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Fani Zlatarova

and as members of society possessing ethicalbehavior and a good understanding of a broad variety of academic disciplines.References[1] Azalov, P., S. Azaloff & F. Zlatarova. Comparing Student Assessment Tools in Computer Science: Empirical Analysis. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, (CD Version), ASEE/IEEE/IEEE Computer Society, October 20-23, 2004, Savannah, GA, pp. F2G.18–F2G.19[2] East, J. P. & J. B. Shafer. In-Person Grading: An Evaluative Experiment. INROADS ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, February 2005, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 378-382[3] Finelli, C. A Team-Oriented, Project-Based Freshmen Problem Solving Course: Benefits of Early Explore. The 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999[4] Groth, D

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Carol Siri Johnson

some of the impediments to diversity in post-secondaryeducation. The impediments that I will discuss in this paper are a) a lack of knowledge about college inless wealthy environments; b) increasing complexity and up-front costs in the college application process;and c) a general social movement away from providing financial aid based on need towards providingfinancial aid to wealthier families. Overall, the gap between the rich and the poor attending college isincreasing and the information literacy required to navigate the labyrinthine system of college educationis reinforcing the gap. A return to the need-based system of financial aid would increase the number ofpoor and minorities attending college and increase the talent pool overall

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Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

Engineering our Future New Jersey: Partnerships, the Critical Element Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology Dawna Schultz, Stevens Institute of TechnologyAbstract: Engineering Our Future NJ is a multi-pronged initiative whose goal is to ensure that all K-12students in New Jersey experience engineering as an integral component of their elementary, middle, andhigh school education. Launched by Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation inEngineering and Science Education, EOFNJ has formed alliances with two- and four-year colleges,industry, government, education associations, school districts, and other stakeholder groups todemonstrate the need for and benefits of

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Levern Rollins-Haynes; Keith L. Haynes

. This newfound relationship could also help to debunk stereotypes.The non-black communities and religious and academic institutions should also share in rectifying theshortage of black engineers and other science-related careers by realizing these and many other generalfacts: a. that racial inequality exists and is somewhere lurking in the minds of many African-Americans-- much of it due to direct or indirect past experiences; b. that cultural and value differences exist and may be prioritized more in the African-American community than in other American communities. These cultural and value dissimilarities are not necessarily wrong, but might require a different method of evaluation and should not be viewed as

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Anilkumar Bhate; M.G. Prasad; Lex McCusker

whose members come from different nationsand backgrounds place special demands on managers. These demands become especially severe when afeuding team looks to the boss for help with a conflict. In this paper we analyze this situation and thechallenges involved, and we make suggestions regarding possible ways of conflict resolution. Thediscussion will draw the literature of several professional fields including management, anthropology, andengineering education. Such a multi-disciplinary discussion of this problem is expected to educate ourstudents and prepare them to manage diversity in their future careers. There are three key components ofthis discussion. The first is making students aware that the “world is flat.” This will create in

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Aiman Kuzmar

Ethics at Various Engineering Programs Aiman Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E. Assistant Professor of Engineering, Penn State FayetteThe profession of engineering and society have a profound interaction. Engineers servethe societies they live in by offering them practical solutions to their technical problems.They have to do so in the most efficient way and in an ethical manner. The importanceof ethics in engineering has been well established and awareness about this importancehas been on the rise in recent years.Traditionally, with a few exceptions, institutes of higher education did not includediscrete educational components on ethics in their engineering curricula

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Laurence Howell

EOP@NJIT: Diversity Personified Laurence (Tony) Howell Executive Director, Educational Opportunity Programs New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102This presentation will show that in the 39 year history of the Educational OpportunityProgram (EOP) of NJIT, the program has been the embodiment of the Conferencetheme - “Embracing Diversity in Learning: The Challenge for Engineering Education”EOP began as the “engineering opportunity program” in 1968 as a NJIT effort to assurethat all New Jersey high school graduates, regardless of their race, creed or culture, andwho had the proclivity for science

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Suzanne Keilson

else islacking in the controversy, careful review highlights some commonly held misunderstandings about thenature of intentional design and the engineering process. Understanding these misconceptions canprovide a guide for changes in engineering curricula. By exploring some of the assumptions about thedesign process that are implicit in these arguments we may gain insight into the learning aims and neededgoals for engineering design education.Introduction and BackgroundThree key components of the mechanisms described by evolutionary theory are random mutation, naturalselection, and time. Random mutation provides a basis for the variability within a population and its slowchange or drift with time. Natural selection provides the pressure that

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Graham Walker

An Experimental Process Course Graham Walker Mechanical engineering department Manhattan College1 Introduction In many industrial environments today an engineer is expected to perform tests or simpleexperiments. This will become ever truer in the future as more and more design is done offshore andoutsourced to countries such as India and China. Consequently, it will become even more important forfuture engineering graduates to be familiar with testing and experimental procedures. A typical engineering curriculum has a number of laboratory courses distributed throughout itsfour years

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Shaina Slonim; Richard Puerzer

need to know.”1 Theauthors’ point is that research needs to be done in four areas: The “knowledge, skills, processes, values,and attitudes [that] characterize engineering…and…the mechanisms by which these elements changeover time”; how “innovation, critical thinking, systems thinking, biology, mathematics, physical sciences,engineering sciences, problem solving, design, analysis, judgment, and communication relate to eachother to characterize the core of engineering as a profession”; “the source of these core elements, andhow” they are shaped and whether engineering is “best characterized by the people it serves, the problemsit addresses, the knowledge used to address problems, the methods by which knowledge is applied., or itssocial relevancy

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M.G. Prasad

. Anengineering student not only experiences diversity in the teaching faculty from whom he or she learns butalso among the fellow students. The cultural background of people in an educational environment willplay a significant role in the student’s learning process. The cultural background of a faculty will expressitself in the personality, behavior, expression, accent, etc. in a similar way a student’s cultural backgroundwill also expresses itself in several ways. The interaction between an instructor (or faculty member) and astudent from a two different cultural backgrounds will impact both the instructor and the student.Introduction:Diversity essentially refers to the dissimilitude among individuals. Although diversity is based on thedifferences

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Adriana Popescu

Libraries 101 for International Students Adriana Popescu, Princeton UniversityAbstractAcademic libraries have been increasingly active in developing programs and services which allow theireducational mission to address the needs of an increasingly more diverse student population. In additionto the pressures of adjusting to a new environment and to the educational demands of a new school,international students must also adjust to an extensive and sometimes overwhelming library system,which can be quite different from what they are used to. The organizational structure of libraries, theirservices, collections, even their role and mission can differ from a country to another, thus

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William E. Kelly

Assessment and Improvement – Defining Best Practice William E. Kelly The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064IntroductionIn 2005, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) published two volumes on assessmentin the disciplines; these two volumes deal with the business disciplines.1 A third volume onmathematics has recently been published and a volume on engineering is scheduled for 2007.The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the AIR engineering volume.The vision of the engineer of 2020 presented by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) intheir recent report goes well beyond the ABET outcomes

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Paul G. Ranky

practical, real-world-focused,customized education. They expect a large number of choices, because theyunderstand the power of simulation. They are very visually focused, because thisis the video gaming generation. They want personalized, customized products,processes and service, and their education process is not an exception. They lookfor technical details, and want to see it all; immediately, and virtually...They lookfor good quality and low cost and ease of use, and interactivity, because there isNO time to read traditional manuals and static textbooks… They like tocontinuously explore, experiment, rather than follow the traditional path. Theyalso have less need and desire to conform. They expect instant gratification. Theyare often impatient

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Aiman Kuzmar

paperintends to outline the advantages of having a closed book test policy over an open booktests practice in the subject of statics and vice-versa. It will outline the experience of theauthor in regard to this issue as an instructor for statics and many other courses at PennState Fayette as an assistant professor of engineering and previously as faculty assistantat Duke University. This will also include his experience as a bridge designer with theNorth Carolina Department of Transportation, and as a structural engineer with aconsulting engineering firm. It will compare the two policies and conclude withrecommendations.

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Seamus Freyne

What Students Say are the Top Engineering Challenges of the Future Seamus Freyne Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Manhattan CollegeWhat are the most important challenges facing our nation or world in which engineers canprovide a solution? This question was asked to hundreds of engineering students over aperiod of the last five years, usually on the first day of classes. To ensure the authenticityand creativity of the essays, students were allowed time to do the assignment in class.With a growing collection of essays, it became obvious that the topics generally fell intoone of ten main themes, though

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Kauser Jahan; Kathleen Sernak

Engineering Clinics for Teachers Kauser Jahan1 and Kathleen Sernak2 1 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, email:jahan@rowan.edu 2 Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, email:Sernak@rowan.edu Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro NJ 08028This ECT (Engineering Clinics for Teachers) Program is a partnership between RowanUniversity’s Colleges of Engineering and Education to provide an Engineering Clinicexperience for middle school teachers and guidance counselors. Modeled after the uniqueRowan Engineering Clinics, it utilizes real