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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian A. Waitz; Edward C. Barrett

peer review of oral presentations, prior to theirbeing presented for credit in the experimental projects course. This paper describes the unique features of this approach to undergraduate engineering education, andrepresents a progress report following a three-year experimental implementation of the new course model. TheExperimental Projects Lab and the Communications Practicum are described in more detail in Sections 2 and 3,respectively. The objectives of the two courses, overviews of the course formats, and examples of coursematerials are included. In Section 4 the modern information technologies which are used in the practicum arereviewed. An assessment of the effectiveness of the practicum based on student course evaluation

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Schachterle

. prouosed time schedule, indicating planning, implementation, revision and assessment peliods.Indicate “break-even” point on support investment.14. On-~oin~ support -- once the program is begun and the “bridge investment” start-up funding isexhausted, please indicate what resources will be needed to maintain and expand the program, and wherethese resources will come from. For example, indicate what current activities could be reduced to free upresources to support the initiative, and what external sources are reliable for on-going support.15. Plans to monitor success -- please identify appropriate metrics, and indicate at what point and by whatstandards you will reach the decision to continue the program

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald E. Richards

and restructuring undergraduate engineering curricula to create an enduring foundation forstudent development and life-long learning. The framework for this change is provided by examining andreevaluating how faculty and students interact in the classroom, how students can be challenged and helpedto see new links between topics, how technology can be used to improve learning, and how assessment canplay a role in improving the educational process. The members of the Foundation Coalition are committed to developing undergraduate engineeringprograms that will produce graduates who are committed to life-long learning; can work in teams; are de-mographically representative; can communicate effectively, understand and can apply the

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Merl Baker

and the macro process must besufficiently flexible to accommodate these promptly and effectively. This particulw ASEE audience is especially interested in graduate education for scientists and engineers, but allPh.D. programs must be assessed in the context of changing world conditions and job markets, and be altered accordingly.The traditional programs have and will continue to be effective in producing Ph.D.s for academe, national laboratories, andbasic research in industry, but the future demands for these traditional graduates will decrease further before a plateau isreached. However, mdirecdon to achieve adequately the objectives of Armsmong, Griffiths, Bloustein, and others is notsimply providing a limited focus on

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

undergraduates will generate avaluable experience for all involved.BibliographyBarbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.Norbert Elliot et al. “The Assessment of Technical Writing: A Case Study,” Journal of Technical Writingand Communication, VOI,24, No. 1, Winter 1994, p.9.Ronald L. Miller and Barbara Olds, “A Model Curriculum for A Capstone Course in MultidisciplinaryEngineering Design,” Journal of Enxineerin~ Education, VOI.83,N0.4 October 1993, pp. 311-323.Peer commentaw on Peer Review : A Case Studv in Scientific Ch.mlitv Control, New York: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1982CRAIG JAMES GUNNCraig James Gunn is the Director of Communication for the Department of Mechanical Engineering atMichigan State University. He was

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl F. Meyer; Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

mechanism for pacing the class, ensuring thatmaterial is never presented faster than the students can assimilate it and record it in their notebooks, This structured methodology may seem constraining; but in practice it merely provides a framework,within which individual instructors have considerable flexibility to use innovative techniques and newtechnologies, and to express their own personalities.How Does It Work? At the end of every academic year, we administer a comprehensive survey to our graduating seniors. Weallow them to respond anonymous y and ask them to be as honest as possible in their assessment of our coursesand programs. One of the survey questions reads, “Which teaching styles stand out as particularlyeffective?” In

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zenon Jan Pudlowski; Peter LePoer Darvall

learning processes and assess the effectiveness of teaching programs designed for developing technologies. ● Carry out research on equipment, textbooks, courseware and software utilised in engineering education and encourage further research in these areas. ● Collect information on advances in engineering education and develop modern techniques for the dissemination of this knowledge. ● Promote collaboration in the field of engineering education between institutions in developed and developing countries. ● Provide short courses and seminars on engineering education for academic staff, industrial management and community leaders and organise conferences on the advancement of engineering

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Ware; Charles F. Yokomoto

individual differences. He has been published in the Journalof Psychological Type, the Journal of Personality Assessment, and Psychological Reports. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings Page 1.504.8

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard E. Pfile

TONE_INPUT constants. The following code illustrates reading theA/D converter and writing the result out the D/A converter. A stereo cassette player can provide asuitable input signal and stereo headphones can be connected to the output. .**** ? ***** ********************************************* ; Data IN and OUT routine ; program skeleton to which later routines are added 9.**** ***** ********************************************* ; Codec assess program supplied by Motorola with the EVM include ‘codec.asm’ ; Program “mist.asm” is documented in this paper include ‘mist.asm

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick L. Homkes; Kevin D. Taylor

digital counter laboratory resulted in a(college) freshmen design project. In this case, two high school teachers played the role of “customer” inmaking the design specifications. Without performing a longitudinal study assessing the results of this program, is difficult. However,several of the teachers involved have performed pre- and post-testing of the students with positive results.Future Plans We feel the project is well developed after this second successful year. The primary concern iscontinuing to fund VISION. It is anticipated that the Eisenhower grant obtained for VISION 95 will not berenewed since it was previously funded. Current plans are to solicit funds from businesses who do not wish tobe hosts. At present, the plan

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl F. Meyer; Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

students’ understanding of structural behavior and improve their ability to visualizethree-dimensional structural systems.Introduction In general, design of steel structural systems is accomplished by first envisioning every possible failuremode -- or limit state -- for the system and its constituent members; then proportioning the members such thatnone of these limit states can occur under the required loading conditions. Modern steel design codes specifydesign strength equations corresponding to each limit state, thus providing designers with a consistent, rationalbasis for assessing the adequacy of a given member. The typical introductory steel design course is principallyconcerned with teaching these strength equations and their application

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Willard D. Bostwick; Walter Buchanan

community. The article gives a brief history of theETC and looks into what the ETC might do to enhance the position of engineering technology in theengineering spectrum, Introduction In 1970 Winston D. Purvine became the first chair of the Engineering Technology Council. The ETCwas created to assess and recommend policies affecting the overall administration of the Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited technical colleges and schools. The ETC can also be usedto provide forums for discussion and an information exchange concerning problems and experiences oftechnical colleges and institutions, to represent and to speak on behalf of member technical colleges, and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ph.D., Richard H. Turpin; Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

of Chemical Processes, Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998. JOSEPH A. SHAEIWITZ received his B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and his M.S. andPh.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are in design and design education. Ofparticular interest is the use of performance problems to complement design problems, the integration of designexperiences throughout the curriculum, and assessment of learning outcomes. RICHARD TURTON received a B.Sc. from the University of Nottingham and an M.S. from Oregon StateUniversity. He then worked for 4 years in the engineering and construction industry prior to obtaining his Ph.D.from Oregon State University. His current research interests are

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno 'Ed' Koehn

educational attributes have and/or should be incorporated into the civil engineeringprogram at a reasonably high level. The attributes chosen are those that are listed in the “ABETEngineering Criteria 2000” report. They include the proposed criteria that, if adopted, allstudents from accredited engineering programs must satisfy in order to be awarded anengineering degree.References1. “ABET Engineering Criteria 2000”. (1995). Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), Baltimore, MD.2. A Framework for the Assessment of Engineering Education. (1996). ASEE, Washington, DC.3. Engineering Education for a changing world. (1994). American Society for Engineering Education

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Armstrong

independently, starting with the simplest plant and control model, and a relatively structuredidentification experiment, controller design and performance assessment. The student moves toself-designed system identification and controller design. The cap stone of the course is acompetitive controls application which challenges the students command of the theoretical toolsas well as thoroughness and accuracy of experimental technique.1. Introduction The education literature provides many examples of high quality laboratory instructionprograms in controls engineering (e.g. [l, 2, 4]). One challenge to designing any laboratoryprogram is to involve the student in discovery learning, as opposed to closely directed verificationof physical principles. The

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

the practice of engineering or its teaching for innovation. As a long-term consequence, U.S. research-oriented graduate engineering education has become world preeminent and is excellent for the graduate education of future academic scientists for basic research. But a ‘disconnect’ exists in professional graduate engineering education for the creative practice of engineering at too many of the nation’s universities ─ contributing to the long-term underdevelopment of the nation’s graduate engineers and sequential decline of U.S. engineering for innovation. As Eric Walker, pointed out years ago: “Teaching research isn’t teaching engineering.”16 The National Collaborative Task Force reaffirms Christopher Hill’s assessment

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cliff Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Bridges, Carnegie Mellon University; David Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Cynthia Murphy, University of Texas, Austin; Braden Allenby, Arizona State University; Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University; Eric Williams, Arizona State University; John Crittenden, Georgia Tech; Sharon Austin, EPA

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Environmental Engineering

objectives, and based on suggestions made in the breakout group discussions.Day 2 begins with brief presentations of learning objectives completed overnight from twomembers of each group with particularly effective learning objectives, a total of eightpresentations, followed by open discussion. These presentations are followed by discussion onwhat made these learning objectives effective, and suggestions on what all participants can do todevelop outstanding learning objectives.The workshop then turns its attention to tools used by engineers in practicing SE, such asmaterial and energy flows and balances, carbon calculators, and life cycle assessments (LCA). Asession briefly introduces these tools and focuses on different methods of conducting LCA

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Pamela Vercellone-Smith, Penn State Great Valley; Sally Sue Richmond, Penn State Great Valley

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

mental capacity, bothpotential (e.g., intelligence, aptitude, talent) and manifest (e.g., extant knowledge, skill,experience); the latter can be measured in terms of both type (i.e., domain – discipline, area ofstudy) and degree (i.e., amount – novice, expert) 19,23. Cognitive style is defined as a “strategic,stable characteristic – the preferred way in which people respond to and seek to bring aboutchange” (including the solution of problems) 19. As such, cognitive style is a bipolar constructthat is independent from level; it also has multiple dimensions, including Adaption-Innovation(A-I) and Introversion-Extraversion, among others. Here, we will focus on A-I cognitive styleand its assessment using KAI® (the Kirton Adaption-Innovation

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

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Two Year College Division

determine the recharging timeunder various conditions. Page 14.746.6Figure 5: Photovoltaic Battery Charger Tested Indoors with a Compact Fluorescent Light.Students are able to keep the battery charger. In either outdoor testing with the sun or indoortesting with a 200 W (equivalent) compact fluorescent light, the unit is able to recharge the twoAA batteries to a usable level in 30 to 60 minutes. Complete recharging takes much longer, butthe 30 minute charging time allows the project to be completed in the amount of time availablefor a typical laboratory session.EvaluationIn addition to assessment of topic-specific content knowledge, several scales

Conference Session

Successful Mentoring and Outreach Programs for Girls and Minorities

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Campo, Rice University; Stephanie Rice, Rice University; Daniela Rimer, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering. The programfollows the requirements for successful outreach as described by a recent study at Oak RidgeNational Lab, including beginning with an assessment that involves students and teachers,building partnerships, incorporating college students, securing funding, making regularevaluations, and publishing results [7]. DREAM (Designing with Rice Engineers – Achievementthrough Mentorship) couples small teams of two to three high school mentees with anundergraduate mentor to collaborate to solve a design challenge. Groups meet at least once aweek for 5-7 weeks, allowing sufficient time for the mentoring relationship to form naturally.Physics concepts and scientific reasoning skills are introduced and reinforced. Teams are able todesign

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Younker; Ann McKenna

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Design in Engineering Education

evidence, but thecomplexity of the knowledge was limited by fewer past courses. Page 14.598.8One consideration for future studies may be to assess how far into the design process thefreshman teams progress. Inability to proceed past the Conceptual or Preliminary Design stagesof the design process could hamper the number of decisions these teams could make.To further study the knowledge students use in decision making, we are currently investigatingthe students’ decision making during all the stages of the design process, from ProblemDefinition to Design Communication. In particular, we are taking a more ethnographic approachto gain a better

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-93: WHEN GENDER COMES INTO PLAY: FACTORS THATDISTINGUISH COLLEGES OF ENGINEERING WITH ABOVE AND BELOWAVERAGE ENROLLMENT OF WOMEN IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERINGElizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Elizabeth Creamer is Professor, Educational Research and Evaluation at Virginia Tech where she teaches graduate research courses in mixed methods and qualitative research. She is the PI or co-PI of three research projects funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate issues related gender and enrollment and success in STEM fields. Over the last six years, she also has served as the Director of Research and Assessment for the NSF funded AdvanceVT grant

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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International

University of Central Florida. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from Kansas State University in 1979; and a M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, in 1981 and 1992 respectively. From 1980 to 1986 he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. His research interests currently include quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics, communication and control system performance assessment and refinement, solar energy, and optical sensors.Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University Walter W. Buchanan is J.R. Thompson Chair Professor and Department Head of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

the consultants from the firm serving as clients. Thispedagogical technique adopted for each of the physical elements of transportation provides thenecessary depth to enhance the understanding of the development of the design procedure. Thegraduate students have to do a presentation and a paper on contemporary topics and the studentperformance measurement metrics, the student assessment, and the course evaluations arepresented to demonstrate the effectiveness of this technique.Problem-Based-Learning (PBL)As the label implies, problem-based learning is an educational approach where an ill-structuredproblem initiates learning. PBL is necessarily interdisciplinary: by addressing real-worldproblems, students are required to cross the traditional

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Eisner, George Washington University

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Engineering Management

understanding and proficiency. More often thannot, the resultant examples are placed in the context of a comparative assessment of thecost and effectiveness of alternatives. These alternatives can be at both the architecturallevel as well as at the subsystem level of design. 5. StandardsEmphasis is placed upon standards for both systems and software engineering, bothcurrent and historical. Special emphasis is placed upon EIA 632 and ISO/IEC 15288,both of which are “process” oriented and apply to systems engineering. On the softwareside, IEEE/EIA 12207 is of particular interest. The CMMI is also an important part ofexploring this overall topic and its influence and impact. 6. Software EngineeringSoftware engineering is viewed as a critical part of

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas, Brownsville; Adriana Perez, University of Texas, Brownsville; Gabriala Oropeza, University of Texas, Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

technology orientedapplications. We also hope that the department’s concerted effort and repeated assessment andmodification will generate more collaborative programs across many fields.Future WorkEnhancements for the systems are under way. As non-technical users (i.e. the healthprofessionals) are using the system, they are reporting not only bugs but also features they wouldlike to have. The next release of the software will be updated to reflect these features. Computerscience majors can choose to work on the project to work on as part of their undergraduate work.More importantly, the involved departments, The University of Texas Health Science Center at

Conference Session

Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fredrick Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Ronald Krahe, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

assembly is shown; however, thestudents were required to submit models and drawings for eachcomponent of the assembly. Students were required to perform team assessments and perform awrite-up about Reengineering. Also, students were required to give an oral presentation of theirproject. Their presentation needed to include how the components were constructed as well asthe assembly, any difficulties with the creation of the models and/or assembly, and answerquestions from the audience (instructor and fellow students). Page 14.472.4Figure 1 shows the project of an oscilloscope. Figure 2 shows the project of a DC Machine.As shown, the projects tested the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Haws, Boise State University

evenmore fallacious: • that grants and publications comprise a faculty’s most significant activities; • that there is a positive correlation between outliers with regards to past performance and similar outliers with regards to future performance; and • that there is any good reason to infer a causal connection between past performance and future performance (the Problem of Induction).Even if our search committee assessment of faculty potential, based on past performance (reallyjust are best guess) were accurate, there would still be social goals, better served with a greater Page 11.1455.6degree

Conference Session

Design in Manufacturing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Tomasi, Alfred State College; Margaret Weeks

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Engineering Technology

approval butcommunicating in writing which design they consider to be optimal, affords an additional layerof cognitive knowledge and application assessment for the educator. It is also a powerfullearning tool in terms of getting students to think about future requests from industry clients.The creation of a working prototype in a machine design course complements the tactile-kinesthetic learning component. Students are required to develop a working prototype thatemulates their computational and graphical solution to the design challenge. Using LEGOEngineering Educational Products, students eagerly await the opportunity to complete this stepof the informed design process as seen in the illustrations below.At some point during the course of each

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Pumphrey, University of Cincinnati; Anna Hoessle, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

four months of intensive preparation) competed with the timeavailable to complete the prescribed research and necessary class work. Thus, although theresearch and service learning activities were designed to follow a parallel track, the projectsuffered from insufficient overlap between the two activities resulting in an unacceptabledemand on the time of the students. When the project is repeated in 2006, it is expected that thepreparation and visit to Roche will demand less time as compared to the inaugural visit. At thattime, it will be possible to provide an honest assessment if the approach described here withinrepresents a viable option to link graduate-level research and service learning. Alternatively,course credit may be assigned to the