Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado

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Educational Research and Methods

Multimedia Software: The Impact of Interactivity on Learning. Page 11.605.15 Stanford, CA: Stanford University.16 Di Vesta, F. & Smith, D. (1979). The Pausing Principle: Increasing the Efficiency of Memory for Ongoing Events. Contemporary Educational Psychology. Vol. 4, 288-296.17 Wiggins, G. & McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by Design. Alexandria VA: Merrill.18 Hake, R. (1998). Interactive-Engagement vs. Traditional Methods: A Six-Thousand Student Survey of Mechanics Test Data for Introductory Physics Courses. American Journal of Physics, Vol. 66, 64-74.19 Redish, E., Saul, J. & Steinberg, R. (1997). On the

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1933: RE-ENGAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN HANDS-ONEDUCATIONDon Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteKenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 11.1062.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Re-Engaging Engineering Students in Hands-On EducationAbstractThis paper presents the technologies and implementation activities that are underdevelopment to re-engage students in “hands-on”, in and out of class exploration,experimentation and design to aid students’ understanding of the “big ideas” in electricalengineering. It describes (while the presentation will demonstrate) the Mobile Laboratoryhardware

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-2580: ENGAGING ECE STUDENTS IN THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERINGBruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bruce A. Ferguson received the B.S., M.S., and the Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana in 1987, 1988, and 1992 respectively. He is currently an associate professor in the ECE department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN. His technical interests include communication systems and fiber optic systems, including his specialty of analog fiber optic links. He has previously worked with space and ground communication systems and photonics at TRW Space and Electronics (now NGST), and taught at The

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

industry to access universityresources—personnel and facilities. Engagement is the title typically used to describe thisrelationship between industry and academia. The engagement process at Western Carolina hasbeen successful in coupling graduate students with industry projects, and now it is being used toprovide undergraduate students with that same exposure. One of the benefits of thisundergraduate involvement is that there is now a conduit in place to generate additional interestin the graduate program, as well as a means for student and faculty to interact in an industrialproject setting. The next step in this progression is to couple graduate students withundergraduate students, as they embark on challenging projects that will benefit

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Ports, Florida Tech; Richie Samuel, University of Central Florida; Melinda White, Seminole Community College; Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Philip Chan, Florida Tech; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

Associate Editor of the "Journal of Curriculum and Supervision" (the scholarly journal of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development). Her research interests are in curriculum studies. Page 11.544.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engaging Undergraduate Students in Machine Learning Research: Progress, Experiences and Achievements of Project EMD-MLR AbstractProject EMD-MLR is a National Science Foundation funded, on-going effort that aims atengaging undergraduate engineering and computer science students into research on MachineLearning

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Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Laura Koehl, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

10graduate students), 32 teachers, 7 university faculty members, and the Fellow facultyadvisors, a technology web designer, a Grant Coordinator, an Evaluation Fellow andan Oversight Committee. The grant is currently in its fourth year, with 8 graduateFellows, and similar staffing, and has approved funding for continuation of anadditional five years. This paper discusses the impact of Project STEP on theFellows, teachers, and students in its first three-and-a-half years.The teachers and Fellows have worked in teams to design, develop, and implementhands-on activities and technology-driven inquiry-based projects, which relate to thestudents' community issues, as vehicles to authentically teach STEM skills. Activitieshave been incorporated into lessons

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Johnson, Washington State University; Reid Miller, Washington State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Measuring Engineering Classroom Community: Learning and Connectedness of StudentsAbstractThe Collaborative Learner-constructed Engineering-concept Articulation and Representation(CLEAR) model was used to explore how the introduction of visually represented materials andthe use of blended instruction (i.e., online class sessions, group concept visualization projects,threaded discussions, etc.) impact the sense of community students experience with their peers inthe classroom in comparison to a more traditionally taught class. Results reveal thatimplementation of some of these concepts can result in better retention in a sophomore levelchemical engineering course, with

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, & Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruno Osorno, California State University-Northridge

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Mathematics

theapplication of mathematics. At California State University we have experienced, recently, anegative shift of mathematical interest and therefore a lack of progress in theunderstanding of basic concepts that require a strong mathematical background. Thisproblem stems from the lack of mathematical skills and studying habits. One way to solvethis problem is to engage our students into the application of mathematics with simple, yet,powerful problems. An assessment of such engagement occurs every week with a quiz thatspans the material covered during the previous week and tests some of the mathematicaland engineering skills. This paper attempts to show the results of such assessment and theoutcome of a class in which such approach was tasted. During this

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Program Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Falkowski, University of Dayton; Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College; Monica Pfarr, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

2006-878: RECRUITING STUDENTS WITH A NEW IMAGE OFMANUFACTURINGGilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community CollegeMonica Pfarr, Sinclair Community CollegeSean Falkowski, University of Dayton Page 11.1069.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006Recruiting Students with a New Image of ManufacturingWhether it is in spite of or because of an apparently improving American economy, theUS is facing a national shortage of highly skilled employees for today’s advanced, highlytechnological manufacturing industry. The already existing shortage is growing rapidly,and both government agencies and industry are consistent in this single message: Findand educate new workers and upgrade the skills of

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

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Environmental Engineering

as a function of project alternative (week 6). In thelast two thirds of the semester, they work as teams on the project. They choose and refine thebest individual assignments of the group members for inclusion in the group report. They alsoqualify or quantify the baseline and impacted social, economic, and environmental attributes as afunction of project alternative, identify data and modeling tools required to evaluate the impact,and discuss the effectiveness of mitigation.Course Assessment ToolsShort term assessments are used to evaluate whether individual course objectives were met, andwhether the primary goals of the new course were met: engage all CE students regardless of theirspecialization, and create an interdisciplinary forum to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Karen Powell, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University

areperceived as being more relevant and having a more immediate impact upon their academicperformance than stand-alone courses or tutorial programs outside the COE. One goal ofCxC is to facilitate more on-site tutoring from other programs so that their assistance willalso be perceived as more relevant to engineering students.An Early Assessment of Results:With only one semester of implementation, assessment of program results is limited toobservations, including feedback from faculty and students. Quite often, the facultymembers’ responses are an acknowledgement of the value of integrating communication intothe engineering curriculum, but they are then tempered by the limits on classroom time inany designated course and the perceived additional

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Cejka, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interest is in professional development for K-8 teachers in engineering education. Erin works at Tufts Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO), managing their industry outreach program. Page 11.718.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Impacts of Industry Employee Volunteering in K-12 ClassroomsAbstractEngineering education has the potential to improve K-12 students’ problem-solving and criticalthinking skills while motivating them to learn science and math. However, for teachers toeffectively implement hands-on engineering activities in the classroom, they may need additionaladult

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-1629: USING DIVERSITY STATEMENTS TO PROMOTE ENGAGEMENTWITH DIVERSITY AND TEACHINGJennifer Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is an assistant professor in the Department of Technical Communication at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests include engineering education, learner-centered design, user-centered design, and audience analysis. Dr. Turns is currently working on multiple NSF grants dealing with engineering education including an NSF Career award exploring the impact of portfolio construction on engineering students’ professional identity. Email: jturns

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Ron Foster, University of Arkansas; Greg Salamo, University of Arkansas

community, and to introduce them to keymentors among their more senior student colleagues.It is this expectation of their management team that they actively engage with their newcommunity that gives them the authority to rapidly acquire all levels of knowledge about theiracademic and town communities. It provides the method by which a student with a specificproblem has immediate access to multiple levels of knowledge pools, and the authority to tap Page 11.367.5into them without developing personal relationships with people in those knowledge pools.Impact of Cohort Methodology on minority studentsMinority students considering graduate schools in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Baca, University of Missouri-Rolla; Steve Watkins, University of Missouri-Rolla; Ray Luechtefeld, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

interdisciplinary engineering courseas a team training exercise. Communication patterns of the student teams are selected that modeleffective and ineffective behaviors. Positive and negative excerpts from actual studentinteractions are discussed as instructional vehicles for student training on teamwork skills and forguiding student understanding of simulation game dynamics.1.0 Introduction The ability to successfully work in teams is a crucial ingredient for success in theworkplace1. Researchers also report that team success in an academic setting is determined moreby the group’s ability to identify and overcome communication problems, than to handletechnical ones 2. Unfortunately, while universities know their students must understand

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Victor Rubanchik, Don State Technical University (DSTU), Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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Electrical and Computer

surrounding buildingsaffect the signal shape, phases, and amplitudes. He/she can choose between one or two pulse signals,vary signal frequency, pulse duration and delay between pulses. The simulations B and D help thestudent understand the Huggens-Fresnel principle, and the impact of various parameters on thestructure of Fresnel’s zones, as well as what sources of secondary waves should be taken into account Page 11.801.7during the calculations.A virtual experiment can provide an opportunity to separate the particular impacts of each ofseveral parameters that affect the outcomes of measurements. Using simulations the student isable to isolate and

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1496: THE LASER CULT: HANDS-ON LABORATORY IN PHOTONICSAlan Cheville, Oklahoma State University Alan Cheville is an associate professor of electrical engineering at Oklahoma State University. Starting out along the traditional tenure path as a researcher in THz ultrafast opto-electronic devices, his interests are shifting to the larger problem of engineering education. Dr. Cheville is currently engaged in several curriculum reform efforts based on making engineering more relevant to students and emphasizing student development to an equal degree as content. Page 11.1308.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari Clase, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

for Fall 2005. One of the significant changes was a partnershipwith an interdisciplinary bioengineering research facility on campus, Bindley Bioscience Page 11.716.3Center within Discovery Park at Purdue University. This partnership provided thestudents with hands-on experience on bioengineering research instrumentation andexposed them to a research environment as opposed to a traditional teaching lab. Inaddition, the partnership increased the impact of the research by engaging undergraduatestudents. A grant obtained from Purdue University and Li-Cor Biosciences from theGenomics Education Matching Fund program, provided a DNA sequencing instrument

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Barrett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

questions • Learners evaluate their explanations in light of alternative explanations, particularly reflecting scientific understanding • Learners communicate and justify their proposed explanations. Research also suggests that the quality of the teaching workforce is the single mostimportant factor in predicting student achievement.15 Robert Marzano has conducted anextensive review of the research studies involving factors that impact student achievement andconducted meta-analyses of those studies to determine the effect size of the factors on studentachievement16. He describes three types of factors that impact student achievement: school-level factors, student-level factors and teacher-level factors. What factors can SWEPT/RETs

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Arthur Sacks, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

fundamental to the quality of any curriculum. Current empirically-based education theory is essential to effective instruction and thus to the improvement of curricular quality. 4. A rational sequence. Educational activities should be carefully ordered in a developmental sequence to form a coherent curriculum based on the stated, intended outcomes of both the curriculum and its constituent courses.With these principles in mind, we describe the process by which a curricular framework for theMcBride Public Affairs minor for engineering students has been developed. As shown in Table1, this framework is the outcome of more than a year of activities involving all relevantconstituencies within the McBride community, including current

Conference Session

Introducing Active Learning into ME Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Brent Cobb, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

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Mechanical Engineering

Table 5: The Influence of Usage Context on Product Attributes Usage Context Product Attribute Distance Community Teaching Research PreferencesUsage Factor Learning College College University Impacted Media, amount of interaction duringClass Size ~20 10-20 10-20 30-50+ the activity between the students and the

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Thornton, University of Maryland-College Park; Anik Singal, Affiliate Classroom, Inc.; David Barbe, University of Maryland-College Park; James Green, University of Maryland-College Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

spirit, create a sense of community and cooperation, andpositively impact the way that students see their career opportunities. Living and learning withother aspiring and practicing student entrepreneurs, enjoying ready access to mentoring andcoaching from experienced advisors and instructors, and gaining the skills to actually startcompanies combine to foster a rich entrepreneurial experience.Affiliate ClassroomAnik Singal is the founder and president of Affiliate Classroom, Inc., a leader in the affiliatetraining industry specializing in training entrepreneurs on increasing their online revenuesthrough affiliate marketing. The Company is focusing on bringing together reputable internetmerchants and webmasters who can successfully promote their

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education and a culture of entrepreneurship within engineeringeducation and university involvement in technology commercialization both lead to moreopportunities for doctoral students in engineering to be entrepreneurial during their studies. Thispaper explores the experience of two doctoral engineering students who co-founded a companybased, in part, on their research. The case for entrepreneurship within engineering education andthe trends in university technology commercialization have been developed in the literature andprovide the perspective for examining the experiences of these two students. University assets,community connections, an NCIIA E-team grant, courses and competitions were all connected insupport of entrepreneurship education and

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

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Two Year College Division

intro to engineering to engage morestudents in the program. Bunker Hill Community College is establishing a newdegree program for Engineering Science. As part of this, they are designing anew introduction to engineering course that is hands on and engaging.Quinsigamond Community College has an established engineering program, buthas begun re-evaluating their program structure and embarking on a majorinitiative to open a state of the art technology center serving central Page 11.1002.3Massachusetts. 2 Developing programs at the high school level that will lead students to

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Light, University of Washington; Laura Girardeau, Washington State University; Jennifer Beller, Washington State University; Greg Crouch, Washington State University

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First-Year Programs

. Page 11.1404.2 As with any other academic program, program evaluation is an essential component forprogram success and continuation. Commonly used evaluation measures: retention, grades, andengagement where used, however, the impacts of this LLC were more complex than thesequantitative tests could measure. Combining both quantitative and qualitative measures providedopportunities for not only triangulating the results but also providing supporting evidence andpossible explanations for the retention, grades, and engagement results. The qualitative datacollected also provides additional insight into whether the program was received by the studentsas it was intended.Limitations Students in the Teniwe LLC self-selected into the program

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Lisa Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Darris White, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Women in Engineering

completed and doublecheck for ergonomics. Figure 4: Welding and Ergonomics TestingMetricsOf the 216 women currently enrolled in Mechanical and/or Aerospace Engineering,roughly 18 are participating in one of the two groups; 16 in the all-women group, figure2, and two in the co-ed group, not shown. Last year only one female engineering studentparticipated in the motorsports projects. Approximately 8.3% of the total number ofwomen engineering student are engaged in the projects and almost 90% of participantschose to work in the all-women group. An increase from 0.5% to 8.3% female Page 11.50.5engagement is a very significant result in just

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Engineering Technology

student mindset, were addressed in a flexible AAS programsupplemented with graphical programming, e-portfolio student mentoring, internet assistedinstruction and look-ahead capability for upper division courses. The teaching of graphicalprogramming is conducted in LabVIEW, and data analysis is performed using Excel. The goalof e-portfolio student mentoring is to have an early focus on student mindsets. Internet assistedinstruction is used for developing self-learning skills. The use of Schaum’s engineering andtechnology series enables look-ahead capabilities for upper division courses in a cost effectiveway. Costs effectiveness is important as most students in our community college work to pay fortheir college expenses. The laboratory exercises

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Yaron Doppelt, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

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Design in Engineering Education

students electricity concepts in science classes.Design-based learning is intended to engage students in ways that enhance their abilities to solvereal-life problems and to reflect on their learning processes. This style of active learning is anextension of project-based learning, which is argued to enable students to relate problems toscience concepts.10, 15 Design-based learning differs from project based learning in that, inaddition to constructing and building, students engage in a design and planning process thatfollows engineering design.Typically, as was the case in the subject school district, electricity (and science in general) istaught using a guided/scripted inquiry approach to learning. Students are given materials andprocedural

Conference Session

Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

his interest in international affairs and engagement throughout his career. He was keen to explore the additional opportunities, perspectives and experiences which Purdue University could offer him and DIT students.• Explore opportunity for joint research or other scholarly collaboration Our first exchange was an asynchronous in nature. One of the benefits of this model was that we got a joint opportunity to fully explore the research interests and background of our exchange partner. For instance, at Purdue University, Mr. McHale was given the opportunity to engage with current members of the faculty engaged in post-graduate research. He also had an opportunity to review some important undergraduate project work which is undertaken in

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University; Philip Bell, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Bayta Maring, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University

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Educational Research and Methods

impacting engineering education in a scholarly way. Theprimary goal is to cultivate a diverse community of engineering education Scholars who canthink and work across engineering and education disciplines with the ultimate aim of improvingthe engineering student experience. A secondary goal is to formulate principles and models foradvancing this scholarship community. Both goals address a mission of building capacity(people and models) to advance engineering education.Transforming ISEE goals to objectives encompasses two ways of considering impact: impact onparticipating Scholars and impact of Scholars on engineering education. Impact “on”participating Scholars is defined by the following meta-level learning objectives: contribute toengineering