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Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Christopher Byrne; Joel Lenoir; Robert Choate

appreciation for the professional outcomes expected. The disconnect between studentand faculty expectations has resulted in the modifications discussed in the Lessons Learned andConclusions section.Assessment specific to design of experiments is incorporated into ME Program Outcome 3:Mechanical Engineering graduates can measure physical quantities and can plan, conduct,analyze and evaluate experiments. This program outcome supports ABET Outcome (b) directly,as well as ABET (a) and (c) to a lesser extent. The Program Outcomes are measured usingseveral methods and are reviewed on an annual basis. The primary means of assessment is MEfaculty evaluations of selected student work in several of the courses listed in Table 1.The assessment rubric shown in

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rick Olson

answersuntil they find the correct responses. Q1: Why does compound interest grow more quickly than simple interest? a) Compound interest is based on beginning-of-period calculations. b) More banks offer compounded interest, so they need to provide higher rates to attract customers. >> c) Unpaid interest accrues additional interest when compounding. Q2: When ranking projects to determine an organization's MARR, which measure is most appropriate? a) Shortest Payback Period b) Greatest Present Worth >> c) Greatest Internal Rate of Return d) Benefit/Cost ration or Present Worth Index Figure 1 Representative WebCT quiz questions used in Engr 50On the

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Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wanda Dann; Stephen Cooper; Ashlyn Hutchinson; Barbara Moskal

and faulty instruments damage the validity of a study’sfinal results. These problems can be rectified during the formative phase by carefully selectingand/or creating assessment instruments and conducting a pilot investigation before summativedata is collected. This paper illustrates the formative phase of assessment and how theinformation collected during the formative phase was used to improve the design of a study thatinvestigated an innovative approach to teaching introductory computer science. This work wassupported in part by NSF-03020542.I. IntroductionIn most reported engineering education studies, the emphasis of the discussion concerningassessment is based on summative data. Summative data, after all, allows the researcher toexamine

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sherif Michael; Ron Pieper

An Exact Analysis for Freeze-out and Exhaustion in Single Impurity Semiconductors Ron J. Pieper, Sherif Michael Department of Electrical Engineering/ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas, Tyler/ Naval Postgraduate School Tyler, TX 75799/ Monterey, CA 93943IntroductionIn this paper, a complete analytical description for an exact expression for temperaturedependence of the majority carrier in a single-impurity, equilibrium semiconductor is proposed.Analysis establishes that the problem is solvable exactly by identifying the only physicallypossible root to a

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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2005 Annual Conference

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Wendy L. Mahan; Martin J. Gutowski; Brian H. Victor; Mark Deluca; Sarma Pisupati

the energy consumption. These answers are entered on the nextscreen in the Flash simulation. When the submit button is clicked all the answers enteredare recorded back in the data base. Page 10.717.6 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 1.Screenshots of Home Energy Consumption Activity Flash Simulation a) shows the whole house and appliances b) shows the nameplate information.At the time of grading, when an instructor or a Teaching Assistant logs into the system, a

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Margaret Pinnell; Carl Eger

Sustainable Development in Appropriate Technology: Technology as if People Matter Robert C. Wicklein, Ed. D. University of Georgia, USA 7 Hazelton, B, Bull, C. Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications, November 1988.Biographical Information: Carl (Bill) Eger is a graduate student and assistant director for the ETHOS program at theUniversity of Dayton. Additionally, he works with the Industrial Assessment Center at UDwhere he conducts energy audits for various industries. His areas of interest includesustainability, appropriate technology and service-learning. Margaret Pinnell is the faculty director for ETHOS and assistant professor for theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Dayton

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Obregon; Kevin Hall

marketingsites. Journal of Advertising, 30, 65-77.Cronin, M. J. (1997). Intranets reach the factory floor. Fortune, 136, 208.Dwyer, F, M. (1972). A guide for improving visualized instruction. States College, Pennsylvania: Learning Services.Firebaugh, M. W. (1993). Computer Graphics: Tools for Visualization. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Publishers.Fraser, A. B. (1999). Colleges should tap the pedagogical potential of the World-Wide Web. Chronicle of highereducation, 48, B8.Guastello, E. F., Beasley, T. M., & Sinatra, R. C. (2000). Concept mapping effects on science contentcomprehension of low-achieving inner-city seventh graders. Remedial and Special Education, 21, 356.Hallett, P. (2001). Web-Based visualization. DM Review Magazine. Retrieved October 29

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

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Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

(WECE) project”, Goodman Research Group Inc., Cambridge, MA. Available online at www.grginc.com.2. Marra, R.M. and Bogue, B. (2001). “Developing Exportable Assessment Instruments and Models for Women In Engineering Programs”, NSF Award # HRD-0120642. National Science Foundation Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (Program Announcement NSF 01-6).3. Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.4. Blaisdell, Stephanie (2000). Social cognitive theory predictors of entry into engineering majors for high school students. Arizona State University. Unpublished dissertation.5. Mannix, M. (2001). Getting it right

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

to help them prepare for the final examination.The Survey of Student Engagement (SSE) is designed to measure the student engagement at theclass level and consists of 14 questions adapted from the National Survey of StudentEngagement (NSSE) (see Appendix B).13 The NSSE is an ongoing research campaign in theUnited States used to assess the extent to which colleges focus on higher levels of learning andpersonal development. The survey examines the environment of college students, but is alsointended to foster a particular way of thinking and talking about collegiate quality.14 In thedevelopment of the SSE, key questions were selected based on their measurability of studentengagement at the classroom level with relation to the level of

Conference Session

K-8 Engineering & Access

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2005 Annual Conference

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Malinda Zarske; Rene Reitsma; Martha Cyr; Nancy Shaw; Michael Mooney; Jacquelyn Sullivan; Paul Klenk

lessons oractivities with broader, national sets of standards. For instance, if a lesson is indexed toMassachusetts standard 1.1, TeachEngineering’s search engine finds it when someone searchesfor curricula related to AAAS Benchmark 3.B.1 or McREL 4.4, because of the high correlationbetween that Massachusetts standard and those two national standards. The correlation is acomparison of each grade level standard to the national standards for the same grade level foreach state, scored on an ordinal four-point scale.The standards correlation in TeachEngineering indexes the Mid-Continent Regional Laboratory(McREL), the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy, the National Science EducationStandards (NSES), the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Thomas; Mohammad Alam

engineering programs,”presented at the Engineering Foundation Conference on Engineering Education for Global Practice in The21st Century, Barga, Italy, April 9-14, 2000.3. Response to ABET Draft Report, University of South Alabama University of South Alabama College ofEngineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL February 2000.4. Engineering Criteria 2000 Program Self Study, University of South Alabama College of Engineering,University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL June 1999.5. G. Peterson, “A bold new change agent,” in How do you measure success, ASEE Professional Books, 1998.6. P. Daniels, D. Holger, B. Laurenson, Presentation: EAC Orientation for Institutional Representatives and TeamChairs, Baltimore, MD, July 2004.http://www.abet.org

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Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Painter

thatwill affect their environment and/or health; (b) the public's contribution can influence theregulatory agency's decision; (c) the concerns of all participants involved will beconsidered in the decision-making process; and (d) the decision-makers seek out andfacilitate the involvement of those potentially affected.Parsing the “legal ease” of this definition reveals that community residents can influenceregulatory decisions that will affect their environment or health by being meaningfullyinvolved. This language only succeeds in codifying the concept that a segment of thepopulation (the uninvolved in this case) could be negatively impacted even if a trulyobjective risk assessment indicated they where at a higher risk. Center et al, (1996

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kathleen Crowe; Kris Wood; Richard Crawford; Daniel Jensen

. International Journal of Engineering Education, 2003. 19(No. 6): p. 874-884.6. Kresta, S.M., Hands-on Demonstrations: An Alternative to Full Scale Lab Experiments. Journal of Engineering Education, 1998: p. 7-9.7. Self, B., J.J. Wood, and D. Hansen. Teaching Undergraduate Kinetics Using Lego® Mindstorms Race Car Competition. in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2004. Salt Lake City, UT.8. Wood, J.J., et al., Enhancing Machine Design by Creating a Basic Hands-On Environment with Mechanical Breadboards. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 2001.9. Wood, J.J. and K.L. Wood. The Tinkerer's Pendulum for Machine System's Education: Creating a Basic Hands-On Environment with Mechanical

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

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2005 Annual Conference

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Aiman Kuzmar

Opportunities for Students Attending Small Universities and Colleges, Eye on Psi Chi, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 38-39, Spring 2000.10. Website for the Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the Chemistry Department at the Occidental College, , March 200511. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2004-2005 Cycle, Baltimore, Maryland, ABET Inc., 2004.BiographyAIMAN S. KUZMAR is an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus. He holds aPh. D. degree from Duke University. He has a Master’s degree from Rice University. His B. S. is from theUniversity of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. All of His degrees are in civil engineering. His industrialexperience

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

Session 3155 PATHWAYS TO REVITALIZATION OF THE NAVY RESEARCH ENTERPRISE-- TWO PROMISING EXAMPLES Eugene F. Brown1, Robert A. Kavetsky2, Ernest L. McDuffie3, and Robert L. Stiegler4 1 Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech/ 2Director, S

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robert Martinazzi

problem prior 4.19to class?Overall, how would you rate the “T.H.I.N.K.” concept used during the “1st” homework problem 5.77assigned for the upcoming uncovered material in the syllabus?Finally, Appendix “B” contains representative student comments about the “T.H.I.N.K.”concept. Overall the comments are favorable and encouraging. No negative comments per sewere generated by the students which in itself is a positive statement on the concept.ConclusionsThis concept has been experimented with over the last several years with enough positivefeedback received from the students and other faculty to warrant it being submitted for ASEE’s

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jared Odom; Saeed Foroudastan

. Whether it is from overuse, neglect, or lack of sufficient resourcedevelopment and management, demands for potable water continue to grow. Water is a crucialfactor in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, and it’s also extensively addressed in Israel’streaty with Jordan. Political problems throughout the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, andeven North and South America hinge upon this resource, and in the coming decades it isconceivable that wars might be fought over water in much the same way they were fought overoil during the 20th century.Many countries are currently pursuing a range of desalination procedures in order to cope withthis shortage. Such procedures may utilize evaporative processes that require inputs of heat to aidin

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erick Jones

the STEM curriculum: for exampleengineering in comparison to other non-STEM majors such as liberal arts or business.Engineering student attrition due to poor attitudes, perceived coursework difficulty, anddepartmental polices that effect this behavior are clearly concerns for engineering institutions. Lovitts (2001) suggests that more standardized quantitative measures for departmentalenvironments need to be created, and more appropriate quantitative measurements need to beapplied to studying STEM student attrition. There is a need to conduct objective longitudinalstudies that prevent attrition as opposed to the subjective retrospective studies done in the past.This study demonstrates a methodology that will begin to fulfill this need. The

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

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2005 Annual Conference

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Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

). Although the need for technical competence or scientific knowledge isfundamental, there is more to being a engineer. An engineer uses tools of analysis andcreativity to apply scientific knowledge to social needs. Figure 1 presents a graphicalrepresentation of these domains: scientific knowledge, analysis, creativity, and societalneed. The intersection is the realm of engineering practice. Not all specific engineeringactivities require analysis (area “C”); nor do all specific engineering activities involvecreativity (area “A”), but the authors argue that all engineering activities inherently havesocietal impact (area “B”). Proper preparation for the practice of engineering requiresnot only an understanding of technical strengths but also an

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

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2005 Annual Conference

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Valerie Grash; Andrew Rose

) andrising real estate costs in central business districts. Next, the pros and cons of wrought ironconstruction were considered against the structural, aesthetic and economic use of cast iron,followed by a detailed examination of the rather conservative historicism in form andornamentation found in New York school skyscrapers such as Richard Morris Hunt’s TribuneBuilding (1873-75; enlarged 1903-05) and George B. Post’s World Building (1889-90).9One of the major issues explored in this lecture was the role of aesthetics and corporate Page 10.812.6competition among high-rise buildings, and, following recent work by such scholars as Carol

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Glen Livesay; Kay C Dee

Figure 4: Detailed plot of the learning style preferences in the test (A) and retest (B) for the sequential/global domain of the ILS. Page 10.1253.10 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education 35 30 Sequential-GlobalNumber of Students 25

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Maixner

Session 2005-1222 Excel™ Analysis of Combined Cycle Power Plant Michael R. Maixner United States Air Force Academy A key issue in student design projects in thermodynamics is the necessity to modify property values during iteration and/or redesign. This is particularly true when dealing with two working fluids (e.g., air, water) in a combined cycle. The necessity to manually ascertain these values at all points of the cycle can inhibit the pedagogic purpose of the project: to allow students to view how overall system parameters (efficiency, specific fuel consumption, horsepower, etc.) may vary in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jake Ingman; Camille Schroeder

York Press.[5] Hilgartner Schlank, C., & Metzger, B. 1997. Together and Equal: Fostering Cooperative Play and Promoting Gender Equity in Early Childhood Programs. Needham Heights:Allyn & Bacon.[6] Sadker, M., & Sadker, D. 1994. Failing at Fairness, How America’s Schools Cheat Girls. New York:Macmillian.[7] Gurian, M., & Ballew, A. 2003. The Boys and Girls Learn Differently Action Guide for Teachers. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.[8] National Research Council. 2000. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington:National Academy Press.[9] Lee, Shireen. January 2001. Where are the Women and Girls?. Three Guineas Fund. Available from: http://www.3gf.org/viewpoint.html

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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Beverly Davis

Classrooms. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. 9. Nilson, Linda B. (2003). Teaching at its Best (2nd ed.). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company. 10. Sladovich, H.E., 1991. Engineering as a Social Enterprise. Washington, DC: National Academic Press.Biographic SketchesGil Laware is an Assistant Professor of Computer Technology at Purdue University. Currently, he is the VicePresident of Research of the DAMA (Data Management Association) Foundation. He has written and spoken on thelinkage between business planning, metadata, knowledge management in delivering information technologysolutions. He holds an MBA in Management and another in Management Science.Beverly Davis is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership at Purdue

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Adams

, R.G. HOLLINGSWORTH and M. SCHEP. 2002. A Road Map for Teaching Introductory Programming Using LEGO© Mindstorms Robots. ITiCSE’02, June 24-26, 2002, Aarhus, Denmark. p 191-201.15. WOLZ, U. 2001. Teaching design and project management with Lego RCX robots. SIGCSE 2001 2/01 Charlotte, NC USA. p 95-99.16. FAGIN, B. 2003. Ada/Mindstorms 3.0. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. v10 n 2:19-24. Page 10.1352.7 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

higher Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationverbal SAT scores. The latter suggests that they may have strengths in other fields that pulledthem away from engineering.3) Involvement in Campus Activities of Stayers vs. LeaversA series of survey questions asked about participation in extra-curricular enrichment activitiessuch as field trips, listening to guest speakers, work with faculty members, study groups,counseling and mentoring. Indices were created to reflect (a) participation in academicenrichment activities; (b) participation in counseling activities; (c) participation in studyactivities; (d

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Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Helbling; Patric McElwain; Angela Beck; Ron Madler; David Lanning

-38 Engineering.DAVID B. LANNING, Ph.D.Currently an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at ERAU/Prescott where he teaches courses in structuralanalysis and engineering materials. He spent several years in fatigue and fracture research at the Air Force Instituteof Technology and has until recently worked on the Air Force High Cycle Fatigue Program.RONALD A. MADLER, Ph.D.Currently the Department Chair for the Aerospace Engineering Department. Additionally, he teaches courses in the Page 10.783.10spacecraft design sequence including the Spacecraft Preliminary Design course. His background is in engineeringeducation

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

continue to serve humanity, andmany exciting applications are yet to be developed. Furthermore, ASEE is now actively pursuingits K-12 initiative and the history of engineering offers an excellent avenue to reach out to schoolchildren of all ages. This paper provides an insight that fluid mechanics and fluid power have beenwell served by a great number of scientists and engineers whose work could inspire an entirely newgeneration of engineers.REFERENCESMunson, B, D. Young, and T. Okiishi. 2002. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 4th Ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &Sons, Inc., pp. 28-31.Tokaty, G. A. 1971. A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics. New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONKURT A ROSENTRATER is a Lead Scientist

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Welch

and Assessment,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for EngineeringEducation Annual Conference and Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, June 2001, Session3630.5. Lowman, Joseph, “Mastering the Techniques of Teaching,” Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 1995, p. 298.6. ASCE Program Design Workshop, “A Model for Faculty Development in Civil Engineering: The ExCEEdTeaching Workshop,” ASCE, July 1999.7. Welch, R.W., C. Quadrato, B. Albert, “Required Faculty Training - How to Teach Civil Engineering,”Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, AmericanSociety for Engineering Education, June 2004, Session 2515.8. Lowman, Joseph, “Mastering the Techniques of Teaching

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Bannerot

addressed here (although this study does not even support this practice).However, for other less homogeneous academic situations, it appears that teams can be helpedmost by providing them with more assistance in scheduling and meeting arrangements.References1. Richard Bannerot, “Characteristics of Good Team Players,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition of the ASEE, June 20-23, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.2. Alan J. Dutson, Robert H. Todd, Spencer Magleby, and Carl Sorensen, “A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1997, pp. 17-25.3. James L. Brickell, David B. Porter, Michael R. Reynolds and Richard D