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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Gerhart

% during the same period. By showing that engineers dosome adventurous (i.e. shocking and awing) activities, this image will hopefully be alleviatedamong the young generation of recruited students. New innovative techniques that cater to theyoung generation, such as shock and awe, can help to reverse this trend.The platform with which the shock and awe method was implemented is a recruitment activity atLawrence Technological University (LTU) known as Engineering Exploration Day. Thepremise behind these events is to give high school students the opportunity to exploreengineering on a college campus during the academic term. While many schools have campusvisit programs, successful programs have shown that the information presented during thecampus

Conference Session

Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

over sevenyears at Morgan State University. The objective of this program are to (a) increase thenumber of students who participate in undergraduate research; (b) enhance student’slearning and commitment to their studies; (c) increase the number of students attendinggraduate schools; (d) and provide students with professional development training. Twohundred and thirty eight (238) students have participated in the program since itsinception. Out of the ninety-two participants since 1999 over 18% have gone on tograduate school.Introduction National concern have been expressed about the status of the U. S. science andengineering base-specifically the human talent, knowledge and infrastructure thatgenerate innovations and under gird

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Ming-Sung Koh; Mick Brzoska; William Loendorf

is incorporated with aninnovative retention and recruitment effort for minority, under-privileged, and nontraditionalstudents.After reviewing materials from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [1] and the AmericanElectronics Association [2] it became clear that an innovative software intensive engineeringtechnology program was needed. As a result, the SET program was conceived largely on thebasis of three major factors: industrial demand within the region and state, the small number ofqualified graduates available to enter the workforce, and the increasing pool of potentialstudents. It is Eastern Washington University’s goal to provide a timely and high-quality SETprogram that includes a thorough understanding of theory and design combined

Conference Session

Assessment Issues I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary A. Nelson; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Ruth Streveler

. Page 9.1003.9 5. Ericson K. A. & Simon, H. A. (1996). Protocol Analysis, 2nd edition. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. 6. Mueller, R. O. (1999). Basic Principles of Structural Equation Modeling. Springer: New York. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographical InformationBARBARA M. OLDS is Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School ofMines. She has participated in a number of curriculum innovation projects and has been active in theengineering education and assessment communities. She was a Fulbright lecturer/researcher in Sweden in1999. Dr. Olds is presently

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry; James Farison

Conference & Exhibition Copyright (c) 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Appendix 5 - Responses from Category B (Engineering program is one among other engineeringprograms on campus)B. IF THERE ARE OTHER ACCREDITED ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ON YOURCAMPUS, PLEASE CONTINUE HERE.B1. Was the (general) Engineering program the first engineering program on your campus, orwere there other engineering programs on campus when it started? If the latter, why was theEngineering program started? First (2) Others first (4) Reasons: creative curricula/incubator, innovation/flexibility, from teaching drawing, additional specialtiesB2. What was the number of graduates during calendar 2003

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

me. How can one improveupon that as an educational experience? The cluster experience shows that large schoolsdo not have to be impersonal places, and all the personal experiences of higher educationdo not have to occur outside the classroom.Dr. Larry Spence, former Director for the Center for Innovative Teaching at Penn Statewrote a thought provoking article recently called “The Case against Teaching”1. Headdressed three premises about teaching that I think are apropos to the cluster program.First, he states that the singularly best teaching method is one-on-one and that the largerthe class, the worse the instruction gets. Teaching is not about great lectures, but aboutcommunication between two human beings. That has never changed and will

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karel Stryczek; Bryan Griffen; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

CONTROLFigure 1. Benefits derived from using advanced process control to reduce variability. Page 9.74.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationAdvanced processing techniques have historically been achieved using the computational powerand speed of PCs and UNIX computers. Traditionally, PLCs have not supported the requiredmathematical and timing functions to implement advanced algorithms. However, processcontrol technology innovations over the last decade

Conference Session

BME Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Walsh

funds do not provide for the margin of excellence we have achieved at Cal Poly. This margin has been won with support from industrial benefactors and through the industry of our faculty.• The Advanced Technology Laboratory houses the 2500 square foot St. Jude Bioengineering Laboratory. This building is unique at Cal Poly, in that it has been built without state funds – it is characteristic of our new and innovative approach to engineering education manifest in the Biomedical Engineering program. This facility houses a biomechanics and biomaterials characterization laboratory, as well as an Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy Facility.• The Keck Engineering Education Research Laboratory is a 4000 square foot facility in

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

development of Vasilius and how we incorporated the “human” theme throughout Page 9.249.1the design. This report is divided into sections of focus. The sections of focus are: Design Proceedings of the 2004 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society of Engineering EducationProcess, Mechanical System, Electrical System, Software Design, Analysis/PredictedPerformance, and Other Design Considerations.2. Design ProcessTo achieve creative and innovative solutions to any engineering project requires both asystematic and organized design process. In the

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Ramani; James Fenton; Suzanne Fenton

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

…”: The role of efficacy beliefs in group and team effectiveness. Advances in Group Processes, 14, 177-197.26. Hoegl, M. and Gemueden, H. (2001). Teamwork quality and the success of innovative projects: A theoretical concept and empirical evidence. Organization Science, 12(4),U 435-449.27. Campion, M. and Medsker, G. (1993). Relations between work group characteristics and effectiveness: implications for designing effective work groups. Personnel Psychology, 46(4), 823-850. Page 9.23.10 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Bianey Ruiz Ulloa; Stephanie Adams

quality and the success of innovative projects: A theoretical concept and empirical evidence. Organization Science, 12(4),U 435-449. Page 9.567.12 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education21. Adams, S., Simon, L. and Ruiz, B. (2002). A pilot study of the performance of student teams in engineering education. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada.22. Edmonson, A. (1999, June). Psychological safety and learning behavior in

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cullinane; Baris Yanmaz; Ronald Perry

that we produce a continuous supply of well-trained, high-quality professionals in engineering and computer and information science 4. Within this context of an overall demand for engineers and scientists, the greatest need isfor information technology (IT) professionals. A think tank of high tech executives headed byCraig Barrett of Intel recently stated that U.S. competitiveness in the field of information tech-nology is increasingly threatened by an emerging group of nations that are investing aggressivelyin education, innovation and technology 5. Further evidence of demand for IT jobs is documented in a recent study by KatherineMann of the Institute for International Economics. In a policy brief, Mann notes that globaliza

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Catherine Blat

retention problem. At the time, theCollege did not have a formal mechanism in place to measure retention but it was obvious thatgraduation rates were down and the proportion of underrepresented minority graduates wasshrinking. There was no assessment process in place to identify at what point students droppedout, where they were going, why they were leaving, and what could be done to reverse thetrends. An innovative solution was needed – one that would satisfy the needs of the diversestudent population in a growing, urban, public institution striving to expand its mission toinclude a sizeable research agenda. Any proposed solutions would also have to be integratedwith the ABET EC 2000 criteria, yet be flexible enough to adapt to a changing academic

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Doherty; Gerald Gannod

­ Copyright c 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationwith the latest in research and industrial practices 1 . The concentration track emphasizes funda-mental issues such as the balance between hardware and software and the respective trade-offs ofbuilding embedded systems. Our curricular project spans the entire spectrum of activities related to the design and deliveryof educational and research efforts and is characterized by three main innovative components: 1) anew industry-university collaborative model for integrating basic and applied research into a degreeprogram4 , 2) creation and delivery of state-of-the-art course content and appropriate laboratories,and 3) creation of capstone projects that are implemented through internships

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

-line courses or modules in hopes of making money, only to bedisappointed. It didn’t take the dot.com collapse for universities to learn that theinvestment needed to create quality online programs was heavy and the profits did notquickly roll in to help balance the university budget. There have been some creativeefforts to use the new ventures to compensate individuals, a welcome innovation in viewof generally stagnating salaries in higher education. University College Cork staff, forexample, working at the national Microelectronics Research Center, were in line to profit Page 8.846.4from commercial spin-offs. The center decided to distribute

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

2. Arrange rules so they emphasize the promotion of education, but at the same time leave open the opportunity for students to learn on their own and to innovate 3. Design performance events which simulate real world activities as much as possible 4. Choose design judges from industry who are accomplished engineers with an interest in education 5. Listen to the advice and suggestions of faculty advisorsFor the past decade, the IGVC has been used by many engineering curriculums in the U.S. andoverseas to help students achieve invaluable engineering training. When properly executed, theengineering design projects pertaining to development of an IGVC vehicle can be used todemonstrate outcome of curricula that satisfy most if

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo Hubbard McWilliams

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”References Cited1- Cohen, EG, 1994, “Restructuring the classroom – conditions for productive small-groups”, Review ofEducational Research, 64(1), 1-35.2- Chen, JC et al., 2000, “Technology in engineering education: What do the faculty know and want”, Journal ofEngineering Education, 3, 279-283.2- Kumar, S, 2003, “An innovative method to enhance interaction during lecture sessions”, Advances in PhysiologyEducation, 27(1), 20-25.3- Zurita, G, M Nussbaum, and M Shaples, 2003, “Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services”,Lecture Notes in Computer

Conference Session

Instructional Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

, and industrial innovation, engineers make adisproportionately large contribution to U.S. economic health and national security. Thesecontributions notwithstanding, the U.S. faces a potentially serious shortage of engineers in thenear future. According to the National Science Board, the U.S. is unable to keep pace with othercountries in the rate at which college-age youth earn science and engineering (S&E) degrees.Six percent of American 24-year olds hold S&E degrees, versus 10% in the United Kingdom and9% in South Korea. Even as U.S. degree production lags, the number of S&E jobs is expected toincrease three times faster than all other occupations in the next decade.1To compensate for this shortfall, the U.S. has increasingly

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Krause

Associate Chair of the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at ASU.His teaching responsibilities are in the areas of general materials engineering, polymer science, characterization ofmaterials, and materials selection and design. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering, highperformance polymer fibers, and structural characterization of semiconductors. Most recently, he has been workingon a project in the NSF supported Foundation Coalition on the development of a Materials Concept Inventory forassessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes.SHARON E. ROBINSON KURPIUSSharon E. Robinson Kurpius is a professor of Counseling Psychology. She completed her doctorate in

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

, frominternal standards, external standards, and so forth. Bias in the technological product can startalready at this stage. Sometimes the problem is inappropriately stated in terms that tend toemphasize one particular solution. Designers are more likely to catch requirements theyunderstand and more likely to miss or misunderstand requirements that are in unfamiliar areas.This kind of inertia may give unfair advantage to existing approaches and discourage use ofmore innovative approaches that may actually solve the problem in a better way. The designermay not even be solving the right problem. For example, the designed solution may provideshort-term relief for a problem but fail to address the deeper issues that would lead to a morepermanent

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

are multidisciplinary. Theproject teams include students from one or more of the following engineering disciplines:computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, systemsengineering, environmental engineering, and information systems engineering. This enablesstudent teams to analyze problems from several viewpoints. These differing perspectives usuallyresult in a more thorough, and in some cases, more innovative design and implementation.The senior design project for students enrolled in the computer science major is a two-semesterdesign, build and test experience obtained through two courses – CS407A, Computer SystemsDesign I, and CS408A, Computer Systems Design II. CS407A is taken by seniors during the

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Reed Stevens; Lorraine Fleming; Cynthia Atman; Sheri Sheppard; Theresa Barker; Ruth Streveler

their valuable contributions to this research.Bibliography1. Sheppard, S.D. and Silva, K. (2001) Descriptions of Engineering Education: Faculty, Student and EngineeringPractitioner Perspectives. 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, October 9-11, 2001, Reno, NV.2. Silva, K. and Sheppard, S.D. (2001). Enabling and Sustaining Educational Innovation. ASEE AnnualConference Proceedings, Alburqueue, NM, June.3. Wankat, P.C., Felder, R.M., Smith, K.A. and Oreovicz, F. (2002). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning inEngineering. In M.T. Huber and S. Morreale (Eds.), Disciplinary styles in the Scholarship of Teaching andLearning: Exploring Common Ground. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education and TheCarnegie

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

Document: 2004-1744 Writing Self-Assessment for First-Year Engineering Students: Initial Findings Chris Leslie, Elisa Linsky, Gunter Georgi Polytechnic UniversitySeeking to understand what and how students are learning about writing in its first-yearengineering course, we have implemented an assessment project for Polytechnic University’score engineering course. Building on an innovative Writing Consultant program that already wasimplemented for EG 1004, Introduction to Engineering and Design, the assessment project drawsseveral projects from English composition instruction to improve the

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

Page 8.243.8“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”bridge and concrete canoe teams is an avenue for students to acquire this academic advantage.This study revealed that the average GPA of participants in the student teams is about 3.26 whilethat of all CET students was 2.90 for the same quarter. The difference in GPAs can be attributedto students applying skills learned through participation on the teams to class work.The younger students involved with the team learn some of the techniques used in upper leveldesign courses such as free body diagrams, while developing innovative hands-on connectiondetails and construction

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis Di Bella

still fighting a battle. This battle was no longer on the battlefield but rather on the field of economic survival. Thestruggling country needs to manufacturer goods not only for its internal use but also for export to raise money for purchasing other goodsthat are needed by the growing populace. How does the young government kick-start the economical survival engines that can begin topower its people onward to self-sufficiency?The solution that the U.S. government turned to was as dramatic as it was surprising to most of the populace. On April 10, 1790, theGovernment passed the U.S. Patent laws that clearly stated its desire to promote the innovation of the “Yankee” farmer, blacksmith, schoolteacher and in short, any American citizen to become

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surya Mallapragada; Maureen Griffin; Mary Huba; Jacqueline Shanks; Kevin Saunders; Charles Glatz

Innovators.” She earned her doctorate in chemical engineering at Purdue University.JACQUELINE V. SHANKS is Professor Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University and Adjunct Professor ofBioengineering at Rice University. She earned her doctorate in chemical engineering at the California Institute ofTechnology. Page 8.1256.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. Written Report Rubric Criteria Excellent (A

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Huba; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

learning can be enhanced. One of the key innovative elements ofthe new learning environment is a focus on the development of metacognitive skills. Thus, theseveral elements are incorporated into the modules that explicitly encourage students to reflectcritically on their work, monitor their progress towards understanding the problem, planning theproblem solving process, and evaluating their progress.As mentioned above, before moving on to the next phase of the projects, students are required toprovide a self-evaluation based on the same rubric that is used by the instructors. For example,as indicated by Table 4, before leaving the objective phase the students are prompted to evaluatethe completeness, clarity, and justification of the objective