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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu S.M. Masud; Don E. Malzahn

to secure a broad societies (every three years) education - Opportunity to participate - Ability to engage in life- in a co-op experience long learning - Knowledge of contemporary issues - Ability to use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools Proposal of changes to full IMfgE faculty in faculty meetings (each year) Implementation of faculty

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Steven Skinner

final section outlines theresources required and presents the implementation plan.II. Definitions of each criterionThis section of the paper provides a brief definition of each criterion and thenfollows with more details for satisfying the criterion.1. Undergraduate Research: Undergraduate research has been consideredimportant for retention and for graduating productive engineers. A study byZydney, et al. [6] reported that undergraduates who work with a faculty memberin research are more likely to continue to graduate school as well as have betterABET “soft skills.” The same group completed a follow on study [7] of facultyperceptions concerning undergraduate research and found that faculty were ableto mentor students to deeper understanding of

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

, b. Collaboration activities with partner universities and technology programs and centers, c. Expanding ‘professional’ activities for students and faculty through projects with business, marketing, and legal components, d. Developing new program components to provide students more leadership, management, and creativity opportunities, and e. Continued discussion and focus on creating a cost-effective and financially sustainable program supporting the educational mission of the Institute.While the future directions for Rose-Hulman Venture activities are evolving, it is clear that thereis also a need for more research on how well experience-based versus alternative approaches areaccomplishing their goals. Given

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William M. Baer

learning process. Ashworth, Bannister, and Thorne surveyed several students aboutissues related to plagiarism. “For the majority it had been a new concept.” They did notrecognize why citing information was necessary, and didn’t understand why their teachers were“so uptight about this issue.”22 Students need to understand why correctly citing sources isimportant. They need to see that “these issues are ethical issues, not just something that is acustom or literary preference.”23 Often we don’t know what our students don’t know. De Voss and Rosati tell the story ofa young teacher who found three plagiarized papers in one of her classes. She handled it byannouncing to her class that any student who had plagiarized must see her during office

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Theodore W. Manikas; Gerald R. Kane

. Interns will be evaluated on their general performance, including workhabits and professionalism, and on project performance, including meeting the projectspecifications and deadlines. As part of the evaluation process, the mentor will provide feedbackto the interns and consult with the PI as necessary to resolve any issues that may arise.The intern will submit a monthly report to the PI, which the PI will review and provide feedback.In addition, the PI will periodically consult with both the mentor and intern to discuss the generalprogress of the project, and to address any concerns as they may arise. “Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

having four to nine teams.Proceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 8Project modificationIn order to improve the project to incorporate additional course concepts as wellas to add the concept of sustainable, a modification to the existing project isunderway. The proposed effort modifies the airplane production student projectby improving the infrastructure, adding lean manufacturing techniques,incorporating sustainability issues, and providing faculty assessment tools.To improve the infrastructure: • a web-based interface will be developed (currently students are required

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi Patton Luks; Laura P. Ford

whoreview the technical aspects of each project as well as cultural and health concerns.All new projects must be approved by the TAC. The application process for a newproject ensures that all projects: 1) agree with EWB-USA’s mission; 2) benefit the community and do not discriminate against sub-groups; 3) involve the community; 4) have a well-defined scope of work; 5) are of reasonable cost for volunteers to fundraise; and 6) avoid serious safety concerns and do not involve travel to any country under state department warning.The project application asks students to consider both positive and negative impacts tothe economy, the environment, the culture and the ecosystem. The students must discussthe social and governmental