Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

conjunction with class demonstration.BIBLIOGRAPHY1. Kadiyala M and Crynes BL (2000) "A Review of Literature on Effectiveness of Use of Information Technology in Education," J of Engineering Education 89:177-184.2. The MathWorks (2000) "Creating Graphical User Interfaces", MathWorks, Natick, MA.3. Hanselman D, Littlefield B (2001) "Mastering MATLAB 6", Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.4. The Mathworks (1999) "Control System Toolbox User's Guide," Natick, MA: The Mathworks, Inc.5. Garcia RC, Heck BH (1999) "An interactive tool for classical control design education," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, San Diego, CA, June 1999, pp. 1460-1464.6. Watkins J, Mitchell E (2000) "A MATLAB graphical user interface for

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Vollaro, Western New England College

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Materials

AC 2007-1906: MATERIALS SELECTION EXERCISES BASED ON CURRENTEVENTSMary Vollaro, Western New England College Mary B. Vollaro is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Vollaro received her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut and she has held engineering positions in industry in the materials science area. She is currently Chair of the ASEE Materials Division and works closely with longtime ASEE partners, The National Educators Workshop (NEW). Page 12.1038.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Levern Rollins-Haynes; Keith L. Haynes

. This newfound relationship could also help to debunk stereotypes.The non-black communities and religious and academic institutions should also share in rectifying theshortage of black engineers and other science-related careers by realizing these and many other generalfacts: a. that racial inequality exists and is somewhere lurking in the minds of many African-Americans-- much of it due to direct or indirect past experiences; b. that cultural and value differences exist and may be prioritized more in the African-American community than in other American communities. These cultural and value dissimilarities are not necessarily wrong, but might require a different method of evaluation and should not be viewed as

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

, it is not about the technique, it is about understanding the theories from thesciences of learning and teaching that will allow the technique to be powerful. Engineeringeducators could greatly help each other by discovering the overarching characteristics that canguide instructors in their artful choices of implementing these new methods.Works Cited1. Greeno, J. G., Collins, A. M., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Cognition and Learning. In D.C. Berliner & R. C. Calfee (Eds.), Handbook of Educational Psychology (15-29). New York: Macmillan Library Reference.2. Krantz, S. G. (1999). How to teach mathematics (2nd ed.). Providence, RI: American mathematical Society.3. National Research Council. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind

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FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pat Pyke; John Gardner; Marcia Belcheir; Janet Callahan; Amy Moll; Cheryl Schrader

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First-Year Programs

AC  2007-­‐1266:  AN  INNOVATIVE  METHOD  TO  REALISTICALLY  TRACK  ENGINEERING  STUDENT  RETENTION  AND  ACADEMIC  PROGRESS    Pat  Pyke,  Boise  State  University     Patricia  A.  Pyke  is  the  Director  of  Education  Research  for  the  College  of  Engineering  at  Boise  State   University.  She  oversees  projects  in  freshman  programs,  math  support,  mentoring,  outreach,  and   women’s  programs.  She  earned  a  B.S.E.  degree  in  Mechanical  Engineering  from  Duke  University   and  a  master’s  degree  in  journalism  from  the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley.    John  Gardner,  Boise  State  University   John  F.  Gardner  is  Chair  of  the  Mechanical  and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas

thatinspired the ideas behind the UASPP. The partnership was solidified by the complementary contributions each entity couldbring to the project. In 2006 we became aware of a funding opportunity offered through the U.S.Department of Education’s Title II, Part B funds of the No Child Left Behind Legislation. Thisprogram is called “The Mathematics and Science Partnership Program.” It is designed toimprove math and science instruction in schools considered to be “high need.” Schools aredefined as “high need” if 20% of the children they serve are from families with incomes belowthe poverty line or if the school has a high percent of teachers not teaching in their academicsubjects, not teaching at their trained grade levels or schools with a high

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Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Lax, Purdue University

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Liberal Education

Christian Science Monitor. [Online]. Available: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0515/p13s01-stct.htm10. J. Thompson and B. Lloyd, “Email etiquette (netiquette),” Conference Record of the 2002 Annual Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference), 2002, pp. 111-14.11. J. Bloch, “Student/teacher interaction via email: the social content of Internet discourse,” Journal of Second Language Writing, vol. 11, issue 2, pp. 117-134, 2002.12. T. Odlin, Language Transfer. Cambridge: Cambridge U. Press, 1989.13. M. Evans, A. McBride, and M. Queen, “Tone formality in English-language university web sites around the world,” in Proc. IEEE Int.l Prof. Comm.Conference. Limerick, Ireland, 2005, pp. 846-850.14. P. Rubens and S. Southard, “Solving writing

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Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Large Seagrave, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, 2002. 3. Body of Knowledge Committee of the Committee on Academic Prerequisites for Professional Practice, 2004. 4. Pappas, E.C. and Hendricks, R.W. “Holistic grading in science and engineering,” Journal of EngineeringEducation, vol. 89, pp. 403-408, Oct. 2000. 5. Miller, R., Olds, B. "A Model Curriculum for a Capstone Course in Multidisciplinary Engineering Design."Journal of Engineering Education, October, 1994, pp. 1-6. 6. Hodges, Colley, Wilmot, Cari-Sue, Askew, Robert, and Bannerot, Richard. “Teaching TechnicalCommunications in an Introductory Design Course through Interventions from the University’s Writing Center.”ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, 2004. 7. Barrett, Edward and Waitz, Ian. “Integrated

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Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2164: INTRODUCING SAFETY AND HEALTH ISSUES INTO ANENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUMAustin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University Dr. Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida. He is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU). Prior to joining the faculty at SPSU, he was an Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where he served as Program Area

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver

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Civil Engineering

material better).” Page 12.1311.9Bibliography 1. Wilson, R., “Advice to Young Engineers Entering the Construction Industry”, Concrete International, October 1993, pp. 67-68. 2. LaFave, J., Stojadinovic, B., and Wight, J., “Lab Experiments for Reinforced Concrete Design Course”, Concrete International, December 1996, pp. 59-62. 3. Schemmel, J., “Practical Experience for Engineering Students”, Concrete International, December 1998, pp. 41-44. 4. Griffin, M. and Meyer, K., “Reinforcing the Understanding of Reinforced Concrete in the Lab”, Concrete International, July 2004, pp. 47-50. 5. Cleary, D., “Enhancing a

Conference Session

Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Graham Armitage, University of Calgary; Phillip du Plessix, University of Calgary; Kara Chomistek, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Clifton Johnston, University of Calgary; Mohamed Nazir, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary; Diane Douglas, University of Calgary; Brigit Knecht, University of Calgary

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Design in Engineering Education

upon a similar program for high school students to be usedin the High School Outreach Program (HSO). The same principals were used and the contentwas enhanced to be more appropriate for this design course.This project required students to: 1. Determine a technique they believe is the most appropriate to husk rice according to their own research into the process. 2. Create a process for husking rice using the provided materials a. 12in length of 2x4, with a ½ inch groove b. 12in x 6 in length of ½ plywood c. 1 plastic fork d. 2 ½ strips of sand paper e. 6x6 in square of wire mesh f. 2in length of 3in diameter plastic tubing g. 2 varied lengths of scrap metal

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

expensive for one individual investigator or program to own when it isnot being used frequently. Therefore, collaborations between labs from different disciplines arestrongly encouraged.Although nanotechnology is interdisciplinary in nature, one however, needs to be trained in ahome discipline. One cannot be an interdisciplinarian without a home discipline. Therefore, abaccalaureate degree (B.S.) in engineering technology for nanotechnology should have adifferent concentration depending on the home discipline. The curriculum for nanotechnologyprogram, as shown in Table I, should consist of four categories:A. General Studies Courses (In a 124 Credit Hour Baccalaureate degree, 42 – 46 credit hours forgeneral studies are recommended).B

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ana Goulart; Charles Watkins; Robert Hegedus

b networks running at 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, and 11 Mbps, - IEEE 802.11 g networks running at 6 Mbps, 18 Mbps, 36 Mbps, and 54 Mbps,with three types of audio codecs: G.711, G.729a, G.723.1 (all with silence suppression). Twenty-four scenarios were simulated in Opnet to come up with results supported by theory.This paper consists of four sections. The first three sections show a compilation of the students’projects: first, they were asked to present an overview of WLANs and the MAC protocol;second, they performed a theoretical analysis of the estimated throughput of each WLAN atdifferent data rates for different audio codecs; then, they presented their simulation model andresults. After this compilation, we draw our conclusions in

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon G. Davis; Carol S. Gattis; Edgar C. Clausen

planned to incorporate the activity into their classroom curricula, whether or not theyfelt like they knew whom to contact for further information, whether the resources from theexperiment would be useful to them in the future, and whether the time spent on verticalalignment of the experiment into the curriculum frameworks was useful. Evaluations wereobtained for each of the experiments using a 1-5 rating system, where 5 indicates that theystrongly agree. Table 2. Evaluation of Daily Experiments Evaluation Statement Experiment/Evaluation A B C D E F G HLab activity is directly aligned with the

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-2951: INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGEDUCATION, AND RECRUITMENT OF FEMALE AND NATIVE AMERICANSTUDENTSFonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University Fonda Swimmer received her Master of Public Administration degree from Northern Arizona University, where she is currently the Director of the Multicultural Engineering Program and is the co-advisor for several multicultural clubs. She works in the area of recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in engineering and higher education in general, and provides multiple support services to multicultural engineering and science college students. Ms. Swimmer is also involved in a variety of pre-college outreach programs in the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

/current/webonly/wex110205.html5 Kauffman Foundation. (2006). Collegiate Entrepreneurship Resource Center. RetrievedSeptember 1, 2006 fromhttp://www.kauffman.org/campuses/?CFID=2998988&CFTOKEN=283708416 Lafayette College Website. (2006). http://www.lafayette.edu7 McDaniel, B. (2002). Entrepreneurship and Innovation: An Economic Approach. Armonk, NY:M.E. Sharpe, Inc. p. 318 McDaniel, p.329 McDaniel, p.3210 McDaniel, p.3111 McDaniel, p.32-3312 Kauffman Foundation13 Edmondson, M. (2006). Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment in the Creative Economy.Invention to Venture Workshop, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ.14 Edmondson, M.15 Baron R. and Shane, S. (2005). Entrepreneurship: A Process Perspective. Mason, OH: South-Western

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

very enjoyable and the video gave all the information we as agroup needed. As for the feedback, I thought they were very informative and showed meexactly where I went wrong. The fact they gave you the correct result and your result wasbrilliant as it shows how badly off I was on some of them! I did learn a fair bit from the lab,for one be sure to read what format the dimensions are to be given in. Lost out on about 20%because of my eagerness to get it done! Oh well, ce la vie!.”Student B. “Overall though I thought it was a great experience. The fact they leave it up toyou to get the work done and don't spoon feed you everything you need to know.”Student C "I think this form of assessment is excellent!"There were, of course, some contradictory

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Portia Sabin, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

the notion being discussed orbecause they contrast or contradict a commonly held view among the participants. The purposeof this study is not to make generalizations about all of engineering education, but rather toidentify and elaborate on a practice at UWest that has an impact on students. What is true atUWest may not be true at other schools, but we believe studies like ours can play a role inhelping to set future research agendas.3. Assembling an understanding of the admissions process.In this section we show: A) That students at UWest are uncertain how they will be evaluated bythe admissions committee; B) This uncertainty, we argue leads students to enlist differentresources, both official (e.g., department websites) and unofficial (e.g

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Scott Pryor, North Dakota State University; Dennis Wiesenborn, North Dakota State University

outreach projects as program coordinator and program director. He has worked collaboratively with tribal college instructors and high school teachers. He serves as the faculty advisor for American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Student Chapter at NDSU.G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University Dr. G. Padmanabhan is a Professor of Civil Engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of North Dakota water Resources Research Institute. He served as the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department from 1999 through 2003. Dr. Padmanabhan has more than twenty five years of teaching experience in engineering. He has attended several engineering education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University; Randy Cook, Utah State University; Karina Hauser, Utah State University

.[15] Shooter, S., and McNeill, M., “Interdisciplinary Collaborative Learning in Mechatronics at Bucknell Page 12.920.12 University,” 2002, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, July 2002, pp. 339-344.[16] Self, B., “Teaching Undergrad Kinematics Using a Lego Mindstorms Race Car Competition,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, June 20-23, 2004, pp. 1-8.[17] Liker, J. K., The Toyota Way, 2004, McGraw-Hill, New York, New York.[18] Liker, J. K., and Meier, D., The Toyota Way Fieldbook, 2006, McGraw-Hill, New York, New York.[19] Rother, M., and Shook, J., Learning to

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito Enriquez, Canada College

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Two Year College Division

assistance to maximize student learning. This interactive classroom environment iscreated using wireless Tablet PCs and a software application, NetSupport School, which allowsvarious levels of interactions between the instructor and the students during lectures, therebyenhancing the instructor’s ability to systematically monitor and control individual studentprogress, assess their understanding through instant surveys, and provide immediate feedbackand assistance through the wireless network. Results from two separate controlled studies of theimplementation of this model of interactive teaching and learning in sophomore-levelEngineering Dynamics courses show statistically significant positive impact on studentperformance. Additionally, results of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Thompson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

instruments were employed to capture changes in the GK-12Fellows’ ideas, understandings and perceptions. These included a pre/post, forced choice,likert-type survey (see Appendix A) as well as pre/post written, open response questions(see Appendix B). Fellows also completed semi-structured, pre and post interviews thatwere used to verify participants’ survey and open-ended responses as well probe theirunderstanding of related topics (see Appendix C). All GK-12 Fellows also completedweekly journals, and periodic field-based observations/visits were conducted on arandom basis. While the surveys focused mainly on ideas and issues related to Scienceand math education, the other data collection instruments were open-ended, therebyallowing themes to emerge

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Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane Willkens, Development Finance International, Inc.; Emilio Bunge, Development Finance International Inc.

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International

international development funds flowing into engineering education. The authorswill outline effective strategies that can be adapted by companies and academic institutions to (a)identify initiatives funded by international financial organizations that rely on the expertise ofengineering communities and its educators, including from multilateral and bilateral agenciesand foundations; (b) forge strategic partnerships with domestic and international stakeholders toensure successful positioning with the funding institutions and ultimate success in programdelivery; and (c) highlight the benefits – financial and non-financial – that accrue to universitiesand companies who engage in such partnerships.The Need for Engineering TalentIf science is the building

Conference Session

Retention Programs for Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kieran Sullivan, Santa Clara University; Ruth Davis, Santa Clara University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-1529: INCREASING RETENTION OF WOMEN ENGINEERINGSTUDENTSKieran Sullivan, Santa Clara University Kieran T. Sullivan is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Santa Clara University and a licensed clinical psychologist. She provides professional consultations on assessment and statistical analyses and has taught Psychological Assessment for ten years. Dr. Sullivan received her PhD from UCLA and conducts research on marital education and support processes in marriage.Ruth Davis, Santa Clara University Ruth E. Davis is the Robert W. Peters Professor of Computer Engineering and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Engineering at Santa Clara University. Her dissertation

Conference Session

Implementing the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge into Courses and Curricula

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Kevin Rens, University of Colorado-Denver; Kenneth Carper, Washington State University; Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

paperdiscusses how these workshops have addressed the needs identified above.ABET Accreditation Criteria There is certainly an argument to be made that failure analysis should be mandated byABET. It may also be argued that, in a sense, it already is. Under Criterion 3, ProgramOutcomes and Assessment, “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs withinrealistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

areas of (a) overall instructor effectiveness, (b) amount learned, and (c) overallcourse effectiveness in favor of those sections containing a higher variety of learning modes.Assessment of learning for the design course was documented in that recent publication.To further evaluate the macro-level outcome of the previous research, we felt it would bevaluable to “walk in their shoes” to obtain feedback from students’ perspectives on a decidedlymore micro level. To review our strategies, additional evaluation methods were undertaken inthis follow-on work. As a continuation of assessing the overall course sections, we collected dataon two aspects of each of the components of the course described above: (a) learning value, and(b) interest and

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lee Anne Cox, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ratings of this module by both gendersas well. In addition, student recommendations for improving modules to optimize appeal to bothgenders were gathered.Qualitative analysis techniques were used to: (a) analyze the open- ended student responses onthe End-of- Module Student Surveys and (b) analyze information gathered from the studentinterviews. Qualitative analysis of exact student responses consisted of grouping together ofconceptually similar student responses to three open-ended questions from the Techtronics End-of-Module Student Surveys. These questions are listed in the tables that follow along with thenumber of students responding in the different categories. Below the number of responses is thepercentage of male or female responses

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Paul Revere in the Science Lab: Integrating Humanities and Engineering Pedagogies to Develop Skills in Contextual Understanding and Self-Directed LearningAbstractABET, ASEE, and the wider engineering community have long acknowledged the potentialbenefits of interdisciplinary education, including the opportunity to develop non-technical skillssuch as communication and teamwork while cultivating a broader awareness of the ethical,societal, historical, and environmental impacts of engineering work. Instructors haveencountered many challenges in planning and implementing integrated courses, such as thedifficulty of coordinating the teaching methods, content, and learning objectives of differentacademic disciplines in a finite and

Conference Session

Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamad Albadr, Riyadh College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Engineering External FactorsWhile these changes in health care are occurring, there are other external factors that will alsoaffect the Biomedical engineering field: A. Internationalization of science and technology.The science and technology used in health care are universal. Coupled with globalmanufacturing and international companies, it is clear that science and technology areworldwide in application. B. Integration of Technology. The examples provided by some of the preceding authors, it is evident that health caretechnology is sophisticated and cross-disciplinary. The application of communications theoryto improving the accuracy and speed of DNA sequencing is such an example. In addition,devices are increasingly interdependent and

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamad Albadr, Riyadh College of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Engineering External FactorsWhile these changes in health care are occurring, there are other external factors that will alsoaffect the Biomedical engineering field: A. Internationalization of science and technology.The science and technology used in health care are universal. Coupled with globalmanufacturing and international companies, it is clear that science and technology areworldwide in application. B. Integration of Technology. The examples provided by some of the preceding authors, it is evident that health caretechnology is sophisticated and cross-disciplinary. The application of communications theoryto improving the accuracy and speed of DNA sequencing is such an example. In addition,devices are increasingly interdependent and