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Design Through the Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Beaman; Philip Schmidt

. The '80s brought the advent of personal computers and the rapiddevelopment of user-friendly application software. As increasingly powerful hardware andsoftware tools became available, industry began demanding engineering graduates skilled in theuse of these application tools, and showed less interest in students' ability to build their own toolsfrom the ground up. The microprocessor also radically changed the way and extent to which pre-college students experience technology. Integrated electronics and the conversion of mechanicalcontrol to computer control effectively made function and form in everyday machines invisible;the conceptual database that engineering students formerly brought to the table declinedsubstantially as "virtual

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Matthew Parsek; Chris Riesbeck; Gulnur Birol; Ann McKenna

practical context,foster the development of practical skills such as oral and written communication and teamwork,as well as teach the underlying scientific principles. Learning and instructional theories explainthat providing real-life contexts increases students’ interest, provides opportunities for studentsto apply their knowledge, and prepares students for situations they will encounter aftergraduation2, 3. In addition, the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) hascompelled engineering schools to re-examine their curricula and to make appropriate changes toalign learning outcomes with the new criteria 4. Page 8.348.1

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ali Ansari

Session No. # 2506 “THE NATURAL HOUSE” – CONCEPT, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION Ali Uddin Ansari, Ishrat Meera Mirzana Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology (MJCET), Hyderabad, IndiaAbstractThe city of Hyderabad, an explosively growing metropolis located in the south centralregion of India, experiences hot and dry summers and generally warm day temperaturesmost of the year. The building construction approaches and techniques currently in useinvolve excessive use of cement, brick and reinforced concrete

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Moeness Amin; Athina Petropulu; Ahmad Hoorfar; William Jemison; Robert Caverly

engineering. Figure 1. Block diagram of a smart communications transceiver system The authors are developing, with the support of an NSF CRCD grant, a series ofeducational concept modules covering both basic and advanced topics in smart communicationstechnology, focusing on microelectronics, antennas and the signal processing elements. This setof topics was chosen to leverage the broad research expertise at the participating universities,which represent a fertile background for introduction of the technology to advancedundergraduate students as well as first year graduate students. The group of participatinguniversities represents a broad spectrum of educational institutions, which will help in makingthese smart communications

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Kuyath

: (1)development of new curriculum; (2) improvement to existing curriculum; or (3) research thatinforms curriculum or teaching at the local (course, department, college, university) level. Thisproject focused on the improvement to existing curriculum by developing a web-based course forJava programming.The Engineering Technology Department at UNC Charlotte is a 2+2 program serving AASgraduates from ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accreditedengineering technology programs in the southeast United States. For many of these graduates,traveling to UNC Charlotte to continue their education at the bachelor’s level is not a realisticoption. The development of a web-based distance education program has provided an

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Norris; Duco Jansen; Sean Brophy

calculators (Texas Instruments and HewletPackard) connected to the teacher’s computer with cables at each seat [3,4,5]. Recently, TexasInstruments rolled out a system called Navigator, which uses wireless hubs located strategicallythroughout a classroom. Students connect to the hub through their TI calculator. This workswell in many engineering schools where the calculator is a ubiquitous device. Other manufacturesuse infrared (IR) technology to provide wireless connectivity with the instructor’s computer.The VaNTH ERC has created their own version of a CCS to leverage the wireless laptoptechnology students are using as part of the laptop initiative at Vanderbilt. One of our strongestmotivations for this project is to explore the value added by

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Douglas F. De Boer

Typography Too Douglas F. De Boer Dordt College, Sioux Center IowaIntroductionThe ubiquitous application of word processors (as opposed to typewriters) has raised the barfor aesthetically pleasing documents. In response, academia should better equip students toproduce pleasing documents by introducing students to the basics of typography.Some elements of typography are unique to science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET)classes and by contrast, not commonly encountered in the humanities. Examples are thetypesetting of equations, numbers in tables, numbers in scientific or engineering formats, andlabeling of graphs, schematics, and

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

community professionals. TheApprenticeships in Science and Engineering (ASE) program is part of Saturday Academy and istargeted at the “best and brightest” high school students. The heart of the ASE program is theapprenticeship, in which a student apprentice works with one or more technical professionalmentors for eight weeks full-time during the summer. The OSU ChE Dept. has participated inthe ASE program since 1994. Integration of the microelectronics modules into these summerresearch experiences is an excellent avenue for both recruitment of top rated students intoengineering and exposure of students to technologies relevant to Oregon’s predominant industry.Web site: http://www.ogi.edu/satacad/index.html5. Assessment PlanThe measurable student

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jon Marvel

program which is open not only to students which have an undergraduate degree inengineering but also for students who have an undergraduate technology or related physicalscience degree. This particular degree option was developed to meet the technical andprofessional development needs of practicing engineers. The M.S. program in ManufacturingOperations is a 33-semester hour program that includes a professional practice component, aseries of courses in manufacturing operations, a capstone Masters Project, and approved graduate Page 8.943.1elective courses. The minimum academic preparation required for entry into the program includes

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Innovations in the Aerospace Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Olivier de Weck

Session 522 The Three Principles of Powered Flight: An Active Learning Approach Olivier L. de Weck1, Peter W. Young2 and Danielle Adams3 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139AbstractA holistic education in aerospace engineering ought to encompass not only aircraft design, butshould adequately treat other flight concepts. There are three known fundamental principles ofpowered flight. Balloons of any kind use the

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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Malgorzata Zywno

% 14 Michigan Tulane University, Alabama18 255 60% 58% 85% 50% 15 33 55% 60% 70% 55% University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica 15 351 60% 74% 79% 50% University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 17 135 YES* YES* YES* YES* Newcastle, UK, Van Zwanenberg et al. Ryerson, Canada, this study, 2000-2002 338 61% 65% 88% 63%* In their study of 135 engineering

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

years. He enjoys working for FEH and mentoring junior high and high schoolstudents through the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) program. Mr. Radiganwill graduate in June 2004 with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Japanese.PRABAL K. DUTTAPrabal K. Dutta is a currently graduate student at The Ohio State University, where he is a member of theDependable Distributed and Networked Systems. He conceived of the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors Page 8.553.14 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Srilekha Srinivasan; Robert Palmer; Michael Anderson; Lance Perez; A. John Boye

advantage in the course? 6) Any additional student comments and further follow up questions.The quantitative and the qualitative assessment outcomes will be used to update, adapt, andimprove the overall learning experience of future UNL electrical engineering students. Further,the quantitative and qualitative outcomes will be used specifically to refine the laboratoryexperience of the electrical engineering undergraduate students at UNL. Through disseminationof the results of this laboratory adaptation in the College of Engineering and Technology atUNL, it is possible to influence the curriculum in other departments, possibly providing theimpetus for future cross-disciplinary laboratory projects.ELEC 304 Quantitative and Qualitative

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Industrial Collaborations

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Schuyler; Kenneth Quinn

industry by providing lifelong educational opportunities foremployees, and create a new income for the college. These outcomes have helped to foster an expanding andadvantageous relationship between industry and engineering technology. This paper will outline the necessary stepsto initiate, develop, assess, and gain university approval for these types of collaborative education agreements. Theseagreements between industry and academia can help us to meet today’s demand for rapidly changing technologicaleducational needs.IntroductionTechnology and technology education are rapidly changing fields. It is a significant challenge for programs andhigher education institutions to maintain pace with industry and its needs. As corporate demand for

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

”BiographiesRonald J. WilleyProfessor Willey joined the Department of Chemical Engineering of Northeastern University inthe Fall of 1983. His teaching is devoted to experimental methods and process safety. He is aregistered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and was recentlyelected Fellow of the AIChE.Guido W. LopezDr. Guido Lopez is a faculty member of the School of Engineering Technology at NortheasternUniversity, Boston.. He previously served as Department Head of the Engineering Math andScience Division at Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH. He has performed applied research atthe NASA John Glenn Research Center on power generation for the international space station.Deniz TuranMs Turan is a graduate of the Middle East Technical

Conference Session

ET Capstone Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Janak Dave; Thomas Boronkay

Session 3447 Bi-Use Wheelchair/Examination Table Thomas Boronkay, Janak Dave, Erika Shafts University of CincinnatiAbstractStudents working toward the Baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) at the University op Cincinnati are required to complete a Design, Build & Test Capstonedesign project. Some of these projects are geared to meet the needs of the local non-profitorganizations that provide community service. For the past several years, the MET departmenthas been working with these organizations to identify problems to be solved by

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jerrolyn Hebert; Dawn McKinney

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”IntroductionIn order to evaluate our educational program, we have a Dean’s Student Council made up ofundergraduate and graduate students from all three of our program’s disciplines (computerscience, information science, and information technology) and an advisory council made up ofindustrial leaders from technology oriented companies from across our local region. When askedhow they would improve their education, the members of the Student Council consistentlymentioned that they would like to see more demonstrations and have more hands-on labs wherethey could explore the various theoretical topics discussed in class. The

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Chernik; Josh Lambden; Brent Young; Bill Svrcek

Session 2793 Experiences in Process Control Web-based Learning Paul Chernik, Joshua Lambden, Glen Hay, William Svrcek and Brent Young Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, CANADAAbstractAs more and more students gain access to computers, the idea of implementing Internet-basedchemical engineering courses becomes more of a reality. With web-based learning comes newopportunities and challenges for both faculty and students. In courses where hands-on learningdirectly facilitated by an instructor is not required, web-based

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jed Lyons

schools. The demographics of Page 8.311.1the five teachers were 1 white female, 1 black male and 3 white males. Each teacher had earned Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationan undergraduate degree in Wood Science and Technology, Mathematics, Biology, ChemicalEngineering, or Chemistry before receiving teacher certification. They were highly qualified tocontribute intellectually to the research. The RET principal investigator from Mechanical Engineering has taught the ENGR 101course on

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

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2003 Annual Conference

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Semahat Siddika Demir

Session 1309 A Simulation-Based Teaching and Learning Resource for Electrophysiology: iCell Semahat S. DemirJoint Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Memphis & University of Tennessee 330 Engineering Technology Building, Memphis TN, 38152-3210, USA Email: sdemir@memphis.edu Abstract— An interactive web resource, iCell (http://ssd1.bme.memphis.edu/icell/), wasdeveloped as a simulation-based teaching and learning tool for electrophysiology. The web siteintegrates education and research, and provides JAVA applets that represent

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joseph Urban; James Collofello; Doris Roman; Faye Navabi; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Excellence class on computer science basics. This class was successfully pilotedas a one-hour course during the Fall 2001 semester. Page 8.327.1Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationKeywords: Computer Basics, Computer Science, Computer Science Placement ExamI. IntroductionThe motivation for this project stems from the need to begin generating excitement and preparingstudents at earlier ages for information technology careers. Although most secondary schoolsprovide some education in programming

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

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Can Saygin

. Page 8.52.6 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”3. Rahman, S.M., Sarker, R., and Bignall, B., 1999, “Application of Multimedia Technology in Manufacturing: A Review”, Computers in Industry, Vol.38, pp.43-52.4. Shu, L. and Flowers, W., 1994, “Teledesign: Groupware User Experiments in 3-D CAD”, Collaborative Computing, Vol.1., pp.1-14.5. Tang, J.C. and Minneman, S.L., 1991, “VideoDraw: Video Interface for Collaborative Drawing”, ACM Trans. Information Systems, Vol.9, No.2, pp.170-184.6. Leevers, D., Condon, C., Lutz-Kunisch, B. and Ahlers, R., 1992, "The DUMIN Project - Experience with

Conference Session

Diversity in Materials

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Miller; Oscar Barton

Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationgeneration system and a distributed energy storage system. In addition, its mission-flexiblearchitecture provides a vehicle to suit many combat environments. All these capabilities providethe Navy with versatility and power. Yet this vision is possible only if the enabling technologiesrequired for production have reached a sufficient level of maturity. Among other technologies,such as expert systems and artificial intelligence, the development and use of advancedcomposite materials is a crucial enabling technology if the vessels are to come into being. Otherconcept vehicles include the stealthy modular submarine and the unmanned aerial vehicle, eachrequiring the

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Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; David Oglesby; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

assigned into three groups that viewed two example problems either by: (a) video lecture presentation; (b)static HTML webpage delivery; or (3) interactive animated modules featuring high quality, three dimensionalgraphics created with Macromedia Flash software. This paper reports the details of this experiment and the results.I. IntroductionConsiderable time, money, and effort have gone into the development of learning technologiesfor engineering education in recent years due to the wide availability of capable computers, theworld wide web, and powerful authoring environments. Unfortunately, a substantial number ofthese technology-based learning innovations have been developed with little thought given todesign issues or to their systematic

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ingvar Gustavsson

Session 2359 User-defined Electrical Experiments in a Remote Laboratory Ingvar Gustavsson Department of Telecommunications and Signal Processing Blekinge Institute of Technology, SwedenAbstractLaboratory exercises in electrical engineering courses can be performed remotely using realequipment. A number of user-defined experiments on electrical circuits have been conductedover the Internet at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Sweden; the experiments have beencarried out in different locations simultaneously using the same experimental hardware located

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Renken; John Reisel

capstone design project. Bothprojects required the students to research alternative solutions to their problems, which alreadyexisted. They needed to familiarize themselves with current technology, and practice using andinterpreting site and system diagrams for a complex facility. They needed to learn how to interactwith other engineers and industry professionals in order to learn what their problems were, or howtheir product would help solve a problem. The students in each project needed to design a systemthat would meet the needs of the PNIC, and they needed to perform a cost analysis to determine ifthe solution was viable. The students working on the power generation project also had anopportunity to learn a great deal about the societal impact

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Goff; Elizabeth McCullough, Kansas State University; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

teachers. Over 700 teachers from schoolsalong the Interstate 4 Corridor that runs from Tampa on the west coast through Orlando toDaytona Beach on the east coast have attended the camp. The two-day camp has a basicschedule that allows for variations to fit the local community where it is offered. The intendedaudience is primarily high school mathematics, science, computer science and technology teachersand curriculum specialists. The overarching goal of the event is to provide the teacher withinformation about the electronic microchip industry from the background science, themanufacturing or fabrication processes, employee qualifications for technical staff includingtechnicians, operators, engineers, etc., and career opportunities and business

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Weber; Bernard Lwakabamba; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Conference, Toronto, Canada, June, 2002.[2] B. Graubard, F. Chen, Z. Min, R.J. Weber, D. Rover, and J.A. Dickerson, “Lessons Learned: Installing a Wireless System in the C6 Virtual Reality Environment,” IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 7th Annual Immersive Projection Technology (IPT) Symposium, Orlando, March 2002.[3] J. A. Dickerson, W. C. Black, C. Cruz-Neira, R. Weber, “CRCD: Wireless Multimedia Communications for Virtual Environments,” Invited Paper at the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June, 2001.[4] R. Stuart, Design of Virtual Environments: Barricade Books, 2001.[5] Allen Bierbaum, VR

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Motivating students to achieve

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Debra Wright; Gretchen Hein; Mary Fran Desrochers; Mary Raber

Session 3475 Fun and Games… In the Classroom? MaryFran Desrochers, Gretchen Hein, Mary Raber, Debra Wright Michigan Technological University (School of Technology/Department of Engineering Fundamentals/College of Engineering/Department of Biomedical Engineering) 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931AbstractActive learning techniques have been shown to improve student interest in and learning of coursematerials. New educators, however, can find it challenging to incorporate active learning experiencesinto their courses. This paper will discuss the use of games, from

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie K. Ofosu

purchase laptop computers, which can be loaned to studentswhile they are studying at the particular institution.IV. Closing the Divide Many of the nations engineering and engineering technology schools have been striving toincrease the number of underrepresented minorities who enroll in their programs. The fact thatthese are the groups most affected by the digital divide has not been good news for them. Acommerce department study has found that between December 1998 and August 2000, the gap inhome Internet access between Black households and the national household average increasedfrom 15 to 18 percent. The gap between Hispanic households and the national average widenedfrom 13.6 to 17.9 percent 5. As a result, many young people might