Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Yang, Troy High; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

alongwith a writing diagram and a picture. Instructional sheet for each sensor (Fig. 12 though Fig. ) isshown below. Page 12.43.7 Fig. 12 – Ultrasonic Sensor 6Sensor: Ultrasonic RangerDiagram:Principles of Operation: An ultrasonic burst of sound is emitted and reflects off the nearestsolid object. The time it takes for the wave to return is directly proportional to the distance of theobject.Specifications: Range: 2 – 300 cmFeatures: Ultrasonic range sensors offer a relatively wide detection beam and high degree ofsensitivity.How it’s Used: The microcontroller sends out a trigger

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

… If we want to discover whatsomeone knows-in-action, we must put ourselves in a position to observe her in action. If we wantto teach our ‘doing’, then we need to observe ourselves in the doing, reflect on what we observe,describe it, and reflect on our description.Knowledge, skills, attitudes and values are all vital parts of a professional education such asengineering, and combine in an integrated sense to form engineering skills. These engineeringskills are not specific traditional skills, but broader engineering skills such as problem solving ordesign. Skill development in traditional professional education is seen as the progressive,stepwise accumulation of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values. However “practitioners

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Angela Shih, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

computer interactive games. The mainobjective for designing the new hybrid course is to reduce failure rate which is as high as 44%among approximately 800 students who enroll in this course annually in the college ofengineering at Cal Poly, Pomona. In order to measure the effectiveness of the newly developedcourse an assessment tool is needed. The commonly employed tools such as homework, quizzes,and exams that we use in a typical Vector Statics course serve as good indicators of students’understanding about the subject matter we teach and students are tested on; however, these toolsmay not reflect student’s knowledge accurately. For instance, Vector Statics may be aprerequisites course for advanced required courses in engineering, and students

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

experience.One goal is to provide students a service-learning design experience situated in the developingworld so they can explore the technical, economical, environmental and social implications of Page 12.944.3engineering design and construction. 2A second goal is to afford students a cross-cultural learning experience, that is, to prepareengineering students for ethical, reflective, quality service to diverse communities anddemonstrate that social responsibilities of engineers are fundamentally important and addressreal facets of sustainable engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Marchetta, University of Memphis; Edward Perry, University of Memphis

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

assessment. Thisself-administered online tool poses 40 conjectures to the student. Upon completion of theinstrument the student’s learning style is characterized and reported to the student in terms ofeach of the following learning style pairs: ‚ Active vs Reflective Learning Style ‚ Sensing vs Intuitive Learning Style ‚ Page 12.1126.3 Visual vs Verbal Learning Style ‚ Sequential vs Global Learning Style Figure 1. Sample homework assignment using an online learning object.For this study, the Visual vs Verbal learning style was used to compare the learning styles of thestudents populating these courses.Material related to

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Ghodrat Karami, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Fig. Fig. 1. Courses of Mechanics in Engineering Curriculumreview of the basic engineering curriculum from both academic and industrial perspectives 3, 4.This is combined with a new technical realization that understanding the way materials gotogether at the most fundamental level, impacts the final application and properties of structures;reflecting the old material science saw that atomic structure influences properties, whichinfluence material utilization, which influences final design. It appears to the authors that thereis a nexus of communication technology, scientific development and engineering pedagogy thatwould make it auspicious for the incorporation of new approaches to traditional topics

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

anddeliberation upon the students’ entire college learning experience. Students must includewritten reflections on their experiences in building the portfolio and on their experiences incompleting communication assignments. CxC requires these reflections for assessment purposesonly, and does not require them to be made public; however, the students may include thesereflections in the public portion of their portfolio if they wish to do so. Ideally, students willwork on their portfolios throughout their college experiences so that the result is a cumulativefour-year project that serves as a means for reflection and assessment, as well as a supplement toresumes for prospective employers or applications for graduate programs. The first d-portfoliosand

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronan Dunbar, University of Limerick; Seamus Gordon, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

Styles Scale Active/Reflective Sensing/Intuitive Visual/Verbal Sequential/Global 1 27 17 22 11 8 8 20 18 2 24 1 30 7 20 1 24 5 3 15 4 16 1 30 0 16 3 4 5 0 5 0 19 0 7 0 5 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0When grouped into specifics styles, figure 2 illustrates the overall preferential styles of thecohort. This shows a clear preference for the Active, Sensing, Visual and Sequential learningstyles

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

packages. The university model is that PhD students will have multiplesources of support that reflect their progress through the program. Engineering programs andscience programs tend to have slightly different approaches to the timing of such support but theoverall intent is the same. This also reflects the difference between traditional start-points forengineering PhDs compared to science and non-science PhDs. In engineering, the start-pointtends to be at the conclusion of an appropriate prior Master's degree. In the sciences, this tends tobe at the conclusion of an appropriate prior Bachelor's degree with a Master's degree having adifferent status in some of these fields than it does in engineering.In 1990, there was a major change in the

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Henrickson, Harvard University; Rumi Chunara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Iahn Cajigas, HST Division, Harvard and MIT; Heather Gunter, HST Division, Harvard and MIT; Joseph Bonventre, HST Division, Harvard and MIT

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

responses to relevant exam questions following completion of the module wascompared with those who completed the first versions of the module in 2003 and 2004 as well as thosecollected following baseline instruction of this material in 2002. Assessment of the student responses wasperformed using a 56-point rubric and also organized into a 14-point rubric sorted by LearningObjectives. The learning objectives chosen represent fundamental aspects of capillary filtration (oncoticpressure, flow/pressure/resistance relations and glomerular filtration rate determinants). In addition, theexam questions were designed to reflect these objectives. The rubric is designed around demonstration ofessential understanding of the material and assigns credit for

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu S.M. Masud; Don E. Malzahn

graduates will be successful. o This is measured by the percentage of WSU graduates, directly supervised by the supervisor, who are considered to be above average compared to all engineering graduates supervised by the supervisor.IAC MeetingsThe Industrial Advisory Committee provides qualitative assessment of ProgramEducational Objectives through their discussions of summary data presented tothem. • Objective 1: Program graduates will be employed in specified job areas. o This is reflected in comments made by IAC members based on graduates employed in their own organizations. • Objective 2: Program graduates will pursue graduate studies. o Again, this is reflected in IAC member

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

J. Collins

their information, plan and create their Power Pointpresentations. Given the time constraints of summer sessions, more recently theassignment has offered no face-to-face meetings, unless students arrange them on theirown initiative. Communication was conducted via message board, email, and file-sharing. Individually and collectively, all students were to integrate discipline-specificsecondary investigation with science literacy, information literacy, and virtual/face-to-face communication skills, which altogether, support life-long learning.All students were to search for information about how a particular chromatographytechnique/tool is used in their major fields, to write a summary reflecting the subject(chromatography) and the discipline

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

W. Riddell; E. Constans; J. Courtney; K. Dahm; R. Harvey; P. Jansson; M. Simone; P. von Lockette

requirements. In most cases, cranes were able tolift the maximum weight required. A casual observation of the artifacts, and testing of theartifacts suggested that the project was a great success.However, at the sophomore clinic retreat in the summer of 2005, the faculty reflected on thestrengths and weaknesses of the course, as taught in the fall of 2004. This reflection suggestedthat students were not grasping design concepts to the extent that the faculty expected. Whendeveloping the project, the faculty envisioned student teams generating a number of alternativedesigns, optimizing and refining the competing design ideas, identifying the best solution, andfurther refining toward a final, optimal solution. Instead, student teams tended to pick a

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Rei Marzoughi

aswhere the engineering profession sits in relation to this interaction. The intent of both programsis to provide students with the context required to become more well-rounded engineers capableof seeing the complexity of problem-solving so that not all problems appear to be solelytechnical. When reflecting on my education thus far, I am faced with two questions: How well dothese programs deepen our understanding of how technology is influencing human life, societyand the biosphere? Are they successful in helping future engineers adjust design and decision-making to technically execute engineering endeavors but at the same time prevent or greatlyminimize the harmful effects such endeavors may exert on society and the biosphere?These two questions

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Jason Salonga

. If we can tional curricula in teaching conceptual design. Whole courses dedicated to creating and justifyingaccept this similitude, then educators in engineering should benefit from learning about the way design concepts have been developed by Paul Gauvreau, a professor in the Department of Civildesign is taught in the visual arts. With this in mind, this paper reflects on the delivery of art stu- Engineering and NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) De-dio courses and reflects upon its pedagogical value with respect to design in engineering. Fur- sign Chair. Gauvreau is also my academic supervisor. Similar progress has been made at thether, it gives suggestions on how elements of art

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

relationships is similar to classical methods.2. Fuzzy logic as a modeling tool is flexible. Fuzzy reasoning can be simple or complex to predict a unique numerical value for the consequence or predict a classification category of a fuzzy consequence.3. Fuzzy logic inference can be developed from the experience of a human expert. If the relationships between input and output data are well understood, rules can be readily developed to reflect this a priori knowledge. FL can mimic the human thought process to process and predict imprecise results.4. While fuzzy logic is tolerant of imprecise data, its precepts allow convergence to classical sets. Fuzzy logic can model nonlinear functions of arbitrary complexity. Fuzzy systems can

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

prior to any participation.In order to assess the effectiveness of the YESS program, surveys were distributed tocapture self-reported data from the students regarding demographic information,parent/guardian occupations, interest levels in relevant fields, level of understanding inkey content area, measures of confidence in math and science, and expectations for theprogram.Following the alteration of the program in 2004, student attendance began to grow. Theaverage number of students in attendance for each seminar more than doubled from 2003to 2004 and the number of interested teacher and parents in attendance was also on therise. Comments attained from a number of the attendees reflected that the introduction ofthe hands-on activities to

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

higher education, or community service program, and with the community; and (iii) helps foster civic responsibility; and(B) that- (i) is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students, or the educational components of the community service program in which the participants are enrolled; and (ii) provides structured time for the students or participants to reflect on the service experience.Service Learning thus embodies teaching and learning strategies that integrate communityservice with instruction and reflection to enlighten the learning experience, teach civicresponsibility, and strengthen communities. The National Service Learning Clearinghouse [11]provides a timeline for the development of Service

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gunnar Lucko, Catholic University of America; Panagiotis Tsopelas, Catholic University of America; Timothy Garland, Catholic University of America; Rodrigo Gonzalez, Catholic University of America; Thomas Lee, Catholic University of America; Justin Molineaux, Catholic University of America

Tagged Divisions

Construction

the appreciationfor the material that students gain when exposed to a student-centered learning environmentexceeds what traditional teaching is able to achieve. Faculty members take on the role offacilitators to the learning process of the students, set the scope, pose challenges, provideguidance, and be partners to the students. While student-centered learning may at first glanceappear less formal and structured, it is certainly richer in opportunities for students to developtheir own learning styles. At the same time, the teacher is challenged even more than intraditional teaching, as the lessons change from a monologue style to a constructive dialogue.This also poses a higher demand on utilizing assessment techniques that reflect the

Conference Session

Developing Programs for Adult Learners

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Plemmons; Ray Jones, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

project-level capability. Alongwith developing knowledge, performance, and personal competencies, the need for developmentand standardization of project documentation became a central and primary theme for TPMcourse development. PMI and CMMI influences are reflected in the Knowledge andPerformance Learning Model shown in Figure 1. Also, the PMBOK Guide was accepted as aprimary text in all TPM courses. The ability to cross-reference content with the PMBOK Guidewas used as selection criteria of other primary and supporting texts17.Figure 1. Technical Project Management (TPM) Knowledge and Performance Learning ModelInput from IndustryIndustry professionals provided input concerning the needs of their employees and explainedhow the TPM courses could

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Pyke; John Gardner; Marcia Belcheir; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll; Cheryl Schrader

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

corporations.Which of the above students would be deemed a positive measure of student success accordingto both standard indicators? The answer is: only Jim, the student who changed his major tobusiness. Stefano would reflect negatively on the university’s six-year graduation rate. Valeriewould reflect negatively on the freshman persistence (retention) rate, even though she returnedafter her tour of duty. And Lucy wouldn’t count as a success in either statistic, as she transferredin from a community college!Students like Stefano, Valerie and Lucy don’t fit neatly into the traditional model of highereducation where a student completes high school, immediately enters college on a residentialcampus, declares a major, and has adequate academic preparation and

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

descriptions reflect and take into accountthe demands of the respective directive. Concerning the many-facetted character of civilengineering in Europe, this is not very surprising. As an example of the diversity inrecognition of civil engineering qualifications, chapter 3, annex 1 of the 2005 ECCE survey“Civil engineering Profession” 2 describes the different legislation procedures for therecognition and protection of professional titles. – It is obvious that no single civil engineercan exist in Europe when so many different legislation procedures are used.4. Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)Although a cohesion of professional recognition procedures or a common platform for civilengineers will not be found in the immediate

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Figure 1 for a complete listing). In creating the courseABET syllabus for ME 413, the course learning objectives reflected many of these sameobjectives due to the inclusion of the project. The technical book review project therefore can beshown to assist engineering students attain attributes defined through ABET Criterion 3 ProgramOutcomes and Assessment which are challenging to reinforce in a conventionalThermodynamics course. These ABET criterion include (d) regarding teamwork, (g) regardingcommunication, (h) relating to impact of engineering solutions, (i) discussing life-long learning,and (j) regarding knowledge of contemporary issues [13].Resembling the technical book review, the team-based presentation project assigned in ME 680allows

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Debra Larson

given time to reflect upon the activities and are encouraged to fill out theassessment worksheet as the activities occur2. Summer after summer, the ETW participants areoverwhelmingly positive about the workshop – the way its delivered, the quality of eachindividual’s experience, and the interpersonal connections made via small group interactions andone-on-one mentoring. The three demonstration classes delivered by master teachers and thethree lab classes, where each participant teaches, are consistently rated as the most valuableaspects of ETW.Seminar II – Principles of Effective TeachingSeminar II introduces a rigorously developed and frequently referenced two-dimensional modelfor characterizing the range of teaching styles found in college

Conference Session

What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Austin Talley, University of Texas--Austin; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Rachel Kuhr, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

& effect. Focuses on subjective meaning and values. F THINKING FEELING Manner in Which a Person Comes to Conclusions J Focus is on timely, planned decisions. Focus on process oriented decision-making. P JUDGEMENT PERCEPTION3.2. Felder-Soloman’s Index of Learning StylesFelder- Soloman’s Index of Learning Styles24 are composed of four dimensions(active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) (Table 4). Richard M.Felder and Linda K

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Morozov, University of Washington; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

novices offered a greater proportion of factors from thenatural and social frames of reference, versus technical and logistical frames, which indicated arather broad approach the problem. We argue that this may reflect the novices’ relativeinexperience with engineering concepts. While the four experts’ responses differed in terms oftheir representations through a “breadth of problem scoping” coding scheme, two of theresponses echoed a characteristic top-down, breadth-first approach to design. The difference inprotocols presents challenges in comparing expert and novice behavior, and methodologicalissues of collecting less information from a greater number of subjects versus collecting moreinformation from fewer subjects were addressed. Because

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

/building at a higher rate than men. As Felder et al. have argued, allengineering students tend to be visual rather than aural learners, so these differences in definitiondo not necessarily reflect any actual gender differences in learning style.10 Rather, they could bea reflection of gender differences in perception. Furthermore, it is quite interesting that a greaterproportion of men than women included improving humankind in their definitions ofengineering. Considering the weight of women’s development literature that documents theirsocialization as caregivers and connected knowers, we wonder if women engineering studentscontinue to set the study and practice of engineering apart from other activities that they wouldconsider to be in service to

Conference Session

FPD12 -- Novel Approaches to First Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Nancy Lamm, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Joshua Smith, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Widelyread popular press rankings such as US News and World Reports publish graduation rates.Lower rates reflect poorly on an institution. Additionally, the failure to retain students impactsboth an institution’s budget and planning. A student who drops out no longer contributes tuitiondollars. According to Mangold, Bean, Adams, Schwab and Lynch1 “low graduation rates costuniversities scarce resources.” For these reasons and more, colleges and universities have turnedtheir attention to finding ways to retain the students that do enroll.A widely-implemented tactic used to improve retention is the learning community or first-yearseminar course. (For the purposes of this paper, the terms “learning community” and “first-yearseminar” are used

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Percifield, Purdue University; David Bowker, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University; Mi'schita' Henson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

Return to United StatesPre-travel IntensiveOne key aspect of the pre-travel course work was to acknowledge the “American and Purduecultures” and gain perspective on the culture of Greece and specifically the Island of Crete.Native Greek faculty gave presentations on current social, political, educational, and businesssystems; the impact of history on culture and technological development; and provide someinsights as to local cuisine, language, and geography. Students were challenged tocompare/contrast Purdue and United States cultures to Greek culture.Each student was required to maintain a hard copy journal, as well as an on-line journal (Wiki-based) to articulate, reflect on, and synthesize their experiences throughout the four weeks. Thiswas

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronny Veljanovski, Victoria University; Alex Stojcevski, Victoria University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

skills. A final decisionby senior management concluded that PBL will be the teaching and learning style for allengineering programs in the University and initiated a top down approach to change allengineering curriculum. This top down push was similar to that of Aalborg University’s chanceprocess. The decision to change to PBL was made by Aalborg’s senior management and theengineering college5. Reflecting on VU’s change process, there were clear similarities withorganisational literature on change based on Kotter’s model6 and the eight steps totransformation. In semester 1 of 2006, all electrical engineering undergraduate programs werelaunched with a PBL teaching and learning style. Prior to the launch, intensive curriculum designtook place as