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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Huang, Wright State University; Steven R. Higgins, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University; Aaron Joseph Blake, Wright State University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Jason Allen Deibel, Wright State University; Ioana Sizemore, Wright State University, Department of Chemistry

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

specimenswere purchased from commercial vendors. Colloidal AgNPs were synthesized through thewidely-used Creighton and Lee-Meisel methods.19-21 GNSs were synthesized through themodified Hummers method.13-15 Besides learning approaches of fabricating AgNPs and GNSs,students further gained hands-on experience in operating various modern characterizationinstruments like FES, UV-VIS, ICP-OES, RS, AFM, SEM, and XRD. Additionally, studentswere taught to use computational methods for modeling nanoscale physical phenomena.Moreover, students were introduced to the industrial process of manufacturing Li-ion batteriesand gained hand-on experience with an environmentally controlled glove box, tape-cast filmcoater, button-cell crimping machine, and battery testing

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Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mindy Hart, EPICS; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, College of Engineering, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8949planning and inventory control (with Ron Askin - Joint Publishers Book of the Year Award - 2003, Insti-tute for Industrial Engineering), and a set of case studies used in introductory operations research classes.He did early work in web based education and has had classes on-line since 1997. His teaching awards in-clude the Andersen Consulting Teaching Award, 1992; a sabbatical appointment to the United States Mil-itary Academy, Department of Systems Engineering, 1995-1996 (awarded the Department of the Army,Commander’s Award for Civilian Service); the UA University-Wide Teaching Award for Meritorious De-partmental Achievement in Undergraduate Education, 1997; and the EL-Paso Natural Gas FoundationFaculty Career Teaching/Research

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L. Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Gina Navoa Svarovsky, Science Museum of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

INSPIRE (the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning). She has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and an MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on: par- ents’ roles in engineering education; engineering learning in informal environments; engineering design education; and mathematical thinking.Dr. Gina Navoa Svarovsky, Science Museum of Minnesota Dr. Gina Navoa Svarovsky is a Senior Evaluation and Research Associate at the Science Museum of Minnesota. For over a decade, she has been interested in how young people - and in particular, girls and youth of color - learn science and engineering in both formal and informal learning

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Richard A. Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Clemencia M. Cosentino, Mathematica Policy Research; Margaret D. Sullivan, Mathematica Policy Research

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9116Characterizing and Modeling the experience of Transfer Students in Engi-neeringDr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University Matthew W. Ohland is Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University and a Professorial Re- search Fellow at Central Queensland University. He has degrees from Swarthmore College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the University of Florida. His research on the longitudinal study of engineer- ing students, team assignment, peer evaluation, and active and collaborative teaching methods has been supported by over $12.8 million from the National

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Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, University of North Dakota; Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota

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Materials

following semester provides insights into themotivations and backgrounds of distance students in the program. Implications of the findingsfor distance engineering course design are discussed.IntroductionThe University of North Dakota (UND) offers ABET-accredited undergraduate distanceengineering programs in chemical, civil, electrical, geological, and mechanical engineering. Theprograms began with industrial collaboration in the early 1990s and have grown to compriseapproximately 1/3 of the total enrollment in the UND College of Engineering and Mines. Theyenroll students from across the country and around the world. While originally developed forworking professionals with technical experience looking to finish a degree, increasing numbersof

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University, Band and Orchestra Department; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation Page 24.302.1 of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER

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Distance Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve C. Hsiung, Old Dominion University; John M. Ritz, Old Dominion University; Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University; Feng Jao, Ohio Northern University

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Engineering Technology

groups of studentscan conference (collaborate) with each other. The research team found this to be an asset for their teaching, since during summertraining of other faculty to teach microcontroller topics, it allowed for teaching using Assembly,C, and BASIC programming languages. The research group chose to teach the main content ofthe summer training for faculty to all participants at the same time. When it was time to conductlaboratory activities, the class was grouped into three sections, one for each or the programminglanguages. Participants could then select the language they understood and participate in thisparticular training. Some chose to learn another language that they planned to teach with in thefuture. Another

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Issues in ET Education II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #9101How to Improve a Textbook with Engineering Technology StudentsDr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University – Pur- due University Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has 9 years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineer- ing, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller

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Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill B. Elmore, Mississippi State University

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Community Engagement Division

Figure 6. Girl Scout Merit Badge Day an attempt to enliven the course material and better motivate student learning. Historically rooted in ®teaching various Microsoft Excel and Visual Basic techniques, the Analysis course is focusedon preparing students for the extensive use of these tools in later courses and in the chemicalprocess industries. I personally found the method ofworking through spreadsheets in “real time” tediousand stifling to class dynamics. “Now class, if youwill notice, as I execute this formula in cell ZZ149how it changes the results in cells A45, D15 andR73…” (you get the idea). I considered a betterapproach—putting these tools into an “as needed

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Todd P. Shuba, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mindy Hart, EPICS; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. She has been working with the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) High team to un- derstand whether participating in service-learning engineering projects at the high-school level increases student knowledge about and interest in working in the field of engineering.Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica E. Cardella is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University and the Director of Informal Learning Environments Research for INSPIRE (the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning). She has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and an MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from the

Conference Session

New Endeavors

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

STSrequirement (science and technology track) for non-technical students majoring inCHASS (B.A., B.S.), Education (Business and Marketing), Technology Education,Management (Accounting, Economics), and Architecture, (Art and Design, GraphicDesign, and Industrial Design). These student groups were our target audience. To recruit these students, we first sent invitations and flyers to undergraduateadvisors in the corresponding colleges, with the hope that word of mouth would provide aflow of enrolled students. No responses were received. We then placed the followingadvertisement in the local student newspaper, and were rewarded with interest fromseveral students, who formed our fall 2004 student class of three

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

organization’s culture. At aprofessional level it is a proven way to hold onto your best people, build theirskills, and create stronger interoffice relationships.Mentoring is a vast topic, and much has been done with it, both in industry andacademia, in the past two decades. This paper is an attempt to study and identifywhat kind of professional guidance young professionals seek these days. Aresponse from group of professionals and engineers was compiled to study theactual needs and demands posed by mentees in this age of fierce competition. Itwas comprehensively critiqued to conclude the current adopted patterns.IntroductionMentoring is the best way to assimilate new professionals into any firm orinstitute’s culture. It is a proven way to hold onto the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jake Ingman; Camille Schroeder

camps for students grades 3-8. Twenty-seven young peopletook part in a two-day camp filled with hands-on science and engineering activities. Participantsstudied underground water flow models and contamination issues with faculty in environmentalengineering, as well as running a simulated chocolate factory with faculty from industrial andmanufacturing engineering. They also worked with graphing calculators and sensors todetermine collision forces with toy cars, and launched balsa planes to study lift, drag, pitch, yaw,roll, and other concepts related to aerospace engineering. The students were all intrigued withprogramming and robotics components of the camp led by Human Computer Interactiongraduate students, as well as demonstrations and hands

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lewinski; William Hudson

Sgt. Craig Stapp, Fire Arms Training Officer, TempeArizona Police Department; Dr. Bill Lewinski, professor of Law Enforcement, Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato; and Dr. Bill Hudson, associate professor of Electrical and ComputerEngineering and Technology, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Sgt. Stapp and ProfessorLewinski have a long history of collaboration. The final member of the team, Dr. Hudson, wasapproached and recruited by Dr. Lewinski in the spring of 2003 to provide computer expertise inthe research effort.Dr. Lewinski has been researching human performance in law enforcement events for overtwenty five years. Dr. Lewinski felt the next logical step in his research was to evaluate theresponse time of police officers under a

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Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Kosky

local partner industrial and academic institutionsincluding IBM, General Electric R&D, RPI, Wadsworth Center (a New York state laboratory),and the Albany NanoTech Center. Six expert outside speakers delivered key lectures. Through a recent NSF-NUE grant, we are developing nanotechnology-teaching modulesto expose students to methods of synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, and a web-based undergraduate textbook on nanomaterials. Page 9.627.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for

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Innovative Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Trabert; Lawrence Carlson

of engineers from relevant industries to provideadvice and help guide their programs. At the University of Colorado at Boulder, for example, ourIndustrial Advisory Committee (IAC) meets semiannually. At a recent IAC meeting, theimportance of including GD&T in the ME curriculum was reiterated.Companies typically send design engineers to intense courses to learn GD&T, often as long as 40hours, which is approximately as many contact hours as a typical three credit-hour universitysemester course. Such a course is typically supported by a comprehensive reference text such asFoster.1 On-line GD&T courses are also available.2A logical place to introduce GD&T is in a first-year design graphics course. However, with thesignificant

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

. It comparesstudy abroad participants’ knowledge before and after the overseas experiences, and it also comparesparticipants with non-participants. Detailed information about academic, logistical, and co-curricular aspects of programs can then be correlated with learning outcomes.” One data-driven assessment of study abroad has been conducted by the Institute of InternationalEducation with alumni of the Global Engineering Education Exchange (Global E3) program,6,7 whichrecently concluded that while study abroad meets industry needs, few recruiters actively seekapplicants with study abroad experience, and do not see value in that experience. The study seemedto indicate that the perception of student participants was that study abroad was

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Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

for students awash in the theoretical. They provide a safetransition across the convoluted borders that separate the odd and dissonant real from theuncluttered world of generalization described by precise equations and found in the answers tothe even numbered problems in the back of textbooks. They are a necessary interlude wherefundamentally self-absorbed, unsociable, covert egomaniacs discover the value of collectiveexperience and collaboration, and develop skills in sharing and exchanging information.Laboratories, then, create a microcosm of, and a brief segue to, behaviors that are analogous tothe stimulating milieu encountered in authentic occupational environments. They provide aprospect for legitimate eureka events that can rouse

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Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

capabilities of itsstudents, faculty, and staff. CART operations are subject to an independent audit.The Architectural Engineering Technology (ARET) baccalaureate program has been TAC-ABET accredited since 1992. Students are provided the opportunity to analyze the role ofarchitecture in the building construction industry. Course work has involved developing skills ingraphic communication, CAD proficiency, building design, and the basic engineering andanalysis of building structures. Graduates are provided with a wide range of employment andgraduate school opportunities in architectural design, construction estimating, generalcontracting, government planning agencies, and building material science.Since the inception of the ARET B.S. program, we have

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

programs have been declining; • The numbers of women and minority students in engineering are not representative of general population; • Science and math test scores of US high school students are low with respect to the rest of the industrial world; and • Most students leave high school with no real understanding of engineering or technology; yet most jobs today require some level of technological literacy.These facts have aroused concern at all levels of government and business. Senator JohnGlenn’s commission report “Before it’s too late” has focused attention on the seriousnessand scope of these problems, and proposed a set of possible solutions [1]. Congress andseveral state governments have moved to address these

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Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Patterson; C. Richard Helps

," Fastback 378, Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, Bloomington, Ind. Page 9.580.6 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”C. RICHARD G. HELPSRichard Helps is the Program Chair of the Information Technology program at Brigham Young University. He isalso a TAC-ABET program evaluator. He spent ten years in industry as a control systems design engineer. Hecompleted BS and MS degrees at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and a further graduate degree atthe University of

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Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

processes: 1) Concrete Experience, 2)Reflective Observation, 3) Abstract Conceptualization and 4) Active Experimentation.One of the major functions of education is to shape students’ attitude toward learning and todevelop effective learning skills. The authors hope to accomplish these objectives by usingdynamic animation and team project. It is not merely about including practical experiences bututilizing these experiences to induce higher levels of learning. Furthermore, students will be Page 7.508.1exposed to the importance of team work, working collaboratively through individual differenceswhich is an integral part of real work scenarios.In the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Livingston; James Squire

-tailed equal-variance Student-t criteria. All differences were shown to be significant at p £ 0.05except the applied-to-theoretic rating (p=0.08).Students reported the robotics-centric method was more fun, yet paradoxically also more difficultand time-intensive than students who took the traditional introductory course. We estimate theactual hours required to be approximately the same for both courses and suspect that the studentperception arises because the design laboratories demanded more time spent in the highercategories of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives than the cookbook-style labs.Students reported a heightened sense of relevance of the robotics course to their professionallives, both in industry and academia (Figure 3). They

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Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

N. K. Anand; John Weese

following criteria: • Three reviewers per team • No more than one reviewer from a private university • Reviewers should be independent with no significant relationship with the department or program; that is, no former doctoral or postdoctoral students or longtime collaborators at Texas A&M University Page 8.554.3Conduct of the On-Site ReviewWeese & Anand: External Review of Texas A&M University’s ME Doctoral Program Page 42003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Event 2255, June 24 th, Nashville, TNThe conduct of the on-site review has evolved from several years of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mireille Battikha

to several management processes and engineering concepts under a current/newstudy. This approach will provide the educator with an effective mechanism to deliver theconstruction knowledge by integrating several concepts in the course, which will help prepareengineers to solve real construction situations. Use of the digital formats of the round concretecolumn in preliminary integrated analyses during class teaching activities has shown that theapproach is effective and flexible, and the results meet the objectives of the system. The approachwill allow (1) integrated teaching with other educators, (2) enhanced students understanding andvisualization of the concepts involved, and (3) collaborative access with and/or among students tocomplete

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Retention of Minority Students

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadine Macauley; Edward Golovatch; Annita Alting; Ardie Walser

together). Thus, if a Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education program objective is over represented or underrepresented, the department has a good indication of what action is needed to improve the program; 3. Alumni and Employer Surveys, in which engineering departments go outside CCNY for ongoing input from industry (represented by advisory committees) to determine the appropriateness of a program’s educational objectives. Each department also has a process in place to ensure direct

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schmalzel; Jennifer Kadlowec; Anthony Marchese; Shreekanth Mandayam; Stephanie Farrell

Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Session 1526marketplace, as recommended by ASEE [2]. Key features of the program include: (1)multidisciplinary education through collaborative laboratory and course work; (2) teamwork asthe necessary framework for solving complex problems; (3) incorporation of state-of-the-arttechnologies throughout the curricula; and (4) creation of continuous opportunities for technicalcommunication [3]. The Rowan program emphasizes these essential features throughout thecurricula, beginning with the introductory freshman

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Davis

Session 2793 Motivating Women Engineering Students through Community-Based Projects Ruth E. Davis Santa Clara UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a collaborative project involving students, faculty, community members,and The Institute for Women and Technology. The Virtual Development Center (VDC) site atSanta Clara University is one of nine such sites at universities around the country, eachcommitted to including the community in the definition of projects that truly benefit a segmentof the population usually ignored in the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Johnson; Mark Rajai

the work for the publication is already done. It is wiseto have publication commitments for papers during graduate school so that editorialcompletions can be done your first year as a faculty member. Writing manuscripts to besubmitted for publications in peer reviewed journals are also critical. The process of gettingmanuscripts published in journals usually takes longer than getting manuscripts published inconference proceedings. However, both options are great for junior faculty.There is an effort at many institutions of higher education to promote interdisciplinaryresearch. Interdisciplinary research involves the collaboration of faculty who are employed in