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FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

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First-Year Programs

: Page 24.203.11 http://www.abet.org/engineering-criteria-2012-2013/. [Accessed 20 May 2012].2. S. Sheppard, A. Macatangay, A. Colby and W. Sullivan, Educating engineers: Designing for the future in the field, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.3. C. Dym, A. Agogino, O. Eris, D. Frey and L. Leifer, "Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. January, pp. 103-120, 2005.4. “Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in Engineering Education,” American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 2009.5. M. Prince, "Does active learning work? A review of the research," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 1-10, 2004.6. M

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn K. Byers, Quinnipiac University; Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University; Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University

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First-Year Programs

engineering majors at the start of the course, seven were determined to beknowledgeable about the major. By the end of the course, five of the seven demonstrated astrengthened interest in civil engineering with a positive interest score. The score for one of theother two students was zero, indicating that that student’s interest did not change. The studentreported an interest of 5 in civil engineering and 1’s for the other three disciplines on both initialand final surveys. The remaining student scored a -1, and although that student reported a 5 incivil engineering in both surveys, she reported an increase in interest from 3 to 4 in one of theother disciplines.Industrial EngineeringThere was only one industrial engineering major was interested and

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K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); John Timothy Gill, Lee-Scott Academy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

., Moore, P.J. (1993). The process of learning (3rd edition). Prentice Hall, Sydney.7. Ambrose, S. A., & Amon, C. H. (1997). Systematic Design of a First‐Year Mechanical Engineering Course at Carnegie Mellon University. Journal of Engineering Education, 86(2), 173-181.8. Adam Nordin (2013), http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=detail&eventid=gc13&EvID=41149. Christensen, C. R. (1991). Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership: ERIC. Page 24.694.910. Bowden, J. A., & Marton, F. (1998). The University of Learning: Psychology Press11. Smith, K. A., Sheppard

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First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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First-Year Programs

designing an engineeringexhibit for OH Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology,the local children’s science center located in Youngstown, Ohio (OH Wow!, 2011). The Mini-Golf Project is the primary focus of this study, wherein student teams of 3-5 students designed,built, and tested a Mini-Golf hole given a piece of turf that is 6ft wide by 25 ft. long in whichremovable bricks were used to line the course. The students were required to create a design thatincluded: an elevation change, a bend, obstruction(s), and some form of theme. An example ofa student project is shown in Figure 1 in which the project team created a Wizard of Oz themedmini-golf hole

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FPD 2: Building Community

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora Honken, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

engineering student performance and retention, and how to best teach work skills throughout the engineering curriculum.Dr. Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville Dr. Patricia A. S. Ralston is Chair of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville. She also has an associate appointment in Chemical Engineering. Dr. Ralston teaches under- graduate engineering mathematics and is currently involved in educational research on the effective use of Tablet PCs in engineering education, the incorporation of critical thinking in undergraduate engineer- ing education, and retention of engineering students. Her fields of technical expertise include process modeling, simulation, and process

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K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Foy, L&N STEM Academy, Knox County Schools; Chien-fei Chen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Erin James Wills, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

71.1% of thestudents reported that this course was important in their decision to studying engineering or CSin college. 85.8% of the students would recommend this course to their friends. The majority ofthe students (85.8%) reported that they would definitely or probably major in computer sciencein college. All of the students indicated that they would major in engineering related fields incollege.The survey results were analyzed by single sample t-test to determine whether the observedmean is different from a set value. Results of the t-tests showed that students’ evaluation on theircomputer knowledge was very positive (mean = 4.71, standard deviation, S. D. = 0.49; t = 3.87;p = 0.008). In addition, students’ perceptions toward CS were

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A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Leslie Braniger, Galveston College

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Two Year College Division

students to see recent research and to cultivate their critical thinking skills.Lastly, our college is trying to engage more students in activities that will allow them to see theopportunities in STEM and STEM-related careers. By introducing students to Sustainability,students are exposed to a STEM area that has grown tremendously over the last few years asevident by the growth of Sustainability programs across US universities since 2008.4 In fact theuse of Sustainability across curriculums has been used by other institutions such as TuftsUniversity and Emory University since the 1990’s.5 A large component of integratingSustainability across the curriculum depends on the ability of faculty to gain a basicunderstanding of Sustainability and how it

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yakut Gazi, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Schaller and C. S. Crandall (Eds.) The psychological foundations of culture. (pp. 335-360). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.[2] American Council on Education (n.d.) Adult learners. [Online] http://www.acenet.edu/higher- education/topics/Pages/Adult-Learners.aspx, Retrieved January 4, 2014.[3] Anderson, W. (2013). Independent learning. In M. G. Moore and W. G. Anderson (Eds.) Handbook of distance education (pp. 86-103). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.[4] Blaschke, L. M. (2012). Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self- determined learning. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. [Online] http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1076/2087, Retrieved

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Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University; Randy L. Vander Wal, Pennsylvania State University

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New Engineering Educators

?AbstractAs higher education evolves, one instructional tool, the classic textbook, is undergoing varioustransformations. Textbooks, once viewed as the cornerstone to instruction in higher education,are now often seen as outdated. Some instructors are opting out of published textbooks andinstead designing content for their courses on an as-needed basis by creating electronic classreadings from an array of digital resources. While the limitations of textbooks are not new,today‟s technologic advances afford many alternatives to print-based books. Furthermore, certainfields, by their very nature, dictate the need for timely, current resources and the coursedescribed in this paper is one such course for it covers alternative energy sources. This upper

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Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Mark Cuson; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Education; 2012 Jun p. 77.4. Duval-Couetil N, Reed-Rhoads T, Haghighi S. Engineering Students and Entrepreneurship Education: Involvement, Attitudes and Outcomes. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2012;28(2):425.5. Neck HM, Greene PG. Entrepreneurship education: Known worlds and new frontiers. Journal of Small Business Management. 2011;49(1):55–70.6. Rippin A, Booth C, Bowie S, Jordan J. A Complex Case: Using the case study method to explore uncertainty and ambiguity in undergraduate business education. Teaching in Higher Education. 2002;7(4):429–41.7. Banning KC. The effect of the case method on tolerance for ambiguity. Journal of Management Education. 2003;27(5):556–67.8. Practice C on D in the S

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Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Quinn

lectures are devoted to introducing technical material. The rest of the lectures arespent discussing generic topics of benefit to freshmen, such as time management, groupdynamics, and opportunities for international study. In order to have each technical lectureaccompanied by an applet, we would need a total of about 18 applets. We were able to produce15 applets before the class began in September 2004. The applets did not map evenly to thelecture topics. Some lectures had two relevant applets, while others had none. In the end, weused the applets in 10 lectures, or about one-third of the total number of lectures in the class.Table 1 summarizes the goal(s) for each of the applets we have created.Applet Designed to

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Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zack Bowles; Philippe E. Tissot; Jeremy Flores; G. Beate Zimmer; Alexey L. Sadovski; Carl Steidley

Water Level Forecasting along the Texas Coast: Interdisciplinary Research with Undergraduates. G. Beate Zimmer, Philippe E. Tissot, Jeremy S. Flores, Zack Bowles, Alexey L. Sadovski, Carl Steidley. Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78412.Abstract:While pure mathematics makes it sometimes difficult to involve undergraduates who have notyet completed the higher level math courses in research projects, research in applied mathematicsis generally more accessible to these students. We present an example of an integrated researchenvironment including faculty, research professionals and students which has facilitated theproductive

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

? Princeton Alumnae Reflect. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1993.6. H. K. Qammar, H. M. Cheung, E. A. Evans, S. P. Spickard, F. S. Broadway, and R. D. Ramsier. “Impact of Vertically Integrated Team Design Projects on First Year Engineering Students.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.7. D. K. Sobek II, and V. K. Jain. “The Engineering Problem-Solving Process: Good for Students?” slides for Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.8. “Success of SEAS Interactor Program Hard to Duplicate.” Princeton University

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New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Jiusto; David DiBiasio

Nontraditional Learning Environments: Do They Prepare Our Students for Life-Long Learning? D. DiBiasio, Department of Chemical Engineering and S. Jiusto, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division Worcester Polytechnic InstituteAbstractRecent research indicates that traditional academic structures may not promote learningconsistent with self-directed learning.1,2 This work investigated whether Worcester PolytechnicInstitute’s (WPI) nontraditional interdisciplinary projects program increased readiness for life-long learning (LLL) and self-directed learning (SDL) using three methods: a calibrated, validatedinstrument called the Self

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Northrup

most important attribute indicative of success in thepractice of engineering.The Auburn study also surveyed 298 industry representatives to determine what attributes areneeded for successful engineers. The survey found that the alumni and the industryrepresentatives ranked the top 16 attributes in almost the same order of importance. In fact, thefirst four were ranked in the same order. Therefore, both the industry representatives and thealumni said that the ability to learn on one’s own was the most important attribute of a successfulengineer.The Auburn University study was performed prior to the adoption of EC 2000’s criterion 3attributes and was a survey of alumni and industry representatives associated with a largeuniversity. Therefore, to

Conference Session

Experiential Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sumedha Ariely; Barbara Masi; David Wallace; Amy Banzaert

Learning, Spring 2004, pp. 21-33, 2004.6. E. Abes, G. Jackson, and S. Jones, “Factors that Motivate and Deter Faculty Use of Service-Learning,” MichiganJournal of Community Service Learning, Fall 2002, pp. 5-17, 2002.7. S. Adams and F. Pereira, “Measuring Faculty Preparation to Lead Teams in the Engineering Classroom: A PilotStudy,” Proceedings, 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2002.8. M. Zwyno, “Engineering Faculty Teaching Styles and Attitudes toward Student-Centered and Technology-Enabled Teaching Strategies,” Proceedings, 2003 ASEE Annual Conference, ASEE, Nashville, TN, 2003.9. J. Mitchell, “Time Professors Spend Improving their Teaching,” Proceedings, 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers inEducation Conference, IEEE, Savannah

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lars Håkansson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

G P -IB H P 3 5 6 7 0 A d y n a m ic s ig n a l a n a ly z e r C la m p in g - S o u rc e O u t C h 1 C h 2 C h 3 C h 4 h a u se P C S e rv e r P o w e r A m p lifie r A c c e le ro m e te r

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Technology and Learning

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Silliman; Leo McWilliams; Kevin Abbott; G. Christopher Clark

incorporation of these technologies has had a dramatic, short-term effect on the learning environment. Substantial care must be taken in first-year courses where students may not appreciate the uncertainties associated with educational experiments and may become disillusioned when technology use is not carried over into future years.References Cited1- Brockman, J, TE Fuja, S Batill, 2002, “A multidisciplinary course sequence for first-year engineering students”,Proceedings of ASCE, session 2253.2- McWilliams, L, S Silliman and C Pieronek, 2004, “Modifications to a Freshman Engineering Course Based onStudent Feedback “, 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004.3- Pieronek, C, L McWilliams, and S Silliman, 2004

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Assessment Issues in 1st-Yr Engineering

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe; Stacy Klein-Gardner

ES S er M ic m C il id iv ed

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Innovative Teaching and Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

Page 10.41.6more logical presentation. In practice, the investigator is well advised to conduct at least Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpreliminary Uncertainty B analysis ahead of time using generic or even estimated data.Otherwise a poor experimental design could result in excessive Uncertainty B that cannotbe easily corrected later. Indeed a complete redesign may be necessary. Table 1. Experimental Data for Heat Exchanger Experiment units 1 2 3 4 5 6 AVG m& H kg/s 0.051 0.052 0.052

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Graduate Student Experiences and Funding

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Davis; Roman Stemprok; Charles Bittle; Mitty Plummer

course work and six hours of thesis. This is theplan under which five students graduated.In 2003 the degree was changed again to permit an optional thesis at 30 hours total (24 of classwork and six of thesis) and 36 hours of straight course work with written and oral comprehensiveexam. It might be noted that this last change followed years of greatly reduced graduation ratesin the department in spite of a growing number of graduate students.The university provided support to the students in a large variety of nontraditional ways. In theearliest days of the program the program director would visit the site weekly for meetings withstudents who drove to campus for some courses. In those days, the early 90’s, a student couldtake up to six hours of

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Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Moffitt; Jennifer van Rij; Jeffrey Wolchok

future students. However, to allow for this process a DRIE system would need to bepurchased. Additionally, it would have been helpful if the capabilities of the UtahMicrofabrication Facility were well understood during the initial design stages of the project.However, we still believe the microfabricated energy scavenging system would make an idealsenior or graduate level design project. The system combines aspects from several engineeringdisciplines and offers a great opportunity for students to execute design, simulation, fabricationand testing in a multidisciplinary group setting.References:1. S. Roundy, R. K. Wright, and J. Rabaey, “A study of low level vibrations as apower source for wireless sensor nodes,” Computer Communications, vol

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Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jane Schielack; Carol Stuessy; George Nickles

Page 10.1173.11 inquiry," Educational Researcher, vol. 32, pp. 5-8, 2003. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education6. J. Douglas, E. Iversen, and C. Kalyandurg, (2004, December). Engineering in the K-12 classroom: An analysis of current practices & guidelines for the future. American Society for Engineering Education EngineeringK12 Center. [Online]. Available: http://www.engineeringk12.org/Engineering_in_the_K-12_Classroom.pdf.7. A. M. Hoff, M. Barger, R. Gilbert, K. S. Rogers, J. D. Hickey, E. Roe, and B. McCullough, "Teaching problem solving to high school and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marjan Zadnik

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Good Teaching Scale - National Comparisons 100.0 75.0 50.0 25.0 0.0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 -25.0 -50.0 -75.0 -100.0 Department Mean top 3 Aust. Uni/s Mean bottom 3 Aust. Uni/s Figure 2. Graph showing comparison between department CEQ data and mean of the three highest and three lowest scoring Australian universities’ CEQ data for comparable courses/fields of study

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Simo Lehto

, Finland (2003).2. Lange, O., Wholes and Parts - a General Theory of System Behaviour, Warszawa, Pergamon Press PWN-Polish Scientific Publishers (1962).3. Von Bertalanffy, L., General Systems Theory, New York, George Braziller (1968).4. Wilson, E.O., Consilience, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Division of Random House, Inc. (1998).5. Virkkala, V., Creative Problem Solving (in Finnish), Vammalan kirjapaino, Finland (1994).6. Bordogna, J., Fromm, E., Ernst, E.O., Engineering Education: Innovation Through Integration, Journal ofEngineering Education, January (1993).7. Lehto, S., Non-traditional courses at the University of Oulu - an Experience in Developing Relations Betweenthe University and the Surrounding Region. Proc. Standing Conference of Rectors

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EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

LTC Robert Powell

1. AIAD Project Examples Project A Project B Parachute Modeling and Simulation Support of Tactical Vehicle Systems Agency Agency Army Materiel Command Stewart & Stevenson Location Location Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ Houston, TX Project Description Project Description One of Yuma Proving Ground’s missions is to certify a Stewart & Stevenson’s (S&S) tactical vehicle systems division manufactures variety of

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K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Meredith Knight; Christine Cunningham

] Finson, K.D. and A. Others, "Development and Field Test of a Checklist for the Draw-a-Scientist Test." School Science and Mathematics, 1995. 95(4): p. 195-205.[8] McDuffie, T.E., Jr, "Scientists--Geeks and Nerds?" Science and Children, 2001. 38(8): p. 16-19.[9] Finson, K.D., J.B. Beaver, and B. Cramond, "Development and field test of a checklist for the Draw-a-scientist test." School Science and Mathematics, 1995. 95: p. 195-205.[10] Wilson, B. and M. Wilson, "An iconoclastic view of the imagery sources in the drawings of young people." Art Education, 1977: p. 5-11.[11] Weber, S. and C. Mitchell, That's funny, you don't look like a teacher. Interrogating images and identity in popular culture. 1995

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

who have a high probabilityof success. For a student to struggle through five years or more of engineering education mightnot be an effective use of the student’s time or talents. By identifying at risk students earlier inthe program, this might help more students be successful in an academic endeavor at theuniversity. Students with a marginal chance for success in engineering should not be allowed toenter the program and should be encouraged to explore other opportunities.Bibliography 1. Van Treuren, K. W., Eisenbarth, S., and Fry, C., 2003, “A Retention Study at Baylor University,” presented at the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, 2. Shuman, L. J., Delaney, C

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Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David McStravick; Marcia O'Malley

students as “stand alones” via the course web pages • VL’s can provide a significant learning enhancement tool for all students • VL ‘s can be used productively as pre-labs for traditional “wet” labs.Future PlansBased on the initial successes of the Wave Tank II Virtual Lab and the XY Plotter Virtual Lab,the authors are planning further development, such as: • Both of the VL’s tested were very specific and related to a given experiment. The VL’s being developed now are not addressing a specific experiment and are more general in scope e.g. a second order differential equation for a mass-spring system with damping. Five more VL’s are to be completed to finish the Brown Grant project. This effort is

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Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jiaxin Zhao

  − sin θe Here {F }e is the elemental force vector that is acting on the ie and j e nodes of the element e.Note the first two components are acting on the joint ie (the i joint of the truss member e) whilethe last two components are acting on the joint j e .On each joint i, we have the force balance of: (−Fiee )i=ie + (−Fjee )i=j e + Ri,f ixed + Ri,sliding + Fi,applied = 0 (4) e eThe first two terms only exist if the i node (ie ) or the j node (j e ) of the element e is the currentnode of interest i, respectively. The last three terms exist if the current node of interest i is a fixedjoint, a sliding joint, or a joint with external force(s), respectively. Applying this