Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; David Quick; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

graduate level for the professional practice of engineering in industry.2.1 Challenges to U.S. Technological LeadershipAs the United States competes in the 21st century, it is facing new strategic environments forinnovation. America is being challenged today as never before. Other nations are investingheavily in the development of their engineering workforce as a key ingredient to their success. Page 11.537.3As a consequence, the importance of developing the U.S. engineering workforce in industry isbecoming a national priority to accelerate America’s thrust for technological innovation.As the Council on Competitiveness points out, 1 “The

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

effective security measures involves the methodical solution of a complexsystems engineering problem. The Sandia Methodology guides the effective design, analysis andimplementation of security systems, are very robust, and forms a foundation that can be appliedto the development of all security systems3. At ASU, this methodology formed the frameworkof the Master of Science degree in Security Engineering Technology.The Sandia methodology is the articulation of a general security systems engineering techniqueinvolving a thorough and rational set of procedures guiding the conception, design,implementation and analysis of security systems. The following chart summarizes the Sandiaapproach. Figure 1 – The Sandia Methodology for Security

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; David Quick; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

linear or sequential processfollowing basic research as portrayed in 1945. Rather, creative engineering projects in industryfrequently drive the need for directed strategic research efforts at universities when necessary oranticipated in order to gain a better understanding of the natural phenomena involved.New technology is brought about by a very purposeful and systematic practice of engineeringinvolving the deliberate recognition of meaningful human needs and the deliberate engineeringcreation of new ideas and concepts to effectively meet these needs though responsible leadership.Engineering practice and its resulting outcome technology have been redefined for the 21stcentury.1 Engineering must no longer be misconstrued as “applied science

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Support

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Neeley, University of Virginia

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

” February 15, 2004I. Introduction The opening sections of Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know Moreabout Technology (2002), a joint publication of the National Research Council and the NationalAcademy of Engineering, make it clear that the initiative called “technological literacy” isconcerned with a sophisticated and heterogeneous combination of “knowledge, ways of thinking,and capabilities” and focused on ambitious goals: “To take full advantage of the benefits and torecognize, address, and even avoid some of the pitfalls of technology. . . [to help citizens]become better stewards of technological change”.1 To borrow from the quote that begins this paper, it is unfortunate to see such a promisingconcept saddled with a

Conference Session

ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 11.677.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Hands-on Experimental Error! Improving Students’ Understanding of Error AnalysisIntroductionAn understanding of error analysis is crucial for the scientist or engineer who must estimateuncertainties in experimental measurements and reduce them when necessary. Error analysis is avital part of any experiment; without appropriate error analysis, meaningful conclusions cannotbe drawn from the data. Unfortunately, as pointed out by Taylor 1, error analysis is oftenintroduced through handouts containing formulas which students are simply told to use in theirlaboratory reports. Students fail to grasp the underlying concepts and rationale and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

purification technology, laboratory development, and investigating novel processes for fields such as bio/pharmaceutical/food engineering and specialty chemical manufacture. Page 11.624.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Experiments in Drug Delivery for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsIntroductionDrug Delivery is a burgeoning field that represents one of the major research and developmentfocus areas of pharmaceutical industry today, with new drug delivery system sales exceeding 54billion dollars per year 1. Chemical Engineers play an important and expanding role in thisexciting field, yet undergraduate

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreekanth Ramakrishnan, SUNY Binghamton; Justin Sturek, SUNY Binghamton; Sumit Parimoo, SUNY Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, SUNY Binghamton

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Industrial Engineering

phase, where the confirmation of the selected applicant is requested. On confirmation bythe applicant, the final transcripts and other related documentation are obtained and stored forfuture reference. This constitutes the output phase of the application process. An overview of theadmissions process is shown in Figure 1.It is worth mentioning here that Information Systems (IS) play a very important role in anenrollment management department. IS helps in obtaining basic information of the applicationforms and also gathers data specific to the university admission process 6. There is extensiveliterature available that discusses the importance of IS in the application process. It also allowsfor improved communication between the prospective

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nordenholz, California Maritime Academy

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Mechanics

will be presented.Finally, there will be a short section describing the basic techniques used by the author toprogram the animation filesI. Introduction.Several engineering educators 1-5 have written on the use of animation in dynamics, vibrations,and controls courses. Certainly, the theory behind the motion of mechanical systems ismathematical and difficult for many students to grasp, and the animation of these systemsprovides enhanced understanding and motivation. Page 11.215.2One common approach to animation involves the use of commercial software such as WorkingModel that simulates motion from objects drawn by the user without any

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alberta Lipson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rafael Bras, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kip Hodges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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First-Year Programs

. Teams also have access to anumber of Alumni Mentors (MIT alumni with expertise or interest in the year’s focus problem)and to librarians specifically assigned to the class by the MIT Libraries. Page 11.1245.4Students are expected to complete a number of individual assignments in Mission, but the focusof the semester is on the final product, which has two components: (1) An integrated websiteoutlining the class’s solution to the problem; and (2) A live presentation and defense of theirsolution in front of a panel of experts brought to MIT specifically for the occasion. Thepresentation, which is open to the public, is webcast live and archived for

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henrik Åkesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Lars Hakansson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Gustavsson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Ingvar Claesson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Johan Zackrisson, Blekinge Institute of Technology; Thomas Lago, Acticut Inernational AB

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Instrumentation

proposed to be used to increase the possibilities for students to access practicaland theoretical knowledge in experimental vibration analysis. A remote laboratorywithin the field of experimental vibration analysis is running at Blekinge Institute ofTechnology (BTH). The students have the possibility to perform experiments at any time24/7, from anywhere in the world. Also other laboratories have been set up previouslyon BTH,1, 2 and also by other universities around the world.3, 4 For the industry it isfundamental to maintain their competence as well as gaining new knowledge for e.g. theengineering staff. Thus, the possibilities with distance education are likely to provideimportant opportunities also for the industry.The remote laboratory at BTH

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla; Albert McHenry

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Engineering Technology

, meaningful, and compelling way for the targeted audience. Over time,to consistently deliver the brand promise at each point of interface with thecustomer community, the brand owner’s must make a major commitment tofollow-through on each selected attribute.The Engineering Technology Branding Environment Both tangible and intangible attributes are important to the brandingenvironment of engineering technology programs. Due to the history of the field,some of the attributes are deeply entrenched and some of them have associatedperceptions that appear to be very intractable. Some of these deep-rootedattributes are: (1) Engineering technology presently exist as a sub-brand to engineering. (2) A large part of the target branding

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Lee, Coherent Systems International; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Instrumentation

. Using the database driven approach in the software development, this paper alsodiscusses how the software package can be changed and used to solve problems in anyother engineering and technology curricula. Finally, this paper describes how thissoftware package developed in MATLAB can be converted into a C/C++ source codeand then compiled the source code into a stand-alone executable system.1. IntroductionIn the signal-processing environment, computer simulation is used extensively indeveloping complex systems, including radar performance systems [1]. To analyze theperformance of these radars at a system level, it is practical to rely on basic radarprinciples to model their performance, using the top-level parameters to characterize theradar

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University; Tim Mulroy, Sheffield Hallam University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University; Boon Han Lye, Kolej Bandar Utama International College

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International

100% over the last 7 years. Inthe UK first degrees are normally graded over a range from 1st class honours (SHU average mark>70%), 2:1 (SHU average mark 60%-69%), 2:2 (SHU average mark 50%-59%), 3rd (SHU averagemark 40%-49%). Unclassified (or ordinary) degrees may also be awarded. The mean of theaverage student marks in Engineering has been about 55% with a standard deviation of 12 marksfor UK students. For the TARC students the mean mark is 60% with a standard deviation of halfthe UK figure. This may be a result of cultural issues7,8, or from the selectivity on entry to TARC.The total number of engineering undergraduates at SHU is approximately 1600 (full timeequivalent) and the table shown below (Table 1) illustrates the number of TARC

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton; Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Monica Pfarr, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

. In the context of looming workforce shortages, the US manufacturers facetwo significant challenges: (1) the poor images and misperceptions that leave parents,counselors, and students unwilling to pursue technical degree programs that serve themanufacturing sector, and (2) the urgent need for highly skilled workers who canfunction effectively in the current advanced and technologically sophisticatedmanufacturing environment.Manufacturing suffers from a negative—and outdated—view of its role in the nationaleconomy. There is a common misperception that the importance of manufacturing to the Page 11.1069.2US economy is diminishing. This perception is

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Amy Gottfried, University of Michigan; Matthew Kaplan, University of Michigan; Vilma Mesa, University of Michigan; Christopher O'Neal, University of Michigan; Mary Piontek, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

faculty at a large research institution participated in a project for evaluating methodsto improve teaching. Faculty were randomly assigned to one of four separate cohorts (eachreceiving a different type of feedback designed to improve teaching) and comparative data wascollected on each of the four methods. Faculty in Cohort 0: Control served as the controlpopulation and did not receive formal feedback of any kind to improve teaching. Faculty inCohort 1: Ratings Report received a report summarizing student ratings of teaching at midterm.For faculty in Cohort 2: Feedback and Consult, an instructional consultant facilitated a studentfeedback session at midterm (also known as a small group instructional diagnosis) and thenconducted a follow-up

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Brown, Chippewa Valley Technical College; Kenneth Exworthy, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (retired); Jeffrey Fancher, Western Wisconsin Technical College; Walter Hedges, Fox Valley Technical College; Terry Fleischman, Fox Valley Technical College; Patrick Hoppe, Gateway Technical College; Richard Lokken, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Thomas Martin, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; Daniel Merkel, Milwaukee Area Technical College (retired); Michael O'Donnell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Terry O'Laughlin, Madison Area Technical College; Mark Porubsky, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Robert Steker, Waukesha County Technical College; Timothy Tewalt, Chippewa Valley Technical College

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Engineering Technology

conclude that the recruitment model atthat time was deficient.The change of paradigm that triggered the subsequent success in EET programs occurred whenthe following key decisions were made:1) The WTCS shall offer AAS-EET programs that entirely complete the requirements of the first two years of the BS-EET program at MSOE.2) MSOE shall offer only the junior and senior years of the BS-EET program (the “+2 BS-EET” program).Hence, a two-plus-two (2+2) EET program structure was born on a statewide basis. Thisarrangement immediately addressed the AAS “terminal program” concern of parents. TheWTCS and MSOE electronics faculty had already been cooperating for several years to enhancetransfer, and this progress was judiciously implemented to form

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Carlisle, Sinclair Community College; Charles Winarchick, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

”1 state: “It is said that there is nothing so practical as goodtheory. It may also be said that there’s nothing so theoretically interesting as goodpractice.” Marquardt2 in his “Harnessing the Power of Action Learning” states “...allforms of action learning share the elements of real people resolving and taking action onreal problems in real time and learning while doing so.” This is what our educational approach to engineering technology education has been allabout. To address these issues, we create laboratory problems, institute engineering coopprograms, and do capstone projects, all to get students exposed to “real world problems”.These are all excellent approaches and should be applied wherever practical. There areproblems associated

Conference Session

International and Sustainability Perspectives and Women in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Abadie, Louisiana State University; Ann Christy, Ohio State University; Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge

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Women in Engineering

experiences as womenfaculty were remarkably similar, we wondered about the experiences of others in the discipline.This led to an original survey that Lima and Christy developed and administered (withundergraduate researcher Cauble) to female faculty in BAE in 1998. Our objectives were (1) tosurvey this group on their motivations for choosing engineering, their personal and professionalexperiences, and their reflections on women in engineering, and (2) to make recommendations tobetter integrate women into all engineering disciplines. The work was presented at the 1999ASEE meeting (Cauble et al., 1999) and the full study was published in 2000 (Cauble et al.,2000).In 2005, we decided to re-survey the same population with a largely similar instrument

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Bower, Kansas State University-Salina

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Computers in Education

semester the course was offered, two projects usingLinux kernel modules were used. The idea for using Linux kernel modules started with asuggested lab assignment from Gary Nutt’s book on kernel project’s for Linux.6 The labintroducing students to Linux kernel modules was enhanced with information from the LinuxKernel Module Programming Guide,1 which is available on the Internet. Based on informationavailable in the Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide, a device driver lab was alsodeveloped. For the second semester that the course was offered, in the fall 2005 semester, it wasdecided to take advantage of the kernel module’s ability to read global data, so additionalprojects were developed which dealt with process control blocks and virtual

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech

, incorporatingsignificant research experiences into undergraduate engineering curricula has proven to bechallenging. This paper presents the results of an experiment in the College of Engineering atVirginia Tech to address this problem by means of a research option in the traditional technicalcommunication course, which is a required course in many engineering curricula. In this researchoption, students had the opportunity to prepare for and to document a summer researchexperience. To that end, the research option of the course was divided into two segments: (1) aspring segment to prepare students for a summer research experience, and (2) a fall segment toteach students how to document that research experience. This research option culminated withthe students

Conference Session

A Serving Profession: Service Learning in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jesse Houghtalen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Zachary Johnson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew Lovell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Maria Van Houten, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

ProjectIn order to assign students to projects, the instructors have each student rank his or her top fiveproject choices on the first day of class (5 = highest preference). The students are provided a oneparagraph description of each potential project. Figure 1 contains an example description. Theinstructors review the descriptions with the seniors and answer any questions before the studentssubmit their preferences. The instructors compile the rankings as demonstrated in Table 1. Theprojects with the highest total score are selected, then the instructors assign students to projectsin an attempt to maximize the number of students receiving either their top or second choice. Todo so, the instructors first assign students with the strongest

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso; Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso

majority are first-generation college studentswho lack the support network to encourage their success. Given its mission to serve one of thepoorest cities in the country,1 UTEP has adopted an inclusive, open admission policy, which hasled to an acceptance rate of over 90 percent. The mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score atUTEP is lower than the national average by nearly 100 points.2 UTEP based its reform efforts tofit these non-traditional students, building upon traditional strengths recognized in science andengineering and developing innovative new programs to help its students accomplish theUniversity mission. Six programs were identified and targeted specifically for this studentpopulation’s needs: Circles of Learning for Entering

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murray Teitell, DeVry University-Long Beach

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New Engineering Educators

2006-894: ENGINEERING PROBLEM-SOLVING USING PATTERN MATCHING:A NEW COURSEMurray Teitell, DeVry University-Long Beach Page 11.572.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering Problem-Solving Using Pattern Matching: A New CourseMethods of Problem-solving There are a number of ways to solve a problem. 1, 2 Engineers, however, tend to learnand use a limited set of structured methods.3 The most popular is the deductive method 2:analyze the problem and apply a series of generalized steps that have worked before onsimilar problems leading to a solution. Conversely, using the inductive method (reverseengineering), the solution is assumed and the engineer

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Merkel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

of the unit. A typical Pico PLC unit is shown in figure 1.In order to make this PLC a stand alone unit for use in our classroom, we mounted eachunit on an electrical box and wired it through both a 1 amp fuse and a circuit interrupteroutlet to a standard three prong electrical connector. This could be connected to any 120VAC power socket. This provided a safe and mobile PLC unit which could be poweredeasily and used in the lab, the classroom, or at a remote site. This mount is shown inFigure 2. Figure 1. Pico PLC Figure 2: Mounted PLC Unit. Page 11.107.3 “Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Harper, Ohio State University; John Demel, Ohio State University; Richard Freuler, Ohio State University

them learn appropriatestrategies suggested by each problem type. A previous investigation reported on a survey ofmath, physics and engineering faculty with respect to the types of problems they employed intheir instruction.1 A major result of this study was that little common vocabulary is used todescribe problems and problem solving. Therefore, the additional result that the disciplines donot share a common approach to categorizing problem types and appropriate solution techniquesis not surprising. In order for interdisciplinary efforts to make further progress, it appeared that acommon language and framework were needed. The current investigation deals with developinga problem-solving vocabulary and then a method of problem categorization

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Fayerweather, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Engineering and Public Policy

, there were nooverall negative feelings toward the project. In two of the areas, question 1 and 2, thestudents felt strongly positive toward the project. This is reassuring because these twoquestions dealt with the two main ABET criteria meant to impress on to the students,ABET (3)(c) and (3)(j).The students were also encouraged to write comments on the project. Most of thecomments dealt with the short amount of time given for the presentation and debate.However, since the amount of time was equal for every team, they did not see it as unfair.The presentations needed to take no more than one week of class. Since we were dealingwith a class of 48 students, the duration of the presentations had to be strictly limited.Also included is a graphical

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

necessitate an ability to communicate convincingly and to shape the opinions and attitudes of other engineers and the public.1”All college graduates need to be life-long learners, possess good communication skills,and function well on a team in order to be successful in today’s global market. Thecurriculum designed for the first class in the minor, Biotechnology Lab I, addressed theseskills. The educational objective of the biotechnology program is to create an interactiveclassroom learning environment and immerse undergraduate students within action-basedresearch. Students pose authentic research questions and actively participate in theinquiry and discovery process while working together on multidisciplinary teams. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Eric Roe, Hillsborough Community College; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Bradley Jenkins, St. Petersburg College; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

education programs. The center has many ongoing outreach activities, whichinclude: 1) promotion of technologically oriented manufacturing careers to middle andsecondary school students, 2) professional development of teachers throughout the K-12educational system, and 3) review and reform of the State’s Community Collegemanufacturing education programs. This paper and poster will detail how and what FL-ATE’soutreach activities including production and distribution of a recruitment video, tours forstudents and teachers of local manufacturing facilities, development and distribution of virtualtours, manufacturing challenge lessons, and teacher and faculty workshops.Manufacturing Facility Tours [“Made in Florida” Tours]FL-ATE employs two outreach

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

strategies for activeand collaborative learning, had no exams, and reduced the lecture to one classhour each week. The paper includes qualitative results from a survey regardingstudent preferences for the new class structure in comparison to the previousstructure.1. BackgroundHistorically, engineering education has been dominated by a lecture only format,in which students are expected to retain and memorize lecture material,reproducing it on demand for exams1. This one-way transfer of information fromteacher to student has been termed the “banking concept of education” by PauloFreire2.In the 1970’s Feire criticized “banking education” for its inability to activelyinvolve the students as critical thinkers. Freire viewed banking education as aform of