Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

studies and careers in engineering and engineering technology; and influence the recruitment and retention of young faculty and underrepresented groups.Student chapters often offer two tiers of membership. Participants in local activities are oftenconsidered “local” members of the chapter, and as such are included in informational mailings andinvitations to events, and they are encouraged to become more active in the local chapter. Typicallythis level of membership is at little if any monetary charge. Anyone is welcome to join the nationalorganization by applying for membership to ASEE itself; a small portion of the membership fee isreturned to the student chapter for use in their activities.Student chapters must fulfill the

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Frehill

professorate by minorities such as the Alliance for GraduateEducation and the Professorate program and the Bridges to the Doctorate program that is an add-on to the highly successful Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program. Toincrease women’s participation in the professorate, the NSF developed the ADVANCE:Institutional Transformation Program, which intends to increase the recruitment, retention, andadvancement of women within academia.Women engineering faculty like women faculty in other science areas are more likely than theirmale counterparts to have feelings of isolation7, to experience a negative professional climate3, 9and to face the conundrum of being part of a dual career couple9. To complicate matters, womenare generally

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai; Akbar Eslami

Cooperative Education-Innovative Approaches for Partnerships between Universities and Industries and High Schools Ali Kashef, University of Northern Iowa Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Ali Setoodehnnia, Kean UniversityAbstractOver the last few years, continuous learning has become an essential element of job success,and workplace learning linked to career development has become part of the educationalsystem of the future. Today, many industries are increasingly depending on cooperativeeducation (co-op) and internship programs with universities, colleges and sometimes

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

identified in the ARET Department's TAC-ABET Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP),program outcomes have been devised to describe what graduates of a degree program will beable to demonstrate and know when they graduate. The skills and abilities identified in theprogram outcomes are measures of the quality of the program and can have a significant impacton the validity of the degree. Professional experience through an internship program, whetherconducted in an office or through a program such as this, can enhance a student's understandingof the career field and practice, ultimately creating a better quality student. The process ofobtaining professional internships in a rural area is significantly more difficult than in largerurban areas. Economic

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guerriero; Elizabeth Chain; Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Matar; Mary Anderson-Rowland

been developed and are being pilottested in these classrooms as another tool to encourage students to learn about engineering andincrease interest in engineering as a career. Lessons have been learned in how to contactstudents for events, how to get information from the students who attend, and how to be flexiblewith student schedules.The paper will also discuss the joint administration of the program with different managementsystems and styles in each of the six institutions in the program. Lessons have been learned inconstructing a functional management structure, in scheduling faculty and staff from theinstitutions to participate in the activities, and in scheduling professional engineers for panels

Conference Session

Energy Program and Software Tools

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

combustion engines, fuel systems, exhaust emissions, fuelcells and energy systems.This paper describes structure of research projects, expectations on the part of faculty advisorsand students, preparation of student participants for subsequent research career or advanceddegree and the extent to which project objectives have been met. Tracking of the past REUstudent participants has shown that several of them are pursuing advanced degree programswhile a similar number is planning to pursue research and development career in industry.IntroductionThere has been an increased interest in providing research opportunities to undergraduates at manyinstitutions. While major research universities and some well-known liberal arts colleges have

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charla Triplett; Eugene Eckstein

Alliance for Industrial Internships: Growth and Sustainability C.K. Triplett1 and E.C. Eckstein2 1Biomedical Career Center, Chandler, AZ 85226 2 U. Memphis & U. Tennessee Joint Graduate Program in BME, Memphis, TN 38152-3210 Abstract - The Biomedical Engineering Alliance for Industrial Internships (BMEAII) is a network of member universities throughout the United States that cooperate forthe benefit of biomedical engineering students. Coordinators at the universities work intandem with the National Director and in regional networks to further facilitate placementof individual students, promote awareness of program

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Grash; Andrew Rose

Session 3661 Interaction of Engineering Technology and Fine Arts through Instructor Collaboration Andrew T. Rose, Valerie Grash University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractHigher education strives to prepare graduates for career success and satisfaction in life. At theUniversity of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ), most students prepare for their career through theirmajor area of study by taking discipline specific courses in their major. To more fully developtheir knowledge, University-wide general education (GenEd) requirements provide all UPJstudents

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Fleming; Kimarie Engerman; Ashley Griffin

institutional factors that are necessary for persistence in engineering? Using grounded theory,persistence factors have emerged inductively from the body of qualitative data (i.e. unstructuredethnographic interviews). The six persistence factors that surfaced were: (1) family influences;(2) financial motivation; (3) mathematics and science proficiency; (4) academic advising; (5)quality of instruction; and (6) availability of faculty. The findings of other researcherspertaining to these factors and their impact on students of color are highlighted below.Family InfluencesPearson and Bieschke1 found that family relationships influenced career development. Earlierworks by Ogbu2 and Leslie, McClure, and Oaxaca3 had considered the impact of familyinfluences

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Viviana Cesani-Vazquez; Maria Irizarry; Freya Toledo-Feria; Sonia Bartolomei-Suarez

fact that 80% of students at UPRM havesome kind of financial assistance, might explain why this question did not get a higherpercentage of positive answers. In Puerto Rico, students have a great opportunity to study anengineering career. All it takes is a good high school performance in math and doing well onthe College Board exam. Unlike many other school systems, math in Puerto Rico is arequired course through K-12. Page 10.753.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; John Weese

ability.Even the places where differences occur, little is gained in explaining the persistence ofgender segregation in some fields. One viewpoint, derived from the works of Holland [5]and Gottfredson [3], combines the perception of field prestige and gender perception to Page 10.169.2understand the complexity of career choices. However, Dunnell and Bakken [1] foundTechnical Interests of Men & Women in Engineering by Watson & Weese Page 3that adolescent girls are more willing to cross perceived gender lines for careers thanare boys. Physician High/Hard Lawyer Univ Professor

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Bodner; Deborah Follman; Mica Hutchison

. Bandura, A., Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory, Prentice-Hall,Englewood Cliffs, 1986.2. Galluzzo, G., "WISE Reports High Retention Rate for Class of 2003 Women." In University of Iowa NewsRelease, July 14, 2003.3. Lent, R. W., S. D. Brown, J. Schmidt, B. Brenner, H. Lyons and D. Treistman, "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 50, no. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.4. Schaefers, K. G., D. L. Epperson and M. M. Nauta, "Women's Career Development: Can TheoreticallyDerived Variables Predict Persistence in Engineernig Majors?" Journal of Counseling Psychology, vol. 44, 1997,pp

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozgur Eris; Tori Bailey; Helen L. Chen

students’ intentions to pursue an engineering degree over thecourse of their undergraduate career, and upon graduation, to practice engineering as aprofession. The design of the survey entails development of conceptual variables and surveyquestions generated from a review of engineering education literature and national surveys onundergraduate education, piloting of the survey, and internal consistency analyses. Currently inits second year, the instrument is being administered with 160 students selected from fouracademic campuses.In this paper, we present the variables that are guiding the design of the PIE survey, and discusseach variable in depth by providing its rationale. In addition, we discuss how the data collectedduring the first year–and

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

SocietiesEngineering Professional Organization Web linkAAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence http://www.aaai.orgAAES American Association of Engineering Societies http://www.aaes.orgABET Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology http://www.abet.orgACEC American Consulting Engineers Council http://www.acec.org/ACM Association for Computing Machinery http://www.acm.org/ACTE Association for Career and Technical Education http://www.acteonline.org/AEE Association of Energy Engineers http://www.aeecenter.org/AEG Association of Engineering Geologists http://www.umr.edu/~aeg

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie McCarther; Linda Garavalia; David Renz; Deborah O'Bannon

participants were serving innon-administrative faculty roles at their university, as shown in Table 2.Table 2. Participants’ primary discipline, current position, and career aspirationsDisciplines Positions AspirationsAgriculture & Natural Sciences Associate Professor (9) Central Administrator (2)(1) Full Professor (2) Department Chair (6)Biology (2) Department Chair (2) Dean (6)Biomedical Engineering (1) Center Director (1) Entrepreneur (2)Cell Biology & Biophysics (1

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Bryant; Paul Biney

tomeasure each of the objectives Table 1 Typical Measurable Set of Program Objectives MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM OBJECTIVES The goal of the Mechanical Engineering Program is to produce industrial, scientific, and technological leaders capable of systematically identifying, addressing, and solving technical problems whose solutions will benefit society. Specific objectives of the Mechanical Engineering Program are to produce graduates who will: 1. have successful careers in engineering and related fields, thereby, fulfilling the special purpose mission of the university in serving a diverse ethnic and

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

development of the U.S.engineering workforce concurrently with engineering practice for technological innovation. Theframework integrates innovative project-based learning, progressive experience, self-directed learning,and graduate studies concurrently with engineering practice leading to the professional Master ofEngineering (M.Eng.) for early career development of engineering leaders. The intent is to build clustersof postgraduate professional education across the country that strengthens industry’s innovative capabilityfor continuous technology development to enhance U.S. competitiveness.1. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to report on the progress of the National Collaborative Task Force onEngineering Graduate Education Reform in

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hofle; Ken Bosworth

engineers and scientists. However, over thepast decade (at the very least), more and more college bound students are opting for careersoutside the realm of engineering and science. In recognition of this, the National ScienceFoundation has instituted programs meant to make the choice of engineering and science as acollege major more attractive and financially affordable; e.g. the CSEMS Scholarship Program,available at many colleges and universities.2In our opinion, waiting until a student is enrolled in college to entice him or her into engineeringor science is too late. Without the proper high school math background, students deciding onengineering or science careers when arriving at college will often face one or more years ofremedial work

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Gosink; Catherine Skokan

career if the application of engineering to humanitarianproblems is emphasized.CSM and a History of Women on CampusColorado School of Mines, founded in 1874, is a public research university devoted toengineering and applied science with a student body of 3500. It has the highest admissionsstandards of any university in Colorado and among the highest of any public university in theU.S. CSM has distinguished itself by developing a curriculum and research program that isgeared towards responsible stewardship of the earth and its resources. In addition to strongeducation and research programs in traditional fields of science and engineering, CSM is one of avery few institutions in the world having broad expertise in resource exploration, extraction

Conference Session

Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheila Edwards Lange; Joyce Yen

universities and Supporting Career Development of Pre-Tenure brochures on UW programs Faculty Encouraging Mid-Career Professional Development Faculty Development Programs, Benefits and Resources Flexible and Accommodating Policies and PracticesThe recruitment toolkit was designed to be a flexible document which could be customized byacademic departments and their search committees. It provides general guidelines on how toconduct a proactive search for diverse candidates rather the usual strategy of placing anadvertisement and sorting applications

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacklyn Wheeler; Carolyn Parker; Julia Ross; Taryn Bayles

maximize student interest and understanding. Data will becollected to evaluate how interactive, authentic, problem-solving simulations impact andfacilitate student learning. In-service training with the curriculum for Technology Educationteachers will be provided prior to classroom use. In addition, a specific objective of the projectis to increase the involvement of women and other underrepresented groups in engineering andtechnology by providing female and minority role models in the classroom and developing casestudies that encourage interest and participation by all groups. Therefore, interest in andawareness of engineering and technology-based careers will also be assessed prior to and afterexposure to the new curricula.The first module

Conference Session

Advancing Manufacturing Through Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Liou

in the hope ofimpacting the career choices of their students. Some high school students alsoparticipated in the workshop. The material presented in the workshop included CADmodeling, rapid prototyping, and lean manufacturing. Some industrial representativescame to the workshop to interact with the teachers and students on the prospectives ofadvanced manufacturing technologies. The participants also toured manufacturingresearch laboratories on campus and two local manufacturing facilities. This paperdetails the experiences of both the participants and facilitators of the workshop.I. IntroductionIt is a common misconception that jobs in the manufacturing industry consist of onlymachine operators. However, industry’s needs are much broader

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven York; Lynn Nystrom; Elizabeth Joyce; Michael Gregg; Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor

Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Virginia Tech SEC hosts one of the largest student-run career fairs in the nation. With morethan 200 companies regularly attending the event it is an invaluable resource to engineeringstudents seeking employment, both for permanent placement and undergraduate internship andco-op programs. The SEC job fairs have provided companies the opportunity to meet the studentbody as a whole before the individual interviewing process starts. In turn, it also gives thestudents an opportunity to research which companies are looking for new graduates orundergraduates and what these companies have to offer for their future.Last year, the SEC created a fully searchable HR-XML résumé database which is

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ryan Dupont; Mary Feng; Hailey Christine

) and a matched sample (n = 40) of male faculty from the Colleges of Agriculture,Engineering, Natural Resources and Science.1 We asked each faculty member: 1) What factors at USU contributed to your career success and job satisfaction? Page 10.1062.1 2) What factors at USU were obstacles to success or sources of job dissatisfaction? “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” 3) What changes would you like to see at USU to improve the recruitment and retention of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Rossler; Martin High

, therefore, allows engineersto explore the legal concerns, associated liabilities, and causes of action that face a practicingtechnical professional.Another objective of the program is to expose interested students to the legal profession. Manystudents who are interested in law as a profession do not enter engineering or scientific curriculabecause they do not view engineering as relevant to a legal career. This could not be furtherfrom the truth. Areas such as intellectual property law (practically) require a technicalbackground. Other areas, such as environmental law, involve highly technical issues that can beaided by a technical background. And the experiences of the authors show that a rigoroustechnical curriculum more than adequately prepares

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jamie Piacentine; Tonya Emerson

-offlocations to meet the busses and direct participants to the designated check-in booth whereparticipants received a student bookstore bag with a CSU, Chico pencil and a checklist and mapof all the 27 booths they could visit. After participating in a booth's activities, participantsreceived an initial on their booth checklist. Kids who visited 15 or more booths were instructedto stop by the Careers Path table to receive their choice of an ASCE activity book or book coverdeveloped by the ASCE Committee on Career Guidance. High school students also received theCareer Paths in Civil Engineer brochure created by the ASCE Committee on CareerDevelopment and interactive CD-ROM developed by College of Engineering, ComputerScience, and Construction Management

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Murphy; Jamie Phillips

Mentoring Graduate Students In Engineering Education Through Team Teaching Jamie Phillips and Timothy Murphy The University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109AbstractThe preparation of science and engineering graduate students for careers in academia is ofconcern due to the lack of formal professional training in teaching required for new science andengineering faculty members. In this paper, a team teaching project resembling a teachinginternship is described. An undergraduate electrical engineering course was team taught by afaculty member and graduate student in the goal of preparing the graduate student for a futurecareer in academia. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

broadlearning helps persuade the student that engineers, the designers of technology, do not design ina vacuum and the products they create reflect their creators. Thus they learn that technology isnot neutral.4 Fourth, breadth encourages a focus on fundamentals that are broadly applicable.Even when the technological details change (as they frequently do), the student in full commandof fundamental principles is well prepared to tackle the next big thing, whatever it might be.Fifth, a broader experience prepares students to work in more than one area (perhaps evenoutside of engineering). In today’s work world, career changes are common, so this preparationcan be vital. In fact, employers who hire for a very narrow set of skills may consider thatemployee

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Larry N. Bland

theirrecruiting process. It was important to distinguish both explicit and implicit activities. Forexample, at one institution the recruiting personnel stated that they were selling the totaluniversity and their process did not provide for selling separate majors. However, when Imentioned engineering they pull out a separate recruiting packet that was tailored to engineeringstudents and a department presentation focused on engineering careers. At a second institute,they again were selling the total institution. But in this case, all campus tours started in theengineering building. The building, contents and heritage were considered key to the wholeuniversity. Without seeing the natural setting, I would have missed these subtle distinctions. Human

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks

relocate one hundred families. Significantfunds still have not been allocated for remediation.Introduction to Chemical Engineering Course The University of Tulsa course catalog describes the introductory class forfreshmen studying Chemical Engineering as: Overview of the chemical engineering curriculum, professionalism, career opportunities, and issues of safety and the environment. Introduction to chemical engineering calculations; units, dimensions, and conversion factors.Most students enrolling in the course are new to the university and have selected themajor based on the fact that they liked chemistry and math in high school. They typicallyhave no idea what a chemical engineer does. This course is intended to