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Entrepreneurship Faculty Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and law enforcement1.” In his weekly address (October 2nd 2010) dealing with cleanenergy projects, President Obama stated that “Our future as a nation depends on making sure thatthe jobs and industries of the 21st century take root here in America.2” The innovationproductivity and quality combined with the latest technological advances must increase in orderto stop the country's technological and manufacturing decline. Currently, most engineeringschools are concentrated on educating solid problem solvers. However, this is not enough. Theeducation of engineers, the primary leaders of our innovation based society, must also enhancestudents’ inventive and entrepreneurial skills by including topics on innovation methods, historyof innovation

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FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-1316: THE FRESHMAN ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE: RESULTSFROM A MIXED-METHOD EVALUATION STUDYJae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Dr. Jae Hoon Lim is an Assistant Professor of Research Methods at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and teaches introductory and advanced research method courses in the College of Education. Her research interests include socio-cultural issues in mathematics education and various equity topics in STEM fields. She has served as a lead investigator for multiple international and comparative educational research and evaluation projects. She published twenty-five articles in scholarly and professional journals world-wide and authored seven book or monograph

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FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Byron L Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University; Cory R. Davis, Oklahoma Christian University; Robert Andrew Stevenson, Oklahoma Christian University

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First-Year Programs

bachelors in Mechanical engineering from the same school. For his senior design project he and his team entered the regular class of the SAE Aero Design East competition and won first place in the presen- tation portion. After completing his masters he plans on entering into industry for a few years and then considering returning to school to pursue his doctorate degree. Page 22.1333.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Student Learning Modules in Trigonometry and Integral Calculus using LEGO MINDSTORMS® NXTIntroduction and MotivationRetention of

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Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

.516 3.18 .946become scientists or engineers.I am familiar with some science 3.90 .835 .798content.I am familiar with some engineering, .861 3.42 1.038design, and technology content.I feel comfortable working with mychildren on school projects or .823 3.53 1.057homework concerning engineering.I think my children should only learnengineering once they choose to major .822 2.47 1.018in a related

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College; Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas E. Doyle P.Eng., McMaster University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2011-1477: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHLABORATORYAdrian Ieta, Oswego State University College Adrian Ieta (M’99) received the B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania, in 1984, the B.E.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the ”Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Timisoara, in 1992, and the M.E.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from The University of the Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, in 1999 and 2004, re- spectively. He was with the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group, The University of Western Ontario, where he worked on industrial projects and taught. He is

Conference Session

TAC/ABET Related Outcome Based Assessment Methods and Models

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Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Ronald E. Land, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington; Thomas M. Hall Jr., Northwestern State University; Kelly Ann Lacroix, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College; Mike Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

, timeliness, and continuous improvement canbe represented by the following performance indicators:  Practicum, internship, field experience, co-op experience  Work on a research project with a faculty member outside of course or program requirement  Culminating senior experience (capstone course, senior project, comprehensive exam, etc.)Strict time constraints of the exam also suggested including timeliness as a factor.Program outcomes 3h and 3k were chosen to illustrate relevance of the EET test as an indirecttool because the above mentioned performance indicators identify the value of examinations(periodic, professional, certification, comprehensive, etc.) in student’s academic and professionallearning experience.These

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fahmida Masoom, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Abulkhair Masoom, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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differentlyfor both high school and college math courses.Survey Results and Discussion Page 22.533.3Responses collected from 719 students enrolled in various General Engineering (GE) coursesoffered between spring 2008 and spring 2010 were analyzed. The courses included introductorycourses such as Engineering Success Skills, Introduction to Engineering Projects, EngineeringGraphics, Engineering Modeling and Design and engineering science courses such as, Statics,Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, and Basic Thermodynamics.The composition of the survey population by class standing is shown in Figure 1 below. Asexpected, there were more freshmen and sophomore

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Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caridad Cruz, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

celebrated, Mexico is one of the countries withthe largest percentages of students performing below the baseline Proficiency Level 2 inmathematics and sciences among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) nations1. Given the crisis that Mexico faces in mathematics and science education in theP-12 levels, Universidad de las Américas Puebla started a research program to develop solutionsto help overcome this situation. This investigation is part of a broader project funded by theConsejo Estatal de Investigación Científica y Desarrollo Tecnológico de Campeche (CampecheState Council for Science and Technology). Its goal is to promote an early approach toengineering and science among the student population at the upper

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Using Web-Resources and Literature to Teach Engineering in P-8

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aikaterini Bagiati, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Garene Kaloustian, Lebanese American University; Osman Cekic, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University Osman Cekic holds a Ph.D. in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University at Blooming- ton and a master’s degree in secondary school administration from the University of Arkansas at Fayet- teville and a Bachelor’s degree in educational administration and planning from Ankara University in Turkey. He previously worked at the Indiana Education Policy Center, Project on Academic Success (PAS), as a graduate assistant to the vice president for enrollment services for Indiana University, and as a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Dr. Cekic’s research interests include higher education policy, finance and the linkages between budget and organizational culture, and col

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EM Program Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy K. Zander P.E., Clarkson University

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Engineering Management

mathematics and basic sciences but carry knowledge further toward creative application. These studies provide a bridge between mathematics and basic sciences on the one hand and engineering practice on the other. Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs. It is a process…in which the basic sciences, mathematics, and the engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet these stated needs.”These are courses beyond the basic math and sciences; in an engineering management programexamples of these could be Statics, Materials Science, or Project Management.AACSB accredits institutions that offer degree-granting programs in business or

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Persistence and Retention I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl A.P. Cass, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Clemson University, Department of Engineering & Science Education and Department of Mathematical Sciences; Philip Michael Sadler, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Gerhard Sonnert, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Educational Research and Methods

that may impact persisters and non-persisters in their career choices?MethodData CollectionThe data used in this study were collected as a component of the Persistence Research in Scienceand Engineering (PRiSE) project. The purpose of PRiSE was to survey college/universitystudents about their interests and prior experiences in STEM and to identify experiences thatpositively influence students in their choice to pursue STEM disciplines in college. Datacollection was achieved by implementing a survey to a nationally-representative sample ofstudents enrolled in freshman-level English classes in the fall semester of 2007. The samplingprocess involved drawing a stratified random sample (by size ranges and student populationwithin those size

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Improving Visualization Skills

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

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Engineering Design Graphics

participants and their selection.The third section will detail the application of the chosen measurement tool and the researchenvironment that the experiment was carried out within. The final section will provide ananalysis of the gathered data and a discussion of the findings in relation to the associatedliterature.Prior to progressing further, it should be noted that the research presented in this paper is anelement of an ongoing research project (Lane et al., 2009, 2010a, 2010b, 2010c) that is beingcarried out within the confines of Initial Technology Teacher Education (ITTE).2. Measuring Sketching AbilityLiterature concerning the measurement of sketching ability is varied and involves methodssuch as the application of visual mental imagery tasks

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Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gail Ellen Gerdemann, Oregon State University; Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

three angles: (1) start with aproblem to be solved, perhaps from children's literature, and challenge students to adjust theprocess to meet the criteria for success OR (2) start with the strange properties the substance hasand come up with a problem the substance solves OR (3) design quality control tests for familiarmaterials. This paper will discuss some of the engineering design projects students can do withoobleck, slime, and play dough.All lessons have been tested in elementary classrooms by the author and other classroomteachers. The author is the coordinator of one school district's STEM curriculum and teachertraining efforts. The district uses a central materials center to store, schedule, and refurbish thematerials kits. The process

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Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suining Ding, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

inthe learning activities. Students are required to submit three portfolios including pencilportfolio, ink portfolio and color portfolio. Inside the pencil and color portfolios, pencilmaster drawing and marker master drawing are also need to be included. This 17-week-longstudio course is designed to allow students to explore basic drawing skills using basic threemedia. Typically, the class starts with a short lecture of the new concept and principlefollowed by an on site demonstration. The demonstration is conducted through the Elmocamera that can project the drawings to the screen. After the demonstration, a drawingexercise will be assigned to the class. The class uses a unique approach of teaching freehand sketching for interior

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John A. Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred J. Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

professor and head of the ECE department. His interests include projects based education, curriculum development, international study abroad programs and mentoring, and computer/embedded systems engineering. Page 22.731.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Frontiers of Electrical and Computer Engineering: an Introductory First Year Course Worcester Polytechnic InstituteIntroductionSeveral motivations exist for exploration of new approaches to the introduction of first yearstudents to Electrical and Computer

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Student Learning and Assessment I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anca L. Sala, Baker College; Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint; James Riddell, Baker College, Flint

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Mechanical Engineering

.) Page 22.252.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessment of ABET Program Outcome J, “A Knowledge of Contemporary Issues”AbstractEngineering education is expected to equip future engineers not only with professionalknowledge, abilities and skills but also the ability to see “the big picture” and the capability toaddress society’s issues. The latter outcomes are based upon Program Outcome (j), “AKnowledge of Contemporary Issues”, from ABET’s EAC (a)-(k) Criteria for AccreditingEngineering Programs. At our institution we have traditionally assessed this Program Outcome(PO) through the Senior Design Project as well as technical elective courses, such as the

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Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kathy J. Prem, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Engineering Career Services; Sara Wirsbinski, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Sara Wirsbinski is currently at an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison pursing a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison Sandra Shaw Courter is PI for the ”Aligning Educational Experiences with Ways of Knowing Engineering (AWAKEN): How People Learn” project. She is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Engineering Professional Development and Wendt Commons: Teaching and Learning Services. Her area of research is engineering education, including assessment of student learning. She taught technical communication courses to undergraduate engineering students and currently consults with faculty and teaching assistants. She earned her

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Novel Approaches to Teaching Materials

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Materials

as a leader of innovation7. Based on these reports and findings it became obvious that education institutionsare key stakeholders to solve these challenges facing the nation at this juncture. Forexample, one of fourteen Grand Challenges for Engineering proposed by the NAE isidentified as Advancement of Personalized Learning8. In essence, the proposed changesare all focused on implementing student-centered learning pedagogies such as, activelearning, inquiry-based and project-based learning strategies into the classroom. Thebenefits of these instructional techniques include: peer learning, interactions &communications with instructors and peers, student monitoring of their learning,application of their learning to real world

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Oceans & Marine Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Novick, Sandia National Labs

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Ocean and Marine

AC 2011-1755: DESIGNING AN AUV COMPETITION TO DRAW ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS TOWARDS OCEAN ENGINEERINGJames W Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Bales was the inaugural Technical Director of ONR and AUVSI’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. He is the Assistant Director at MIT’s Edgerton Center, a center dedicated to hands-on, project-based learning.Dr. David Novick, Sandia National Labs Page 22.440.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Designing an AUV Competition to Draw Engineering Students Towards Ocean EngineeringThe First

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1999 Annual Conference

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Tom Gasque Smith; Deanna E. Ramey

led to more consultations with faculty about proposals; but several of these facultymembers have also sought PCC guidance in developing writing assignments and encourage theirstudents to use the center.D. PublicationsNot only faculty, but also staff have sought the services of the PCC. Over the past year, PCCstaff have played a central role in developing a variety of publications for the College. Anewsletter to alumni and industry, Innovations, is written and edited by PCC staff. Moreover,staff have written brochures for both a development campaign and the college’s distanceeducation program. All these projects involve significant outreach efforts by PCC staff. Theymust contact faculty, staff, students, and alumni—people important to the life

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Shani Francis; Neal Pellis; Keith Schimmel

projects, professors can merge theirteaching and research interests, and students can gain important insights into how engineeringand science concepts apply to real-life problems (Coppula, 1997). The work underway hereinseeks to develop a model for how this integration of research and teaching can most efficientlybe achieved.Multimedia modules can provide some of the key elements of effective teaching that areembodied in research and teaching integration. Well designed modules can quickly create a needthrough efficient use of text, graphics, and audio to present interesting problems. They can alsoeffectively structure experiences that appeal to a variety of different learning styles. Theyprovide an environment in which modeling of problem solving

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Leonard Sokoloff

). Page 4.356.8Fig. 5 The Block Diagram of ON/OFF Controller Page 4.356.9VI. ConclusionThis article focuses more on the control software than the hardware. The prime objectiveis to provide the student with a practical application that uses a graphical language as adesign tool. Although only the cooling task is considered in this application, students areassigned a project to complete the design and implement the heating control using the Glanguage.The system described in this article is a prototype that mimics the operation of a large airconditioning system. Within the constraints of the design and the limits of the physicalconfiguration, the system performed within the design limits. The dead band

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Peter Kwok; Eron Flory; Javed Alam, Youngstown State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

completedthe plane truss element was introduced via the traditional white (chalk) board. The linearalgebra module was not used in the classroom due to time restrictions; however, students used itas an outside resource to review the material. A majority of the students enrolled in the classhave been exposed to linear algebra concepts in mathematics and/or engineering course(s). Theinstructor as needed in lecture to reinforce basic FEM concepts reviewed linear algebrafundamentals. Page 4.365.9A computer screen projection system was used to introduce the learning modules in theclassroom. The learning modules also resided locally on the computer to

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David A. Sabatini

matter but also life in the U.S. They were also very open todiscussing education and life in Germany. While there were social differences, I found theGerman students to be quite similar to my U.S. students.The students participated in the class out of personal interest but received no academic creditfor the course. Thus, the students were personally motivated and highly interested in thematerial presented. However, they were also very busy because this was in addition to theirnormal load. While most were consistent in attendance their ability to complete homeworkand group projects was limited. As a result I distributed homework and graded it but did notexpect everyone to complete it. Also, instead of assigning a term project we conducted aseries

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Ernest Tollner

BSAEand BSBE student enrollment over the past decade along with the percent of the total in theCollege. The initiation of the BSBE degree program in 1994 has grown steadily withoutadversely impacting the BSAE program. The BSBE degree was initiated in response to projected Page 4.398.2development of biotechnology-based processing and environmental needs. The percentage ofcollege enrollment in the BAE department has increased steadily throughout the decade. TheUGA BAE department has chosen to restrict enrollment due to resource constraints over the pastyear. Figure 7 shows the percent female participation in the BSAE and BSBE degrees

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1999 Annual Conference

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Halvard E. Nystrom

Extended Plan and Treat Bridge life bridge life Time: (year 0) (~ year 5) (~ year 8)Figure 1. Rehabilitation Timing Chart.Actual SituationThis research is a collaborative effort between the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studiesat UMR and engineers at the Missouri Department of Transportation. The first step was to createthis conceptual model and make rough estimates of the costs. This is the current project status.The next step is to formally work with the Missouri Department of Transportation analysts anddecision-makers to: • Better understand their needs in relation to decision making in this area, • Present the preliminary model for

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1999 Annual Conference

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Qiuli Sun; Michael A. Mooney; Kurt C. Gramoll

farms. The traffic module discussed in this paper involves thedesign of a transportation corridor linking Sooner City to metropolitan Oklahoma City.Students were required to design the number of lanes and on/off ramp configurations ofthe corridor considering a 50-year life. In addition to the lanes and on/off ramp design,students were required to forecast population growth throughout Sooner City. The web-based traffic learning environment was developed and adopted (1) to help studentsvisualize the design project and (2) to help students understand the underlying trafficdesign principles. There are three parts in the learning environment [10], namely,explanation, simulation, and field video (Video and sound in the module were not

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Sohail Anwar; Shamsa S. Anwar

and administering short-termcontinuing education and training programs.2. The Organization has no mechanism in place to conduct long-term evaluation of itscontinuing education and training programs.3. Continuing education and training programs developed and administered by theOrganization are based on the on-going current training needs assessments of the IBEWmembers in its 20-county service area. It does not have a mechanism to project future trainingneeds and plan appropriate continuing education & training programs to fulfill these needs.ConclusionsIn order to improve its training function and to increase the effectiveness of its trainingpartnership with Penn State Altoona and other educational institutions, the Organization plansto

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George W. Garrison; Garry D. Coleman

performancetests, storing student records, managing access to student and course records, and reporting onstudent and course activity"3. The online CMS being considered provided a web-basedframework within which an instructor simply enabled options and added content. In essence, theCMS provided a ready made course web page and much more.III.A. Creating Class Web Pages in HTMLOne of the authors organized and attended a basic HTML course. Each course participant sat ata networked PC while the instructors used a projection monitor to project their PC's monitorimage onto a screen for all to see. The course provided approximately eleven contact hours fromtwo instructors and a great deal of hands-on exercises. Topics covered included: creating basicHTML files

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Joan A. Burtner; Laura Moody

member from each of the originalgroups. These individuals then explained the answers to their problems to the new group.“Integration of active learning and written team reports” - Students were required to bringin two car ads and two house ads with different stated interest rates. They worked inpairs to complete an in-class project in which they were asked to answer severalquestions using the costs and interest rates shown in the ads. The teams turned in aformal report on their findings. This exercise seemed beneficial both in terms of helpingstudents understand the concepts and in solidifying their skills in working with interestrates and the time value of money.IV. Course EvaluationEGR 120 was different than the traditional engineering economy