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Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Cahill; Joshua Peschel

. Instructional materials and ongoing resultswill be placed on the course website, located at: http://people.tamu.edu/~jmp9307/cven675/. It isexpected that at a minimum, learners will develop an awareness and basic working knowledge ofwavelet-based problem solving techniques that may be applied in their current and futureendeavors.Literature Cited[1] Chinn, C., and B. Malhotra. 2002. Epistemologically Authentic Scientific Reasoning in Schools: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Inquiry Tasks. Science Education. 86: 175-218.[2] Coulibaly, P., and D.H. Burn. 2004. Wavelet Analysis of Variability in Annual Canadian Streamflows. Water Resources Research. 40: W03105, doi:10.1029/2003WR002667.[3] Frazier, M.W. 1999. An Introduction to

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdinc Acar; Faruk Taban; Ismail Fidan

Teaching Basic Engineering Concepts in a K-12 Environment Using LEGO® Bricks and Robotics Faruk Taban1, Erdinc Acar2, Ismail Fidan3, Ayhan Zora4 1 University of Nevada, Reno / 2Coral Academy of Science / 3 Tennessee Technological University / 4Technology Center, Deere & CompanyAbstractThis paper explores the impacts of basic engineering concepts of LEGO® Bricks and Robotics inCoral Academy of Science in Reno, Nevada - a Science, Math and Technology Middle and HighSchool - collaborated with the Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Nevada, Reno(UNR). A team from middle school students designed and developed a LEGO® Robot and

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College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Neha Goel; Johnathan King; Ellen Chen; Danny Le; Alene Harris; Ragu Vijaykumar; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

, Yalvac, B, Kanter, DE and Goel, N. “Developing a Standards-Based K-12 Engineering Curricula through Partnerships with University Students and Industry.”Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education. Session 2530: 6 pages, 2004. Page 10.582.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education4. Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT Engineering Research CenterStudent Leadership Council (VaNTH SLC) Website. Website URL [http://www.vanth.org/slc],site visited 12/29/04.5. Vanderbilt

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shumon Alam; Matthew Sadiku; Cajetan Akujuobi

noise and check whether the modem drops or not (if sync rate=0, modem drops) a. If sync rate=0, wait 60 sec and check sync rate again. If sync rate remains 0 after 60 sec, stop the test. b. If sync rate>0, modem trains itself and that means traffic will resume. Read the required data and save it in the log file. c. If t>10 sec, stop the test, else increment t by 1 sec and follow steps of 2. Page 10.478.6 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for

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Useful Assessment in Materials Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Goo; Maura Borrego

% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% % Correct PRS Clicker Responses % Correct PRS Clicker Responses (a) (b)Figure 1. Scatter plots of Midterm Exam Score vs. % Correct PRS Clicker Responses for the Midterm 1and Midterm 2. During the first few weeks of the semester (Midterm 1, Fig. 1a), most students fall into oneof two different groups with distinctively different slopes (indicated by dashed-line boxes). By Midterm 2(Fig. 1b), the scatter plot has a similar shape, but the two groups are no longer

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Collaborations Between Engineering/Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

engineering technology related areas; b. A thriving Tech Prep program complete with applied courses in the curricular areas of math, science, technology and/or pre-engineering; c. A Project Lead The Way program complete with the necessary curriculum, labs, equipment and teacher training. Page 10.1036.7“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 3. IPS partner(s) will choose no more than 30 students to participate in the Project PETE program and those students

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Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Podlasek

Tacit Knowledge in the Innovation Process Robert J. Podlasek, PH.D, PE Department of Mechanical Engineering Bradley UniversityAbstractTechnical innovation and entrepreneurship drive economic growth and prosperity. The successof the innovation process depends on utilizing new and existing technical knowledgeexpeditiously and in novel ways. Many new ideas are the result of the convergence of knowledgefrom seemingly unrelated domains and/or fields of interest. Moreover, innovative ideas tend toemerge from a combination of experience, published information, and dialogue. This process ofcollaboration and team science to

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Capstone & Educational Resource Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society For Engineering EducationDespite the fact that the students spend a significant portion of their time to understand, code anddocument an existing ML algorithm, the ultimate goal is (a) to compare a number of MLalgorithms or techniques on appropriately chosen benchmark problems, or (b) to apply thedeveloped ML algorithm to solve a real-world problem that, either the supervising faculty hasassigned to the student team. At the end of each year the project’s Academic Committeeevaluates the final products and research reports of each team and selects the best projects interms of quality, which will then be submitted for publication to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

respectedengineering and science programs for exceptional high school students. The SSI is limited tooutstanding students who have demonstrated superior academic achievement. The students mustbe in high school, and many have completed two years of math and one year of chemistry. Thestudents must have a “B” average with nothing lower than a “B” in high school math and sciencecourses.The program spans over 5 weeks with a different discipline each week. Some of the weeksessions include engineering, chemistry, physics, computer science, and math. In the past, eachstudent participated in all 5 sessions. Last year the format was changed so that a student couldparticipate in only one session if desired or more. Each day contains 6 hours of activities (i.e.,learning

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K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Staszowski

technology.References1 Bers, M. New, B. Boudreau, L (2004) Teaching and Learning when No One is Expert: Children and Parentsexplore Technology. Early Childhood Research & Practice. 6(2)2 Bers, M. Portsmore, M. (In Press) Teaching Partnerships: Early childhood and engineering students teaching mathand science through robotics. Journal of Science Education and Technology3 Bers, M. Urrea, C (2000).Technological Prayers: Parents and Children Working withRobotics and Values. In Robots for Kids: Exploring New Technologies for LearningExperiences. Edited by A. Druin & J. Hendler. NY: Morgan Kaufman. pp. 194-2174 Howe, C., Tolmie, A., Greer, K., & McKenzie, M. (1995). Peer collaboration and conceptual growth in physics:Task influences on children's

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tomas Cavanagh; Richard Gilbert; Linda Austin; Edwin Goolsby; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College

for HCC.RICHARD GILBERT is a professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Florida.THOMAS B. CAVANAGH is Program Manager for the Florida Space Research Institute at the Kennedy SpaceCenter, where he oversees the institute’s Advanced Learning Environment (ALE). Tom’s work with the ALE has beenfeatured in numerous publications including Training magazine, Federal Computer Week, Space News, InformationWeek, and the Washington Post. Tom holds a BS in Communications from the University of Miami, an MBA inTechnology Management from the University of Phoenix in Orlando, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Texts & Technologyat the University of Central Florida. He represents the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida on the

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Laura Nelson; Keith Williamson; Hassan Ndahi; Sharon Waters

) students’ behavior; (b) students’ prior knowledge, (c) relevance of projectactivities to students’ personal experience, and; (d) scheduling of mathematics andscience activities during the school day. Figure 2 shows student achievement on stateaccountability tests for science. Figure 3 shows graduate fellows’ and teachers’ responseson their general impressions on three factors that influence their willingness to try newideas in the classroom. These factors included: (a) school resources; (b) administrativesupport, and; (c) parental support. Challenges to engaging K-12 students 5 4.5 4 3.5 behav 3

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kevin Scoles; Harriet Millan

integrated experiencein engineering, science and humanities. Two of the courses must be within the student’s major,while the third can be in any discipline. Presently, there are over 200 WI classes at Drexel.Undergraduates, representing all majors are trained and paid peer tutors who work with 10-15students in a specific writing intensive class. Peer tutors read drafts of student writing. One ofthe hallmarks of the program is that it is not housed in the English Department. Because of itslocation within the University’s Honors Program, the program’s dual mission is to create aculture of writing at Drexel.The ECE Department has decided to exceed the minimum of two writing intensive courseswithin the CE and EE degree programs by changing four lab and

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Davari; Amir Rezaei

2003 Morgantown West Virginia.[4] Bernstein, D.S. “Setting up and running a control research laboratory” Control system Magazine IEEE Vol. 23, issue 5, Oct 2003 pg 14-19.[5] Dennis S. Bernstein “What Makes Some Control Problems Hard” Control system Magazine IEEE Vol. 22, issue 4, Aug 2002 pg 8-19.[6] Armstrong, B. Perez, R. “Controls laboratory program with an accent on discovery learning” Control system Magazine IEEE Vol. 21, issue 1, Feb 2001 pg 14-20.[7] Bernstein, D. “A plant taxonomy for designing control experiments” Control system Magazine IEEE Vol. 21, issue 3, Jun 2001 pg 7-14.[8] Thomas R. Parks “ECP Instructor’s Manual for Model 210/210a Rectilinear Control System” 1999.[9] Thomas R. Parks “ECP Instructor’s Manual

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IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jessica Matson; David Elizandro; Jane Fraser

Program Objectives that characterize the “career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve.” 2. An articulation of Criterion 3 a-k Program Outcomes that support one or more Program Objectives and reflect the students’ technical competence and understanding of engineering at the time of graduation. 3. An assessment process for Program Objectives and Outcomes.In Criterion 2, Program Objectives characterize program graduates within the first few yearsafter graduation. According to the Criterion1, accredited programs must have: (a) detailed published educational objectives that are consistent with the mission of the institution and these criteria (b) a process based on the needs

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2005 Annual Conference

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T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; R.N. Olson; R.E. Morrison; P.Y. Lee; L.M. Coulson; K. Gonzalez-Landis; J.P. Tidwell; J. O'Brien; Isadore Davis; H.J. Palmer; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; D.H. Quick; Albert McHenry; Jay Snellenberger; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

professionals from novice to competent professional; fromcompetent professional to expert; and from expert through senior and executive engineering leadershiplevels for corporate technological responsibility for competitiveness. In this process, there appear to befour primary stages for career development.. They include: (a) Early career development for beginning engineers (Engineer I,II) (b) Middle engineering levels for technology development/innovation (Engineer III,IV,V) (c) Senior engineering levels for technology development/innovation (Engineer V,VI,VII) (d) Executive engineering levels for technology development/innovation (Engineer VIII,IX)2.8 Importance of the Experience

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Experiential Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.11. Development Dimensions International, Inc., , accessed September 27, 2004.12. Mickelson, S.K., L.F. Hanneman and T.J. Brumm, “Validation of Workplace Competencies Sufficient to Measure ABET Outcomes,” Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June, 2002.13. Development Dimensions International, , accessed September 27, 2004.14. Brumm, T. J., S. K. Mickelson, B. L. Steward and A. L. Kaleita-Forbes, “Competency-based outcomes assessment for agricultural engineering programs,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 2004, in press

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ABET Issues and Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Lamancusa; Laura L. Pauley; Thomas Litzinger

improved. Areas for improvement included a betterintegration across courses, increased design experiences particularly in the thermal sciences, andbetter integration of computer skills throughout the program.Define Objectives Through numerous discussions in faculty meetings and curriculum committee meetings,objectives for the design of a new curriculum were formulated by the faculty in Spring 2003.Initially the design objectives were listed without grouping. It was found that the objectiveswere more easily conveyed and understood when grouped into two main objectives. Theseobjectives are:1) IMPROVE DELIVERY - To encourage deeper student learning by: a. Integrating theory with practice b. Integrating concepts across courses c. Requiring

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

Investigating Student Interest in Post-Secondary STEM Education Dr. Anant R. Kukreti, Dr. Shafiqul Islam, Dr. Daniel B. Oerther, Dr. Karen Davis, Dr. Mark G. Turner, Dr. Catherine Maltbie, and Dr. Thaddeus W. Fowler College of Engineering/College of Education University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OHIntroduction In a world of rapidly changing technology, knowledge explosion, and globalization, there is afundamental shift in the type of workforce America needs to remain competitive in a complexand integrated global market. Trends and projections of enrollment and degree

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

Valuable Lessons from the Successes and Failures of Teams of Engineering Students Bijan Sepahpour, Shou-Rei Chang Department of Mechanical Engineering The College of New Jersey Ewing, New Jersey 08628-0718ABSTRACTPerformance of engineering students at regional, national and international competitions is oftenused as benchmarks for assessment of the quality of the education provided by theirundergraduate institution. In such competitions, the potential for success of a small programentering the competition for the first or second time may be significantly different than that of

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Schinnel Small; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Pamela Leigh-Mack

Page 10.621.7 © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 4. Representative notes from: a) a tablet PC user and b) a notebook user. The results from pre and post testing for the performance task sessions were collected inan attempt to determine the impact of encoding and external storage during the note takingprocess on the ability to construct meaning. The learners were evaluated using a rubric withscoring levels between zero and two representing novice and expert practitioner levelsrespectively. The final scores and gain are plotted as bar charts in figure 5. While the post testscores indicate a slight increase for the tablet PC users, the most significant difference can beseen in the

Conference Session

Issues of Building Diversity

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carla Purdy; Mara Wasburn

and opportunities forsupport and mentoring during graduate school. In many cases, most advice a student is givenabout applying to graduate school focuses on applying to the most prestigious institutions, butthere may be other institutions where a fine graduate education can be obtained and where thestudent is more likely to find the overall graduate experience more fulfilling. Advisors who arewell-acquainted with students, beyond classroom performance, would be helpful in mentoringthem to choose which graduate programs would truly be a "best fit".b. Admission ProceduresIn many cases, graduate admission committees focus on "hard data", such as GRE scores, ratherthan looking at all facets of an applicant. This is especially true at large

Conference Session

Design Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

a significant correlation with another. Among the outcomes acquired from the lecture and open-ended homework, (a) outcome E has a significant correlation with A and C; (b) outcome G has a significant correlation with A and E; and (c) outcome K has a significant correlation with A, C, E and G.From the facts mentioned above, it is interesting to recognize that the outcome K acquired in thecourse has a close correlation with the other outcomes defined in the curriculum planning. Thismeans our teaching strategy, using the simulation software SAM to improve the students’“conceptual model” as an aid for learning the course “Mechanisms”, is successful.Fig. 10. Survey result of the questionnaire: (a) for lecture and homework (b) after-class

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven Zemke; Donald Elger

to team formation and, b. The most important mentoring action leading to team performance, c. A significant area for the mentors to improve their skills.Correspondingly, many of the mentor best practices concerned feedback (tables 3 & 4).These responses are not surprising. First, feedback can directly address team formation andperformance issues. Feedback may be the “assessment” method of choice because it is simple,direct, and involves all the team members. Secondly, feedback provides the student with ametacognitive perspective concerning their team. This metacognition is most likely fundamentalto improving their team performance.Perhaps surprising is the evidence that students can effectively give, receive, and use feedback

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Issues in Digital Signal Processing

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

invoked as a client and the receive program is invoked as a server and TCP/IP communicationis used between the two programs. The Phase 1 implementation is shown in Figure 3(a-b).Figure 3a is the driver module that is used to call the transmit or receive side and display theresults on the screen. Figure 3b provides the actual implementation of the transmitter andreceiver. This is modular and as seen from Figure 3b the CRC-16 class has two memberfunctions, transmit and receive. The code for transmit module is shown in that figure. Thereceive module is similar and it is not shown for brevity.A run snapshot of Phase 1 is given in Figure 2. The first two runs do the transmission andcorresponding reception and show that the message is error-free. In

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

positive educational outcomes. These outcomes, however, only occur wheninstructors create conditions, which motivate students to prepare for and engage in give-and-take discussions.Fortunately, by applying three fundamental principles, instructors can create theseconditions in the vast majority of learning groups. These principles, referred to as“KEYS” in his essay, are: a) promoting individual and group accountability; b) usingassignments that link and mutually reinforce individual work, group work, and total classdiscussions; and c) adopting practices that stimulate give-and-take interaction within andbetween groups.Application of the Theory:This type of interaction can be facilitated by dividing students into small groups of five orsix and

Conference Session

Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ward; Tonya Emerson

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition” Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education[9] Mullins, C.A., et. al., 1995, “Freshman Expectations of an Engineering Program”, Proceedings of the 1995 ASEEAnnual Conference, Anaheim, CA, Vol. 1, pp 173 – 178[10] Pomalaza-Ráez, C. and Groff, B., 2003, “Retention 101: Where Robots Go… Students Follow”, Journal ofEngineering Education, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp 85 – 90[11] Picket-May, M., and Avery, J., 2001, “Service Learning First-year Design Retention Results”, Proceedings ofthe 31st Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, Oct. 2001[12] Olds, B.M and Miller, R.L, 2004, “The Effect of a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum on

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

. J. Davis, Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003.3. K. D. Dahm, R. P. Hesketh, M. J. Savelski, “Is Process Simulation Used Effectively in Chemical Engineering Courses,” Chemical Engineering Education, 36, 2, (2002).4. K. D. Dahm, “Process Simulation and McCabe-Thiele Modeling: Specific Roles in the Learning Process,” Chemical Engineering Education, 36, 4 (2002).5. Wankat, P. C., “Integrating the Use of Commercial Simulators into Lecture Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, 91, 1 (2002).6. Mackenzie, J.G., Earl, W. B., Allen, R. M. and Gilmour, I. A., “Amoco Computer Simulation in Chemical Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, 90, 3 (2001

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyejeong Kim; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

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Industrial-Sponsored Design

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

a Senior Level Design Course”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.> Process Education Teaching Institute Handbook, Pacific Crest, Corvalis, 1999.> Walvoord, B., “Helping Students Write Well: A Guide for Teachers in All Disciplines”, The Modern Language Association of America, New York, 1986.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONM. PATRICIA BRACKIN is an Associate Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where sheteaches design, controls, graphics, and mechanical measurements. Her BS and MS are from the University ofTennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in ME. She has also beenan Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrial