Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Kristine Craven, Tennessee Technological University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Corinne Darvennes, Tennessee Technological University; Alison Wachs, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assessedon the EAF form.Another factor influencing the development of the EAF survey form was the plan to use highschool students as observers. Because the observers were not knowledgeable researchers andwould have only minimal training, it was important to keep the form as simple as possible.Survey Form and Observer Orientation. A two-page survey observation form was developed,along with an instruction sheet. Prior to the opening session on the morning of EAF, eachobserver received a folder with the survey form for the day’s activities and the instruction sheet,which included a completed example form. A brief explanation was given, and observers hadtime to ask questions. The orientation session was conducted several times as the volunteerobservers

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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First-Year Programs

to earn a minimum gpa of 3.0 in these 28 credits of coursework, with nograde lower than a C-, in order to move into one of the pre-professional programs in engineering.This gpa was chosen to demonstrate the strong foundation in math and science required tosucceed in engineering, as well as a commitment to university studies. It also equates to theminimum required math and science performance of students in this level of coursework fordirect admission into the pre-professional engineering program. The program is designed to becompleted in a single, full-time academic year (2 to 3 semesters). Part-time students areencouraged to work with the Engineering Bridge advisor to develop a plan of work that allowsthem to progress through the Bridge

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Kirk Schulz, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

etiquette and American customs that others may take forgranted.What They Don’t Tell You in Graduate School – Academic ParentingProvide planning, expectations, and guidelinesAs an advisor, it is important to develop clear guidelines and expectations for students.Appendix A gives some guidelines one of the co-authors has used with her graduate students.By putting this information in writing and providing it to the students, this helps the graduatestudents to understand more clearly what is expected of them. Similar documents can bedeveloped for journal paper preparation or other common tasks associated with your researchprogram.Be Patient – Students take time to developIt is especially important to be patient with new graduate students who are just

Conference Session

FPD12 -- Novel Approaches to First Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia Wigal, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ignatius Fomunung, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Edwin Foster, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Ronald Goulet, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

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First-Year Programs

future student learning and industry and society needs.Ignatius Fomunung, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Ignatius W. Fomunung received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is presently an associate professor of engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). His primary areas of interest and expertise include transportation-air quality planning and analysis, application of advanced technologies in transportation, and the development of clean alternative fuels and energy sources. Dr Fomunung is an ExCEED (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Fellow.Edwin Foster, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Edwin P. Foster, PhD, P.E

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

instructive”, and “It would help to go over in lab a few more of the GUI objects,specifically the radio buttons and button groups”. 3. Course renovation for DSP and/or FPGA implementation using MatlabThis section provides a brief explanation of the on-going plan for course renovations in the EEcurriculum at EWU. The overarching goal is to incorporate a method to go from system leveldesign to real implementation of either a logic circuit or a signal processing algorithm. Many EEcourses are based on thorough understanding of theory. For instance, some classes, such as DSP,Digital Communication, and Digital Feedback Control, rely on deep theoretical understandingbefore undertaking the task of merging theory into practice. Much of the theory in those

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Gary Stewardson, Utah State University

Page 12.852.2teaching of manufacturing engineering and technology courses that involves numerous real-world examples and applications. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) requires that graduates of manufacturing programs must receive and demonstrateproficiency in laboratory experiences 15. Specifically, ABET 2000 states, “graduates must beable to measure manufacturing process variables in a manufacturing laboratory and maketechnical inferences about the process.”Moreover, under the umbrella of its Manufacturing Education Plan (MEP), the Society ofManufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation is making an aggressive push with NorthAmerican industry and universities and colleges to ensure that new graduates acquire

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulas Toros, University of Florida; George Younis, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

Basic English. 4METU undergraduate program degreeThe civil engineering program at METU is a four-year program based on two 16-week semesters Page 12.358.4including the registration and final examination period, and one five-week summer semester peryear. The student must take classes based on predetermined course plans. In the second year ofthe program, students must select a non-technical elective course per semester, and one non-technical elective in the first semester of the fourth year. Seven technical electives must beselected in the fourth year of the program, along with a free elective course. Four out of seventechnical courses must be in the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Corrie Clark, University of Michigan; Robert Sulewski, University of Michigan; John Wolfe, Limno-Tech, Inc

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Design in Engineering Education

interim reports (aimed at benchmarking progress). The students again have the opportunity to submit a draft project report for a preliminary grade, which can be improved upon by incorporating comments from all four lecturers. The final projects are presented to a professional audience, including UM plant operations, UM facilities planning, and the adjunct lecturers from industry (consultants). Communication incorporates the following elements: technical presentations, public presentations, technical reports, and essay. Page 12.1131.5Course Content and Illustrative ExamplesOver the last three years, up to sixteen teams of

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Thomas Johnson, Besam Entrance Solutions; Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour-Legrand; Dean Nestvogel, Pass and Seymour-Legrand

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Engineering Management

the two options (Chopper Bike and Racing Bike) as shown inFigure 3. Chopper Bike Racing BikeFigure 3. Product line optionsScenario 4. Production Line OptimizationYou have visited the bicycle manufacturing operations in Charlotte (Figure 4) to start theproduction planning for you new product and found a very traditional departmentalsystem with large work-in-process (WIP) queues and long lead times. This plant’sprimary function is to produce frames and forks, and to assemble with outsourcedcomponents, creating a completed and boxed bicycle. There are no formal instructions orcommunication systems for managing the operations. All personnel work at their ownrate and quality is suspect. Your responsibility is to transform

Conference Session

An International Perspective

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasmik Gharibyan, California Polytechnic State University

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Women in Engineering

this paper we present some of the data,observations, and findings of the study; additional results of the first (Armenian) phase of thestudy can be found in a separate paper6.The investigation is ongoing (we plan to research more than one former soviet republic), andtherefore it is early to make final conclusions; however, the results obtained so far are significantenough to be presented at this time.Armenia, the Target CountryNote: All facts and statements in this section are taken from reliable official web sites7-10.Armenia (short for Republic of Armenia) is one of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union(USSR). It covers an area of 29,800 square kilometers (slightly smaller than Maryland) and islocated in the Southern Caucasus between

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

20 Figure 1. Numbers of Senior Projects by Year.The Characteristics of the ProjectsVirtually any topic is accepted that integrates the use of two or more of the technical courses inthe BS-degree program of the student. The students have tackled a broad range of projects. Thebest way to describe them is simply to give the names of the projects over the last two yearswithout associating them with the students’ employers for proprietary reasons. It is obviousfrom the project titles that designs, analyses, production plans, and studies of a professional levelwere being entrusted to the students. The Design and Analysis of Front Frame Reinforcements The Design of New Mounts for Larger Sleeper Cabs

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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International

at least a full year at URI,completing graduate-level courses and a thesis. While URI accepts six of thenecessary 24 course credits from Braunschweig as transfer credits, Braunschweigin turn allows its students to transfer the URI credits back home, and bothinstitutions accept and recognize the thesis, which is written in English. In mostcases, therefore, the result of the year in Rhode Island is the simultaneouscompletion of both degrees.The Dual Degree Masters Program was intended to create a two-way flow ofgraduate students by making it equally attractive for URI students to complete theGerman Diplom with the URI MS degree. The plan calls for URI students tocomplete their required MS coursework at URI in year one and then to spend

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Aerospace

Announcement of Opportunity. The class incorporates subsystem lectures and studentpresentations with the goal of imparting a systems engineering view to the design of a spacecraftwithout attempting to teach systems engineering. Strengths and weaknesses of a classroomapproach to developing competence in the subject matter are discussed. Similarities anddifferences between the experience of a classroom environment are contrasted to the StudentNitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) student spacecraft build. Plans for expanding the class to includethe study of a future NASA/ESA mission are reviewed.The approach for designing a spacecraft, and the knowledge of process and procedures needed todo so, have been developed from experiences gained from trial-and-error

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

construction was designed with classrooms side by side with the laboratory.This was part of the planning decision during the design phase of the building to support theintegrated lecture lab format in the WSOE at FGCU. Perhaps with the completion of the buildingsuch assignments could be attempted. In addition, integrated lecture lab does not eliminate theconventional format “long lab”, especially when deemed necessary. Instead it promotes a directconnection between the lecture and the laboratory experiment at all times possible. Figure 4. Student’s perspective of integrated lab (IL) i

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Management

, Options a. trough g.) and the second one is in a traditional physical classroom setting, how likely is it that you would register in the “Online Virtual Reality”-based course if the Traditional course content is more interesting?Answer the following questions if You are NOT a student of the Engineering ManagementProgramEngineering Management Program offers curriculum that aims to provide decision making,systems optimization, project management, quality control and management, forecasting,product and process design, simulation, and other planning skills primarily to students withtechnical/engineering backgrounds.14. Did you take any Engineering Management courses before? a) Yes b) No15. If you did not take any Engineering Management

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

was designed and built as a bluecoffee mug, with objects like pens and rulers with bright colors attached to it. Thus, the odd scaleof familiar objects positioned in the museum context along with the use of bright colors arestrategically planned in the design scheme in order to direct visitor attention and interest to theexhibit kiosk, which can be seen as the first step of facilitating knowledge acquisition.In addition, the “notebook” and the “coffee mug with pens” recall the products that come intoexistence as a result of engineering design and manufacturing processes, which is conveyed inthe Design Game. This also provides a necessary connection in children’s mind betweenconsumer products and processes that bring these products into

Conference Session

Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Salahuddin Qazi, SUNY Institute of Technology; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

/applicationsinclude titanium dioxide nanoparticles in sunscreen, cosmetics and food products (usage ofnonoparticles as additives to existing consumer products); silver nanoparticles in foodpackaging, clothing, disinfectants and household appliances; zinc oxide nanoparticles insunscreen and cosmetics, surface coatings, paints and outdoor furniture varnishes; andcerium oxide nanoparticles as a fuel catalyst (exploitation of surface characteristics ofnanoparticles to improve chemical reactions and interfacial bonding). The relatively shortlist of actual applications of nanotechnology indicates that further research is needed todiversify the utilization of this technology.Ongoing and planned R&D is focused on the development of new products such asoptically

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

compare designs for a virtual assembly line. The AALD environment isdescribed in detail in the Activities section of this report and will be evaluated in the next year ofthis project, both by students for instructional effectiveness and by expert system integrationengineers for fidelity and accuracy.Future DirectionsPossible future directions include: • Continued analysis of the interview and think-aloud data that we have collected thus far. Although the data collection conditions were less than ideal, the interview data are very detailed and provide a rich source of information about the system integration industry. We plan to analyze data from the airline passenger seat and truck frame assembly line design exercises to

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Andrew Watchorn, National Instruments; John DeBusscher, University of Michigan

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

hands-on skills and intuition. The set of Virtual Instruments presented here Page 13.100.2embraces the contents of standard introductory courses – from DC measurements of volt-ampcurves to transient responses of circuits and their transfer functions. Noteworthy, it includesseveral unique tools for teaching the key concepts.With minor adjustments of the software, these Virtual Instruments can be used at many otherschools on various types of standard instruments, for which LabVIEW drivers are available.In section 2, hardware and software are briefly discussed, along with the strategic plan for theirdevelopment. Sections 3 – 6 are focused on the

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, Michigan Technological University; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

. Table 4 summarizes thehypotheses and our assessment plan toward each.TABLE 4: Summary of Assessment Strategy. Instruments that will be developed during theproposed research are indicated by .Transformational learning practices and peer-to-peer networks:Hypothesis 1: Enable Implementation of sustainable practicesevidenced by assessed through1. students’ advanced Comparison of performance of partner universities understanding of connections students to control cohort performance between engineering solutions direct measure of understanding and global issues2. students utilizing peer-to-peer Student questionnaire networks to implement effective direct measure of students

Conference Session

Software Engineering Course Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

European countries by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. Acharya has a M.Eng. in Computer Technology and a D.Eng. in Computer Science and Information Management with a concentration in knowledge discovery, both from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering and Development (Verification & Validation), Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Neural Networks and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co-author of “Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals- 2nd Ed

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus; Kathy Bradley, MotoTron, Inc; Eric Bradley, MotoTron, Inc

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Engineering Technology

observationsof the evaluator. Highlights of his comments included the leadership shown by the only girl – ahigh school girl – involved in the competition; the outstanding performance of the team from theComputer & Information Technology department of the Purdue University College ofTechnology in Columbus; the challenge of programming this robot compared to the LEGOMindstorms robot; and, that the teams recognized that the accuracy of the GPS was the mostcritical item in guiding the vehicle.ConclusionsWhile the competition did not occur exactly as planned, everyone considered the effortworthwhile. More than 20 students from a university, community college and high school cametogether to learn how to build a control system for a robotic vehicle. The

Conference Session

Impact Student Success

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Frempong, State University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

(ASS)15 Meteorological Satellite Service (MSS)16 Space Operation Service (SOS)17 Space Research Service (SRS)18 Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) Frequency Allocations for Satellite Services: Allocating frequencies to satellite services is a complicated process, which requires international coordination and planning. This is carried out under the auspices of the International Telecommunications Union. To facilitate frequency planning, the world is divided into three regions: Region 1: Europe, Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia. Region 2: North and South America and Greenland. Region 3: Asia (excluding Region 1 areas), Australia, and the southwest Pacific. 15 Other satellite

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

expectation and the thirdproject (MATLAB research project) has a demonstrably higher expectation for the graduatestudents. Page 13.747.4Because of the perceived inherent value of, and the time devoted to, these three individualizedassignments and the resulting diversity that the whole class receives, very few traditionalhomework problem assignments are used. For example, in fall 2007, there were only tenhomework problems assigned during the entire course.Simulated Corporate Business EnvironmentSince the enrollment comprises mostly students who are planning to graduate that year, they arebecoming tired of the routine of lectures, homework, tests and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Fleischmann, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Daniel Pickles, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Ethics

our characters good orbad.”2 Discussion of engineering ethics is not only beyond the scope of the course, but itwould not be appropriate as a majority of the course’s students are not engineers.To meet ABET criterion 3f, each engineering major has found it necessary to supplementthis classical ethics theory with additional instruction on professional ethics. In the past,this instruction was usually accomplished during several lectures within each major’ssenior capstone design course. Typically the lesson plans were discussions focused onthe Code of Ethics associated with each major’s professional society and the NationalSociety of Professional Engineers. However, depending upon the knowledge, interest oreven class time available to the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Elliot Douglas, University of Florida; Olivia Graeve, University of Nevada-Reno

certain metal from a given set of choices based on themechanical properties, low temperature failure mechanism, and corrosive properties.Students create an engineering memo for the oil company which includes detailedinformation about the metal’s crystal structure, slip systems, and mechanical andcorrosive properties. Worksheets are designed to guide the students through learningabout crystal structure, Miller indices, slip plans and directions, the Galvanic series,tensile test, and Charpy impact test. Resources for the lab instructors include lecturenotes and overheads to teach the fundamental concepts. The module also contains activeexercises to teach the students how to paraphrase and not plagiarize, structure anexecutive summary, and edit

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; James Hyder, Intel; Michael Lesiecki, MCCCD; Thomas McGlew, Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center

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Engineering Technology

massiveimplications for changes in program content and structure so the intent of this paper is tolayout the issues and promote wide-ranging discussion that will lead to a community ofinterest to support all relevant program change initiatives. The authors represent a rangeof academic, publishing and industry interests but they have a common commitment tounderstanding the change agents that should drive curriculum planning. It has been arecurring theme at past ASEE conferences 1, 2 and this paper is intended to furtherstimulate the dialog but more from the perspective of 2-year colleges. Page 13.1269.2There are two commonly used techniques that can help. The first

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Roger Parsons, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rachel McCord, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; J. Elaine Seat, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Thomas Scott, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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First-Year Programs

do with lifestyle orientation. This preference has perhapsthe least descriptive names, because it has nothing to do with being judgmental orperceptive. Judgers are scheduled. They prefer life to be planned and orderly. Theydon’t like change, and are anxious to get things executed and finished. They aredependable and responsible. Perceivers are spontaneous, flexible and adaptable. In fact,they won’t make a decision until the very last minute so that they can gather all theiroptions and make the best decision. Page 13.314.12The Myers-Briggs TypesThe Myers-Briggs Types are made up of combinations of the preferences, one for eachpreference continuum

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Kohlmyer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marcus Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

from the M&I collaboration effort (see Acknowledgements) was used tosupplement the professor’s summer salary. Reactions from these faculty members to M&I hasbeen very positive, and other faculty members have expressed interest in trying the curriculum.We plan to use this apprenticeship model, including the co-teaching approach, in futuresemesters. Table 1. Expansion of M&I sections. M&I Intro Physics I M&I Intro Physics II Semester (mechanics) (electromagnetism) Summer 06 1 section, 40 students None Fall 06 1 section, 120 students 1 section, 45 students Spring

Conference Session

Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Loren Connell, Rowan University; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

). 4 3 2 1 1. Formulates Can easily convert Forms workable Has difficulty in Has difficulty appropriate solution word problems to strategies, but may planning an getting beyond the strategies equations. Sees not be optimal. approach. Tends to given unless what must be done Occasional reliance leave some directly instructed on brute force problems unsolved 2. Identifies relevant Consistently uses Ultimately identifies Identifies some Cannot identify and principles