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Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

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2005 Annual Conference

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Linda Head

LCAeffectively increased the complexity of the design process, forcing students to evaluate, research,and coordinate in a team environment.Digital Clock/TimerThe student teams also build a digital timer for their crane. This digital circuit measures theamount of time required to lift the weights the required 2 feet and its accuracy is compared to an“official” clock. Since none of the students, not even the Electrical and Computer Engineers,have had a course in digital electronics at this point in their academic career, we provide themwith instruction in the basics of binary counting and logic circuits during the laboratory sectionof the course. Then they are given a simple, single-digit display option to work from.Students use a standard timer chip

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New Program/Course Success Stories

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2004 Annual Conference

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Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

from theoutset of their professional career while simultaneously having immediate value in helping themto manage a research project and capstone design project in their senior year. An integral part ofthis innovation was the development of a web-based project management tool. While the mainobjectives of the new course design were achieved, a number of important lessons were learnedthat would guide the further development and continuous improvement of this course. The mostcritical of these is the need to achieve the optimum balance in the mind of the students betweendoing the project and critically analyzing the processes used to accomplish the work.IntroductionIn most industries, engineering is increasingly managed through projects. As a new

Conference Session

Leadership in the Curriculum

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2004 Annual Conference

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Doug Schmucker, Trine University

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationtechnical problems and team dysfunction. An alumna of the university summarized the teamproblems with: I thought that by doing well in my coursework at Vale, I was preparing myself for my career. However, it obviously wasn't enough. The whole project was a disaster; we were perpetually behind, constantly duplicating or overlooking important tasks, and even when we finished, none of us were satisfied with the design. A few of us slaved over this project, but it is obvious that the amount of "effort" did not ensure

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2004 Annual Conference

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Malinda Zarske; Janet L. Yowell; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; Lawrence E. Carlson

possibilitiesprovided by engineering and technology careers. Toward that end, the ITL K-12 Engineeringinitiative continues to hone the teacher workshop model to prepare teachers to eagerly takeengineering back to their classrooms.AcknowledgementsThank you to the National Science Foundation’s GK-12 Program (grant #9979567), the U.S.Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (grant#P116B010922), the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, the Daniels Fund, the CUOutreach Committee and generous college alumni and donors for their generous support of theITL Program’s K-12 Engineering initiatives.Bibliography[1] Morrison, Kathryn L. and Carol Sue Marshall, “Universities and Public Schools: Are We Disconnected?” Phi Delta

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

delivery of writing instruction within the context of regularengineering coursework. By introducing the importance and relevance of technicalcommunication at the beginning of each student’s academic career, in a required engineeringcourse, we are able to overcome the skepticism many young engineers have about how muchwriting they will need to do. They don’t need to come to us, something they incorrectly assumeis unnecessary; we go to them.IntroductionThe most effective strategy for teaching technical writing is open to debate. The options can beboiled down to four lines of attack. 1. Technical Writing Course: Students can be required to take an introductory technicalwriting course, where they learn the fundamentals of the discipline by

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Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

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2003 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

that students need to acquire in order to be successful in gainingemployment. Special courses are used to support and assist students in their understanding of thelearning outcomes. Furthermore, we show how the use of technology can facilitate the learningand assessment process. Students develop an electronic portfolio to document and reflect on theirlearning experiences. Assessment and feedback are used to make the learning outcomescomponent work effectively in the students’ learning experiences. This new academic model mayhelp address issues on curricular design for successful career placement, and producing graduateswith the skills and abilities needed for the job market.1. IntroductionA college degree has in many ways become what a high

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Curriculum Development in Mechanical ET

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2003 Annual Conference

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James Turso; David Johnson; Shannon Sweeney

educator since 1992 with a career focus in applied finite element analysis (FEA).JAMES TURSO, Ph. D. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State Erie. He holds M.S. andPh. D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. He has 10 years of industrialexperience with a career focus on robust process/vibration control and model-based diagnostic system development. Page 8.418.8“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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ELD Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mellinger Margaret

instruction session.”18Patterns and preferencesCommonalities in the way engineers and business students interact with information are likely toapply to the entrepreneurship community. Both groups have strong preferences for resourcesavailable on the World Wide Web. Each group tries to strike a balance between speed or ease ofaccess and the quality of information that is likely to be gained. A resource that is “goodenough” is worth more to them than spending time to find an excellent resource. In both theiracademic and professional careers these students will need to gather and evaluate and analyzeinformation to support both collaborative and independent work

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International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kanagaratnam Baskaran; John Long

masters and doctoral programs. The general trend has beenfor longer periods of formal education prior to full-time employment in professional fields. Moreand more professionals are undertaking post-graduate courses to aid their career advancement. Page 9.546.1* In Australia, the standard bachelor’s degree program (a “pass” degree) in arts and sciences is three years of full-time study, with the option of continuing into a fourth, “honours” year. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering

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A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

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2004 Annual Conference

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Lance Calvert; Michael Shannon

master the subject. Another challenge within the core physics program is how to instruct the same coursematerial to 850+ students that are split into 64 sections taught by 16 different instructors. Cadetclass standing is an immensely important aspect of the cadet experience at West Point. Itimpacts the cadet’s choice of military specialty and first duty assignment upon graduation, andwill continue to follow the cadet throughout their military career. Therefore, consistent gradingacross the board is imperative. To overcome this challenge, the Department of Physics hasdeveloped and implemented a pedagogy that is adhered to by all faculty and a well-definedgrading rubric in which standards for performance are clearly defined and understood

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Curricular Change Issues

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2004 Annual Conference

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Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

the engineeringcurriculum.Globalization of engineering careers also places new demands on social knowledge. Becauseengineering graduates now compete for jobs around the world and with graduates frominstitutions in many other countries, all of our graduates must have basic knowledge of foreigncultures and languages.The launch of the Sputnik satellite by the Russians in December 1957 was a ‘defining moment’for U.S. engineering schools and its curricula. This event was externally supplied and resulted inthe change of engineering curricula to be based almost entirely on analysis courses. Insubsequent years, the various stakeholders of the curricula have chipped away at individualcomponents without consideration of overall integration or a

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Novel Upper-Level Materials Curricula

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2004 Annual Conference

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Richard Henry; James Bandstra

careers at CTC aswell as other industry and engineering organizations. Thus was born this unique opportunity forUPJ to leverage local resources to develop the planned materials and manufacturing laboratorycourse.Organizational Roles and ExperienceUPJ faculty determined the types of laboratory experiments that were germane to the materialsand manufacturing laboratory course. For each of these experiments, the educational objectiveswere defined paying particular attention to the aspect of materials technology that would beuseful to the engineering graduate. For example, a basic tenet of the materials course it to teachthe student that the engineering properties of a given material are dependent on the internalstructure of that material - and

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Understanding Students: Cognition

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sang Ha Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

preparing students for lifelong learning is new, thesignificance attached to lifelong learning, and in particular continuing education, within theengineering profession is not.Lifelong learning in engineering has been recognized as critical for decades. The Final Report ofthe Goals Committee on Engineering Education, written in 1968, contained a discussion of theimportance of lifelong learning.1 In 1978, the theme of the ASEE Annual Conference was“Career Management – Lifelong Learning.” Over the years there have been a number of studies toinvestigate the types of activities involved in lifelong learning, their frequency of use, the types ofsupport systems required for lifelong learning, barriers to lifelong learning, and impact of lifelonglearning

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Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

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S. Michael Kilbey; Richard Rice; Scott Husson; Graham Harrison; Douglas Hirt; David Bruce; Charles Gooding; Debi Switzer

Orientation. Educational and Psychological Measurement 1994, 54, 1013-1021.BiographiesDAVID A. BRUCEDr. Bruce is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Clemson University. He received bachelor's degreesin chemistry and chemical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1991 and 1992 and his doctoral degree in chemistryfrom Georgia Tech in 1994. Dr. Bruce is the recipient of the 2000 NSF Career Award. He has been an activemember of ASEE since 1998.CHARLES H. GOODINGDr. Gooding is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Clemson University. He received his bachelor's and master'sdegrees in chemical engineering from Clemson University in 1970 and 1972 and his doctoral degree in chemicalengineering from North Carolina State University in 1979. He has

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Robert LaFarge; Chaouki Abdallah

guestspeakers; Robert LaFarge, Director of the Diversity Programs, was responsible for the studentrecruitment and the fiscal aspects. The program was funded by NSF through the MinorityGraduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA), at Arizona State University.BackgroundThere’s no question that the face of the American workforce is changing. The minoritypopulation in the United States, primarily the Hispanic population, is growing. The populationchanges from 1990 to 1999 include an increase of 13.4% for American Indians, 30.1% for AsianAmerican, 12.1% for African Americans, 28.0% for Hispanics and only 6.9% for Whites. 4Although minorities have broadened their career choices in the past few years, they have notincreased their numbers in

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

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William Murphy; G. Lineberry

home state to continuetheir careers. After an extended political battle regarding what institution would be the providerof engineering education in western Kentucky, the state legislature charged the University ofKentucky with establishing engineering programs in chemical and mechanical engineering inPaducah. The university was required to collaborate with Paducah Community College andMurray State University in the delivery of these programs.II. Program Structure Although the history of this program has been previously documented 1,2,3, a bit of theprogram organization and the chronology of its development will be given here to establish theimportance placed on program accreditation from the very earliest discussions. The University

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Innovative Curriculum in ET

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2002 Annual Conference

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James Globig

approach to provide students in a Project Management course with the knowledgeof a worldwide ethic and how to apply that ethic in engineering projects.INTRODUCTIONThere is constant pressure to provide a four-year engineering curriculum with the breadth ofknowledge students require as a basis for a successful career. In order to develop the non-technical skills required for success (and required by ABET) along with an increasing technicalrequirement, it has been necessary to integrate the non-technical knowledge and skillsdevelopment into our technical curriculum.The vast majority of the early and present day contributions in the ethics area emanate from civilengineering, chemical engineering and bioengineering. Not surprisingly, these fields can

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TC2K Issues and Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

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Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

studentswith technical design experience for appropriate careers through systematic exercising ofdesign projects in a carefully controlled academic environment. Students are encouragedto collaborate on design projects with industry, government agencies, universitydepartments, or community institutions. The scope and level of the course is set by thefollowing course descriptions: EET 490 – Senior Design Project, Phase I Credit 1, hours arranged Prerequisite: 12 credit hours of EET electives with a grade of C or better. An extensive individual design and/or analytical project performed in consultation with one or more faculty advisors. Collaboration with representatives of industry, government agencies, or community

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Sundiata Jangha; Richard Peltier; Pamela Reid; F. Scott Cowan; Christal Gordon; David Woessner; Douglas Edwards; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

Educationschools) and percent of students scoring 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement exams (between11% and 15%) are substantially below the state averages of 991 (SAT) and 52% (A.P. passingrate), making them low performers in a low performing state3.This low academic performance level effectively closes off the opportunity for most of thesestudents to pursue careers in science and engineering. Georgia Tech is the premier engineeringinstitution in the southeast United States, and is a leader in educating minority engineers.However of the over 7,500 applications received for admission to the university in 1997, only 34came from these three local high schools, with the majority (23) submitted by students from aMathematics and Science Magnet Program

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Design for Community

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2003 Annual Conference

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Hanna Lee; Sven Bilen; Robert Pangborn

natural benefits, however. One of the benefits is thatstudents learn from other students. The more advanced students often are the leaders andmentors of the students at earlier stages of engineering study; as students advance, theysubsequently take on the role of mentor to the “new recruits.” Hence, the more senior studentsobtain experience in realistic management situations and the understudies benefit from thementoring as well as gain a preview of what is to come in academics and careers. 5 This is verysimilar to what the students will see in engineering practice as they move from subordinate tosupervisory roles. The College of Engineering at Penn State has seen a surge in interest in student projectsand a corresponding increase in

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ET Design Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Wagdy Mahmoud; Tom Timmermann; Bonita Barger; Ahmed Elsawy

Session 1931 Managing Virtual Teams in Senior Industrial Projects Ahmed ElSawy*, Bonita Barger**, Tom Timmerman**, and Wagdy Mahmoud* *College of Engineering/**College of Business Administration Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN 38505-0001AbstractThe Industrial Projects course at Tennessee Technological University represents the practicalexecution of the technological skills and knowledge the students gained from all sourcesthroughout their college career, work experience, and life. This course is the capstone experiencethat requires both teamwork and individual skills in

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2001 Annual Conference

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Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

, CA: Sage. Stolze, W. J. (1996). Startup: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching and Page 6.312.11ManagingProceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Session 3454 a New Business. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press. Taylor, J. (1997). The 500 Year Delta: What Happens After What Comes Next. New York: Harper Business. Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers Wall Street Journal http

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2001 Annual Conference

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Terrence Freeman

Session: 1148 Critical Thinking, Communications, and Teamwork Terrence L. Freeman St. Louis Community College at Florissant ValleyIntroductionThe last quarter of the twenty-first century has witnessed a time of accelerating change andincreasing complexity. One of the complexities is the change in demographics that employersand academic institutions are experiencing. Another complexity is the changing nature of work.Today’s graduate can anticipate several job and/or career changes before retirement. Beyondtechnical competence, employers consistently rank communication skills, teamwork

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2001 Annual Conference

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Michael Carter; Sarah Rajala

are not enough, however. Perhaps the best guide is a sample set of PEOthat exemplify the features. The sample shown in Appendix 1 was produced by one of theprograms in our college of engineering and was made available to the other programs as anexample of PEO that possess the features set forth by ABET.Notice that the objectives in Appendix 1 are comprehensive, offering a broad view of the goalsof the program as a whole. In particular, they avoid simply restating the outcomes fromCriterion 3 a-k, as we have noticed in the PEO of some other programs. They are also detailed:in most of the objectives a general term is set forth—such as preparing students for entry intosuccessful careers or encouraging an understanding of the professional and

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jerald Vogel; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg

career where experts inindividual fields or industries can serve as mentors. However, engineering design can be shownto be a systematic, cognitive process rather than an ad hoc endeavor. Although creativity andexperience do play roles in the process, these do not preclude the possibility that engineeringdesign can be effectively taught. There are many recognized means of promoting creativeabilities3-6 that are available for classroom instruction. Contrary to what some educators maybelieve, students arrive with a base of experience from which their design abilities maysuccessfully grow. A student has already spent a lifetime interacting with a world surrounded bydesign artifacts. If asked, most students can explain, at least on a conceptual level

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2000 Annual Conference

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Steven Mickelson

engineering • Experience hands-on laboratories related to the AE options • Increase student involvement within the Department of ABE • Increase involvement in professional society and student branch • Increase student interaction with upperclassmen • Increase student retention in the AE program • Build excitement for engineering • Career development/job preparation • Faculty mentoring in helping make option decisions • Develop report writing skills • Receive academic guidance on registering for classesB. Course Design/DevelopmentSince AE 110 was to be laboratory-based, it was necessary for the faculty to develop interestinghands-on, experiential laboratories that related to the options available with

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Cultivating Professional Responsibility

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Dulin

consequences of their actions. Several participants noted that, although today’s graduatingengineers will change career directions many times as technology advances, the one constant willbe their collective ability to handle the political, legal, social, and business pressures associatedwith engineering projects.These localized perceptions are quite representative of the national engineering community atlarge. No better example of this exists than the very active involvement of the engineeringindustry in the development of the revised engineering program evaluation criteria in 2000 by theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). These new criteria reflectedvarious industry concerns, including the desire to make explicit that

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International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Otto Rompelman; Maarten Uijt De Haag; Jos Uyt de Haag; Brian Manhire

secondary school or HAVO(Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs) prepares children for a professional training college oruniversity of technical profession (HBO and HTO). Upon graduation the student may opt totransfer to the final grade of the six-year school in preparation for a university. The six-yearschools are referred to as the Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO) or pre-university schools and prepare students for a career at one of the country’s universities. Twotypes of VWO exist, the Atheneum and the Gymnasium. The primary difference between the Page 7.483.2Gymnasium and the Atheneum is the presence of mandatory courses in classic

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Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

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Benjamin Flores; Thomas Brady; Helmut Knaust; Connie Kubo Della-Piana; Andrew Swift; Jana Renner Martinez

theircollege career, and providing them with the skills for college success. This effort is especiallyimportant at UTEP because many first-year students are not calculus-ready when they enter theuniversity and, therefore, cannot declare a major in science or engineering during their first yearin college. Prior to the implementation of CircLES, these students had virtually no interactionswith the engineering and science colleges, faculty and staff during their first year. Page 7.181.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for

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Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

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Richard Jacques; Mark Shields; John O'Connell; Matthew Mehalik

contemporary and future technical and business careers. Our goal hasbeen to provide an introduction to such perspectives in typical interdisciplinary first-semesterclasses of engineering design and/or communications.For several years, we have been using a modification to classroom use of commercial simulationsof manufacturing. The activity is usually done in the evening accompanied by pizza and softdrinks. The materials used are paper templates that require student teams to perform many stepsof cutting, folding, adorning, inspecting for quality, and launching for accuracy on a target. Theformat is a competition allowing redesign and improvement from the first (usually quiteineffective) and second (somewhat better) member assignments and team