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Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Koichi Iwasaki; Kazuo Morita; Chi Thai

other in thisdistance education project.Overall and so far, the KU students seemed to go through the materials at a slower rate ascompared to their US counterparts (from the Spring 2002 class), thus we don't think that we canmaintain a parallel pace between the UGA and KU classes in the future, unless only KU studentsfluent in English are allowed to take this class. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Thai, C. N. 2004. Development of a Collaborative Distance Education Classroom. Computers in Education Journal (Vol. XIV, No. 1: pp. 65-75). 2. Thai, C. N. and Upchurch, B. L. 2004. Tele-Experimentation for Machine Vision Course using NetMeeting and LabView Software. Computers in

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Virtual and Distance Experimentation

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mazen Manasseh; Kevin Amaratunga; Eduardo Kausel

Session 2426 A Web-accessible Shaking Table Experiment for the Remote Monitoring of Seismic Effects in Structures Mazen Manasseh, Eduardo Kausel, Kevin Amaratunga Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abstract A remotely accessible system for controlling shake table laboratory experiments is presented. The Shake Table WebLab at MIT s Civil Engineering Department is implemented under the iLab initiative for the development of educationally oriented remote experiments. The fully functional system allows

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Dana Elzey; Dan Bauer; Paxton Marshall; Kathryn Neeley

Science. Perhaps more significantly, the school’s STS departmentalready had the expertise required to help engineering students understand technology inorganizational and cultural context. What was still needed—and what the EIC program soughtto provide—were (a) a multidisciplinary team design experience and (b) greater opportunity toshape and work on projects to which cultural and organizational considerations were centralrather than peripheral or absent.Str ategies and Guiding Pr inciples of the Cur r iculum Development Pr ocessWe employed four specific strategies and guiding principles, which are discussed in more detailbelow: (1) build on existing strengths, (2) embrace truly interdisciplinary course design and teamteaching, (3) coordinate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jack Leifer; Jamey Jacob

, April 2000.2. Graveline, A., Geisler, C., Danchak, M., “Teaming Together Apart: Emergent Patterns of Media Use on Collaboration at a Distance,” IEEE Professional Society International Professional Conference, Cambridge, MA, 2000, pp. 381 – 393.3. Mathisen, P.P., Hart, F.L., El-Korchi, T., “Incorporation of Distance Engineering into an Introductory Freshman Undergraduate Course in Civil Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE 1998 National Conference, Session 3215, Seattle, June 1998.4. Capece, V.R., Murphy, W.E., Lineberry, G.T., Lykins, B., “Development of an Extended Campus Mechanical Engineering Program,” Proceedings of the ASEE 2000 National Conference, Session 1566, St. Louis, MO, June

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sylvanus Nwosu; Robert Goldbach; Mike Lovell

will positively increase their academic achievement, measured bymath and science test scores, GPA, class ranking, and SAT. Project CARE targets pre-11th grade(CARE I) and pre-12th grade (CARE II) students with a “B” average or better who are highly Page 9.989.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmotivated for SMET education or may be academically disadvantaged with “excellent” grades inweak K-12 science and math curricula. Project CARE serves as a catalyst for higher performanceexpectations

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Engineering Ethics Case Studies

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mark Manion; Eli Fromm; Jay Bhatt

. 4. Bhatt, J., and Baldwin, J. (2003). A Collaborative Approach Toward Fostering Information Literacy In Freshman Engineering Students at Drexel University. Poster presented at the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition: Session 1541. 5. Rabins, M., Harris, C., Pritchard, M., and Lowery, L. Jr. (2004, March 1). Engineering ethics. Introducing Ethics Case Studies Into Required Undergraduate Engineering Courses. Retrieved March 1, 2004, from http://ethics.tamu.edu/ 6. Thomes, K., Cornell, E., and Gottfried, B. (1997). Teaching Freshmen to Write Technical Reports and to navigate the Library: A Win-Win Situation. 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Daryl Caswell; Clifton Johnston

American Planning Association 66(3): 265-278 9. Fisher, William, R. “Narration, Reason, and Community.” Memory, Identity, Community: The Idea of Narrative in the Human Sciences, Ed. Lewis P. Hinchman and Sandra K. Hinchman. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997. 307- 327. 10. Fisher, William, R. Human Communication as Narration: Towards a Philosophy of reason, value, and action. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1987 11. Schneider, B., Caswell, D., “Building Community and Creating Knowledge in the Interdisciplinary Classroom”, History of Intellectual Culture, in press. Page

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay Howell; Ann Wittbrodt; Alfred Moye

: National Academy Press.3 Bloom, B. S., “The 2-sigma problem: The search for methods of group instruction as effective as one-to-one tutoring,” Educational Researcher, 13 (6), 1984, pp. 4-16.4 Graesser, A. C., & Person, N. K. (1994). Question asking during tutoring. American EducationalResearch Journal, 31, 104-137.5 Bennett, R.E., Jenkins, F., Persky, H., & Weiss, A. (in press). Assessing complex problem-solvingperformances. Assessment in Education.Biographical InformationKAY HOWELL, Federation of American Scientists, is the director of the Information Technologiesprogram and project manager of the Learning Federation. She previously served as Director of theNational Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications for

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Montoya

the title of the first cycle should be relevant for the labourmarket, that is, a useful title to have when actively searching for employment after graduation:a) What is needed for this first cycle to offer training that will enhance job performance?b) The main concern would be the possibility of lowering quality standards due to the reformrequiring a reduction of the content levels.c) How to clearly differentiate these new titles from the ones already being offered intechnological or similar level programs?Along with reforming the structures of existing titles, the content of study programs must also bepondered. A curricular reform per discipline is therefore irreversible. In this context, the greatestchallenge is figuring out how to go from

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

many campuses in the Region.(1,2,3) Unfortunately, inhibiting factors such as: Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationa)lack of collaboration amongst institutions in the Region, b) absence of a clear mandate forreform; and, c) resistance “to change”, as expressed by many decision makers who have alwaysargued against any potential change; have(for the time-being) dampened efforts in this regard.Despite setbacks and curtailments, viable ideas, suggestions along with preliminary strategies for“a change” have permeated through the academic circles, pointing towards specific educationalissues where “a

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William J., Jr. Park; Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

3 Outcomes, with special emphasis onoutcome (b), an ability to design and conduct experiments and analyze and interpret data, andoutcome (i), a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.5 Page 9.213.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationDemonstrations also have pedagogical benefit beyond traditional lecture methods becausedemonstrations engage the observer in seeing as well as listening. Lord Bertrand Russell isquoted as saying, “Aristotle maintained

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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JoAnn Lighty; Holly Moore; David Richardson; Nick Safai

Building Bridges From the Community College to a University Engineering Education A Model for Collaborative Approach Dr. Holly Moore, Dr. Nick M. Safai, and Dr. David Richardson Salt Lake Community College Dr. JoAnn Lighty - University of UtahAbstract Salt Lake Community College’s Engineering Department and the four-year institutions of higher education in the state of Utah are involved in a uniqueeducational partnership. Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) students transferto the University of Utah (U of U), Utah State University, Weber State Universityand Brigham Young University – all of which provide ABET

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Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee

A B 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Q3: Gave organized lectures, used summaries/examplesQ16: Instructor’s performance 5.0 5.0 C

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Industrial Collaborations

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2004 Annual Conference

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James Smith; Scott Dunning

SESSION 3448 Cooperative Industry-University Program to Deliver a BSEET Degree Scott Dunning, James Smith University of Maine/University of Southern MaineNational Semiconductor Corp. (NSC) is a worldwide manufacturer of integrated circuits foranalog and mixed-signal technologies. Its newest and most modern integrated circuit fabricationplant is located in South Portland, Maine. Several years ago NSC identified a need for a careertrack for valued technicians, a number of who had an associate’s degree but were lacking abaccalaureate in an appropriate discipline

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ET Capstone Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Session 3447Designing a Microprocessor Controlled Heater Fan for a Fireplace Mohammad Fotouhi, Ali Eydgahi, Robert McCulley University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractThis Paper describes the details of an undergraduate design project completed as part ofthe final senior design class for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program atUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore. The objective of this project was to use a PIC16C622 microprocessor to control the speed of a fan depending on the temperaturesensed just below the mantel of a fireplace. The PIC 16C622 was

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ECE Capstone and Engineering Practice

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2004 Annual Conference

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John Greco

Session 3232 A Capstone Senior Design Course: Building a Simplified Computer Network John Greco, Ph.D. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042AbstractThis paper discusses a capstone senior design course for electrical and computerengineering students. The course builds on the fundamentals of an ECE curriculum, andoffers opportunities to learn new material, and to design, simulate, debug, build, and testa local area network. The six-node network that is realized uses either a Token RingProtocol or an Ethernet protocol for sending short text messages on

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Michael P. Hennessey

Proceedings of the ASEE 2004 North Midwest Regional ConferenceUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WisconsinOctober 7-9, 2004 Embedding a National Collegiate Design Contest into a Course by Michael P. Hennessey, Ph.D. School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas 101 O’Shaughnessy Science Hall, 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1079, Email: mphennessey@stthomas.edu Abstract

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Saeed M. Khan; Beverlee Kissick

is empirical evidence that bilingual people are more creative and productive onaverage. ScenarioTwo candidates have been interviewed for the same position. Both candidates are equallyqualified for the job. Action based on statementThe bilingual person is hired.1. Do you agree with the decision to hire the bilingual person? A. Strongly B. Agree C. Disagree D. Strongly Agree disagree2. If your answer to question number 1 is A or B, why do you agree?(Select the best answer)A. The hiring decision is good for business.B. It is the ethical thing to do.C. It helps bilingual people.D. It makes up for past inequities.3. If your answer to question number 1 is C or

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TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

determine the loads acting on structures and their members. a, b, f, 10, 11* 2. Analyze statically determinate and indeterminate structures to determine the support reactions; and the shear force, bending moment and axial force in the structural members. a, b, f, 10, 11 3. Interpret and verify the results of computer-aided analysis using approximate and “exact” hand calculation methods. a, b, f, 6, 10 4. Identify the gravity and lateral load-resisting systems used in structural systems a, b. f, 10, 11 5. Conduct, analyze and interpret experiments or carry out research using the internet and write a report based on the research c, g, h, i, k* The numbers and

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Real-World Applications

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman; Alok Verma

provides opportunities for meeting faculty members from other institutions and exploringcollaborative research with them. These experiences also result in curriculum development and enhancementof undergraduate learning experience.Bibliography1. Pagano, Mark, AThe success of Engineering Technology Educators-Has a Paradox Emerged? @ Proceedings of theASEE annual conference at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 20-23,1993.2. Rosenfeld,L., & Long, B. W.,@An Evaluation System for measuring faculty performance.@, ACA Bulletin, 75, pages, 44- 51,1991.3. Buchanan, Walter W., Expectations for faculty development in engineering technology. @ Proceedings of the ASEEannual conference, Milwaukee, June 15-18,1997.4. Murtos, Nickos J.; Allen

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Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Padmanabhan

C B B B Facilitate Facilitate Graduate PATHWAYS Entry Tribal Transfer North Dakota school High School Community State A College A A University NURTURE

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Trends in Construction Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Jeong-Hoon Kim; Julian Kang; Byeong-Cheol Lho

& IFC,” CADInfo.NET (www.cadinfo.net), 2003.9. Zhua Y., Issab R., “Viewer controllable visualization for construction document processing,” Automation in Construction, Vol. 12, 2003, pp. 255– 269.10. Baravalle A. et al., “Using SVG and XSLT for graphic representation,” 2nd Annual Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics, 2003.11. González G., Dalal G., “Generating SVG Graphs and Charts from Database Queries,” 2nd Annual Conference on Scalable Vector Graphics, 2003.12. Richards, G., “3D Interactive VML,” http://www.gersolutions.com/vml. (6/7/2003), 2000.13. Tautenhahn, L., “SVG-VML-3D 1.0,” http://home.t- online.de/home/lutz.tautenhahn/svgvml3d. (6/7/2003), 200214. Kang, J., Park, J., and Lho, B., “Experimental Development of Web

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Minorities in Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michel Reece; Carl White

Engineering Education b. High End Supplemental Training for Engineers c. Enhanced Retention and Degree CompletionATMO is a combination of programs and services that are offered to MSU/CAMRAstudents. A team of dedicated staff members assist in minimizing potential academicbarriers, interceding on the student behalf with university officials and departments, andsupplying or acquiring appropriate counseling (academic or personal counseling) forparticipating students. The ATMO Office oversees the management of the outreachprograms and uses these programs as a vehicle for early recruitment of potential entriesinto the student pipeline. Examples of such programs are the Pre-freshman AcceleratedCurriculum in Engineering (PACE) and

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Scarborough; Conard White; Promod Vohra

; thisenhanced the potential for high quality and well designed and developed modules. However, itis important to note that most of the teachers have been highly motivated. Their response tobeing provided with (a) good individual technology (laptops, software, color printers, scanners,and digital cameras, as well as module specific peripheral devices and software); (b) highereducation partners; (c) local business, industry, and community learning experiences andpartners relating to the standards and context chosen to frame their modules, and (d) ongoingfeedback and support was enthusiasm, motivation, high productivity, and commitment; and a Page

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Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2004 Annual Conference

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Thomas Stanford; Donald Keating

affect the professional’s growth anddevelopment. These findings advance a new perspective on program quality that is centered on theconcept of engagement of working professionals that is quite different from the conventional view ofprogram quality for research-based graduate education that is centered primarily on the academic researchproductivity and credentials of the faculty. Those attributes that are required in developing and sustaininghigh-quality professional graduate programs center around five primary clusters. (See Appendix B)The National Collaborative Task Force has also defined a framework of integrative professional graduateeducation and practice that enables lifelong learning and growth of working professionals as technologyleaders

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Hietpas

automated, using (a)Human Machine Interface (HMI) and a power processing system (PPS) for safe distribution ofresources (power sources and loads) student Power Workbenches (PWBs), and (b) SupervisoryControl and Data Acquisition (SCADA) hardware/software to monitor and control Automatic LoadBank (ALBs), 2) the entire laboratory, including the HMI, PPS, PWBs, ALBs and SCADA system,were designed, constructed and tested by 13 undergraduate students and one graduate electricalengineering student over a period of four years. The new laboratory, commissioned in Septemberof 2002, has worked flawlessly for three full semesters, and has been a showcase for prospectiveincoming electrical engineering students. This paper describes the general philosophy and

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

time.Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFurthermore, the participants below reported relatively frequent use of self-evaluating,goal-setting and planning, keeping records and monitoring, and reviewing texts: We had a leader and members in our team. The leader was also the chairman of our meeting, and was in charge of distributing the work and supervision. The members had to carry out the tasks assigned to them, and provided new thoughts. For instance, A was both the leader and a member; B had to update and maintain the construction of our website; C was our recorder who wrote down everything we discussed; and D

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Entrepreneurship Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Solt Michael; Malu Roldan; Burton Dean; Asbjorn Osland

inventory of devices. Twoservers were established for the project. One server was used as a developer server, sitting withinthe university firewall and providing an insulated space for student teams to test out theirprototypes. The other server was set up to be the production server for the project – housing theproject web site, student team web sites, and, eventually, summaries of the work done by theteams. (This server can be accessed at http://hp.sjsu.edu.)B. Class Goals and StructureThe HPMCG project had the following goals:Provide students with a cross-functional team experience. While cross-functional teams arewidely used in industry, students in universities tend to develop a discipline-specific view of theconcepts they learn that puts them

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ChE Outreach and Recruitment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Carter; Paula Leventman; Katherine Ziemer

Transfer in the Earth System 2) Life Science-Energy and Living Things 3) Physical Sciences a) Properties of Matter b) Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures c) Heat Energy 4) Technology/Engineering a) Materials, Tools, and Machines b) Engineering Design c) Communication Technologies d) Manufacturing Technologies e) Transportation Technologies Page 9.1116.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004

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Learning & Teaching Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emilia Hodge; Chang-Yu Wu; Anne Donnelly

what questions the evaluation program should address. Page 9.67.2 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”The purpose of the Aerosols evaluation program was to determine if the modules were successfulin teaching the selected content and to determine how well accepted the modules would be toundergraduate students and faculty. In other words, the evaluators wanted to answer thequestions: (a) Were students able to learn aerosols content from the modules? (b) Could studentsnavigate the online modules