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John C. Giordano; J. Scot Ransbottom

Diversity in Uniform: An Approach To Teaching Introductory Information Technology John C. Giordano J. Scot Ransbottom john.giordano@usma.edu scot.ransbottom@usma.edu Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science United States Military Academy West Point, New York, USA 10996 845-938-2200 In a school where every single student dresses exactly the same as every other student every day, oftencalled the “sea of gray”, where each person learns to sit, stand and walk

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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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Hassan A. Kalhor; Mohammad R. Zunoubi

Equal Opportunity in Engineering Education Hassan A. Kalhor and Mohammad R. Zunoubi Electrical Engineering Department State University of New York New Paltz, NY 12561 kalhorh@engr.newpaltz.eduI. INTRODUCTIONIn the beginning, engineering was directed toward military applications. The advent of“Civil Engineering” was the first step to put engineering to civilian use. Earlyengineering activities were physically demanding and only suitable for men. This is notto say that engineering activities were not mentally demanding as they involvedcalculation and design based on science and mathematics. The discipline, therefore,attracted men with

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Suzanne Keilson

case for various cell biochemical pathways thatmay have evolved from other, very different biochemical solutions to other environmental challenges tothe organisms. Indeed, such is the case in engineering as well. With a little thought one can indeed makea functional mousetrap out of fewer parts, or even more interestingly, once can use the parts of amousetrap to do many other useful things and the parts or components at hand may then be“cannibalized” to be used in a wide variety of radically different functions. The original designer maynever have conceived of such modifications or uses for their parts, and more typically, they could neverhave imagined some of the other changes that occurred in technology and society around them thatchanged

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Howard Kimmel; John Carpinelli; Rosa Cano; Angelo Perna

The K-16 Engineering Pipeline: A Working Model Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology Rosa Cano, New Jersey Institute of Technology Angelo Perna, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyIntroductionNew Jersey Institute of Technology, through its Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP) offersinitiatives and programs designed to improve the quality of education at the elementary and secondarygrades in the City of Newark, its environs, and the State of New Jersey.1-4 Simultaneously, collaborationand articulation between the pre-college initiatives and the University’s academic

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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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M.G. Prasad

The Role of Cultural Diversity in Enhancing Engineering Education Dr. M.G. Prasad Department of Mechanical Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey mprasad@stevens.eduAbstract:It is well known that diversity is in all schools of higher education. It is also noted that diversity in aschool exists in faculty, students, staff and administration. Engineering schools and programs are noexception. The role of cultural diversity in enhancing engineering education is studied in this paper

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Levern Rollins-Haynes; Keith L. Haynes

Einsteins possess menial jobs because access to quality education was not a choice in their community? How many Black owned high-flying technology companies like Netscape and Yahoo could have been created, if access to capital was equally available in this country? How many senior level executive managers would there be in Corporate America if there was no glass ceiling?4Underrepresentation of African-Americans in engineering fields is also problematic because it couldprevent the United States from continuing to compete globally. Through the partnering and utilization oftalents within African-American and diverse groups of the United States, America will be able to sustainits leadership role in technological development

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Lou Harrington; Austin Bartlett; Quentin Willard; Jason McKay; Bruce Brown; Ernest Wong

ways tomore safely land autonomous space landers on other planets and more reliably guide autonomoussurface rovers through our largely un-navigated solar system. Despite the apprehension the cadets hadwhen they first discovered they would be working on such a daunting task, after a semester of getting toknow one another and assessing their individual and collective strengths and weaknesses, they havedeveloped into a cohesive team that has gained both an improved understanding of our nation’s spaceexploration program and greater insights into how NASA engineers are currently approaching theproblem. Even though the cadets did not come equipped with any noteworthy qualifications or specificbackground on space or sensor technologies, they

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Michelle Albanese; Richard J. Puerzer

. Based on these criteria and its connection to the desired outcome of understanding the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, societal, economic, and environmental context, Engineering 149:Technology and Society, appeared to be the logical choice for implementing the design in HofstraUniversity’s Department of Engineering.Hofstra University engineering 149: technology and society According to the Hofstra Course Description, “the interrelationship between technology andsociety in the past and present is established” in this course, (Hofstra Course Bulletin). The desiredABET outcome directly relates to this. Additionally, the course is a part of all engineering programrequirements and, therefore, it reaches all students. Currently in

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

“Proceedings of the Spring 2007 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education”that unless they are particularly gifted in math and science skills (and can demonstrate this at entry tocollege) they should not pursue engineering or technical careers. In addition, all too often instructionin math is divorced from the application of mathematics to the solution of everyday problems.This situation leads to the alienation of far too many students from the STEM (Science, Engineering,Technology, and Mathematics) disciplines. At UDC a group of faculty, under a grant from theDepartment of Education, are developing experiments (experiences) that may be used to introducestudents to the challenge and excitement of STEM

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V. Briller; E. Deess; R. Calluori; K. Joshi

Center for Women inTechnology or another university women’s group?No10. When you were in high school, did you have any contact with a women’s center or group atyour current college?No11. What is the best way to increase the number of women students at a technological university?~ Offer scholarships to attend pre-college programs (F).~ Have more female university students talk at high schools (F).~ Invite dynamic female engineers speak at open houses and at high schools (F).12. Is there anything you’d like to add that we didn’t cover?~ Safety factor (M). 6BibliographyLivingstone, S. & Lunt, P. (1996). Rethinking the focus group in media and

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K. A. Narh; R. N. Dave

NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates in Engineered Nano- Composite Particulate Materials at NJIT K. A. Narha and R. N. Daveb a Department of Mechanical Engineering b Otto York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102-1982IntroductionThe NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at NJIT, was designed tofulfill the main requirements of the NSF solicitation document for this program - that REU projectsinvolve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects

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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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Anilkumar Bhate; M.G. Prasad; Lex McCusker

An integrated Approach to Creating Student-Awareness, Pedagogy and Efficient Management of Multi-Cultural Teams in Engineering Projects Anilkumar Bhate, M.G. Prasad, Lex McCusker Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New JerseyAbstractTeamwork is an essential aspect of most engineering projects. Often the teams consist of memberscoming from diverse backgrounds, and such diverse backgrounds may lead to internal conflicts within theteams. Engineering students, many to become managers in their future careers, need to be educated abouthow to deal with the diversity in their work teams. Teams

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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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Josephine Lamela; James Finne; Karen Ford; Deborah Iacontino

Tech X Ploration: A Summer Institute for High School Girls or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation Josephine Lamela Professor, Physics Middlesex County College Prof. James Finne Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology Middlesex County College Karen Ford New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education Deborah Iacontino Teacher, Technology and Mathematics

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Vincent Winstead

background inmathematics and simultaneously ensure its relevancy and technology advancement contemporaneousness.Students from different traditional engineering disciplines, such as electrical, computer and mechanicalengineering, and also from non-traditional technology-based disciplines have different courserequirements and depth in core mathematics, static systems, dynamic systems, systems modeling, powersystems and electronics. Developing a course curriculum which crosses over multiple programs anddisciplines and yet is relevant to a broad class of students is difficult. This paper describes some resultsfrom a concerted effort to accomplish the inclusion of a multi-disciplinary content in a new multi-department course series. The hybrid vehicle

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Fatih Oncul; Marty Drobny; Melvin Lewis; Faruk Apaydin

experimental exercises wherepossible. This article discusses recruiting process, program schedule, daily agenda,lectures, lab exercises, and feedbacks from students, high school administrators, andparents.1 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Gildart and Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering, CivilEngineering TechnologyProgram, 1000 River Rd. T-MU1-01 Teaneck, NJ 07666, (201) 692 2350,foncul@fdu.edu2 MCA-NJ, Education Director, 211 Mountain Ave. Springfield, NJ 07081, (973) 912-00423 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Gildart and Haase School of Computer Sciences and Engineering,Coordinator of Technology Programs, 1000 River Rd. T-MU1-01 Teaneck, NJ 07666, (201) 692 2248,mlewis@fdu.edu4 Mechanical Engineer Robert Derector Associates, New

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Stephanie Farrell

Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Petrochemical Industry Stephanie Farrell Rowan University Chemical Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 USA1. Introduction Undergraduate engineering and technology students benefit from “real-world” experienceswhich are usually obtained through internship and co-op experiences. Through these workexperiences, students have the opportunity to apply their technical skills to industrially

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L. Kuczynski; C. McGuinness; S. Farrell; B. G. Lefebvre; C. S. Slater

case studies are presented fromthe student perspective, focusing on the educational and professional benefits to students whohave worked on these projects. Keywords: Industrial Projects, Undergraduate Research, Pharmaceutical Industry1. Introduction Undergraduate engineering and technology students benefit from “real-world” experienceswhich are usually obtained through internship and co-op experiences. Through these workexperiences, students have the opportunity to apply their technical skills to industrially-relevantproblems, gain exposure to company culture, and build a foundation which helps providemotivation for future learning in an academic environment. While these “real-world”experiences are highly valuable to students, they are

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s K-16 Programs to Enhance Diversity in the Technical Work Force DERAN HANESIAN AND ANGELO J. PERNA The Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, 07110. INTRODUCTION With globalization as a given fact of life in the 21st century, there is a need toexpand the engineering manpower pool and its diversity in order for the UnitedStates to compete. To increase diversity in science, technology and engineering,we must reach children at an early age and educate and excite them about careersassociated with these fields. Programs must be developed that interest individualsfrom

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William E. Kelly

information on practices in place for the current visit cycle; what are the latestissues, how evaluators are looking at materials, and so on.There is no substitute for experience and all engineering administrators should considervolunteering as an ABET evaluator.19 One of the keys to ABETs’ past and future success ishaving a cadre of effective evaluators. ABET is focusing a great deal of its current improvementefforts on improving the performance of program evaluators.20ABET has a long history of conducting faculty workshops first to introduce faculty to EC 2000and today to provide information on how to do assessment.Rose Hulman Institute of Technology has been holding an annual symposium on assessmentsince 1997. The 2007 symposium is entitled “Best

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Adriana Popescu

at thechallenges awaiting the current and future engineers1. In her address, Jamieson said: "We have to askourselves, will graduates have the attributes and skills that they need for careers over the next 40 years?"What makes this question even more thought provoking for engineering educators is the fact thataccording to some academic estimates, the half-life of engineering knowledge is between two to sevenyears, which means that by the time one graduates, half of what it was learned in the first years may ormay not be relevant. One other factor educators need to take into consideration when designing theirprograms is the fact that new technologies requiring multidisciplinary skills are an integral part of theprofessional practice, and they

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Shaina Slonim; Richard Puerzer

manifest themselves through their lifelong learning pursuit. One way in which measuring theobjective can be implemented is by taking what the student learns in all his/her classes, not just theengineering ones, and determining how the student can apply this knowledge to the engineering field. Welive in an ever-changing technological world. The ability to partake in lifelong learning helps peopleadapt in this world. Ten, twenty, thirty years ago people knew how to use a different kind of technology.It is the result of the ability to partake in lifelong learning that they were able to adapt and use today’stechnology. For those of us graduating this year, the ability to engage in lifelong learning will help usadapt in ten, twenty, thirty years from

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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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Charles H. Forsberg

Education. Retrieved from www.hofstra.edu/nyscate on March 23, 2007. 2. Hacker, Michael, and Burghardt, David; Technology Education: Learning by Design. Prentice- Hall, 2004, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 3. MSTP Project: Mathematics Across the Middle School MST Curriculum. Retrieved from www.hofstra.edu/mstp on March 23, 2007. 4. Hunter, Margaret A. and Forsberg, Charles H.; Experiences of Engineering University Faculty in a Middle School Math, Science and Technology Partnership (MSTP). Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Spring 2005 Conference; April 15 & 16, 2005; Fairleigh Dickinson University; Teaneck, NJ. Charles H. Forsberg is an associate professor of engineering at Hofstra

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James Finne; John Carpinelli; William Barnes

THE TRANSITION FROM THE 8085 TO THE “MODERN” WORLD James S. Finne, PE Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology Middlesex County College John Carpinelli, PhD Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Director, Center for Pre College Programs New Jersey Institute of Technology William Barnes, PE Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstractTeaching the Introduction to Microprocessors

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Fani Zlatarova

enjoyed the talks of the keynotespeakers:▪ The Range of the IT Field and Where We All Fit In, Gerald Engel, Leonhardt Professor of CS and Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT, and IEEE Computer Society 2005 President▪ Bioinformatics: A Recipe for Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration, Paul Tymann, Associate Professor of CS at the Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, and ACM SIGCSE Symposium 2005 Program Co- Chair and ACM SIGCSE Symposium 2006 Co-Chair▪ Navigating NASA: How to Find Information in a Labyrinth of 2.5+ Million Web Pages?, Dennis Christopher, Senior Support Scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD▪ ENIAC: Dawn of the Age of Information, Paul Shaffer, Curator of the ENIAC Museum at the University of

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Phil Dacunto P.E.; Mike Hendricks

simple enough for students to understand, while at the same time demonstrating the dispersion process’ “big picture.” Students in an introductory air pollution course not only effectively employed the application to visualize the impact of changing plume variables, but also applied it to an optimization scenario that required repeated calculations of the downwind effects of various plumes to meet given concentration guidelines. After using this plume modeling application in the course, students had a better understanding of plume behavior, a better understanding of the value of information technology in solving engineering problems, and a greater interest in applications of atmospheric