Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Elizabeth City State University; Ka'Ren Ladoris Byrd; Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Ehsan O Sheybani, Virginia State University; Giti Javidi, Virginia State University

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Mathematics

Study on Simulated Spaceborne Microwave Radiometer Measurements of EarthAbstractThis paper describes a NASA internship case study in which the outcome can be implemented ina classroom setting. Through this case study, the students can learn numerical interpolation andintegration of functions in a real world project as well as the error analysis. A tradeoff expectedto be observed is between the speed of obtaining results and getting accurate results. As a result,recommendations are expected for various data sets to ensure fast and accurate results. Thesimulation can also be carried out using Matlab.The case study discusses numerical convergence of simulated space-borne microwaveradiometer measurements of earth brightness

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; William Schleter, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Taimi Olsen, Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center; Stan Guffey, University of Tennessee Teaching and Learning Center; Wenshu Li

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

pass rate for students who completedat least 80% of the homework was 96.9%. The pass rate for the 22.5% of the class who did lessthan 80% of the homework was 33.3%. We are interested in why 22.5% of the students do notcomplete at least 80% of the homework. The goal of identifying the characteristics of studentswho do not do homework is to enable appropriate intervention techniques to be developed. Thispaper presents a work in progress, describing the research process and giving preliminary results.There is debate over the role of homework, its usefulness, and its role in learning [e.g Vatterott(2009) and a current NSF project reported by Kaw and Yalcin (2010) examining whethercollecting homework improves exam performance]. This research does

Conference Session

Starting Them Early

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

), mechanical toys, gear kits, train set. § Games/Puzzles Board games (Blockus, Chess, Crack the Case, Guess Who?), Sudoku, puzzles § Computers West Point Bridge Designer, educational computer games (math or physics), helping to install programs.Hands-on Activities § Building Paper airplanes, helping around house, crafts, model car, sand castles, and simple construction projects. § Experiment Chemistry experiments (cleaning pennies, Mentos & Coke), science fair projects, combining materials and noting results. § Tinkering

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FPD 2: Retention

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska Anchorage; Linda P. Lazzell, University of Alaska Anchorage

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First-Year Programs

withpracticing professionals from the community, and weekend group activities. Field SummerBridge includes one week of safety training, a for-credit calculus or other advanced mathematicsclass, and a five-week field internship working with scientists and engineers. Each SummerBridge student makes a presentation for the partner sponsors at the end of the summer. Studentswho successfully complete the component requirements are awarded scholarships.Summer Bridge students: • work on real projects with practicing engineers and scientists; • earn money for college; • complete a college-level mathematics class for credit toward their BS degree; • solidify their vision of a career as a scientist or engineer; • learn to navigate on the campus

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Julie Ann Lorah, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #6684A Natural Experiment: NAE’s Changing the Conversation Report and Stu-dents’ Changing Perceptions of EngineeringDr. Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington Elizabeth Litzler, Ph.D., is the Director for Research at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Workforce Development (CWD) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She directs re- search projects from conceptualization, methodological design, collection of data and analysis, to dis- semination of research findings. Dr. Litzler manages the Sloan-funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), which uses quantitative and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow

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Instrumentation

relating to this laboratory work, preference fordesigning with solar cells as an option on their design projects, and greater enthusiasm forstudying renewable energy. The students even received some unexpected recognition from theirnon-engineering peers. The paper presents sample costs of the equipment and typical resultsfrom four simple but insightful experiments that the students performed within a single hour-long class period using commonly available instruments in their laboratories.IntroductionA number of universities have begun to teach topics in renewable energy. Textbooks of goodquality and appropriate to support a wide breadth and depth of coursework have appeared. Someof the more advanced academic experts have even placed some superb

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia R Laugerman P.E., University of Iowa; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #6699A structural equation model correlating success in engineering with academicvariables for community college transfer studentsDr. Marcia R Laugerman P.E., University of Iowa Dr. Laugerman is a PE in Industrial Engineering with over 20 years of University teaching experience. She is currently working as a research fellow in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa on an Institute for Education Sciences project to increase critical thinking skills in science through an inquiry-based instructional method. Her teaching and research interests are in STEM.Prof. Mack Shelley, Iowa State

Conference Session

Training and Mentoring of Graduate Teaching Assistants

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

over 85%of the respondents; nearly 55% of the respondents attend classes, grade exams and createsolutions for homework, exams, etc. Activities such as teaching a discussion section or creatingassignments are done by nearly 40% of the students. Only about 30% teach a lab, hold reviewsessions, maintain a website, give occasional lectures, and supervise graders. Although someTAs have multiple responsibilities, the primary teaching duties of engineering GSIs in this studywere to (1) teach a lab (27%, N=20), (2) teach a discussion section (26%, N=19), (3) hold officehours (22%, N=16) (4) grade homework, papers, labs or projects (10%, N=7), (5) give lectures(7%, N=5) or (6) supervise team projects (4%, N=3

Conference Session

Novel Methods of Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University

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Construction

Paper ID #6068Appraisal of Learning Objectives of a Course in Construction ScienceDr. Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University Ifte Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M University and has extensive experience as a consulting architect working on projects funded by the World Bank. His areas of emphasis include housing, alternative technology, issues related to international construction, and construction education. He is also a Fulbright scholar. Page

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mysore Narayanan

was to conduct detailed mathematical analysispertaining to the study flexure of beams, with particular emphasis on bendingmoment and shear force diagrams, stress, strain, deflection, catenary curves andother properties. The students will be able to generate appropriate and relevantengineering data that would be successfully utilized in a real-world situation, suchas building a bridge to transport heavy equipment.In this project, the author reports on the results, accomplishments and milestonesachieved. Eventually, when student groups work on their experimental project,they would be able to understand and appreciate the needs and necessities ofengineering design methodologies. They will also be able to effectively utilize andapply the

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Perry Deess; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan; Vladimir Briller; Raymond Calluori; John Carpinelli

mentors, callededucational learning assistants, resided in the residence halls, as did most of the students in theprogram. They maintained regular contact with the students, and served as trusted liaisonsbetween students and professional staff. With timely feedback from the mentors, the professionalstaff members were able to implement effective intervention for problems that were academic,financial, and social/emotional. The mentors also developed group study sessions for the studentsand conducted bi-weekly student meetings. The ELA program is a relatively low-cost strategyfor improving student retention and graduation rates. An implementation manual [1] and programreport [2] for this project are available for download at the Gateway Engineering

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Christe

located.Also critical in the design of assessment tools is the importance of “different types of samples ofa student’s work [rather] than to base all the grades on a single type of assignment.”1 This is alsoa key point in the creation of any learning environment which well serves its students, web-basedor in any other format. As an instructor, it is important to “think outside the box,” to “provide awide range of opportunities for the student to demonstrate the mastery of the same content orskill.”2 Some examples of alternatives to traditional multiple choice exams include Power Pointpresentations, simulation projects using software, preparation of a sample policy or letter, orcreation of a videotape. Other suggestions for assessment tools in on-line

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hannah Collins; Byron Newberry; Ira Lockwood

for this distortion is actual motion differences betweenthe top of the target stand (the location of the magnet) and the pen tip at the base of the standassociated with tipping of the stand during movement. Steps are underway to produce a moreprecise test fixture for the next phase of the project. Page 8.220.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education Array Results Actual Figure SketchFigure 7: A sample

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Mehmet Ozturk; Hatice Ozturk

Integrated Project Teams have beeninvestigated [1]. It was observed that teams with even gender breakdown performed better thanthe teams with a single female member. We have been looking into team performance in ourcourses ever since some core courses in the curriculum were paired up with problem laboratories.Problem laboratories presented us a challenge because students had to communicate and workwith one another in the absence of instruments or computers. Initially, we used the grades to formthe groups making sure that every group contained an A student while observing a uniformdistribution of women and minorities in the groups. At the end of the semester, course evaluationforms which contained additional questions to check the group performance

Conference Session

Internet Programming and Applications

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonid Preiser

-way street. Theeffectiveness of any service, in particular the effort of developing a new IS infrastructure,depends on the effectiveness of interaction between the IS professionals (servers) and the users(clients). The interaction, on the other hand, is based on each player’s perception of their ownroles and skills needed to make the IS project a success, as well as on mutual perception eachplayer has of each other’s roles and skills.This paper examines the concepts leading to modeling of the dynamics of working relationshipbetween clients and servers in the IS industry.In what follows, the providers (IS experts, system analysts, IT professionals) will be referred toas servers, S, whereas those who are served (users, clients, IT/IS customers

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hank Javan; Mark Rajai

fourth important instrument discussed. Although with the emerging newIC technology the use of such instruments is less comman than it once was, we decided toinclude it anyway. It shows important circuits functions such as the generation of a staircasewaveform and the ability to sweep the collector current over a range of values. We alsodiscussed the project of a previous student, who succeeded in designing such a circuit usingcomputer software [2]. Page 8.166.4In the digital vs. analog section we discussed the average and the rms values of digital and Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dani Sledz, Colorado School of Mines; Allison M. Silvaggio, STEM Magnet Lab School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. . Page 25.603.5 3. STEM Magnet Lab School Parent and District Handbook. December 11, 2011 . 4. Stats and Test Results – Tennyson Knolls Elementary School. Great Schoools.org, December 14, 2011. 5. NEED National Energy Education Development Project. December 15, 2011. .6. Energy Kids. U.S. Energy Information Administration, December 15, 2011. .7. PECO Energizing Education Program, December 15, 2011. .8. Educational Resources. National Renewable Energy Lab. Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC, August 29, 2011. .9. Renewable Energy Lesson Plans - Infinite Power.org, Texas State Energy Conservation Office, 2005. < http://www.infinitepower.org/lessonplans.htm>

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Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

students’ learning experiences in the next section.2.2 Engineering Students’ Learning ExperiencesOne of the major research projects regarding engineering students’ experiences is the AcademicPathways Study (APS) conducted by the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education(CAEE). APS consists a series of longitudinal and multi-institutional studies on undergraduateengineering students’ learning experiences and their transition to work. It involved over 5,400students across the country. The research team included over 130 faculty, research scientists,graduate and undergraduate research assistants, and staff representing 12 universities and sixnational organizations. They used various research methods including surveys, structuredinterviews

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lucas A. Harder, University of Minnesota; Arthur G. Erdman, University of Minnesota

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3822: GENERATING INTEREST IN TECHNOLOGY AND MED-ICAL DEVICES THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL GAMEMr. Devin R. Berg, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Devin R. Berg is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Through his work at the Medical Devices Center, he has been involved with a number of engineering outreach activities targeted at K-12 students and has mentored numerous undergraduate and graduate students through their product design and research projects in the area of medical device engi- neering. His research interests are in the area of design as applied to the health care field with a focus on mechatronics and biomimicry, and he is pursuing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence E. Whitman, Wichita State University; Karen V. Reynolds, Wichita State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 25.683.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012   Great Expectations: Engineering Kansas ScholarsAbstractThe GEEKS Program (Great Expectations: Engineering Kansas Scholars) is a National ScienceFoundation (NSF) Scholarships for STEM students (S-STEM) project that awards scholarshipsof $5,000 per year for 2 years to academically talented low-income, full-time students (in threeseparate cohorts) to obtain degrees in engineering at Wichita State University (WSU). Therecruitment efforts specifically target low-income students in three populations: women,minorities, and students from underserved urban schools. The objectives are: to increase thegraduation success among low-income

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

that inform and influence those feelings and discusses ways to beginto change those attitudes within the student bodies.IntroductionIt has been observed that students taking similar classes in college often project a wide range ofacademic skills, interest in the subject matter, and personal justifications for class attendance,among other things. Since people are inherently different, there is no shock or surprise generatedby these observations; merely academic curiosity and fodder for research by those so inclined.Academic research can take many forms. It can be highly rigorous, purely anecdotal, primarilyliterature-based, or empirical, based on personal experimentation or observation. The dataprovided in this report are based solely on direct

Conference Session

Engineering Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

left to students to determine. From the yearlong project thatinvolved seven classes, the most load that was supported by four index cards four inches fromthe ground was 166 lb. This was more than the group had predicted. Its initial prediction was 80lb because during the individual loading one card had held 20 lb.Details of Outreach for the Pennsylvania Summer Camp Activities: Computer-AidedEngineering in a SnapshotPennsylvania secondary school students attending Robert Morris University Summer Camps andtheir teacher chaperons were exposed to the role of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) andEngineering (CAE) in product design and development process. The main goal of the campswere designing and developing animated toys, Figure 4. However, the

Conference Session

Assessment and Impact

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

may direct their area of study after theirsophomore year in one of four focus areas – robotics, mechanical engineering systems, electricalengineering systems, and civil engineering (land development). Every student, regardless offocus area, must complete a project-based course each semester of his or her degree. The cohortof students was mostly male (91%) with a high percentage of non-traditional students (28%)returning to school.For the study, students were asked during their required engineering project course, to representtheir understanding of how the DC voltage measurement function (Figure 1) works in amultimeter that they assembled. Students were first asked to submit for homework their responseto the following question: Q1

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre; Francois Sekyere, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; James Oppong, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

someharmonics falling outside of the specified range. This provides ample opportunity for studentresearch. As stated above Ghanaian students are already involved in this research. USstudents will be linked to their Ghanaian counterparts to participate in the project and as thework progresses, US students will be taken to Ghana to complement their Ghanaiancounterparts in setting up, testing and analyzing further the results from tests performed. Thiswill also present research opportunities to minority engineering students to relate their collegework to applications in the field.Analytical MethodThe need for analysis is identified in the assertion above that as data is transmitted along thepower line, radiation from the power line can cause interference

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Bellinger, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2010-1308: USING NATIONAL COMPETITIONS TO FOCUS STUDENT CLUBSScott Bellinger, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Scott Bellinger is an assistant professor in the Automation Technologies program at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Scott served as the Director of Manufacturing Technologies at RIT's Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) before joining NTID. He has more than twenty years of experience in developing manufacturing systems with a specialty in factory automation. He served as Applications Engineer, Proposals Engineer, Project Manager and Application Engineering Manager at Hansford Assembly & Test Systems (NY); Director of

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Women

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Tang; Linda Head

10.239.6extremely successful in assessing the impact of these project topics. At the conclusion ofthe workshop, the participants were further asked to rate the overall workshop on how thecomponents of the entire project came together. All participants strongly agreed that theyhad a better understanding of engineering careers. Some of them expressed their interestsin Electrical and Computer Engineering because they enjoyed the learning through theabove ECE modules with great fun. The student evaluation is available in [2].5. CONCLUSION This paper presents two electrical and computer engineering modules developedthrough a successful summer program titled “Attracting Women into Engineering”.Participants are exposed to the ECE principles via fun and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Salim Saherwala; Mohammed Haque

). Page 10.108.1Complementing the more conventional classroom instructional tools would ideally include visitsto construction sites or site training (AbouRizk and Sawhney, 1994). There are, however, various Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationcomplicating issues that make it impossible to rely on site visits. Most importantly, the instructorcannot control the availability of a project at the necessary stage of completion. In addition, visitsof larger groups to construction sites may not be welcome, involve risk, and are unpractical.Finally, the high cost of site training is a further impediment

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Teacher’s committee. Dr. Rockland has over 25 years of industrial experience in research, engineering, marketing and sales management with several high technology corporations.Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology HOWARD KIMMEL is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Director of the Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has spent the past thirty years designing and implementing professional development programs and curricula for K-12 teachers in science and technology. At the college level, he collaborates on projects exploring teaching methodologies and assessment strategies in first-year college courses in the sciences,engineering

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mehran Massoumi

mathematical techniques are used to proveproperties about a design. Due to the fact that formal checks are exhaustive and no test-vectorsare needed, supporting tools have gained significant momentum as an add-on solution tosimulation. It is the focus of this paper to present the formal or static approach and encourageuse of the available tools in design projects for Senior/Graduate-level HDL-based courses.Advantages of the static approach will be discussed by presenting property formulation for a fewRTL designs. Moreover, the property language PSL (Property Specification Language), whichhas the promise of becoming an IEEE standard, will be used in presenting property formulations.Introduction:A widely practiced approach for functional verification of

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University; Barbara Clark, Purdue University; Susan Geier, Purdue University; Christie Sahley, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

. Page 15.130.5A new faculty attendee summed up the experience of many: “I certainly benefited from theopportunity to meet new people from other departments / schools…these sorts of events canprovide a catalyst for unexpected / serendipitous opportunities.”ConclusionIn its first year of existence, the PCFS offered many exciting programs to enhance the success ofthe Purdue faculty. Program design, formative assessment and evaluation are central to achievethe objectives of this complex project. The information collected from all the PCFS initiativesworks synergistically to inform the development, implementation and redesign of the activitiesoffered to enhance opportunities for faculty members at Purdue University. Each program hasbeen designed to