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ELD Poster Session

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Kiem-Dung Ta; Helen Clements; Kevin Drees

& Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationexperiences. Also, use handouts to provide additional detail, especially for the resources thatwill not be covered during the sessions but are nevertheless important.References1 Vicki Phillips, personal communication to author, February 23, 2005. Vicki Phillips is Head of the Science andEngineering Division, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University.2 Ronald J. Rodrigues, “Industry Expectations of the New Engineer,” Science & Technology Libraries 19, no. 3/4,(2001): 179-188.3 Engineering Criteria 2000. Accreditation policy and procedure manual. Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology. Baltimore, MD: ABET, Inc. November

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Visualization

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Paul Charlesworth; Thomas Drummer; Kedmon Hungwe; Sheryl Sorby

technical and scientific fields.At Michigan Tech we have been offering a course aimed at improving the 3-D spatialskills of engineering students since 1993. Through a subsequent grant, we developed ninemultimedia software and workbook modules for developing 3-D spatial skills. In the Fallof 2004, we were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to extend ourtraining materials and activities to students in majors other than engineering and toinvestigate gender differences in preferred learning/training styles. This papersummarizes the results from our research to date with non-engineering majors anddiscusses implications for the future.BackgroundThe ability to visualize objects and situations in one’s mind and to manipulate thoseimages

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Uwakweh Benjamin; Richard Miller; Bryan Dansberry; Kettil Cedercreutz; Cheryl Cates

impact ofchanges in curricular design upon student work performance; d) piloting and contrasting projects in both different academic fields and at differentcolleges; and e) developing a set of best practices to be used for further refinement and dissemination of the process. Initial collaborators includeUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) academic units as follows: the Department of Architecture (College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning);the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (College of Engineering); the Department of Civil and Construction Management(College of Applied Science); the College of Business Administration; and the Division of Professional Practice. The assessment data will beanalyzed by the UC Evaluation Services

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International Engineering Education I

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Janet Ellzey; Ted Aanstoos, The University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

diversity awareness as desirable traits of new-hireengineers. Similar goals appear in the ABET 2000 criteria. The Mechanical EngineeringDepartment at The University of Texas at Austin is developing an International EngineeeringProgram with the goal of increasing the number of undergraduate students with internationalexperience. A pilot six-week summer program in 2004 involved nine students earning six credithours in Grenoble, France. The program consisted of an upper-division technical elective“Engineering Standards and Industrial Policy in a Global Environment” and an American historycourse, “American Foreign Policy.” Student performance and feedback from this pilot semesteryielded positive results, and based on this success two additional

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Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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John Ochs

June 2005 ASEE Conference Session 1410 Implementing Technical Entrepreneurship as a Required Junior Course for all Students at Northwestern Lehigh High SchoolBryan Klass Leah ChristmanFutures II Instructor Instructional Technology FacilitatorNorthwestern Lehigh High School Northwestern Lehigh School DistrictJohn B OchsProfessor and Director of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) ProgramLehigh University AbstractFutures II is a multidisciplinary, standards based, technology enabled graduationrequirement for all eleventh graders at Northwestern Lehigh High

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International Developments & Collaborations

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Gary Steffen; Iskandar Hack

Preliminary Investigation into Providing International Experience through Studying Abroad for Engineering Technology Students Gary D. Steffen, Iskandar Hack Indiana University-Purdue University Fort WayneAbstractA preliminary investigation is currently ongoing to provide international experience forengineering technology students at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW).This would consist of a small group of students from the Electrical and Computer EngineeringTechnology Department (ECET) teaming up with a similar group of students from University ofKuala Lumpur (UKL) in Malaysia. These student groups will work on a joint design project in aclassroom setting

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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Larry Reaveley; Nick Safai

Science Foundation (NSF)and the Oil Industry. He has authored over 65 technical publications in Technical Journals, Government &Industry project reports, DOE, DOD and (NSF). Nick’s research areas of interest have been Solid Mechanics &Fluid Flow coupling, 3-D Multiphase Flow in an Unsaturated / Saturated Deforming Porous Medium, Wave Page 10.1377.9Propagation & Stress Concentration, and Filamentary Composite Materials.Dr. Safai is a member of several national and international Professional Engineering Organizations such as:American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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Steve Warren; Jason Yao

. Page 10.1138.13 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences[1] Brinkman, R. and W. G. Zijlstra. "Determination and continuous registration of the percentage oxygen saturation in clinical conditions," Arch. Chir. Neurol., vol. 1, pp. 177-183.[2] Swedlow, D. B. "Oximeter with motion detection for alarm modification," International Patent Application WO 94y22360 ~13, 1994, pp.[3] Yao, J., and S. Warren. "A Novel Algorithm to Separate Motion Artifacts from the Photoplethysmographic Signal for a Pulse Oximeter," presented at 4th Joint EMBS-BMES Conf., San

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Kozak

Jones, C. (2004). How to Fire up and Motivate People While Delivering Technical Information! Technical Presentation Skills Program. www.cindyjonesassociates.com.25 Ellis, H. (2003). Guide to Presenting a Seminar Paper. Rensselaer at Hartford. www.rh.edu.MICHAEL R. KOZAKGraduate Program Coordinator. Active member of ASEE and Engineering Technology Division. More than 100publications and 100 presentations. Funded external grants from ASEE, SPE, TFA, TEA, and NSF. Consultant tothe US State Department, industries, and educational institutions (most recently on TC2K preparation and technicalpresentations). General Operating Chair of numerous state, national and international conferences

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DEED Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ressler Stephen; Estes Allen; Karl Meyer; Matthew Morris

the extent to which graduatescan accomplish the following 12 indicators: (1) In an environment of uncertainty and change, identify needs that can be fulfilled via engineered solutions. (2) Define a complex problem, accounting for its technological, political, social, and economic dimensions. (3) Determine what information is required to solve a problem; acquire that information from appropriate sources; and, when available information is imperfect or incomplete, Page 10.704.1 formulate reasonable assumptions that facilitate the problem solution. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

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DEED Poster Session

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Mei-yi Lau; Ming-yin Chan

task which may draw analogies from daily operation and incorporatetheir internal mode of knowledge from across disciplines into a final product. It symbolizesthe solution of the authentic problem accordingly. Brown [3] further expounded the result of such a teaching and learning approach.Learners are even motivated to persist at problems from their workplace, meld priorknowledge and experience with new learning, and develop rich domain-specific knowledge. Itis contextualized in social context that students construct their own knowledge by solvingcomplex problems in situations in which they use cognitive skills, multiple sources ofinformation, and other individuals as resources. In the following part, the benefits of groupproject learning

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ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Hakan Gurocak

Session: 1566 Engineering and Science Institute: An Innovative Partnership to Provide Seamless Undergraduate Education Hakan Gurocak Robin Terjeson Mechanical Engineering Engineering and Science InstituteWashington State University, Vancouver Washington State University, VancouverAbstract: WSU Vancouver was established in 1989 and was mandated by theLegislature to provide upper division and graduate education. Undergraduate studentstransfer to WSU Vancouver following a 2+2 model where the lower division courseworkis often completed at a local community college. An

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Khaled Mansy

is needed.This paper reports on the ongoing effort to build an Artificial Sky Dome for the School ofArchitecture at Oklahoma State University. The paper discusses the technical challenges facedby the team in charge of designing the Artificial Sky Dome. Challenges that relate to thestructure of the dome, uniform distribution of light sources, avoiding the star effect, effect ofinternal reflections, models of different sky conditions, control of sky luminance, and the needfor a post-construction calibration of the lighting control system. The construction of theArtificial Sky Dome is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2005. This laboratory isfunded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, (CCLI)Course

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

support their work in solving electrical engineering problems. Outcome 2A: EE graduates plan and implement cost-effective electrical engineering designs using modern engineering equipment and software. Outcome 2B: EE graduates can effectively work with and on multi-disciplinary teams and understand the importance of teamwork in an engineering environment. Outcome 3: EE graduates are aware of trends in electrical engineering and are engaged in a path of life-long learning. Outcome 4: EE graduates are committed to excellence in all professional endeavors and apply their understanding of ethics to solve engineering problems. Outcome 5: EE graduates effectively communicate technical material in an

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William White; George Engel; Cen Karacal; Ai-ping Hu; Jerry Weinberg

questions that were specifically designed to measure the understand- ing of non-majors (i.e., questions that students within the discipline would be expected to know prior to the course, but that students outside the discipline would not be expected to know prior to the course). 3. Mid-Point Questionnaire • Approximately halfway through the course the students were given a non-technical questionnaire with bulleted ques- tions and essay questions regarding their opinions regarding the course’s cross-disciplinary effectiveness. 4. Discipline-Specific Discussion Sessions • About two-thirds of the way through the course, informal sessions with the assessor were scheduled, in which stu- dents in each of the CS

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yong Tao; W Bao; R Moreno; Marc Zampino; Yiding Cao

Session 1526 Using Design, Build and Test Projects for Improving the Design of Fluid-Thermal Systems and HVAC Design Y.-X. Tao, M. Zampino, Y. Cao, W. Bao, R. Moreno, G. Calderon, M. Rivera, M. Vargas, and D. Chavez Florida International University Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Miami, Florida 33199 taoy@fiu.eduAbstract The goals of the newly-awarded project by NSF are to adapt and implement provenconcepts from previous NSF

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

Session 1526 Lessons Learned from Incorporating Problem-Based Learning and Lego System in Engineering Measurements Laboratory Zhifeng Kou, Sudhir Mehta North Dakota State UniversityAbstractAs one of the most important developments in contemporary higher education, Problem-BasedLearning (PBL) is widely used in most medical schools and is being proliferated in several otherdisciplines. A limited number of engineering educators have reported using PBL methods in theirclasses. However no literature in the field reports how to implement PBL, to what extent PBLshould be

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ME Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matthew Panhans; Joseph Musto; William Howard

Session 1566 The Impact of Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering on a Small Undergraduate Institution Joseph C. Musto, Matthew A. Panhans, William E. Howard Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractThere is a wealth of published information offering opinions on the future of undergraduateengineering education, and proposing curricular and institutional reforms. These proposedreforms are motivated by three distinct sets of considerations: • emerging technological change, • student/population demographics, and • global sociological conditions.In this paper

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Pamela Maass; Kesa Black; Heather Storace; Anne Ranes; Dana Newell; Mary Anderson-Rowland

-2003. She is currently employedwith Honeywell International in Tempe, Arizona where she is working as a Product Quality Engineer in the Engines, Page 10.1263.13Systems, and Services business. Heather continues her involvement in SWE as a professional member on theStudent Transition Team, and special interest national committee. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1592PAMELA B

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lawrence Genalo

1. National Academy of Engineering (2002). Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 2. American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993). Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Oxford University Press: New York. 3. National Research Council (1996). National Science Education Standards. National Academy Press: Washington, DC. 4. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000), Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, NCTM, Washington, DC. 5. Schoenfeld, A. H. (1985). Mathematical Problem Solving. San Diego CA: Academic Press Inc. 6. Streefland L. (1991). Fractions in Realistic Mathematics Education. Dordrecht

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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Lancaster; Susan Walden; Teri Murphy; Deborah Trytten

IndustrialEngineering at the University of Oklahoma to analyze the unexpected success that this Schoolhas had in attracting and retaining female students. In our sample, female participantscommented spontaneously on office-hours-type-interactions considerably more often than themales did (90 vs. 55 comments). Students of both genders reported many more positiveexperiences (56) than negative experiences (3) with IE faculty in particular. This suggests thatthe high quality of faculty-student interactions outside of class is likely to be one factor affectingthe attainment of gender parity in this program.Introduction P: If I could tell somebody one thing, that’s it [go to office hours]. Because all the other stuff is a give-me. I mean, yeah, study

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Constance Kampf; Dave Kmiec

structures in the pedagogies of technical communication, rhetoric, andcomposition for constructing persuasive technical documents. The lectures and assignments inCE 4101 are based on the analysis of the following rhetorically-situated points: 31 Rather than taking an upper division writing course, students at the University of Minnesota are required toaccumulate a certain number of writing intensive credits by completing service or disciplinary courses so denoted.2 Housed in the Civil Engineering department, CE 4101 attracts a number of students from other engineeringdisciplines, partly because of the demand for the topic and partly because of the writing intensive designator. Manyof the workgroups, therefore, are multidisciplinary

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

acquisition system may be used as a tool in ETME 381-Mechanical Instrumentation and ETEE 421-Instrumentation courses to teach students modern ways of acquiring, processing, displaying and communicating data. Both of these courses cover “principles of data acquisition”. Using the new data acquisition system in one of the experiments will substantially improve understanding of the data acquisition topics covered. 3. Using as a Tool in Power and Transportation Course: EDTE 341-Power and Transportation course is taken as a technical elective by most MET students. The course covers internal combustion engine operations and maintenance. Next time I teach the course, the DAQ system shall be used to check power balance of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Boyer; Taryn Bayles

Society for Engineering Education 6. Bayles, T.M. “Improving the Freshman Engineering Experience”, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, paper 2004-1602. Presented in the Freshman Programs Division Session #2253 at the ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22, 2004. 7. Lafferty, J.C, Subarctic Survival Situation™, Human Synergistics, Inc., 1987. 8. Burrows, V., personal communication August 2, 2002 and http://129.219.116.31/Featured_Lessons/con_lessons.html, accessed August 19, 2002.RICHARD BOYER is a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering (Bioengineering track) at the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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Said Shakerin

the 2004 ASEE-PSW Conference in Stockton, CA.References1. Linder, B., 1999, “Understanding Estimation and Its Relation to Engineering Education,” Ph.D. Dissertaion, MIT.2. Linder, B., and Flowers, W. C., 1996, “Students Response to Impromptu Estimation Questions,” Proceedings of the 1996 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference, Irvine, California.3. Linder, B., and Flowers, W. C., 2001, “Integrating Engineering Science and Design: A Definition and Discussion,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 17, Nos. 4 and 5, pp. 436-439.4. The Diagram Group, 1980, “Comparisons,” St. Martin’s Press, Inc., New York, N.Y.5. Ross, M. and DeCicco, J., 1994, “Measuring the Energy Drain on

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Loendorf

, Chicano Educationand the College Assistance Migrant Programs, Women’s Studies, and the campus TRIOprograms (Student Support Services and McNair Scholars).Objective 3. Develop and Implement the EE program curriculumThe EE program curriculum is based on a series of existing lower division prerequisite courses inthe humanities, mathematics, physics, and general education requirements. The upper divisioncore includes both existing courses and new courses along with laboratory revisions in the E&DDepartment.The program was designed to meet the EAC of ABET criteria that provides a set of programstandards that must be met including a minimum number of credits (180 for quarter hourprograms), certain curriculum elements, assessment criteria (i.e. the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald; Scott Starks

socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.In 2001, collaboration between TexPREP and PACES began with the objective of usingactivities with space-oriented themes as a means to stimulate student interest in science,engineering and mathematics. Over the past two summers, a variety of activities have beenconducted. These include (1) Remote sensing and image interpretation, (2) CricketSat electronictelemetry device activity, (3) Protein Crystal Growth experiment, (4) Rover design competition(5) “Mission to Mars” play, and (6) Field trips to NASA facilities. This paper presents adescription of these space-oriented program components and some results from the evaluation ofthe program.1. IntroductionUnderrepresented minorities now compromise over

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jason Krupar; George Suckarieh

them to planand lead complex technical projects.3. Course ObjectiveIn the Spring Quarter 2004, at University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science, a pilotcourse "Leadership and Teamwork from Within" gave Honors students in engineeringtechnology programs the opportunity to explore concepts in leadership and teamwork. Thecourse examined the integration of humanities, leadership and teamwork to build onmanagement concepts. Leadership in organization can be established in many different ways. Aleadership that focuses on needs of individuals within organization for the benefit of the team hasa lasting impact that promotes the organization well beyond other leadership styles. The coursereflected on methods for promoting personal growth of

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Fike

., and Gregory, Donald, Voice & Data Communications Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 2003.[3] Newton, Harry, Newton’s Telecom Dictionary, CMP Books, 2004.[4] Ekstrom, Joseph et al, Education at the Seams: Preliminary Evaluation of Teaching Integration as a Key toEducation in Information Technology, ASEE 2004, Session 1450.[5] Scragg, G. W., Most computer organisation courses are built upside down, ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, vol. 23, pp.341-346, (1991).[6] Voigt, Robert, Introducing Information Technology Fundamentals into the Undergraduate Curriculum, ASEE2000, Session 2632[7] Aburdene, Maurice, Meng, Xiannong and Mokodean, Gregory, Analysis of Computer Networks Courses inUndergraduate Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Science

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tapas Das; Project Fellows; Louis Martin-Vega; Liz Hunnicutt; Grisslle Centeno; Geoffery Okogbaa; Cheriese Edwards; Ashok Kumar; Rajesh Ganesan

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationFellows were like interns and did not allow them to participate in their classes. It took someeffort in establishing the role of the GK-12 Fellows as contributors to the curriculum content andteacher knowledge enhancement. In general due to a significant difference in academicpreparation between the Fellows and the teachers, some of the teachers did not feel comfortablewhen a Fellow added or modified the technical content of a subject. However, these differenceswere overcome gradually when both sides realized that the Fellow-Teacher partnership ismutually beneficial. This is due to the fact that while the