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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

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Pauline Melgoza

Session 2793 A Study of ILI Standards Database Cost Savings At Texas A&M University Pauline Melgoza Texas A&M UniversityAbstractAs the cost of electronic databases continues to rise, some educational institutions are beingforced to cancel some of their electronic database subscriptions, including standards services.Standards databases might be cancelled because of high prices and narrow user applicability.This paper will address how the ILI Standards database may be used in lieu of other alternativesto continue to give the

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ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

interest. Over the lastthree years, undergraduate and graduate students in the program have presented their project andresearch results in a variety of forums2, 3, 4, 5 .Impact, Dissemination and EvaluationThis interdisciplinary program represents a significant change in the delivery of engineeringeducation in microelectronics not only in our College, but to universities and related industries.This curriculum, integrating a portion of the technical cores of ECE and ME, requires carefulassessment of performance in the delivery and the response of our students and employers. Thistask is aided by the assessment of all engineering courses, which continues in our College withefforts to exceed the requisites of the criteria of ABET 2000.This

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2001 Annual Conference

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Neil Opfer; Jaeho Son; John Gambatese

through to heavy construction.In addition, we wanted students to gain insight into construction problems faced by firms inthese markets. These insights might help students to focus on areas of exploration in completingthesis or project requirements for their particular degree study plan. Also, we wanted to exposestudents to research that involved our construction faculty members. A further goal was toencourage student presentations on their selected topics.In order to address these above concerns, it was decided to implement a graduate seminar inconstruction. This is a two-course one-credit (two total credits) sequence spread over twoconsecutive semesters. Currently, we are in the second year of offering this graduate seminar.The subject paper

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2001 Annual Conference

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Katherine Liapi

personal effort to identify andselectively include a significant geometric component in the architectural engineeringcurriculum, which, in her opinion, can offer tools for the study and visualization ofarchitectural and structural systems. This body of knowledge includes concepts from bothEuclidean Geometry, that remains the primary source of geometric concepts that addressthe 3D nature of buildings, and concepts of more recent geometries, that address differentconfigurations than the Euclidean, or focus on different non-dimensional aspects of thearchitectural or structural morphology such as parabolic geometry, topology, developmentsin fractal geometry etc. (Liapi, ASEE 2000)This paper expands on this effort. More specifically this new effort of

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2001 Annual Conference

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R. Williams; F. Edwards; E. Egemen; Adrian Hanson

paper revisits this design experience andshares some thoughts regarding introduction of a consulting engineering environment into the classroomsetting for capstone design experience. Issues of interest are team selection, project load distribution withinteams, personal billable time, engineer/manufacturer interaction, permit procurement, client interactions,understanding plans, specifications, and contract documents, and presentation of the final product to theclient.IntroductionThe goal of capstone courses is to have students experience the overall design process as a whole andrealize the different components of an engineering design project. In general, the design process is aninteractive process with the client and regulatory agencies to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Gwan-Ywan Lai

conducting undergraduate research and independent study, andpublishing theses and technical papers. The enhanced CMM systems have also been used in pre-college programs for junior/senior high school women and minorities. More experimentalexperiences, progress and results of this project will be presented when they become available inthe future.AcknowledgementsThe equipment purchase for this project has been supported in part by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF-ILI: DUE-9851082). Dr. Tom Howell is the NSF Program Director for thisproject. A matching fund is provided by Kettering University. Additional support has beenreceived from Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, MTI Corporation, and the Society ofManufacturing Engineers. The author

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie C.T. Van Tyne P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Chester J. Van Tyne, Colorado School of Mines; Kathryne Van Tyne, University of Chicago

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Women in Engineering

mayinfluence how students evaluate themselves and others. The present paper explores the role ofgender in self-evaluation and peer evaluation, with regard to both teamwork and final overallperformance, as measured by final course grade in a first-year engineering design course.Individual Factors for Successful EvaluationsSince part of our study relies upon a self-evaluation of the students' performance on a team, it isimportant to understand how students approach such evaluations. Self-evaluation of one’steamwork skills and contributions to the success of a design team is influenced, in part, by an Page 22.739.2attribute known as self-efficacy. Self

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Understanding Our Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert M. Bielby, University of Michigan; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Donald D. Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Janel A. Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan; Eunjong Ra, University of Michigan ; Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

application of psycho-social models of moral expertise. He also conducts research in student motivation, service learning, and project-based learning. His technical re- search is focused on degradation of biomedical materials in vitro. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the online journal Advances in Engineering Education, is Chair of the ASEE Materials Division, and was ERM Vice-Chair for the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference. He recently received the 2008 President’s Service Learning Award for innovations in the use of service learning at Cal Poly. In 2004 he was named a Templeton Research Fellow by the Center for Academic Integrity, Duke University. Dr. Harding received both the 1999 Apprentice Faculty Grant and 2000

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Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Paul Merritt Lane, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

for Engineering StudentsAbstractAn increasing number of employers, students and engineering schools are recognizing the value of meaningfulinternational and intercultural experiences. However, students in prerequisite driven curriculums like engineeringfind it hard to fit time to go abroad into their schedules without delaying graduation. The problem compounded forstudents in institutions that require periods of cooperative education. This paper describes a program designed toaddress these concerns while challenging students cultural frameworks and engineering talent.The program provides participating students with an in-depth cultural immersion experience in Nicaragua, thesecond poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. During the three

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Capstone Design Projects in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; J.Kevin Taylor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Electrical and Computer

recreational activities. The end-users of these devices are given opportunities to exercise and experience greater independencethrough the devices designed by students in the class. This paper presents the design of thecapstone class and the intent behind the in-class activities and out-of-class assignments thatguide students through the design process.BackgroundService-learning occurs when “Students engage in community service activities with intentionalacademic and learning goals and opportunities for reflection that connect to their academicdiscipline” (Cress et al, 2005)1. It has been shown to be one of ten high-impact (i.e., those thatprovide for deep learning) “educationally purposeful activity” 2,3. The reflection aspect ofservice-learning is

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Innovations in Computing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tao Xing, Tuskegee University; Legand L. Burge Jr., Tuskegee University; Heshmat A. Aglan, Tuskegee University

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Computing & Information Technology

, and effective and efficient management of a modest research and development program for the College. The College continues to be a top ten producer of engineering graduates who possess the technical talent to compete in industry, governmental and academia. Dr. Burge has served on the advisory board for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate, the Advisory Committee on Government Performance Assessment, Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering, Advancing Minorities’ Interests In Engineering (AMIE), Historically Black Col- leges and Universities (HBCU) Council of Deans of Engineering, and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). He served as a member of the American

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott J. Anson P.E. P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

/process design, and processimprovement. The curriculum restructuring involves the integration of previous laboratoryexercises with new exercises on existing equipment and the new equipment using manufacturingphilosophies such as lean, agile, and 5S. The paper will describe the new laboratory curriculumand how the manufacturing systems techniques were utilized to realize significant beneficialrestructuring.Background and MotivationA robotics course as a technical elective and a required course provide upper-level engineeringtechnology students with an interesting class experience within their desired curriculum atRochester Institute of Technology. Allowing students to gain applied knowledge of some of thecurrent robotics equipment is in the

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Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara A. Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) careers and improving students’ content knowledge in these topicareas. The goal of SECOP is to address the shortage of African American, Latino andNative American and female students studying STEM at college level by introducingstudents to pre-engineering and advanced mathematics classes early in their academiccareers. The objectives of SECOP coincide with the objectives of American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE):• increasing awareness of opportunities available in science, engineering and technical fields;• increasing students’ confidence to grasp mathematics, technology and science subjects;• improving student achievement in mathematics, technology and science;• mentoring students through

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Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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Environmental Engineering

that learners engaged in PBL explore a wider range of potential solutions to aproblem, and engage in increased and more sophisticated critical analyses (i.e, to parse data anddistill important ideas from a large pool of information) when tackling a problem. While PBLencourages creative problem solving and reasoning coupled with self directed learning, it hasbeen found to be most effective when learners can employ a solid understanding of theory asscaffolding for conceptual change[6-11].The PBL process is well suited to engineering curricula considering its emphasis on findingcreative solutions to problems having technical and societal constraints. Moreover, PBL aids inthe transfer of knowledge and skills, as well as self-directed learning

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andy Shaojin Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology; Iem H. Heng, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2012-3515: UTILIZING PROJECT-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY DE-SIGN ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE STEM EDUCATIONDr. Andy Shaojin Zhang, New York City College of Technology Andy S. Zhang earned his master’s in mechanical engineering from the City College of New York in 1987 and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1995. Zhang’s research area includes materials testing, product design and prototyping, CAD/CAE, and mechatronics. From 2007 to 2009, Zhang served as a member of the Pre-engineering Advisory Commission of Advisory Council for Career and Technical Education of NYC Department of Education, which was designed to help high schools to enhance existing technology

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Computers in Education Division Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Jaime Israel Juarez, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

theattrition rate has become a severe nationwide problem1. Surveys reveal that many students areunable to comprehend “what is happening to their program in the memory” and “each instructionis executed in the state created by the previous instructions” 2, 3. To help students understand theessence of programming, revamping the teaching materials to effectively deliver the knowledgebecomes essential.This paper presents a work that is currently conducted at the Computer Science Department ofABC University, which, through pilot testing, showed to be efficient in increasing studentengagement and supporting teachers’ instructional needs. The key strategy is to use newcourseware to enhance student learning. Developed by applying Flash and

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"Modular" Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #6683Loose Change and Dishwasher Optimization: Creative Applications of Engi-neering StatisticsDr. Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer-ing Dr. Matthew Cooper was born in Elkins, W.Va. and received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University in 2002. Following a position as an oilfield engineer with Schlumberger, Dr. Cooper attended Ohio University for graduate work. His M.S. research with Dr. Gerardine Botte focused on the electrochemical production of hydrogen from ammonia for PEM fuel cell applications. Dr. Cooper continued his

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Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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April A. Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Maria Dawn Blevins, University of Utah

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Engineering Ethics

in students the importance of sustainability and sustainabledesign considerations. While some colleges of engineering have taken on grand educationalinitiatives to educate students about sustainability and the importance of sustainable design,2-3 westill have an uphill climb to truly transform engineering education to be more focused onsustainable, systems-oriented design, and problem solving.One first step to transforming the culture is to learn how students view sustainability and itsrelationship to engineering. This is especially important since notions of sustainability andsustainable engineering are wide and varied.4 In this paper, we present Mechanical Engineeringstudents’ conceptions of sustainability and how sustainability relates to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Christopher Vondrachek; Joseph Hoffbeck

Session 2793 A Speech and Music Detector Project for a DSP Class Christopher J. Vondrachek, Joseph P. Hoffbeck University of PortlandAbstractA project is described in this paper which is designed to monitor a radio station and detectcommercials and talking, which would allow the radio to be muted so the listener would not bedistracted by obnoxious radio ads and D.J.’s. The project is designed to be an interestingapplication of a very simple pattern recognition system and requires little more than a low passfilter, high-pass filter, and a threshold scheme. The approach was to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Maliaca Strom

format. Many of these faculty members stated that the UA Library should continue to receive and store the print versions of materials for archival reasons. 2. Reproduction Limitations - Concerns focused on the ability to view and read journal content in an electronic format. Responses in this category included faculty members who voiced a direct preference for print journals. 3. Equipment Limitations - Many faculty members were concerned with technical aspects of the transition to electronic journals such as equipment costs, upgrades, maintenance and technical support. Other concerns included the number of terminals available on campus for students and faculty, as well as the ability to find the money that would be needed to

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeff Fant

Session 2793 Technology Awareness Program: Adventures in Wireless Telecommunications Jeff Fant, Telecommunications Professor Collin County Community College, McKinney, TexasAbstractThe current paper describes a program to integrate Secondary with Post-SecondaryEducation in the fields of Math and Science and increase the quantity and quality ofindividuals entering into the High Tech Workforce. Components include curriculumdevelopment and instruction by community college telecommunications professors,corporate sponsorship and mentors, as well as support from the American Radio RelayLeague

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2001 Annual Conference

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Phillip McReynolds; Andras Gordon; Andrew Lau; Richard Devon

Session 2525 Transformations: Ethics and Design Richard Devon, Andrew Lau, Philip McReynolds, and Andras Gordon Engineering Design & Graphics, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractThis paper will focus on an ethics curriculum that has been developed for design projects. Therationale behind it is discussed and some preliminary feedback from students is reviewed. Thecurriculum for the design projects is distinctive in several fundamental ways. These departuresfrom more traditional views of “engineering ethics” were not come by easily and they have takenmany years to develop. 1) We view all design

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2001 Annual Conference

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Shirley Holloway

be entered inMERLIN+ via a WYSIWYG interface that allows cutting and pasting between Microsoft Wordand MERLIN+ (while preserving formatting and tables), image inserting, and text formatting.MERLIN+ also allows users to print directly from its system instead of downloading thedocument as a word file.MERIN+ addresses the need for a world-class software application. Currently we are exploring amodel known in industry as the Application Service Provider (ASP) concept. NAIT clientswould pay an annual subscription fee to use the MERLIN+ system. All content entered by theclient would be housed separately from the NAIT curriculum database.Training for MERLINInstructors are busy people and have little time to explore the technical niceties of MERLIN

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2001 Annual Conference

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Les Kinsler; David Delker

microprocessor-based controlapplication. The industry partner agreed to allow the C programming class to write theapplication as a class project. This project required the students to incorporate interrupts, timing,signal monitoring, real-time calculations, and extensive interfacing to input and output devices.This paper focuses on the unique interaction between students and industry and the benefits thatthis real-world process brought into the course and into the academic program.IntroductionApplications in C Programming for Engineering Technology, CMST 222, is a course designed tointroduce non-Computer Science Technology majors to the C language. Most of the students inthis class have limited exposure to third-generation programming languages. Applied

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2001 Annual Conference

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Salvatore Marsico

Page 6.187.1which fell into the public domain because of a failure to comply with formalities that then Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationexisted in U.S. law. In addition, the DMCA creates prohibitions for circumvention oftechnological measures used by the copyright owners to protect their works and one ontampering with copyright management information6. This paper will focus on the impact of theDMCA on faculty and nonprofit educational institutions involved in the both traditionalclassroom activities and some form of distance education.II. DMCA and the Copyright ActThe DMCA as signed into law by President

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2001 Annual Conference

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

the technical areas. b) Become a member of a school’s PTO/PTA, or School Advisory Council. Parents need guidance in understanding the issues surrounding the standards for technological literacy and the effects on their children. c) Serve as a reviewer when schools/districts are considering adopting new curricular materials, e.g., science or technology textbooks, workbooks, or equipment. New curricular materials should be aligned with the standards for technological literacy. d) Become involved in the school’s Career and Technical Student Organization. Engineers working with students and their teachers on technologically oriented projects and programs

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2000 Annual Conference

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Winston F. Erevelles

Session 3663 Design and Implementation of an Automated Cell for Injection Molding Winston F. Erevelles Robert Morris CollegeAbstractThe current paper describes a senior-level course in Robotics taught by the author at KetteringUniversity in the Spring session of 1999. The course was taught in project form and dealt withthe design and implementation of an automated manufacturing cell for molding, unloading, anddegating injection molded parts. The class had 11 students majoring in ManufacturingEngineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Applied

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2000 Annual Conference

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Wei Lin; Sharon Cobb; Floyd Patterson; Carol Davis; Robert Pieri; G. Padmanabhan

playingfield for the discussion and allows for easy prioritizing of ideas. All discussion is simultaneousand anonymous so the discussion can move quickly and more equitably than sometimes possiblein verbal discussions. This system allowed a very detailed discussion of the project to address thecultural issues and needs of the Tribal Colleges and to determine where and how to invest theproject resources. This paper will describe the evolution of the proposal from its conception tosubmission. The description will include five sections: introduction, prior collaboration, ONRproject collaboration, Group Decision Center’s role, and the ONR proposal concept with StudentPathways, Project Management and Activity Flow Charts as submitted in the proposal

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2001 Annual Conference

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Pamela Hussen; Jose Castro; Robert J. Gustafson

including seniors, 2nd, 6th and 15thyear alumni, this area showed the fourth largest gap of the twenty-five outcomes areas surveyed.The Outcomes Assessment Committee in its deliberations did not feel it had adequateunderstanding of the root cause(s) to help programs make definitive changes. As one approachto better understand this difference, a task group from the committee choose to develop a one-page, topic specific survey of alumni to be used during 1999-2000 academic year only. The goalof the survey being to further define what preparation or abilities were of highest priority in thisarea and how these might be best accomplished. Structure and results from the survey developedare described in this paper.2. Survey DevelopmentThe Task Group

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2001 Annual Conference

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Peg Boyle Single; Carol Muller

mentoring relationships conducted via e-mail. This large-scale, multi-campus program offers on-line applications, matching, training, andon-going coaching for participants, and evaluation. Increasing student participation from justover 200 to 2,000 over 3-1/2 years leads to a rich database for evaluation. These 2,000 studentsattend 71 different institutions of higher education, including community colleges.MentorNet is unique among large-scale e-mentoring programs in conducting extensiveevaluation to determine retention, long-term benefits to the participants, and outcomes associatedwith the e-mentoring process. This paper will describe the program and its evaluation findings,with a particular focus on the results of a survey of student