Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Justin Reginato

an effortto commercialize research projects, often culminating with a business plan competition.Introducing entrepreneurship to graduate students has its benefits. First, student experience andsophistication can affect the willingness to participate in entrepreneurship courses. Secondly,graduate curriculum guidelines are less impacted by accreditation boards, specifically theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Third, there is some generalconfusion among faculty and administrative personnel regarding the concept of entrepreneurshipand the pedagogy surrounding it. At the University of the Pacific School of Engineering andComputer Science, which does not have a graduate program, each of these problems wasencountered upon

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith L. Hohn; LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin; Julia Keen; Hani Melhem; Anil Pahwa; Jan Wiersema; Barb Licklider

encourage and promote the development of all members into citizens whointeract effectively with others and continue to learn for a lifetime. The stated student learningoutcomes were: • Learn and practice skills for making group and team projects more fun and more productive. • Be part of a safe place to give and receive encouragement and support for the variety of challenges you experience as a college student. • Develop skills to learn more in classes without relying on cramming before tests. • Figure out how you tend to work with others and how to better use your strengths. • Develop and carry out plans to actually use your new skills and knowledge for higher success and satisfaction as a student. • Learn and practice

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas

are: “1) Collaboration between and among highereducation institution partners, education service cooperatives, schools, and communitiesparticipating in the education renewal zone, including within the academic departments withinthe higher education institution partners; and 2) A comprehensive program of professionaldevelopment to assure the practical knowledge base of pre-service and in service teachers …..”4 The ideas behind the UASPP fit these requirements very well. The frequent contact byNWA-ERZ staff with the participating public schools has resulted in the kind of workingrelationship that generally takes time to develop. This established network provided Engineeringan ideal mechanism to plan the logistics of the UASPP

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

curriculum.The two engineering entrepreneurship sections each met for 15 hours during thesemester, and extra time was provided for meetings with success coaches and peermentors. The six main areas covered in the sections are detailed below: • Academic Success- study skills, time management, finding help for classroom material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

solve problemsstrategically. Many studies [3, 7] have found that students’ cognitive and metacognitive skills(i.e., monitor and control one’s own cognitive processes) play an essential role in problemsolving processes.The application of one’s metacognitive skills can be observed through what that particularperson does for a particular given task. Brown [2] identifies metacognition through activitiessuch as planning, monitoring, and revising. Paris and Winograd [11] offer a more comprehensiveview where metacognition can be observed through two essential features of metacognition; (a)cognitive self-appraisal and (b) cognitive self-management. These two metacognitive featuresinvolve cognitive and motivational issues such as skill and will, which

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Cook, Montana State University; Robb Larson, Montana State University; Keith Fisher, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2002.Preparation for this accreditation review included developing a Continuous Improvement (CI)plan for the MET program. This CI plan outlines the process utilized to insure that programobjectives and outcomes are documented, assessed, and the program improved as necessary andapplicable. In essence, it provides “An approach to continuous program improvement that asksthe right questions and can provide academic administrators, faculty members, and others withthe information they need to develop an appropriate, effective, and efficient academic program.”4Figure 1 provides a schematic of the CI plan and the supported constituents of the MET program

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Finger, California Polytechnic State University; Tracy Van Houten, University of Southern California; Barbara Curry, California Polytechnic State University; Jennifer Harris, United Parcel Service; Malia Francisco, United Parcel Service; Betsy Sale, United Parcel Service

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2007-1714: ADVANCING WOMEN IN ENGINEERING BY EMPOWERINGSTUDENT LEADERS TO PROMOTE THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTIONOF FEMALES IN ENGINEERINGHelene Finger, California Polytechnic State University Helene Finger is the Director of the Women’s Engineering Program in the College of Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Her responsibilities include supervising staff and advising the student SWE section in the planning and implementation of programs for the recruitment and retention of women. She has also taught in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Cal Poly since 1997 and is a registered professional engineer. In 2001 she was named a recipient of National Organization for

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massoud Moussavi, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

opticsby Southern California State universities is insufficientwhile the demand from the optical industry in the area iscontinuously rising. To respond to this deficiency, theECET program at CalPoly-Pomona developed a plan to adda four units (three unit lecture and one unit laboratory)optics course to its curriculum. This course would cover Page 12.1113.4geometric optics, fiber optics, and optical communication.The inception plan for this course had two stages: 1)Search for funding/donation of laboratory equipment,develop an elective course, and offer the elective courseonce year. 2) Establish relationships with the local opticsindustry, get their feedback, revise course

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Barsanti, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

that the planned number of topics was too ambitious and only a percentage of thetopics were actually covered. This required the instructor to make significant mid-coursecorrections to the syllabus and resulted in reduced student acceptance.The second time the course was offered the number of topics was reduced significantly. Thisresulted in a more focused curriculum. The remainder of the paper will discuss the details oftopic and text selection, the structure of the course, and student acceptance and performance.The paper is organized into four remaining sections. The first is background on The Citadel andits engineering programs. The second section describes the trials and tribulations of the firstattempt at teaching this course. This is

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Marcek

Tagged Divisions

International

, andbridge building around the investments in human capital needed to compete – as people,companies, or nations [5, 6].This initiative, being carried out by multiple stakeholders is focused on developing plans forenhancing engineering education and practice throughout the continent. The OAS Ministers ofScience and Technology issued a mandate in the Lima Declaration in support of this capacitybuilding effort at their meeting in Lima, Peru in November, 2004.A subsequent symposium held in Lima at the end of November 2005 attracted over 200participants from the corporate sector, universities, national governments, professionalassociations, and civil society organizations, from throughout the hemisphere. Funding wasprovided by the U.S. Trade and

Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Lou Harrington; Austin Bartlett; Quentin Willard; Jason McKay; Bruce Brown; Ernest Wong

provide NASA isintroducing it to a value-focused thinking (VFT) approach versus its current alternative-focused thinking(AFT) design. VFT tends to be a different way of focusing an organization’s goals and objectives into anaction plan. Values are what people really want, and VFT is markedly different than choosing 2alternatives and going with the one that fits the best. Oftentimes, when organizations rely on AFT, theyfail to take the time to reflect on what is really important to them. Ralph Keeney, a pioneer in the field ofVFT, introduces the concept of Constraint-Free Thinking: “thinking about values is constraint-freethinking . . . it is thinking about what you wish to achieve or what you

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Position Titles Typical Professional Attainments Licensure Status Professional Experience Academic Qualifications (b) Teaching (c) Scholarship of Engineering Page 12.734.8 (d) Engagement [Service in the Profession]Assistant Professor Level ─Engineering Level 4Suggested Guidelines for Professionally OrientedUnit Criteria Leading to Tenure and Promotion(a) Comparable Professional QualificationsGeneral Characteristics. As a fully competent engineer in all conventional aspects of the subject matterof the functional area of the assignment, plans and conducts work

Conference Session

The Challenges of Tech Transfer

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Dr. Shoaib Shaikh, Nothrup Grumman Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

learning with academic programs. Students work in E-teamsand write NCIIA proposals to commercialize innovative product or university/research labdeveloped technology.This paper describes a unique course series in Systems Engineering (SE) Entrepreneurship.Innovation in product/service design and commercialization that enables entrepreneurship can besuccessfully leveraged by applying SE principles/ techniques which parallel entrepreneurshipsteps such as Customer Requirements Engineering and opportunity recognition; Project/QualityEngineering, Decision/Risk Analysis, Systems Modeling, Engineering Economics and businessplanning, Systems Integration and business plan development, Systems Launch considerationsand product/business launch, etc. Concepts

Conference Session

Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

recognition; Project/QualityEngineering, Decision/Risk Analysis, Systems Modeling, Engineering Economics and businessplanning, Systems Integration and business plan development, Systems Launch considerationsand product/business launch, etc. Concepts in strategy, team dynamics, and finance areintegrated into these courses focusing on Engineering Entrepreneurship. It appears thatEngineering Entrepreneurship has emerged as a Killer App for Systems Engineering and theSystems Engineering Entrepreneurship Course Series has emerged as an unique convergence ofthe Business and Engineering Realms in Academia.IntroductionThe emerging facts from successful organizations, including universities, indicate that the realsource of power in a knowledge economy is in

Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; James Dupree, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Entrepreneurship, establishing the fifteen-member Entrepreneurship Advisory Council, initiating the annual business plan competition, building external strategic alliances with local and regional business, and facilitating cross-disciplinary teaching and cooperation with college programs in engineering, sciences, and liberal arts. Dupree is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship at Grove City College. He teaches core courses in both Business and Entrepreneurship. Dupree established the Entrepreneurship Advisory Council, consisting of fifteen executive-level Entrepreneurs who come to campus twice a year to advise the program. Furthermore, Dupree in

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

-controlled environment. Further, faculty monitoring andwell-planned intervention into teams as they practice can greatly increase learning. However,scheduling team practice time into the regular class period seriously reduces the time tointroduce the content and method of these skills. Instructors are often torn between providingadequate instruction and adequate practice time. As a result, successful learning of these skills ishampered. This paper describes an assessment-driven curricular development at GonzagaUniversity to teach collaborative engineering skills. The modular curriculum consists of threecomponents: 1. An intelligent tutoring system prepares students with content knowledge before class practice. Formative and summative

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

. These experiential activitiesinclude the monthly “Engineering Entrepreneur in the Spotlight” seminar series – wherepromising engineers-turned- entrepreneurs visit Florida Tech and share their experiences;the judging of the Brevard School Science Fair Projects for their commercialization value;collaborating with the city, government and private organizations in the community tocommercialize innovative student-developed technologies; etc. Students work in E-Teamson their entrepreneurial class projects and write NCIIA/SBIR grant proposals forfunding and also present at the regional/state-level Business Plan Competitions. They arealso members of the Florida Tech Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Club and theyparticipate in local and national SIFE

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Melissa Zaczek, Cummins; Timothy Schriefer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Patrick Kelley, Carnegie Mellon University; Mallika Ramaswamy, Rochester Institute of Technology; Nicholas Ryczko, Pratt & Whitney

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

kits, eachbased on a different energy-related theme: Heat Transfer, Electrical Energy, Wind and Water,Solar Power, and Chemical Energy. Each kit contains an Academic Activity to teach abackground concept, a Hands-On Activity to allow students to apply the concepts learned, and aTake-Home Activity that can be done independently at home. The design team also developedinstruction manuals suitable for non-engineers, lesson plans, handouts, and post-activity quizzesto assess participants’ learning. To date, the kits have been used by over 100 6th graders as wellas dozens more students participating in on-and off-campus outreach programs. This paperdescribes how and why undergraduate engineering students were involved in designing theTEAK

Conference Session

Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Tucker, Kansas State University; Bret Lanz, Kansas State University; Dale Wunderlich, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Katz, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

definition of ESTD,“to describe the technical and business activities required to develop a nascent technology into aclearly defined product or service whose specifications and business plan are matched to aparticular market. ESTD and invention-to-innovation transition are equivalent in our usage.”AMI’s goal was to establish an ESTD Assistance Center that would help entrepreneurs andexisting businesses to develop and commercialize new products and technologies. Theseactivities have now been conducted for more than two years and are fueling an expansion inAMI. Today, our operation has grown to the point of employing twenty-two full-time employeesand forty students. Our group includes two commercialization project managers, one industrialproduct

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Mulva, Texas State University-San Marcos; Robert Tisdel, Texas State University - San Marcos

Tagged Divisions

Construction

- San Marcos Prior to taking his position at Texas State University as a full time instructor, Robert spent several years working in commercial architecture, specializing in advanced technology, corporate facilities and office design. While working as an architectural professional, Robert managed numerous projects ranging in scope from master plans to clean room design. As a LEED’s accredited professional, Robert works diligently to infuse sustainable innovation and environmental responsibility into everything he practices. Robert holds a Masters of Architecture accredited program from Texas Tech University. He is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, National Academy Press, 2006.8. Strategic Plan: Enabling a Strong U.S. Engineering Workforce for Competitiveness, National Collaborative Task Force on Engineering Graduate Education Reform, 2006. Page 12.733.8 Appendix AThe U.S. Department of Labor Engineering Job Rankings, Levels 1 to 9 Engineer Level 1 (GS-5)This entry level of professional work requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and noexperience, or the equivalent of a degree in appropriate education and experience. Assignmentsare designed to develop professional

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Cathleen Jones, Robert Morris University; Jon Radermacher, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Marketing Marketing students. design due. Concept students. description, sampling plan & test due. Pretest completed. Page 12.503.3 Table 1. Concurrent Syllabi for the Interdisciplinary Design Study Project (contd.). Date ENGR 3650 ARTM 3307 MARK 3700Week 4 Conduct product Engr / Art groups share Meeting #2 Finalize the teardown analysis. Engr / refined design ideas concept, verbiage and visual Art groups share

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, needs-driven, and systematic practice for the deliberate creation (invention / design), development, andinnovation of new, improved, and breakthrough technology to meet the hopes, wants, and needs ofsociety … for the advancement and betterment of human welfare (See Appendix B).As Sanders and Brown pointed out in 1966: 10 “The great discovery of our age is that technological innovation need not be haphazard. Industry and Page 12.600.7 government have developed a new concept of planned an systematized innovation, founded on vastly expanded scientific and engineering efforts. These institutions are now making regular provision

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

applications to engineering as well as theirrelevance to today’s technology. The program runs successfully through collaboration with theSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, microelectronics Packaging Research Center(PRC) (an NSF Engineering Research Center) and the School of Physics. The program has threecomponents: (1) to enables teachers to fully take advantage of their subsequent researchexperience, a two -week course on modern physics, with a laboratory component is given; (2) athree day module course on applications of modern physics concepts to microelectronics; and (3)a five and a half week summer research experience. Workshops are also held during the teachersstay at Georgia Tech to help them with the development of lesson plans and

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

audience. Past student teams have presented to a variety of audiencesranging from college level liberal arts classes to middle and high school science, math, andtechnology classes.This paper includes an overview of both projects in their current forms; results of projectassessment, including samples of student feedback, which have been collected and analyzed overthe past five years; the strategy used during department-level assessment to support outcomesrelated to life-long learning, communication, and team work abilities; experience gained throughtranslation of projects to other courses; and future plans for project refinement.I. IntroductionRochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has one of the oldest cooperative education programs inthe country

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, thestudents initially do a test plan written report and presentation early in the course to get thenecessary background for the project. This enables the students to purchase required materialsand begin fabrication, if necessary, for the final project. The course ends with a final projectreport and a formal final briefing. While the workload on the part of the professor is demanding,the course was highly praised during the last two ABET accreditation visits. Student feedbackfrom industry also confirms the usefulness of such a course. The assessment tools used in thiscourse will be discussed in the context of the three ABET outcomes to be measured.IntroductionAssessment is an important process that must be accomplished for all mechanical

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

intellectual property, digital rights, and digital assets 21. Faculty experienced inteaching in face-to-face environments are accustomed to owning their own course material, butin the distance education environment, the courses are typically “owned” by the university 9, 26.Some take the approach that ownership is shared—faculty owns the courseware and theuniversity owns the instructional design aspects 25.In addition to course development, workloads also increase as faculty respond to students ingroups and on a one-to-one basis online, and interact with other departments involved in thecourse 26, 25. Workload issues can be addressed by setting standards, providing guidance, using acomputer-based classroom management system, planning courses with the

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Caldwell, North Carolina State University; Jessica McCoy, North Carolina State University; Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Althea Smith, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

impact on both the K-12 students and the graduate fellows, Rita Colwell asfounder of the GK-12 initiative called it a “classic win-win” [6].In some programs, the weekly commitment may vary, but undergraduate and graduate fellowshave the same roles and responsibilities [5][10]. At least one program pairs undergraduates withgraduates, and each pair plans and teaches together in a classroom setting [3]. Other K-12outreach programs incorporate a service component into existing engineering courses so thatcollege students can interact with younger students. A range of semester-long projects exists forundergraduates, from developing an informative museum exhibit aimed at elementary schoolstudents to leading semi-annual workshops to interest high school

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Holmes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jill Rulfs, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provided Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) with the resources necessary toassist Worcester Public Schools (WPS) in bringing technology and engineering into theirelementary classrooms. Through the Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education (PIEE)program WPI faculty, graduate fellows, and undergraduate students worked closely with WPSteachers to develop a curriculum in grades K-6 that would address the Science andTechnology/Engineering Frameworks and ensure that each year built upon concepts taught in theprevious year. Graduate fellows and undergraduate students then helped the teachers bring thatcurriculum into the classrooms where they both assisted with teaching and also evaluated theirlesson plans and activities. WPS teachers provided

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regena Scott, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

lab. There will also be a briefoverview of the process for evaluation and the future plans for additional labequipment and learning activities.Body of the PaperMany say that experience is the best teacher. Students can successfully complete Page 12.844.2a plan of study at the top of his or her class having learned, in theory, everythingthey can possibly know about a given field but without the opportunity practicethe skills identified in the acquisition of knowledge. Some industrial partnersperceive this education as incomplete. Traditionally educational institutionsprovide students with a great deal of ‘book-learning’ but provide little or nohands-on