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Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rosalyn Berne

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationnanoscience could, for example, rescue us from some of the pollution created by an industrialrevolution which was too little animated by use of stewardship, for example, long-termresponsibility, sure, and I think also pure curiosity has a place in that world. I don’t think that theidea of stewardship is necessarily bound up entirely with utilitarianism.ROSALYN: Yes.RUSSELL: You know, if Johannes Kepler could look at his planetary ellipses and believethat through this new geometry that he developed that he was getting a glimpse into the mind ofGod, then why not through nanoscience?Loosely following the

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jared Odom; Saeed Foroudastan

needs to be started immediately in all regions of the world.This is not a field specific area, for many areas of academia need informing. A multidisciplinaryapproach should be taken involving the disciplines of engineering, chemistry, biology,environmental science, economics, and many, many others. At Middle Tennessee StateUniversity, a Pollution Control Technology class is offered to introduce important newtechnologies such as desalination. Its importance makes it a popular topic, now to beincorporated into future semesters’ discussion and projects for extracurricular application towardworld-wide alternative solutions. By teaching the problems and offering ideas for improvementto impressionable minds, there will be continual hope for future

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Maixner

dependentupon “computational equations,” they are certain to contain errors. These errors are small,however, and in no way detract from the educational benefit afforded by the Toolbox. Other,more robust products are available to provide the desired degree of accuracy…..at a cost, ofcourse.Future UsesThe Thermal Fluids Toolbox is an extremely useful tool in the analysis of many processengineering systems. It is envisioned that it will be applied to various other systems in futurecourse offerings—internal combustion engine simulation, compressed air energy storage plants,and others come to mind as possible candidates.Additionally, the Toolbox has also been used for instructor templates in conjunction withdesigning and testing thermal-fluids labs at the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ilan Grave

Confidence-Building in a Circuits Course Ilan Gravé Department of Physics and Engineering, Elizabethtown CollegeAbstractIn this paper we look at how students develop professional confidence while learning circuitanalysis.Usually a sophomore or a junior, the typical student takes a circuit analysis course aftercompleting a series of basic science courses where rigor and details are strongly emphasized. Sothese students feel “comfortable” when they understand every line of a proof or a solution.Skipping even one comma, or using a shortcut, may hinder full understanding. The student’sensuing sense of “discomfort” is a desirable and necessary stage, one that

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Wider Contexts of Ethics for Engineers

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2005 Annual Conference

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D'Arcy Randall; Hillary Hart

Engineering Programs.” 2004-2005. http://www.abet.org/criteria.html (AccessedJanuary 4, 2005).3. Selingo, Jeffrey. “The Cheating Culture.” Prism.8 September, 2004: 24-30.4. McCabe, Donald L. and Gary Pavela. “Ten [Updated] Principles of Academic Integrity.” Change. May/June,2004: 10-15.5. Bransford, John. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C. National AcademyPress, 2000.6. Bridis, Ted. “Music Group Filed 261 Lawsuits Against Internet Users.” The Associated Press State & Local Wire.September 9, 2004.7. Shangha, Soni and Furman, Phyllis. “Sued for a Song.” Daily News (New York). September 9, 2003, p. 3.8. Joyce, Christopher. “Genes from Engineered Grass Spread Far.” Morning Edition. National Public Radio.September

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lisa Wipplinger

Providing Safe Housing through Independent Study Dr. Lisa A. Wipplinger United States Military AcademyAbstractThe Civil and Mechanical Engineering department at the United States Military Academy hasteamed up with The Center for Earthquake Resistant Housing to work toward affordable, easilyconstructed earthquake resistant housing in developing countries. A series of independent studyprojects involving design, analysis and research are being developed as courses for small teamsof cadets. Each course will focus on a specific piece of the large project, helping to move italong more quickly. These projects will provide opportunities for life-long learning

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Johan W Joubert; Dolf Steyn

Assessment as the driver behind operationalising operations research teaching Dr. AB (Dolf) Steyn & Mr. JW (Johan) Joubert University of Pretoria Pretoria, South AfricaABSTRACT: Assessment is often viewed as a nasty afterthought to quantify learning. A cycleof action research and repeated adaptations to a semester project course at the University ofPretoria in South Africa indicate that the assessment process does, in fact, guide and enhance thelearning experience. This paper reports on a case where a project was used to address relevancyissues of industrial engineering practitioners of operations research. A

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College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russell Faux; Meredith Knight; Brian Gravel; Christine Cunningham

. American Association of Higher Education Series of Service-Learning in the Disciplines. Available at the AAHE website at .4. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (2004) Engineering Criteria. Available at ABET website at .5. American Society of Engineering Education (1994) Engineering Education for a Changing World. A joint project report of the Engineering Deans Council and the Corporate Roundtable of the ASEE. Available at the ASEE website at .6. Eyler, J., Root, S. & Giles, D.E. (1998) “Service-learning and the development of expert citizens: Service- learning and cognitive science.” In With Service in Mind : Concepts and Models for Service Learning in Psychology

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Miguel A. Padilla; Timothy J. Anderson; Matthew Ohland; Guili Zhang

that the estimated model parameters may varydepending on higher level factors. Taking the problem of predicting cumulative GPA as anillustration, one might expect to see differences in model parameters depending on theengineering discipline, or on whether they are an engineering or non-engineering student, orwhether they attended an urban or rural institution.With this in mind, the appropriateness of a hierarchical linear model (HLM) to predictcumulative GPA is fitted to the SUCCEED longitudinal database. Cumulative GPA was selectedbecause it can be a good indicator of graduation. Previous work has looked at various factorsinfluencing graduation and retention of engineering students.2,3 The results indicated that SATmath scores, SAT verbal

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Benson Tongue

Can a Freshman Seminar Serve as an Attractor Course? Benson H. Tongue Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California Berkeley, CA 94720Fundamental changes in student preparation are forcing departments at Berkeley to recon-sider their approach to undergraduate education. Simply stated, the word“recruitment” hasnow entered the undergraduate program’s vocabulary. In the past, one expected students todeclare their major during the high school application phase, marking them as future me-chanical engineers before they ever stepped foot on campus. Although this route certainlyis still used, the last few

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ben Stuart

Professor and Student Response to the Daily Quiz Ben J. Stuart Ohio University, Department of Civil Engineering, Athens, OH, 45701 Phone: (740)593-9455; Fax: (740)593-0625; email: stuart@ohio.eduIn an academic environment where teamwork is stressed, assessing individual competency cansometimes be a challenge. The benefits of students learning by working with other students isclear, unfortunately any grader of homework can readily identify the members of a particularstudy group through obvious similarities in approach, and more often through the repeatedobscure error. The temptation of the ‘weaker’ or ‘busy’ student to copy solutions withoutparticipating in the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tony Keller; Jeff Frolik

. Page 10.1474.4 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 2. Student Lab Kit Students then work in teams which must (1) choose and justify an application for which awireless sensor would be appropriate and (2) design and develop a CricketSat-based system tomeet the application’s needs bearing in mind any unique constraints it imposes. Each designmust both modify the existing circuit design and develop enclosures (including CAD drawings)for their sensor. This activity requires that the students work step-by-step through the designprocess, including

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Adam Cavender; Saeed Foroudastan

developing countries toensure that peace of mind can still be found at the end of the day.Classrooms are superlative for the culmination of ideas that rise from the inspiration ofothers’ work, such as the innovative noise canceling mufflers. Education of futureengineers should focus on rising problems in our expanding world, tailoring themechanics of engineering fundamentals to fit the needs of society. Industrial involvementwith action taken on extracurricular classroom projects will help the students while alsoproviding a new venue for industrial improvement of manufacture. Industries are findingmore and more benefits with conscientious environmental ideas. This makes for a greatcollaborative effort: industries profit with new ideas to market from

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Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

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2005 Annual Conference

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Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

.)Keeping in mind the subjects specified by ABET and NCEES, and recognizing the areas of Page 10.1310.4overlap with other engineering and science disciplines, we conclude that there are five key areaswhich characterize chemical engineers: Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education • Knowledge of chemistry: The issue of what chemistry is essential for chemical engineers is beyond the scope of this paper. • Knowledge of material and energy balances and both single- and multi

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Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

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2005 Annual Conference

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Doug Schmucker, Trine University; Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

AC 2005-185: REAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE IN THE CLASSROOM: CANASCE’S BOK BE DONE IN 4 YEARS?Doug Schmucker, Trine UniversityShane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University Page 10.1057.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Real Engineering Practice in the Classroom: Can ASCE’s BOK be done in 4-years? Douglas G. Schmucker and Shane M. Palmquist Western Kentucky UniversitySummaryThe baccalaureate civil engineering program at Western Kentucky University (WKU) is uniquein how it integrates practice into the curriculum while also being a joint program with theUniversity of

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Ochs

June 2005 ASEE Conference Entrepreneurship Division #54 Integr ation of Lehigh’s Entr epr eneur ship Minor into the Under gr aduate Engineer ing Cur r iculaJohn B. Ochs, Professor and Director of the IPD Program, Lehigh UniversityTodd A. Watkins, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Lehigh UniversityGraham R. Mitchell, Professor of Practice, College of Business and EconomicsAbstr actEntrepreneurship education at Lehigh University has been recently enhanced bysubstantial institutional investments in new academic programs, the development of acampus center for student entrepreneurs, and through several grants from federal, stateand private organizations. One

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Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matt Eliot; Jennifer Turns

How can user-centered design help us think about the challenges of engineering education? Jennifer Turns, Matt Eliot, Steve Lappenbusch, Roxane Neal, Karina Allen, Jessica M. H. Yellin, Beza Getahun, Zhiwei Guan, Yi-min Huang-Cotrille Laboratory for User-Centered Engineering Education (LUCEE) University of WashingtonAbstractBecause engineering education is a complex endeavor, tools that help educators understandengineering education can be valuable. User-centered design is a conceptual tool that educatorscan use to understand current projects and imagine new opportunities. This paper focuses on theconcept of user-centered design and its application

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International Developments & Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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A.K.M. Abdul Quader; Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King; Keith Schimmel

. In that context, pollution preventionshould be a priority in any management plan of its meager water resources.In the context of the above cited scenario, a linkage program between the chemical engineeringdepartments of North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&TSU) and Bangladesh Universityof Engineering & Technology (BUET) has been established with a focus on pollution prevention.The BUET chemical engineering department is the only program that offers a B.S. degree inchemical engineering in Bangladesh. Chemical Engineering is a discipline that teaches andtrains young minds in purification, separation and isolation in a broader sense for processindustries. From an environmental point of view, pollution prevention is the study

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Interactive Technology in the Classroom

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2005 Annual Conference

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Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

). “How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and school.” Washington DC: National Academy Press.2. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (2004). “2005-2006 Criteria for accrediting engineering programs.” Baltimore, MD: ABET. Accessed online at http://www.abet.org/images/Criteria/E001%2005- 06%20EAC%20Criteria%2011-17-04.pdf3. Hake, R.R. (1998). “Interactive-engagement vs. traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses.” American Journal of Physics 66, 64-74.4. Black, P. and Wiliam, D. (1998). “Inside the black box: Raising standards through classroom assessment.” Phi Delta Kappan, Nov.1998. Accessed online at http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kbla9810.htr.5. Dufresne, R.J

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Harry Fox

asrobotics, mechatronics, and manufacturing engineering. At CSU in the Department of Engineering Technology, we don’t have the usual four years inwhich to spread out the control system education. Our students come to CSU, having completedan Associate of Science degree, to complete years three and four of the bachelor’s degreeprogram in either mechanical engineering technology or electrical engineering technology.Curriculum constraints in each program allow for just a single senior-level course (withlaboratory) in which to provide some fundamental control systems education. The course topicswere organized with the NSF/CSS workshop recommendations in mind: (1) begin with topicsthat emphasize the basic principles of control systems; (2) then broaden

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Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aura Gimm

. Becausethe semiconducting solids used in LEDs can be grown a fewatomic layers at a time, these materials represent an excitingapplication of nanotechnology that draws upon chemistry,physics, and engineering principles.The LED Color Strip Kit provides teachers with creative,hands-on/minds-on ideas that illustrate the properties of light Figure 2. LED Color Strip Kitemitting diodes and semiconductor materials.16, 17 It may be handbook with the deviceespecially useful in a multidisciplinary science or engineeringcourse that includes topics in materials and technology. The kit, for example, can be used tolearn about periodic properties of elements and chemical bonding, electrical conductivity insolids, diode behavior, and properties

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Bijan Sepahpour

Page 10.1443.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationnational competitive events encouraged us to initiate yet another project. A group of studentswas to design and fabricate a solar/electric boat with which to compete in ASME’s 1999 “SolarSplash”. These groups operate within our relatively small program, without funding from thedepartment.We approach each competitive event with several goals in mind. First is to win the event with thebest engineered, most finely prepared vehicle possible. The second goal is to finish every eventthat we enter. The third goal is to bring the vehicle, and driver(s

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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KaMing Lai; James Webb; Robert Hendricks

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) funds that made this work possible.Bibliography:[1] NSF grant 03-43160. RWH is PI with six co-PIs from the ECE Department.[2] Hendricks, R.W., and A.B. MacKenzie, manuscript in preparation (2005).[3] McKeachie, W.J., P.R. Pintrich, Y-G Lin, D.A. Smith, and R. Sharma, Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom: A Review of the Research Literature (2E), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan (1990).[4] Bransford, J.D., A.L. Brown, and R.R. Cocking, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Washington: National Academy Press (2000).[5] Felder, R.N., and L.K. Smith, Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering, J. Eng. Ed. 78(7), (1988), pp 674– 681. See also a recent update to this

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

AC 2005-286: USING LEARNING OUTCOMES AND E-PORTFOLIOS TO ASSESSSTUDENT LEARNING IN INFORMATION SYSTEMSAkram Al-Rawi, McKendree UniversityAzzedine Lansari,Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval Page 10.1415.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005 Using Learning Outcomes and e-Portfolios to Assess Student Learning In Information Systems Azzedine Lansari, Akram Al-Rawi, and Faouzi Bouslama College of Information Systems, Zayed University P.O. Box 4783, Abu Dhabi, UAEAbstractThis paper shows how electronic portfolios can be used as an effective tool to assess

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Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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

, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. 1999, Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy Press: Washington, D.C.2. Hall, S.R., et al. Adoption of active learning in a lecture-based engineering class. in Frontiers in Education. 2002. Boston, MA: IEEE.3. Urban-Lurain, M. and D.J. Weinshank, "I Do and I Understand:" Mastery model learning for a large non-major course. Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, 1999. 30: p. 150-154.4. Kaufman, L. and P.J. Rousseeuw, Finding Groups in Data. An Introduction to Cluster Analysis. 1990, New York: Wiley.5. Jain

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jameson Wetmore

was worded much morestrongly: WARNING DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur Children 12 and under can be killed by the air bag The BACK SEAT is the SAFEST place for children NEVER put a rear-facing child seat in the front unless air bag is off Sit as far back as possible from the air bag ALWAYS use SEAT BELTS and CHILD RESTRAINTS (14)Resolving the problemAs this public campaign waged on, automotive engineers looked for ways to redesign air bags tolimit the risk to automobile occupants. They found that one of the reasons the bags had been sodangerous is that they were designed primarily with one test in mind – NHTSA’s New CarAssessment Program (NCAP) – the test that awarded vehicles with the coveted

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

integrating various technology components itnecessarily requires that technologists stay current with technological changes. Part of thechallenge of teaching, learning and practicing in a rapidly evolving environment is the need forlife-long learning. This presents a number of challenges for university faculty teaching in thesedisciplines. Page 10.1364.1One major challenge for technology faculty is the need to constantly review and re-design theircourse material to include significant technology developments within their field. This is “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi

Current Status of Elderly Drivers and Concurrent Statistics in the United States of America Fazil T. Najafi, Ph.D. Professor Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering University of Florida 345 Weil Hall P.O. Box 116580 Gainesville, FL 32611-6580 Telephone #: (352) 392-1033 Fax #: (352) 392-9531 E-mail: fnaja@ce.ufl.edu Dima Haddad1, Philip B. Hollis1, Lourdes R

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Paul Steif

. National Research Council, 2001, Knowing What Students Know: the Science and Design of Educational Assessment, J.W. Pellegrino, N. Chudowsky, and R. Glaser (Eds.), Washington, D.C., National Academy Press3. National Research Council, 1999, How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school, Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning, Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., Cocking, R.R. (Eds.), Washington, D.C., National Academy Press4. Hestenes, D., Wells, M. and Swackhamer, G., “Force Concept Inventory”, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 30, 1992, p. 141.5. D. Evans, C. Midkiff, R. Miller, J. Morgan, S. Krause, J. Martin, B. Notaros, D. Rancor, and K. Wage, “Tools for Assessing Conceptual Understanding in the Engineering

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

Successfully Building Bridges Between Education and Engineering Programs at a 4-year Comprehensive University Jason Thrun and Philip Parker University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleAbstractSix faculty members (three from engineering, one from mathematics, and two from education)teamed up to plan and implement an innovative project. During the fall semester of 2004, ninepre-service teachers in secondary- and middle-level mathematics education enrolled in anexperimental section of GE 1030 – Introduction to Engineering Projects, an existing 1-credithour class that is required for all engineering majors, and is typically taken in the freshman year.The project