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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

LeeRoy Bronner; Amen Ra Mashariki

this level. Once the PIM is modeled, then usingthe MDA compliant tools that assist in automation and generation of artifacts for thisstage the developers transform the PIM into a Platform Specific Model (PSM) as shownin figure 1. As its name suggests the PSM is produced by mapping the PIM to specificmiddleware implementation technologies. This stage is executed using MDA complianttools that can either be purchased from some middleware vendors or can be found on theinternet as open source projects. The separation of the business logic and the applicationimplementation technology is the basis for the MDA claims on applicationinteroperability, portability, documentation, and productivity.Figure 1. MDA Model Transformation ProcessMDA

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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LeeRoy Bronner; Swagata Pramanik; Akeila Richards

. "Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 3Problem definition: is the phase which describes the functionality expected by theuser, the set of requirements to be met, and the deliverables of the new system.Analysis: is the stage where we begin to understand in depth the requirements ofthe problem and the need for its solution. It determines what the solution must do.The main components of the analysis phase are Project Scope, Use Case Model,Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Class Diagrams. These artifacts areexplained in the following sections with respect

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

function set created provides the minimum number of thermodynamicfunctions required to teach a two-course sequence in undergraduate engineeringthermodynamics. Page 11.65.2Each computational analysis package has strengths and weaknesses when compared to theothers. EES also has the thermodynamic functions discussed here (and functions for many otherfluids). While EES is not a traditional structured programming language, the appearance of EESprograms is similar to the appearance of C or FORTRAN programs, and some users find the unitconversion procedures awkward in EES. MathCAD was chosen for this project because of itsmathematical report appearance

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso; Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso

, a three-phase project. These ideas were based on the literature citing theneed for intensive academic planning through intrusive advising, freshman orientation, academicreviews for low-performing students, special programs that provide academic support includingtutoring, group study, and a study center, a sense of belonging on campus, small classes,exposure to faculty during the first years, supplemental (developmental) educational instruction,meaningful undergraduate research, a freshman seminar course, and support of new teachingmethodologies for faculty.9,10 Cultural changes at the University were led by the UniversityPresident centering on UTEP’s vision and mission of providing quality higher education to adiverse student population

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

confronting engineering topics for the first time; in a sense, they say “Don’tTELL me, SHOW me!”I. IntroductionPhysical models are a great way to both educate and motivate the student and can greatlyimprove student learning. Sound innovative? Sounds new? Not really; these types of techniqueswere in use at the United States Military Academy and nearly every other engineering institutionat the beginning of the 20th century (Figure 1). Hands-on models were once the cornerstone ofevery class in mechanics, but today many classrooms are equipped with only a textbook,chalkboard (if lucky), and a computer projection system. Is this enough? Not hardly! How canfaculty in today’s classrooms foster an atmosphere that is more conducive to student-centeredlearning

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

polymers and semiconductors. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. Most recently, he has been working on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for a courses on Connecting Mathematics with Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone DesignChell Roberts, Arizona State University Chell A. Roberts is an associate professor of industrial engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech in 1991. He has a MS in Industrial Engineering and a BA in Mathematics from the University

Conference Session

Assessment & TC2K Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

curriculum, and increases incrementally in difficulty. Students write several reports in each of the following courses: TENS 2143 Strength of Materials, TENS 2144 Fluid Mechanics, TCET 3244 Construction Materials, TCET 4243 Highway Design,and TCET 4244 Soil Mechanics and Foundations. Page 11.248.6 Student reports are graded as if they were being prepared by a professional. Students receive detailed feedback, and will meet one-on-one with the instructor to discuss improvements in writing style. Finally, a presentation on a group term project is a major element of TCET 4243. Faculty members establish format and standards for

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

well as professor of mechanical engineering. He received his M.S. and D.Eng. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. His primary educational passion is real-world design, and he spent his last sabbatical leave at IDEO in Palo Alto, CA, sharpening some rusty design tools.Derek Reamon, University of Colorado DEREK REAMON is a senior instructor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he has taught Circuits and Electronics, Mechatronics, Component Design and the interdisciplinary First-Year Engineering Projects. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. His foremost research interests include assessment

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodor Richardson, University of South Carolina; Dayle Lytle, Richland County School District One; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina; Mitch Wyatt, Richland County School District One

an analysis of the online academy under Page 11.208.2consideration, a discussion of the advised best practices resulting from the study will be includedat each step.The case study on which this paper will focus is the Richland One Virtual Education Resources(Rover) Academy. This is the project of Richland County School District One in Columbia,South Carolina. Rover Academy is being developed to provide students with an increased accessto educational materials and courses not generally offered within their schools. As it currentlyexists, Rover Academy is an intranet environment inaccessible from outside of the school district.This is to pilot

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

differential pressure transducer. The timing, powermanagement, control, measurement and data storage for the entire payload is handled by anembedded PIC™ microcontroller. A rocket launch date is set near the end of the semester with awell-publicized formal countdown commenced well in advance of the launch to help promoteinterest and build excitement for the event. The students are active participants in the launch andrecovery operations. The raw data collected during the flight is uploaded from the payloadmemory for interpretation and analysis by the students. A flight performance report based on thedata is submitted by each student. This paper presents and discusses the details of the rocketsystem, the role of the project in the course and feedback

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

seen that evening students are much more grounded in their assessment of theirfuture growth requirements and potential.A good comparison of the day and evening student population is given by the Industrial ControlSystems course sequence as given in the electrical engineering technology program atNortheastern University. Over 200 students have completed this sequence since its inception alittle over 5 years ago. During that time, both day and evening students have participated in thatcourse of study. From an observation of both segments, it can unequivocally be said that the part-time evening students have performed in a far more professional and mature manner. In fact,given the same project material, evening students complete their assignments

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

variables found in both the academic andprofessional settings that influence particular individuals’ decisions to engage in unethicalbehavior.To understand what motivates a student’s decision to engage in unethical behavior in college andthe connection between this behavior and future unethical behavior in professional practice, theauthors undertook the Work Experience Study (WES) as part of a larger research project. TheWES was designed as an exploratory study to provide insight into students’ decision makingprocesses in instances where they had previously been tempted to engage in unethical behaviorsin college and workplace settings. In short, WES is meant to investigate the usefulness ofseveral important variables involved in students’ ethical

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Evans; Jerry Gabriel, Cornell University

, orwhatever is identified as representing skill tends to vary enormously. As a result, any across-the-curriculum (even classroom to classroom) approach to assessing student learning becomesextremely difficult to fashion simply because we do not agree about what to count specifically,or more generally, what counts as evidence of learning. Furthermore, since the range of teachingand learning situations within which communication is taught and learned – traditionalclassrooms to student team competitions to service-learning projects – are radically different andgrowing increasingly so, that difficulty is certainly amplified. Then, add to this our hope andexpectation that students will learn to communicate across cultural boundaries, to be cognizant ofthe

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

modify existing course assignments, projects, etc. as the basisfor our review whenever possible.We next identified courses which most clearly required students to demonstrate achievement ofour Program Outcomes. Faculty teaching these courses volunteered to save paper or electroniccopies of all the student work submitted (i.e., work from all students in the class) for something(an assignment, a test question, a project, a report) that the instructor believed – if completedcorrectly – would demonstrate achievement of a designated, relevant Program Outcome.Prior to beginning to write our criteria and rubrics, we decided to keep the rubrics as simple aspossible. At this initial stage we were primarily interested in whether a given sample of student

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

Australia Project. Available online: http://data.brs.gov.au/mapserv/biomass/factsheets/Atlas_006.pdf.5. Abbas, C. A. and M. Cheryan. 2002. Emerging biorefinery opportunities. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 98-100: 1147.6. Audsley, E. and J. E. Annetts. 2003. Modeling the value of a rural biorefinery – part I: the model description. Agricultural Systems 76: 39-59. Page 11.278.137. Annetts, J. E. and E. Audsley. 2003. Modeling the value of a rural biorefinery – part II: analysis and implications. Agricultural Systems 76: 61-76.8. Gravitis, J., J. Zandersons, N. Vedernikov, I. Kruma, and V. Ozols-Kalnins

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Madeline Schreiber, Virginia Tech; Katrina Ramsdell, Virginia Tech; John Muffo, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

questions, and a few slides did not have any headlines). The remaining twosections viewed the same information from slides that used succinct sentence headlines.In the slide transformations, other changes occurred such as typographical changes andconversions of bullet lists to more visual evidence. However, for the fifteen slidetransformations considered in this study, the principal change was the conversion of atraditional headline to a succinct sentence headline. After each class period, all four sections of students had access to copies of theslides that the instructor had projected. Then after the five class periods, the students wereasked to recall a set of assertions from those slides. For those in the two sections taughtfrom the

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Craig Malquist, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

that of “Smart Dust”. The SmartDust Project was run by Pister, Kahn and others at Berkeley and had a goal of creating acomputerized ‘mote’ about 1 mm3 with independent power supply and the capability to collectdata and communicate it to other motes13, 15. Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)techniques are used to incorporate sensors and computational capability on the same chip. TheSmart Dust Project produced a number of interesting concepts and derivative projects but did notof itself become a standard. The terminology ‘smart dust’ is now sometimes used in a genericsense to refer to very small computerized motes.Many applications are being proposed to use mesh networking and sensor mesh networks.Firefighting applications have already been

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

2006-1631: REDEFINING ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ATWRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITYNathan Klingbeil, Wright State University NATHAN W. KLINGBEIL is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at Wright State University, and holds the title of Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998. Professor Klingbeil leads NSF supported research projects in the areas of manufacturing science and engineering curriculum reform. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in engineering education, including the CASE Ohio Professor of the Year Award (2005), the

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Slater, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

programs, validated pre- andpost-assessment instruments were used. These were produced by the Assessing Women inEngineering (AWE) Project developed by the Pennsylvania State University and University ofMissouri funded by The National Science Foundation (HRD 0120642). To view the surveyinstruments, visit the AWE web site at www.aweonline.org and register as a user. Onceregistered, the user may login to view all of the instruments available for use in assessingundergraduate engineering mentoring programs.After the CEED office secured approval through the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board,the AWE Undergraduate Engineering Mentee and Mentor Pre-Participation Surveys were sent toall participants who were 18-years of age and older by the date of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

least advantaged (dubious,given the qualitative impact of engineering projects on disadvantaged neighborhoods), but moreto the point, you would have to justify ignoring the formulation with which Rawls ended hiscareer, holding that such offices as deliver an inequality of benefits have to be open to all—particularly with reference to the primary good he calls the social basis of self respect.Thurgood Marshall’s demonstration of the preference for white dolls among segregated, African-American children was an undeniable indictment against segregation; whatever else that systemmight have done, it denied many the social basis of self respect. Homo sapiens exist in theirminds, and no purely material gains can compensate for the pain and suffering

Conference Session

Innovative Instruction Strategies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Lambright, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

assisted in giving the studentsproficiency in programming skills.Structure of the ClassThe projects assigned in the computing techniques class were a significant portion of the studentsgrade. Other significant parts of the students grade came from in classroom examinations duringthe semester and one final examination at the end of the semester. The in class roomexaminations were given to make sure that the students understood the fundamental concepts ofeach numerical method. Students were tested on open and bracketed numerical techniques suchas Fixed Point and False Position methods, however on exams and hand written home works thestudents were asked to perform the technique to within a percentage error that usually requiredno more than 4 to 5

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

oftenspanned more than one of the above cited subcategories.The Teaching and Learning category captures any instructional intervention designed to improvestudent educational outcomes. More interventions were coded to this subcategory (57.3% of allinterventions) than any other subcategory (see Table 2.a). Aside from “Other,” which contains Page 11.496.5118 discrete interventions, the most common teaching- and learning-related interventions were:teams (17.3% of all articles), collaborative/cooperative learning (16.9% of all articles), lecture(traditional) (13.0% of all articles), projects (11.4% of all articles), active learning (10.4% of allarticles

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

2020 project describes this world as Page 11.612.3one in the engineer “must be prepared to work in a time in which the words "minority" and"majority" are applied to different groups than they are today, a time in which what we now 3consider to be engineering is more likely to be done outside the United States than inside, andperhaps, a time in which the United States is not the world's leading economic power9”. This isquite a leap for the programs in the US to make. Our student is imbedded in an academic settingthat includes an ensemble of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Introductory Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Turner, Morningside College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

as the Biot-Savart Law, and energy considerations of expanding systems.AssessmentA detailed comparison of student achievement old-to-new is unavailable because of the low-enrollment problem that first generated this project. A meaningful assessment of how wellstudents have truly mastered the coursework is best assessed in the upper-level courses that buildon the material. However, going though upper level courses now, we have only 1 student fromthe old system and 3 from the new system, insufficient for a meaningful study. However, otherfactors suggest that the program is, at a minimum, not hurting students.We have also seen an increase in interest from mathematics majors in taking upper levelcoursework in sciences and applied sciences for

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

Tagged Divisions

Materials

45 seconds, and is independent of the university’s networksoftware. The third issue was more time-consuming: creating better handouts. As the second yearprogressed, several shortcomings of the 6-slides-to-a-page format became obvious: 1. Line thicknesses appropriate for a projection screen are too thick on a printed page, so graphs and engineering diagrams look like cartoons. These lines should be thinner, because 600 or 1200 dpi laser printing shows detail not visible with the current generation of low resolution projectors, and a reader can adjust the position of the page relative to the eye more easily than an audience member can move closer to a screen in a crowded lecture hall. Slides are designed to be

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Koplow, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

mistakes” inthis paper has been illustrated using a thermodynamics example. Certainly, anylaboratory experiment can be “saved” and even improved upon by the instructor whomay even help the educational process along by intentionally compromising (perhaps“sabotaging” the experiment is too harsh a description) the system. The experiment canthen be turned into a project that either improves the existing apparatus or, as discussed inthis paper, encourages the students to devise their own design that can be built and tested.In the view of the authors there is not a better way to train engineering and engineeringtechnology students to expect to conduct “hands-on” application of their diverse classroom instruction. Figure 4 a and b. Final

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

well documented 1, 2, 3, 4 . Computation andprogramming for a lecture setting was also reported 5. Various independent projects usingLabVIEW were well documented in many publications 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. It is accepted that the useof LabVIEW is invaluable in general but is limited to hands-on intensive situations13. Ourexperience in using LabVIEW in our laser engineering technology program is consistent 14:LabVIEW’s virtual instrumentation and internet remote access features are not effective forhands-on intensive lab exercises.The teaching of introductory engineering physics lab exercises can be enhanced with LabVIEW.The virtual instrumentation and computational capabilities are incorporated into the laboratoryexercises. The virtual

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Excellence in Manufacturing Education. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of South Florida (USF). During his time at USF, he has researched fluidized bed drying, been a consultant to the Citrus Industry, worked on Florida Department of Citrus research projects, and the High School Technology Initiative - funded by NSF. Prior to USF, he was employed as a technologist in Research and Development at Tropicana Products, Inc. with process and product development responsibilities. His research interests are food engineering, fluidized bed drying, and the integration of engineering and education.Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida RICHARD GILBERT

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; George Korfiatis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Nikhil Sanghavi, Stevens Institute of Technology

Biomedical engineeringdepartment; a 4-week project given by the Mechanical Engineering Department to step throughthe stages of designing a simple pump that included analysis and rapid prototyping. In addition to the departmental offerings, a number of events are organized at theEngineering School level and also through other organizations within the Institute such as CareerServices and the Academic Support Center. For example the latter is responsible for severalworkshops on such things as: practicing good study skills, effective time management andexamination technique. These mirror the Success “101” type activities that had been foundvaluable in the previous Engineering Seminar syllabus. Career Services has offered popularworkshops on

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy Cox, University of Missouri-Rolla; Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri-Rolla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

asearly as seventh grade7,8. This time is when adolescents begin to experience more freedom,getting the opportunity to make various choices for themselves. To encourage students at thisage that engineering is a viable career option to consider may engender more exploration into theprofession.Recruiting efforts need to consist of talks about what it means to be an engineer, but they alsoshould consist of formal presentations about the kinds of problems that particular engineerssolve. For example, mechanical engineers could speak about design issues, and perhaps leadstudents as they participate in small-level design projects so as to reinforce these concepts.Students have to “see” engineering, and the fruits thereof. Providing this glimpse could be