Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverlee Kissick; Alysia Starkey; Jung Oh; Judith Collins

, synthesize and think critically. Critical thinking is an essential aspect of databaseproficiency8. Students also need to understand the issues of free speech, censorship, access, andprivacy, the ethical issues surrounding the dissemination, accessibility, and use of information9.As early as the 1930s, Edith Coulter said that libraries should help students be self-reliant in thelibrary by teaching them how to find information10. Self-sufficiency continues to be animportant goal of library instruction because IL is fluid; as technology changes, expertise inreading, writing, critical thinking, visual literacy, mathematics, computers, and research play arole in being information literate.Recently, Abram and Luther11 described today's students as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Christine Masters; Judith Todd

complete an independent research project, within a team-based environment,in a timely manner.1Design and Professional Components SummaryIn addition to identifying the design activities in the curriculum and the senior research projects,Engineering Science graduates must be aware of a variety of less technical yet equally importantissues they will encounter in their working life. ABET describes several of these issues in itsCriterion 4 as professional considerations that include the economic, environmental,sustainability, manufacturability, ethical, health and safety, social, and political aspects of theengineering profession.2 In addition, students must be made aware that an increasing proportionof engineering practice takes place on a global

Conference Session

Program Level Assessment

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Constantin Chassapis; Hamid Hadim; Kishore Pochiraju; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard; David Vaccari

professionalism in their work. Outcome 7 (Leadership) the ability to assume leadership roles. d Outcome 8 (Teamwork) the ability to function on teams. d (Communication) the ability to communicate effectively and Outcome 9 g persuasively.III. World View and Personal Development (Ethics and morals) a critical understanding of ethical and moral Outcome 10 f systems in a social context. (Contemporary Issues) a

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tan-Yu Lee; John Dantzler; Robert Leland; Jim Richardson

involved several math concepts integrated intoa single problem. Students were also assigned problems in Schaum’s Outline on Precalculus13for math review.The ABET description of the course includes ethics. We focused on cheating as an issue ofimmediate relevance to the students. The students worked in groups and came up with how theywould respond in different situations in which they experienced peer pressure to cheat. Somestudents were very honest and said they would not try to stop another student from cheating.Given the research indicating that engineers who cheat as students are more likely to engage inunethical behavior in the workplace, we felt this was a good treatment of ethics for freshmen4.Students in the course received both instruction

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Ressler

strategy for achieving thisvision developed, it became apparent that the policy should more broadly address the academicprerequisites for professional practice and licensure, rather than focusing only on the attainmentof a specific academic degree. Hence, in October 2001, the ASCE Board adopted a modifiedversion of Policy 465, indicating that ASCE “supports the concept of the master’s degree orequivalent as a prerequisite for licensure and the practice of civil engineering at the professionallevel.”Charged with implementing Policy 465, the ASCE Committee on Academic Prerequisites forProfessional Practice (CAP3) began by considering the three fundamental characteristics of aprofession—an ethic of professional service, a professional organization

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

Materials Engineering Student Survey - Design, Analysis and TestComponents1 What is your gender?2 What is your ethic background?3 How many MME Laboratory Courses have you taken?4 Have you taken EML 3126 Transport Phenomena?4 Have you taken EML 4140 Heat Transfer?5 Have you taken EML 4706 Design of Fluid/Thermal Systems?6 Have you taken any or plan to take any HVAC courses?7 Rate the balance of subject matter in the MME curriculum (check the one that you agree with the most).8 Fluid Mechanics is a more complex subject than Structural Mechanics?9 Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics are more complex subjects than Structural Mechanics? Students prefer Structural Mechanics over

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susanne Green; Michele Auzenne; Chris Burnham; Ricardo Jacquez

, ageneral engineering class, general chemistry, engineering ethics, and introduction to engineeringdesign. The cluster sequence is designed to integrate the coursework to ensure that during thefirst year students develop a strong foundation in algebra, writing and problem solving skills, andengineering analysis and design. The instructors of the cluster courses meet regularly to shareinsights about the progress of the students and to coordinate activities in ways designed toimprove student learning in all the courses. An assessment team has also developed a writing-based testing instrument to assess the attitudes of the students toward the cluster interventionprogram. This paper reviews the experience with the cluster and the impact of this effort

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

José O Valderrama; Carolina Ponce; Zenaida Otero Gephardt

that includes a strong liberal artscomponent and communication results in more creative engineers with solid ethics and a trueunderstanding of how their work impacts the community. The community that engineers servehas become broader and more diverse with time. There is very little engineering work today thatdoes not have a global impact. This has resulted in a stronger need to include a globalcomponent in engineering education. In recognition of this increasing need, Rowan Universityhas recently established an International Center with the understanding that we all gain when welearn from each other and not simply export technology to less developed countries. The

Conference Session

Transitioning to an Academic Career

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Dunn

10.1357.2found in a standard book on icebreakers. I brought in the Chief Engineer of the MDOT to Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationdiscuss engineering ethics with the class. The second part covered basics on scheduling and costestimating. I emphasized that as project managers, engineers need to have a sense of scheduleand cost. Brief class exercises demonstrated how to use standard cost guides such as RS Meansand to develop small schedules using PERT diagrams. The third part consisted of developingproposals that would be used in the spring senior capstone project. The second course that I developed was

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Falkowski

anengineering technology classroom. Students appreciate the ability of theses faculty members todevelop current practices and bring them into the classroom, allowing students to gain the latest Page 10.275.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Educationknowledge in engineering techniques. These techniques extend from the current technicalexpertise to engineering ethics and finally to communications in the workplace.Not having formal teaching education, these new faculty can be at a disadvantage in theclassroom

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

ofretention. The first strategy involves requiring students to pass an end-of-year exam thatincludes all completed subjects. Students failing the exam are required to enroll in a one creditreview class. If they do not pass this class, they must transfer to a non-engineering major. End-of-year exams cover: mathematics, chemistry, ethics, computer programming, engineeringeconomics, and eight engineering science subject areas. The second strategy involvesmaintaining student proficiencies in written, graphic and oral communication skills which are notincluded in the end-of-year exam. The department has developed standards to which thestudents must adhere in all classes throughout their tenure. Work not meeting thecommunication standards is returned for

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

by 20 instructors. Each section met for two 50-minute sessions weekly.Engineering Exploration, EngE 1024, provides an introduction to the engineering profession.The course focuses on an introduction to and application of the design process and teamwork,applying the scientific method to problem solving, graphing numeric data and deriving simpleempirical functions, developing and implementing algorithms, and professional ethics. In thefall 2004 offering, Object Oriented Programming was introduced through ALICE, a graphicsbased object oriented programming language, available free from Carnegie Mellon University(www.alice.org).28 During the semester, students completed three group (typically 4 students pergroup) design projects. For projects A

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

offering a wide variety ofoff campus and online courses.The mission of Bluefield State College is to provide students an affordable, universallyaccessible opportunity for public higher education. The college demonstrates its commitment toundergraduate education by providing a dedicated faculty and staff, quality educationalprograms, and strong student support services in a caring environment. All programs aredesigned to promote the student’s intellectual, personal, ethical, and cultural development. As ahistorically black institution, Bluefield State College prepares students for challenging careers,graduate study, informed citizenship, community involvement, and public service in an ever-changing global society. The college serves the citizens of

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

S. C. York; Tamara Knott

economics, technical communications, ethics, and other engineering topics. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationDesign-build projects, which require a prototype to be built, better demonstrate the engineeringdesign process, necessitate more student teamwork and planning, and tend to make studentdesigns more realistic. Students find the design-build experience even more satisfying when itculminates in a prototype contest or competition. Such course or even better school-widecompetitions generate student enthusiasm and allow the truly exceptional student teams to shinein front of their peers. Many

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Phillip Wankat

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

rejoinUNESCO after an 18 year absence, the Word Federation of Engineering Organizations(WFEO) Moved in October 2003 to establish a new Standing Committee on CapacityBuilding, with the United States as the host of the international organization. Theactivities of the new Committee will include:• Providing pathways for the technical and professional societies of the developedworld to make their expertise available to engineers in the developing world – includingtechnical publications, conferences, codes of practice, and ethics• Utilizing state-of-the-art distance learning technology to deliver neededinformation and interactions to engineers and engineering educators in developingcountries• Strengthening engineering education, both initial

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Bertoline; Dennis Depew

its social, ethical, and environmental issues. He proposes abandoning theold paradigm of research versus teaching for the following new paradigm: faculty should beengaged in the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. By embracingthese four general views of scholarship, Boyer is challenging us to enlarge our perspective of thepriorities of the professoriate.The scholarship of application, which is closely related to what we would call "service", must beclosely related to one's own field of expertise and relates acquired knowledge to the largercommunity. Boyer contends that application need not always follow discovery- the act ofapplication can and should initiate new discovery. The scholarship of application, which

Conference Session

BME Research and Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gassert; Lisa Milkowski

desired needs within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, andsustainability.”[2] Based on these criteria, there must be an assessment process in place todemonstrate that students have this ability and that the program is using that assessment toimprove the curriculum.The faculty at MSOE have been assessing a student’s ability to design a product, system, orservice based upon “knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporatingappropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints” as defined in and byABET Criteria Three and Four. However, the MSOE faculty believe that a student morethoroughly practices and achieves the design

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

8. Critical thinking 9. Results oriented 10. Deadline driven 11. Statistics including SPC &DOE 12. Interpersonal skills 13. Problem solving 14. Attention to details 15. Ethics 16. Know where to find /researchThe next stage of this road map process is the creation of a document that enables us tocompile all relevant information into a single page. This would then be communicatedwith the upper administration of the university. The approach suggested by our IABchair, Phil Vaney, was the creation of a Strategy Map. A Strategy Map is a diagram thatdescribes how an organization creates value by connecting

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

model for modern educationshould focus on optimized knowledge management to maintain and balance two major types oftechnology and engineering knowledge: o tacit knowledge (technology and engineering expertise; design; know-how; engineering ethics, engineering values, and cultural aspects of technology and engineering profession; skills and collaborative teaming) and o explicit knowledge (technology and engineering fundamentals, major contributions to the particular field of engineering profession, technology and engineering standards, patents, established practices and successful engineering developments). Knowledge Management for Technology and Engineering

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert McHenry

method as a purposeful, deliberate and systematic practice for innovation and entrepreneurship, driven by an engineering ethic and responsible professional leadership for improvement and betterment, responsive to real-world needs.” 4These new definitions of engineering and technology has cleared the way for specifying thedifferentiating characteristics that are needed in reshaping professional engineering education tobetter meet the needs of the U.S. engineering workforce across the spectrum, with particularfocus on industry. Clear distinctions can now be made between the aims of research-basededucation for academic scientific research and those of professional education for creativeengineering practice and leadership of

Conference Session

A Century of College Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

. Page 10.221.2 3. an ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs. 4. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. 5. an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. 6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. 7. an ability to communicate effectively. 8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context. 9. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning. 10. a knowledge of contemporary issues. 11. an ability to understand the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. 12. an ability to apply knowledge in a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christine Kelly

regulatory issues, including pre-clinical and clinicalprotocols, proper documentation, and good manufacturing practices”. The students’ self ratingwas on a scale of one to six, where one represented “not competent”, and six represented“completely competent”. Graduating students in 2003 and 2004 gave an average self rating of4.1 and 4.3, respectively. Many of these students referred to discussions of clinical protocols intheir ethics course as evidence for their competency, perhaps not realizing the extent ofregulatory issues of importance. The first cohort of students to take this course rated theircompetency in program outcome p with an average of 4.8, a significant increase over theprevious two years.Private Sector EvaluationThe course content

Conference Session

International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Harby; Yuyi Lin

ethical responsibility;5. Students are able to engage in life-long learning necessary to advance professionally through continuing education and training;6. Students can succeed in graduate studies in mechanical engineering or a related field if pursued.Some of these objectives may be emphasized to different degrees depending on the program,for example, the importance in an undergraduate program to prepare its undergraduate studentsfor graduate study. However, all of these qualities are obviously desirable for graduating studentengineers to have. The authors will first examine current practices that may be helpful orproblematic for achieving these educational objectives. Potential solutions will be presentedwith each identified problem.In

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

couldn’t chooseto be on teams with their best friends. “Brotherhood” among Arabs means loving their friends “forAllah,” in a cheerful, gentle, and kindly way [1]. We soon discovered that friendship in the Arabworld also meant extreme and unconditional loyalty. That loyalty even went so far as never refusinga request, no matter what the request. It is not uncommon for Arab students to copy the work of a“friend” or to help a “friend” by supplying examination answers. The Western idea of cheating wasnew to our students, and led to many discussions about how best to “help” their “friends” discovertheir own solutions to problems. Engineering ethics is explored in STEPS II, and the students aregiven case studies to evaluate. Respect and loyalty are

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

students practice them in a “semi- professional” setting. Written communication, project planning, ethical decision-making and collaborative problem-solving are the essential “soft skills” required for success in any professional engineer. The freshman program at Bucknell University, for example, has students create an ADA-compliant project proposal for the university. This experience impresses upon the Page 10.1194.2 students the importance of making sound technical suggestions and being able to present the required information to persuade (often non-technical) decision makers about ethically

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; Barbara Masi; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

it can offer awide variety of pedagogical benefits, including improved understanding of course material,increased motivation for learning subject material, and enhanced appreciation for the ethical roleand implications of their profession1.At MIT, service learning was first used deliberately in a mechanical engineering class in thespring of 2002, and since then has been implemented in a few mechanical engineering subjects,all in design and manufacturing subject areas. Written post-surveys given to students followingthree of the classes and informal conversations show mixed success. On average, studentsreported that they found service learning worthwhile, and benefited through improvedinteractions with their peers and instructors, motivation

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jameson Wetmore

. Page 10.944.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Bibliography1 Mike W. Martin and Roland Schinzinger, “Engineering as Social Experimentation,” in Deborah G. Johnson, ed., Ethical Issues in Engineering (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1991), pp. 196–209.2 Bob Knotts, “Agency Gets Real About the Air Bag,” South Florida Sun-Sentinel, December 20, 1992, pp.1G, 2G.3 Lisa K. Sullivan and Jerome M. Kossar, Air Bag Deployment Characteristics, Final Report, NHTSA, Washington, D.C., February 1992.4 John Jacobus, Mechanical Engineer

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

Thoughts Ethics and Morality Basics of Law Physical Education Physical Education Foreign English Level I English Level II Language Computer Computer Literature C Programming Math and Advanced Mathematics I Advanced Mathematics II Sciences College Physics Linear Algebra electronics None None General Engineering Drafting Engineering Drafting Engineering Practical None

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ChE Department and Faculty Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

: • Word processor • Spreadsheet • Presentation software Page 10.493.6 • Process Simulation softwareProceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education • Mathematics software • Engineering software • Email and Internet resources. 6. Maintain and practice with the highest standards of ethics and integrity. Students are encouraged to develop and maintain a reputation of integrity. Students will be made familiar with ethical issues within the engineering