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Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Andrew Lau

engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Stratton; Maureen Valentine; Carol Richardson

Alumni Survey 2002 Rochester Institute of Technology Engineering Technology Department College of Applied Science and Technology All information is confidential – no individual information will be reportedI. Please complete the following:1. Identification (optional)Name: _______________________________ Telephone: ____________ Email: _____________Address:_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________2 a. Degree(s) received from RIT AAS BS2 b. Program Electrical Computer Telecommunications Electrical/Mechanical Civil Mechanical

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Applications in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

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Francis Di Bella

Page 9.969.6thermal demands. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering EducationThe use of the random number generator feature that is available with excel spreadsheethelps resolve this issue. The thermal demand profile as shown in Figure 2 can bechanged with a small program in the constants used in the equation that generates thatprofile. For example, the profiles shown in Figures 4 a,b,c,d were generated by theequation:Q= 0.6 + 0.45 x (Random Fn.) x {sin( 2 x time/2/pi -3.0) }; for a 1-peak thermaldemandand:Q= 0.6 + 0.45 x (Random Fn.) x {sin( 4 x time/2/pi -3.0) }; for a 2-peak thermaldemandWhere

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Computer-Based Measurements

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2004 Annual Conference

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Keith Koenig; Viva Austin; Bryan Gassaway; Thomas Hannigan

Experiment”, Senior SeminarReport ASE 2712, Mississippi State University, 19854. Fugate, M., “Working Hardware and Software for Communications Between Apple III and Hewlett-Packard Computers”, Special Topic Report ASE 7003, Mississippi State University, 19865. Messer, B., “Control Loop Response Characteristics of the Supersonic Wind Tunnel”, Senior SeminarReport ASE 2712, Mississippi State University, 19876. Burchak, R., “A Least-Squares Cubic Polynomial Spline Fit Algorithm for Data Smoothing”, MSThesis, Mississippi State University, 19877. Godwin, S., “Investigation of the Boundary Layer Near the Leading Edge of a Flat Plate at Zero Angleof Attack”, Special Topic Report, Mississippi State University, 19878. Podbielski,C., “Development of a Real

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

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2004 Annual Conference

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Barbara Masi

information, youmight need to search a company website or two, or chat with your supervisor and co-workers. In fact, it would make a great icebreaker with your supervisor and co-workersto chat about these topics.1. COMPANY ORGANIZATION AND MISSIONA. What are the primary products and/ or services provided by your company?B. What is the organization structure of your company? Is it hierarchical or team-based?Are there separate hierarchical groups for marketing, R&D, manufacturing? Or are thereteams focused on particular products that include engineers, marketing, etc.? You mightanswer this question by finding an organization chart of the company and adding it toyour journal. You can also chat about this with your supervisor or co-workers.C. If

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

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Reginald Tomkins; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Joseph Kisutcza; Deran Hanesian; Howard Kimmel

is the ratio of the vapor pressures of two compounds at the same temperature. Thus, if we have Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtwo liquid compounds at a given temperature, their respective vapor pressures will be PAo andPBo. The relative volatility of component A with respect to component B will thus be αAB = PAo / PBo. We also know that when the molecules of two liquids are relatively similar,about the same size, and there are no complicated effects when they are dissolved in each other,such as molecular association, chemical reaction, etc., the mixture is ideal. Under theseconditions

Conference Session

Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Friedman; Jerri Drakes

. 6. Bransford, J. D. and Vye, N. J. (1989). A Perspective on Cognitive Research and its implications for Instruction. In L. B. Resnick & L. E. Klopfer (Eds.), Toward the Thinking Curriculum: Current Cognitive Research. Alexandria, VA: ASCD Yearbook. 7. Bransford, J. S. and Schwartz, D. L. (1999). Rethinking transfer: A simple proposal with multiple implications. Review of Educational Research, (24): 61-100. 8. Brouwser-Janse, M.D., Sari, J.F., Yawitz, M., de Vries, G., Fozard, J.L., and Coleman, R. (1997). User interfaces for the young and old. Interactions ¾: 34-46. 9. Bruffee, K. A. (1984). Background and History to Collaborative Learning in American Colleges. College

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IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

TrainingAccording to ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) “Guidelines for AssociateDegree Programs to Support Computing in a Networked Environment”, a sampling of jobtitles for graduates is identified in the Appendix A:In general, associate-degree programs are designed to prepare graduates for jobs andcareers in supporting computing field. These job titles can be classified into severalcategories, such as, PC Support, System Administration, Computer Operation, WebDevelopment, Software Development, Help Desk and so on.There are many IT certifications today. They usually fall into two basic categories. One isvendor-specific, for example, CISCO CCNA. The other is platform independent, forexample, CompTIA A+. Appendix B lists most recognized IT

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Toshiyuki Yamamoto; Kazuya Takemata; Masakatsu Matsuishi

made based on the discussion log. Inthe traditional group, the log was taken by a group member for the group activity report. In thehybrid group, the log was automatically archived by the learning management system. Both traditional and hybrid courses were evaluated according to the evaluation scale shownin Table 1.Table 1. Course Evaluation Grade Criteria A Most optimal for a project for Engineering Design II B Potential to be optimal for a project for Engineering Design II C Possible to be optimal for a project for Engineering Design II. However, a success depends on the result of the teamwork efforts in Engineering Design II. D Least

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Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Pravin Raut; Jonathan Lambright

2665 Introduction To Engineering Analysis: A Course And Methodology Developed As A Gateway To Engineering And Engineering Technology Degrees Jonathan P. Lambright Ph.D., Pravin Raut Ph.D. Savannah State UniversityAbstractSavannah State University offers 5 Engineering Technology undergraduate and 4 undergraduateengineering degrees. The engineering degree program is through a collaborative effort with theGeorgia Institute of Technology. Georgia Tech – Savannah allows a student to obtain a bachelorof science in engineering degree without leaving the city of

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ralph Ford; Jana Goodrich; Robert Weissbach

Plan, 4th Ed., Inc. Magazine, ISBN 0-9701181-7- 1, 2003.6. Debra S. Larson, Charles Bersbach, Katherine H. Carels, James Howard, “Team Talk and Learning Project Management,” Proceedings American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001, Session 2630.7. Mark R. Plichta, Mary Raber, “The Enterprise Program at Michigan Technological University,” Proceedings American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2001, Session 3454.8. Forsyth, D. R., Group dynamics, 2nd Ed., Brooks/Cole, 19909. John B. Ochs, Todd A. Watkins and Berrisford W Boothe, “Creating a Truly Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurial Educational Environment,” Proceedings American Society for

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Technology and Tools for IE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonard Perry

the appropriate control chart based on a. Type of data b. Sample size c. Frequency 4. Perform process improvement using SPC tools 5. Implement continuous quality improvement on processThe guidelines are applicable to any type of process, such as manufacturing, service, or even thecourse instructional process.Implementing SPC in ClassroomIn a classroom, SPC can be used to monitor and improve the instructional process as well asprovide feedback on a real-time basis. The implementation of SPC in the classroom will followthe methodology presented above. Since the process to monitor has already been identified, wewill begin with second step in the methodology.When determining the quality characteristics to monitor

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sami Alsaialy; Dalia Tawy; Thomas Schubert; Susan Lord

Session 1426 A LabVIEW Interface for Transistor Parameter Analysis: An Opportunity to Explore the Utility of Computer Interfaces Thomas F. Schubert, Jr., Susan M. Lord, Dalia M. Tawy, Sami D. Alsaialy University of San DiegoABSTRACTNational Instruments’ LabVIEW has become a popular programming environment for dataacquisition in academia, industry, and government labs. One of its major advertised advantageslies in creating instrument control interfaces at a user-appropriate level for the task at hand.At the University of San Diego (USD), the electronics laboratory contains two transistor

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2004 Annual Conference

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Victor Nelson

includes consideration of whether to design a broad curriculum or aprogram that focuses on one specific area of computer engineering, perhaps to serve the needs oflocal industries or to reflect interests and background of the faculty. Several sample curriculum models, and syllabi of their component courses, are presentedin Appendices B and C of the CCCE Report to illustrate different ways in which a computerengineering curriculum might be created from the body of knowledge and engineering practiceaspects presented in this report. These curriculum models were designed from different Page 9.332.5perspectives to address the needs of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Greta Zenner; Amy Payne; Aura Gimm; Wendy Crone

), and a CAREERAward to W. C. Crone (award # CMS-0134385).References1. UW MRSEC Education and Outreach Homepage. (http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/edetc).2. Payne, A. C.; deProphetis W.A.; Zenner G. M.; Derenne T. G.; Ellis A. B.; Crone, W. C. Communicating Science to the Public through a University-Museum Partnership. Submitted to the Journal of Chemical Education.3. UW IPSE Homepage. (http://www.mrsec.wisc.edu/ipse).4. National Research Council. National Science Education Standards. National Academy Press, Washington, DC 1996.J. AURA GIMMAura Gimm is a research associate in the Department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (S.B. in Chemical Engineering, and Biology, MIT; Ph.D. in Bioengineering

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Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Cottrell

two lists ultimately merged and became a fairly comprehensive list of programoutcomes. Additionally, this same program also chose to restructure their outcomes inaccordance with B. S. Bloom’s taxonomy of education objectives that defines six majorcategories of the cognitive domain. This was an effective drill for the faculty within theprogram since it produced a set of outcomes that they could not only more readily relateto, but also one that clearly bore their “stamp of ownership.” With program outcomes in hand, Phase 2 of the plan continues with the programsauditing their curriculum in order to cross reference the program outcomes with courselearning objectives. The resulting matrix has provided a number of intriguing insightswith some

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Susannah Howe; Donna Riley

Session 2540 “TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM APATHY”: A MULTI-PERSPECTIVE APPROACH TO ETHICS ACROSS THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM Donna Riley, Glenn Ellis, and Susannah Howe Picker Engineering Program, Smith CollegeAbstractHumanist Algernon Black wrote that the unifying goal of ethics is “to move people from apathy,from an acceptance of the evils in life, to face the possibilities of the world….” To this end,faculty in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College are teaching ethics across thecurriculum, employing a range of pedagogical tools that are learner-centered, grounded in

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Robert Seaker; Jignesh Rathod; Farouk Attia

for Engineering EducationBibliography: 1. Askin, Ronald G., J. B. Goldberg (2002) Design and Analysis of Lean Production Systems, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2. Evans, J. R., D. R. Anderson, D. J. Sweeney, T. A. Williams (1990), Applied production And Operations Management, West Publishing Company. 3. Klaas, Thorsten, Push vs. Pull concepts in logistics chains, CEMS Academic Conference, Louvain-la- Neuve, May 7-9, 1998. 4. Seaker, R., Farouk Attia, Jignesh Rathod (2004), Strategically Deployed WIP Inventory: Toward Flexible Low cost manufacturing, a Working Paper, College of Technology, University of Houston. 5. Slack, N., S. Chambers, R. Johnson (2001), Operations Management

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Alex See

Session number 2220 Utilizing LabVIEWTM for data acquisition and analysis for a 13 weeks undergraduate course Alex See, PhD Monash University Malaysia, School of Engineering and Science, No. 2 Jalan Kolej, Bandar Sunway, 46150, PJ, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia email: alex.see@engsci.monash.edu.my Abstract Second year Mechatronics undergraduates, in the year 2003 at Monash University Malaysia (MUM) were taking a subject module known as Project and Practise GSE2800. The concept of computer based data acquisition instrumentation was introduced to them. They had

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Stratton

Clean with Fuel Cells, Yan Kishinevsky and Shalom Zelingher, IEEE Power and Energy, pp. 20November/December 20032. Putting out the fire: Can we quell the natural gas crisis?, Kathleen Davis, Electric Light and Power, pp. 1, August 20033. Munching on Hazardous Waste, Nancy Shute, ASEE Prism, pp. 25, November 20034. Electricity Goes To Market, Robert Pool, Technology Review, pp. 74, January/February 2002, page5. Boosting Immunity to Blackouts, S.H.Horowitz and A. B. Phadke, IEEE Power and Energy, pp. 47, September/October 20036. Powerless, James R. Dukart, Transmission and Distribution, pp. 22, 4th Quarter 20037. Blackout, Kathleen Davis, Electric Light and Power, pp. 1, September 2003

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Nicole DeJong Okamoto; Tai-Ran Hsu

Transfer Conference, Jerusalem, Vol. 5, pp. 39-44.9 Tanda, G., 2001, “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Rectangular Channel with Diamond-Shaped Elements,”International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 44, pp. 3529-3541.10 Anderson, A., 2002b, “Integration of a Liquid Crystal Thermography System Into Undergraduate Heat TransferInstruction: National Science Foundation Sponsored Project,”http://tardis.union.edu/~andersoa/LC_NSF/LC_NSF.html.11 Anderson, M., 1998, Image Processing of Liquid Crystal Images Using MATLAB and Overview of a LiquidCrystal Image Processing Toolbox, USAF Academy Aeronautics Research Center Report No. HTL-07.12 Palm, B., 2001, Heat Transfer in Microchannels, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 5, pp. 155

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Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

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Koichi Iwasaki; Kazuo Morita; Chi Thai

other in thisdistance education project.Overall and so far, the KU students seemed to go through the materials at a slower rate ascompared to their US counterparts (from the Spring 2002 class), thus we don't think that we canmaintain a parallel pace between the UGA and KU classes in the future, unless only KU studentsfluent in English are allowed to take this class. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Thai, C. N. 2004. Development of a Collaborative Distance Education Classroom. Computers in Education Journal (Vol. XIV, No. 1: pp. 65-75). 2. Thai, C. N. and Upchurch, B. L. 2004. Tele-Experimentation for Machine Vision Course using NetMeeting and LabView Software. Computers in

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mazen Manasseh; Kevin Amaratunga; Eduardo Kausel

Session 2426 A Web-accessible Shaking Table Experiment for the Remote Monitoring of Seismic Effects in Structures Mazen Manasseh, Eduardo Kausel, Kevin Amaratunga Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract A remotely accessible system for controlling shake table laboratory experiments is presented. The Shake Table WebLab at MIT s Civil Engineering Department is implemented under the iLab initiative for the development of educationally oriented remote experiments. The fully functional system allows

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

Science. Perhaps more significantly, the school’s STS departmentalready had the expertise required to help engineering students understand technology inorganizational and cultural context. What was still needed—and what the EIC program soughtto provide—were (a) a multidisciplinary team design experience and (b) greater opportunity toshape and work on projects to which cultural and organizational considerations were centralrather than peripheral or absent.Str ategies and Guiding Pr inciples of the Cur r iculum Development Pr ocessWe employed four specific strategies and guiding principles, which are discussed in more detailbelow: (1) build on existing strengths, (2) embrace truly interdisciplinary course design and teamteaching, (3) coordinate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Leifer; Jamey Jacob

, April 2000.2. Graveline, A., Geisler, C., Danchak, M., “Teaming Together Apart: Emergent Patterns of Media Use on Collaboration at a Distance,” IEEE Professional Society International Professional Conference, Cambridge, MA, 2000, pp. 381 – 393.3. Mathisen, P.P., Hart, F.L., El-Korchi, T., “Incorporation of Distance Engineering into an Introductory Freshman Undergraduate Course in Civil Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE 1998 National Conference, Session 3215, Seattle, June 1998.4. Capece, V.R., Murphy, W.E., Lineberry, G.T., Lykins, B., “Development of an Extended Campus Mechanical Engineering Program,” Proceedings of the ASEE 2000 National Conference, Session 1566, St. Louis, MO, June

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

will positively increase their academic achievement, measured bymath and science test scores, GPA, class ranking, and SAT. Project CARE targets pre-11th grade(CARE I) and pre-12th grade (CARE II) students with a “B” average or better who are highly Page 9.989.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmotivated for SMET education or may be academically disadvantaged with “excellent” grades inweak K-12 science and math curricula. Project CARE serves as a catalyst for higher performanceexpectations

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Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

. 4. Bhatt, J., and Baldwin, J. (2003). A Collaborative Approach Toward Fostering Information Literacy In Freshman Engineering Students at Drexel University. Poster presented at the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition: Session 1541. 5. Rabins, M., Harris, C., Pritchard, M., and Lowery, L. Jr. (2004, March 1). Engineering ethics. Introducing Ethics Case Studies Into Required Undergraduate Engineering Courses. Retrieved March 1, 2004, from http://ethics.tamu.edu/ 6. Thomes, K., Cornell, E., and Gottfried, B. (1997). Teaching Freshmen to Write Technical Reports and to navigate the Library: A Win-Win Situation. 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

American Planning Association 66(3): 265-278 9. Fisher, William, R. “Narration, Reason, and Community.” Memory, Identity, Community: The Idea of Narrative in the Human Sciences, Ed. Lewis P. Hinchman and Sandra K. Hinchman. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. 307- 327. 10. Fisher, William, R. Human Communication as Narration: Towards a Philosophy of reason, value, and action. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1987 11. Schneider, B., Caswell, D., “Building Community and Creating Knowledge in the Interdisciplinary Classroom”, History of Intellectual Culture, in press. Page

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay Howell; Ann Wittbrodt; Alfred Moye

: National Academy Press.3 Bloom, B. S., “The 2-sigma problem: The search for methods of group instruction as effective as one-to-one tutoring,” Educational Researcher, 13 (6), 1984, pp. 4-16.4 Graesser, A. C., & Person, N. K. (1994). Question asking during tutoring. American EducationalResearch Journal, 31, 104-137.5 Bennett, R.E., Jenkins, F., Persky, H., & Weiss, A. (in press). Assessing complex problem-solvingperformances. Assessment in Education.Biographical InformationKAY HOWELL, Federation of American Scientists, is the director of the Information Technologiesprogram and project manager of the Learning Federation. She previously served as Director of theNational Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications for

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International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

the title of the first cycle should be relevant for the labourmarket, that is, a useful title to have when actively searching for employment after graduation:a) What is needed for this first cycle to offer training that will enhance job performance?b) The main concern would be the possibility of lowering quality standards due to the reformrequiring a reduction of the content levels.c) How to clearly differentiate these new titles from the ones already being offered intechnological or similar level programs?Along with reforming the structures of existing titles, the content of study programs must also bepondered. A curricular reform per discipline is therefore irreversible. In this context, the greatestchallenge is figuring out how to go from