Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haiyan Xie, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; James Tramel, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; Wei Shi, University of Florida; Mei Lu, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction

students were: • The students were freshmen or junior students and the virtual study group is new for them. • Some of them did not know the implications of studying in a virtual environment, and did not know how to use its resources. • They never met before. At first, interaction and collaboration level was really low. • Students did not have study plans for virtual work.The class was reading intensive. Reading assignments were structured to allow students’knowledge of the construction administration process to develop from a solid foundation of thebasic fundamentals and formats of the construction process. Grades were determined by thequantity of points earned. There were 100 points available, in which, two exams

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Schleter, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Computers in Education

learned about how students progress and utilize feedback by studying the detailedlogs of an online homework system.Finally, Bonham et. al. (2000)2 list several practical suggestions to keep in mind whenincorporating WATS as a research tool or as a topic of research. Among these suggestions areknowing how the students use the system, planning ahead, maintaining a good relationship withthe system administrator, limited use of advanced features, minimizing interference with on-going classes, and being realistic about user authentication.PhilosophyWorking homework problems has always been an integral part of an introductory engineeringphysics class. It is our philosophy that this process is a critical one, and that the moreopportunities students have

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kedmon Hungwe, Michigan Technological University; Seyed Zekavat, Michigan Technological University; Glen Archer, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

design course,” Proceedings the 3rd Conference on Engineering Education, Vol. 2, Portsmouth, England, pp. 241-245, Sept. 1992.[9] Proceedings of the National Congress on Engineering Education, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 1987.[10] S. Sarin, A plan for addressing ABET criteria 2002 requirements, Proceedings 1998 Annual Meeting, American Society for Engineering Education.[11] F. T. Najafi and I. Tag, “New trends and context for change in engineering education,” Proceedings 1995 ASEE annual conference, pp. 944-949, Anaheim, CA, June 25-28, 1995.[12] Engineering Education and Practice in the United States-Foundations of Our Techno-Economic Future, National Research Council, 1985.[13] Quality of Engineering

Conference Session

Energy Learning through Simulation and Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Page 11.94.2criteria with a power systems analysis project. This paper provides a brief description of theElectrical and Computer Engineering Technology ( ECET) curriculum and assessment plan atPurdue University and ECET 331, “Generation and Transmission of Electrical Power,”which is ajunior/senior elective course. The paper then provides a detailed description of a six-weekpower systems analysis project done as part of the laboratory portion of ECET 331.Table 1. Comparison of EC 2000 and TC2K Outcomes “a” to “k” EAC Required Outcomes (Criterion 3) TAC Required Outcomes (Criterion 2) (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, a. an appropriate mastery of the knowledge, science, and engineering

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Walden, Northern Kentucky University; Rose Shumba, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

instead of providing features. The techniques for analyzing, designing,and testing functional features of software often are not effective for addressing the security levelof software. This section details adaptations and additions we made to the software development Page 11.792.3process in our software engineering courses in order to help students learn how to produce secureapplications.Secure Development ProcessThe development process begins with team organization and planning. Teams of 8-9 students areassembled. Roles and responsibilities within the team are assigned including that of InformationSystems Security Officers (ISSOs.) A team

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Schreier, University of Dayton; Carl Eger, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Central Section Conference, Ohio Northern University, April 7-8, 2005 (second place in Best Paper Competition)14 Jamieson, L.H., Oakes, W.C., and Coyle, E.J., “EPICS: Documenting Service-Learning to Meet EC 2000,” Proceedings, ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Session T2A, Reno, NV, October 10-13, 2001.15 Martin, P.T. and Coles, J., “How to Institutionalize Service-Learning into the Curriculum of an Page 11.1164.11 Engineering Department: Designing a Workable Plan,” in Projects that Matter – Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Engineering, Tsang, E., Editor, A

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

“Engineering: Go For It” magazine(Figure 5). The magazine has been widely accepted and over 600,000 copies have beendistributed to date. An all-day K-12 workshop was developed and presented at the ASEE 2004Salt Lake City and 2005 Portland annual conferences, and the near-term plan is to have this as aregular event at the annual conference. A new manager and department for outreach was createdwithin the ASEE staff structure in 2005.The Scholarship of Engineering EducationRecent events have accelerated the interest in engineering educational research. These includenew ABET criteria and evaluation processes, new teaching and learning technologies in theclassroom, NSF support of engineering education projects, and re-thinking of basic engineeringlearning

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Mark Miles; C.M. Chewar

keypoints.2. Background:One of the authors recently assumed course development responsibilities for an introductorycourse in Computer Engineering, a required course for both Electrical Engineering andComputer Science majors. The course was well designed and roughly followed the course textin how it presented material related to the subject. The plans for class instruction werereinforced through homework assignments and then tested on exams. Two multi-part projects(labs) involved applying various concepts learned in the class in a design fashion. It was atypical introductory course, in that the book presented problems which sometimes requireddesigning and implementing a solution, but which all had a definitive right answer that thestudents could

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad; Kathy Schmidt; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

matter of choosing the least expensive product. It meanschoosing the product with the minimum total cost of ownership. It also requires carefullybalancing the cost of resources against the benefit. For example, for a conference presentation,one might plan on giving a PowerPoint presentation, requiring a laptop. However, as a backup,one might make transparencies for use on an overhead projector, in case there is a problem withthe laptop. Such presentation insurance requires extra time and resources. The presenter must Page 11.851.5carefully judge whether the significance of the presentation warrants the extra resource use.Norms guide us to

Conference Session

Engineering Practice for a Moral World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

and towards other professional engineers.In their totality, the codes of ethics point to a very different conception or understandingof the natural world then our science provides us with now. We are at once removed frommembership in the natural world as there is a listing of responsibilities of the engineeringprofession to humankind and if it exists at all a sense of responsibility to the naturalworld only in so far as it can provide something for us. We are not products of the earthbut somehow placed on it with a focused plan of action set in place to tame it, control it,and to transform it into what suits are interests.Philosophical Origins of Present Day CodesModern engineering in many respects begin with the Renaissance period in

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Jeff Willis, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

degree from Iowa State University in 1992.Jeff Willis, Utah State University Jeff Willis Jeff Willis is a Software Engineer developing Mission Planning Software at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. He earned a BS degree in Computer Electronic Technology and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Utah State University. As part of his Master’s Thesis he co-authored two papers on self-configuring, deterministically latent intercommunication architectures for satellite payloads. Page 11.78.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A New Approach in Microprocessor

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University; Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

10 years as dean of engineering in between, before moving to Baylor in 1998. He is a senior member of IEEE and holds PE registration in Ohio and Texas.Carmen Li Shen, Baylor University Ms. Carmen C. Li Shen is currently a senior engineering student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University, Waco, TX. She is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical and Computer Engineering national honor society and of Golden Key honor society, and serves as the SWE chapter webmaster and the IEEE Student Branch historian at Baylor. Carmen was born in Ecuador and came to the United States in 2002. She is planning on graduate school after her May 2006 graduation

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Banzaert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

into core engineering classes to determine whether doing so is feasible, beneficial to students,and appealing to faculty. By collaborating on the assessment efforts of this initiative, we areinvestigating whether and how service learning can benefit students at two very differentuniversities, as well as differences in benefits between the schools.Educational MethodologyBoth UML and MIT received planning grants from NSF to expand significantly the use of S-L intheir engineering programs. UML, which has a relatively long history of using S-L inengineering classes, worked to develop S-L within the entire College of Engineering; MIT, witha much newer S-L initiative, focused on using S-L in the Department of MechanicalEngineering. Tables 2 and 3

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

., “Decision Making, Planning and Teams,” Computer Mediated Complex Supervisory and Decision Making in Teams, IEE Colloquium, April 3, 1997, pp. 5/1- 5/22.6. Argyris, C., “Single-Loop and Double-Loop Models in Research on Decision Making,” Administrative Science Quarterly, September, 1976, pp. 363-375.7. Argyris, C., Putnam, R., McLain-Smith, D., Action Science, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1990.8. Argyris, C., Schön, D., Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1974.9. Argyris, C., Reasons and Rationalizations, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004.10. Putnam, R., “Recipes and Reflective Learning: ‘What would prevent you from saying it that way?’” The

Conference Session

Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Mihir Patal, Florida Tech; Nicholas Rogers, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

scoring module of thesystem is described in section 2. Section 3 covers the details of the SAR-LAB; MATLAB toolkit. In section 4 development details of the implementation of the tool are presented. Conclusionsderived from the experience of developing and using the tool is presented in section 5. Somepossible enhancements that are planned in the near future are outlined in section 6.1. Audio Front-EndWUW recognition system follows the generic functions depicted in the Figure 1-1. Speech signalcaptured by the microphone is converted into an electrical signal that is digitized prior to beingprocessed by the WUW recognition system. The system also can read digitized raw waveformstored in a file. In either case raw waveform samples are converted

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. However, it is stillessential that we continue to build, develop, and share our models of how to support a blendedapproach to learning from both the engineering education perspective, as well as from thetechnological perspective.AcknowledgementsThe National Science Foundation provided the funding for this work through a NSF Planning Page 11.918.11Grant EEC #0530708. We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of the otherresearchers collaborating in the CLEAR project, specifically Denny Davis, Chris Hundhausen,Jerry Maring, Robert Olsen, Dave Pollock, and Richard Zollars for their guidance andcontributions to this research.References1

Conference Session

Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

token to theteam on your left.”The team that collects the most tokens wins. Actually, though, everyone wins: for at least anhour, employees have been engaged in focused problem-solving and consensus-based discussionabout corporate scenarios based on real ethics cases at the company.Each game set includes all playing accessories; a video of opening/concluding remarks by CEONorm Augustine, Dilbert, and Dogbert; six team guides; and one very detailed leader’s guide.This booklet includes instructions for play, a guide for determining numbers and sizes of groups,a floor plan for optimal table arrangement, and comments on the potential answers for eachscenario, including scores for each response

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron McKean, Ferris State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

eliminated.By involving industry partners in this decision, we were able to meet costs associated with thenew courses were offset through donations. Donations included upfront costs, ongoing labsponsorship, and a good quantity of networking tools. The university also proved funds tosupplement curriculum change costs. Four faculty have since been trained with primary fundingfrom Exceptional Merit Grant awards – sponsored through the Ferris Foundation.Opportunities through change...By 2003 the department was undergoing significant changes. Several faculty retired, providingopportunity to bring fresh talent into the program. In addition, the entire department facilitieswere being remodeled. Change equals opportunity.Through a little crafty floor planning

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

academic institutions: A decade of research.” Ethics and Behavior. 11(3): 219-232. 2001.12 Beck, L., and I. Ajzen. “Predicting dishonest actions using the Theory of Planned Behavior.” Journal of Research in Personality. 25(3):285-301. 1991. Page 11.322.13

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico

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Engineering Ethics

-3.12 Senator Patrick Leahy “Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Video Surveillance; Legal and Technological Challenges” Speech at Georgetown University Law Center and The Constitution Project 23 March 2004. Available at http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2004/RFID-Patrick-Leahy23mar04.htm13 C. Perrow, Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies, New York : Basic Books, 198414 Rittel, H., M. Webber, “Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning” pp 155-169, Policy Sciences, Vol. 4, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Inc., Amsterdam, 1973.15 M. Minsky, foreword to K.E. Drexler, Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, Anchor, 198716 J. Dann, G. Dozois (eds), Nanotech, Ace Books, December 1, 199817

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cesar Luongo, Florida A&M/Florida State University; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

/or teleconferences with the industrial sponsor. This high frequency of contact among allstakeholders ensures projects can stay on track despite the distractions of other courses, teamdynamics, busy schedules, etc.. In addition, there are six major design reviews in which teamspresent progress to date and plans. The third element are written reports (deliverables), a total of10 over the span of two semesters, including two major reports, a design package at the end ofthe first semester, and a full account of all project activities and results at the end of the year.It should be noted that there are less milestones during the 2nd semester, there are two reasons forthis “easing” on reporting requirements. During the first semester all projects

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

concerned with assessment at the course level and will describehow one might organize a plan for such assessment. Page 11.356.6 Table 2: Example Survey for Heat Transfer Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements: use 5 for strongly agree; 4 for agree; 3 for neutral; 2 for disagree; and 1 for strongly disagree.disagree agree 1 2 3 4 5 I feel that I understand the physics of the modes of heat transfer understand heat conduction in one dimension and electrical analogies am able to analyze heat exchangers using the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Heidi Newell, Rowan University; James Newell, Rowan University

anumber of patterns on an as-needed basis, and still others exhibit strong preferences for a numberof patterns. Each pattern is distinguished by a number of features. A few hallmarks are listedbelow: Sequential learners prefer order and consistency. They want step-by-step instructions, and time to plan, organize, and complete tasks. Page 11.442.3 Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2006, American Society for Engineering Education Precise learners thrive on detailed and accurate information. They take copious notes and

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Adeeb Rahman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Josh Bostwick, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

correcting details, but rather, to engender within mechanicspedagogy the well-conceived and planned articulation of the concepts that underpin thesedetails. Without such an approach, we will be left with our current situation, so keenly describedby Hestenes et al., The implications could not be more serious. Since the students have evidently not learned the most basic Newtonian concepts, they must have failed to comprehend most of the material in the course. They have been forced to cope with the subject by rote memorization of isolated fragments and by carrying out meaningless tasks. No wonder so many are repelled! The few who are successful have done so by their own devices, the course and the teacher having supplied only the

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K-Y Daisy Fan, Cornell University; Clare van den Blink, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

presented an opportunity for lively peer discussion that then led students tothe correct answer. In this study, most of the questions were in the lower levels(definition, basic application). This was partly because the course itself was anintroductory level programming course and that the questions had to fit with otherlearning activities in a 50-minute lecture. Furthermore, the instructor has had limitedexperience with using multiple-choice questions and this study was the first time that theinstructor had used a PRS. As PRS become more widely used, textbook publishers arebeginning to offer polling questions along with their books. The instructor plans tocontinue the use of PRS and will build up a question bank, focusing on creating morehigh level

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bowen, Rice University; Marcia O'Malley, William Marsh Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students more flexibility when choosing courses,several courses, required on the old plan, were dropped and replaced with new required courses.The most notable change was the exclusion of an introductory electrical engineering course fromthe required core curriculum. This course was replaced with MECH 343 (Modeling DynamicSystems). This new four-credit course, which includes a laboratory component, includes topicssuch as Laplace transforms, Newtonian dynamics, Lagrangian dynamics, lumped-parametermodeling, derivation of equations of motion, and introductory system theory. At the same time,the students are exposed to systems in several domains (mechanical, electrical, thermal, andfluid). The lectures and laboratory exercises have attempted to

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Aslam, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

unique feature ofthe MSU smart robot is its user-upgradeable capability and itslarger number of programmable motor and sensor ports (than forexample the RIS). The user can even upgrade the microcontroller, Figure 11 Microcontroller basedwhich is not possible for any robot in its price class. A wall-climber, robots; miniaturization.completed in Summer 2005, is shown in Fig. 12. Plans for itscommercialization are under way (the target price is $200). Other examples of MILS and RILS are shown in Figures 13-15. Anenvironmental monitor, shown in Figure 13, is based on a PIC 16F876microcontroller and can measure air temperature, density, pressurechange and speed. This monitor was designed, tested and packaged bythe TASEM teams. A module

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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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

Tagged Divisions

International

faculty advisor whenever necessary to discuss class scheduling plans, currentacademic issues, or other matters of concern.However, it is left to the student to request an appointment with her/his faculty advisor,and most do not. This situation is similar to the SLCC, where it is up to the students toask their instructor about the possible impact of the new environment on theirperformance. From our previous discussions, it is clear that many students facesignificant adjustment challenges, and it may be necessary to utilize all possible methodsof preparation much more carefully. In the case of international student transfer, in mostcountries, students are at least told about these academic challenges in their final year,and methods for coping are

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

Queensland into the nature ofengineering competence indicate, however, that some competencies of recent graduates arenot the result of the systematic instruction envisaged in the concept of outcomes-basededucation. Based on these findings this paper introduces the concept of AccidentalCompetencies. These are the competencies that graduates achieve through the co-action ofseveral curricular elements and additional aspects surrounding the formal process ofeducation. Accidental Competencies are therefore not a planned outcome resulting fromcurriculum design.Critical Review of the Competency MovementIn order to understand this concept it is necessary to review the definition and underlyingassumptions behind the idea of competencies, the foundation of