Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Xueshu Song, Northern Illinois University; Promod Vohra, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Technology

courses (approximately 31 semester hoursof credit) are required of each student. Required program courses (all required) Tech 302 – Graphical Presentation and Communications Tech 395 – Industrial Data Processing Tech 404 – Supervision in Industry Tech 429 – Plant location, Layout, and Materials Handling Tech 434 – Human Factors in Industrial Accident Prevention Tech 391 – Industrial Quality Control Tech 496 – Industrial Project Management Elective courses (3 required) Tech 402 – Industrial Training and Evaluation Tech 442 – Work Simplification and Measurement Tech 443 – Engineering Economy Tech 444 – Production Control Systems

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joni Spurlin, North Carolina State University; Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University

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Electrical and Computer

Assessing the connectivity of an Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum AbstractProgram level assessment is done by combining the contributions from several units within theprogram at designated time intervals. Course level assessment is one of those units and is usuallydone within a course using tests, homework, projects, presentations etc. without looking at theconnected courses and their learning outcomes. Although course level assessment uses most ofthe resources under assessment and is considered an essential feedback path in making thecurricular changes, very little effort has been devoted to reliable measures of student learning asthey go through a sequence

Conference Session

Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; David Mares, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy

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Computers in Education

-mail.AcknowledgmentsThe authors would like to thank the National Instruments (NI) Corporation for their support of thisproject. In particular, Ravi Marawar, Ph.D., Academic Program Manager at NI, was most helpfulin making this project a reality. Page 11.485.11References [1] J. G. Webster, ed., Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design. John Wiley & Sons, 3rd ed., 1998. [2] L. Cromwell, F. J. Weibell, and E. A. Pfeiffer, Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements. Prentice Hall, 2nd ed., 1980. [3] R. S. Mackay, Bio-Medical Telemetry. IEEE Press, 2nd ed., 1993. [4] R. M. Rangayyan, Biomedical Signal Analysis: A Case-Study Approach. John Wiley

Conference Session

Customizing Courses for Industry Training Needs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jody Pierce, Purdue University; Russell Aubrey, Purdue University; John Eddy, Purdue University; Charles Baker, Purdue University

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Continuing Professional Development

1942, this third generation family owned business has been located in Orestes,Indiana. Red Gold improves the community’s economy by using a team of 60professional growers to produce tomatoes on 10,000 acres of farmland within 100 milesof the processing plant. The company’s employment expands from 1,100 to 1,500 duringharvest and they use their 1,000,000 square feet of floor space to produce over 100different tomato products in 20 different sizes and containers.1Red Gold’s operating philosophy and guiding principles are an integral part of thesuccess of this project and are stated, in part, below: Philosophy: Growing Leaders the Red Gold Way At Red Gold, we’re committed to developing highly-skilled leaders with the overall

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kanti Prasad, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Design in Engineering Education

functionality. (ED credit 100%) Page 11.186.9GRADING CRITERION: Homework......................................………........................... 10% Project...........................................................……............… 30% Mid-Term Examination...............................................……… 30% Final Examination.......................................................……… 30% Page 11.186.10LECTURE SUBJECT MATTERS07 CMOS logic, the NAND gate, the NOR gate, Compound gates, Transmission

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, U.S. Military Academy

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New Engineering Educators

counseling session consisted of the authortalking with the student about the exercise and inquiring about any misunderstanding of theexpectations. The author asked how the student might improve their grade. Most studentssuggested more effort on their part to add to the discussions. The author and the student thenagreed upon a mutually acceptable course of action for achieving an “A”. The author made aneffort to avoid dictating a solution and relied on the students to come up with an acceptable planto improve their grade. Most students were receptive to the feedback and appreciated theauthor’s efforts to let them know where they stood and what they needed to do go get an “A”. Atthis point the author did not believe this project would have positive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Ka-yiu San, Rice University; Larry McIntire, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

considerable Page 11.474.5research on the part of the students. This material could be used as a core or supplement material,as a project, or as the basis for large-scale problem-based learning problems.Problem-based learning (PBL) moduleDevelopment of problem-based learning (PBL) modules using the case studies material isongoing. Data will be presented at a later date.Computer-based simulationWe developed a computer-based simulation module that supports the conservation concepts.Specifically, this module focuses on the kidneys and the transfer of specific chemical speciessuch as urea through various modeled units in the kidneys. The computer models

Conference Session

Women & New Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eve Riskin, University of Washington; Kate Quinn, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

-ERIC Higher Education Report No. 2. Washington, D.C.10. Sorcinelli, M.D. and J.P. Near, Relations between Work and Life Away from Work among University Page 11.394.7 Faculty. The Journal of Higher Education, 1989. 60(1): p. 59-81.11. Bailyn, L., Breaking the Mold: women, men, and time in the new corporate world. 1993, New York: Macmillan, the Free Press.12. Drago, R., et al., Final Report of the Faculty and Families Project. 2001, The Pennsylvania State University. [online] http://lsir.la.psu.edu/workfam/facultyfamilies.htm: University Park, PA.13. Gappa, J. and S.M. MacDermid, Work, Family, and the

Conference Session

Improving the Mathematical Preparation of Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shuki Aroshas, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Avi Berman, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

course.Educational conceptsCognitive psychologists noted that instruction should refer to individual characteristics oflearners. The educational approach which coordinates student's abilities and teachingmethods is Attitude Treatment Interaction11-13. ATI points that students can be convergent ordivergent thinkers, short-term or long-term memorizers, extraverts or introverts, more or lessconfident, etc. ATI offers a variety of instructional methods and gives students opportunitiesto choose those which fit their learning styles. The educational approach emphasizes team-based inquires and project assignments in which the students can select their preferredlearning strategies. The ATI indicated that integrating different instructional methodsprovided more

Conference Session

What's New in Mechanics of Materials?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hennessey, University of St. Thomas; Luke Hacker, University of St. Thomas

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Mechanics

-stress as the differential cube rotates,visualization is typically static. What is needed is a true 3D dynamic visualization tool thatpermits one to visualize an arbitrary state-of-stress from the perspective of continuously varyingand arbitrary 3D differential cube orientations, parameterized by a time varying rotation matrix,such as that driven by an Euler matrix with 3 time varying angles.The objective of this educational research project is to: (1) develop the mathematics that permitone to arbitrarily change the orientation of a differential cube and determine the stresses in thenew coordinate system (i.e. 3D tensor change of bases), (2) create a corresponding computer-aided-engineering (CAE) software tool using primarily MATLAB® and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech; Vinod Eligeti, Virginia Tech; Jane Prey, Microsoft Research

about one year. We are currently releasing freecopies of the software for beta testing and encourage new users to provide feedback to thedevelopers.Based on positive feedback from initial users, we believe that once the tool is fully developedand deployed, it will help to improve the effective teaching and learning processes employed byinstructors and students. One of the value-added features that this project will focus on in thefuture are: improving the efficiency of generating movie files during the capturing operation.Currently files are somewhat large and have an occasional dropped frame due to machine speedvariations. Another area for improvement is the slight lag in video streaming to networked users.We will look at the compression

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Foltz Biegalski, University of Texas; Victoria Pratt, University of Texas-Austin; Tomer Pintel, University of Texas-Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Michael Whitaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Nuclear and Radiological

suppression gamma-ray spectrometry and risk assessment in radioactivity handling.Michael Whitaker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Michael Whitaker is the Manager of the Safeguards Group with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Nuclear Science and Technology Division. He coordinates the Oak Ridge technical support to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of International Safeguards and to the United States Support Programme for IAEA Safeguards. Projects of current emphasis include addressing the effectiveness of international safeguards at uranium enrichment facilities, preparing the Page 11.1399.1

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Johnson, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-493: MEASURING CHANGES IN MOTIVATION AND LEARNINGSTRATEGIES: COMPARING FRESHMAN TO OTHER UNDERGRADUATESTodd Johnson, Washington State University Dr. Johnson is Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology. His primary teaching activity includes theoretical foundations of learning and instruction, educational statistics, educational measurement,assessment of learning, and program evaluation. He served as Co-PI on an NSF ?Bridging Engineering Education? grant called the CyberMentor (Mathematics and Engineering via New Technologies: Outreach and Recruitment) project. A major part of this grant was to promote and develop partnerships and interdisciplinary initiatives connecting education

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Study, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

38 percent,compared to 60 percent for white students and the graduation rate at historically black collegesand universities (HBCUs) is even lower than that with more than two thirds of entering freshmannot going on to earn degrees 7. The four-year graduation rate for students at VSU isapproximately 16.9% and the percentage of students who graduate in five years is 31.8%. Thefive-year total includes those students who graduated in four years or less 2.Course Descriptions The subjects in this study were enrolled in one of two courses, DRFT 161 or DRFT 261.DRFT 161 focuses on 2D mechanical drawing / drafting and incorporates both hand sketchingand 2D CAD. Topics covered throughout the course include orthographic projection, sectionviews

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Euan Lindsay, Curtin University of Technology; Malcolm Good, University of Melbourne

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of students. Remote and virtuallaboratory classes provide an attractive solution to these drawbacks. They offer flexibility indelivery, with students able to access their laboratory class whenever and wherever theywish.Since the first remote laboratory classes in 1996 2, there has been a steady climb in theamount and variety of laboratory hardware that is available online. The field has matured tothe point where there have been overview summary papers published in the literature 3, andeven conferences dedicated to the area 4. MIT in Boston are pursuing a world-wide networkof remote laboratories – the iLabs project 5.Whilst there has been substantial technical growth, the pedagogical aspects of the field havelagged behind – “Unanswered is the

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University; Melissa Dark, Purdue University; Barry Lunt, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

integrating the IAS fundamentals into the introductory courses, morphing the securitymodules in the existing classes to use the MSRW19 framework and bringing all of thestudents in the program up to speed on the new framework simultaneously.Our approach has been to prepare one hour modules on the MSRW framework that canbe used in an existing course to bring students up to speed or taught in seminars asneeded. We are in the process of integrating the IAS Fundamentals into our introductorycourses. We successfully integrated the IAS modules into the sophomore introduction toweb-based systems course, which was already introducing all of the major IT areas. Thecourse was modified to replace a 3 week team project experience with a 2 week teamoriented lab

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Koehler, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Susan Matney, North Carolina State University; Mary Clare Robbins, North Carolina State University

State University. Dr. Lavelle’s teaching and research areas include: engineering management, project management, cost engineering, engineering economics, leadership, teamwork and personality, and engineering education. Dr. Lavelle is past chair of the ASEE Engineering Economy and Engineering Management Divisions.Susan Matney, North Carolina State University Susan Matney is Associate Director of Cooperative Education at North Carolina State University, with 18 years of experience in co-op. She has served as President of the North Carolina Cooperative Education Association, is current Secretary of the Cooperative Education Division (CED) of ASEE and a graduate of the BRIDGES Academic

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

thecourse. The problem is: what is the best arrangement for course material so that a student canvisualize the major components of a course at the beginning and subsequently fill in the details?This paper presents a roadmap in the form of a tree structure (See the chart at the conclusion.)that will allow young students to treat their study of arithmetic as a research project. Theroadmap will provide a navigational aid to assist in the exploration of the world of numbers.Historically, the discovery of the periodic table guided scientists in the study of chemistry,indicating what was known and where gaps existed and raising questions about what remained tobe explored. The periodic table has been immensely valuable, even though its final form

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy Hamilton, Purdue University-Calumet; Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University-Calumet

. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program (a program designed to prepare first generationcollege/low-income students and students from underrepresented areas of graduate education forgraduate study.) Professor Harvey Abramowitz (Department of Engineering) serves as theCSEM Scholars Program PI with Professor Edward Pierson from the Department of Engineeringand Roy Hamilton from the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Programserving as co-PIs. Organizationally, the McNair Program is part of the Student Services unit ofthe University. The program is accorded departmental status with the Director as the DepartmentHead. The project director has full responsibility for the program and reports directly to the ViceChancellor for Student

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Engineering Management

, and peer review and final selection are based solely on your application and accompanying materials. • Do your homework. A thoroughly researched, well-planned application for a carefully chosen award (the best match of applicant to award) will have a considerable advantage over its competitors. • Realize that collaborative projects between a U.S. and an overseas scholar are more compelling to reviewers • Have a clear strategy. Make sure all parts of your application work to form an integrated whole. • Your application should o Highlight the aspects about you and your career that will give reviewers a focused yet well-rounded view of your candidacy o Convince

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan; Cindy Veenstra, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

students take eitherEngineering 100 or Engineering 101 in the first term of their freshman year. Engineering 100 isa project-based introduction to engineering course and Engineering 101 is a course on Page 11.1415.2programming with engineering applications. There are no remedial sections or coursesassociated with Engineering 100 or 101.For Calculus, correct placement includes a decision on whether to place a student into Calculusor Pre-Calculus. For Chemistry, correct placement includes a decision on whether to place astudent into the regular or remedial sections of Chemistry. For Engineering 100 or 101, correctplacement is equivalent to asking

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; James Heisler, Hope College; Thomas Ludwig, Hope College; Roger Nemeth, Hope College; James Piers, Hope College; Neal Sobania, Pacific Lutheran University

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Liberal Education

active learning techniques should anticipate the needto acclimate the class to these procedures.A common expectation by students is that it should be possible to pass a course bypassing the final examination. In other words, grading schemes that factor in homework,class participation, projects, along with multiple examinations are not familiar. Classattendance is not seen as essential, and attendance is typically around 75%. There is anexpectation on the part of the students that it should be possible by outside studyexclusive of class attendance to pass a course. The connection between this mode ofthought and the university entrance examination system is obvious.In our experience, a major theme in successfully negotiating the exchange process

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

it gets. The majority of whatfollows in the course is simply applications of this primary tool. Just like a skilledcarpenter equipped with a few simple tools can make all types of furniture, so a skilledstudent equipped with a few general purpose tools can solve all types of thermodynamicproblems. The “skill” is not in memory retention but rather in the continued applicationof the tools to ever more challenging “projects”. It is worth noting that the carpenteranalogy is continued into other parts of the course. e.g. Just like a carpenter needs to Page 11.227.3 know his/her wood, so the thermodynamic student should understand his/her

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll, Boise State University

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Women in Engineering

, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsEducation: No Longer an Overlooked Application of the Law.” Journal of College and University Law. Vol. 31, No.2, pp. 291-350.[6] Hollenshead, Carol S., Stacy A. Wenzel, Barbara B. Lazarus, and Indira Nair. (1996) “The Graduate Experiencesin the Sciences and Engineering: Rethinking a Gendered Institution.” In The Equity Equation; Fostering theAdvancement of Women in the Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. pp.122-162.[7] Valian, Virginia and Vita Rabinowitz. (2004) Benchmarks. How? Which? Who? Why? A presentation of theGender Equity Project. May 10, 2004. Hunter College of the City University of New York. Downloaded July 20,2005 from http://www.advance.gatech.edu

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Mechanical Engineering

Squeeze Lab. This lab was derivedfrom a colleague’s research and development project with a manufacturer of drug deliverydevices. A controlled-dosage device was being developed to deliver a single dose of liquidmedicine into a child’s mouth. The device was operated by manually squeezing a bulb. It wasimportant to optimize the design so that the drug is delivered as quickly as possible but withoutgagging the infant. An important parameter is the force that a person applies to the device duringsqueezing. The students were asked to characterize the force applied to the controlled-dosagedevice by considering a population of college students (i.e., find the mean squeeze). Formotivation, the students were told that their results would be used by the

Conference Session

Using Cooperative Education to Validate ABET Criteria

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Griffin, Texas A&M University; David McMahon, Texas A&M University; Martha Marberry, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

andpresentation skills, more design using CAD, general project management skills, and continuedemphasis on working in teams.ConclusionsCooperative education can be a very useful tool for the ABET assessment process. It provides anindependent measurement of student’s performance. In our opinion, the results that we havecollected demonstrate that usefulness. While certainly this is not the only measure that a programwould want to use, it is a very helpful indicator. Page 11.1380.10

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Whitt, Purdue University; Rodney Handy, Purdue University; Margaret Ratcliff, Purdue University-Columbus/SE Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 11.579.6the organization, technology students have the skill set allowing them to identify theselead users. As a result they will be more aware of customer needs and able to makesignificant contributions in the global marketplace.Six Sigma is generally recognized as a measure of quality where a process can’t producemore than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. When most people refer to Six Sigma,they are referring to the DMAIC methodology which is most used in stable or iterativeprocess changes, not innovative processes. The DMAIC methodology is made up of fivedistinct phases: Define the project goals and customer (internal and external)requirements, Measure the process to determine the current performance, Analyze anddetermine the

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

practitioners and so maddening to inventors. Precisely following these rules for anyinventor, including inventors associated with entrepreneurship programs, may make thedifference between a successful invention and a failure. Page 11.807.2Utility The utility requirement is likely the most important and, from an engineering perspective,the easiest to define. The engineers working on a project typically know from their designspecifications whether they have been successful in creating the proper design. Almost bydefinition an invention must be useful and thereby have utility. Unfortunately, the legal standard is not as forthcoming. The

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Introduction to Engineering Through and Integrated Reverse Engineering and Design Graphics Project”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 413-418, October 2000.4. Dym, C., Agogino, A., Eris, O., Frey, D., Leifer, L., “Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching and Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2005.5. Ogot, M., “The Creative Design Workshop: Learning and Discovery through Reverse Engineering”, Proceedings of ASEE Conference and Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, June 2001.6. Sheppard, S. and Jenison, R., “Examples of Freshman Design Education”, International Journal of Engineering Page 11.428.8 Education vol. 13

Conference Session

Feedback and IT: Improving Student Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

curriculum in general, and 6. The outcomes of teaching, as reflected in student learning.8The method or methods selected should be tuned to assess the desired aspects to beevaluated. The evaluator should also be selected with the end in mind—it should besomeone with expertise in evaluating the desired aspect(s).Time is also an important consideration. Faculty members are very busy and reluctant tocommit to excessively time-consuming projects. Many successful peer review projectsrequire a surprisingly small time commitment. A time commitment on the order of a halfhour per week or less is typically feasible—any program requiring significantly more Page