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Bob Fourney; Jason Sternhagen; George Hamer; Cory Mettler

326the electrical engineering program, motivate the students by giving future lab exercises a senseof purpose, more closely tie the various EE undergraduate classes to each other, and more closelytie the senior design experience to the rest of the undergraduate curriculum. This course has nowbeen offered twice, in the spring of 2012 and 2013.The third stage of the FOCUSED concept includes modifying a minimum of one lab orsignificant assignment in at least one of the required courses each semester of the sophomoreand junior years. The selected assignment will be modified so as to provide a direct tie-in to anongoing senior design project. The students who were exposed to these senior design projects asfreshmen will be aware of the relevance of

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Aurenice M. Oliveira

curriculum with the goal ofprovide students with content that is up to date and relevant to their field of study. A combinationof lectures, laboratory experiments, and course management software is used.Discuss real-world applications that are straightforward extensions of fundamental ideas.Examples should establish a clear relationship between EET and non-EET disciplines, and bealigned with the focus of technology degrees, which is on hands-on oriented learning with littleemphasis in math analysis. Show students why electrical engineering is relevant to their careers,and involve them in lecture demonstrations. Emphasize “transferable skills” and their relevanceto future careers: robotics, information system management. The use of examples

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Cory J. Prust; Stephen M. Williams

. Bibliography 1. Petersen, O., Reyer, S., and Williams, S., “Addressing The Future: Development of an Electrical Engineering Curriculum,” Proc. 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2005. 2. Born, R., “A Capstone Design Experience for Electrical Engineers,” IEEE Trans on Education, vol. 35, no. 3, Aug. 1992, pp. 240-242. 3. https://faculty-web.msoe.edu/prust/EESeniorDesign/ , MSOE web page, last accessed July 16, 2013. 4. Farr, J., et. al, “Using A Systematic Engineering Design Process to Conduct Undergraduate Engineering

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Naima Kaabouch; Deborah L. Worley; Jeremiah Neubert; Mohammad Khavanin

factors include quantitative skills, students’study habits, commitment to the program, involvement in extracurricular activity, andconnections to peers. In addition, math/calculus has been cited by students who switch awayfrom engineering as the most influential factor in their decisions. This paper describes anapproach to improve engineering student persistence when learning calculus without having tomake any changes in the current calculus curriculum. This approach is one the methods used inan NSF-funded initiative (Project DUE-0942270) at the University of North Dakota. The projectcombines several techniques, including the integration of stand-alone engineering modules to besolved by students outside class time and the use of engineering