Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

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Environmental Engineering

monitoring and the impact of real-time monitoring on increasing theirenvironmental awareness. The authors plan to extend the use of this cost-effective yet highlyaccessible system to higher level civil and environmental engineering courses to provide anauthentic context for problem solving involving environmental parameters of an impairedstream.IntroductionThe LabVIEW programming language has been introduced to the freshman engineering courseat Virginia Tech since Fall 2007 as a successor to earlier modular and object orientedalternatives. LabVIEW follows a dataflow programming paradigm and is known for its strengthin acquiring, processing, and presenting data from engineering applications that involvemeasurement instruments/sensors. In addition

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Women in Engineering

Page 25.878.4exhibits.The lecture sections of the leadership module provided the framework for development of thecore competencies28. A central focus of the leadership module was the three “C”s of leadership:competence, compassion, and chronos (time management). The module offered methods fordeveloping personal and team leadership styles; addressed differences in learning and personalitystyles; presented pathways for implementing mission statements and plans of action; offeredopportunities for strategic thinking, problem solving and brainstorming; utilized teamwork indiverse settings; and implemented K-12 service learning through outreach teaching activities.Table 1 provides a summary of the lecture topics provided within the leadership

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bohn, Virginia Tech; Manfred J. Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt

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International

, and the program does not require scholarships or subsidies for itto operate and grow. For both the German and US students, the added cost of spending theBSME senior year abroad instead of at home is approximately US$3,400 — which includes the Page 25.896.4cost of two transatlantic round-trip tickets!The standard study plans for US and German students are shown in Appendices A and B,respectively. In the case of the US student, it assumes no advance placement credits, transfercredits, or prior German language instruction. It also assumes that the student waits until his orher 6th semester to start learning German, which is that last opportunity

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

people for career guidanceGeneral populationSeveral studies show that career guidance often begins as early as 5th to 8th grades; howeverformal career counseling typically occurs in high school. Students are heavily influenced byindividuals with whom they interact with often. 9 Teachers and counselors are a significantsource of guidance as students make career choices. 10 Parents also facilitate their children’seducation and career decisions, and many consider themselves as the most important influence.11, 12, 13, 14Several studies identify the primary influencers of students’ college major and career decisions.The results of a 2005 study that examined Missouri students’ postsecondary plans showed thatparents, siblings, and other members of the

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet ; Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University, Calumet; Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College; Branislav Rosul, College of DuPage

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Manufacturing

seamlesstransition among partnering institutions in their respective degree programs. The major focus ofthe project are in two areas: 1) augment and enhance existing courses in modular forms atvarious tiers and disciplines, with majority of the material being already available from existingcourses, and 2) develop and implement a continuous improvement plan based on assessment andevaluation of learning outcomes for each module. Expected deliverables from the project are: Thirty-two, 2- or 4-week modules that carrycrossover concepts among electrical, mechanical, and computer topics. The modules are to beprogressive in level of difficulty and transferable from one discipline to another. At least fiftypercent of these modules are to have experiential

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Riham M. Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Computers in Education

. Department of Education’s Office of Planning,Evaluation, and Policy Development4 concluded that: “classes with online learning (whethertaught completely online or blended) on average produce stronger student learning outcomesthan do classes with solely face-to-face instruction.” This is confirmed by the findings of asurvey of academic leaders that found that over two thirds believe online courses are “just asgood as” or better than traditional courses1. Furthermore online instruction offers manyadvantages over traditional classroom instruction in terms of cost, convenience, accessibility, andlack of variability in the instruction received by the students. For these reasons, it is expected thatonline instruction will continue to gain ground not only

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Gregerson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sean Franey, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of future study. We can,however, only make limited conclusions based on the statistical evidence produced from suchstudies. In the future, we plan to reexamine some of the issues raised in this work usingexperimental studies that include a control group of students that is forced to take the exam andcompare their outcomes to the students who are given the option not to take the exam. Theimpact of exam incentives on student opt-in rates highlighted in this paper will be important forthe design of such experimental studies; achieving large enough samples of students who opt-inand opt-out is necessary to obtain reliable results from statistical modeling tools. In the firstsemester of our study, for example, too few students opted to take the

Conference Session

Ethics Education, Global Health, and Outreach in BME

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. DesJardins, Clemson University; Ellen Breazel, Clemson University; Marilyn Reba, Clemson University; Irina Viktorova, Clemson University; Jonathan Bradford Matheny, Clemson University; Taufiquar R. Khan

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Biomedical

websitewill have the results of all pre and post surveys, follow-up surveys, reports of assessment fromeach evaluation period, and a final report from the entire 2 year project.Long-term plans for this work include expansion of the modules to include Data Mining, GeneticSequencing, Nano-Medicine, BioFluid Dynamics, and Network simulation for the “Smart GridTechnologies.” Dissemination would hope to expand the program into other institutions. An Page 25.521.13external evaluation model will be used to assess the implementation of the program, and the finalreport will be shared and published through the project website and by the

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam J. Kardos, University of Colorado, Denver; Stephan A. Durham, University of Colorado, Denver; Wesley E. Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver

Tagged Divisions

Materials

.Dr. Wesley E. Marshall, University of Colorado, Denver Wesley Marshall is an Assistant Professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado, Denver, and Co-director of the Active Communities Transportation (ACT) research group. He focuses on transporta- tion research dedicated to building a more sustainable infrastructure, particularly in terms of improving road safety, active transportation, and transit-oriented communities. Other recent research topics involve transportation planning, congestion pricing, human behaviors, parking, and street networks. A native of Watertown, Mass., Marshall is a recipient of the Dwight Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship and winner of the Charley V. Wootan Award for

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

responses18. Liangrokapart19 et al. describe procedures for planning andconducting focused discussion group sessions with corporate recruiters. For robust curriculumdevelopment, we utilize the co-op site visit by discussing with supervisors the relevance of thestudents‟ theoretical training from our university to their on-the -job training and learning.The employer assumes the primary role as educator while supervising IPFW students. Progressand performance are reviewed by the supervisor with the student. The site visit can help create abridge between the employer and the student's academic institution by providing a vehicle forcorporate input into academic studies. Indeed, employers of our co-op students have providedvaluable feedback about course

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

activities 2 and 3), students can performindividual cell counts on their own cell lines as well as build their experience with steriletechnique and working with cells. Each student starts with one confluent flask of cells and splitsthat into multiple flasks using various split ratios. Students can be required to make observationsabout cell growth (estimating confluence) every 24-36 hours, and perform cell growth ratecalculations between the time that they plated their initial flasks and the time that the new flasksreach near-confluence. Based on their experience, students can then plan and perform one finalsplit that will leave them with a minimum of one fully confluent flask at the beginning of thenext week, in preparation for lab activity 3

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald C. Gannod, Miami University; Kristen M. Bachman, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

therequirements to better reflect user needs, etc. Table 2. Common Genres in Software Engineering 4 Definition of a SE problem User guide Program requirements Test plan Design document Test report Code and comments for software Technical report Developer guide Installation and maintenance documents Table 3. Social Network Support for the Program Requirements GenreMany of the activities that we described in this paper (posting status updates, posting andanswering questions, and directed collaboration) can be used to support communication thatoccurs within each of the genres found in Table 2. For instance, consider Table

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna L. Gorlewicz, Vanderbilt University; Robert James Webster III, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

presented in Section 4. Section 5 contains a discussionof the results as well as future planned improvements for the laboratories based on the results, withconclusions in Section 6. 2 Overview of the Vanderbilt Haptic Paddle Hardware and Laboratory Assignments At Vanderbilt, we have contributed to the evolution of the haptic paddle through mechanical,electrical, and software changes. Initially, we used a paddle similar to that used at Stanford andJohns Hopkins, which was a cable-driven capstan that ran on C-executable files9 . The most recentversion of our setup is shown in Figure 2. The mechanical design of our paddle is similar to thatof Rice11 and Utah14 , in that the motor is at the bottom, with the capstan and handle consistingof a

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky PE P.E., Virginia Tech and Academic Applications International

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

traditional engineering discipline or domain in the same sense ascivil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering,manufacturing engineering, reliability engineering, or any of the other engineering disciplinesand domains. It should not be organized in a similar manner, nor does the implementation ofSystems Engineering or its methods require extensive organizational resources. But, for bestresults, a well-planned and disciplined approach should be followed.Systems Engineering Described. Systems Engineering may be described as a technologicallybased interdisciplinary process for bringing human-made systems and their products (technicalentities) into being. While the main focus is nominally on the entities

Conference Session

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Bull, Brown University School of Engineering; Maureen Kay Sigler, Brown University; Michael Lye, Rhode Island School of Design

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Community Engagement Division

all lesson plans they taught and any student work thatwould illustrate the outcome of those lessons. At the end of the semester tutors presented casestudies of their work through a presentation and a paper, describing and assessing the work theydid using data collected from their CBL experiences, and outside research on issues observed inthe field. Finally, as a way to encourage support and dialogue, tutors were given dedicated TAgroups where they were free to share experiences, problem-solve, and connect course literatureto their teaching.Students engaged in college access counseling started their work by conducting research aboutthe reform underway at the school and the surrounding neighborhood and then conducted aCommunity Asset Research

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University; Jonas Bergman Arleback, Syracuse University; AnnMarie H. O'Neil, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

same time. This model exploration activity provided an opportunityfor students to develop their abilities to interpret position information from a velocity graph andvelocity information from a position graph.The second model exploration activity used the Gym applet from the interactive mathematicstextbook by Yerushalmy.20 This applet (http://www.cet.ac.il/math/function/english/line/rate/rate10.htm) was designed to help students understand how the rate of change is expressed intable values, graphs, and equations. Using the context of training plans on a weight-liftingmachine in a gym, the students explored the difference between constant and non-constant ratesof change. Specifically, they investigated the graphical and numerical representations

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Developments, Exchanges, and Best Practices

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University; Alan R. Parkinson, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University; Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University; Aaron G. Ball, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

toget to know each other. This assignment helps to jump start the GV team experience as studentsare compelled to plan and to get to know one another. Learning new technology also becomesimportant for team members to communicate and share documents with one another. While thetendency is to focus on the task, team members must take the time to develop on-linerelationships with team members they likely will never meet outside of this project. Thisrelationship building becomes critical as the project proceeds and team members requireassistance and support from one another during stressful and critical times. It also increasesstudent commitment to the GV team project. Upon completion of the course students should reflect on what they have

Conference Session

FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K. Donohue, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

The Impact of a Hybrid Instructional Design in a First-Year Design (Cornerstone) Course on Student Understanding of the Engineering Design ProcessAbstractEngineering is synonymous with design, and the interchangeable use of the terms is ubiquitousin society: see, for example, Quicken Loans’ slogan “Engineered to Amaze.”30 Design classesare therefore fundamental to an undergraduate engineering plan of study; the gains in studentperformance and retention due to involvement in design activities are well documented in theliterature. Design is also one of the criteria by which programs are evaluated for ABETaccreditation.6 Therefore, the issue is not “should we offer design courses”; the issues concerncourse

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Karen A. High, Oklahoma State University; Michael W. Keller, University of Tulsa; Ian M. White, University of Maryland; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., University of Tulsa; R. Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Jennifer Wolk, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 25.1356.5 6. I withdraw from or drop classes when they are too 2.23 0.95 difficult or inconvenient 7. I considered majors other than engineering 3.53 1.18 8. I am thinking about attending law school or medical 1.80 1.10 school. Total Score 2.33 0.61The mathematics attitudes of our students are on the high end of the scale indicating that ourstudents are already positively predisposed to mathematics. The withdrawal attitudes indicatethat, after completing the course, most students were planning on staying in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Tammy J. Salmon-Stephens, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kim M. Lobdell P.E., KL Engineering, Inc.

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

year. When creating the vision for this new model, it wasnecessary to evaluate the management and administration of the programs.Key components evaluated regarding the implementation of the age-appropriate, weekend-focused programs included involvement of current students, involvement of faculty and industryprofessionals. The Women in Engineering, Math and Science Program has included currentundergraduate students in both the implementation and program planning through bothvolunteers and paid employment. The new model with the Sky’s the Limit Programs provided Page 25.1402.4an opportunity to include more direct involvement from the undergraduate

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Robert A. Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Timothy Miller, Binghamton University ; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

unstated parameters or assumptions.The results of the first question, “do students list parameters?” are shown in Figure 3. Seventy-five percent of teams from BME09 (9 teams) did not state any parameters. The remaining threeteams (25%) only partially stated parameters. The BME10 and BME11 teams showed markedimprovement, with seven teams (41%) in BME10 and six teams (46%) in BME11 fullyidentifying the parameters they planned to model. However, there were still ten teams (59%) inBME10 and seven teams (54%) in BME11 that failed to state any parameters or only partiallystated them. Percent  of  teamsFigure 3. The rubric evaluated teams’ ability to identify parameters they proposed to model(Framework step 2

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; William C. Barott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

distributed to each team member. 4. Students have a standup meeting to plan out development and integration. 5. Students work using side-by-side development to build the solution. 6. Students frequently integrate and test the developed components. 7. Students demonstrate the completed work to the customer who provides feedback. 8. The students have a reflection meeting to identify what process issues were encountered, what process elements were useful and worth keeping, and what possible solutions exist to ensure the team performs better on future iterations.Description of Mini-ProjectsThe mini-project sequence consists of three consecutive two-week modules. These modules aredesigned as a guided sequence for the design of a hand

Conference Session

Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Conference Session

STS Perspectives on Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

in both directions. In the process, non-major students can also gainappreciation for essential concepts, controversies and current areas of exploration, whiledeveloping increased technological literacy for critiquing scientific or technologicalclaims in presentations of various forms. Teaching an STS course, however, requires avery different pedagogical approach than a faculty member may use for a traditionalengineering course. Rather than an emphasis on rigorous quantitative problem solving orproject planning, non-major students benefit much more from an approach that providessufficient historical context and biographical details of explorers and their contributions.The instructor should effectively guide discussions on key questions

Collection

2012 ERC

Authors

Van Stephen Blackwood

PortfolioGoals for AFOSR to strengthen the Air Force basic researchprogram as defined in AF S&T Strategic Plan: • Provide scientific leadership for the AF basic research enterprise • Attract the Nation’s/World’s best S&Es to contribute to and lead AF/DoD research • Ensure the coherence and balance of the AF basic research portfolio • Foster connections between AFRL researchers and the National/International basic research community • Maximize the discovery potential of the defense research business environment Focus on the Future AF with the ultimate goal to make Today’s AF and Tomorrow’s AF Obsolete! 7 Shaping the

Conference Session

NEW THIS YEAR! - ASEE Main Plenary II: Best Paper Recognition & Industry Day Session: Corporate Member Council Speaker

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors, Corporate Members Council

characteristics, self-assessments of selected learning outcomes,and future career plans. The survey also queried students‟ perceptions of classroom practices,out-of-class interactions with faculty, and extracurricular experiences. Chairs were askedquestions about their curriculum, educational support programs, and promotion and tenurepractices. Faculty members responded to questions (similar to those posed to chairs) about theirprograms. Faculty members also reported on the emphasis they give to the attributes specified inthe National Academy‟s “E2020” report, the teaching practices they employ in a course theyteach regularly, and on their level of agreement with the goals of the NAE report. Associatedeans of undergraduate engineering responded to

Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Y. Santiago, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

reported GPA and the GPA at the timeof the transfer, a difference of -0.19 ± 0.95 (mean ± std deviation) was obtained; this differenceis not significantly different from zero.DiscussionAttrition is a source of concern for faculty and administrators in academic institutions. It isbelieved that student attrition may be prevented by carefully planned and timely institutionalintervention. Also, the frequency and quality of student-faculty interaction appears to be relatedto college persistence.8 Studies also suggest that attrition rate is higher at the end of thefreshman year.This study showed that students from our freshman engineering program transferred out mainly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Elizabeth August, Loyola Marymount University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

,communication, application, and research. The learning outcomes, specific objectives for eachoutcome and their planned assessments are shown in table 1. We will rely in part of the Dewar-Bennett Knowledge Expertise Grid7 to analyze our data. The grid defines criteria for summativeevaluation that can be adapted for evaluating knowledge of engineering-related content and ratesa student's affective and cognitive knowledge in terms of the student's level of expertise. We arein the process of defining the rubrics that can be used to grade student work and assess theoutcomes in a reliable manner. Scoring rubrics will be developed for products produced bystudents, student writing, and open-ended responses on exams. Information learned about

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research-related Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University; Shawn A. Woodson, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Through collaboration with Drexel University Libraries, online instructional sessionsare planned, designed, and executed. These include: developing quality information seeking andresearch skills, keeping current with new research, and efficient management of qualityreferences. With technologies available such as Web Conferencing, Chat Reference or InstantMessaging, Email Reference, Course Management System Integration, Blogs, Text Messagingand Telephone service, distance learners receive necessary assistance needed for their projectsand assignments through virtual environments. This also helps them discover a variety ofinformation resources available through the Libraries’ website which otherwise they would nothave known since they do not come to

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa M. Batula, Drexel University; T. William Mather, Drexel University; Gabe Carryon, Drexel University; Stuart Surrey, Philadelphia High School for Girls; Daniel Edward Ueda, Central High School; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in hands-on projects andworking with computers. Unfortunately, it took several weeks to obtain supplies so that studentscould start physically building the robot or working with a computer. Many of the students leftduring this initial period, some of whom probably left due to this lack of supplies. Students whofelt confident in their leadership skills, however, tended to stick through this period. They mayhave felt their managing and organizing skills were still useful as we made plans for the team,even though we did not have the parts yet.Students who have a strong desire to help their community also tended to leave the club. At thisparticular school, almost all after-school clubs meet on Tuesday and Thursday, conflicting withthe robotics