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Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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2003 Annual Conference

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Jan Lugowski

Session 3648 Design Class Projects in Fluid Power Jan T. Lugowski Purdue University1. IntroductionClass projects offer many opportunities for students to learn by doing. A design class projectcompleted recently in fluid power area at Purdue University is presented. They provideopportunities for students to solve problems and boost their competency level. The projectpresented in this paper involved design and manufacture of a hydraulic pump by applying a rapidprototyping technology. Examples of solved problems are presented. The project offered

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Beckry Abdel-Magid; Yunsheng Xu

, communication skills and preparation forcontinuing professional development and career long learning. In addition, thestudies emphasized the importance of non-technical education, managementskills, interdisciplinary and international exposure [5].However, engineering faculty and students are faced with an already tightcurriculum, and satisfying such a broad set of demands within the traditionalprogram seems extremely difficult. A number of topics such as managementskills and interdisciplinary and international exposure are necessarily ignored inmany engineering curricula in the hope that students will gain such knowledgeand skills elsewhere. The pressure of time also forces a scant coverage ofimportant areas such as research and scholarly investigation

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

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2003 Annual Conference

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Karen Grigg

Session 2541The Evolution of the Patent and Trademark Depository Library and the Role of the Patent and Trademark Librarian in the Digital Age Karen S. Grigg North Carolina State University LibrariesAbstractThis paper discusses effective methods of delivering patent and trademark referenceassistance that support the university and library’s mission of time- and location-independent service. The North Carolina State University Libraries is the sole Patent andTrademark Depository Library (PTDL) in the state of North Carolina and, as such,supports a diverse and geographically scattered clientele

Conference Session

Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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David Parent

Proper Documentation of Collaborative Efforts for theRetention, Tenure, and Promotion ProcessD. W. Parent, EE Department, San Jose State University, San Jose CA 95192-0084,email dparent@email.sjsu.edu, PH 408.924.3863, FX 408.924.3925AbstractThere exists a need for junior faculty to clearly document their collaborative efforts withother faculty members and industrial partners in order demonstrate a high level ofscholarly activity to a Retention, Tenure and Promotion committee. This paper willpresent types of documentation that should aid junior faculty in attaining tenure andpromotion.The Problems:In order to provide a realistic engineering experience to electrical engineering studentsstudying VLSI design and fabrication, two things are

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Web-Based Laboratories and Classes

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mohammed Haque

Session 2158 VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR STRUCTURAL DESIGN EDUCATION Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E. Texas A&M University, Texas, USAAbstractThe contemporary information technology (IT) allows us to develop learner-centered virtualdesign studios that can be reached to a large student population via the web. Considerablepedagogical advantages can be achieved by the integration of IT and visualization tools inteaching engineering technology. Structural analysis and design concept visualization, whether inreinforced concrete or steel structure is a subject

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Maxwell; James Johnson

NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION CLASS W. H. Maxwell, James Johnson Nashville State Technical Community CollegeAbstractNashville State Technical Community College has, over the last several years, been working witha group of colleges, called the South East Advanced Technical Education Consortium(SEATEC), in the development of case studies for use in technology programs. The case studiesare designed to be used primarily as a teaching tool, integrated into already developed courses.These case studies are available at this time.In the process of working on the cases, a question arose concerning their applicability to a courseunder development by NSTCC. The course being

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; jana renner-martinez; Ann Darnell

Session 2793 The Effectiveness of a Mathematics Review for Student Placement into College-Level Mathematics Benjamin C. Flores, Jana Renner Martínez, Helmut Knaust, Ann Darnell, Lilly Romo, and Connie Kubo Della-Piana1 The Model Institutions for Excellence Program, The University of Texas at El Paso 1 Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science FoundationAbstractAt the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a public university with an open

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Partnerships in IE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Edmund Goll; Andrea Wittchen; E. Zimmers; Gregory Tonkay

Session 3657 Introducing Freshmen to the Field of Industrial Engineering Through the Use of Collaborative Project Experiences Emory W. Zimmers, Jr., Gregory L. Tonkay, Edmund O. Goll Lehigh UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a pilot module created by several members of the Industrial and SystemsEngineering Department at Lehigh University in collaboration with industry partners as acomponent of the freshman engineering course (Engineering 95). The module is designed to helpfreshmen better understand the role and function of industrial engineers (IE) and information

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2003 Annual Conference

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R. Worden

humangenome may provide additional opportunities for life-science-minded engineers in the rapidlygrowing biotechnology industry. These trends suggest the need for increased biological contentin the chemical-engineering curriculum.Over the past several years, the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science atMichigan State University (MSU) has been developing educational programs to better preparestudents for employment at the interface between chemical engineering and biology. Beginningwith a fairly standard biochemical engineering reactor design course that has been taught overthe past sixteen years, the course offerings have expanded to include undergraduate researchopportunities, a state-of-the-art Biochemical Engineering Teaching

Conference Session

The Biology Interface

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2003 Annual Conference

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Raj Mutharasan

Session: 2613 Teaching of Engineering Biotechnology Raj Mutharasan Department of Chemical Engineering Drexel University, Philadephia, PA 19104 AbstractThe goal of this project is to develop a pedagogically novel approach to teaching of modern discoveries ofbiotechnology at a level most students of engineering can comprehend and apply. Topics in molecularbiology, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery, and FDA regulations are combined cohesivelyin modular form. The

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Peter Meckl

Session 1532 Integrating Ethics into an Undergraduate Control Systems Course Peter H. Meckl School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088AbstractAn approach to inserting an ethics component into a control systems course is described. Sincethe technical content is rather complex, only limited time is available to focus on ethical issues.However, even limited discussions provide an opportunity to reinforce the importance of ethicsin a professional career

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Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sarah Rzasa; John Wise; Elizabeth Kisenwether

,and IST (Information Sciences and Technology) to develop a problem-based curriculum designedto encourage creativity, customer-oriented design, and to foster understanding of theentrepreneurial business world. This paper will present the outline and initial findings of ourassessment plan. Lessons learned in the first 18 months of course offering will be shared, andrecent improvements (inclusion of online portfolios and improved curriculum co-ordinationbetween courses) are discussed.BackgroundTwo years ago, Penn State applied for and received a grant from General Electric todevelop an entrepreneurship minor within the College of Engineering. The originalgoals for assessment were as follows: 1. Are students more motivated and more likely

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lorena Basilio; Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft

Session 1432 Summer Camp and Course Workshops for Sophomore Level Electrical and Computer Engineers Authors: David P. Shattuck, Frank J. Claydon, Stuart A. Long, Betty J. Barr, Jennifer L. Ruchhoeft, and Lorena I. Basilio Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4005Abstract In response to a program supported by Texas engineering companies and the Texas stategovernment, we have begun a project to attempt to increase the number of graduates in

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

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Malcolm Sears; Lawrence J. Genalo

politics, and attributing to them a nature that makes the majorityof readers laugh and agree. For engineers that nature is one of academic geniustrapped within the body of a social disaster while teachers, more specifically elementaryteachers, tend to be the opposite. They tend to be more sociable but always outwittedby their students in the typical joke. This paper examines the actual characteristics of aselect group of individuals, both engineering and elementary education majors at IowaState University, compares the results for any notable differences and offers anexplanation for any results that were found.TOYING WITH TECHNOLOGYEngineering undergraduates are hired to work in the Toying With TechnologySM (TWT)lab in 2220 Howe Hall as lab

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Cheng-Hsin Liu; S. Gary Teng

industrialprojects in an engineering curriculum. This paper focused on one of the major burdens in offeringindustrial project experience to engineering students, the handling of communications amongproject teams, industrial partners, and supervising faculty. In this paper, the approach of usingcollaborative environments is proposed for the reduction of some communication relatedproblems in industrial project implementation process. WebCT and a low cost web-basedcollaborative environment are the tools suggested for managing industrial projects. The purposeis to use available tools for managing projects that can reduce the complexity involved inmonitoring industrial projects.IntroductionToday’s engineers and managers often are in charge of various engineering

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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Dale Buechler

Session 2512 Improved Learning by Nontraditional Undergraduate Students in Analytical Methods In Engineering Dale N. Buechler Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeAbstract - At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) most of our undergraduateengineering students work at least half time and about 30% of our students work full time.Analytical Methods In Engineering, a core class required by all the undergraduate engineeringdepartments at UWM, has been modified over the past three years to

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

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2003 Annual Conference

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CRISTINO CARBONELL; FE TABAMO; Clarita Guevara

Session Number: 1475 The ESTEeM Project: Collaborative Learning and Teaching of Engineering Mathematics at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Santo Tomas, Manila Cristino A. Carbonell, Clarita R. Guevara, Fe P. Tabamo Faculty of Engineering, University of Santo TomasI IntroductionInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) has largely changed the learningenvironment in today’s world. There are now several options presented in the learningenvironment on how easily and more excitingly knowledge can be acquired. Learninginstitutions worldwide have recognized the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stephen Martin; Shailendra Mehta; Ronald Steuterman; Leah Jamieson; Donald Blewett; William Oakes; Edward Coyle

Session 2793 The EPICS Entrepreneurship Initiative: Combining Engineering and Management to Improve Entrepreneurship Education and Practice Edward J. Coyle, Leah H. Jamieson, William C. Oakes, Stephen Martin, Ronald J. Steuterman, Shailendra R. Mehta, Donald A. Blewett1, Marie C. Thursby2 The Schools of Engineering and the Krannert School of Management Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907Abstract The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Program at Purdue, working inpartnership with Purdue's Discovery Park and Krannert

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Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

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2003 Annual Conference

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Richard Jendrucko; Anthony English; Monica Schmidt

Session 2209 Involvement of Clinical Medical Professionals as Technical Advisors in Biomedical Engineering Design Projects Monica A. Schmidt, Richard Jendrucko, and Anthony E. English Biomedical Engineering Program, The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleIntroductionA new two-semester senior design course sequence has been developed as part of the under-graduate Biomedical Engineering (BME) degree program begun in 2000. These design coursessatisfy much of the ABET 2000 Criterion 4 for the Professional Component—specifically themajor design experience. The course format involves multiple student teams

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stacy Wilson; Mark Cambron

Session1353 INTRODUCING DESIGN TO FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Mark E. Cambron and Stacy S. Wilson Department of Engineering Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101AbstractThe role of design in an engineering curriculum is a key issue to the success of the program andgraduates. In the Electrical Engineering program at Western Kentucky University, two newcourses have been developed for the first and second years of the program which are focused onteaching design through robotics

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Remote Sensing and Telemetry

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2003 Annual Conference

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

/GIStheory and numerous applications to real design problem in their surveying course. Withsponsorship of industry, students are exposed every summer to the latest technologies in totalstations, GPS, and GIS. GPS and GIS have revolutionized surveying, because of the ability toquickly determine a location with high precision and obtain corresponding GIS data for the site.This paper describes some GPS/GIS applications included in UHD’s Structural Analysis andDesign Engineering Technology program.The program trains students to fit the specific needs of employers and equips graduates with abundle of advance technology training and tools that makes them immediately productive. Thestrong emphasis on use of modern technology provides comparative advantages

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Women in Engineering: New Research

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2003 Annual Conference

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Lawrence Genalo

Session 2692 Summer Industry-Based Research Internships for Female High School Students Lawrence J. Genalo, Emily J. Smith Iowa State UniversityAbstract:Building on a successful high school internship program started by a National Science Foundationgrant in 1997, an internship program has been offered the past two years that provides studentsopportunities to join university research teams and investigate industrial work environments. Theinterns develop complete lesson plans targeted at a 5 th – 8th grade audience that are based on

Conference Session

Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Suzanne Balik; Nachiappan Nagappan; Laurie Williams; Julie Petlick; Carol Miller; Miriam Ferzli; Eric Wiebe

Session 2230 Pair Programming in Introductory Programming Labs Eric N. Wiebe, Laurie Williams, Julie Petlick, Nachiappan Nagappan, Suzanne Balik, Carol Miller and Miriam Ferzli NC State University, Raleigh, NCABSTRACT: This project looks at the practice of pair programming as a vehicle for improving thelearning environment in introductory computer science labs, a nearly universal course for all engineeringstudents. Pair programming is a practice in which two programmers work collaboratively at onecomputer, on the same design, algorithm, or code. Prior research indicates

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Student Teams and Active Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Daniel Raviv

Session 2330 Learning Systematic Problem Solving: Case Studies* Daniel Raviv Department of Electrical Engineering Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431 E-mail: ravivd@fau.edu 561 297 2773Abstract This paper describes several case studies where students generated innovative solutionsusing a systematic problem solving methodology. The approach is based on The Eight-Dimensional Methodology for Innovative Thinking that

Conference Session

Assessment of Entrepreneurship Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Bradley Golish; Phil Weilerstein; Harvey Wolfe

their concerns with regards to assessment of E-teams and related programs.As a result of these roundtables, the University of Pittsburgh is developing a database containinginformation from the various projects sponsored by the NCIIA. We are specifically focusing onthe assessment of entrepreneur-based projects and programs by participating NCIIA members.The database will allow NCIIA participants to: access web-based instruments, obtain guidance onhow to conduct an assessment, and learn about assessment/evaluation practices in academicentrepreneurship programs.As an initial effort, current and past NCIIA participants were surveyed to determine the variety ofassessments they have conducted on E-teams as well as any long-term impact that the "E

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Kline; Jerry Ku; Chin-An Tan; Trilochan Singh; Ronald Gibson

Session 3166 Achievement of Course Learning Objectives: An Assessment Tool that Promotes Faculty Involvement Ronald F. Gibson, Kenneth A. Kline, Jerry Ku, Trilochan Singh, Chin An Tan Mechanical Engineering Department, Wayne State UniversityIntroductionDuring our department’s preparation for an ABET EC 2000 visit, we likely considered issuessimilar to those addressed by other departments during their EC 2000 preparations. By way ofbackground, over the previous several year period, under guidance by experts at Ford MotorCompany, we had gained valuable experience attempting to introduce the concepts of

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Visualization and Computer Graphics

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2003 Annual Conference

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Eric Wiebe; Aaron Clark

Session 2438 The VisTE Project: Visualization for Improved Technological and Scientific Literacy Eric N. Wiebe, Aaron C. Clark, Miriam Ferzli and Rachel McBroom NC State University, Raleigh, NCABSTRACT: Visualization in Technology Education (VisTE) is a standards-based initiativedesigned to promote the use of graphic visualization among grade 8-12 students to improve theirhigher order thinking, communication skills, and understanding of science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics. By using simple and complex visualization tools,students can conduct

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Jessop

, and the average assistant professor has had little or no training inthese skills prior to accepting a tenure-track position. How then does a new professor, whosetime, resources and energy are at a premium, successfully mentor their graduate students so as tocultivate productive, competent members of the scientific community? Here, mentoring tipsfrom various resources are shared, along with personal mentoring experiences.IntroductionTaking on graduate students as a new assistant professor is akin to adopting a child. You do nothave the benefit of starting at square one—the child has been molded by others before you, andyou have not developed parenting skills along the way. There is one big difference of course—you cannot and should not play

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Engineering Education Research

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eli Fromm; Jack McGourty

education, instituted professional development activities,and institutionalized assessment and continuous improvement in all partner schools aswell as actively disseminated these innovations to institutions external to the Coalitions[1]. These developments have served as the elements around which systemic change atindividual institutions can be planned and implemented. An unexpected consequence ofthis intense focus on external dissemination is the facilitation of the Coalition’s ownchange and innovation processes.This paper explores how the goal of establishing a digital repository greatly facilitated thefinal stages of the innovation process throughout the Gateway Coalition. Based on thestructural definition of the repository and the standards

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenda Kelly; Martha Absher; Gary Ybarra

Session 2793 Math Understanding through the Science of Life (MUSCLE) Glenda T. Kelly1, Gary A. Ybarra2 and Martha S. Absher2 1 Private Practice, Chapel Hill, NC/ 2 Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NCAbstractMUSCLE is an academic enhancement program partnering Duke University’s Pratt School ofEngineering, Lakewood Elementary School and Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, NC.The mission of this program is to promote a passion for understanding and applying