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Nizar Al-Holou; Lisa Anneberg; Ece Yaprak

,• Through workshops, train faculty members who typically teach courses in the digital area at the partner universities,• Train through workshops K-12 educators in the Detroit metropolitan area about digital design, and motivate youngsters in technical education and technical careers,• Update the WSU laboratories already developed and compile these with the other labs that will be developed into a Digital Laboratory Handbook and make this available on the project’s web-site.In addition, the WSU will coordinate and manage the project, and will assure that theproject will progress toward reaching its objectives. Each institution should have theproper computer facilities necessary to run the Altera system

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was very practical, but made me think. 2 Hazardous waste site design was my favorite course during my entire academic career. An oral seminar and written report was assigned to each student. In addition, a computer program and team design project was required. In brief, it covered many things with which an engineer should be involved. 3 This class gave me an understanding of temporary facilities and hazardous waste site remediation. It also gave me the chance to improve my public speaking skills. 4

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. 2 Hazardous waste site design was my favorite course during my entire academic career. An oral seminar and written report was assigned to each student. In addition, a computer program and team design project was required. In brief, it covered many things with which an engineer should be involved. 3 This class gave me an understanding of temporary facilities and hazardous waste site remediation. It also gave me the chance to improve my public speaking skills. 4 I would prefer the department offer

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Monique Osborn; Dilip Nag

currently offered. In this way academics willbe suitably rewarded in their career path. Yet reflection upon the effectiveness of teaching and Page 5.13.1learning has not always been a crucial practice for engineering academics and consequentlyattendance at formal courses has continued to be infrequent or non-existent. Staffdevelopment activities have also previously been boycotted by Australian academics forreasons of “lack of time available”, “anyone can teach” or “teaching is a personal matter”. Itappears that the Kugel Model of Development [2] can assist to explain this reasoning further.As the academic has been focussed purely on the teaching of a

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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and TechnologyEducation, under which he is studying the impact of a wide variety of student programs on student success.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard A. Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and he is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to his academic career, Dr.Layton worked 12 years in consulting engineering, with the final five years as a group head and project manager.His technical research is in the area of dynamic systems and control. He is a registered Professional Engineer in NC.AppendixSamples of the two peer evaluation instruments used in this study are given below. The first

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ocean engineering education and practice is both prudentand necessary. A new environmental option within the ocean engineering major at the U.S.Naval Academy has begun to emerge. The essence of the program lies in the two foundationcourses, Ocean Environmental Engineering and Ocean Resources Engineering, but the curriculais ably supplemented by design projects in the capstone design course and by elective courseopportunities in other disciplines including environmental economics, environmentaloceanography, environmental security, and marine environmental engineering.Such a curricula is vitally important to the future careers of our midshipmen due to the liabilityof officers for discharges from Naval vessels and other environmental impacts, both

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engineering • Experience hands-on laboratories related to the AE options • Increase student involvement within the Department of ABE • Increase involvement in professional society and student branch • Increase student interaction with upperclassmen • Increase student retention in the AE program • Build excitement for engineering • Career development/job preparation • Faculty mentoring in helping make option decisions • Develop report writing skills • Receive academic guidance on registering for classesB. Course Design/DevelopmentSince AE 110 was to be laboratory-based, it was necessary for the faculty to develop interestinghands-on, experiential laboratories that related to the options available with

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Rahul Bargava; Michael Rosenblatt; Howard M. Choset; Amy Graveline

video. Ofcourse you can learn some key facts about Italy from a travel show, but to know what Italysmells like, you have to go yourself. Large classes do not ‘‘go to Italy’’ because it is faraway, expensive, and difficult to take a large group anywhere.The instructional model of education is often subject to these constraints because of itslarge-enrollment and limited-resources format, but it serves another purpose well:guaranteed curriculum. Often courses are taken in a sequence where early courses preparestudents for more in-depth study in advanced courses. Each individual course has a placein this curriculum hierarchy, the end goal of which is to prepare a student to transcend tothe next level (i.e. going to college, beginning a career, etc

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Andrew N. Vavreck

have a three-leggedor four-legged stool? Why?4. Sketch your wristwatch in the space below.5. In a few sentences, write why you want to become an engineer.6. How old are you?7. If you had to choose between a career in which you would make a lot of money, but yourwork would be useless and ignored, or a career in which you made very little money, but yourwork would be very valuable and would live on long after you, which would you choose, andwhy? Page 5.275.12 Appendix B: Mid-Semester Project ME T 206 Fall Semester 1999

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Graciela Munoz Padilla; Francisco J. Gonzalez

federal funds which,sometimes, are determined by political and national goals.The main campus of the university lies in San Luis Potosi, capital city of a state by the samename. The city, located nearly midway between Mexico City and Monterrey, the second largestindustrial city in the country, has about one million inhabitants with 10 universities and collegesand three large technical schools. Its main educational institution - in terms of enrollment,budget and tradition - is our Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, with a history datingback more than a century and enjoying an important national academic recognition.This university comprises in this main campus - out of its total of four - 14 faculties (offering 46different careers), ranging

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Molly M. Gribb; Elisabeth M. Alford

assessment of students’ progressand evolving attitudes toward engineering as a course of study and as a profession. Preliminaryevaluation of students’ writing in the course suggests that the assignments effectively engagedsome students in exploring the broad opportunities that engineering careers offer. The activitiesalso provided students a venue for reflecting on their learning experiences and communicatingtheir enthusiasm for specific engineering projects and disciplines.BackgroundIn 1997, the University of South Carolina College of Engineering initiated University 101-Engineering (UN101-E), a version of USC’s Freshman Year Experience course designed to helpfirst-year engineering students adjust to college and to the demanding engineering

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Zhao Liang; Ye Tao; Xiang Bo Wang; Ke Qin Li

engineering school. In their 3rd or 4th year, all engineeringstudents are required to fulfill their practicum for 3-6 months in companies whose main businessmatches with the students’ career objectives. Students work in and live near the companies justlike regular company employees.How much engineering experience do Chinese engineering students have by the time theygraduate? This question is answered by the following five abilities in the survey: (1) routinetechnical operating abilities, (2) speed of acquiring new operating techniques (3) efficiency inmastering new operating techniques, (4) ability to solve new production problems, and (5) abilityto actively conduct engineering experiments that may lead to new inventions and/or products.The results

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Michael T. Hertz; Luna P. Magpilli; Michael E. Gorman

letter explaining the research project thatwas beginning at Monsanto. Rogers threw the letter in the garbage, but after some prompting from hiswife, he called Jaworski back and was soon part of the team. The final member of the team, Robert Horsch, was looking for a research career. He was doingpost doc research at the University of Saskatchewan. Researchers suggested contacting Jaworski becausehe had connection to University and supported its programs. Jaworski’s group was first temporarily housed in the new biotechnology laboratories on the fourthfloor of “U” Building at Creve Coeur campus in 1981. In the same year his group started with 36 members.Later, they increased to more than 100 people housed in a $150 million modern

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Lisa A. Haston; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

, whether the task isworking on code or circuitry, writing part of a report, gathering research materials,brainstorming, or boosting team spirit." One student used the saying "it's not what you know, it's Page 5.435.5who you know" to describe the synergistic effect of having team members with diverse skills toapply to a project. For some students, the CFT experience has changed their outlook on anengineering career, since they see engineering design as less isolated in single individuals anddisciplines.Students who have participated in multidisciplinary projects or multidisciplinary teaming tend toachieve a greater appreciation for the concept of CFT

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Ron Humble; Michael Caylor

. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, and funding. Nonetheless, overcoming these inherentchallenges enables substantial student learning to occur. Our experience is that both grouplearning and independent thinking are enhanced, and that the curriculum provides first-handexperience in the development of aerospace technology.IntroductionAn ongoing challenge in engineering education is to provide students with meaningful design Page 5.533.1projects that help them synthesize what they have learned in the classroom and to better preparethem for their future careers. The United States

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Yaw A. Owusu; Tarsha Dargan; Kimberly M. Richardson; James Thagard

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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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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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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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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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Marty Bowe; John Feland; Brian Self; Daniel Jensen

engineeringstudents at various universities. This data has been analyzed for application to student learningas well as for possible use in career counseling and student retention strategies [McCaulley 1990,1983, 1976]. Other examples include using MBTI to develop self instruction materials [Smith1973], using MBTI comparisons between freshman and senior students to determine the changein preference brought about during the four years of engineering curriculum [Rodman 1986] andwork which has shown the potential to increase academic success of struggling students bystrengthening their non-preferred areas [Rosati 1993].The present work uses what is known from MBTI type preferences and their affects on groupcommunication in order to guide continuing improvements

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Terry L. Ballinger; Craig W. Somerton

wereintroduced to the engineering profession and, specifically, mechanical engineering. Operationaldefinitions were given for both engineering and mechanical engineering. The role of anengineer as problem solver, innovator and creator was presented. The disciplines of engineering,such as chemical engineering and civil engineering were elaborated on. Areas of engineeringpractice, e.g., manufacturing, design, testing, were explained. Discussion was held on the skillsand attributes needed for an engineering career. Specific attention was then turned tomechanical engineering. An automotive propulsion system was described via the technical areasof mechanical engineering: dynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, etc. Finally, severalexamples of mechanical

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Richard W Freeman; Carl J. Bern; Steven Mickelson

collegeafter graduation from high school. This has been a very successful program. The workshop isoffered three times during the month of July. As a part of the workshop, the students participatein a two-hour reverse engineering, product dissection laboratory using the watt-hour meter.Feedback from these students has been that the lab is a valuable experience.B. Fundamental of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering CourseThe department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has developed a one-creditexperiential, hands-on laboratory course to help in the retention of their freshmen students. Onelab is the reverse engineering of the watt-hour meter. This lab ranks as one of the most popularamongst these students each semester.C. Career TrekThe ISU

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Akihiko Kumagai; Mukasa Ssemakula

confirmFig. 5 Simulation for Effect of Masses Attached to a Rotational Disk.Fig. 6 Dynamic Balancing Simulation Page 5.427.9that this course material is suitable for a wide variety of students who seek careers in design andmanufacturing fields to understand important concepts in the kinematics and dynamics ofmachines.AcknowledgementThis work was funded by the National Science Foundation through a subcontract under theGreenfield Coalition, cooperative agreement number EEC-9221542. The authors would like tothank members of the Instructional and Multimedia Design and Development Teams of theGreenfield Coalition for their help with the implementation of these course

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Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

Page 5.33.1graduates in making a successful transition from academic life to engineering careers. 1A variety of programs exist for providing this experience, including summer internships,co-op programs, and industry/university educational programs. Cooperative educationhas come a long way since 1906, the year this unique pedagogy was conceived. SamSovilla [3] reviews its history, current status, and the outlook for the future in a paperpublished in ASEE in 1998. Jeff Meade [4] lists co-op program advantages as increasedretention and enhancement of the educational experience. On the other hand,disadvantages are the extra time required by co-op programs, typically one year, andextra cost to the offering

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Atlantic Section of the ASEE, Session VI (158-166)ANDREW GROSSFIELDThroughout his career, Dr. Grossfield has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned aBSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics at nightwhile working full time during the day, designing circuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. He is licensed in NewYork as a Professional Engineer. Ai207@freenet.buffalo.edu is his email address. Page 5.443.7

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Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

). Statistic Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed. Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, p. 608.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard A. Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and he is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to his academic career, Dr.Layton worked 12 years in consulting engineering, with the final five years as a group head and project manager.His technical research is in the area of dynamic systems and control. He is a registered Professional Engineer in NC.MATTHEW W. OHLANDMatt Ohland received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Education from the University of Florida in1996, and since then has been the Assistant Director of the NSF

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Steven L. Cohen; Dennis P. Slevin; David I. Cleland; Kim LaScola Needy; Heather Nachtmann

managers at all levels of management need to be skilled in successful Page 5.51.1governance board practices. It is likely that an engineer will chair a board, serve on a board orprovide service to a board at some time during their career. Henry Wiebe, Professor and Chairof Engineering Management at Missouri Rolla, commented that it was never too early to learnthis subject. He reported that 11% of those students receiving a bachelors degree in engineeringmanagement from 1985-1990 were in the executive management ranks of their companies. In amore longitudinal study, 31% of their undergraduate alumni had reached the ranks of executivemanagement just 20

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. Ruhala, Richard J. Ruhala, Susan Vrbsky, and Brian Hyslop. “Solving the Dual-Career Dilemma: Three Case Studies.” 1999 ASEE Proceedings, Session 3675.6. Clandinin, D. Jean, and F. Michael Connelly. “Personal Experience Methods,” in Handbook of Qualitative Research, Denzin and Lincoln, eds., pp. 413-427.7. Courter, Sandra Shaw, Susan B. Millar, and Lyman Lyons. “From the Students’ Point of View: Experiences in a Freshman Engineering Design Course.” Journal of Engineering Education 87(3), July 1998, 283-288.8. Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln, Eds. Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Sage Publications, 1998. (Parts IV and V of Handbook.)9. Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln

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Resit Unal; Derya Jacobs; Charles Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

Dominion University.Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr.Kauffmann received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Hereceived his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer.ABEL FERNANDEZAbel A. Fernandez is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at Old Dominion University. He has a B.S. inElectric Power Engineering, a M.E. in Electric Power Engineering and a M.B.A. all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His industrial experience includes twelve yearsof systems engineering