K-STATE AT SALINA DELEGATION MAKES IMPRESSION AT CONFERENCE

October 14 , 2004

SALINA -Kansas State University at Salina made an impression for the second year in a row at the recent American Society for Engineering Education Midwest section conference at Pittsburg State University, Sept. 30-Oct. 1.

With nearly a dozen faculty members and administrators in attendance, the college was again recognized for the most "person-miles" traveled of any school in attendance. Eleven of the 34 papers presented at the conference were authored or co-authored by K-State at Salina faculty members.

“For a smaller campus, I’m proud that our college was rewarded again for having such a large number of participants,” said Dennis Kuhlman, college dean.

Adding to the recognition, “Experiences in Developing a Web-based Assessment System” was presented by Troy Harding, assistant professor of computer systems technology, receiving an honorable mention.

The following papers also were presented by K-State at Salina faculty:

Scott Shepard presented “A Seven-Point Paradigm for Motivation within Undergraduate Research and Laboratory Projects.”

Pat Ackerman, Kathy Brockway, Raju Dandu, Pedro Leite, Jung Oh and Jimmy Splichal co-presented “Tapping into the Power of the ‘Community Classroom.’”

Beverlee Kissick, Alysia Starkey, Judith Collins and Oh co-presented “Information Literacy Teams: Bridging the Fluency Divide.”

Ken Barnard, Fred Guzek, Gail Simmonds, Collins, Leite and Oh co-presented “Collaborative Scholarship – A Success Story.”

Saeed Kahn and Kissick co-presented “The Design of a Knowledge-Based Survey Scheme for Quantifying and Propagating Diversity Skills in Science and Technology.”

Oh presented “Connection Learning with Students’ Interest and Daily Lives: It is My Project.”

Leite and colleagues presented “Business Projects and Authentic Learning.”

Julia Morse and Oh presented “To Receive Full Credit, You Must Show Your Work: Documenting Teaching Excellence.”

Dandu and colleague presented “A Process Model for Establishing Engineering Technology Programs at Technical Colleges.”

Thomas Mertz presented “Experiences Using Team Projects in a Freshman Database Course.”

From the aviation department: Splichal. From the arts, sciences and business department: Ackerman, Brockway, Collins and Oh. From the engineering technology department: Dandu, Harding, Khan, Mertz, Morse, Shepard. From the library: Kissick and Starkey.

 

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