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2008 GSW

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Kristi J. Shryock; Helen L. Reed

Session 8-2 ABET Accreditation – Best Practices for Assessment Kristi J. Shryock, Helen L. Reed Aerospace Engineering Department Texas A&M University AbstractThe ABET process and purpose is very often one of the most misinterpreted notions in academia.While many people know the vision of ABET is to provide leadership in assuring quality and instimulating innovation in the areas of applied science, computing, engineering, and technologyeducation, they occasionally lose sight of the fact that this

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2008 GSW

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Victor Gallardo; Mequanint Moges; Enrique Barbieri; Aymara Boggiano; Carlos Ramirez

necessary to carry on aneffective class at the university level.Specific ModulesOn the other hand the specific modules are designed to address specific issues related to eachdepartment. In this case each department will be responsible in exploring its own needs andresources for the development of online training modules for its teaching assistants. In theDepartment of Engineering Technology, for example, some of the needs include but not limited to: • General policies of the department • Best soldering practices and wiring standards • Emergency and safety regulations • Training on various software simulation tools.Figure 2 shows a snapshot of the online training modules developed and currently being

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2008 GSW

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Pradeep K. Bhattacharya; Jiecai Luo

the university [8]. This will reducetheir training cost somewhat and give university feedback to the students in ethicalchallenges. Outreach programs should be renovated. Under graduate researches should turntheir style from traditional to practice based nontraditional applications. New EngineeringResearch Centers should be made and industries should buy in such efforts. Design clinicsshould be held in summer with the technical assistance of industries to train and motivatestudents. Increase in global cooperative education should be nurtured. Engineering studentsshould have compulsory participation in engineering student organizations which can providethem a vehicle for service to the engineering college and the surrounding community

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2008 GSW

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Ronald E. Barr; J.P. Mohsen; Jane M. Fraser; Amir Karimi; Nelson A. Macken; John A. Stratton; John J. Uhran, Jr.; Sandra A. Yost

called for broad reform in K-12 STEM education, and ASEE clearlyhas an opportunity to be a national leader in K-12 reform, since it impacts engineering educationat the college level. K-12 is the pipeline and lifeblood for what we do and how it affects thetechnology base of this country. Indeed, ASEE has already begun to try and impact K-12 througha number of initiatives including the all day seminar initiated at the past three nationalconferences. The YOD on the other hand was an attempt to get a handle on the various aspects ofengineering education through research and to build on the momentum started by such schools asPurdue and Virginia Tech, which have started engineering education programs. The RAGSreport and the YOD events, as envisioned

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2008 GSW

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Kenneth W. Van Treuren; Ian A. Gravagne

people in the local community. But howis energy education best accomplished?Several other organizations are also advocating energy literacy; including the Energy LiteracyProject, the organization for National Energy Education Development, the Energy InformationAdministration, the National Energy Foundation and the NEETF. The general consensus of these Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of New Mexico – Albuquerque Copyright © 2008, American Society for Engineering Educationorganizations is that energy education is much needed. Unfortunately, while these organizationsprovide some resources, they do not seem to have a significant impact