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Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

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Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

10.116.6“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” -7-References1. ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2003–2004”, accessed February 25, 2004.2. Brumm, T. J., S. K. Mickelson, B. L. Steward and A. L. Kaleita-Forbes, “Competency-based outcomes assessment for agricultural engineering programs,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 2005, in press.3. Mickelson, S.K., T.J. Brumm, and B.L. Steward, “Using Competency Feedback to Assess Agricultural Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

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Patricia Pyke; John Gardner; Amy Moll

and retain more when they study in groups. Grading: Grading Written Reports: 25% A = 90-100 Oral Reports: 25% B = 80-90 Short Assignments: 25% C = 70-80 Attendance: 25% D = 60-70 F < 60 Attendance Attendance is critical for this class in all lab classes and at the lectures. An unexcused absence will result in a deduction of 5 points from your final grade. Two unexcused absences will result in a

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

grand challenge question. Thismosaic was designed for use in Physics and Anatomy & Physiology classrooms.Study DetailsThis small study was implemented using several classrooms. For the Hemodynamics Mosaic,one Biomedical Physics class at a private school (N=17, 7 female) named "experimental" andone AP Physics B class at a comprehensive public school (N=11, 8 female) named "control"were used. For the LASIK/Optics Mosaic, the same Biomedical Physics class was used as theexperimental group and a small Physics 2 class (N=6, 1 female) was used at the same school as acontrol. Finally for the Electrocardiogram Mosaic, the Biomedical Physics class was used yetagain as part of the experimental group. Additionally, an Anatomy and Physiology classroom

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ERM Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jefferey Froyd

., Hole, B., Kelly, A., and Post, T. (2000). Principles for developing thought-revealing activities for students and teachers. Handbook of Research Design in Mathematics and Science Education, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum17. Halpern, D.F., and Hakel, M.D., (2003). Applying the Science of Learning to the University and Beyond: Teaching for Long-Term Retention and Transfer. Change, 36:6, 37-3918. Woods, D. et al. (1997). Developing Problem Solving Skills: The McMaster Problem Solving Program. Journal of Engineering Education, 86:75-9119. Masui, C., and De Corte, E. (1999) Enhancing learning and problem solving skills: orienting and self-judging, two powerful and trainable learning tools. Learning and Instruction, 9

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Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Zhiyong Zhao; Joe Hagerty; J. P. Mohsen

, the answer was to be left blank. 0 1 2 3 4 5This course fits well with departmental needs and objectives. 0 0 0 0 1 6(b) This course fit well with my teaching style. 0 0 0 0 3 4(c) The format of this course works well for a graduate course. 0 0 0 0 3 4(d) The effort and time I spent in participating in this course represents a worthwhile expenditure of my resources. 0 0 0 0 3 4(e) In my opinion, the students worked well in groups in this

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Research On Student Teams

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2005 Annual Conference

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Edward Evans; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

a preliminary design, your team is to identify key safety issues for follow up during detailed design. Detailed design will likely be handled by outside contractors, but we need internal expertise from the preliminary design to effectively manage that effort. Key design targets for the new plant: • Total operating time: 8000 hr/year • Allowed wash/cleanout time: 160 hr/year • Total production capacity: 120 to 125 million lb/year • Four main products of varying EO/PO content o “A” 60% of capacity (~72 MM lb/y); ~10 hr net cycle time o “B” 20% of capacity (~25 MM lb/y); ~10 hr net cycle time o “C” 10% of capacity (~13 MM lb/y); ~11 hr net cycle time o “D” 10% of capacity (~13 MM lb/y

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Attracting Young MINDs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Michele Auzenne; Jeanne Garland; J. Phillip King; Ricardo Jacquez

The Minority Engineering Transfer and Articulation (META) Program: Building Stronger Pathways and Developing Student Achievement Ricardo B. Jacquez, Jeanne Garland, J. Phillip King, Michele Auzenne, Steven Peralta, and Hilario Rubio New Mexico State University/ Santa Fe Community College/ And Luna Community CollegeAbstractThe Minority Engineering Transfer and Articulation program (META) is a 36-month project thattook place between 2001 and 2004. The program is a cooperative effort between communitycolleges, New Mexico State University (NMSU), and

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New Trends in Graduate Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Preston McCrary; Chip Ferguson; Aaron Ball; Wesley Stone

industry, government, and graduateengineering/technology education. Leaders in each arena are engaging in dialogue centered onstrengthening the competitiveness of remaining industry and developing regional resources tosupport entrepreneurial startups. Leaders and scholars argue that a robust strategy includescollaborative engagement projects which create innovative technologies (intellectual property), ahighly trained and creative professional workforce, and resources which support entrepreneurialstartups. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into efforts being made by WesternCarolina University (WCU) and its graduate Engineering Technology (ET) program tosimultaneously foster professional growth in its students and meet the technical

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K-12 Programs for Women

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Newell

comparison between the two groups was conducted in terms of GPA. For four years, the GPA’s of Engineering and Non-Engineering students were not significantly different.Graph 2: Change of Major of Bridge Program Participants 2000 - 2004 Chose different major all years 50 40 30 % 20 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 -A rc h ite c tu ra l/In d u s tria l D e s ig n 2 -N u rsin g /H e a lth F ie ld s 3 -B u s in e s s 4 -E d u c a tio n 5 -S o c ia l S c ie n c e s 6 -S c ie n c e s /M a th

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Capstone Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Roy McGrann

element a) Topanalysis using Pro/MechanicaTM.Engineering AnalysisSolid Model To create the solid model, an approximate “block”model was created. The dimensions of the sculptor’s scalemodel were determined. The model was too large for the 3-Dscanner that was available, so it was decided to scale andmeasure dimensions from digital photographs. Two of the b) Frontfive views used are shown in Figure 3. A steel ruler can be Figure 3. Digital Photographseen in each photo. A grid was superimposed on each photo Views of Scale Modelas shown in Figure 4 for the front view. The 3-D Cartesian coordinates of key points were determined

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Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

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2005 Annual Conference

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Youssef Shatilla; Adnan Zahed

all the concerned parties in years to come. Appendix B gives an overview of the office goals and activities. Faculty members and students have felt a sense of achievement and satisfaction on the award of the substantial equivalency status for all the engineering programs. This is an assurance of quality of education being offered in the college of engineering. It is certain to have the following advantages for our students: 1. Increase the job potential in the local and international markets. 2. Graduates desirous of higher education can easily seek admission in other international institutions. 3. A continuous overall improvement process for the educational programs

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Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

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2005 Annual Conference

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Shane Brown

Student Social Capital and Retention in the College of EngineeringAbstract An investigation of relationships between student social capital and retention in theengineering program and the use of the concept of social capital as a framework to understandthe retention of engineering students are discussed. The concept of social capital has beenutilized in investigations of economic productivity and innovation of corporations, drop-out ratesin high school, and academic performance both in high school and in college. For the purposesof this study, social capital consists of social networks, social norms, and the value of thesenetworks and norms for achieving mutual goals. Previous

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Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donald Richter

Engineering Education, Vol. 90, No.1, pp 105-107, January 2001.[9] Johnson, D.W. and Johnson, R.T., Learning Together and Alone: Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Learning, Allyn and Bacon, 1994.[10] Terenzini, P.T., Cabrera, A.F., Colbeck, C.L., Parente, J.M., and Bjorklund, S.A., Collaborative and Active Learning Approaches: Do They Work for Everyone? Association for Institutional Research, Seattle, WA, June, 1999.Biographical InformationDONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. In Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Ohio StateUniversity, M.S. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas, Ph.D. in Engineering from the University ofArkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Trine Kvidal; April Kedrowicz

, 245-287.[12] Cusella, L. P. (1984). The effects of feedback course, message, and receivercharacteristics on intrinsic motivation. Communication Quarterly, 32(3), 211-221.[13] Roghaar, L. A. & Vangelisti, A. (1996). Expressed attributions for academic successand failure by adolescents and young adults. Western Journal of Communication, 60(2),124-145.[14] Weiner, B. (2000). Intrapersonal and interpersonal theories of motivation from anattributional perspective. Educational Psychology Review, 12, 1-14.[15] Geddes, D. & Lennehan, F. (1996). Exploring the dimensionality of positive andnegative performance feedback. Communication Quarterly, 44, 326-344.[16] King, P. E., Young, M. J., & Behnke, R. R. (2000). Public speaking

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gary Martin

effective work is decentralized.”Regarding maintaining their own alumni/student databases 4. Many said that they “try” to keep their own student and/or alumni databases, intimating much frustration with accomplishing the task in a satisfactory fashion. 5. (No) “But we wish we did.” 6. “We are discouraged from doing so.” 7. Many indicated they were “starting” to do this. 8. “Primarily to keep track of advising.”Regarding “Decentralized career services” functions 9. “But the students use me a lot b/c they know I have a lot of connections.” 10. “Best contacts are usually the ones made at the college level rather than the overall university level. One obvious reason is that the focus is on companies that recruit our

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Donald Carpenter; Trevor Harding; Cynthia Finelli

standards. Similarly, in the workplace setting respondents wereasked to recall an instance in the past where they had been “tempted to violate workplacepolicies”.Based on the variables included in the WES study, the decision to engage in unethical behavioris influenced most directly by a) the student’s perception that his/her peers engage in unethicalbehavior (peer behavior), b) the extent to which the student reports engaging in prior high schoolcheating (prior behavior), c) the frequency with which a student perceives that they are temptedto engage in unethical behavior (frequency of temptation), and d) the context of the unethicalbehavior (e.g. cheating on a test versus cheating on a computer program; or stealing officesupplies versus falsifying

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gary Bertoline; Dennis Depew

Session 2155 Revisiting the Urgency for Reform of Faculty Reward Systems to Advance Professional Graduate Education for Engineering Practice and Technology Leadership D. R. Depew, 1 G. R. Bertoline, 1 M. J. Dyrenfurth, 1 A. L. McHenry, 2 E. M. DeLoatch, 3 P. Y. Lee, 4 H. J. Palmer, 5 J. W. Bardo, 6 D. D. Dunlap, 6 S. J. Tricamo, 7 D. A. Keating, 8 T. G. Stanford 8 Purdue University 1/ Arizona State University East 2/ Morgan State University 3 California Polytechnic State University 4 / Rochester Institute of Technology 5 Western Carolina University 6/ New Jersey Institute

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Pedagogy

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed

, the department established empowered facilitators for integratingvertical and horizontal educational flows. The vertical flows represents the Thirds such asDesign and Energy systems while the horizontal flows represents the Disciplines such asAutomotive and Biomechanics. The facilitators work with course coordinators toestablish the following work standards: 1. Common Course Learning Objectives 2. Common Syllabus 3. Common Final Exam & Course grading Percentage allocation. a. Course coordinator with faculty teaching course to ensure final is established each term. b. Course coordinators arrange for common exam time/room and administer

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Women in IT Fields

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2005 Annual Conference

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Steven P. Thomas

not intend to have additional childrenin the future. Two (8%) of the study participants are uncertain as to whether they will or will nothave additional children in the future, and one (4%) of the study participants does intend to haveadditional children in the future.ResultsThe results of this study are summarized in five sections that parallel the research questions: (a)Educational Background of Study Participants, (b) Work History and Development of StudyParticipants, (c) Life Experiences Impacting Study Participants’ Career Development, (d) BarriersThat Have Hindered the Study Participants’ Career Development, and (e) Factors That HaveAssisted the Study Participants’ Career Development.Research Question One: Educational Background of

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Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kari Clase

. Retrieved January 5,2005 from http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/5. Campbell, A. Malcolm.(2004). Open Access: A PLoS for Education. PLoS Biology. 2(5): e145.6. Wood, William B. and Gentile, James M. (2003) Teaching in a Research Context Science, 302(5650), 1510.7. Campbell, A. Malcolm, and Heyer, Laurie. Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics.San Francisco, California: Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings, 2003.8. BIO-RAD Biotechnology Explorer Program. Inquiry-based biotechnology curriculum, kits, equipmentand supplies. Retrieved January 5, 2005, from http://www.explorer.bio-rad.com9. Nobrega, Marcella, et al. (2004). Megabase deletions of gene deserts result in viable mice. Nature.431 (7011):988-93.Biographical

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Assessing with Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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Jonathan P. Mathews; David Morales

online learning: greater flexibility maypromote greater procrastination with concurrent negative consequences. Procrastinationis especially prevalent among novice online learners, specifically the male traditionalcampus-based undergraduate student. This paper investigates the relationship betweenperformance and procrastination for campus-based “traditional” students enrolled in afully online, large enrollment (300+ students a semester), general education class.Procrastination was rampant with 40% of students typically starting the weekly lesson(s)on the due date(s). Procrastinators had reduced grades (6% lower or an average “A” to“B+/A-” transition) for weekly reflection activities. Males were more susceptible tonegative consequences in

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tadeusz Majewski; Hector Cervantes; K. V. Sudhakar

is successfully structured when group members perceive that they arelinked with each other in a way that one cannot succeed unless everyone succeeds. The positiveoutcomes of interdependence are; (a) each group member's efforts are required and indispensablefor group success and (b) each group member has a unique contribution to make to the jointeffort because of his or her resources and/or role and task responsibilities.Promotive interactionStudents need to do real work together in which they promote each other's success by sharingresources and helping, supporting, encouraging, and applauding each other's efforts to achieve.There are important cognitive activities and interpersonal dynamics that can only occur whenstudents promote each

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Teaching Outside the Box in Civil Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

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Vincent Drnevich

The Senior Design Process at Purdue University Vincent P. Drnevich, P.E., Ph.D. Purdue UniversityAbstract This paper examines the participation of practitioners in senior design based onexperience at Purdue University where senior design involves all seniors in their last semesterbefore graduation and is titled “Civil Engineering Design Project”. It is described in the catalogas “Planning, design, and analysis of a civil project; an integrated and realistic group projectinvolving as much as possible all major aspects of the civil engineering profession.” This highenrollment course (30 to 100 students per semester) has been taught

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kendrick Aung

Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Hutzel, W. J., “Energy Conservation in Thermal Power Courses,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, 2002.2. Schumack, M., “Incorporation of an Energy Conservation Theme into Thermal Science Courses,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, 2002.3. Hodge, B. K., “Alternate Energy Systems  A New Elective,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal, Canada, 2002.4. Aung, K., “Energy Engineering: Development of a New Senior Elective Course,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City

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Scholarship in Engineering Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

. 6. B. Formwalt, M. Hayes, D. Pittner, D. pack (1997), “Undergraduate research: How can it be made effective?”, ASEE annual conference, Milwaukee, WI 7. W.D. Jemison, W.A. Hornfeck, and J.P. Schaffer (2001), “The role of undergraduate research in engineering education”, ASEE annual conference. Albuquerque, NM 8. B.S. Sridhara (2004), “Undergraduate research program in the basic and applied sciences at Middle Tennessee State university”, ASEE annual conference, Salt Lake City 9. Roger V. Gonzalez, Juan Lopez, and Paul Leiffer (2004), “Is a successful research laboratory possible with undergraduate students alone?”, ASEE annual conference, Salt Lake City. 10. Stacy Eisenman

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Retention Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

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Surendra Gupta

and M. J. Smith, Mentoring Students to Technology Careers, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, 2004.4. D. J. Kukulka, D. S. Barker, J. Favata and R. Sanders, Implementation of the Computer Science, Engineering Technology, and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS) Program at Buffalo State College, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, 2004.5. B. M. Moskal, D. Lasich and N. Middleton, Science Related Degrees: Improving the Retention of Women and Minorities through Research Experience, Mentoring and Financial Assistance, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference, 2001.6. T. M. Bayles, A. M. Spence and C. Morrell, Improving the Freshman Engineering Experience, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Leijun Li; John Pan; Ismail Fidan

, Texas A&M University/Kingsville, and University of Kansas.Bibliographical Information1. J. A. Lee, D. M. Castella, and S. G. Middleton, “Faculty Perceptions of Academe’s Evaluation System,” Journal of Engineering Education, 263-267 (July 1997).2. K. A. Higley and C. M. Marianno, “Making Engineering Education Fun,” Journal of Engineering Education, 90 (1), 105-107 (January 2001).3. B. G. Davis, Tools for Teaching, Jossey-Bass Publishers, p.100, 1993.4. M. O. Haggler and W. M. Marcy, “Strategies for Designing Engineering Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, 88 (1) 1, 11-13 (1999).5. J. A. Lynn, “Distance Education Options for Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE

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Astronautics and Space Technology

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2005 Annual Conference

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Mike Gruntman; Joseph Kunc; Dan Erwin

. M. Gruntman, Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry, p. 462, AIAA, Reston, Va., 2004.5. B. McCormick, C. Newberry, and E. Jumper, eds., Aerospace Engineering Education During the First Century of Flight, AIAA, Reston, Va., 2004.6. C. Durocher, C., Our future, our hands, Aerospace America, 41(2), 3, February 2003.7. E. Teller with J.L. Shoolery, Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics, Perseus Publ., 2001.8. R.E. Kaplan, Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California, in Aerospace Engineering Edu- cation During the First Century of Flight, eds. B. McCormick, C. Newberry, and E. Jumper, AIAA, Reston, Va., 2004.9. M. Gruntman, R.F. Brodsky, D.A. Erwin, and J.A. Kunc

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ET Curriculum & Design Issues

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

sufficientlyrich and dynamic to provide the emphasis for many of the modern developments in electricalengineering. ∇ • D = ρv , ∂B ∇×E = − , ∂t ∇•B = 0, ∂D ∇×H = J + . ∂t Figure 1. Maxwell’s EquationsAlthough Maxwell’s equations are the basis for EM and much of electrical engineering, EM hassurprisingly had a roller coaster existence in engineering curricula. Maxwell's equations wereseldom mentioned in engineering curricula before 1930.1 The absence of Maxwell's equationsfrom college

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Graduate Education in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Biwu Yang; Tijjani Mohammed

and staff development, both of which have beenpossible due to program growth.References1. Asgill, B. A. and Bellarmine, G. T. (2003). Effective distance delivery of technical courses through interactive instruction: Experiences in delivering technical content at a distance. Proceedings of the South Eastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.2. Carroll, B. D., Osborne, W. P., Behrooz, S., Cantrell, C. D., Tjuatja, S. (2002). CS/EE Online—Lessons Learned in planning, developing, and operating a joint Web-based master’s program. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.3. Easton, R. and