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2009 GSW

Authors

Charles Baylis; Randall Jean

: design, construction, and measurement [2]. Dedicatedlaboratory courses have been the successful vehicle to provide the hands-on experiences at someuniversities, such as the University of South Florida (USF) [3], with tremendous success. Whilethe idea of a dedicated laboratory course in microwave engineering is attractive, it is difficult tointegrate such a course into an emerging curriculum with limited resources. The BaylorElectrical and Computer Engineering Department is in a period of significant growth, but atpresent, the department faculty numbers a mere eleven, with only two members presentlyteaching RF/microwave and electromagnetics courses. A second issue that must be tackled ishow to teach both passive and active circuit design

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2009 GSW

Authors

Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng; Richard Chou; Yongjin Kwon

: design, construction, and measurement [2]. Dedicatedlaboratory courses have been the successful vehicle to provide the hands-on experiences at someuniversities, such as the University of South Florida (USF) [3], with tremendous success. Whilethe idea of a dedicated laboratory course in microwave engineering is attractive, it is difficult tointegrate such a course into an emerging curriculum with limited resources. The BaylorElectrical and Computer Engineering Department is in a period of significant growth, but atpresent, the department faculty numbers a mere eleven, with only two members presentlyteaching RF/microwave and electromagnetics courses. A second issue that must be tackled ishow to teach both passive and active circuit design

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2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

and on existing girls’ activities, it was determined to offer a girls-onlysummer engineering camp modeled on the Entry to Engineering day camp for middle schoolyoung women. The goals for offering a girls only camp were to increase interest in engineeringby combating stereotypes, creating connections, reducing the issue of competition for resourceswith boys, and demonstrating the real-world social impact of engineering. The Girlgeneeringcamp was designed to introduce a variety of engineering fields to young women by showing howthese areas of engineering connect to personal issues, social concerns, and community interests.The girls-only nature of the camp was planned to reduce the distraction of competition with boysand to allow the young women

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2009 GSW

Authors

James (“Jim”) R. Morgan; Luciana R. Barroso

require a paradigm shift in re-conceptualizing their role as a teacher. Due to this difficulty, tapping both individual andcollective capacity are best within the context of professional learning communities (PLCs),which are characterized by shared norms and values, reflective dialogue, de-privatization ofpractice, collective focus on student learning, and collaboration. These PLCs set the foundation,so teachers can begin inquiry into their practice in a new way for increased student learning.The integration of Professional Learning Communities and Project-Based Learning serve toaddress the issues discussed above. Currently, the North Texas STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Math) Center is collaborating with the Waco Independent School

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2009 GSW

Authors

Jerry K. Keska

it atheory. Likewise, a new, successful industrial product development process requires the use of anexperimental approach (at least the proof-of-the-concept portion). Consequently, mechanicalengineering students need to be equipped with hands-on experience in instrumentation andmeasurements. This involves conducting physical experiments concerning what measurements to use,how to develop a feasibility study program, how to conduct computer-based data acquisition andanalysis processes, how to validate experimental data for both deterministic and random processes,how to design experiments, and how to disseminate results. There are, however, many obstacles thatmust be overcome in order for this type of process to be successful. The most common

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2009 GSW

Authors

Melissa C Lott; Dr. Carey W King; Dr. Michael E Webber; Dr. Kathy J Schmidt

Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy The University of Texas at Austin Dr. Kathy J Schmidt Faculty Innovation Center The University of Texas at Austin AbstractEstablishing a reliable and sustainable electricity supply is one of the daunting challenges facingcommunities today. Unfortunately, discussions on this topic include wide varieties ofmisinformation, subjective analysis, and biased resources. The Texas Interactive PowerSimulator (TIPS) tries to address these shortcomings by providing a quantitative and transparenttool that teaches the basic

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2009 GSW

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren

. Programs such as the FIRST RoboticsCompetition and Project Lead the Way are highly successful. The paper also highlights threeinnovative high schools in the Waco area that are addressing these issues with limited success.Lastly, the paper outlines several new activities at Baylor university to encourage students tobecome engineers. One such program is the mentor program that is being undertaken by BaylorUniversity student organizations in engineering to address some of these secondary schools’needs. IntroductionThere is a shortage of engineers, or so we are led to believe by recent headlines in the media.The bottom line is that engineers are in short supply and the demand is increasing. Currentheadlines