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Documenting Success

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2005 Annual Conference

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Patricia White; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

STARs contributeto our overall outcome assessment plan.IntroductionCareer interviews for engineering students are evolving from interrogation sessions to structuredconversations. This evolution is facilitated by the proliferation of information technology thathas automated many of the previously manual tasks such as reviewing resumes and schedulinginterviews. This frees recruiters to spend more time networking and building relationships withjob candidates.1 The real impetus for this evolution is the realization that past behavior is thebest predictor of future performance.2 And after all, future performance is what any intervieweris trying to ascertain.This type of structured conversation, commonly referred to as Behavioral Based Interviewing

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Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Wierman; Lawrence Aronhime

in the private and public sectors.”12 The Carey Program is now part of the Centerfor Leadership Education (CLE), housed within the university’s Whiting School of Engineering(WSE). The CLE offers a traditional mix of educational programs, including 1. a wide variety of business courses, many using a case approach and requiring sophisticated final projects 2. the Marshall Salant Student Investment Program, which manages a portfolio donated by an alumnus of the same name 3. an annual business plan competition 4. sponsored internships 5. support for campus business and entrepreneurship clubsIn one course, Technology Commercialization, student teams work with the technology transferoffices of the university

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Mathematics Curriculum in Transition

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2005 Annual Conference

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John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

1985-1989 1990-1994 1995-1999 2000-2004 Pending 1984 Figure 1. Markov Chain Patents and ApplicationsNote that the research interest in Markov Chains is not decreasing; it is increasing exponentially!Educators must keep up with the trend.2.2. Importance in ABET AccreditationTeaching Markov Chains in M&S follows the guidelines specified by the Accreditation BoardEngineering Technology (ABET). In the ABET 2004-2005 criteria for “AccreditingEngineering Programs,” the “Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, and Similarly NamedEngineering Programs” section states in “Criterion 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment”specifically that “Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: (a

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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Robi Polikar; Maria Tahamont; Ravi Ramachandran; Linda Head

fields in the US, not only due to its significant impact in the healthcare industry, but also dueto its influence on other engineering and technology industries. U.S. Dept. of Labor estimatesthat the job market for biomedical engineers will increase by 26.1%, faster than the average of alloccupations, through 2012. This is almost double the overall job growth rate of 15.2% and al-most three times the overall growth rate of 9.4% for all engineering jobs1,2. According to 2002figures, there are about 7,600 biomedical engineering jobs in the United States, which is ex-pected to exceed 10,000 by 20121,2. However, BME education, more specifically, the seats avail-able for BME undergraduate education, has not kept pace with this rapid growth and

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Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

, S.G., "Freshman Design in Chemical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology," Chemical Engineering Education. 38(3), 222-227, 2004.[6] Farrell, S., R.P. Hesketh, J.A. Newell, and C.S. Slater, "Introducing Freshman to Reverse Process Engineering & Design Through Investigation of the Brewing Process," International Journal of Engineering Education, 17(3), 588-592, 2001.[7] Farrel, S., M.J. Savelski, and R.P. Hesketh, "Energy Balances on the Human Body: A Hands-On Exploration of Heat, Work, and Power," Chemical Engineering Education. 39(1), 30-37, 2005.[8] Farrel, S., R.P. Hesketh, and M.J. Savelski, "A Respiration Experiment to Introduce Chemical Engineering Principles," Chemical Engineering

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Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Gregory Dick

, coding, testing and documentation.The problem-solving facet of the course focused on data analysis and numerical methods.This introductory course has evolved along with the evolving computing environment.As the C language gained in popularity, the language of instruction was changed fromFORTRAN to C; the problem solving focus of the course, however, remained. Since theorigin of the course nearly thirty years ago, the emergence of a plethora of applicationprograms, e.g., P-Spice, MATLAB / SimuLink, Excel, ETAP, SKM Analysis PowerTools and others, has reduced the need for Electrical Engineering Technology Students todesign and implement such application specific computer codes. Their need is to usethese tools to solve engineering problems. The

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Innovative Teaching Techniques

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2005 Annual Conference

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Eric Hamilton; Gregor Novak; Evelyn Patterson; Brian Self

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationThe JiTT Digital Library, JiTTDL, is being developed with support from an NSF grant. Byaccumulating resources from JiTT users, this library will help JiTT practitioners do thefollowing: create web material such as WarmUps and Puzzles, anticipate student responses, planthe lesson and classroom activities, deal with technology issues, and assess the effectiveness ofJiTT. The website is currently under development, but progress can be tracked atwww.jittdl.org.A tutorial on creating your web contact can be found at www.jittweb.org, and other resourceswill be posted on the web pages noted above. This will greatly

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Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

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2005 Annual Conference

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Richard Vaz

Reflections on Fifteen Years of Service-Learning Projects in Thailand Richard Vaz Worcester Polytechnic Institute.I. IntroductionWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) provides international experiences for over 50% of itsengineering students, more than any other US-based university. As part of its internationalofferings, WPI has since 1989 been sending mixed teams of engineering, science, andmanagement students to Bangkok to complete 8-week interdisciplinary projects. These projectsconnect science or technology to social issues and human need, and have been sponsored by Thainonprofit organizations, government agencies

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A through K and Beyond

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2005 Annual Conference

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Matthew Dettman

Engineering students demonstrate development of habitsassociated with life long learning.Outcome 9 (Professionalism / Ethics) - Civil Engineering students show common characteristicsof professionalism and knowledge of ethical behavior.Outcome 10 (Engineering Tools) - Civil Engineering students can effectively use state of thepractice civil engineering technical tools.With the outcomes developed, the task of developing an assessment process began with theworkshops presented by Dr. Miller and Dr. Olds. During the workshops, they presented generalmethods for the collection and assessment of outcomes using both direct and indirect methods 1,2.In addition, the document developed by the Rose Hulman Institute of Technology was also usedduring the process3

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Information Integration

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2005 Annual Conference

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Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

into the IScurriculum, section 6 is a case study, and section 7 is the conclusion.2. ABET Requirement for AccreditationABET is an organization that accredits programs in engineering and technology. ABET hasbecome the main program accreditation body in the US and currently in a number of othercountries. ABET provide general requirement for the IS curriculum, these are: • The curriculum must include at least 30 semester-hours of study in information systems topics. • The curriculum must contain at least 15 semester-hours of study in information systems environment, such as business. • The curriculum must include at least 9 semester-hours of study in quantitative analysis. • The curriculum must include at

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Workshop, Program, and Toolkit Results

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2005 Annual Conference

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David Devine

Session 2745 ExCEEd Impact on a New Professor David P. Devine Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present quantitative information and qualitative remarks regarding the impact of the ExCEEd Teaching Workshop (ETW) on an assistant professor of civil engineering technology at a regional campus of a large state university system in the Midwest. The participant attended the ETW during the summer between the first and second years of a tenure eligible appointment. Features of the ETW were adapted to the participant ’s teaching immediately

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BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tilo Winkler; Rudolph Mitchel; Jose Venegas

of Health Sciences & Technology (VaNTH) [1] to develop new educational stylesand to introduce them in teaching bioengineering to undergraduate and graduate students. Themain thrust of the project is based on concepts presented by the NSF publication How PeopleLearn (HPL) [2]. The concept is to challenge the students with a set of realistic problems and Page 10.332.1give them a high level of freedom on the methods chosen by them for solving them. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationAs

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Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

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2005 Annual Conference

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Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

., Koenig, K., Hannigan, T., “Keeping Students Engaged: An Overview of Three IntroductoryCourses in Aerospace Engineering”, Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville,TN, June 2003.5. Hannigan, T., Koenig, K., Austin, V., Okoro, E., “Shelving the Hardware: Developing Virtual LaboratoryExperiments”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR, June 2005.6. WebCT – web based classroom technology, http://www.webct.com7. Hannigan, T., Koenig, K., Gassaway, B., Austin, V., “Revision and Translation of Existing Programs as a Toolfor Teaching Computer Data Acquisition and Control Systems Design and Implementation”, Proceedings of the2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake

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Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

faced --providing students with workplace experiences. IVCC is located in a rural and primarilyagricultural district in north central Illinois. As a result of a limited industrial base, a limitednumber of engineering and technology jobs are available in the district, posing problems forstudents seeking internships and for the college seeking industry partnerships. Technical jobs,however, are readily available just outside of the college district; Chicago, Rockford andPeoria are all within 60 to 100 miles of the IVCC campus. By providing simulated world ofwork experience on the campus, MIMIC provided a solution to the technical programs'dilemma.In the first ten years of the MIMIC project, the entire process was completed in one semester

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Yasuhisa Komura; Tien-I Liu; Stefan Setiadharma; Akihiko Kumagai

Development of an Automated Liquid Handling System for Science Lab Automation Akihiko Kumagai, Tien-I Liu, Stefan Setiadharma, Yasuhisa Komura Department of Mechanical Engineering California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, CA 95819-6031AbstractIn recent years, various automation technologies developed in engineering fields have beengaining attention from scientists and researchers to improve productivity, accuracy and quality ofwork in their science labs. This paper presents a unique case study of a private companysponsored project to develop a prototype of an automated liquid handling system

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ken Wild; Constance Holden; Karen Horton

requirements. The interdisciplinary service learning team was able todemonstrate the feasibility of the virtual preservation concept. The project resulted in benefitsfor the students, the faculty members, and the institutions. One student summarized herexperience: “There were no textbooks or directions telling us what to do, what to measure,where to store our information or how to analyze it….The greatest part of this project: knowingwe’re making a difference.”1IntroductionA brief phone conversation between Karen Horton and Ken Wild in July 2003 started twelvestudents and two faculty members at the University of Maine (UM) on an enviable servicelearning odyssey. Horton is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology(MET) at UM. Wild is

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Capstone/Design Projects: Mechanical ET

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2005 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson; Carlos Oncina

). We found thatSEOIs represent immediate behavioral responses not adequately tied to the ABET outcomes inquestion.Results/DiscussionThe MET program outcomes identify items that are uniquely met through the capstone course.These items are stated in the syllabus with their respective assessment means.Student learning OutcomesThe student is expected to show their ability to: apply engineering analysis to project conception,definition, development and management. Use their mechanical engineering technology skills,through the design, construction, and evaluation of their project. Communicate their progressand achievements through meetings, reports, and presentations.Course Work Breakdown StructureThe main deliverable of the 1st quarter’s effort is

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Multidisciplinary Design

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2005 Annual Conference

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Meredith Aronson; Reid Bailey

students whilereducing the net workload on faculty.REFERENCES1. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (2002). Criteria of Accrediting Page 10.785.14 Engineering Programs. Baltimore, Maryland: ABET.Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &ExpositionCopyright

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Tom Eppes; Peter Schuyler

Novel Distance Laboratory LabVIEW Control Panel Tanuj Oruganti, Tom Eppes and Peter Schuyler University of HartfordAbstractThe paper discusses the use of National Instrument’s LabVIEW for distance laboratoryexperiments. LabVIEW is being used in conjunction with a proprietary distance laboratorysystem called ALTE (Automated Laboratory Test Environment). ALTE is used by students inthe Electronic & Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) Department at the University ofHartford to perform experiments over the Internet on a 24/7 basis. The system architectureconsists of a management server that provides access control and archived experimentalprocedures. The

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Controls, Mechatronics

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2005 Annual Conference

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Stephen Pennell; Peter Avitabile; John White

Session 1166AN INTERWOVEN MULTISEMESTER DYNAMIC SYSTEMS PROJECT TO INTEGRATE STEM MATERIAL Dr. Peter Avitabile, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department Dr. Stephen Pennell, Professor, Mathematics Department Dr. John R. White, Professor, Chemical Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Avenue Lowell, Massachusetts USA Peter_Avitabile@uml.eduAbstractStudents generally do not understand how basic STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering

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Design and the Community

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Wronecki; Donivan Potter

, outlined in this paper, sought to integratespecific constraining ergonomic factors, a new broad based industrial form, and adaptable digitalpen technologies to optimize the device’s functionality.The factors, form, and function inherent in the device are discussed in detail below. Page 10.425.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education”The FactorsTo meet the specialized needs of our subject’s physical limitations the coauthors began theiruniversal design process by addressing several specific

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Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

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Glenn Blackwell

the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education” The packaging technology improvements have occurred for both passive devices such asresistors and capacitors as well as for active devices such as integrated circuits. Virtually all ofthe newer component packages are under the umbrella of surface mount technology (SMT),where the components mount on the surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) with noterminations (leads) that require holes in the board. Compared to older through hole technology(THT) components, size reductions are considerable. The passive devices have not changed theirbasic characteristics, only the external

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Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

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2005 Annual Conference

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Lars Håkansson; Ingvar Gustavsson; Henrik Åkesson

analysis that is highly attractive for the industry. Laboratory exercises in, for ex-ample, experimental vibration analysis and signal processing courses, can now be performedremotely using real equipment. Advanced vibration experiments have been conducted overthe Internet at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden; the experiments have been carriedout using experimental hardware located in a small closed laboratory. Exercises are adaptedto on-campus students as well as distance learning engineers in continuing education pro-grams. A new possibility to directly integrate vibration experiments into lectures given byexpert teachers appears and after each lecture the students can repeat and elaborate on the ex-periments. Thus, enabling the students

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Davari; Amir Rezaei

institutes offering a variety of engineeringand engineering technology programs in the State. The Leonard C. Nelson College ofEngineering (LCNCOE) at WVU Tech offers degree programs in chemical, civil, computer,electrical and mechanical engineering, master of science in Control System Engineering as wellas computer science areas. WVU Tech also offers through its Community and TechnicalCollege (CTC) a variety of two and four year engineering technology programs. WVU Tech haschanged significantly over its 106-year history in trying to meet the demands of higher educationin West Virginia. Through a major portion of this period, WVU Tech offered degree programsin engineering, engineering technologies, sciences, business, and health professions. The

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

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2005 Annual Conference

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Ronald Rockland

, Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving, , McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA, 19987. E. Lumsdaine, M. Lumsdaine, J. W. Shelnutt, Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design, McGraw- Hill, Boston, MA, 1999BiographyRonald H. Rockland, received the B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degree from New York University in 1963 and 1967,respectively, and his Ph.D. in bioengineering and electrical engineering from New York University in 1972. He alsoreceived an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN in 1977. He is currently anAssociate Dean of Engineering and Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at NewJersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ. He also has over 20 years of industrial experience in

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Perrin

American Society for Engineering Educations Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References1. R.M. Felder, “The Intellectual Development of Science and Engineering Students. Part 1: Models and Changes,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93(4), 269-277 (Oct 2004).2. B.M. Kroll, Teaching Hearts and Minds: College Students Reflect on the Vietnam War in Literature, Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press (1992).3. D. Vernier, “Data Collection with Computers and Handhelds,” Catalog for Vernier Software & Technology, 2- 5 (2004).4. National Science Education Standards, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC

Conference Session

BME Potpourri

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2005 Annual Conference

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Sarah Henrickson; Heather Gunter; Joseph Bonventre

response to a drug,through qualitative and quantitative analysis of pertinent physiology. Students are giveninformation and prompted to answer questions on which they receive immediate feedback. Bothexercises are delivered using CAPE/elms learning technology that was developed as part of theVaNTH (Vanderbilt University, Northwestern University, University of Texas and HST)Biomedical Engineering Education Research Center (figure 1). One exercise is assigned prior tothe lecture and the other following the lecture.The lecture content is informed by data from student responses collected during the first on-lineexercise. Its goals are to reinforce key material, address points of misunderstanding and presentnew material. The computer simulation is used

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Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

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2005 Annual Conference

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James Houdeshell

Results From the NSF-ATE Distributed-Hybrid Instructional Delivery Project James Jay Houdeshell Quality Engineering Technology Department at Sinclair Community CollegeAbstract The National Center for Manufacturing Education (NCME) in partnership with theQuality Engineering Technology (QET) Department received a NSF-ATE project grant inAugust 2003 to develop and test a hybrid instructional delivery methodology. The design usessmall group activity-based instructional materials developed under previous grants inconjunction with supportive web-based content and learning objects for the individual onlinecomponent. This allows face-to-face

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Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2005 Annual Conference

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Kanti Prasad

promise in detecting suicide bombers. Leaders from M/A-Com emphasized the need for ethics in the industry,citing the case of Tycoelectronics where some practices were less than ethicalbased on questionable accounting procedures. J.P. Lanteri discussed about thevarious RF, micro and millimeter wave technologies and use of semiconductortechnology for public safety, homeland security and other federal agencies. Healso enlisted the steps for a successful engineer and the ways for balancing onesneeds. Peter Ersland talked about semiconductor affecting the industry and thewireless arena. Government leaders emphasized on safety aspects for the society. MikeDinning portrayed the need of acceptable security template to the society. Hetalked

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K-12 Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

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William Jordan; Rosalind Hale; Renee Akbar; Ramona Travis; John Fulwiler

learning, and developed theircompetency to integrate technology into the mathematics and science curricula.NASA personnel and university faculty offered courses that included lesson planning, classroomapplication of problem-based learning, application of mathematics and science content as relatedto real-world problems, and the effective use of technology as a teaching tool. In addition, pre- Page 10.1397.2 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition”Copyright © 2005, United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics andSpace