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Proceedings from the 2005 Advancing Innovations Conference

Keynote Speaker

Creative Quotient: Currency of the Future

 

Dr. Uma Gupta, President, The State University of New York
College of Technology at Alfred

Session 1: The Next Frontiers, Programs in Emerging Technologies

An Emerging Education Program for Microsystems Technologists

 

Matthias Pleil, Instructor, Division of Applied Technologies, Principal Investigator, Southwest Center for Microsystems Education and L.A. West (SCME)


Penn State's NSF National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network

 

Paul Hallacher, Penn State University


Engaging Engineering Technology Students in Heat Stress Related Research: Medical Device Design and Development

 

Michael Whitt & Rodney Handy, Purdue University

For a summary of Roundtable Discussions on Session 1, click here.

Session 2: Innovations in Curriculum, Methodology, and Pedagogy

Assessing the Quality of Blended Learning Courses

 

Paul J. Giguere, Senior Associate,
Education Development Center, Inc


Engaging Teachers and Students in Problem Based Simulation Activities

 

John Irwin, Mott Community College


Integrating Marketing and Entrepreneurship with Industrial Design

 

Kenneth Phillips, Metropolitan State College of Denver

For a summary of Roundtable Discussions on Session 2, click here.

Session 3: Strategies in Recruitment and Retention

Encouraging Students by Making the Links

 

Celeste Baine, Director, Engineering Education Service Center


Recruiting Students Into Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Technology: A Three Part Approach

 

Tom Carlisle & Charlie Winarchick, Sinclair Community College


Improving Accessibility to 2 + 2 BS Degrees to Technology Students

 

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons & Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge


Advancing Innovations in Engineering Technology Education

 

Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

For a summary of Roundtable Discussions on Session 3, click here.


 
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