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Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-121: MINDING THE GAP: AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE ONENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICYRobert Green, Mississippi State University Robert A. Green is the Undergraduate Coordinator for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University. He has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering, an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the US Naval War College. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration at Mississippi State. He is a registered professional engineer and was a research engineer for 14 years prior to assuming his current position.Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University Jerry Emison is an

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Vernal Alford, North Carolina A&T State University; Elaine Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University; Venetia Fisher, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-1972: ENGINEER STARTERS PROGRAM 2005Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State UniversityVernal Alford, North Carolina A&T State UniversityElaine Vinson, North Carolina A&T State UniversityVenetia Fisher, North Carolina A&T State UniversityDevdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University Page 11.545.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineer Starters ProgramABSTRACT At North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, theEngineer Starters Program (ESP) serves as an avenue to target specifically thoseunderrepresented in the Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology fieldsand provide them with tools

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MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-2265: ENGINEERING EDUCATION OF MINORITIES: AN OVERVIEWEric Asa, North Dakota State University ERIC ASA is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota. He holds a doctoral degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta. His research interests include minority science, engineering and technology education; construction materials and processes; computational modeling, simulation and optimization of complex engineering systems/processes (discrete, dynamic and intelligent); equipment selection and maintenance; etc

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tricia Berry, University of Texas-Austin; Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin; Randy Emelo, Triple Creek Associates, Inc.

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-1232: MARKETING ENGINEERING THROUGH OPEN MENTORING® - AWEB-BASED PILOT PROGRAMTricia Berry, University of Texas-Austin Tricia Berry is the Director of the Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin, responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the College of Engineering. She came to UT in July 1999 after six years at The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas where she worked as a Process Engineer leading design and expansion projects and a Product Development Engineer assisting in the commercialization of a new epoxy thermoplastic and leading the customer plant start-up efforts. Tricia holds both a BS Chemical Engineering

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Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-2603: MIND LINKS 2006: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MINORITIES TOSTUDY AND STAY IN ENGINEERINGMaria Petrie, Florida Atlantic University Page 11.931.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 MIND Links 2006: Resources to Motivate Minorities to Study and Stay In EngineeringAbstractMIND is the acronym for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) MINoritiesin Engineering Division. The MIND Links project gathers useful web links and information onresources that would allow minority students and minority faculty to find and take full advantageof the myriad of programs and information designed to promote their participation in

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Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

2006-1722: HOLD PARAMOUNT: DESIGNING AN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONTO OPEN MINDS AND SERVE THE PUBLIC GOODCarole Womeldorf, Ohio University-Athens Carole Womeldorf is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University. Her areas of technical expertise and interests include distributed energy generation, combustion, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. She worked in the Fire Sciences Division of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Womeldorf earned her Sc.B. et A.B. in Mechanical Engineering and English and American Literature from Brown University, her Masters of Science in Oceanographic Engineering from

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong

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Minorities in Engineering

(SEE) and Electrical and Computer Engineering(ECE). Currently, there are total of 80 graduate students enrolled in these programs, which featurecurriculum and schedules designed with the convenience of working engineers in mind. About70% of the graduate engineering students are domestic students and about 30% of the students arefemale.Partnership for Engineering EducationIn order to strengthen ties with its constituencies, the school of Engineering has established aPartnership for Engineering Education (PFEE) with engineering students, high schools,community colleges, and local industry. This PFEE encompasses the outreach programs to highschools and community colleges, industrial liaison board, with new efforts to establish dialog withour own

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Hudson, University of Texas-San Antonio; Dawnlee Roberson, University of Texas-San Antonio

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-2482: BIOMECHANICS AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING MINORITYSTUDENTSDawnlee Roberson, University of Texas-San Antonio Dr Roberson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She received a Bachelors in Biology and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.Fred Hudson, University of Texas-San Antonio Page 11.276.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Biomechanics as a tool for teaching minority students

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MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-2407: IMPROVING A NACME CLASS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DETAILEDTIME MANAGEMENTMary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND is an Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering. She was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Fulton School of Engineering at ASU from 1993-2004. She was named the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005 and selected for the National Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by the American Association of Engineering Societies. In 2002 the Society of Women Engineers named her the Distinguished Engineering Educator. She has received many other awards for her support of students. An ASEE Fellow, she is a frequent speaker on the career

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Jennifer Oliver, IAESTE United States; Karl Zimmer, General Cable

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

2006-393: DEVELOPING GLOBALLY-MINDED ENGINEERS THROUGHEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON INTERNATIONALCO-OP/INTERNSHIP PROGRAM MODELSDebbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology Debbie Gulick is the International Practicum Coordinator at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her responsibilities include developing and sustaining a large, broad-based program of international internships and cooperative education opportunities for students. Debbie has worked in the field of international education with a specialization in international technical internships for the past five years. She has sent students from over 50 universities to internships in approximately 40 countries. Debbie

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Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Devin Stewart, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

importance to determining where funding is needed is determining how it willget there. As mentioned before, engineering education research is a narrow issue that is not onthe mind of most legislators. Any attempt at gaining support for a single-issue bill would bemost likely be unsuccessful. Education research must be cast as part of the solution to a largerproblem, so a place can be found for it on an appropriate bill. The most typical vehicles for an engineering education funding would be as part of anNSF Authorization Act, such as the STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP), or as anamendment to the Higher Education Act. However, success on either of these fronts is only halfthe battle; an appropriation must also be secured. It is

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-750: COMBINING REQUIREMENTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKEric Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering Eric Durant (M’02) is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He did his graduate studies at the University of Michigan, receiving the PhD degree in 2002. He teaches courses in both computer and software engineering and does consulting work involving signal processing, genetic algorithms, and hearing aid algorithms. Page 11.332.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Combining

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

single-minded doggedness to trainstudents that would change the world.On the other hand, success can truly be its own worst enemy. While allowances are made in allengineering curricula for emerging technologies, little attention is paid to emerging global Page 11.366.3economic and cultural realities.6 Encouraged by decades of past success, the Americanengineering pedagogical paradigm has become extraordinarily standardized: attract veryintelligent students with widely diverse skills, interests, and abilities and “funnel” them into astandard “engineering outcome.”7While this approach produces graduates with excellent technical skills, the

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy; Catherine Bale, U.S. Military Academy

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Computers in Education

standings of any team in a population of100,000, also in less than 0.02 seconds. Our enterprise database was inadequate for this task,since its relational engine needed a linear scan of 100,000 records in the worst case. A well-known balanced tree algorithm with node numbering was well-suited, but implementationpresented some arcane technical problems. Help came from the Open Source softwarecommunity in the form of a production-quality embeddable database system with the requirednode-numbering feature.5Bearing in mind that our usage load estimates were rough, we set out to implement the serversoftware for scalability. We chose an architecture of communicating services that each provideda separate function. In the system’s original configuration

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

2006-1851: HOW MUCH CAN (OR SHOULD) WE PUSH SELF-DIRECTION ININTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCE?Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringAlexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Page 11.695.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How much can (or should) we push self-direction in introductory materials science?AbstractA capacity for self-directed, life-long learning is often cited as a critical skill for tomorrow’sengineers. The student response to high levels of self-directed learning, however, is not alwayspositive, particularly in introductory level courses. Some students enthusiastically embrace

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Roberts, Kansas State University; John Mingle, Kansas State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 11.570.3 Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2006, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1823On the other hand, higher knowledge requires the use of innovative mind processes and is oftenreferred to as the creative use of insight. Some refer to this as using innovation to solve prob-lems that previously were unknown. In engineering, higher knowledge has traditionally beeninvolved in graduate programs. However, in the knowledge age this will change. Knowledgeage engineers (students & faculty) must master the ability to routinely

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Howard, East Carolina University; Joseph Musto, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

like Page 11.1140.2to take. Courses with hands-on experiments and laboratories were the least favored by thesestudents. Besterfield-Sacre et al5 found that students who left engineering in good academicstanding had lower confidence in their “engineering skills” than those who were retained. Whiledeveloping hands-on skills may be an important goal of a first-year course, faculty membersshould bear in mind that many students are intimidated by hands-on projects.Engineering Graphics, Solid Modeling, and DesignEngineering graphics is a subject that is normally taught in the freshman year, either as a part ofan introduction to engineering course or

Conference Session

Defining Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

2006-695: WHAT IS TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND WHY DOES ITMATTER?David Ollis, North Carolina State UniversityGreg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering Greg Pearson is a Program Officer with the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C. In that role, he develops and manages new areas of activity within the NAE Program Office related to technological literacy, public understanding of engineering, and engineering ethics. He currently serves as the responsible staff officer for the NSF-funded study, Assessing Technological Literacy in the United States, and the State Educators’ Symposium on Technological Literacy project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He previously

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh; Gena Kovalcik, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Robert Ries, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Schaefer, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

2006-737: COMBINING GRADUATE STUDIES, RESEARCH ANDINTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN SUSTAINABILITYEric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh Eric J. Beckman received his BS degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980, and his Ph.D. in 1988 from the Polymer Science Department at the University of Massachusetts. In 2000, Dr. Beckman was made the first Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as Associate Dean for Research from 2000-2001, and chairman of chemical engineering from 2001-2005. In 2003 he created the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative at the University of Pittsburgh to foster interdisciplinary research

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Management

mind for our graduates: Page 11.1187.3 Table 1. USMA EM Program Outcomes for Graduates.Outcome Program OutcomeNumber 1 Identify and analyze a client's problem and manage the implementation of the solution. 2 Design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret input and output data. 3 Design or re-engineer a system, component, or process to meet the needs of the client. 4 Apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering coupled with knowledge of contemporary issues to develop and implement

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Michael Smith, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

BracketEngineering DrawingsAs stated earlier, both groups of students were able to generate solid models as part of the designprocess. When it came time to generate a set of engineering drawings, such as the assemblydrawing shown in Figure 8, the ME students failed to produce them. A complete set ofengineering drawings is a required element of the design report. It quickly became clear that theME students simply did not have an understanding of what was required, that a set ofengineering drawings need to be fully dimensioned, including the bill of materials, specificationof processes (e.g. heat treatment), etc. The ME students were also unfamiliar with assigningcritical dimensions with the design and function of the part in mind. They also did not seem

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alison Tramba, University of Virginia; Edmund Russell, University of Virginia; P. Paxton Marshall, University of Virginia

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Engineering and Public Policy

, Mind,Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. The National Academies Press.26 National Academy of Engineering. (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century.Washington D.C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved Jan 7, 2006 from the World Wide Web:http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091624/html/27 Dewey, J. (1916). Democracy and Education. New York: McMillian. Page 11.1054.10

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New Topics in Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Ristroph, University of Louisiana-Lafayette

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Engineering Economy

Method a b c d e f g h Frequency 0% 3% 6% 10% 13% 52% 10% 6%Alternative ParadigmThe survey suggests that students should accept an approach to engineering homework similar tomethod f or the alternative examined in question 3. The method examined in this paper is craftedwith that in mind as well as addressing concerns of professors; it ‚ provides problems with the same structure, but different numbers; ‚ confirms when a student has entered a correct answer rather than giving the answer be- forehand as a target; ‚ can provide solutions to similar problems (with different numbers) before the due date

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Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

2006-703: CO-OP, COMMUNICATION, AND ENGINEERING DISCIPLINESCraig Gunn, Michigan State University Page 11.323.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Co-op, Communication, and Engineering DisciplinesAbstractAs we look at the modern world, a world consumed with fast communication, websites, textmessaging, and cell phone conversation that does not reinforce the necessary tools ofcommunication, one must start to investigate areas that will enable engineering students to enter theworld of work and function as valuable members of that world. We are always reminded thatcooperative engineering education has proved itself to be an important experience in the

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla; Albert McHenry

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Engineering Technology

Branding of Engineering Technology Programs Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus Mesa, ArizonaAbstract The paper focuses on pros and cons related to the branding of EngineeringTechnology (ET) Programs. Two frequent topics among leaders of ET programsare how to educate others (prospective students, prospective employers of ETgraduates, and the community) about what engineering technology is all aboutand how to differentiate between engineering technology programs and traditionalengineering programs. Engineering Technology faculty and students face thesechallenges on a regular basis. This paper seeks to address the question can thispaper initiate a dialogue among the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

our fourthyear of partnering with elementary schools. I have chosen to work with 2nd graders this year to Page 11.569.8determine the readiness of the younger children to understand technology and engineeringconcepts. So far, we have found that these younger kids, just like the older ones have a hard timesitting in their chair because they are so excited to learn about the concepts we are introducing,but the older kids are much more ready to comprehend difficult concepts. With this in mind, Ibelieve it is very valuable to bring these topics into the classrooms. The outcomes will includeincreasing interested in technology and engineering careers

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Uei-Jiun Fan, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

; Social Action, Free Spirit Publishing. 8. Coyle, E.J., et. al., 1997, EPICS: A Model for Integrating Service-Learning into the Engineering Curriculum, Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning 4: 81-89. 9. Oaks, William, 2002, Service-Learning in Engineering: A Resource Guidebook, Purdue University. 10. Hanfmann, E., Vakar, G. & Vygotsky, L.S., 1962, Thought and Language, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 11. Vygotsky, L.S., 1978, Mind in Society, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 12. Piaget, B., 1999, The Construction of Reality in the Child, International Library of Psychology, Routledge. 13. Bruner, J, 1960, The Process of Education, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 14. Bruner, J. S., 1966

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harvey Lyons, Eastern Michigan University

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Engineering Technology

Page 11.1292.3introduced at the freshman level.Dr. Baum invited an alumnus, Dr. Clive Dym of Harvey Mudd College, to discuss ‘TheEvolution of Engineering Curricula’.(5) Dr. Dym noted that his college has a common corein their curriculum that emphasizes engineering design and practice, and that “…designshould be the backbone of engineering education and should be highly present in thecurricula.” Dr. G. Wayne Clough, President of Georgia Tech, was invited to discuss ‘TheEngineer of 2020’.(6) Dr. Clough noted that China graduates more engineers than anycountry in the world (about four-times as many as the U.S.) and that it is no longer truethat the U.S. can attract the brightest minds from other countries into our engineeringschools. He stated

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bella Klass-Tsirulnikov, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (formerly Negev Academic College of; Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge

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Mathematics

ASEE study, pinpoints a peculiar inconsistency in grasping thenature of the profession of engineering. Engineers are perceived as smart, wise, knowledgeableprofessionals who work with tangible objects to solve practical problems. In their work,engineers are engaged in a prolific intellectual activity that demands a great deal of self-imposeddiscipline and concentration. As a result, they are stereotyped as isolated abstract thinkers withprofound insights, often single-minded, awkward, weird and socially inept. In other words, theabstract thinking engineer is often perceived as a "nerd" or "geek", logically contradicting theimage of a practical engineer with "hands-on" ideas and the ultimate goal of designing, creating,and developing products

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

gauging the impact of efforts to enhance technological literacy and to planning future efforts. This is troubling, since substantial federal as well as private monies and expectations are being invested in such things as curriculum, instructional materials, museum exhibits, and television programming that are meant in part or whole to boost understanding of technological issues. With this problem in mind and with funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council embarked in 2003 on a major study of assessment for technological literacy. The goal of the project was to determine the most viable approach or approaches for assessing technological literacy in