Conference Session

Teaching Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

SolidWorksTMWeek 1 2 Surface Modeling/ Advanced Replication SolidWorksTMWeek 1 3 Bill of Materials / Analysis COSMOSTMWeek 1 4 Project Presentation/ Virtual Reality CATIATM / EON RealityTM The course commences with 3-D free hand sketching of contemporary objects withcomplex surfaces. The goal is to use the sketching exercises to help students think through howthey will tackle the graphical representation of complex three-dimensional objects before theyturn to the digital tool. This is in addition to learning the valuable skill of how to make effectivefreehand sketches for communicating

Conference Session

Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Nancy Chism, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

at the Colorado School of Mines and Research Associate Professor in Academic Affairs. Dr. Streveler holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Master of Science in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University at Bloomington. She is co-principle investigator of three NSF-sponsored projects: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Identifying Engineering Student Misconceptions in Thermal and Transport Sciences (DUE - 0127806), Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (ESI-0227558), and Rigorous Research in Engineering Education: Creating a Community of Practice (DUE

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Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Theodoropoulos, University of Oregon

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Architectural

students from learning how to incorporate seismic designlessons into the architectural design process.BackgroundIn the past two decades the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the FederalEmergency Management Agency (FEMA) have funded several projects directedto architectural education. Recently, the Earthquake Engineering ResearchInstitute (EERI), with the support of FEMA, completed Designing forEarthquakes, a manual for practicing architects that was developed in response tothe need for a text that consolidated information needed by architects preparingfor practice in earthquake country. Page 11.1111.2In 2000, the Building Science Safety Council (BSSC), with

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Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haiyan Xie, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; James Tramel, University of Arkansas-Little Rock; Wei Shi, University of Florida; Mei Lu, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

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Construction

China. Her research interests are in the areas of analysis, design, and implementation of 3D/4D modeling, construction information systems; user modeling; virtual reality, information integration, collaborative systems, human-computer interactionand project-management improvement. She is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Associated Schools of Construction (ASC), and Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU).James Tramel, University of Arkansas-Little RockWei Shi, University of FloridaMei Lu, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology Page 11.723.1© American Society for

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Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Kilmer, Purdue University College of Technology at Kokomo

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Engineering Design Graphics

2006-1077: IMAGINING FUTURE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH SEAMLESSMOBILITYLisa Kilmer, Purdue University College of Technology at Kokomo Lisa Kilmer is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology. Page 11.714.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Imagining Future Technology through Seamless MobilityAbstractThis article discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a company sponsoredcompetition, MOTOFWRD by Motorola, into a course project for engineering graphicstechnology students that encourages creativity, critical thinking, and imagining futuretechnology. The

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Nerenberg, University of Notre Dame

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Environmental Engineering

for anEnvironmental Engineering research project. The paper describes challenges related tolanguage, culture, and technical background, and provides suggested strategies for addressing thechallenges and improving the REU experience. While the paper focuses on a Hispanic studentfrom Puerto Rico, the strategies may be applicable to other situations, such as minority or foreignexchange students or foreign or minority graduate students.IntroductionThe engineering and science fields historically have been underrepresented in women and inseveral minorities.1 Underrepresented minorities include Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians,Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders. While the percentage ofminorities in science and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University; Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

design and electromagneticsrequired for all electrical engineers, and the introductory engineering economics courserequired for all engineering students. Other participants included a faculty member fromthe OSU library and a colleague in education. A total of eight faculty participated.During the first semester, faculty learned the teaching techniques used in the project:case studies, team learning, and project-based learning. Biweekly meetings let facultydiscuss problems and concerns they felt in transitioning away from lecture. Facultybeliefs about teaching were deeply rooted in personal experience, some of which werecompatible with the assumptions inherent to this project and others that were not. Themajor, unanticipated problem encountered

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merrick Haller, Oregon State University; Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health & Science University

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Ocean and Marine

. Dr. Baptista's research employs an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to studying coasts and land-margins. Specifically, he is interested in prediction of coastal hazards and environmental pathways at regional scales, tides and Tsunamis, hydraulic transport, estuarine geochemical modeling and land-water interactions. Page 11.947.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 NANOOS-Pilot: a collection of ocean observing tools for improving ocean safety and coastal designAbstractThe NANOOS-Pilot project (Northwest Association of Networked Ocean ObservingSystems) is an

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado-Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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International

universities are doing enough proactively to teach studentswhat they need to know to operate in a future environment is an open question11. Clearly, engineersmust complement their technical and analytical capabilities with a broad understanding of so-called“soft” issues that are non-technical. Experience has shown that social, environmental, economic,cultural, and ethical aspects of a project are often more important than the technical aspects but are Page 11.566.3not often emphasized in conventional engineering education.An issue of equal importance is the education of engineers interested in addressing problems specificto developing

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Manufacturing

”1 state: “It is said that there is nothing so practical as goodtheory. It may also be said that there’s nothing so theoretically interesting as goodpractice.” Marquardt2 in his “Harnessing the Power of Action Learning” states “...allforms of action learning share the elements of real people resolving and taking action onreal problems in real time and learning while doing so.” This is what our educational approach to engineering technology education has been allabout. To address these issues, we create laboratory problems, institute engineering coopprograms, and do capstone projects, all to get students exposed to “real world problems”.These are all excellent approaches and should be applied wherever practical. There areproblems associated

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Behling, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

reconstruction segments of the construction industry. These research projects willhelp the industry overcome challenges, will provide faculty with field experience that can beshared in the classroom and, through publication, will help to build a body of knowledge for thedemolition and reconstruction segments of the construction industry.This paper will be of significance to those interested in demolition and reconstruction educationin addition to those seeking to develop new curricula, particularly specializations. Specifically,this paper will detail the process from engaging an industry segment or segments to developingthe actual courses in the newly developed specialization.BackgroundConstruction is central to the basic human needs of “food, shelter

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University; John Wise, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Wesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University

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International

, University Park, PA 16802. Telephone: 814-865-4015, FAX: 814-865-4021, email: TALME@engr.psu.eduWesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University Wesley Donahue is an Associate Professor affiliated with both The Smeal College of Business Administration and the College of Education, and he is the Director of Management Development. Dr. Donahue brings over 25 years of manufacturing, sales and organization development experience to his position at Penn State. Formerly, he worked with the Fortune 500 company Brockway Inc., now Owens-Brockway, where he began as a project engineer and rose to manager of technology for the corporation’s international division. Subsequently, he co-founded and served as

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosida Coowar, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Temitayo Akinrefon, University of Central Florida; Ala` Battikhi, University of Central Florida; Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Kelvin Gibson, University of Central Florida; Ramamoorthy Lakkoju, University of Central Florida; Katherine Meza, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Management

variation, and eliminate waste. It hasbeen used successfully in the automotive, chemical, healthcare, high-tech, financial and retailindustries. The Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University ofCentral Florida has incorporated service experiential learning opportunities into the curriculumwithin a Total Quality Improvement course. This course teaches the Six Sigma body ofknowledge together with Lean Principles and provides hands-on Six Sigma project experience.This paper describes how a team of faculty and students used the Lean Six Sigma Technology todocument and improve the pre-application process used by the College of Engineering andComputer Science at the University of Central Florida.1. IntroductionIn the Fall

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratories in BME

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University

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Biomedical

, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead engineer and Principal Investigator on projects to develop technology evolution plans for the Space Station. Page 11.362.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 COSMM: An Undergraduate Laboratory for Engineering and Manufacturing Complex, Organic Shapes Using Nature as a TemplateIntroductionThe COSMM (Complex/Organic Shapes and Multiple

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Walden, Northern Kentucky University; Rose Shumba, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

purpose of a software engineering class at our institutions is to teach students how towork in teams to develop a secure software project from specification through delivery. The soft-ware engineering class has prerequisite classes in programming, but has no security prerequisites.Therefore all security concepts necessary for our secure software development processes must beintroduced in the software engineering class. As a single semester doesn’t offer the necessary time to broadly cover information securityin addition to software engineering, the class focuses on security topics that fit directly into thesoftware development lifecycle. For example, the course teaches students how to securely usecryptographic APIs in their projects but

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clark Merkel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Fisher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

capped by a three week project where the studentsdesign and build a system or device which uses the Handy Board microcontroller as thebrains for their project. As a first exposure to smart control, the Handy Board is an easy-to-use and robust hobby controller. However, it is not a commonly used industrialdevice, nor is it suited to be an embedded controller for projects in other courses whichthe students take later on.To address these perceived weaknesses, the course content has been expanded to includea module on programmable logic controllers (PLCs). A PLC is another name forindustrial computer. It has been designed to have features which make it very useful inan industrial setting, such as being rugged and reliable, having easy-to-access

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Paul Yanik, Western Carolina University; Kenneth Burbank, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

Ken Burbank is an Associate Professor and Director of Electrical Engineering at Western Carolina University. Dr. Burbank is active with IEEE, SME, and TAC of ABET, and strives to bring practical engineering activities into the classroom. His current project is the development of a photonics program within the Electrical Engineering curriculum. Page 11.41.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Digital Logic Based Experimental Design of a DSP/Communication System for ECET StudentsAbstractThis article discusses the results of a senior design

Conference Session

Elementary School Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Bush, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jennifer Gray, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Megan Holmes, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Karen Kosinski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Leena Razzaq, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jill Rulfs, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-1201: HOW DO YOU TEACH ENGINEERING IN GRADES K AND ONE?Katie Bush, Worcester Polytechnic Institute KATIE BUSH is a third year graduate student in the Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Joint Ph.D. Program between Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA. She received her Bachelors of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering in May 2003 from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY and began working on the PIEE project in June 2005.Jennifer Gray, Worcester Polytechnic Institute JENNIFER GRAY is a first graduate student in Mechanical Engineering Master of Science Program

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1991. His interests include electromagnetic compatibility, high-speed digital system design, microcontroller-based system design, embedded and real-time systems, electronics design automation, and algorithms and architecture for parallel and cluster computing.David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology David Voltmer is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1961. His interests include electromagnetics, microwave metrology, systems engineering, and entrepreneurial student projects

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Technology

technologists. The strategy is to engage high schoolstudents in engineering activities through engineering and engineering technology clubs (calledJETS clubs) in the nine-county region around Charlotte1 (the clubs were established during thefirst year of the project). As members of the club, students participate in fun and engaging hands-on activities and competitions designed to pique their interest engineering and engineeringtechnology. Each school opens membership in the club to all high school students, but teachersparticipating in the project are encouraged to ensure that at least 50 percent of their members arefrom underrepresented groups (females, African American, Native Americans, and HispanicAmericans). Throughout the academic year, UNC

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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International

countries may have different requirements of theeducational objectives for graduating seniors, the course material has a minimum set of topicswhich will be used by all participating schools. Then, a more extensive part of the coursematerial will be elective topics that cover special needs. These special needs could be differentgovernment or ABET requirements, or it could be project specific knowledge that is toospecialized to be taught to all students. An example of the common topics is how to use QualityFunction Development to generate a set of quantifiable design objectives. An example of theelective topics is the tolerance stack analysis and design, which is necessary knowledge fordesign projects requiring high precisions assemblies.Some

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Swamidass, Auburn University; Brian Wright, Auburn University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

conferences before.Brian Wright, Auburn University Brian Wright, Auburn University. Dr. Brian Wright is the Associate Director for Commercialization in the Office of Technology Transfer, Auburn University. As associate director, he works with and assists the technology transfer officers on various projects, oversees initiatives to reach out to industry and other research institutions, and markets, negotiates and licenses technologies from Auburn's research laboratories. For more than two years, he has worked closely with the Thomas Walter Center in commercializing selected Auburn inventions. Page

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Anderson, Iowa State University; Thomas Daniels, Iowa State University

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Computers in Education

). Page 11.1459.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Xen Worlds: Xen and the Art of Computer Engineering EducationAbstractXen Worlds is being developed to provide a method for performing assignments and lab work ininformation assurance, operating systems and networking courses that require root access to theindividual machines, or the entire network. Currently, there is no existing approach thataddresses the root access requirement and the entire life-cycle of an assignment from problemdefinition, to turn-in of the end product. The Xen Worlds project is aimed at creating a versatile“virtual lab” where an entire network of virtual machines, (a Xen World), can be provided toeach

Conference Session

Approaches to Emerging Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Boyer, St. Louis University; Dane Johnston, St. Louis University; Wesley Karmazin, St. Louis University

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Aerospace

Exposing Aerospace Engineering Students to Flight Simulation Software, Hardware and Systems IntegrationAbstractAerospace Engineering students are exposed to software and hardware in the Flight Simulationcourse at Parks College to familiarize them with an Aero Engineer’s view of the world of real-time, pilot-in-the-loop flight simulation, impart some skills that could be useful to them shouldthey go into this industry and reinforce their knowledge of flight dynamics. This course hasspawned an interesting student project which is the main focus of this paper – the developmentof a PC-based mobile flight simulator.IntroductionWith respect to the Flight Simulation course at Parks, this paper reports1) the use of student written

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Silvernagel, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

great interest within academia is the ownership of student-generated intellectualproperty (IP), particularly in an era when entrepreneurship and innovation are being stressedacross academic disciplines. Students involved in engineering capstone design projects, businessplan courses and competitions, and research activities have immense potential to conceive andprototype product, process, system, and service concepts within the university classroom andlaboratory environment. Faculty members serving as mentors and liaisons to industry partnersgenerally facilitate the innovation process in the context of their employment as universityprofessionals. The research questions addressed in this project focus on who actually owns theintellectual property

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omnia El-Hakim, Colorado State University

Associate Engineering Research Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1983-84. • Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1978-84. • Hydraulics and Irrigation Designer and Researcher, Ministry of Irrigation, Cairo, Egypt, 1966-1977. (iii) Publications (related to the CASA project) 1. El-Hakim, O. “Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation”, presented at 2005 Annual Conference and Exposition of the American Society of Engineering & Education (ASEE), Portland, OR Convention Center, June 12-15, 2005. 2. El-Hakim, O., et. al, “Challenge of Multi-Disciplinary K-12 Summer Content Institute”, presented at 2005 Annual

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Matt Bass, Siemens Corporate Research; Dan Paulish, Siemens Corporate Research

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Engineering Management

he was involved in a distributed development project with over a thousand developers in six countries across three continents. Dr. Sangwan holds a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Sciences from Temple University.Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley Dr. Kathryn W. Jablokow is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, Pennsylvania State University. A graduate of The Ohio State University (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, 1989), Dr. Jablokow’s teaching and research interests include robotics, control systems, and problem solving in science and engineering. She is the author (under the name K. W. Lilly

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Peterson, Old Dominion University; Morgan Henrie, University of Alaska Anchorage; Shannon Bowling, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Management

Management School, a MS Project Management from The George Washington University as well as a BSEE and BA Technology Management. Currenlty Morgan teachs Operation Management at the University of Alaska Anchorage.Shannon Bowling, Old Dominion University Shannon Bowling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at the Old Dominion University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, SC in August 2003. He received his M.S. in Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Quality Management (2000) from East Tennessee State University, TN and his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering Technology (1998) from Bluefield State

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shashi Marikunte, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Frances Harackiewicz, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lizette Chevalier, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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Graduate Studies

interest in participating in the seminarseries. The success of this pilot project at the department level provided the incentives toexpand the project to the college level. Thus, starting Fall 2005 the training seminar wasexpanded to the college level to include all the departments within the College ofEngineering.Training ProgramThe objective of the training program was to supplement the University’s mandatoryworkshop for teaching assistants. The training was in the form of a series of seminars Page 11.268.3designed to enhance teaching and professional skills of graduate students. The seminarfulfills three-fold need of the students. One is the need for

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Crossman, Old Dominion University; Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

times during the semester.Course TopicsAs mentioned before, the major goal of the two freshman engineering course is to reduceattrition from the College, particularly at the freshman level. To accomplish this, all freshman Page 11.835.3students are introduced to the various disciplines using various design concepts and projects.Since each engineering discipline has five weeks, most have developed design projectsappropriate to their discipline that can be performed in groups in that period of time. This is alsotrue of the second engineering technology module with a construction project. However, the firstengineering technology module, where