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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Blace Albert; Daisie Boettner

. Its mission is “To educate, train, and inspire the Corpsof Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values ofDuty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an officer in the United StatesArmy; and a lifetime of selfless service to the nation.”1 There are approximately 4,000 students called cadets at the USMA. The USMA annuallyscreens approximately 10,000 applicants for grades, athletics, extra-curricular activities, andphysical fitness. Applicants must also receive a nomination from one of their state’s congressmen.This lengthy process results in about 1,300 cadets being admitted to the USMA each year,however, the graduating class size is typically less than 1000 by the end

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Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

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2003 Annual Conference

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Stuart Walesh

, communication, delegation, personality types, networking, leadership, the socio-political process, and effecting change. Page 8.236.7“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” • Professional development can, in addition to the preceding, include career management, increasing discipline knowledge, understanding business fundamentals, contributing to the profession, considering self

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Issues in Multidisciplinary Programs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Ted Thiede; James Hereford

physics. With the increased possibilities provided by the internet, many young peoplesaw themselves trying to cash in on their abilities to write web pages, rather than sufferingthrough a rigorous science curriculum. Now with the outbreak of peace and the threat of bio-terrorism, the biological and medical sciences are currently seen as promising careers. With theincreased power of modern calculators and computers, many students question the reasons forlearning algebra and calculus. All these reasons, and more, have caused faculty in physicsdepartments at smaller institutions to re-evaluate the direction of their programs. One approach that is being taken to maintain the relevance of the physics department is tochange the curriculum into a more

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Tenure and Promotion Tricks of the Trade

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2003 Annual Conference

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Diane Muratore; Jeannette Russ

internet. • Get to know your new colleagues. • Stay in touch with friends who are on a parallel path. • Establish relationships with engineering faculty at other schools in the region.Long-range PlanningWith hopes of having a long, enjoyable career as a college professor, it is never too early to startplanning for the future. This section briefly covers a few ideas that might make academic lifeeasier down the road.Keep good records on your class notes! If an idea works well, make a note of it and plan to dosomething similar that next time you teach that class. If an idea doesn’t work well, make a noteof it and plan to improve it next time around. Discipline yourself to spend less than five minutesmaking these notes right after each class

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Novel Courses for CHEs

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2003 Annual Conference

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Chih-hung Chang; Skip Rochefort; Shoichi Kimura; Milo Koretsky

Operations Laboratory that has begun during the 2000-2001academic year. A newly created Endowed Chair, the Linus Pauling Engineer, was hired fromindustry to identify and incorporate the highest priority professional practices to senior lab. Sheserves as “project director” for this class to help new graduates become immediately prepared forindustrial practice. Thus the unit operations lab provides students with the array of skills theywill need to perform effectively in industry. The ChE Unit Operations Laboratory inMicroelectronics Processing is targeted at undergraduate students who are interested in careers asprocess engineers in microelectronics and related industries. The students will both develop anin-depth understanding of the underlying

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

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2003 Annual Conference

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Staci Provezis; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Larry Shuman; Siripen Larpkiattaworn; Obinna Muogboh; Dan Budny; Harvey Wolfe

department 95.9 2.5 1.6Advice of Private Counselor 94.6 4.9 0.5As a class, half have ambitions of obtaining advanced degrees - 45.6% plan on getting a MS and24.3% plan on getting a doctorate; 3.6% are interested in medical school and 1.2% are interestedin law. However, not all are completely committed to engineering - 4.6% entered with a verygood chance of changing major field and 34.3 % with some chance of switching, suggesting thatretention may remain a problem. Likewise, 7.9% indicated there was a very good chance ofchanging their career choice and 39.5% felt there was some chance of a career change.Almost a fourth (22.4%) indicated there was a very good chance that

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Teaching Design Through Projects

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2003 Annual Conference

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Theodore Pavlic; Prabal Dutta; Michael Hoffmann; Jeffrey Radigan; James Beams; Erik Justen; John Demel; Richard Freuler

Competitionshowing one of the multi-level apple orchard test courses described earlier in Section 3.1 isshown in Figure 1 below.Figure 1. The 2002 FEH Robot Competition.4. Lessons LearnedThe lessons learned during the offering of the robot design/build project for several years in theFEH program are summarized as observed successes and opportunities for improvement.4.1 Observed SuccessesParticipants in this first year FEH program are well prepared for success in their subsequentacademic career and are at a strong advantage when seeking co-op or internship job Page 8.553.10 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2003 Annual Conference

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Elisa Linsky; Gunter Georgi

engineering students to demonstrate what engineers do and what software and hardwaretools they use. Various experimental techniques are taught while design and construction skills aredeveloped within the context of a semester-long project. Engineering disciplines that may differfrom a student’s chosen major are introduced. The departmental goal is to provide a solidfoundation for success as students proceed in their educational careers. Critical to the overallsuccess of the course is the development of good technical communication skills, both oral andwritten. The students are required to submit written work each week. In addition, they are askedto prepare and deliver an oral presentation detailing their laboratory work

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tamy Fry; Mark A. Nanny; Mary John O'Hair; Teri Reed Rhoads

math and science-related careers. The Authentic Teaching Alliance (ATA) at theUniversity of Oklahoma was one of 24 projects selected for funding by the NSF GK-12 program Page 8.129.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationin 2001. The ATA utilizes a cross-curriculum design that combines the talents of engineering,science, and education professionals to devise new ways to teach math and science to secondarystudents. The ATA also seeks to reduce the fear and confusion surrounding new

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Recruitment & Outreach in CHE

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2003 Annual Conference

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Tricia Lytton; Margie Haak; Edith Gummer; Dan Arp; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”science and math enrichment for minority and disadvantaged students in grades 4-12. SMILE’smission is to increase the number of minority and disadvantaged students who graduate from highschool qualified to go on to higher education and pursue careers in STEM professions. Theprogram functions as a "pipeline", taking students from 4th to 12th grades and ultimately into post-secondary education. SMILE conducts a year-round schedule of activities designed to providehands-on science experience, strengthen students' knowledge, and raise students' academic andcareer aspirations

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2003 Annual Conference

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Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

lecture. • Check your grades weekly and report discrepancies to the TA within the seven-day time frame. • Keep all computer files generated in this course on your career account until a grade is issued by the Registrar. • Place a copy of all computer files developed with teammates in your career account at the end of each lab and project. • Keep a copy of all e-mail messages sent to the instructional team and team members until a grade is issued by the Registrar. • Report absences in a timely fashion as stated in the syllabus.To establish that the instructional team will work hard with them, we also post expectations forthe faculty: • Regard each student's welfare with care

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2001 Annual Conference

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William Black; Robert Weber; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira

growing need for students with this knowledge.Real-time Software Development: There are few courses that cover software development issuesfor real-time (or time-critical) applications and how to design software to survive rapidlychanging underlying technology. This knowledge is critical for any Computer Engineeringstudent who plans to continue a career in the development of virtual reality applications, or anyother area with rapidly changing hardware. This kind of software requires very differentapproach on program design and implementation techniques than, for example, a databasemanagement environment. A typical VR system integrates a visual display, a tracking system tolocate the user and his interactions, several interactive devices, such as

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2001 Annual Conference

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Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

APSTO N E PRO JECT S GRADUATE PROGRAM S Figure 1. iP3 Program StructurePre College OutreachThe Career Awareness Program (CAP) at Lehigh University involves the Colleges ofEngineering and Applied Science, Business and Economics, and Arts and Sciences. Withfinancial and personnel assistance from companies such as Ernst & Young and Alcoa, CAPsupports the achievement of greater diversity by attracting, engaging, and mentoring the brightestpre-college students of color. This recruitment/leadership development initiative introduces theparticipants to the e-team project experience in accounting (ACAP), industrial design (IDCAP

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2000 Annual Conference

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Lisa A. Haston; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

, whether the task isworking on code or circuitry, writing part of a report, gathering research materials,brainstorming, or boosting team spirit." One student used the saying "it's not what you know, it's Page 5.435.5who you know" to describe the synergistic effect of having team members with diverse skills toapply to a project. For some students, the CFT experience has changed their outlook on anengineering career, since they see engineering design as less isolated in single individuals anddisciplines.Students who have participated in multidisciplinary projects or multidisciplinary teaming tend toachieve a greater appreciation for the concept of CFT

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2000 Annual Conference

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Ron Humble; Michael Caylor

. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, and funding. Nonetheless, overcoming these inherentchallenges enables substantial student learning to occur. Our experience is that both grouplearning and independent thinking are enhanced, and that the curriculum provides first-handexperience in the development of aerospace technology.IntroductionAn ongoing challenge in engineering education is to provide students with meaningful design Page 5.533.1projects that help them synthesize what they have learned in the classroom and to better preparethem for their future careers. The United States

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2000 Annual Conference

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Yaw A. Owusu; Tarsha Dargan; Kimberly M. Richardson; James Thagard

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

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2002 Annual Conference

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Albert Koller

laboratory capabilities of mutual interest. Web site: http://www.db.erau.edu/. · Brevard Workforce Development Board (BWDB): This group has the interface for state funding through FSRI and is also a member of ATAC. They have encouraged development of joint working arrangements with access to the funding provided by the state for the ALE program. Dislocated and unemployed workers are funded through this group for training in career skills for new jobs. Web site: http://www.bwdb.org/. · Community Colleges for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT): Eight of the CCITT member colleges have joined BCC to pursue a National Science Foundation grant for a national center of excellence for aerospace technical

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

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Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

been valuable to students. According to graduate alumni, the skillsgained through the experience are well worth the added work. The extra work to develop theskills in a safe environment, where career integrity is not at risk, is justifiable and better than thetrial by fire method in industry and classes. However, the workload has changed significantly inIEWorks and some opinions have changed as a result.Idaho Engineering WorksThe original purpose of IEWorks was to make graduate school more meaningful than a researchproject and a thesis. As described in the previous section, engineers need more than just thetechnical know-how taught in academia. Most engineering graduate programs have the sameformat. The student is partnered with a graduate

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eckehard Doerry, Northern Arizona University; James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University

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Educational Research and Methods

hands-on learning experiences and continuous practice of a broad set ofprofessional skills in order to better prepare them for careers as engineering practitioners.Central features of the program include: • A four-year sequence of increasingly challenging team-based design projects. • Interdisciplinary teaming in one or more team design projects. • Cross-disciplinary collaboration in sequenced courses. • Active participation of practicing engineers from industry through teaching, program evaluation and project sponsorships. • A required core spanning all engineering disciplines, incorporating the complete design cycle within simulated industrial product development contexts.The strategy behind the Design4Practice

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Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Hirleman, University of California, Merced; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Global Programs

, West Lafayette Chang started her professional career as the Study Abroad Director at Western Kentucky University from 2001-2006, where she drove a 3X increase in overseas educational experiences, working with a predom- inately local/in-state student population that does not have a natural inclination for study abroad (many being the first in their family to attend college). This work experience has become her focus and engage- ment of under-represented population in Education Abroad, focusing on students in science and engineer- ing disciplines. Her main responsibilities include engagement of both students and faculty members at Purdue University to embrace global engineering mindsets and practice. During the

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josh Tenenberg, University of Washington, Tacoma

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College Industry Partnerships

applies to a real job‖ ―It gave the course a greater sense that this was something we could put to use in our professional career.‖ ―I was able to see what I learn in the class can be used in real life settings.‖ ―Hearing stories from someone ‗in the trenches‘ made the value of the subject matter we were learning in the course much more obvious.‖ ―... it helped me gain a more realistic view of my class material, seeing that it‘s more than just theory ... that it is used in practice.‖ ―It really helped tie the course to a real life situation. I felt that I got a lot more out of it, and paid more attention just knowing that she had a career doing this.‖ ―A

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey H. Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology, CEISMC

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Robotics (SLIDER) and a NASA online professional development course for K-12 teacher on Using LEGO Robots to Enhance STEM Learning. Page 22.959.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introducing K-12 Teachers to LEGO Mindstorm Robotics Through a Collaborative Online Professional Development CourseAbstractIn recent decades, engineering and robotics programs such as First Lego League (FLL) haveallowed children ages 9 to 14 to deeply engage with Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) disciplines and inspired them to explore careers in STEM fields. In 2009,NASA

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Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

. degrees in computer engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from Iowa State University. Dr. Rover has been a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State since 2001. She recently served as Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs in the College of Engineering from 2004-2010. Prior to that, she served as associate chair for undergraduate education in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2003-2004. She began her academic career at Michigan State University, where, from 1991-2001, she held the positions of assistant professor and associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 1997 to 2000, she served as director of

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alyn Marie Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Shirley Dyke, Purdue University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 22.883.6 Literature on women and engineering A primary concern of educators in engineering is the underrepresentation of women inthe math and science. Many explanations have been offered toward understanding the inequalityin representation of women in engineering fields of study, academic departments, and inengineering careers. Researchers in the social sciences argue against traditional explanations thatcite a paucity of the number of women with the ability to contribute to science to explain thecurrent low rate of women’s participation.4 Rather, they note that there is strong evidence thatsocialization barriers contributing to impaired self-confidence and low expectations regarding thepotential for

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

to educate their faculty about the program which served as an opportunity to Page 22.924.3develop additional course proposals. One of their recent surveys suggest that over half of today’scollege students have a major career goal of owning a business however few of these studentswill choose to pursue a major in entrepreneurship. On the other hand, they found majority oftheir students all across campus in diverse programs such as music, art, the sciences, health care,education, history, religion, English, etc. Therefore, they found it essential that entrepreneurshipcourses are easily accessible if these programs hope to attract students from

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Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education at Virginia Tech. She is currently serving a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is

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WIED Olio

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen G. Villa, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City; Elsa Gonzalez, Texas A&M University

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Women in Engineering

globalization framework. A gender perspective]. Revista Latinoamericana deEstudios Educativos, 32(3), 91-105.21 Gándara, P. (1995). Over the ivy walls: The educational mobility of low income Chicanos. Albany, NY: StateUniversity of New York Press.22 Powell, A., Bagilhole, B., Dainty, A., & Neale, R. (2004). Does the engineering culture in UK higher educationadvance women‗s careers? Equal Opportunities International, 23(7/8), 21-38.23 Duncan, J. R., & Zeng, Y. (2005). Women: Support factors and persistence in engineering. Retrieved April 10, Page 22.1497.152008 from http://ncete.org/flash/research/Report%20_Yong-Duncan_.pdf.24

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Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Menezes Oliveira, Michigan Technological University; Ivan T Lima Jr., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

graduates will be integrally involved with theglobalization of engineering during their course of their careers by working in multinationalcompanies, often having foreign-born coworkers, working with international suppliers, providingservices to international product markets, or developing products that have an internationalmarket13. Page 22.1507.2This changing nature of the world economy makes it essential to provide our students with thecross-cultural tools to become successful professionals in the global workplace; the need toprepare students to contribute to the global workplace is unquestionable. In this context, the newprofile of an engineer

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees

), assessing student learning, as well as understanding and integrating complex problem solving in undergraduate engineering education (NSF CAREER grant). Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineer- ing outreach. Page 22.1444.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The EFELTS Project - Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning Through ServiceAbstractThis paper outlines the development of a three-year effort that focuses on Learning ThroughService (LTS) – a pedagogical method that