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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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KaMing Lai; James Webb; Robert Hendricks

Lab-in-a-Box: Experiments in Electronic Circuits That Support Introductory Courses for Electrical and Computer Engineers Robert W. Hendricks, Ka Ming Lai, and James B. Webb Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USAAbstract:The objective of Lab-in-a-Box is to give the student hands-on experience with wiring andanalyzing simple circuits, but in such a way as to allow the experiments to be performed at homeor at a study table with simple, relatively inexpensive, student-owned equipment rather than in atraditional university laboratory. Each

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Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sharon Kurpius; Dale Baker; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

but wanted it integrated into other subject matter15.Research on teachers trained to use DET concepts, however, has shown that DET has a positiveimpact on students. For example, The Materials Technology Institute project provided teachersin Singapore with the background and curriculum needed to create a high school course inMaterials Science and DET16. Students reported the courses: a) made them more interested in ascience career; b) increased enjoyment of laboratory activities; and c) helped develop skills forworking with equipment and in the lab, and 96% said they would recommend the class to theirpeers.PurposeThis study documented the effect of a course designed to help teachers integrate Design,Engineering, and Technology (DET) into their

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Bailey; Andrew Ricke; David Spurlock; Susan Murray

traitsand needs more closely than others and could possibly improve recruitment and retention with aless negative impact on time devoted to course work. However, many additional researchquestions must be answered to fully understand the effects of these variables (and others such asfinancial need to work) on student time management.References1. Robbins, S. B., Lauver, K., Le, H., Davis, D., Langley, R. and Carlstrom, A. (2004). Do psychosocial and studyskill factors predict college outcomes? A meta-analysis, Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 130, No. 2, pp. 261-2882. Bailey, D. J. and Spurlock, D. G. (2004). Why are you working on that? Motivational influences on timemanagement decisions in dynamic multiple priority work environments. Proceedings of the

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Daniel Walsh; David Gibbs

, GA, p51, May, 199837) N. Suutala, T. Takalo, T. Moisio, “Ferritic-Austenitic Solidification Modes in Austenitic Stainless Steel Welds,” Met Trans A, 11A, 5, p717, (1980)38) N. Suutala, T. Takalo, T. Moisio, “Single Phase Ferritic Solidification Modes in Austenitic-Ferritic Stainless Steel Welds,” Met Trans A, 10A, 8, p1183, (1979)39) Bloom, B., 1956 Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook I, Cognitive Domain. New York; Toronto: Longmans, Green.DANIEL WALSH is a Professor of Materials Engineering, program director of General Engineering and AssociateDean for College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He also serves asDirector for the Advanced Technologies Laboratory. He received a B.S

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Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Brewer; Johannes Boehme; Glenda Scales; Cheryl Peed

. c. Document steps for providing the appropriate people (students, Virginia Tech remote sites) access to the Centra session created by a faculty member. Blackboard Process to Organize and Upload materials into Blackboard. a. Review the organizational structure of the courses (Mammalian Physiology and Introduction to Biomedical Engineering). b. Consult with faculty on a good organization for materials within Blackboard. c. Initial areas of Blackboard that will be used during this first semester

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Capstone/Design Projects: Industrial ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Fanorious Chalkiadakis; Mohammed Fahmy; Recayi Pecen

) (b) Figure 2. Hickory Hills Park Hydro Power unit (a) and Proposed Pelton Turbine (b)Figure 3 illustrates a computer-aided ProEngineer (ProE) design of the wind tower and powerhouse after its completion. Figure 4 shows actual construction of the wind tower, which wascompleted in October, 2004.Figure 3. ProE Design of Hydro-Wind System Figure 4. Wind tower construction by undergraduate research students in Hickory Hills Park Page 10.399.5 as part of Phase 2. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

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Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Virendra Varma

engineering students B. How should it be taught and learned C. Who should teach and learn itThe BOK committee’s primary focus was on What Should Be Taught, though BOKcommittee was also charged with the responsibility of addressing roles of faculty,practitioners, and students.How does the ASCE’s BOK Committee Work Apply to Construction Engineering?In the construction engineering discipline, unlike the civil engineering discipline in whicha professional engineering (PE) license is mandatory to the practice of civil engineering,construction professionals in contrast are not required to obtain professional constructor’s(CPC) certification. A CPC certification is less well known, and is not mandatory for thepractice of construction engineering

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Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

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Philip Gerhart; Andrew Gerhart

Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationif the equipment is a good learning tool. A study has been initiated to determine if the RC is aworthwhile and practical tool for the students to study basic electricity generation and cycleefficiencies.Various questions were asked of students on a survey after each had completed the laboratoryexercises. Much of the survey is quantifiable using a 5-point Likert scale, but written responseswere also gathered. While many different experiments are possible with the RC (see LTUsample laboratory assignment in Appendix B), the survey is general enough that it is likelyapplicable to any college using the unit. Questions asked on the survey are shown in AppendixC.A

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Writing and Communication II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Luke Niiler; David Beams

Methods (ENGR 1200) and 15juniors in Electronic Circuits Analysis I Laboratory (EENG 3106). While not the primaryemphasis of this study, the junior cohort was included at this stage of the EWI for the purpose ofcomparing upper and lower-division students and predicting future behaviors of lower-divisionstudents. Each student was asked to write for 30 minutes on the following three questions: A. Why are you majoring in engineering? B. What knowledge and skills do you anticipate developing during your course of study as an engineer? C. What role do you anticipate writing will play in your course of study?These questions were chosen because they can be asked repeatedly throughout the study;answers will demonstrate the extent to which

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Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jessica Yellin; Jennifer Turns

Page 10.700.8Appendix A. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Two participants also consented to be interviewed about their experiences in the program twoweeks after the last session. These semi-structured interviews asked questions regarding theprocess participants used to create their portfolio elements, what types of support they had fordoing this, the impact on them of participating in the program, and the overall impressions thatparticipants had about the program. The interview questions and field notes from the two exitinterviews may be found in Appendices B and C.Description of data

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Innovative Curriculum in CPD

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Robertson

Session 1622 Delivery of a certificate program for Chief Engineers J Robertson, P Hruska, D Lowery Arizona State University/Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ/ JACMET, ASUE, Mesa, AZAbstractChief Engineers and other technical leaders in high-tech companies face increasingpersonal demands as the job becomes more diverse as well as more complex. To meetthis challenge, the companies that participate in the Joint Arizona Consortium forManufacturing and Education in Technology (JACMET) have established a trainingcertificate program for future Chief Engineers and other technical leaders. The

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Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

Session XX60 Fishing Engineering: A Customized Engineering Program Claudio da Rocha Brito, Melany M. Ciampi COPEC – Council of Researches in Education and SciencesAbstractIn order to form professionals committed with the creation and development of science,principally in engineering field the research team of COPEC – Council of Researches inEducation and Sciences has conceived and implemented a different kind of engineering program.Brazil despite the low investment in education system is a Country, which in biological andengineering areas is not behind other developed Countries. It is a five years

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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

€ A WORTHY Pursuit for Tomorrow’s Engineers Richard Boyer and Taryn Melkus Bayles Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore CountyAbstractThere is a growing concern for the lack of college students pursuing degrees in technicaldisciplines. As a result, six years ago Northrop Grumman launched the WORTHY (Worthwhileto Help High School Youth) program to provide a unique mentoring/educational outreachprogram with the objective of cultivating and motivating future technical and business talent.Each year, Northrop

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Mativo; Arif Sirinterlikci

A Cross-Disciplinary Study via Animatronics Arif Sirinterlikci, John Mativo Ohio Northern UniversityBackgroundThis paper presents the authors’ attempts and consequent challenges in developing a true cross-disciplinary study for undergraduate engineering, technology and art students. The developmentprocess was initiated to enhance the Mechatronics and Robotics Program at Ohio NorthernUniversity (ONU) Technological Studies Department resulting in development of an honorscourse. HONR 218 - Animatronics was developed and offered in Winter Quarter of 2003/04academic year. Animatronics is the art of bringing inanimate objects to life through

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Capstone/Design Projects: Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Mueller

Session 1648 Automation of a Vacuum Furnace Robert Lynn Mueller The Pennsylvania State University New Kensington CampusAbstractA vacuum furnace is a device used in the production of silicon carbide crystals which are used incertain military applications. In order to create these crystals, a source material must first bemade by combining silicon and graphite and baking it at temperatures which reach 3000° C in aperfectly uncontaminated environment of argon gas. By heating the crystals in a vacuum, it ispossible to reach

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Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Kozak

Session 3549 So You Have A Presentation?! Michael R. Kozak University of North TexasThere are not boring topics, only boring presentations. The effective communication of ideas isas important as the idea itself.1 A presentation is a one-shot attempt to make a point, a salespitch that promotes an idea, proposition, position, organization or product. 2,3 Effectivecommunication: • transfers vital information • provides a basis for judging your knowledge • conveys your interest and competence • increases the knowledge of others

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Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

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Benson Tongue

Making a Large Class Small Benson H. Tongue Department of Mechanical Engineering University of California Berkeley, CA 947201 I’m teaching HOW many next semester?As budgets shrink and class sizes grow, educators are hard pressed to maintain qualityin their classrooms. At Berkeley, the class size of our required undergraduate mechanicalengineering courses has ballooned from 40-60 students per professor up to the current level of130-170. Although less than the 500-600 students that routinely fill introductory chemistrycourses, 160-odd students certainly would seem to mandate that what once

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

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Russel Jones

Session # 2560 Engineering for a Better World Russel C. Jones WFEO Committee on Capacity Building Andrew Reynolds US Department of State Anthony Marjoram UNESCOAbstractIn 2003, the United States of America rejoined UNESCO after an absence of 18 years.The US government indicated to UNESCO that it wanted a significant portion of theincreased funds that it would provide to its budget to be allocated to enhancing itsprograms in

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Gregg

Green Engineering: A Multidisciplinary Engineering Approach Michael Gregg Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAbstractVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) is entering its 131st year.Founded in 1872 as Virginia’s land-grant college with an initial enrollment of 43, Virginia Techhas grown to become the commonwealth’s largest university with enrollment at roughly 26,000.The University offers over 200 degree programs through its seven undergraduate academiccolleges. Its annual research expenditures exceed $150 million.IntroductionVirginia Tech’s College of Engineering accounts for about one quarter of university students,both

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New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Anderson

A Manufacturing Systems Capstone Course John C. Anderson Oregon Institute of Technology INTRODUCTIONCapstone courses serve a valuable function in Engineering and Engineering Technology curricula.Typically these courses offer the student an opportunity to integrate the lessons learned in engineeringscience classes, as well as transition from the textbook problems with a limited scope to more openended problems.A capstone course also offers the opportunity to fill in some gaps in the student’s academic backgroundprior to entering the professional ranks.The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Fike

Teaching Telecommunications Fundamentals – A Networking Approach John L. Fike, P.E. Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution Texas A&M UniversityIntroductionAs with many topics in a rapidly changing technical world, an introductory course intelecommunications and networking presents a challenge to curriculum developers. How doesone teach fundamentals, such as frequency, bandwidth, and multiplexing, which change slowlyand do not always appear important to the students? How does one teach contemporarynetworking topics in a way that is interesting to the “techies” while not losing the

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sara Tracy; Jason Immekus; Susan Maller; William Oakes

between test content andits associated domain. Typically, content validity is ensured by (a) thoroughly reviewing thecontent domain literature, and (b) review of items by content experts. For the EPICS scales, ateam of researchers (graduate students and faculty) thoroughly reviewed the relevant literature.Further, a panel of students and faculty familiar with the measured outcomes assisted in item andtest development. Faculty within Purdue University’s Communication Department served asconsultants on the communication competence measures; engineering faculty from multipleinstitutions provided feedback on the scales at the 2004 EPICS National Conference. Construct validity. Construct validity addresses whether a scale measures what it

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Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gene Harding

A Jitter Education: Finding a Place for Jitter Analysis in the EET Curriculum Gene L. Harding Purdue UniversityAbstractTiming jitter has become a major issue in the high-speed electronics industry during the pastseveral years. It is the phenomenon seen when the rising or falling edge of a digital waveformappears before or after the expected time. This paper describes the basics of timing jitter, how tomeasure and display it, and proposes where and how to incorporate various jitter topics into afour-year electrical engineering technology (EET) curriculum.IntroductionTiming jitter is the phenomenon seen when a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michael Alley; Jenny Lo; Bevlee Watford

Session 1526 Promoting Undergraduate Research by Creating a Research Option in a Technical Communication Course: Initial Project Phase* Michael Alley, Jenny Lo, and Bevlee Watford Engineering Education Department Virginia TechAbstract Although many institutions such as the National Science Foundation, the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science, and the National Research Council have called formore undergraduate research, incorporating significant research experiences into undergraduateengineering

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New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wayne Whiteman

Session 3155 How Long Does it Take to Earn a Ph.D. in Engineering: A Case Study Wayne E. Whiteman, Ph.D., P.E. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0405AbstractA case study is conducted of the length of time it takes to earn a Ph.D. in engineering. Fourhundred twenty-one individuals who earned their Ph.D. from the Woodruff School ofMechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia are studied.This case

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First-Year Design Experiences

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ryan Owen; Robert Knecht; Abel Feltes

Session 1640 A VERSATILE WEATHER STATION ENGINEERING DESIGN FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF A FIRST-YEAR TEAM Abel Feltes (Team Weather Works) Ryan Owen (Team Pyramid) and Robert Knecht Colorado School of Mines Abstract –The theme of the Spring 2004 EPICS Challenge was “A Versatile WeatherStation.” Over 60 first-year teams exhibited designs of weather stations required operating aclimate network to be placed in local high

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Real World Applications

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mark French

Session 2249 Experience from a First-Time Offering of a Motorsports Technology Course Joseph F. Kmec Heather L. Cooper John R. Hartin Steven E. Widmer John R. Williams R. Mark French Purdue UniversityAbstractAs part of a continuing effort to enforce the multidisciplinary and applied character of thecourses offered, the department of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET

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Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Silliman; Leo McWilliams; Kevin Abbott; G. Christopher Clark

Session Number: 1686 Observations on Benefits/Limitations of an Audience Response System S.E. Silliman1, K. Abbott2, G.C. Clark3, L.H. McWilliams1 1 College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame / 2Office of Information Technologies, University of Notre Dame / 3Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre DameAbstractProviding stimulating lectures to large groups of students has been one of the most challengingaspects of a first-year engineering course sequence. Prior efforts at improving the lectureenvironment included use of an audience response system (ARS). While the

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State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Silliman; Leo McWilliams; Mark Gunty; Carrie Graf; Catherine Pieronek

Session 2008 Identifying Student Differences in a First-Year Engineering Course: A Comparison of Mid-Year Survey Reponses Leo H. McWilliams, Catherine Pieronek, Stephen E. Silliman, Carrie Graf, Mark Gunty University of Notre DameAbstractAs of May, 2004, the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame completed thefourth year of a two-semester, first-year engineering course sequence. During the 2003/4academic year, a mid-year survey was administered during the final week of the first semester.This survey targeted differences among student experiences for three groups of

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yongjian Fu; Daniel Simon; Charles Alexander

A Knowledge Capturing Integrated Design Environment for a Course in Electrical Circuits Yongjian Fu, Daniel Simon, Charles Alexander Cleveland State University AbstractSoftware tools have become a major and necessary part of the world of the workingengineer. In fact, courses in electrical circuits involve the use of an ever increasing arrayof software tools. Word, Excel, Power Point, PSpice, and MATLAB represent some ofthe most commonly used programs. It is extremely important to integrate these togetherinto what is called an integrated design environment. In addition to organizing them intoan easy-to-use environment, the