Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer H. Gross, Lehigh University; Donna M. Mohr, Lehigh University; Stephen Pessiki, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

understanding of the structural engineering design process, from inception to construction  Provide a deep, intuitive knowledge of the behavior of structures through full-scale destructive testing of structural components and systems  Provide advanced analytical and design tools essential to the practice of contemporary structural engineering  Provide a practical appreciation of the economic, environmental, societal, ethical, health and safety contexts in which structural engineers work  Provide a flexible array of elective course offerings that allow graduates to customize a program tailored to their particular interests and career goals.In order to meet the mission statement, a 30-credit, 10-month, design

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt M. DeGoede, Elizabethtown College; Momodou Jain

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International

, predates UTG. The fall semester program is highly structured andmay not work well for most engineering students. However the spring Service-Learningsemester may work well, coupled with a community based project in the design course.Originally developed at Juniata College, the Keystone Study Away Consortium or KSACprogram is a newer program currently offering opportunity for study at UTG every springsemester. Students take one course on West African cultures, but are otherwise free to take anycombination of courses offered at UTG.Engineering Service ProjectsService learning has been introduced into engineering programs to “increase student recruitmentand retention, teach engineering ethics, encourage social awareness, introduce engineering tofirst

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, and sciences. The Program’s incubator environment and resources, on-site business coaching services, academic courses, and seed funding provide a rich environmentfor developing the entrepreneurial mindset and functional skillsets in entrepreneurship. Themission of the Hinman CEOs Program is to foster an entrepreneurial spirit, create a sense ofcommunity and cooperation, and develop ethical leaders.The faculty and staff advisors interact with the client to secure funding for the projects, scopeprojects, communicate the project opportunities to students, staff projects, confirm deliverables, Page 25.422.5and make payment to the students upon

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Douglass Klein, Union College

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

and future of the human-technology relationship. Thiscourse is part of a college-wide program that develops students’ critical reading, writing anddiscussion skills. The expectation is that exploring the relationship between technology andsociety will engage both engineering and liberal arts students. From the classical myth of Prometheus to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to IBM’s Watsoncomputer and beyond, the course explores the relationship between technology and progress,technology and happiness, and technology and human freedom, offering students contrastingviews of what drives technology and how best to cope with its uncertainties. Students examinethe social context in which technology operates, ethical considerations related to

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Peter Vogt, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

-disciplinary or cross-functional teams. • This course helped me gain an understanding of and ability to: Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems. • This course helped me gain an understanding of and ability to: understand the professional and ethical responsibility of engineering. • This course helped me gain an understanding of and ability to: recognize the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning. • This course helped me gain an understanding of and ability to: develop a knowledge of contemporary issues. • This course helped me gain an understanding of and ability to: use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. • This course

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the computing requirements appropriate to its solution;c) An ability to design, implement and evaluate a computer-based system, process, component, or program to meet desired needs;d) An ability to function effectively on teams to accomplish a common goal;e) An understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security, and social issues and responsibilities;f) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;g) An ability to analyze the local and global impact of computing on individuals, organizations and society;h) Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, continuing professional development;i) An ability to use current techniques, skills, and tools necessary for computing practices.j) An ability to apply

Conference Session

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

, faculty industrial sabbaticals, advisory board members, and an excellentvehicle for some great community public relations.Internships are also very profitable for industries as they struggle to maintain an adequatesupply of technically oriented employees during market swings. “With many functionswithin the engineering process needing oversight or 'leg work', interns are a valuable assetthat many large engineering companies love to leverage and use the collaboration to gaina better understanding of an intern's work ethic and potential to identify possibleemployees.” 1Internships truly are a mutually beneficial partnership. Employers who create internshipprograms get the benefit of the time and efforts of young people eager to learn the

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanjun Xian, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

primary strategies researchers used to identify collaborators5 andtheir behavioral changes after collaboration8. However, few efforts have investigated the overallcollaboration pattern and why some scholars tend to collaborate.There are many factors that influence a researcher's collaboration decisions such as fields ofstudy, awareness of other academic work, levels of competition, perceived usefulness ofcollaboration, and work ethics. Among these possible factors, fields of study have beenrecognized as the most significant characteristic in determining researchers’ collaborationdecisions9. Even though there are increasing amounts of co-authored publications, suchcollaborative research varies radically in discipline10,11.In this study, we focus

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin J. Neill, Pennsylvania State University; Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Raghvinder S. Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Engineering, IEEE Computer, Journal or Systems and Software, Software Process: Improvement and Practice, and IEEE Software. He is the author of Antipatterns:Managing Software Organizations and People and Associate Editor-in-Chief of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering.Dr. Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Joanna DeFranco earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and B.S. in electrical engineer- ing from Penn State University Park. She teaches graduate courses including: Problem Solving, Project Management, Software Systems Design, Computer Forensics, Ethics and Values in

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative Energy Courses and Concepts

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

GenEd curriculum 8. Although eachuniversity may have different requirements for GenEd, a survey of the American Association ofColleges and Universities identifies common themes, including science, global studies,technology, sustainability, and others 7. We maintain that the class described can be tailored tomeet a General Education requirement at many institutions. The course also is well suited foraddressing the ABET expectations that students understand the broader impacts of engineering.Practically speaking, it is our claim that energy is also an excellent topic for extending STEMeducation into the realm of social, cultural, economic, environmental, ethical, and other domains.Energy is clearly a subject for scientific and engineering study

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech; Tamara W. Knott, Virginia Tech; Thomas D. Walker P.E., Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Virginia Tech, whichenrolls 1,400 – 1,600 freshman engineering students each year. The first course, EngineeringExploration (ENGE 1024), focuses on introductory engineering topics such as problem solving,ethics, graphing, hands-on design, programming with LabVIEWTM, and contemporary issues likeglobalization and nanotechnology. The second course, Exploring the Digital Future (ENGE1104), focuses on design and problem solving from an electrical and computer engineering andcomputer science perspective and MATLABTM programming. The third course, Exploration ofEngineering Design (ENGE 1114), focuses on design, graphics communication and solidmodeling with Inventor TM, and programming with MATLABTM. All freshmen are required tocomplete ENGE1024 with a C

Conference Session

Tablets Large and Small

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso ; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso

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Computers in Education

which students learn communication skills, ethics of the use of technology, and teamwork, among other topics. Gomez presented at the Teacher Networking Technology 2010 conference, where he presented on mobile technologies and the use of Podcast Producer to help the process of creating and publishing podcasts. Gomez also participated in MaST (Math and Sci- ence Teachers Academy) delivering workshops for the students. Gomez, as well, works with the UGLC team to provide Center for Life Learning classes to assist our returning community members in keeping up with the fast-paced and ever-changing world of technology. When not preparing our students for their technology dependent future careers, he assists in the UGLC with

Conference Session

National and Multi-university Initiatives

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; William M. Jordan, Baylor University; Edmond John Dougherty, Villanova University; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Kenneth F. Bloemer, University of Dayton

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

developing countries. He also writes and does research in the areas of engineering ethics and engineering education.Edmond John Dougherty, Villanova University Edmond John Dougherty is a graduate of Villanova and Drexel universities. He is the Director of the Engineering Entrepreneurship program at Villanova University. He is also President of Ablaze Develop- ment Corp and a Founder of Wavecam Media. Ablaze provides electronic and software product design services. Wavecam designs, produces, and operates a number of aerial remote camera systems for sports and entertainment. He specializes in product design, engineering project management, artificial intelli- gence, and creativity. He was a key part of a team that won an

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4913: THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF AN ENGINEERINGCOURSE FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE ENGINEERINGRenata A. Revelo Alonso, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Renata Revelo Alonso is a doctoral student in higher education in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her B.S. and M.S. are in electrical engineering from the same institution.Prof. Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Michael C. Loui is professor of electrical and computer engineering and University Distinguished Teacher- Scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His interests include computational complexity theory, professional ethics, and the

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Karen A. De Urquidi, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Karl Louis Wuensch, East Carolina University; William W. Swart, East Carolina University; Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

., gender, age, classification, and ethnic origin), the NEO–FF21 forthe five factor evaluation, and the ND–LOC19 for the LOC evaluation. Administration of theassessment battery took approximately 60 minutes. Appropriate institutional review approvalswere obtained and American Psychological Association (APA) ethical guidelines for researchwith human participants were followed.InstrumentsThis section briefly summarizes the measurement instruments employed in this study:Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS).20 The focus of the ALEKS testemployed was calculus readiness exam used by the engineering program as a means ofmeasuring students' mathematical readiness for college level calculus. Scores from the ALEKSare used to determine if a

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

Activities in the First Year. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2008;24(2):409-419.15. van de Poel I, van Gorp AC. The need for ethical reflection in engineering design: The relevance of type of design and design hierarchy. Science, Technology, and Human Values. 2006;31(3):333-360.16. Garrety K, Badham R. User-Centered Design and the Normative Politics of Technology. Science, Technology, and Human Values. 2004;29(2):191-212.17. Oudshoorn N, Pinch T. Introduction: How Users and Non-Users Matter. In: Oudshoorn N, Pink D, eds. How Users Matter: The Co-Construction of Users and Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; 2003:1- 28.18. Chambers R. Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last. Warwickshire

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kari L. Jordan, Ohio State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University

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Minorities in Engineering

intentions, creativity, and other related constructs, as well as the effects of an individual’s values and professional role orientation on STEM learning, retention, persis- tence, and ethics. Page 25.1043.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Pilot Intervention to Improve “Sense of Belonging” of Minorities in EngineeringSynopsisDuring the fall 2010 semester the Longitudinal Assessment of Engineering Self-Efficacy(LAESE) was administered to engineering students across several majors at three institutions.The purpose of this study was to examine if there were differences in

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Ortiz, LeTourneau University; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

PAUL R. LEIFFER, PhD, PE Paul R. Leiffer is a professor in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology and Chairman of the Engineering Department at LeTourneau University, where he has taught since 1979. He is the co-developer of LeTourneau’s program in BioMedical Engineering. He received his B.S.E.E. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Drexel University. Prior to joining the faculty at LeTourneau, he was involved in cardiac cell research at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His professional interests include bioinstrumentation, engineering design, digital signal processing, and engineering ethics. Email: paulleiffer@letu.edu

Conference Session

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

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

level of rigor that is equivalent to one 3-credithour course per year. Additionally, these CPD requirements could be specified to coverdiscipline specific needs (such as ethics and technical specialization). Currently, the number ofrequired PDH’s (in the 32 states that do require Continuing Professional Development) rangesfrom 4 per year in Florida, 8 per year in Virginia, 12 per year in five states, and 15 per year in theremaining 25 states. By raising the CPD requirements to 45 PDH’s per year, an engineer wouldgarner the equivalent of 12 credits hours in the first four years of service as an EngineeringIntern, enough equivalent credit hours for an MS after 10 years, and enough hours for a PhDafter about 20 years. Given the exponentially

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared P. Coyle, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

reactions Manage the Nitrogen Cycle General Chemical Reactions Environmental Lesson: Engineering and Environmental Ethics Provide energy from fusion Nuclear Reactions Nuclear Lesson: E = mc 2 Preventing nuclear terror Nuclear Reactions Nuclear Lesson: E = mc2Unit 7: Stoichiometry Develop carbon sequestration methods Stoichiometry Chemical, Mat. Sci. Lesson: Suck it Up, Balance it RightUnit 8: Gas Laws

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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College Industry Partnerships

completed after the completion of the internship.The Strengths Awareness Matrix10 was developed to evaluate the change in how students per-ceived their personal strength characteristics. This assessment allows students to describe theirstrengths with phrases or adjectives and was then coded into 23 different categories for evalua-tion. The categories were based upon the most common responses received from the students.These categories were then separated into five groups that included work ethic, communication,personality, time management, trust and physical qualities. The data evaluation indicated themost notable areas of improvement measured were verbal communication skills and an aware-ness of their abilities to interact with individuals.To help

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

containing some of the background andcomplexities actually encountered by an engineer’6. Similar definitions apply to otherdisciplines like law, arts, music, management, teacher education, or any other fields that havemade extensive use of cases for professional training.Teaching with cases often involves several challenges for the instructor. These includediagnosing technical problems and formulating solution strategies, making engineering andmanagement decisions taking into account technical, economic, and social and psychologicalconsiderations, and confronting ethical dilemmas7. The instructor needs to either have lots ofexperience or invite systems engineers in the industry to give seminars and present cases. Theinstructor can then have students

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Zmich; Thomas Wolff

analysis. • An end-of-semester student evaluation of the course and instructor. • A detailed syllabus including course objectives, policies, requirements and activities.Specific topics taught in the Engineering sections include communicating with your professors,expectations for written papers, the engineer as a hero, the University and the College, engineeringand science ethics, job preparation, the engineering library, exploring MSU’s academic resources,the role of the academic adviser in student success, how to get a 3.0 without really trying, test-taking skills, time management for college students, learning styles, personality types, selecting acareer, and experiential learning. In the fall semester of 2000, a “disassembly project

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Erlandson

Copyright ©2001, American Society of Engineering EducationExposure to accessibility issues and accessible design principles are not typically part of theundergraduate engineering curriculum. One must not conclude that ethical considerations aloneare the only reason for the inclusion of accessible design principles. ETL research shows thatmanufacturing concerns that focus on job productivity, quality, and safety are closely related toaccessible design. 2 Of course, legal mandates for the design of accessible products and the useof accessible design principles in the design process are, in their own right, compelling reasonsto include accessible design principles in the undergraduate engineering curriculum.The design of products must take into

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

obvious solution to the comparability issue is to set up a more controlled experiment, where acontrol group solves a problem using any method they wish, and an experimental group solves thesame problem using the I/O map method. But in a classroom setting, this is nearly impossible toachieve (how do you keep the experimental group from ‘contaminating’ the control group?), and isethically dubious. Having the two groups in different sections helps mildly, but does notcompletely alleviate the problem as students in different sections will talk and work together, andthe ethics question remains. Separating the two groups by time, such as having the control groupin one semester and experimental group in the next, is problematic because one would want to

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

program.ResultsBased upon the assessment processes that were in place during the 1998-99 ABET accreditationcycle, it was clear that the CpE program had good outcomes in several major areas and that theseresults had improved because of the systemic approach deployed during the 1996-98 time frame.Most notable were the results due to revising the major engineering design experience 2.Studentsbegan to work on multidisciplinary teams. They worked on open-ended design problemsinvolving embedded computers. There was an increased emphasis on the need for standards, oraland written communications, and contemporary societal issues, including engineering ethics. Inretrospect, the successes by the major engineering design experience were driven more byindividual faculty

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar

isnecessary, it will not be a final solution, as both of these students are usingdifferent criteria, and in both cases their criteria use large undefined terms like"effects" and "help or hinder".The final rhetorical claim is claim of policy, what we should actually do basedon preceding discussion. Most students wanted to continue research intoGMOs, and most wanted more investigation as to their safety. In regards togrowing and testing, one student wrote, "More studies should be done on thealready in use GMOs and the effects that they are having on the environment.Before changing any more organisms, a set of criteria should be created todecide if it’s ethical and effective. The long-term environmental effects shouldbe researched more thoroughly." A

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Harms; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

experiments, and to analyze and interpret experimental Page 6.1099.3 data“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education” • An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams • An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems related to production, processing, storage, handling, distribution, and use of food and other biological products worldwide, and the responsible management of the environment and natural resources • An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Gallogly

continuinginterest and sources for case studies, are: Inc. Magazine; and Entrepreneur Magazine.7 See note 2, supra.BiographyVincent Gallogly holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Engineering at The Albert Nerkin Schoolof Engineering of The Cooper Union, where he teaches Entrepreneurship, and Law and Ethics; and hasheld an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Law at the Pace University School of Law, where he taughtScientific and Technological Issues in Environmental Law. Mr. Gallogly is currently Of Counsel toTierney, Zullo, Flaherty & Murphy, P.C., Attorneys at Law, Norwalk, CT. His practice includes a Page 6.1130.9Proceedings of the 2001

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

they have learned. This reflective process is an essential factor inthe emergence of expertise. Experts are often characterized as having three distinctive kinds ofknowledge: (a) declarative knowledge ("knowledge that"), (b) procedural knowledge ("how toknowledge"), and (c) metacognitive knowledge with its attendant processes of self-monitoring,agency, reflection. Declarative knowledge refers to the kind of knowledge typically learnedfrom textbooks--facts and concepts. Procedural knowledge refers to being able to do something,be it writing code, proceeding through analysis and design, using a software process approach, orwriting a paper about ethics in the software industry. Metacognitive knowledge refers to aperson's skill at planning