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Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

the average level of studentratings in the IDEA national database. Also, classroom attendance and passing rates were higherin the experimental classes than the rates in the traditional classes.IntroductionEducational research in the late 20th century has seen the evolution of unconventional teachingmethods like co-operative learning, peer instruction, critical thinking exercises, and classroom Page 10.1075.1assessment.1-8 Patricia Cross,9 a leading educator, indicated in her American Association ofHigher Education’s (AAHE’s) 1998 National Conference keynote address that, “We have moreProceedings of the 2005 American Society for

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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Mario Castro-Cedeno

The Use of Manufacturing Commands and Features in a CAD Interface to Familiarize Engineering Students with Manufacturing Equipment and Processes Capabilities Mario H. Castro-Cedeno Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5603 AbstractManufacturing features and commands such as cut, drill, mill, turn, etc. can be added to theinterface of computer aided CAD software. The commands can be used to design simple tomedium complexity parts by using commands in a way that resemble the creation of

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jamie Piacentine; Tonya Emerson

Chico maintains a database of all local teachers in our service areawho are interested in math and science outreach programs. With the support of the Center forMath and Science, 1,000 flyers describing the event, the basic schedule, and registrationdeadlines were mailed to teachers whose schools were as far as one hour from our campus. TheCenter continues to share their database each year, which has allowed the student leaders topromote Minds in Motion to our service area pre-college teachers and expand the number ofteachers who receive announcements to schools within 2 1/2 hours of our university.To determine how many volunteers were needed, the coordinators and the faculty advisorbrainstormed the volunteer positions, developed job

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MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

containing further details. An analysis is done of possibleareas of need not covered adequately by existing resources.Engineering Professional Societies and Engineering Education Related SitesProfessional societies for engineers provide scholarships, fellowships, awards, conferences,competitions, publications, and resources for students, parents, educators and professionalengineers. Table 1 shows a listing of engineering professional societies. The computer scienceand engineering technologies societies are included in this table because the computer scienceand engineering technology programs are often housed in the college of engineering. The tablealso includes architecture, because students may want to explore the differences between thisdiscipline

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Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Dana Warren; Abolghasem Shahbazi; Jianzhong Lou; Keith Schimmel

Page 10.1401.1exposing a variety of polymer samples to simulated biomass environments and characterizing thesamples against the exposure time. It is known that molecular properties of polymers, such as Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationmolecular weight distribution, crystallinity, and morphology, will dictate the physical propertiesof the final products made from these polymers. When a polymer sample undergoesbiodegradation, many chemical and physical properties will change. The following chemical andphysical properties are measured at various exposure times: (1) Melt Index (MI), which

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Susan Kowalski; Adam Kowalski; Frank Kowalski

classroom communication system: What it involves and why it works.” Presented at the VII Internacional “Nuevas Tendencias en la Ensenanza do la Fisica,” (7th International Workshop, New Trends in Physics Teaching), Benemerita Universidad Autonoma do Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. May 27-30, 1999. Accessed on-line at http://www.bedu.com/Publications/PueblaFinal2.html.20. Elliott, C. (2003). “Using a personal response system in economics teaching.” International Review of Economics Education, 1. Accessed on-line at http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/iree/i1/elliott.htm.21. Poulis, J., Massen, C., Robens, E., & Gilbert, M. (1998). “Physics lecturing with audience paced feedback.” American Journal of Physics, 66, 439-441

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International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Teresa Larkin; Dan Budny

external environment? Why is this firm of interest to a professional in business or engineering?In addition to the company visits, students must also address topics on professional developmentin at least 10 of their journal entries. At least two (2) of the ten (10) entries must be selectedfrom the following list of five areas of professional development: 1. Ethical Issues in My Profession: Page 10.1180.3 Give an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility of the global industry. How does this affect life and business in the United States? “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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R. Keith Stanfill

Directors developeda set of lessons learned in managing these expectations and developed going forward strategiesfor current and future offerings of the ITV program.Stakeholder expectationsThe stakeholders in the ITV program include the following: 1. Board of Directors 2. Chief Executive Officer 3. Inventor(s) 4. Chief Business Officer 5. Chief Technology Officer 6. Business development team 7. Engineering development teamDuring the fall 2003 – spring 2004 pilot implementation of the ITV program, there was a verylimited understanding amongst the various stakeholders of their roles and the roles of the otherstakeholders. The following sections describe some of the experiences during the pilot for eachof these stakeholders and the

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thaddeus Fowler; Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Anant Kukreti

Creating Partnerships between the University and Secondary Schools Laura A. Koehl, Suzanne W. Soled, Anant R. Kukreti and Ted W. Fowler Colleges of Engineering and Education, University Of CincinnatiProject STEP (Science and Technology Enhancement Program) is a joint effort between theColleges of Engineering and Education at the University of Cincinnati to partner with schools inthe Cincinnati Public School system. Project STEP connects engineering graduate students(Fellows) with middle and high school science educators to help bring authentic learningactivities into the classroom. The project is funded through the NSF GK12 program to enhancescience education.The project had two primary goals; 1) to

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

Session 2005-229A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS: THE EDGE PROGRAM IN THE SECOND YEARDan G. Dimitriu, Jerry O’ConnorPhysics, Engineering, and Architecture DepartmentSan Antonio CollegeThis paper presents the results and the lessons learned from the second iteration of the EDGESummer Program that was initiated in 2003[1]. This project was funded by the AlamoCommunity College District Foundation and the National Science Foundation, with additionalsupport from the ENLACE Foundation. Plans for the next program in Summer 2005 are alsooutlined.Recruiting and retaining students is a persistent challenge for engineering educators in almostevery engineering program. Many universities and colleges have been using a broad range ofoutreach programs to introduce

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Tekippe; Krishna Atherya; Mani Mina; Ryan Legg

. Belize Basics. Presentation at Engineers Without Frontiers National Conference 2003. September 19, 2003.13. Engineering Accreditation Commission. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs (Effective for Evaluations During the 2005-2006 Accreditation Cycle). ABET. Baltimore, MD. November 1, 2004.14. Splitt, Frank G. Systemic Engineering Education Reform: A Grand Challenge. The Bent of Tau Beta Pi, Spring 2003: 29-34.15. Splitt. Frank G. The Challenge to Change: On Realizing the New Paradigm for Engineering Education. Engineering Education Reform: A Trilogy. Submitted for publication in the ASEE Journal of Engineering Education. October 2002.16. Wulf, Wm. A. Diversity in Engineering. Remarks given

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

affected by such an academic phenomena. It is intuitive that a student’sacademic success prior to leaving engineering (such as grade-point average) has some impact onwhether they leave engineering as well as that student’s post-engineering academic success. Infact, many research studies have explored these relationships. In a landmark study, Astin showedthat majoring in engineering had a negative effect on both grade-point average and chance ofgraduation.1 Seymour and Hewitt documented a three-year study in which they interviewedstudents about their decision to leave the sciences.2 While there were no major differencesamong different types of institutions in regard to the problems described by their students,students at all types of institutions

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

subjects in treatments or schools and thus produce correct standard errors.In general, HLM can alleviate aggregation bias, misestimated standard errors, and heterogeneityof regression.11 Aggregation bias occurs when an explanatory variable can take on different Page 10.492.2meanings. For example, social class at the student level (level-1) measures an individual Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationexperience in a particular social class, but at the school level (level-2) it can mean a

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Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark Palmer; Matthew Ohland

research field, Ohland was arecipient of NSF’s Post-doctoral Fellowship for Science, Math, Engineering, and TechnologyEducation.1 A previous study by Finkelstein and Libarkin investigated the benefits of thisparticular fellowship program. That work documented an increase in both the mentor’s and thepost-doc’s level of interaction with the education community as a result of the program. Ofparticular interest is that the post-docs who participated in that program were recognized in theiracademic appointments for their educational expertise—at the time of the study, about half of theFellows served on university or national level education committees in addition to teaching orconducting education research. Fellows were overwhelmingly positive about

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Guerriero; Elizabeth Chain; Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Matar; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session IMPROVING THE TRANSITION SUCCESS OF ENGINEERING COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TO A UNIVERSITY Mary R. Anderson-Rowland1, Mary I. Vanis2, William Guerriero2, Bassam H. Matar2, Donna M. Zerby1, Elizabeth Chain2, Debra L. Banks3 1 Arizona State University 2 Maricopa County Community College District 3 Independent ConsultantAbstractMaricopa Engineering Transition Scholars (METS), funded by the National Science

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

access for the traditional universities.This paper will introduce H.R. 4283, including background on the HEA, and discuss theproposed policies that adversely affect traditional universities. This information is not addressedby many in academia, including the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) [1]. ABET has not taken a stand on this issue, yet, every educator, university, andstudent should be knowledgeable about this bill; it affects all of us.Background on the Higher Education Act of 1965The Higher Education Act (HEA) became law on November 8, 1965, when it was signed byPresident Lyndon Johnson, Public Law 89-329. Its goal was to strengthen “the educationalresources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

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2005 Annual Conference

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Narciso Macia

-amp circuit as the controller [1].What has prompted the changes from the previous implementation? The main one is theindustry shift to use Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) rather than custom analog circuits Page 10.495.1for low-number applications. This is primarily due to: a) increase in labor costs Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education b) decrease in PLC cost c) decrease in number of personnel capable of working with electronic analog circuits d) added flexibility that

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth A. Stephan; Matthew Ohland

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationCrossover and continuation design with blockingCrossover designs allow each participant to be exposed to all “treatments” in our case thepresence or absence of the use of sensors as a data collection agent. There are three “phases” tothe experiment: Lab 1 Spring stiffness, Lab 2 Fluid mixing, and Lab 3 Beam stiffness. A total ofeight section of CES 102 were selected for study. These sections, however, were not randomlyselected. The principal criterion for selection to the study was the instructor. Of the 12 totalsections of CES 102 taught in the Fall of 2004, 8 section were collectively taught by twoinstructors (4 sections each). This scheme provides us with a replication of the experiment

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

described the pedagogical approaches used in these curriculum materials andhow those approaches were used in both sensor and non-sensor versions of the laboratories toisolate the benefit of using the sensors in the classroom.1 The pedagogical equivalency of thesensor and non-sensor versions is an assumption that underpins the research design.2 This paperfocuses on updates to one of the parallel (sensor / non-sensor) laboratories, the development of anew parallel laboratory, and the extension of what we have learned about using the sensors in theclassroom to exercises that cannot be designed as parallel laboratories because they cannot beconducted without the use of real-time sensors.Ongoing laboratory developmentThree lab modules are presented in

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bugra Koku; Ali Sekmen

A SOFTWARE PACKAGE TO FACILITATE TEACHING INTRODUCTORY LEVEL MECHATRONICS Gokhan Bayar1, Orhan Olcucuoglu1, Bugra Koku1, and Ali Sekmen2 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey 2 Department of Computer Science Tennessee State University Nashville, TN AbstractThis paper describes a software package that is designed to facilitate

Conference Session

Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matthew Carroll; Nael Barakat

Engineering and Technology (ABET) most recent criteria included emphasesProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationon educational outcomes like ethical awareness, societal responsibility, and the publicrole of engineers [1]. Moreover, engineering professional organizations have producedtheir own self regulatory code of ethics as the part of the profession that deals with thesocietal implications and engineers’ responsibility.However, as engineering educators try continuously to produce engineering professionalswho are technically competent and ethically sensitive, another challenge climbs to the topof the list of priorities in

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rajinder Chauhan; Gukan Rajaram; Devdas Pai

field of separation and purification.IntroductionThe use of everyday life experiences serves as a great pedagogical tool for students beingexposed to engineering concepts for the first time - much like a gourmet chef’s description of thepreparation of their favorite dishes with "a little bit of this and little bit of that."1. This kind offlexible approach helps the students to develop their critical thinking skills. Pithers and Soden2found that college graduates are expected to learn not only the content and methods of adiscipline but also to develop 'generic' abilities. These generic abilities include a heavy emphasison critical thinking skills. Potential employers also place a high priority on critical thinkingskills. In a survey of industry

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steve Warren

MATLAB and C projects that facilitate learning in these areas by clearly statinglearning objectives, maintaining student interest with real-world applications, partitioning largeprojects into incremental modules, and providing the repetition necessary for long-termretention. The underlying assumptions for this work are two-fold: (1) if a student can write thenumerical software to solve a problem, they understand the theoretical principles well and (2)students receive personal satisfaction and gain confidence when their software produces correctresults. The illustrative time-domain projects described here address linear convolution andtrigonometric/exponential Fourier series. The frequency-domain projects address thecomputation of discrete

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Francisco Aguiniga; Hector Estrada

laminate. In the mathematical model for the constitutive behavior of a composite lamina,five property constants are required (Longitudinal Modulus of Elasticity, EL; TransverseModulus of Elasticity, ET; Shear Modulus of Elasticity, GLT; Major Poison’s Ratio, νLT; andMinor Poison’s Ratio, νTL – four of which are independent, νLT/EL=νTL/ET – Agarwal et al.1describe the computation of these quantities from the properties of each constituent). SubscriptsL and T indicate the principal directions of the materials, as shown in Figure 1. These constantscan be determined from the properties of the composite constituents1, and are needed for theanalysis. Furthermore, it is customary to treat the laminae as transversely isotropic systems withthe following

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Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey LaCombe; James Detweiler; Daniel Loranz; Eric Wang

and flying a CubeSat is a complex andchallenging endeavor. It necessitates support through “training” programs like BalloonSats andCanSats, which build the necessary hands-on skills in students and build interest.This paper begins by presenting an overview of student satellite programs that exist bothnationally and locally. Next the process of starting and supporting a multidisciplinary studentsatellite program is described and the results to date are presented. Finally, the benefits of theprogram and initial assessment results are discussed.1. Background on Student SatellitesThe National Space Grant Student Satellite Program was created to address NASA’s futureworkforce development needs. NASA has a strong need for engineers, scientists, and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Jackson; Mani Mina

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Kline

the impact of process variation on thesemean level changes. The student version of Promodel was able to successfully model allhomework and project assignments in a straightforward manner. In addition, there were noinstallation or operation problems with running the software on a variety of student computersystems.General learning objectives identified for the course include the ability to identify the structure ofa production process, understand and identify the common sources of variation, describe thecommon process performance parameters, apply Little’s Law, and characterize the performancelevel of a process based on cycle time, work in process, and throughput levels.Chapters covered in the ten week, quarter course are Chapters 1 and 3

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

two groups: they are the oneswe need to address as here the teaching methodology makes a difference. Of 28 students, there were x students with the following characteristics in addition to theones named above: they provided their team with perspective, help and organization, and helpedthem identify with a certain team pride. Weaker students most definitely improved with this A+student on their team.Table 1: Student interaction leading to grade changes F (does notGroups with x B (students D (could do I

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul DeNu; Connie Sketch

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”search techniques, including the creation of professional portfolios, resumes and cover letters,prepare for a job interview, and identify the characteristics of desirable job performance.Although the course was initially envisioned to prepare students for co-op assignments, itevolved into a course that quite clearly extrapolates to preparation for full-time employment aswell.The course is composed of five lessons, each with two related topics, designed to be completedin one week each.Lesson 1 – Personal Inventory Topics: Personality Assessment, Values and Skills AssessmentLesson 2 – Career

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IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Somchan Vuthipadadon; Jie Li; Piyamart Kumsaikaew; Shantha Daniel; Patrick Patterson; John Jackman; K. Jo Min

-based collaborative platforms are developed andused. This initiative is motivated by an ABET outcome assessment item established bythe department on the global perspective of enterprise. As a part of ABET activities, theassessment of this initiative includes a global enterprise perspective rubric, which in turnconsists of three distinct performance criteria. The progress made thus far in terms ofinput, process, and outcome will be presented, and the future direction will be discussed.1. IntroductionIn this paper, we present the continuous improvement process and efforts by theIndustrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) Department at Iowa StateUniversity (ISU) regarding the ability of the undergraduate Industrial Engineering (IE