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2003 GSW

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

discipline specific format as well as adopting an interdisciplinaryformat. The college decided that an hybrid approach that took took advantage of the benefits ofeach approach would be optimal for both students and departments. The college thereforestarted a process of developing a new freshman course structure that would ensure that studentsreceived the best opportunity possible to become successful engineers.Method of changeA committee of faculty was formed to address the concerns. The committee was comprised ofthe faculty member responsible for the freshman course within each department. While coursesvaried from discipline to discipline, the main objectives for each course were to introducestudents to the discipline and to prepare them for

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2003 GSW

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Khosrow Behbehani; Kevin D. Nelson; Robert C. Eberhart

collaboration between the industrial partner and the intern’s faculty advisor. Forinstance, the project that an intern has worked on may generate new opportunities that can bepursued, after the intern has completed his/her internship with the firm. In such cases, theindustry may sponsor the faculty advisor to continue the research on the project in his/herlaboratory. As an example, a collaboration concerning further development of biocompatiblematerial that an intern had worked on was established between one of the industrial partners anda faculty advisor. Another example of such sponsored research was the development of a controlalgorithm for temperature regulation of an organ bath used during cardiac surgery.The distribution of the M.S. and Ph.D

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2003 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr; Justin Cone; Robert J. Roselli; Sean P. Brophy

Initial Experiences Using an Interactive Classroom Participation System (CPS) for Presenting the Iron Cross Biomechanics Module Ronald E. Barr1 , Justin Cone 2 , Robert J. Roselli3 , and Sean P. Brophy3 Mechanical Engineering Department 1 and Faculty Innovation Center2 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 Biomedical Engineering Department3 Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee 37235 AbstractThe Classroom Participation System (CPS) is an interactive, computer-based instructional

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2003 GSW

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Daniel Waters; Armando Mora; Lizette Zounon; J. Carter Matheney Tiernan

. RationaleAs with many other engineering disciplines, computer science has the quality of being “a lotharder than it looks” to many incoming students. Thus, retaining students in computer scienceand engineering majors is an on-going concern. Further, fewer students in the major meansfewer graduates in the discipline and fewer qualified citizens to be employed in critical technicalareas. In Texas, the high technology industries, though suffering just now from the economicdownturn, in general cannot find enough local engineering graduates to fill their needs. This iseven more acute in those industries which may have sensitive national security functions andwhich thus are not open to international graduates from Texas universities. To address this issue

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2003 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr; Thomas J. Krueger; Ted A Aanstoos

the underlying objective of the course is to teach the modern design processusing an integrated series of computer graphics exercises.No single course could realistically contribute significant improvement to all ten ME programoutcomes. So there is some “halo effect” in these student ratings. For example, there was littlecourse content on contemporary issues and global impact (outcome 10), even though the studentsrated it at a 30.7% improvement. Nonetheless, this survey raised an awareness in the students’minds concerning all the intellectual issues that ME faculty deem important during the students’undergraduate engineering studies. That awareness is certainly of benefit to the ME freshmen. Proceedings of the 2003

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2003 GSW

Authors

William Jordan

will have to livewith the choices you make. It is our belief that you should think out what you believe so that thechoices you make will be ones that you can live with (and still feel good about yourself).Everyone already has such a system. However, it may not be very well developed. This cancause problems when facing a new situation. The purpose of this section of the paper is toencourage each engineer to develop her own system in more detail. This may involve thinkingthrough some potential issues before she actually has to make a decision relating to them. Thiswill increase her chances of making a decision she will be satisfied with after the event or issueis finished.In dealing with issues that have moral implications, a person who has firm

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2003 GSW

Authors

Bill Elmore; Stan Napper

will have to livewith the choices you make. It is our belief that you should think out what you believe so that thechoices you make will be ones that you can live with (and still feel good about yourself).Everyone already has such a system. However, it may not be very well developed. This cancause problems when facing a new situation. The purpose of this section of the paper is toencourage each engineer to develop her own system in more detail. This may involve thinkingthrough some potential issues before she actually has to make a decision relating to them. Thiswill increase her chances of making a decision she will be satisfied with after the event or issueis finished.In dealing with issues that have moral implications, a person who has firm

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2003 GSW

Authors

Richard Bannerot; Ross Kastor

result of a group activity, a significant amount of subjectivity isrequired in assigning grades. Usually neither engineering students nor faculty aresatisfied with this situations. Peer reviews8 are often used to aid in the distribution of thegroup grade. Projects can be divided into group and individual components,9 but thisapproach usually requires more work for the instructor. Of course, individuals maysimply be assigned their group grade. The Current PhilosophyThe major changes listed above are due primarily to our contention that one semester isnot enough time to initiate and complete a meaningful project, let alone introducingsignificant new material. (In 1995 approximately half of the project oriented

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2003 GSW

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh

recognition to the course department A unique course Life fulfillment & Hobby development enrichment Industry support Lifelong activities Additional incomeThe prospect of addressing environmental issues, in particular electronic waste and recycling, isquite appealing. There are numerous concerns about electronic waste, and warnings are echoedby leaders in the field. “Electronic waste is the most rapidly growing waste problem in theworld," according to Leslie Byster, communications director for the Silicon Valley ToxicsCoalition.1Figure 1 shows E-waste in San Jose

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2003 GSW

Authors

Jerry K. Keska

pushes students to their creative limits through the use of open-ended projects in which realistic, complex, challenging state-of-the-art problems are investigated. This new approach will increase student enthusiasm and provide closer alignment of classroom topics with today’s standard industry practice. This paper will deal with a unique application of the research/teaching method used at the undergraduate level, using a hands-on laboratory approach in conjunction with classroom lecture. The approach can be tailored to all levels from introductory freshman to senior-level classes. An open-ended project is utilized, requiring a creative approach for its solution. Faculty and students are both learners and investigators, formulating and solving

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2003 GSW

Authors

Ali Abolmaali

21st century.” New York: Basic Books.5 Sarasin, L., (1998), “Learning style perspectives: impact in the classroom.” Madison, WI: Atwood.6 Bursi, O. S., and Jaspart, J. P., (1997), “Benchmarks For Finite Element Modeling of Bolted steel Connections.” Journal of Construction Steel Research, Vol. 43, No. 1-3, PP 17-42.7 Griggs, N.S., Criswell, M.E., and Siller, T.J., (1996), “Integrated civil engineering curriculum: implementation and management.” Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 122(4):1-5.8 Joyce, B., and Weil, M., (2000), “Models of teaching.” Boston: Allyn and Bacon.9 Lowman, J., (1995), “Mastering the techniques of teaching.” San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.10