Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University; David Quick, Rolls-Royce; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce

engineering in US industry. Andtransformative leadership must be undertaken to provide a catalyst for action that transforms USengineering education from the limiting constraints of one-time professional education at theundergraduate level (and singular emphasis on academic scientific research at the graduate level) to morefully develop world-class engineers and technological leaders throughout their professional careers inAmerican industry in order to ensure US innovative capability for global competitiveness.This strategic plan proposes a bold initiative and an exciting new advancement in partneringprofessionally oriented graduate engineering education with the practicing profession in Americanindustry that will stimulate technological innovation

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Management

curriculum.Introduction The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has a unique role in oursociety among institutions of higher learning. Our mission is: “to educate, train and inspire theCorps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to thevalues of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for a career of professional excellence and serviceto the nation as an officer in the United States Army.”1 USMA fulfills this mission throughrigorous military, physical and academic programs. The Dean of Academics (Dean’s) vision isthat the academic program “educates cadets to be Army officers of character who anticipate andrespond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, andeconomic

Conference Session

Topical Public Policy Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Schuhmann, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Pangborn, Pennsylvania State University; Kim Barron, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Engineering Skills and Making Oral Presentations. In Table C, preparation in theseskills is perceived to be higher than importance. Therefore, Table C lists the skills that newgraduates feel they are over prepared in and the importance is relatively low compared to theskills listed in Tables A and B.Two observations can be made from Table C. First, the topic identified by graduates as being themost over-prepared is Using General Education Course Materials (AHS). However, some of theskills that the graduates identified as being under-prepared in Table A are those skills that shouldbe covered in the General Education Courses. Further, they are more likely to gain value fromthese courses as they advance in their careers. The other four skills in Table C

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

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International

1 week 144 203 179 590 345 307 manager program Vocational Role training for 1-4 weeks - 157 78 189 323 101Improvement vocational abilities Educational Vocational training 1-4 weeks 148 167 414 349 542 116 Training teacher program Career counseling program for high school 1 week 407 445 197 204 291 82 teachers Technology educational 1-2 weeks 229 3,303 3,761 3,846 3,664 1,906Technology trainingEducational

Conference Session

Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiasheng Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University

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Aerospace

working in this industry.More and more of them have been working directly for foreign OEMs such as GE, P&H,Boeing, Airbus, and Goodrich , etc. as technological representatives in China. This means ourparadigm has prepare the learners very well for their career path.The language training program, the internship management mechanism, theindustry-university all around cooperation in the students’ training process are definitely keyelements to the successful training program Page 11.195.7

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Education, 2006 Community Building and Identity Development Through Graduate Coursework in Engineering EducationAbstractThe new engineering education graduate degree program at Purdue University is a pipeline foreducating future engineering faculty and professionals interested in pursuing careers that supportresearch-based engineering education reform. The first cohort of doctoral seeking students wasadmitted in Fall 2005. Two courses were developed to address community building and identitydevelopment in this new field of study. Emphasis was placed on these two ideas as the field iscurrently not well defined and the research community is relatively small and fragmented. Suchemphasis is also intended to circumvent common

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural

, utilizingalternate methods to arrive at the final course assessment. For the comprehensive design studio,there are many facets that the students must be taught, and it is up to the instructors to make sure Page 11.244.2the students are given the resources to be able to accomplish what is required in the studio.Through assessment, we can evaluate how we are doing at providing the students theseresources, allowing the faculty to make changes to the course to better the student’s educationalexperience.The comprehensive design studio is the culmination of a student’s career at Oklahoma StateUniversity, and occurs during the last semester of the architectural

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melissa Sternhagen, University of Wisconsin Center-Fox Valley; Jeff Hoerning, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Cathy Bronold, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Two Year College Division

, evaluate credittransfers, advise current students, distribute textbooks, schedule UW-Platteville courses,coordinate scheduling with UW-Fox Valley, publish a quarterly newsletter, and maintain adatabase of all prospective, current and past students. They are also involved in recruitment andmarketing, which involves developing promotional materials, meeting with local companies,membership in adult education consortium, and participating in education fairs at localcompanies. They also search and screen for adjunct faculty and host an orientation for newhires. They additionally provide students with career advising, which includes resume andinterview preparation, co-op/internship preparation, and personality/preference testing.Future PlansUW

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New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Sanger, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University; Michael Clare, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; John D. Graham, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

2006-1509: ACADEMIC CAPABILITY PRODUCING ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT: A SUCCESS STORYPhillip Sanger, Western Carolina University Phillip Sanger is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology and serves as the Director of the Center for Integrated Technologies at Western Carolina University. He holds a B.A. in Physics from Saint Louis University and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Technology development including MRI magnets and SiC power devices plus economic development has been his career foci.Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University Aaron K. Ball is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director in

Conference Session

Electrical ET Projects and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Joanne DeGroat, Ohio State University; Scott Amos, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

design course represents a good pool of research staff to implement this design.For the students, this will represent a real-world experience and will be very beneficial for themwhen they start making a career decision. This router will be implemented as an HDL model forMesh and Torus topologies.5. ConclusionWith the demand of skilled FPGA designers on the rise, the objectives of this paper was to present“FPGA programmable logic design using VHDL” course, which will be a new addition to theelectrical engineering technology program at School of Technology. Also, the paper proposed are-configurable SoFPGA (System-on-FPGA) architecture, which is a real-world experience forstudents to participate in and gain knowledge. The research project offers

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Teaching Mathematics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Wlodkowski, Maine Maritime Academy

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Mathematics

Maritime Academy. Studentsappreciate its highly visual interface and nimble facility with engineering unit display andconversion. Its application is carried beyond the numerical methods course and into coreengineering classes, e.g. strength of materials, fluid mechanics, and engineering testlaboratories. As the case study has shown, MATHCAD enables students to reinforcetheir knowledge of the underlying mathematics behind the numerical method. With aversatile combination of graphical display, symbolic processing, and user-definedcomputer programs, MATHCAD augments the student’s experience base which is a vitalcomponent for their future careers in solving complex engineering problems.References1 C. Domnisoru, “Using MATHCAD in Teaching Power

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Stilson Applin, Montana State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. This focuswill be on students in secondary schools who are still impressionable and have yet todecide on a career path. Students will be brought to the microfabrication laboratory andshown basic manufacturing techniques of the microprocessors that have become acomponent of their every day life. Early exposure to engineering concepts will increasethe student’s understanding of the technical world around them. An example of a simpledemonstration is to have the students create a simple black and white computer generateddrawing. Transfer this figure to a metalized substrate using photolithography, and thenetch away the metal layer, creating an image of their design on the substrate. Here thestudents would get an introduction the Computer Aided

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curriculum Components

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gregory Hislop, Drexel University; Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

SWENETproduced modules that contain both data and examples. But there is still a pressing need formore extensive case studies that can be used to provide students with a better understanding ofthe full software life cycle. It is particularly important that materials that work with a realisticsize system be developed. Page 11.1125.5Permanent home - Maintaining SWENET as a volunteer effort is probably a weak model forthe long term. Planning underway to have the site taken over by one of the computingprofessional societies is essential to maintaining the project and making it more visible. Thisconnection will also help provide career value to participation

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Lynch, U.S. Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Engineering Profession: Improving the Image of the DisciplineMaking a career field recommendation? According to the McKinsey Global Institute“engineering still looks like a winning profession for Americans.”1 This opinion is supported bythe National Association of Colleges and Employers in their 2006 Job Outlook report thatidentified employers were most interested in applicants with business, engineering andcomputer-related skills.2 Of the engineering disciplines, environmental engineering is one of thefastest-growing with a future international growth rate (in terms of annual investment growth) atsomewhere between 12 and 15%.”3 The United States Bureau of Statistics reports the“employment of environmental engineers is expected

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University-Calumet; Kim Nankivell, Purdue University-Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University-Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University-Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

more outcomes-basedaccreditation process. ABET is a recognized accreditor of college and university programs intechnology (also in science, computing and engineering). According to ABET, its accreditationis assurance that a college or university program meets the quality standards which areestablished by the profession for which it prepares its students. ABET accredits programs only,not degrees, departments or institutions. ABET accreditation, for example, focuses on programeducational objectives which are broad statements that describe the career and professionalaccomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve: these are then linked toprogram outcomes, which describe the units of knowledge or skill which students are

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Gonzalez-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Minorities in Engineering

of Engineering Education, v 85, no 1, January 1996, pp 15-21.5. Heckel, Richard W., “Current and Emerging Trends in Engineering Education,” Journal of Engineering Education, v 83, no 4, October 1994, pp 1-7.6. Somers, G.M., “Where have all the engineers gone?” Proceedings of the 21st Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, September 1991, pp 523-528.7. Yates, Janet K. Voss, Madeleine, and Kuei-Wu, Tsai, “Creating awareness about engineering careers: innovative recruitment and retention initiatives,” Proceedings of the 29th Frontiers in Education Annual Conference, November 1999, v 3, pp 13d7-9 – 13d7-14.8. Fact Book, 2004-2005. Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. http://www.pupr.edu.9. ASEE Prism, “Databytes,” December

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Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Asgill, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

, signals and systems,controls, and electrical machines. An examination of the curriculum in EET revealed that it wasan excellent candidate for the introduction of an option in Biomedical Engineering Technology(BMET). The primary objective for the development of the BMET option has been to producegraduates that will have the requisite skills for a successful career in the biomedicalengineering/technology field. This paper discusses the rationale and considerations for thedevelopment of the BMET option.I. IntroductionThe field of Biomedical Engineering has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Thegrowth rate in Biomedical Engineering has outpaced traditional engineering disciplines such aselectrical and mechanical engineering. The health

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University

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Construction

LEED Overview and Its Application to the Coordinator Sophia Gordon Residence HallPeter Cheever and LeMessurier Superstructure Design and Construction forJennifer Edelmann Consultants, Vice the Sophia Gordon Residence Hall President and Project EngineerMike Loulakis Wickwire Gavin, Construction Contracts and Risk Allocation PresidentJohn Kennedy Linbeck, Principal Entrepreneurship in ConstructionJohn Fisher Linbeck, New How to Succeed in A Career in Construction England’s Regional Office ManagerStudents had to provide a one-page summary of these

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Kalish, Ohio State University; David Tomasko, Ohio State University; Jerry Masty, Ohio State University; Steve Acker, Ohio State University; Sally Rudmann, Ohio State University; Jennifer Forbush, Ohio State University

roles do they play in the course? Instructors Element: Rationale Why do you do things the way you do? Category: Outcomes Element: Evidence of Examples of student papers and their revisions, exam results, Teaching Effectiveness course projects, student presentations, midcourse evaluations and adjustments, institutional student evaluation results. Element: Future Value to What influence did this course have on student Students attitudes/careers? Category: Analysis Element: Course Successes How well did student work meet your intellectual goals for the course? Did the distribution of student

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeri-Anne McKeon

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

quickly.The professional engineers’ licensing examination tests the candidate’s ability to findinformation reliably and quickly by asking questions about many subjects that the studentprobably has not studied. The successful candidate knows the maxim that an engineer is definedby his bookshelf. The candidate will enter the test, as well as his professional career, knowingwhere to find information within the references of his field.Engineering education has not reflected this aspect of engineering practice. Students typicallygain only a passing familiarity with the references that will become their prime professionaltools, and typically acquire their own professional bookshelves only after leaving school. Theheft and high cost of engineering

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

morphological analysis12 using the components and features found inour survey which we thought would appropriately support the seminar’s pedagogic goal is onemethod for reviewing the range of possible implementations. A truncated sample of the resultingmorphological box is given in Table 1, below. This analysis also helped us to meet the mandatethat the seminar provide a learning experience that did not replicate services offered by otherUniversity programs, such as the SEAS Center for Engineering Career Development and UVa’sWomen’s Center. Providing a unique educational opportunity, we believe, will facilitateacceptance of and participation in the seminar.Table 1. Truncated Sample of the Morphological Box Used in the Seminar’s Design Process

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

independent study or research credit in continue working on their own SDRdesigns.5. Summary We encourage other programs to consider developing an SDR course as it can be used totie together many of the concepts students learn during their undergraduate electrical engineeringprogram. One student team wrote “we felt that this was a good class to take to end ourundergraduate career because it served to sum up much of what we had learned in previousclasses. To create a complete SDR system, several interdisciplinary subjects must be considered:DSP, communications theory, and RF theory are just of few of these.” Indeed, this is exactlywhy the course was offered.ReferencesBenson and Lall, “System-level design using FPGAs and DSPs,” white paper, The

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

concepts, to usingthose concepts in real-life problem solving situations, to analyzing under what conditions thoseconcepts apply (or do not apply), and ultimately to making decisions.Based on the findings of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 2, it is now widelyaccepted that increasing student engagement is a critical role of engineering educators in oursociety. This study stresses that student engagement should not be addressed in just a singlecourse in a student’s academic career, but rather it should become the pattern of his or herinvolvement in a variety of activities. It is believed engineering colleges have a vital role toimplement effective strategies to increase engagement of students in learning. National expertshave also

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

to pursue a college degree that will prepare them to work in the spaceindustry. Meanwhile, a very mature space industry already exists to support a myriad of space-related industries. Informal surveys of entering freshmen indicate that nearly half of them wouldlike to work in space-related jobs during their aerospace engineering careers. The depth andbreadth of a well established and diverse aerospace engineering program, and the emphasis ofthis program primarily on aeronautical education, research, and technology development isdocumented. The contrast of the needs of employers in support of space-related industries, fromindustry and alumni perspectives is described. The discussions that established a definitive needfor a dual track system

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Zapanta, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe Manning, Pennsylvania State University

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Biomedical

reliability and device testing. Special emphasis was placed on reviewingFDA protocols and applications for prosthetic heart valves and artificial hearts. A series oflectures were also presented on the artificial organ (medical device) industry. These lecturesincluded topics on careers in artificial organs in academia and industry, grant writing, andfunding streams.The remaining lecture portion of the course described different examples of artificial organs,drawing heavily on the concepts introduced previously. These artificial organs includedcirculatory support devices, drug delivery systems, artificial lungs and oxygenators, artificialkidney, pacemakers, neural prostheses, prosthetic heart valves, orthopedic implants, bioartificialorgans (tissue

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

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Engineering Physics & Physics

lecture format fails todevelop applied E&M skills. Since the mission of the UST School of Engineering (SOE) is to“… provide an applied … learning experience …” and since there were no labs associated withthe original approach, this presented an ‘applied’ problem. In addition to this, a majority of theUST engineering and physics graduates begin their professional job careers immediately aftergraduating. Of the remaining graduates that do pursue an advanced degree, few continue withtheir study of E&M. Since a substantial amount of time is dedicated to E&M and sinceundergraduate credit hours are precious, the challenge was to develop an E&M pedagogy thatimparted an applied E&M learning experience without significantly increasing

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

alone. We explained to the students that, intheir professional careers, they will often run across those who do not share the load equally butthe job must still be done and, if done poorly, reflects on everyone on the team. We consideredthe possibility of using peer reviews of the teams when we assigned grades but so far have optedto give the same grade to each team member. Figure 3 shows that, in spite of the few problems,most of the students thought everyone contributed. Page 11.932.9 Everyone in my group contributed to the case study presentation. 20

Conference Session

Web-based learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Patcha, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Technology

Learning and Computing in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She began her career working for the U.S. Department of Defense in Fort Meade, Maryland as a computer analyst. Dr. Scales served in a major leadership position at North Carolina A&T State University where she, along with the distance learning team, launched the University’s virtual campus. She has presented her research in Electronic Performance Support at national conferences, including a recent market research study on graduate distance learning programs for working engineers at the American Society for Engineering Education national conference. As the Associate Dean, Dr. Scales is leading the College in

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

Collection

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

on how to follow the Page 11.949.4protocols of research, carrying out experiments on the CNC machines in the college’smanufacturing laboratory during the summer. They investigated machine chattering undervarious spindle speeds, feed rates, and depths of cut. Through participating in research, studentshad a better understanding of the purpose of research, enhanced their knowledge of the researchtopic by the hands-on experiments, and increased their interests in manufacturing engineeringtechnology. They reported that the research better prepared them for advanced level engineeringeducation and inspired them to pursue a career in the field.2. NAFP

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

only in an academic environment. Page 11.194.9Not all of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering graduates pursue an engineeringcareer path, but all of them serve on active duty in the Coast Guard where their technicalknowledge is a definite asset. The majority of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineeringgraduates do choose to pursue an engineering career, and they spend the first few years aftergraduation gaining shipboard engineering operational experience. After that they typically go toa shoreside ship maintenance support office or to a Coast Guard Marine Safety Office. In theseshore assignments they serve as junior engineers