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Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

and society’” as well as “globalization and the relatedinternationalization of enterprise.” As a result, one of the crucial challenges facingengineering educators is the need to train future engineers for careers in a multi-faceted,global community that faces enormous energy and environmental problems (NAE, 2005;2008).Unfortunately, as Carol Del Vitto (2008) points out “university engineering programsoften focus on ‘hard’ technical skills” in spite of the fact that “it is becoming increasinglyevident that in order to compete in a global environment” engineering students mustdevelop “soft skills” that will allow them to understand other cultures and respond to thedemands of the global workplace. Researchers such as Grandin (2006) and Camuti

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Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

AC 2011-1366: COMBINING HANDS-ON DESIGN, ENGINEERING ANAL-YSIS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN A FRESHMAN CIVIL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COURSEJames D. Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringPeter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Peter Tkacik is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering within the Motorsports focus area. His largest area of research is in the engagement of High School Students and early career Engineering College Students through Hands-On learning activities and exciting visual and experiential research programs. Other research activities are related to the details of the visual and experiential

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Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Kane, University of New Hampshire and Cypress Semiconductor; Thadeus Paul Kochanski, Vital Electronics Institute; Andrzej Rucinski, University of New Hampshire

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Electrical and Computer

category of ”transatlantic professors” defining the role of academia in the global education and global engineering era and developing global innovation and tech- nology solutions. He was educated both in Poland and the former Soviet Union and has conducted his academic career in both the United States (University of New Hampshire, USA) and in Europe (France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine). His service has been with high tech industry, NGOs, ranging from the state level (National Infrastructure Institute) to a global level (NATO, United Nations Organization). He is a member of the Executive Committee (Innovation Chair) of the IEEE Computer So- ciety’s Design Automation Technical Committee. He chaired the

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Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Macho, Buffalo State College; Su Wang, China National Institute for Educational Research

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

.” Perhaps themost outrageous comment was “If only the national environment could be changed, it is difficultto apply it extensively. Maybe we are not imaginative and not creative.” Chart 10. What resources do you need to use design as a method of instruction in your school? Pre PostConclusions In demographics, the range of teacher experience was extreme; from newly credentialedteachers to those with exceptionally long and rich careers. As evidenced in Table 1, thereseemed to be an unfortunately common gender bias towards males in science and technology. There was

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DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chao Chen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Carlos Pomalaza-Raez, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Edwin Chobot, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Daniel B. Newby, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Renee Kathleen Chandler, Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, The Johns Hopkins University

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Design in Engineering Education

University, Fort WayneDaniel B Newby, Indiana University, Purdue University, Fort WayneRenee Kathleen Chandler, Purdue University, Fort Wayne Renee is a senior Computer Engineering student at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is excited to graduate in May 2011 and pursue a career in firmware development and embedded systems.Ms. Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh Page 22.433.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Design of a Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network for Energy Management at Home1. IntroductionIn a world of rising energy costs and dwindling

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas; Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas

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College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

. Page 22.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Developing Leadership Attitudes and Skills in Working Adult Technical Graduate Students Research Interview Results with AlumniAbstract Many individuals educated as engineers find their careers take them into management positions. Despite the EAC of ABET program outcome requirements of Criterion 3 for Student Outcomes, few are prepared by their formal education to lead with confidence, and few have been prepared by their companies to develop the skills and attitudes necessary to be good leaders in their organizations. Leaders are needed at all levels in these organizations, not just in

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FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arturo A Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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First-Year Programs

to students early in their careers allows them to connect their current knowledge to engineering applications. The mechanics knowledge gained provides a foundation and motivation to many courses in the mechanical, civil, and industrial engineering curriculum.Then, the authors had to categorize and prioritize the target concepts of the different challenges.This process is illustrated below for the bridge failure challenge:  Concept Map o Engineering Design Process  Role of prototype/model testing and validation o Truss Bridge  Tension  Compression o Prototype Construction and Instrumentation o Teamwork Skills

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They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ruth Wertz P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University Libraries, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

studies, she worked as a micro-opto- electromechanical systems engineer for Texas Instruments. Meagan began working for Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) in the area of teacher professional development in 2009. Meagan is passionate about providing awareness of engineering to K-12 teachers & counselors so that they can inform and advocate this important career to their students. Her research interests include gender equity in the K-12 Classroom, assessment of K-12 engineering education, curriculum development, and teacher professional development.Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Co-Director

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Wayne; Alfred Stiller; Kristine Craven

ofmathematical rigor than previously attempted by freshman in the college. Several studentsformed durable cooperative study groups that were still active at the end of their junior year. Ofthe students who left engineering, several have maintained contact with their freshmanengineering instructor and have expressed that they still employ the team approach, cooperativestudy techniques and learning skills they developed in Freshman Engineering. Perhaps mostsignificantly, after completing this program, several students have demonstrated a strong interestin pursuing a career in higher education, and are actively participating as teaching assistants inthe Freshman Engineering Program. The course described in this publication is primarily the first

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1999 Annual Conference

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Bernd S. W. Schroeder; Jenna Carpenter

precalculus and the remaining 40% start below precalculus. The decision was made to pilot a curriculum with students that are ready for precalculus. The curriculum was to expose students to engineering from the start of and in every term during their college careers. Concurrent classes were to support each other. Intended consequences of better preparation and a streamlined curriculum are higher success and retention rates, higher quality graduates as well as shorter times to graduation. Designing this integrated engineering curriculum is a major undertaking with many features. In this paper we will focus on two of our objectives, namely 1) The introduction of key theoretical concepts “in context”, and 2) The elimination of

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1999 Annual Conference

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Debi Switzer; Siegfried M. Holzer; Richard M. Felder; Douglas E. Hirt

and/or periodic seminars might be offered to teaching assistants andgraduate students contemplating academic careers, covering topics such as addressing differentstudent learning styles, effective lecturing techniques, active and cooperative learning, dealingwith common student problems, and survival skills. Mentorship programs might also bestructured in which graduate students interested in teaching are paired with experienced facultyto complete short teaching experiences and/or to conduct classroom research studies. Finally, asemester-long course on college teaching might be offered for credit.Institutional incentives for improving teaching.Designing and implementing any of these programs on a continuing basis will require asubstantial

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Devault

and by observingothers. By the end of the competition, the better features of the successful robots becameapparent. Some of these were planning ahead and time organization! " [Student final report,1996]."The phrase, let’s do something even if it’s wrong, has a home in robotics. The fact is you aregoing to do something wrong, it’s called learning. The sooner you get started, the sooner youwill discover your errors, and the more time you will have to correct them." [Student finalreport, 1998]."Overall I found this to be the most rewarding experience in my career at K-State, and I think Ilearned a lot about engineering that I never would have in a regular classroom." [Student finalreport, 1997].New DirectionsCurrently, the microcontroller system

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank J. Fronczak; John G. Webster

guide them to seekinformation from the web, a course web page (http://www.engr.wisc.edu/coebin/courses98/get/bme/200/webster/) and other sources, brainstorm for a variety of solutions, select the bestsolution, and develop it. Students e-mail weekly reports to their clients and instructors. A mid-semester oral presentation is videotaped to provide feedback to the students. An end-of-semesterreport and public poster session enhances presentation skills. The succeeding five design coursesbuild on other biomedical engineering courses and include exercises to meet the ABETrequirements. We report on the first students experiencing this novel curriculum designed toprepare them for careers in Biomedical Engineering.I. IntroductionIn the Fall of 1998 a

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1999 Annual Conference

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Nathan W. Scott; M. A. Mannan; H. P. Lee; Brian J. Stone; A. Y. C. Nee

dynamics. The dynamics course has 52 lectures (over 26 weeks) andcovers material from rectilinear motion to forces in mechanisms. Historically this has beenregarded as the hardest first year unit but the introduction of computer based teaching and otherinitiatives [1-6] has seen a significant change in attitude and greatly increased pass rates.It is also relevant to provide some information on the two lecturers involved. Dr H P Lee(NUS) obtained a BA in Engineering Tripos from Cambridge University in 1982. He joined theNational University of Singapore as a Senior Tutor in 1985 and left for further Study inStanford University in 1986. He obtained his MSc and PhD from Stanford University in 1987and 1991 respectively. He resumed his teaching career

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1999 Annual Conference

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L. Davis Clements; John S. Cundiff; Dennis Schulte; George Meyer

. ASAE, St. Joseph, MI.BiographiesJOHN CUNDIFF was a visiting professor at the University of Nebraska from July until December 1998.He began his academic career in 1972 at the University of Georgia. In 1980, he joined the faculty of the BiologicalSystems Engineering Department (formally the Agricultural Engineering Department) at Virginia Tech. His researchinterest is the production, harvest, storage, and delivery of biomass as a feedstock for fuel and chemicals.GEORGE MEYER, professor teaches graduate and undergraduate classes that involve plant and animal growth andenvironmental factors and instrumentation and controls for both agricultural and biological systems engineeringstudents. He has received national recognition for his work in

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Peck; John E. Nydahl

modules and optimization technique throughout their educational careers. Moreimportantly, students leave the course with a sense of accomplishment that they haveindependently integrated various components of experimental design (modeling, numericaluncertainty analysis, experiment execution, and evaluation of results). Page 4.545.8VI. References1. “A Report on the Preparation of and Demand for Engineering Students,” prepared by College of Engineering at University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 1992.2. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, “Engineering Criteria 2000”, available online at http://www.abet.org/EAC/eac2000.htm, 1997.3. “A

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1999 Annual Conference

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Magaly Moreno; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Cynthia Atman

paid; having an engineering 1 – does not strongly hold this belief Engineering degree provides career security 5 – strongly holds this belief Perception of How Engineers Contrib- Belief that engineers contribute to improving the welfare of 1 – does not strongly hold this belief ute to Society society 5 – strongly holds this belief Perception of the Work Engineers Do Considers engineering to be an innovative, respected pro- 1 – does not strongly hold this belief and The Engineering Profession fession. 5 – strongly holds this belief

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John Eby; David Vader; Carl A. Erikson

different from themselves.17 Other studiesshow that participation in service-learning increases student self-confidence, self reliance, senseof self-worth, tolerance and leadership skills. Participation in community service contributes to Page 4.152.5students’ becoming responsible citizens, developing career competencies, and to self-empowerment.18,19,20,21V. Cross-Cultural EngineeringThere are particular reasons for students to be required to cross social, economic and culturalboundaries in service-learning. Messiah College encourages every engineering graduate toembrace the idea of Responsible Engineering. Immersed in a native culture

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2000 Annual Conference

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Andrew N. Hrymak; Donald R. Woods; Heather Wright

; Page 5.110.22. - openness to students: willingness of faculty to help, friendliness and flexibility of faculty.3. - freedom in learning: the degree to which the students feel they have a choice in what they learn and how they learn it;4. - clarity in goals and standards: a degree to which the students feel that the assessment is clearly defined and appropriate; for example, a low rating would be given if the students feel that "professors are more interested in testing what we have memorized than what we have learned."5. - vocational relevance: how pertinent the students perceive the course content to be for their future careers;6

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Hill; Gulcin Cribb; David Radcliffe

groups stated the importance of locating expertise and contact information forcolleagues. They claimed that a critical component of engineering research was keeping up-to-date with breakthroughs and the discoveries of groups undertaking similar research.Two more focus group session were held by The University of Queensland Library to determinethe information needs of high achieving research staff who are at early stages of their careers andtheir post-graduate students. These researchers stated that they felt overwhelmed by the amountof information available and needed to locate reliable information in an efficient andpersonalized manner.These focus group sessions were complemented by a series of workshops held at theAustralasian Association for

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1997 Annual Conference

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Wayne C. Christensen; Robert B. Roemer; Donald S. Bloswick

16factors, safety, reliability, aesthetics, ethics, and social impact." In the curricular content sectionit is also noted that, "An understanding of the ethical, social, economic, and safety considerations 17in engineering practice is essential for a successful engineering career." ABET has proposedEngineering Criteria 2000, to be published in 1998 for a three year phased implementationbeginning in the 1998-99 accreditation cycle. In Criterion 4 (Professional Component) of thisdocument ABET notes that: The curriculum must prepare students for engineering practice culminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Scot Douglass

the“not really there” students, do we feel or think we have taught? The question--“Has the teacher taught if the student hasn’t learned?”--demands its owninterrogation. What does it mean that a student has learned? This is an especially complexquestion when teaching humanities to engineers. One could argue that an English major haslearned if they know all the plot lines, characters, interpretive possibilities, historical allusionsand dates of composition of all the plays by Shakespeare. These facts could be seen as equallyfundamental to his career trajectory as learning the basic equations of algebra or calculus is to theengineer. Perhaps, but our desires as liberal educators of engineers transcend the transfer ofhumanistic content

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Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet; Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

to discriminate on the basis of race or gender, disability,or sexual orientation. There would be far fewer glass ceilings if the law were enforced”.4 Thistype of rhetoric is aimed at removing the “good old boys’ way of doing it”4 and creatingcompetition among all the disparate groups. Wolfinger, Mason and Goulden (2008) suggest that Page 15.1281.3women in academia are hindered by the dual role of child rearing and career, which partiallyexplains the lack of promotion within academia, but this only represents one possible rationaleand these underlying inequities need further research.25The issues facing higher-level administrators in

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Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Silverstein, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

skill.Being able to describe my technical work effectively affects my career 54% 13% 43% 83% -- 4%advancement.It is the responsibility of engineers to communicate technical concepts to 58% 32% 2% 50% 1% 4%people who do not have technical backgrounds or education. Page 15.703.7The surveys also had direct, formative, open-ended questions.In the pre-survey: • List three skills that you want to develop in the current WCC Workshop.In the post-survey: • Name the three things that

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Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Delmer Nicholson, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

design and probably some software. Senior Design has poster presentations and the Tech Expo also, so we will have to know how to do that. I didn’t have much experience in software in Page 15.320.13 embedded systems so that part of the course did not build on anything I have seen before. We will be writing software at some point in our careers, I think.”ConclusionThis junior level course relies heavily on knowledge and skills previously learned in both theanalog and digital electronic sequences at the University of Cincinnati. Only a modest amount ofmechanical construction

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Teaching College Algebra and Using Mathematics Tutoring Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyounkyun Oh, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Sujin Kim, Savannah State University

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Engineering Technology

situation for thelast 3 years. In fact, the numeric data shown in Figure 1 looks somewhat overestimated and itshould stand around the 40 -50 % range when considering students’ abilities. Figure 1. SSU College Algebra Pass RatesSuch deficiency could cause many problems of academic placement, curriculum design,development of student career plans, and etc. In order to solve this issue, many colleges anduniversities have taken the initiative to suggest, develop, adopt, and apply new College Algebraprograms that best fit their learning environments. Some colleges and universities take advantageof modern technology, such as technology based teaching3,4,5, web-based homeworkprogram6,7,8,9,10, online teaching software11, and

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Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Christina White, Columbia University; Kristin Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

innovation process to non-engineers. While there is always room for improvement and evolution, the structure ofthe course provides a starting point for others to use in implementing similar courses. Inparticular, the course rubric in Appendix A lists the major concepts in the class and howthey were evaluated. The signature courses at UT-Austin have allowed students todevelop a closer relationship with faculty early in their academic careers, have exposedthem to topics outside their majors, and have encouraged them to become scholars fromthe day they step foot on campus, fostering a community of self-learners. This courseprovides a framework for integrating instruction in writing and communication skillswith teaching engineering and innovation

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High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Holly Stretz, Tennessee Technological University; Angela McCulley, White County High School; Bridget Pugh, Monterey High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. At the time of writing this paper the legacy cycles have not yet beenfully implemented.The following comments were obtained from the second teacher as informal assessment andthoughts about her RET experience: 1. “Implementation of this legacy cycle in the classroom is expected to have a profound impact on the student perspective of careers in science and engineering. I teach at a small, rural school in Putnam County with a total enrollment of 350 students grades 9-12. Page 15.240.9 Opportunities for furthering education after high school are limited for these students as most of them come from low SES families and

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Design Projects across the Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; James Sakalaukus, University of South Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education

making inroads intosociety in roles such as mowing yards, cleaning houses, assisting the military and providingcompanionship to the elderly1-9. In addition, robots are an excellent way to introduce students atall levels of engineering and computer science education to sophisticated design and researchissues.The University of South Alabama (USA) was fortunate to obtain an NSF grant to develop, buildand test an autonomous tour guide robot, named the JagBot, after the university jaguar mascot.In addition to providing funding for a wide variety of research, the NSF is a staunch advocate ofquality education in American universities. It is increasingly evident in NSF proposalrequirements that the education and preparation of students for careers in

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Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Steven VanderLeest, Calvin College; Paulo Ribeiro, Calvin College; Robert Medema, Calvin College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

different from what was traditionally seen as proper training of an engineer. Thegeneral approach to engineering education has always emphasized the benefits of a broadeducation and its advantages throughout the career of the engineer compared to a narrowengineering education that trains students for entry-level tasks or highly specialized engineeringwork. The adaptability of a broadly educated engineer will help her respond to system-levelchallenges and rapidly evolving technology and thus will set her apart in the 21st century.One of the best ways to enhance a broad engineering education is to complement it withcontextual knowledge which is associated with a liberal arts curriculum. Courses taken in non-technical disciplines help students