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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa; Clifton Martin, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

2006-1392: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CRITICAL THINKING INSTRUCTIONUPON THE PREPARATION OF FRESHMAN STUDENTS TO PURSUEADVANCED DEGREES IN ENGINEERINGAnnette Donawa, Morgan State University/CAMRA Annette Mallory Donawa is currently working on her Ph.D. in Higher Education and Administration at Morgan State University. Within the NASA-sponsored Center of Advanced Microwave Research and Applications (CAMRA), she assists the Director, Dr. Carl White, with strategic planning, in addition to staff and project management. Her engineering education research is focused on assessing the impact of teaching critical thinking to African American engineering students. The goal is to prepare and motivate

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Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benita Comeau, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Pastirik

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

people trained in the STEMareas is to increase the number of minorities in the STEM fields. If underrepresented minoritiesparticipated in the STEM fields at numbers equal to their portion of the population (i.e. were nolonger underrepresented), the number of Americans in the STEM fields would approach thegrowing need. The NSF is addressing this need for increasing the number of minorities entering theSTEM fields by funding numerous grants and projects. The authors are involved with one suchprogram, the NSF GK-12. The NSF GK-12 program provides support for institutions of highereducation to place STEM graduate and undergraduate students into K-12 classrooms for tenhours per week. The tasks in which GK-12 Fellows (the university students

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FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Helen Burn, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

broken into lab/discussion sections of 25 students each. A faculty memberoversees each lecture section and supervises 3 graduate student instructors who each lead 3lab/discussion sections. There are generally 3 lecture sections each term, but these are often runlargely independently of each other, other than a shared set of course objectives. The curriculum(syllabus, assignments, exams) is homogeneous within each lecture section and its coupled labsections. While there is variation from lecture section to lecture section, course assignmentsgenerally include 8 to 12 projects whose solution requires the implementation of an algorithm ineither C++ or MATLAB, along with 6 to 8 hours of exams.Faculty in the college of engineering worked carefully on

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

Coordination - Ministry of Science and Technology.Brazil as any other Country has recognized the importance of engineering in world scenery. Ithas been working to get the competitiveness of national goods and services by means ofincentive to create projects of qualification of professionals through continuing education forexample and others. Many representative groups, leaderships and agencies have beenimplemented programs to prepare the engineers to increase the efficiency of research system,experimental development, engineering, producing system and market [5-8].All these efforts have been having a kind of smooth effect once it is one of the most difficultprograms of College level and expensive that does not help very much the inclusion

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DB & Information Integration

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Wilson, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Information Systems

. Each development team prepared a test scenario based onthe main tasks that the primary Web site users were supposed to be able to accomplish.The professor (J. Fernandez) provided a questionnaire (usability survey) to be used byeach evaluator after the completion of the test scenario. This generalized questionnairewas standardized for use by all evaluators so that it could be compared with the Emogramassessments. Once the student completed the evaluation and the usability questionnaire,he or she was immediately administered the Emogram while targeting the student’sexperience with the Web site evaluated.During the work with the graduate student projects and associated evaluations, Fernandezfollowed the additional step within the protocol to

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Faculty Development Toolkit

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher Murad, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown; Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

2006-2066: SHORT AND LONG-TERM INFLUENCE OF EXCELLENTINSTRUCTORS ON GRADUATES IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: A CASESTUDYMaher Murad, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Maher Murad is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Dr. Murad was a visiting assistant professor at Bucknell University and had overseas teaching experience. He also worked as a highway project manager for Acer Freeman Fox International (Hyder Consulting). Dr. Murad received M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toledo in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the University of Toledo in 1994. His teaching interests include transportation, highway design

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K-12 Activities

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leilah Lyons, University of Michigan; Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

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Educational Research and Methods

educational strategies used to supportdifferent types of learning objectives and the strategies used to make the game accessibleto visitors of both genders. Section 2 describes our assessment goals for this project: howthe collected data can be used to understand (1) demographic group performance, (2)game-play issues, and (3) educational impact. The engineering behind our datacollection system is described in Section 3, analysis of the results is presented in Section4, and Section 5 closes with overview of future research issues.Figure 2. In Some Assembly Required Sanjay, the machine technician, introduces an inkenjoiner (left), and provides feedback during its calibration process (right).1.1 Educational Game Design

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Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Schleter, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Richard Bennett, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Computers in Education

). Computer-assistedvs. traditional homework: results of a pilot research project. Human Perspectives in the Internet Society: Culture,Psychology and Gender. WIT Press.Albertelli, G., Minaei-Bidgoli, B., Punch, W. F., Kortemeyer, G., and Kashe, E, (2002). Concept Feedback inComputer-Graded Assignments. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, vol. 32, 2002.Riffell, S. K. and Sibley, D. F., (2003). Student perceptions of a hybrid learning format: can online exercises replacetraditional lectures?” Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. XXXII, Number 6, 394-399, 2003.Risley, J. (2002). Motivating Students to Learn Physics Using an Online Homework System. Retrieved April, 18,2005 from http://www.webassign.net/info/motivating.html.Zandvlict

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Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Chase, University of San Diego; Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Leonard Perry, University of San Diego

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Industrial Engineering

, a school with a curriculum similar to USD’s could decide to confer aLean Methods certificate to students completing the IE program. This certificate might indicatethat the graduate knows how to apply lean tools, but has not been exposed to some of theorganizational and cultural aspects that might be seen by participants in a Lean Enterpriseprogram. Schools electing to supplement their core curriculum with a specific course in leancould emphasize these organizational topics, include a project and award a Lean Enterprise Page 11.868.8certificate.Regardless of the scope of the certificate the school might confer the certificate to all

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Chong Shen; Zhongwei Zhang; David Lai

of simulation tools hasbeen developed in the context of educational purpose: In the year of 1997, Shifroni and Ginat developed a simulation game to let the students un-derstand the characteristics of network protocol [15]. The simulation game implemented a basicprotocol of Stop and Wait in the data-link layer. They found the simulation game method aremore effective than traditional lecture presentation. The understanding level and motivation of thestudents is also dramatically improved. But the concept of the protocol is simulated as a gamerather than presenting animation to students. This is different from our simulation package sinceanimation plays a very import role in our project. In the paper [9], Guido and Bernd provide a

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Carlos Bertha

Engineers in Savannah, Georgia, first as a design engineer, then as a constructionrepresentative, and finally as a project manager. Throughout this essay, then, I struggled withpersonal pronouns (when I say “we,” do I mean “we, philosophers” or “we, engineers”?) becauseI feel tempted to identify both with engineers and with philosophers. I will say this: I am atheart an engineer who for reasons too complicated to get into here decided to study philosophy.Now that I teach philosophy, I feel I have something valuable to give back to the field I leftbehind: I can teach theory without losing sight of the practical.Theory versus PracticeFor Aristotle (384 – 322 BCE), a moral decision required what he called “practical wisdom”(better, prudence or, in

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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LeeRoy Bronner; Peter Kazanzides; AmenRa Mashariki; Paul Domingo; Pauline Pelletier; Trevor Thomas

and solution concepts and communicate them for greater problemunderstanding.Information Design Pattern3: is a record of the design of information gained through experiencewhere this record systematically names, explains, and evaluates an important and recurringinformation design.Joint Application Development (JAD) Session15: a structured workshop where users anddevelopers come together to plan projects, design computer systems, or make business decisions.This workshop involves a detailed agenda, visual aids, a facilitator who moderates the sessionand a scribe who records the agreed-upon requirements.“Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Brent Cobb, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

founds itself on a solid understanding ofpedagogical theory much the same way product design theory is tightly tied to anunderstanding of the physical world. This paper begins with a brief overview of learning stylesand pedagogical theory that guide hands-on activity development. Then the method isdescribed in detail with examples. A set of activities based on the methodology for combinedloading in mechanics of materials is outlined. The preliminary evaluation results from AustinCommunity College (ACC) and the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) show students feel theseactivities are improving what they learn. The future work for this project is then discussed.2. Learning Styles & Pedagogical Theory OverviewEducational theory plays a foundational

Conference Session

Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University-Kingston

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

as part of the United Nations’Earth Charter18 and offer suggestions for a revised ABET Criterion III.19 We offer a codeof ethics for engineers and engineering societies which includes the promotion of socialjustice and peace rank them as importantly as safety and more importantly than making aprofit. As a result of the new ethics code, we offer an engineering design algorithm,which places the promotion of peace and social justice as key elements in everyengineering design project. Page 11.581.5A New Paradigm for Engineering EducationBackgroundIn June 2000, an international conference entitled “Connecting Ethics, EcologicalIntegrity and Health in the

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Engineering for Social Justice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

humility as a norm.3 Design NormsWhen designing a product, the engineer works iteratively through a step-by-step process: • Specification: Define the problem. Clarify the requirements of the project. • Ideation: Identify alternative solutions to the problem, often by brainstorming a variety of ideas. • Prioritization: Identify decision criteria to rate the various solutions, such as cost or weight. • Decision: Apply the decision criteria to decide between the alternatives, often using a decision matrix. • Implementation: Work out the details of implementing the chosen solution.Frequently the knowledge and ideas generated during one step in the process leads back toearlier steps for refinement and modification. Thus, the

Conference Session

Progress on Raising the Bar

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Lenox; Stuart G. Walesh S.G., Walesh Consulting; Richard O. Anderson; Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland-College Park; Craig Musselman; Wayne R. Bergstrom; James K. Nelson, University of Texas-Tyler; James O'Brien

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Civil Engineering

Body of Knowledge TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL Technical core Inter-disciplinary teams Experimentation Professional & ethical standards Design Communication Engineering problems Impact of engineering Engineering tools Life-long learning Specialized area of civil Contemporary issues engineering Business & public policy Project management, construction, and asset mgmt. Leadership

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Women & New Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Jessop, University of Iowa

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Women in Engineering

formulating a “Plan B” if feasible. For example, bedrestcould be a real possibility, given that an estimated 20% of women are prescribed bedrest at somepoint in their pregnancy.14 When one of my female colleagues was put on bedrest, it was nearthe end of the semester. Fortunately, she was teaching a graduate-level class and had justassigned their final project so that she was not lecturing anymore. She conducted researchmeetings and office hours and continued to work on her laptop in a supine position for over amonth. Due dates can be another tricky matter. One of my male colleagues generously offeredto drive me to the hospital if my water broke at work since his parking spot is right next to ourbuilding (mine is a half mile away). Another male

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE - 0127806), Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (ESI-0227558), and Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice (DUE-0341127).Kimberley Breaux, KIMBERLEY R. BREAUX

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Innovative and Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Mihir Patal, Florida Tech; Nicholas Rogers, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of “wake-up word”recognition technology. This tool thus has made research process much more efficient, accurate,and productive.IntroductionThe primary objective of presented work was to develop a speech recognition engine - analysisand testing environment in MATLAB. The problem encountered when working with speechrecognition projects is the fact that the processed data comes in the form of a large collection ofvectors (e.g., matrix) that typically represent energies of a speech sounds at various frequencybands [1]. Developed testing utility is extremely useful because it provides visual representationof various complex parameters represented as patters, vectors or scalars extracted from time-dependent speech signal. In addition, there are

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Recent Developments in Engineering Ethics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

much more cost-effective than hiring high-priced outsideconsulting firms to develop programs, an ironic side effect of the mandated ethics andcompliance provision.Educational AppropriatenessIndustrial ethics games can be a boon to the classroom, for not only do they reinforce the notionwith students that business and industry care about ethics (indeed, now they are required to careabout ethics!), but the games offer insights into organizational structure, which, for mosttraditional-aged college students, is truly new information.As an eight-year veteran of using “The Ethics Challenge” in a variety of classes, including a civilengineering senior-level capstone design project, I can say with certainty that this game is adelight in the classroom

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

staffpositions: For advising I might still prefer persons with more background in counseling or higher ed administration. Prefer masters in other disciplines. Hiring for advising or diversity programs would likely focus on preparation in counseling, etc. as well as personal attributes rather than pedagogy. Aside from our Learning Center director, the folks playing the other roles are also responsible for issues/projects not directly related to the list of topics in the degree description above, including advising, counseling, mentoring, scholarship, procurement and distribution, and teaching.Finally, a few respondents were concerned that engineering education graduates with B.S.engineering degrees would exhibit

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

, connections between core courses and upper division courses areinsufficient and do not seem to be apparent to students even after passing the course.Fifth, the whole arena of design and design–related topics (upper division courses, capstonedesign courses, and final design projects), is drawn primarily from textbooks authored in westerncountries, with very little input that reflects the practice in the Region. Unfortunately,connections with local practitioners, who would be willing and able to contribute to the process,have not been properly cultivated.Sixth, programs do lack emphasis on the essence of engineering as a profession, in general, andthe role of future engineers as emerging professionals in particular. Also, subject matter relevantto

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Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

23 3.96 0.69 integral calculus avg 4.04 st dev 0.14 3 12 6 2 23 3.30 0.80 I feel that I am prepared for MECE 3369 (mechanics of solids) and MECE 3336 (dynamics)As noted above, course surveys such as the ones already described in this document are notsufficient to demonstrate learning. Once it has been determined which Outcomes are to beassessed in which course, the next step is to determine exactly what type of assignments will beused to directly assess student learning related to these designated outcomes. Possibilitiesinclude specific homework assignments or problems, projects, laboratory

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Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reginald Hobbs, Tufts University; Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are better able toconstruct meaning in practical ways so that knowledge can be applied outside of school settings.Howard Gardner developed the idea of multiple intelligences: several different kinds ofintelligence exist in humans, each relating to a different area of human life and activity.10 Anylearning environment can be organized to draw on most of Gardner’s multiple intelligences byincluding a variety of learning activities, such as lectures rich with visual information,discussions that promote student–student interactions, group projects that allow for creativeelements and laboratory investigations that engage learners in the physical doing of science.11This module with its hands-on application, discussions based upon observation, and

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New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University; Nate Evans, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

distributed attacks. ISEAGE represents a new paradigm in thearea of security research, cyber forensics, and will enable new and innovative research needed tosolve the current security problems facing the world today.Figure 2 shows a block diagram of ISEAGE and how it is connected to support the CDC. Asshown in the figure, ISEAGE is a 64 node computer cluster that is capable of representing any IPaddress space. In addition to IP address space mapping, ISEAGE also provides tools to generatebackground traffic and background attacks. This helps create a realistic environment where notall traffic seen by the blue teams is coming from green or red teams. We also collected all of thetraffic from the CDC and are using that in security research projects

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Mernet Larson, University of South Florida; Jack Heller, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-2042: REPRESENTATION ISSUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION:ENGINEERING ISSUES AND PARALLELS FROM THE VISUAL &PERFORMING ARTSWilliam Lee, University of South Florida Bill Lee is a Professor of Chemical Engineering with a significant interest in the practical and philosophical aspects of the educational process. He currently has several projects with faculty in the Visual and Performing Arts, exploring issues in the educational process, problem solving, and creativity.Mernet Larson, University of South Florida Mernet Larson is a Professor of Art History who has written and taught in the areas of art history, art theory, art criticism, and educational aspects of art. She is also a professional

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Student Teams and Design Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tamara Moore, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

for accrediting programs in engineering. Baltimore, MA: ABET, Inc.12. Wiggins, G. (1998). Educative Assessment: Designing Assessment to Inform and Improve Student Performance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.13. Moore, T. and Diefes, H.A., “Developing Model-Eliciting Activities for Undergraduate Students Based on Advanced Engineering Content,” Frontiers in Education Conference, Savannah, GA., 2004.14. Zawojewski, J., Lesh, R., and English, L., “A Models and Modeling Perspective on the Role of Small Group Learning Activities,” Beyond Constructivism: Models and Modeling Perspectives on Mathematics Problem Solving, Learning, and Teaching, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.15. Smith, K. A., Teamwork and Project Management, New York

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Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Scambilis, Sinclair Community College; Jennifer Wise, Sinclair Community College

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Environmental Engineering

display box as shown below. Each box included the course syllabus, book(s), project work, homework/tests papers with samples of the good, the bad and the ugly, evaluations of oral and written presentations and other miscellaneous material. These packets, along with the Self Study, were placed in the team room for their use during the evaluation. Display Boxes Closing Statement: Prior to the final meeting with the President, the team met with the respective Department Chairs to discuss their findings and ask for any additional information that they may have overlooked. A Draft Statement of the findings is presented at this meeting. This is the time when the Institution can dispute or defend any of the

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Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Hwang, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Ahrash Bissell, Duke University; Daniel Kaplan, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Matthew Mian, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Vineet Agrawal, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Jessica Manson, United InnoWorks Academy and Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to favor some parts of their brain more than other parts in learning.Indeed, Kolb has devised a learning-styles inventory (LSI), which can determine the test-taker’spreferred learning style.1,23 Theoretically, this preference reflects something about the way inwhich a student would like to learn, but does not limit learning to only one part of the cycle.With this information in hand, it may be possible to determine why some students get excited byand excel at certain aspects of a project, whereas other aspects of the same project seem boringor too difficult. Since effective learning requires the whole brain,18 one goal of InnoWorks is tohelp students develop those parts of the learning cycle that they are less inclined to use.It can be a

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sherrill, University of Houston; Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 11.1208.5 • To teach students how to develop financial projections • To teach students how to integrate the various perspectives on the business conceptIn general, the business plan approach to entrepreneurship instruction is formulated around astandard business plan “outline”, which may look something like this: I. Executive Summary II. Product/Service Overview III. Market Analysis IV. Industry Analysis V. Competitive Analysis VI. Marketing Strategy VII. Operations VIII. Management Team IX. Financial SummaryThis outline is somewhat standard, although the actual classroom-based version will differ frominstructor to instructor and