Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Law, Pennsylvania State University, Schuykill; David Younger, Rice University; Ann Saterbak, Rice University

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Women in Engineering

Bioengineering Department at Rice University. She received her B.A. in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry from Rice University in 1990 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1995. In 2007, she won the ASEE Robert G. Quinn Award for Excellence in Laboratory Instruction. Page 14.819.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Investigation of the Underrepresentation of Women in the G. R. Brown Teaching Awards at Rice UniversityAbstractDuring 2000-2007, only three of the 28 unique winners (11%) of the G. R. Brown Award forTeaching

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Programming for Engineering Students I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

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Computers in Education

to other platforms.ConclusionA combination of assembly and C language was used to teach the basics of microprocessorprogramming in the updated Microprocessors course at BSU, using a modern developmentenvironment (a soft processor instantiated on an FPGA with classic RISC architecture).Overlapping the teaching of both languages had a synergistic effect on educating the studentsabout microprocessors. In addition to learning how microprocessors work and control a broadrange of devices, the students learned problem-solving skills and practiced these skills withrealistic laboratory assignments and projects. Materials developed to teach the updatedMicroprocessors course are continuing to be expanded and refined.References[1] B.E. Dunne, A.J

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Eric Bickel, University of Texas, Austin

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Industrial Engineering

b p i 1 i  1  b ri*  pi .Bibliography1. Toda, M., Measurement of Subjective Probability Distributions. 1963, Decision Sciences Laboratory, Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force: L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA.2. Roby, T.B., Belief States: A Preliminary Empirical Study. Behavioral Science, 1965. 10(3): p

Conference Session

Design Cognition

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rogelio Cardona, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Ted Cruz, University of Puerto Rico; Noraica Davila, University of Puerto Rico; Omar Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico; Alexander Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico; Ramon Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico; Willie Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico; Nelson Mendez, University of Puerto Rico; Damian Torres, University of Puerto Rico; José Vega, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

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Design in Engineering Education

nine highly and self-motivated undergraduate students and oneprofessor trying to, and at times succeeding in, being inconspicuous. We are aninterdisciplinary team from several areas of the Computer and ElectricalEngineering programs at the University of Puerto Rico, exploring novel ideas ofproducts that can become feasible projects for the capstone design course. Theapproach to our work contrasts with many conventional engineering educationpractices, which place emphasis on highly structured and formal procedures andsolving problems proposed by faculty members or by industry partners. Althoughwe still meet in the formal setting of a classroom and one research laboratory, thesessions differ significantly from regular classes, appearing more

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

members eventually lose strength. Therefore, according to the prescriptive based philosophy, structural materials must be protected against fire for the required time of fire resistance. Generally, prescriptive approaches are the result of regulation, insurance requirements, and industry practice or company procedures. The fire resistant based on prescriptive methods is not an ideal solution because these values are determined in a laboratory using a specific structural configuration with a specific size, shape, and specific loads. The time-temperature relationships in the ISO fire do not represent real fires.10) Provide interior finish schedule. Interior finish throughout must be Class A or B. (NFPA

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics V

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Engineering Ethics

’, Journal of Business Ethics 39, 391–399.3 Douglas Oliver, Whistle-Blowing Engineer, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 129, No. 4, October 2003, pp. 246-2564 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, EIOC Report: Looking back at the August 2003 blackout. Available at http://eioc.pnl.gov/research/2003blackout.stm.5 US EPA Press Release, U.S. Announces Settlement of Landmark Clean Air Act Case Against Ohio Edison - Utility will spend $1.1 billion to reduce air pollution by 212,500 tons per year, March 18, 2003. Available at http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/b1ab9f485b098972852562e7004dc686/11e00336eca5561e85256fc8005 470fc!OpenDocument.6 See Table 11 of NRC Commission Document SECY-05-0192

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudeep Bhoja; Ku-Jei King; Krish Bandaru; David G. Meyer

. EXPERIMENTAL COURSE FORMAT To investigate the effectiveness of technology-based instructional delivery — particularly in teachingdesign-oriented engineering course material — an experimental format was devised for EE362 MicroprocessorSystems and Interfacing, a four-credit hour course that includes a laboratory. This course is required on allElectrical Engineering and Computer Engineering plans of study, and thus encompasses a good cross section ofthe electrical/computer engineering student population. The experimental course format was run during twoSummer Sessions (1994 and 1995) with enrollments ranging from 40-50 students.7 A similar experimental for-mat was run during a regular semester (Fall 1994) in parallel with the "conventional" (three

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1996 Annual Conference

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Pieter A. Voss; James M. Tien; Anil K. Goyal

), founding Chair of a unique interschool Department of Decision Sciences andEngineering Systems (1988-present). Previously, he held positions as a Member of the Technical Staff at BellTelephone Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ (1966-1969), a Project Director at the Rand Corporation, New York, NY(1970-1973), an Area Research Director at Urban Systems Research and Engineering, Cambridge, MA (1973-1975),and a Vice President of Queues Enforth Development, Cambridge, MA ( 1975-present). His areas of research includequeuing theory, evaluation methods, decision analysis, and the development of information and decision supportsystems, with application to problems arising in the services sector. He has published extensively, with more than 80refereed publications

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1996 Annual Conference

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Brian J. Winkel; Aaron D. Klebanoff

. I OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM IN Results using non-linear least squares (a raison d ‘6tre for -- ‘ CHEMICAL KINETICS the use of technology) produce a plot of the fit, with pa- rameter estimates on reaction rate constants in this case.We offer here an example of a complex problem in param- See Figure 2.eter e=imation for kinetics modeling which leads to opti- 1 ●mization. 0.8 A laboratory experiment is going on in the Projects

Conference Session

Beyond the Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Traum, University of North Texas; Sharon Karackattu, University of North Texas

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First-Year Programs

experiences with lower-division students, and they expressed positive feedback aboutinteractions with the classes. All participants agreed to return for the following year’s classes. Thebenefits of practitioner-student interactions are deemed mutual; students learn about the engineeringworkplace, and faculty and practicing engineers can market their research laboratories andcompanies to the next generation of engineers. One company representative responsible for humanresources indicated that although his primary interest was recruiting graduating seniors, speaking tofreshman uniquely enabled him to seed future positive recruitment opportunities and was thuswelcomed.Table 1: Students in MEE Practice I & II were asked to respond to these survey

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunjun Xu, University of Central Florida; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Charles Remeikas, University of Central Florida; Xiaojun Geng, California State University, Northridge; Sagar Chowdhury, University of Oklahoma; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma

interviews with students will be used to get more insight on the reasonscausing their attitude changes.To ensure an engaging and satisfactory student learning experience, throughout the developmentof the GIVE system, usability evaluation methods will be applied to evaluate and improve theusability of GIVE system. During the early development stage of the GIVE system, heuristicevaluation methods will be used to evaluate game design aspects including game interface, gamestory, game mechanics, and game play with heuristics for game playability [21] and the learningsystem aspects with heuristics for effective learning [22]. When GIVE system takes shape,laboratory-based user testing sessions with think-aloud protocol will be conducted with

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Bramald, Newcastle University; Sean Wilkinson, Newcastle University

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First-Year Programs

, remained the same: ≠ introduce sustainability in the context of civil engineering; ≠ present an enthusiastic, “big picture” of civil engineering that would complement the technically intense first year modules; and ≠ act as a catalyst for sustainable thinking in studies beyond first year.The module is a compulsory, 10 credit module - a 10 credit module is expected to require 100hours of student’s time, that being made up of a combination of lectures, seminars, site visits,laboratory sessions and individual review and work on assessed pieces. It has been taken eachyear by an average of 85 full time students and it is a compulsory component of the followingfull time undergraduate degree programs: ≠ MEng Civil Engineering (4 years

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Roberts, University of Florida; Karen Bray, University of Florida; Vikram Shishodia, University of Florida; Jeff Citty, University of Florida; Deborah Mayhew, University of Florida; James Ogles, University of Florida; Angela Lindner, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

program (http://www.inroads.org/inroads/inroadsHome.jsp), designed to provide internship opportunities for underrepresented engineeringstudents in sponsoring corporations. This connection, combined with the Corporate MentoringProgram and the University of Florida’s career fair events in the fall and spring, provide ampleopportunities for the students to gain internships during summer terms.The University of Florida also administers active Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) andMcNair Research Scholars programs that offer opportunities for the STEPUP graduates to pursueundergraduate research in a faculty’s laboratory. Both programs provide the students funding tosupport living and research expenses and require the student to present her/his

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-82: WEST AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, ANDRECIPROCITY IMPLEMENTATION IN BENINBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University

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Computers in Education

address.In the second step of the group creation process, Facebook allows for customization by theuploading of an image containing a relevant logo or photo; for our alumni group it was decidedto use a photo of a student working in one of our laboratories that captured the lab-intensivenature of our program. Several options are presented as part of this step regarding the features tobe enabled. Given that one wants to encourage alumni to use the group, it was decided to allowall items (showing related groups and events; and enabling the discussion board, Wall, photos,videos, and postings features) to be fully accessible to all group members. As part of this stepone must also specify whether the group is “open”, “closed”, or “secret”; while “secret

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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sasikumar naidu, University of Tennessee; Prasanna Venkateswara Rao, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Paul Frymier, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Spivey Douglas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Gary Smith, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Masood Parang, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to the private sector, but also for enabling the near-term success of students who graduate from the program.Entrepreneurial Board The dual-degree program's start-up involved the cooperation of 20 public and privatepartners, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), large corporations, smallstart-up corporations, and state and local officials. Selected members of these partners(Table 1) were involved in the following activities: ≠ evaluating student projects and advising the student teams; ≠ offering the student teams technical and business expertise; ≠ contributing intellectual property (ORNL alone has a portfolio of over 1000 patents) and project ideas; ≠ serving as guest lecturers in graduate product

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Lutz, Monmouth University; James McDonald, Monmouth University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

University, earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, an MSEE degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD from New York University. Dr. McDonald has an extensive industrial background in both software and electrical engineering. Prior to assuming his present position he worked at AT&T, Bell Laboratories, Bellcore and, most recently, at Lucent Technologies. He has taught numerous courses and workshops in the areas of operations research, microeconomics, quality management and project management. He has been responsible for systems engineering work on various types of telecommunications products, research in the areas of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

supercomputing capability inDNA and genomic sciences provide an example of potential partnerships to achieve excellenceand market leadership.The development of a university portfolio of industry partners is key to economic success in the21st century.APEXThe Advanced Prototyping Experimentation Laboratory (APEX) at Mississippi State University(MSU) aims to provide both government and commercial organizations with world-classresearch and technology development. APEX uniquely integrates the University's faculty,facilities and industry partners into key working groups that address critical problems related tonational security. These working groups include: (1) applied and computational mathematics; (2)autonomous systems; (3) cognitive computing; and (4

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Reserve University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

modules of various physics topics developedand/or underway to be developed by the authors are presented and discussed. We believe it isworthwhile to develop new ways of teaching and learning physics, by taking advantage of theunprecedented developments of the last two decades in computer hardware, software, programminglanguages and Internet. The materials presented herein can be used as the starting point for otherinstructors considering using similar tools in undergraduate level physics courses. The authors alsostrongly believe that discussions and feedback from other educators will advance physics educationthrough introduction of new topics, laboratory experiments or new emerging computer applications indelivering lecture or in doing

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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Engineering Technology

programs. “Differentiated instruction, oftenreferred to as universal design, is a teaching and learning style that is the result of neuroscienceresearch on how the human brain processes and retains new information”. 1Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas is like acknowledging that students at any given agearen’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In a differentiatedclassroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out varied approaches tocontent, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differences in readiness,interest, and learning needs. According to Tomlinson

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Frank, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Michael Boyles, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeffrey Rogers, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Keith Goreham, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jatmika Suryabrata, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia; Yulyta Kodrat, Indonesian Institute of the Arts

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Architectural

computer screens.The Virtual Reality Theater at the Advanced Visualization Laboratory at IUPUI consists of threevertical walls and one horizontal floor. High-resolution projectors display a highly realistic litinterior in this environment and enable students to virtually navigate through the space. Thisdisplay provides a bright, high-resolution, immersive experience using four 10' x 7.5' screensfeaturing 1400 x 1050 pixels at 6000 lumens. The side screens are motorized to support a varietyof display orientations and configurations. The system also features wireless, optical trackingover the entire 30' x 10' space. Our lighting simulations ran on a single workstation PC utilizingan NVIDIA Quadroplex Model IV. The following discussion details the

Conference Session

Web-based learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Patcha, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Technology

Collaborative Learning: A Comparison between Face-to-Face Tutored Video Instruction and Distributed Tutored Video Instruction (DTVI). Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. TR-99-72, 1999. Available at http://www.sun.com/research/techrep/1999/abstract-72.html [4] Stone, H.R. Economic development and technology transfer: Implications for video-based distance education. In M. G. Moore (Ed.), Contemporary issues in American distance education, pp. 231-242, 1990. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press. [5] Grabinger RS. Rich environments for active learning. In D. H. Jonassen (Ed.), Handbook of research for educational communications and technology pp. 665-692. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

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Environmental Engineering

impact of green engineering on both R&D andmanufacturing in several chemical industries. This has been accomplished through industry-university partnerships with pharmaceutical and petrochemical companies. Several grants fromthe US Environmental Protection Agency have supported initiatives in green chemistry,engineering and design. These projects have the broader goal of supporting sustainability in thechemical industry.IntroductionToo often the teaching of a technical subject like green engineering is limited to an individualclass experience or one dimensional laboratory or design experience. The teaching of greenengineering in the curriculum is greatly enhanced by active participation of students throughoutthe curriculum and in real-world

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology in Dynamics and Mechanics of Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nordenholz, California Maritime Academy

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Mechanics

2006-434: ANIMATION AS THE FINAL STEP IN THE DYNAMICS EXPERIENCEThomas Nordenholz, California Maritime Academy Thomas Nordenholz is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Maritime Academy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. His present interests include the improvement of undergraduate engineering science instruction, and the development of laboratory experiments and software for undergraduate courses. Page 11.215.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Animation as the Final Step in the Dynamics ExperienceAbstractA

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Carlisle, Sinclair Community College; Charles Winarchick, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

”1 state: “It is said that there is nothing so practical as goodtheory. It may also be said that there’s nothing so theoretically interesting as goodpractice.” Marquardt2 in his “Harnessing the Power of Action Learning” states “...allforms of action learning share the elements of real people resolving and taking action onreal problems in real time and learning while doing so.” This is what our educational approach to engineering technology education has been allabout. To address these issues, we create laboratory problems, institute engineering coopprograms, and do capstone projects, all to get students exposed to “real world problems”.These are all excellent approaches and should be applied wherever practical. There areproblems associated

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Ethics

engineer in the state of Louisiana.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University BILL ELMORE, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor and Hunter Henry Chair, Mississippi State University. His teaching areas include the integrated freshman engineering and courses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum including unit operations laboratories and reactor design. His current research activities include engineering educational reform, enzyme-based catalytic reactions in micro-scale reactor systems, and bioengineering applied to renewable fuels and chemicals. Page 11.562.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

noted at that time that the desired learning outcomes were betteraddressed when the students from the various programs worked together. Another course thatwas melded into the capstone course was a production laboratory course. In this course thestudents learned about production methods and had to design a product that they then producedin large quantities. This production class put the students together in a teamwork environmentbut the course was mainly directed towards the manufacturing majors. The capstone, as it existstoday, was created by merging these two courses into a common course for all of theEngineering and Technology majors, and then marrying it to the senior project course for thosestudents majoring in Visual Communication Design

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

,and a few nothing at all. Page 11.514.2What is a better idea? Try learning. Learning is something students do. It requirescompelling problems and well-designed laboratories, studios, workshops, and playingspaces. It demands strenuous efforts and experts to intercede with stories, admonitions,or principles when students fail, as they must, if they are to learn. Most of the learningthat results in the expertise of the practicing scientist, engineer, or poet is accomplishedthrough hands and minds on a task. Just think of the contrast between the activities ofapprentices in a workshop and the passivity of pupils in a lecture hall.If we refocus our

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Richardson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

2003. 5 Funding was used to hire femaleadjunct faculty members teaching in the RIT ET programs to work two hours a weekfacilitating the formation of study groups. Funding is also available to hire peer tutors towork with these female students in the study groups, purchase laboratory kits for thestudents who participate in the study groups, and payment of their expenses to attend aregional conference of the Society of Women Engineers. The retention of womenstudents has improved some in the past three years and we found that students who leftET or RIT did so in the first two years of the program. 6Future DirectionsThe College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) where the engineeringtechnology programs are housed has participated in all of

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

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New Engineering Educators

in the state of Louisiana.Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University BILL ELMORE, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor and Hunter Henry Chair, Mississippi State University. His teaching areas include the integrated freshman engineering and courses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum including unit operations laboratories and reactor design. His current research activities include engineering educational reform, enzyme-based catalytic reactions in micro-scale reactor systems, and bioengineering applied to renewable fuels and chemicals.Walter Bradley, Baylor University WALTER BRADLEY is a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Baylor University. He has a B.S