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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip M. Reeves, The Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Elizabeth C. Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; D. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

elements of risk, control, and reward9.” Clearly, Kriewall’s definition views entrepreneurship from a different perspective:essentially, entrepreneurship involves business ownership. The other elements illustrate thatentrepreneurs need to be comfortable with all of the aspects associated with being the person incharge. Risk tolerance is frequently mentioned as an entrepreneurial trait9,10, as is the notion thatentrepreneurs tend to enjoy determining their own career path11. In essence, the success orfailure of the business and the entrepreneur rests on their ability to navigate their chosenmarketplace. Undoubtedly, many individuals view entrepreneurship in a similar manner, whichmay seem extremely appealing or terrifying depending on their

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International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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International

fiveyear program is taken. At the moment, the five year national degree is the prioritized degree,and the students get the additional to degrees (BSc and MSc) as a bonus and to facilitateinternational careers. The trend is however to move towards the European degrees and reducethe importance of the five year degree. For the rest of this paper, the five year programs arereferred to as the “national engineering programs”.A student that starts at KTH therefore chooses between nine three year engineering programsand seventeen five year national engineering programs. All programs (except one) are givenin Swedish for the first three years and in English for the last, meaning that all BSc programs(except one) are in Swedish and all MSc programs are in

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Roy Brown, Eastern New Mexico University; Mo Ahmadian, Eastern New Mexico University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educationinstitutions may not possess extensive soft skills. Much has been made in the media of the skillsrequired for the new economy and the role of professional including “soft” skills in getting andkeeping a job. Technical skills alone are insufficient to prepare graduates in engineering andengineering technology for a career. ABET and other accreditation standards acknowledge therole of these skills in engineering and engineering technology education at the undergraduatelevel. 2 To help students improve their soft skills which includes oral communication, leadershipskills, time management skills, and professional presentation skills in a multidisciplinaryenvironment, the S-STEM recipients at our institution were required to register for a one-creditcourse

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Computer Programming and Simulation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David B. Nelson, Purdue University; K. Andrew R. Richards, Purdue University; Charles A. Calahan

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Computers in Education

persistence of unfilled posts in programming and ITfields originates more from business hiring practices and a perceived “skill deficit”among degree holders and potential applicants (2, 5). Regardless of the veracity of theclaims, researchers have been working during the last 15 years to identify and overcomepotential barriers to careers and study in computer science. Following recommendationsfrom national reports (1, 15), mediation efforts have adroitly focused on K-12 education,measuring potential bottlenecks in the pipeline for programmers (4, 22). These effortshave also spurred novel solutions to increase interest and skill in computer programmingamong students, ranging from content-based solutions to inventive graphical learning

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Franke; David Devine

work and activity-based learning; results of integrated curricular experiences; relevant nationally- normed examinations; results of surveys to assess graduate and employer satisfaction with employment, career development, career mobility, and job title; and preparation for continuing education.Furthermore, assessment is a part of university requirements and is found in the IndianaUniversity Purdue University Fort Wayne Strategic Plan2 . The Department of Civil andArchitectural Engineering Technology has an Assessment and Continuous ImprovementPlan3 . This plan has assessment and evaluation procedures that are based in studentevaluations, meetings with Industrial Advisory Committees, accreditation visits by TAC-ABET

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

II. Provide educational support for manufacturing and relatemanufacturing sector, the technology courses and programs.Department of Defense, the Society III. Incorporate an active corporate advisory team into all centerof Manufacturing Engineers, the project and activity development activities. IV. Promote manufacturing careers and recognize exemplaryTampa Bay Area Manufacturing manufacturing students and educators.Association, Agree Inc., regional V. Identify and monitor the manufacturing workforce needs.technical education program experts, VI. Support training for an initial regional workforce for newand the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Falkowski

Bringing Members of Industry into the Teaching Profession Sean A. Falkowski University of DaytonWhen coming from industry a new faculty member of engineering technology has manychallenges. The learning environment is enhanced by the faculty member’s experience gained inthe engineering field. Examples from industry can be used in the classroom to bring about a feelfor the applications necessary in engineering and technology. Also brought by this new facultymember are techniques used in professional practice as well as skills needed to survive in theworkplace. But this change of careers can bring new

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

, “Evolving Digital Circuits Using Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution”, Conference on Neuro-Computing and Evolving Intelligence, Auckland, New Zealand, December 13 – 15, 2004, pp. 71 -73.[13] S. Rajasekaran, G. A. Pai, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Genetic Algorithms, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN- 81-203-2186-3.AcknowledgmentThe support from the National Science Foundation under CAREER Grant: ECS # 0348221 is gratefullyacknowledged for this work. The author is grateful for the following departments at the University of Missouri-Rollafor offering the experimental course on computational intelligence to their students: Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering

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Graduate Education in ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Koontz

Page 9.59.3 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Market For The ProgramThe MSTET program is clearly a good choice for people who have completed an undergraduateprogram in telecommunications engineering technology and want to learn the basic technologyin greater depth and to develop expertise in one or more specialties. Several of the currentstudents are in fact graduates of RIT’s BS program in TET.The MSTET program is also a good fit for graduates of other technical BS programs, such aselectrical engineering or electrical engineering technology, who would like to prepare further fora career in the telecommunications industry. A number of our current students are graduates ofBSEE programs that

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

• identifies to you the gaps in your information • allows you to carry out desired changes.4Most professionals give presentations at some point in their careers.5 However, according toOakes, Leone and Gunn, one of the biggest complaints of employers of entry-level engineers islack of communication and presentation skills.4 Therefore, the ability to present informationeffectively in minimal time with maximum impact is a critical success factor.6 As Gaughanstates, reputation, self-image and even a career may be on the line every time an individualpresents.5 Creating a presentation is more than putting text and graphics on slides.5 Jones statesthat a presentation should be high quality, powerful, dynamic, interesting, stimulating,persuasive

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Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

forEngineering Education (BEE) Program in 2002 through a collaborative effort between the College ofInformation Science and Systems Engineering, and the College of Education. The focus of the BEE grantprogram is to bring together faculties of engineering and education with a view to improving engineeringcontent in K-12 education and also support engineering faculty with educational research innovations inpedagogy. The objective of the UALR BEE grant is to design, develop, and refine a series of ‘thematic’engineering courses to bring engineering education to pre-college educators, education majors, highschool students, and to any other university student who wants to explore engineering as a career path orenhance technological literacy. Educational

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Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; P.K. Imbrie

Cronbach’s coefficient alpha, were: .96, .92,.96, and .94 for Interdependency, Learning, Potency, and Goal-Setting, respectively. Cronbach’scoefficient alpha for the entire scale was .98.Backgr ound The NAE National Research Council Board on Engineering Education, NSF EngineeringEducation Coalition Program, and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [1]Engineering Criteria 2000 ushered in a movement to reshape the engineering curricula. To buildon these pioneering initiatives, new educational pedagogies must be used to develop graduates assuccessful professional contributors and lifelong learners in global, multi-disciplinary markets;be flexible to support diverse career aspirations; be agile to rapidly transform in response

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Web-Based Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

many students wereable to see the value of remote access in their future careers. However, students were not certainhow the WebCT VistaTM interface enhanced the remote access environment. Long termimplementation of the remote environment will likely need to address these concerns. 5 4.5 4 Median Opinion Score 3.5 3 Many practical applications using Always important to have hands

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Serving the Information Needs of Engineering Technology Educators

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Miller; Jack Waintraub

is a place where all NETEC users may come together and become a truevirtual community. Discussions in the forum will be opportunities for the ET community tocommunicate, collaborate, or simply exchange ideas. All discussions will be moderated by ETexperts, who can help to steer the conversations in productive directions, as well as guard theforum against spam and other abuse.3. CareersThe NETEC careers section allows registered users to submit job and/or internship opportunities,skill sets, etc. Users may then search these listings to find opportunities that suit them. Allpostings are removed after 30 days, ensuring that the opportunities are up-to-date and current.4. Additional ResourcesThis section of the NETEC website highlights outside

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

- civil, electrical andmechanical. In this module, the class section is divided into three groups and each group spendsthree days exploring each of the three engineering technology disciplines. The following is adescription of the content covered by each of the disciplines: • The Civil Engineering Technology (CET) three-day session focuses on surveying as a career option within CET. Surveying as a profession and its application to the engineering and design process are introduced to the students. For the hands-on portion of the session, a short introduction to leveling theory and instruction on how to operate a piece of basic surveying equipment (an automatic level) is provided. The students are then

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Donald Keating

question, however, is how to fund it.We cannot, nor should we expect research-oriented faculty, who are hired, promoted and tenured on their ability toattract research monies and to build research programs that support research-oriented graduate students, will berushing to make educational change for professionally-oriented graduate education. At many universities, researchis the primary goal and "teaching has become a bothersome chore.The changing role for a new type of graduate faculty in educating a new type of graduate student population isspecifically designed to support educational transformation for career-long learning, growth, professionaldevelopment, and leadership for creative engineering practice in industry. Non-traditional graduate

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Duff

course of the assignment, rather thansimply applying an existing skill set. And in the end, they had to rely on each other,which may have been the greatest learning experience of all.Postscript After graduation, these four students followed widely varying careers. NateGelber, the project coordinator, works as a quality specialist at a North Carolinapharmaceutical manufacturer; Ryan Graham, who modeled machinery andinstrumentation, is a instructional designer at the University of Phoenix Online; JakeHibler, who modeled the HVAC and utilities, is a data manager at a Hollywood pre-production house; Mike Kelly, who modeled the RO water system, is trying to break intothe major leagues. He had had a very successful minor league career before

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

one of the nation’s leading IE education center. Thegraduate and undergraduate ISE programs at UF are ranked in the Top 20 nationally. Thecurriculum at the ISE department at UF offers a great flexibility to students incustomizing their educational goals according to their career plans (3).A bachelor’s degree in and field of Engineering at UF is broken down into two phases:general education/pre-professional and upper division. During the first two years,students take general college and pre-professional courses. Once having completed 64credit hours, students apply to their desired specialized field. The program of study hasbeen accredited and approved by standards set by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) (3).The

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

techniques should be used, and manyother issues). I have found limited publications based on direct experiences in teaching anengineering course for the first time.This paper describes a first teaching experience from (including the structure of teachingmaterials, the structure of exams, the benefits of short quizzes, developing a gradingpolicy, and experimenting with presentation tools and techniques) the point of view of agraduate student. This paper describes why teaching a course during their graduatestudies is important for graduate students who want to pursuit a career in academia.Recommendations are made for including the teaching of a basic level undergraduateengineering course as a component of preparation for the professorate. The

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Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kawintorn Pothanun; William Peterson

experience helped me better prepare for the professorate and to better understand myfuture career (and evaluate its desirability).RecommendationsEngineering Economics is one of the basic engineering courses in undergraduateengineering education. Graduate assistants who want to pursuit a career in academia(especially in Engineering Economics, Engineering Management, and IndustrialEngineering) should be assigned to teach this course.Bibliography1. Hartman, J. C., J. Lavelle, R. Martinazzi, H. Nachtmann, K. Needy and P. Shull, "A Decision Toolfor Developing a Course in Engineering Economy," American Society for Engineering EducationConference, Albuquerque, NM, June, 2001.2. Dahm, K., “Interactive Simulation for Teaching Engineering Economics

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Engineering Technology Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

thefollowing:• Materials developed for a new national image and marketing campaign to promote ET careers (Sinclair Community College);• Videos, web sites, and workshops designed as tools to recruit learners, educate policymakers, and encourage expanded involvement of business and industry in ET education (WGBH public television); and,• Workshops available to help faculty incorporate continuous quality improvement principles into ET education (ABET).In addition, a "one-stop shopping" web site for accessing best practices and exemplary materialsfor recruiting and retaining students, as well as for teaching engineering technology, is available.An ad hoc committee of engineering technology educators is helping to build this centralizedresource

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Sloan; Ashok Goel

circuits is described. Undergraduate students worked with electricalengineering graduate students and faculty members for ten weeks on projects rangingfrom designing & study of GaAs-based circuits using MAGIC and L-Edit to modelingthe very high-frequency effects and parasitic capacitances in the GaAs-based VLSIinterconnections to computer simulations of GaAs-and SOI-based devices and circuitsusing the semiconductor TCAD tools. In this paper, the undergraduate research projectscarried out by the REU students are summarized1. IntroductionIt is widely recognized that active research experience is one of the most effectivetechniques for training and motivating undergraduate students for careers in science andengineering. In the USA, National

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Best Zone Papers

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Clough

mechanisms. Accommodate concurrent review activities (local reviews, advisory committees) even if they don't quite fit the ABET model.4. Minimize documentation, scrutiny, and the time required by all.A faculty colleague summed it up in a phrase, "Back off!"Concluding remarksI write this paper with some trepidation, but I feel that it is something that must be done. Iwonder whether I strike a resonant chord with many engineering faculty across the country3. Ifear that it does. My career as an engineering faculty member and administrator spans nearlythree decades now. I have generally been an optimist and a promoter of new ideas andprograms. Some of these have achieved success and stuck. With others, I have had to face themusic, and it has not

Conference Session

Advisory Boards & Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Cutlip

- as a facultymember, as a department head, and as a member of a Board at another university. Experiencesover a 35-year period will be used to explore ways in which these Boards and their members canbe utilized to the fullest advantage for the sponsoring Departments and for the EngineeringCollege.IntroductionThe following are my personal views on the operations of a Departmental Advisory Board. Theyare based on career-long experiences with Boards in various capacities. My first contact with aBoard was as an assistant/associate professor participating in our department's Board when it wasthe only one in the engineering college. I then managed and interacted with a Board as adepartment head for nine years. Finally, I am now a professor who

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

theuniversity research and industrial sponsor’s work. These lesson plans are placed on a web site fordissemination. The interns have visited the industrial sponsor to learn about their business anddone final project presentations for them.This program has a history of success in attracting women students into engineering and sciencemajors. It also hopes to have a larger impact in the long term as the 5th – 8th grade audiencetargeted for the lesson plans becomes of college age and chooses science, technology,engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers in (hopefully) larger numbers than before.Introduction and History:Female, high school summer research interns at Iowa State University work with engineeringindustries and Iowa State research groups to

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

website at http://www.pltw.org.This nonprofit organization has developed a five-course curriculum that helps students exploreengineering-related careers and develop engineering concepts that help them as they enter two-and four-year college engineering and engineering technology degree programs. PLTW aims atchanging the focus of technology education at the high school level.The strategic goal of PLTW is to forge a dynamic and on-going partnership among schooldistricts, colleges and universities and industry that will establish and support a pre-engineeringcareer cluster program in America’s high schools. The PLTW program excites students aboutengineering careers and strengthens the link between traditional academic programs with hands-on learning

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Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

application of fundamental math andscience relationships to solving real-world engineering problems. Programs are needed in the K-12 experience that deliver hands-on, project-based curricula providing the opportunity for K-12students to experience the wonders and opportunities of education and careers in engineering andtechnology 1.K-12 teachers typically have not majored in the science field of the courses they teach. Also, inthe United States students are less likely than students in other countries to be taught science byteachers with a major area of study in science 3. Generally, across all countries, only 20% ofstudents are taught science by teachers who believe that they are well prepared. The US teachersgenerally report higher levels of

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Projects in Ocean and Marine Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

professional career paths have reported appreciating their Survey of OffshoreEngineering experiences even more as time progresses. They remark that they have found thatthey are especially capable of presenting a problem to and discussing it with a consultedexpert.ConclusionsMulti-background teams provide an added dimension to projects which are broad enough toallow each member to make a unique contribution. An offshore field development provides anexcellent setting for this within the Offshore Engineering MSc curriculum at the DelftUniversity of Technology.The broad hands-on experience relatively early in the curriculum becomes more and morevalued as team participants progress through the curriculum and on into their careers. It alsohelps to motivate

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Beddingfield; A. Wayne Bennett

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Expositions Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education” One of the primary goals of the leadership program is to affect the campus culture ofstudent-initiated life-long learning and to positively impact the pejorative stereotype that engineerscannot communicate effectively or become good leaders. All of the activities are voluntary andno course credit is given for participation. Attendance and participation have not been problems.Careful planning and student input are keys to the program’s success. Students realize theactivities are relevant to their growth as individuals and that these skills will serve them well intheir professional engineering careers and personal

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Rainer Fink

participating in collaborative research.While tenure-track faculty members can find great success in collaborations, they must ensurethat their contributions and leadership of research in collaborative efforts are clearly recognized.In his book “Tomorrow’s Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science andEngineering,” [3] Reis echoes this view in the context of balancing the breadth and depth of thetenure-track faculty member’s research strategy. “Developing depth…in research…is essentialto academic success. You need to be known for something, and that something needs to be bothimportant and unique.” He states that one good reason for developing breadth of research inaddition to depth is that “By knowing what’s going on in related areas you