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Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-664: A COMPETENCY GAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNEDUCATIONVukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette Vukica Jovanovic began her academic career in 2001 when she graduated at University of Novi Sad, majoring in Industrial Engineering and Management, Minor in Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation. She was working as Graduate Research and Teaching assistant and lectured various courses at departments of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics from 2001 until 2006. She was an active member European organizing committee of student robotic contest Eurobot and chief of Eurobot organizing committee of Serbian student national competition in robotics

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Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kara Harris, College of Technology - Purdue University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

, and it suggests that the profession is for someone “like me.” Girls want their future job to be enjoyable, have a good working environment, make a difference, offer a good salary, and be flexible. (p.12) 8With this obvious need present to recruit individuals into ETTE, specifically females andan understanding of what motivates young women to choose certain career paths, theresearcher has identified specific factors that influenced females to choose ETTE as acareer path. Research Questions 1. What are the basic demographic data of females pursuing degrees in ETTE in the United States? 2. What factors influenced females to peruse degrees in ETTE?Methodology This study was conducted in the fall semester

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Diversity and K-12 Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad Mustafa, Savannah State University; Hope Cranford, Savannah State University

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Engineering Technology

Jersey Institute of Technology: The New Jersey Institute of Technology has a Centerfor Pre-College Programs, designed to attract elementary and secondary students to engineering,science, and math careers and to help them develop the skills to qualify for college admission.The Pre-Freshman Summer Residential Program is a seven-week orientation and transitionprogram providing students academic enrichment in math, physics, communication, andcomputer science.The aforementioned examples provide an excellent base work to recruit minority students atmajority institutions. However, research shows that African Americans attending historicallyblack colleges and universities (HBCUs) are more likely to complete a degree than thoseattending predominantly

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Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University; Ana Elisa Goulart, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

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New Engineering Educators

to avoid similar problems in the future.Considerations of group composition, group size, and what topics to discuss are examined.I. IntroductionTraditionally, Assistant Professors begin their career with a minimum of preparation for certainaspects of the job. For example, many new faculty members are straight out of graduate schoolwithout experience developing research directions or preparing classes. According to work byBoice, new faculty generally take 4-5 years to build necessary experience before starting to meetthe standards set by their institutions.1 Such lengthy adjustment periods have a negative impacton faculty performance and thus on the probability of tenure. Common actions new faculty take to improve their performance include

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Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, Morehead State University; Sam Mason, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University

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Engineering Technology

was tracked and programs siftedchildren into different career pathways, academics and manual labor (vocational) trades becamea topic of heavy debate. In efforts to improve image and steer away from the debate, thedepartment had its first name change in the 1960’s to the Department of Industrial Education andTechnology.Factor evaluation for enrollment declineAnnual birth rates in the United States peaked their highest numbers during 1954 thru 1963 7,which will become vital to enrollment numbers during the late 70’s and early 80’s. Theenrollment for the IET department during the 1960’s began to increase, especially in IndustrialEducation as the biggest program, due to post war economy and close recessions during the yearsof 1953 through 1961 12

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey S. Burmeister; Kyle A. Watson; Maria Garcia-Sheets

educationally disadvantaged pre-college students so they will succeed in mathand science and go on to attain baccalaureate degrees in math-based majors. Through anapproach that includes hands-on activities, school site teacher support, leadership skills, career &college exploration, and parent programming, MSP students are empowered to excel. The goalof the Johns Hopkins/MESA collaboration is to attract students to major in engineering andultimately retain them in the discipline. Students have the potential of earning three units ofJohns Hopkins credit after completing this intensive four-week summer course. This paper willfocus on the findings developed from the classes held on the University of the Pacific site. Adescription of the objectives and

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

ENGINEERING FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThe human mind is of its very nature inquisitive. It is a mystery of sorts why so relatively few individualspursue science and engineering careers, especially since they are well paying and very satisfying. Thispaper presents a history of the involvement of engineering faculty for more than 35 years in teachingstudents

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

ENGINEERING FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThe human mind is of its very nature inquisitive. It is a mystery of sorts why so relatively few individualspursue science and engineering careers, especially since they are well paying and very satisfying. Thispaper presents a history of the involvement of engineering faculty for more than 35 years in teachingstudents

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

ENGINEERING FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThe human mind is of its very nature inquisitive. It is a mystery of sorts why so relatively few individualspursue science and engineering careers, especially since they are well paying and very satisfying. Thispaper presents a history of the involvement of engineering faculty for more than 35 years in teachingstudents

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Issues of Diversity in Graduate Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

career so that they willbe more likely to persevere in majors and careers in science.41 Some of these programs addadditional components such as enhanced emphasis on mentoring, development of career plansand actual graduate applications, dealing with time management and work-life balance issues,and identifying a supportive peer group. Such programs have been described by Purdy et al.42and by Crosby et al.43 While many of these programs are highly effective, they do not alwayshave stable funding. .B. MentoringAs noted by Purdy and Wasburn2, "a continuing concern for all graduate students is how to findsufficient mentoring and role models. This need is not limited to academic subjects. Much morethan undergraduate students, graduate students are

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Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; LOUISE WEHRLE, NICET; Rudolph Henry, NICET; Chip Hollis, NICET

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Engineering Technology

NSPE that has been certifyingengineering technicians since 1961 and engineering technologists (by education andexperience) since 1980, may be important for career advancement. This paper examinesthe considerations in developing exams that can meet such needs. Other topics addressedinclude: the need for different exams at the 2- and 4-yr levels, an exam format thatincludes separate breadth and depth components, the types of exam-result data that aremost helpful for outcomes assessment, development of the question items, and studentmotivation.Introduction: Four-year engineering programs in the U.S.A. often use the Fundamentals ofEngineering (FE) exam as a direct measure of outcomes for EAC of ABETaccreditation, but such use of the FE exam is

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New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Galloway, The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc

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Engineering Management

enhance theirstudies and get a head start in their careers; officials with government entities as they face criticalengineering issues and determine how best to solve them; and educators, who can truly make adifference in engineering education reform.The need to educate the engineer of the 21st century more strategically is essential to theendurance of the profession. Developing a proposed education program through modifications ofsuccessful programs to meet the needs of the 21st-century engineer will enable engineers toacquire the skills necessary to succeed in the world economy and to grow within the domesticengineering and construction market in a more transparent manner. This paper is based on theauthor’s book The 21st Century: A Proposal for

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Christine Loucks-Jaret, University of Washington; Dennis Lund, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

identification of theskills needed by early career engineers as they enter the workplace.The Academic Pathways Study was originally designed to investigate these research questionsusing data from four cohorts of participantsa. In 2005, a fifth group was added (referred to as theCross-sectional Cohortb) that included students not in the original design and provided cross-sectional data from all four undergraduate years.APS Longitudinal data were collected at four pseudonymous institutions: Technical PublicInstitution, Urban Private University, Suburban Private University, and Large Public University.The Cross-sectional Cohort data were collected at a fifth institution (another large publicuniversity). The Broader Sampling Cohorts expanded the number of

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Qing Li

, etc. Some ofthese demographic characteristics actually can fit into either of the two characteristic categories defined above.For example, if a student is from a city where engineers have above average income, “location” becomes anexternal, environmental characteristic that attracts the student to engineering. For another example, if a studentis from an ethnic background where engineering is deemed to be a respectable career, “race” is thus acharacteristic that has helped the student to cultivate positive attitude towards engineering. However, since inmost survey designs, it is a convention that all these characteristics are measured under demographic category.This convention is retained in this study.2.2. What Research Questions Have Been

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Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nina Dahlmann, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Maria Elsner, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Nicole Natho, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Christian Schroeder, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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Women in Engineering

and the opportunity to designnew courses is often neglected. In Germany, a country that is renowned for its skilled engineers,the lack of women in natural sciences and engineering is even aggravated by a very low numberof students choosing a career in technology. Figure 1 shows that although the number of studentsin the engineering and natural sciences has been increasing since 2000, the number of graduatesis very low compared to other European countries.Figure 1: Number of engineering students from 1980-2004, amount of graduates per 1000citizens in France, Great Britain, Finland, Spain, Italy and Germany. Graph published in Page 13.243.4Spiegel

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Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

AC 2008-2430: COMMUNITY SERVICE ATTITUDES OF ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS ENGAGED IN SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTSAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at BoulderBernard Amadei, University of Colorado at BoulderRobyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder Page 13.306.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Community Service Attitudes of Engineering Students Engaged In Service Learning ProjectsAbstractOne of the potential outcomes of incorporating service learning projects into engineeringcurriculum is that students may develop a greater sense of altruism and in their careers look foropportunities to use their skills to the benefit of society

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Potpourri II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Hayes, University of Minnesota

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Women in Engineering

both;if we do not do the latter then we are doomed to the former.Faculty in Engineering. While both male and female faculty can be role models andinspirations to all students the presence of women faculty in a field may be particularly importantto prospective women students. The presence of women may signal to female students that theybelong there, and their absence may signal that they do not. It can also send the message that afuture career trajectory is possible since women can hold respected positions in that field. This isan important issue to study. There is, unfortunately, little publicly accessible long-term nationaldata available on the percentages of women faculty in various professions. However, Nelsonhas recently published two

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FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Haungs, California Polytechnic State University; John Clements, California Polytechnic State University; David Janzen, California Polytechnic State University

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First-Year Programs

present in cornerstone courses aswell.It is also important that students gain confidence early in their college careers. They should workin a domain that is familiar and, in which, they can immediately contribute. This is important fortwo reasons. First, some suggest that self-esteem issues could be one of the reasons for the lowrepresentation and retention rates of women and minorities.15 In general, improving the firstexperiences of college life for freshman significantly increases retention rates.7 Second, it solves Page 13.715.3the pedagogical issue of teaching students with wide and varied backgrounds. For example,first-year Computer

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

person-stunting tactics to person-growing approaches. Maslow states that educators should respond tothe potential an individual has for growing into a self-actualizing person of his/her own kind.Ten points that educators should address are listed: 1. We should teach people to be authentic, to be aware of their inner selves and to hear their inner-feeling voices. 2. We should teach people to transcend their cultural conditioning and become world citizens. 3. We should help people discover their vocation in life, their calling, fate or destiny. This is especially focused on finding the right career and the right mate. 4. We should teach people that life is precious, that there is joy to be experienced in life, and if

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Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joye Jepson, Antioch University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

actively encourage their faculty members to participate in research,educational and leadership activities beyond the engineering college”.[2, p. 7] The theme ofchanging the education system by encouraging cross-department integration of course materialwas suggested in the education literature as a way of retaining women and minorities in STEMprograms. Because of the complexities of world issues, globalization and meeting society needs,students need to understand and make connections among disparate areas (e.g., environments,issues, topics). Cross-department integration affords the opportunity to prepare students forfuture careers by linking technical classes with course work in business management, liberal arts,entrepreneurship and systems

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Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Nelson, University of Texas at Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas at Tyler; William Geiger, University of Texas at Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas at Tyler

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. He has authored many technical papers that have been presented in national and international forums and co-authored three textbooks. Dr. Nelson has served as a technical advisor to the United States Delegation to the International Maritime Organization and in that capacity is a primary author of the international recommendation for testing free-fall lifeboats and many of the international regulations regarding the launch of free-fall lifeboats.Michael Odell, University of Texas at Tyler Dr. Odell began his career in education as an Earth Science teacher in Irving, Texas (1984-1990). He received his B.A. in Geoscience (1984) and M.A.T. in Science Education (1989) from the

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Investigating Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels in the Classroom and Lab

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

broadestpossible pool of talent and that the best possible candidates were considered for the researchpositions, the author met with representatives of the LTU Office of Career Services and mappedout a plan with their input [9]. The newly developed job descriptions were placed on theschool’s link to MonsterTRAK® [10]. The LTU Office of Career Services usesMonsterTRAK® as the official resume posting and job listing service for LawrenceTechnological University. Students and alumni can search job listings for full-time, part-time,on-campus, work-study, internship and co-op opportunities on MonsterTRAK®. Additionally,students and alumni can create multiple resumes to submit to employers, schedule on-campusinterviews, and register for career fairs.All possible

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Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University; Jason Stepp, Morehead State University; Ahmad Zargari, Morehead State University

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Construction

the evolution in practice and acute shortage of trainedpersonnel, opportunity abound for unqualified individuals to practice in the field endangeringpublic protection and safety. There is therefore an urgent need for professional certification inthe construction field in the USA.Construction industry in the USA is one of the nation’s largest industries employing nearly 10million people that represent about 10% of the gross national product.1 Some workers in theconstruction industry had different initial career choices and hence were not educated or trainedin construction. Other workers started out in the trades and worked their way into managementpositions. Certification as a construction professional recognizes someone as possessing

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyssa Magleby, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

for Growth. Dr. Furse received her B.S. in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor in 1985, M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1988, and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1994. Dr. Furse has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, antenna design, and introductory electrical engineering. Dr. Furse works to interest young students, particularly women and minorities in engineering and routinely volunteers in Utah's K-12 schools as an engineering mentor, science educator, and engineering career guidance counselor and is active with the Society of Women Engineers, Junior Engineering

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Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2008-2622: CREATING CLASSROOM LINKS BETWEEN PUBLICADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINESPhilip Dunn, University of MaineKenneth Nichols, University of Maine Kenneth Nichols holds a doctorate from Georgetown University. He retired from a career with IRS before changing careers into teaching. He teaches courses in Public Administration at the University of Maine in Orono Page 13.342.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Creating Classroom Links between Public Administration and Civil Engineering DisciplinesAbstract Professionals from the public

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Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shripad Revankar, Purdue University; Felix Mbuga, Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology,

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Nuclear and Radiological

wide undergraduate research programs inscience and engineering. The first institution-wide undergraduate research program at a majorresearch university was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 and hasbeen followed by a number of other research universities. The National Science Foundation haspresented undergraduate research as a critical component of its core strategy for educationreform. The National Science Foundation began providing financial support for such efforts in1987 through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, which was specificallydesigned to attract talented students into research careers in science and engineering. Someprograms now require undergraduate research as part of the B.S. degree

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Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University; Tina Varma, University of Central Missouri

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Engineering Technology

Education (NCATE), Accreditation Board for Engineering and Page 13.1336.2Technology (ABET), and regional accreditation agencies such as North Central Association ofColleges and Universities (NCACU). E-portfolios go far beyond collection of artifacts, and areseen as a dynamic tool for constructive learning and future planning such as career goals. Todeliver what an e-portfolio intends to deliver at successive stages, the purpose of the e-portfoliomust be clearly defined at the outset in un-ambiguous terms. The framework of e-portfolios forstudent learning including development of critical thinking skills, student achievement, andprogram assessment

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Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Shooter, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education

to help students identify relationships between engineering fundamentalsand hardware design8,9 (Agogino, 1992, Brereton, 1998). Product dissection provides “hands-on”activities to couple engineering principles with significant visual feedback10,11,12 (Barr 2000,Lamancusa, 1996, Otto, 2001), and such “learning by doing” activities encourage thedevelopment of curiosity, proficiency and manual dexterity, three desirable traits of an engineer13(Beaudin, 1995). Dissection also gives students early exposure to functional products andprocesses, and introducing such experiences early in the students’ academic careers has beenshown to increase motivation and retention14 (Carlson 1997).While many benefits to product dissection have been identified

Conference Session

Anything New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American; Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Bob Freeman, University of Texas-Pan American

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Mechanics

games and the involvement of students in the gamedesign process, combined loading bone problems and the involvement of students in learningthrough teaching, the concept of functionally graded material structures and their potentialapplications, and the challenges faced in the analysis of graded materials with complexgeometries. The objectives of the challenges include reinforcing students’ understanding aboutsolid mechanics and the difference between analytical and numerical solutions, and fosteringstudents’ interest in the finite element stress analysis for design and research. According to theauthors, students are motivated to learn when they understand the connections between thesubject matter and their interests, values, goals, and career

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Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Nelson, U. of Wisconsin-Madison; Amy Shenot, U. of Wisconsin-Madison

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Continuing Professional Development

Education, 2008 Design and Delivery of a Graduate-Level Project Management Course for Experienced Engineering Professionals: Collaborative, Applied Learning for Distributed TeamsIntroduction and Purpose of PaperThe purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate the development and teaching of a projectmanagement course tailored in content and format to meet the needs of experienced, workingengineers. Key distinguishing characteristics of the course of interest to continuing educationprofessionals include: • Content is specifically optimized to meet the needs of mid-career engineers, rather than the more traditional approach of requiring such experienced professionals to participate in