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Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sherra Kerns; Edwin Jones; John Weese

. 30, 2003.5. ABET, Inc., 2003 Annual Report for the ABET Fiscal Year 2002-2003.6. Weese, John A. and Steven D. Johnson, ABET and the Accreditation of Applied Science Programs, Event 2171, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22, 2004.Appendix MemorandumDate: October 22, 2004To: ABET Board of DirectorsFrom: American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Page 10.222.6Through: John A. Weese, ASEE Representative to the ABET Board of DirectorsWeese, Jones, and Kerns, ASEE & ABET Collaboration

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tze-Chi Hsu; N. Yu

bilateralrelationships and to explore the new opportunities of cooperation, the NSC set up 14 science liaison offices around Page 10.1300.8the world and the MOE also establish more than 20 cultural divisions to provide global services for students as wellas scholars. These overseas offices are invaluable resources in the necessary assistance to those who would like to Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcooperate with educators in Taiwan.Future collaborative models Although the

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sohail Anwar

Electrical Engineering Education in Poland: A Case Study Sohail Anwar The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College Desire Dauphin Rasolomampionona Warsaw University of TechnologyAbstractWarsaw University of Technology is one of the largest institutions of higher education inCentral Europe. The University offers undergraduate and graduate courses in numerousengineering disciplines. Since 1945, Warsaw University of Technology has beendeveloping academic linkages with European universities. The European Union (EU)educational and research assistance program such as TEMPUS and COPERNICUS haveplayed a key role in the

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Charles Feldhaus

toward their postsecondary degree inthe area(s) of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology, Computer Information Technology, Construction Technology and ComputerGraphics Technology. Project PETE made it possible for IPS students to graduate withcore academic Advanced Placement credits, Technology Advanced Placement credits, an Page 10.1036.1Indiana Academic Honors Diploma and/or a Certificate of Technical Achievement.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThis paper

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

and the second two goals are for the faculty involved: provide pre-service teachers with a basic understanding of the field of engineering so they are better able to describe the excitement of an engineering career to their future students; provide pre-service teachers with engineering applications that can enhance the learning of mathematics; introduce fundamental issues relating to engineering and engineering education to faculty members outside the field of engineering; improve pedagogy and teaching effectiveness of engineering faculty.To meet these goals, we planned and implemented a model for an engineering experience forpre-service teachers. This experience pairs an existing 1-credit-hour

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Lehman; David Stone; Mary Raber

Page 10.1242.1will summarize the results of these pilot Enterprise-Summer Youth experiences, highlighting the “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”process used to develop the pre-college mini-enterprise curriculum, delivery of the curriculum bythe enterprise students, and feedback from the pre-college participants.I. IntroductionIn the 2004 ASEE report entitled “Engineering in the K-12 Classroom: An Analysis of CurrentPractices & Guidelines for the Future”, the ASEE Engineering K-12 Center recommended sixguidelines for improving engineering education and outreach1. The guidelines include

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rickie Miller; Elisa Barney Smith

organize, analyze and synthesize the ideas. Also, once themath is explained to them they realize that they do understand the concepts. The educationstudents are also seeing numerous ways that the course projects could be used in the schools.Plans are to continue to offer this course in the following semesters with expectations for higherenrollment including some practicing teachers. Discussion is beginning on making this course anacceptable substitute for the math & science methods course offered by the Education College. Page 10.549.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Jordan; Laura Wesson; Bill Elmore; Norm Pumphrey; Kelly Crittenden

examined the students gain in content knowledge in six topical areas:• Materials science• Fatigue and statistics• Structures• Behavior of fluids (particularly Archimedes principle and the nature of colloids)• Highway engineering• Rocketry Page 10.226.1Dramatic gains in knowledge were shown in the fatigue/statistics, fluids, and highway “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”engineering. There were smaller gains in the materials engineering and structures topics,however, we should note their prior

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny

. Page 10.406.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThis paper illuminates an attempt to teach graduate students, our future professoriate, thelandscape of design education and how engineering design is practiced in industry, also thevarious approaches that can be taken to teaching design in a variety of educational environments.The scope of the course is broad to give students the spectrum of activities encountered in designwhich is by nature interdisciplinary, team-oriented, collaborative, open ended, and possiblydistributed geographically. The course should be taught at the graduate level

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Walker; Hayden Griffin; Tamara Knott; Richard Goff; Vinod Lohani; Jenny Lo

successfully completed arequired set of courses.Over the past seven years, the first-year courses have evolved from somewhat standard problemsolving, graphics, and programming courses to a format that emphasizes early design and Page 10.962.1realization, collaborative learning, and highly interactive classroom environments1,2,3,4. Virginia “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Tech engineering (computer science) students have been required to own personal computerssince 1984 (1985). In fall 2002

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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June Marshall; John Marshall

type of testing (or other forms of assessment)used in the course and which reflect the amount and nature of the information that mustbe learned will go a long way to promoting academic success. Page 10.376.5 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Question #7 - Learning Strategies: What types of learning strategies do my studentsneed? Will they need to collaborate with others in small or large groups? Will studentsneed to listen, maintain their attention for long periods of time, or take extensive notes?Students

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Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Joseph Tront

more blanks onthe fly. Diagrams were left partially completed so that they could be finished during class withstudents collaborating on the details of completion. Page 10.1430.7To take advantage of the improved interaction possibilities, new slides were added to incorporatemore active learning opportunities in the presentation. Exercise slides were included wherein Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents were required to participate in some problem solving work. Most of these

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lawrence Genalo

TWT class facilitator, and interviews with the collaborating in-service teachers.Introduction/Need“At the heart of our modern technological society lies an unacknowledged paradox. Although theUnited States is increasingly defined by and dependent on technology and is adopting newtechnologies at a breathtaking pace, its citizens are not equipped to make well-considereddecisions or to think critically about technology. As a society, we are not even fully aware of, orconversant with, the technologies we use every day. In short, we are not ‘technologically Page 10.856.1literate.’”1Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

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ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rasha Morsi; Wael Ibrahim

Online Engineering Education: A Comprehensive Review Wael Ibrahim, Rasha Morsi ECPI College of Technology/Norfolk State UniversityAbstractDevelopment and assessment of synchronous and asynchronous distance learning curricula is anever growing research due to the new emerging virtual universities. Recent reports confirm thefast growth in online education at an even higher rate than anticipated by educational institutions.The suitability of online learning to engineering disciplines however has been questioned. Thispaper researches online degree granting institutions and attempts to gain an insight in the growthof online education and its correlation with engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

Page 10.283.1different from face-to-face collaboration. This paper shares their experiences. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationIntroductionWith increasing globalization, organizations frequently rely on electronic means of collaborationas they form more virtual project teams. A virtual team is a team of people for which the primarymeans of interaction is something other than face-to-face, although team members may meetface-to-face occasionally. Often the team members are separated geographically, sometimes evenacross multiple time zones. Reasons for creating virtual teams include

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

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José O Valderrama; Carolina Ponce; Zenaida Otero Gephardt

Department at the Universidad de La Serena. Engineeringclinics were first developed at Rowan University. Students take an engineering clinic courseevery semester and work on projects in their junior and senior years. Some of these projects canrelate directly to courses or be industrial projects funded by regional and national companies.International collaborations offer students an excellent opportunity to experience the globalinteractions and technology exchanges. This is becoming more important as engineers are moreinvolved in the dynamics of the global economy.introduction and backgroundRowan University, as all institutions of higher education in the United States, strives to provide awell rounded engineering education. A well rounded education

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Saeed Foroudastan

, Canada, June 1.4. Foroudastan, S., “Partnering with Industry – A Winning Collaboration”, 2003 CIEC Annual Conference, Tucson,Arizona, January 28-31.5. Darling, Ann L. & Dannels, Deanna P. “Practicing Engineers Talk about the Importance of Talk: A Report on theRole of Oral Communication in the Workplace” Communication Education, Vol. 52 i1, January 2003, pp. 1-16 Page 10.1308.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographyDr. Saeed D. ForoudastanSaeed Foroudastan is a Professor

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Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yifat Kolikant; Bugrahan Yalvac; Ann McKenna

Cultivating a Community of Practice in Engineering Education Yifat Ben-David Kolikant1, Ann F. McKenna2, Bugrahan Yalvac11 The VaNTH Engineering Research Center in Bioengineering Educational Technologies/Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science2, Northwestern UniversityAbstractOver the past several years, as part of an NSF supported engineering research center, we haveworked in cross-disciplinary teams to enhance learning and instruction in the field of biomedicalengineering education. Our collaboration involved working with faculty and consultants withexpertise in learning science, assessment and evaluation, learning technology, and engineering.As cross-disciplinary teams we worked

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carol Lynn Alpert; Jacqueline Isaacs

two-week advanced version for high schoolstudents. Based on this work, UML and Northeastern will collaborate to design“NanoManufacturing Camp” to be launched in 2006.40 Page 10.955.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Teacher PreparationProviding adequate preparation for teachers is another major challenge in the K-12 field,particularly for those teaching math and science at the K-8 level. Middle school teachers mustnow be subject-certified, but there is little money to pay for their

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

AC 2005-307: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING GRADUATE PROGRAMS INENGINEERING EDUCATIONAlex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityHassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityHayden Griffin,Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityJean Kampe, Michigan Technological UniversityJenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityMarie Paretti, Virginia TechMark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityMichael Alley,Richard Goff,Susan Magliaro,Thomas Walker,Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Page 10.422.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2005

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Said Shakerin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationreferences as they document details of the survey and findings with profound implications inengineering education. Two important conclusions of the study are quoted below.(1) “Students were found to have considerable difficulty making estimates for common engineering quantities, such as force and energy.”(2) “Students were also found to have difficulty applying basic engineering concepts in rough estimation situations even at the senior level.”After reading the MIT study, the author became curious about how well University of the Pacific(UOP) engineering students would perform E2. He conducted

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Frank Miceli; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball

technology transfer.1,2The Engineering and Technology Department was approached December 1, 2003 by theEducation and Research Consortium of the Western Carolinas to discuss the opportunity ofworking with a manufacturing company in western North Carolina to assist in managing theprototyping and field testing of a water-heating dehumidifier combination unit. The opportunity Page 10.70.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”for faculty members to collaborate with a regional manufacturing company to

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Todd Dunn

Page 10.1142.1addition, the popularization of easy-to-use scheduling software has “democratized CPM schedulewriting....but it has also put scheduling in the hands of many inexperienced and poorly trained “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”practitioners.”2. The paper outlines, in detail, several straightforward approaches that can beemployed to achieve accurate updates to CPM construction schedules.1) The importance of accurate updates. Students in civil engineering technology programs often gain practice in developing CPM construction schedules. They are exposed to the essentials of

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Srikanth Pidugu

questionnairesdemonstrate that this collaboration has been effective. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Central High School The project was limited to 25 students due to availability of experimental kits. All thesessions were repeated again, and a total of 46 senior students were involved in this project. Atthe end of the project, students were asked to provide comments on the project. As one studentcommented: “The experiments were great! They allowed me to have a better understanding ofthe lectures.” The survey also contained five questions to evaluate the effectiveness of theproject. The questions were

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ken Wild; Constance Holden; Karen Horton

terrain of St. John to demonstrate their locations.This vision will be referred to as virtual preservation.Wild was interested in hiring student interns with technical backgrounds to use MicroStation(Bentley Systems, Inc.) to model specific structures.2 A water-drawing windmill facingimminent collapse is located at the Leinster Bay sugar factory site. He sought students whocould clear jungle at the site, measure the windmill and other structures, photograph them, modelthem, apply the photographs to the models, take survey and global positioning system (GPS) Page 10.1108.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Anderson; Janice Singleton

third party. The overall goals of the project are to: • Establish a model for the collaborative process for academia, vendors, and Northrop, • Establish realistic educational models for integration into technology courses, • Validate the system for the application, • Establish cost / benefit analysis for implementation, • Formulate a viable business model for implementation. Page 10.1146.3 Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1

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Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Robertson

: Page 10.915.1 1. Establish a much higher level of interaction with industry than has been the norm. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 2. Use the well-established procedures of Systems Engineering [1] and the Balanced Scorecard [2] to shape strategy and identify targets for change. The industry dialog was relatively easy to enhance. The Phoenix area has a major concentration of semiconductor companies and by a process of personal contacts and references, we assembled an Industry Advisory Board (IAB) with representation from 12 key companies. We sought out people at a sufficiently senior

Conference Session

Building New Communities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Karl Smith; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

education. Five-day workshops are held in Golden, Colorado each summer from 2004 through 2006 to train faculty participants. For more details see the project website [4].• Sustain the development of this project through establishing a community of practice. The foundation for this aspect of the project is the work of Wenger and his colleagues. [5, 6]Furthermore, we aim to collaborate with projects and initiatives that have similar goals, such as: o Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) Scholarship on Page 10.568.1 Engineering Education InstitutesProceedings of the 2005 American Society for

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Architectural Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Wang

Reforming Architectural Engineering Education in Taiwan: Contexts, Opportunities, and Concerns Tsung-Juang Wang Department of Architecture National Taipei University of Technology, TaiwanIntroduction Architectural education has traditionally included interdisciplinary courses to encouragestudents to improve their competency in fields related to the discipline areas (Erman et al.,2004:51, 52; Bronet & Schumacher, 1999:97, 100) and provide the basis for a wider vision ofthe field and its role in society. Architectural education has always struggled to fit thepreparation for practice demanded by professional

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Morgan; Beverly Davis

Page 10.1038.7Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.Copyright © 2005 American Society for Engineering EducationBEVERLY J. DAVIS is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership at Purdue University’sCollege of Technology. Currently she is Division Chair of the ASEE Manufacturing Division. Her researchinterests include technology and human behavior and workplace literacy.JAMES MORGAN has been at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory since 1996.Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a Collaborative National Center for plasma and fusion science. Itsprimary mission is to develop the scientific understanding and the key innovations which will lead to anattractive fusion energy