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Conference Proceedings: October 18-21 2000
Conference Proceedings: October 18-21 2000
Conference Proceedings: October 18-21 2000
2000 30THAnnual
Kansas City Frontiers in Education Conference
Conference Proceedings
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Title /Author Page #
INTEGRATING COMPUTERIZED DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS INTO AN
UNDERGRADUATE ELECTRIC MACHINES LABORATORY .................................................................................. TlD-I 3
Donald G. Kasten
A SENIOR-LEVEL RF DESIGN COURSE COMBINING TRADJTIONAL LECTURES
WITH AN OPEN LABORATORY FORMAT.................................................................................................................. TID-19
William B. K&n, Donald R. Hummels, Stephen A. @er
THE NATIONAL CLASSROOM PROJECT--AN EXPERIENCE REPORT ................................................................... TlE-1
Robert P. Cook
THE "ITY PROJECT BUILDING A HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUMWHICHEMPHASIZES
THE ENGINEERING, MATH, AND SCIENCE PRINCIPLES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY .................................... T1E-7
Mark A. Yoder, Rmi Athale, Scott Douglas, Dave Munson,
Geofley Orsak, John Treichler, Sally Wood
UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTSAS MENTORS IN AN
INNER-CITY HIGH SCHOOL: A PILOT PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... TIE-8
Jack McGourty, Gil Lopez
ALIGNING OUTREACH WITH COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: K-12 INITIATIVES IN
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ............................................................. T1E-12
Denise M Wilson, Howard Chizeck
ENGINEERING IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM: A PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS........... ............................... T1E-18
Janet de Grazia, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, Lawrence E. Carlson, Denise K Carlson
ENGINEERING STUDENTS AS EXPERT WITNESSES IN MOCK TRIALS ............................................................... TlF-I
Kassim hi Tarhini, DavidE. Vandercoy
REENGINEERING SOONER CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATION............................................................................. TI F-3
L. Dee Fink, Randall L. Kolar, K X Muraleetharan, Robert K Nairn, DavidA. Sabatini,
Ronald L. Sack Teri Reed Rho&, Donna L. Shirley
WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT LEARNING PHYSICS,MATH, AND ENGINEERING.......................................... T1F-9
Ann McKenna, Flora McMartin, Alice Agogin0
THE COMPRESSOR PROJECT COUPLING THERMODYNAMICSAND MECHANICAL
DESIGN IN A CROSS-CURRICULAR PROJECT.......................................................................................................... T1F-10
Eric K Constans, Hampton C. Gabler
MULTIDISCIPLINARYENGINEERING PROGRAMS AT UNICENP ........................................................................ T1F-13
Mavicio Dziecizic, Marcos Tozzi, Edson Ferlin, Marcos Rodacoski, Julio Nitsch
INTEGRATION OF CSAB AND ABET ............................................................................................................................ T2A-1
Doris K. Lidth, Lee Saperstein. Kenneth Martin
FRESHMAN YEAR LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN A COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAM ............. T2B-1
Doug Jacobson, Barb Licklider
IS THERE A ROLE FOR PROGRAMMING IN NON-MAJOR COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES?.......................... 'I2B-7
Mark Urban-Lurain,Donald J Weinshank
T I E MPORTANCE OF LEARNING STYLES M GROUP DESIGN WORK .............................................................. T2B-12
Ken Carrizosa, Sheri Sheppard
RECOGNISING DIVERSE LEARNING STYLES IN TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC
ENGMERING ................................................................................................................................................................. T2B-18
Mary Ayre, Andrew Nafalski
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EPICS: INTERDISCIPLINARYSERVICE LEARNING USING ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS...................... T2F-4
William C. Oaks, Amy Krull, Edward X Coyle, Leah H.Jamieson, Melinda Kong
CONCEPT MAPS AND COMPETENCE CHARTS: A ROADMAP TO
UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL CURRICULUM .................................................................................................... T2F-10
James D. Jones
HUMANISTIC AND MODERN EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERING IN THE NEW SOCIETY ................................ T2F-11
Claudio ab Rocha Brito, Melany M Ciampi
WRITING: A UNIQUE STRATEGY DESIGNED TO BRING CURRENT TOPICS IN
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TO NON-MAJORS ..................................................................................................... T2F-15
Teresa Larkin-Hein
THE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS ON THE GROUP EMBEDDED FIGURES TEST...............T3A-1
Sheri Clark 3: Elaine Seat, Fred E. Weber
ESTABLISHING LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSING OUTCOMES IN
ENGINEERING SERVICE COURSES .............................................................................................................................. T3A-5
P. David Fisher, James S. Fairweather, Lisa A. Haston
COURSE-BASEDASSESSMENT: ENGAGING FACULTY IN REFLECTIVE PRACTICE ..................................... T3A-1 I
Judith E. Sims-Knight, Emily Fowler, Nixon A. Pendergrass, Richard L. Upchurch
WE TEACH THAT, DON'T WE? PLANNING ASSESSMENT AND
RESPONDING TO THE RESULTS.................................................................................................................................. T3A-16
Jefiey L. Newcomer
AN ENGINEERING LEARNING CENTER DESCRIPTION, RESULTS, AND LESSONS LEARNED ...................... T3B-1
Farhad Azadivar, Jeff Tucker
MENTOR PROGRAMME IN DIGITAL CREATIVITY ................................................................................................... T3B-6
Hans Andersson, Erland Flygt, Henrik Ahlberg
INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS IN
ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT: DEVELOPING THE NCSA ACCESS CENTER ................................................ T3B-7
Mary Bea Walker,Janet Thot-Thompson,Karen S. Green
CURRICULA 2001 FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING....................................................................... T3C-1
Willis X King, Carl Chang, Gerald L. Engel, Eric Roberts,
Russel Shakelford, Pradip X Srimani
AN ONLINE WEB COURSE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS APPLICATION.................................................................... T3D-1
Cintia Borges Margi, Oscar Dantas vilcachagua,Itana Stiubiener,
Regina Melo Silveira, GraFa Bressan, Wilson Vicente Ruggiero
EXPERIENCE USING WEB-BASED MEDIA IN DISTANCE LEARNING................................................................... T3D-7
David A. Gustafson, WilliamHankley
THE LEARNING MECHANISM OF THE INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INTELLIGENT
TUTORING SYSTEM (IMITS)......................................................................................................................................... T3D-11
Brian P. Butz
ERP-BASED, WEB-ENABLED INTEGRATED INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
CURRICULUM PILOT ..................................................................................................................................................... T3D-17
Alfonso Durdn, Manuel Castro, Francisco A. Rivera, Curmen Martin-Romo,
Eva Ponce, Carlos de Mora, Juan Peire
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Title /Author Page #
INTEGRATING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY METHODOLOGIES IN A STATE OF
THE ART INDUSTRIAL CONTROL LABORATORY .................................................................................................... F1D-8
WirfidoA. Moreno, James Leffm, Oscar C&&nas, N i w h Ramos, Norali Pernalete,
FranMyn Diaz, Victor Alvarado
INTEGRATED UNDERGRADUATE POLYMER TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY ................................................. F1D-14
Robb U Winter, Victoria Olson
A TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING FOR A
GRADUATEKJNDERGRADUATE COURSE ON OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS........................................ F1E- 1
H Scott Hinton, Roberto.Gonzalez,Laura L. Teatier, S a d e p hattdikar, Harpreet Behl,
Paul C. Smith, John Wilbanh,James Humphrey, Murray Gordon, Michael Lightner
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTORS......................................................................................................... F1E-7
Rolf FK Mwtin, Otto A. Strobel
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY POLYMER ELECTROMCS LABORATORY................................................................... FlE- 12
David Braun, Linda Vawupa, Kevin Kingsbwy
VISUALIZATION TOOLS FOR TEACHING THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF
MICROWAVE STRUCTURES USED AS IMPEDANCE MATCHING ELEMENTS .................................................. F1E-13
KC.Parro, F.M Pair
A GRAPHIC MMI EMULATOR PROJECT FOR PCS .................................................................. :................................ F 1E- 18
Dorin Popovici
A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT
COLLEGE ATTRITION..................................................................................................................................................... ..FlF-l
Harvey F. Homan
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RETENTION STR4TEGIES FOR URBAN
ENGINEERING COLLEGES............................................................................................................................................... F1F-7
Benjamin Flores, Connie Kubo Della Piana
FIRST TERM PROBATION: MODELS FOR IDENTIFYING HIGH RISK STUDENTS.............................................. FlF-11
Alejandro Scalise, Mary Bester-eId-Sacre,Larry J. Shuman, Harvey Wolfe
THE ENGINEERING CONCEPTS INSTITUTE: THE FOUNDATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE
MINORITY STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT THE
FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.................................................................................................................. ..FlF-17
Matthew Ohland Guili Bang, Freakrick Forema4 FlozeN Haynes
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AS A RETENTION TOOL ....................................................................................... F 1F-21
Richard W: Freeman
GOOD EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOOD CHANGE PROCESSES ........... FlG-1
Jefley Froyd, Debra Penberthy, Karan Watson
THE SCRIPTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND EXPERTS IN THE PREPARATION OF
THE EXAMINATIONS: A STUDY IN PROCESS............................................................................................................ F1G-7
Fernando J. Lage, Zulma Cataldi, Julia Marta Denazis
AN APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TO FOREIGN
LANGUAGE EDUCATION................................................................................................................................................ F 1G-9
Tohei Nitta, Kazuhiro Fujita, Sachio Kohno
IT IS TIME TO STAND UP AND COMMUNICATE...................................................................................................... F1G-16
Jennfer A. Polack-Wahl