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1996 Annual Conference

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Thomas M. West; Kimberly D. Douglas

,` Establishing an informal, relaxed climate where members feel free to candidly express their points of view,` Using the consensus method to reach decisions on key team issues,` Involving members in the setting of goals and objectives,` Implementing good team meeting guidelines, including agenda planning and time management,` Insisting that team members respect each other and that each person's contribution is valued,` Identifying and dealing with team members' dysfunctional behaviors,` Celebrating the achievement of milestones and other team accomplishments, and` Using recognition methods, task assignments, and other techniques to motivate team members. Typically, in undergraduate engineering education a

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1996 Annual Conference

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Hussein M. Yaghi

subjeets was also limited, and so was the amount of time dedicated for that. Therefore, longer and more frequent access time slots should be thought of when planning for computer education programs. Perhaps Lebanon is having a special opportunity to rebuild its educational system now with the huge reconstruction projects taking place in many domains after the cease of the civil war. The government has plans to renovate the educational system, and these plans should address the Page 1.112.5 technology related issues.... . . .. ‘..~J.&

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1996 Annual Conference

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T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; C. Stewart Slater

educational process. The Engineering School will begin undergraduate classes in Fall 1996, which will form the foundinggroup of students, the “Class of 2000.” Students have been recruited from the Middle Atlantic and Northeast Page 1.163.1 $iH’ } 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.,J~Dllyc..$ .regions of the country for the first class which will consist of about 60 students. Steady state undergraduateenrollment plans are for 450 students. The school is targeting applicants that are calculus ready, in top 20°/0

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1996 Annual Conference

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Silvia G. Middleton; Monika Lumsdaine; Kimberly A. Buch; J. William Shelnutt

thinking, and limbic or cerebral thinking1. The left-brain cerebral quadrant, A, shows apreference for mathematical, technical, logical, factual, and analytical thinking styles. The left-brain limbicquadrant, B, shows a preference for organizational, planned, conservative, controlled, and administrativethinking. The right-brain limbic quadrant, C, shows a preference for interpersonal, musical, talking, emotional,and spiritual thinking. The right-brain cerebral quadrant, D, shows a preference for imaginative, holistic,conceptual, artistic and synthesizing thinking. As might be expected, engineering faculty and students tend tohave higher scores in quadrant A (and often B), and lower scores in quadrant C. Table 1 gives the averagedistributions for

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1996 Annual Conference

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Karen E. Schmahl

, and Technology”.4 Since that time, the handbooks for Brownie and Junior level Gh-1 Scouts, grades 1-3 and 4-6, respectively, as well as the Girl Scout Badges and Signs book have been revised to include moreactivities related to science and technology .5’c’7 Plans are to update the Cadette (grades 7-9) and Senior (grades 10-12) materials to be more reflective of opportunities in technology. The national Girl Scout leadership also recognized that Girl Scout leaders may be somewhat science shy.The National Science Partnership (NSP) for Girl Scouts and Science Museums was formed as a nation-widecollaboration between science museums and Girl Scout Councils with primary tlmding provided by the NationalScience Foundation. According to an NSP

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1996 Annual Conference

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Judith E. Miller; James E. Groccia; David DiBiasio

place. Approaches must be used that give students more responsibility for learning and reduce the . responsibility of teachers to convey knowledge If we are to transform higher education, in the direction of educational effectiveness and maximum productivity, then new faculty must possess a different set of skills than those trained in the traditional methods of teaching. Doctoral programs, where appropriate, must now include education of graduate students in methods of effective and efficient teaching. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has had a strong tradition of undergraduate technical education since the inception of the WPI Plan in 1971. The primary accomplishment of the Plan

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1996 Annual Conference

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Robert Foster; Denise Dorricott; Dhushy Sathianathan; Richard Devon

accessiblealternative for 1800 students per year across the state who plan to eventually complete their undergraduatedegree at Penn State's University Park, Behrend, or Altoona campuses. At the same time, it presents aserious challenge in terms of ensuring consistency in course expectations, competencies met, contentcovered, and types of learning experiences offered at the various locations. Earning design credits at the first-year level is the first step in integrating design throughout theundergraduate curriculum. Several of the colleges in the NSF sponsored Engineering Education Coalitionhave efforts underway to redesign the first-year engineering course as a design course. This is also one ofthe missions of the ECSEL (Engineering Coalition of

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1996 Annual Conference

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William W. Predebon; Peck Cho; Diana George; Linda M. Ott; Philip Sweany

research, andthe unprepared student. To continue to encourage talking about classroom practice we invited faculty to meetinformally with us to continue discussions generated by the teaching seminars or to discuss any issues related toteaching. These meetings are planned for alternate weeks with the scheduled seminars.IV. TIPS ON STARTING A SIMILAR PROGRAM AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION If you don't have such a program at your institution the following are some ideas and suggestions to helpyou get started. First of all you need support at the Dean's level and above, preferably up to the Provost. Wecannot over emphasize the importance of the administration setting the tone that teaching and learning arevalued and important for professional

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1996 Annual Conference

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Ishwar Rattan

received and sends the resultsback.Conclusion and Future Plans In the first offering of the course there were sixteen students in the class. They worked ingroups of twos, and completed all the experiments. A majority of the students found it a novelexperience. Over all, the students gained a better understanding of the design andimplementation issues in distributed OS as aresult of the work done in the laboratory. MINIX 1.5 networking kernel only provides a network OS environment. It is not suitable for acomplete exploration of the some distributed OS concepts.þ Data transparency -- ability to access data (from a file) in a manner transparent to an application. It can only be achieved if the system supports a remote file server.þ

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1996 Annual Conference

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Steven H. Chin; MaryJac Reed; Ardoth Hassler

of schools and providing a much needededucational tool. Training is being provided to designated high school teachers within the consortium on specificengineering software applications and on general knowledge and use of the Internet. This project represents amodest beginning to what is a continuing effort in redefining the educational process in science and engineering.II. Existing Programs The Connections Program follows several initiatives sponsored by The School of Engineering and theCenter for Planning and Information Technology at CUA, and was designed to complement them. A briefdescription of these initiatives is described below.II.A. Engineering 2000 Engineering 2000 is presented as a one-week tour of the engineering

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1996 Annual Conference

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Walter Beck; S. Rebecca Thomas; Janet Drake; J. Philip East; Eugene Wallingford

; Linn [3] advocate using case studies to more thoroughly explore program-ming problems, perhaps to provide deeper understanding. Astrachan and Reed [1] expect "the apprentice-ship model ensures that by extending programs, and eventually developing them from scratch, good designskills are inculcated over time." (p. 1) Soloway [8] suggests that expert programmers think in terms ofgoals and plans that are canned solutions to problems. He further argues that stepwise refinement shouldoccur "on the basis of problems that you have already solved and for which you have canned (or almostcanned) solutions" (p. 855). Soloway's efforts offer a number of insights into programming instruction. For several reasons, however, Soloway's work provided

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1996 Annual Conference

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Jennifer M. Jacobs; Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

workshops. Thisintense experience provides a strong teaching foundation for individuals who plan to teach as apart of their careers. Introduction Many academics view Teaching Assistant development programs as one way to prepare thefuture professoriate. The College of Engineering at Cornell University, along with a number ofother engineering institutions, offer or require Teaching Assistant training for noviceengineering TAs. 3 These programs are geared for novice teachers, and as such, can only providerudimentary advice. A unique feature of the Cornell TA Development Program is that it is designed and executedby top graduate student instructors called Teaching Fellows (TFs). While preparing

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1997 Annual Conference

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Jon E. Freckleton

-plant for a tool tryout. He further statedthat the only contact was a brief status meeting in the hotel coffee shop. The design managerthen confronted his engineer with the information he had gathered and asked for an explanation.The engineer immediately broke down and stated they had made plans to visit with some womenthey met on a previous trip and therefore did not change the date of the visit as requested by thesupplier. He resigned on the spot. Since he was married, he did not want an investigation. Whatshould the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering organization do about their SeniorManufacturing Engineer? Consider and discuss the ethical actions of the two engineers andmanagement. Consider the ethics associated with the false trip report

Conference Session

Panel: Taking a Break from Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Susan Davidson, University of Pennsylvania; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Women in Engineering

planning your sabbatical.There are lots of questions to ask and answer relating to a sabbatical: • What time is best for my work and my family? • One semester, two semesters or an entire year? • Corporate sabbatical, another US university(ies) or international experience?What exactly did you do? Page 14.1120.4MCCUE: I was a summer faculty researcher in the Seakeeping Division of the Naval SurfaceWarfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWC-CD). During my first summer, in collaborationwith William Belknap and Bradley Campbell, both of the Seakeeping Division of theHydromechanics Department, I applied qualitative and quantitative approaches in an

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Electrical and Computer

methods and multidisciplinary teaching using proven methods asdescribed and already implemented in other successful engineering schools.Engineering education is a recognized important factor in economic development and severalnew programs are already or will likely be developed in many educational institutions. Theresults of this work concerning the early development and planning of a new engineeringprogram provide valuable referential experience for future engineering program developmentefforts.IntroductionEngineering is recognized as an important factor in the economic well-being of society. In thecurrent global market, engineering programs are gaining in importance with the realization in theUSA and elsewhere that future economic prospects

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Project-based Experiences in Manufacturing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

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Manufacturing

AC 2009-576: DESIGN, BUILD, TEST, COMPETE: A BATTLEBOTJanet Dong, University of Cincinnati Janet Dong,Ph.D is an assistant professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering Technology at University of Cincinnati. She holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MS degree in Manufacturing Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 2003. Her academic interests include CAD/CAM, manufacturing engineering technology, process planning, control and automation, robotics, engineering education and research, and manufacturing applications in the dental field.Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati Janak Dave PhD, PE is a Professor in the

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Niku, California Polytechnic State University; Frank Owen, California Polytechnic State University

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Design in Engineering Education

class in thefreshman year, and subsequently, after taking a safety test, use the machine shop for theirprojects. The final project involves the design and planning of a product with social or Page 14.416.4commercial value. It must be something that does not already exist, at least not exactlythe way students design it, and therefore, in most cases should be patentable (in the past,at least two patent applications have been filed when financial support was available). Inmost cases, the product is designed for household use, for people with disabilities, or forspecific target audiences such as teachers, mountain-climbers, or campers. Ideas includehand

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kalan Kucera, University of Kentucky; John Balk

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Materials

materials science course, information on ferrous metallurgy would provide afoundation for basic materials science and steel-making concepts and would be beneficialfor both the university and industry1. In order to achieve this goal without completelyrevamping their lesson plans, instructors could instead continue teaching existingfundamental content, and use examples in the area of ferrous metal technology toreinforce the information. For example, when teaching the difference between variouscrystal structures an instructor could use the transition of steel from one crystal structureto another as an example to illustrate this. Using examples that tie into some of the mostessential concepts of materials would help introduce students to important

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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Liberal Education

relevant subjects for civilengineering students. Using BSE as a base, development of a class reader began.Given the wide range of English language background found in the first-semester English course,the workbook attempted to meet the needs of as many levels of readers as possible. Each chapterbegan with the original text from BSE, appropriate for the 20% of students with the highestEnglish language skills (equivalent to above grade 8). The second passage adapted the originaltext for the lowest level readers (equivalent to primary grades 2-4). A third passage (if needed)adapted the original text for intermediate-level readers (equivalent to grades 5-8).Keying readings to grammar textsAs of summer 2008, there was no common syllabus or course plan

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Bass, Oregon Institute of Technology; Thomas White, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

first of its kind in North America, and it was created to preparegraduates for careers in the various fields associated with renewable energy. These include, butare not limited to, energy management, energy auditing, energy systems planning, energyeconomics, energy policy and development, carbon accounting and reduction, and energy-relatedresearch, as stated in OIT’s 2005-2006 catalogue.In 2008, however, the BSRES degree was discontinued and replaced by the Bachelors of Sciencein Renewable Energy Engineering (BSREE). Analysis of the market place and observed growthin career options across the renewable energy fields revealed significant opportunities forgraduates with a solid energy engineering education. This paper discusses these and

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suryaprasad Jayadevappa, PES School of Engineering; Ravi Shankar, Florida Atlantic University

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Electrical and Computer

interplay between theory and practice- This is a very fundamentaltrait of every engineering discipline. The students should be able to practically apply theconcepts learnt in theory in order to develop tangible products. • Attention to rigorous thinking- The devil is in the detail! All engineering disciplinesshould ensure that the students are suitably equipped with the use of sound practices whichinclude planning, tracking progress, measuring and generally managing quality. Page 14.1186.4 • Adaptability- Due to the rapid pace of changes in related technologies, graduates ofCSE program must possess a solid foundation that allows and

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Descoteaux, Norwich University; David Muckerman, CH2M HIll; Scott Sabol, Vermont Technical College

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Graduate Studies

that came out of meeting at Residency was two students wholive in different states began the planning of starting a consulting engineering business together.We hope this phenomenon was not a one time event and will continue to occur periodically overthe years.While meeting and building friendships is a great outcome of Residency, we have also seenanother effect of meeting as a cohort. When one student dominates every online discussion area,the other members of the cohort are reluctant to meet but at last year’s Residency the studentsfound the “dominator” to be one of their best friends after they met face to face. Thatdominating personality only came out when online and he could hide behind his monitor.Our observations of relationship building

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Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Jeffrey Goss, Arizona State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Security 14 Grid Disturbances Page 14.204.6 15 Exams (midterm and final)3. Licensing, Regulatory Issues, Standards – covers the role of organizations such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), standards organizations (ANSI, IEEE, ANS, ISA, ASME, ASTM); the one-step (10 CFR Part 52) licensing process; requirements for and need to update the plant safety analysis report; and quality assurance.4. Emergency Preparedness and Response – addresses the procedures and plan for plant

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Mechanical Engineering

also a very useful opportunity for both young engineers and employers tomeet each other, and most seniors undertake their diploma thesis in the same company anddepartment.Description of the industrial internshipThe industrial internship has four stages: 1. Planning the internship 2. Application to the host-company 3. Carrying out the internship 4. Final report and oral presentationThe internship starts with a kick-off lecture at the beginning of the junior year summer-semester (March/April). Here the students learn more about the content, formalities, terms,aims, assessment criteria, final report, etc.The internship process is regulated by the department. The students apply to host-companiesand report all applications, which

Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

search of academic partnerships is that of New York University with the AbuDhabi Emirate of the United Arab Emirates. According to a 2008 article in the New YorkTimes 2 the President of New York University was approached by an investor trying toentice him to open a branch in the United Arab Emirates. Not sure what to make of theproposal, the President asked for a $ 50-million donation to the University as earnestmoney – saying that he would then take the proposal seriously. As things developed, themoney did materialize, from the government of Abu Dhabi.NYU had long been committed to building its international presence, and had increasedstudy-abroad sites to places such as Singapore, Accra and Buenos Aires. But the plan thathas developed for a

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Jacques, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Thomas Swiontek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ron Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent Canino, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Nancy Schlick, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

Biomedical Engineering faculty saw manyplaces to incorporate these together.During the freshman design course, teams are used to design, build and test a product intendedfor rehabilitation. Student teams work with the machine shop and the rapid prototyping center tocomplete these projects. In this course, the teamwork is stressed and effective teamcommunication is discussed.Students take this experience and apply it to their senior design courses. Students spend over twoyears in a team completing the senior design sequence. This includes a marketing analysis,business plan, feasibility study, system and component design, design reviews, building andtesting. Students have the ability to “hire” engineers from other majors to help them completetheir

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Haden, Magnolia Consulting; Paul Flikkema, Northern Arizona University; Tom Weller, University of South Florida; Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Wendy Verrei-Berenback, University of Vermont; Wayne Shiroma, University of Hawaii, Manoa

that they will face in senior design and on the job? 4. Lessons learned: i. What are the benefits and challenges to planning and implementing a course across multiple institutions? ii. How should the course and/or approach be modified for Fall 2009 based on findings from the pilot offering? Assessment MethodologyThe study employed a mixed-method design using both qualitative and quantitative methods toaddress the research questions. Students provided feedback on the course format and onlinemodules through feedback surveys, focus group interviews, and through beginning- and end-of-course surveys. Student performance relative to conceptual understanding and systems

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

previous workshops that have explored the representations ofengineers and engineering in films and television in order to advance the implementation of a“prime-time” commercial television series that highlights the positive roles of engineers inmodern society. A key first step was to have a committee plan and convene a forum whereinexperienced producers, writers, and directors devoted one and one-half days in November, 2008,to discussion of key questions which will determine the viability of attaining an engineering-focused narrative television series. This project builds upon social constructivism and cultivationtheory to offer the hypothesis that those who view positive television and/or movie images ofengineers are more likely to believe that

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

faculty and issues confronting underrepresented groups in the STEM fields. Catherine has served as the Coordinator of Special Projects for the Office of the Provost at Virginia Tech focusing on faculty work-life issues, diversity efforts, excellence in undergraduate education, and coordinating university planning activities and served as a doctoral intern with the State Council of Higher Education.Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech Dr. Creamer is co-Principal Investigator of the Women and Information Technology project funded by the National Science foundation, Principal Investigator of a grant to investigate climate in undergraduate engineering programs, and Director of Research and

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Tim Katz, University of Brighton

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International

: Mathematics, Chemistry,Physics, IT and social science and the authors are unaware of the KPU plan to update orintegrate these subjects. However, the curriculum for subjects related to electrical Page 14.885.4engineering has been updated in order to: ≠ Provide a basic knowledge of electrical engineering principles along with the required supporting knowledge of mathematics, science, computing, and engineering fundamentals. ≠ Develop the basic skills needed to design and build basic electrical and electronic circuits and projects. ≠ Develop the ability to formulate problems and projects and to plan a process for their