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Tricks of the Trade in Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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New Engineering Educators

2006-1447: RESEARCH IN THE UNDERGRADUATE ENVIRONMENTPeter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University Peter Schuster is interested in automotive safety, impact, biomechanics, finite element analysis, and design. He earned a Physics BA from Cornell University, MSME in design from Stanford University, and Ph.D. in biomechanics from Michigan Technological University. After ten years in body design and automotive safety at Ford Motor Company he joined the Mechanical Engineering department at Cal Poly. He teaches mechanics, design, stress analysis, and finite element analysis courses and serves as co-advisor to the student SAE chapter.Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

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Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University; Jane Moorhead, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

; Learning, vol. 24, p. 38, May2004.[10] R. Bloede, “Rubrics for drafting and engineering classes,” Tech Directions, vol. 60, pp. 30-31, Dec. 2000.[11] G. Boyd and M.F. Hassett, “Developing critical writing skills in engineering and technology students,” Journalof Engineering Education, vol. 89, pp. 409-412, Oct. 2000.[12] J. Brocato, B. Chapman, and J. Harden, “Improving the writing-evaluation abilities of graduate teachingassistants in ECE labs,” in Proc. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, 2005.Appendix A Survey of Digital Devices and Logic Design (ECE 3714) Students Concerning RubricsOf the six labs completed to date, for how many labs have you used the grading rubrics toprepare?For each of the following statements, rank your

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sheila Edwards Lange, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

. Etzkowitz, C. Kemelgor, and B. Uzzi, Athena unbound: The advancement of women in science and technology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.[9] S. Brainard and L. Carlin, "A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science," Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 369-375, 1998.[10] J. S. Long, From scarcity to visibility: Gender differences in the careers of doctoral scientists and engineers / J. Scott Long, editor ; Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, Panel for the Study of Gender Differences in the Career Outcomes of Science and Engineering Ph.D.s, National Research Council. Washington, D.C. :: National Academy Press,, 2001.[11] Goodman Research Group

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Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

others in business careers. In addition, not allentrepreneurship students will have studied business and/or engineering ethics. As a new courseoffering, many institutions are offering Entrepreneurship with no prerequisite courses.Thus, special circumstances pertain to the entrepreneurship student: • With its extensive emphasis on opportunity, technology, and innovation, entrepreneurship differs somewhat from other business ownership or from non- entrepreneurial work within organizations. Page 11.1209.3 • Entrepreneurs face expectations that they will aggressively compete based on

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Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

2006-1252: CONCEPT MODELING WITH NURBS, POLYGON, ANDSUBDIVISION SURFACESJames Wronecki, East Tennessee State University James A. Wronecki is a designer/educator with diverse experience in design and digital media. He is an Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University in the Technology Department's Digital Media Program. He received his Masters of Industrial Design from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He has also served as an Instructor at The Art Institute of Atlanta, and as an Adjunct Professor at both The University of the Arts and Philadelphia University. Page 11.347.1

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Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tommy Stevenson, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Minorities in Engineering

positive side, two more female faculty members were hiredto begin in the fall 2005 semester continuing an encouraging trend in this area. However, noprogress has been made to date in hiring African-American faculty members. The BagleyCollege of Engineering hopes to be able to report at future ASEE meetings about the success ofits endeavors to increase the diversity of the college.Bibliography1. Engineering Workforce Commission or the American Association of Engineering Societies, “Engineering & Technology Enrollments: Fall 2004,” Washington, D.C.2. U.S. Census Bureau, Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000, http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US28&- qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name

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Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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Engineering Physics & Physics

School ofEngineering, for supporting this work and for seeing the wisdom of teaching E&M from theperspective of both disciplines.Bibliography1. N. Anderson, M. Mina, “A New Approach in Teaching Electromagnetism: How to Teach EM to All Levels from Freshman to Graduate and Advanced-Level Students,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3632.2. J. R. Porter, “Teaching Applied Electromagnetism to Engineering Technology Students,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 3449.3. J. Jalkio, A. Weimerskirch, “Assessing Outcomes,” To be published.4. Center for Computational Electromagnetics and Electromagnetics Laboratory (CCEML) at the University of Illinois, Urbana

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Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

2006-1168: EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PEDAGOGICAL TECHNIQUESJohn Marshall, University of Southern MaineJune Marshall, St. Joseph's College JUNE MARSHALL received her doctorate from North Carolina State University and is Director of Education at St. Joseph’s College in Maine. Her specialization is learning strategies focusing specifically in cooperative leaning and character education. Page 11.514.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Effective and Efficient Pedagogical TechniquesThe purpose of this paper is to identify and describe teaching tools and techniques thatwill help new faculty

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Capstone Design and Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Finelli, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering entrepreneurship ENGR310 finance engineering entrepreneurship ENGR310 QMM492 operations and systems management international business QMM492 computer science engineering entrepreneurship ENGR310 master of manufacturing QMM492 information science technology ENGR310 no answer no answer ENGR310 accounting engineering entrepreneurship ENGR310 QMM492 finance engineering

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida

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International

LinearControl Systems, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1992.3. M.S. Wahid and P.M. Eydgahi, “A Character-Based CAD Software For Control SystemsModeling”, Proceedings of First International Conference on ComputerApplications in Science, Technology, and Medicine in, pp. 68—71, Dec. 1991.4. S. Bingulac, “CAD Package L-A-S: A Resource and Educational Tool in Systems andControl”, Proceedings of 12th Southern Symposium on System Theory, Charlotte, NC, March1988.5. M.S. Wahid and PM. Eydgahi, “Computer Simulation forTeaching System StabilityConcepts”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Education, Vol. 7, No. 5, Page 11.117.5pp. 392—397, 1991.6. J.M. Mason, C.P

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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

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Teaching Innovation in Arch Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Connell, East Carolina University; David Batie, East Carolina University

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Architectural

team collaborative teaching format wasaccomplished with an online faculty. The internet technology removed the physicalboundaries of distance and brought together individuals who were philosophicallyaligned in their attitudes about the professions from the built environment.Why (did we break the box?)Proximity to practice - Every building endeavor requires the interaction of many Page 11.284.2disciplines. The architect, engineer, construction manager, city officials, investors allplay a key role in completing a building project. A successful project is not possiblewithout numerous and repeated interactions with individuals for all disciplines

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

: What Do They Promise And How Can They Be Used?IntroductionStudent portfolios have been listed as a possible means of assessment under the basic levelaccreditation criteria for ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)Engineering Criteria 2000. Since then, engineering educators and researchers have started to useportfolios in their teaching and are trying to explore the potentials of portfolios. Various effortshave focused on using portfolios in engineering instruction and the results of those efforts havebeen reported in the engineering education literature. This research provides educators usefulinformation on how to use or adopt portfolios efficiently in their classrooms.However, because of the diversity of the efforts to

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Richard Ciocci, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Jerry Shoup, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

2006-2343: PREVIEWS OF COMING ATTRACTIONS – EMPLOYING THE FIRSTYEAR SEMINAR TO PREPARE ENGINEERING FRESHMEN FOR SUCCESS INCOLLEGE AND BEYONDDavid Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte DR. DAVID S. COTTRELL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and retired in 2000 after more than 22 years of service with the US Army Corps of Engineers. Studies at Texas A&M University resulted in an MS Degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 and a PhD in 1995. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has taught courses in statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Charity Tsuruda, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

in science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) fields in higher education. Some institutions had extensive resources online; for theseinstitutions we focused on the 1-2 programs that we felt were most relevant and useful toengineering faculty and graduate students. Our search was limited to institutions in the UnitedStates and we did not profile any K-12 teacher education programs that require pre-serviceteachers to create teaching portfolios. We realize that future research about teaching portfolioactivities available to engineering faculty, graduate students and post-docs could includecontacting teaching and learning centers, as well as other campus units at specific institutions tofind out about teaching portfolio activities

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Women & New Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eve Riskin, University of Washington; Kate Quinn, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

2006-1089: DEMYSTIFYING FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES FOR FACULTY:RESOURCES FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRSEve Riskin, University of Washington Eve Riskin received her BS degree in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and her graduate degrees in EE from Stanford. Since 1990, she has been in the EE Department at the University of Washington where she is now Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. With ADVANCE, she works on mentoring and leadership development programs for women faculty in SEM. Her research interests include image compression and image processing. She was awarded a National Science

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harriet Hartman, Rowan University; Moshe Hartman, Retired

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Women in Engineering

Department of Sociology.IntroductionSince 2000, the Accrediting Board of Engineering and Technology has emphasized as one of its11 program outcomes in Criteria 3 the importance for engineering students to master “an abilityto function on multi-disciplinary teams”1 and hence the need to integrate teambuilding skills intothe undergraduate engineering curriculum. This need has arisen because of changes in theworkplace, which now develops engineers into specializations, and requires collaborationbetween specialists and with non-engineers for product planning, design, and completion.Cutting edge engineering programs integrate teambuilding skills and experience into theircurriculum (see, for example, www.foundationcoalition.org).As Rosser2 notes, there

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Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dawn Farver, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

careers. Journal of College Science Teaching 33: 24-26. 6. Huang, P.M. and S.G. Brainard. 2001. Identifying determinants of academic self-confidence among science, math, engineering and technology students. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 7: 315-337. 7. Meinholt, C. and S.L. Murray.1999. Why aren’t there more women engineers? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 5: 239-263. 8. Nauta, M.M., D.L. Epperson and K.L. Waggoner. 1999. Perceived causes of success and failure: Are women’s attributions related to persistence in engineering majors? Journal of Research in Science Teaching 36(6): 663-676

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veekit O'Charoen, Boeing Commerical Aircraft Group (Seattle); Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

in the Engineering Technology Department at Western Washington University. Page 11.980.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Paddling for a Record – Building a Kayak to Improve CAD Surface Modeling and Composite Construction SkillsAbstractThis paper describes an advanced CAD course that used a kayak design project to engagestudents in developing their design, surface modeling, and composite construction skills.Students worked with a client, a competitive kayak racer, whose large size and personalgoal to set a twenty-four hour distance record for a kayak presented both design andconstruction

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Shawn Schumacher, DeVry University; Lynn Burks, DeVry University

/ SUCCESSIntroductionThe objective of this study was to explore the relationships between students’ perceptionsof the importance of three faculty dimensions --- technical currency, teaching techniques,and commitment to student success --- to their learning/success, expressed in terms ofself-reported technical competencies and GPA in a technology-based baccalaureateelectronics engineering technology (EET) program at a teaching university.The accreditation bodies such as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) place high emphasis on the technical currency of faculty, and require institutionsto provide opportunities for faculty to keep abreast of the pace of technological advances.ABET’s 2003-2004 criteria for accrediting engineering technology

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Wankat, Purdue University

Adults are also a market segment that traditional universities have notserved well. For-profit colleges have developed customer service procedures, educationalmethods, and policies that help them graduate working adults quickly. They claim, andcompanies paying many of the students’ bills and accreditation agencies agree, that theirstudents learn. This paper examines some of their educational methods and discusses whichones might be adopted by non-profit schools. The major focus will be on the largest privateuniversity in the US, the University of Phoenix, which currently has more than 200,000students and over 19,000 faculty6, and DeVry University, a private for-profit universityheavily involved with engineering and information technology

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosamond Parkhurst, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech; Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Thomas Bigley, Virginia Tech; Sharon Ruff, Virginia Tech

program to integrate engineering into the middle school classroom.Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines Barbara M. Moskal (bmoskal@mines.edu ) received her Ed.D. in Mathematics Education with a minor in Quantitative Research Methodology and her M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Pittsburgh. She is an Associate Professor in the Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department at the Colorado School of Mines. Her research interests include student assessment, K-12 outreach and equity issues.Gary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey (downeyg@vt.edu ) is Professor of Science and Technology Studies and affiliated faculty member in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia

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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

2006-700: HYDRAULICS AND DRAINAGE COURSE IN A CONSTRUCTIONMANAGEMENT PROGRAMErdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Erdogan M. Sener., Professor and past Chair at the Department of Construction Technology of Purdue School of Engineering & Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). B.S. Civil Eng., Middle East Technical University; M.S. Civil Eng. Michigan State University. He has over 13 years of international industrial experience in design and construction and has been in engineering and technology education for more than 21 years. Member of ASCE, ASEE, ACI, and past President of the Construction Eng. Division of ASEE. Registered

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Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

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New Engineering Educators

2006-710: A MODEL FOR PREPARING THE NSF CAREER PROPOSALGarrick Louis, University of Virginia Garrick E. Louis is an Associate Professor of Systems & Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. He also holds a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research interests include engineering for developing communities and sustainable infrastructure, particularly the development of policies and programs to assure sustained access to infrastructure-related services in the face of routine, and low-probability high-consequence interruptions from natural and deliberate man-made sources. Garrick’s projects include community-based water, sanitation and

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1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

Motivate 4 (Amy Smith, Coordinator of Leadership Development) 5 Class Discussion/Girl Scout Planning Engineering Expo and Mock Interview 6 Process Discussion ePortfolio: Online, Personal Information Management 7 Brent Jesiek, Science and Technology Studies Learning to Lead by Learning Yourself 8 (Tim Filbert, Assistant Director of

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Emma Rose, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

mjeliot@u.washington.edu.Jennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students’ professional identity.Emma Rose, University of Washington Emma J. Rose is a doctoral student in the UW Dept of

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Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-1629: USING DIVERSITY STATEMENTS TO PROMOTE ENGAGEMENTWITH DIVERSITY AND TEACHINGJennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students’ professional identity. Email: jturns

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Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Dullanty, ATM

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Ocean and Marine

2006-2631: PRACTICAL DESIGN OF WHARF EXTENSION IN SOUTHCAROLINARobert Dullanty, ATM Mr. Dullanty is a Principal at Applied Technology & Management, Inc. in Charleston, SC. A graduate of the University of Washington, Mr. Dullanty specializes in Marine Structures and is comfortable in environments as diverse as the Alaskan Tundra to the balmy climate of South Carolina, Florida and the Caribbean. After leaving the South Carolina State Ports Authority, Mr. Dullanty started his own engineering firm and in the summer of 2005 joined forces Applied Technology & Management, Inc. Page 11.1005.1

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Rodriguez, Cedaredge Middle School; Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

through more than 200science, mathematics, and technology courses. Participants receive graduate-level credit thatmay be applied to teacher re-licensing. The university also has a strong commitment to K-12educational programs, especially programs aimed at minority populations. These programs,which were established as early as 1970, encourage minority students to pursue a highereducation in mathematics, science, and engineering process.Cedaredge Middle SchoolCedaredge Middle School, located in a remote rural county south of Grand Junction, is small(about 210 students) with more than 50% of students on a free/reduced lunch program. DeltaCounty is the 6th poorest county in the state. Many schools with this profile are assessed as“unsatisfactory” by

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Gerald Watson, North Carolina A&T State University; Xiaochun Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

2006-1101: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT RESULTS OF THE NC-LSAMPPROJECTMarcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University Marcia Williams is the Coordinator of Sponsored Programs for the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University and Statewide Coordinator for the NC Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP). She received a B.S. in Industrial Technology (Manufacturing) from North Carolina A&T State University, and a MBA from Wake Forest University. She has sixteen years of experience in sponsored program administration.Gerald Watson, North Carolina A&T State University Jerry Watson is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering at North Carolina A&