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Topics in Civil ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Messervey; MAJ Dave Borowitz; LTC Keith Landry; Ronald Welch

Session # 2549 Showing Non-Engineers the Ropes: An Introductory Engineering Course for Future Army Officers CPT Thomas B. Messervey, MAJ David T. Borowicz LTC Keith A. Landry, and COL Ronald W. Welch United States Military AcademyIntroduction“Army Leaders must be sophisticated users of advanced technologiesand comfortable in employing scientific, mathematical, and engineering concepts to solvenational security problems.” 1- Excerpt from the Operational Concept for the Academic Program of the United States Military AcademyThe complexity and ever-changing nature of

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Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rita Caso; Jeff Froyd; Dimitris Lagoudas

material, 3) To determine if the student was able to integrate their knowledge about SMAs with knowledge recalled from other coursesHere is an example of a basic question from the SMA Concept Inventory: 1. What is the basic mechanism of the shape memory effect (SME)? a. Deformation due to the motion of mixed dislocations b. Interstitial diffusions within the crystal lattice structure c. Phase transition in a crystal lattice structure (correct) d. Grain boundary growth after recrystalization e. None of the aboveHere is an example of a basic question from the Piezoelectric Material Concept Inventory: 1. Which are steps required in making a piezoelectric material? a. Heating the material

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Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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2004 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Al Post; Bradley Rogers

Session 1463 Fuel Cell Manufacturing: An Introduction to Opportunities and Challenges Al Post, Brad Rogers, Scott Danielson, Govindasamy Tamizhmani Arizona State UniversityAbstractRecent events have lead to surging interest in alternative energy sources and their utilization.One example is the fuel cell. Fuel cells are seen as clean energy sources for a number ofapplications, including automobiles and power supplies for homes. As a result, there aresignificant research efforts being made to develop fuel cells and to improve their competitivenessin cost per

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Matt O'Connor; Kathleen Simione; Dale Jasinski; Chad Nehrt

An Integrative Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship to Non-Business Majors Dale W. Jasinski, Matthew O’Connor, Chad Nehrt and Kathleen Simione Associate Professors of Management, Finance, International Business, Accounting respectively Quinnipiac University 275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518 USA Tel: 203 582-3388 E-mail: dale.jasinski@quinnipiac.eduIntroduction Entrepreneurship education at institutions of higher education is becoming increasinglypopular. Overcoming the old notion that entrepreneurs were born, not made, a survey

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Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett

, “U.S. Engineering: Enabling the Nation’s Capacity to Perform,” ASEE National Conference,June 2003, Nashville, TNChristensen, Clayton, The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, HarvardBusiness School Press, 1997.Collins, Jim, Good to Great, HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.Kaplan, Robert S. and David P. Norton, The Balanced Scorecard, Harvard Business School Press, 1996.Lever, O.William Jr., “Selling and Marketing of R&D”, Research Technology Management, Jul/Aug 1997.Miller, Robert B. and Stephen E. Heiman, Strategic Selling, Warner Books, 1985.Moore, Geoffrey A., Crossing the Chasm, Harper Business, 1999.Murray, William J., Relationship Sales Strategies, 1994.Porter, Michael E., Competitive Advantage: Creating

Conference Session

Improving Teaching & Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

R Wqne Schneiter

spend preparing for a 4.9 hrs 4-6 hrs traditional test? The second group of questions was intended to compare student attitudes between tests and moduleproblems with respect to the following five categories: engaging in group work, fairness in assessingstudent knowledge of the subject matter, effectiveness in contributing to student learning, interactionbetween students and the professor, and efficient use of student time. Table 2 summarizes the outcome ofthese questions and a graphical comparison is presented in Figure 1. The agreement between the meansfor each question pair was evaluated using Student's t-test with a resulting p-value less than 5% indicatingsignificance. Comparing the means for parts a and b of

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Baumann

. Varma, V. K., J. Grimes and H. Wang, “Exploring the Recruiting & Retention Paradigm: What Works & What Doesn’t,” Proceedings, 1999 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 1999).28. Webster, T. J. and K. C. Dee, “Supplemental Instruction Integrated into an Introductory Engineering Course,” Journal of Engineering Education, October 1998, pp. 337-383.29. Williams, J., “Emphasizing Student Development in the Introduction to Engineering Sequence,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).30. Williams, S. M. and B. P. Newberry, “First-year Experiences Implementing Minimum Self-paced Mastery in a Freshman

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

. Page 9.777.1 AProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education@A. Design experiences in first-year courses. Design courses in this category have three maingoals: to introduce the concept of design; to give hands-on experiences in design early in theundergraduate careers of students; and to motivate students to study engineering, thereby,enhancing their retention and persistence in that major. A sample of references to papers thatillustrate these ideas is: Richards & Carlson-Skalak (1997)32; Hall (1998)14; Zhang (1999)45;Ghosh (2000)13; and (Njock Libii, 2002)25.B. Focused-design courses. These kinds of

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2004 Annual Conference

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Mary Reiman; H. Oner Yurtseven; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

planning goals and objectives is important. In our case, we sought toimbed the accomplishment of goals and objectives into individual, departmental, and/or programresponsibilities. This was accomplished by regularly communicating the strategic plan –including its importance, its linkage to broader School and Campus initiatives, and its progress.One way that communication and implementation were facilitated was through the use of a web-based reporting tool that permitted champions to (a) catalog activities related to specificobjectives as they occurred; (b) dialogue with stakeholders on objective-related activities; (c)review postings made to the reporting tool; (d) develop reports on progress; and (e) provideprogress to internal and external

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

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Prathivadi Ravikumar

Session 2142 KEY ELEMENTS IN DEVELOPING AN ONLINE GRADUATE COURSE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT P. B. Ravikumar Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department University of Wisconsin, Platteville, WIAbstractThe University of Wisconsin - Platteville offers a completely online Master of Engineeringprogram. The curriculum consists of core courses, technical emphasis courses, and electivecourses. The curriculum is enhanced consistently through improvements in existing courses andthe introduction of

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lee Harper

Session 3261 The Social Consequences of Design: PBL Workshops for Undergraduate Researchers Lee Ellen Harper The University of Maryland In Summer 2003 the Institute for Systems Research (ISR), a permanent institute of theUniversity of Maryland, within the A. James Clark School of Engineering, and National ScienceFoundation Engineering Research Center, piloted two day-long workshops on “The SocialConsequences of Design: Requirements and Trade-Offs in Large-Scale Engineering Projects,”for the first 15 participants in

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

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2004 Annual Conference

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F.C. Lai

of the overall heat transfer coefficient for each wall type. c2. Roof In a similar procedure as wall, the user can choose the roof type from 42 roof assemblies Page 9.196.8with a wide variety of components, insulation, and mass (with the options of the predominant Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright À 2004, American Society for Engineering Education (a) (b) Figure 8. Input page for walls.mass

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

and resulted in the highest 25-year life cycle cost (LCC) at $8,450. B. Solar Water Heater with South-Facing Panels and Flash Heater—A solar water heater with panels oriented to the south and tilted at a angle equal to latitude (Figure 7b) required a collector area of 37 ft2. This alternative involved less capital than Alternative A and resulted in a 25-year LCC of $7,820. C. Electric Water Heater—Replacing the existing electric water heater with a similar model involved the least amount of capital investment and the greatest operating costs. The 25- year LCC for this alternative was $8,180. D. Flash Water Heater—Replacing the existing water heater with a propane-fired flash heater involved more

Conference Session

Curriculums in Transition

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2004 Annual Conference

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Karen Willcox; Gergana Bounova

it was important, but notwhy.”5. Also talk about characteristic values – where does this fit?6. Fourier/Laplace transforms: see Fourier series in 18.03, not FT. In 18.03, LT are taught as a “tool” to solved.e.’s. Important to teach bilateral transforms and region of convergence.7. Two major problems: a) have learned material and forgotten it; manageable. b) lack of mathematicalsophistication Additional QuestionsFor the checked fields, answer the following questions:1/ If the knowledge is expected from the students and utilized in your course, in what course from the AAcurriculum do you think they learned it?2/ If the topic is reviewed, to what extent do you review it, how

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lisa McNair; Garlie Forehand; Beverly Sutley-Fish; Michael Laughter; Judith Norback

(2000): 369-87.19 Mikulecky, L. and P. Lloyd. “The Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs: A New Model for Evaluating theImpact of Workplace Literacy Programs.” NCAL Technical Report TR93-2, National Center on Adult Literacy,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993.20 Norback, Judith Shaul, Joel S. Sokol, Peter J. McGuire, Garlie A. Forehand. “Engineering WorkplaceCommunication: Presenting and Writing.” In Introduction to Engineering through Case Studies, editors ChetanSankar and P.K. Raju. Taveneer Publishing Company, Anderson, SC, 2004.Norback, Judith Shaul; G.A. Forehand; Stephanie A. Jernigan; Alexander B. Quinn. “Teaching WorkplaceCommunication in Senior Design.” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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James W. Boggs; R. Chris Williams; Kris G. Mattila; Todd Scholz

maintaining a two-semester "B" average in the program and an approved summerinternship in a transportation related position. Thompson Scholars are required to be Michiganresidents. The program also provides six graduate scholarships. The graduate scholarshipsprovide full tuition and a monthly stipend. Graduate Scholars provide technical andorganizational assistance to the Pavement Enterprise in addition to their other graduate work.The program also included extensive laboratory upgrades including remodeling and equippingan aggregate laboratory, asphalt binder laboratory, and an advanced asphalt mixture laboratory.Improvements to an existing asphalt mixtures laboratory were also made. This has providedMichigan Tech students with facilities that are

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

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Byron Newberry; James Farison

“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition Copyright (c) 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”These institutions range from small private liberal arts (including several church-affiliated)colleges to state university campuses and branches. They include programs first accredited in1936 and as recently as 1999.The questionnaire and the accompanying analysis make the distinction between two categories.Category A represents institutions in which the Engineering program is the only engineeringprogram offered on the campus. Category B represents institutions for which other engineeringprograms in addition to the Engineering program are offered on the campus. The

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain

one (1) three (3) semester hour computer aided design course. These coursesprovide the student with competence in the use of analytical and measurement equipment. Page 9.786.1These laboratory courses also help to enhance/introduce the student to the following: Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education a. Verbal and written communication skills. b. Working in team concept c. Use of simulation software d. Use of data sheets e. Use of standard design

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

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Rosa Pinkus; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Mark Sindelar; Larry Shuman; Carl Mitcham; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Harvey Wolfe

/eac_criteria_b.pdf.7. Sindelar, MF, LJ Shuman, ME Besterfield-Sacre, RL Miller, C. Mitcham, B Olds, RL Pinkus and H. Wolfe, “Assessing Engineering Students’ Abilities To Resolve Ethical Dilemmas,” Proceedings, 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO, November, 2003.8. Nair, I. “Decision Making in the Engineering Classroom,” Journal of Engineering Education, 86(3), October 1997, pp. 349–356.9. Stephan, KD. “A Survey of Ethics-Related Instruction in U.S. Engineering Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, 88(3), October 1999, pp. 459-464.10. Whitbeck, C. “Problems and Cases: New Directions in Ethics 1980-1996. http://onlineethics.org/essays, 1996.11. Bernhardt, KL and MJS Roth, “Active Ethics: Philosophy, Cases and Writing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Beheler; Wayne Jones

Education Annual Conference &Exposition Page 9.4.2 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education ‚" Office A: Ethernet LAN. ̇"Various configurations and topologies. ̇"Fast/Gigabit Ethernet. ̇"Voice/video over IP. ̇"Multimedia applications. ‚" Office B: Wireless LAN. ̇"LAN, Personal Information Machines (PIMs)/mobile terminals. ̇"2G, 2.5G, 3G, 4G, IR. ̇"Voice/video over IP. ‚" Office C: PBX - Hybrid Telephony – Wired and Wireless. ̇"Digital telephony, VoIP, wireless. ̇"Transmission, Signaling System 7 (SS7), ISDN, traffic engineering

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cambron; Jian Peng

Session 1432 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EMPHASIS AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Jian Peng and Mark E. Cambron Department of Engineering Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101AbstractThe Department of Engineering at Western Kentucky University (WKU) has been given the rareopportunity to develop an entirely new engineering program. Western’s challenge is to create aunique undergraduate curriculum focused on the needs of current and future industrial partners.In the 1990’s, a move towards a

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Khan

an adequate justification for Ford’s decision? • Discuss the moral basis of Ford’s opposition to NHTSA standard 301. .Guidelines to Comprehensive Discussion and Presentation 1. Introduction: What are the facts in this case? Summarize neatly. 2. Issues: What are the ethical issues that need to be addressed on: a. An individual level? b. An Organizational level? c. A societal level? 3. Evaluate each alternative according to Teleological Theory (Act and Rule Utilitarianism) 4. Evaluate each alternative according to Deontological Theory (Act and Rule Non- consequentialism) 5. Evaluate how each significant group (company, society, special interest group) perceives each alternative for itself. 6. Choose

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Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson; Mary Vollaro

Session 1464 Materials Education 2004 Topical Trends and Outreach Efforts Mary B. Vollaro, Craig Johnson Western New England College / Central Washington UniversityAbstractThis research explores the history of topical trends in the ASEE Materials Division. This historywill be compared with national trends. It is observed that creative materials education efforts innon-major curricula are highly sought, following national trends of higher contact numbers ofstudents in related engineering programs versus relatively small numbers of students in materialsprograms. Issues of implementing laboratory

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joao Almeida; Guillermo Salazar

facility planning andmanagement. a. Foundations b. Enclosure Figur e 3 Sequential views of the building dur ing constr uction Page 9.1359.4 (model by A. Elia, J. Lopez and V. Samdadia, WPI) Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIntr oduction of the 3DPBM into the Under gr aduate Pr ogr amThe 3DPBM concept was introduced at the undergraduate level through a 1-week module in thecontext of the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hilkat S. Soysal; Oguz Soysal

Contact Typical Hours Hours Section a b c d e f g h i j k EnrollmentENES100 Introduction to Engineering Design 3 4 15 – 20 Programming Concepts for 4 6 12 – 16ENEE114 Engineers Numerical Techniques in 3 4 10 – 12ENEE241 EngineeringENEE244 Digital Logic Design 3 4 10 – 12ENEE204 Basic Circuit Theory 3 4 10 – 12ENEE206 Fundamental Circuits Lab 2 4 10 – 12Assessment MethodologyThe assessment system is based on two sets of information sources: surveys andevaluations. Surveys are used to obtain the

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TIME 3: Thermal Systems

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2004 Annual Conference

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Stephen McClain

R i i R i , ref fuel Fhc (11)The difficulty in solving equation (11) for the adiabatic flame temperature is that whensolved using the tables, an iterative approach must be used. The temperature of theproducts must be assumed. The internal energy of the products must be evaluated basedon the assumed temperature and compared to the internal energy of the reactants.Appendix B demonstrates how a Given-Find block in MathCAD is used with the CHONfunctions to quickly solve this problem.Mixing and Compression of Products and Intake air Problem Statement: Exhaust gases at 1000 flC and 100.0 kPa reside in the clearance volume of a piston/cylinder with a compression

Conference Session

Electrical ET Laboratory Practicum

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed Zainulabeddin; Essaid Bouktache; Chandra Sekhar; Ashfaq Ahmed; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

the changes: a) Moved from Assembly language to C language, b)Selected to teach Microchip PIC Microcontroller(s), c) Doubled the lecture time and labtime; have made a marked improvement in students ability to carry on with confidencethe design work in the area of Embedded System Design. This change has been reflectedthrough the number of projects completed in Senior Design. Many of these projects havesignificantly improved in sophistication and complexity. Page 9.515.3 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

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Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

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Michael Georgiopoulos

) Page 9.348.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society For Engineering Education Session 1332Step 5: We now distinguish two cases: (a) If p ≠ PT , go to step 2 and present the next insequence input pattern, and (b) If p = PT and the weights did not change in the last PTpresentations of the input patterns, then the training is complete. If on the other hand, the weightschanged at least once in the previous PT list presentations, then we go to step 2 to present thefirst in sequence input pattern corresponding to index p=1.As Gallant points

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Instructional Technology

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Marionneaux; Michael Edmondson; Matthew McDaniel; Jay Daly; Eugene Ressler; Stephen Ressler

Session 2615 Using Information Technology for Nationwide Engineering Outreach to Middle-School and High-School Students: Assessing the Outcomes Stephen Ressler, Eugene Ressler, Jay Daly, Michael Edmondson, Stephen A. Marionneaux, Matthew McDaniel United States Military Academy/Newtown High School/ Northside High School/ Lexington Traditional Magnet School/Douglas MacArthur High SchoolIntroductionThis paper presents a description and comprehensive assessment of the West Point BridgeDesign Contest—a nationwide, Internet-based competition that has

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IE Accreditation and Program Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

Engineering Education 87 no. 3: 355-361.10 Besterfield-Sacre, M., L. J. Shuman, H. Wolfe, C. J. Atman, J. McGourty, R. Miller, B. Olds, and G. Rogers. 2000.“EC2000 outcome attributes: Definition and use. [cited 14 August 2001]. Available from .11 Rogers, G. 2003. Assessment tools for busy people. Proceedings: Best Assessment Processes V, 60-0167. Terra Haute, Indiana: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.12 Fromm, E. 2003. The changing engineering educational paradigm. Journal of Engineering Education 92 no. 2: 113-121.13 Carter, M., R. Brent, and S. Rajala. 2001. EC2000 Criterion 2: A procedure for creating, assessing, and documenting program educational objectives. Proceedings: American Society for Engineering