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Vendor Partnerships with Engineering Libraries

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ruth Wolfish; Rachel Berrington; Andrew Wheeler; Jay Bhatt

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationsession’ on using IEEE Xplore to find faculty or companies that are doing similar research inorder to help students apply for graduate programs in those universities where research in theirareas of interest is being conducted or help students identify prospective companies where theycould seek potential employment.October 9, 2003: In this career path and networking event, students had an opportunity to learnvaluable insights for success in professional and corporate environments. The event consisted ofa five member panel presenting prepared remarks and taking questions

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Holt; Keith Williamson; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

Do On-Campus Students Write Better than Their Distance Learning Counterparts in Engineering and Technology Fields? Tarek Abdel-Salam1, Keith Williamson1, Paul Kauffmann1, and Michael Holt2 East Carolina University/Old Dominion UniversityAbstractOver the last several years, distance learning courses have become an important and effectiveteaching method in many universities in the United States. The performance of distancelearning students compared to their on-campus counterparts has been of great interest to manyresearchers. Writing skills are of particular interest for engineering and technology studentssince they have such an impact on career

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Taylor; Robert Green

career of their choosing often makingit difficult to interest them in engineering. Having little exposure to engineering in high Page 10.1049.1school, science majors are enticing to these students. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIn an effort to turn this situation around, five years ago, the James Worth Bagley Collegeof Engineering at Mississippi State University developed the Quest program. The originalintent of this program was to get highly qualified students exposed to college andenrolled in

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EM Skills and Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jason Wolter

on developing leadership, almost all USMA graduatesspend their first ten years after graduation with troops, culminating in command of a company orequivalent unit. Very few will work in a systems acquisition program office during this period.This presented us with a unique challenge: we needed to make clear to the cadets the relevanceand importance of systems acquisition to the Army and to their careers. We were alsoconfronted with the task of providing them material that would be of benefit and would beremembered to establish a foundation of acquisition management understanding. Our responsewas to design the course with three purposes in mind: (1) Give the cadets a background suchthat, when they are in the field and a new Army system is

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Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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Anthony Trippe

more followers than leaders (Block, 1993). Blockalmost defines the environment of the stewardship leader as that of leading a leaderless group –a person who helps keep followers focused on the mission and vision and nothing more.Because they see their role as temporary, there is no investment for the long haul. The stewardleaders says, “I am not responsible for your career. I am not busy looking for opportunities formy people. These jobs were not created as career opportunities, they were created to impact thebusiness. The best I will offer is to give you absolutely honest information and encourage you increating your own future” (Block, 1993, p. 87). Even though this came across as harsh, there isstill the strong commitment to encourage

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Roy A. McCann

andphotonics. Consequently, revision of the core electrical energy conversion curriculum is ex-pected when planning for future employment trends and the evolving ABET accreditation guide-lines.III. Revitalizing undergraduate energy conversion educationGiven the motivation to update the undergraduate core energy conversion course, the fundamen-tal issue to be addressed is identifying the content that will best serve the educational needs ofstudents over the span of an engineering career. This is a speculative task, but the continuingtrends over the previous decades can provide a guide. First, the application of electric energyconversion processes continues to expand. Whereas 25 years ago most aerospace, automotiveand many industrial processes relied

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rorrer; Richard Sanders; Daniel Knight

about running amusic recording business and the technical aspects of music recording. In this course the projectis focused on recording bands and then sweetening the original tracks into finished CD tracks.There are other courses planned that would appeal to a wider student demographic.One goal of the program is to tailor courses to the students and their interests, not tailor thestudents to the courses. Additionally, we want to show students that their interests can be turnedto an academic path and also future careers, albeit not necessarily as lead guitarists in deathmetal bands! Often as academicians, whether at the secondary or post-secondary level, weinherently push career paths that can be labeled traditional, as opposed to the myriad of

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wade Shaw; Muzaffar Shaikh; Carmo D'Cruz

students have commented onhow these courses have broadened their perspectives, made them more versatile and enhancedtheir career progression. Since most successful entrepreneurs have a holistic systems approach tonew ventures, a unique “Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship” program is being pioneered toaugment the Engineering Management program at Florida Tech. Page 10.544.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionOver the past seven years, Florida Tech’s Engineering Management program has

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BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Roberta Berry; Jonathan Olinger; Paul Benkeser

Challenges and Opportunities in Ethics Education in Biomedical Engineering Paul J. Benkeser1, Roberta M. Berry2 and Jonathan D. Olinger3 Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University1 / Schools of Public Policy2 and Aerospace Engineering3, Georgia Institute of TechnologyI. IntroductionThe challenges of interdisciplinarity—integrating bioscience, biomedical, and bioengineeringknowledge and skills—are well known to biomedical engineering (BME) educators.Undergraduate BME engineering educators face the additional challenge of preparing theirstudents for diverse professional career paths in a

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thaddeus Fowler; Suzanne Soled; Laura Koehl; Anant Kukreti

with making science more relevant to studentsTable 5. Gains towards Project Goals and ObjectivesGoals and Objectives Gains ThemesProduce scientists, engineers, science -Valuable teaching experienceand math educators -Professional development -Personal developmentFellows realize connections between -Networking opportunitieseducation, research and professional -Value goal setting in professional developmentexperience and relate to career success -Relate teaching to career options -Realize connections between learning and practice

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Larry N. Bland

-long learning; • A knowledge of contemporary issues.It is this second set of outcomes that creates the foundation for this paper. These skills have beencontroversial within the engineering community. Some individuals look at this as interference to "Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 2our main purpose of teaching the hard skills. Others see them as a very necessary part ofpreparing our students for future career needs. In this paper, I will look at some of the literature that establishes the context

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannie Brown Leonard; Taryn Bayles; Anne Spence

the past through the exhibition and interpretation of historical significant artifactsand documents related to electronics technology1. The education goal of the museum is toprovide visitors with an understanding of the basic concept of electronics and an appreciation ofevolutionary milestones of sophisticated electronics systems. In support of these objectives, themuseum’s priority is to provide a motivational environment for students of all ages to gain anunderstanding of basic engineering and the career opportunities available through highereducation. With this priority in mind, the Historical Electronic Museum started the YoungEngineers and Scientist Seminars (YESS) program in the fall of 2002, for highly gifted highschool students from

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Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karen High; Ben Lawrence; Cynthia Mann

express apathy toward the field of engineering.Upon finally reaching graduation, some are so burned-out that they are not able to look forwardto beginning a new career. At OSU some were specifically asking for more opportunity to havecreative input in their education. It was believed that if they could take more ownership in theirprojects—by expressing their unique ideas, that they would feel more pride in their work2. Thus Page 10.1015.1projects that had been exhausting because of their abstractness might become less exhaustingbecause of the personal pride and motivation of working toward one’s own creative expression3. Proceedings of the

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Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Wicklein; David Gattie

for teacher educators and in-service teachers.Current issues of concern for the overall academic K-12 education subjects have developed dueto low nationwide performance in mathematics and science subjects, and a general absence of K-12 programs that motivate and prepare students to consider engineering as a career option.8Recently, the field of technology education has attempted to address these concerns byincorporating engineering concepts into its educational schema, thereby providing a formalstructure for synthesis of science, mathematics, and technology. The recently developedStandards for Technological Literacy (STL) “defines what students should know and be able todo in order to be technologically literate and provides standards that

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International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Edington; Melissa Eljamal; Stella Pang

will engage both itsundergraduate and graduate student populations to develop global skills. Programs rangein duration from a few hours to the length of an academic career and include languagelearning and cross-cultural training. These programs are accompanied by a strategicmarketing plan that has resulted in a steady increase in participation, with more graduateswho are well-equipped to deal with the challenges posed by working in multi-nationalcorporations.I. IntroductionEngineers are increasingly asked to work with international suppliers, co-workers, and clients.Global assignments for companies in industries such as communications, informationtechnology, and automotive manufacturing, require engineers to integrate technical knowledgewith

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2005 Annual Conference

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Frank Jacobitz; Kathleen Kramer; Rick Olson

other personal challenges during their collegecareers.This paper will introduce the Passport to Success program and how it is implemented across theUniversity. Details regarding adoption in ENGR 101 will be presented. The effect of thePassport program on engineering student perceptions of their preparation for a successfulcollegiate career will be discussed.Introduction and BackgroundThe preceptorial method of teaching was introduced by Woodrow Wilson when he was thePresident of Princeton University in 19051. As originally developed, preceptorial coursesincluded a high degree of personal interaction between the instructor (or preceptor) and thestudents (precepts). Rather than rely on a traditional lecture, the preceptors guide the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Pezeshki

specializedsupport for customers that fly Boeing aircraft.5 Their division is actively involved withoutsourcing contracts to Russian aerospace firms. He made the point that work that is“boxable”—easily enclosed, and specified—is prone to being outsourced in the present,and more so in the future. If the constraints around the problem are easily identified, thenit can and probably will be shipped overseas to a low-cost engineering services provider.Asked about giving advice to a young engineer about pursuing a career, he advisedcaution regarding the portability of projects. He also cautioned against following currentbusiness practice in revamping the engineering curriculum. Fundamentals will alwaysbe important. Glavin emphasized that the current round of

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ying Tang; Linda Head

establishing programs to encouragemore women to see careers in engineering. From a diversity perspective, these newentrants bring more elegant engineering solutions. This contributes to society resilienceand adaptability, which are particularly important with rapid advancement in technology.It is expected that about 100,000 job opportunities will be available between 2000-2010in the areas of computer hardware, electrical and electronics engineering [3]. However,the current low percentage of representation for women in Electrical & Computerprogram as shown in Fig. 1 (adopted from [4]) will be a major deterrent in precludingthem from the future job market. The development of a diverse talent pool is then animportant national challenge. The College

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yasemin Jones; Elaine Maldonado

toshare real world experiences and offer guidance as students prepare for careers in Page 10.1256.4engineering professions. The mentoring part of the Adjunct Academy will be piloted inspring semester 2005. The goal of the mentoring network will be to provide additional Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationways for our college students to seek guidance and information about their chosenprofession as they progress through their collegiate careers. This informal match makingprocess will allow flexibility

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TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bruce Franke; David Devine

work and activity-based learning; results of integrated curricular experiences; relevant nationally- normed examinations; results of surveys to assess graduate and employer satisfaction with employment, career development, career mobility, and job title; and preparation for continuing education.Furthermore, assessment is a part of university requirements and is found in the IndianaUniversity Purdue University Fort Wayne Strategic Plan2 . The Department of Civil andArchitectural Engineering Technology has an Assessment and Continuous ImprovementPlan3 . This plan has assessment and evaluation procedures that are based in studentevaluations, meetings with Industrial Advisory Committees, accreditation visits by TAC-ABET

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Gilbert; Bradley Jenkins; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

II. Provide educational support for manufacturing and relatemanufacturing sector, the technology courses and programs.Department of Defense, the Society III. Incorporate an active corporate advisory team into all centerof Manufacturing Engineers, the project and activity development activities. IV. Promote manufacturing careers and recognize exemplaryTampa Bay Area Manufacturing manufacturing students and educators.Association, Agree Inc., regional V. Identify and monitor the manufacturing workforce needs.technical education program experts, VI. Support training for an initial regional workforce for newand the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Falkowski

Bringing Members of Industry into the Teaching Profession Sean A. Falkowski University of DaytonWhen coming from industry a new faculty member of engineering technology has manychallenges. The learning environment is enhanced by the faculty member’s experience gained inthe engineering field. Examples from industry can be used in the classroom to bring about a feelfor the applications necessary in engineering and technology. Also brought by this new facultymember are techniques used in professional practice as well as skills needed to survive in theworkplace. But this change of careers can bring new

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ganesh Venayagamoorthy

, “Evolving Digital Circuits Using Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution”, Conference on Neuro-Computing and Evolving Intelligence, Auckland, New Zealand, December 13 – 15, 2004, pp. 71 -73.[13] S. Rajasekaran, G. A. Pai, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Genetic Algorithms, Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN- 81-203-2186-3.AcknowledgmentThe support from the National Science Foundation under CAREER Grant: ECS # 0348221 is gratefullyacknowledged for this work. The author is grateful for the following departments at the University of Missouri-Rollafor offering the experimental course on computational intelligence to their students: Electrical and ComputerEngineering, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kozak

• identifies to you the gaps in your information • allows you to carry out desired changes.4Most professionals give presentations at some point in their careers.5 However, according toOakes, Leone and Gunn, one of the biggest complaints of employers of entry-level engineers islack of communication and presentation skills.4 Therefore, the ability to present informationeffectively in minimal time with maximum impact is a critical success factor.6 As Gaughanstates, reputation, self-image and even a career may be on the line every time an individualpresents.5 Creating a presentation is more than putting text and graphics on slides.5 Jones statesthat a presentation should be high quality, powerful, dynamic, interesting, stimulating,persuasive

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Recruitment and Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Julio Urbina; Hirak Patangia

forEngineering Education (BEE) Program in 2002 through a collaborative effort between the College ofInformation Science and Systems Engineering, and the College of Education. The focus of the BEE grantprogram is to bring together faculties of engineering and education with a view to improving engineeringcontent in K-12 education and also support engineering faculty with educational research innovations inpedagogy. The objective of the UALR BEE grant is to design, develop, and refine a series of ‘thematic’engineering courses to bring engineering education to pre-college educators, education majors, highschool students, and to any other university student who wants to explore engineering as a career path orenhance technological literacy. Educational

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Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; P.K. Imbrie

Cronbach’s coefficient alpha, were: .96, .92,.96, and .94 for Interdependency, Learning, Potency, and Goal-Setting, respectively. Cronbach’scoefficient alpha for the entire scale was .98.Backgr ound The NAE National Research Council Board on Engineering Education, NSF EngineeringEducation Coalition Program, and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [1]Engineering Criteria 2000 ushered in a movement to reshape the engineering curricula. To buildon these pioneering initiatives, new educational pedagogies must be used to develop graduates assuccessful professional contributors and lifelong learners in global, multi-disciplinary markets;be flexible to support diverse career aspirations; be agile to rapidly transform in response

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Web-Based Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Heather Cooper

many students wereable to see the value of remote access in their future careers. However, students were not certainhow the WebCT VistaTM interface enhanced the remote access environment. Long termimplementation of the remote environment will likely need to address these concerns. 5 4.5 4 Median Opinion Score 3.5 3 Many practical applications using Always important to have hands

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jennifer Kang-Mieler

skills and knowledge needed todesign and test the hypotheses and perform data collection and analysis of biologically-basedengineering problems are introduced. Technical communication skills (oral presentation andtechnical paper writing) are an integral part of the class. The emphasis of the course program isto deliver an understanding of the “process” of investigating a problem using the scientificmethod to biomedical engineers, and not focusing on the “correct” answer. The laboratory classprovides hands-on experience in proper laboratory use, experimental design, methodologies, andas well as building communication skills that are needed for careers in the various biomedicalengineering fields.IntroductionStarting a new biomedical engineering

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International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Howell

Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, andComputer Engineering. With close proximity to the headquarters of the world’s topautomotive manufacturers, Lawrence Tech has a strong legacy in AutomotiveEngineering, which is offered as a concentration in its BSME program and at thegraduate (Master of Science in Automotive Engineering) level degrees.Engineering, technology, and advanced manufacturing are becoming increasingly global.Nearly every technical product is designed, engineered, and/or manufactured globally. Atsome point in their career, most of today’s engineering graduates will likely be working Page 10.65.1on projects that require interfacing with

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert McHenry

context of wholes. Therefore, the learning process focuses on primary concepts, not isolated facts. 3. In order to teach well, we must understand the mental models that students use to perceive the world and the assumptions they make to support those models. 4. The purpose of learning is for an individual to construct his or her own meaning, not just memorize the "right" answers and regurgitate someone else's meaning.Since high-tech engineering/engineering technology education is inherently interdisciplinary,with multiple career paths. One of the goals is to build actionable competence in a group ofgraduates. The primary focus of the education processes for this group is to create and evolveeducational processes that enable the