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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Horch; Douglas Christensen

Page 9.157.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationpersonal or phone interview. Table I lists the statistics of the students chosen to participate in thefirst three cohorts. Table I – Statistics of Selected Participants Cohort 1 Cohort 2 Cohort 3 Ave. high school GPA 3.94 4.00 3.97 Ave. SAT score 1437 1390 1210 Ave. ACT score 31 31 31

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Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Hall; Nancy Hubing; Vikas Yellamraju; Ralph Flori; Timothy Philpot

2468One tactic for addressing this situation, therefore, is to develop a means of explaining additionalexample problems to students in a manner that is more effective and engaging than possible in astatic print format and is similar in style to that found in the classroom. The interactive andanimation capabilities now readily available with software seem to provide an apt medium forthe presentation and explanation of beam superposition examples. In particular, software wouldseem to offer several characteristics that would make a beam deflection example presented bycomputer more effective and engaging than a print version: 1. The deflection of the beam can be animated, which would seem preferable to simply indicating the final deflected

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Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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David Gore

engineeringtechnology versus engineering, and the confusion that seems to be present in both industry andacademia. A new model was needed in order to define an ET education that attracts studentswhile meeting the needs of those businesses and industries that hire ET graduates. After ourstudents, graduates, and the Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MET) Industry AdvisoryCommittee were surveyed, a new model was developed. Without going into details of thismodel (a topic for another paper), its key elements provide the following intents for ourgraduates: 1. Fast track to technical project management. 2. High-value specialty knowledge positions (not design engineering positions).Each relevant ET course is being evaluated to see what is needed to

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Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

. It would be desirable to integrate more “real-world”experiences into the undergraduate curriculum at universities; however, industry-academicrelations have not, in general, been developed to their full potential. Rowan University hasdeveloped an Engineering Clinic Program which fosters collaboration between academia andindustry and provides “real-world” project experiences to undergraduate students.At Rowan University, all engineering students participate in an eight-semester course sequenceknown as the Engineering Clinics [1]. In the Junior and Senior years, these clinic coursesinvolve multidisciplinary student teams working on semester-long or year-long research anddesign projects sponsored by a company in our region. Every engineering

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Joseph Hickey, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

AC 2004-355: TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOLMATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CURRICULUAAndrew Hoff, University of South FloridaEric Roe, Hillsborough Community CollegeJoseph Hickey, University of South FloridaMarilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community CollegeRichard Gilbert, Page 9.1217.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2004 SESSION 1526 Technology Applications for High School Mathematics and Science Cur r iculum Mar ilyn Bar ger 1, Richar d A. Gilber t 2, Andr ew Hoff3, Er ic A. Roe2 and J oseph D. Hickey2

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jason Gu

. This paper compares student test scores and evaluationfeedback using traditional instructional technology alone with those who received active teaching andlearning on the same course. Detailed method of active teaching and learning is introduced. A study wascarried out to prove the effectiveness of the active teaching and learning approach.1. IntroductionMany academic institutions are utilizing innovational technologies as one means for material delivering. Thetechnology presented in this paper consists two kinds of behaviors: The behavior of instructor and thebehavior of the student. The instructor’s behavior is active teaching. Regular teaching is to deliver lectures,give out assignment, labs and prepare midterm and final exam, etc. In

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

agreement of the course instructors, and also departmental and CoEadministrators, that all of the changes have been beneficial and are already driving the rightresults.Bibliographic InformationAs the ECE senior design course sequence is a “doing” experience, information needed by the teams and projects istransmitted by means of meeting notes, much as in industry. There is no textbook assigned for any of the courses.However, typical of the texts which provide good reference information for the purposes of the instructor are:1. Barry Hyman, Fundamentals of Engineering Design (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003)2. Daniel L. Babcock and Lucy C. Morse, Managing Engineering and Technology (Upper Saddle River, N.J.:Prentice Hall, 2002

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

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Loren Limberis; Bijan Sepahpour

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationI- INTRODUCTIONLaboratory experimentation is a critical final link for a thorough understanding of scientific andengineering theories. Every possible effort should be made not to deprive the future engineersor educators from this vital component of their education. [1] It is therefore necessary tocontinue development of effective and efficient pedagogical methods and techniques for theengineering laboratory experience. However, a significant issue for developing engineeringlaboratories is that laboratory apparatus is generally expensive due to low production levels andspecialized features

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What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Crago; Dale Flowers

). Class sizes for thesecore courses ranged from 27 to 33 students. When the same course title is repeated between thefall and spring semester, it is because the course is a six credit, two semester sequence. Toaccomplish the learning objectives in these courses, it was determined that more time than atypical three credit course was required, but that the subject matter did not lend itself to sixcredits in one semester.The evaluations are on a 5 point scale with 5 being the best rating and 1 being the worst. Theratings are generally acceptable, but there is clearly room for improvement. We have observedimprovement when the same faculty team stays together and repeats the course two or threetimes. It is clearly a challenge to get this integrated

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

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Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

generation, transmission, and distribution arecritical to the nation’s security. The EET program at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown(UPJ) continues to maintain a strong curriculum in electrical power engineering. Thecenterpiece of this program is a $300,000 Power System Simulator 1, one of only a few in thecountry. The simulator is a small power system consisting of scaled generators, transmissionsystems, substations, various loads, circuit breakers, relaying, and instrumentation. Asupervisory mode PC enables the real time supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)functions of the Power System Simulator. UPJ plans to expand its contributions to powerengineering by establishing a Power Engineering Institute to better service the needs

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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J. Schmalzel; A. Marchese; Jennifer Kadlowec; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

fields of health sciences and exercise physiology,modified to address engineering principles [1]. This paper provides an overview of all themodules that will be introduced in the Spring 2002 Freshman Clinic course at Rowan.Rowan University is pioneering a progressive Engineering program that uses innovative methodsof teaching and learning to prepare students better for a rapidly changing and highly competitivemarketplace, as recommended by ASEE [2]. Key features of the program include: (1)1 Department of Chemical Engineering Page 9.656.12 Department of Mechanical Engineering3 Department of Electrical EngineeringProceedings of the

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sara Farida; Nick Safai

universities have introduced a new course inthe field of microwave antenna theory and techniques and communicationsystems [1, 2].This paper presents the results of a study on Microstrip antenna, and discusses theadvantages of incorporating this topic in the undergraduate wireless curricula.Introduction:Wireless communication is one of the most rapidly growing fields in thetelecommunication industry. Cellular industry is probably the world’s fastestgrowing major industry, with cellular technology playing a pivotal role in howpeople communicate around the world. In recent years, rapid expansion of the Page 9.1277.1 “ Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for

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Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

textbooks4,5 and a structure centered around three team-baseddesign projects each term. Other elements of the course that focus on helping students learnabout engineering design include in-class activities, a video highlighting design at an innovativeindustrial firm, and lectures on design.As taught in ENGR 102, engineering design is composed of three universal phasesi: 1) ProblemFormulation, 2) Problem Solving, and 3) Solution Implementation. In Problem Formulation, theneeds of the project are identified and represented in terms of criteria and constraints. In ProblemSolving, multiple concepts are generated and analyzed, and one to two are selected forimplementation. The concept(s) remaining after Problem Solving are built and tested in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Martha Cyr; Bonniejean Boettcher; Bree Carlson

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationincludes the following steps: 1) Identify the problem, 2) Research the problem, 3) Developpossible solutions, 4) Select a solution, 5) Construct a prototype, 6) Test/Evaluate the Solution,7) Share the Solution, 8) Redesign. This process was continually referred to throughout theworkshop. The following table presents a ‘general’ day during the workshop. It shows the kindof activities and information that the teachers were exposed to and the time allotted for each. Table 1 Basic Workshop Schedule Type of Activity Engineering topics lecture 1 hour

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Wien Lohachit; Gary Jeffress; Alex Sadovski; cody ross; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

time consuming, this task when performed manually has a highprobability of disturbing the test area. Investigators in the Department of Computing andMathematical Sciences (CAMS) in conjunction with the Division of Nearshore Research (DNR)of the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC)currently collect water quality data in areas with water 3 ft. or deeper and not covered by one ofour stationary Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) stations, from a man-controlled boat. A number of research centers have been developing autonomous boats [1] – [4].These boats, however, require course planning prior to deployment. As a result, the course is noteasily changed once the boat is in the water

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Σεσσιον 1526 Δρυγ Δελιϖερψ Εξπεριµεντσ φορ Χηεµιχαλ Ενγινεερσ Στεπηανιε Φαρρελλ, Ροβερτ Π. Ηεσκετη, Μαριανο ϑ. Σαϖελσκι, ανδ Χ. Στεωαρτ Σλατερ Δεπαρτµεντ οφ Χηεµιχαλ Ενγινεερινγ Ροωαν ΥνιϖερσιτψΑβστραχτ Δρυγ Δελιϖερψ ισ α βυργεονινγ φιελδ τηατ ρεπρεσεντσ ονε οφ τηε µαϕορ ρεσεαρχη ανδδεϖελοπµεντ φοχυσ αρεασ οφ πηαρµαχευτιχαλ ινδυστρψ τοδαψ, ωιτη νεω δρυγ δελιϖερψ σψστεµ σαλεσεξχεεδινγ 10 βιλλιον δολλαρσ περ ψεαρ [1]. Χηεµιχαλ Ενγινεερσ πλαψ αν ιµπορταντ ανδ εξπανδινγρολε ιν τηισ εξχιτινγ φιελδ

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

closer attention to learning and memorizing knowledgeinstead of training students’ skills, attitudes and other non-cognitive attributes. Over the past sixyears, the department of Mechanical Engineering at National Central University in Taiwan hasimplemented a comprehensive transformation of its undergraduate programs. The strategiespursued to accomplish this transformation included comprehensive curricular reform, and theintegration of industrial environment in the undergraduate education process. This major reformled to two questions: (1) Did participants exchange information about their implementation byemail or in other ways? (2) What teamwork skills did they learn? This paper providesquantitative and qualitative evidence that examines the

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

additional expenses except for travel and living costs. • The students be at least at sophomore and preferably at junior level • The schedule at international institutions be compatible with UM-D schedule. • There be a reciprocal student exchange arrangement with the selected institutions abroad (this was needed to address issues related to tuition and fees of international students.)Program GoalsThe major thrust of the international program was to expose our undergraduates to academic andstudent environment at an international institution. In addition, it was expected that 1. UM-D students would work in a team environment in a laboratory setting or on design projects with students from the host institution and students from other

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Bowen

key features of the course that serve to furthermotivate students to learn programming are then discussed in a later section. The articleconcludes with assessment of the course that has come from the experience of teaching it for thelast four semesters.Course Description The course as it is presently conceived has been taught every semester since Spring 2002.The focus of the semester-long course is now a group-based structural design competition.Groups of one to three students compete against one another to produce the most “profitable”truss-style balsa wood bridge. The bridge benefit is determined using an “S” shaped function ofbridge strength (Figure 1). Bridge costs are calculated by summing a fixed cost, a material costfor the wood

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tord Dennis; Robert Fulton

projects and foster teamwork.The PDM databases and related files are setup on a SUN workstation in the A. French building of theCollege of Engineering. The CAD/CAE executable files are loaded locally on: • 22 personal computers in the MRDC building of the School of Mechanical Engineering running Windows 2000 • 25 SUN workstations in the A. French building running UNIXAll of these facilities (see Figure 1), including the student dormitories located on the west campus areconnected via a T1 ethernet network. This gives students access to their data from any computer oncampus via a web browser or locally installed software. The PDM handles the data conversionprocesses (from UNIX to NT and vice-versa) and file locking. As students build

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Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Gendrachi

tests, is general and can be applied to anyproblem.A Common Laboratory ProblemWe use a typical microcomputer in the laboratory component of our second microprocessor Page 9.1173.1course. The operating system of the microcomputer is contained in a 1 kilobyte ROM chip. TheProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationprimary input device is a multi-function keypad that enables the user to enter and executeprograms. The programs can be executed without stopping or single-stepped. There is also afeature that causes a program to be

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Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kurt DeGoede

Educationof the basic “Important Laws and Equations” included in the text. Provided here are theproblems used for the first 10 chapters of the Bloomfield text along with possible solutions andsome comments:Chapter 1 covers the laws of motion and discusses ramps as an application:Design a wheel chair access ramp for a private home. The front porch is 1 m above the grade ofthe front yard and is in the center of the house. The front yard is 10 m wide and 10 m deep.Explain your decisions in this design. This is to be a conceptual design and can be explained inone paragraph. All I’m looking for is the slope you are going to use for the ramp (and why?).Then how it will fit in the space available (you may need it to switch back and forth a few times

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Taner Eskil; Mark Urban-Lurain; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

Session Number 2004-1543 Curricular Integration of Computational Tools by Evolutionary Steps Mark Urban-Lurain, Marilyn Amey, Jon Sticklen, Timothy Hinds, Taner Eskil Michigan State UniversityAbstractCalls for new paradigms for engineering education are widespread.1, 2, 3 Yet, major curricularchange is difficult to accomplish for many reasons, including having the necessary faculty buy-in.4 Generally, efforts can be classified as either topdown/ structural, in which faculty assess anentire program of study and address needs in each component before implementation begins; orbottom-up/individual, a more

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Engineering/Education Collaborators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

andeducation faculty and students has recently been initiated at the University of Arizona to addressthese disconnects.This collaboration seeks to improve how engineering courses are taught and to improve theeducation of preservice teachers. A preservice teacher is a student learning how to be a K-12teacher. The focus of this collaboration is the assessment of student learning in engineeringcourses (and the concurrent improvement of these courses). Preservice teachers conduct theassessment as part of their coursework. The preservice teachers are charged with (1) improvingthe assessment of student learning in an engineering course and (2) suggesting pedagogicalchanges to the engineering course based on their observations and the assessment results.This

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Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

Criteria.1 This proposal defines the educational objectives as “statements thatdescribe the expected accomplishments of graduates during the first few years after graduation.”The survey responses for Penn State alumni two to three years following graduation show thatdifferent kinds of achievement and measures of accomplishment apply to the different early-career paths. This raises questions that may need to be considered for curriculum design. Forinstance: What actions should we be taking to prepare our students for the broader aspects oftheir professional careers? What competencies and abilities should we emphasize in acurriculum constrained by a limited time frame? Examining the data from our surveys of recentgraduates, which include information

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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

lens tomelt and evaporate material. A typical set-up for this cutting process is shown in Figure1 below. Page 9.1027.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 8 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. Laser Processing Setupa. Dual Laser Cutting System by Photo Machining, Inc. The laser cutting was done on a dual laser cutting system by Photo Machining, Inc using a 7-Wattsolid-state diode pumped laser. The laser system has a table size of 36x24 inches and a resolution of

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tremayne Waller; Bevlee Watford

lecture), Chemistry 1045 (chemistry laboratory),and EF 1015 (introduction to engineering) and first semester QCA (see chart below). Aspire Versus Non Aspire First Year Grade Comparisons 3.5 3 2.5 QualityPoints 2 Aspire Non-Aspire 1.5 1 0.5 0 1015 1114 1205 1035 1045 EF

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Innovations in Nuclear Education I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ivan Maldonado; Henry Spitz; John Christenson; Eugene Rutz

Sequences for Co-op Sections 1 and 2 are shown in Figures 1 and 2.Except for the deletion of one co-op quarter, the sequences follow the UC College ofEngineering standard sequence – with the sole exception of the junior year when winter/springco-op quarter is replaced by an academic quarter. A positive aspect of the Sequences is that,except for the fourth year Summer Quarter, the Section 1 and Section 2 Co-op Quarters alternate,thus permitting two students to provide a co-op employer with continuous coverage.MNE-ACCEND students take one distance learning class during each of their five co-op quarters [~15 Academic credits]. Four of the “DL” classes will follow the conventional format. Thefifth class, during the last co-op quarter, is three credits

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TIME 5: Solid Mechanics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Beltz; Marie Dahleh

. Page 9.1241.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe situation improved during the Summer of 2001, when the Department of MechanicalEngineering offered Statics (ME 14) and Dynamics (ME 16) as a sequence.1 These two courseswere chosen because students who could not complete Statics, and subsequently Dynamics,before the Fall of the junior year would not be able to take the required two-course fluidmechanics sequence that year (offered in the Fall and Winter). Moreover, those same studentswould not be able to complete a year-long thermosciences sequence in the junior year. Thus, theinability of

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Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman