Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael J. Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-3766: A COURSE FOR DEVELOPING PERSONAL SOFTWAREENGINEERING COMPETENCIESTom Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology Tom Reichlmayr is an Associate Professor in the Department of Software Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to transitioning to his academic career, he worked as a software engineer in the process automation industry in a variety of roles over a span of 25 years. His teaching and research interests include the development of undergraduate software engineering curriculum, especially at the introductory level. Of primary interest is the study of software development process and its application to course curriculum and student team projectsProf. Michael J. Lutz

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John C. Moosbrugger, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Melissa Carole Richards, Clarkson University; Elisabeth A. Chapman, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

the broad or holistic natureof engineering problem solving and design, and in fact, of engineering careers in general, as wellas to positively impact their attitudes toward studies and careers in engineering. To that end, asimple study has been designed and implemented in the fall 2011 course roll-out that uses asingle-group pre-test/post-test design with the pretest acting as the control group.8 Studentscompleted written questionnaires on the first day of class, and again near the end of the semester.The questionnaires were anonymous, although students entered codes to enable matching of theirpre- and post-survey responses. All components of the survey procedures have been approved byClarkson University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) and

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky PE P.E., Virginia Tech and Academic Applications International

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Systems Engineering

opportunity to focus on either accreditation or certification as explicitly enabled by theobjectives and outcomes based orientation of GRCSE. These include:1. A set of objectives describing the near-term career goals of a graduate who successfully completes a graduate program based on the curriculum.2. A set of outcomes to be met by a student to successfully complete a graduate program based on the curriculum.3. A set of student skills, knowledge, and experience assumed by the curriculum for the entering student, not intended as entrance requirements for a specific program.4. An architectural framework to communicate and support implementation of the curriculum with guidance on implementation and assessment.5. A description

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of the Engineering Profession in the United States, 1893-1920. Men and Masculinities, 6(4): 383-403.36. Lohan, M. and Faulker, W. (2004). Masculinities and Technologies. Some Introductory Remarks. Men and Masculinities, 6(4): 319 329 (see entire special issue).37. Martin, J. (2009) CAREER: Influence of Social Capital on Under-represented Engineering Students’ Academic and Career Decisions. National Science Foundation Award # EEC-690652.38. Strutz, M.L., Orr, M.K., and Ohland, M.W. (2011). The Voices of Low-Socioeconomic Status Students in Engineering: Access, Interest, and Influence. In Engineering and Social Justice: In the University and Beyond, C. Baillie, A.L. Pawley and D.Riley, eds. West Lafayette, IN; Purdue University

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University; Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

ingreenhouse gas emissions. In order to implement renewable energy in projects, qualifiedpersonnel take a very important role in planning and design prior to project implementation.Education and training of workforce who will be involved in the projects is important and shouldbe taken into account when investments are considered to execute projects, so that there will bequalified personnel. In preparing students for their future career, real-world experiences andhands-on training is an important part of their education. Research projects and laboratories areexcellent teaching aids for providing students with opportunities to implement the theory theylearn in class. Educating the younger generations about sustainable and clean energy sources isvital to

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Yearwood, University of North Dakota; Alex Johnson, University of North Dakota

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

it may work fora wide range of careers; however, they do not necessarily see benefits in their specific companyor area within a company. For example, some who completed the survey may work in areaswhere management is overseeing activities that does not involve machining.Safety ConcernsThere were some differences in how participants viewed the factor of safety with regards to thesubstitution of bench-top lathes for industrial lathes in educational settings. Faculty, for instance,have divided opinions concerning the impact of a lack of certain safety features on bench-toplathes and what this may mean for their suitability in educational settings, as 46.6% view the lackof a brake as a concern while only 13.6% did not feel it was. The remaining

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2012-3439: ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT COMPLETION FOR CAP-STONE DESIGN PROJECTSMr. Stephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette is currently a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the College of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Technology Management pro- gram, and is responsible for the undergraduate M.E. capstone design program. He received his B.S., M.S. in M.E. from the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional career has included executive research and development management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical devices with more than 15

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

might notbe reflected in their grade. Taking a look at the student motivation survey indicates that studentshad value motivation for doing homework. They did understand the significance of the coursesubject and its relevance to their future career. Furthermore, they also believe in the benefits ofdoing homework in helping them understand the course material. Nevertheless, theyacknowledged that difficulty of the assignments and the associated frustration acted as anobstacle to the successful completion of homework, see results for Question 7. Faced by thisfrustration with assignments, students take shortcuts in order to obtain the grade reward if this ispossible as in the traditional homework practice. As well-known from cognitive theories

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Abdelrahman, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

for Engineering Education, 2012Best Practices in Creating and Running Research Experience ProgramsAbstractResearch experience projects for undergraduates, teachers, community colleges, and K-12students have increased in recent years. The properly designed and executed projects have thepotential to not only expose the participants to the advanced research environment and provideengagement opportunities in exciting scientific activities, but also their positive impacts enhancethe project faculty and graduate assistant career developments.This paper describes various planning and management aspects of different research experienceprograms that target a wide spectrum of audiences from K-12 to undergraduate students. Theexperiences are described

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ioan Gelu Ionas, University of Missouri; Matthew A. Easter, University of Missouri; William H. Miller, University of Missouri, Columbia; Gayla M. Neumeyer, University of Missouri Research Reactor; Valerie Deitz Taylor, Center for Energy Workforce Development; Gwen K. Weakley, Kansas City Power & Light

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Continuing Professional Development

industry educational program development with the MU Research Reactor, and the MU Energy Systems and Resources program. She is a founding member and Secretary of the Missouri Energy Workforce Consortium (an affiliate of the national Center for Energy Workforce Development).Ms. Valerie Deitz Taylor, Center for Energy Workforce Development Valerie Taylor is an educational consultant for non-profits, including the Center for Energy Workforce De- velopment (CEWD). For the center, Taylor focuses on career awareness, workforce development models, and processes, as well as initiating and managing partnerships with related associations, youth-focused groups, and the military. Before becoming an independent consultant, Taylor

Conference Session

FPD XI: Tidbits and Cookies

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse J. French, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

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First-Year Programs

. The school found itself losing several new students at the end of the first semesterand more at the end of the freshman year. Surveys indicated that students were losing motivationto study engineering, in part because they had not yet experienced any engineering work. Itseemed that it was easy for new students to get bogged down in calculus and foundationalscience courses and lose focus on the end goal that had motivated them to enroll in the Page 25.1302.2engineering school in the first place. Students need to see real engineering during their firstsemester. They need to see engineering as an exciting career path. After conducting a multi

Conference Session

Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part I) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

.20Although CAP3 has not yet initiated the development of BOK2-compliant accreditation criteria,it has formed two committees to study and formulate guidelines for the fulfillment of the CivilEngineering BOK:  The BOK Educational Fulfillment Committee was formed in 2007. Composed of representatives of ten widely varying institutions, this committee investigated the incorporation of the 24 BOK2 outcomes into civil engineering curricula.  The BOK Experiential Fulfillment Committee was formed in early 2009 to address those BOK2 outcomes requiring pre-licensure experience. The committee was charged with developing early-career experience guidelines for engineer interns, supervisors, and mentors.In the course

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineers. Support for this viewwill be found In Washington State‟s Assessment of Education Credentials and Employer Needs.Eleven Centers of Excellence have been established by the State in two year colleges. Theoccupations for which skills standards have been developed are all for varying grades oftechnician and craftsman [22]. And, in respect of manufacturing the State of Minnesota hasestablished a career and education pathways for a manufacturing and applied engineering workerthat can bring them as far as middle management on the one hand and on the other hand an M.S.degree [23]. According to the President of the Illinois Community College Trustees AssociationBarbara Oilschlager 41% of jobs will be at the middle level requiring more education

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Foltz, Iowa State University; Amanpreet Kaur, Iowa State University; William Henry Tushaus, Iowa State University; Christopher Sears Mikelson, Iowa State University; Brian Vincent Skalak; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

law, Bingamanentered politics. He has served on a number of committees before chairing the Senate Energy andNatural Resources Committee; however, he has no industrial work experience in the fields ofenergy or natural resources [13].Representative Edward J. Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, is considered the nationalleader on energy and the environment with a lifelong political career in environmental activism.He is the current Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warmingand the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee. LikeSenator Bingaman, Markey has a law degree, practiced law, and worked in the Army Reservesbefore becoming a politician. However, Markey has no work experience

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James P Becker, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Richard A. Revia, Montana State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3217: THE USE OF A PROJECT CIRCUIT IN THE TEACHINGOF A BASIC ELECTRIC CIRCUITS COURSEProf. James P Becker, Montana State University James Becker is an Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at Montana State Univer- sity. His professional interests include microwave circuits, radio frequency electronics, nanoelectronics, pedagogical research, and distance education. He is a 2004 recipient of the NSF CAREER award.Dr. Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects in the College of Engi- neering at Montana State University (MSU). She works on various curriculum and instruction projects including instructional development

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer A. Acevedo-Barga, University of Washington; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University; RunLu Li, WASEDA University

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International

agencies, or involved self-sponsorship, and most ofthese involved brief visits to Beijing or Shanghai, with a list of cultural touristic spots along withobligatory stop-overs at the largest universities. Additionally, there needs to be encouragementof faculty acquiring rudimentary language skills as part of their careers, as some ability toconverse in Chinese is vital not so much for technical exchange, but for the building ofappropriate academic friendships that can result in more pathways for technical exchange.Fluency in Mandarin has never been a key requirement for doing business in China, as the actualtransactions will likely be done in English. However, academic friendships are built on theconcept of mutual respect of both language and

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Engineering Education, 2012Reel Engineers: Portrayal of Engineers and Engineering Profession in the Feature FilmsAbstractPortrayal of certain professions in the popular media has a deep and lasting effect not only ongeneral public's understanding of these professions (with all potential misconceptions andattitudes), but also has an impact on future career choices of adolescents (teens and tweens).While movie screens and television shows put a spotlight on lawyers, doctors and policemen(and occasionally also on forensic scientists), they rarely (if at all) pick engineers as thecharacters of interest.This brief study has reviewed a selected number of known and available portrayals of engineersin feature films (with an effort to

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

survey questionnaire and design journal.Many studies suggest that metacognitive skills are important determinants of successful learning.Besides learning achievement issues, previous studies showed the lack of diversity inengineering education. A study from Anderson and Gilbride found that boys were significantlymore interested than girls in pursuing engineering careers [9]. However, there is still limited studyinvestigating self-regulated learning strategies in the stage process of engineering design andhow the strategies differ between male and female students.2. Literature Review2.1. Metacognition in Self-Regulated Learning ContextExtensive research has been done evaluating the importance of metacognition in learning,especially in problem

Conference Session

Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Derek T Reamon, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Community Engagement Division

(recruitment).10,14,15 Specifically, Duffy (2009) found that consistently over 60% ofstudents surveyed from year to year at the University of Massachusetts Lowell indicated thatengagement in service-learning helped them stay in engineering; females were significantly morelikely to agree with this sentiment.14First-year students’ belief in the usefulness of engineering has been positively correlated to theirplans on choosing a career in engineering.16 It is conceivable that first-year project-based courseswhich offer an opportunity to immerse students in hands-on engineering design for a specific ortheoretical client demonstrate the social value and relevance of the trade in a concrete way.Anecdotally, showing students the broader impacts of

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi J.C. Ellis, Western New England University; Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University; Josephine Sears Rodriguez, Western New England University; Ralph Morelli, Trinity College

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Page 25.1192.4 3. The impact of participation in an HFOSS project on major selection and career plansThis paper presents results of the second aspect only, focusing on the software engineeringlearning that students perceived.The research question investigated in the study is whether participation in HFOSS projectsimpacts the perception of student learning in the area of software engineering: Ho: Student involvement in an HFOSS project has no impact on perceived learning of software engineering knowledge Ha: Student involvement in an HFOSS project has a positive impact on perceived learning of software engineering knowledgeThe study presented in this paper involved ten courses offered at four different small

Conference Session

TAC/ABET-related Outcome-based Assessment Methods and Models

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology

efficiencies • Solicit input from colleagues who have also worked to this end.Conceptual OverviewContemporary accreditation procedures have moved far away from imposing an arbitraryset of distant standards and requirements. Currently, they call for a much more tailoredway of looking at how well an institution and/or its programs develop graduates who areeffective in terms of the career path/profession they pursue. Outcomes have becomemuch more important than inputs. Continuous improvement procedures withdocumentation of how their loop has actually been closed are expected. Page 25.1225.4Figure 1 depicts an overview of the way that faculty viewed and

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Jill K. Hettinger, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 25.1240.2including content knowledge, pedagogy, STEM careers, assessment, scientific inquiry,engineering design, and best practices. Further, our assessment of the program provides a uniquecontribution to the on-going exploration of how K-12 teachers develop an understanding of theprocesses used by STEM professionals and an awareness of unique skills needed to compete andsucceed. Also, unique to our study is the nature of the data collection, using both quantitativeand qualitative data, to assess participants’ knowledge of engineering design and the size of thesample, over 100 K-12 teachers participated in our project.The purpose of this report is to share our research findings related to teacher understanding of theengineering design

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Perlman; Roli Varma

reference to thecontext, these cases are seldom comprehensive. Consequently, the tools used and skills practicedin such hypothetical solutions are likely to function poorly in real situations.IV. Linking Ethical Instruction with Engineering PracticeConsidering that courses related to engineering ethics have increased dramatically in the 90s andnew methods have been devised to study it, still, we think, it is not clear whether such coursesensure that engineering students will act effectively to protect public safety and welfare in theirfuture careers. One reason is because scholars teaching engineering ethics seldom focus on howengineers actually understand and do engineering. We agree with Lynch and Kline10,11 that thefailure to focus on ordinary

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

Crosss-disciplinary impactTraditionally, faculty members are hired after a PhD and/or industry/research experience on“hot” topics of research where they can find funding. Their careers for several years thereafterare mostly dominated by the pressures to generate external funding and the peer recognitionrequired to get more funding and keep their jobs. Then comes a “sabbatical” or perhaps summerappointments to outside organizations where they might gain new perspectives and new fundinglinks, enabling a broadening of their areas of interest.Working closely with undergraduates offers much more exciting alternatives. An extremelyimportant aspect of hiring undergraduates into research teams is the potential for cross-disciplinary interaction and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Dixon

“attacker” is any company or organization that takesmarkets away from stalled, market pull competitors. The attacker pays strict attention tofunctions, not products. The attacker, armed with technology push methods and a thirstfor fulfilling customers’ functions with exciting, advantageous new products, offers themarket dramatically new and innovative products that take the market by storm, denyingthe market pull producers their markets.V. Perspective of Modern American IndustryAt first blush it seems natural, inevitable, to ask industry what it desires from academia.Inquiring as to how a university might produce students more suited to their ultimateindustrial careers seems a valid source of feedback, akin to Japanese QFD (qualityfunction

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

concern. Researchhas shown that their learning can be adversely affected when they are not given the support theyneed to participate in such learning opportunities.9 One student clearly did not engage during in-class active learning activities, and he may very well have been the one who wrote this comment.Over time, with support and a little prodding, he did become more engaged, but his reflectiveessay opened with the following quote: “This has probably been the oddest structured class I’ve taken in my college career. I think though that it closely represented what a real job might be like.”So while he never became truly comfortable with the class, he did come to believe that itmodeled the workplace in some respects.As part of the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

ever changing place and that the practicing professional must change with it. Change usually means the need to develop new skills and to understand how to use new tools to solve new problems or to rise to new opportunities. Learning is a life-long experience that can be enhanced with the proper motivation and skills. This criterion measures how well the student has developed the skills and motivation to continue his/her education beyond Wentworth and throughout his/her entire career. (“Lifelong Learning Skills”)In addition to the Institute Learning and Competency Objectives, the Environmental EngineeringProgram has its own objectives. Those parallel the Institute objectives in many ways, but theyalso add

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karan Watson; Jeffrey Froyd

education?II. Core Competencies: DefinitionBefore answering the questions, let's define the core competencies. Each corecompetency refers to a pedagogical theory (or set of theories) in which FoundationCoalition partners will work to increase their competence. Curriculum integration refersto theories of pedagogy in which students and faculty work to make connections:between topics in a discipline, between topics in different disciplines, between subjectsthey are studying and their career aspirations. Cooperative and active learning refers totheories of pedagogy in which students in a classroom are doing more than simplylistening to a lecture; instead, they are engaged (actively and cooperatively) in reading,writing, reflecting, discussing

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Frair; Jeffrey Froyd

education?II. Core Competencies: DefinitionBefore answering the questions, let's define the core competencies. Each corecompetency refers to a pedagogical theory (or set of theories) in which FoundationCoalition partners will work to increase their competence. Curriculum integration refersto theories of pedagogy in which students and faculty work to make connections:between topics in a discipline, between topics in different disciplines, between subjectsthey are studying and their career aspirations. Cooperative and active learning refers totheories of pedagogy in which students in a classroom are doing more than simplylistening to a lecture; instead, they are engaged (actively and cooperatively) in reading,writing, reflecting, discussing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society of Engineering Educationothers what you can get away with." Finally, these practices certainly do not reflect solidarityand respect for our global family.ETHICS IN THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUMAs illustrated in this paper and in the case in the appendix, day to day ethical decision making,even in engineering, does not usually involve issues typically associated only with engineering.For this reason, it is important that our students understand the concept of a universal moralcode and how such a code might apply not just to our professions and careers but also toeveryday life. This understanding typically comes at the later stages in our moral