Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata-Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Jay Straker, Colorado School of Mines; Marcelo Simoes, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Ethics

their ideas about the scope of engineering and the future of theircareers.AssessmentAssessment activities are planned and have been implemented throughout this project. To date,the majority of assessment methods have been formative in nature. As was discussed earlier, aliterature review has been completed and based on this review, student learning outcomes havebeen proposed. These outcomes have been used in curriculum development and thus are alignedteaching and learning goals. As the curriculum is implemented, summative assessments thatinclude pre- and post-content assessments and student surveys will be implemented.Preliminary formative assessment has taken place in the one-credit pilot seminar and in one HEEmodule. In the one-credit pilot

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri

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Educational Research and Methods

instrument to collect data on the reasons engineering students decide to transfer outof engineering. In addition to gathering basic demographic data (e.g. engineering major studentintended to complete, University GPA, et.) the instrument gathers data on the following topics:reasons for initially pursuing an engineering major, high school preparation, intended transferdestination (e.g. which college, work, military), career plans, participation in collegeextracurricular activities, factors that impacted respondents decision to leave engineeringincluding a rating of the significance of each contributing factor. Sample questions related tolevel of confidence (Figure 1) and factors in the decision to leave (Figure 2) are

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College

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Electrical and Computer

=prints&sid=2097[2] http://www.ecmweb.com/mag/electric_businessminded_engineer/index.html[3] http://www.prism-magazine.org/jan04/global.cfm[4] http://www.ece.wpi.edu/News/mezak.html[5] www.tmworld.com[6] http://www.silicontaiga.org/home.asp?artId=3072[7] P. Bhattacharya, I Dabipi, H. Majlesein, “Effects of Principle Technological Thrust Areas inDeveloping Electrical Engineering Education”, ICEE`99, Paper No. 429, Czech Republic, 1999.[8] www-ee.stanford.edu/forms/eeplan.pdf “A Strategic Plan for Electrical Engineering at Stanford”[9] E. Ferguson “Impact of Offshore Outsourcing on CS/IS Curricula”, proceedings of CCSC CentralPlains Conference, pp. 68-77, April 2004.[10] Hira, R, “The Dependence of Developing Countries on U.S. IT Demand

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mean-Shang Chen, Central Michigan University; Michael Chan, China Travel Ship Management Limited; Dru Wilson, Central Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

. In the manufacturing environment, the process planning must be fast, flexible andeasy to change for the benefit of a mass production. Two separate NC codes, which were createdbased on different tool paths in this study, can significantly reduce if not completely eliminatethe changeover/setup time. The first NC code was used to cut the brake shoe profile that includeall the round fillet corners and draft angles. Figure 4 illustrates this process that produces a verysmooth surface that is ideal for composite mold making. The second NC code was used for thedepth of cut, which was basically a 2D path, on the flat surface of the part. It could be easilyrevised without changing the features on the original part. For example, if the thickness of

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mathews, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

-8 employers with ahistory of hiring co-op students at MSU and invited them to breakfast on the morning of ourcareer fair when they were planning to be on campus already. We had approximately 15employers from 6 different companies represented at the breakfast. The main points that theemployers stressed in the surveying process were: ‚ the survey needs to be online and not paper that will get lost on a supervisor’s desk; ‚ the survey needs to take no more than 30 minutes to complete and 5-15 minutes would be optimal; ‚ the survey needs to stress to the employers that expectations for students may vary depending on the level of the student and their particular co-op semester; ‚ the survey would provide a vehicle for

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin Cook, Montana State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

of concepts learned, the curriculum has been revised and improved to provide graphics courses during each of the first three years of the typical four year plan. 1st Year: MET 119 Technical 3rd Year: Graphics Communication- MET 303 CAE Tools in Intro. to Communicating 2nd Year: Mechanical Design - with 2-D and 3-D CAD MET 211 Graphics in Modeling, FEA, CFD, Design – Simulations, CAM, RP Graphical design

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming-yin Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Kwok-wai Mui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Architectural

express concern about the time and effort required toachieve learning outcomes. This paper reviews these concerns, and presents the results of anattitudinal survey among a group of 143 engineering students that reveals their misgivings.Kendall’s rank correlation was used to analyse the results. The paper continues by showingthat through careful planning, design and implementation of on-line course success ispossible, thus enabling full advantage of the benefits of available technologies to accrue.The paper concludes by arguing that learner feedback is essential when evaluating on-lineinstruction.Keywords: e-learning, web-based coursesIntroduction What is e-learning? There are a lot of complex definitions of e-learning in theacademia. The

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Klenk, Duke University; Frank Dreher, Duke University; Emilie Condon, Githens Middle School; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lara Oliver, Duke University; Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Nancy Shaw, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

case study, anddiscusses publication of the engineering module in the TeachEngineering digital library.Engineering Teaching Fellow TrainingTraining in both classroom management and lesson planning are important to the success ofEngineering Teaching Fellows in any classroom26. An ESL classroom poses additionalchallenges. Teaching in an ESL classroom requires that the Fellow prepare lessons that take intoaccount the language proficiency of the students as well as their background knowledge of atopic. Prior to beginning an engineering activity, the Fellow must first identify the vocabularywords the students will need to learn in order to demonstrate mastery of the activity’s learningobjectives. Met16 indicates that some vocabulary is “content

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

with MATLAB. Thus, many students face challenges stemmingfrom issues faced by all novice programmers, which are described in Natural Language Tutoringand the Novice Programmer6 and the references therein; beyond learning the specific elements ofa given programming language, most of the challenges are related to managing complexity anddeveloping problem solving skills and schemas. Specific challenges include the lack of a “libraryof schemata” (i.e. a collection of structures and concepts) from which to draw problem solutioncomponents; difficulty managing the decomposition, composition, and goal/sub-goal processesinherent in programming; and a tendency to begin coding without adequate (or often any) planning.2 Course DesignOur process of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy

levels of follow-up are planned. The students who just completed the Electronics II courseare currently on co-op rotation and will return to take courses in the second Junior semester inMay 2007. Another co-op rotation will take these students off campus in September 2007, andthey return in January 2008 for two consecutive academic semesters that include the capstonedesign course sequence. It will be important to work with instructors in the Summer 2007 term toencourage the continued use of LATEX/Subversion so that the students will still remember it for thecapstone design course sequence.The second level of follow-up is to introduce LATEX/Subversion at an earlier stage in the students’academic program. In January 2007, the first author began

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Darris White, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Women in Engineering

for women and 100% of the non-graduating students plan towork on the project and remain in the engineering program next year.The all-female Baja SAE project is a unique experience that enhances the education andperceived retention rate of participating women. The project results in a group ofempowered role models that appeal to potential engineering students. As part of abroader effort to improve female representation in engineering, all-female projects havethe potential to create a lasting impact.References1 US Department of Labor website, http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2003.pdf, last updated: March2003.2 Ginoria, Angela. Warming the Climate for Women in Academic Science. American Association forColleges and Universities, 1995

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darris White, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; J. E. McKisson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; William Barott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 12.1133.8students have been asked to come to a consensus and agree on decisions. Improvingdocumentation and communication skills are features that should be stress on futureprojects.The authors plan to survey the students to gauge the students’ impression of thecombined project at the conclusion of the project. The result of the survey will be helpfulin adapting the course. The timing of the survey, if the survey is conducted in the middleof the project or at the conclusion of the project, could have a significant impact on theresults.Relationship to ABETThe SAE Formula Hybrid project related to all the ABET required outcomes (A-K) and isa better match to the requirements than previous single disciplinary projects. The

Conference Session

What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Austin Talley, University of Texas--Austin; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Rachel Kuhr, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

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Mechanics

& effect. Focuses on subjective meaning and values. F THINKING FEELING Manner in Which a Person Comes to Conclusions J Focus is on timely, planned decisions. Focus on process oriented decision-making. P JUDGEMENT PERCEPTION3.2. Felder-Soloman’s Index of Learning StylesFelder- Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles24 are composed of four dimensions(active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) (Table 4). Richard M.Felder and Linda K

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nhut Tan Ho

Actions that enhance faculty competence in personal, A curriculum designed with mutually supporting interpersonal, and product and system building skills disciplinary subjects, with an explicit plan to integrate 10. Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills personal, interpersonal, and product and system Actions that enhance faculty competence in providing building skills integrated learning experiences, in using active 4. Introduction to Engineering experiential learning methods, and in assessing An introductory course that provides the framework for student learning engineering practice in product and system building, 11. CDIO Skills

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

runsPlantScape software (Release 500.1). We plan to install the latest software version, ExperionTM,in the near future. More than 11,000 Honeywell automation systems have been installed since1974, giving Honeywell the largest installed base in the automation industry2. Using thisindustrial software in the unit operations and industrial control laboratories prepares the studentsfor using it on the job. The students will be familiar with the software that their plant operatorsare using, and they will already know how to generate step response curves. They will have seenadvanced control techniques implemented and know how to tune them.The first experiment is tuning a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) feedback controller for theflow manifold used with

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ramazan Asmatulu; Waseem Khan; Humphrey Wamocha; Adebayo Adeniji

planned for ME students, including nanoparticle, nanowire, nanofilm, nanocomopiste andnanodevice fabrication and characterizations:2. FABRICATIONS OF NANOMATERIALS AND DEVICES2.1 Nanoparticle Fabrications Recently, a number of nanoparticles (magnetic, optic, conductive, semi-conductive, etc.)have been investigated to determine the properties of these functional materials. It is known thatnanosize particles have unique chemical, optical, electronic, magnetic, mechanical or tribologicalproperties when compared with their counter parts. The high saturation magnetization and/ormagnetic susceptibility of magnetic nanoparticles are of even greater interest for pharmaceutical,medical and electronic applications [5]. For example, magnetite (Fe3O4

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Meader Woo; John M. Watkins

are plans to replace the DSA with the DSAGUIduring the upcoming academic year. The DSAGUI is available from the authors upon request.References1 Watkins, J., “A Virtual Implementation Of A Dynamic Signal Analyzer Using Simulink,” Proceedings of the 2005ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: The Changing Landscape of Engineering and Technology Education in aGlobal World, Portland, OR, June 2005.2 Wang, F., Abramovitch, D., and Franklin, G., “A Method for Verifying Measurements and Models of Linear andNonlinear Systems,” Proceedings of the American Controls Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 1993.3 Lilienkamp, K. and Trumper, D., “Dynamic Signal Analyzer for dSPACE,” Proceedings of the dSPACE User’sConference, Dearborn, MI, May 2000.4

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

Self-Rating Scale (0 = none, 5 = a lot)Course Objectives and StructureThe overall objective of our ChE FED course is to give freshman and transfer students an introductoryengineering design experience combining experimental and computational tools that is FUN!Specifically, the students will learn to work successfully in a team; to plan effectively; to design,engineer, and construct a working system that uses available resources, meets required objectives, andoperates within stated constraints; and, finally, to report on their results.The chemical engineering FED course meets three hours per week for fourteen weeks (one semester). Itis divided into laboratory and computer components. Each week, the students typically spend 1-2 hoursworking in

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Susan J. Masten; Robert V. Fleisig

recommended adesign competition, although others were intimidated by the idea. Several teams went beyond requirements for conceptual designsand developed prototypes. Several modifications were made for the following year. The two design projects were reduced to one,to allow for greater concentration of effort on one project. The current plans call for continuation of the design projects sponsoredby EWB but with an increased number of projects. In cooperation with EWB, a greater number and breadth of topics is beingdeveloped. Effective projects may neither be too broad nor too narrow. Past projects often suffered from a lack of studentimagination simply because there was no concept generation and selection opportunity. Some projects simply involved

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Tom Moran; Jeffrey Wagner

/promoter to contract with them for the needed services.As a group, students helped set the scope of the concert and, working with actual BLM manualsand application forms, analyzed the effort that would be needed to ensure the conditions for allnecessary permits were met in a timely fashion.4 The economics professor visited the class threetimes. On the first visit, he presented an overview of his plans for the concert and providedstudents with background information on the economic situation faced by small farms and theforces at play in their survival. He also described the origin and history of the Farm Aid concert.Based on this first meeting, students were asked to create an inter-office memo (internalcommunication) alerting co-workers to the

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Gregory E. Needel

programming. This allows students to gain exposure to their field of interest whileacquiring a basic knowledge and respect for other disciplines.IntroductionRobotics as an area of interest encompasses every field of engineering, and requires a wellcalculated plan to implement a successful robot. The diversified nature of robotics gives studentsa comprehensive view of an entire system, rather than just their component disciplines. Skills inspecific areas such as mechanics, programming, system design, and the human interactionsrequired to work in multidisciplinary groups can all be learned through hands-on exposure withrobotics. This experience also has the potential to expose students to the interactive nature ofengineering in the real world.The use

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

West campus, the Downtown campusand the Polytechnic campus. None of these is a main campus and none of these is asatellite campus. The Polytechnic campus is located in Mesa and the enrollment there isprojected to grow from 5,000 to 15,000 over the next decade1. As part of this plan, a newengineering program has been created at the Polytechnic campus. In order to avoidduplication of degrees already taught in engineering at the Tempe campus, the newprogram will accredit through ABET as a general engineering program. An overalldescription of this “clean slate” opportunity to rethink engineering education has beendescribed elsewhere2. Here our focus will be on the development of an electricalengineering systems concentration within this multi

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christan Whysong, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

minutes, was to allow students to hear the varying views oftheir classmates.The Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Engineering Education are onlybeginning to implement this ethics training through a spiral themed curriculum so it is essentialto orchestrate an assessment plan for future evaluation. The assessment tool utilized for thisexercise was a survey which students spent ten minutes filling out after the class discussion. Forquestions 2.1 through 2.5, students were to circle the best response where: Page 12.854.6 1 is strongly disagree 2 is disagree 3 is no opinion 4 is agree 5 is strongly agree2.1

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Dennis Gouran, Pennsylvania State University; Laura L. Pauley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

criteria: engineering knowledge, general knowledge,continuous learning, quality orientation, initiative, innovation, cultural adaptability, analysis andjudgment, planning, communication, teamwork, integrity, professional impact, and customerfocus. They mapped these fourteen competencies to each of the ABET abilities in a matrix.13Each ABET ability was mapped to more than one underlying competency. Approximately fiveitems were developed to measure each competency. For our study, we were particularlyinterested in the communication competency items.Around the same time, another group developed a framework to assess ABET criteria 3a-3kstudent outcome criteria based on Bloom’s taxonomy.17, 18 This project was supported in part byNSF funding,19 and the

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of. They all reside on campus inresidence halls during their stay, one for men and one for women. The counselors alsolive in the dorms (along with a hall manager and two assistant hall managers), enforcingcurfew and maintaining general order. They also organize activities on evenings andweekends, and often hold nighttime discussions about what it is like to be an engineeringstudent. IEP students also are also provided with meal plans, which allows them to usethe dining hall and Notre Dame’s food services facilities.Daily WorkEach student is required to write a one-page report for each of the morning lectures, aswell as for each field trip. The report details the lecture topic, and the student is alsoasked to provide his/her opinion on the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Branco, Politecnico de Viseu; Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

Mechanical Workshop 11−13 Manufacturing 45 8The overall course objectives, from the desired student outcomes, were to know and understandengineering concepts, by means of an integrated historical vision, to organize and plan all thedifferent activities that the graduation requires, applying time management and study techniques,to approach different research methods, to be able to perform bibliographic research, handing insmall assignments under the supervision of the Engineering graduations and, finally, to actuallymanufacture simple parts or assembled devices using the department’s mechanical workshopfacilities, measurement equipment, machinery and hardware. The experiments and

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Kristine Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Corinne Darvennes, Tennessee Technological University; Alison Wachs, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assessedon the EAF form.Another factor influencing the development of the EAF survey form was the plan to use highschool students as observers. Because the observers were not knowledgeable researchers andwould have only minimal training, it was important to keep the form as simple as possible.Survey Form and Observer Orientation. A two-page survey observation form was developed,along with an instruction sheet. Prior to the opening session on the morning of EAF, eachobserver received a folder with the survey form for the day’s activities and the instruction sheet,which included a completed example form. A brief explanation was given, and observers hadtime to ask questions. The orientation session was conducted several times as the volunteerobservers

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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First-Year Programs

to earn a minimum gpa of 3.0 in these 28 credits of coursework, with nograde lower than a C-, in order to move into one of the pre-professional programs in engineering.This gpa was chosen to demonstrate the strong foundation in math and science required tosucceed in engineering, as well as a commitment to university studies. It also equates to theminimum required math and science performance of students in this level of coursework fordirect admission into the pre-professional engineering program. The program is designed to becompleted in a single, full-time academic year (2 to 3 semesters). Part-time students areencouraged to work with the Engineering Bridge advisor to develop a plan of work that allowsthem to progress through the Bridge

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Kirk Schulz, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

etiquette and American customs that others may take forgranted.What They Don’t Tell You in Graduate School – Academic ParentingProvide planning, expectations, and guidelinesAs an advisor, it is important to develop clear guidelines and expectations for students.Appendix A gives some guidelines one of the co-authors has used with her graduate students.By putting this information in writing and providing it to the students, this helps the graduatestudents to understand more clearly what is expected of them. Similar documents can bedeveloped for journal paper preparation or other common tasks associated with your researchprogram.Be Patient – Students take time to developIt is especially important to be patient with new graduate students who are just

Conference Session

FPD12 -- Novel Approaches to First Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia Wigal, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ignatius Fomunung, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Edwin Foster, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ronald Goulet, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

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First-Year Programs

future student learning and industry and society needs.Ignatius Fomunung, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Ignatius W. Fomunung received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is presently an associate professor of engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). His primary areas of interest and expertise include transportation-air quality planning and analysis, application of advanced technologies in transportation, and the development of clean alternative fuels and energy sources. Dr Fomunung is an ExCEED (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Fellow.Edwin Foster, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Edwin P. Foster, PhD, P.E