Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Michael Gibson, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Graduate Studies

are in Microprocessors, Signals, Systems, and Control, and has published over 60 articles in control theory and applications. He has been the PI/Co-PI of projects from NASA, NSF, the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Gulf South Research Foundation, the University of Houston, the Professional Surveyors Educational Foundation, AT&T, and others.William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston William E. Fitzgibbon, III earned both his BA and PhD degrees from Vanderbilt University y. He is currently serving as Dean of the College of Technology of University of Houston and holds professorial rank in both the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Engineering Technology of the

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Balachandran, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Design in Engineering Education

and missiles from the Indian Institute of Science, India in 1970. He worked as Project Engineer at the Indian Space Research Organization, India from 1970 to 1974 and worked at Va. Tech. as Research Assistant, Instructor and Asst. Prof. from 1975 to 1985. He received Ph.D. degree in I.E. & O.R. from Va. Tech. in 1984. He worked as Assoc. Prof., Professor and Chairman of Industrial Engineering at UW - Platteville from 1985 to 1994. He worked as a manufacturing engineering consultant at John Deere Dubuque Works, Dubuque, IA from 1996 to 2001, developed simulation models to design manufacturing systems, and provided more than 6000hours of assistance in ergonomics, quality engineering

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fitra Khan, University of Texas-Brownsville; Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amjad Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

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Electrical and Computer

networking laboratory (CNL)1. Built around a 24-nodedistributed Beowulf2,3 supercomputer, the main goal of CNL is to enhance the understanding ofparallel computing principles in key courses of the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science(BS-CS) degree, the two-year Associate in Applied Science in Computer Information Systems(AAS-CIS), and the four-year Bachelor of Applied Technology in Computer InformationSystems Technology (BAT-CIST).The strategy has been to use this supercomputer as the main instrument to infuse concepts andprinciples into targeted courses by creating a set of laboratory modules and capstone projects.Such project framework in CS education is strongly emphasized in the ACM/IEEE-CS curriculamodel4. CNL has aided in motivating the

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Davol, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Mello, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

- The Benefits and ChallengesAbstractIntercollegiate design competitions are a popular means to engage students in design activitiesthat extend beyond the curriculum. When students gather around a project in their spare timeand use their classroom skills to design, build, and test a product for an intercollegiatecompetition, something amazing happens: They develop a passion for engineering. This paperdiscusses the key benefits to engineering undergraduate students that flow from involvement in ateam design competition. Advisor involvement plays a key role in both project success andstudent learning throughout the process. Different approaches to advising student competitionteams are compared. Specific examples are taken from the authors

Conference Session

New Topics in IE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

prepared for its ABET visitin the fall 2005, it became apparent that its IE 1035 – Engineering Management course was aprimary course for satisfying ABET outcomes (h) the broad education necessary to understandthe impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning; and (j) aknowledge of contemporary issues.4 IE 1035 is a semester-long, 3-credit, required course forIndustrial Engineers taken in their senior year. Specifically this course discusses modernengineering management theory as it applies to technical organizations. Topics include: themanagement process; project management; managing technical people; communications

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Trenor, University of Houston; Jennifer Ruchhoeft, University of Houston; Frank Claydon, Unviersity of Houston; Stuart Long, University of Houston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

independent research, and is also paired with a student participant from our ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) program for the summer. Teachers are encouraged todevelop ways to include their new-found knowledge and perspective of engineering into theirregularly-taught courses.A week of Infinity Project™ training has been included in the past two programs. The Infinitytechnology package consists of a desktop or laptop computer linked to a Texas InstrumentsDigital Signal Processing board coupled together with a graphical software designenvironment to facilitate student learning. An example of an Infinity module is thedemonstration of cell phone technology: teachers explain basic trigonometry principles, which,through simple extensions of

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wesley Stone, Western Carolina University; Chip Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Aaron Ball, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

industry to access universityresources—personnel and facilities. Engagement is the title typically used to describe thisrelationship between industry and academia. The engagement process at Western Carolina hasbeen successful in coupling graduate students with industry projects, and now it is being used toprovide undergraduate students with that same exposure. One of the benefits of thisundergraduate involvement is that there is now a conduit in place to generate additional interestin the graduate program, as well as a means for student and faculty to interact in an industrialproject setting. The next step in this progression is to couple graduate students withundergraduate students, as they embark on challenging projects that will benefit

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Jessica Jenness, University of Central Florida; Jessica Steinberg, University of Central Florida; Lesia Crumpton-Young, University of Central Florida; Kent Williams, University of Central Florida; Luis Rabelo, University of Central Florida

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Industrial Engineering

multi-year effort to reengineer the undergraduate IndustrialEngineering program. With the onset of more service industries and Information Technologyfirms, Industrial Engineering programs need to revise their curriculum to educate and preparestudents to meet the expected workforce demands resulting from the shift of traditionalmanufacturing industries to non-traditional industrial sectors, and to incorporate additionalemerging topics in the field. A critical part of this research project was to obtain the voice of thecustomers, industry and academia, that employ and receive our graduates once they successfullycomplete our undergraduate IE curriculum. The customers, through a series of surveys appliedwithin a multi-round Delphi study, defined

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

Student Project Assessment Creativity Tools Individual Team Creativity Creativity Student Student Assessment Assessment Complete Project Course Assessment

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc Christensen, Southern Methodist University; David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

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First-Year Programs

Learning for Signal Processing since 1999. He has given a number of keynote and invited lectures as well as short courses on topics ranging from adaptive signal processing and control to innovative engineering education methods. Most recently, he has co-authored a textbook, Engineering Our Digital Future (Prentice Hall, 2004), that is a key component of The Infinity Project, a multi-faceted effort to establish a nationwide engineering curriculum at the high school level. Dr. Douglas is a frequent consultant to industry, a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Minorities in Engineering

2006-306: NASA ADMINISTRATOR’S FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (NAFP): PANELDISCUSSION AND FELLOW PRESENTATIONSMelissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp Melissa C. Green, Ph.D. Acting Director, Division of Science and Technology Programs United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 600 Fairfax, VA 22031 Dr. Green currently serves as the Director of the Division of Science and Technology Programs at the UNCFSP. In this position, she provides expert leadership in areas of effective project and grant management, strategic resource development and capacity building. A former research scientist, she has effectively

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

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First-Year Programs

theemerging global competition of the production of engineers. The use of multimedia andinformation technologies has provided a tool for learning delivery in engineeringeducation, and this project provides a methodology to incorporate real-world experiencewith decision making in an academic setting. The use of a multimedia case study is usedfor an engineering design course to encourage team work, improve presentation skills,and simulate real world decision making. An evaluation of the project suggests thatstudents are susceptible to this pedagogy for engineering instruction, and that it canpromote critical thinking and team work in an academic environment.IntroductionThe industry foghorn continues to resonate across the engineering academy on the

Conference Session

Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven; Corinne Lenk, Smith College

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Aerospace

both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Multimedia Engineering Analysis, and undergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. One of Professor Orabi's most recent projects involves the development of Learning Modules on the web. These modules provide information, not only about particular course material, but also about more general topics relevant to engineering. He is also working on Computer-Aided Experimentations using LABVIEW. Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut and Untied Technologies. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Mehran Elahi, Elizabeth City State University

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International

was around $3300.00. Theresults of the project are reported here. Page 11.360.2This case study presents the importance of reconfiguring, reengineering of an outdated, seldomused, material testing frame into more applicable laboratory equipment. This type oftransformation trend is based on existing equipment and can be useful in educational institutions,such as those in many third-world countries that do not have the budget or resources to purchaseand or maintain new off the shelf laboratory equipments. This budgetary restraint is an ongoingchallenge especially for many of the third-world countries which are to transfer theiragricultural-based

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; David Quick; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

national interest.This paper describes the critical skills identified by industry as essential for early careerdevelopment of engineers at the project management level and formulates an integrativeeducational approach leading to the professional Master of Engineering for responsibleengineering leadership of systematic technology development & innovation.2. Professional Education for Engineers –The New Challenge for Industrial InnovationWhile the U.S. system of graduate education continues to set the world standard and sustains thepreeminence of the U.S. scientific workforce for basic research at the universities, the NationalCollaborative Task Force is leading a major reform in professionally oriented engineeringgraduate education to enhance

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

Engineering Students Using Fun Animation in MATLABAbstract - This paper describes an approach to teach computer programming concepts tofirst-year engineering students. The environment of choice is Matlab, and the teachingmethod consists of requiring the students to create a project in which they will code acomputer game with the use of functions that are provided to them. The gaming aspect ofthe project generates a high level of fun which enhances the learning process. The projectis one of the four modules that Engineering Freshmen work on while taking their twoIntroduction to Engineering Systems courses. It spans half a semester, and, unlike theother three group-based projects, is individually-based.Matlab provides a wide range of animation tools

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

. Page 11.1361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Undergraduate Research on Appropriate and Sustainable TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the funding sources, educational outcomes, and diversity of students servedby conducting research on appropriate and sustainable technology. Since 2001, more thantwelve undergraduate students have conducted research on the water treatment effectiveness ofthe Filtrón, including eight students independently and four students as a class team project. TheFiltrón is a point-of-use drinking water filter that can be produced inexpensively in communitiesworld-wide. Some of the student researchers were participants in the EnvironmentalEngineering

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Teaching Mathematics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jeffrey Hodgkins, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Tracy Van Zandt, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Mathematics

important features of the LabVIEW software program. The assignedproject allows the students to develop their own interface with the features that are intuitive tothemselves rather than using a “canned” GUI to illustrate the Fourier series process. Tutorialmaterial describing LabVIEW overview and individual tools needed are presented in class andavailable as voice annotated Flash file overview. Students have used both “canned” MATLABGUIs and standard laboratory exercises using an actual FFT analyzer with signals generated by afunction generator to observe the same phenomena. The students have overwhelminglyindicated that the individual development of the Fourier transformation via LabVIEW was amuch better learning experience. The project, the

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny, University of Utah; Stephanie Richardson, University of Utah; Rohit Verma, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bryan Stenquist, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

teaching practice and scholarship across campus. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in research, leadership, and teaching. She is currently involved in several research studies on best practices in teaching in higher education, and is leading two groups of faculty scholars who are investigating research projects regarding teaching in their disciplines. Page 11.777.1Rohit Verma, University of Utah Rohit Verma joined the David Eccles School of Business in 2001 as an Associate Professor of Operations Management and is the School’s Thayne Robson Fellow. From 1995 to 2001 he was

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy Cox, University of Missouri-Rolla; Susan Murray, University of Missouri-Rolla; David Spurlock, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG)

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Engineering Management

video technology has become a widely used medium for education. A prominentimplementation of this technology, interactive distance learning, involves groups of students atlocal and remote sites connected by audio and video teleconferencing. This approach has madethe task of delivering vital undergraduate and graduate engineering courses to distributedaudiences much easier.As this approach has permeated more curricula, distance education instructors have increasinglyassigned projects that require distance learners to work together as an element of the final coursegrade. This trend presents an interesting opportunity for researchers to understand the nature ofinteractions among course participants involved in project teams.This paper presents the

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Thompson, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

community consists of aseries of linked classes where cohorts of students are registered together, co-curricular activities.Some learning communities also offered a residential component where students are assigned tothe same floor of a residence hall. Service-learning has been integrated as a curricular tie for allthree of the First-Year Engineering Learning Communities.Students elect to participate in a learning community. Information about the learningcommunities is distributed in the spring and students register for them as part of the class andhousing registration process. The expectation of a service-learning project was made clear toeach participant. The honors learning community is only open to students in the Engineering

Conference Session

Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

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International

Without BordersPresent in a growing number of campuses nationally (90% growth rate in 2005 hasresulted in 100 university chapters at present), Engineers Without Borders is a non-profitgroup which focuses on international engineering service projects, mainly in developingnations. Operationally, the key advantage of a student chapter is being able to leveragethe information network provided from the reputation of the organization. Understandingthe nuances of finding, funding, building and maintaining projects in developing countiesis possible through interactions with existing chapters, attending EWB nationalconferences, and using EWB website resources. These are not minor challenges.Programmatic advantages of having an EWB chapter serve as one key

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Dutson, Brigham Young University-Idaho

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Design in Engineering Education

summarized as follows: ‚ Provide marketable skills ‚ Provide a significant design experience ‚ Require an appropriate amount of effortIndustry: Industry can be a customer of a capstone course in multiple ways. First, manycapstone projects are sponsored by industry. The capstone course must provide students with thetools and guidance necessary to provide a quality product to their industrial customers. Second,since many students seek employment after graduation, industry becomes an important customeras they hire new graduates. A capstone course should assist in providing students with the skillsthat are valuable to industry. Providing students with marketable skills, therefore, serves theneeds of both students and industry. Customer needs

Conference Session

Hands-on Activities for Technological Literacy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

build an electrodynamic loudspeaker from simple components thatcan produce clear and loud sound. Other classroom-tested mechanical dissection andsimple construction projects will be explained and demonstrated. Workshop participantswill learn strategies and techniques for successful implementation of hands-on howthings work activities.Cost $40Limited to 20 participants Page 11.676.2

Conference Session

Capstone Courses I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant Martin, U.S. Military Academy

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

, scienceor engineering major. Those cadets take a three-course engineering sequence in thedepartment, the goal of which is to “enhance[e] their quantitative problem-solving skillsand … provid[e] introductory engineering design experiences.”1 The sequenceculminates with a capstone course in which the cadets work with a real client to solve aproblem for him or her. That course is SE450, Project Management and System Design.This paper focuses strictly on that course, which has been successful in achieving bothdepartment and Academy goals by aligning the course assignments to a decision makingprocess and incorporating a real-world client into the course.This paper will begin by comparing the findings of some of the relevant literatureregarding capstone

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Janet Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Maryland-College Park PAIGE E. SMITH, Ph.D., Director of the Women in Engineering Program, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland. Dr. Smith is a co-PI of the CCLI grant. She provides leadership in recruiting and retaining female engineering students for the college. Her current research focuses on engineering design teams and project management. Page 11.269.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 20061526: BESTEAMS: A Curriculum for Engineering Student Team Training by Engineering FacultyEngineering instructors who have uttered the following sentence have

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Earley, Miami University

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Engineering Technology

this objective. These examples illustratehow several readily available computer programs along with traditional hand computationalmethods may be used to enhance and enliven the subject of mechanisms analysis.Traditional computational methods augmented with computer programs familiar to allengineering technology students, are used to compute kinematics and kinetics quantities. Strongemphasis is placed on the verification and accuracy checking potential of this computerintegrated approach.IntroductionA typical course in mechanisms analysis frequently requires the use of traditional computationalprocedures that may place unnecessary limits on assigned projects. This paper suggests onepossible alternative to the “snap-shot” approach to the

Conference Session

Installing & Assessing Technology Literacy Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Voss, Smith College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

auditory system. Page 11.567.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Engineering for Everyone: Charging Students with the Task of Designing Creative Solutions to the Problem of Technology LiteracyIntroductionThe first year Introduction to Engineering course at Smith College, “EGR100: Engineering forEveryone,” is designed to be accessible to all students, regardless of background, yet it alsoserves as the foundation for students who choose to major in Engineering Science. In this course,students are introduced to the engineering design process via “mini-projects” that