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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Kenny Fotouhi

courses. Instrumentation were installed, fuel pump/tankmodifications were made, and fuel consumption measurements were completed by theauthor. Project involved servicing two complicated systems, and designing, installing andtesting instrumentation for fuel consumption measurements. This was a successful and auseful project for students involved. Students were very exited and liked working on afull size engine.Planned extensions for this project are: (a) solving vibration problems of torque meter,(b) taking measurements at higher engine loads, beyond 50 ft-lb, and (c) measuring effectof engine speed and engine load on emissions. Page 8.489.7

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

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John Ciezki; Thomas Salem

Session 2132 An Assessment of Power Engineering Education Thomas E. Salem and John G. Ciezki U.S. Naval AcademyAbstractAcademic power engineering programs have been in a state of decline for numerous years.During this same timeframe, technology and the application of power electronics has beengrowing at a rapid pace. Additionally, the utility industry has experienced a dramatic change inregulation, the end of the Cold War has reshaped U.S. defense considerations and impressed newrequirements on military systems, and the U.S. economy has both soared and slumped

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Retention: Keeping the Women Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Meredith Aronson; Marie Reyes; Jeff Goldberg

numbers suggest that the University of Arizona College of Engineering and Minesfollows a national pattern of representation and attrition for women and there is a major dropbetween the 1st and 2 nd years. During this time period, The College had between 2300 and 2500total students.The Approach: Cohorts and Service - Virtual Development CenterThere is a diversity of approaches at different universities in responding to the five critical factorsnoted by WECE above. In the program outlined in this paper, we have chosen to focus energy ona) developing self-confidence and engineering self-efficacy, b) curricular focus, pedagogy, andclimate in engineering, c) lack of female peers and role models, and d) gender and societal issues.In addressing these

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Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

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Surendra Gupta

course.Bibliography1. Vardeman, S. B., Jobe, J. M., 2001. Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis. Duxbury, Thomson Learning.2. Standridge, C. R. and Marvel, J. H., 2002. Engineering Statistics as a Laboratory Course. Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montreal, Canada.3. Chandler, Harry (ed.), 1999. Hardness Testing, 2nd edition, ASM International, Materials Park, OH.4. Fee, A. R., Segabache, R., Tobolski, E. L., 1985. Knoop and Vickers Microhardness Testing. Mechanical Testing, volume 8, ASM Handbook, ASM International, Materials Park, OH.5. Marchetti, C. E. and Gupta, S. K., 2003. Engineering Modules for Statistics Courses. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ioannis Miaoulis; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

Session 2530 Strategies for Teacher Comfort Aimed at Sustainability By: E. Rushton, B. Gravel, & I. Miaoulis Tufts University / Boston Museum of ScienceAbstractTufts University’s Center for Engineering Educational Outreach received a GK-12 grant from theNational Science Foundation (NSF) in 1998 to place graduate engineering students and computerscience students into local public school classrooms. Through this fellowship the graduatestudents were partnered with teachers with the purpose of introducing engineering inMassachusetts’ primary and secondary schools. The graduate

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The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

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Patricia Mosto; Gregory Hecht; Kathryn Hollar; Stephanie Farrell

Session 2613 Integrating Biology and Chemical Engineering at the Freshman and Sophomore Levels Kathryn Hollar1, Stephanie Farrell1, Gregory B. Hecht2, and Patricia B. Mosto 2 1 Department of Chemical Engineering 2 Department of Biological Sciences Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, TN, 22-25 June 2003 Chemical Engineering

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hyun Kim

oral communication activities.Bibliography 1) Youngstown State University Undergraduate Bulletin, 2002-2003 2) General education: Educating the Whole Person in an Age of Specialization, The Teaching Professor, Vol. 15, No. 4, April 2001 3) Brief History, General Education Program, Youngstown State University http://www.ysu.edu/ger.htm 4) General Education Goals http://www.ysu.edu/ger/genedg.html 5) Tips for Public Speaking, Toastmasters International http://www.toastmasters.org/tips.htm 6) Irene W. D. Hecht, Roles in a Group, September 2002 7) Rebecca B. Rubin, Assessing Classroom Oral Presentations, YSU Workshop, April 2001

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Practice/Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

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Katherine Liapi

Session # 2506 Integrating research on new building conceptions in the architectural engineering curriculum: Educational objectives and benefits Katherine A. Liapi The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe invention of new building conceptions is driven by very specific needs. New forms ofdeployable structures respond to needs that are often of critical importance: they canprovide emergency shelters and hospitals after natural disasters, house traveling exhibits,fairs, and movable theatres, serve as temporary storage facilities, etc. Despite the obviousadvantages that existing or new conceptions

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

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Rex Ramsier; H Michael Cheung; Edward Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

Session 2625 Focusing on Teamwork Versus Technical Skills in the Evaluation of an Integrated Design Project Helen K. Qammar, H. Michael Cheung, Edward A. Evans, Department of Chemical Engineering Francis S. Broadway, Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies Rex D. Ramsier Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering The University of Akron Akron, Ohio 44325Engineering educators

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Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Claire Lynne McCullough

the issue of STEM under-representationof any race, gender, or economic group. Programs include both those that address engineeringdirectly, and those that address other relevant areas such as mathematics and physics. Programsfrom around the country are discussed in detail in section a., followed by relevant programs atthe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in section b., and a brief mention of additionalprograms of note in section c.a. Programs from Around the United Statesa.1 Exploring Physics in CyberspaceOne program which seeks to intervene with under-represented students in grades 5-12, by avariety of methods, is the Exploring Physics in Cyberspace program at the University of

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein

during theirfirst semester, an introductory engineering class, Engineering and Science Applications in Pre-Calculus (ENG1001) was pilot tested Spring 2001 and refined and expanded in Fall 2001 andFall 2002. Because students are enrolled in Pre-Calculus and ENG1001 at the same time, theENG1001 course material parallels the topics that are being covered in Pre-Calculus. In additionto coupling ENG1001 with Pre-Calculus, another objective of this course is to prepare thestudents to succeed in their future engineering courses. Students work in three-person teams onclass assignments, lab reports, homework assignments, technical presentations and a designproject. Topics are introduced that will be used and expanded upon in the first-year

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Effective Teaching to Motivate & Retain

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2003 Annual Conference

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Reid Vander Schaaf; Ronald Welch

semesters, asillustrated by the consistent student responses to the course structure (Figure 2) and learningobjectives (Table 1). Only the USMA (A & B) and Department (C) web based questionspertaining to the subject at hand are presented for brevity. The question “My instructor used Page 8.693.10well articulated learning objectives to guide my learning” scored 4.52 in AY 01-1, and 4.58 inAY 02-1 (Figure 2). The question “My instructor had a structure or plan for every lesson's Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American

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Academic Standards and Academic Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Kelly

://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/mechan_equipment/machinery/welcdir.htm]8 Gillen, B 2002 A Standards Education: Beyond the Skills, [ONLINE http://www.ses-standards.org/library/02proceedings/gillen.pdf ]9 EU Draft Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing aframework for Eco-Design of End Use Equipment [ ONLINEhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/electr_equipment/eee/workdoc09102002.pdf ]10 Sun Microsystems The Eco-standard Design: The need for a rational, balanced approach on environmentalprotection in the EU, [ ONLINE http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/policy/eco-standard.html ]11 ANSI Standards Education Database ,http://www.ansi.org/education_trainings/stand_edu_database.aspx?menuid=9, accessed January 3, 200312

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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FE TABAMO; CRISTINO CARBONELL; Conchita Javier; Clarita Guevara

the Pre-Test. The result may qualify the learner to bypass the learning unit on hand and proceed to the next. 8. The Lessons a. Specific Objectives – which states the specific learning outcomes. b. Discussion – which introduces the learner to the concepts of the unit. c. Illustrative Examples – which demonstrates the solution of relevant problems. d. Practice Exercises – which lists the problems the learner has to solve. Answers are provided for comparison. 9. Post-Test – which assesses if indeed learning has taken place. 10. Key to Post-Test – which provides the answers to the questions in the Post-Test. The result will direct the learner to either proceed to

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

Administration from Nova SoutheasternUniversity. He holds and M.P.A. in Public Administration from the State University of NewYork at Brockport and a B. A. in Political Science from SUNY Fredonia. Page 8.949.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

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Austin Asgill; Willie K. Ofosu

antennas. He is anadvocate of diversity in the educational environment. Dr. Ofosu received his Ph.D. from the Electronic SystemsDepartment at University of Essex in England.Austin B. AsgillDr Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone,his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering fromthe University of South Florida. He is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyatSouthern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). Prior to joining the faculty at SPSU, he was an Associate Professorof Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where he served as Program AreaCoordinator

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Using IT to Enhance Design Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

Session 1061 “Toying” to Learn for 21st Century Product Development Environments: Computer-Aided Design, Collaboration, and Rapid Prototyping Alexander Lee, David Anderson, Karthik Ramani∗ School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue UniversityAbstractA successful hands-on learning environment has been developed for a computer-aided designand prototyping class (ME444). The goals for this course are a) to help students learn multi-dimensional aspects of advanced product design and b) to allow

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

, Page 8.351.3 Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationchopsticks for proper use. Placing the chopsticks back on the table involves the reverseoperation. The chopsticks should be replaced on the holder when not being used. The followingpractices: (a) stabbing food with chopsticks, (b) breaking food items using one chopstick in eachhand, (c) passing a food item from one set of chopsticks to another, (d) moving tableware withthe chopsticks, (e) hitting the table or tableware with the chopsticks, (f) planting chopsticksvertically in rice or any other food (This is done only when offering food to the dead.), (g)licking the chopsticks. (h) mismatching the chopsticks, (i) inserting the wrong end of a pair

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2003 Annual Conference

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Laila Guessous

as an analysis tool. This project addresses multipleobjectives of the course: a) students are introduced to fundamental concepts of fluidmechanics, such as the Bernoulli equation, and conservation of mass b) the use of CFD asa flow prediction and analysis tool, c) the accuracy of numerical solutions andexperimental measurements, and d) mesh generation, and e) the commercial software,Fluent. It is expected that this and other similar projects will continue to be included inthe CFD course at Oakland University. Page 8.302.10 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Diversity in Materials

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Miller; Oscar Barton

Training Craft”, Naval EngineersJournal, Spring 2001, pg 71-78.Biographical InformationOSCAR BARTON JR. is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the USNA. Hereceived his Ph.D. from Howard University. His research focus is on structural mechanics of composite materials.PAUL H. MILLER is an Assistant Professor in the Naval Architecture Program at the USNA and received a B. S. inMechanical Engineering from Tufts University and a M. E. in Ocean Engineering from Stevens Institute ofTechnology. He also completed a M. E. in Naval Architecture and a D. Eng. in Civil Engineering from theUniversity of California at Berkeley. His research focus is on marine composites

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2003 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

Engineering EducationTable 5. Alignment of Capstone Course Outcomes with Attributes of Top Quality Engineers Weight* Capstone Outcome Number* FACTORS (of Engineer Profile Attributes) A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Accepts responsibility needed for . . . 2 0 2 2 Maintains focus to complete . . . 0 0 1 1 Takes necessary initiative, appropriate risks . . . 0 1 1 Demonstrates knowledge of math . . . 0 0 1 1 Demonstrates knowledge of engineering sci . . . 0 2 2 1 1 Demonstrates ability to use contemporary . . . 0 0 1 2 Recognizes key

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Barbara Bernal

Education: Many Enroll, Too Few Graduate”, Pew Hispanic Center (September 5, 2002) http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/latinosinhighereducation-sept5-02.pdf2. Lowell, B. L., Suro, R. “The Improving Educational Profile Of Latino Immigrants”, The Pew Hispanic Center (December 4, 2002) http://www.pewhispanic.org/site/docs/pdf/ImmigEd12-04-02Final2.pdf3. Report of the Hispanic Task Force of the Board of Regents University System of Georgia (June 1999)4. Smith, J. P., “Race and Ethnicity in the Labor Market: Trends Over the Short and Long Term,” in America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (2001)5. Suro, R., Singer, A. “Latino Growth In Metropolitan America: Changing

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Technology, Communication, & Ethics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paulette Beatty; Jackie Revuelto; Dianne Kraft; Carolyn Clark

Session 1739 INCLUSIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NSF FOUNDATION COALITION M. Carolyn Clark, Jackie Revuelto, Dianne Kraft, and Paulette Beatty Texas A&M UniversityIn 1993, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Education Coalitionsprogram funded the fifth engineering education coalition nationally, the FoundationCoalition (FC). Within the broad mandate of the NSF program, this new coalition ofhigher education institutions was to explore, experiment with, and initiate a series ofbroad-based reforms within their undergraduate programs, to change the complexion ofengineering

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Web-Based Instruction

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mufazzal Arif; Mitchel Keil; Jorge Rodriguez; Alamgir Choudhury

[3] showed theuse of commercially available MDSolids system for developing and solving a variety ofmechanics of materials problems. Ressler [4] developed “Visual Stress Transformer,” aVisual Basic program to animate stress transformations in a strength of materials class.Prusak [6] showed available commercial software such as Working Model [7] andspreadsheet to enhance student learning. Each of the tools has some novel feature that canbe beneficial in specific situation, but requires a prior background in computer applicationsfor their efficient use.In general, these application tools can be classified in two categories, (a) commerciallyavailable software adapted for specific curriculum requirement and (b) applicationprograms developed in

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Integration vs. Compartmentalization

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Goldberg

: • Grade in ENG 307 or ENG 308 (> 80% get A or B) • Instructor analysis of oral presentations in senior design final presentation, % of students that score in the top two categories (very good or excellent) (> 80%) • % of students that score in the top two categories (very good or excellent) on the entrance paragraph requirement. (> 80%)Outcome 3.3 - The students should be able to deal with clients (including instructors) in aprofessional manner covering demeanor, presentation style, and work ethic. Metrics: • Client evaluation reports for senior projects - % of students that score in the top two

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Wise; Nicholas Scambilis

bycalculating a grade point average for each section of each course. Taking the number of studentswho earned each letter grade multiplied by the assigned point value (Table 1), summing the totalfor each course, and then dividing that total by the number of students in the course determinedthe course grade point average. Table 1 A B C D F 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0Overall, the enhanced course grade point averages increased over 20%. In two cases, EVT 110and EVT 200, the grade point average decreased an average of 13%. In the first case, a first timeinstructor taught the

Conference Session

Best Zone Papers

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjorie Hovde

revised therating sheets and used them to assess samples from spring technical communicationclasses. At that time, we “froze” the rating sheets so that we could gain comparableresults across the years. (See Appendixes A and B for examples of the writing and thespeaking rating sheets.)These rating sheets were intended to provide overall rating scores for each artifact, ascore that could be used to generate data useful for accrediting purposes. The sheetswere also designed to highlight important features of effective communication. Datagathered from the ratings of these features were intended to be used by departmentsas they ascertained student areas of weakness; these areas could then receiveparticular attention in curricular revisions. These

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Pre-College Initiatives in Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Chandler; dean fontenot

.), Women: Their Underrepresentation and Career Differentials in Science and Engineering. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press, pp. 123-56.5. Clewell, B.C. and B. Anderson (1991) Women of Color in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. Report submitted to EUREKA!, Women’s Center of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.6. Gibbons A. (1992) “Future Conditional: Minority programs that get High Marks.” Science, Vol. 258. pp.1190- 96.7. Oakes, J., T. Ormseth, R. Bell, and P. Camp (1990) Multiplying Inequalities: The Effects of Race, Social Class and Tracking on Opportunities to Learn Mathematics and Science. Santa Monica, CA.: RAND.8. Linn, M.C. and J.S. Hyde (1989) “Gender, Mathematics, and Science.” Educational Researcher, 18.8

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Activities for the Materials Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Masi

modifiedcyclodextrin polymer and cast it into solid shapes for use in high-speed magnetic devices (inductors,transformers). This is done in aqueous solutions, with alcohol added as a dispersant. B. Materials Needed Substrates (alumina, printed circuit G-10, modified, ceramic-filled vinyl, and glass), FeCl3, Beta Cyclodextrin, isopropyl alcohol. C. The solution and polymerization The solution is prepared by mixing 1 mole of FeCl3 With 1 mole of β-cyclodextrin in an aqueous solution. By weight, the amounts are: 26.9 g FeCl3, 16.2 g β-cyclodextrin, added to 50 g water. Alcohol is added, drop by drop, until the solution becomes homogeneous in appearance. The material is condensation polymerized by

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Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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2003 Annual Conference

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Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

), “Industry/University Collaborations: Different Perspectives Heighten Mutual Opportunities”, Draft to appear in Journal of Systems and Software, http://www.sei.cmu.edu/collaborating/ed/indust-univ-collabs.html 8. Ellis, J. C. H, Nancy R. M., Moreno, A., McNeil, P., (2001) “Can Industry and Academia Collaborate to Meet the Need for Software Engineers?” Cutter IT Journal, June 2001 9. Ellis, J. C. H, Moreno, A., Mead R. N., Seidman, B. S., (2002), “Reeducation to Expand the Software Engineering Workforce: Successful Industry/University Collaborations”, SEI Special Report, CMU/SEI-2002- SR-001, Software Eng. Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, Pa. 10. Ellis, H.J.C., Mead, R. N., Moreno, A., Tanner, D. C., Ramsey, D