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2001 Annual Conference

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William S. Carlsen; Christine M. Cunningham; Carol B. Muller; Peg Boyle Single

scale, opportunities for growth,broader and deeper pools of mentors and students, and mentor opportunities with industryprofessionals at campuses where these opportunities either do not exist or are limited (See Table1 for MentorNet’s Actual and Projected Growth Plan). Table 1: MentorNet’s Actual and Projected Growth Plan ----------------------------Actual----------------------------- Projected Pilot Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Semester 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 1998 Students 204 515 1,250 2,000 3,500 Matched

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2000 Annual Conference

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Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

of thestudent.We have found that this intense interview process is critical to student success, as the studentbecomes the explicit owner of the decision to embark on this difficult curriculum in pursuit of hisown career and lifestyle goals. We plan to continue using this interview technique to screenprogram applicants, and anticipate that we will continue to lose some top academic applicants tothis interview process. But early feedback from students completing their first year in theprogram indicate that we will lose only a minimum number of students to programdissatisfaction, educational failure, or changing career objectives.This interview process has not limited the applicants to the program, and the students currentlyenrolled in the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Geoffrey A. Wood

product they turn out costs dearly and often falls short in terms of desiredcontent. Now, with powerful and affordable technology available to the consumer andadvertisements that promise the world, many faculty are inspired to author their own in-housemultimedia. A common problem is to invest in multimedia technology without a clear plan ofhow to use it. This may well be caused by inexperience or as a response to pressure from above.In either case it can be very expensive when a special software or hardware component fails tolive up to expectations. All-too-often these efforts lead to blind alleys, frustration, andincomplete or inferior results. A careful examination of the facts coupled with a realistic set ofdevelopment goals will greatly

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Al-Ashkar

, & Wager, 1992) and we may never agree on theirrelative importance. There are some factors, however, that have are critical to the successof students engaged in distance education programs (Calvert, 1989).When the Department of Engineering Professional Development began to design andconstruct a new type of graduate program for adult engineers, three considerationsdominated our planning. The first was that of course content and design: What contentwas important to practicing engineers (and their employers) and what course designcharacteristics were relevant?The second consideration was the process of course delivery: What mix of media weregoing to be the most effective in delivering our specific content and engaging ourstudents? Were we

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

George Havener

solving, independent learning, teamwork andcommunication, while concurrently introducing basic principles of engineering to a group offreshman cadets. Problem Based Learning (PBL) 1,2 was the pedagogy used to engage the cadetsin a motivational project; design a plan to deploy a manned mission to Mars. Twelve speciallydesigned workshops were used to provide instruction on problem solving skills needed by thecadets to complete the project. A variety of assessment processes were used to evalua te theeffectiveness of the course. Among the findings, the final data show that without follow-on PBLexperiences in the remaining academic program, the problem solving skills initiated in thefreshman course are of little value to the students. Additional data

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rachel Shinn

predicted. By noting the change in natural frequency withand without the model, the inertia of the added body can be determined about the axis of rotation. The inertia measurement has not been implemented at the time of this writing, and is beingdesigned as one of the student projects this semester.Power:We currently offer two power labs and have plans for at least one other. Since spacecraft mustrun various devices at different voltages, the bus voltage must be stepped down or up to therequired voltage. One of the experiments has the students build the circuitry for a pulse widthmodulator, which varies the output voltage. The second lab requires that the student build aboost converter circuit. This lab uses a pulse width modulator to boost the

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

of ownership.Institutionalization plans for ACES includes a student fee of $5.00 per semester hour with a$75.00 maximum fee per SEM student. The money generated from the fees would be used topay student employee salaries, fund workshops, and maintain and purchase electronic equipmentand software.C. REUAs students progress in their studies and begin to make plans for the future, they are given theopportunity to participate in undergraduate research. Each semester, UTEP’s ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) program offers stipends to qualified students so they canperform research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. These stipends provide UTEPstudents, many of whom must work in order to finance their education, the opportunity to

Conference Session

Engrng Edu;An International Perspective

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Johansen; Jens Riis; Henrik Jorgensen; Claus Balken; James Luxhoj

of the risks and resources associated with implementing the developed manufacturing vision. 5. Application and planning Planning how to proceed by making use of the of the next steps organizational momentum created, the potential strategic contri- bution of the manufacturing vision and critical areas for designing a production systemRiis and Johansen1 elaborate that strategy development is typically executed in a spiralingprocess that includes both sequential and iterative elements, as illustrated in Figure 2

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NSF Opportunities for Undergrad Eng Ed

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannette Neal

brokendown into a sequence of smaller well-defined student projects for this course, planned so as t oculminate in a finished web site. Students in the course are working in small teams, each focusedon developing a subsite for a different particular historical attraction. The sequence of projectsincludes, for example, outlining the subsite using storyboards, defining how visitors will interactwith the site, defining the information that is to be included or available on every page and themedia used to present the information, incremental implementation of a prototype of the site,periodic testing with different browsers and platforms, obtaining periodic review feedback from

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

engineers.Staging the eventThe venueIn planning the Freshman Career Exploration Evening, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Page 22.768.4Career Center had to consider a venue that would serve up to 1,100 freshman students, as manyas 100 industry representatives, the engineering administrators who were key to drawingindustry, and the various faculty who would drop in on the event. In researching appropriatevenues, the Career Center found a venue just off-campus and within easy walking distance fromthe Engineering Residential Community. The venue was a converted theater complex thatprovided numerous rooms, lobby spaces, and auditoriums. Despite the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Judy L. Cezeaux, Western New England College; Michael J. Rust, Western New England College; Robert Gettens, Western New England College; Richard D. Beach, Western New England College; Jason A Criscuolo, Western New England College

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Biomedical

with the biomedical engineering program at WesternNew England College before and after the program. It is clear that the objective to introduce thehigh school students to the educational opportunities available within the biomedical engineeringprogram at Western New England College was met (p = 1 x 10-10). It is assumed that theparticipants’ impressions of the biomedical engineering program at Western New EnglandCollege were favorable as 9 listed the institution as a college to which they plan to apply on thepre-program survey while 12 listed it on the post-program survey. * Figure 4: Participant familiarity (Likert scale 0-4) with biomedical engineering program at

Conference Session

Objectives, Assessment, and Methods for Teaching Technological Literacy

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven R. Walk, Old Dominion University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

have been developed that reliably project the growth, diffusion,and performance of technology in time, including projecting technology substitutions, saturationlevels, and performance improvements. These forecasts can be applied at any stage of atechnology lifecycle to better predict future technology performance, assess the impact oftechnological change, and improve technology planning and investment. Knowledge of suchmeans to understand and project paths of technology and innovation and related social changeswould constitute important content in a technology literacy program.Often what is published as a technology forecast is simply scenario planning, usually made byextrapolating current trends into the future, with perhaps some subjective

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seunghyun Chun, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Bruce McCann, University of Texas, Austin; Ariane L. Beck, University of Texas, Austin; Eric Dean, National Instruments; Alexis Kwasinski, University of Texas at Austin

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and 2007, respectively. From 1993 to 1997, he worked for Telefnica of Argentina for four years designing and planning telephony outside plant net- works. Then he worked for five years for Lucent Technologies Power Systems (later Tyco Electronics Power Systems) as a Technical Support Engineer and Sales Technical Consultant in Latin America. For three years, he was also a part-time instructor in charge of ITBA’s telecommunications laboratory. He is currently and Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and his research interests include power electronics, distributed generation, renewable and alternative energy, and analysis of the impact of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Steve Warren, Kansas State University

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NSF Grantees

laboratory activity list, a four-week Temperature Alarm project was planned, Page 22.1630.5 where students were required to linearize an amplification circuit for a thermistor-based temperature sensor, a comparison circuit that compares the signal with reference voltagescorresponding to prescribed upper and lower temperature limits, and an alarming circuitthat issues an alert when the temperature is beyond the range. This project required manycalculations/derivations to select the appropriate resistance values before students couldstart building circuits. Circuit-building assignments consequently could not beaccomplished

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K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alpaslan Sahin, AggieSTEM Center at Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Niyazi Erdogan, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

more than 20,000 students.The Texas Harmony charter school system’s mission is “to prepare students for higher learningin a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educationalprogram with a strong emphasis on mathematics, science, engineering, and technology”. 11Harmony students are predominately female (51%), Hispanic (47%), and low SES (56% free orreduced cost lunch).Course offerings at HPS.Texas provides three types of graduation plan: (1) Minimum (2) Recommended Graduation Plan,and (3) Distinguished Graduation Plan. HPS do not offer to their students to graduate withMinimum graduation plan because it only requires students to complete 22 credits in four-yearand they only need to take 3 years science, 3

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; John E. Beard, Michigan Technological University; Wayne Weaver, Michigan Technological University; Carl L. Anderson, Michigan Technological University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, andimmediately modified to include the expandable side, HVAC, insulation, and aesthetictreatments on the floors, walls, and ceiling by Kentucky Trailer Technologies, a division ofKentucky Trailer. The basic specifications of the facility are shown in Table 1 and the overallfloor plan of this part of the facility is shown in Figure 3.Because of the expandable wall, the classroom space is approximately 48.5 m2. The expandingwall contains two 1.5 m flat panel plasma screens for display of lecture slides or other mediafrom the lab’s desktop PC’s or any laptop. The expanding wall also has a 2.4 m white board tofacilitate traditional lecture methods and open discussions. A small podium on wheels can bepositioned in a convenient location for the speaker.Table

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What Are We Learning About Co-op and Experiential Education Experience?

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2012-3532: A PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP: DON’T GRADUATEWITHOUT ONEDr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include power and energy processing, applied process control engineering, automation, fluid power, and facility planning. Page 25.93.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Professional Internship: Don’t Graduate Without

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Expanding Access and Opportunities for M/30

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrence L. Chambers P.E., University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

the debates on this issue it seems that the parties are talkingpast each other using specialized definitions and not really engaging each other in meaningfuldebate. As a result, the Raise the Bar Initiative is stalled and the planned implementation datehas been slipped from 2015 to 2020. This paper sets forth a comprehensive five-step plan toreconcile the competing interests in the Raise the Bar debate, proposing a politically feasible wayto close the industry exemption, retain the BS degree as the first professional degree, andsimultaneously restore 30 hours of engineering content subsequent to the BS degree and prior toregistration as a PE. The key to the proposal is to focus first on Raising the Bar for EngineeringInterns, after which

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Ledlie Klosky, U.S. Military Academy; Scott M. Katalenich, U.S. Military Academy; Steven D. Hart, U.S. Military Academy

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

infrastructure, articulated well by theAmerica 2050 plan (Regional Plan Association 2008), then our nation absolutely requires aneducated populace, across all disciplines, who understand the realities of how the components,systems, and meta-systems that underlie our daily lives actually work.BACKGROUNDThe word infrastructure has come into vogue with the American body politic; in the most recentState of the Union address, President Obama lamented “Our infrastructure used to be the best,but our lead has slipped... Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads and railwaysthan we do. China is building faster trains and newer airports. Meanwhile, when our ownengineers graded our Nation's infrastructure, they gave us a D.” (Obama 2011) In his

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Engineering Professional Development and Distance Learning Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Continuing Professional Development

Engineering Management and Rose-Hulman Faculty Assessment Office of Institutional Research, Planning and AssessmentOnce an opportunity has been proposed or identified by CPS, faculty resources will be generated.In situations in which the area of expertise is not covered within the Rose-Hulman curriculum orfaculty capability, an alumnus or qualified professional representing the area is contracted. If theopportunity requires or involves on-site delivery of instruction, we move into the contractingphase. Working with OSP and the Institute’s attorney, a Statement of Work (SOW) is drafted tooutline the terms and conditions of the engagement. Typically, the SOW will contain thedetailed of responsibilities for each

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brittany L. Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lauren Alise Jones; Margaret-Avis Anyeley Akofio-Sowah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science from Smith College in 2010 and her M.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 2011.Miss Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology Stefanie Brodie is a second year graduate student currently pursuing dual master’s degrees in transporta- tion engineering and urban planning with the intent to apply for the Ph.D. program in transportation engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in civil engineering. Her research interests focus on the interaction of transportation networks and land use through accessibility, especially regarding non-motorized and tran- sit modes of transportation, and the application of that

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

II, is a course entitled Structural Systems. This course isfor ARCH and CM students only. This is the course in which the focus shifts from elements tobuilding structural systems. Building on the skills learned in Structures I and Structures II,students develop the skills to analyze simple buildings composed of axial and bending members.They learn about structural stability, gravity and lateral loads, the development of framing plans,the behavior and comparison of structural building systems, framing schemes and buildingconfiguration related to vertical and lateral loads.Following the Structural Systems course, the ARCH and CM students take a Small ScaleStructures and then a Large Scale Structures course. While the Structural Systems course

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Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Kathleen M. Short, Virginia Tech

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College Industry Partnerships

AC 2012-4767: SYNERGISTIC LEARNING AND INQUIRY THROUGHCHARACTERIZING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY: ANINTERNSHIP-BASED BENCHMARKING PROCESS FOR SUSTAINABIL-ITY INNOVATIONSDr. Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech Dr. Annie Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech specializing in sustainable facilities and infrastructure systems. Throughout her career, Pearce has worked with practitioners in both public and private sectors to implement sustainability as part of building plan- ning, design, construction, and operations. As a LEED-accredited Professional, Pearce brings the latest in green building methods, technologies, and best practices to the classroom. Her specific

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Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wilczynski, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Crowley, University of Southern California

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Electrical and Computer

, more than 90% ofthe students enjoyed it. We have also heard from our industrial review board and companyrecruiters that this plan is to their liking. Students from this program are receiving top internshipsand find themselves leading their internship teams. We also get letters from former studentsabout how far ahead of their peers they are in their first jobs.introductionOur Computer Science Industry Advisory Board regularly reminded us at our bi-annual meetingsthat university B.S. graduates are not prepared for the real world; they don't know how to workon teams, they don't know what it means to work on large systems, and they don't know how towrite professional code. They said it takes the companies one year to adequately train a new hirefor

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2001 Annual Conference

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Robert Montgomery

one is hesitating for family reasons, I suggest involving the family in the decision,with the opportunity for the leave to be a family “adventure”.• Don’t bury yourself in teaching to get better at it – Certainly, one can become a betterteacher by practicing, and if teaching is a priority, then teaching should be part of the sabbatical.However, to the extent practical, make certain that the teaching to be done is truly a learningexperience, and plan other activities, such as seminars and workshops on teaching, assessment,and related topics, to assure a well-rounded overall experience. In negotiating the terms of thesabbatical with the host school, be sure to avoid duplicating sections of the same course, optinginstead for a variety of

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Otto Loewer; Ken Vickers; John Ahlen; Greg Salamo

technological problems that develop along the way.III. Innovation FocusEstablishing any new business requires a plan for both initial product focus as well as futureproduct expansion. The initial product focus for the I2 business at the University of Arkansas is inthe fields of nano to micro electronics-photonics, with later expansion into other fields of research. This utilizes the resource strengths of the physical research facilities and faculty that already sharecommon research themes in nano to micro electronics-photonics, as well as the recentestablishment of an interdisciplinary graduate program resulting in both MS and Ph.D. degrees inMicroelectronics-Photonics. First stage products produced by I2 will be demonstrations of proofof

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Andre; Connie Hargrave; Scott Chumbley; Kristen Constant

use for K-12education in the early 1990s, we have learned that merely providing schools and teachers accessto high technology equipment does not ensure that it will be used. Many teachers are too busyand their curriculum too structured to allow incorporation of the WebSEM into their lessons.Many lack knowledge in the area of SEM and do not possess confidence in their abilities tooperate the instrument. To overcome these problems, MSE is working with the Department ofCurriculum and Instruction (C&I) to train future teachers in the use of the WebSEM. ScienceEducation professors are incorporating the WebSEM into their courses and having selectedstudents receive training on its use. These students then prepare lesson plans and present

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2000 Annual Conference

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William E. Murphy; Jimmy L. Smart; G. T. Lineberry; Bonita L. Lykins

, then transfer to UK-Paducah.) Most students will be transfers from PCC,or will enroll at PCC and UK (through Distance Learning Programs) concurrently.III. ResourcesInfrastructure and BudgetaryIn 1996, the Kentucky General Assembly authorized funding to UK and Murray State Universityfor program planning and partial funding for program initiation in 1997-98. A Special Session ofthe General Assembly in May 1997 approved additional funding for PCC to upgrade its existinginfrastructure. The Paducah Junior College Board (local development and fund raising agent forPCC) conducted a capital campaign that raised $8.3 million for the construction of a new scienceand engineering building. Classes began in January 1998 in the new 53,000 square-foot

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Valana Baxter; Mark R Henderson; Jim Baxter; Alan de Pennington

undergraduate students and internationalcultural and technical exchange. Other universities were conducting global design teams forgraduate students at that time, but undergraduate involvement was minimal1.The initial plan for the global engineering design team was for short exchange visits of eachgroup of students to the other school including the industry-created definition of a year-longdesign project to be conducted by both groups as a single team throughout the coming academicyear. During the summer of 1998, four students from ASU and five students from Leeds wereselected for this initial implementation. Mentors were selected from Rolls-Royce and Boeingcommercial airplane company to guide both students and faculty through his first year's

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles V. Camp; Anna P. Phillips; Paul Palazolo

instruction to the current civil engineering project requirements. Includingrepresentatives of the different departments was beneficial on several levels: first, these groupdiscussions helped the civil engineering instructors to understand they were expecting writingskills at the freshman level that were not curricularly planned until the junior level when allengineering students take a course in technical communication. Second, it helped the writinginstructor to see what real expectations exist for the engineering students in their disciplines. Itwas through discussions such as these that the teaching team came up with the idea to bringtechnical writing instruction to the introductory sequence of civil engineering courses on an “as-needed” basis.The