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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

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Jerome Lavelle; Peter Shull; Heather Nachtmann; Joseph Hartman; Robert Martinazzi; Kim Needy

everything fromcourse material sharing, labs and software, to teaching and career management workshops andgrant opportunities1. Repositories are being provided in selected instances for faculty members.For instance, MIR FacultyOnline6 is an online source of textbook information for college anduniversity professors. The service provides access to textbook data, including reviews, lists oftop-selling titles by course, among other information. The Internet Scout Report3 states "MIRcan be extremely useful, especially for younger faculty or professors tasked with teachingcourses out of their field." Despite this new abundance of information available, enabled by theInternet, there is still little guidance offered as to its use.The framework and model in

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Paul Wojciechowski

. In addition to the initial challenge of developing relationships with potential employers of co-op students, a greater one has been maintaining the three-semester per year balance of supply and demand of students for co-op employment.10. Career Services. For new programs in engineering, the institution’s Office of Career Services (OCS) needs considerable lead time to develop an understanding of the culture and issues related to providing engineering graduates with effective assistance in securing engineering employment. In this regard, regular communication should occur between the program director and the OCS staff. In addition, significant effort is required on the part of the OCS in attracting corporate recruiters

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Mohammed Fadali; Michael Robinson

principles and design.II. Research QuestionsThe following research questions were used to judge the presence of technological andengineering applications and design in some of the newest and most widely used secondaryscience textbooks. These questions were chosen for their motivational potential and thepossibilities they might offer to students to gain the kinds of problem solving skills needed forsuccessful study and possible careers in technical fields. Mathematics was addressed in sciencetextbooks because of the research that indicates that one reason for the high attrition rate in manyengineering programs is related to inadequate preparation in mathematics prior to enteringcollege 16 . 1. Do the science textbooks use science conceptual

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brainstorm during class. In a collaborative learning environment students and facultywork together to achieve the course learning objectives. In cooperative learning students workin teams on problems and projects that assure both positive interdependence and individualaccountability. Positive interdependence exists when students believe that they are linked withothers in a way that one cannot succeed unless the other members of the group succeed.Individual accountability requires the teacher ensure that the performance of each individualstudent is assessed and the results given back to the group and the individual2.At various stages of a student’s undergraduate career, she may experience group learning atdifferent levels. This paper explores three

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sense. Whereas theintensity of the interaction between the various elements may differ in application to a specificdesign concept, the absence of any one of the four elements will make the concept incompleteand of limited use. It is the presence and interaction of the elements that makes the synthesiswork.II – STRUCTUREThe following sections of this paper describe how the design process has been incorporated intoan undergraduate engineering program, both in design-specific courses, and as an integral part oftheoretical content courses. This approach is based on the presentation of a number of open-ended design problems as exercises throughout the students’ four-year educational career. Thestudent has the opportunity to see a natural progression

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Nigel Middleton; Debra Lasich; Barbara Moskal

Simulation Program and the Academic Tracking program.The Freshman Retreat introduces new minority students to the campus through a series ofcompetitions. The Professional Development Weekend focuses on career-related activities suchas researching companies, writing cover letters and resumes, networking and interviewing. TheExam Simulation Program and the Academic Tracking program are each designed to improvethe academic performance of minority students. Page 6.857.3“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for

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Robert Brown; Francine Battaglia; Donald R. Flugrad

in devising an assessment process included: defining desired program outcomes; outliningcourse objectives; matching program outcomes with specific courses; developing assessmenttools; and establishing a methodology for continuous quality improvement of the curriculum.The ME Curriculum Committee (MECC) began preparations for ABET EC 20001 by developinga series of processes that would critically and comprehensively evaluate the entire curriculum.The overall goal was to review the curriculum and develop the best possible educationalexperience for our mechanical engineering students, providing them with a sound foundation fora successful career. With this in mind, assessment tools were developed that would provideinformation that could be

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Sanjay Joshi; SangHa Lee; Timothy Simpson; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

, the significance attached to lifelong learning, and in particular continuing education,within the engineering profession is not.Lifelong learning in engineering has been recognized as critical for decades. The Final Report ofthe Goals Committee on Engineering Education, written in 1968, contained a discussion of theimportance of lifelong learning.1 In 1978 the theme of the ASEE Annual Conference was“Career Management – Lifelong Learning.” Over the years there have been a number of studiesto investigate the types of activities involved in lifelong learning, their frequency of use, the Page 6.211.1types of support systems required for

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Robert Baum; Karen Thornton; David Barbe

students in learninghow to start successful companies. An important feature is that students admitted to the Programlive together in an incubator-like residence hall where they can freely exchange ideas with like-minded students. Living and learning together, these students are provided with a uniqueopportunity to interact with their fellow CEOs. This environment has the potential to impact theway the CEOs think about their careers, their destinies, and their ability to start businesses rightout of school.1. IntroductionEmployment options for graduating students have generally centered on large corporations andgovernment; however, in recent years, students across the nation are realizing that a third option- starting their own companies - has

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Winston F. Erevelles

, Logistics Engineering, Software Engineering, and EngineeringManagement and will also be available to faculty from different departments and programsacross campus.The facility will also be used for tours, career fairs, programs for middle and high schoolstudents, and other similar recruitment efforts. These will include teacher/counselor educationand outreach, and initiatives aimed at K-12 students with an emphasis on women andunderrepresented minorities. The Learning Factory will be used to support contract research andas a test bed for ideas that may generate external funding. A significant purpose of the facility Page 6.330.2will be the

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Wayne LePori; Scott Osborn; Marty Matlock; Cady Engler

them." In this sense, innovation is the task of breaking the economic rules and being rewarded, over and over again…The "rule- breaking" theory of economics was actually developed in 1942 by the Austrian economist Joseph Schumpter. He described the hallmark of technological innovation as "the perennial gale of creative destruction," or in today's holistic thinking, "the great lever of creative transformation."We must teach our students the methods for “breaking the rules,” i.e., the methods that willprovide the most rigorous (defensible) path to innovation in their professional careers. Page 6.360.3Proceedings of the 2001

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Rodolfo Molinari

experimental teachingmethodology, in face of the high costs of laboratory facilities that only a few Schools of Engi-neering can afford. As a consequence, a significant number of professionals are not really pre-pared after finishing their courses, demanding a long time of training after graduation and, fre-quently, a personal deception with the career. It is in this scenario that the availability of compu-tational resources adapted for mathematical simulation appears as a methodological alternative toexperimental classes, with the creation of virtual laboratories that imply in a very significant re-duction in costs.Introduction. With the accelerated development of computers technology verified especially in the lastdecade of 20th century and

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Alan Gomez

know I wouldn't be headed in the professional direction I am today. The fun thatI had, the things that I learned and the hours that I put in made me realize what I wanted to do withmy career. Not only did it help me realize what it is that I wanted to do, but it also gave me a headstart with my personal as well as engineering skills. It taught me leadership, teamwork anddiplomacy as well as rewarded me for my efforts. From the moment I began college up to today Ihave felt like I have had the advantage over most everyone else coming out of high school. It is agreat program and I plan to support it myself any way that I can.”Emery Sanford, Freshman at the University of California at Berkley in Mechanical Engineering."The Principles of

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Robert Tener; Michael Winstead; Edward Smaglik

Page 6.486.10 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @2001, American Society for Engineering Educationcooperative education student learning is extended into the workplace. For nearly a century in U.S.engineering education, co-op students have enjoyed the significant benefits of irreplaceable experientiallearning, preparating them for their engineering careers. In “Co-op’s 90-Year Odyssey,” Sam Sovilla haschronicled the history of and the key issues in co-op programs in engineering education48.The authors believe that the analysis and conclusions presented in this study can be found applicable andrelevant to co-op learning in the civil and

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Oral LaFleur; Matthew Govindsanny; Joshua Hill; Daniel Jones

performance.BackgroundThe Renewable Energy and Environmental Protection (REEP) academy is an annual summerprogram held at Texas Southern University (TSU).1 The mission of REEP is to expose inner-citystudents to technology and to motivate them to pursue careers in math, science, technology, andengineering. Over 50 high school students gathered at TSU during summer 2000, with collegestudents serving as mentors.2This paper discusses one of the projects of REEP, the installation of a new solar refrigerator inSouth Africa. This was the result of collaboration between: 1. The environmental engineering technology program at TSU, 2. The mechanical engineering technology program at Central Michigan University, 3. The electrical engineering program

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Timothy Wheeler; Dr. Rose Marra; Dr. Jack Mitchell; Dr. Charles Croskey

minute flight. The payload was recovered and data analysis is ongoing bythe student participants.The story of the SPIRIT undergraduate sounding rocket project has two dimensions. First, wereport on the form and organization of this program. A description of SPIRIT, however, wouldbe incomplete without a further discussion of the effectiveness of the project as a teachingmethod. How does SPIRIT contribute to the formation of quality engineers? How does it affectthe lives and careers of the student participants? It is arguably in this second area that the realvalue of the project resides.By most any measure this first SPIRIT payload was a success. Pride and gratification wasevident on the faces of the students who had worked so hard on the project

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experiments in a distancelearning environment. Once experiments have been developed, they can be used as a stepin evaluating and developing laboratory Internet courses that have a basis in real data.Bibliography1. Fluke Scopemeter 100 User’s Manual2. Hewlett Packard HP33120A Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator User’s Manual3. Tomasi, Wayne, Electronic Communications Systems,2nd Ed., Prentice Hall Career & Technology, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1994, pp106,1114. URL:http://webctservice.slu.edu:8900/webct/SCRIPT/AVNP10001/scripts/designer/s erve_home?.PUBLIC ,information on WebCT courses at Saint Louis UniversityJOHN D. CREMINJohn Cremin is an Associate Professor, Avionics, at Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineeringand Aviation. He

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Mehdi Shadaram; Lourdes Sanchez-Contreras

areoffering financially rewarding jobs. While graduates in the College of Science are formost part committed to pursuing post baccalaureate degrees, undergraduate enrollmentrates remain low. Meantime, Biology graduates frequently enter into medicine orveterinary school.I. IntroductionA plan initiated by the UTEP Model Institution for Excellence (MIE) is underdevelopment to increase the percentage of SEM graduates who enroll in graduate school.The main objectives of this task force are to identify and recruit cohorts of junior studentswho have the potential and desire to pursue careers in research and development, and topromote summer external research activities among SEM undergraduates. Eachparticipating student in the cohort will receive a research

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Eric Zimmerman; Donna Dorminey

, studentmotivation for the design was increased. Fourth, several of the final design products will be usedin future semesters to enable students to more easily grasp fluid mechanics concepts.I. IntroductionThe United States Military Academy (USMA) must prepare its mechanical engineeringgraduates to meet diverse expectations in a technical army and in careers beyond the military. Aprimary mission of the academy is to develop “leaders of character” who have the capability toidentify and solve complex problems. In fact, the military decision-making process is strikinglysimilar to many versions of design (or scientific, or problem-solving) processes as demonstratedin Figure 1.The first step in any problem solving process is to define the need or identify the

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Richard McNitt; Cliff Lissenden

resonance, or having a bridge mooring struck by a tugboat; the building designermay not have considered an earthquake; the ship designer may not have expected a combinationof very cold weather and large waves, nor ‘bad material’ etc. This seminar explores such designdeficiencies through the study of case histories of a number of infamous failures, such as theexplosion of the Challenger (modern era) and the sinking of the Titanic, which causedcatastrophic loss of life. A primary objective of reliving such failures is to alert students to thevarious factors that must be considered for a safe and effective engineering system, and toencourage them to broaden their education so that they will not repeat the mistakes of the past intheir own careers. An

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Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationh) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global/societal context;i) a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learning;j) a knowledge of contemporary issues; and,k) the ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice"1.The first three criteria are standard engineering skills. Engineering educators realize these skillsare not sufficient for successful careers in engineering. It is important to note that several ofthese criteria directly require communication skills. From a practical standpoint, I like to pointout to students that recruiters consistently claim

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Keith Johnson; Mark Rajai

becoming a faculty“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition CopyrightO 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”member, the author’s new philosophy is smart labor yields success. This philosophy reflectsthe authors new found belief that just because you work hard, you are not guaranteed toachieve your career goals. Too often, the burden of being committed to so many committeesand trying to keep up with regular duties can be extremely frustrating.Committee assignments can become a burden if they are taken out of perspective, and onedoes not anticipate the amount of work and time involved. As a new faculty member, there isa strong possibility that one may be encouraged to serve on

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Maria Reyes; Jennifer Adair; Barry McNeill; Mary Anderson-Rowland

successfulGraduate Career Change Program in Industrial Engineering. She is a frequent speaker on the myths ofmathematics and engineering and of the career opportunities in engineering, especially for women andminority students.BARRY MCNEILLBarry McNeill is an assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Arizona StateUniversity. He earned all his degrees from Stanford University (BS Chem E and MS & PhD ME). Hehelped develop and deliver a new first year and a new third year engineering design core course. He hasgiven numerous workshops on course/curriculum development and learning and has co-authored severalpapers on assessment

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Melinda Gallagher; Jenny Golder; Lawrence Genalo

Session 3453 An Engineering Linkage to K-12 Teachers Lawrence J. Genalo, Melinda Gallagher, Jenny Golder Iowa State UniversityIntroductionEngineering faculty at Iowa State University have worked collaboratively with teachereducation faculty since 1996 to offer an undergraduate course entitled Toying withTechnology to elementary and secondary education majors1, 2. The development of thistechnology literacy course provided students with an appreciation for the technologicalinnovations that surround them. Studies have shown that students form many of theiroverall career and educational attitudes as early

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James Dally; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

introducing design it helps promote student creativity and allows faculty tointroduce the broad objectives of engineering education and engineering profession. "Engineers" play a significant role in the economic prosperity of a nation and are sometimesreferred to as the " engines " of economic growth. However, students typically graduate fromhigh schools without a good understanding of the engineering field and career options ahead ofthem. As such dissemination of information among high school students about the field ofengineering is a valuable contribution to society.Figure 1 illustrates how experiential and service learning was integrated in the "Introduction toEngineering Design Class (ENES 100)" in the fall semester of 1999. The course was

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Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

effectively teach.”“15 lbs. of great stuff in a 10 lb. Box!”“This has been an extremely broadening experience – I will carry it with me forever! Thanks.”“One of the top 3-4 workshops of all kinds that I have ever participated in!”“Overall I felt this was an EXCELLENT workshop. I wish I had this 3 years ago when I just started myteaching career. Even now it is not too late and I hope to make effective use of what I gained during this Page 6.477.4workshop.” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education

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Kristen Larson; Jeffrey Newcomer

the firsttime armed with only a packet of lecture notes and a recollection of the professors that they hadfound to be most engaging and a vague plan for emulating them. In a situation such as this,material coverage and mere survival become classroom priorities. It is easy for new faculty tooverly concentrate on the academic content of each lecture, not concerning themselves with thecontext in which the classroom resides. Comfortably and confidently creating a dynamic learningenvironment takes more than just command of course material. To be happy and effective in theclassroom, new faculty need to address two issues outside of the classroom: how teaching fitswith personal priorities and career goals, and how teaching is valued and supported in

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Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; John Gambatese

benefit as well. Sooften the feedback from Industry Advisory Board members and from employer surveys is of theneed for students to have good communication skills. Effective communication skills, bothwritten and oral, are often the one of the most important criteria considered by constructionindustry employers. This is especially true for construction management graduate students whoare often working professionals themselves going to school part-time. These types of studentsare rising in their professional careers and need to be able to give quality presentations toprospective clients. The requirement that the students give oral presentations to the class givesthem the chance to practice their technical presentation skills. This type of

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graduation they can excel in their chosen engineering discipline, - to introduce the rich heritage of science and engineering achievement of their community (at Tuskegee, this would include the examples of George Washington Carver and the Tuskegee Airmen), and - to support, develop, and nurture the careers of African American engineers in government, industry, and academia, so that they may provide continuing leadership in the future.This is not an easy list of objectives to maintain, particularly with limited resources. However,it remains critical that HBCUs maintain science and engineering excellence inside and outsidethe classroom.4 This commitment to