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Recruitment, Retention, and First-year Programs in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Constance D. Hendrix, U.S. Air Force Academy; Marcus L. Roberts, U.S. Air Force Academy; William J. Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Butler, U.S. Air Force Academy; Randall Deppensmith, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

significantly. At the course level, this issue is only mildly manageable. It is the instructor'sresponsibility to assess and react based on that section's unique personality. For example, insome sections, going to the board during class to work out problems as a team is enjoyed, whileothers abhor it and would prefer to carry their work away with them after class. The instructorhas to read the class, then modify the lesson plan to better fit the learning style of the section.To address this issue at the course level, the instructor had many tools at his/her diposal to makethe class more interesting and to actively engage the student. These include demonstrations thatare visual and/or auditory, items to pass around class, analogies, stories demonstrating

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Karen A. De Urquidi, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Karl Louis Wuensch, East Carolina University; William W. Swart, East Carolina University; Odis Hayden Griffin Jr. P.E., East Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

theBig Five personality indicator. Psychologists define the "Big Five" personality traits as broadfactors or dimensions of personality, discovered through empirical studies. 16 These factors are Page 23.875.4often defined as follows:17  Extraversion (sometimes called Surgency). This broad dimension encompasses specific traits such as being talkative, energetic, and assertive.  Agreeableness. This dimension includes traits like sympathetic, kind, and affectionate.  Conscientiousness. People high in this trait tend to be organized, thorough, and planning oriented.  Neuroticism (sometimes reversed and called Emotional

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Distance Learning and Online Teaching Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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Engineering Technology

results in learning engineering concepts [22].Assessment ProcessIn general, the purpose of assessment at National University is to ensure that we are offeringhigh quality programs, students are learning, and that we are producing high quality graduates. Inaddition, the assessment also helps to improve the program and provide necessary input forbudget and other resources allocation within the school. Since assessment is handled at variouslevels, it is very critical to have a solid assessment plan that would effectively evaluate successand allow for the assessment to be completed within time. It should also provide input on howmuch learning students have accomplished in the program. As part of the program design, thePLOs, once they are finalized

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-tech)that have been specifically designed to facilitate active learning. During the fall 2014 offering weare planning modifications to accommodate the larger number of students, but we are committedto maintaining an active learning environment with minimal lecturing. The active learningclassroom is being used to test a variety of new PBL activities that we are planning to scale-up.Learning ProposalsTo empower students to become self-directed learners, especially in the field of ethics, they arerequired to write a “learning proposal” at the beginning of the semester, which includes anexplanation of why they are taking the course, an outline of what they hope to gain from theexperience, a list of objectives, and a list of ethical questions or

Conference Session

Future Directions of Continuing Professional Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American

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Continuing Professional Development

Based InstructionTo promote student engagement and success in STEM areas, a comprehensive plan for facultydevelopment was implemented at two Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) and South Texas College (STC). The faculty development program wasdesigned to support the adoption of Challenge Based Instruction. This program was initiated as partof a large Department of Education College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) grant.Detailed information about the different activities and sample results can be found in previousproceedings of ASEE National Conferences1,2,3. A series of training workshops and mentoringworkdays are part of this faculty development program that presents the latest research

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

wherestudents return once a month to the UTPA campus to work on more in-depth engineeringprojects that culminates with a competition in the summer. During the last summer program, thegroup built Lego Mindstorm NXT Huminoid robots and Parallax robots powered by a BasicStamp microcontroller for a summer robotics dance competition and several maze navigationcompetitions. The competition is a community event where students can involve their familiesand demonstrate what they have learned.Elements of Success: Proven Plan, Pedagogy, and PlatformUnderstanding the causes behind the effectiveness of the PREP program can be difficult. Theprogram effectively operates at many sites across the nation in different demographic regions.The Edinburg PREP site has been

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Frank E. Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

electronic files and kept track of the submittals on a spreadsheet. Students had to submit hard copies of their three summaries to the instructors prior to the lecture session that was devoted to summarizing the MP. The instructors picked a sampling of particularly interesting responses and asked the respective students to share their mentors‟ comments with the class The last quiz of the semester included the following 10-point bonus question: Regarding this semester’s Mentors Program, briefly state what you’ve learned in the following categories. a. Professional Career Planning b. Effective Team Dynamics

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General Topics in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Basha, University of the Pacific; Luke S. Lee, University of the Pacific

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Graduate Studies

graduate studentpopulation, characteristic of a liberal arts private university, yet still provide broad experiencesfor our graduate and blended MS students, we planned to offer an interdisciplinary engineeringcourse in Spring 2011 entitled “Sensor Networks for Infrastructure Systems,” which combinesrecent developments in structural health monitoring (SHM) and the application of wirelesssensor networks to assess the condition of civil infrastructure systems. Recent research trendshave tied these two topics together with an increase in the use of sensor networks for SHM andan increase in monitoring structures in sensor networks. Combining these two topics offered aunique opportunity for senior undergraduate students and graduate students to engage

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Learning and Assessment I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David B. Benson, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

learning as an acquisition and integration process, thisis further reinforced when the concept of a spiral curriculum is also considered. Kolb (2000) in his Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) highlights the necessity ofcyclical instruction. ELT divides the learning cycle in to four phases: experiencing, reflecting,thinking, and acting. As a model for education, this process is both planned (formatted) andresponsive to the situation and content/skills being learned: activities are structured and plannedbut flexible to include individual. The cyclical nature of ELT supports this project in thenecessity of revisiting concepts at various points, over time to solidify and deepen a learner’sknowledge or concept acquisition and mastery

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ADVANCE and Related Faculty Issues

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Chang Yan, College of New Jersey; Lisa Grega, College of New Jersey; Suriza VanderSandt, College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, College of New Jersey; Elizabeth Borland, College of New Jersey; Karen Elizabeth Clark, College of New Jersey; Amanda Norvell, College of New Jersey

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Women in Engineering

conclusion of each brown bag lunch attendees were requested to complete anevaluation survey that was used to inform the nature/composition and topics of future brown baglunches. In response to suggestions in the evaluations we have rotated the day of the week thatthe lunches are held, so that more faculty are able to coordinate with their teaching schedules.Professional Development Workshops Two workshops are held every semester. The format for the workshops and many of thetopics were adapted from the format and topics of Hunter College’s faculty workshops whichwere developed under their Gender Equity Project (GEP). Dr. Annemarie Nicols-Grinenko,GEP director, was consulted during the planning of the workshop and participated in it bypresenting

Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Two Year College Division

-technology fields are also introduced to Page 25.1254.6indicate the inter-disciplinary nature of this field. Additionally, chemical sensors and sensorarrays are introduced and applications discussed. The students have the opportunity in lab toperform signal conditioning using op-amps and to control measurement instruments and do dataacquisition using computer control software (LabView or Agilent VEE). One of the difficultiesof running the course in this manner is the lack of one appropriate textbook for student reference.In the future, data acquisition of real world sensor data is planned as an extension of the use ofLabView. Furthermore, future

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2001 Annual Conference

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Teodora Shuman; Greg Mason

action is planned for improving the students learningexperience during the next third of the term. In addition, questions for the next survey areformulated. Successive surveys should include: 1) questions from previous surveys, to identifytrends; 2) new questions, to address learning objectives specific to the next segment of the term;and, 3) clarification questions, when the results of the previous surveys were inconclusive orunclear.Step three in the assessment process is the peer review. The peer review follows the secondsurvey and is used to further clarify items from the previous two surveys and to solicit help fromstudents for improving the class where the surveys showed a decreasing trend.The final step in the process is to re-evaluate

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2001 Annual Conference

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John Johnston; Ed Dammel; S.K. Ramesh; Eric Matsumoto

schools performed“hands-on” laboratory experiments and received a workshop manual containing handouts andideas for lesson plans, as well as other literature. The highly-interactive workshop formatallowed teachers to explore ideas which can be easily implemented at the high school level tomotivate students to study engineering.This paper describes one experiment that can be used to introduce fundamental structuralengineering concepts to students through a simple beam test. In addition to explainingexperimental procedures, the following sections review basic structural engineering conceptsnecessary for high school teachers to successfully implement the experiment. The approach

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2001 Annual Conference

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Larry Richards

the schedule of labs for Fall Semester, 2000. Both the particular capabilities Page 6.895.3and the pattern of interweaving the material are evident from the table. In addition to the Proceedings of the 2001 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society of Engineering Educationweekly lessons and homework, we assign two major projects: a personal web page, and aCAD (SilverScreen) modeling project. These projects require creativity, planning, andtimely implementation. They make our students go beyond what we teach them, masteradvanced capabilities of the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Rose Marra; Andrew Lau; John Wise; Robert Pangborn

– A College-wide First Year Seminar Program [1].II. Assessment PlanIn concert with the Director of Engineering Instructional Services, an assessment plan wasdeveloped to achieve the following goals: • Determine to what extent the learning objectives of the program are being met and identify areas for improvement. • Determine to what extent the FYS’s are meeting students’ needs and identify areas for improvement. • Determine to what extent the FYS’s are meeting faculty’s needs and identify areas for improvement.In order to achieve these objectives, the following assessment approaches will be used: • An end-of-semester, written, student survey specifically designed for the engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

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Scott Dennis; Jeff Ball; Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

proves on paper how all of the SOW requirements will be met. Thecustomer, SRO, and instructor must approve the design. Upon approval, permission to acquirematerials, begin construction of subassemblies, and formulate test plans is granted. Efforts arenow focused on specific tasks leading to a finished product that meets all SOW and customerrequirements.Engineering 410--The Automatic Transmission Project During the Spring 2000 semester, cadets in one particular section of Engr 410 weretasked to develop a teaching aid for the AT, to be used in a popular senior-level engineeringcourse, MechEngr 490—Automotive Systems Analysis. The faculty provided the section ofEngr 410 two fully assembled 42LE transmissions that were donated by Chrysler1

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jose Roesset; James Yao

,social and political factors affecting all major engineering works as well as environmentalfactors and sustainable development (e.g., see Poirot, 1997). The planning of civilengineering projects requires the consideration of the complete economics of the project,integration of the design and construction processes, considerations of financingalternatives, and return on investment or other expected benefits to society. Projects thatmay not be justifiable at a particular time on the basis of simple economics alone may bedesirable because of social and political consequences such as the creation of jobs in adepressed area or providing a public service. Engineers must be aware of all these aspectsand must be able to incorporate them in their

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2001 Annual Conference

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Richard Seagrave; R. Vigil; Debra Hawker-Schreiner; Charles Glatz

• Co-op Data • Annual Placement Analysis Departmental Committees (Faculty, Staff, Students)• Student Course Evaluations• Course Feedback Forms• Sr/Jr Surveys• Alumni Survey• Co-op Data Decisions & Action Plans• Annual Placement Analysis Figure 1 – Program Improvement Process Page 6.113.8 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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2001 Annual Conference

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Jeffrey A. Donnell

that are not always apparent in the statement or in the geometry of the total problem. Thus, the diagram aids in understanding all facets of the problem. • The diagram helps in the planning of a logical attack on the problem and in setting up the mathematical relations. • The diagram helps in recording progress in the solution and in illustrating the methods used. • The diagram allows others to follow your reasoning. (36)Here, fashioning a diagram constrains the author to clarify the engineering problem, to plan asolution and to document a solution process. The well-made diagram is then used by anaudience member who must be

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2001 Annual Conference

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Caroline Hembel Beard

of success and failure. Rare is the program or institution that is not involved in a review,accreditation or strategic planning effort at any given moment. We conduct formative and summativeevaluations of student learning, student evaluation of courses, peer evaluation of teaching ability, andfollow-up studies from program level to institution. We review attrition, failure and completion rates.We compare student outcomes to stated course objectives, program goals in relation to the institution’smission statement. But how do we evaluate a program whose mission is to prepare students to leave theinstitution in order to reach the goal? Specifically, how does a pre-professional program — such as anengineering transfer program — account for the

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2001 Annual Conference

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Scott Brigade; Laura Deam; La Toya Coley; Jessica Linck; Jan Kidwell; Elizabeth Goodson; Brent Robinson; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

including hands-on activities, that enhance current teaching. This may have impact on student learning, but it is unlikely to have long-term impact on science teaching and attitudes unless careful attention is given to planning and integration with the teacher. In addition, the activities are unlikely to yield long-term empowerment of the students unless they contain an inquiry-based component. Simply duplicating an activity that has been outlined, and maybe demonstrated to them, may not impact how students view science as a subject. Page 6.684.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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2001 Annual Conference

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Medhat Morcos; David Soldan

equipment to implement training on policies,methodologies and tools. By working together in a partnership, the needed resources andexpertise can be pooled to exploit more fully than any single institution can the hugepossibilities offered by new technologies, and the Internet in particular, to establish a world-class provider with global reach.Distance education is a core educational strategy. It holds great potential on a number of levels.Yet, the potential for failure, or for mediocre distance programs is high. Developing proactive,strategic plans requires the commitment of entire institutions. Going that extra mile will ensurepedagogical integrity, student satisfaction, and ultimately, the success of distance educationprograms.Bibliography1

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andre Clavet; Francois Michaud

such an event, but in fact it involves a lot of peopleover two semesters. Necessarily, this can only be accomplished with the involvement ofstudents, teachers and technical staff. Here is a list of issues that need to be covered for theorganization of the event:• Sponsorships and funding. Inevitably, the contest would not be possible without finding sponsors for providing the financial support required for the event. For solicitation, we prepare each year a file that describes the contest, the results of the previous years, and the impacts (in visibility and outcomes on the education of students and on the subject of autism). We also present the financial report of the previous year, and the budget plan for the current year. After having

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2001 Annual Conference

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Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

: Amazon (3) - Leisure: Disneyland (4), Stevens Pass -a local ski resort (5) - Retail: Good Guys (6) - Shipping: UPS (7)In the second graded deliverable, the students were asked to work individually and focus oncharacterizing the scope of industrial engineering, describing the range of industrial engineeringprojects possible in their work setting, and describing detailed plans for one possible project.The strengths of these reports included (a) the comprehensiveness of the students’ descriptions ofthe scope of industrial engineering and (b) the completeness with which they developed lists ofpossible projects within their work settings. The former were surprisingly difficult to grade,while the latter were fun to read and easy to grade. The

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2001 Annual Conference

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Lynn Mack; James Wood

teams, selected from volunteers from technical colleges acrossthe state, comprised the development teams. The engineering technology team members weredrawn from departments related to the topic area being developed. Teams assembled for a two- Page 6.806.5day retreat to establish initial competencies, following the development plan below. Teams were Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationfirst lead through a brainstorming process by a facilitator. The development teams later editedthe

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2001 Annual Conference

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Andrew Rusek; Barbara Oakley

that happen to be handy in the laboratory, so that s-parameters can be found for the actual components students plan to use in laboratory circuits.Table 4 shows parasitic parameters for a number of common transistors. Connecting a transistor to a network Table 4: Comparison of parasitic parameters in common transistorsanalyzer can produce noticeable 2N5109 PN5179 2N5179 2N3478 MRF501deviation in s-parameter values due Tr 20 n 1.588 n 1.588 n 1.615 n 1.574 nto the effects of the cables. 7,8,9 This Tf 0.1 n 141.1 p 135.6 p 140.9 p 141.2 p Cje 10 p 939.8 f 1.52 p 939.8 f 939.8 feffect

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2001 Annual Conference

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Raghu Echempati

studentswill have limited choice on the number of electives th"ey can choose within a particular MechanicalEngineering “Concentrations”. Thus the possibilities of integrating the two current elective courseson real and virtual metal forming in to a single stronger course are being explored, the results ofwhich will be presented in a future conference. In the meanwhile, the modified course layout ofME-510: Introduction to the Computer Simulation of Metal Forming Processes is presented inAppendix I. The modifications are in terms of integration of a limited real forming experience in tothe virtual forming course.Itemized objectives of the detailed plan for this course: I. Enhancement of the existing Computer Simulation of Metal Forming

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2001 Annual Conference

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Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

. Babcock, D.L., & Sachet, D.R. Continuing education for Engineering Management. In, L.P. Grayson & J.MBiedenbach, (eds.), 1986 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education (pp. 228 - 232). May 7-9, 1986,Lake Buena Vista, Florida. New York: IEEE Education Society (1986).7. Ferguson, C. The continuous professional development of engineers and flexible learning strategies. InternationalJournal of Lifelong Education, 17 (3), 173-183 (1998).8. National Academy of Engineering. Focus on the future: A national action plan for career-long education forengineers. Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Engineering (ERIC Document ED 300251) (1988).9. Baker, M. Sharpening the focus of viewpoints between higher education and employers of the

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Brett Gunnink; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

concludes with our plan for monitoring results and implementing change in the future.1. IntroductionIn response to the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology’s (ABET) EducationalCriteria 2000 (EC2000)1 and the need to periodically review and update curricula, theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) is currently revising its undergraduate curriculum. While the ABET EC 2000criteria do not necessarily require a major curriculum revision, they provide an opportunity toleverage the accreditation process to improve our undergraduate education. In addition, studentsand employers expect that curricula will remain current and adjust to meet the needs of themarket place.ABET EC2000

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2000 Annual Conference

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Andrew N. Vavreck

of team member contributions to the project.The team collaboration efforts in the first year, supported by an intern with little experience inthis area, were in addition to the adjustment to a new sequencing of the course lectures andlabs. The additional effort required to modify lesson plans and stay on top of a much moretightly sequenced course produced some time burden on the instructor. The intern also haddifficulty meeting with project teams owing to his own classes conflicting with many times inwhich project teams were available to meet. If there was a less-than-satisfactory aspect of theproject, it was in the ability of the intern to be as effective as possible, given his other coursecommitments and lack of teaching and team building