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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

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Chaohui Ren, Auburn University; Cheryl Seals, Auburn University; Karen Nix, Auburn University

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Professional Papers

degree in Computer Science with a concentration of Software Development from Columbus State University. She works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Auburn University and recently began work for the City of Opelika, AL in the IT department as Assistant CIO. Her research interests include digital learning, UI/UX, web development, cybersecurity, web accessibility. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Teacher-Guided Project-Based Coding Practice Enhances High-Level Programming Language LearningAbstractJava is a required course for many undergraduate computer science programs and is widely re-garded as a challenging programming language due to its complexity and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard A. Young

of about 110 students, 80%of which are freshman engineering majors.The associated laboratory sections, each with 18-26 students, meet on a weekly basis throughoutthe semester. Many of the lab activities are structured around a two week time frame, andlaboratory "hand outs" offer broad guidelines as to what an experiment entails. Students thenspend the first week designing the experiment, constructing the apparatus, organizing a datatable, taking preliminary data, trying alternative approaches, and doing some "sanity checks" tosee if the proposed procedure makes sense. The students' goal for this part of the lab is to writetheir own "cookbook" which documents the procedure to be followed in the second week of theexperiment, when the final

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

Classroom Workshop. Center for Instructional Services at Purdue University, 1994.Antaki, P. J. (1992, April). Designing and Delivering Technical Presentations. Mechanical Engineering, 63-65.Conroy, C. M., & Wright, C. R. (1993, May/June). Getting your brain wave to print. Performance & Instruction,19-22Homkes, R. (1996). Writing and publishing your way to tenure. [CD ROM: \papers\2275\227503ms.pdf] 1996ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings. American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC.Biographical InformationKevin D. Taylor is an Assistant Professor of EET at Purdue University at Kokomo. Prior to starting his teachingcareer in 1987, Mr. Taylor was an IC Design Engineer for Texas Instrument, Inc. He spent the past three

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ed McCombs; David Pratt; John Nazemetz

MS in Industrial Engineering. His research interests are Engineering Economics, Quality andPredictive Maintenance. Before returning to graduate school he was an Officer and Instructor for the U.S. NavalNuclear Power School and the Engineering Manager for a secondary aluminum processor.DAVID PRATTDavid Pratt is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University. Heholds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University. His research andteaching interests include manufacturing systems design and modeling, economic analysis, and technologyforecasting. He is a member of IIE, NSPE, APICS, INFORMS, ASEE, and ASQ

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Richards, BYU; Joseph J Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

canalso be used to troubleshoot communications that occur in multidisciplinary academiccollaborations, as many educational programs already integrate IT with adjacent disciplines.Termediator can also help transition faculty from other programs (e.g. CS or ISYS transfers),create an awareness of synonymy and polysemy in intro level classes, and produce moreproductive panels in multidiscipline conferences.6. CONCLUSIONSMuch of our research can be described as topic analysis using short text concepts. While mosttopic analysis uses larger pieces of text from huge corpuses of data, there has been work donewith short text concepts to inspect Twitter and other microblogging data. Microsoft’s Twahpic37is one tool that uses PLDA (partially labeled latent

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Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

is anaccomplished fact.5 Researchers and their students in many scientific and engineering disciplinesare using these technologies but need to further develop the ability to synthesize knowledge fromtheir measurements and understand their limitations. MacEachren6 discusses the role that thecreation of maps plays in the development of new knowledge and modern GIS systems withspatial database and visualization capabilities provide this capability.GIS systems enhance field work by providing the capability to analyze measurements gatheredin the field based on their value and location and to carry the results of processing thisinformation back to the field later in a visual form for both further data acquisition and datamaintenance. The

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Akihiko Kumagai; Mukasa Ssemakula

Session 3548 Learning Kinematics from Concept and Experience Akihiko Kumagai and Mukasa E. Ssemakula Division of Engineering Technology Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202AbstractStudy of kinematics and dynamics of machinery involves very challenging mathematics forengineering technology students who typically take this course at their junior level in a 4-yearbaccalaureate curriculum. Although mathematics is an essential tool for designing and analyzingmechanisms, this heavy burden in mathematics carries a risk of taking

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The Transition from Secondary to College Mathematics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Feldman, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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Mathematics

education at the post-secondary level.Dr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Engineering at Boise State University and a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. Callahan received her Ph.D. in materials science, her M.S. in metallurgy, and her B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Connecticut. Her educational research interests include freshmen engineering programs, math success, K-12 STEM curriculum and accreditation, and retention and recruitment of STEM majors. Page 25.1433.1

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Jocelyn B. S. Cullers, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

Paper ID #22515The Crux: Promoting Success in Calculus IIDr. Doug Bullock, Boise State University Doug Bullock is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Boise State University. He is currently serving as Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences. His research interests include impacts of pedagogy on STEM student success and retention.Dr. Janet Callahan, Boise State University Janet Callahan is Chair and Professor of the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University. Dr. Callahan received her PhD in Materials Science, MS in Metallurgy, and BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kuruvilla Verghese; Douglas Peplow

at Iowa StateUniversity in 1963 and has been on the academic faculty of the current institution since then. He teachescourses primarily in reactor analysis and is currently involved in nuclear applications in medical research.DOUGLAS E. PEPLOWDouglas Peplow recently completed the requirements for his PhD in nuclear engineering. His dissertationtopic was Monte Carlo Image Simulation and Parametric Uncertainty Analysis for Digital Mammography.He and Kuruvilla Verghese have collaborated on both teaching and research projects. Page 4.126.7

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

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2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Durul Ulutan, California State University, Northridge

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

Bucknell University (Pennsylvania), where he worked for 2 years before moving to CSUN. His main research field is Machining of Metals, and he is also interested in implementing new techniques in classroom to improve student learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Treating students like adults - can they manage their own grading scheme?AbstractThis is a preliminary study where it is proposed that giving the students the opportunity tomanage their own grading scheme can help with their learning. Conventionally, each instructorcreates a grading scheme for their class, assigning certain percentages to each type of assessmentthey use. Each class has

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University

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Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #34908Writing Triggers to Implement Business Rules in a Relational DatabaseDr. Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University Reza Sanati-Mehrizy is a professor of Computer Science Department at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. His research focuses on diverse areas such as: Database Design, Data Structures, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, and Machine Learning.Dr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a Professor and Chair of

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Projects in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Yu, University of Hartford

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Electrical and Computer

research literature and in industrial practice.At the University of Hartford, “audio and speech signal processing” was offered for the first timeas an elective course for both electrical engineering senior students and graduate students duringthe Fall 2013 semester. There were totally 18 students in the class. The prerequisite for thiscourse is “digital signal processing”, which means all students should have basic knowledge ofthe sampling theory, digital filter analysis and design, z-transform, and Matlab software, etc.During the course, a project focused on speech quality and intelligibility assessment wasconducted by the students with real-life VoIP data recorded by the students themselves usingGoogle Voice. The project was designed to last

Conference Session

Two-year College STEM Programs Meeting the Needs of Industry

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Tammy Wooten; Mozhgan Bahadory

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Two-Year College

testingprocedures such as ventilators and electrosurgical units. In addition, students receive courseworkin network technology, digital and semiconductor circuits, and a specialized course in medicaldevice networking. The level-2 certificate includes an additional 200-hour internship, and can becompleted in one year.All credits earned toward the 2 certificates may be applied toward an associate’s degree. Uponcompletion of 7 additional courses (including all College general education requirements and abasic Physics and basic Chemistry course) the student will fulfill degree requirements for anassociate of applied science degree in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (ASET).ResultsAt this point, we have started our third cohort of the level-1

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Case Studies and Programs to Improve Graduate Students' Skills

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Mona Alsaffar, University of Florida; Serafina C. Schwerer; Nicholas Brown, University of Florida; Josias Ouedraogo

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Graduate Studies

taught for many years at Villanova University, Pennsylvania, a visiting professor at George Mason University, and then to the University of Florida, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, where he is currently a professor in the Engineer- ing School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. He has received numerous awards including Fulbright cholarship awards, teaching awards, best paper awards, community service awards, and admission as an Eminent Engineer into Tau Beta Pi. His research on passive radon-resistant new residential building construction was adapted in HB1647 building code of Florida Legislature. Najafi is a member of numerous professional

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Natalie Jorion; Brian Self; Katie James; Lianne Schroeder; Lou DiBello; Jim Pellegrino

, B. (2005). The Dynamics Concept Inventory AssessmentTest: A Progress Report, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference,Portland, OR.Harvill, L. M. (1991). Standard error of measurement. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 10(2), 33-41.Miller, R. L., Streveler, R., Olds, B., & Nelson, M. (2005). Concept Inventories Meet Cognitive Psychology: UsingBeta Testing as a Mechanism for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions. Proceedings of the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education Annual Conference (electronic), Portland, Oregon.Minstrell, J., Anderson, R., & Li, M. (2011, May). Building on Learner Thinking: A Framework for Assessment inInstruction. workshop of the committee on

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Susannah GAL, Wentworth Institute of Technology

students gained a much better perspective of their faculty as people, as researchers,and as someone who really cares about their students and their teaching. I learned much moreabout the creative approaches my colleagues were using, specifically ones that the students feltwere helpful. The strategy I used would likely provide insights for others in their desire toimprove their teaching of engineering and science classes.Description of the class and results- I gathered this insight as part of a class titled “Teaching ofBiology”, BIOL 400 at Penn State Harrisburg, which was initially designed for those studentssupporting our chemistry labs as teaching assistants. I opened the class to anyone interested inthe topic and had 17 upper-level students

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning / International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; James Carlsen, University of Florida; Meghan Ritter, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

AC 2008-779: MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICESGLOBALLY ADAPTABLE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN GROWINGDEVELOPING COMMUNITIESFazil Najafi, University of Florida Dr. Najafi is a professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He earned his BSCE from the American College of Engineering, Kabul, Afghanistan, and his BSAE, MS, and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has worked for 35 years in government, industry, and education. Besides teaching during more than 20 years, Dr. Najafi has conducted research, has been a participating member of several professional societies including ASEE, has published

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Amir H Danesh-Yazdi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Paper ID #24802Good Strategies to Avoid Bad FBDsDr. Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Phillip Cornwell is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989 and his present interests include structural dynamics, structural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Cornwell has received an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992, and the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher award at Rose-Hulman in 2000 and the Rose-Hulman Board of Trustee’s Outstanding Scholar Award in 2001. He was one of the

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacob Samuel Brown, Purdue University

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Computing & Information Technology

treat- ment, cancer care simulation, and games as a tool for improving educational outcomes. Dr. Whittinghill is the director of GamesTherapy.org. Prior to joining Purdue he was a senior software engineer in the research industry focused upon the fields of visualization, games, agent-based modeling, digital anti-tampering, robotics, pharmaceuticals, and web development. His primary skills expertise is in computer programming.Mr. Jacob Samuel Brown, Purdue University Jacob holds a Master of Science in Computer Graphics Technology, which he obtained at Purdue Univer- sity in 2013. His work has been featured in various conferences including SIGGRAPH and Eurographics. He currently lives in Chicago, IL where he works

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Paul N. Runnion; Barbara J. Wilkins

, and their performance in Calculus I for the first half of the semesterconstitutes one portion of the overall course grade in Success for Calculus. Students in Successfor Calculus then spend the remainder of the semester reinforcing algebra and trigonometry skillswhile reviewing the calculus they have seen – but struggled with – during the first half of theterm.While Success for Calculus is, on paper, a mathematics course, the characteristics of studentspopulating this course dictate that it be far more than simply a mathematics course. During theinitial design process for the course, we actually spent far more time considering the non-mathematical elements of the course than the mathematical content of the course, and that hascontinued to be

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 5

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Gabriel Jimenez, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

Pamela Noguera for the great illustrations, Roy Skullstad for theanimation, VentureWell, LLC, and Last Best Chance, LLC, for supporting the project.References[1] D.B. Coller, "A Video Game for Teaching Dynamic Systems & Control to Mechanical Engineering Undergraduates," 2010 American Control Conference, 2010.[2] M. J. Prince. and R. M. Felder, "Inductive teaching and learning methods: Definitions, comparisons and research bases," Computers & Education, vol. 95, no. 2, 2009.[3] D. Raviv and L. Gloria, "Using Puzzles for Teaching and Learning Concepts in Control Systems," 2016 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016.[4] L. Holmes, "Neil DeGrass Tyson, The Epilogue: Why Educators Need A 'Cultural Utility

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Hussain A. Alhassan; Christian Bach

security situation awareness based on knowledge discovery," Computer Engineering and Technology (ICCET), vol. 1, pp. V1-226 - V1-231,[1] M. M. Gunal and M. Pidd, "DGHPSim: Supporting smart thinking to 2010. improve hospital performance," in Simulation Conference, 2008. WSC [20] C. Qingzhang, C. Jie, L. Yidong, and X. Fei, "Design and implement of 2008. Winter, 2008, pp. 1484-1489. performance management system for hospital staff based on BSC," in[2] B. Riedl, V. Grascher, S. Fenz, and T. Neubauer, "Pseudonymization for Networking and Digital Society (ICNDS), 2010 2nd

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

James V. Masi

performed are second semester junior year and either semester senior year. The students are first given lectures on fracture mechanics, metals, alloys, and composites. They should have already had a laboratory experiment on metallography and sample preparation. A video on the deterioration of restorative materials in the oral environment is used as a backdrop for the experiments. Objectives The objectives of these experiments are to show that the area of biomaterials, especially dental materials (natural and synthetic), contain all of the elements of good and bad design, with the caveat that a person’s health is directly involved. The students learn the

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e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2010-1131: THE CASE FOR CASE STUDIESJohn Robertson, Arizona State University John Robertson is a Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Arizona State University Polytechnic. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium. Page 15.1208.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Case for Technology Case StudiesAbstract. The paper describes a two-target solution that uses industry short courses for‘front-line’ trials followed by condensation of the outcomes into academic programs.The

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg N Droge, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; JillL L. Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

, “Work in Progress - A Program to Incorporate Portable Labs Into Lecture-BasedElectrical and Computer Engineering Courses,” Proceedings of the 2010 Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct.2010, Washington DC.3 TESSAL Center (Teaching Enhancement through Small Scale Affordable Labs)www.ece.gatech.edu/research/tessal/index.html4 B.Ferri, S. Ahmed, J. Michaels, E. Dean, C. Garyet, S. Shearman, "Signal processing experiments with the LEGOMINDSTORMS NXT kit for use in signals and systems courses," American Control Conference, pp.3787-3792, St.Louis, June 2009.5 B. Ferri, J. Auerbach, Hongyi Qu, “Distributed Laboratories: A State Machine Experiment,” proceedings 2010International Conference on Frontiers inEducation: Computer Science and Computer

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Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vladimir Briller; John Carpinelli

sciences (CIS) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and considers factorsrelating to the students preparedness for the distance learning course; level of communicationwith the instructor; teaching and course materials; technology issues; student courseexpectations; student participation in the class; and the learning environment. The rest of this paper is organized as follows. The research questions and research designare presented next, followed by a description of the data collection and analysis procedures. Page 9.1046.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

dual-career couples, where job satisfaction of both partners greatly determines the level of return on thedepartment’s investment in developing each untenured faculty member. Second, when planning anyengineering project, various company guidelines exist for estimating the time required to complete eachmilestone established. In the authors’ experience, this requires estimating the actual time which “should” beneeded, then multiplying by a factor ranging from two to five, depending on the complexity of the milestone andthe number of people who affect the outcome. Milestones in engineering education appear to be completelyanalogous.EVALUATION OF YOUR PROGRESS Part of implementing any plan or project must be regular review of effort and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

dual-career couples, where job satisfaction of both partners greatly determines the level of return on thedepartment’s investment in developing each untenured faculty member. Second, when planning anyengineering project, various company guidelines exist for estimating the time required to complete eachmilestone established. In the authors’ experience, this requires estimating the actual time which “should” beneeded, then multiplying by a factor ranging from two to five, depending on the complexity of the milestone andthe number of people who affect the outcome. Milestones in engineering education appear to be completelyanalogous.EVALUATION OF YOUR PROGRESS Part of implementing any plan or project must be regular review of effort and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Ozment; Alison N. Smith; Wendy Newstetter

Qualitative Methods forHCI Research. Her research focuses on design learning and transfer. Page 5.139.14