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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Bauer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Information Systems

isbecause students already know how to use IM and do not feel they need to be instructed on itsuse, but the students rated email and the phone as extremely important. This indicates that thestudents do not see how IM would be beneficial to group work or how it may benefit them intheir careers. Examples of IM use in industry may demonstrate to the students that IM is indeed askill they will need to master to become World-Class Engineers.Although the students do not believe IM may be an important method of group communication,they do feel it is just as efficient as email and the phone. These findings may indicate thatstudents feel they can use IM to get work done in a timely manner through all these methods, orthat email and the phone have their

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enno Koehn, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

planning were rated lowerthan the other items. In contrast, faculty functions, such as #13, available outside of class arehighly rated.Table 5. Course Evaluation CommentsComment Student Comment1 I especially like the team project and oral presentations. The project was very practical but made me think.2 Hazardous waste-site management was my favorite course during my entire academic career. An oral seminar and written report was assigned to each student. In addition, a computer program and team design project was required. In brief, it covered many things with which an engineer should be involved.3 This class gave me an understanding of temporary facilities and hazardous waste-site

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1509: KINESTHETIC STRUCTURESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Page 13.830.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Kinesthetic StructuresAbstractThis paper describes how students are engaged in hands-on activities that reinforce complexengineering principles. In addition to utilizing chalk board examples for design and analysisproblems, physical modeling, not necessarily traditional laboratory testing, is implemented tolink engineering theory with building behavior. Students design, build, and learn how structuresbehave in three dimensions.IntroductionFive years ago, the author switched careers and from practice to

Conference Session

The Year of Dialogue: What We Have Learned So Far

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Ronald Barr, University of Texas at Austin

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Campus Representatives

√ √ 2 A 28. Teach Lifelong Learning √ 1 C 29. Promote Engineering Careers to the American Public √ √ 2 D 30. Have a General BA in Engineering √ 1 C 31. Focus on Early Science and Math Course Improvements. √ √ 2 B 32. Include Communication and Multi-cultural Skills. √ 1 C 33. Modern Students Grew-Up in a “Video Gaming” Environment

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Taskin Padir, Lake Superior State University; Kimberly O. Muller, Lake Superior State University; Collette Coullard, Lake Superior State University

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Mathematics

methods for solvingdifferential equations. The paper will exemplify the student work and discuss the effectiveness ofour methodology.IntroductionTeaching mathematics in a classroom filled with students from various science and engineeringmajors poses challenges to the instructor. It seems that even though the students appreciate theimportance of studying mathematics for their professional careers, they don’t show the samelevels of interest. Many students view the mathematics courses as part of their degreerequirements only and perform with low levels of motivation in the classroom. The instructor’schallenge then becomes to build the bridge from the abstract mathematical concepts to practicalapplications of the theory. The key to success is to

Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum Univeristy of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Michael Trzesniowski

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering project as well as the opportunity of working in a dedicated team effortThe engineering students and graduates are also exposed to marketing, time management, projectmanagement, team building, budgeting, presentation skills, and other management issues.Through Formula Student, they develop experience, skills and professionalism as “hands on”engineers, with a keen awareness of the often competing pressures of performance, cost, safety,reliability and regulatory compliance. The benefit to students is immense and is good experiencefor newly qualified engineers preparing to enter a career in motorsports, the automotive industryor many other areas of high performance engineering.AcknowledgmentsOur special thanks go to all tutors and experts

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University; Abdallah Tubaishat, Zayed Univeristy; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

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Information Systems

Credits Semester 1 Semester 2 COL 110 Computer Applications 3 COL 105 Career Exploration 2 COL 120 Colloquium 3 COL 111 Explorations in Mathematics 3 COL 130 Arabic Concepts 3 CIT 125 Discovering IT 2 Year 1 COL 140 English Composition I 3 Menu I Comparative Professional Systems 2 COL 150 Global Studies I 3 COL 135 Islamic Civilization I 3 COL 145

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sam Shearman, National Instruments; Erik Luther, National Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

Manager, works closely with professors, lead users, and authors to improve the quality of Engineering education utilizing National Instruments technology. During his last 5 years at National Instruments, Luther has held positions as an academic resource engineer, academic field engineer, an applications engineer, and applications engineering intern. Throughout his career, Luther, has focused on improving education at all levels including volunteering weekly to teach 4th graders to enjoy science, math, and engineering by building Lego Mindstorm robots. In his current position he manages the NI Textbook program and has had the opportunity to collaborate on numerous textbooks

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilka Balk, University of Kentucky; G. Lineberry, University of Kentucky

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International

students respond) rated the tour very positively. They agreed or stronglyagreed that study abroad was important to their professional as well as their personaldevelopment. All students believe that the study abroad program will help them search for theirfirst job after graduation and that it will enhance lifelong career opportunities. All but onestudent felt that they had gained self-reliance and independence. Eight respondents also feltassured in their engineering skills and all but two felt that the experience better equipped them to“solve real-work problems in a broader global societal context”. No students disagreed orstrongly disagreed with any of the “engineering outcomes” questions, and there were only fiveneutral responses out of the 48

Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

requirement will notonly prepare Pitt IE graduates for a successful engineering career in a global environment, butalso help to give them a competitive advantage over other IE graduates who may not have aninternational experience. We are in the early implementation stages of this decision and suspectthat there may be some further tweaking of the requirements. We are committed to continuallyimproving our academic program and although we are confident in our decision to implement theinternational requirement, time will judge the success of this decision.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge and thank Ms. Nora Siewiorek, the UndergraduateAdministrator in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh for

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Libraries

library liaisons participate in discussion forums and webinars.At about the half-way point in the MEPP program, students take Independent Reading andresearch in Applied Engineering (IRRAE). This project-based course requires online researchthat contributes to the participant’s professional and career growth. Although the projects mustbe practical, they must also fulfill strict academic requirements. Students are gradually won overto the idea of secondary (library) research.The Challenges of an Online Research CourseA successful online project-based graduate course requiring secondary research skills forpracticing engineers presents a number of challenges: 1. Establish the value of secondary research for practical engineering work. 2. Teach

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Colwell, Purdue University Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University Calumet; Carl Jenks, Purdue University Calumet

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Engineering Technology

inscience, computing and engineering).According to ABET, its accreditation is assurance that a college or university program meets thequality standards which are established by the profession for which it prepares its students.ABET accredits programs only, not degrees, departments or institutions. ABET accreditation,for example, focuses on program educational objectives which are broad statements that describethe career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve:these are then linked to program outcomes, which describe the units of knowledge or skill whichstudents are expected to acquire from the program to prepare them to achieve the programeducation objectives.3 Criterion 7 of the standards on

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

technologicalliteracy is defined as the broad understanding of all types of technological devices and processnot just computers. Educators in Computer Science, Engineering and Technology have aresponsibility to educate all students not just those intending technical careers. Despite the needfor all Americans to become technologically literate, technical literacy is not likely to gain wideacceptance until the scholarly community develops standard courses that are supported bytextbooks and other course materials. This National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsoredworkshop sought to identify and define several models of technological literacy courses. Basedon a review of courses already developed and comparisons to other disciplines, four candidatestandard models

Conference Session

The Impact of Engineering Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Malady, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Bopp, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alexa Jones, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brittany McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kim Norris, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amy Bell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Women in Engineering

excluding anyone from this group, no one has felt left out or spotlighted. Instead, it has provided a way for each individual to find her or his own way with colleagues who have similar interests and needs. Indeed, a previous report attributes their first-year engineering students’ retention-to-degree increases, in part, to creating a supportive learning community23. 4. Interaction with enthusiastic, interested faculty. Students want to talk with faculty about their technical interests and career choices; moreover, they are motivated by being asked Page 13.632.6 to provide their input and then have faculty respond it

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Beth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

professional development and using thematerials. Moreover, teachers felt much more comfortable with aspects of teaching engineering,including: designing, implementing, assessing, and determining relevant design features ofengineering processes12. Similarly, pilot assessment of students revealed that engagement withEiE units raised their understanding of engineering concepts and processes. Specifically, basedon the pre- and post -tests, students improved their understanding on what are human-made,technology, engineering work/careers, and engineering design process 12, 13, 14.Summer Institute Program ContentIn July 2007, approximately 60 elementary teachers worked together, guided by STEM facultyand K-12 professional development staff to successfully

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

to put together9. Team problem solving generally results in greater solution acceptance/commitment10. Synergy can be positive or negativeConclusionThe competitive situation confronting the manufacturing industry is much different from that oftwenty five years ago. Globalization and technological innovation have influenced the wayorganizations provide services and manufacture products. In today’s competitive economy,companies in the manufacturing industry cannot afford to become complacent about theirproducts, manufacturing processes, market positions or skill development. Creative thinking isthe type of education engineering and technology students need to facilitate their careers andmeet the competitive challenges confronting their

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies / Pedagogies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Chris Collins, University of Cincinnati; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Continuing Professional Development

side of the desk, there areenumerable students desperately wishing the instructor would find a way to teach that wasn’t justlecture with PowerPoint or equations on a white board. If a classroom existed that required activeparticipation of all students and instructors and there was immediate and meaningful feedbackbased on the students’ ability to demonstrate what was learned, would you use it?Not today and not next year, but during the professional career of most of today’s educators, thisclassroom will exist. A prototype of this environment exists and is being used by millions ofstudents and a growing number of educators. Actually it is not one prototype but several that gounder the names of wikis, social networks, and virtual

Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Chance Glenn, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-937: INCORPORATION OF BROADBAND ACCESS TECHNOLOGY INA TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMWarren Koontz, Rochester Institute of Technology Warren is currently a professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology at RIT and chair of the Telecommunications Engineering Technology program. He joined RIT in December 2000 after retiring from Bell Laboratories. He began his thirty two year career at Bell Labs as a member of technical staff in the Electronic Switching Division in Naperville Illinois. He was involved in a variety of projects at a variety of Bell Labs locations, including international assignments in The Netherlands and Germany. At the time of his retirement, he

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Mueller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Hossein Oloomi, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Elizabeth Thompson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Steve Walter, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Graduate Studies

. Programs: A Method to Increase Graduate Enrollments and Attract Top Students to Graduate Study,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Congress and Exposition, AC 2007-903.7. R. Kane, C. Gonzalez-Lenahan, and S. Eck, “Accelerated Graduate Degree Programs,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Congress and Exposition, AC 2007-63.8. A. Donnelly, “The Southeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program: Graduate Minority Retention and Preparedness for Academic Careers,” Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Congress and Exposition, AC 2007-1784.9. S. Duggins, “Recruitment and Retention of Women in the Computing Sciences: Tackling

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Schreuders; Sara Driggs

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Biological & Agricultural

arises,“Do women collaborate differently than men?” The role of gender has great weight; many women are pressured away from the sciencesbecause of societal pressures of women being in the home and as mothers. From childhood,women are taught to limit their education and aspirations, whereas men are taught devotion totheir careers.2 In the workplace, women have experienced treatment such as teasing or workplaceexclusion. In addition, women sometimes feel they are not taken as seriously as their malecounterparts.2 For these reasons it is expected that there are differences in how men and womenengineers interact. How do these dynamics between men and women engineers affect theircollaborative efforts? Are there measurable differences in

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

students, if they are holdingoutside jobs, participate less in non-academic extracurriculars – instead, trying to focus on thoserelated to their future careers. Still these findings, are not novel – Berger, Milem and Paulsen19found significant differences in the types of activities freshmen engaged in relative to their SES.We found high SES students had greater motivation from their family (Variable 2) to studyengineering than their low SES counterparts. This, in part, may be due to the fact that nearlyone-third of APPLES subjects had an immediate family member with an engineering degree20,an achievement that likely results in a SES score that was not in the lowest quartile.Differences in confidence in areas perceived to be closely related to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reynaldo Pablo, Jr., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

ahelpful tool to quantify the risk involved in this process of bridge assessment.Addition of a semester-long course on reliability of bridges in the civil engineering curriculumcan greatly help the students understand the fundamental concepts of bridge safety. Civilengineering graduates will have the capability in evaluating bridge safety which they canconfidently use in their future career. As a result, this will encourage students to specialize in thefield of bridge reliability and eventually the nation’s bridge assessment experts will grow innumber. These experts will have the technical know-how to help maintain bridge infrastructuresto avoid catastrophic failures and most significantly of all, save lives.IntroductionThe load carrying capacity

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs II (aka ChE Potpourri)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerardine Botte, Ohio University; Keeley Schneider, Ohio University; Bryan Boggs, Ohio University

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Chemical Engineering

engineering among the next generation in the United States has beendeclining at an alarming rate for several decades. This may be caused from intimidation thatthese subjects pose to primary and secondary education students. Educating these students (K-12th grade) on the social and economic benefits of pursuing careers in science and technologythrough fun, unique, and interactive parties is an excellent opportunity and is the focus of thispaper. These science-oriented parties can be used for a plethora of occasions including: birthdayparties, Bar Mitzvahs, lock ins, celebrations, and much more. Typically, educational outreachprograms teach students who are already interested in science and engineering. Theseengineering parties are a surprise and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens

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Mechanical Engineering

2.88 6.00 12High Workload will limit student effectiveness 3.29 9.00 12Program will decrease in size or be unable to grow 4.00 6.00 29Recruiting & RetentionInadequate Recruiting & Retention of New Students 3.76 9.00 29Inadequate career support will limit student success ingetting jobs or grad school assistantships 3.65 9.00 24Inadequate diversity of student body will limit the totaleducational experience 2.88 9.00 18 Table 3f: Summary of ME Program Risk RatingsCommunication & Relations

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE. She was a recipient of the Dow Outstanding New Faculty award and the Distinguished Teaching award, both from the North Midwest Section of ASEE. Her research interests include spatial visualization and computer aided design. Page 13.696.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Impact of Spatial Visualization Topic Order on Student Performance and AttitudesAbstractSpatial visualization skills are critical to many scientific and technical careers. AtMichigan Tech, we identify first year engineering students who may not have fullydeveloped their

Conference Session

Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Kurt Colvin, California Polytechnic State University; Joel Shrater, The Aerospace Corporation; Daphne Dador, California Space Education & Workforce Institute; Matt Everingham, California Space Authority

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Continuing Professional Development

navigation, guidance and control products at Litton, at Singer-Kearfott, and at Bendix.Daphne Dador, California Space Education & Workforce Institute Daphne Dador received her M.A. from the George Washington University in Space Policy and Communications. She also holds a certificate from the International Space University. Dador is currently a project manager at the California Space Education & Workforce Institute where she oversees STEM-related education and workforce development projects through a state and federal economic development initiative. As an active member of the space community, her work has often focused on attracting young people to become involved in space activities and careers

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

into several lab courses, and students will benefit from the shortened study curve, and improved concentration on the course subjects.2. Enhancing student comprehensive capability from hardware to software, benefiting their future career development and also motivate more students of choosing STEM related majors Page 13.833.9 in their undergraduate studies.3. Promote the integration of research and education in department and support faculty professional development.4. Some other universities who have similar program can follow this exemplary pedagogy of using consistent graphical tool from freshman to senior courses to benefit more

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of the case study delivery, thestudents are engaged in an exercise where they are asked how they would proceed to setupappropriate scale model tests/non-dimensional parameters for this situation.Case 2: Ray Gunn and Somanetics and ClarityRay Gunn Case: Background MaterialThis case study is about a man named Raymond (Ray) Gunn whom Professor Weaver first heardspeak at an NCIIA Invention to Venture Workshop at Lawrence Technological University. RayGunn has spent his career acting as the principal financial and strategic architect to build concepttechnologies into commercialized ventures/companies. He has led ten teams through theirformation, funding, growth, and ultimate sale or Initial Public Offering (IPO). Additionalinformation about

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

Center. Over 30% of the WPI faculty are involved in theseactivities at some point in their careers. Interactions involve integration of information literacyskills instruction into the online course site as well as face-to-face consultations. Within eachBlackboard course site, librarians add a Library Assignments section with information forstudents on how to complete the tutorials, quizzes, and a preliminary research plan questionnaire.Consultations with librarians take place during the first three weeks of the term during eachacademic quarter. Page 13.646.4Online TutorialsStudents gain a basic overview of library resources available for

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Neeley, University of Virginia; W. Bernard Carlson, University of Virginia; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Bruce Seely, Michigan Technological University; Douglass Klein, Union College; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

and careers. The answers to both these questions have rootsdeep within academic culture. Changing that culture is a significant challenge, but one that seemsclearly worth making.A third possible area of research would focus on service learning and community-based studentresearch, another area where multiple forms of expertise are required for effective course designand meaningful research.ConclusionTechnology in Context offers an incremental approach to integrating courses that achieve theaims of TL into undergraduate curricula. With a relatively small investment of faculty time, theapproach should result in a much larger number of courses that both function as and areexplicitly recognized as TL courses. Perhaps more importantly, designing