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Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosida Coowar, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Temitayo Akinrefon, University of Central Florida; Ala` Battikhi, University of Central Florida; Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Kelvin Gibson, University of Central Florida; Ramamoorthy Lakkoju, University of Central Florida; Katherine Meza, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Management

such as inaccurate data, incomplete applications, and unpredictablesystem shutdowns ensued.The Six Sigma Team from the Total Quality Improvement Course taught by Dr. S. Furterer atUCF used the Lean Six Sigma Technology to document the current process, identifyopportunities for improvement, develop metrics for continuous improvement and finallydocument the revised process.1.1 Problem StatementTraditionally, a prospective graduate student, interested in applying to the College, would applyto the University Graduate Admissions Office. This office would then forward the information tothe College. The College ended up processing thousands of applications despite the fact thathundreds of students did not meet basic qualifications.In an effort to

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) BY REGION AND ACTIVITY MODALITY, 1990-2002. R&D – RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENTIFIC AND ACTC - SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICALLY RELATED ACTIVITIES (VALUES IN THOUSANDS OF 2002 R$)Year Modality Total North Northeast Southeast South Center-west R&D 655.197 3.550 66.709 427.052 135.253 22.633 1990 ACTC 290.191 30.646 33.562 178.967 28.792 18.224 Total 945.388 34.196 100.271 606.018 164.045 40.857 R&D 730.492 - 87.675 533.294 109.301 222 1991 ACTC

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Software and e-learning in the ME curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

they conduct their research. - Graduate students may be asked to TA classes using software tools with which they are not familiar; these modules will enable them to function more effectively for the benefit of both the TA and the class. FACULTY - (*) Introducing CAE tools into “theory-heavy” classes can be cumbersome and time-intensive. Properly developed, these modules will enable faculty to efficiently incorporate these tools into such classes. - For classes where significant time is invested on a particular CAE package(s), well-constructed modules will allow faculty to “offload” software-specific questions, freeing more time for higher-level discussion. - As engineering software becomes increasingly advanced and

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Capstone Design II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

CD-Rom6. Terpenny, J., Gao, R., Ritter, J., Fisher, D., Krishnamurty, S., “Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled,” Proceedings ASEE 2001 Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 24-27, 2001, CD-Rom Session 2325, 1-11.7. Terpenny, J.P., Sullivan, W.G., Singh, H., and Sward, K., “Utilizing the Internet to Improve Student Learning in a First Course in Engineering Economy with Real-World Unsolved Problems in Collaboration with Industry”, Proceedings ASEE 2002 Conference and Exposition, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-19, 2002, CD-Rom Session 2139, 1-17. (Winner of best paper award in Engineering Economy Division, first runner up in Professional Interest Council III.)8. Goff, R.M

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Hurricane Katrina

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clay Bolton, University of South Carolina; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Ocean and Marine

project on afirst come, first served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The Salvation Army will providemeals and lodging. Applications can be downloaded from the Community Service Website at www.sa.sc.edu/ocspand are available in the Russell House University Union, Suite 227. No group registrations will be accepted. Table 1. Chronology of Relief Effort in Biloxi, MS Date(s) in 2005 Action August 28 – 29 Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, LA and other parts of Gulf Coast August 30 – University planning for relief effort September 16 University-wide announcement to USC faculty, staff, and students September 16

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Assessment & TC2K Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omer Farook, Purdue University-Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University-Calumet; Jai Agrawal, Purdue University-Calumet; Essaid Bouktache, Purdue University-Calumet; Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University-Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

’. Catalyst for Change. Vol. 25, pp. 19–23.[6] Spady, W. (1995). ‘We Need More ‘Educentric’ Standards’. Educational Leadership. Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 82–84.[7] Spady, W. (1994b). Outcome-based Education: Critical Issues and Answers. Arlington, VA: American Association of School Administrators.[8] Spady, W. and Marshall, K. (1994). ‘Light, not Heat, on OBE’. The American School Board Journal. Vol. 181, pp. 29–33.[9] Spady, W. (1994a). ‘Choosing Outcomes of Significance’. Educational Leadership. Vol. 51, No. 6, pp. 18–22.[10] Willis, S. & Kissane, B. (1995). Outcome-based education: A review of literature. Perth, Western

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Ethics Integration in the Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Jennifer Mullin, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

to express sincere thanks to the entire ENGE1024 teaching team ofinstructors, GTAs, and UTAs for their constructive feedback, support, and help to make thechanges, as discussed, possible. In addition, a number of DLR investigators have directly orindirectly helped in creating various spiral curriculum related activities and the authors arethankful to all of them. Page 11.838.9References1 Lohani, V. K., Wildman, T., Connor, J., Mallikarjunan, K., Wolfe, M. L., Muffo, J., Knott, T.W., Lo, J., Loganathan, G.V., Goff, R., Gregg, M., Chang, M., Cundiff, J., Adel, G., Agblevor, F., Vaughan, D., Fox, E., Griffin, H., Mostaghimi, S., 2005

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

very short meetings with the student-developed Microsoft Project schedulebeing used to show project status. Any specific issues that arise would then be taken up betweenthe team members or the selected team member(s) and the faculty mentor. Lack of experienceseems to make it very hard for students to plan complicated projects with several team members.We have successfully used senior faculty with AF and industrial project management experienceto facilitate the construction of initial schedules; but haven’t completely solved the challenge ofstudents using very detailed schedules to track and report progress on a weekly or bi-weeklybasis. We intend to provide more learning opportunities including practice with ®Microsoft Project next

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Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno (Eng)

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Materials

Bridge Decks”, Intl. SAMPE Technical Conf., p. 2903 (2004).10. K. C. Chen, B. London, L. Vanasupa, T.T Orling, and L. Christensen, “Travelogue from the Materials World: A First Week Laboratory Activity”, ASEE Annual Conf. Proc., 3664 (2004).11. W. D. Callister, Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: 6th Edition, John Wiley and Sons, (2001).12. PRIME website: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/sgleixner/PRIME/13. M. Alley, M. Schreiber, and J. Muffo, “Pilot Testing of a New Design for Presentation Slides to Teach Science and Engineering,” 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conf., T1A-1 (2005).14. S. Krause, J.L. Decker, J.L. Niska, T.L. Alford, and R. Griffin, “Identifying Student

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Digital System Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Loui, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; James Longino, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Craig Zilles, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

concepts. Students correctlysolved many basic problems such as converting a 2’s complement binary number to decimal,completing combinatorial timing diagrams, and converting a logic diagram to a Booleanexpression. Most students could accurately describe the functionality and use of basic logicgates, medium-scale integration (MSI) components, and flip-flops, although almost uniformlystudents could recall only D- and T-type flip-flops. Furthermore, most students correctly solvedproblems based on simple algebraic identities, basic MSI designs, and designs using two-inputlogic gates.Nevertheless, we identified the following student misconceptions:Karnaugh Maps: Because Karnaugh maps are a major topic in both ECE 290 and CS 231, wewere surprised to find

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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International

: University Press of America.3. Goertz, M.E., R.E. Floden, and J. O'Day, Systemic Reform ( http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SER/SysReform/chap1.html). 1996, U.S. Department of Education.4. National Science Foundation, NSF's Programmatic Reform: The Catalyst for Systemic Change. 1994, Washington, D.C.: NSF.5. Institute of International Education, Fields of Study of U.S. Study Abroad Students, Selected Years 1985/86 - 2001/02 . 2004, IIE: New York, NY.6. Hannesson, S., Email communication with ERASMUS officers on European engineering students participating in international education, J.C. Lucena, Editor. 2005.7. Strauss, L. and P. Taranzini. Assessing Student Performance on EC 2000 Criterion 3 a-k. in ASEE

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Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leonard Bond, Idaho National Laboratory; Robert Wharton, Idaho State University; Andrew Kadak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kevin Kostelnik, Idaho National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

lowseen in ~2002, it has returned only to the level of the late 1990’s. The demand for nuclearengineers still exceeds the supply. Enrollments are very much lower than will be needed tosupport a nuclear energy resurgence. As with other areas of science the U.S. is only one part of aglobal picture, and in this case there is international concern regarding the supply of the nucleareducated and trained workforce17 . There are also significant challenges in the areas of health Page 11.1314.6physics, actinide chemistry, and related engineering and science disciplines needed to replaceprojected retirements throughout the advanced energy research and

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen Stair, Northwestern University; Buckley Crist, Jr, Jr, Northwestern University

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Materials

of "yielding". Page 11.1387.3When asked to straighten the tubing, each student immediately feels the increased resistance,which is further enhanced for those able to bend and straighten the piece more than once. Moststudents are surprised and impressed by the large force required for straightening. The tubing islong enough so each student can try a second time, now knowing what to expect, using the otherend of the piece. After experiencing the effect of cold-work on the copper, students use pliers tohold the worked region(s) in the flame of a propane torch. The tubing is heated until it is red hot,then cooled completely under cold water

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Engineering Education & Capacity Building in Developing Countries

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Jane Parmentier, Arizona State University; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; N.K. Kishore, IIT, Karagpur; Uma Devi Sundararajan, National Highways, India; Krutarth Mehta, Arizona State University; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University

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International

Organization of American States(OAS)’s ‘Engineering for the Americas’ conference in Lima Peru (Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2005) [2].Friedman, a New York Times journalist, asserts that the world is flat because of political changesand information technologies which have leveled the playing field and allow individuals fromany country to compete equally in the global market. The message conveyed at the Limaconference was that in order to compete globally Latin America must produce more engineers,and those engineers must be well trained – like India, which, for Friedman, is the prime exampleof how the world is now flat.Of course, the world is not flat for everyone, as evidenced by the digital divide. While the digitaldivide is a relatively new concept, it is based

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Yost, University of Kentucky; Derek Lane, University of Kentucky; George Blandford, University of Kentucky

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Civil Engineering

. 87, no. 2, Apr., 1998, pp. 149–155.3. Seat, E., and S. M. Lord. “Enabling Effective Engineering Teams: A Program for Teaching Interaction Skills,” Journal of Engineering Education vol. 88, no. 4, Oct., 1999, pp. 385–390.4. Swan, B.R., et al., “A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting Engineering Design Team Performance.” Proceedings of the 1994 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, 1994, pp. 2572–2589.5. Katzenbach, J.R., and D.K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization, HarperCollins, New York, 2003.6. Michaelsen, L.K., “Classroom Organization and Management: Making a Case for the Small-Group Option,” In Handbook of College Teaching: Theory and Applications, Edited by K. W. Prichard and R. M. Sawyer

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Pinar Menguc, University of Kentucky; Ellie Hawes, University of Kentucky; Jane Jensen, University of Kentucky; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

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Liberal Education

observed a significant change in society since the early 1980’s when the first PCwas introduced. The widespread impact of e-commerce, e-mail, and digital music is Page 11.717.4undeniable and still growing. Although a typical freshman has not experienced such adrastic difference in their life, they still experience a slow metamorphosis every daybecause of new and clever uses of computers. Instead of exploring the ever-changingimpact of computers using a few sources, we spread the discussion throughout thesemester, and based it on our personal experiences, as everybody is likely to have a storyto tell. We preferred to use other engineering marvels for the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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New Engineering Educators

? Paper presented at the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN.6 McCall, R.B. & Appelbaum, M.I. (1991). Some issues of conducting secondary analyses. DevelopmentalPsychology, 27, 911-917.7 Boyatzis, R. E. (1998). Transforming qualitative information: Thematic analysis and code development. ThousandOaks, CA: Sage Publications.8 Eliot, M., Neal, R., & Turns, J. (2005). Recognizing need: The analysis of qualitative data to inform web sitedesign. Paper presented at the International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2005), Limerick,Ireland.9 Turns, J., Eliot, M., Lappenbusch, S., Yellin, J.M.H., Neal, R., Allen, K., et al. (2005). How can user-centereddesign help us think about the challenges of engineering

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Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Renuka Thota, University of Louisiana-Lafayette; Suren Dwivedi, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 11.721.185. Angran Xiao, Janet K. Allen, David Rosen, Farrokh Mistree, “A method To Design Process Architecture In A Distributed Product Realization Environment”.6. Bordogna J.”Next Generation engineering innovation through integration”, NSF technical report 2002.7. Lamancusa, J. S (1996)., Torres, M., Kumar, V., and J.E. Jorgensen, "Learning Engineering by Product Dissection", Session 2266, Proc. ASEE Annual Conference, June 19968. Smith, R. P., Barton, R. R., Novack, C. A., Zayas- Castro, J. L., "Concurrent Engineering: A Partnership Approach", Session 2625, Proc: ASEE Annual Conference, June 1996.9. http://www.stressphotonics.com/applications.html10. “Applications of modern automated photo-elasticity to

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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William E. Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Richard J. Forselius

student design projectThe ABET requirement for engineering standards is in Criterion 4 and specifically calls for the use of standards in design. TheCanadian requirement is broader although it is also focused around design.Relevant standards should be consulted early in the design process and since it is reasonable to assume many companies will wanttheir products to be accepted in the global market, students could be expected to look to see if their product is likely to be covered by aEuropean Union (EU) Directive [10]. According to the most recent report by the U.S. Trade Representative, the EU continues to bethe U.S.’s largest trading partner and, as such, is a large market for US goods and services.The National Institute of Standards and

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Chong Shen; Zhongwei Zhang; David Lai

introductory computer science lec- tures, SIGCSE ’00: Proceedings of the thirty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education (New York, NY, USA), ACM Press, 2000, pp. 134–138.[10] Mark A. Holliday, Animation of computer networking concepts, J. Educ. Resour. Comput. 3 (2003), no. 2, 1–26.[11] Gianluca Iannaccone, Martin May, and Christophe Diot, Aggregate traffic performance with active queue management and drop from tail, SIGCOMM Comput. Commun. Rev. 31 (2001), no. 3, 4–13.[12] G. Krasner and S. Pope, A description of the model-view-controller user interface paradigm in the smalltalk-80 system, Journal of Object Oriented Programming 1 (1988), no. 3, 26–49.[13] Scot F. Morse and Charles L. Anderson, Introducing

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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LeeRoy Bronner; Peter Kazanzides; AmenRa Mashariki; Paul Domingo; Pauline Pelletier; Trevor Thomas

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

during the comment period that questioned “theviability of single-sex programs such as an educational science program targeted at youngwomen and designed to encourage their interest in a profession in which they areunderrepresented,” these agencies did agree that “[s]uch courses may, under appropriatecircumstances, be permissible as part of a remedial or affirmative action program.”24Unfortunately, these agencies did not provide an explanation of what such “appropriatecircumstances” might be. Nevertheless, an educational institution that can clearly articulate asound rationale for offering an engineering outreach program for only young women can proceedwith some confidence that such a program likely will survive scrutiny under Title IX.Separate

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Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University; Eakalak Khan, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

learning engineering concepts while respecting theirexpertise. In this paper, approaches used in the topic selection and lesson plan development,implementation of student activities, impacts on high school teachers and students, challengesfaced by the collaboration, and lessons learned are discussed. The academy model is generic andmay be applied to any high school student population.IntroductionAccording to the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s 2004 Science and Engineering Indicators,only 328 American Indians and Alaska Natives earned bachelor's degrees in engineering in 2000.Although this number is impressively larger than the total in 1977 data when only 135 degreeswere awarded, the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives earning

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International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Wayne Sanders, Rose Hulman Institute Of Technology; Kazuya Takamata, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Tetsuro Furukawa, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Loo Ching Nong, Singapore Polytechnic

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International

122. Masakatsu Matsuishi, Kazuya Takemata, Shigeo Matsumoto, Tetsuro Furukawa, Loo Ching Nong, Pee Suat Hoon, “International Collaborative Project in Engineering Design Education between Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Singapore Polytechnic”, ICEE 2004, Florida, USA3. C. N. Loo. S. H. Pee, “Engineering Design Education – Learning Experience at Kanazawa Institute of Technology”, Excellence in Education and Training Convention 2003, Singapore Page 11.819.14 13 ED I ED II

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Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harvey Lyons, Eastern Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

of Sputnik I in the 1950’s,forced engineering colleges to hurriedly restructure their curricula.Development. In our initial research to determine current and future trends in engineering programs, wefound many and different views of the future demands and practice of engineering. It wasdecided to research and survey several significant areas for this proposal: (1) Academicinstitutions that are currently reviewing trends towards new educational approaches; (2)Corresponding technical articles describing the trends; (3) Current efforts in academe;and (4) Industrial sources (both manufacturing and engineering-based) that have adirect/current need for engineering. We also used the Listserv to ask engineeringeducators to describe and recommend

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Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Harriett Benavidez, Rowan University; Julie Haynes, Rowan University; Dan Schowalter, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

team (2005)Bibliography1 Schmalzel, J. L., Marchese, A. J., and Hesketh, R. P. "What's brewing in the Clinic?," HP EngineeringEducator,2:1, Winter 1998, pp. 6-7.2 Schmalzel, J. L., Marchese, A. J., Mariappan, J., and Mandayam, S. A., "The Engineering Clinic: A four-year design sequence," presented at the 2nd An. Conf. of Nat. Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance,Washington, D.C., 1998.3 Dym, C. L., Agongino, A. M., Eris, O., Frey, D. D., Leifer, L. J., “Engineering Design Thinking,Teaching and Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 103-120, January 2005.4 Dym, C. L., Engineering Design: A Synthesis of View, Cambridge University Press, 19945 von Lockette, P., Pietrucka, B., Acciani, D., Dahm, K., Harvey, R., Courtney, J

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Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

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Educational Research and Methods

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Engineering Practice for a Moral World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

and ethical aspects involve or technical aspects inthe proposed design as well as the more narrowly defined engineering Page 11.568.12Case 2. A Ticket Tearing Device for a Disabled PersonConsider the case of David S., a young man who suffers from a variety of physical andmetal disabilities. David was employed at a movie theater in his local community nearPhiladelphia. His primary responsibility was to welcome patrons as they went into thetheater hall, taking their admission tickets, tearing them in half and placing the torntickets into a receiving basket. As David had very limited strength in his hands, the linesof people seeking admittance would

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College; Nora Paul-Schultz, Smith College; Ida Ngambeki, Smith College

. Freire, P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. (1971). New York: Herder & Herder. hooks2. hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. NewYork: Routledge.3. Costa, A.L. and Kallick, B. (2003). Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.4. Riley, D. (2003). “Pedagogies of Liberation in an Engineering Thermodynamics Class.” ASEE Annual Meeting, June 22-25, Nashville, Tennessee.5. Riley, D., Claris, L., Ngambeki, I., Rua, A. (2006) The Ethics Blog: Students making connections among ethics, thermodynamics, and life. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings (in press).6. Etheridge, S. and Rudnitsky

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College; Lionel Claris, Smith College

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Liberal Education

with the word “knowledge.” This was used as a springboard for discussion aboutthe class, its content, and its pedagogy. The week before reading Foucault, students wereintroduced to liberative pedagogies in class and through course readings1 and a reflective essay.On the first day of class, students were introduced to the syllabus as one representation of what isimportant in thermodynamics, not the definitive word.In a reflective essay and class discussion, students considered the relationship between powerand knowledge. The essay prompt read: “What is/are the relationship(s) between power andknowledge? Is knowledge the same thing as truth, or how does it differ? How does this relate tothe course (both the subject matter and how it is taught or