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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shannon Twigg; Eric Johnson

flightcontrol system design. Use of a simulation gives the engineer a safe, quick and convenientmethod for testing or designing new controllers. In the past several years, many colleges havebegun using computer simulations in conjunction with teaching control design. At the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology School of Aerospace Engineering, one of the senior level aerospaceengineering laboratory courses, AE 4525, has developed three new experiments to utilizecomputer flight simulator technology. This allows the students to design and test variouscontrollers using a high fidelity flight simulator; instead of studying only more idealizedtheoretical models.Nomenclature V Total Velocity feet/second alpha (α

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ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Douglas Acheson

Session 3447 The Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV) – A Humanitarian Capstone Project Douglas C. Acheson Computer Graphics Technology Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)AbstractEngineering and technology schools, departments and students are encouraged to explore acapstone design project option that possesses significant, far-reaching implications forinternational humanitarian application. An Indianapolis, Indiana-based non-profit organizationcalled the “Institute of Affordable Transportation (IAT)” engages young engineering andtechnology talent

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Jones

Session 1737 A New Workstation for Teaching Statics in Machinery Daniel K. Jones, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Technology State University of New York, Institute of TechnologyIntroductionWith increasing enrollment and decreasing funds for laboratory equipment, manyprofessors are facing challenges in providing hands-on experience for students inengineering technology. To address these concerns, a simple, inexpensive workstationhas been designed, built, and tested to teach students practical aspects of staticequilibrium. During Fall 2002, this new workstation

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Yichong Zeng; Patrick Kwon; Muhammad Sohail Ahmed; Jenny Wang-Chavez

Page 8.826.9blurred the boundary between real world practice and classroom learning. By focusing on real- Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationworld applications, learning becomes meaningful and real. While students actively participate insolving real world problems, they are also able to make full use of the capabilities of web-enhanced technologies to make their learning more efficient and engaging.Using web-based media will not only combat the challenges mentioned above, but also makes iteasier for other engineering programs to access and share courses and resources created byGreenfield

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Frank Wicks

convergence of space, atomic clock, microwave, process computers and efficientproblem solving algorithms technologies and sciences that have made the system possible. This paper will discuss how some of the GPS related concepts that have beenintroduced into various courses taught by the author, along with National Engineer’sWeek lectures over the last few years. Additional descriptions and applications arecontained in the “Where on Earth?” article by the author which was the cover story on theJuly, 2002 issue of Mechanical Engineering (Reference 1).2. Defining the Navigation Problem Navigation means getting from where you are to where you want to be. We start ourdaily travel from home to work by first knowing where we are and from

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Control Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Rehg; Peter Shull

fieldbus system, it is important to teach Differential Pressure Foundation fieldbus in the educational environment. The Transmitter education of future control engineers in this new technology is the key to moving process control from the distributedcontrol system model to the networked model described by Foundation fieldbus.AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions in both equipment and assistancefrom ControlSoft (INTUNE) and Emerson (Rosemount and Micromotion). We wouldlike to thank Philip B. Szajnuk Jr., Michael Mihuc, and Lance Baum from Rosemount andGraham England and Paul Botzman of ControlSoft This work was partially supported byNSF under grant number 0127013

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anthony Trippe

an instructor “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”fills out. Communication with students can be enhanced with myCourses through the use ofintegrated class email lists, discussion boards or live chat rooms. Also available are an onlinegrade book along with a tool for creating online tests and surveys.Comparison of Course FormatsThe Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department at RITdeveloped a three-course sequence which teaches technical programming skills. The foundationobjective for the course sequence is that students learn the grammar and syntax

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Young

Engineering curriculum. An integral part of the Department’s CDIO (conceive – design –implement -operate) educational strategy, the Unified Engineering DBF course is in its fifth yearof development with continuous improvements incorporated each year.This paper will provide an overview of the educational strategies employed, the learningobjectives, and their connection to the Department’s CDIO Syllabus. Fundamental assumptionsand cognitive progression of teaching design-by-redesign will also be discussed.1 Senior Lecturer, Colonel USAF (ret.), Room 33-240, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02139, telephone: (617) 253-5340, e-mail:pwyoung@mit.edu – corresponding

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Gustavo Bolaños

designedto strengthen the engineering skills, and also the so called “transferable” skills (i.e., teamwork,communication, self evaluation, and creativity) of the ChE students, and to provide studies ofinterest for the local industrial sector.The class activities are designed to explore aspects related to teamwork, process synthesis,process safety, cost estimation and application of economic engineering concepts. Each classsession is followed by a workshop in which the students work in teams and immediately practicethe concepts previously studied. We use cooperative learning by asking each team to select oneleader of process technology, one of market intelligence, and one of economic evaluation, andby offering specific workshops on these topics to

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dhirendra Bhattarai; Christopher Ibeh

(DLA) and the life cycle value analysis (LCVA) methodsoperate on the basis of assigning expertly, pre-determined weighting factors to the pre-specified properties to portray their levels of importance. The weighting factor approachmakes it possible to rank pre-selected materials in order of suitability. This paperdiscusses the successful and innovative use of the DLA and LCVA techniques, as part ofthe “advanced engineering materials,” graduate engineering technology course atPittsburg State University (PSU), in the materials selection for the housings of signal andradar detection units. It is the authors’ position that the costs/performance-importance ofmaterials in product, process and system’ design and development dictate that

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ann Anderson; Richard Wilk

effectively in writing to a variety of audiences. (7a) I am able to make effective oral presentations to a variety of audiences. (7b) I am comfortable expressing my views and questioning others in a group discussion situation. (7c) I am comfortable communicating electronically (email) with a variety of audiences.(7d) I am able to create a web page for a specific purpose. (7e)10 I feel I am able to interact comfortably with people of other cultures. (8a) I am able to function comfortably in a foreign country. (8b)9 I am comfortable using information technology to search and gather relevant information from a variety of sources for use in the solution of engineering problems

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Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dioselin Gonzalez; Ronald Glotzbach; Carlos Morales

WindowsMedia. To receive Windows Media the author embedded a Windows Media Player COMobject within Director. This did have a negative aspect on the tool. COM is a Microsoftonly technology. Thus the tool would only be compatible with Windows Media when Page 8.659.4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Session:running on a Windows system. On a Macintosh, users could only receive Real Mediaand QuickTime.In the third scenario

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Leah Jamieson; Lynne Slivovsky; William Oakes

Session 2525 Evaluating Multidisciplinary Design Teams Lynne Slivovsky, William Oakes, Leah Jamieson Purdue UniversityAbstract Many program look for ways to simulate “real” design experiences. At PurdueUniversity, the EPICS - Engineering Projects in Community Service – program does thisthrough long-term team projects that solve technology-based problems for local communityservice organizations. The program currently has 24 project teams with approximately 450students participating during the 2002 academic year. Each EPICS project team consists of tento 20 students, a local

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lee Greguske; Justin Reese; Frederik Betz; Chad Weis; Michael Swedish; Glenn Wrate

Director, Jon Kuhl,Application Engineer, and Alan Gilgenbach, Director of Internet Applicance Technology atEngage Networks, Inc. and Mr. Richard Westmore, Principle of Enertech for their ongoing workon this project.Bibliography1 Glenn Wrate, “Focus on Energy – Wisconsin’s Initiative to Reduce Industrial Energy Consumption”, Proceedingsof the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 23332 Glenn T. Wrate, “Development of a Building Electrical Power Systems Design Specialty,” Proceedings of the2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Session 1433

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Robert Hesketh

Session 2003-2484 Issues Encountered with Students using Process Simulators Mariano J Savelski and Robert P. Hesketh Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701AbstractProcess Simulators has become an indispensable tool for design and retrofit of refineries andpetrochemical plants. Originally created for the commodity industry, the advantages provided bythese tools have made them also an attractive option for other

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Uske; Robert Barat

Session 2793 ESTIMATION OF LAMINAR BURNING VELOCITIES BY DIRECT DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY J. Uske and R. Barat* Chemical Engineering Department New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights Newark, NJ 07102Abstract By being a function of both transport (diffusion) and chemical reaction rates, thelaminar burning velocity (LBV) of a gaseous fuel/oxidant mixture is a window to thecomplexities of combustion. Direct photography of the inner cone of a Bunsen flameremains a

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Szaroletta

Engineering Technology curriculum, there has been little opportunityfor hands-on experimental and finite element analysis verification of overhung beam theory. Tofill that void, several experimental mechanics class projects were devised and successfullyimplemented by the author and these experiences are documented in this paper.Introduction:This paper describes a series of reproducible projects, including discussion of the major benefitsof utilizing the overhung beam: flexibly supporting multiple experiments with similar set-ups;providing a relatively simple and effective means towards achieving a repeatable, uniformdistributed loading in a laboratory environment (through gravity and beam material density); andproviding a relatively low cost platform

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Environmental Justice and Sustainability

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Radhika Kotha

Session 3551 THE DESIGNING OF THE “NATURAL HOUSE”: A STUDENT’S EXPERIENCE Radhika Kotha 3rd Yr., Mechanical Engineering Student Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology Hyderabad, IndiaAbstract“The Natural House”, the inspiration of one of our professors and a project of Centre forEnvironment Studies and Socioresponsive Engineering in our Mechanical EngineeringDepartment, is being designed to “behave” like an “organism” in relation to the surroundingnatural environment. Within

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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R.W. Carpick; K.W. Lux; Buck Johnson; Wendy Crone

hard disks. Because of the diversity of disciplinespursuing research and applications in nanoscale science and engineering, nanotechnology has thepotential to make an even broader impact.2The importance of this emerging technology to society and industry requires that undergraduateinstitutions take steps to adapt their curriculum to ensure a capable future workforce as well as amore scientifically literate general population.3-5 Problem-solving will continue to be animportant part of undergraduate education, as will the need to cultivate creative, critical, andentrepreneurial thinking.4,6 Yet, science and engineering undergraduates will need acomprehensive education that includes nanotechnology in order to navigate successfully the

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

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2003 Annual Conference

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Melissa Lin

& Reports & Engineering Marketing Figure 7: A Company CRMIn addition to the desired features and mission of a desired CRM system, we assume arough-draft of minimum IT technology requirements are also given below:1) Compatibility with NT / Win2000 OS2) Web capable3) Open Systems - ODBC compatibility4) A Progress based is desired (for backward compatibility) but not required5) Main stream DB technology - none proprietary infrastructure technology6) Client Server is not required, but the web access requirement is absolutely needed7) Must have PDO (Palm device compatibility)8) License CostsThe

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Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stanley Kieta; Christopher Decock; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

Session Number 2150 Students Teaching Students: a Pedagogical Experiment Gregory M. Dick, Stanley J. Kieta, Christopher A. Decock. Jerry W. Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractHow do you fill a course and laboratory instructor vacancy on no notice? What happenswhen the Adjunct Professor cannot arrange a schedule for the laboratory portion of thecourse? Peer tutoring has been utilized for years in the sciences, math and humanities. Isit possible to use an upper-class student to assist in an engineering technology laboratorysetting

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul King; Sean Brophy; Stacy Klein-Gardner

sciences and learning technologies in biomedical engineering. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, Annual Reviews. 4, 29-48.[2] Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt (CTGV). (1997). The Jasper Project: Lessons in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.[3] Schwartz, D. L, Brophy, S., Lin, X. & Bransford, J. D. (1999) Software for managing complex learning: Examples from an educational psychology course. Educational Technology Research and Development. 47(2). p 39-60[4] Schwartz, D. L., Lin, X., Brophy, S., & Bransford, J. D. (1999). Toward the development of flexibly adaptive instructional designs. In Reigeluth (Ed

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Issues in Computer Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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M. Sharma

Lubbock, TX 79409-1021 edanderson@ttu.edu 3 Department of Psychology Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409-2051 roman.taraban@ttu.eduAbstractWhile education processes in all disciplines are experiencing some paradigm shifts with the recentadvent and rapid advances made in the technology of designing, developing, and deliveringComputer-Based-Instruction (CBI), engineering education, in particular, is entering a new andchallenging phase. One of our biggest challenges is integrating CBI technologies

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kathleen Harper; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Agricultural Engineeringat Michigan State University in 1974. He served on the faculty at Minnesota from 1975 to 1987.JOHN A. MERRILLJohn Merrill is the Director for the First-Year Engineering Program at The Ohio State University (OSU). Hiscurrent responsibilities include operations, faculty recruiting, curriculum development, and program assessment.Dr. Merrill received his Ph.D. in Instructional Design an d Technology from OSU in 1985, and has an extensivebackground in public education, corporate training, and contract research.RICHARD J. FREULERRichard J. Freuler is the Coordinator for and teaches in the Ohio State Fundamentals of Engineering for Honorssequence. He is also Associate Director for the Aeronautical and Astronautical Research Laboratory

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Carney; Michael Nolan; James Lampe; Raymond Thompson

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthis globalization initiative, the department received an internal university grant to help developthis program. After three years of significant travel and discussion, departmental faculty decidedin addition to integration of global topics into the curriculum, a cultural experience of some sortwas a desirable addition to the degree program. The faculty decided to approach the problem byemploying creative methods of enculturation.When asked to prioritize the different activities that members of the Aviation Technology IndustryAdvisory Committee and faculty felt would benefit our students

Conference Session

Laboratory Developments and Innovations

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocio Alba-Flores; Fernando Rios-Gutierrez

introductory DigitalDesign course. The handheld computer provides access to class material and lab tools andmakes the learning process more dynamic and interactive and made difficult topics moreaccessible and easier to understand to the students. The paper concludes with adescription of the assessment for the workshop and a discussion of future uses of thistechnology.1.0 IntroductionThe University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), College of Science and Engineering requiresengineering and computer science majors to have a hand-held personal computer withwireless access for use in some of their classes. The purpose of the wireless pocket PCrequirement is both to enhance the technological environment of the engineering andcomputer science classroom and to

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Tucker; Bob Lahidji

technologies such as the Internet1. The Wall Street Journal in anarticle titled “Elite colleges finally embrace Online degree Courses” stated: “the university hasrecognized that after the initial cost such as computers, software and other associated cost indeveloping an online course could be more economical for the institution to offer the programthan live programs”3. An article in Mechanical Engineers Jan 2001 states that "convenience andcost are two main reasons to take a distance learning course"4. Roger Schank in his article statedthat "Typically, university administrations care about revenue, prestige and image, and being leftbehind"5.The review of literature does not reveal any unified method of compensation for faculty whodevelop or teach

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Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Miskimins

Session 3125 Peer Learning: Observation of the Cluster Effect in Multidisciplinary Team Settings Jennifer L. Miskimins Colorado School of MinesIntroductionTeamwork education and multidisciplinary integration have become progressively more importantover the last decade. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which isresponsible for the accreditation of engineering programs, specifically states that engineeringprograms “must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to function on multi-disciplinaryteams

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Innovative Curricula and Outreach

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

Session 2651 Watershed Analysis and Teacher Education Resource (WATER) Project Dr. Bruce W. Berdanier T.J. Smull College of Engineering, Ohio Northern UniversityIntroductionIt has been suggested that engineers could focus on professionalism by pursuing activities thatdirectly enhance the engineering profession such as working with organizations and universitiesto promote K-12 education in science, engineering, math and technology 2. Science andmathematics classes in the K-12 arena are considered gateways to the engineering profession 1and can provide the context that students need to make the

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Durgamadhab Misra; Fadi Deek; Kamal Joshi; Vladimir Briller

control group.The t-tests on experimental and control groups’ retention, cumulative GPA and ratios of earnedand attempted credit hours showed statistically significant difference between two groups.Survey responses from both faculty and students confirmed that REU has increased students’motivation and interest towards research.Introduction and literature reviewActive participation in real-life research has always been considered a high motivation for theundergraduates. According to NSF Report “Shaping The Future: New Expectations forUndergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology “America's Page