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the first two years of theengineering science program.The Engineering Science Program at UMF is rather small in size, graduating about 10 to12 students a year. Program enrollments start at about 50-60 in the freshman year, buttaper off rapidly in the freshman and sophomore years. The program specializationresembles a mix of mechanical and electrical disciplines. The faculty size too is limited,comprising four to five full-time and adjunct faculty members. The teaching load is quitehigh, comprising three 3-credit courses per semester. Moreover, faculty are also expectedto exhibit significant research productivity and to contribute to service.The situation at UMF is fairly representative of conditions at smaller universities

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anduniversities titled Closing the Gaps by 2015 (adopted in October 2000 by the Texas HigherEducation Coordinating Board)1. The plan, which is directed at closing educational gaps withinTexas, as well as between Texas and other states, has four goals: to close the gaps in studentparticipation, student success, excellence, and research. The plan includes strategies for reachingeach of the goals and an annual performance measuring system. One outcome of this plan was ademonstrated need for engineering education and an outcome of this was the creation of the non-profit membership organization known as the Texas Engineering and Technical Consortium(TETC). The purpose of TETC is to increase the number of engineering and computer sciencegraduates from Texas

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), award number EEC-9876363.BiosketchesDr. Ronald E. Barr is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas atAustin, where he has taught since 1978. He received both his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees fromMarquette University in 1969 and 1975, respectively. His research interests are in BiosignalAnalysis, Biomechanics, and Engineering Computer Graphics. Barr is the 1993 recipient of theASEE Chester F. Carlson Award for innovation in engineering education. Barr is a Fellow ofASEE and a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Texas.Dr. Marcus G. Pandy is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas atAustin. Dr. Pandy received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University inColumbus (1987

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” presentations.Theirs is a genuine attempt to ignite a passion for an area of investigation they themselves findenthralling and stimulation. It is well known that when a student is engaged, motivated andhaving fun, the learning is increased and more profound. This paper explores the role that fun(play) might have in educating engineers. Does activating the playfulness within a student alterthe students desire to learn and study the course material more profoundly? Does learning thenbecome transparent, not a chore but a state of action/doing? Issues of Instruction and Classroom EnvironmentImproving the classroom environment is at the heart of education efforts to bring more creativeapproaches to instruction. Research has shown that practical

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women16.An abundance of research publications have suggested a variety of reasons for thisphenomenon, including lack of female role models, male domination of classrooms, and a needfor social relevance. Many researchers have suggested possible interventions to remedy thesituation. However, despite the implementation of interventions designed to encourage talentedfemales and minorities to pursue careers in engineering and other sciences, the latest figuresshow that the participation rate is not drastically changing. For further discussion of these andrelated issues, see [8]. Clearly there is room to explore different avenues in addition to existingefforts.To address the concerns stated above, Texas Womans’ University (TWU) established

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teachlast year. He is affiliated with TTU’s Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory (CVIAL). Hisresearch includes Superresolution and Autostereoscopy.TANJA KARPDr. Karp received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering (M.S.E.E.) and the Dr.-Ing. degree (Ph.D.)from Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany, in 1993 and 1997, respectively. In 1995 and1996, she spent two months as a Visiting Researcher at the Signal Processing Department of ENST, Paris,France, and at the Mutirate Signal Processing Group, University of Wisconsin at Madison, respectively,working on modulated filter banks. In 1997 she joined the Institute of Computer Engineering at MannheimUniversity, Germany, as a Senior Research and Teaching Associate. From

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Mario G. Beruvides; Terry R. Collins; Elliot J. Montes

Session 063 The Challenges Facing Engineering Management Education: The Clash between Training, Education, and Research Mario G. Beruvides, Ph.D., P.E., Terry R. Collins, Ph.D., P.E., Elliot J. Montes, PhD. Industrial Engineering Department Texas Tech University AbstractAll educators involved in technical or scientific education are faced with the age old dilemmabetween simply training students and educating students. This

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Mohammed E. Haque; Salim Saherwala

interestingchallenge in an exciting area, requiring creativity, imagination, as well as knowledge, andsystematic thinking. Although the classroom environment in Engineering and ConstructionScience is highly structured by the instructor, teaching students to be critical thinkers is essentialin the virtual classroom of the future. The objective of this research was to develop a 3-Danimation and walkthrough model with 3-D animated free-body diagrams to teach design forformworks for concrete. All the techniques that were used in this research employed a genericprogramming architecture, which was discipline independent and could be adapted to any othersimilar domain. These visualization techniques can be valuable aids not only in teaching in theclassroom but also

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Jenna Terry; Paul Ruchhoeft

, Texas Tech University, Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationPAUL RUCHHOEFTPaul Ruchhoeft joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at theUniversity of Houston in 2000 as a Research Assistant Professor after receiving his BSEE from theUniversity of Texas at Austin and his MSEE and PhD from the University of Houston. He became a tenuretrack Assistant Professor in 2001. His research interests are in the areas of nanolithography andnanofabrication. He began teaching the multi-disciplinary, capstone course in 2001.RICHARD BANNEROTRichard Bannerot is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston.His research interests are in the thermal

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responses to an index of learning styles,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1, Investing in the Future, pp. 739-743. 11. Miller, G. R., Cooper, S. C., 1995, “Something Old, Something New: Integrating Engineering Practice into the Teaching of Engineering Mechanics,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 105-115. 12. Thompson, B. E., 2002, “Pedagogy of an Aircraft Studio,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91, No. 2, pp. 197-201.TARIQ A. KHRAISHIDr. Khraishi currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico.His general research interests are in theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and materialsscience. He has taught

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Donald J. Bagert; Stephen V. Chenoweth

created as part of anew Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering program at the Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology (RHIT). CSSE 371 (a junior-level course) was made a prerequisite for the capstonesenior project course sequence, where the students work with a real-world client, including thedevelopment of a requirements specification over several weeks of interaction with thatstakeholder. Since all of the software engineering majors and about 85% of the computerscience (CS) majors take senior project, and because it is in general important for peopleworking in software-related areas to be able to elicit, negotiate and manage requirements for thesystems they build, whether these systems are for research or for production, CSSE 371 wasmade a

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construction and has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. In addition, he hasauthored/co-authored approximately 200 papers and presentations in engineering education and the general areasof civil and construction engineering. Dr.Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, ChiEpsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi and is registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.GURUBARAN VEERAVELGurubaran Veeravel has been awarded a M.E in Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. He hasserved as Research Assistant for a period of one year in the project “Nano composite catalyst for PEM fuel cell”and as Teaching Assistant for the Department of Chemistry. In addition he has served as a Process Engineer withAGIL

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Chau Kim Tran; Amir Karimi

Society for Engineering Education IntroductionBackgroundNucleation is fundamental to all phase changes. It is of importance in boiling andcondensation phenomena. Classical homogeneous nucleation theory provides a simplephysical model that describes the formation of a new phase from a supersaturated phasein the absence of foreign seed particles. By assuming isothermal conditions classicalnucleation theory is possible to solve for the steady state, isothermal rate of formation ofstable particles of the new phase as the function of the bulk physical properties of thematerial, the temperature, and the degree of supersaturation of the system 2. The simplestform is homogeneous nucleation from the vapor phase so it

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scholarship funds, mentors, internships, and research and travel opportunities.With funding from TI, TWU and TTU have established the Women In eNgineering (WIN) Program. TIcurrently provides scholarship and internship opportunities that support each WIN scholar through botha B.S. from TWU and an M.S. degree at TTU. In addition, TWU developed a Computer Science,Engineering, and Mathematics Scholars (CSEMS) Program, funded by the National Science Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFoundation’s Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships

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Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring one of the sessions dealing with the topic Creativity and Design, a poster session washeld. Research projects from all engineering departments were showcased using posters, withfaculty and/or graduate students on hand to describe the project and explain results. Studentsfrom the class were expected to circulate among the posters, and gather information about one ormore of the projects. An average of 30 minutes was allocated for this activity. Students werethen asked to write a summary of one of the projects in 100-150 words. For a class of 200students, approximately 15

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Materials Teaching,” Materials World, Vol. 3, No. 10, pp. 481- 482. 7. Callister, W. D., Jr., 2003, Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 6th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.TARIQ A. KHRAISHIDr. Khraishi currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Mexico.His general research interests are in theoretical, computational and experimental solid mechanics and materialsscience. He has taught classes in Dynamics, Materials Science, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Elasticity andNumerical Methods. For the last two-three years he has engaged himself in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest

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Seshagiri Rao Hoskote; Enno “Ed” Koehn

. He has served as Teaching Assistant for a period of 6 months andis presently Research student in the project “To find surface finish of wire rod” for theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering.In addition he has served as HVAC engineer withBlue Star,India. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright ©2004,American Society For Engineering Education

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Ms. LaQuasha M. Morgan; Ms. Faye Moore,; Dr. David A. Kirkpatrick

University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, we will present details about our current activities, their effectiveness, andfuture plans to develop our program through research involvement, competitions andconference presentations. INTRODUCTIONPrairie View A&M University (PVAMU) was founded on March 11, 1878. It is one ofover 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in America. Prairie View A&M’sdoors opened, enrolling eight young men as a comprehensive public institution of highereducation. Part of the Texas A&M University system, PVAMU was actually founded in1876, the first year of the Texas constitution. Prairie View A&M University

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Paul Ruchhoeft

February 2004.Biographical InformationRICHARD BANNEROTRichard Bannerot is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston.His research interests are in the thermal sciences and in engineering design education. For the past thirteenyears he has taught the required “Introduction to Design” course at the sophomore level and has recentlybecome involved in teaching the capstone design course. He is a registered professional engineer in thestate of Texas.ROSS KASTORRoss Kastor is a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston. Hehas been teaching the capstone design course since 1991. He completed more than 40 years as a drillingengineer for Shell Oil Co., where he spent 16 years

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Luciana R. Barroso; Jim Morgan

Session XXXX Replacing Rigid Body Dynamics with Dynamics & Vibrations: A Perfect Introduction for Undergraduate Civil Engineers Luciana R. Barroso and Jim Morgan Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3136 AbstractThe civil engineering department at Texas A&M has adopted a course in Dynamics & Vibrationsas the standard introductory undergraduate dynamics course. The original concept and coursewas developed by Dara W

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representative of“real engineering.” For the most part the projects do not require a high level oftechnology, and any student with a solid background in physics has probably seen the“science” necessary to address the project. In many ways it could be viewed as a positivethat the student’s problem solving skills are being utilized rather than only their disciplinerelated analysis skills. Responses to the Team-Oriented Design Course ProblemsThese solutions should be applicable for any size team-oriented classroom environment.We feel that there was a significant increase in student satisfaction last fall when many ofthese innovations were introduced for the first time.Individual GradesThe major portion of the individual grade should be linked to

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Rafic Bachnak; Korinne Caruso; cody ross

. Radha Balamuralikrishna and Clfford Mirman, “Promoting engineering technology programs at the high school and middle school levels using hands-on approach,” Proc. 2002 ASEE Annual Conf., CD- ROM, 9 pages, June 2002, Montreal, CA.5. Mary Vollaro, “Field trips: An innovative approach in teaching Manufacturing Processes to traditional undergraduates,” Proc. 2002 ASEE Annual Conf., CD-ROM, 6 pages, June 2002, Montreal, CA.6. R. Bachnak, “Field trips: linking the classroom with industry,” Proc. ASEE-GSW Annual Conf., Session 74C2, CD-ROM, 6 pages, April 2000, Las Cruces, NM.7. Stephen Horan, “Introducing pre-college students and teachers to engineering via a summer enrichment program,” Proc. 2001 ASEE Annual Conf., Session 2793, CD

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Ahmed Musa; Virgilio Gonzalez

tapered single-mode optical fibers. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National ScienceFoundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, Texas Instruments, Nortel, and LucentTechnologies have funded his research projects. He has published more than sixty articles all in his area ofresearch, most of them in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Shadaram is a registeredProfessional Engineer in the State of Texas. He is a senior member of IEEE, member of the InternationalSociety for Optical Engineering, Optical Society of America, and Eta Kappa Nu. He has received numerousawards for teaching and research excellence. He is cited in Marquis Who's Who in America. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual

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Randall D. Manteufel; Jason B. Pleming

. Wiggert. 1997. Mechanics of Fluids, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall.7 Hydraulic Institute, 1990, Engineering Data Book, 2nd ed., Cleveland Ohio.8 Taylor, J.R., 1997. An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements. University Science Books.RANDALL D. MANTEUFELDr. Manteufel currently serves as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University ofTexas at San Antonio (UTSA). He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. His teaching and research interests are in the thermalsciences. In 1999 he was awarded the Dow Chemical Outstanding New Faculty Award for ASEE GulfCoast Southwest section. He is currently the faculty advisor for SAE

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Roman Taraban; Arne Weigold; Edward E. Anderson; M. P. Sharma

tools used to create computer-based content have become cheaper, and,more importantly, easier to use. It is thus prudent to evaluate how these media arechanging students’ academic experience.In prior research [1, 2], we evaluated an instructional CD that is currently included withthe book Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach [3]. In addition to presenting thestudents with text content, tables, and graphs, the CD also includes active learningtechniques such as interactive exercises, graphical modeling, physical world simulations,and exploration [2]. The aspect we were most interested in was how students interactedwith the CD. In a modified version that we provided to students, the CD automaticallyrecorded each student’s interactions in a log

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Mohammed E. Haque; Murtuza Aluminiumwalla

impossible to rely on site visits.Considerable pedagogical advantages can be achieved by the integration of the informationtechnology (IT) and various visualization techniques in teaching engineering technology.Although the classroom environment in Engineering and Construction Science is highlystructured by the instructor, teaching students to be critical thinkers is essential in the virtualclassroom of the future. The objective of this research was to develop a virtual walk-throughmodel of a reinforced concrete building construction. The techniques that were used in thisresearch employed a generic programming architecture and visualization media, which werediscipline independent, and can be adapted to any other technology education domain

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Jennifer Spurrier; Charlotte Welch Smith; Bonita Butner; James Gregory

area of teaching field preference. ObjectiveAs stated earlier, previous research has been conducted involving engineering students and theuse of E-COACH. Fortunately, the tool is not limited for use to only engineering students. It isa Web-based electronic tool with free access. This paper presents information found in a studyregarding post baccalaureate students seeking teacher certification with relation to careerassessment, learning style assessment, and interest assessment. As the data were evaluated,questions arose, which will be discussed in a later section. This paper has four objectives: 1. Report the mean values for the career map coordinate for education majors and options within the

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N. N. Sarker; M. A. Ketkar

them aware of their status during a semester. This may be a guiding toolfor students to decide on how much additional study effort they need to put to achievetheir expected grades. Thus, this acts as a teaching aid too.The instructor has his/her own control to upgrade the file to suit many different ideas andrequirements.Biographical InformationNRIPENDRA N. SARKER is currently Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Technology of thePrairie View A&M University, TX. He also worked at universities in Bangladesh, Japan and UT at SanAntonio and at software industries. He received his Master’s and PhD degrees from the Texas A&MUniversity at College Station, TX. His research interests include simulation, algorithm development, andcomputer

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Guanlin Tang; Larissa Gorbatikh

Professor in the Department of MechanicalEngineering at the University of New Mexico. Her research interests lie in the broad area of solidmechanics and fracture mechanics. She is also engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education

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Mario G. Beruvides; Pilar Pazos; Jeffrey L. Hanson

, American Society for Engineering Education IntroductionTeaching and learning styles have been much studied, discussed and debated. There is a plethoraof formats and opinions on this area. Methods such as the rote-repetition used almostexclusively in the past, as well as the Socratic-method, are proven approaches to teaching andlearning. Though disagreement may exist amongst practitioners and theoreticians as to whichapproach may be more effective, the disagreements fall into the realm of preference and/or fit(what is best for this or that type of material and delivery system as opposed to another). Thebreaking up of learning material into small chunks (chunking of information) is one suchmethod. The