Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J Benson P.E., United States Military Academy; Hans J Thomas, United States Military Academy; Shad A Reed, United States Air Force Academy; Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy; Steven J. Condly, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

Education.Major Hans J Thomas, United States Military AcademyLt. Col. Shad A Reed, United States Air Force Academy Lt Col Shad Reed is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. He is in the second year of this his second teaching assignment. Primary interests include engineering education research, aircraft design and aircraft structures.Lt. Col. Bruce Floersheim, U.S. Military Academy LTC Bruce Floersheim, Ph.D. P.E. was commissioned from the United States Military Academy as an officer in the Corps of Engineers in 1989. He has served in the United States, Turkey, Bosnia, Germany and Iraq during a career spanning over 23 years. His assignments include platoon leader, company

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, Stanford University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

in the course of their career at Iowa State University. In addition to outstanding performance in at least one of the follow- ing areas: teaching, research/creative activities, extension/professional practice, and institutional service, a University Professor must have acted as a change-agent to improve the quality with which the university carries out its mission.”]. From 2003-2007 he served as Director of the Research Institute for Studies in Education (where he also was Coordinator of Research from 1999-2003), and from 1999-2007 was a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. He served as Vice Chair of the Department of Political Science in 1993-1994, Director of the Public

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Broderick W. Carlin, University of St. Thomas

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First-Year Programs

Recruiting and Retention Program thatIncreased Undergraduate Enrollment Over 60% in Four Years, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Atlanta,GA, Paper 7881.9. Veenstra, C. and Herrin, G.D., (2009). Does a Survey Course on Engineering Careers Improve First-YearEngineering Retention?, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, AC 2009-104.10. Anderson-Rowland, M.R., (1998). The Effect of Course Sequence on the Retention of Freshman EngineeringStudents: When Should the Intro Engineering Course be Offered?, 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference,Tempe, AZ, pp. 252-257.11. Ochoa, H.R. and Shirvaikar, M., (2013). An Update: The Engagement and Retention of Electrical EngineeringStudents with a First Semester Freshman Experience Course

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R Peralta, Northern New Mexico College

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Engineering Technology

computer networks to pursue a career in. An unexpectedresult is the high interest in the security area. In consultation with the industrial advisory boardand as a result of the market demand, the IET program includes now (starting in Spring 2014) anintensive hands-on course in cryptography and network security (IT 410, see Figure 4). It isimportant to highlight that this course requires a background on discrete math (CS 201), andcomputer networks (EECE 330 and EE 342). Students will be able to opt for the CCNA Securitycertificate once they pass the course IT 410.Figure 12. Impact of knowledge acquired in computer networks course on work-relatedexperiences

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Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Jennifer Louise Mines, The Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

students. The first B.E.G. talk occurred onMonday, November 18th, 2013 outside of the regularly scheduled engineering economy classtime. The B.E.G. students hosted a member of the finance faculty from the school of Business atPenn State University Park. The talk covered various topics including completing a businessminor, M.B.A. after graduation, careers in finance and accounting, corporate finance, financialstatement analysis, stocks and business planning among other topics. The talk was optional andall undergraduate students from this department were invited to attend the talk. The studentsofficially kicked off their student group (B.E.G.) at this talk. Approximately 45 undergraduateindustrial engineering students attended the talk

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanshan Li, Purdue University; Yang Chen, Purdue University; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

environment, Chinese students need to have a good command ofboth spoken and written English. Language barriers negatively influence Chinese students todevelop their full potential not only on campus, but also in the more fiercely competitive societyat large. In order to get better involved in American student life and to prepare for theengineering career market of the future, improving these students’ English clearly seems acritical subject for the Chinese student in the U.S.Learning vocabulary is the most foundational block and first step in learning English as a secondlanguage, since no language acquisition and application can take place without the accumulationof vocabulary 26. Research has shown however that the problem of learning vocabulary was

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Weller, University of South Florida; Carol M. Haden, Magnolia Consulting, LLC; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Paul G. Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Aaron T. Ohta, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Rhonda R. Franklin, University of Minnesota; Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-authored over 85 professional journals and conference publications and 4 book chapters. Dr. Franklin was the recipient of the 1998 Presidential Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by the National Science Foundation. She is an active member of the MTT-S society in the technical area of passives, packaging, integration and microwave education and is currently an Associate Editor of the IEEE Microwave Wireless Components Letters.Dr. Wayne A. Shiroma, University of Hawaii at Manoa Page 24.119.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Systems-Centric

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Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Clayton E Price, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

the course.INTRODUCTIONThe development of digital media has made possible many varying and innovative deliverysystems and instructional methodologies for university courses. The motivations for developingfully online or blended courses are many. Some of the motivating factors are tied to the learners’needs while others are linked to organizational and social factors1.Addressing Learner Needs. A first need that online and blended instructional formats address isan extended access. The traditional student life does not work for all those seeking to learn. The“non-traditional student” includes older students wishing to resume an abandoned college career,employed people wishing to continue an education, students with family commitments

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York at Oswego; Rachid Manseur, Oswego State University College; Thomas E. Doyle, McMaster University

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New Engineering Educators

to apply their newly acquired training and education in engineering work, The freedom to select their own solutions to an engineering problem The opportunity to prove primarily to themselves, that they are now empowered for a career in engineering.The traditional educational environment lacks a “„playful‟ climate where students can explore„new spaces or concepts‟2. By contrast, students greatly enjoy the freedom they are given incapstone courses. They are enthusiastic, thrilled to perform research work; they develop strongmotivation to overcome challenges and to succeed with their projects, which can greatly improvetheir learning skills and self-confidence. Challenges are just means to trigger their

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Community Engagement Division

informed by two quotes from the PROPEL application: Because Hispanic university students are often reluctant to dedicate themselves to the STEM fields, believing the profession will not integrate well with their community- minded career aspirations or that the time commitment to STEM majors will prevent them from actively engaging with their community, we created new STEM service learning opportunities. These will focus on innovation in addressing sustainability issues in the community, state and country. Service learning is a critical component in attracting Hispanic and low-income students to STEM degrees. Hispanic STEM students in particular express a desire to pursue a chosen profession

Conference Session

Simulation and Programming

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng.); Paras Mandal, University of Texas, El Paso; Carlos Alejandro Garcia; Natalia V Espino, UTEP; Zhonghua Hu; David Ricardo Romo; Monica I. Corella, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

sequence,the user needs to check the calibration box that has been built. If the support material roads don’tlie directly on the center of the model material, the students need to check the tightness before heor she can determine which values need to be changed and by how much. And then the studentsneed to input the offset increment values for x, y and z dimension in the FDM status window andsend the new settings to the machine.It is known that there is a need to improve the skills given to the future workforce, and thatonline courses are trying to be applied but the career that has the lowest implementation of onlinetechniques in their given courses is engineering1, 2. Since online techniques are not being fullyapplied to engineering courses

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Jason A. Foster, University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Robert Irish, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

,because it enables a cognitive awareness of the profession that should inform a large part of theirlearning over their undergraduate career. Achieving such a goal at the freshman level presents asignificant challenge, but would produce significant benefit by allowing such an awareness toinform all of their future learning. While many studies have examined how students engage inengineering design, none have looked at how students understand engineering design, and howpersonal definitions can influence undergraduate students’ perspectives on their studies and theprofession.Typically, in defining engineering design, instructors rely on textbooks which arrive with rich,well thought out, and thorough definitions of engineering design. Such definitions

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright, Brigham Young University; Paul T Skaggs, Brigham Young University; Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

"Best" of BED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Idalis Villanueva, University of Maryland, College Park; Rachel L. Manthe, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park; Kevin M Knapstein, Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park

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Biomedical

think critically about scientific and engineering techniques. While these resultscould also indicate that freshmen students may feel overly confident in their ability to performcertain tasks, student perceptions towards their abilities in a career is an important factor forretention and success17.Progression in their experiments was tracked via scores obtained in the Innovation Portalelements from the beginning (Element A) to the end of the semester (Element L). Table 1demonstrates the average scores of freshmen and sophomore journal entries. In the beginning ofthe semester, sophomores demonstrated better problem-solving skills than freshmen. However,by the end of the semester, there was no difference between the groups suggesting a greater

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques N Beneat, Norwich University

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Aerospace

, and teaching- focused culture at our institution make it very challenging to perform fundamental research. Mentoring undergraduate students in research during the summers takes away a considerable amount of time that could have been used for fundamental research. On the other hand, undergraduate research is very valuable for improving one's teaching career. For example the undergraduate research activities allow the faculty to learn modern technology and modern problems that eventually trickle down into the classrooms. Being in the business of teaching, undergraduate research can be looked upon as teaching students the skills and knowledge on how to conduct research. These skills will most likely benefit

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David K. Ware; David J. Ahlgren, Trinity College; Harvey F. Silverman, Brown University

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Engineering Ethics

importanceof ethical thinking. The students are told that careers can be ruined, fortunes can be lost andmarket values can be shrunk – sometimes to the point of complete liquidation in bankruptcy –when people ignore ethics. They are also told that we will not be discussing ethics in a highlytheoretical or philosophical manner, both because time does not permit such a discussion in asingle short lecture, and because the lecture’s intent does not call for it. In addition, they are toldthat the lecture is not so much about engineering ethics as it is about business ethics for Page 23.449.4engineers. That is, the focus is not on technical engineering

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, College of Engineering, Pune

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Students 28 34 29 20 12 16 8 32 70 237 Female Students 7 7 5 8 8 13 2 12 2 77 % Female Students 20% 17% 15% 29% 40% 45% 20% 27% 3% 25%Table 1: Allocation of students to different areas.It is interesting to note the overall and gender wise distribution of students among topics. Sports, business, anddefense studies earned better patronage. Female students chose traditional areas like fine arts, performing artsand medicine. Although they have chosen engineering career, their extracurricular interest seemed to havefollowed the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghulam H. Bham, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Civil Engineering

Technical Council Committee 2-32. “Attracting Students to a Professional Career in Transportation Engineering.” ITE Journal, 60(1), 1990, pp. 42-48.11. Handy, S., Weston. L., Song, J., and Lane, D. “Education of Transportation Planning Professionals”. Transportation Research Record, 1812, 2002, pp. 151-160.12. Luna, R., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., Bham, G., Morris, C., and Morrison, G. “Introduction of GIS into Civil Engineering Curricula.” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburg, PA.13. Luna, R., Hall, R., Hilgers, M., and Ge, L. "A GIS Learning Tool for Civil Engineers", Intl. Journal of Engineering Education, (ISSN:0949-149X), 26(1), 2010, pp. 52-58.14. Learn Civil GIS, “Transportation.” (July 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa G. Huettel, Duke University; Michael R. Gustafson II, Duke University; Joseph C. Nadeau, Duke University; David Schaad, Duke University; Michael M Barger; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia, Duke University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

excellence with a multitude of other skills including communication, teaming, ethicalreasoning, and contextual analysis.2 Yet, without exposure to real-world applications in thecontext of a technical education, students may neither develop these important skills nor gainsufficient motivation to pursue careers in engineering.There are many successful examples of ways in which real-world problem solving has beenintegrated into engineering curricula: service learning (e.g., the EPICS program3), industry-sponsored capstone design experiences, and cooperative learning internships. One commonfeature of these types of experiences is that they are often superimposed on top of a moretraditional curriculum whose courses focus on fundamental engineering

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Charles Knight, Northern New Mexico College; Raul R Peralta, Northern New Mexico College; Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

above.III. a) RecruitmentFor the first two summer camps, the main recruitment activity consisted of visits to local highschools by faculty members of the Department of Engineering. Applications were distributedand students were required to submit a letter from their math or science instructor explainingtheir performance in math classes. The applications were reviewed and priority was given tothose students who struggled with math according to their grades and to the opinion of their highschool instructor or counselor. The idea here was to recruit not the best students who wouldprobably succeed without any intervention. The philosophy was that by building some self-confidence in the students in math, they would select a STEM field as a career

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

number of boards; including the QLD Division committee of Engineers Australia and its sub-committee on Educa- tion Linkage (input into K12 and Tertiary Education). His research interests are in engineering education, engineering management, and renewable energy. He is a recipient of a USQ Faculty Award for Excellence in teaching (Early Career) 2008, USQ Associate Fellow 2009, and USQ Senior Fellow 2010. He served as the 2012 QLD President of Engineers Australia. Page 23.95.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013A qualitative study into the innovation and technology

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Ocean and Marine

senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and physics. His research interests included power sys- tem stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and tur- bulence simulation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published several papers in referred

Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto; Lobna El Gammal, Institute For Leadership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto; Jennie Phillips MA, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering studies at the University of Toronto. She is pursuing a certificate of global engineering and working towards an optional fourth-year thesis with the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. Previously, she worked as a pilot analyst summer research student, with both ILead and Patricia Sheridan, to develop a team effectiveness inventory for guided reflection and feedback. Lobna was responsible for performing quantitative and qualitative analysis of the pilot project findings and for modifying the proposed inventory based on analysis. Lobna is passionate about engineering education and plans to pursue a career path in the field.Jennie Phillips MA, University of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Ornelas Jr., Arizona State University; John Sadauskas, Arizona State University; Sandra Houston, Arizona State University; Wilhelmina C. Savenye Ph.D., Arizona State University; Eddy Ramirez; Claudia E. Zapata, Arizona State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

usethis device in their professional careers. Page 23.161.9 9 Baseline Student Knowledge Survey – Unsaturated SoilsSurvey Methodology Once the team was established we began the preliminary process of developing a surveyto be used to collect baseline data regarding what the average undergraduate knows aboutunsaturated soils once he or she has completed a “typical” geotechnical engineering class. Thissurvey was designed to measure students’ knowledge about unsaturated soils at the end of thenormal introductory geotechnical engineering

Conference Session

Integrating HSS into the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dave Hergert; Ron Earley; Suguna Bommaraju

integration and connections between the academic major and the work world or to improve senior career preparation and pre professional development. o 5.7% uses it to promote integration and connections between general education and the academic major. o 5% uses to promote the coherence and relevance of general education. (http://www.sc.edu/fye/resources/surveys/survey_r.htm).At the engineering technology department at Miami University, the senior design project as acapstone course assimilates engineering design, analysis, and liberal education concepts such ascost/benefit analysis, environmental issues, and ethics. The capstone course presents an excellentopportunity to bring together the student’s entire undergraduate

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Doreen Lawrence; Broderick Boxley; Chris Kobus; Barbara Oakley

Session 1170 Using the Kumon Method to Revitalize Mathematics in an Inner-Urban School District Barbara A. Oakley†, Doreen Lawrence††, Walter L. Burt†††, Broderick Boxley†††, Christopher J. Kobus† † School of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University/ †† Kumon, North America/ †††School District of Pontiac Abstract It is a compelling challenge to provide inner-urban K-12 students with the skillsnecessary for a career in engineering. A solid grounding in

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paula Baty; Erdogan Sener

, if at all. It is hoped that papers of this nature willprovide a motivation for publishers to be aware of green issues and encourage authors to include suchdevelopments in their text for a more broad and meaningful coverage of the green alternatives indesign and construction.Another conclusion is that we may be short-changing our construction-management-careers-boundstudents in terms of not providing enough of a perspective on what the future holds so that they aremore cognizant of the “green” alternatives in their undertakings and that they help to promote thegreen cause. “With improved education regarding the nature of sustainable projects, and their truecosts and operational requirements, people will see it is not difficult to create

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Grigg

appropriate;• The ability to work with faculty to integrate patent and trademark instruction into the curriculum where appropriate;• The ability to conduct patron surveys, manage the collection, and administer the duties the USPTO requires of PTDLs; and• The ability to serve as an advocate to the USPTO for patron needs.IX. Role as Advocate for Patrons to the USPTOPatent librarians, rather than spending their career trying to make the best of a flawedinformation system, must serve as advocates for their patrons. Why, for instance, is theUSPTO continuing to spend money and resources on CASSIS, an antiquated searchsystem that can only be used at a PTDL, when full text of patents is only available from1976? This does not help the independent inventor

Conference Session

Improving Communication Skills in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones

very available to the students, telling the class the first day“If the door is open, come on in.” He also encouraged them to call him at home. Students went tothe library, some for the first time in their college career, and also spent time on the Internetresearching concept questions. Since there was not a single correct solution, the students werelimited in how much they could depend upon their classmates for support although, based uponstudent comments, there was frequent communication with classmates, especially in the computerlab before class. Students expressed a need for support through feedback from the instructor suchas comments on their papers and examples of what a correct assignment that met his expectationswould look like. They

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

the backbone on which the programs are built. This workpresents the development of students and how institutions can foster student success.Student success is explicitly defined as more than earning a sufficient grade point average tograduate. The definition includes making progress toward fulfilling their educational and personalgoals, including developing academic and intellectual competence, establishing and maintaininginterpersonal relationships, developing an identity, deciding on a career and lifestyle, maintainingpersonal health and wellness, and developing an integrated philosophy of life.Also in this reference, the implementation and effectiveness of freshman seminars as a studentengagement tool and how institutions can be responsive