Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education - A 10,000' View

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

serve as sources of new technologies that might be commercialized by incubatorclient firms and other regional start-ups. Universities can also provide other valuable servicesand unique resources to both the incubator, its clients and other regional start-ups such as (1)Faculty / technologist managerial or technical consulting on a pro bono or fee basis (2) Studentinterns and employees (3) Access to technical labs, facilities and equipment (4) Access todatabases and researchers (5) Access to research and development financing through programssuch as SBIR – federal grant funding is greatly enhanced when incubator clients submit a jointproposal with a university or federal laboratory (6) Additional services and resources includingpatent knowledge

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

have shownthat universities serve as sources of new technologies that might be commercialized by incubatorclient firms and other regional start-ups. Universities can also provide other valuable servicesand unique resources to both the incubator, its clients and other regional start-ups such as (1)Faculty / technologist managerial or technical consulting on a pro bono or fee basis (2) Studentinterns and employees (3) Access to technical labs, facilities and equipment (4) Access todatabases and researchers (5) Access to research and development financing through programssuch as SBIR – federal grant funding is greatly enhanced when incubator clients submit a jointproposal with a university or federal laboratory (6) Additional services and

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

students have been able to participate inthe programs sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space FlightCenter, and Rolls Royce Corporation to name a few. One additional measure may beimplemented to further harness the benefits of the summer internship program. That is if anadditional seminar or class is included in the ME curriculum so that the students who haveparticipated in the program may present their research work (provided that their research is notsubjected to export or copy rights of the organization) and expose other students to the real worldengineering problems. It is believed that such class would prove to be extremely valuable forretention, especially retention at the Freshmen and Sophomore level

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

) budgeting that culminates in a written proposal and oral presentation requesting funds for development of a product. The third in a sequence of formal design courses that emphasizes completion of a client-driven project usingECE 460 – Engineering Design I (Senior – 4 credit) the design process. Student teams carry a project from inception to completion to satisfy the need of a client. Integral laboratory

Conference Session

Computing Tools for Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Josephson, Tuskegee University; Jaya Krishnagopalan, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University

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Computers in Education

Engineering Department. His research interests include adsorption, permeation of chemicals through polymeric materials, membrane separation and fire extinguishing agents. Page 11.1144.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Spreadsheet Instruction Within A First Year Chemical Engineering CourseAbstractThis paper reports upon our experiences with incorporating formal instruction in spreadsheetsoftware (Microsoft Excel) in our department’s introductory chemical engineering course.Spreadsheet instruction was conducted in the department’s computer laboratory with all thestudents

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Systems, Nanotechnology & Programming

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University Purdue University-Fort Wayne (ET)

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First-Year Programs

from avery wide range of backgrounds. Approximately 40% are non-traditional students, and many areworking. Their starting mathematics level can vary; however, it is a prerequisite of the coursethat students be ready to take calculus (i.e., they have completed our pre-calculus class or havetested directly into Calculus I). Approximately 80 students complete this course each year. Theclass is taught with multiple sections in a computer laboratory with 24 student computers and aninstructor’s computer. The room is arranged in a workshop style where the rows areperpendicular to the front of the classroom allowing easy interaction between students andinstructor.9 The class meets twice a week for 75 minutes to allow time for both the instructor

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College; Larraine Kapka, Sinclair Community College; Alan Watton, Sinclair Community College

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Engineering Technology

control loop that are not easily handled in the field. Such difficulties can be reported back to the design office for proper dispensation.Project Approach and ExecutionThe original NSF grant that spawned this project made use of a laboratory-grade flatbed recorderto make a record of the dynamics of the control loop studied by the student. This worked well inthe classroom. However, such a device is far too expensive and far too delicate to withstand theabuse one encounters in the field. When this project began, there was little available in the wayof equipment designed specifically for the proper collection of data in the field for the purpose athand. One consideration was the use of a hand-held oscilloscope. However, the cost

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Evans, Purdue University; Matthew Kirleis, Purdue University; Casey Smith, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

meetings took place among all parties to getacquainted on technical and interpersonal levels. These meetings consisted of knowledge anddocumentation exchange, where the Chemical Engineering researchers would describe theirgoals and provide the EET group with documentation and other equipment specifications.These meetings also provided a forum for exchanging contact information and specifics re-garding laboratory location, access and safety. These aspects cannot be over-emphasizeddue to basic unfamiliarity across disciplines. For example, EET students are much lessaccustomed to chemical laboratories while Chemical Engineers are less familiar with theramifications of issues such as insufficient or improper grounding techniques. The most challenging

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meetu Walia, Polytechnic University; EDWIN YU, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1 News, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in cooperative control; distributed spacecraft formation control; linear/nonlinear control with applications to robust control, saturation control, and time-delay systems; closed-loop input shaping; spacecraft attitude control; mechatronics; and DSP/PC/microcontroller-based real-time control. He received Polytechnic’s 2002 Jacob’s Excellence in Education Award and 2003 Distinguished Teacher Award. In 2004, he was selected

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Barrett Myers, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

-hour meeting of his/her team in theEPICS laboratory. During this laboratory time the team members will take care ofadministrative matters, do project planning and tracking, and work on their project. All studentsalso attend a common one-hour lecture each week. A majority of the lectures are by guestexperts, and have covered a wide range of topics related to engineering design, communication,and community service. The long-term nature of the program has required some innovation inthe lecture series since students may be involved in the program for several semesters. This hasbeen addressed by rotating the lecture topics on a cycle of two to three years and by creatingspecialized lecture supplements called skill sessions that students can

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Lawrence Neeley, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Larry Leifer, Stanford University

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Design in Engineering Education

the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999, and in 2004 she was awarded the ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award in recognition of distinguished accomplishments in engineering education.Larry Leifer, Stanford University Larry J. Leifer has been a member of the Stanford School of Engineering faculty since 1976. Professor Leifer teaches a year long master’s sequence in “Team-Based Product Innovation with Corporate Partners,” the “Design Theory and Methodology Forum,” and a freshman seminar, “Designing the Human Experience: Design Thinking in Theory and Practice.” From 1997-2001 he served as founding director of the Stanford Learning Laboratory, an ongoing university

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kedmon Hungwe, Michigan Technological University; Seyed Zekavat, Michigan Technological University; Glen Archer, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer

teaching and research experience both in the United States and abroad. He has published more than 50 journal and conference papers, and has co-authored two books and invited chapters published by Kluwer Academic Publishers and Springer.Glen Archer, Michigan Technological University is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University. He received his Masters degree from Texas Tech University in 1986. He has been the instructor of an EE service course and its associated laboratories since Fall 2001, and has 12 years of teaching experience. Page

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology

. As a systems engineering leader for more than thirty years, Dr. Pennotti has broad experience with both technical and organizational systems. He spent the first twenty years of his career at Bell Laboratories, designing, analyzing and improving the operational performance of three generations of anti-submarine warfare systems for the United States Navy. From 1984 to 1990 he was Director of Advanced ASW Concepts at Bell Labs. In 1990, Mike shifted his focus from R&D to general management, and over the next ten years, served on the senior leadership teams of three different AT&T and Lucent Technologies businesses. As Quality Director for AT&T Business

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Pinar Menguc, University of Kentucky; Ellie Hawes, University of Kentucky; Jane Jensen, University of Kentucky; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

laboratories in small groups, including nano-fabrication facilities,nano-characterizations labs where advanced microscopy units are located, and nano-machining labs. The students in the Honors track met the faculty and graduate studentswho actually work on the cutting edge nanotechnology research. It was an eye-openingday for many.Another eye-opener was the “Creativity Colloquium” which took place at the studio ofProfessor Gary Bibbs, a faculty member in the College of Fine Arts. His slide show abouthis creativity, his thought process, and his actual implementation of ideas to constructlarge metal sculptures was quite well received. He resonated with the students whoalready knew about the efforts and frustrations of James Watt in building

Conference Session

Integrative Projects in Aerospace Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Weinstein, Northeastern University; Randy August, Northeastern University; Len Dow, Northeastern University; Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Di Bella, Northeastern University

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Aerospace

thisacademic change to add more technical electives, and more laboratory sessions for somecourses as well as to revamp the course content of many other of its existing courses.Among the courses that were revamped was the Introduction to Product Design andDesign Laboratory courses.One of the major changes was to eliminate these two courses, one of which was offeredonly to mechanical engineering technology seniors. These courses were replaced with Page 11.38.2two courses that are offered to all seniors and that provided more content to all of thegraduating students. This led to the integration of the Capstone Senior Design Projectcourse for all of the

Conference Session

New ET Curriculum and Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Roger Brown, Chippewa Valley Technical College; Kenneth Exworthy, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (retired); Jeffrey Fancher, Western Wisconsin Technical College; Walter Hedges, Fox Valley Technical College; Terry Fleischman, Fox Valley Technical College; Patrick Hoppe, Gateway Technical College; Richard Lokken, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Thomas Martin, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; Daniel Merkel, Milwaukee Area Technical College (retired); Michael O'Donnell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Terry O'Laughlin, Madison Area Technical College; Mark Porubsky, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Robert Steker, Waukesha County Technical College; Timothy Tewalt, Chippewa Valley Technical College

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Engineering Technology

ideas is truly stimulating. Page 11.192.10Plus-Two BS-EET Student Recruitment and AdvisingThe operations of +2 BS-EET student recruitment and advising are grouped together becausethey occur together. Formal recruiting for the BS-EET program usually begins withpresentations to AAS-EET students at the Technical Colleges. Personnel, usually faculty, fromthe +2 BS-EET institution present to AAS-EET students in an appropriate classroom setting(lecture or laboratory, at the AAS instructor’s discretion) at the Technical Colleges. Thepresentation is guided using a computer slideshow, but the presenter encourages interaction withthe student audience

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

performance prediction and comparison of predicted and measured behavior ‚ Use prefabricated parts to emphasize design over fabrication ‚ Use content from first-year mathematics, physics, and engineering coursesAlthough the course content of calculus has remained the same, innovations have beenintroduced in the laboratory portions of the courses to support engineering students. In Page 11.690.4mathematics, the laboratory portion is devoted to MATLAB, rather than Maple, because of itsutilization in subsequent engineering courses. In physics, some of the experiments performed inthe laboratory portion of the course have been designed to connect

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Banzaert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

60 systems for communication, lighting, vaccine refrigeration, and water supply and purification in remote areas of the Peruvian Andes.David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology DAVID R. WALLACE is the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and is the co-director of the MIT Computer-aided Design Laboratory. He works actively to expand service learning work in engineering at MIT. Having a background in both industrial design and mechanical engineering, he teaches graduate and undergraduate product design courses, including 2.009 Product Engineering Processes, 2.744 Product Design, and 2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools

Conference Session

Physical Models and Other Interactive Tools

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky

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Civil Engineering

Quantity Description/Clarification The old style bathroom scale works best. Standard Scale 1 laboratory scales can also be utilized with a book if necessary Ramp 1 Any improvised inclination worksHow It's Done: This is typically conducted on lesson one as a warm up. Simply pre-position the title “Amazing weight loss program” somewhere in the classroom with the scalenearby to get students curious. Have a student read off your weight while standing with thescale flat on the floor. Then, place the scale on the ramp, have the student read your weightagain, and

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Scudder, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Stratton, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Sutherland, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

wellas input from faculty and the MET IAB.L “Competence in the use of the computer as a problem solving and communications tool” was added mostly due to faculty input with concurrence from the MET IAB because it is a program emphasis and is assumed to be a strength of graduates in the current industrial environment.M “The ability to apply project management techniques to the completion of laboratory and project assignments” was added based on the survey results.N “Knowledge of and the ability to apply codes and regulations, and produce proper documentation to comply with them” was added for two reasons. First, the faculty and IAB felt that knowledge of codes and regulations was important in industry today. The second part was added based

Conference Session

Progress on Raising the Bar

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

, ... general chemistry; B ...and at least one additional area of science, consistent with the program educational objectives; C proficiency in a minimum of four can apply knowledge of four technical recognized major civil engineering areas appropriate to civil engineering; areas; D the ability to conduct laboratory can conduct civil engineering experiments and to critically analyze experiments and analyze and interpret the and interpret data in more than one of resulting data

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-1264: EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF INTERACTIVITY ON STUDENTPERFORMANCEDaria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder DARIA KOTYS-SCHWARTZ is a doctoral candidate and instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include polymer processing, development of student assessment measures, gender disparity in engineering and innovative instructional methodology.Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder LAWRENCE E. CARLSON is a founding co-director of the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program, as

Conference Session

IP and Supporting Student Startups

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

formulated the problem statement (e.g., “We need to develop a more efficient fuel cell for zero-emission vehicles”)? 2. Who solved the problem (e.g., students and/or faculty who reduced the idea to practice in a university laboratory)? 3. Significant use of resources on the part of either the people formulating the problem or the people solving the problem (i.e., Human Resources, Facilities and/or Equipment, Financial Resources). Primary Goal: To capture the philosophies of respondents on issues related to joint intellectual property ownership based on university student-generated intellectual property. Secondary Goal: To capture the philosophies of respondents on issues related to joint intellectual property

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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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

student performance and attitudes," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 91, pp. 3, 2002.[13] C. Johnston, "Let Me Learn website," Center for Advancement of Learning www.letmelearn.org. [Accessed January 10, 2006].[14] R. A. Guzzo and M. W. Dickson, "Teams in organizations: recent research on performance and effectiveness," Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 47, pp. 307, 1996.[15] J. R. Katzenbach and D. K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organization. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1993.[16] J. S. Byrd and J. L. Hudgkins, "Teaming in the design laboratory," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 84, pp. 335, 1995.[17] E. Seat and S. M. Lord

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Gershenson, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

2006-2472: HOW TO ENGINEER A WINNING COMPETITION PROJECT:LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE CHALLENGEJohn Gershenson, Michigan Technological University Dr. Gershenson is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan and directs the Life-cycle Engineering Laboratory. Professor Gershenson performs research in the areas of life-cycle product architecture and lean and sustainable design and manufacturing. Specific research interests include: product and process architecture, product platforms, modular product design, lean manufacturing, lean engineering, life-cycle design, and design for the environment

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Allebach, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

signals, and synthesis of digital diffractive elements. He has been a visiting summer faculty Page 11.1336.1 member at IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, Sandia Labs in Livermore, CA, and Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, CA. In addition, he has consulted extensively for industry and government laboratories. Professor Allebach is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), and a member of the Optical Society of America. In 1987, he received the© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Senior Award from the IEEE

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

and at Honeywell Industrial Automation and Controls), combat pilot decision support and mission management (at Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems), robotics (at AT&T Bell Laboratories), and surveillance (at AT&T Bell Laboratories). In these areas, he developed and applied technologies including distributed, component-based software architectures, software and systems engineering process models, intelligent control, the semantic web, and real-time artificial intelligence. In 1999, Dr. Hawker joined the Computer Science Department at the University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor focusing on software engineering, and in 2004 he moved to the Software Engineering

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

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International

Science I Introduction to essential programming concepts using C. Decomposition of programs into functional units; control structures; fundamental data structures of C; recursion; dynamic memory management; low-level programming. Some exposure to C++. Laboratory practice. (Intended for non-CS/CE majors).4. Cp Sc 1010 Introduction to Unix An introduction to the Unix workstations used in the College of Engineering CADE Lab. Topics include the X Windows system, Unix shell commands, file system issues, text editing with Emacs, accessing the World Wide Web with Netscape, and electronic mail. Self-paced course using online teaching aids.5. Math 1210 or 1270 Calculus I or Accelerated Engineering Calculus I

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Jacobson, Iowa State University

througha laboratory oriented curriculum. From the initial conception of the camp there has been strongindustrial support through the local chapter of InfraGard. The role of industry will be describedthroughout the paper. The goals of summer camp are provided below. • Convey an overview of computer security • Educate students on computer networking concepts as they pertain to security • Instruct students on the uses of different type of cryptography • Provide an understanding of how information warfare is conducted • Provide an opportunity for students to interact with security professionals • Visit several local companies to understand what types of jobs are available in computer security • Introduce students the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Drushel, Case Western Reserve University; John Gallagher, Wright State University

light of our prior experience teachingsimilar robotics practica both remotely (using our WWW infrastructure) and in a traditional in-person laboratory setting. We compare and contrast examples of student work, including criteriafor richness of interpersonal interaction, quality of engineered artifacts, and overall quality ofstudent documentation and journals. We conclude with concrete suggestions to further improveonline practicum courses in general, as well as a plan to test these suggestions in future offeringsof our own online robotics practicum.1. IntroductionFormal knowledge-based classroom instruction is necessary for the education of engineers.However, engineering education also requires practicum components in which students