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Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

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Ken Vickers; Otto Loewer; John Ahlen; Ron Foster; Greg Salamo

totransfer new knowledge; to transfer scientific and technical know-how; and, most importantly, totransfer an innovative “can do” attitude into our general society. Undergraduates (juniors andseniors) and graduate students in chemistry, physics, engineering, biology, and business are thetargeted students for this program. Small and developing technology based businesses in the stateof Arkansas are the targeted customers of the improvement process.Throughout the nation small businesses are responsible for our economic growth. One significantarea for small business development is in science and technology. In this area, researchuniversities have played a large role through its students and faculty in establishing start-upcompanies. For example, many

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Akbar Eslami

, pp. 495-502.9. Bokil, V. B. and Shirahatti, U. S., “A Technique for the Modal Analysis of Sound-structure InteractionProblems,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 173, No. 1, 1994, pp. 23-41.10. Guy, R. W. and Bhattacharya, M. C., 1973, “The Transmission of Sound Through a Cavity Backed Finite Plate,”Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 207-223.11. MSC/NASTRAN User’s Manual, 1991, The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation, Los Angeles, CA.12. COMET/Acoustics User’s Manual, 1991, Automated Analysis Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Biographical InformationDr Akbar Eslami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University. Hereceived a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gerson de Oliveira

possibility of experimentation of new alternatives in the information’ssearch and in the problem’s solving. That makes the teacher an unreplaceable element,mainly in the orientation, correction, project/tasks suitability into the ideal level of thestudents background and also into the subject demands, creating the “familiarizationconditions in the ones involved with computers”46.Niquini and Botelho37 say that the teacher is an important part of the environments created Page 7.320.2by the multiple educational technologies, taking a fundamental role into the teaching- Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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Current Issues in Computing

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jose Solarte; Denise Jackson

have adopted and applied a systematic approach tothe analysis of the undergraduate industrial engineering process and the design of an informationsystem to manage the process to ensure service quality. The purpose of this study is to provideacademic units with an objective assessment of their capabilities, processes and service delivery,and a clear measurement of their service performance within the confines of the expectations andneeds of its stakeholders.IntroductionInformation Systems (IS) applications are becoming an essential part of daily life. Every day, allkinds of businesses rely on the power of information technologies to facilitate and improve themanagement of information - saving time and money, and improving productivity

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Curriculum and Laboratory Development

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2002 Annual Conference

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Bruce Upchurch; Chi Thai

when compared to students learning in traditional learningenvironments.1,2 These methods incorporate technologies such as wireless keypads that activelyengage students during the lecture. The benefits of collaborative methods where students workon projects together is dependent upon the group dynamics.3,4 According to Darlin andMcShannon3, traditional methods were successful for those students who generally aresuccessful in engineering while the success for high-risk students increased when the interactionlearning was conducted with the faculty member. Students can increase their problem solvingand critical thinking skills when given an opportunity to witness how an expert approaches andsolves a problem.5 Learning these skills requires a

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Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

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2002 Annual Conference

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William Riffe; Laura Rust; Brenda Lemke

“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationsoftware “Working Model 2-D”, students model the action of the animal during weeks three andfour to understand how various features are integrated into the toy. This use of reverseengineering, supplemented by short lectures and introductions to technological tools, helps thestudents to understand the mechanisms of the animal. Figures 6 and 7 show one of the animalsin both the as-received and as-skinned condition.The specific goals of the Mechanical Engineering laboratory are: 1. Understand the basic principles of design and the relationship of design

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Design and Innovation

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Raviv

defining, understandingand solving problems while some others struggle with logical and critical thinking. Teaming andcommunication skills are being addressed in a relatively small number of college courses. Inorder to get students who can solve real problems, we must address the need for developmentand implementation of course modules in innovation and inventiveness in different disciplines,especially engineering and technology. Such modules can and should be designed to enhanceteaming, communication and interpersonal skills.This paper discusses some of the problems in teaching innovative problem solving and suggestssome possible solutions based on experience in an undergraduate course at Florida AtlanticUniversity titled: “Introduction to

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New Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

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Oguz Soysal

, "Curriculum Integrated Engineering Design and Product Realization," ASEE'99 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, June 20 – 23, 1999.3. G. Zhang, "A Support Structure of Teaching Engineering Design to Freshman Students," ASEE'99 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, June 20 – 23, 1999.4. O. A. Soysal, “Freshman Design Experience: Solar Powered Irrigation System for a Remote farm,” ASEE 2000 Annual Meeting, Saint Louis, MO, June 18 – 21, 2000.5. W. C. Oakes, at al., Engineering Your Future, Great Lakes Press, 20016. M. M. El Wakil, Power Plant Technology, McGraw Hill, 1984.BiographyOguz A. Soysal received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.In 1983, he joined ABB-ESAS Power

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

Session 1432 Digital Signal Processing in the Undergraduate Curriculum Thomas L. Hemminger, Ralph M. Ford Electrical and Computer Engineering School of Engineering and Engineering Technology The Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College Erie, PAAbstractThe use of high-speed data acquisition and digital signal processing (DSP) technology hasbecome the cornerstone of many areas of electrical engineering. This is particularly true in thefields of communications, controls, intelligent systems, signal

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Gregory Chung

cognitions, offering a promising approach tomeasuring the cognitive processes underlying complex performance. REFERENCES[1] Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2000). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs. Baltimore, MD.[2] American Society for Engineering Education. (1996). Assessment white paper: A framework for the assessment of engineering education.[3] American Society for Engineering Education. (1998). How do you measure success? Designing effective processes for assessing engineering education.[4] Waters, R., & McCracken, M. (1997). Assessment and evaluation in problem-based learning. In Proceedings of the annual Frontiers in Engineering Education

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MINDing Our Business

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Fadi Deek; Howard Kimmel

, American Society for Engineering Educationmore important by the availability of Internet technology. And it is here where grouppresentations of computing projects come into play in the composition course. In oursections of introductory computing and composition, students combine their computerscience work with their English class readings through oral presentations that reinforcethe communication components of a beginning programming class but also explain theanalogies uncovered between communications and computing, even at this fundamentallevel.IV. Implementation and Evaluation of the Computing and Composition Project During the 2000-2001 academic year, the authors received funding from theLucent Technologies Foundation to implement a

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Hunting for MINDs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Liz Oshaughnessy; Barbara Goldberg

istoday. At present, more women than men are attending college, and the statistics on collegegraduation indicate proportionately fewer women than men are attriting. However, if we examinethe segment of the college population that are pursuing careers in computer science, engineering,and other technical fields, we find that women are but a small minority here, and that someinstitutions experience selectively high migration of these talented women into other lesstechnical and less high paying professions.Clearly although much progress has been made in decreasing the gender gap in technical fields,women are still vastly underrepresented in engineering, science, information technology, andrelated fields. In fact, some estimates suggest a male/female

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Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

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Kirankumar Gundrai

1845 EXPLOITATION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR ELECTRICAL UTILITY Kiran Kumar Goud Gundrai, B.Tech Bapatla Engineering College, Nagarjuna University,AP, India.The harnessing of the atom changed the nature of war forever and astounded the Worldwith its awesome power. Nuclear technologies also gave us a new source of Electricpower and new capabilities in medical research and imaging. Though controversial, theengineering achievement related to nuclear technologies remain the most important of the20th century. The paper discusses the perspective

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2002 Annual Conference

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John Wood; Jason Bartolomei; Dave Winebrener; Don Rhymer; Brian Self; Daniel Jensen

Session 2468 CREATING A VISUALLY RICH, ACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHING MECHANICS OF MATERIALS John J. Wood*, Dave Winebrener, Jake Bartolomei, Daniel Jensen, Don Rhymer *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University/ Department of Engineering Mechanics, U.S. Air Force AcademyAbstractFor the last 4 years we have been working to develop a suite of tools to enhance our Introductionto Mechanics course here at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA). The course is taught to over1000 students per year and covers

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Szaroletta; Nancy Denton

withtechnical report writing. This paper includes an overview of FPB theory, analysis techniques, andtraditional laboratory procedures, and details the success of the FPB DAQ upgrade, operation,and outputs.Introduction:Beam flexure represents one of the three most common loading categories for mechanicalsystems. As such, it is on the syllabi of nearly all sophomore-level mechanics of materials courses,including the mechanical engineering technology course under consideration here. Within thelecture setting, FPB theory is developed from free-body diagram through beam deflection. Theoryis reinforced by analytical practice solving related homework problems 1-3. The corresponding FPBlaboratory has afforded students the opportunity to experimentally and

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Physics in the K-12 Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

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Melanie Pearlman; Kimberly Turner

. Traditionally, engineering has significantly fewerfemales enrolled than their male counterparts. Various reasons have been investigated to thisend [5,6], with one being that certain areas of science and engineering, are not appealing tofemale students. It has also been shown that young women tend to choose careers which have ahuman element. By using specially designed experiments, these gender issues can be addressedin a very non-invasive way. MEMS is useful to this end in the following ways. First, it is a very‘clean’ technology. One must not get their hands dirty to participate. Actually the converse istrue, one must take special measures to ensure that one does not contaminate the MEMS andcause failure to occur. In addition, MEMS devices can be used

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Dru Germanoski; David Brandes

comprehensive monitoring network and full watershedscale; (2) strong geologic and land use contrasts, and rapid development within the basin; (3)collaboration between engineering and natural science students and faculty; (4) emphasis onlinking data to public policy issues such as stormwater management; and (5) the degree ofinvolvement of the local community.BackgroundRecent reviews on higher education in the U.S. have documented a lack of technical literacyand propose that institutions of higher education provide "opportunities for allundergraduates to study science, mathematics, engineering, and technology as practiced byscientists and engineers"1 . Furthermore, it has been suggested that this literacy be acquiredby "direct experience with the methods

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Simon Ang; Fred Barlow; Alan Mantooth; Sean Mulvenon

of research. This provides a greatopportunity to address this issue and bring this into the course in the near future. This part of the Page 7.866.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationcourse will include learning how to represent such things as conservation laws, implicitrelationships, multi-dimensional observed phenomena, and multiple technology domains (e.g.,thermal, electrical, mechanical, etc.). Also, it will include lectures on event-driven modeling foranalog and digital. It will

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Patrick Dessert; Subramaniam Ganesan

and J.Bier, “The evolution of DSP processor”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, March 2000, pp. 43-51. 21. W.Strauss, “ Digital Signal Processing – the new semiconductor industry technology driver”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, March 2000, pp. 52-56.BiographyDR. SUBRAMANIAM GANESAN, is a Professor in the department of Computer Scienceand Engineering, and Associate Director of Product Development and Manufacutring CenterOakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA He is working on automotive applicationslike: DSP based electric power steering, Fuzzy idle-speed control, road scene analysis forintelligent vehicles, real time lossless Image compression, mobile communication protocol,application of wavelet transform and Hough

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Vladimir Briller; John Carpinelli

Session 2793A Comparative Analysis of Student Performance in Lower Division Computer Science Courses in Face-to-Face Mode vs. Distance Learning Mode Vladimir Briller and John D. Carpinelli New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractComputer engineering and computer science students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology(NJIT) take a two-course sequence on the fundamentals of computer science as parts of theirplans of study. The two courses, CIS 113 and CIS 114, cover topics in computer system basics,algorithm design, data abstraction, programming languages, data structures, and

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Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

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Robert McFarlane; James McBrayer

actual problems. The place that thesetwo aspects of the syllabus come together is in the engineering laboratory. It is here that thestudent is presented with a concrete problem to be solved, and they learn to apply the lessons ofthe classroom. The larger goal is to prepare the graduate to enter today’s engineering professionwith not only the proper problem-solving strategies and skills, but also to have gained experiencethat can be directly transferred to the needs of the contemporary career. This means exposure tothe latest technologies and an understanding of their concepts and applications. Perhaps the most significant aspect of engineering practice in the last decades has beenthe impact of computer technology in practically every

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Sherion Jackson; Andrew Jackson

Engineering EducationBiographic Information Dr. ANDREW E. JACKSON is an associate professor in the Aeronautical ManagementTechnology Department at ASU East. In addition to teaching traditional classroom courses, hehas delivered courses on-line using one-way video & audio, one-way video with two-way audio,synchronous and asynchronous courses using e-mail and the web as a content delivery vehicle. Dr. SHERION H. JACKSON is a Faculty member at the University of Phoenix Online, aFaculty Associate at ASU East, and the Principal of Benjamin Franklin Charter School, a K-8school in Queen Creek, Arizona. She began working in technology-based classroom instructionin Orlando, Florida in 1991. She holds a Doctor of Education from Arizona State

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Harold Stern; Robert Leland; Russ Pimmel

Post-Module where impact issues of engineering are discussed Plan an effective presentation Create list of impact questions for a particular implementation Write guidelines for effective oral Identify implications of various technological

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Teaching Effective Communications

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2002 Annual Conference

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David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Anthony Marchese; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha

theirunderstanding of design itself: To focus the design process on the needs of the user and customer rather than on the capabilities of technology requires a change in mindset, one often resisted by engineers. We were surprised to find that the journals helped to change their minds. Journals actually gave the students a place to think through their objections to the principles of user-centered design, allowing them to convince themselves of the value of these principles. 8These practical studies of the ways in which students benefit from writing that takes placeduring the “thinking” phases of projects give credence to the concept of invention, whichhas been dismissed by some as a romanticized mystification. Even though it is not yetfully

Conference Session

Computers in Manufacturing Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Leduc

inspection processes. GD&T and three-dimensional modeling both dependheavily on the use of datum planes and axes. By requiring students to be consistent in theapplication of datum planes/axes and location dimensions, the instructor emphasizes theimportance of capturing design intent (manufacturing intent) in the model thus further enhancingthe students understanding of the impact of design on manufacturing.This paper discusses the importance of three dimensional-modeling and geometric dimensioningas they relate to manufacturing and outlines a two-semester course sequence for presenting thismaterial in a Manufacturing Engineering Technology curriculum.A Need to Follow the Change in Communication ModelsA survey by Clark and Scale of North Carolina

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Design for Community

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2002 Annual Conference

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Brian Thompson; Craig Somerton

Session 2625 Community Outreach for Capstone Design: The Cycle Projects Craig W. Somerton and Brian S. Thompson Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State UniversityIntroductionA current trend in engineering education is the incorporation of a service learning experience.One such example is the EPICS program at Purdue, which involves the volunteer work ofengineering students in the community [1]. Another approach, proposed herein, is to utilize thesenior capstone design experience in community outreach. This approach has been taken duringthe past three years in the mechanical engineering senior

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Curriculum Development in CET and MET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Lugowski

skills.The curriculum is modularly structured, which means that the program is delivered in a veryflexible manner. The flexibility is enhanced by the fact that the modules are smaller than threesemester-hour credit courses. As part of the integrated curriculum, the fluid power module isinterconnected with other modules. The relevance of the competencies developed in variousmodules is thus reinforced throughout the curriculum. As a result, the participant of the program(traditionally known as student) is expected to be able to relate each of the competencies to themanufacturing engineering.1. BackgroundThe National Science Foundation has been funding since 1995 three national Centers ofExcellence through its Advanced Technological Education (ATE

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Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

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Penny Knoll; Lisa Bullard; Ann Saterbak

this summer.’ For me, thatlifestyle is not realistic. Finally, my department already has 25 tenured or tenure-track personnelwho have a research focus – what we really need is at least one faculty member who has thetime, energy, and desire to focus on undergraduate students.”Faculty Member #2. The second faculty member is 38 years old and graduated with a B.S. inConstruction in 1995 and an M.S. in Construction Management in 1999. She joined the CivilEngineering Department at Montana State University in 2000 as an Adjunct Instructor inConstruction Engineering Technology (CET). She teaches both undergraduate and graduateclasses; advises 45 undergraduate CET students; serves as the Director of the Internship programat MSU for both Civil and

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jessica Mitchell; James Sweeney; Kristine Csavina

frontfor students. The need to provide an earlier understanding of the field of bioengineeringoriginates not only from ASU student feedback, but also from more general reports generated onS.M.E.T. (Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology) education. In Elaine Seymour’sarticle, “Revisiting the “Problem Iceberg”: Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Students StillChilled Out” she details findings on why equally capable students (mathematic S.A.T. scores of650 minimum) switched to non-S.M.E. majors. At the top of the list is “a lack, or loss, orinterest in science,” with an overall conclusion that students switch majors based on “career -related concerns.” In better introducing first year students to bioengineering at ASU and in thelocal

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Orabi

degree from the State University of New York and B.S. from Cairo Institute ofTechnology, all in Mechanical Engineering. In the past 10 years, He has established three Laboratories: theMaterials Testing laboratory sponsored by the NSF, the Engineering Multimedia Laboratory supported by AT&TFoundation and the Space Dynamic Systems Lab funded by United Technologies and the Yankee Ingenuity of theState of Connecticut. He has published over 25 technical articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings.His research interests include dynamics of linear and nonlinear structural systems, numerical simulations andseismic analysis and design. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference &