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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2003 Annual Conference

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Asif Shakur; Kenny Fotouhi; Ali Eydgahi; Ibibia Dabipi

Session 1332 A Novel Microwave Engineering Course in a Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program Asif Shakur1, Protap Pramanick2, Ali Eydgahi3, Ibibia K. Dabipi3, Mohammad Fotouhi 3 1 Salisbury University/ 2K&L Microwave/ 3University of Maryland Eastern Shore Salisbury, Maryland / Salisbury, Maryland / Princess Anne, MarylandIn this paper, we describe a fairly innovative microwave engineering course with a concurrentlaboratory. This course is offered in the context of a collaborative electrical engineeringprogram among Salisbury University (SU), University of

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo

, assume that the system is in equilibrium and willcontinue to stay in equilibrium. 1. For the figure shown below, if the force being applied at the middle of the beam is moved closer to the left end of the beam, you would expect the reaction at the left end of the beam to a. Increase b. Decrease c. Remain the same d. Not a clue 2. All of the following are units of force except a. Newtons b. Kilograms c. Pounds d. Not a clue Page 8.1323.9 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Leighty; Recayi Pecen

Power Sys., vol. 8, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 264-272.[25] G. Czisch, and B. Ernst,” Smoothing Windpower over huge catchment area”, AWEA’Windpower 2001Conference, June1, 2001.[26] G. Keith, W. Leighty, “Transmitting 4,000MW of New Windpower from North Dakota to Chicago:New HVDC Electric Lines or Hydrogen Pipeline?”, 14th World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Montreal,Session A1.2 1330, 9-13 June 02.[27] S. C. Tripathy, et al., “Production Costing And Economic Analysis Of Power Systems Containing WindEnergy Conversion Systems”, Energy Conversion And Management, Vol. 39 (7), May 1998, Pp. 649-659RECAYI PECENRecayi Pecen holds a B.S.E.E. and an M.S. in Controls and Computer Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University,an M.S.E.E. from the

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

applications. They would explore how their talents and interests could be utilized in exciting technology-related careers. b. The participants would be able to pose questions to a panel of women technology students. c. The Women in Technology members would serve as mentors and role models for the participants during the course of the workshop. d. Lunch would be served, and a keynote speaker would address the students and parents.Implementation of the Outreach WorkshopUnaware of the time involved in complying with their request, in February 2002, the WorkshopCommittee asked for address labels of students who met the above-mentioned criteria fromStudent Services. By the time the labels were received, it was already mid

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Integrating Math in Mechanical Engineering Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

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Bob Freeman

top) are specified and shown in WM2D relative to the box. 2. A Camtasia tutorial aimed at showing how to create and position the frames is then viewed. 3. Two points A and B fixed to the box top (the moving pivots of the resulting 4-Bar) are then arbitrarily selected/specified. 4. A Camtasia tutorial, shown in Figure 6 explains how Working Model assigns body-fixed reference frames, and how to locate body-fixed pin joints relative to that frame. 5. A series of figures generated using WM2D and ending with Figure 7, illustrating a graphical procedure for solving the 3FSP CMS problem is then given. 6. The resulting 4R-4Bar is then shown in one of the specified positions, as seen in Figure 8

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ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Norman Anderson; Mani Mina

Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Relate Electric field and electric potential. Adv. level: Work with concept of E field and definition of unit charge, and relate that to force, measurement of force, measurement of potential, etc. 2. The Lorentz force A significant law r r r v An equation to remember A basis for definitions of E and B F = q( E + v xB) E is electric field intensity in V/m. • It is defined as the force per unit charge. B is the magnetic flux density in Tesla=Wb

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Teaching Strategies in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joan Walker

based on this same focus question. Students were allowed, and encouraged,to use this map as a study guide and “final exam cheat sheet” (see Appendix B). At thistime, students also completed a brief anonymous survey asking them to indicate their areaof interest, and to rate the difficulty of the mapping task in general and in terms ofspecific aspects of the task on a 5-point scale (e.g., generating concepts vs. labelinglinks). This survey also asked students if they had prior experience with concept mapsand if they would use concept maps as a personal study practice or as a tool forpresenting material to others. Students also had space to make any comments.To assist the class in understanding the use of concept maps as a tool for

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

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Thomas Harmon

Study Occasion and tasks Week 1 Weeks 2-3 Week 4 (a) Regular classroom lectures (a) Regular classroom lectures (a) Regular classroom lectures (b) Pre-ISIS constructed (b) ISIS 12 hrs (5-6 sessions) (b) Post-ISIS constructed knowledge maps, 20-minute, on- knowledge maps, 20-minutes, line, controlled environment on-line, controlled environment (c) Pre-ISIS student survey (52-item) (d) Pre-ISIS Self-regulation survey (32-item)To address the issue

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Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusong Li; Eugene J. LeBoeuf

necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References1. Weber, W.J. and F.A. DiGiano, Process dynamics in environmental systems. 1996, New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc.2. Apache Tomcat. http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tomcat/.3. Kerrey, B. and J. Isakson, The power of the Internet for learning: Moving from promise to practice. 2000, Web- based education commission.YUSONG LI Yusong Li is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at VanderbiltUniversity. She received her B.S. degree and M.S. degree in environmental engineering from Tsinghua University(P. R. China). Her current research is on modeling the fate and transport of pollutants in subsurface environments.EUGENE J

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International Engineering Education I

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2003 Annual Conference

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Fazil Najafi

Session 2003-243 A Comparison of the Civil Engineering Curriculum at the University of Florida and the Catholic University of the North, Chile Patricio Tapia1, Dr. Fazil T. Najafi 2 Graduate Student University of Florida1, Professor University of Florida2AbstractThis paper compares the curriculum of the civil engineering undergraduate courses offered byboth the University of Florida (UF) and the Catholic University of the North (UCN). The maindifferences are related to the duration of the programs. The civil engineering undergraduatecourses at the UF have a duration of 4 years, whereas at the UCN

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Roselli

assignedfor each vector and couple, as well as for the location and direction of the vectors and couplescorrectly identified by the students.Table 1. Comparison of Problems used on Pre/Posttest and Problems Assigned with FBD Assistant Pretest and Posttest Homework, FBD AssistantProblem1 Section A of Diving Board Group 1 only, not assigned to Group 2Problem2 Section B of Diving Board Group 1 only, not assigned to Group 2Problem3 Pulley Assembly: pulley, pin, & support Group 2 only, not assigned to Group 1 Page 8.747.3

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Mathematics in the Transition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kyria Alfaro; Michael Mooney

Session 2665 Engineering Based Math and Science Curricular Units Implemented in 4th, 5th and 8th Grade Classrooms: A Case Study Kyria Alfaro, Lorena Barbosa, Yetunde Ishola, Patrick Gorman, Nicholas Marquez, Michael Mooney1.0 IntroductionAdventure Engineering (AE), launched in 1999 with funding from the National ScienceFoundation, is a middle grade science and math outreach initiative aimed at students who,without the benefit of a positive mathematics and/or science applications experience, willnot otherwise consider technical careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. AEcreates adventure-based curricular

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Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Ranky

, approx.150 interactive screens, 50 minutes of digital videos, animation and 3DVR objects), by CIMware (IEEand IMechE Approved Professional Developer), 2000-2002, Multimedia design & Programming by P GRanky and M F Ranky.[17] Gibbs, B.. and Ranky, P.G.: A Case-based Introduction to Advanced CAM (Computer Aided Page 8.87.12Manufacturing); An interactive multimedia publication with 3D objects, text and videos in a browserreadable format on CD-ROM/ intranet by http://www.cimwareukandusa.com, CIMware USA, Inc. andProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Copyright © 2003, American

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Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Freeman; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

many students haveforgotten how they made the assembly and need to review the previous materials. On review,however, they recreate the assembly in a fraction of the time.As students progress through the camps, they learn how to use more complex tools and begin towork on their own. In Camp B, the students are shown how to make the left-hand parts but mustmake the mirror image parts on their own. In Camp C, the students must reverse engineer acaptured catapult. They are given general instructions in the tutorial movie, shown in Figure 1,about the creation of ball joints, sliders, plane and cylinder connections, however they must applythis knowledge to the specific slider connection used on the catapult on their own. Finally, afterseveral weeks

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Knight; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

© 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationallowing us to have the freedom we needed, but also answered questions and gave helpful advicewhen necessary.”While students in the FYEP course consistently rate it as having a (too) heavy workload, studentsare typically rewarded rather than failed for their hard work, with a ‘B’ as the average gradeearned in the course. These factors likely combine to build, rather than crush, the confidence ofall students, including women and ethnic minority students, and likely propel them towardgraduation rather than toward non-engineering majors.ImplicationsGiven the significant gains observed in retention, a logical question arises: Why don’t all CUengineering majors require the FYEP course? One obvious

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Haley; Calvin Mackie; Sundiata Jangha

2003-1936 FOCUS: A Recruiting Initiative for African American Graduate Students at Georgia Institute of Technology Sundiata K. Jangha1, Robert G. Haley2, Dr. Calvin Mackie3 1 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering 2 College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tulane UniversityIntroduction In today’s changing world, many industry, government and academic leaders havereached

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

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Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1993.[13] Bloom, B. (ed). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: David McKay Company, Inc. 1956.[14] Hersey, P. and Blanchard, K.H., Management of Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources (3r ed.), p. 170. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1977.Joan V. Dannenhoffer, P.E., is Assistant Professor of Physics at SUNY Morrisville. She received a B.S. in CivilEngineering and an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering fromthe University of Connecticut. Her research interests include mathematical modeling of environmentalengineering problems and educational

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Franzone

Document 2003-5 A PRIMER ON UML CLASS DIAGRAMS Jeffrey S. Franzone, Assistant Professor Engineering Technology Department University of MemphisAbstractThe Unified Modeling Language (UML) is currently the de-facto visual modeling standard forobject-oriented design. The UML provides many modeling diagrams and constructs used to aidthe design and development of objected-oriented systems. Each UML diagram presents a uniqueview of the object-oriented system under design. The most common UML modeling diagram is the Class Diagram. Classes

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Russell; Walter Peters

Session 2072 A MACRO-ETHIC FOR ENGINEERING James A. Russell, Wally Peters Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South CarolinaIntroduction:William Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), called for a macro-ethic for engineering at the 2000 NAE Annual Meeting citing the impossibility of predicting thebehavior of complex systems and the dangers that we bring on ourselves by continuing tounconsciously engineer the biosphere. As human engineered systems and their impacts on earthsystems have grown larger

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thyagarajan Srinivasan

Session 2793 A Freshman Course in Computer Applications Jamal A. Ghorieshi1, Thyagarajan Srinivasan1, Brian E. Whitman2 Division of Engineering1/GeoEnvironmental Sciences and Engineering Department 2, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre PA.AbstractThis paper describes a new course designed for engineering freshmen to be taken in the secondsemester of their curriculum. The intent of the course is to enhance the engineering student’sproblem solving skills and to expose the students to the various branches of engineering. Itreplaces a traditional programming course involving the C or C++ programming

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Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

Session 2558 Developing a Software Engineering Technology Program Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Mick Brzoska, Min-Sung Koh, William Loendorf and Atsushi Inoue1 School of Computing and Engineering Sciences Eastern Washington UniversityAbstractThe Department of Engineering Technology and Multimedia Design (ETMD) within the Schoolof Computing and Engineering Sciences at Eastern Washington University is developing a newprogram in the emerging discipline of Software Engineering Technology (SET). It was conceivedon the basis of three major factors

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Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert Herrick; J. Michael Jacob; Jeffrey Richardson

Session 3448 Retention Through a Coordinated Spiral Curriculum Robert J. Herrick, James Michael Jacob, Jeffrey J. Richardson Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department Purdue UniversityAbstractThe Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) Program of Purdue University at West Lafayette,Indiana implemented significant curriculum change in the fall of 1996. The focus of the changewas to produce a relevant coordinated curriculum to optimize the students’ learning process andprovide a curriculum path that retained qualified students rather than filtering them

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley; Aaron Clark

Session 2793 Defining Engineering as a Career: the States Career Clusters Initiative Aaron Clark, Laura J. Bottomley North Carolina State UniversityAbstractCommunicating to high school teachers, students and parents about engineering as a career is acomplex task that has not necessarily been well defined or standardized. The States CareerClusters Initiative was an effort to define the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a givencareer pathway. A panel of experts drawn from interested industry, government and academianationwide

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Heist; Paul Marnell; Graham Walker

Session 2793 Distance Learning: A Multimedia Approach Graham Walker, Paul Marnell, and Richard Heist Mechanical Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Chemical Engineering Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471IntroductionMany of the industrial advisors to the Engineering School at Manhattan College have indicatedover the years that they would like to improve the education level of their workforce by allowingthem to study for a Master’s degree. However, in many of these cases it has been difficult toachieve this because of work constraints on the employees. This was

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley Kieta; Christopher Decock; Gregory Dick; Jerry Samples

Session Number 2150 Students Teaching Students: a Pedagogical Experiment Gregory M. Dick, Stanley J. Kieta, Christopher A. Decock. Jerry W. Samples University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractHow do you fill a course and laboratory instructor vacancy on no notice? What happenswhen the Adjunct Professor cannot arrange a schedule for the laboratory portion of thecourse? Peer tutoring has been utilized for years in the sciences, math and humanities. Isit possible to use an upper-class student to assist in an engineering technology laboratorysetting

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Joel Cuello

Session 1663 Designing a Global Ethic for Engineers Joel L. Cuello, Ph.D. Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, The University of Arizona 507 Shantz Building, Tucson, AZ 85721 Tel (520) 621-7757, Fax (520) 621-3963, Email jcuello@ag.arizona.edu It was Bill Ford, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motors Company, whomade the remark that “A good company delivers excellent products and services, while a greatone delivers excellent products and services and strives to make the world a better place.” Thisstatement remains

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tanya Capers; Kofi Nyarko; Craig Scott; Jumoke Ladeji-Osias

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationsurface to conceptually indicate vector transformations. By locking the axis controls duringmanipulation, students can create the three mutually perpendicular surfaces of the spherical orcylindrical coordinate systems. All objects within the visualization window can be rotated,translated and zoomed to allow the student to examine the three-dimensional object from allpossible perspectives. Figure 2. (a) Cartesian, (b) cylindrical, and (c) spherical coordinate volumes4.3.2. Electric Field IntensityThis module illustrates the concepts of electric field intensity by way of

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Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks; Laura Ford

Session 2213 Chemically Powered Toy Cars: A Way to Interest High School Students in a Chemical Engineering Career Christi L. Patton, Laura P. Ford The University of TulsaIntroduction College recruiting events can be disheartening for chemical engineering faculty. Largenumbers of students wait to talk to the science faculty about majoring in Chemistry, while veryfew consider Chemical Engineering other than as a respite from the crowds. Those few that stopto visit have one question: What is chemical engineering

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

Session A WALK ON THE MOON: Interdisciplinary, Inquiry-Based Learning Theory into Practice Catherine Mavriplis and Rachelle S. Heller The George Washington University, Washington, DC Charlene C. Sorensen and H. David Snyder Gallaudet University, Washington, DCIntroductionAcademic disciplines and corporations whose basis lies in science and engineering arecalling for diversity in the student body and work force, including women and otherunder-represented groups (Ramsey et al, 1997), one that is comfortable working in teams(Frost, 1998) and willing to engage in collaborative problem solving directed at

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Cynthia Mann

Session 2793 A Pilot Study for Creativity Experiences in a Freshman Introduction to Engineering Course Cynthia Mann, Karen A. High Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractA program launched at Oklahoma State University seeks to enhance the creative abilities ofengineering students. The project objectives are to: improve recruitment and retention; increasethe value of our graduates, and maximize job and lifetime satisfaction for our engineers.The motivation for this program comes from the observation that engineering students may not beenjoying their education