Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglass Klein, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the student’s education include the breadth to be able to communicate acrossSnow’s academic cultures.III. A mandate for technological literacy in higher education The first thing most people think of on the subject of technology literacy is bringingstudents in non-technical fields up to some minimum level of technical understanding. In 1994,the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) launched its Technology for AllAmericans Project (TfAAP9) as an organization to seek ways to advance student attainment oftechnological literacy. They began by defining technological literacy broadly as follows. Technological literacy is the ability to use, manage, assess, and understand technology. It involves knowledge

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Glenda Kelly, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

outreachparticipation.IntroductionFlat or declining math and science competency in K-12 students in the U.S.1, flat or decliningenrollments of U.S. citizens in undergraduate engineering programs2, and the rising dependenceof society on technology have led to several initiatives in the last decade. These include thecreation of the American Society for Engineering Education EngineeringK-12 Center3, theNational Science Foundation’s GK-12 Teaching Fellows4 and Math Science Partnership5programs, Project Lead the Way6, and a substantial list of institutions that have developed K-12engineering outreach programs nationally7.Doctoral/Research university engineering programs have a unique and essential role in K-12engineering outreach. These programs have the resources to translate both

Conference Session

What's New in Statics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

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Mechanics

2006-1283: MAKING STATICS A FRIEND FOR LIFEKevin Dong, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Kevin Dong, S.E. is an Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering (ARCE) at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo. For the past five years he has been teaching classes that emphasize structural systems and structural design to various majors (Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Construction Management) within the College of Environmental Design and Architecture. His class work utilizes his 13 years of experience with Ove Arup & Partners (ARUP), where he worked in both the San Francisco and London offices. As an Associate with ARUP he worked on a wide variety of projects within the United States and abroad

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; David Kieser, Kieser Consulting, LLC

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Construction

Prof. Eng. in Indiana. Prof. Sener was awarded numerous teaching awards including the Indiana University President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1993 and the IUPUI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1994 and several TERA awards.David Kieser, Kieser Consulting, LLC Dave Kieser., Principal Planner , Kieser Consulting, LLC, M.S. - Civil Engineering, Purdue University and M.PL. Environmental Planning, Indiana University . Mr. Kieser has over eighteen (18) years of experience in the project management, planning and design of capital improvement projects for municipal clients in Illinois and Indiana. More specifically Mr. Kieser's experience includes innovative financing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

psychology of learning and technology. He currently is a faculty member at Brigham Young University in the Technology Teacher Education program where he teaches heavily, serves as the Graduate Coordinator, and mentors numerous undergraduates in research projects. He is happily married, has 6 children, and loves to learn. His research interests are in technological literacy and engineering in the k-12 setting, teaching pedagogy that promotes higher order thinking skills, and creativity. Page 11.569.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ENGINEERING and Technology IN THE ELEMENTARY

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Yaron Doppelt, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

students electricity concepts in science classes.Design-based learning is intended to engage students in ways that enhance their abilities to solvereal-life problems and to reflect on their learning processes. This style of active learning is anextension of project-based learning, which is argued to enable students to relate problems toscience concepts.10, 15 Design-based learning differs from project based learning in that, inaddition to constructing and building, students engage in a design and planning process thatfollows engineering design.Typically, as was the case in the subject school district, electricity (and science in general) istaught using a guided/scripted inquiry approach to learning. Students are given materials andprocedural

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

. Finally, there is amechanism that will provide feedback from all colleges within the institution for thecontinuous assessment and improvement of overall programs. Student academic advisorsplay a vital role in supporting and retaining students until they complete their education.The ModelFigures 1a and 1b together present a proposed IHE diversity model. The model looks atthe existing total number of minority students (MS) and projects MS growth over a spanof time. The MS growth is achieved through aggressive recruitment and retention.The model looks at both UG & G programs and incorporates them under the mission ofIHE. Both UG & G programs are linked and to succeed they should be enhanced at thesame level of effort with proper allocation

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sri Kolla, Bowling Green State University; Joseph Mainoo, Bowling Green State University

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Instrumentation

alsooffered in the Master of Industrial Technology program of the College of Technology. All ofthese courses have a laboratory component integrated with the lectures. The laboratory activitiesin these courses emphasize industrial sensors, actuators and data acquisition to investigate thebehavior of the measurement and control systems. National Instrument’s NI-ELVIS station withLabVIEW software is used in these laboratory activities. Students do mini-projects using thePC-based laboratory workstations that integrate NI-ELVIS shown in Figure 1. These projectsenable the students to analyze, design, build and test complete instrumentation and processcontrol systems. Through this approach, students obtain exposure to many real problemsassociated with

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Damian Dufau, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

a MS in Technology at ASU Polytechnic campus. His project work involves embedded knowledge structures in advanced multidisciplinary technologies; specifically photo-lithography. Page 11.866.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Lean education – has its time arrived?AbstractThe curriculum for almost any university-level technology program is overloaded. Thecommitment to keep up to date with industry developments and at the same time cover allthe necessary principles of science and engineering means that more and more is beinginserted and little is ever taken out. As a response, the paper

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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International

bring numerous gaps in their knowledge, particularly in physics and mathematics. Theinitial contact with this new reality in their lives is crucial to future success, revealing a greatimportance for personal and professional development and creating tight bonds with positiveinfluence on dropout rates. These challenges led to the decision to implement a new socio-pedagogical project called GOIS (from Damião de Góis, a prominent Portuguese andEuropean renaissance man). It introduced important innovations and new strategiesinvolving computer-student interaction during teaching-learning processes. Problem-solvingskills are fundamental tools for the future engineer; so, the goal is to improve those tools andcoach the student in a rational way. A

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; David Rinard, Steelcase, Inc.; Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

research interests include wear phenomenon in orthopeadic implants, ethical development in engineering undergraduates, and pedagogical innovations in environmental education. Currently, Trevor serves on the ERM Division Board of Directors and on the Kettering University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board.Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Dr. Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Kettering University. She serves as the Co-PI for the NSF project titled “Development of a Course in Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing for Undergraduates” and will team-teach the course once developed. Her

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

2006-1406: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTIONMANAGEMENT AND CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMBruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. G. Bruce Gehrig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1984 and worked for over 15 years as a licensed professional civil engineer in both the public, private and international sectors. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in 2002 and has taught courses in construction methods, cost estimating, project management, hydraulics, and highway design.David Cottrell, University of North

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University; Ashwinn Natarajan, Arizona State University; Rony Ferzli, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

assess their understanding of real time DSP.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section II discusses the hardwareaspect of this educational setup. In section III, we explain the software andinterfacing aspects of this project. Section IV outlines some of the functionsavailable to students, while section V provides concluding remarks. 2. HARDWARE OVERVIEW2.1 The TI DSK6713 boardThe TI DSK6713 board [8-12] is based on the TMS3206713 processor, which is afloating-point DSP chip operating at 225 MHz. The board also includes the 32-bitstereo codec TLV320AIC23 (AIC23) to access and produce input and outputanalog signals. Sampling rates can be varied between 8 and 96 kHz. The boardhas 16MB of SDRAM and 256kB of flash

Conference Session

Hurricane Katrina

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Ocean and Marine

NOVA, 1989/2004, 60 minutes; and Page 11.706.5 • A Tale of Two Rivers, Great Projects: The Building of America Series, Production of Great Projects Film Company, Inc. in association with South Carolina ETV and the National Academy of Engineering, Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2002, 60 minutes.Student Questions Regarding Hurricane KatrinaAs part of another assignment, each student was asked to pose three questions that warrantdiscussion in this course, which created an aggregate of 29 questions. Each student wasencouraged to consider both engineering and non-engineering issues that are of personal interest.These 29 questions

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

understanding of the essential fundamentals and convince them ofthe inadequacies of their stubborn misconceptions and poor procedural habits. Page 11.687.5While Wyatt’s prescription of small student-executed original research projects for the broadrange of important engineering fundamentals would definitely help open student’s minds,comprehensive implementation without a massive overhaul of the current system is unlikely.But the idea of a supervised exploration of the unknown in her paper is suggestive. And anengineering education adaptation of Jeremy Silman’s approach to teaching chess3 I believe willprovide a more efficient and workable system, without

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

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Instrumentation

Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology department. He has served as the Associate Chair in charge of electronics-related academic programs. He organized two technical sessions for ASME’s IMECE (formerly known as the Winter Annual Meeting): one on fluidic sensors and the other one on respiratory mechanics. For several years he was the secretary and newsletter editor of the Fluid Control Panel (a technical panel of the Dynamics Systems and Control Division of ASME). He has also served as a reviewer for several ASME journals. He participated in an interdisciplinary, project whose goal was to design and build a cart that would autonomously paint the stripes in a

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

, including software installation, configuration, and integration, which cannot be accomplished using resources directly available from ASU.• The laptop policy addresses the Division’s unique computing demands and provides access to the latest industry standard software at no cost to the student. Appendix A lists the current software requirements for Division courses.• A laptop policy permits faculty and instructors to make more immediate decisions on software selection for their courses, both software products and versions of those products. Students in group projects are also not constrained to software already installed on the campus builds.• The laptop policy increases the opportunity and impact of student mentoring

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Knott, Virginia Tech; Steve York, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

2006-2238: A COMPARISON OF ON-LINE AND TRADITIONAL TESTINGMETHODSSteve York, Virginia Tech Dr. Steven C York is an assistant professor in the department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. He received his BS degree in chemistry from Radford University in 1984 and his PhD in chemical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1999. Dr York has taught courses in engineering problem solving and design, chemical engineering and chemistry. Dr York has also designed and implemented a number of design-build projects and engineering laboratory experiences for first-year engineering students at VA Tech. Dr York is a member of ASEE and the American Chemical Society. Address: Engineering

Conference Session

Industrial Collaboration & Applications in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manager in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 11.1420.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Utilizing Collaboration for a Real World Engineering EducationAbstractIt is becoming increasingly difficult for educational institutions to offer quality engineeringprograms. The costs associated with laboratory and related

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Tasha Zephirin, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

think abouttheir children’s post-secondary education. The parents are given step-by-step instructions to helptheir child make informed decisions about his or her education. The parents also participate inVirginia View, a workshop providing the parents with numerous materials ranging from websitesto find information about colleges to salaries for different types of professional jobs. In keepingwith this theme, an accomplished and inspirational speaker speaks to the parents about breakingdown barriers for students of color and highlighting success strategies parents can implement toincrease their child’s opportunity to obtain a higher education degree.During the parent’s workshops, the PCI students are engaged in an interactive design project

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Scott C. Smith, University of Missouri - Rolla

slight modifications on the front and back ends of the Mentor Graphics Tcl scripts. Second,the core design tool algorithms are proprietary and subject to change. Thus, development of thealgorithms as C-programs called by Tcl scripts, and making them publicly available, will allowother researchers to use and modify the tools for continuing enhancement of research in this area.Finally, the developed tools can be readily merged into the core design tool algorithms at a laterdate for increased run-time performance, if desired.3. Developed MaterialsTo effectively introduce asynchronous digital design into the computer engineering curriculum,lecture notes, example problems, a group project, and a VHDL library of asynchronous gates,components, and

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; Joseph J. Rencis P.E.; James D. Davis

Second Year Freshman Retention Study inMechanical Engineering at University of Arkansas by: Stephen B. Taylor, Darin W. Nutter, Joseph J. Rencis, James D. Davis Project Supported by:Arkansas Academy of Mechanical EngineeringOutline• Goal• Recent Retention & Graduation Rates• Freshman Mentorship Program• Student Performance in SME• Surveys• Conclusions• Future WorkGoalTo better understand both the perceived andactual causes of freshman attrition with theintent to improve future freshman retentionrates.Retention & Graduation Rates Freshman Retention Rates (Start of Fall in 2nd year) 6-Year Graduation Rates ME ME Year COE U of A

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rena Hixon; Steve E. Watkins; Sean J. Bentley; Marcus Huggans

classic “telling” and “showing” method withthe application and competition session providing the “doing” component.12 The selectedengineering concepts are described in age and background appropriate terms, i.e. the “telling.”Next, the concepts are demonstrated using the Robolab software and Lego hardware, i.e. the“showing.” Note that the competition details must be carefully designed to feature the selectedconcepts, to allow sufficient entry differentiation, and to permit project completion within theevent timeframe. Each team was given handout of the training presentation with worksheets, aLego kit, and a laptop to view the code. For the implementation given in the next section, the selected concept was the effect ofwheel size and gears

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Betz, SUNY-College of Technology

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Architectural

process; this is equivalent to assessingan individual on a team or group project. A secondary issue is how or even if, students can takeownership of this design process? How do they come to know it or should they just takeresponsibility for the management of the process? More studies need to be done in this area butclearly the technology has changed their experience and is raising important pedagogicalquestions of authorship as well as ownership.Supporting DataSurveyA three-page blind survey was given to the Construction Design students at the conclusion oftheir first ten-week design development project for a large residence. Although the survey wasnot designed specifically for this paper, it does show characteristics of this new

Conference Session

Course-based Approaches to Entrepreneurship Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Warren, Pennsylvania State University; Ralph Hanke, Bowling Green University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to get out of thetraditional “teaching mode” as it was for the students to get out of the “passive learning” mode.Nevertheless, the students’ final projects and presentations suggest that the learning experiencesucceeded and students developed a realistic understanding of what it takes to be an entrepreneur.Further, the experience resulted in a plan of improvements to the method, three of them key. First,given the natural ambiguity of PBL to develop entrepreneurial skills, it is imperative that structuralaspects of the course are as unambiguous as possible. Second, the grading and support structure ofthe course need to reward student self-sufficiency. Third, in-class activities must be structured sothat teams are forced to be fully prepared

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Secor, Institute to Promote Learning; Douglas Arion, Carthage College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, ability to develop new methods, resources, ideas, establish assemble, integrate, unique, structures, parts; create teams or new rearrange, modify systems, models, approaches, write protocols approaches. (creative or contingencies thinking) 6 Evaluation Review options or plans in Review, justify, assess, present a The student has the terms of efficacy, return on case for, defend, report on, ability to assess investment or cost- investigate, direct, appraise, argue, effectiveness of whole effectiveness, profitability, project-manage concepts in relation to

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

teach this body ofknowledge. It concludes that civil engineering faculty must be scholars, effective teachers,practitioners, and role models. While true, there are a number of complex issues that arise suchas whether it is possible for one person to possess all of these attributes, whether such a modelbest serves the projected trends in civil engineering education, and whether these needs areapplicable to and can be enforced for non-traditional, non-university civil engineering programs.As a new committee (BOK-2) has formed to write the second edition of this document, theASCE Committee on Faculty Development is revising the “who should teach” chapter for thiseffort. This paper discusses some key issues that are relevant to the civil

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Josh Bostwick, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

problem solution, identify the error, and re-solve the problem correctly.2. The Breakdown of Critical Thinking in Mechanics EducationIn this section we examine evidence from situations in mechanics education in which studentsfail to employ critical thinking, and in which pedagogical materials fail to engage students incritical thinking. We believe that these examples are representative of typical situationsencountered by students and instructors at many institutions, and that they provide a clear andaccurate assessment of some fundamental issues that must be addressed.Anecdotes from Student Questions. In the last two years or so, several of our former studentshave visited us to ask questions pertaining to their current course projects. Strikingly

Conference Session

Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education. The primary goals of SyE3(the pilot) were: • SyE3 seeks to raise the technology entrepreneurship literacy of engineering faculty and their students and demonstrate the importance of this literacy to economic prosperity (job and wealth creation). This includes knowledge of the entrepreneurship process and identification of relevant linkages between engineering and entrepreneurship. • SyE3 seeks to improve the art and craft of teaching entrepreneurship in engineering schools. This includes the use of case studies, simulations, and real world projects as alternative pedagogies. • Motivation to understand and engage in the entrepreneurship process. With a recognition that engineers foster

Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-2603: MIND LINKS 2006: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MINORITIES TOSTUDY AND STAY IN ENGINEERINGMaria Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Page 11.931.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 MIND Links 2006: Resources to Motivate Minorities to Study and Stay In EngineeringAbstractMIND is the acronym for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) MINoritiesin Engineering Division. The MIND Links project gathers useful web links and information onresources that would allow minority students and minority faculty to find and take full advantageof the myriad of programs and information designed to promote their participation in