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Michael Barker; Mark Virkler; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

Page 6.325.2college has a formal mentoring program for new hires. Most new PhDs have had little or no Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationteaching experience as graduate students. While senior faculty members often take an interest inthe research initiatives of new faculty, for example in initiating collaborative efforts, reviewingpapers or proposals, or simply helping to establish contacts, teaching tends to be “on-your-own.”Classroom methods, especially failures, are rarely discussed among faculty members and,therefore, even the informal mentoring that takes place for research does not occur

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Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson; Jeffrey Froyd

Education Coalitionsprogram in 1990 to stimulate the creation of comprehensive, systemic models for reformof undergraduate engineering education. To accomplish this reform the Coalitions aredeveloping tested alternative education tools, curricula, and delivery systems. Byapplying these tools, they also hope to increase the successful participation ofunderrepresented groups in engineering education and to improve linkages to K-14educational institutions. Through cross-coalition collaboration they will developsignificant intellectual exchange and resource links among undergraduate engineeringprograms. NSF has funded eight coalitions. The Foundation Coalition (FC), which wasfirst funded in 1993, currently has six participating institutions--Rose

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Melinda Gallagher; Jenny Golder; Lawrence Genalo

Session 3453 An Engineering Linkage to K-12 Teachers Lawrence J. Genalo, Melinda Gallagher, Jenny Golder Iowa State UniversityIntroductionEngineering faculty at Iowa State University have worked collaboratively with teachereducation faculty since 1996 to offer an undergraduate course entitled Toying withTechnology to elementary and secondary education majors1, 2. The development of thistechnology literacy course provided students with an appreciation for the technologicalinnovations that surround them. Studies have shown that students form many of theiroverall career and educational attitudes as early

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Richard A. DeVries; Douglas C. Stahl

, donations from regional industry, and a 1998 Instrumentation and LaboratoryImprovement (ILI) grant from the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. The test frame inits two main orientations is illustrated in Fig. 1. The frame provides all reactions for the loadings,so it loads the floor only with its own weight and the weight of the specimen. Heavy W18 beamsections and moment-resisting connections minimize the frame’s flexibility. The frame wasdesigned by the senior author.The base of the frame consists of a pair of parallel bottom-beams approximately 1.5 m apart andapproximately 9 m long with cross-beams spanning between them every 1 m. The columns areplaced 2 m from each end, and each is diagonally braced back to the adjacent bottom-beam

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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Marie Dahleh

the time of graduation. There are eightoutcomes that include all of the required outcomes as specified in Criterion 3 (a) -(k) of EC 2000.Both objectives and outcomes need to be assessed on a continuous basis. The department haschosen three main methods for assessment. The first method checks which outcomes are met inindividual courses. The second method is surveys. These are given to different constituents atvarious times. The third is focus groups. One is held with the department Industrial AdvisorBoard ( IAB) and the other is conducted with the current students.This paper summarizes the assessment process for the ME program at UCSB a nd describes theimpact on both faculty and staff time. The assessment instruments will be briefly

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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Matthew Obenchain; Keith Bearden; Dan Diaz; Brian Self

different courses.DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT-ORIENTED COURSESMost engineering curricula are finding the benefits of incorporating final projects into theircourses. These projects may be solicited from industry, other departments, or internally. Suchprojects test to see if the students can apply the knowledge gained in their studies to an actualengineering problem. Often, the class members can choose something on their own, whichshould improve interest and motivation. Similarly, the projects are typically worked on by teamsof cadets, which can help to lessen the time constraints placed on the individuals. Ourdepartment offers two accredited degrees, Engineering Mechanics (EM) and MechanicalEngineering (ME). A number of senior level courses in the

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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Gul Okudan Kremer

the widespread use of integrated project teams, they are not always effective [1]. This istrue in both industrial and educational settings. One factor associated with team effectiveness isteam composition [2]. Because of the increasing number of women joining the work force overthe years; the gender effect on team performance has received attention. The results of previousstudies have been conflicting because some researchers have found homogeneous teams to bemore productive, whereas others have found the opposite to be true. Moreover, a recent studyfound the gender to be an insignificant variable for its effect on the performance of productdesign teams [3]. The duration of the design task included in this study was only 45 minutes.The effect

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Student Learning and Teamwork

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William J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2793: JUST-IN-TIME DAILY QUIZZES AS LEARNING TOOLFOR SELF ASSESSMENT AND CONTENT MASTERYWilliam J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University William J. Sawaya is an Assistant Professor in the department of Engineering Technology and Indus- trial Distribution in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in quality management and process improvement. He has done work and research on the topics of inter-organizational collaboration, inventory management, new product development, product introduc- tion, healthcare products, transportation systems analysis-focusing on railroads and multi-mode container operations, product testing, customer satisfaction, quality management

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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Meagan C. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

diverseviewpoints, approaches, and skills of women will benefit these high-tech industries, and in turn,positively affect our economy[3]. Aggressive and focused intervention efforts targeting women is recommended to addressthe gender gap in engineering[3]. While girls take more science and math classes and makebetter grades than boys, they are not readily choosing engineering as a college major and careerpath. Areas where consistent gender differences have emerged are children’s and adolescents’interest in math and science, their beliefs about their abilities in math and science, and theirperceptions of the importance of math and science for their futures[7]. Acknowledging andaddressing these areas can increase girls’ awareness, interest, and

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Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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Tao Hong, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering and Public Policy, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and Learning (INSPIRE) at Pur- due University. Purzer has received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Science Education at Arizona State University. She has a B.S. degree in Physics Education and a B.S.E. in Engineering. She has journal pub- lications on instrument development, teacher professional development, and K-12 engineering education. Her creative research focuses on design problem-solving, collaborative learning, and assessment research.Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Monica E. Cardella is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education and is the Co-Director of As- sessment Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) at Purdue University. Dr. Cardella

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Capstone Courses and Design Education

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Bobby G. Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

learners.Unfortunately, almost all engineering and science instruction has been historically deductive innature (i.e. – lecture).Some of the characteristics of inductive learning identified by Prince and Felder4 are listedbelow: • Includes one or more of ‘inquiry learning’, ‘problem-based learning’, ‘project-based learning’, ‘case-based teaching’, ‘just-in-time learning’, ‘discovery learning’ • Is learner-centered, constructivist in philosophy, involves active learning, and is collaborative • Is never purely inductive – there are still deductive components • Filters new information through a person’s ‘schemata’ – the sum of prior experiences (knowledge, belief, preconception, prejudice, fear, etc.) Why develop an additional

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Laboratory Experiences with Thermal and Chemical Systems and Sensors

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Alexander Joseph Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

amorphous silicon solar cells, organic solar cells, organic light emitting diodes (OLED), and thin film transistors (TFT).Dr. Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University Nael Barakat is the mechanical engineering Program Chair at GVSU, a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada, and a fellow of the ASME. He joined academia in 2003 after years of industrial experience and consulting. Barakat holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from McMaster University, Canada. His areas of interest include controls, robotics, automation, systems integration, metrology, and NEMS, as well as engineering ethics, professionalism, and education

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Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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Sandeep Sathyamoorthy, Tufts University; Linda Jarvin, Paris College of Art; Michael Hollis, U.S. Air Force Academy; John Anthony Christ, U.S. Air Force Academy; C. Andrew Ramsburg, Tufts University

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previous classes to this newproblem. The PBL lab was well received; students reported enjoying collaborating with theirpeers to develop a tangible solution to a real-world problem. Student feedback suggests theinfluence of the PBL lab may increase if learners had an opportunity to see the influent prior toconstruction. This study provides additional empirical evidence to encourage more widespreadinclusion of PBL teaching/learning experiences into environmental engineering curricula.IntroductionWhen undergraduate engineers leave the university environment and enter the workforce, theyare often asked to solve complex problems in areas where they have limited knowledge ortraining. This requires the recent engineering graduate to: (i) apply concepts

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The Transition from Secondary to College Mathematics

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Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly B. Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

timeconsistent with a particular institutions outreach efforts.The research reported here will focus on feeder high schools for the College of Engineering andScience at Louisiana Tech University. We suggest that the f-indices should be useful to anyother institution as well. Page 25.165.2 © Galen E. Turner IIIENROLLMENT VS. GRADUATION RATESIn many fields of study, the national retention to graduation numbers reported are computedbased on a 6-year graduation rate. While government and industry partners often point to rawgraduation rates as performance indicators for

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What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

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Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; David L. Whitman, University of Wyoming; Jerry Carl Hamann, University of Wyoming; Leslie K. Pendleton, Virginia Tech

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2012-3968: THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ON THESELF-EFFICACY OF STUDENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEER-INGMs. Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University Rachelle Reisberg is Assistant Dean for Engineering Enrollment and Retention, as well as Director of Women in Engineering at Northeastern University. She is the PI on the Pathways research grant funded by NSF’s Gender in Science and Engineering program. Prior to joining Northeastern University, Reisberg held a wide range of management positions in IBM, Hanover Insurance, and was the President of a high tech start-up company.Prof. Joseph A. Raelin, Northeastern University Joe Raelin is an international authority in work-based learning and collaborative

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Lessons Learned through Community Engagement of Engineering Students

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Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; J. Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

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Community Engagement Division

education.Dr. Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian P. Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech and his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for seven years. Self has taught in the Mechanical En- gineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, since 2006. During the 2011-2012 academic year, he participated in a professor exchange, teaching at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. His engineering education interests include collaborating on the Dynamics Concept Inventory, developing model-eliciting activities in mechanical engineering

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Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health, and Environment Research Organization; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council

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International

what is called CIB – CulturalImmersion in Brazil: It is a project that brings to Brazil students from abroad in a program of 15days (can be more or less) when they have academic, technical, social and cultural activities. It isvery intensive period when the students visit 5 of the 9 cities of Atlantic Forest Region at the seashore of Sao Paulo state, as well as visit to different industries and universities.The program is designed in order to provide engineering students the opportunity to reflect aboutengineering social responsibility and ethical dilemmas when developing projects. This awarenessis becoming more and more necessary due to the environmental/ethical/economical crises thathumanity is facing and that impacts not only the society

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Mileta Tomovic; William Szaroletta; Bruce Harding

Educationthese ECOs, students do calculations for gears sets, fits, tolerances, dimensional stack-ups and GD&T.Figure 3. Model built of ASTM standard material for specifying welding symbology.Taken together, these projects prepare students to function both as users of engineeringdrawing industrially and as necessary preparers and modifiers of 3D model geometry,plus employ any of the above skills in subsequent classes.Notwithstanding, should students anticipate the need for more extensive CAD exposure,they take MET 302, CAD in the Enterprise, an elective course design to give themexperience in a broader multiple-CAD environment. The scenario in MET 302 is built onthe premise that a company, its vendors and customers might all use different CADsystems

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Douglas Ludlow

they worked on the problem and agreed with the solution. Allmembers of the homework team are expected to participate and work together in thehomework/study group. The motivation for forming homework teams is two fold. First, numerousstudies have shown that “collaborative learning” (i.e. working as a group) is an effective way tolearn material. Second, as students move out into industry they find that most engineering projectsare group projects and that they need to learn to work with people in a group or team setting. Istress to the students that the purpose of the working in teams is not to “spread the work around,”but to enable each team member to learn and benefit from the knowledge and perspective ofothers. All students are responsible for

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David DiBiasio

is residential. Students travel to the site for a 2-month period, with aresident faculty advisor to conduct the projects. Local government, industry, nonprofitorganizations, and sometimes universities sponsor projects. Each sponsor provides a liaisonresponsible for overseeing student teams working with the agency. A WPI faculty memberserves as project center director----responsible for setting up projects, general academic issues,and overseeing center operation. A local coordinator, who is a permanent resident at the site,assists the center director particularly with housing and logistical concerns. Student preparationfor the experience includes formal coursework taught by WPI faculty, and orientation/culturalpreparation taught by WPI

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Pam Newberry; Constantine Anagnostopoulos; Chalmers Sechrist; Barbara Stoler; Douglas Gorham

can only enhance the level of technological literacy. e) Become a local school board member. There is no faster way to impact academic change. f) Become an advocate for the standards for technological literacy. Request the opportunity to make presentations on the need to implement the standards for technological literacy to school boards, faculty, principals, booster groups, and parent organizations.In addition, schools of engineering can support degree programs in technology teachereducation. Engineering educators can initiate interdisciplinary collaborations withtechnology and science faculty to promote the standards for technological literacy

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Carol Colbeck

less likely topersist when administrators and faculty view such experiences as peripheral to students’learning of content. Despite its importance to the change process, institutionalization oftenreceives little consideration by organizational participants2. To address this gap, this studydeveloped and tested a conceptual model of institutionalization processes.This study was conducted as part of the evaluation of Engineering Coalition for Excellence inEducation and Leadership (ECSEL), a coalition funded by NSF from 1990-2000 to increaseactive and collaborative learning in the form of team-based design projects, and to increase theparticipation of women and underrepresented minorities in engineering. ECSEL schoolsinclude City College of New

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John Razukas; Jean Le Mee; Gerardo Del Cerro

, a list of design questions to be answered by the students in the course of disassembly and re-assembly is presented. An industrial-size butterfly valve is then disassembled in front of the class as an example of the heuristic approach to be applied to the disk drive. Several written articles pertaining to design are distributed to the class. The students continue to disassemble the drives, and are asked to then reassemble them before the end of the class.Week 3: As expected, only a few students in each class are usually able to successfully reassemble the drives. This demonstrates the importance of sketching, blow-up drawings, wiring diagrams and notes in the

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M. David Burghardt

, thephysical setting, the living environment, the human organism, human society, the designedworld, the mathematical world, historical perspectives, common themes and habits of mind.The use of the word “technology” in the Benchmarks refers to engineering and at the K-6 level,also known as children’s engineering. The New York MST Learning Standards are closelylinked to them,as many professionals collaborated on both projects. Page 5.210.2 Session 2530For instance, in the benchmarks for the designed world indicate what students should know atthe end of second grade

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Sara Washburn; Amy Hossain; Elizabeth A. Parry; Rachel Meyer; Laura Bottomley

this grant activity work with the faculty team andelementary school team to develop modules in physics, math and engineering that will in turn beused in classes at levels K-5. Some examples of topics have been selected as a result of aprevious collaborative effort with local elementary schools in Wake County.The thematic bases for this effort are summarized below:• integration of science, technology and engineering topics with math, reading and writingThe State of North Carolina has instituted an approach to student achievement based onstandardized tests in reading, writing and mathematics2. Schools and principals are rated Page

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Lisa Wipplinger

Session 2606 Group Projects Lisa Wipplinger Kansas State UniversityAbstractAccreditation boards and industry are telling educators that the ability to work together in groups orteams is an important skill for engineering and construction graduates to have. As a result we aretrying to integrate this more fully into our classes. This paper presents several group projects thathave been tried in structural engineering classes over the last two years in the ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction Science programs here at Kansas State

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Steven B. Shooter; Catherine A. Shooter

order to enhance and cement the learning of students.”There are many similarities between adventure experiences and the design experience. Bothinvolve the encounter of a series of open-ended problems that require resolution. The choicesmade in the solution to one problem often influences the possibilities and approaches for the nextproblem. Two groups assigned the same task can experience very different challenges based ontheir own choices. There is also the nature of collaboration and teamwork. The problems areoften of significant complexity that all individuals in the group must contribute to attain adequateresolution. The nature of the teams requires the group to effectively manage the individualskills. There is also the need to adequately

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Stephen Stafford; Rosa Gomez; Daniela Castaneda; Connie Della-Piana

newsatellite to assist students with the computer based chemistry tutorials and facilitateproblem solving reviews for students. Nine students staff the front desk in this areaproviding students assistance with the computer room and monitoring the use of theentire satellite. Once this satellite is complete, an active learning center will be open tostudents in the Physical Science Bldg. The active learning center will be very similar tothe one that is housed in the Classroom Building, with modular furniture, access tolaptops and the internet, and will be available for students to reserve for organizationmeetings, workshops and visitors from industry. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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Audeen Fentiman; Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

. The emphasis isplaced more heavily on the technical aspects, but the faculty feel that economic concerns mustalso be considered. Students are given an outline on which to base their final technical report, alecture on PowerPoint for their presentations, and are also provided with the grading requirementsand a sample evaluation form. Based upon the online course evaluations, students enjoy workingwith others to complete the presentation, but still struggle with the technical writing. Given thedemand for technical writing skills in upper level courses and in industry, comprehensive labreports will remain a central ingredient of the IE program.The second course in the two-course Introduction to Engineering sequence focuses on design

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Gary Crossman

engineeringtechnology, or a closely related area and, therefore, have completed basic courses in theirdiscipline taught in a traditional laboratory environment. Moreover, most of the students areworking in industry as engineering technicians and have sufficient maturity to understand thepractical aspects of their observations. Students are also required to be concurrently enrolled inor have completed the lecture course MET 330, Fluid Mechanics, or an equivalent course fromanother institution.The major educational objectives of this laboratory course are to have students verify the basicengineering principles of fluid mechanics and understand the practical operation of various fluiddevices and the measurement of fluid properties. Students are also expected to