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R. Asmatulu; W.S. Khan; E. Asmatulu; M. Ceylan

bring bioethics into biotechnology research, development, and education in order toseek and examine the potential risks and rewards of the applications of biotechnology-relatedmaterials, devices, and practice, as well as societal, economical, moral, health, and other broaderhuman implications of the technology [12]. The following bioethics issues (e.g., morality,religion, health and safety, social and philosophical, environmental, educational, and other legalissues) involving biotechnology may be very useful for training and protecting undergraduateand graduate students, as well as scientists, doctors, engineers, policymakers, and regulatorsworking in the field.2.1 Bioethics and Morality IssuesMorality is a general attitude and standard

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Sara E. Wilson

experimental research or in academicresearch in general. Undergraduate engineering education contains some exposure toexperimental work but these students are often not exposed to academic journal articles or todesigning an experiment from scratch. Before talking about responsible conduct of suchresearch, it is necessary, particularly with the first year graduate students in this class, to exposethem to scientific practice.Finally, the amount of material presented here is significant and difficult to cover in 15 hours ofclass time. It is difficult to cover any of these topics in great depth. As such, it is good tointerface with instructors of other graduate courses and research advisors so that they canreinforce the material as it applies to their

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Dona Steffens Davidson; Kevin P. Drees

Regarding Reference CollaborationLibrarians collaborate in regards to nearly every aspect of the profession.8 The literature is silentregarding the frequency of reference collaborations between librarians in general. The literaturedoes speak to the technologies used, specifically telephone, email, and synchronous and Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3asynchronous forms of digital reference.9 Instantaneous collaborations between librarians atseparate library locations were not possible until the telephone was adopted for referenceservice.9 The literature also indicates

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Carl Locke; Jim Lookadoo

ABET PRIMER What is ABET, What Does ABET Do, How Do We Do Well With ABETDISCUSSION TOPICS WHAT IS ABET? WHAT DOES ABET DO? ABET REVIEWS – WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT ABOUT CRITERIA? WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO PREPARE? WHAT HAPPENS DURING A VISIT? WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A VISIT? WHAT ARE MOST COMMON PITFALLS?WHAT IS ABET? Organization of Organizations Purposes  Accreditation  Promote Intellectual Development  Provide Technical Assistance Recognized by Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) NCEES Recognition (EAC)WHAT DOES ABET DO? Accredits College Level Degree Programs in Engineering, Technology, Computing, or Applied Sciences Four Different Broad Areas  Engineering - Leading to Professional Practice

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Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Julie-Ellen Acosta

, Martinazzi 2004). The external stimuli for the development of this type of course maypoint to the difficulty of identifying faculty and departments that view this topic as being withintheir expertise. Leadership is not typically part of an engineering faculty members graduatetraining.The strategic vision of the college also provided impetus for the course. As part of the strategicplan of the College of Engineering the objectives relating to curriculum are to: • Ensure that students have a quality educational experience, • Become recognized for its “experience–based” education model, and • Be the Engineering academic programs of choice in the region.In response to these, the College instituted an Engineer 2020 program that

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Dave Sly; Daniel Bumblauskas; Frank Peters

there a specific sales course offered in the engineeringcollege; listed as a 1 credit sales seminar. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3Course Development and Deployment ProcessThe Sales Engineering Committee, along with the new Engineering Sales Advisory group, metand developed a weighted curriculum recommendation. An importance scale was developed (0= not important, 9 = critical importance) to assess the topic value and determine the number ofcontact hours which should be dedicated to the topic (Table 1). The total contact hours were93.4, so these would need to be normalized to

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Heath A. Schluterman; Kellie Schneider; C. Richard Cassady

variety of engineering topics to trainstudents in applying a disciplined approach to solving problems. The topics used to facilitate theengineering problem solving approach in the first semester include Engineering Problem SolvingFundamentals, Statics, Statistics, and Engineering Economy. Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 2Engineering Problem Solving FundamentalsStudents review concepts such as unit conversions, scientific notation, significant figures, orderof operations, and dimensional analysis.StaticsStudents are introduced to the topic of mechanics and specifically to

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Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

their sponsorcompany.The objectives of the Innovations Process, as stated by the grant proposal, are to createworkplace-ready graduates who are capable of participating in and eventually leading privatesector innovation; enhance the education experience of participants in agribusiness, engineeringand communications in an effort to increase enrollment in those areas; and develop anddisseminate interdisciplinary curricula for adaptation and use by other universities. This reportaddresses three main research questions, the research methods used, findings andrecommendations.The course seems to be of benefit to its participants, even just one year after completion. Themajority of former Innovations Process participants reported they were “likely” or

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Robert M. O'Connell

. Berkshire: SRHE & Open University Press.2. Prince, M.J. and Felder, R.M. (2006) Inductive teaching and learning methods: definitions, comparisons, and research bases, Journal of Engineering Education, 95(2), 123-135.3. Biggs, J. (2003) LTSN Generic Centre website www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre .4. Lyman, F. (1981) The responsive classroom discussion, in: A. S. Anderson (ed.), Mainstreaming Digest, (College Park, MD, University of Maryland College of Education).5. Yorke, M. (2004) Employability in higher education: what it is – what it is not, LTSN Generic Centre website www.ltsn.uk/genericcentre .Biographical InformationRobert O’Connell received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and the M.S

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Charles Baukal; Joe Colannino; Wes Bussman; John Matsson

with full-time faculty to help bring professional practice into theclassroom. 9 For example, Texas Instruments helped co-teach a heat transfer course with theUniversity of North Texas and provided students with examples of electronic cooling problems Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3and devices used to solve them. 10 This was outside the scope of the typical heat transfer courseand gave students a specific example of how the course materials were applied to actualindustrial problems. Adjunct instructors can also teach specific topics in a course where facultyare less

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Josh Coffman; Joseph J. Rencis; Daniel J. Jensen; Ashland O. Brown; Jiancheng Liu; Kristen Kaufman; Christina White

aninstructor in the quiz development/revision process. Furthermore, this supplement could be avaluable resource for faculty members and graduate students who are new or inexperienced indeveloping multiple-choice quizzes. The supplement contains additional guidelines and bestpractices based on the knowledge-base in multiple-choice educational literature.7-29 Textbookreferences are also included in the supplement for instructors who desire additional in-depthknowledge about multiple-choice quiz development/revision. The supplement is divided into thefollowing four sections:  Definitions for Multiple-Choice Questions. The definitions of the stem and options that form a multiple-choice question are discussed.  Multiple-Choice Question

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Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Christa N. Hestekin; Nick Tschepikow; George S. Denny; Edgar C. Clausen

UAESP: A New and Improved Program for Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities Bryan W. Hill1, Carol S. Gattis2, Christa N. Hestekin1, Nick Tschepikow3, George S. Denny4 and Edgar C. Clausen1 College of Engineering1/Honors College2/ Northwest Arkansas Education Renewal Zone 13/ College of Education and Health Professions4 University of ArkansasAbstractThe University of Arkansas Science and Engineering Partnership (UAESP) was developed in2009 to enhance the professional growth of 6th and 7th grade science teachers in northwestArkansas through summer