Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hazem Tawfik, State University of New York; K. Shahrabi, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale; Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale State College - State University of New York

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Graduate Studies

Engineering Education, 2009 The Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree in Engineering TechnologyAbstractThe Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Degree in Engineering Technology (ET) is a newdegree option created to meet growing industry needs for technologists with broad backgroundand experience to provide rewarding career and academic opportunities for undergraduates inscience, technology, business and health majors. According to the Council of Graduate Schools(CGS), this program involves not only advanced disciplinary study in engineering andtechnology, but also an appropriate array of professional skill-development activities to producegraduates highly valued by employers and fully prepared to

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Vipin Kumar; Miguel Torres; Jens Jorgensen; John Lamancusa

philosophy and content of this courseand presents results from two years of development and deployment.Acknowledgement: This project was funded by TRP Project #3018, NSF Award #DMI-9413880.I. Introduction:1.1 Engineers are tinkerers A straw poll of engineers who grew up before computers were a fixture in every grade school wouldprobably show that most preceded their technical careers with long hours in the basement or the garage,fixing moms appliances, wiring a radio that could listen to Europe, or keeping a British sports car inrunning condition. These tinkerers developed an instinctual, common sense feel for engineering; learnedabout basic hardware and tools and how to use them; and developed a visual way of thinking. With this

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Bernard Carlson; Karin Peterson

particular interst is thenecessary adaptations to students made to write a set of instructions for building the clock and a technicallyappropriate patent application. The constrast between these two assignments illustrated for the students the Page 1.306.5 ji’Q”- }. 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘..pllly:: .diversity of the audiences they will deal within their careers, and hopefully provided them with a bridge betweentheir previous experiences with technology as consumers and their new experiences with technology as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunjun Xu, University of Central Florida; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Charles Remeikas, University of Central Florida; Xiaojun Geng, California State University, Northridge; Sagar Chowdhury, University of Oklahoma; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma

ahead in their future study andfuture career. After the module design is complete, it can be used in class to assist the instructoras an auxiliary teaching tool, and played by students after class. Page 14.643.12The module covers the following topics: (1) what is electrical engineering and which areelectrical system? (2) What are the different fields of electrical engineering? (3) What kinds ofcourses need to be learned? (4) What kind of assistant is available on campus to help learning?(5) How to have fun while studying EE? (6) What kind of careers do ECE majors commonlypursue? For each of the above topics, multiple specific questions are

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

students are required to enroll in a sophomore level introductory engineering course called“Principles of Engineering Analysis and Design” which is a prerequisite to all the 2000 levelengineering courses and as such treated as a gatekeeping course for the engineering program.The course is taught in the third semester with Pre-calculus as the prerequisite. This course iscomparable to any other “Introduction to Engineering” course taught in virtually everyengineering program and covers such topics as career opportunities, survival skills, team work,communications, ethical practices. Our course also reinforce the concepts learned in Algebra andPre-calculus with brief exposure to differentiation and integration, linear algebra, complexvariables and

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ansari, Virginia State University; Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Krishan Agrawal, Virginia State University

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Minorities in Engineering

established to pursue the following twoobjectives: 1. To introduces rising high school seniors to STEM fields and boosts their desire to select a STEM field for further study and as a potential career. 2. To prepare students for admission to the STEPNSF-DuPont Summer Science and Engineering Program (DuPont) (Supported by T-STEM,DuPont, and Department of Education). This is a non-residential summer program for 10th-12thgraders. This program has the following objectives: 1. To increase the interest of pre-college minorities and females in STEM 2. To strengthen the academic background of pre-college minority and female students in areas necessary in entering a STEM field 3. To prepare minority and female pre-college

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rhonda Young, University of Wyoming; April Heaney, University of Wyoming; James Kladianos, Wyoming Department of Transportation

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-629: ASSESSING WRITING IN A COMPREHENSIVE DESIGNEXPERIENCE COURSERhonda Young, University of Wyoming Rhonda Young is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Young received her doctorate in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in 2002. Prior to a career in academics she worked for 11 years as a consultant in the transportation field. Her research interests are in transportation planning and intelligent transportation systems. Dr. Young teaches a wide variety of courses in the transportation field including the Comprehensive Design Experience course.April Heaney, University of Wyoming April Heaney

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge delosRios-Hurtado, Texas Tech; David Wyrick, Texas Tech

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Accounting• Required Engineering Foundation Course for Business Students: - IE 4320, Fundamentals of Systems• Required Courses for All Certificate Program Students: - MGT 4376, Entrepreneurship II: Discovering Entrepreneurial Opportunity - IE 4331 Individual Studies in Industrial Engineering: Engineering EntrepreneurshipAlso, the area of Management at the Rawls College of Business Administration (COBA) isdeveloping an Entrepreneurship and Family Business Program that utilizes two sequentialfoundation courses (Entrepreneurship Creation and Entrepreneurship Discovery) to preparestudents to exploit any three additional courses as the “practice ground”, and to generateactionable opportunities regardless of their major or career settings, be it

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

for the greater good and canhelp people in poverty. This branch works more directly with the people who it serves than otherbranches of engineering. I really like this focus on service and in whatever I do, I want to helpmake the world a better place." She was deciding between a career in EVEN or becoming adoctor.Some example quotes from female students in the Civil Engineering class include: “[I enjoyed] physics and math classes in high school… but I thought that a career should have a greater impact on people.” “This part of engineering takes into account public welfare and works for the benefit of society by building structures that help to make the world a safer place with higher standards.”One of the female students in the

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

literacy, and collection development, fostering connections andcollaborating with faculty in order to build specific programs is crucial to success on the job, andsupports the career portfolio required for promotion.For the purposes of this paper, a “new” librarian is defined as someone who graduated from alibrary program within the last five years. The author graduated from Dalhousie University’sSchool of Information Management with a Master of Library and Information Studies in 2005.She completed a two-year internship at the Sexton Library and started working thereprofessionally upon graduation. She is one of three librarians on the Sexton Campus. All of hersubject specialties fall under the Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

whilecontributing to the optimal achievement of the organizational mission. In the most general sense,the CPD program should enable a career path available to every employee which allows theircontributions to the mission of the organization to be optimal. The implication here is that for theprogram design to contribute to the mission of the organization, it should be aimed at optimizingthe success of the individual employee.Guidance to professional staff on the desired substance of a personal continuing professionaldevelopment program is essential to the ultimate achievement of the organizational mission. Tothis end, the SEC has developed a series of roadmaps of instruction for technical employees. TheSystems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Hee-Sun Lee, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods

, G., et al., Gender, ethnicity, and social cognitive factors predicting the academic achievement of students in engineering. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1992. 39(4): p. 527-538.34. Schaefers, K.G., D.L. Epperson, and M.M. Nauta, Women's career development: Can theoretically derived variables predict persistence in engineering majors? Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1997. 44: p. 173-183.35. Schmidt, J., et al. Social cognitive career theory as an approach to understanding retention in engineering majors. in American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2001. Albuquerque, NM

Conference Session

Critical issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

A Systematic Process to Validate Safety, Health & Environmental Management Curriculum through Academic Advisory CommitteeAbstractOne of the main goals for academic institutions is to prepare students for employment inindustry; not only to serve such industry but also to serve our community, country, and theworld. It is essential for institutions to align their program outcomes and course objectives withcustomer (business and industry) needs. Not preparing our students to meet those needs couldlead to an unsuccessful job placement and could also negatively affect the credibility of anintuition. Essentially, students who enroll in the program will need to acquire knowledge andskills necessary to become successful in their careers

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Zapanta, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe Manning, Pennsylvania State University

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Biomedical

reliability and device testing. Special emphasis was placed on reviewingFDA protocols and applications for prosthetic heart valves and artificial hearts. A series oflectures were also presented on the artificial organ (medical device) industry. These lecturesincluded topics on careers in artificial organs in academia and industry, grant writing, andfunding streams.The remaining lecture portion of the course described different examples of artificial organs,drawing heavily on the concepts introduced previously. These artificial organs includedcirculatory support devices, drug delivery systems, artificial lungs and oxygenators, artificialkidney, pacemakers, neural prostheses, prosthetic heart valves, orthopedic implants, bioartificialorgans (tissue

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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Engineering Physics & Physics

lecture format fails todevelop applied E&M skills. Since the mission of the UST School of Engineering (SOE) is to“… provide an applied … learning experience …” and since there were no labs associated withthe original approach, this presented an ‘applied’ problem. In addition to this, a majority of theUST engineering and physics graduates begin their professional job careers immediately aftergraduating. Of the remaining graduates that do pursue an advanced degree, few continue withtheir study of E&M. Since a substantial amount of time is dedicated to E&M and sinceundergraduate credit hours are precious, the challenge was to develop an E&M pedagogy thatimparted an applied E&M learning experience without significantly increasing

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

alone. We explained to the students that, intheir professional careers, they will often run across those who do not share the load equally butthe job must still be done and, if done poorly, reflects on everyone on the team. We consideredthe possibility of using peer reviews of the teams when we assigned grades but so far have optedto give the same grade to each team member. Figure 3 shows that, in spite of the few problems,most of the students thought everyone contributed. Page 11.932.9 Everyone in my group contributed to the case study presentation. 20

Conference Session

Web-based learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Patcha, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Technology

Learning and Computing in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She began her career working for the U.S. Department of Defense in Fort Meade, Maryland as a computer analyst. Dr. Scales served in a major leadership position at North Carolina A&T State University where she, along with the distance learning team, launched the University’s virtual campus. She has presented her research in Electronic Performance Support at national conferences, including a recent market research study on graduate distance learning programs for working engineers at the American Society for Engineering Education national conference. As the Associate Dean, Dr. Scales is leading the College in

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

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Minorities in Engineering

on how to follow the Page 11.949.4protocols of research, carrying out experiments on the CNC machines in the college’smanufacturing laboratory during the summer. They investigated machine chattering undervarious spindle speeds, feed rates, and depths of cut. Through participating in research, studentshad a better understanding of the purpose of research, enhanced their knowledge of the researchtopic by the hands-on experiments, and increased their interests in manufacturing engineeringtechnology. They reported that the research better prepared them for advanced level engineeringeducation and inspired them to pursue a career in the field.2. NAFP

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

only in an academic environment. Page 11.194.9Not all of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering graduates pursue an engineeringcareer path, but all of them serve on active duty in the Coast Guard where their technicalknowledge is a definite asset. The majority of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineeringgraduates do choose to pursue an engineering career, and they spend the first few years aftergraduation gaining shipboard engineering operational experience. After that they typically go toa shoreside ship maintenance support office or to a Coast Guard Marine Safety Office. In theseshore assignments they serve as junior engineers

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Jennifer Oliver, IAESTE United States; Karl Zimmer, General Cable

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

universities, work abroad programs can be facilitated through the Officeof International Education, Career Services, Division of Professional Practice, ModernLanguages, and/or through individual faculty members. The variety of departments involved hascreated a challenge for employers, students, and faculty to find the most effective way tocoordinate such an effort. Due to the variety of options for international opportunities forstudents, the need was identified to hire an international practicum coordinator at Georgia Techto coordinate all international work opportunities on campus. Through the creation of acentralized work abroad program, Georgia Tech has overcome one of the largest obstacles for asuccessful work abroad program. After a centralized

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Kinsey, University of New Hampshire; Erick Towle, University of New Hampshire; Grace Hwang, University of New Hampshire; Edward J. O'Brien, University of New Hampshire; Christopher F. Bauer, University of New Hampshire

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Educational Research and Methods

e.g. their freshmanto sophomore years. However, since retention was not found to be affected by spatialability of engineering students, the improvements found between upperclassmen andunderclassmen may be attributed to all of the science, mathematics and engineeringcourses that upperclassmen have completed in their college careers. As the study iscontinued for multiple years, the tracking of students from their freshman year tograduate will indeed confirm this effect.The self efficacy test was developed for this research; therefore, it is still being validated.However, the results from these initial analyses are promising. For example, astatistically significant difference was found between subgroups tested. Upperclassmenscored higher on the

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Semke, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; James Albrecht, Imation Corp.; Jason Moses, Imation Corp.; Peter Ridl, Imation Corp.

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Design in Engineering Education

within Page 11.181.7the University of North Dakota School of Engineering & Mines, through corporate fundingand premiere career opportunities at Imation. Maintaining the professional relationshipsbetween UND and Imation Corporation is critical in sustaining and growing this partnership.V. Funding OpportunitiesThe work with Imation has strengthened the research capabilities of UND and has helpedestablish a successful and productive research environment that is well-positioned to seek outexternal federal, state, and local government funding opportunities. This has been establishedthrough strategic purchases of appropriate equipment in the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Barath Baburao, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

programs such as Page 11.670.2Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) at the University of Cincinnati, whose goal is to 1transform the way the aspiring faculty members prepare for their careers. Though thisinitiative is a cluster of 295 participating institutions, the disciplines primarily involvedare in arts and sciences and the participation of the engineering discipline is meager [6].Finally, students can participate in American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)meetings, either at the national, sectional or local levels (re: student chapters) to beexposed to issues of interest to faculty members concerning

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

, the Education Commission of States, and The Johnson Foundation.These Seven Principles are also presented in Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F.Gamson’s book entitled Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice inUndergraduate Education (1991).Encourage Student / Faculty ContactFrequent student-faculty contact in and out of classes is the most important factor instudent motivation and involvement. Faculty concern helps students get through roughtimes and keep on working. Knowing a few faculty members well enhances students’intellectual commitment and encourages them to think about their own values and futureplans. • I make a point to talk with my students on a personal level and learn about their educational and career goals

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Qualters, Northeastern University; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Thomas Cullinane, Northeastern University; Ann McDonald, Northeastern University; Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios

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Manufacturing

on economic and environmental assessment of manufacturing. Initial development of Shortfall resulted from her CAREER grant funded by the National Science Foundation (DMI-9734054), and subsequent NSF funding (DMI-0537056) to continue its development.Thomas Cullinane, Northeastern University THOMAS P. CULLINANE received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been a member of the Northeastern University faculty since 1981 and is currently Director of the Engineering Management Program. He has been an ASEE member since 1975 and is a former director of the industrial engineering division.Ann McDonald

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Ric Williams; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Geoffrey Dieck, East Carolina University; Steve McLawhorn, East Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

one team, two members designed, developed, constructed and operated the robot. The non-attending members were isolated from the oral report, the written report and the competition by the participating members. During the oral presentation judging, the external judges noted the anomaly and queried the students. The students, both participating and non- participating, provided direct, honest feedback which the judges used to relate to real- world examples and career impacts.)The robot project was also evaluated through the use of an instructor survey. This survey wasadministered to the four faculty members comprising the instructing cohort immediatelyfollowing the end of the semester. The most valuable

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

lamp is still undergoing reengineeringto improve its stability and proportions. Access to the CD slots near the shade is alsoproblematic; and the switch, which is currently in-line, is being analyzed.Integration of business students into the projectThe business students who participate in MIMIC, the entrepreneurial component, are enrolledin a capstone course, Integrated Business Operations, required in their Associate in AppliedScience degree programs. They are from a variety of career fields, including marketing,accounting, management, computer systems and information systems, which allows themakeup of the "companies" to be representative of an industry. Integrating students fromvarious disciplines not only fulfills the technical needs of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster, University of Detroit Mercy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Figure 12: Assessment Data – Part 6 Page 11.162.12 How likely is it that you will use your knowledge of mechatronic systems in your future career? 85.7% Time 1 14.3% 0.0% Very Likely Somewhat Likely 75.0

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Stephen Pennell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

need for basic STEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics) material that is critical to the solution of engineering problems. Closelyrelated material may be spread out over several courses. By the nature of the structure ofsemesters (or quarters), material is grouped together into logical units to allow for material to bedeployed in a controlled fashion with specific timetable that integrates the material in thestudent’s academic career. Unfortunately, students don’t understand this. As far as they areconcerned, the material does not appear to have any connection to other material from previouscourses. This then makes the material appear to be unimportant. Students naturally tend to hitthe “reset button” after each and every course

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Kosky, Union College; William Keat, Union College; George Wise, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

career. It should not be so formal that the students are repelled or overwhelmed bytechnical issues while, at the same time, it should introduce some of the basic principles ofengineering so that the students can experience what it might be like to spend their life as aprofessional engineer. Ideally the first year engineering course should emphasize basicprinciples as physical realities rather than be an exercise in abstruse terminology and/or evenmore abstruse mathematical formulae. An associated freshman-engineering textbook shouldreflect the excitement of the profession with language, topics, and examples that will stimulateyoung men and women. It should also assure that all students are getting the same message in amultiple section