Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy; Afsaneh Minaie

fields inthe world, and engineering is no exception. In our college only 5% of pre-engineering and lessthan one percent of computer engineering students are women.There are several reasons for attracting women to engineering such as the fact that more than50% of consumers are women. If those designing the products are able to relate to the femalesection of the population, there is a better chance of selling the products. Industry needs womendesigners. Also, the women’s talent can be used to improve the work environment. Womenexcel in verbal and interpersonal skills and are very good collaborators2. This paper will addressseveral ways of attracting more women to the field of engineering.IntroductionStatistics from the U.S. Department of Education

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

Session 3160 Professional and Ethical Implications of Engineering Globalization Ashraf M. Ghaly Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308AbstractAs a result of many years of neglect of their infrastructure, many underdeveloped countries relyon the expertise of international firms in developing solutions to the extremely complicatedproblems they are facing. International aid agencies or foreign governments usually provide thefinancing for the design and construction of these projects. Due to the fact that agencies

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Callahan; Paul Givens

following description of the FEEDS system was compiled recently when the AuditorGenerals’ office performed an audit of the FEEDS function at the University of South Florida,College of Engineering. The Director and Associate Director of FEEDS as well as the Deansfurnished much of the detail for the report. The Auditor’s description bests describe the FEEDSoperation. “The Florida Engineering Education Delivery System (FEEDS) is a state-wide systemwhich provides access to graduate-level and limited undergraduate engineering courses atindustrial sites and cooperating university centers throughout Florida. FEEDS is designed toimprove the availability of continuing education to engineers working in Florida, increasing theirskills and thereby

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Russell Walters, Iowa State University

AC 2003-438: SKETCH OF AN ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTER GRAPHICAPPLICATIONS IN CONSTRUCTIONRussell Walters, Iowa State UniversityZhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University Page 8.1018.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2003 Session 2306 A New Sketch of an Advanced Course in Computer Graphic Applications in Construction Russell Walters, Zhili Gao Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Iowa State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents the sketch of a graduate-level course being designed

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julio Davalos

Session 2793 Neoclassical Active Learning Approach for Structural Analysis Julio F.Davalos, Christopher J.Moran, Shilpa S.Kodkani West Virginia UniversityAbstractMost beginning students in an introductory structural analysis course do not appear to have asound understanding of fundamental concepts, and in general, students lack the ability tovisualize the deformed shapes of simple structures. One possible reason for this learningdeficiency may be that the classical lecture-mode of teaching by itself may not be sufficient forstudents to grasp basic concepts, and a more active classroom

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ghaith Hammouri; Alan Hadad

Session 3265 Analysis of Prime Numbers Alan Hadad*, Ghaith Hammouri* & Peter Shahdan** *University of Hartford / **North Carolina State University hammouri@hartford.eduAbstractThe problem of determining prime numbers has intrigued and baffled mathematicians throughoutthe ages. The Sieve of Eratosthenes is perhaps the simplest scheme ever devised to solve theproblem. However, this is a mechanical scheme rather than analytical in nature, as is the methodof dividing by all possible factors.The method presented in this paper admittedly becomes

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

specifically in engineering, with respect to U.S. percentages of minority women.More discrepancies are found within the group of minority women as to recipients ofdegrees. The two largest groups within the set of U.S. minority women, Blacks andHispanics, are not the largest recipients of bachelor degrees, nor engineering degrees.Looking toward the future also shows a problem, minority females are not graduatingfrom high school in the same percentages as non-minority females. This, coupled with thefuture population predictions from the U.S. Census Bureau, indicates a bleak future forengineering. This paper will address all of the above items: the current U.S. populationand education figures, with emphasis on women; the trend of some minority groups

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Appanaboyina; Rakesh Sreenivasa; Kendrick Aung

Session 1333 Development of Web-based Tools for Energy Engineering Sunil Appanaboyina, Rakesh Sreenivasa, and Kyaw Aung Department of Mechanical Engineering Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710Abstract With increasing popularity of World Wide Web (WWW) as a teaching medium, moreand more engineering educators have developed web-based teaching and evaluation tools tofacilitate and improve the learning process of students. In this paper, the development of twoweb-based tools for use in Energy Engineering course

Conference Session

Computers in ME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Mueller