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2005 GSW

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Jorge E. Navarro; Apolinar Zapata

the curve that models (best fit) the scatter diagram, using the TI-83. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 9 Able to find the volume of solids of revolution.Materials¾ Truncated conical plastic glass (or flower vase).¾ One-half meter string.¾ Ruler.¾ Tape.¾ TI-83 calculator.¾ A gallon of water (colored water is better).¾ A 250-mL plastic chemistry beaker.¾ A 100-mL graduated cylinder.Every group will receive a truncated conical plastic glass (or flower vase), string, tape,and a ruler. Be sure that each group has a TI-83 calculator. Ask

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2005 GSW

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Richard Bannerot

was increased to 5 feet.The additions were: • There were constraints imposed on weight and size of the device and on operator contact with the device. • Multiple performance requirements were imposed (two different targets for which the device had to be pre-calibrated (no practice)). • Constraints (requirements) were placed on performance (five successful launches per eight attempts [four at each target]). • Goals were established (eight successful launches out of eight attempts, and a preference of a gravity-driven, light-weight design).An eight-page document completely describing the project was given to the class onAugust 24th, the first class meeting. The project continued throughout the semester. AnInitial

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2005 GSW

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Jessica M. Dick

recruiting program, using current undergraduate students, and onegraduate student, to help in the University’s computer science recruiting efforts. InSeptember 2003, the planning began with the NSF grant to determine the best approachfor recruiting and targeting females and minority students and raising their interest inattending college and majoring in technology related fields. In early 2004, the TETCgrant was added to enhance the ongoing efforts. A&M-CC designed their recruitingprogram using the “Best Practices” for recruiting underrepresented minorities. This is atechnique used by some of the nation’s most successful engineering schools forproducing minority graduates. This paper describes the details of the implementation ofthe recruiting

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2005 GSW

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M. M. Darwish; M. H. Akram; B. Green

style by incorporating additional forms ofactive learning activities. (Buchanan; 1991; Campbell and Smith, 1997; Felder, 1995;McKeachie, 1986; Tschumi, 1991).Our implementation was based on the followingconcepts; • Professors should be designers of learning experience and not teachers. • Education is a cooperative enterprise that works best when cooperation between instructor/student and student/student is allowed, • University students are adults. If the students are not the given opportunity to practice adult behavior, they will not able to learn such behavior, • Instructors are experts/helpers. Instructors help student to learn how to be independent and take responsibility for their own learning, • Most

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2005 GSW

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Kenneth Van Treuren

phone all the timeasking why someone had done something or where they got their information. It is goodto come in knowing that things need to be uniform and documented, especially whenworking with a team.”The course was also highlighted in the most recent ABET accreditation visit as a coursewhich “offers a wide array of practical experiments while integrating uncertainty analysisand design of experiments content.” Clearly, the course fulfils its responsibilities and hasa definite impact on the students. Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

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2005 GSW

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Amir Karimi

studentnotebooks and information in the course portfolio best represents the continuous assessmentprocess and course improvement each program had implemented. Each course portfolio is abinder containing the items discussed earlier in this section. It is stored at a central location thatcan be easily accessed by the course coordinators and reviewers. During the 2003-04 academicyear all information in the portfolio were updated at the end of each semester for the coursestaught during that semester.Each course peer review subcommittee reviewed the portfolio and collected student notebooks.The course assessment rubric form was designed and used in this assessment process. Afterreviewing the contents of the course notebook (samples of students work) and the

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2005 GSW

Authors

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

10 compete unfairly. 7 Consider environmental impact in professional duties as an utmost priority. 9 8 Emphasize character building and personal growth. 9 Strive to promote and practice good safety habits first and foremost, and work only within 9 7 one’s capabilities. 10 Use knowledge and skills to the best of one’s ability for the enhancement of human welfare. 6* Number of Times Mentioned by Teams Out of a Total of 27 TeamsThe final assignment eight is an individual assignment in which the student creates a shortportfolio3 at a common

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2005 GSW

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Ross Kastor; Robert Askew; Richard Bannerot; Paul Ruchhoeft; Elena Poltavtchenko; Colley Hodges; Chad Wilson; Cari-Sue Wilmot

Engineers and Scientists8, and Dava Sobel’s The Best American ScienceWriting 20049. Faigley’s work is a standard handbook for writing classes, includinginformation on conducting research, citing sources, and correct grammar and style.Ferguson’s book is a history of engineering design that argues for a more visual-centeredengineering education. While he doesn’t discount math and science’s impact onengineering, Ferguson desires more emphasis on design, as well as hands-on experience.This text provides provocative material for discussion and journal assignments, as it alsointroduces students to the history of the profession in which they are entering. Sobel’sedited collection of science writing is used for a similar purpose. The material is drawnfrom

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2005 GSW

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Zhenyu Zhang; Yeshwanth Sampath; Dr. Rita Caso; Amy Collins

-Southwest Annual Conference Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED464662.)7. Hagedorn, L. S., Maxwell, W., & Hampton, P. (2002). Correlates of retention for African- American males in community colleges. Journal of College Student Retention; Research, Theory & Practice, 3(3), 243-263.8. Gao, H., Hughes, W., O’Rear, M. R., & Fendley, W. R., Jr. (2002). Developing Structural Equation Models to Determine Factors Contributing to Student Graduation and Retention: Are There Differences for Native Students and Transfers? Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Research

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2005 GSW

Authors

John D. Fernandez

recruiting program, using current undergraduate students, and onegraduate student, to help in the University’s computer science recruiting efforts. InSeptember 2003, the planning began with the NSF grant to determine the best approachfor recruiting and targeting females and minority students and raising their interest inattending college and majoring in technology related fields. In early 2004, the TETCgrant was added to enhance the ongoing efforts. A&M-CC designed their recruitingprogram using the “Best Practices” for recruiting underrepresented minorities. This is atechnique used by some of the nation’s most successful engineering schools forproducing minority graduates. This paper describes the details of the implementation ofthe recruiting