Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Cheryl Bluestone, Queensborough Community College; Amy Bieber, Queensborough Community College; James Valentino, Queensborough Community College; Patrick Wallach, Queensborough Community College; Joseph Goldenberg, Queensborough Community College; Clara Wajngurt, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-518: QCC TECHASCEND: NSF-SPONSORED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMAIMED AT POTENTIAL TECHNICIANSDon Engelberg, Queensborough Community College Principal Investigator Dr. Don Engelberg holds a B. S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and M. A. and Ph. D. degrees in physics from Columbia University. In addition to coordinating the entire TechASCEND project, he served as instructor for the fiber optics unit. Dr. Engelberg has served as P. I. for two previous NSF grants related to fiber optic telecommunications. In addition to his publications related to physics education, he has published on nuclear and particle physics and the history of physics. He has also directed grants under the

Conference Session

Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Dennis Coon, University of Wyoming; Paul Crips, Laramie Middle School; John Pierre, University of Wyoming

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

first laboratory exercise. This figure isprovided to emphasize the standalone nature of the kit. On the left hand side of the protoboard isa 5 VDC power supply provided by the 9 VDC battery and the 5 VDC regulator. An LED is alsoprovided at the output of the regulator to serve as a power supply pilot light (on) indicator. Thefour single pole, single throw switches mounted in a common DIP package provide thecapability to insert logic one and logic zero test signals into the circuit under test. The 7404 hexinverter is part of the four channel LED indicator circuit. The LEDs act as a four-channel logicprobe to provide a visual indication of the circuit’s logic output(s). This circuit is actuallyconstructed on to breadboard snapped together. The

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

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Minorities in Engineering

), and other minority institutions (OMIs).Among the MIs, the enrollment of underrepresented minority groups (single or combined) mustexceed 50% of the total student enrollment in OMIs, at least 25% student enrollment is Hispanicand 50% or more of the Hispanic students are low-income individuals for HSIs, and 50% ormore of student enrollment is American Indians for TCUs. A list of minority institutions ispublished by the U. S. Department of Education [1].The NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Program (NAFP) [2] provides professional developmentopportunities for both NASA scientists and STEM faculty of minority institutions. Each year,the program awards up to six NASA scientists to teach or enhance curricula at minorityinstitutions, and up to six

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; David Wormley, Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods

coalitions in the early 1990’s, the NationalScience Foundation, ARPA, and other government agencies as well as private foundations havemade substantial investments to improve engineering curricula, teaching and learning practices,and the ‘pipeline’ from K-12 into engineering. In 2001, Bjorklund and Colbeck1 reported theresults of their interviews with 27 leaders of engineering colleges and professional organizationsin which they discussed change that had taken place over ten years since the founding of the firstcoalitions. The participants were asked what they believed were the two most significantchanges over that decade. Greater exposure to design and emphasis on effective teaching werementioned by ten of the 27 participants, followed closely by

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

project include the evaluation and revision of features through studentassessment and the addition of other experiments and simulations.References[1] Gillet, D., Latchman, H. A., and Salzmann, C., (2001), “Hands-on Laboratory Experiments in Flexible and Distance Learning”, Journal of Engineering Education, April, pp. 187-191.[2] Gillet, D., Geoffroy, F., Zeramdini, K., Nguyen, A. V., Rekik, Y., and Piguet, Y., (2003), “The Cockpit: An Effective Metaphor for Web-based Experimentation in Engineering Education”, Int. J. Engng. Ed., Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 389-397.[3] Nguyen, A. V., Gillet, D., Rekik, Y. and Sire, S., (2004), “Sustaining the Continuity of Interaction in Web- based Experimentation for Engineering Education”, Proceedings of

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

or both) field(s) at the sametime. Serial presentation of information that needs to be integrated means that either thechunks of information need to be rehearsed and held in short term memory until the otherinformation is available or integrated and then retrieved from long term memory.However, this information may not be readily accessible from long term memory if the Page 11.1369.5learner cannot relate it back to the concept being learned. Similar to serial presentation ofinformation, if the material is spread out in the visual field, effort is needed to search outand fixate on the different pieces of information sequentially.3. Coordinate

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Carlisle, Sinclair Community College; Charles Winarchick, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

the results of our instructional efforts on a more consistent basis. Page 11.1370.9 Appendix A WAGONS - R - US PART AND ASSEMBLY NUMBERING SYSTEM GENERAL NUMBER FORMATX - YYY - ###The X, is used to identify the general type of item being described. The items and theirdescriptions are: P = Individual Part S = Sub Assembly F = Final AssemblyPart Number FormatX - YYY - ###The first Y, is used to identify the general type of part being described. The parts andtheir descriptions are: P = Flat Panels R = Rods

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

by groupwork: establishing job assignments, a communication plan, a time line, etc. And finally, studentsestablish a pattern of individual and group work in the context of realistic and productiveproblem-solving. This approach, according to Felder, “lead[s] to increased motivation to learn,greater retention of knowledge, deeper understanding, and more positive attitudes toward thesubject being taught.”10 Students are engaged in critical thinking. This is not a new idea inpedagogical practice. In 1956, Benjamin Bloom developed a classification of levels ofintellectual behavior important in learning. He identified six levels within the cognitive domain,from the simple recall or recognition of facts, at the lowest level, through increasingly

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Mechanical Engineering

through the curriculumat varying speeds, and not all of the students in the post requisite course had the sameprerequisite experience, so their value as a timely assessment of a given course was diluted.Finally, the WebCT interface is not optimal for department assessment due to ongoing designand administrative issues. On-line administration also necessitates an open-book format, againimpeding faculty buy-in.BackgroundForce Concept Inventory (FCI)During the mid-1980’s it was recognized by the physics community that students were leavingNewtonian physics courses with the ability to solve quantitative exercises, but often not theability to answer a simple qualitative question regarding the underlying concept. This suggestedthat students were

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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First-Year Programs

practices”.When students of the former Mechanical Engineering program (degree: Diplom) at Page 11.701.2Technische Universität Darmstadt evaluated their department in 1997 they also criticizedsimilar aspects of their study program4. Faculty members used this opportunity to makechanges in their curriculum. This was also motivated by demands from industry5, and byrecent recommendations in the European Bologna Process.6 Since the fall of 2000, students atthe Technische Universität Darmstadt have been able to enroll in reformed “Bachelor´s andMaster´s programs” (degrees: Bachelor and Master of Science).The European Bologna ProcessIn 1999 Germany and 38

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kain Osterholt, Belcan Corp.; Adam Vaccari, Caterpillar Incorporated; Joe Faivre, Caterpillar Incorporated; Gary Dempsey, Bradley University

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Electrical and Computer

from 1993-2005 hasbeen maintained and will be useful in assessing future improvements due to the virtualworkstation.The issue of requiring the students to use the virtual workstation in our laboratory has beenaddressed. The SimMechanics model can be compiled into stand-alone code that can be used onany computer that has MATLAB and Simulink. For our system, the Real-Time Workshop wasused to convert the SimMechanics subsystem model into a S-Function block 18. The S-Functionis a computer language description of the subsystem (m-file, C-language, etc.) The S-Functionblock for the mechanical system can be used without the SimMechanics package. An additionalbenefit of the stand-alone code is a significantly decreased simulation time of the overall

Conference Session

Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

World War II engineering instruction included ahealthy amount of laboratory or fieldwork to balance theory. Students were taught not only how Page 11.113.2to design a product but how to build it from scratch. The publication of the Grinter Report1 in1955 marked a shift to the theoretical side of engineering. Due to a combination of issueslaboratories started to become prohibitively expensive during the 70’s and were further scaledback2. In the 80’s the pendulum swung back as the, then new, conventional ABET accreditationcriteria recognized the importance of laboratory techniques with set accreditation requirements.Recent years, however; have seen

Conference Session

Computing Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Price, DeVry University-Pomona

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Information Systems

have examined the influence of cognitivestyles in hypermedia environments. Ford and Chen 18 investigated the relationship betweenmatching and mismatching instructional presentation with students’ cognitive style. Significantdifferences in performance were noted on a multiple test of conceptual knowledge betweenmatched and mismatched test subjects. Parkinson and Redmond 22 examined the impact ofcognitive style on learning performance within three different computer media: text, CD-ROM,and Internet site. They concluded that learning performance was enhanced when cognitive stylewas considered. Pask 7, in a series of experiments conducted in the 1970’s, found dramaticeffects in terms of learning effectiveness when complex academic subject matter

Conference Session

Using Teams, Seminars & Research Opportunities for Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

De'Jeune Antoine, Xavier University of Louisiana; Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

2006-1389: THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AS IT RELATESTO RESEARCH EFFICACY BELIEFS AND THE IMPOSTER PHENOMENONDe'Jeune Antoine, Xavier University of Louisiana De'Jeune S. Antoine is a dual-degree Physics and Biomedical Engineering major. She actively participates in several clubs and organizations, including National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and youth mentoring. De'Jeune's research interests include cardiovascular instrumentation and engineering education.Mica Hutchison, Purdue University Mica A. Hutchison is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department Engineering Education and the Department of Chemistry with research interests focused on engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; Shreepud Rauniar, Drexel University; Horacio Sosa, Drexel University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

equipment.References1. SME Manufacturing Engineering – Automation Technology: Robotic AutomationCan Cut Costs, pp. 65 - 72, December 2005.2. SME Manufacturing Engineering – Tomorrow’s Factory: Manufacturing IndustryTakes First Steps Toward Implementing Collaborative E-Manufacturing Systems, pp. 43-60, Nov. 2001.3. SME – Machine tools begin connecting to the Internet Manufacturing, 9/2001.4. Koc, M., Ni, J. and Lee, J., “Introduction of e-manufacturing,” Proceedings of theInternational Conference on Frontiers on Design and Manufacturing, Dalian, China, July2002.5. Lee, J., 2003, “E-manufacturing—fundamental, tools, and transformation,” Roboticsand Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 19, Issue 6, pp. 501-507.6. Ahn, S. H., Bharadwaj, B., Khalid, H., Liou

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, Grand Valley State University; Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

C d E? ?E / 0 ln 8 nF n F ÄÅ PAa,n PBb,n ÕÖwhere E0 is the ideal or reversible voltage, which plays an important role in defining fuel cellperformance and is explored below for a few reactions. / FG 0 / (cgC0 - dg D0 / ag A0 / bg B0 ) E0 ? ? 9 nF nFFor a simple reaction of hydrogen and oxygen the ideal voltage can be calculated: Page 11.492.7 H2 + ½ O2 s H2O / FG 0 / (1 © g H 2 O / 1 © g H

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Shawn Schumacher, DeVry University; Lynn Burks, DeVry University

2006-2154: EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING: PREDICTING STUDENTLEARNING AND SUCCESS FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN CONTEXTOF FACULTY AND STUDENT TRAITSAhmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison Dr. Ahmed S. Khan is a senior Professor in the EET dept. at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. He received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optics Communications, faculty development, and outcomes assessment, and, Internet and distance education. He is author of “The Telecommunications Fact Book

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

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Electrical and Computer

Page 11.1329.6engaged in active learning exercises. The clinic experiences engage students early on inthe higher order and integrative thinking that we hope they have experienced in theirundergraduate education. Table 1 below highlights some of the key clinic and/or projectbased ECE/EE curricula described in the literature and on the college websites. Table 1 -Engineering Clinic or Project-Based Modules in EE/ECE CurriculaCollege/University[Ref] Number Credits Course Name / Year(s) OfferedDegree(s) granted – credits of Courses % of total for the Degree(s) RequirementsDrexel University [9,11] ~6 20 Engineering Design Lab [12 cr - Freshman]BSEE, BSCE – 181 Credits (11

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Heidi Newell, Rowan University; James Newell, Rowan University

specific learning processes that yield externalized performance. Other measures of personality, multiple intelligences, or learning styles provide information about the learner and then leave the learner informed but unequipped to use the information. [The LCI] not only provides the learner with the means to articulate who s/he is as a learner, but then provides the strategies (metawareness) for the learner to use these learning tactics with intention.13The LCI survey is composed of 28 Likert scale items—descriptive statements followed by a five-point set of responses—and three questions requesting written responses. The 28 questions arescored according to the patterns they illustrate, and from these scores the LCI profile

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Mernet Larson, University of South Florida; Jack Heller, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

signification processes are often exclusively aimed at the sense ofvision. Thus the movement to representational signs is often synonymous with the removal ordenying of non-vision sensory experiences. Our signs and symbols usually produce visualstimuli, not acoustic, tactile, taste, or smell stimuli. In the spirit of the Good Will Hunting quote,imagine studying a diagram of a guitar and proceeding to claim detailed knowledge of a “guitar”without ever having played or listened to one. Imagine studying a recipe for a particular dishand then claiming to have an appreciation for the culinary aspects without ever experiencing theactual eating experience. Without a basis of direct knowledge of the real or representedobject(s), one might perhaps be able to

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College; Ronald DeMara, University of Central Florida; Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, University of Central Florida; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Ingrid Russell; Jimmy Secretan, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

, M. “Putting the utility of match-tracking in Fuzzy ARTMAP to thetest,” In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information (KES),London, England, 20032. Anagnostopoulos, G. C., Georgiopoulos, M., Ports, K., Richie, S., Cardinale, N., White, M., Kepuska, V., Chan,P.K., Wu, A., Kysilka, M., “Project EMD-MLR: Educational Materials Development and Research in MachineLearning for Undergraduate students,” Proceedings of the ASEE 2005 Annual Conference and Exposition, Session3232, Capstone & Educational Resource Developments, June 12-15, Portland, Oregon, 2005.3. Castro, J., Secretan, J.(*), Georgiopoulos, M., DeMara, R. F., Anagnostopoulos, G., and Gonzalez, A., “Pipeliningof Fuzzy ARTMAP (FAM

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University; Craig Malquist, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Technology

the next few years and embedded systemcourses and programs will be best served by incorporating this into the curriculum.Bibliography1. Acharya, A., Misra, A., Bansal, S. (2004). Design and analysis of a cooperative medium access schemefor wireless mesh networks. Proceedings. First International Conference on Broadband Networks, 2004,621-631.2. Bruno, Raffaele., Conti, Marco., and Gregori, Enrico, (2005) Mesh Networks: Commodity Multihop Ad HocNetworks IEEE Communications Magazine, March 2005, pp 123-1313. Chatzigiannakis, I., Nikoletseas, S. (2003). A sleep-awake protocol for information propagation in smart dustnetworks. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, 2003, p. unknown.4. Chong, Chee-Yee, and Kumar

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

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Council of Sections

ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teaching Award (2004), and both the CECS Excellence in Service (2004) and Excellence in Teaching (2002) awards at Wright State University.Richard Mercer, Wright State University RICHARD E. MERCER is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington in 1980. Professor Mercer is active in curriculum reform, and has led an NSF supported effort to integrate Mathematica laboratory sessions into the freshman calculus sequence at Wright State University.Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University KULDIP S. RATTAN is a Professor in the

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Lee Hansen; Jorge Vanegas, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

] WCED – World Commission on Environment and Development (1987). Our Common Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press[2] Liverman, D.M., Hanson, M.E., Brown, B.J., and Merideth, R.W., Jr. (1988). "Global Sustainability: Toward Measurement." Environmental Management, 12(2), 133-143[3] Carpenter, S., and Vanegas, J. (1998) “Towards Sustainable Civil Infrastructure Systems,” Proceedings of the Sustainable Technology and Complex Ecological and Social Systems Conference, of the forty– second Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia[4] Pearce, Annie R. and Vanegas, Jorge A. (2002a). “A parametric review of the built environment sustainability literature,” International

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Green, LeTourneau University; Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Carolyn Conner Seepersad; Kathy Schmidt; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

contextual questions to be answered 3. Gather customer needs and factor values 3.1. Gather customer needs 3.2. Gather factor values 4. Aggregate customer needs into weighted list 5. Aggregate factor values into context scenario(s) Page 11.403.10 Figure 2: Contextual Needs Assessment Methodology Table 5: Context Factor Identification Techniques ‚ Use context factor checklists, such as the template provided (Appendix A) ‚ Translate customer needs and product reviews into factors

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Lin, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

; K is stress concentration factor; M is the bending moment;C is the distance from the neutral axis of the link section to its outer surface; I is themoment of inertia for the link section.When using the maximum normal stress theory in this design, σ b can be determined fromthe following equation:5,6 S ysσb = (5) Fswhere S ys is tensile yield strength of the material and Fs is the factor of safety. In thisapplication, an AISI 1040 steel with 90,000 psi in tensile strength was selected. AssumingFs =1.5, the allowable working bending stress σ b is found as 60,000 psi. Also fromstress-concentration-factor tables, K can be found as 1.85,6.From the

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Snider, University of South Florida

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Liberal Education

Variation inPainting Arts," Pattern Recognition Letters 24 (2003) 1737-1749.4. Lyu, S., D. Rockmore and H. Farid, "A Digital Technique for Art Authentication," Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. v. 101#49, Dec. 7, 2004.5. Shachtman, N., "Software Detects the True Artist", NY Times Nov. 22, 2004.6. Falk, D.R., D. R. Brill, and D. G. Stork, Seeing the Light : Optics in Nature, Photography, Color, Vision, andHolography, Wiley NY - 1985 - ISBN: 0471603856.7. Waldman, G., Introduction to Light: the Physics of Light, Vision, and Color, Dover Publications, New York -2002 - ISBN: 0-486-42118-X8. Perkowitz, S., Empire of Light, 1998, Joseph Henry Press, Washington DC.9. http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts

Conference Session

Energy Laboratory Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Foust, Nicholls State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Ther-mal Energy Conversion (OTEC), which, among other things, is the transformationof the huge sources of thermal energy trapped in oceans into electrical energy. Theenergy mechatronics laboratory will ask broad questions about the performance ofparticular OTEC plants, the required infrastructure for this technology, the eco-nomic environment needed to make this technology viable, and the use of OTECfor hydrogen generation. OTEC is an area that was an emerging alternative energy source in the 1970’s,but research petered out as a result of the price for oil dropping by 1980. But now,with the price of oil surging, a renewal of interest in OTEC has begun [2, 3, 4].Much of the research emphasis is occurring outside of the U.S. But what is

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Neuman, Queensborough Community College; David Lieberman, Queensborough Community College; Don Engelberg, Queensborough Community College; Alex Flamholz, Queensborough Community College; Paul Marchese, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, Queensborough Community College

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Instrumentation

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition11. T. F. Schubert, Jr., S. M. Ford, D. M. Tawy, and S. D. Alsaialy, “A LabVIEW interface for transistor parameteranalysis: an opportunity to explore the utility of computer interfaces”, Proceedings of the 2004 American Society forEngineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition12. J. D. Wagoner and N. F. Macia, “Automatic liquid level controller using a LabVIEW based PC “,Proceedings ofthe 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition13. G. Javidi, J. White and E. Sheybani, “Virtual lab in engineering curriculum”, Proceedings of the 2005 AmericanSociety for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition14. D. H. Lieberman and T. D. Cheung

Conference Session

Design in the BME Curriculum and ABET Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John Denis Enderle, University of Connecticut; Amy Lerner, University of Rochester; Samantha Jacques; Peter Katona, The Whitaker Foundation

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Biomedical

., Design in BME: Challenges, Issues and Opportunities, http://www.whitaker.org/academic/designbme.pdf6. Lutchen, Kenneth R., Katona, Peter, Lerner, Amy, Skalak, Tom, Report From Ad Hoc Committee on: Balance Between Design and Research Relative to Abet, BMES, 8401 Corporate Dr., Suite 140, Landover, MD7. Eggert, Rudolph J., “Engineering Design,” Pearson Education Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2005.8. Hyman, Barry, “Fundamentals of Engineering Design,” 2nd edition, Pearson Education Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003.9. Blanchard, Benjamin S., Fabrycky, Wolter J., “Systems Engineering and Analysis,” 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1998.10. King, Paul H., Fries, Richard C., “Design of Biomedical Devices and