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New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; June Marshall, St. Joseph's College

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New Engineering Educators

college teaching not improve? From Plato’s academy ofthe fifth century B.C. to the research university of today, professors have taught much thesame way, with indifferent results. A few students learn very well, many learn a little,and a few nothing at all. Page 12.867.2What is a better idea? Try learning. Learning is something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios, workshops, and playingspaces. It demands strenuous efforts and experts to intercede with stories, admonitions,or principles when students fail, as they must, if they are to learn. Most of the learningthat results in the expertise of the practicing

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Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

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Materials

school teachers connecting math, science and engineering.Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Materials at ASU and has been teaching and developing new content for materials science and engineering classes and laboratories. She has developed new content and contextual teaching methods from here experience as a researcher and a manager at Honeywell Inc. She is currently working to develop new assessments to to reveal and address student misconceptions in introductory materials engineering classes. Page 12.540.1© American Society

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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M. M. Gilkeson

report, and in a final 20-minute oral presentation to the college community.All Clinic teams give a set of three oral presentations on Projects Day in May, with two hundredpersons from outside of the College in attendance. As the final activity, each team drafts and revisesa formal written report, which is approved by the advisor and then is presented to the sponsor,together with any hardware or software that has been created.Further assessment of Clinic is provided by the Clinic Advisory Committee (CAC), composed of ascore of persons from a variety of companies and disciplinary backgrounds. Included are middle-management engineers from industry and government laboratories in addition to several collegetrustees. The CAC meets quarterly to

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Mariappan Jawaharlal; Cesar Larriva; Jill Nemiro

training, offering connected in-service teacher professional development andimplementing reflective inquiry to enhance teacher and student learning and development.” (Excerpt fromhttp://coe.winthrop.edu/pds)9 Names of elementary schools and students are pseudonyms.10 Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, by California StateBoard of Education (Sacramento, CA: California State Board of Education, 2000)11 Erickson, Frederick and Jeffrey Schultz (1997). When is a context? Some issues and methods in the analysis ofsocial competence. In Mind, culture, and activity: Seminal papers from the laboratory of comparative humancognition. Michael Cole, Yrjo Engeström and Olga Vasquez eds. Pp. 22-31. Cambridge

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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John T. Tester

remained fairly constant,1 though differentdepartments have increased steadily (such as Mechanical Engineering) while others have varied.The “Design4Practice,” or “D4P,” curriculum is a series of innovative undergraduate classes whichinvolve active learning laboratories for the students in each of their freshman, sophomore, junior andsenior years. The program objectives were developed in response to the call by industry forbaccalaureate engineers to possess a broader set of skills beyond their analytical and computer skills.This call was strengthened by the Engineering faculty’s observation of the students’ experiences insenior capstone design during the late 1980’s and 1990’s. These students, who had had no priorexperience with a design process

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Ahmed S. Khan; Beverly Cronin; Maneesh Kumar; Atef Mustafa; Pankti Patel; Joey Socorro

proposal. And inthe second course (EET-410L, Senior Project Laboratory) students implement the project plan bybuilding and testing a prototype. A typical project involves a solution to a software/hardware-based engineering problem. The process of developing and implementing a solution to theproblem offers a learning opportunity for students to gain new insights and competencies as aresult of “constructivist” and “deep learning” teaching/learning approaches. According to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, 3 constructivism is a "viewpoint inlearning theory which holds that individuals acquire knowledge by building it from innatecapabilities interacting with the environment." The constructivist approach is based on recentresearch about the

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Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

Heinricher 2002 5, assess their own competencies and take amore active role in the learning process as in Erikson 19986, and even have a betterunderstanding of course objectives as in Guan 2005 7. Additionally, these results providea basis for ensuring that a portfolio assignment helps the most students.AcknowledgementsThis work has been supported by the National Science Foundation through grant REC-0238392, “Using portfolios to promote knowledge integration in engineering education.”The authors wish to thank all of our research participants. The authors also wish to thank Page 12.1254.12the members of the Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

"track" is a general category of projects to which a student project may belong.Tracks are helpful for students seeking project membership in that they provide a way to look fora project in an area without knowing what the specific projects necessarily are. Tracks of projectsare generally correlated with the various concentrations and options offered through thedepartments in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at RIT.Some of the key learning objectives of the MSD program that the projects most contribute toinclude the: (2) Ability to perform a critical analysis of requirements, engineering specifications,and the relationship between them. (3) Ability to integrate theory from a broad range of courses,laboratory exercises and co-op

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Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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Minorities in Engineering

”. This statement also relates to the value of relating all content to practicalapplications. According to several statements, laboratory courses are extremely beneficial, andthe student would like to have more of them. The use of technology in the classroom was a topic that did not appear to have aconsensus. Some students felt that it was a useful tool but that it should be used in moderation toenhance an engaging lecture. Other students felt like videos, the internet, and PowerPoint cancause student distractions or boredom. An African American female graduate student in theMidwest expressed the following, “I like multimedia presentations but they should not beoverused or misused. I wouldn't like a professor to bring a movie to class as

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Paul Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Thomas Hellmuth, LeTourneau University; Roger Gonzalez, LeTourneau University; Stephen Ayers, LeTourneau University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

/research laboratories. These projects are all based on applied research projects that require the equipment in these labs.Most (six) of the seven dedicated rooms are located within a “Machine Tool and Design Lab”building, which houses metal-working and welding equipment to facilitate project fabricationwhen needed. This facility is available to the students on a 24 hour, seven day a week basis.There is currently discussion on the possibility of shutting the facility down during early morninghours (perhaps 3am to 7am) to prevent students from working with potentially dangerousequipment when they are fatigued.6 Design Class Structure DevelopmentA design class structure must be created to deliver content and organize the

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yolanda George, AAAS; Patricia Campbell; Tom R. Kibler, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc; Rosa Carson, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.; Shirley M. Malcom, AAAS

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2751: CHANGES IN PHDS AWARDED AND IN NEW ENROLLEES INSTEM GRADUATE PROGRAMS BY GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITYYolanda George, AAAS Yolanda Scott George is Deputy Director and Program Director, Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She has served as Director of Development, Association of Science-Technology Centers, Washington, DC; Director, Professional Development Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA, a precollege academic enrichment, university retention, and pre-graduate school program in SMT for minorities and women; and as a research biologist at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA involved in cell cycle

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

joined East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. Prior to this appointment, he served as a Research Engineer in China from 1995 to 2001. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager

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Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2007-2791: A REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE USING LINKAGES TO TEACHDESIGN, ANALYSIS, CAD AND TECHNICAL WRITINGJames Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Dr. Sherwood joined the University in 1993. He worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and BF Goodrich as a structural engineer before entering academia. He is currently Director of the Baseball Research Center and Co-Director of the Advanced Composite Materials and Textiles Laboratory. His scholarly interests include constitutive modeling, mechanical behavior of materials with emphasis on composites, finite element methods with emphasis on high speed impact, sports engineering with emphasis on baseball and innovative teaching methods in

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ChE: Innovations in undergraduate and graduate programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

Page 12.173.5laboratory was set up that was designated for the students use. The class discussed anddecided safety rules for the lab with all students signing the resultant safety agreement asshown in Table 2.Table 1 – Questions used to group students Encapsulated Drug Project Aug 31, 2006On the card, write:Your nameYour home (i.e. China, Michigan, Antarctica)Your degree (i.e. M.S. Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. Chemistry)Your computer experience (High/Medium/Low)Your experimentation experience (High/Medium/Low)Your transport equation experience (High/Medium/Low)Your numerical method experience (High/Medium/Low)Table 2 - Laboratory safety/practices for 307 EN CHE

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CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

concrete with a unit weight less than water. To do this teams must investigatenumerous lightweight aggregates both naturally occurring and commercially made, includingpumice; expanded shales, slates and clays; glass beads; and ceramic microspheres. Variousadmixtures to improve workability, permeability, and setting time as well as fibers that areused as secondary reinforcement are also considered by the teams.Once the ingredients have been thoroughly researched, concrete mixtures are formulated andan extensive laboratory testing program is implemented. For many undergraduate students,this is the first time they have been introduced to the preparation of test cylinders, cubes andbeams, and conducting slump cone, unit weight, and strength

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Web-Based Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andre Encarnacao, University of California, Los Angeles; Paul Espinosa, University of California, Los Angeles; Lawrence Au, University of California, Los Angeles; Lianna Johnson, University of California, Los Angeles; Gregory Chung, University of California-Los Angeles; William Kaiser, University of California-Los Angeles

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Computers in Education

Wayne State University in 1984. From 1977 through 1986, as a member of Ford Motor Co. Research Staff, his development of automotive sensor and embedded system technology resulted in large volume commercial sensor© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 production. At Ford, he also developed the first spectroscopies based on scanning tunneling microscopy. From 1986 through 1994, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Kaiser developed and demonstrated the first electron tunnel sensors for acceleration and infrared detection and initiated the NASA/JPL microinstrument program. In 1994, Professor Kaiser joined the faculty of the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department. At

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Malgorzata Zywno, Ryerson University; Mary Frances Stewart

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering Students and their Implications for Successful Teaching with Instructional Technology, British Journal of Engineering Education, UK, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 29-42.8. Anderson, E., Chandrashekar, N., Hashemi, J., & Kholamkar, S., (2006). Web-based Delivery of Laboratory Experiments and Its Effectiveness Based on Student Learning Style. Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006.9. Zywno, M.S., & Stewart, M.F., (2004). Online Control Systems Tutorials. The module received Honourable Mention in 2005 competition for the COU/OPAS Award for Excellence in Teaching with Technology. Online at: [Accessed January 10, 2007].10. Digital Media Projects Office, Ryerson

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Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Haubold, Columbia University; John R. Kender, Columbia University

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Educational Research and Methods

design course. As is the nature of thecourse, future semesters will experience incremental changes. We intend on increasing theinteraction with video material by making available more videos to build a larger archive ofreference material. In the present semester, we are video-recording laboratory sections in whichwe are teaching the effective use of software packages, such as Mathworks Matlab and AliasMaya. We intend on evaluating the availability of this reference material by comparing studentperformance to prior semesters.References[1] Abowd, G.D., Atkeson, C.G., Feinstein, A., Hmelo, C., Kooper, R., Long, S., Sawhney, N., Tani, M. Teaching and Learning as Multimedia Authoring: The Classroom 2000 Project. In Proceedings of the ACM

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Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Ability to perform a critical analysis of requirements, engineering specifications, and the relationship between them.3. Ability to integrate theory from a broad range of courses, laboratory exercises and co-op experiences to the solution of an engineering design problem.4. Ability to employ a rigorous design process that includes ideation, analysis, synthesis, implementation, and test against engineering specifications.5. Ability to document product development activities.6. Ability to effectively communicate technical, discipline specific information through oral and written means.7. Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment, to communicate and make tradeoffs, within and across disciplines, to meet

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sandra Linder, Math Out of the Box; Donna Gunderson, Math Out of the Box/Clemson University

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Mathematics

student achievement or motivation, itis to examine changes in instruction when teachers implement an inquiry-based program. To examine what traditional and inquiry practice look like in a classroom, it is necessaryto first define these terms. As stated previously, inquiry is most commonly associated with the Page 12.830.2theory of constructivism. Teaching through inquiry has its roots in education as early as thebeginning of the nineteenth century with John Dewey and his laboratory school8. Theorists likePiaget, Vygotsky, and Bruner examined cognitive development and advocated an activeeducational setting where students construct their own

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New Approaches to the Development of Online Learning and International Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenda Scales; Rebecca Gunter; Cheryl Peed

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Continuing Professional Development

partnerships and connections with colleagues and universities abroad.One key sign that the College of Engineering is committed to its international programs is itsfocus on Virginia Tech’s international strategic plan, which includes the goal of increasing “thenumber of students engaged in education abroad by 10% per year for seven years.”3 Figure 1shows the number and destinations of students who had an international experience in 2006that Engineering’s International Programs Office is aware of at this time. Internationalexperience refers to a variety of activities, including semester- and year-long study abroadprograms, summer study abroad programs (which can include classroom, laboratory, and/orservice components), and senior design projects that

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Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University; Mary Emplaincourt, Mississippi State University

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International

students led by two faculty members, involve considerablefield work, extensive travel (tend to be “on the move”), and a high degree of faculty involvementand management.Engineering Practice in EuropeIn January 2006 the authors offered the first intersession course, a two-week field-study course,entitled “Engineering Practice in Europe.” As the name implies the focus of the course was onengineering application and practice. It provided students with a two-week introduction to theengineering industry and educational institutions in France. Field study visits to educationalinstitutions, research laboratories, and production facilities provided direct exposure to keyengineering technologies and dialogue with engineering and management professionals

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

curriculum.The two engineering entrepreneurship sections each met for 15 hours during thesemester, and extra time was provided for meetings with success coaches and peermentors. The six main areas covered in the sections are detailed below: • Academic Success- study skills, time management, finding help for classroom material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farhad Azadivar, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University

, faculty, and the general public.Myth #1: If you build it, they will comeMany leaders of the university and the community believe that if the university starts a centerthat has access to the faculty expertise and laboratory and other facilities that the industry couldutilize, the private sector will break the doors to get in and use the services. This, unfortunately,is not true. There are two classes of gaps between the industry and the university environments: Page 12.1247.6Cultural Gaps and Motivational Gaps.Cultural GapsThe list and comparison of some of the cultural differences are given in Table 1. Table 1: Cultural Differences

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Riddell, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

Ludlow, D. K.., Schultz, K. H., “Writing across the chemical engineering curriculum at the University ofNorth Dakota,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, pp. 161, 1994.19 Newell, J. A., Ludlow, D. K., Sternberg, S. P. K., “Progressive development of oral and writtencommunication skills across an integrated laboratory sequence,” Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 31,pp 116-119, 1997.20 Van Orden, N., “Is writing an effective way to learn chemical concepts?,” Journal of ChemicalEducation, Vol. 67, pp 583, 1990.21 Riddell, W., Jansson, P., Dahm, K., Benavidez, H., Haynes, J., Schowalter, D., “Conservation of Energyfor Campus Buildings: Design, Communication and Environmentalism through Project Based Learning,”Paper 2006-153 in the

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

onespecific example, this participant talked about choosing to teach classes that relate to hisresearch interest and background so that he can optimize both his teaching and researchinterests. “…the courses I tend to choose to teach are courses that are related to my background, related to my interest, either laboratory or hands-on. The senior-level course is a new course that I had developed, the one I teach in spring, and that was based on my interests -- started out as just materials, and gradually evolved toward the role of materials in construction and constructability, and so the senior course I teach is on reinforced concrete construction, and we talk about constructability issues, not just how

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pat Pyke; John Gardner; Marcia Belcheir; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll; Cheryl Schrader

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First-Year Programs

(Any 2) Completed (Any 2) Completed (Any 2) Completed (Any 2) (Mechanical) (Materials Science) (Civil) (Electrical) Heat Transfer MSE Laboratory Engr. Properties of Signals & Systems Construction Materials Applied Mechanics Mech. Behavior of Transportation Engr. System Modeling of Materials Materials Fundamentals and Control Kinematics and Thermodynamics of Reinforced Concrete Microelectronic Machine Dynamics Materials Design Circuits

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Advice from the Experts for NEEs at Small Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Larson, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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New Engineering Educators

are chairs who are involved in reviewing tenure cases.Our first piece of advice is to carefully pick a research topic and projects to work on. Forexample, it may be difficult to find undergraduate students with sufficient background toparticipate in a project that is too theoretical. On the other hand, if the research is tooexperimental, the need to obtain funds for adequate equipment and laboratory space may makecertain experiments impossible. You also need to think of the looming tenure review and likelyavoid projects that require significant learning and/or infrastructure development. Tips on Page 12.1151.2selecting a research topic are

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Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Reid, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Christine Floyd, Brownsburg East Middle School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, working in a laboratory wearing white lab coats. In one study involving thedevelopment and use of a similar Draw an Engineer Test4, many initial misconceptions includedengineers as primarily train drivers or auto mechanics. Most student responses involvedengineers building buildings or fixing car engines, and were nearly all male. This perception ismost likely one factor contributing to a very low percentage of female engineering students.Model Eliciting Activities:Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are specifically designed as client driven, open endedproblems. The goal of the activity is to design a model with transferability rather than a singlesolution, a concept not typically found in middle school problems. MEAs lack structure found

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Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Kansaku, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Kehr, Klamath County School District; Catherine Lanier, Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium

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Engineering Technology

activities associated with Changes in Altitude. All workshop, travel,and room and board fees are covered by the Arizona Space Grant Consortium except for a$65/student participation fee paid prior to the launch. The Changes in Altitude programguarantees four launches over two years with different student teams and follow up to discuss theresults of the launch.The Youth Exploring the Stratosphere! (YES!) from the New Mexico State University PhysicalScience Laboratory provides a BalloonSat launch outreach opportunity to primary and secondaryschool students. The NASA Balloon Program Office (BPO) provides an annual NASAsponsored balloon flight that includes student experiment packages from New Mexico schools oneach flight. YES! is built around the