Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Fraser

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering • the state in which the program was located, • the date the program was first accredited, • whether the university or college is public or private, and • whether the university or college is church affiliated.I was able to find almost all the above information for all 101 programs. For 5 programs Iwas not able to determine the number of professors.I used the following rules: • Number of faculty: I counted the number of regular faculty members, omitting emeritus, visiting, research, and adjunct faculty, as well as lecturers. I occasionally omitted a faculty member who I knew had moved to

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Fraser

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering • the state in which the program was located, • the date the program was first accredited, • whether the university or college is public or private, and • whether the university or college is church affiliated.I was able to find almost all the above information for all 101 programs. For 5 programs Iwas not able to determine the number of professors.I used the following rules: • Number of faculty: I counted the number of regular faculty members, omitting emeritus, visiting, research, and adjunct faculty, as well as lecturers. I occasionally omitted a faculty member who I knew had moved to

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams; Lance C. Perez

basedon a review of the literature and the first author’s ten-year experience with theseendeavors. Next, the current and planned efforts to increase the enrollment of studentsfrom underrepresented groups in the graduate programs in the College of Engineeringand Technology at the University of Nebraska are described. This includes novelundergraduate research experiences, summer bridge programs and targeted fellowships.Finally, we describe external funding programs for these efforts and the plan forinsitutionalization.

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ralph E. Flori

UM-Rolla’s Introduction to Engineering Summer Camp Ralph E. Flori, University of Missouri-RollaThis paper describes University of Missouri-Rolla’s Introduction to Engineering summer camp.This week-long camp, geared to high school rising juniors and seniors, attempts to answer threequestions for students. First, is engineering for me? They learn about the engineering professionand solve some simple engineering problems. Second, is there an engineering field thatparticularly interests me? They learn about the fifteen different majors offered at UM-Rolla,they tour some departments, and they participate in hands-on activities in departments theyselect. Third, does UM-Rolla seem to be a good school for me

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Min Zou; Li Cai

, andleadership ability become critical factors for success. Engineering laboratory coursesprovide unique opportunities to address above issues. This paper reports a new teachingapproach for engineering laboratory at undergraduate level, discusses the philosophybehind the teaching approach, and reviews the effect of the teaching methodology on thelearning process of the students and their ability to handle real world challenges. Theteaching approach actively engaged students in learning process, fostered theirenthusiasm about the course topics, challenged them to think critically and creatively,helped them build connections between what they learned in classroom environment andreal world. In addition, the teaching method helped students develop effective