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R. L. Kolar; K. M. Dresback; E. M. Tromble

A Look at OUr GAANN Program in Civil Engineering R. L. Kolar, K. M. Dresback, and E. M. Tromble School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma Norman, OK 73019 kolar@ou.edu, dresback@ou.edu, etromble@ou.eduAbstract.Congress authorized the GAANN (Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need) Fellow-ship program under Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965; it was first enacted with theEducational Amendments of 1980, and was amended by the Higher Education Amendments of1992. The purpose of the program is to “sustain and enhance the capacity for

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William W. Ryan; Tiffany Wiederstein; Danny King; Malcolm Fowler

SourcesDeveloping new sources of students requires some creativity. Most of OC’s traditional methodsfor recruiting have involved only the university’s admissions staff. The university has movedbeyond the traditional to the truly creative and now utilizes both faculty members and aspecialized engineering recruiter. However, recruitment for the college of engineering has alsogone beyond the usual recruiting fairs and now has the faculty and the engineering recruiterinvolved at the secondary classroom level in a new source: pre-engineering academies.Pre-Engineering AcademiesWhile universities have been asking how they can develop new sources of students, somesecondary educators in Oklahoma have been asking how they can better prepare students forsuccess in

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Brandon W. Olson

on performance, attitude, and group behaviors in a technical team environment”, Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA: 1994.Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 114 Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., Smith, K. A., “Cooperative learning returns to college”, Change, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1998.5 Jutras, P. F., “Developing student’s capacity for learning and thinking through integrated curriculum and team learning experiences”, Annual International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education, Portland, OR: 1994.6

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Lorin P. Maletsky; Charles E. Gabel

, hands-on projects wherestudents are asked to proceed from concept to production are invaluable. Frequently this type ofexperience may be an integral part of a senior capstone design project that may last a semester oryear. Shorter projects are a common part of semester-long courses and usually focus on basicdesign concepts and practices that may result in production of a single item, if fabrication isrequired at all beyond the design analysis. At the University of Kansas the senior-level courseDesign for Manufacturability taught students design techniques that were important for massproduction. Course topics included subjects such as reliability, quality control, robust design, andcommon mass production fabrication methods. A project was

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Dale E. Schinstock

Integrating Education in Mathematics, Physical Science, Engineering Science and Application in a Required Course Dale E. Schinstock Kansas State UniversityIntroductionThis paper addresses a common problematic scenario in engineering education through a specificexample of the overhaul of a required course in a mechanical engineering curriculum. Thecourse was designed with three major themes in mind: 1) often, less is more in the context of thetopical coverage and retention and understanding, 2) application of material and active learningare important motivating factors for the students, and 3) moving engineering application toearlier in the

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Stephen B. Taylor; Darin W. Nutter; James A. Davis; Joseph J. Rencis

departmental freshman curricula, retention related activities are oftenevaluated at this level. The University of Arkansas (U of A) is no different and has an ongoingeffort to increase its six-year graduation rate through improved retention. In addition, the U of ADepartment of Mechanical Engineering (ME) is trying to better understand its six-yeargraduation rate by first focusing on the retention of students during their freshman year. For the sake of comparing retention data internally and externally, some commondefinitions need to be established to foster uniformity. A freshman is universally defined as aperson who is going to college for the first time in their academic career and who is considered afull-time student with regard to the

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Beverlee Kissick; Saeed Khan

Using Emerson Circles to Model Personal Growth of Students in Science and Technology Beverlee Kissick Ph.D., Saeed Khan Ph.D. Kansas State University at Salina“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776IntroductionIndustry demands a diversity competent employee. ABET requires students be culturallycompetent and be prepared to deal with globalization. Based on Emerson’s work we havedeveloped the model for personal growth of a student imbedded in science andtechnology. Through this model we describe the process with which students attain realworld skills (in this case, diversity skills).For

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Wangping Sun; J. M. Zhang; Z. J. Pei

Education 3For most senior engineering undergraduates, they have gained considerable capabilities to solvespecific technical problems. However, the IMSE 564 instructors think the students should havethe knowledge that not only benefits their current job hunting, but also helps them to besuccessful in the professional development as a team leader, a supervisor, a manager or even aCEO a few years beyond. Based on their extensive exposures in manufacturing industry, theinstructors decided to introduce Lean Manufacturing to the class.Lean Manufacturing first appeared in the public domain in 1996. It is an engineering philosophythat teaches people how

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Christi L. Patton; Daniel W. Crunkleton; John M. Henshaw; Douglas Jussaume; Robert L. Strattan

selected for thiscompetition. The University of Tulsa, with the smallest engineering program, wasselected because of its unique interdisciplinary approach to the design process. Throughtheir involvement in this project, students have the opportunity to develop skills withintheir selected field of study and beyond their chosen major.As part of this program, the University of Tulsa has established an interdisciplinarycourse so that students working on this project may earn course credit. This course mayonly be a means of recording their hard work on this very challenging project, but insome cases, with the approval of the individual department chair, it may be used to fulfillupper-level engineering elective credits. Regardless of the type of credit

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Larry N. Bland

attributes: [16] communitypartners, large, vertically-integrated teams, long-term student participation, variable credit hours,multi-disciplinary teams, and start-to-finish design experience. The program embeds servicelearning into design projects. Teams are established and projects are negotiated with a non-profitcommunity partner. Each team is vertically-integrated with freshmen, sophomore, junior andsenior members and will function for several years. As a project is completed, new projects willbe defined with the partner. As students graduate, team member will matriculate and newmembers are added each year to fill needs. Students may sign up for 1 or 2 credit hours persemester. Projects go through the phases of: establishing a partnership