{"title":"Trends in women engineering programs and degrees: harmony or discord?","authors":"E. M. Wadsworth, W. LeBold, J. Daniels","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187478","url":null,"abstract":"It is noted that, during the past two decades, there has been significant but steady growth in the nature and scope of US women in engineering programs and a parallel increase in the number and percent of women enrolled in and graduating from US engineering institutions. The authors attempt to assess changes in women in engineering programs, to study changes in enrollments and degrees awarded to women in engineering, and to search for relationships between these two changes. Results of statistical analyses indicate that the mean number of 1987 women in engineering programs per institution, the mean number of women awarded 1990 B.S. engineering degrees per institution, and the mean percent of African American women awarded 1990 B.S. engineering degrees per institution were positively related to the percent of 1990 B.S. engineering degrees awarded to women at US engineering institutions. Recommendations are made for providing a positive environment for women attending engineering institutions across the US.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121764648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The improper student","authors":"D. Crabtree","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187476","url":null,"abstract":"A 'proper' student is defined as one who satisfies the learning goals established by the instructor. An 'improper' student is one who constitutes the majority of a class usually. The proper student, it has been said, does not need an instructor all that much; but it is the improper student who challenges the dedicated teacher and keeps the teacher from becoming bored with the profession. It is noted that these simple distinctions impart an importance to the improper student, an importance reflected in prodigious efforts to reach this particular student. The author presents the characteristics of a simple cycle that is part of the learning process and discusses how the cycle is interrupted for the improper student. The cycle is embedded in a model of the different environments of the teacher and the student. The interruption of the cycle is demonstrated by several examples where numerical data or classroom observations are available to support certain conclusions. These conclusions present a set of constraints that a teacher of technology currently faces regardless of any individual approaches used by the teacher to reach the student.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127804787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human factors in telecommunications technology development and education","authors":"S. A. Serrano","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187453","url":null,"abstract":"The author discusses the importance of generating human resources in the areas of telecommunications and information processing with a vision centered on the human and moral aspects of the individual. A basic element of this concept is the creation of an environment that nurtures and encourages the individual or a group of individuals to set goals and develop their human potential with emphasis on service to the society in which they interact. It is concluded that creating a consciousness of the need to direct one's life and work to the service of humanity is the key element in the process of the education of engineers and scientists in high-technology disciplines.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"51 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134028455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hypertext laboratory assistant","authors":"S. Yost, G. W. Crawford","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187440","url":null,"abstract":"The authors chronicle the development of a software tool that uses hypermedia techniques to enhance the educational experience in undergraduate electrical and electronic circuits laboratory courses. The Hypermedia Laboratory Assistant addresses the described pedagogical problem by allowing the student to query a database that contains the text and graphics pertinent to electrical engineering laboratory procedure. If this database contains the appropriate information, and if it allows the student to explore it in the manner most consistent with her/his learning style, it will reduce both student down-time and instructor pressure. A description of a plan for continued development and implementation is also presented.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"588 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134322573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The University Manufacturing Technology Center support for programs and industry","authors":"M. D. Pardue","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187526","url":null,"abstract":"The author discusses the University Manufacturing Technology Center (UMTC) and how it can provide support for academic programs in engineering and engineering technology, as well as support for local manufacturing industry. It is suggested that the best means for providing that support is through the concept of a 'full-service' UMTC. The services that should make up this type of UMTC are discussed in addition to methods for delivery of the services. Finally, the rationale for providing the services and the benefits to be derived by the university and industry are discussed.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"58 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114048320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Networked circuits/electronics laboratories","authors":"L. Nagurney","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187506","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes the implementation of networked computers and computer-aided data acquisition in circuits and electronics laboratories. He describes the modification of current experiments and the development of new experiments for use with computer-aided data acquisition. He discusses the problems that occur when implementing such a laboratory.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115176238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bringing realism to the classroom: an experimental design project for a lecture setting","authors":"R. Barnett","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187568","url":null,"abstract":"A 'project' is described in which students are involved in a design project within a lecture setting. The 'project' is used to emphasize real-world applications in a microprocessor class stressing hardware and software integration. It amounts to completing a project design in three lecture periods which is not pre-planned in any way. Students are given the opportunity to choose the project and then to participate by contributing to the design as it progresses. Allowing the student input to the project eliminates pre-planning and tends to increase student motivation. Students contribute to the project, making it more realistic and allowing them to develop a feel for the methods and problems associated with project development.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114744738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing graduate education for today's practicing engineers","authors":"P.H. Swain, E. Alef","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187487","url":null,"abstract":"The authors detail how the Purdue off-campus engineering Master's degree program and the GM Technical Education Program function synergistically to maximize the benefits to all concerned-student, employer, and university. In March 1986, Purdue University and General Motors Corporation formally agreed to offer Purdue's Master of Science in Engineering degree through the GM Technical Education Program at the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. This development was a keystone event in the evolution of what has become a model program for addressing the graduate education and professional development needs of industry and its engineers.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121067359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Video recording laboratory experiments for open laboratory environments","authors":"T.E. Kostek","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187528","url":null,"abstract":"In a 400-level CIMT (computer-integrated manufacturing technology) class entitled Manufacturing Applications of Sensor Technology, a series of laboratory assignments has been developed to teach PLC (programmable logic controller)-based and PC-based data acquisition, as well as how sensors play a vital role in CIM environments. Student feedback suggested that laboratory assignments would require less time and the students would learn the material better if they could be given a 'live' demonstration of the assignment before they started working on it. This was not feasible due to time constraints. The solution was to video-tape the demonstration using a standard camcorder and enable the students to watch the demonstration (at their own convenience) using a television and a video cassette recorder (VCR) which resided in the laboratory. It was generally found that the video tapes gave the students more insight into the assignments and decreased the amount of time it took the students to complete the assignments.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125740234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building on the familiar to teach information science skills","authors":"J. Poland","doi":"10.1109/FIE.1991.187493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.1991.187493","url":null,"abstract":"It is pointed out that engineering information consists of more than the formal literature. By building on the information sources that are most frequently used by practicing engineers, librarians and faculty can provide a base for information literacy. It is further pointed out that, by incorporating a variety of formats in the development of this base, students can learn basic principles that apply to all formats they will encounter in their careers.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":414138,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128020702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}