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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Karen Horton

, developed CAD projects of equal interest to girls and boys, anddeveloped appropriate classroom techniques to support girls’ and boys’ learning. Of the thirty-six campers attending, nine were girls. Several of the girls planned to enter technical fields butothers had no prior interest in technical careers. The directors were particularly pleased that allthe girls were enthusiastic about the camp and wanted to recruit other girls to the planned 2003CAD Camps. Page 8.636.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”This camp

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Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

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Craig Gunn

man is an island, and no field of study can divorce itself from the activities,interests, and positive reinforcement of divergent areas of instruction. Students who becomeembroiled in the quest for a degree in any of the engineering areas can quickly close the doors tomany of the more liberal pursuits. The feeling exists that any time spent on "non-engineering"pursuits is not beneficial to the career. Efforts must be made to include in the educationalstructure of every engineer ample connections to the world of the humanities.Too many engineers go through their college or university careers unaware that many of theirpeers studying fluids, circuits, controls, composites, or calculus have vast experience in the liberalarts. These talents and

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Developing Young MINDs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

students in the Department of Mathematics and ComputerScience at UMES. Twenty middle school students identified from selected schools inAccomack County, VA, in the Eastern Shore of Delmarva peninsula participate in thistwo-week summer activity. Two school teachers accompany, chaperone, design anddirect some of the student activities during the camp. They also try to include some of thescientific and engineering related projects that they get exposed to during the camp to thestudents during the regular school year. The overall objective of the program is togenerate interest among participants and other school students to pursue MSET careers.I. IntroductionIt is imperative to inspire more students to pursue MSET careers to sustain the

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International Collaborative Efforts

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2003 Annual Conference

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Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

. Page 8.1259.3 o I thought that this AIAD was extremely useful. I have a much better idea of the options that I have if I spend a career in the Army. I got some experience in seeing Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education what actual engineers do on a daily basis. This was extremely helpful, because I really didn’t know what the occupation was really like. This summer caused me to think a little bit harder about how I look at my academic classes. o This AIAD was without a doubt a very enriching experience. I was able to see first hand some of the theory I had

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International Collaborative Efforts in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

typical pattern is forbright young talent in developing countries interested in engineering education tocomplete programs of study through an undergraduate degree in their home countries,then to go abroad to North America or Western Europe for doctoral study. Sufficientfinancial aid, in the form of fellowships from international agencies or assistantships at theuniversities where graduate level study is undertaken, is typically available today. It isimportant to assure that doctoral graduates from institutions in developed countries doreturn to their home countries to take up faculty careers. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fred Brown; Mel Mendelson

created at the request of and supported by regional industry to provide muchneeded graduate education in systems engineering and business. It will draw from over50,000 working engineers and scientists in the Los Angeles’ South Bay. In addition, theSELP curriculum has been coordinated with the needs of the Los Angeles Air Force Base innearby El Segundo [7-9].While other Southern California universities offer education in systems engineering, theSELP extends its education into areas where business and management skills are essential.The program’s graduates will be prepared to take on leadership roles in major technical firmsand enhance their careers in management.The goals of our SELP program are very similar to those of the benchmarked programs

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Multidisciplinary Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins

Page 8.921.1geological engineering (GE), geophysical engineering (GP), and petroleum engineering (PE).Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThis class is a senior design capstone course and is required for graduation from the PetroleumEngineering Department. The class is an elective for undergraduates from the Geology andGeological Engineering and Geophysical Engineering Departments who are interested in pursuinga career in the petroleum industry. The class is taught by a faculty team comprised of one memberfrom each of the three disciplines.The main objectives of the MPD course are the development of team skills, the

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Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Harper; David Meyer

Session 2003-913 Capturing History with Modern Technology Wright Flyer Replica Space Launch Steven D. Harper, MS Eng, David G. Meyer, PE Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract Student interest in engineering technology has been in decline over the 10 past years.Today's students seek exciting career opportunities and can choose from a number of interestingand rewarding non-scientific disciplines. The need to show high school students that engineeringoffers rewarding career opportunities has never been stronger, with an estimated 400,000 unfilledjobs

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Professional Graduate Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

education to reflect the process of engineering forcreating technology.8 This reform is not limited to K-12 or undergraduate education. It extends throughout thegraduate’s professional career in industry. The national innovation system is composed of both the nation’sscientists and its engineers. Today, the U.S. engineering workforce is a cornerstone of the nation’s thrust forcreating technology for U.S. competitiveness. And the process of engineering for the nation’s continuedtechnological development is heavily dependent upon the continued graduate development of the creative,innovative, and leadership capacity of the engineering workforce in industry, which is subsequently dependentupon the nation’s system of engineering graduate education

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ernest Smerdon

with the production ofservices than the production of goods. This does not mean that the production of goods isbecoming unimportant in our national economy. Rather, it means that manufacturing, and evenengineering design, is becoming more automated through the use of technology. Engineers whoare to remain productive throughout their careers must continue to learn and update their skills.This continued learning will be most effective if it builds on the strong education of thefundamentals and experience base necessary for engineering practice at the professional level.Although more data are needed to be totally definitive, the patterns of very recent years showthat more of the engineers are employed in small companies. That trend is expected to

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K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

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2004 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session XX60 “Let’s Go Folks!”: A K-12 Special Program Beyond Social Parameters Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstract“Let’s go Folks!” This is the appealing name of a project which main goal is to help students ofK-12 to develop the necessary skills to choose careers like engineering that for many reasons isso necessary for the development of a country. São Vicente City Hall present administration hasdecided to implement a special program for K-12 in public schools of the city, which resulted inthis

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Roger Hadgraft; Mike Xie

Development – Be conscious of their own values; Adhere to professional ethics; Plan their career; Reflect on experience; Improve their own future practice; Engage in Lifelong learningSustainabilityA key graduate capability that emerged was the need for an understanding of and operationalskills in the use of sustainability principles in each engineering discipline. This was stronglysupported by industry participants. It represents a significant departure from traditionalengineering programs that tend to focus on detailed knowledge of engineering scienceprinciples. Such a shift is supported by Johnston [9] and others.Nevertheless, sustainability has been a key issue within the School of Civil and ChemicalEngineering for some time. The

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Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

objectives to achieve the above stated goal included: (1) providing in-service education onup to 65 different topics each year; (2) providing in-service education to administrators abouttheir leadership role and responsibilities in leading reform; (3) partnering with local business,industry, and community organizations to support secondary MSTE education and change; (4)producing a systemic model for improving MSTE; (5) developing teacher knowledge and skillsin using computer technology and other discipline specific technologies; (6) developing teacherand counselor knowledge and strategies for infusing career and educational pathways into thecurriculum and learning experiences, especially through partnerships; and (7) internally andexternally

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NEE Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Houston

initial period of course development and acclimation to the newenvironment can be overwhelming.This paper presents ideas to help the new educator develop systems to track all the daily, weeklyand semester requirements that he may face in the early part of his career. In addition, themethods used to collect and maintain information serve as an aid to the future refinement ofcourse materials in subsequent semesters. Suggestions are made from the writer’s personalexperiences and examples of sample spreadsheets are given to aid in the organizational process.Several topics pertinent to the new educator are examined, including 1) how to prepare for theinitial move onto campus, 2) developing a smooth transition from previous instruction, 3)building on

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

with abetter understanding of what mechanical engineering is about. This information wouldhelp some of the students who had thought about a career in engineering to make a bettereducated decision when they get to college, while some who may have never thoughtabout engineering as a career might consider it. In planning such a program, one mustkeep in mind that mechanical engineering is too broad, and the various areas of emphasisare too deep, to allow for a highly detailed overview. It is only realistic to provide a briefintroduction, and one must guard against overwhelming the students with detail. Also, itis important to keep all discussions and project work on a level appropriate for highschool students, who have no background in calculus

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Potpourri Design

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

performance, e.g., examination grades. What’s wrong with this picture? Thisindividual assessment process is largely disconnected from the industrial world where they willwin or lose in teams. 1,2,3 Engineers in industry who rise through the managerial ranks are almostalways initially identified as a byproduct of being associated with successful engineering teamsearly in their careers. Assessment of the effectiveness of an industrial team is principally basedon three criteria: (1) schedule – did they get the project completed on time, (2) cost – did they getthe project completed within budget, and (3) performance – did the delivered product(s) satisfythe customer? Thus, to create engineers capable of rising through the ranks of their peers,engineering

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bugliarello

health care. But they have not been involved in sectors such as financial services, retail, andhospitality/entertainment. One reason is that there have been no government programssupporting the training of engineers for careers in these very important but less traditional areasof services. In general, engineering schools are not knowledgeable of the service sector, do nothave many contacts with it, or faculty or students interested in it (demonstrated, for example, inthe case of undergraduate engineering students at Polytechnic University, by the lack of interestencountered in focus groups). Although technical suppliers to the service sector have nodifficulty in attracting engineers, they need to train them to understand the sector so that they

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multim engr edu;dist.,servi&intern based

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Jacoby; Jean Le Mee

projectsdeal with new, clean, renewable energy sources, or other new technologies, the simulation has theadded benefit of exposing the students to practical engineering and managerial concerns theymight encounter in their future careers. It also gives them an ethical background related tosustainable development and environmental issues, which will play a major role in the years tocome. This article presents our positive and sometimes not so positive experiences with thisproject, and aims to encourage other schools to participate in this, or similar projects.Introduction We live in very exciting times. A time when, due to rapid increase in globalization, mostproducts assembled in the United States have more than 70% of their content supplied by

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman; Gordon Kingsley

was also a paradox in their motivation. Few of theFellows entertain any notion of teaching at the high school level and the majority didn’t exhibit astrong interest in teaching at any level (except perhaps later in their research career). But most ofthe Fellows described being attracted to the program as a means of improving their teachingskills. For the majority of the Fellows their only previous experience at teaching had been intutorials or as a teaching assistant.The expectations of the Fellows were influenced strongly by discussions with high schoolcoordinators and teachers regarding their assignment. The Fellows had some idea of what theirassignment would be in the high schools as all had some contact with the high school coordinator(if

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

of the subjects being taught.The choice for a high-end simulation package is based on the principle of teaching a tool that canbe used during the students’ senior design courses and in their professional careers as well.Carrying out the integration of the software into the course can pose some challenging issues. Forexample, integrating software teaching and assignments into an already full course schedule. Herethe author suggests a Web-based approach. Student feedback on the integration is included andan example assignment is also given in the paper.Introduction Page 8.742.1Many universities currently teach kinematics and dynamics of

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Swami Karunamoorthy

the course. Page 8.633.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”University AssessmentThe Office of Institutional Study (OIS), comprised of an Assistant Provost andsupporting staff, is responsible for developing and implementing the Universityassessment system with the help of a University Assessment Committee. This committeehas representatives from different academic units as well as career services and campusministry. The committee has identified Five Dimensions of the Saint Louis UniversityExperience

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Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjorie Hovde

Communication Skills for Engineers”, The Balanced Engineer: Essential Ideas for Career Development, 1998 Professional Activities Conference Proceedings,1998, pp. 47-53. Cranston, R. L. “Successfully Speaking: Winning Government Orals by Giving Memorable Speeches”, The Balanced Engineer: Essential Ideas for Career Development. 1998 Professional Activities Conference Proceedings, 1998, pp. 59-64. Paul, R. M. “Recommendation for Effective Communications to Influence Federal Policy Issues of Importance to Electrical Engineers”, The Balanced Engineer: Essential Ideas for Career Development. 1998 Professional Activities Conference Proceedings, 1998, pp. 30-33.2. American Society for Engineering Education. How Do You Measure

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vieth; Kazem Kazerounian

and engineering and laying down a foundationfor exploring the differences, similarities, and interdependencies of these notions. We aimto develop and crystallize the philosophy driving our efforts to offer K-12 students ameaningful exposure to engineering concepts and principles, and to expand the scope ofstudents’ eventual career choices to include engineering.Introduction Page 8.1066.1The National Academy of Engineering (www.nae.org) lists the greatest engineering “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Hardymon; Saeed Foroudastan

experience, but to include a design project. The hands-ondesign concept makes the course more interesting and more challenging, and gives the students ataste of real-world applications as motivation to continue with engineering or engineeringtechnology as their major. Through a design project, students gain a better understanding ofengineering or engineering technology as a career through exposure to the various disciplines theproject requires. Several years ago, the professor of the introductory course initiated the conceptof project involvement with one requiring simple drawings and models involving redesign of adoor to solve an actual ventilation situation at the cogeneration plant. Realizing that small designassignments added value to the course

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Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

(physics class, chemistry,workshops, instruments, tools); what hobbies they have; why they are interested in engineering asa major and as a possible future career; and how committed they are to graduating as an engineer.Using these data, it was intended to ensure there is a good mixture of majors, prior skill sets, andhobbies represented on each team. In addition, an attempt was made not to isolate a single femaleon a team. An identical design experience and familiarity questionnaire was administered to bothsections right before the design project was introduced. This questionnaire included questionsrelevant to students’ self-assessment on their 1) familiarity with camping, 2) familiarity withfolding campers, 3) their like/dislike of

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rose

inthat they teach the use of current technology to solve engineering problems facing industry.Accreditation requirements for ET programs prescribe that faculty have a minimum amount ofindustrial experience prior to beginning their teaching career. In addition, ET faculty can maintaincurrency is through industrial experience and consulting. Industrial experience and consulting canprovide opportunities for professional development, if the faculty member properly documentsthese experiences in the technical literature. Consulting and industrial experiences can presentopportunities for professional publishing in the form of case histories presented in conferenceproceedings and journal articles of a practical nature. Documenting how consulting and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

a 'giant leap of faith' and liberated some of the credits typically assignedtechnical/approved electives and created a new and different experience designed to educate andprepare graduating engineers for more productive and successful careers. This paper describes the Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 6.999.2 Copyright @2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcurricular structure of the Enterprise Program and our experience thus far during the first year ofimplementation.II. The Enterprise Curricular StructureA key challenge

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Marshall

Session 2548 Enticing High School Students into Engineering Technology with a Simple Industrial Process Control Module John Allen Marshall, Ph.D. University of Southern MaineAbstractToo few high school students understand that a career in Engineering and EngineeringTechnology can genuinely be exciting and neat. Some have the short-term view thatgood paying jobs are plentiful, so why take the really difficult courses. Many sell theirown abilities short and convince themselves that it is too difficult a career path. And stillothers conjure up the image of a dirty, dull, dangerous

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

was“Career Management – Lifelong Learning.” Over the years there have been a number of studiesto investigate the types of activities involved in lifelong learning, their frequency of use, thetypes of support systems required for lifelong learning, barriers to lifelong learning, and impactof lifelong learning for individual engineers. Many of these studies are summarized in a 1985report by an NRC panel [2].Lifelong learning is an issue of importance for engineers around the world. UNESCO sponsoredseveral significant studies including “Advances in the continuing education of engineers” [3].The report resulting from this study summarizes practices in continuing education in a numberof countries, both developed and developing, and also delivery

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter J. Graybash

. Profession Awakens to the NeedContinuing Professional Education is especially critical in the engineering profession, whereknowledge has a generally accepted five-year half-life. That is, half of what a new graduate haslearned is obsolete within five years. Engineers become obsolete, how do we get that overcome? The need for career-long continuing engineering education was formally recognized byindividual engineers, industry experts, academicians and professional societies when a panel ofthe National Research Council recommended that the National Science Foundation (NSF)establish learning objectives for career-long engineering education.In 1992,the NSF funded several engineering educational institutions to define the learningobjectives, and to test