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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Laurent Simon; Piero Armenante; Rajesh Dave

Camp Pharma: A Novel Initiative to Generate a Pipeline of Diverse Student Talents in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Laurent Simon, Piero Armenante, and Rajesh Dave Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102AbstractCamp Pharma is a new educational and outreach initiative, launched at NJIT, focusing on the preparationof a future qualified workforce of diverse talents for pharmaceutical manufacturing. This initiative issponsored by, and organized within the framework of, the Center for Structured Organic ParticulateSystems (C-SOPS), a newly created Engineering

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Paul G. Ranky

, and therefore want it immediately…The important observation here is that all of these attributes should be respected,and that the education system should adjust to delivering these customerexpectations at a high quality level. In this paper some tested pedagogical as wellas advanced educational technology methods and tools are discussed, anddemonstrated to satisfy the above requirements for both live and distancelearning (DL) classes.IntroductionThe objective of this research was to create a case-based / problem-basedteaching and learning curriculum for Millennial generation engineering and ITstudents. In order to satisfy the need of an integrated, simultaneously analytical,computational, interactive, as well as practical, real-world-focused

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Stefan A. Robila

Information Disclosure Incidents and Computing Education Stefan A. Robila Department of Computer Science, Montclair State UniversityAbstractWe present an introduction to security incident encountered by academic institutions and follow up withour approach to user education by infusing information disclosure incidents in two courses laying at theextremes of the computer science curriculum: a General Education Introduction to Computing and anAdvanced Topics Information Security course. The choice of the two courses is such that, while in theIntro to Computing course the students view the incidents from the user’s point of view (and are eithervictims of larger incidents or the

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Peggy A. Johnson

graduating classes of anyprofession, including medicine, law, and others (Tietjen, 2005). The situation in engineering practice isworse yet. The percentage of women engineers in engineering practice has never reached even10 percent(Isaacs, 2001). Data indicate that retention is not as big an issue as recruitment (Gibbons, 2004). In astudy conducted by the National Science Foundation (2005), it was determined that high school girls takescience and math courses at approximately the same rate as boys. However, boys enter universityengineering programs at much greater rates than girls. According to a survey published in the Chronicleof Higher Education (Hoover, 2006), only 8.4% of students entering college in 2005 were planning tomajor in engineering. A

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Fani Zlatarova

Educate ethical and moral principals Figure 1. Aspects of the computing project developmentThe educational challenges in teaching computing disciplines could be successfully solved by introducinga rich diversity of projects offered as a part of different forms of academic work accomplished bystudents.2. The Diversity of ProjectsThe most important aspects of the variety of computing project refer the project environment, types,topics, goals, participation, presentation, assessment, and ethical issues introduced in the project.2.1. Projects and Their Academic EnvironmentTo a great extent, the environment of the respective academic institution determines the characteristics ofthe computing projects. The respective curricula

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John C. Giordano; J. Scot Ransbottom

exactly the same way and eachwill participate in the same summer jobs, and where all graduates will be hired to work by the sameorganization in essentially the same job, diversity couldn't be an issue, could it? When every student ineach incoming class receives exactly the same computer system and takes exactly the same introductorytechnology course, Information Technology education is anything but diverse, or is it? While thestudents, called cadets, all dress exactly the same, they offer a wonderfully rich and diverse population,both in their culture and in their familiarity with and knowledge of information systems. The UnitedStates Military Academy (USMA) at West Point admits between 1,200 and 1,400 young men and womeneach year. This

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

A New Freshmen Engineering Design Experience in Chemical Engineering at NJIT R. Barat, G. DiBenedetto, and T. Boland Otto York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102IntroductionThere is a general recognition of the need to give their students considerable training beyond the standardknowledge of a particular engineering fieldi. Students must now have the ability to think critically andcommunicate effectively, to work in multidisciplinary teams and have good interpersonal skills, and toexhibit a broader professional and ethical

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

journals and to present theresults of their effort at national and international technical conferences. Bothprograms require participants to present their research efforts at the annual NJITResearch Symposium. The aim of these programs is to foster an interest in thestudents to continue their education in Graduate School and obtain advanceddegrees. The primary aim of the McNair Program, however, is to produce morefaculty members from the underrepresented student body by allowing them togain an insight into the research process, learn about Graduate Schools and learnabout an academic career. The URE Program allows students to perform researchand independent study under the guidance of a Faculty Advisor. The programprovides academic and educational

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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K. A. Narh; R. N. Dave

, while simultaneously drawing their attentionto the REU web site being set up. The main avenues for advertising included: (1) individually contactingeligible students from within NJIT, based on a list compiled with input from undergraduate advisors ofengineering, Honors (through Dr. David Reibstein) , physics, and chemistry programs as well as thoseidentified by NJIT’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) leader, Tony Howell; (2) personal contactsof Prof. Dave at several targeted universities in the US; (3) general program announcement sent to mostengineering schools, and (4) placing the link of our program to national Honor college consortia. Theitems for the REU web site include an overview of the program describing the main objectives of

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Adriana Popescu

of knowledge and comfort with the services and collections ofthe Engineering Library and the Princeton University Library system in general, that will allow them touse the extensive research collections, both print and electronic, and draw on the expertise of the subjectlibrarians and bibliographers who can provide insight into resources found beyond the long lists of resultsretrieved by the internet search engines.The Outlook for Engineering EducationIn her recent keynote address at DesignCon 2007, Leah Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean ofEngineering at the College of Engineering at Purdue University and the IEEE 2007 President and CEO,presented the engineering educators with a list of questions meant to instigate an introspective look

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Howard Kimmel; John Carpinelli; Rosa Cano; Angelo Perna

education as early as the sixth grade andcontinues to provide services to students until they graduate from high school and are placed in college oranother form of post-secondary training.UPWARD BOUND—A six week summer program with academic services during the school year, UpwardBound is designed to support high school students in preparation for college entrance.UPWARD BOUND MATH & SCIENCE—A six week summer program with academic services during theschool year, Upward Bound Mathematics & Science seeks to enhance the students' academic ability andinterest in mathematics and science, including research projects with NJIT faculty and mentors, and theapplication of physics and mathematical concepts to real-life experiences.Impact the Classrooms

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Shaina Slonim; Richard Puerzer

”; and “the connection between what students are taught and how…they practiceengineering” upon graduation and where engineers should learn core elements.1 This research will helpto make sure the professors are getting the mission of the ABET objectives across to the students and thestudents are achieving them.lifelong learning The ABET objective I focused on is “the recognition of the need for and an ability to engage inlifelong learning.”2 Lifelong learning is the “idea that learning can and does occur beyond the formalstructure of an educational institution and occurs throughout one’s lifetime.”3 One must be of theunderstanding that diversity is inherent in lifelong learning, because each individual has interests andtraits that

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Graham Walker

with an experience that was never available to them before. The preliminaryfeedback from the students who have now taken the course show that they appreciate the materialpresented and the opportunity to participate in a practical engineering experience. In addition, because ofthe additional emphasis on technical communication skills the students now produce better qualityreports, in general. Consequently, the redesign of the course has been viewed as a significantimprovement to the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Manhattan College.Bibliography1) Cyr, M, Miragila, V., Nocera, T., and Rogers, C. (1997), “A Low-Cost, Innovative Methodology for TeachingEngineering Through Experimentation” Journal of Engineering Education; vol. 86; no. 2.2