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan; Sarah Root, University of Arkansas; Emine Cagin, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

AC 2008-1698: PREPARING GRADUATE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL ASTEACHING MENTORS AND AS FUTURE PROFESSIONALSTershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan Tershia Pinder-Grover (tpinder@umich.edu) is the Coordinator of Engineering Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Initiatives at the Center for Research on Learning in Teaching at the University of Michigan. She oversees the Engineering GSI Mentor (EGSM) Program, plans teacher training for new engineering GSIs, develops workshops and seminars, and consults with faculty and GSIs on pedagogy and engineering education research projects. Dr. Tershia Pinder-Grover earned her B.S. degree in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland and

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Gene Gloeckner, Colorado State University; George Morgan, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, coordinatinglaboratory work with lecture, and organization and preparation for class and laboratoryactivities, are important for their learning and success. These results support the findingsreported by Guskey regarding the importance of planning and organization. The majorityof EET seniors perceive that coordinating laboratory work with lecture is important fortheir learning. When a faculty member tries to coordinate laboratory with class, studentssee the application of technical theory and develop a clear understating of how toimplement laboratory experiments/projects. This result appears to support one ofKnowles [15] fundamental assumptions about instruction for adults: “Adults learn bestwhen the subject content is clear and of immediate importance

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, industrial design, planning, and even the performing arts.Simon5 called anyone who devised a course of action to promote an improvement adesigner. His discussion of professional designers included the disciplines ofarchitecture, business, education, law, and medicine. While Simon did not mentiondesigners of the arts in his initial description of professional designers, he noted later inthe same paper that musicians and engineering designers could have an intellectualconversation about the design process.Research DesignThis study was guided by the following research questions:• How do designers within and outside of engineering experience design similarly?• What themes emerge from these experiences that could facilitate common ground?Goel &

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Carla Firetto, Pennsylvania State University; Lucas Passmore, Pennsylvania State University; Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University; Kelli Higley, Pennsylvania State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Gary L. Gray; Stephen Turns, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna Kulikowich

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

: Problem-solving processes,domain knowledge, and translations between symbol systems.Since Polya’s seminal work in mathematics,3 the utility of learning and using a sequence of stepsduring problem-solving has been widely accepted. Although several specific models exist, ageneric 4-step model captures most: (1) Represent the Problem, (2) Goal Setting and Planning,(3) Execute the Plan, and (4) Evaluate the Solution. In the first step, problem representation, thestudent must read the problem statement and discern the objective. There are instructionalinterventions for engineering education that are grounded in this theoretical model of problem-solving. For example, Gray et al.4 developed a systematic approach to solving Statics andDynamics problems

Conference Session

Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Rebello, Kansas State University; Lili Cui, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 13.1048.4We use a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to examine transfer in the contextof problem solving. The participants in this study were students enrolled in a second-semesterphysics course taken by future engineers and physicists, calculus instructors and physicsinstructors. A total of 416 students’ exam sheets were collected and reviewed. Statisticalmethods were used to analyze the quantitative data. A total of 28 students and nine instructorswere interviewed. The video and audio recordings were transcribed and analyzed in light of theaforementioned theoretical framework.A three-phase research plan was used in this study. Phase I was designed to assess horizontaltransfer of knowledge using traditional physics

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia; Sabbia Tilli, University of Western Australia

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Educational Research and Methods

novices: graduate engineersin the first few years of their career.Need for a longitudinal studyA longitudinal study of one or more cohorts of engineering graduates could provide usefulinsight on these issues.An extensive literature search revealed five recent longitudinal studies of engineeringgraduates12-16.Sheppard et al12 are undertaking an interdisciplinary longitudinal study of the engineeringstudent experience using several research approaches. As part of their study they plan to followthe transition to the workforce of some of the 48 participants as they move from “the end of theirjunior year through their first two years post-B.S. With this cohort, we will focus on the criticaltransition from undergraduate education to either the

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Samir Hefzy, The University of Toledo; Mehdi Pourazady, The University of Toledo; Abdollah Aliakbarkhan Afjeh, The University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

on the last day of classes. A standardengineering report format includes a) a cover sheet, b) an abstract (executive summary), c) anintroduction (should include a statement of objectives, as well as salient information to bring thereader up to speed), d) the body of the report: methods, analysis, results, etc., e) conclusions, andf) appendices (such as: calculations, data tables, computer programs, etc.). Each group willpresent its design report orally. Each of these presentations (approx. 15 minutes) is scheduledduring the final examination week. Every group member must participate in this oralpresentation. Additionally, a design exposition is planned during the final examination week.Participation is mandatory in both of these events.6

Conference Session

The Pipeline

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

working in groups while executing a task relative to engineering. The students were instructed to design and construct a free- standing structure to the maximum height possible while minimizing total cost. At the beginning of the activity each team was given a bag of assorted Tinker Toys which they were not allowed to open. The teams were then given 20 minutes to design and plan their structures (without using the materials), and only 3 minutes for construction.Week 2: The Engineering MethodOn October 18, a Chief Scientist of Space Systems at Northrop Grumman delivered apresentation on the engineering method. The speaker emphasized the importance of planningthroughout the entire engineering process and included

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sislena Ledbetter, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Janice McCain, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

) Large Public University (LPU), a large public university in the NorthwestU.S.; and D) Suburban Private University (SPU), a medium-sized private university on the WestCoast.Including students from diverse backgrounds was a key element of the research plan. For thiscohort of students, special attention was paid to understanding how underrepresented studentsnavigate their initial years in engineering education. This was accomplished by employing over-sampling strategies for gender (male/female) and underrepresented minorities (AfricanAmericans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, other Latino groups) in orderto gain information about a broader range of students.This mixed method study, sponsored by the National Science Foundation

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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International

studentscombined with the challenge of participating in international programs without the risk ofdeferring graduation. In this paper, we propose a programmatic model geared specificallytowards engineering students: the short-term experiential program abroad. This model featuresan academic course which presents a technical subject within a global context, coupled with anintensive ten day to two week intensive study abroad experience that provides first-hand insightsthrough site visits to corporations and academic institutions, lectures, and planned interactionswith both international and host country students.Short-Term Experiential Program DesignExperiential education programs and short-term study abroad courses are becoming particularlycommon ways for

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engaged in activities that leverage all areas of teaching, scholarship and service.One specific example is the Printery Building in Atascadero, California. The faculty memberwas the lead engineer for assessing the damage and developing the rehabilitation plan for thishistoric structure that was damaged in the 2003 San Simeon earthquake. As a result of this effort,he was able to use this project as a case study in his ARCE 448 Seismic Rehabilitation courseand he arranged several site visits for the students. The faculty member also served as facultyadvisor for undergraduate senior projects on the same topic. In addition, he serves as the Chairof the Structural Engineering Institute Design Practices Committee.A second faculty member has also