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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Ruane

Engineering Educationmanipulation in calculus. The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) quickly created acommittee on calculus reform to continue the Tulane Conference initiatives, and the NationalScience Foundation proposed a major calculus reform initiative. About the same time, theNational Research Council started a project ‘Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000’ to definea calculus for the new century. By 1988 there were 43 NSF projects ($7M) underway incalculus reform, from the level of community colleges to major research universities4. Mostprojects had some form of computer algebra system to free students from hand manipulations.In return students were asked to address more complicated, realistic problems, to use graphingtools to develop

Conference Session

Projects in Manufacturing Curriculum

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Shraman Kadapa, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

been used by us inengineering courses and laboratories, either as demonstrations or student hands-on work forundergraduate Engineering Technology programs. These courses include: 1) undergraduateEngineering Materials, 2) CNC machining operations, 3) Rapid Prototyping, 4) Introduction toNanotechnology, 5) Robotics, 6) Quality Assurance, and 7) Renewable Energy Engineering. Aslaboratory exercises, each instrument can be learned in a time frame of 30-60 minutes. With theexception of the AFM, most of these instruments range in cost from $100 to $1000, and can bereadily interfaced with a laptop computer. We emphasize concepts related to correlating andcollaborating measurements by different techniques. Further, many of these techniques can bedone

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Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narangoo Tumur, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Amardeep Kaur, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Student Division (STDT)

, ILAbstractThe learning enhancement brought on by hands-on experience is a well-established principle.For most engineering classes, laboratory (lab) experiments make an integral part of thecurriculum. In engineering education, we place a lot of significance on student participation inthe labs, but we seldom make students part of the curriculum and lab development. Throughactive involvement in lab development, students gain higher levels of learning andunderstanding. It is also well established that a good lab design involves open-ended design toprovide sufficient challenge to students for them to achieve cognitive learning and practicalskills. Our student-developed labs provide open-ended design opportunities to promptquestioning and higher-level

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Strategic Issues in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Harwell; Donna Shirley; Hillel Kumin

various components of a holistic engineering education. Figure 2: The MDE ConceptMulti Disciplinary Engineering (MDE) will allow seamless, cross-disciplinaryinteractions between various areas of engineering, which are imperative to the success ofproject-driven learning. MDE builds on a core of university general education (includingmath, science, social science and humanities). Effective education in the modern world isincreasingly dependent on a foundation of information technology. A core curriculum ofmulti disciplinary engineering which comprises information that all engineers need buildson the university core. Multi disciplinary projects provide “hands on” application of theengineering principles learned in the

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Engagement in Practice: Creating a Robust Infrastructure for Community Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew Pierce, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University

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Community Engagement Division

Woods, CHAMP Camp sandbox, electronic sensory games, and an accessible sailboat. Design and create interactive models to engage young children. TheCellular Engineering Indianapolis Children's goal is to teach individuals ages 10 and up about science, with activeDemonstrations Museum. projects of a bioreactor, earthquake simulation, and hydrology. Design infrastructure and educational materials. Current projectsColumbian Park Zoo include an interactive donation box for the butterfly exhibit and an

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Student Learning Techniques & Practices in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

follow the Page 13.274.2described model. 12. Description of the laboratories2. 1. Nondestructive Testing LaboratoryNondestructive testing (NDT) is one of the most powerful and cost effective techniques for quality andsafety control of structures, parts, and products. NDT of materials and components is crucial to aerospace,naval, railroad, and other industries. The objective of the three-credit course that was developed is tointroduce AET students to the engineering principles of ultrasound measurements by combining hands-onlaboratory experience with lectures. Specifically, the students

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas A. Scambilis

), developed by the Industry Team, outlined thetraining required to work in the environmental field. The Team focused on core competenciessuch as communications, mathematics and science and environmental skills such asenvironmental science, laws, regulations, assessments, air pollution control, solid waste,water/wastewater and hazardous wastes. Competency builders further defined each generalcompetency. The competency builders included classroom and hands-on training requirements.The training units, competencies and competency builders, developed by the “Industry Team”,were then submitted for review by the “Educators Team”.High school, community college, and university educators (Educators Team) from all disciplinesmet to critique the work of the

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Research Related to Learning and Teaching Engineering in Elementary Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Rivale, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jayne Aiken, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sweta Adhikary, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center in CU’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He holds a B.A. in psychology from the Louisiana State University, and an M.S. degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a Ph.D. degree in coun- seling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and teamwork practices in engineering education. His current duties in- clude assessment, evaluation and research for the ITL Program’s and BOLD Center’s hands-on initiatives.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, BoulderDr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder JACQUELYN FSULLIVAN is

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2001 Annual Conference

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Norine Meyer; Deborah Fisher; Cynthia Villanueva; Amy Strobel

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationscience + materials, forces of nature, & economics = something that benefits humanity.” Inaddition the students received an overview of historical and current statistical data trends ofwomen in engineering. (Refer to the introduction section of this paper.)Identification of Need. Each student was assigned to produce a one-page paper that included aliterature review and personal anecdotes and which supported the need to produce a recruitmentvideo for girls and/or women in engineering and computer science fields.Team Building An integral feature of the course’s goal was team work

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

from paperclips to bridges. He even made an evolutionarytaxonomy of paperclips to illustrate the point [23-30].Again what seems to emerge from this is not either a proof or refutation of an intelligent designer, butrather an insight into the fact that engineering design as practiced by human engineers from moderate togreat intelligence seems to follow certain kinds of evolutionary principles. For example prototyping oftenrelies on preexisting parts used in novel or unintended ways, designs rely on the materials at hand oraugment earlier designs, generally keeping most elements in a slow process of change with occasionalrapid shifts that are not backwardly compatible; a kind of “punctuated equilibrium” from the terminologyof evolutionary theory

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Mentoring Programs in Graduate Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Arnold Christian; Dayna L. Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Esther Gonzalez; Andrea D. Beattie; Ashleigh Tierney; Kimberly D. Douglas, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

September of 2010, she served as the Outreach Program Coordinator for the Women in Engineering & Science Program at Kansas State University from 2000-2010. She began her work in STEM outreach and student support at Girls to Women, a private not for profit in Kansas City, in the late 90’s. She has also served on the board for WEPAN from 2012-2014. She earned her M.S. in Youth Development from the University of Nebraska and her B.S. in Family Studies at Kansas State University.Dr. Dayna L. Mart´ınez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc. Dr. Dayna L. Mart´ınez currently serves as a Director of Research & Innovation at SHPE. In this role, she oversees the Equipando Padres program, pre-college programming

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Madar; David L. Huggins

College of Science and the College of Engineering atPenn State. The faculty of the CES at Penn State are actively involved in this process. The first step is understanding the capabilities of the tools available today. We will attempt to show theprocess for developing distant learning using PictureTel as part of the instructional delivery mode for a Strength ofMaterials lecture/problem-solving course. One advantage for this specific course was the laboratory componentthat was handled in the traditional method at each site, which allowed additional interaction with the students andany problems they may be having. If distant learning is to take a viable place in the education of future students, it is absolutely necessary todevelop

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Novel Measurement Experiments

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Instrumentation

assessments that enhance students’ critical thinking capabilities. Page 14.255.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of Engineering Experimentation and Laboratory InstrumentationAbstractThe artistic science of measurement and control is normally referred to asInstrumentation. The varied attributes of physical systems are usually measured usingwell designed instruments. A small list may include voltage, current, resistance,inductance, capacitance, frequency, pressure, stress, strain, viscosity, flow, radiation, etc.Instruments are normally modeled as simple input-output devices. The

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Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington

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College Industry Partnerships

AC 2012-4112: SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING INTERNSHIPS: CREATIONAND ASSESSMENTDr. Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington Yvette Pearson Weatherton received her Ph.D. in engineering and applied science (environmental engi- neering) from the University of New Orleans in 2000. She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Associate Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas, Arlington, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana. Pearson Weatherton has served (and continues to serve) as PI or Co- PI on several projects funded by the National Science Foundation, including ”Engineering Sustainable Engineers,” which is the focus of this paper.Prof. Victoria C. P. Chen

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Shreekanth A. Mandayam; John L. Schmalzel; Ravi Ramachandran

enhancement in original or current technologies,materials and manufacturing processes. The objective of competitive assessment through reverseengineering is to understand and outdo the competition. In the Competitive AssessmentLaboratory at Rowan University, multidisciplinary teams of freshman engineering students fromeach of the four engineering disciplines perform competitive assessment on a consumerappliance (in this case, an electric toothbrush).The objectives of the Competitive Assessment Laboratory are as follows:1. Provide the launching pad for an innovative, four year design curriculum by introducing freshmen to the science and art of design by evaluating the work of practicing engineers.2. Introduce multidisciplinary groups of engineering

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Teaching Design with a Twist

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Onofrio Russo; Gunter Georgi

the date of the Final Presentation, Commercial Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationOperation, they are eligible for a 5% bonus toward their final grade. They must hand in allthe deliverables exactly one week before their section is scheduled to present. Tocommission early, all required material on the form Early Acceptance of IndependentProject (see Appendix 6), must be approved by the instructor or teaching assistant. Thedeliverables received early are the ones that the student teams must use during theirscheduled Final Presentation. No adjustments to the deliverables commissioned will beaccepted.If

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Estelle M. Eke

programming languageincluding C and C++, (ii) engineering materials, (iii) circuits and (iv) engineering mechanics –statics. The mode of course delivery is two 50-minute lectures and a 3-hour laboratory per week.Emphasis was on the introduction to numerical computation and assigned problems were solvedon a PC/Workstation. Tests and final exams that rely heavily on computation were used toevaluate student performance; laboratory reports were used to assess writing skills. It wasobserved that a typical class was made up of two types of students; those who enjoyedprogramming, and students who considered programming as drudgery and were not motivated todo more than the minimum amount of work required to get a passing grade. The latter group alsohad

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles D. Turner

Page 3.536.2is something of an oxymoron and students are the first to seize on this contradiction interminology. Politicians equate development with jobs and a prosperous economy. What could bebetter than an ideology that allows for sustained development while simultaneously protecting theenvironment? An ideology was needed with more depth and content than the politically popular phrase“sustainable development”. A philosophy or ideology was needed that encompassed theprinciples of science and engineering. The author stumbled onto such an ideology in activitiesthat UTEP was involved in as a member of Historically Black Colleges and Minority Institutions(HBCU/MI) consortium. The HBCU/MI is composed of 17 member institutions and was

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cristiano Cordeiro Cruz, Aeronautics Technological Institute

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

technology and of engineering and engineering education. I am now studying grassroots engineering (GE) and so- cial/solidarity technology (ST), as well as engineering education, focusing, on one hand, on the ethical- political, aesthetics, and epistemic aspects that both characterize and make GE and ST possible, and, on the other hand, on the challenges the engineering education must face in order to train/develop the capa- bilities or skills engineers must possess so to be able of doing GE and producing ST. The work I currently develop at ITA is related to the conception and institutionalization of a minor in engaged engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

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Building Success in the Online Classroom

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jiehong Liao, Florida Gulf Coast University; Galen I. Papkov, Florida Gulf Coast University; Ashraf Badir P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Mechanics

dynamics), a required course for students majoring inbioengineering, civil engineering and environmental engineering at FGCU. Success in this courseis critical to success in follow-up mechanics courses and upper-level engineering courses. Datahas been collected on students’ performance on homework, quizzes and exams, and on thestudents’ thoughts on learning and course delivery. Thus far, it has been concluded that the use oftraditional hand-written homework, frequent assessment via quizzes [1], or the Pearson MasteringEngineering [2] software for formative assessment did not have a significant impact on students’performance on exams. It was also observed that neither traditional nor online homework scorescorrelated well with exam scores; however

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 3

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington; Kenya Z. Mejia, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #30845Reflection in Engineering Education: Advancing ConversationsDr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Jennifer Turns is a Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the Univer- sity of Washington. She is interested in all aspects of engineering education, including how to support engineering students in reflecting on experience, how to help engineering educators make effective teach- ing decisions, and the application of ideas from complexity science to the challenges of engineering education.Kenya Z. Mejia, University of Washington Kenya Z. Mejia is a second year PhD

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Krowles Christine, Plainview School Distict

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

co-designed the unit, Christine implemented the unit, Dave periodically visitedthe class, and they collaborated on the written analysis. The class meets four days a week for asingle 40-minute period and once a week for a double period. The entire unit took 31 days tocomplete.ResearchIn recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the educational value of design activitiesin which students create external artifacts that they share and discuss with others [Soloway,1994; Papert, 1993; Resnick, 1998]. A synthesis of the literature reveals that pedagogically soliddesign projects involve authentic, hands-on tasks; use familiar and easy-to-work materials;possess clearly defined outcomes that allow for multiple solutions; promote student

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

Session 1685 Architectural Engineering Applications of Rapid Prototyping Michael J. McGeen, A.I.A. Milwaukee School of EngineeringAbstractIn today’s construction industry, with the introduction of new materials, free- form shapes ofbuildings, special problems with historical preservation and even buildings with very largecomponents that move, there are many new challenges for the architectural engineer. This paperhighlights some of the work done at Milwaukee School of Engineering that links the work ofarchitectural engineers with our Rapid Prototyping Center. This work

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; MohammadOmar Andar, Kabul University; Maria Beebe, Washington State University

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International

Afghanistan today.However, despite the interest in the field, the infrastructure to support engineering education hasdeteriorated to the extent that it needs a major overhaul. The curriculum in both the KU andKPU model is in serious need of modernization and upgrading.Both models include several courses in Islamic studies, history, and language, mainly English.The basic science components are almost the same; however, the rigor and emphasis in math isslightly greater in the KU than in the KPU model. On the other hand practical field training isemphasized more in the KPU than in the KU model. Each one of these models is presented in thefollowing sections.Kabul University ModelThe current civil engineering curriculum at Kabul University was established

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Out-of-school-time Engineering: Implications for Underrepresented Students

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armanda Gonzalez, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #14618Extracurricular Engineering Activities and College SuccessMiss Armanda Gonzalez, University of Michigan Armanda Gonzalez received her B.S. in Information Science from the School of Information & Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is currently working towards her M.S. in Information with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction at The University of Michigan School of Information. She is currently a User Experience specialist at JOOL Health.Prof. Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan Joanna Mirecki Millunchick is a professor of materials science and

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Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

Session # 2560 Engineering and the Millennium Development Goals Dato’ Ir Lee Yee-Cheong, President World Federation of Engineering Organizations Russel C. Jones, Chairman WFEO Committee on Capacity BuildingAbstractThis paper outlines elements of a global action program to apply science, technology andinnovation (STI) to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For purposesof the report, STI is used to mean the generation, use and diffusion of all forms of usefulknowledge as well as the evolution of associated institutional arrangements. The MDGsinclude

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel C. Jones

outcomes desired from engineering education.Congress participants also noted that a reverse flow of course offerings was also neededon campus – engineering faculty offering courses to provide technological literacy tonon-engineering students.Use of New Technologies - Computer aided instruction is well established in many of theengineering schools represented at the Congress, and examples were presented in papersin the preprint volume. Given the currently available technologies, simulation and virtualreality are particularly valuable tools for engineering education. It was noted, however,that there must be a balance between simulation and hands-on experience with real worldelements.Engineering students should also be appropriately exposed to

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

June Marshall; John Marshall

, workshops, and playingspaces. It demands strenuous efforts and experts to intercede with stories, admonitions,or principles when students fail, as they must, if they are to learn. Most of the learningthat results in the expertise of the practicing scientist, engineer, or poet is accomplishedthrough hands and minds on a task. Just think of the contrast between the activities ofapprentices in a workshop and the passivity of pupils in a lecture hall.If we refocus our efforts on learning, professors can exploit information technology toprovide data, scholarly references, and simulated problems for cognitive workshops. Inthose workspaces, student investigators will work side by side with faculty. Togetherthey will learn to create, evaluate, improve, and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mel I. Mendelson

teams.I. IntroductionIn 1991, the National Research Council stated that "U.S. industry’s period of world dominancein product design, manufacturing innovation, process engineering, productivity and marketshare has ended" [1]. This could have been a reaction to the sluggish economy, the downsizingof engineers and reduced funding for aerospace/defense and research in the US. However, inaddressing improvements necessary to develop new national goals, the Committee on Science,Engineering and Public Policy recommended that graduate education of scientists andengineers should be broader, more flexible and cross-functional [2].For the last 5 years, Loyola Marymount University (LMU) has addressed the above challengesin graduate education by forming a

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond B. Landis

little about engineering and may not realize that their commitment to becoming an engineer is notsufficiently strong. Ask the students in your Introduction to Engineering class: “Is success in engineering study thenumber one priority in your life?” You may be surprised to find that very few hands go up. The importanceof commitment can be brought home by emphasizing that the most likely reason they will fail to completetheir engineering program is that they will encounter some adversity and give up. One of the primary reasons for the lack of strong commitment is that students know very little aboutengineering and very little about the rewards and opportunities of engineering careers. One way to uncoverthis is to have students in