Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

entire course content is something that's, you know, valuable to employers, and if you can present it in like some easy, visual way, like maybe create like a block diagram or something or flowchart.”Portfolios could be used useful when preparing career documents. As a student with aninterdisciplinary background, she was also struggling with the complexity of presentingherself to future employers. She reported having to prepare different documents aboutherself for different audiences. She seemed to suggest that a course-based portfolio couldprovide her a chance to write statements about the profession and knowledge for eachcourse. If done across her courses, she could accumulate a pool of statements from whichshe could easily select

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Mahler, The Boeing Company; Ann Broughton, Purdue University; Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, 2007 Fall Space Day – An Educational Outreach and Professional Development Program ModelAbstractAn emerging aspect of engineering outreach is service-based learning and outreach. In theservice learning model, university level students take active and leading roles in community-based outreach activities. For over 10 years, Purdue’s Fall Space Day (PFSD) has been asuccessful outreach program to excite third through eighth grade school students about science,technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and space-related careers. PSFD was developedby the Purdue University chapter of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space(Purdue SEDS) and has been sponsored annually by the Purdue University

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daphne Duncan, Purdue University; Euridice Oware, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; however, this is not the case. The fact is thatthe number of engineers graduating in the United States has remained unchanged over the pastthree years, while countries like China and India have far surpassed us. In an age wheretechnology is ever evolving, the US needs to keep up with competing countries or our place inthe technological world will be threatened1.So, why is the U.S. producing so few engineers? Why aren’t university students choosingengineering as a career? It is becoming increasingly clear that the answer begins in elementaryschool. Unfortunately, engineering is not traditionally part of the K-12 curriculum and manyteachers are apprehensive about attempting to teach these topics2. Teachers are likelyuncomfortable teaching

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

joined East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. Prior to this appointment, he served as a Research Engineer in China from 1995 to 2001. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

undergraduate and six graduate programs and has a student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. His career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses. Page 12.73.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Multidisciplinary Master’s Program in Homeland Security and

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

group of students. Page 12.665.3IntroductionThis paper is intended discuss the importance of student participation in engineering designcompetitions. Student design competitions closely mirror real-life engineering and provide thestudents with experiences in project management, design, analysis and testing, andcollaboration with professionals in the field of engineering that they would probably notexperience in the classroom. This is very beneficial to them as they begin their professionalengineering careers. Student participation in the National Concrete Canoe Competition will beused to illustrate how a design-build competition of this type can

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Nazemetz, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

students to be successful in their first design projects.At the current time, many engineering programs provide an introduction or overview toengineering design early in the student's academic career. This introduction, to be meaningful,often includes an initial exposure to engineering design through a small design project. Students,however, are generally not prepared to develop solution concepts Ðfrom scratch,Ñ nor are theyprepared to document and describe their solutions in precise engineering terms. This is whereexposure to and use of patent information can have significant impact.Patents, by their very nature, provide conceptual descriptions of solutions, accompanied byannotated conceptual drawings. In design courses at the introductory

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1459: WATERS NETWORK’S POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORMENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONElizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Beth Eschenbach is a Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. Beth left civil engineering as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and graduated with honors in mathematics and in psychology. She obtained her MS and PhD at Cornell in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the diversity of engineering students and improving education for

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Frances Stewart; Malgorzata Zywno, Ryerson University

enrollments in technology-focused programs have been linked to two contributingfactors. The first is globalization of the economy with a host of implications for the job prospects(e.g. outsourcing, “race to the bottom” in labor market, etc.) that impact potential students’ Page 12.1172.2perceptions of the desirability of certain career choices. While this factor is completely outside ofthe academic purview, the second contributing factor, quality of student undergraduateexperience, is an area where action can be taken. While some students withdraw because of poorperformance, others choose to leave for many different reasons. There is evidence that

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Jenny Daugherty, University of Illinois,-Urbana-Champaign; Martin Westrick, University of Illinois,-Urbana-Champaign; Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

instruction to deliver these three coreengineering concepts to secondary level technology education students. Using a mixed methodquasi-experimental, pre-test post-test no control group design, this study explored the extent towhich students understood and were able to demonstrate an understanding of constraints,optimization, and constraints. It is believed that through this strong conceptual base, a betterunderstanding of engineering and engineering design can be achieved.Review of the LiteraturePredictive AnalysisIn a review of science, engineering and technology careers, Deal stated that engineers apply Page 12.443.2mathematical and scientific

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Terry Schumacher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Virginia. She came to Rose-Hulman early in her teaching career and has taught a wide variety of courses over the past three decades. Pat has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s Classroom of the Future in Wheeling, WV. She was on loan to the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory from 1989 to 1995, managing a project to transition advanced instructional technologies to ten different middle schools located in five states. She is on the editorial board of three

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Richter, Virginia Tech; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

2005 Rigorous Research in Engineering Education evaluator. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study interdisciplinarity in engineering graduate programs nationwide. Page 12.263.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessing and Improving a

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

VirginiaTech will continue to have an impact throughout my career. Skills such as public speaking,teamwork, and insights into how to start my career in the academic world will doubtless proveinvaluable. However, I also hope that my social and personal experiences at Virginia Tech willcontinue to have an impact, and that the relationships that I have built with my advisor, fellowgroup members, and the other REU fellows will continue long past the end of this program.”Fellow # 2: “The program set up was ideal, in my opinion. The Friday meetings and seminarswere most helpful and for the most part I enjoyed the speakers tremendously. The chance topresent on our research topic every two to three weeks was extremely helpful in the developmentof my

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University; Brian Schratz, Pennsylvania State University

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Aerospace

opportunities. The Lab alsocoordinates education and public outreach to inspire younger students to pursue careers inscience, technology, engineering, and math.As a development strategy, the SSPL focuses on fostering a collaborative and open environment Page 13.1253.2for its students. By providing a location for students to congregate between classes or to meetfor homework discussions, the Lab is a confluence of students from various majors, years,backgrounds, and experiences. In addition, multidisciplinary teams are encouraged rather thansingle-major groups. By bridging the otherwise disjoined diversity of students’ majors andideas, the Lab’s students

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Wight, Norwich University; R. Danner Friend, Norwich University; Jacques Beneat, Norwich University; William Barry, Norwich University

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First-Year Programs

analysis. well as to analyze and interpret data Spreadsheets Fluids 8.To be able to describe the various (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams Engineering Fields All projects engineering/management disciplines Engineering Functions (ME, CE, ECE, EMN), and the various engineering Careers/Jobs functions (research, development, testing, design, (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability Guest speakers construction, etc

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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International

working in a cross-cultural environment.More than sixty percent of the students reported that their participation in INNOVATE2007 increased their knowledge about how globalization impacts their careers, what arethe major components of effective leadership in a global context, and how technologyimpacts local economies, results consistent with student evaluations in each of theprevious years of the conference. Additionally, they report that their participation is aninfluence on career-related actions that they intend to take, such as pursuing a job withsignificant international responsibilities. The conference organizers used the InterculturalDevelopment Inventory (IDI) for the first time to assess the 2007 conference. Althoughcomplete results are

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djafar Mynbaev, New York City College of Technology; Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology; Roman Kezerashvili, New York City College of Technology; Janet Liou-Mark, New York City College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

, mathematics and engineeringtechnology. However, in our, career-oriented college, physics and mathematics must be Page 13.1123.6closely connected to and support their applications in engineering-technology courses. Thisis the problem we are trying to solve.Our ApproachWe think that the main problem is not a lack of foundational knowledge, but the inability ofstudents to transfer that knowledge from mathematics and science to the technologies. Manystudents think of their college career as a number of disconnected courses that need to bepassed in order to graduate. As explained earlier, our approach to facilitate knowledgetransfer is to use the paradigm of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Kent Johnson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma

Max-Planck Institute in Germany, where he continued his atmospheric research using radar. In 1997, he became a research scientist at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics as part of the Atmospheric Research Programme. In 2000, Dr. Chilson returned to the US to begin work in Boulder, CO, where he was appointed as a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). Since 2005, he has been an Associate Professor in Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Throughout his career, Dr. Chilson has been heavily involved in the development and use of radar and radar technologies for the investigation and study of the Earth's

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2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

engineering departments and groups at UT Arlington.Since their initial development, the purpose of the Engineering Summer Programs has been tointroduce pre-college students to engineering in a fun and exciting way that creates and increasesthe interest of these students and encourages them to consider degrees and careers inengineering. Since UT Arlington is home to the most diverse engineering program in NorthTexas, the College of Engineering presents all of these engineering areas to the campers in thesummer camps which gives a broad picture of what engineering can be. By holding the campson the UT Arlington campus the College is also able to showcase the campus and its greatamenities to these potential future UT Arlington engineering students

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Nail, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Engineering Design Graphics

practical career considerations. Anoverview of the literature reveals that other, similar, courses have been developed. Thebackground and preparation of the instructor is presented, including training and advancepreparation of course materials. The workbook contents, accompanying computer files, and howit was selected is also described. The course content and method of delivery are discussed. Adescription of the scope of the course and how it relates to and supports other courses in theprogram is provided. Scheduling, exams, and grades, are also described. Special circumstancessurrounding the initial offering of the course, including the results of a student survey, arepresented. The course is described in terms of being in an ongoing process of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Wischow, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; Shanna Daly, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

post-tests covering conceptual information, and researcher field noteswere used as the primary sources of data. From these data, themes were identified, and actionswere taken to address each of these feedback themes to better correspond to the learning goalsidentified for the lesson.IntroductionThe face of science, engineering, and technology is rapidly changing. The biggest trends are alsothe smallest, as nano-scale phenomena prove to be more and more important in a wide range ofapplications. However, we still have yet to include these nano-scale phenomena in oursecondary science curricula, leaving students unprepared to enter important careers innanoscience, engineering, and technology.Professional development efforts are one way to combat

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Andrew Hable, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Engineering Ethics

. Following Peace Corps service he plans to attend graduate school in the United Kingdom for a degree related to his primary career interest, engineering for international development. He is 23. Page 13.725.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Including Questions of Military and Defense Technology in Engineering Ethics EducationWe review the strong historical inter-relationships between the discipline of engineeringand the military, and provide additional data to illustrate that these ties persist today.With the association to military and defense-related enterprises comes a host of

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Jesiek, Purdue University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Miguel Hurtado, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

, Virginia Tech Maura Borrego is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary graduate education in engineering. She has an NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for this work.Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech Kacey Beddoes is a Ph.D. student in Science and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech. Her current research interests are interdisciplinary studies of gender and engineering education. She serves as Assistant Editor of the journal Engineering Studies and co

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

CAREER award, and served as a Fellow at the National Effective Teaching Institute. Page 14.476.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of an Evaluation for Assessing Student Practices, Independence, and Responsibility in Design CoursesAbstractDesign courses are challenging for both students and educators. Students grapple with the open-ended nature of typical design problems, the sustained team efforts required to complete a largeproject with appropriate documentation, and the need to teach themselves new things in order tocomplete their objectives. Design instructors balance

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

career planning, in clarifying the differences in the academics of E and ET programs, and in helping the students identify their strengths and interests; the sequence gives opportunities to cover topics in innovation, creativity & design, IP, the globalization of knowledge, engineering ethics, and economics all in the context of real case-based scenarios. These are left unspecified to also allow flexibility for individual programs to put emphasis in more manufacturing courses or to introduce a first course in design if so desired. Page 14.136.12 ¬ E & ET III in Term 4 would enable the students to begin a transition

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Electrical and Computer

-bound students can make the transition starting in the 4-th term. Page 14.135.11 ¬ ENGL I and II, and HUM-SS I and II, are typical composition courses and humanities or social science electives, respectively. ¬ Circuits I and II, and Physics I and II are calculus-based. ¬ Computer Programming (CMP PGM) is a course on computer-based engineering problem solving. ¬ The courses E & ET I-IV could be designed to keep the students engaged throughout the curriculum. These would play a significant role in reinforcing the CDIO philosophy, in advising/retention and career planning, in clarifying the differences in the academics

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; George Wright, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

this meeting, industry was asked to help answer the following questions: ≠ What does product/system development mean to your organization? (ie, is it focused on internal or external customers, is it focused on software/hardware or something else, what might the final product/system look like) ≠ What product/system development methodologies are used within your organization? (ie, interfacing with the customer, project management tools, idea generation techniques, system planning tools, documentation requirements) ≠ What does the career path of an individual in product/system development look like? (what would be the progression of promotions, what internal/external training would be required

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Page 14.633.8Freshman Design Expo at the end of the quarter. This show is typically held in the student centerand is open to anyone interested in viewing the students’ work. Expos are held during eachquarter, with the largest Expo held during the Spring quarter. Approximately 35 teams showcasetheir designs during the Spring, 15 in the Fall, and 10 in the Winter. Teams of judges review thework and a variety of awards are distributed.Students are not required to turn in a formal report for this project but they are required to keep adesign journal. This assignment is designed to get the students familiar with the concept ofrecording their progress. Later in their college careers, many of these students will have multipleopportunities to work on

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Randa Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

know did that whole thing. And when they found out I don’t speak Spanish they’re like, it’s like “I cannot believe you don’t know Spanish” and they just go off. I don’t understand why it’s such like a, I mean, I kind of understand them. I should know it but my dad didn’t teach me. That’s not my fault. I should have learned it but…. I: Do you feel comfortable at the SHPE meetings? P: Not this year, I used to. (senior, female, 2.5 generation, English-speaking)The student quoted above noted to the interviewer that she thought greater faculty oversightcould aid in keeping the cliques under control. Sophomore year - P: I went to Los Angeles five months ago for an engineering career fair and we went

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Teams can be distributed geographically, often globally inlarger corporations.As a member of a team you typically do not choose who you will work with and this can makehandling interpersonal and cultural influences key factors in effective teamwork. Being able tosuccessfully deal with these factors is also critical to the ability to lead teams.In just a few years you will be working on teams as a professional and your performance will bejudged. Your success in this will have a direct influence on your career. Your success will oftenbe tied to your team’s success. It is therefore important that you try to hone your teamworkskills while in college.How will I develop my teamwork skills to help me be successful in my career?In previous Design Spine