Conference Session

Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ochs, Lehigh University; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; Todd Watkins, Lehigh University; Graham Mitchell, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-educational, non-denomination and serves 4,650 undergraduates and 1,980 graduatestudents with ~60% percent male and 40% female. Students are enrolled in 3undergraduate colleges: arts and science (50%), business (20%), engineering (30%) witha graduate college of education. Lehigh is considered to be in the class of “highlyselective” schools with a combined SAT scores ranging from 1210 to 1350 with over50% of the student body receiving scholarships. The student body is from over 20 statesand 65 countries with the majority of students coming from Pennsylvania, Delaware,New Jersey and New York. There are approximately 400 full-time faculty members with Page

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

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Women in Engineering

Engineering Education, 2006 Partners in Engineering: Outreach efforts provide holistic engineering education for middle school girlsAbstractThe Partners in Engineering (PIE) program brings together 8th grade girls and female engineeringstudents from Clarkson University to experience mentoring, leadership, and real-life engineeringproblem solving. The program aims to empower young women to make informed and educatedchoices for advanced coursework and careers in engineering and technology-related fields. Ateam of female engineering student mentors teaches a three-week long engineering problemsolving unit to 8th grade technology classes, in which students apply an engineering

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Ferrill, Rice University; Lisa Getzler-Linn, Lehigh University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

testimony, case studies and role play, we've created the opportunity forinnovation and for students better understanding themselves through applied entrepreneurialethics. Our next section presents an outline of the curriculum.A Practical Approach to the Seven Layers of Integrity™Neither business nor engineering curricula offer much opportunity to explore self-knowledge. Inviewing themselves as present team members or future business partners, entrepreneurshipstudents must begin to explore their own intentions and values while understanding thatstandards exist outside themselves. While striving to create innovations, students also encounterself-creation and the use of a tool to aid them in decision making.In a workshop environment composed of part

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

. Division faculty members have found that assisting students with laptops provides optimum mentoring experience as students bring their work and issues directly to the faculty member for help. Students using their home computers or even ASU computing environments must instead bring execution snapshots describing errors and issues which provide less realistic mentoring scenarios between student and faculty member.• Finally the laptop policy provides unique pedagogical opportunities to the curriculum including in-class projects and the taking of on-line quizzes and tests and presenting solutions to projects.3 Laptop studyTo formulate a policy, the Division wanted to understand what decisions needed to be made andwhat options

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

Engineering Education Excellence Award He is a past-chair of the ASEE IL/IN Section, and board member of Freshman Programs and Educational Research Methods Divisions.Barrett Myers, Purdue University Barrett Myeters is a masters student in Computer Programming Technology. He received his B.S in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky in 2004. He is currently a graduate assistant with the EPICS Program at Purdue University. Page 11.941.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Multi-Campus Collaborations among Undergraduate Design Teams: Opportunities and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Steve Lawson, Leeds Metropolitan University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University

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Engineering Management

: Page 11.300.2‘...increasingly flexible and truncated careers. Hence graduates have to be more ‘flexible’ intheir attitudes towards work and more ‘adaptive’ in their behaviour in the labour market.They require a broader portfolio of technical, social and personal skills than...wereemphasised in the past.’ 3Therefore, the type of graduates we need to produce are those that are business-aware as wellas possessing the traditional engineering skills. However, the lack of fully efficient linksbetween university and industry means that we don’t always produce the type of graduatesthat industry really requires. And, in fact, we have been slow to respond to its changingrequirements.In many universities, course planning is largely an internally driven

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Li Qian, South Dakota State University; Teresa Hall, South Dakota State University; Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

assimilation and cultivation oflifelong learning skills. Self-directed learning activities also make students have an intrinsicbelief that one is responsible for one’s own learning [ 4 ] .The current MNET curriculum produces manufacturing technology program graduates thatare not as strong in understanding the overall methodology of design as expected. This has Page 11.790.2been a shortcoming identified in our outcomes assessment data as indicated by results on theSociety of Manufacturing Engineers Certified Manufacturing Technologist (CMfgT) examand other program assessments. It is important for MNET students to be able to develop anddesign tools and

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ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

criticalthinking, writing and oral presentation skills. With these skills, the students will be able to makemore informed decisions on how to appropriately apply technology.Now in its third semester, the course has obtained overwhelmingly positive feedback. This paperwill review the impetus for the change, an overview of the new course material, a summary ofthe students’ feedback and the assessment methods. It will discuss the lesson plans, laboratoryexercises and projects developed to teach this material.IntroductionUpon graduation from the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), each graduatereceives a commission as an Ensign in the Coast Guard and a Bachelors of Science in one ofeight fields, four engineering majors: Civil; Electrical; Mechanical

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Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Berdanier, Ohio Northern University

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Environmental Engineering

has evolved over the past five years involving the professorproject leader, two graduate students, and one senior level BSCE in developing field survey data,technical feasibility studies and preliminary cost estimates.IntroductionWhat characteristics define educational pursuits that interest the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE)? The Environmental Engineering Division of ASEE isinterested in the application of service learning in developing communities especially in thetopical areas of providing safe water and sanitation. Case studies presented regarding theexperiences of members in developing countries that develop educational opportunities formembers, students and indigenous populations should be of interest. Additionally