Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

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International

-ABET accredited public Page 11.316.5colleges, where technical transfer classes with grades below C- and technology classesare not accepted in the UofU Electrical Engineering program, see 3 for the list ofarticulated classes. Transfer students from non-ABET accredited schools (such as SLCC,Weber, Snow, etc.) will be provisionally admitted if they meet the above criteria. Aftercompletion of 21 hours of UofU or other accredited technical classes with a GPA of atleast 2.8, transfer students from non-accredited schools can apply for full major status 1.In other words, transfer students from non-accredited institutions are currently put onprobation. As a

Conference Session

Computer ET Projects and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jai Agrawal, Purdue University-Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Michael Segura, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

DescriptionThe Wi-Fi mailbox is fabricated as a 6-inch extruded aluminum box for faraday shielding, withGFI outlets, an Ethernet RJ45 coupler, UTP CAT 5e Ethernet cable, Lightning arrestors and2.4GHz -7dBi omni directional antenna with 2ft of LMR195 cable. The Wi-Fi mail box systemconsists of six subsystems: 1) Mailbox, 2) Sensors, 3) Development board, 4) Communication, 5)Interface and 6) Power supply. Page 11.597.2 Residence Internet PDA Laptop

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Schneider, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

both research and design.The course layout, the final student designs and the course evaluations are provided in this paper.The instructor and student evaluations of the course did conclude that future implementationsneed to provide the students with more structure and guidance through the initial research phaseto ensure the level of research being conducted is at the technology level and not the productlevel. Overall, the students left the course with an expanded appreciation for the research, designand analysis aspect of engineering.1. IntroductionThe Engineering Technology Department at the University of Dayton (UD) provides everystudent with ample applied learning experiences and encourages students to seek industrialexperience either

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

patent statute states that“[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, orcomposition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor,subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.”1 We must resort to case law to be moredefinitive about what makes an invention useful. An inventor will not get a patent if the invention was 1) known or used 2) by others 3) inthe U.S., 4) before the inventor conceived the invention. However, we also know from previouscase law that to “be known” that knowledge must be publicly available.2 Public use by someoneother than the inventor, even someone that the inventor disclosed the invention to in confidence,will void the patent by

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fani Zlatarova, Elizabethtown College

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Information Systems

implementation. Animportant role is assigned to the database query definition, because answering queries is the finalgoal of an information system. Teaching different levels of abstractions and the respectivestrategies for query definition, such as: natural language descriptions, relational algebraexpressions, QBE relational language expressions, SQL language expressions, queryoptimization tools, and miscellaneous recent query applications, would prepare our students forefficient and effective management of information systems.1. IntroductionCurrently, using information systems is part of the daily activities of the global economic, social,and political environments. Many academic institutions introduce new graduate interdisciplinaryprograms involving a

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

, Devicenet, Ethernet, Foundation Fieldbus,Profibus are increasingly used in instrumentation and control system implementations these days[1]. Sensors, controllers, and actuators are connected as nodes in these networks instead ofhardwiring the devices with point-to-point connections. These networks, collectively calledfieldbus networks, reduce system wiring and provide easy system diagnosis and maintenance. Itis important to integrate fieldbus networks topic in instrumentation and control system courses inorder to make the content of these courses up-to-date with the current industrial practice.There is significant literature available on fieldbus networks [1-3]. Hulsebos has beenmaintaining a comprehensive web site since 1999 that lists various

Conference Session

Security

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Information Systems

component. For example, C /C++ programming course was enhanced with basic ciphering like Caeasr cipher, Javaprogramming was enhanced with Java security concepts, OS course was enhanced with thecoverage of access control, buffer overflow, malicious software, etc., network course wasenhanced with the coverage of insecure protocol and secure protocol etc. The author will discusshow security education can be enhanced in many college courses below.1. IntroductionWhether caused by so many news worthy security incidents or not, security education hasbecome a trend either as a major, a certificate program, a curriculum, or as modules to enhancethe current curriculum nowadays.Security education papersIt was worth noting that security education is noted and

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Haight, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

. Page 11.854.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Katrina in the Classroom: Engineering and Public Policy through Project-based LearningA Note on Engineering and Public PolicyWe assume that engineering educators have two sorts of interest in public policy 1. What and how to teach students about the role of public policy in engineering and technology and vice versa. This is our focus in this paper. 2. Public policies that concern engineering educationPublic policies are the policies of public institutions that affect our lives including, but notlimited to, federal, state and local governments. Public universities and utilities, and NGOs mayalso be included. Since government policies

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Ron Leong, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

setup executable file ofBreeze is installed, all of Breeze’s functionalities appear on a menu option in MicrosoftPowerPoint. The first requirement is to invest in a headphone with microphone in order to addthe audio to the PowerPoint slides. Choosing Breeze from the pull-down menu, you then justselect the Record Audio option. (See Figure 1). Adding the audio to the slide is as simple aspressing the red dot button. If the slides contain multiple animations, the NEXT ANIMATIONbutton will be highlighted and as you hit the space bar, the next animation will show up on thescreen for the speaker to add the audio.Figure 1. Screen shot of Macromedia Breeze recording function The second application of Breeze is using the Breeze Meeting Room option

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah; Stephanie Richardson, University of Utah; Rohit Verma, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

• Enhance the junior-level design experience with formal training in project management, entrepreneurialism, and system integration. (This is an interdisciplinary initiative between the Colleges of Business and Engineering.) • Utilizing an enhanced “Write/Speak to Learn” program to help the students better understand the systems they design.MethodsThe ECE curriculum is relatively traditional and is shown in Table 1. All of the required ECEcourses already include a laboratory component, and it is these laboratories that are beingadapted to include project-based system designs. Typically, the basic concepts being taught inthe labs remain very similar to what they were without the system level design, however thesebasic concepts

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Industrial Technology

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

programming. Internship program is includedin this category as well.Courses included in management core are courses that make students have ability to work in thebusiness environments, not only in industry. Examples of courses in this core are accounting,finance, marketing, and management.ResultsAccording to the criteria above, the curriculum for industrial distribution program in tenuniversities can be separated into each category in table 1. General Math and Distr. Manage- Total Credit University Electives Education Science /Tech ment (Bus

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Josephson, Tuskegee University; Jaya Krishnagopalan, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

appreciative of the concept is to ask them to generate a column ofnumbers in series, e.g., from 1 to 100. Students unclear on the concept will simply manuallyenter in the numbers (or start to, before they realize that there must be an easier way!) whilethose who have learned how to make use of relative references will quickly determine that thebest course of action is to copy a formula that generates a value of 1 more than that of the data inthe preceding cell.Finally the students are taught advanced cell reference techniques, namely the use of absolutereferences. In Excel this is done by using the $ character in the cell reference; e.g., $D$3 is anabsolute reference and, if embedded in a copied formula, any new formula will still refer to thecell in

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Page 11.551.5same unit, and they share the same mission to provide the professional skills that new engineersneed to succeed and excel in industry the public sector, or private practice. There is muchsymbiosis among the three programs with shared teaching duties, meetings, funded projects, anddaily interaction.In the rest of the paper, we will, 1. Describe these programs in design, entrepreneurship, and leadership 2. Review studies that show why these programs represent important education for our engineering students for work in the national and global economies 3. Analyze the survey data that Penn State’s College of Engineering has collected from its alumni for more than a decade. These data both address how the

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

progresses. This important feature enablesstudents to build increasingly sophisticated life-long learning skills throughout the semester bygaining increased control over their learning strategies and educational process.Each project has accompanying constraints, deliverables, and assessments. Although the broadlearning objectives are the same for everyone, each student team studies a different topic or Page 11.695.4material system. For example, to attain the Project 1 goal of connecting composition and Table I. Materials science course projects and learning objectives. Theme and Allotted Time Goals and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp.

. This form of software instruction has been used successfully at theauthor's university to train large groups of students (as many as 1,000 at once).2. IntroductionUse of video-based training over the Internet is nothing new [1]. The only major hurdle is the workcreating the video materials. In our case we used the very popular Camtasia Studio from Techsmith [2]to capture video and audio of ourselves demonstrating the software. The majority of time is not takenup with recording, but rather with scripting the lessons (at least 100 hours scripting per recorded hour).One of the author's first experiences with video-based training was the creation of a home-grownvideo-based course on Mathcad. It was designed to solve the problem of teaching Mathcad

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiacun Wang, Monmouth University; Daniel Ghiringhelli, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, and has served as a program committee member for many international conferences. Dr. Wang is a senior member of the IEEE. Page 11.1065.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Real-Time Systems Scheduling Tool DevelopmentAbstractThis paper presents a real-time system (RTS) scheduling tool which implements some of themost popular scheduling algorithms. It allows users to specify real-time tasks in a RTS, thenevaluates task scheduleability and plots the simulated schedules. It can be used by bothinstructors and students of RTS classes.1. IntroductionReal-time systems are

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Sicker, University of Colorado-Boulder; Tom Lookabaugh, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

ITP attend SFTP events as part of agraduate seminar course. This course focuses on exposing ITP students to policy and businessissues in telecommunications and also serves as a compulsory writing seminar (directed atimproving the writing skills of these students). 3.1. The Interdisciplinary Telecommunications ProgramFounded in 1971, ITP is the oldest telecommunications degree program in the country;combining technology knowledge with the business, economic, and regulatory insights necessaryto thrive in a world of increasingly ubiquitous networks.1 The mission of CU's ITP is theadvancement of telecommunications science as its own discipline through research andeducation of technology, economics, management and policy issues. The historic

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

novelty of the analysis as in providing acontribution to the body of knowledge on how to do the job. This paper can be seen as asolution within a new set of boundary conditions. By systematically examining theexperience of others, the academic community can gradually build up some robustguidelines that will give consistent and reliable results for new course design for modestexpenditure of effort.Systems engineering strategyA system is difficult to define as an abstract entity but it is much easier to recognize by itsattributes, constraints and management methodology. These features are represented infigure 1. Attributes Constraints • Multiple goals

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

deliver theeducational solution.Features of lean operationsLean manufacturing was introduced to eliminate the clear inefficiencies of ‘push’processes. The impact was economically dramatic and came as an unpleasant shock tothe automotive and electronics industries in the 1970s. It was sometimes called ‘just intime’ or ‘agile’ production and for this purposes of this paper, all these techniques arefundamentally similar and based on just three simple priorities: Page 11.866.3 1. Only build what the customer needs when they ask for it. 2. Eliminate all non-value-added steps in the process. 3. Quantify the goals, actions and outcomes and make them very

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Al-Bahi, King Abdulaziz University

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Mechanical Engineering

quality of their graduates in light ofABET EC2000 accreditation policy. In the present work a checklist was developed as adesign assistance tool for satisfying the requirements of both active/cooperative learning andABET EC2000. The checklist includes 66 YES/NO questions to address course goals, courseoutcomes, course learning objectives, students working teams, course assessment tools, andcourse evaluation. The questions also address the five pillars of cooperative learning, namelypositive interdependence, individual accountability face to face interaction, social cooperativeskills, and group processing.1. IntroductionModern teaching techniques, such as active/ cooperative learning, hold great promise forincreasing the effectiveness of

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

model6, 7 or discussions on adopting an outcomes-based approach toaccreditation and mutual recognition within the framework of the European Bolognaprocess8.Similarly on the level of professional accreditation Engineers Australia employ acompetency-based approach to certify professional engineers. The system is based on thedefinition Stage 1 competencies for Graduate engineers9 and Stage 2 competencies forProfessional Engineers. The first level is achieved by obtaining a formal degree from anaccredited engineering program. The achievement of latter is demonstrated through criticalincident reports which show that the respective competencies were attained through workexperience.Preliminary results from an ongoing study at the University of

Conference Session

Design Projects in Wind and Solar Energy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alvin Post, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Winston type are needed, but even the best flat platecollectors may not perform well in cold environments. A typical heating curve for waterin a crude flat plate collector is shown in Figure 1. The time constant can easily be 10-15minutes. Heating cycle time can be excessive when the maximum temperature thecollector reaches is barely above the boiling point, and most simple collectors fall in thiscategory. Page 11.1353.2Figure 1: A typical heating curve for a simple flat plate solar collector.Alternative working fluids such as refrigerants, ether, or other organic fluids with lowboiling points1 have been used in solar thermal pumps to ameliorate this

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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International

. It was only amatter of time for many other higher education institutions to realize that they could notafford to discourage engineering students anymore either. As Chris Kroeger, an associatedean of engineering and applied science at Washington University in St. Louis, said “Wewant to be a pump, not a filter.” (Loftus, 2005)1 Similar attitudes were also adopted by well-known institutions. These include Washington University in St. Louis, Virginia TechCollege of Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Syracuse University,Clemson University, University of Missouri, Texas A&M, and a very long list of manyothers. Almost a decade has passed since then and the intermittences of political guidelines havemeant that Portuguese

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Goodmann, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the SDR project, the students build a new project which they beginworking on the very first day of the semester. This project, called the Karaoke Device, is verysimple but entertaining, should have a very high success rate, and should be completed early inthe semester.The Karaoke device uses a quad operational amplifier to invert one channel of a stereo signalfrom an audio device and sum it with the other channel. This has the effect of canceling the leadvocal track from most studio recordings. Electronic Work Bench Multisim 8 and Ultiboard 9were used to capture the schematic and design the PCB layout, which are shown in Figures 1 and2 below

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the limitedresources that universities, and particularly community colleges, often have, the project looked atthe following: Page 11.1107.3 1. An innovative yet inexpensive recruitment strategy that introduced high school students to STEM careers, but also aided in the retention of the UMBC undergraduate students who participated. 2. The relative effectiveness of a summer bridge program, a scholarship program, and an internship program on student retention in STEM compared to partial or no intervention. Both academic and economic supports have been shown to be effective in recruitment, enrollment, and retention at

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

Tagged Divisions

International

, networks and electronics.These are 1 or 2 week long intensive courses offered during the summer and winter vacationperiods. HRDI advertises these courses in the newspapers and through a daily web-site. In thispaper, the course instructor (AG) and the course moderator (HC) list the HRDI programs at KUTand present their experiences with one such course on VLSI Design.Human Resources Development Institute at KUTEstablished by the support from the Ministry of Labor in January 1999 as part of theGovernment's new five-year economy plan, HRDI has played a unique role of providingspecialized vocational training skills. Specifically, this institute has been set up in order toprovide both teachers from vocational training schools and technicians from

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University

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Engineering Economy

supplemental information and merely asked whether a capitalinvestment should be pursued or not. It is expected that they will justify their decision, althoughthere are no requirements as to how. We describe our experiences with this approach, which hasbeen implemented for five years now.IntroductionProblem-based learning attempts to engage students in the learning process by having students(1) work on problems that are perceived as relevant or meaningful and (2) fill in gaps whenpresented with a situation that is “incomplete.” Both of these traits are inherent in real problems– data is incomplete, problems are ill-defined, and results are requested without formal paths ofinquiry. Establishing relevance with coursework has been shown to be a critical

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hayes, Dublin Institute of Technology; Robert Herrick, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, calendar mapping and itsimpact on travelling students, identification of undergraduate projects, short visit structures,comparison of terminology, and a glossary.Outline of Issues for CollaborationThis section proposes an outline plan or roadmap which will help to establish a structure withinwhich the development of the collaboration can be managed (see Figure 1). Here we can listproblems and challenges we experience (for each of the following points) when pursuingcollaboration and expand upon the main areas for collaboration, i.e. ‚ Faculty exchange ‚ Undergraduate exchange ‚ Postgraduate exchange ‚ Industrial internships ‚ Research and development projects ‚ Scholarly work ‚ Professional society work, e.g., SEFI, ASEE, etc

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Hypatia program. Bothprograms help women in engineering to explore critical issues surrounding women's roles inpredominately male fields.For the first-year seminar course, the students are divided into two sections of thirty-threestudents. It has been found that there is more student interaction in smaller class sizes. Onesection meets on Monday, and the other section meets on Wednesday. On Thursdays, the entiregroup meets as one with the Galileo students. Galileo is the male counterpart to the first-yearHypatia program and is also offered through the CEED office. Each class is 75 minutes inlength. Topics covered in the first-year seminar course can be found in Table 1.As the course syllabus states, the course is designed to assist the students