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Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

few of thedemands of faculty time. Having a community of female faculty with whom a genuineconcern for each other’s professional and personal achievements and failures was felt,was comforting particularly for those who often felt isolated and invisible among theirdepartment colleagues. Probably because of these gatherings, friendships have grownthat would have not occurred because people’s paths may not have otherwise crossed.Over the years we have celebrated together, commiserated together, and laughed a lot.Getting OrganizedIn Fall 2002, the TAMU NSF Gender Equity Project sponsored a career planningprogram conducted by an outside consultant to assist female faculty in developingsuccessful career strategies. Twenty female engineering and

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Dillard

field tests conducted.Assessments During the semester, two formal assessments were conducted as surveys. The firstsurvey, administered early in the semester, targeted the students’ preparation for the modifiedcourse structure, particularly their previous exposure to computer hardware. From the surveystatistics listed in Table 3, students were prepared for the course with the vast majorityhaving PC’s at home and some confidence in circuit construction. Essay questions were included to gauge student opinions on the importance of computersystems and particularly embedded systems in their future careers. All students felt theyshould have at least an introduction to the fundamentals of embedded systems and half felttheir education should include

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilkat S. Soysal; Oguz Soysal

usedin all introductory classes to enhance the assessment process. The paper presents thestudent profile, program objectives, and discusses the importance of the introductorycourses on recruitment and retention as well as adequate preparation to the upper level.Student background, interests, and career goals are continuously monitored throughsurveys. Learning outcomes are assessed by several tools such as course-specificevaluation forms, journals, minutes, and focus groups. Since each student has a differentlearning style, continuous monitoring helps understanding the differences among studentsand enhances teaching style to increase the students’ attention and productivity.IntroductionAssessment, feedback, and program improvement are the most

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Korinne Resendez; Carryn Bellomo; Rafic Bachnak

speakers. Faculty, students, professional organizations,and a number of manufacturing and processing industries are involved in the delivery ofthe program. The workshops are designed to introduce students to career opportunities,expose them to college life, involve them in hands-on educational activities, andencourage them to pursue careers in science and engineering technology. This paperdescribes the program and discusses the activities involved in its implementation.IntroductionThe current US workforce is comprised of 77% White, 4% Asian, and 19% Minority.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Science Foundation,however, among engineering professionals, 88% are White, 6% are Asian, and only 6%are minority [1]. To improve

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Suchowski; Frank Severance; Damon Miller

things about the class."7. Clarify career choices. Introductory courses enable students to evaluate their career choice at an early date7. Perhaps the single greatest impact of ECE 123 has been to help students to decide early on if engineering is a good fit. The course has helped students to choose exactly which major suits them best. This includes strengthening an existing resolve to become electrical or computer engineers ("It's just helped me to reinforce that awareness that I'm doing what I wanted."), causing engineering students to switch from a non-ECE major to ECE, and attracting students who had not previously considered engineering as a career to switch to an ECE major. For example, one student related that "sometimes

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Advances II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

Page 8.1127.3relevance of their coursework, how it related to their internships, and vice versa (see the “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2003, American Society for Engineering Education”following.)Perceived Value of Classes and InternshipsBelow, you are given the choice of rating an answer from 1 to 5. Consider 1 as being indicative of themost negative, 3 as being neutral, and 5 as being the most positive. 15. How beneficial to your future career has your internship been? 16. How well do you think your internship will relate to your future classes? 17. How beneficial to, or complementary with, your classes is (are) your

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Gralinski; Janis Terpenny

related careers? Who takes the lead on dispelling occupational stereotypes? Is theimportance of technological literacy and the relationship to career options brought up to girls aswell as boys? Do counselors work with teachers to help inform and encourage girls to developthe skills and knowledge required to succeed in technological careers? 7,85. Solutions and Planning for the FutureIt is clear from the research that there are gender differences in learning styles, that girls/youngwomen perceive technology differently7-15 and in at least the short term bring a considerablydifferent background in experiences and interests to a technology oriented class. If we truly wantto raise the level of technological literacy (a primary goal of technology

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanette Garr

longhours, travel, families, career, finances; (3.) time management, ability to identify and prioritize;and (4.) continued professional development. These are four probable expectations in ourgraduates’ near future. Hence, concise survival skills that address these issues should bedeveloped. Personalized choices for (1.) healthy exercise; (2.) healthy eating/cooking; (3.) abilityto evaluate mortgage, building materials, contractor choices; (4.) evaluating legal and investmentchoices; (5.) marriage/relationship survival and theology; (6.) tips for success in small or largecorporate offices; (7) healthy hobby and R&R choices, art/music/dance classes; and (8.) basichome and auto repair should be offered and encouraged. Instead, categories of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacob Chen; Joseph Chen

9.754.1manufacturing design course impacts their academic performance throughout their degree Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering 1 Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationprogram, and even their future career (Newcomer, et al., 1999). Therefore, it isimperative for manufacturing educators to plan the content of this course to ensure thebest possible foundation for students seeking to enter manufacturing disciplines.Introductory manufacturing design courses used to be drafting-centered. Students in thepast learned hand-sketching skills and used drafting boards. A considerable amount ofclass time was

Conference Session

Course Development and Services

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

experienced by other students.The main goals for a foundations course in IT are to give a good academic and professionalcareer orientation and to establish a “way of thinking” within the major. The academicorientation will allow the students to know what is expected of them within the IT major. Theprofessional career orientation will give the students a good understanding of careers in IT. The“way of thinking” will be the foundation for a community of learning that will fostercollaboration within the program.To achieve these goals within the course there is a broad scope of learning objectives that mustbe covered. These range from keeping a learning community thriving with these “new arrivals”to covering the introduction of core topics of IT as-well

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

students, in technical careers. The goal of the NSF Graduate Teaching Fellowsin K-12 Education (GK-12) Program is to prepare engineering graduate students, not necessarilyto become K-12 teachers, but to be informed about and engaged in K-12 education throughouttheir professional careers. Our project is titled "K-6 Gets a Piece of the PIEE (PartnershipsImplementing Engineering Education)"; its objectives are to develop partnerships between WPSand WPI; to implement the technology/engineering portion of the Massachusetts Science andTechnology/Engineering Curriculum Frameworks (MSTECF)(Massachusetts CurriculumFrameworks, n.d.) in grades K-6; and to develop curricular materials and prepare teachers so thatthe project is self-sustaining after the NSF

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Hunt; Eduardo Ortega; David Miller; Alfred Striz

discussions and in the design ofsubsystems such as the launch tower. It was difficult to keep them involved, however, since theywere already over-committed due to extracurricular activities at the local high school.Rocketry OutreachWith our rocketry outreach program, we want to expose local area high school students to theimportance and excitement of science and engineering in today’s world. The goal of the programis to teach them the engineering concepts needed to safely design, construct, and competitivelyfly the most effective model rocket. This is intended to prepare the students for such challengingprojects as the high-powered instrumented rocket described above and to encourage their pursuitof science and engineering career fields after they

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Qaissaunee

, an area oftechnology innovation with great industry demand. This project will benefit regional industry,government agencies, high school teachers and students, community college faculty andstudents, those switching into information technology careers, and those with bachelor’s degreesin unrelated fields. Page 9.1424.2 Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationProject Goal The goal of this project is the modification of an existing Electronics EngineeringTechnology AAS Degree Program to

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Chesney

Session 2003-122 From Egg Drops to Gum Drops: Teaching Fourth Grade Students about Engineering David R. Chesney The University of MichiganAbstractStudents remember 80% of what they do and 20% of what they hear. With this premise in mind,the author developed an active approach to educating a classroom of fourth grade students inmultiple areas of engineering. The intent is minimally, to increase interest in math and science inthe young students. Optimally, the students will pursue engineering as a career. Hands-onactivities were used to

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Hadgraft

; ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationYear ThemesFour themes have been chosen for the four years. Each theme is designed to bring somewholeness to the year, and the four themes together provide a sense of professionaldevelopment from years 1 to 4. The four themes are:• Transition from school: connecting the student to self and to engineering. The first year should help students make the gigantic leap from a (for many purposeless) school existence, to beginning a purposeful career in engineering. The idea is to help them connect with themselves, their colleagues (staff and students), a sustainable approach to engineering, and the university. Becoming a self-directed, self-evaluating learner is a key

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Scott Fogler; Michael Cutlip; C. Stewart Slater

Engineering Division of ASEE has organized 13 Summer Schools for EngineeringEducation since 1931. This is the only such Summer School that is regularly scheduled for themany disciplines within the fields of engineering. The Summer School is organized andconducted by dedicated faculty and industrial practitioners who recognize the critical need toassist the new faculty who are just beginning their academic careers. This activity is pursuedwith the hope that the truly significant benefits are enabled to our chemical engineering studentsand their educational programs and experiences. Page 8.1102.1 Proceeding of the 2003 American Society for

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

learning.”1 When given the chance to provide input for thedevelopment of a curriculum they will be very quick to tell what is wrong but slow to tell how itmay be fixed. By getting undergraduate students involved in all stages of the curriculumdevelopment insights are gained by both students and faculty. Students gain insights into teachingand learning environments as well as new learning and career opportunities. Faculty also gaininsights into collaborating on curriculum development with undergraduates that may have verydiverse viewpoints.Curriculum developed through the collaboration of faculty and undergraduate students gains theadvantage of both points of view. Faculty contribute experiences in both the subject matter and inteaching

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Paterson; Samantha De Bon; Jean-Yves Chagnon; Deborah Wolfe

manage resources optimally through effective analysis, interpretation and decision-making. This ability is essential to the design process that characterizes the practice of engineering.· provide a broad basis for identifying acceptable engineering programs, to prevent over- specialization in curricula, to provide sufficient freedom to accommodate innovative educational development, to allow adaptation to different regional factors and to permit the expression of the institution’s individual qualities and ideals.· reflect the need for the engineer to be adaptive, creative, resourceful and responsive to changes in society, technology and career demands.· ensure that students are made aware of the role and responsibilities of

Conference Session

Perceived Quality Engineering Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelia Barnett; Joan Burtner

learninginside and outside the classroom, to prepare students for the journey of lifelong learning, toincrease the number of students with practical engineering experience prior to graduation, tostrengthen relationships between Mercer University and employers who hire Mercer Universitystudents and graduates, and to provide enthusiastic and high-quality graduates for ouremployers2. Further, the MUSE demonstrates this support of the industrial experience option tolearning with the collaboration between Career Services and the MUSE. Through thiscollaboration, students who qualify (GPA of 2.5 or better) and participate are provided individualcareer development support through various workshops specifically targeted to freshman studentsand one-on-one

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

programs in conjunction with other undergraduate orgraduate programs at the University. At the graduate level this might include a MArch/MFA, MArch/MEngr, orMArch/MBA.The ProgramThe architecture program will support the mission of the University while emphasizing an integration of artisticprinciples, engineering fundamentals, and business understanding with the constant exploration of innovativedesign. In a collaborative multidisciplinary setting, the architecture program provides a professional educationjoined with other programs in the Hartford Art School, College of Engineering, and the Barney School of Business.The practitioner-based program balances theoretical, technical, professional, and creative knowledge. Students areprepared for careers

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Davis

Employment forWomen) provides resources and assists in job training that will promote career advancement.ANEW is accessible as one of the 2002 project links on the VDC website mentioned earlier, ordirectly as: http://vdc.engr.scu.edu/ANEW.The career resource website is composed of the following six sections: (1) About ANEW, (2) JobSearching, (3) Link to Tutorials, (4) Resume and Cover Letter Building, (5) Training Classes, (6)Helpful Links. The about ANEW page introduces project goals, and provides a very briefoverview of the website pages and functions. The job searching section lists employmentresources and agencies, in addition to linking users to various job search engines. The tutorialspage is a list of online tutorials for common computer

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Scales

College, 11% from a faculty member, and 11% through career fairs.As expected, there is also a great deal that these groups had in common. Examination of theirprior drafting experience found them to be almost identical. Sixty-six percent of the majors and65% of the minors took drafting previously in high school. This was somewhat higher thanexpected. When compared to a previous study, conducted in 1999, the author found thatapproximately 50% of the students in Graphic Communications introductory classes had priordrafting courses in high school (Scales, 2000). Although a slightly different population, thestudents in the introductory classes were predominately majoring in engineering programs, and itwas expected that their prior drafting experience

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Lebduska; David DiBiasio

thesophomore year, and hence have little contact with first-year students interested in chemicalengineering. Recently more departments are offering seminars or other career-oriented activitiesfor first-year students 1. Early engagement with the profession can increase motivation forlearning and improve retention in the major 2,3. Improving student understanding of engineeringshould certainly allow students to make informed, rational decisions about their academic andprofessional careers. Opportunities are few for fixing this problem, however, and frequentlyconsist of passive activities such as seminars and introductory technical courses. A process thatactively and enthusiastically engages students in learning about engineering is needed.In addition to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King

; Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIn planning this course, there were just a few considerations in the lecture sequence. The courseplans called for both Excel and MATLAB analyses of electrocardiograms, this work was to berelegated to classes after the basics of Excel and MATLAB were covered in the requiredIntroduction to Computing course mentioned above. Other portions of the class sequence thendepended on the authors’ ability to get guest speakers to cover specific areas of interest to thecourse, the remainder of the course material was then filled by the instructor who has devoted aportion of his career to EKG analysis (Skylab flights, more recently EKG studies on mice in aPharmacology

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Majid Salim; John E Wagner; David R Finley

. Located in Angola, Indiana, TSU isapproximately 45 miles northeast of Ft. Wayne and 60 miles west of Toledo, Ohio. From itsstart in the late 1800's as a normal school, TSU has grown into a regional educational leader forthe 21st century specializing in engineering, business, and education. Of the more than 1200students on campus, roughly one-half are enrolled in the School of Engineering and Science(SOES).Begun in 1909, the Chemical Engineering (ChE) Department at TSU has remained a smallundergraduate program with a focus on career-oriented higher education. Departmentalenrollment currently stands at very nearly 60 students, having dipped as low as 37 in the late1980s. With as few as 20-25 students entering the program each year, retention is a

Conference Session

Teaching Green Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamara Knott; Jean Kampe

(EF1015) involve coordinatingthe instruction of thirteen faculty members, resulting in a need to introduce change somewhatslowly. In the first semester of the effort, two substantial homework problems involvingsignificant green content were added to the syllabus. In addition, the new engineering studentswere required to attend a special evening lecture very early in the semester, which focused on theengineer's role in sustaining the environment.The gathering of the 1200+ first-year engineering students at an evening lecture during the firstweek of classes served several purposes. First, it provided an opportunity for the students toidentify with the College of Engineering early in their academic career. More importantly, thespeaker, Judge

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Skip Rochefort; Keith Levien

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationnew subject matter, but we are also trying to help students make judicious career choices. TheCourse Learning Objectives (CLO), which were developed to meet the ABET 2000 Criteria 3(a-k), provide a good outline of how we hope to accomplish this. CHE 101 Course Learning Objectives The students will demonstrate the ability to:1) comprehend and define the nature of the Chemical Engineering Profession. What is Chemical Engineering? What do Chemical Engineers do? What skills do ChE’s need to be successful?2) comprehend and define the roles of Oregon State University (OSU), the College of Engineering (COE), and the Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Techniques for Improving Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Beth Todd

Session 1065 Short, Instructional Module to Address Lifelong Learning Skills Beth A. Todd The University of AlabamaIntroductionEvery engineering program must demonstrate their graduates’ abilities to recognize the need forand engage in lifelong learning, as established in ABET 2000, Criterion 3(i). 1 While facultyagree that lifelong learning is an important skill and one that is significant in the future careers oftheir graduates, they often have limited experience and resources for teaching this topic. Formany engineering programs, it is hard to demonstrate where

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Harris; Sunday Faseyitan; Robert Myers; Pearley Cunningham; Winston Erevelles

manufacturers while simultaneously providing newand rewarding career paths for the region’s youth4, 5.The challenge of transforming academic institutions into educators of highly qualifiedmanufacturing employees that are skilled in mathematics, science and technological innovationis a critical one that has drawn national attention. In southwestern Pennsylvania, the response tothis challenge has taken the form of an innovative partnership called PRIME. The Partnershipfor Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) is an industry-driven, five-collegesystem delivering innovative manufacturing education and career development in southwestPennsylvania. PRIME brings together Robert Morris University (RMU), Pennsylvania StateNew Kensington (PSNK

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rudy Rogers; Rebecca Toghiani

technical knowledge may remain with themthroughout their careers in industry.ConclusionsIncorporating community service in a capstone design course has proven to have advantages:(1) Students sustain deeper interest and enthusiasm for a rigorous, semester-long project, (2)Students see the application of their hard-earned engineering knowledge for the benefit, orpotential benefit, of society. (3) The work instills an awareness of community service and theconnection with the engineering profession which they carry into industry during their careers.(4) Applied, innovative projects open doors for student paper contests, technical presentations,community recognition. (4) The design projects may influence career paths or have particularinfluence with a