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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas R. Marrero; Andrew K. Beckett

multiyear project of 20 carefully selectedcolleges and universities that assessed practices and conditions that help students succeed incollege.22 This book, published in 2005, is an excellent source of specific information aboutenhanced college education, including practices and conditions applicable to freshmenengineering students.Daempfle reported major causes of attrition that affect freshmen engineering students, and first-year college math and science majors. This review refutes some common explanations for highstudent attrition rates from engineering programs after their first-year in college. Daempfle’sresearch indicates that poorer retention rates arise from higher student dissatisfactions due to:classroom instructional factors, differing

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

though the objects discussed in the course (e.g. gear or linkage Mechanisms) are very concrete. Especially the symbolic representation of mechanisms is meaningless to most students if they cannot establish the mapping relation between abstract symbols and realistic mechanisms in mind.(2) There is no close relation between the individual course contents. It is not necessary, for example, the chapter “Cam Mechanisms” and “Gear Mechanisms” in a given order to teach. As a result, the students are not capable of integrating the diverse knowledge from the course to solve practical kinematic problems later by their project or capstone design.(3) Only by the chapter “Cam Mechanisms”, the students can acquire design ability

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Van Wie; Kristin Wood; Robert Stone; Julie Linsey; Matthew Green

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 2005-1195 Table 4: Design problem #2 – “Art enabling device” A device needs to be designed to allow children with severe physical disabilities to create art projects. The children have very limited motor skills. They cannot hold items such as a paint brush. The deviceDesign Problem needs to be actuated by simple electrical devices such as the large switch shown on the left. Teachers

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Willette; Larry White; Garry White

). Thiscontradicts the preferred use of third person by some references for writing. (3)(22)DiscussionA literature review found case studies, term projects, and exemplar studies (14) for the classroom.Miller (23) discusses industry’s additional issues (inconsistent data, real vs. theoretical data) thatare normally not part of the classroom. Otherwise, a search of the literature revealed nothing thatcompares how working world engineering problems differ from textbook problems.Textbook problems differ with the working world in several ways as shown in Figure “A”. Inthe working world the available information may be wrong or misleading. Critical data may notbe easily available. The engineer in industry needs an in depth understanding of the problem.He/she

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Bilodeau

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Petlick; Alice Scales; Aaron Clark

over the last five years. Again, manycomments were made, but those mentioned most often included greater utilization of web-based instruction and tutorials, emphasis on 3D visualization using testing and help sessions,and project-based learning with students working in teams.The 2004 survey requested that participants list their major concerns related to the teachingof engineering/technical graphic communications at the post-secondary level. Overall, the Page 10.1359.8most cited concerns were the quality of students entering programs; staying current withchanges in technology (the cost of software/hardware, faculty development, and the

Conference Session

Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benson Tongue

much less intellectual energy left toactually think about what’s being discussed.Helpful but not necessary is a good projection system. PowerPoint usage should in generalbe used only sparingly but occasionally it’s invaluable. Additionally, it’s often advantageousto hook up a computer to display an animation that illustrates some point of the lecture.This entails a real cost to the school and should be appreciated when available but notexpected.The instructor should definitely strive to arrange for proper seating and proper blackboards.The room’s floor should be sloped, as do theatre floors, so that all students can see theblackboards. Just as important is that with this arrangement the instructor can see thestudents. It isn’t helpful to know

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger; Richard Felder

. Page 10.95.15 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education32. When writing a paper, I am more likely to (a) work on (think about or write) the beginning of the paper and progress forward. (b) work on (think about or write) different parts of the paper and then order them.33. When I have to work on a group project, I first want to (a) have "group brainstorming" where everyone contributes ideas. (b) brainstorm individually and then come together as a group to compare ideas.34. I consider it higher praise to call someone (a) sensible. (b) imaginative.35. When I meet people at a party, I am more

Conference Session

Topics of Interest-Nuclear Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Barbara; Shripad Revankar

-iv/vhtr.html 2003.25. Nicholls D. Status of the pebble bed modular reactor. Nuclear Energy 2000; 39(4) Aug., 231-23626. William KT, editor. Modular Pebble-Bed Reactor Project, FY 2001 Annual Report. INEEL/EXT-01-01623, Idaho Falls, Idaho. December 2001.27. Croy C, Elkhiamy S, Kopenec R Revankar ST. Scaling Investiation of a Modualar Pebble Bed Optimization. School of Nuclear Engineering Purdue University, Senior Design Report 2001.28. Joo H, Barber D, Jiang G, Downar T. PARCS: A Multi-Dimensional Two-Group Reactor Kinetics Code Based on the Nonlinear Analytic Nodal Method. Purdue University, School of Nuclear Engineering Report PU/NE-98- 26, 1998.29. Downar T, Lee DJ. Comparative Analysis of PBMR Core Physics

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

students also liked the way that they could choose to arrive late,leave early, or even miss lectures altogether.Students also saw problems with large classes. First, there was less individual responsibility.They saw the passive context as hindering learning, making it easier to not pay attention, or evennot attend. Second, large classes were seen as impersonal, leading to decreased motivation. Third,students found that large classes tended to be noisier and offer more distractions: students arrivedlate, left early, and talked to others during the lecture. Students also mentioned overcrowding,microphone difficulties, and projected images that were hard to see. Significantly, however,when asked to compare their best large classes with their best

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Soulsby

-timed, adaptive, electronically administered, proctored, semi-secure exam); The Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Project (MDTP) exam (a timed, non-adaptive exam, sold in booklet form, but parts of which are electronic, non-secure, not originally used for placement, but is being used by the University of California, Cal State and Community College systems as one pillar in their placement procedure for several different levels of mathematics); The Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) exam (a highly-controlled, secure exam, regulated by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), but not designed for placement into higher level mathematics

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Donald Elger

financial support as well.We also wish to personally thank Anna Henson for coding and tallying the data. Her meticulouswork was a large contribution to this project.8. References1. University of Missouri, Kansas City web site, http://www.umkc.edu/cad/SI/2. Murray, M. H. (2001). Students: Managing to Learn, Teachers: Learning to Manage. In Miller, Groccia, &Miller (Eds.), Student-assisted teaching: A guide to faculty-student teamwork, Boston: Anker Publishing.3. LaFasto, F. M. J., & Larson, C. E. (2001). When Teams Work Best. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications,Inc.4. Pellegrino, J. W., Chudowsky, N., & Glaser, R. (Eds.). (2001). Knowing what Students Know: The Science andDesign of Educational Assessment. Washington, DC: National

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Yellin; Jennifer Turns

represented the experiences of a small number (N < 6) of undergraduates andgraduate students within the context of this program.In this paper, we will first describe the background for this project. Secondly, we will provide anoverview of the undergraduate Engineering Teaching Portfolio Program (ETPP) which includesa description of the context in which we piloted this newly developed undergraduate version ofthe ETPP curriculum and the process we used to adapt the curriculum materials that wepreviously developed for an advanced graduate student audience to the undergraduate level.Third, we will present the design of the research study linked with this pilot offering and discussthe results and their implications of the formative evaluation of the

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Frehill

conference held by the NSF Engineering Directorate and the ADVANCE program. 3. Is currently participating in a dissemination project funded by the National Science Foundation to produce publications titled “A Dean’s Guide to Diversity” and a “Department Head’s Guide to Diversity.” 4. Has hired a full-time program coordinator to handle K-12 outreach, including specific outreach to girls.The mentoring program is a centerpiece of the retention effort at NMSU. As mentioned earlier,women are less likely than men in academia to receive mentoring as they progress throughgraduate school and then assume jobs in academia or industry12. Women’s Studies programs anduniversity commissions on the status of women have long

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shane Brown

Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Goff; Jeffrey Connor; Jean Kampe

exercises in very large sections (200 to 300students).6 Classroom selection for such a session should take into consideration the classroomfurnishings. Anchored seating could be workable as long as adequate table space is availableand students can cluster quickly into teams. However, in large lecture halls with theater seatingand very small pull-up desks, students will have difficulty just physically gathering into teams,and that translates to wasted class time. Team assignments for these in-class activities can be accomplished in various ways. Thecritical issue here is to guard vigilantly against lost class time. If you have established teams forother, longer duration projects, you might consider using those established teams for the hands

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Nowak; Barry Shoop; Lisa Shay

DELIBERATE LONGITUDINAL CURRICULAR INTEGRATION: TOPICAL LINKAGES AND CONCEPT REINFORCEMENT Barry L. Shoop, George A. Nowak, and Lisa A. Shay United States Military Academy, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, West Point, New York, 10996 U.S.A. email: Barry.Shoop@usma.eduAbstract. Students in many engineering programs feel that their educational experience consists of a series of isolated courses that build expertise in discrete topical areas. The only time these discrete topics are integrated is in a capstone engineering project during their senior year. Understanding how topics covered in one

Conference Session

Mechanics, Machine Design & Mechanisms

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bongsu Kang

governed by a nonlinear differential equation(s). This situation often occurs whenstudents are assigned design projects, or more importantly when students practice engineering inindustry after graduation. Students are taught, in a series of dynamics courses, how to derive theequation of motion of a dynamic system whose resulting differential equation can be linear ornonlinear. At the same time, students these days are taught such that they are capable of usingthe above mentioned NAS to solve differential equations, even though their usage is mostlyfocused on solving ordinary linear differential systems. For most undergraduate mechanicalengineering students, who have no experience with the complex nature of nonlinear dynamicsystems, numerical

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili