Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the senior/Masters level in the coming year. He is currently, offering aPh.D. level special topics course INEN 885: Nano and Bio Manufacturing in Spring 2007.Introducing nano and micro technology modules within the IE curriculum is an important avenuefor instilling interest, educating and inspiring students to pursue higher degrees and career pathsin nanotechnology field. This will expand the possible career options for Industrial engineeringstudents.8. ConclusionNano and micro manufacturing modules were introduced within the industrial engineeringcurriculum at NC A&T SU. Pre and post surveys were used as evaluate the benefit of the nanoand micro manufacturing modules. Statistical analysis results indicated that students had highercorrect

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Jones, James Madison University; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

Tagged Divisions

International

State University , and then served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at James Madison University in VirginiaRussel Jones, World Expertise LLC RUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services in engineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: faculty member at MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University of Massachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware. Page 12.1214.1© American

Conference Session

Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technology-based firms5,6.With engineering entrepreneurship being a relatively new phenomenon within undergraduate andgraduate engineering programs, thousands of working engineers who graduated prior to 2000 arebecoming interested in developing their invention, innovation and entrepreneurship skills toeither enhance their current career or explore starting a company. For many colleges anduniversities, providing entrepreneurship courses is viewed as a service they should provide tomeet both internal and external demand, a step to help keep U.S. engineers competitive andinnovation leaders, a way to support their alumni, and possibly a revenue source.For the authors of this paper, baseline data was needed to help their institutions (the Universityof

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

by the United Negro College Fund Special Programs(UNCFSP) through a contract with NASA / Office of Education. More detailed informationregarding the NAFP program as well as application procedures and forms can be found on theUNCFSP website at http://www.uncfsp.org.Typically, applicants to the program fall under one of two categories: NASA Career Employeesand STEM Faculty of Minority Serving Institutions. Applicants who are already NASAemployees will teach and / or conduct research at a MSI and then participate in a professionaldevelopmental assignment at a NASA or NASA related agency, other government agency, or inthe private sector. Those who fall under the STEM Faculty category are those who currentlywork in academia who will conduct

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University; Jason Stepp, Morehead State University; Ahmad Zargari, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

the evolution in practice and acute shortage of trainedpersonnel, opportunity abound for unqualified individuals to practice in the field endangeringpublic protection and safety. There is therefore an urgent need for professional certification inthe construction field in the USA.Construction industry in the USA is one of the nation’s largest industries employing nearly 10million people that represent about 10% of the gross national product.1 Some workers in theconstruction industry had different initial career choices and hence were not educated or trainedin construction. Other workers started out in the trades and worked their way into managementpositions. Certification as a construction professional recognizes someone as possessing

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

Tagged Topics

Diversity

sport (wrestling) as an entry to engage Baltimorestudents both after school and in the summers with sport training, financial literacy, and STEMeducation. It is a non-profit youth development program that combines amateur wrestling withmentoring and academic development. The overarching aim is to enhance personal development,discipline, and sense of self-efficacy along with concrete skills and knowledge in areas relevantfor overall career and life success. The summer STEM (and financial literacy) program drawsprimarily minority male students who are already high school athletes. The program typicallyenrolls 30 students between the ages of 14-18. All participants attend Baltimore City Public HighSchools. The six-week summer program has elements

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2003 GSW

Authors

James M. Gregory; Akanni Lawal; John Rivera; Lloyd Heinze; Gary Harris; Donald Bagert

now packaged at a website, E—COACH (College Optimal Advisor and Career Helper) that can be used to provide just-in-timeinformation and assessment to help students succeed in college.1 E—COACH can be accessedfrom the College of Engineering web page at www.coe.ttu.edu. Students can use this site forassessment and feedback of information in selecting a major, determining type of leadershipstrength, learning how to learn including study and time management, and sleep management.E—COACH also provides access to QUICK Advisor, which includes online scheduling andregistering for classes. While all students at Texas Tech University have access to these tools,we monitor the gpa of NSF scholars (our small test group to determine who the processes will

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2003 GSW

Authors

W. Conway Link; Carlos G. Spaht

Writing• ACT Preparation• Medical Career Preparation• Drug, Alcohol, and Gang Awareness and PreventionOther features include: field trips to local industries, visiting lecturers and minorityspeakers, college and career awareness, swimming, basketball, ping pong, pool and otherrecreation.Since a significant number of LaPREP students come from low-income families,LaPREP charges no tuition or fees. LaPREP provides free transportation to and from theprogram site via Sportran bus passes, free lunches in the University Center, books andother materials needed for classes, and cost-free field trips.LaPREP AccomplishmentsLaPREP will begin its twelfth annual summer session on the campus of LSUS in June of2003. Evaluations contributed by the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Magleby, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

for Growth. Dr. Furse received her B.S. in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor in 1985, M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1988, and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1994. Dr. Furse has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, antenna design, and introductory electrical engineering. Dr. Furse works to interest young students, particularly women and minorities in engineering and routinely volunteers in Utah's K-12 schools as an engineering mentor, science educator, and engineering career guidance counselor and is active with the Society of Women Engineers, Junior Engineering

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Dunn, University of Maine; Kenneth Nichols, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2008-2622: CREATING CLASSROOM LINKS BETWEEN PUBLICADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINESPhilip Dunn, University of MaineKenneth Nichols, University of Maine Kenneth Nichols holds a doctorate from Georgetown University. He retired from a career with IRS before changing careers into teaching. He teaches courses in Public Administration at the University of Maine in Orono Page 13.342.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Creating Classroom Links between Public Administration and Civil Engineering DisciplinesAbstract Professionals from the public

Conference Session

Research and Education in Radiation and Radiologic

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shripad Revankar, Purdue University; Felix Mbuga, Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology,

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

wide undergraduate research programs inscience and engineering. The first institution-wide undergraduate research program at a majorresearch university was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 and hasbeen followed by a number of other research universities. The National Science Foundation haspresented undergraduate research as a critical component of its core strategy for educationreform. The National Science Foundation began providing financial support for such efforts in1987 through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, which was specificallydesigned to attract talented students into research careers in science and engineering. Someprograms now require undergraduate research as part of the B.S. degree

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2009-716: AN EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS COURSESPaul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Michael Bosse, East Carolina University Michael J. Bossé is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Instructional Technology

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, cooperative learning, andrecruitment of under-represented groups in engineering; it also leads to better retention ofstudents, and citizenship (3), as well as helping meet the well-known ABET criteria (a)-(k) (4).Astin et al. (5) found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that S-L had significant positive Page 14.1055.2effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, critical thinkingskills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy,leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills), choice of aservice career, and plans to participate in

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

maintains a relationship with a less-experienced, oftennew member to the organization and provides information, support, and guidance so as toenhance the less-experienced member's chances of success in the organization and beyond.” [3]The goal of the mentoring relationship is to enhance the student's academic success and tofacilitate the progression to post-graduate plans, either graduate study or a career in theworkplace. In the university setting, graduate students might receive mentoring from either theiradvisor or non-advisor. This study concentrates on mentoring relationship between graduatestudents and their advisor. Faculty advisor can be either research advisor or academic advisor.However, it is common that graduate students’ works are most

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research in ET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

careers appropriate to the program objectives. The program must have an effective professional development plan for its faculty. The number of faculty members must be sufficient to provide program continuity, proper frequency of course offerings, appropriate levels of student-faculty interaction, and effective student advising and counseling. Each program must have effective leadership through a full-time faculty member with defined leadership responsibilities for the program. The program faculty must have sufficient responsibility and authority to define, revise, implement, and achieve program objectives.1 The pace of technological change also imposes new challenges for facultydevelopment

Conference Session

Measuring Success of Graduate Program Components

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Raelyn Rediske, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Steve Ackerman, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

effectively in teams, and interacting with K–12students … Of these skills, the interns indicated that their greatest improvements were in the areas ofcommunicating science topics to nontechnical audiences and interacting with K–12 students.” 15 SeveralIPSE program participants also reported a shift in their career paths to science education or publicunderstanding of science as a result of their experience with this training program15.In 2007, the US House of Representatives introduced a bill (HR1453 or The Scientific CommunicationsAct of 2007) requesting the National Science Foundation to offer grants specifically for science graduatetraining programs to “develop communications skills that will enable them to effectively explain technicaltopics to

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

0.83 The candidate speaks a foreign language, has lived or worked in another country, or has worked with culturally different people. Page 14.438.3In October 2008, surveys were distributed to exhibiting companies who hire engineers at a smallengineering society conference (22 respondents). In February 2009 they were distributed tocompanies attending our university’s career fair (32 respondents). The respondents’ companieshired mainly mechanical (47 of 54 respondents) and electrical engineers (37 of 57 respondents).Other engineering types being hired with multiple responses were materials (19), chemical (19),computer (17

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Weaver; Mark Strauss; Jenna Caldwell

/pursuit.rehab.uiuc.edu” Thisdynamic outreach medium has put us in touch with students, scientists, prospective mentors, career counselors,and concerned “regular folks” from around the globe. The number of files accessed per day is increasingsomewhat exponentially over the past few months, and is now up to roughly 1100 of hits per week.Interestingly, the charismatic web master of this elaborate site is one of the 14 UIUC SEM students with adisability-- he is a junior computer science major with a math minor and is legally blind. The web site hasbeen a valuable data-collection source, as it offers a survey form and it tracks which of our files are read mostoften. .-Minigrants PURSUIT offers minigrants of up to $5,000 to high schools for improve

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul J. Antaki

1 .—+. Session 0030 How To Create Interest In Technical Presentations Paul J. Antaki Antaki & Associates, Inc. 1. Importance of Creating Interest Technical presentations play an important role in our careers as engineers and scientists, and ineducating students for these careers. For example, delivering successful conference presentationsgains recognition for our work

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl A. Sorby; Beverly J. Baartmans

in overcoming deficiencies in spatial visualization ability. This paper describes this course and presentssome results from this study.BACKGROUND Traditionally, scientists and engineers have been white males, but there are compelling reasons toincrease the number of women who choose engineering as a career. The engineering profession is faced withsignificant problems that need solutions. If we are to attract the best people to engineering, recruitment mustoccur from all of the population, not just from 50% of it. By increasing the number of women engineers, differentperspectives and different solution methods will be proposed. In a study of the leadership qualities of men andwomen in executive positions, it was found that, “Executive

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica R. Hitchcock; Diane Sherrard; Carol A. Wellington; Steven M. Click

. 2) Preparing the Professorate The Preparing the Professorate Program was developed at NCSU for the express purpose of givingqualified graduate students the opportunity to excel in the classroom once embarking on a career in education.The program pairs participating graduate students with a mentoring professor. An interested student approachesthe faculty member of his/her choice and they apply to the program as a team. The application specifies a two-semester plan of action. While the specifics of the plan are notpredetermined, it usually follows a standard format. During the first semester, the graduate student observes thementoring professor, discusses class content and objectives, and begins planning for the teachhg

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Maurice Bluestein

Session 2248 Teaching Measurement Uncertainty in a Mechanical Engineering Technology Laboratory Maurice Bluestein Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Abstract In preparing students for careers in mechanical engineering technology, we have recognized thatmany of our graduates are hired into industrial positions involving performance and test. These positionsinvolve setting up experiments and making mechanical measurements. Modem methods of data

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane M. Fraser; Dina R. Ismail

amount of data is overwhelming, so we chose to focus on trying toidentify factors that distinguish among the three groups: ENG, OTHER, and DROP,with emphasis on two types of factors: (1) data known before the student enters OSU(ACT, SAT, and rank) and (2) da ta known early in the student’s career at OSU. Inthe latter category we focused on performance in the first math, physics, and englishcourses.Table 2 shows how the percent in each group varied with factors known when the studententers OSU. With each factor, the ENG percent increases as the factor improves and theDROP percent decreases, as would be expected. The effect on the OTHER percentdepends on the relative size of the increase in the ENG percent and the decrease in theDROP percent.Table

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

career must acknowledge that two-year institutions or community colleges representthe fastest growing segment of higher education [4]. Recent data shows that 40% of individualsearning bachelor or master’s engineering degrees started higher education in a communitycollege. The trend is higher in some states such as California for which more than 48% ofgraduates with science or engineering degrees started at a community college [5].Despite this contribution to the nation’s engineering workforce, engineering education in a Page 14.746.2community college environment presents formidable challenges for both students andinstructors. Most community

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathemathetics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Reba, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

and despitevery positive faculty and student perceptions, it is not easy to expand the set of math facultywilling to try the technology. Yet, interest in Tablet PCs (and MessageGrid) is flourishing atClemson, due to a 2007 Hewlett Packard Leadership Grant which placed Tablet PCs into amultidisciplinary technology classroom and attracted faculty from Engineering and otherdepartments willing to invest time to learn new pedagogical techniques.Introduction Approximately 20% of students in first-semester Freshman Calculus at Clemson Universityin Fall 2007 earned Ds (poor), Fs (fail) or Ws (withdraw) and either had to repeat the course orabandon their STEM career goals. This DFW rate represented nearly a 50% reduction in the ratefrom Fall 2005

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlene Russell, University of California, Los Angeles; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; william Monroe, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Chester Wilmot, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Harvard University. His engineering career spans over 40 years. He is a licensed Professional Engineer who was previously an engineering consultant, and is also a retired military officer.william Monroe, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Todd Monroe has been an Associate Professor in the Biological & Agricultural Engineering Department at Louisiana State University since 2008, and is the holder of the Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Armstrong Professorship in Engineering. Prior to work at LSU, he received MS, PhD and postdoctoral training in the Intracellular Engineering Laboratories at Vanderbilt University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering. His BS in Biological Engineering from LSU gives

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

is intended for first year students. We expect thestudents to gain competencies in these areas: 1. Demonstrate increased abilities in speech, personal communication, and career communication. 2. Demonstrate the presentation of speeches to inform and to persuade (to convince, to activate). 3. Lead or participate in group discussions reaching problem-solving or fact-finding goals, and respond to comments and questions from the audience while maintaining objectivity. 4. Maintain group cohesiveness by using task and maintenance behaviors (including recording and analyzing your group uses of these group dynamic actions.) 5. Use informative, persuasive, and empathetic listening strategies and write journal entries

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Joseph Staier, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

have statistically significant increases in averageresponse ratings. Page 11.80.8 Table 1 – End-Of-Course Survey Questions with Statistically Significant Increases in Average Responses Section 1 -COURSE FEEDBACK Q1. I understood the learning objectives of the course. Q2. The homework assignments could reasonably be completed within the time allotted. Q3. Homework did not exceed, on the average, the two hours per one-hour lecture guideline. Q6. I believe the course material will benefit me during my career. Q8. Emphasis was placed on the quality of material, not on the quantity (ie

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

model10 is shown in Fig. 4. After viewingthe Joel Barker presentation on "Wealth and innovation," we find the areas that were touchedupon by the presentation can be listed along in the following manner (as defined in the TilfordCompetencies), • Diversity Implications of Career: Understanding how diversity impacts the academic discipline (under the broad criterion of knowledge); • Respect: An appreciation of those who are different from one's self (under broad the criterion of Personal Attributes); • Critical Thinking: The ability to use deductive reasoning to understand diverse perspectives (under broad criterion of Skills);Table 1 makes is an assessment of the impact of the Barker presentation (based on

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

substantial gain inaverage math skill grade level. Although the two courses were well suited for linkage in alearning community designed to provide knowledge, skills, and the peer support needed foracademic success and a technical career, many students had already attained mastery of somecourse content (computer literacy). In the final survey most of the students considered thecourses well coordinated and interconnected, and all declared that they would recommend theEDGE Program to other students.3) Students will experience academic success and student life in a college environment andbegin to accumulate college course credits towards an Associate’s degree at San AntonioCollege.Results: All but one student enrolled in the EDGE 2005 Program