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Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clifton Kussmaul

; Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for EngineeringBibliography 1. Bagert, D., J. Gregory, S Mengel, and L Heinze. Engineering education innovation with software engineering projects. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Boston, MA, 2000. 2. Bass, L., P. Clements, and R. Kazman. Software Architecture in Practice, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley, 2003. 3. Boehm. B. A spiral model of development and enhancement. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes 11(4):14-24, 1986. 4. Brooks, F. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. Addison-Wesley, 1995. 5. Bugzilla Bug Tracking System. http://www.bugzilla.org. 6. Clements, P., and L. Northrop. Software Product Lines: Practices

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Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

Copyrightø2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Bibliographical Information1. Burgess, L. A. and Strong, S. D., Trends in Online Education: Case Study at Southwest Missouri State University. Journal of Industrial Technology, 19 (3), http://www.nait.org/jit/Articles/burgess041403.pdf, 2003.2. Clyburn, W. W. and Johnson W. C., A Status Report on the Use of Distance Learning in Industrial Technology. Journal of Industrial Technology, 17 (3), http://www.nait.org/jit/Articles/clyburn051601.pdf, 2001.3. Schmidt, E. K. and Gallegos, A., Distance Learning: Issues and Concerns of Distance Learners. Journal of Industrial Technology, 17 (3), http://www.nait.org/jit/Articles/schmidt041801.pdf, 2001.4. Smallwood

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ahmet Zeytinci; Philip Brach

:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The following are special requirements the Laboratory Fellow must meet in addition to theminimum criteria for Laboratory Fellows (e.g., specific course(s) completed, special skills(s),etc.).____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 9.595.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAppendix-1 Xerox Fellows Application (continued

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kukulka

. Their industry-sponsored project requires the student to participate in a small team that designs, builds, tests,analyzes and reports results of various thermal science projects. Several project case summarieswill be presented with attention given to student reaction, sponsor grading and instructorcomments. Details of the process will be discussed with little emphasis on the technical aspectsof the projects. A discussion of anticipated changes to the process will also be presented.In recent years the makeup and background of students in most engineering programs haschanged dramatically. Programs are very diverse in both student motivation and background. Inthe 1960’s and 70’s the major deviation from the traditional undergraduate student was

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Education Session # 2470 U MES -AIR 2 1 N o ve m b e r 2 0 0 3 Altitude v s Tim e 250 200 Altitude (meter) 150

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Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

Session 2651 Community-Based Approach to Environmental Education Vivian Chang, Eliot S. Metzger, Michael Payne, Sonya M. Havens, Wade R. Peerman, and John M. Lendvay University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CAAbstractThe Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco, California, is a diverse communitythat experiences an inordinate amount of pollution. Within this five square mile area, heavyindustry, the city’s sewage treatment plant, and the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard(HPNSY) all act as concentrated and diffuse pollution sources. This research project focuses

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dilia Alcalde; Stephanie Adams

development of teams, teaming skills and team performance. Informal learning, a concept introduced in the late 50’s by Malkon Knowles, has beendefined in general as a contextual learning, not highly structured, that occurs as a result of someexternal or internal trigger and an experience, and can take place despite an environment nothighly conducive to learning. It includes incidental learning, which is an unintentional learningthat occurs as a by-product of another activity. Although originated in education, informal learning research has been primarily conductedin the work place. This may be due to the fact that even though informal learning may occur ineducational settings, the concept of “informal learning” contrasts with the “formal

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

. Newman, J. O Hamblen and T. S. Hall, “An introductory digital design course using a low cost autonomous robot,” IEEE Trans. on Education, vol. 45, no. 3, Aug. 2002, pp. 289 – 296.[4] J. Schumacher, D. Welch and D. Raymond, “Teaching introductory programming, problem solving and information technology with robots at West Point,” Proc. 2001 Frontiers in Educ. Conf., Oct. 2001, pp. F1B-2 to F1B-7.[5] J. Y. Hung, “An integrated junior-year laboratory based on an autonomous mobile robot platform,” Proc. 1998 Frontiers in Educ. Conf., Nov. 1998, pp. 1154 – 1159.[6] D. J. Mehrl, M. W. Parten and D. L. Vines, “Robots enhance engineering education,” Proc. 1997 Frontiers in Educ. Conf., Nov. 1997, pp. 613 – 618.[7] F. Machaud, M. Lucas, G

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Kellogg

largest graduate programs on campus and is made upof both on-site and distance learners. Most recently, SDSM&T has entered into a cooperativeagreement with the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST) to offer theprogram in Mongolia. In this paper, we discuss some of the relevant technological and logisticalissues that had to be addressed in a joint development effort. One interesting aspect of theproject is multi-media considerations that differ substantially between distance learning needs inthe U. S. and those required for delivery in Mongolia.Introduction:Like many programs, the distance program in TM began as an outreach service to South Dakotaresidents who had few opportunities to pursue continuing education. The TM program

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain; Taner Eskil; Marilyn Amey; Timothy Hinds; Jon Sticklen

solving (Mat-Lab, Mathematica, Macsyma, MathCad, …) novice learners face a step learning curve in goingfrom zero capability to minimal capability. In addition to such matters as becoming familiar withwindow layouts and help facility use, learning MatLab entails becoming facile in problem formu-lation in array/matrix form whenever possible. There are many textbooks in the academic marketplace currently supporting MatLab. A com-mon assumption underpinning the presentation in these textbooks is that students have a workinggrasp of array and matrix operations. A good exemplar is Introduction to MatLab 6 for Engi-neer s, by William Palm. (Palm 2001), an often used textbook for beginning MatLab instruction.Coverage in the Palm book of the basics in

Conference Session

BME Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Lalush; C. Frank Abrams; Peter Mente; Marian McCord; H. Troy Nagle; Elizabeth Loboa; Susan Blanchard

Session 1609 Rubrics Cubed: Tying Grades to Assessment to Reduce Faculty Workloads Susan M. Blanchard, Marian G. McCord, Peter L. Mente, David S. Lalush, C. Frank Abrams, Elizabeth G. Loboa, and H. Troy Nagle Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill and NC StateI. BackgroundAssessment of program outcomes is an important, but time-consuming, part of the ABETaccreditation process for faculty. Many faculty members argue, “I grade; therefore, Iassess.” The problem with using grades as assessment tools is that grades often covermaterial that

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

spatial visualization. Inthis paper, the author first presents the maximum possible number of orthogonal rotational viewsof an object. Analyses are presented for two spatial visualization tests by their representations ofthe possible orthogonal rotations and the difficulty of visualization. Finally, the author makessome suggestions on the improvements of spatial visualization tests based on the possibleorthogonal rotations.1. IntroductionSpatial visualization skills have been considered important in engineering graphics. In the1980’s, computer-aided design (CAD) was introduced into classrooms, along with thedevelopment of computer hardware and software. Nowadays, three-dimensional (3D) solidmodeling CAD is very popular in industrial applications

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

anddebug their design, they connect the circuit to appropriate interface cards (multimeter, functiongenerator, oscilloscope, DAQ system, etc.) in the PXI system module, apply required input(s),and observe the output(s). Some projects may require saving the data generated from the projectsto save in text file(s) for use by EXECL and LabVIEW software programs for further analysis.The students compare the results of the theoretical calculation to actual results obtained fromlaboratory testing and determine the percentage of error. Then they present their findings in awritten report and in some cases present their design in the class orally.The circuit analysis VIs cover Ohms law, series circuit, voltage divider, parallel circuit, currentdivider

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Miller; Maher Murad; Robert Martinazzi

8.7 4.8 4.8 5.0 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ScoreQuestion three asked, “Was it valuable to have another person(s) to which you had to be Page 9.1227.4accountable for reviewing your goals each week in seminar. Figure 4, pertaining to this question

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Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Srinivas Chakravarthy

ofthe quarter to see how far the students feel that they have learned the concepts from the course.These questionnaires are designed to assess the students’ learning of the materials and theirawareness of the subject materials before and after taking the course(s). There are questions thatare common to both the questionnaires. The transfer of knowledge is one of the major ways ofassessing the students’ understanding of the concepts. To achieve this objective, the conceptsseen in the classroom need to be reinforced in such a way that the students can relate to situationsoutside the classroom. In this paper we will discuss some of the tools that we have been using in the courses andhow the students reacted in such an environment. The paper

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Will Kim; Jeffrey Tisa; Peter Jansson

buildings for several days at a time anddevelop a very good profile of what is happening without the commitment of permanentlyinstalling expensive measurement resources. In an age that is increasingly dependant ontechnology, power outages have become nearly intolerable. Therefore, this power monitor wasdesigned to make its installation and removal electrically transparent to all except the user(s).System Development The power meter design has revolved around low-cost and ease of use as high priorities. Thecomponents are such that all data capture and storage is done internally and currently may onlybe viewed through a device connected via RS-232. The device will appear as an ordinary “blackbox” that sits conveniently by the area to be measured

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay

employed in the instruction. The student responsesfrom these activities and projects were quite favorable.Bibliography[1] Voland Gerard, Engineering by Design, Addison Wesley. 1999.[2] Hauser, J. R., and Clausing, D., “The House of Quality,” Harvard Business Review, May-June 1988, pp.63-73.[3] Raju, P. K., and Sankar, C. S., Introduction to Design Through Case Studies with CD-ROMSupplements, Tavaneer Publishing Company, 2003.[4] Raju, P. K., and Sankar, C. S., Della Steam Plant Case Study: Should The Turbine Be Shut Off? with aCD-ROM Supplement, Taveneer Publishing Company, 2000.[4] Raju, P. K., and Sankar, C. S., Crist Power Plant Case Study: Planning for a Maintenance Outage witha CD-ROM Supplement, Taveneer Publishing Company, 2000.SOM

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

, J. and P. J. Moore, The Process of Learning, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1993). 3. Felder, R. M. and L. K. Silverman, “Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education,” Engineering Education, 78, 674-681 (1988). 4. Felder, R. M., “Meet Your Students 6. Tony and Frank,” Chemical Engineering Education 29(4), 244-245 (1995). 5. Felder, R. M., “The Effects of Personality Type on Engineering Students Performance and Attitude,” Journal of Engineering Education, 91(1), 3-17 (2002). 6. Wankat, P. C., and F. S. Oreovicz, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York (1993). 7. Newell, J. A. “Hollywood Squares: An Alternative to Pop Quizzes,” Proceedings of the 1999 AIChE

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

. Page 9.124.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliogr aphy 1. Haque, M.E. "Web-based Visualization Techniques for Structural Design Education" American Society for Engineering Education, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Section 2793 Multimedia, Albuquerque, NM, (2001). 2. Haque M.E., Vamadevan A., Duraimurugar S., and Gandlur Y. Java and VRML based Interactive Reinforced Concrete Design Course Studio. American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE 2000 Annual Conference Proceeding, Section 1315 Use of Computer Technology to Enhance CE Education

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Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

that is suited to their mission. They thusneed the help of people with strong technical backgrounds. Service learning links these twoneeds and provides a means to enhance both the community and undergraduate education. While service-learning has been well established in many disciplines in higher education,engineering as a whole has been much slower to adopt the pedagogy (Tsang 2000). There areexamples of service-learning that have been effectively integrated and used in an engineeringcontexts [ Duffy, J., Tsang, E., and Lord, S]. Examples include first-year introductory courses[Hobson,Tsang], capstone senior design courses [Catalono], multidisciplinary approaches[Nagchaudhuri, A., Eydgahi, A., and Shakur, Coyle 1997] and integration of co

Conference Session

How We Teach Problem Solving?

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Academy Press.McKenna, A., McMartin, F., Terada, Y., Sirivedhin, V., and Agogino, A. (2001) “A Framework for InterpretingStudents' Perceptions of an Integrated Curriculum,” Proceedings, ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.McInerny, S., Stern, H.P., and Haskew, T.A., 1999, “Applications of Dynamic Data Analysis,” IEEE Transactionson Education, 42:4, 276-280Roedel, R. J., El-Ghazaly, S., and Aberle, J.T. (1998) “An Integrated Upper Division Course in Electronic Materialsand Electromagnetic Engineering -Wave Phenomena for Electrical Engineers,” Proceedings, Frontiers inEducation, Tempe, AZ.Roedel, R. J., El-Ghazaly, S., Rhoads, T.R., and El-Sharawy, E. (1998) "The Wave Concepts Inventory - AnAssessment Tool for Courses in Electromagnetic

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

Session 1793 Innovative Strategies for Teaching Graphics Communications – Designing Residential and Commercial Properties in an Introductory Course David S. Cottrell Pennsylvania State University at HarrisburgIntroductionThis paper describes the integration of design projects during the Fall Semester, 2003,into the curriculum of an introductory graphics communications course at Penn StateUniversity at Harrisburg. These projects served a double purpose of reinforcing topicstaught in the classroom as well as introducing students to the engineering design processwith their

Conference Session

BME Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Christensen

capillaries veins 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 time (s) Fig. 2. Typical plot of pressures during one heart cycle at five nodes around the systemic CV loop using Matlab simulation. After obtaining computer simulation results for typical healthy human CV parameters,the students must research three common CV abnormalities: anaphylactic shock, left heartfailure, and hypovolemia. Each student must describe the physiological

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Keshav Varde

Session 1794 Effects of Pre-Freshman Program for Minority Students in Engineering Keshav S. Varde College of Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MichiganAbstractThe College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborndecided in early 1990s to increase, retain and graduate more minority students than in yearsbefore. A study was conducted to determine specific areas in engineering programs that impactedstudents’ success; it revealed that students

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Theodore W. Manikas; Gerald R. Kane

improvements in the quality of research papers. The literature reviews are morefocused, and the papers are more cohesive with respect to their main topics. These courses aretypically taken by first-year masters students, so we will need to determine if the skills developedby writing the research paper help students with their thesis research.References[1] L. A. Krishnan and S. S. Kathpalia, "Literature reviews in student project reports," Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 45, pp. 187-197, 2002.[2] M. Davis, Scientific papers and presentations: Academic Press, 1997.[3] R. A. Day, How to write & publish a scientific paper, 3rd Ed: Phoenix Oryx Press, 1988.[4] J. M. Levis and G. M. Levis, "A project-based

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

the Professions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1980.6 R. Marra, K. Camplese, and T. Litzinger, Lifelong Learning: A Preliminary Look at the Literature in View of EC 2000, 1999 FIE Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1999.7 T. Litzinger and R. Marra, Life Long Learning: Implications for Curricular Change and Assessment; ASEE Annual Conference, St. Louis, Mo, June 2000.8 T. Litzinger, J. Wise, S. H. Lee, T. Simpson, T. and S. Joshi, “Assessing Readiness for Lifelong Learning;” ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001.9 T. Litzinger, J. Wise, S. H. Lee, S. Bjorklund, “Assessing Readiness for Self-directed Learning,” ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN 2003.10 G. H. Flammer, “Undergraduate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education by Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

; (b) itreminds the reader what had been accomplished during the previous period; and (c) itdescribes the work that is to be accomplished during the next reporting period. The WARalso gives a brief synopsis of any and all meetings held with the project advisor andsponsor(s). The specific format used for the construction of the WAR is left up to eachadvisor and/or sponsor; the main requirement being that each maintains the highestprofessional standards. At the end of the first two weeks, each design team provides the course directorwith a statement of work with timelines/milestone schedule. (An example of anacceptable statement of work with timelines/milestone schedule was provided in class.)At the end of the fall semester, each team

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

pedagogy reported by Solomon, et.al.8,(case studies, business plan writing, and lectures) by providing critical information and trainingin novel and innovative ways, and by utilizing inter-disciplinary, team-based methods. Thisallows different viewpoints and areas of expertise to be utilized for maximum team performanceand outcome benefit; in addition to providing the best education and training for students andfaculty, with maintenance of quality control and accountability through the mentor(s)/instructors.The goals and objectives of this course have been to: • teach and demonstrate the principles and techniques of inter-disciplinary teamwork, • teach students and investigators the principles and techniques of intellectual property

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Carter; Paula Leventman; Katherine Ziemer

Session Number: STEM Teams and The Great Orange Squeeze: A Unique Approach to Preparing Middle School Educators for the Massachusetts Engineering Framework Requirements Katherine S. Ziemer1, Tracy Carter1, Paula Leventman2 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115/ 2College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115Massachusetts was the first state in the nation to introduce engineering as part of the K-12education frameworks. In the middle schools, the engineering framework is tested as part of thecompulsory Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam. The engineeringframework requirement

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Merredith Portsmore; Kaitlyn Conroy; Melissa Pickering; Emily Ryan; Brian Gravel

. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education2. Hill, S. T. (National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Studies, Arlington, VA, 2001).3. Tobias, S. (1990) They're not dumb, they're different: Stalking the second tier. Research Corporation: Tucson, AZ.4. Rosser, S. V. (ed.) Female-friendly science (Pergamon Press, New York, 1990).5. Seymour, E. & Hewitt, N. M. (1997) Talking about leaving: Why undergraduates leave the sciences. Westview Press: Boulder, CO.6. Adelman, C. (U.S. Department of Education (USDE), Office of Educational Research and