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Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

Page 5.33.1graduates in making a successful transition from academic life to engineering careers. 1A variety of programs exist for providing this experience, including summer internships,co-op programs, and industry/university educational programs. Cooperative educationhas come a long way since 1906, the year this unique pedagogy was conceived. SamSovilla [3] reviews its history, current status, and the outlook for the future in a paperpublished in ASEE in 1998. Jeff Meade [4] lists co-op program advantages as increasedretention and enhancement of the educational experience. On the other hand,disadvantages are the extra time required by co-op programs, typically one year, andextra cost to the offering

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Atlantic Section of the ASEE, Session VI (158-166)ANDREW GROSSFIELDThroughout his career, Dr. Grossfield has combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned aBSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics at nightwhile working full time during the day, designing circuitry for aerospace/avionics companies. He is licensed in NewYork as a Professional Engineer. Ai207@freenet.buffalo.edu is his email address. Page 5.443.7

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). Statistic Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed. Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, p. 608.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard A. Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and he is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to his academic career, Dr.Layton worked 12 years in consulting engineering, with the final five years as a group head and project manager.His technical research is in the area of dynamic systems and control. He is a registered Professional Engineer in NC.MATTHEW W. OHLANDMatt Ohland received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Education from the University of Florida in1996, and since then has been the Assistant Director of the NSF

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Steven L. Cohen; Dennis P. Slevin; David I. Cleland; Kim LaScola Needy; Heather Nachtmann

managers at all levels of management need to be skilled in successful Page 5.51.1governance board practices. It is likely that an engineer will chair a board, serve on a board orprovide service to a board at some time during their career. Henry Wiebe, Professor and Chairof Engineering Management at Missouri Rolla, commented that it was never too early to learnthis subject. He reported that 11% of those students receiving a bachelors degree in engineeringmanagement from 1985-1990 were in the executive management ranks of their companies. In amore longitudinal study, 31% of their undergraduate alumni had reached the ranks of executivemanagement just 20

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. Ruhala, Richard J. Ruhala, Susan Vrbsky, and Brian Hyslop. “Solving the Dual-Career Dilemma: Three Case Studies.” 1999 ASEE Proceedings, Session 3675.6. Clandinin, D. Jean, and F. Michael Connelly. “Personal Experience Methods,” in Handbook of Qualitative Research, Denzin and Lincoln, eds., pp. 413-427.7. Courter, Sandra Shaw, Susan B. Millar, and Lyman Lyons. “From the Students’ Point of View: Experiences in a Freshman Engineering Design Course.” Journal of Engineering Education 87(3), July 1998, 283-288.8. Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln, Eds. Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Sage Publications, 1998. (Parts IV and V of Handbook.)9. Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln

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Resit Unal; Derya Jacobs; Charles Keating; Paul Kauffmann; Abel Fernandez

Dominion University.Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr.Kauffmann received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Hereceived his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer.ABEL FERNANDEZAbel A. Fernandez is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at Old Dominion University. He has a B.S. inElectric Power Engineering, a M.E. in Electric Power Engineering and a M.B.A. all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. His industrial experience includes twelve yearsof systems engineering

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John Duffy; Edmund Tsang; Susan M. Lord

University of San Diego (USD) to meet community and academic needs. Inthis project, first-year engineering students worked with 6th grade students in a science class at alocal middle school with an economically disadvantaged and ethnically diverse student body.Middle schools need to keep students interested in science and motivated to go to college,become technically literate, and possibly pursue technical careers. First-year engineeringstudents need to learn about what engineering is, why it is useful to society, and othernontechnical skills such as communication and teamwork. Students worked in teams to preparea hands-on, fun, and educational activity. The academic learning goals for the project were toeffectively communicate to a "real live

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Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

middle schools fortheir Service-Learning project. The activity is being designed to prepare them for their futureteaching career in Elementary and Middle schools.IV. Learning Outcomes"Service-Learning" emphasizes both "Service" and Learning" and can be distinguished fromactivities that may be labeled as "Volunteerism" or "Community Service", where the "Learning"aspect is insignificant. Students "Learn" as they "Serve" their community. Therefore, it isimportant to identify and encourage activities that have specific learning outcomes consistentwith course and curricula within which such activities are performed. In the category of theacademic outcomes, "Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in the Cognitive Domain"was found to be extremely

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Nora Valeiras; Luis A. Godoy

communicate.The reasons why the young researcher wants to publish include to gain recognition in thefield; to progress in the academic career; to establish relations with others in the field; toobtain founding for further research; to spend more time doing research.7. Evaluation of the workshop by the participantsThe workshop is evaluated using an instrument with some multiple-choice questions andsome open questions. Some important aspects reflected by the evaluations are:• 36% of the participants said that they were not familiar with the material discussed, 55% were moderately familiar, 9% were familiar, and 0% were very familiar.• 73% responded that the work done would be of top help to increase their productivity in terms of research paper

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Richard A. DeVries; Douglas C. Stahl

have “no reason to believe that curiosity about the physical meaning of the Page 5.558.1subjects they [are] studying [is] necessary.” He makes the case, as do Petroski2 and Backman3,that some recent high profile engineering failures—as well as innumerable examples of poordesign that do not result in catastrophe—are the result of engineers trying to apply theory theydon’t understand, rather than following an intuitive sense of how structures behave. Parmelee4expresses a position that many of his contemporaries seem also to hold – that reliance on a sliderule for calculations during their education and for much of their careers somehow put

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Yi-Xian Qin; Partap Khalsa; Michael Hadjiargyrou; Mark W. Otter; Kenneth J. McLeod; Danny Bluestein

to develop a curriculum that achieves the goal of producing a graduate with vision andflexibility, faculty need to incorporate hands on learning, develop communication skills, andinstill a sense of creativity and innovation which the students will need throughout theirengineering careers (7). To these ends, we have developed an approach to curriculum deliverycomposed of what we call Contextual Learning Modules (CLM).Goals of the Contextual Learning Module ApproachThe goals of the CLM approach are:1) To integrate physical science, life science, and engineering in each module.2) To provide at least one "hands on" experience each day.3) To use the module itself as an implicit model of how to tackle complex problems (i.e. break them down into

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Richard Layton

://www.engr.washington.edu/~uw-epp/Pepl/Ethics/index.html. Professional Engineering Practice Liaison Program (PEPL). College of Engineering, University of Washington. December 1999.4. Felder, R.M., Stice, J.E. and Brent, R. (1999). Informal cooperative learning structures. In handbook, National Effective Teaching Institute. ASEE, Charlotte, June 1999.5. URL: http://www.ncbels.org/. North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors, December 1999.RICHARD A. LAYTONRichard A. Layton received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1995 and he is currently an AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University. Prior to his academic career, Dr.Layton worked 12 years in consulting engineering, with the

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Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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Jean Roberts; David Pines

the Same Better Figure 4. Students Impression of Their Project Compared to Other ProjectsThe final question asked the students to rank the overall water quality engineering laboratoryexperience. Given the four choices of excellent, good, fair, and poor, about one-third of thestudents thought it was an excellent experience and two-thirds of the students rated it as a goodexperience.The project sponsors and other practicing engineers who attended the project presentations wereasked to evaluate the water quality engineering laboratory experience. Specifically, they wereasked to comment on the following topics: · Effectiveness of the laboratory in preparing students for a career in engineering · Technical

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Outcome Assessment, Quality, and Accreditation

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Omid Ansary; Walter Buchanan; Alireza Rahrooh

must have an assessment process with documented results. Evidence must begiven that the results are applied to the further development and improvement of the program.The assessment process must demonstrate that the outcomes important to the mission of theinstitution and the objectives of the program, including those listed above, are being measured.Evidence that may be used includes, but is not limited to the following: student portfolios,including design projects; nationally-normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; Page 7.328.2and

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Developing ABET Outcomes F--J

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Thomas Litzinger

the assignmenthad been a confidence booster and another wrote that it had affirmed his interest in a career thatinvolved using thermodynamics. As part of an end of the semester course evaluation thestudents were asked whether the course project had improved their ability to locate informationand use it to learn on their own. Approximately 50% of the students agreed or strongly agreedwith this statement, and only 10% disagreed or strongly disagreed; the remaining 40% indicateda “neutral” response. Thus, the assignment appeared to be successful for many of the students.In the two semesters that this assignment has been used the classes wrote a total of 25 papers.Within their papers the students were required to identify the lead author of each

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Innovation in Design Education

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Eric Ford; Vincent Wilczynski; Gregg Dixon

” course which was previouslyrequired for all majors, both technical and non-technical. The primary course objective is toprovide a foundation in some elements of the design process on which the students will build intheir further studies and their engineering career. The course includes both lecture and laboratoryactivities culminating in a creative team design effort. In the first offering of the course, thisactivity also involved teams in building small radio controlled robots to execute a variety ofsimulated Coast Guard missions. The air engine project described in this paper helped thestudents prepare for the more open-ended robot project.Many schools have recognized that a significant challenge we are facing in engineering educationis that

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Techniques for Improving Teaching

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Catherine Brawner; Rodney Allen; Richard Felder

( 1.21) 377 5.35 (.99) 341 -.18 (.08) 2.14 (709.1) .033Attended 1 teachingseminar last year 5.19 (1.15) 108 5.61 (.93) 142 -.41 (.14) 3.04 (202.3) .003Attended ³10 teachingseminars in career 4.97 (1.21) 111 5.35 (1.04) 62 -.38 (.18) 2.09 (171) .038Table 5Importance of effective teaching and innovation in the faculty reward system 1999 1997 DifferenceResearch Institutions M (SD) n M (SD) n M (SE) t (df) pImportance of effectiveteaching in reward 3.63 (1.48) 403 3.84 (1.39) 373 -.21 (.10) 2.07 (774) .039systemImportance of innovativeteaching

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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Sylvie Doré

Services Organizations. ERIC Digest #ED4494369. Zemke, R. (1992). Second Thoughts about the MBTI. Training; v29, no. 4, 43-47.10. Pittenger, D. J. (1993). Measuring the MBTI. . .And Coming Up Short. Journal of Career Planning and Employment. Vol. 54, no. 1, 48-52.11. Gardner, W. L and Martinko, M. J. (1996) Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Study Managers: A Literature Review and Research Agenda Journal of Management, vol. 22, no. 1, 45-83. Page 7.1236.712. Briggs Myers, I. (1980) Introduction to type. Palo Alto: Consulting Psychologists Press.13. Kroeger, O. and Thuesen, J.M. (1992) Type Talk at Work. New York: Delacorte

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Design for Community

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Darrell Gibson; Patricia Brackin

2002, American Society for Engineering Education”8. Students mature. In the service learning projects, students are the “experts” for thefirst time in their technical career. With industrial projects the students are seen asnovices who might offer help to the company. In the service learning projects, thestudents are seen as the experts who will make a difference. They are the ones with thetechnical background who can make the decisions.There are some drawbacks associated with service learning projects. The students do notget to work with and be mentored by a practicing engineer. The technical requirementsare generally not as in-depth as an industrial project. However, the merits of the servicelearning projects balance the drawback. Students

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Richard Goff

students follows:The statements that the students responded to were:1. The thought of a career in engineering is exciting2. I am learning in this class3. This class has helped me understand engineering4. This class is relevant5. This class is usefulFor the first five statements the HO students consistently responded more favorably than the TRstudents. A pooled t-test was used, at a 5% level, to determine if a significant difference ofopinion existed between the HO and TR students. The significant differences were: · The HO were significantly more exited about engineering. (0.9%) · The HO perceived that they were learning more. (4.9%)In conclusion, the collaborative active learning opportunities met the goal of increasingmotivation and

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Paul King

career. A successful application of what skills anearly engineering student has can lead to increased retention and interest on the part of thestudents. Finding the right personnel to man such a course, and finding the right designchallenges, is necessary for a good experience. This paper will address the challenge of findinggood design problems for use in Biomedical Engineering projects in a freshman course.Methods: Several of the methods to generate these projects are enumerated below:1. Go beyond your teaching team: The engineering faculty at Vanderbilt University weresurveyed by the faculty in charge of the freshman introductory engineering course for designprojects. This course covers the use of Excel, MATLAB, VRML programming, and very

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Teaching Design

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Cary Fisher; John Feland

course:1) Better CAD/Solid Modeling SkillsThe baseline CAD software was Mechanical Desktop, a package that required much classroominstruction time and did not expose the students to the advanced world of solid modeling.Additionally, the CAD tools were used for documentation purposes after the design wascomplete, and not during the design process in lieu of iterative prototyping. This led to a studentperception of CAD not as a tool but as an academic chore.2) Improved teamwork skillsAlthough thrust into teams throughout their USAFA careers, our cadets received little to noteam-specific training before they enrolled in our design course. As a result, team meltdownsoccurred often, and "hero-based" design was rampant. This gave rise to an

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Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

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Francis Hopcroft

., Organizational Learning II, Addison-Wesley, 1996.[16] Langer, E., Mindfulness. Addison-Wesley, 1989.FRANCIS J. HOPCROFT: Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Wentworth Institute of Technology,Boston, MA., specializing in the areas of hazardous waste management, water and wastewater treatment, and in-situbioremediation.BARBARA A. KARANIAN: Professor of Social Science and Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology,Boston, MA. Research and teaching areas focus on the applied psychology areas of motivation and career path,leadership, and transformation. Works creatively with changing organizations. Page 7.830.7 “Proceedings

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Real-world Applications in ET

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Randall Timi; Dannie Hutchinson; William Strenth; James Otter

learning styles vs deliverymethods.With the construction industry demands on graduates of construction programs constantlyincreasing, it is important that students in the program receive "real-world" experiences early andoften in their academic career. The importance of integrating real-world professionalconstruction experience, team work/team building, construction company operations andinteractive communication guided the objectives for the second phase of this project.DESCRIPTIONIn order to implement this pilot study, the faculty changed the name of the capstone course toConstruction Senior Projects, and rewrote the description to reflect the proposed methodology.A pseudo-construction company called "PSU Construction" was developed along with

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Benjamin Flores; Jose Fierro; Daniel Grajeda; Steve Stafford; Rosa Gomez

important in future endeavors. Being affiliated with ACEShas also helped him in the graduate school application process. His immediate goal after heachieves his Bachelor of Science degree in biology in May 2002 is to attend graduate school.ACES provides workshops that aid students in the difficult process of completing graduateschool applications. Professionals from graduate schools come to the Center to give theseworkshops and give students the best advice on how to get into the schools of their choice.ACES has played a very important part of his college career and he feels very strongly that everystudent should get the opportunity to experience the great facilities and resources that it offers.As an industrial engineering major, ACES has helped

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Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

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Rachel Shinn

her teaching career, she spent five years in the space industry, at Hughes Aircraft Co.(currently Boeing), working as a spacecraft systems engineer, with a specialty in spacecraft attitude dynamics.DR. RONALD MADLERDr. Ronald Madler is an associate professor and chair of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity in Prescott, AZ. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado,Boulder. Page 7.1099.8Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

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Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

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Matthew Obenchain; Keith Bearden; Dan Diaz; Brian Self

education. The experimental setup and stress distributionfor the photoelastic testing are shown in Figure 5. Page 7.104.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 5. Experimental setup and representative fringe patterns for photoelastic testing.By applying several different experimental and analytical approaches to the same basic problem,cadets were able to gain a great deal of insight into their future careers as engineers. Instructorswere there to provide guidance, but the majority of

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Paul Lin; Hal Broberg

DiagramProceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationIV. Course Evaluation and ConclusionThis course provided students with an opportunity to acquire new knowledge that mighthelp their careers and prepare students for jobs in these challenging areas or in the areasof Internet, WWW, computers networking, Web programming, or electronics formeasurement and control. This lab designed for asynchronous learning mode enhancesIPFW’s ability to serve nontraditional students and distance learners. It also reachedstudents in other areas of the state. The students enrolled in this course for the Fall of2000 semester were: • 10 students

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to do, whether it is an individual assignment or a team project. • Including an evaluation section is necessary in order to know how the students’ work was to be evaluated. • A clear task is necessary. Some of the quests lacked a clear task; the students need to know what they will do with their information. • Including references to future careers in the field would be helpful to the students. • Extensions to some WebQuests would be useful; for example, it "could challenge students to investigate examples of chemical pollution in their own area." • Do not restrict the students to on-line resources, and the WebQuests need to indicate that, since "if you don’t tell kids they can use something

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Sean DiBartolo; Linfield Brown; Chris Swan

WERC design contest is an excellent opportunity to expose students to the difficulties indeveloping solutions to complex environmental problems. Though presented as a competition,the educational value of the contest is enormous. In fact, the educational benefits of the contestshould be emphasized. These benefits to the students include problem selection decision; anappreciation of open-ended problems; development and participation in diverse, multi-disciplinary teams; and the value of time, people, and project management skills in a successfulprofessional career. These skills are not often taught in traditional engineering courses orlaboratories making participation in the WERC design contest a more valuable