Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Sah, University of California-San Diego; Jessica Lin, University of California-San Diego; Michele Temple, University of California-San Diego; Edward Chuong, University of California-San Diego; Anish Jina, University of California-San Diego

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Biomedical

. Page 12.755.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fostering Bioengineering through a Quiz Bowl: the 1st Annual BQBThe Concept and Mission of a “Bioengineering Quiz Bowl”Quiz Bowls are fairly common annual events at both the college and high school levels.[1]Typically, Quiz Bowls engage teams of four individuals, paired against other teams, in matcheswhere answers to questions are awarded points, and a winning team emerges after a certaincontest duration. Traditionally, quiz bowls have involved a teams of students competing todemonstrate academic superiority. Prizes for Quiz Bowl winners and champions typicallyinclude a trophy, and sometimes a grant to the winning school. Quiz Bowls

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harvey Svec, South Dakota State University; Harriet Svec, South Dakota State University

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Industrial Engineering

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

to her efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of under-represented students in engineering. She is currently working for the National Science Foundation as a rotator in the Division of Undergraduate Education. Page 12.1451.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Pact: st A framework for retaining 1 year African American Engineering MenIn 2001, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reported that 8.1% of the total science andengineering degrees offered at the baccalaureate level were awarded to African

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso

AC 2007-561: CULTIVATING AUTHENTIC ENGINEERING DISCOURSE:TRANSITIONING FROM AN NSF CCLI PHASE 1 TO A PHASE 2 PROJECTLouis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso Louis J. Everett is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and has research interests in the use of technology in the classroom. His technical research interests include robotics, machine design, dynamics and control systems. leverett@utep.edu http://research.utep.edu/pacelabArunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso Dr. Arunkumar Pennathur is Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at UTEP. He holds a PhD in Industrial

Conference Session

Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Segalewitz, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2559: IMPLEMENTING A 3 + 1 ARTICULATION AGREEMENT INENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES IN CHINA AND THEUNITED STATESScott Segalewitz, University of Dayton SCOTT SEGALEWITZ is Professor and Chair of Engineering Technology at the University of Dayton. He earned an MS in Biomedical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, a BSEE from Rutgers University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer. His areas of interest include distance and asynchronous learning, technical communications, technology in education, and continuous improvement in the learning environment

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Stacey Breitenbach, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crocket, California Polytechnic State University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-1388: AN ICONOCLASTIC VIEW OF GRADUATE EDUCATION: THE4+1 PROGRAM, AN ACCELERATED ROUTE TO THE MS DEGREEDaniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University Daniel Walsh is currently Department Chair for Biomedical and General Engineering, and Professor of Materials Engineering at the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his B.S. (Biomedical Engineering) , M.S. (Biomedical Engineering) and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering) degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Dr. Walsh was employed by General Dynamics Corporation, as a principal engineer and group leader in the Materials

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Special programs and activities for minorities in engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Brown

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Minorities in Engineering

stands for Stay Tech @ RIT) is an initiativesponsored by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) seeking to study new andinnovative methods to increase the recruitment and retention rates of these underrepresentedpopulations. The ST@R Project achieves these goals by focusing its efforts on three majorareas: (1) Student Support Services and Outreach Efforts, (2) Mentoring and Coaching, and (3)Career Exploration and Professional Development. To improve the pipeline of electricalengineers as well as increase the number of underrepresented individuals, the ST@R project alsofocuses on researching and developing a pedagogical system that addresses diverse teaching andlearning styles within the engineering classroom. The main objective is to

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

to this lack of understanding, as such we argue that students constructreasons for their expected future prosperity that if they work harder now, they deserve morelater.IntroductionIt seems a universal feature of human experience to tell stories about one’s place and direction inthe world. Research on storytelling has shown that this is as true of individuals as it is of nationstates.1 Given this range, we can assume that members of cultural groups of sizes betweenindividuals and nations will share common, if never identical, narratives. In this paper, we reporton a collection of common narratives that come from a distinctive student culture, that ofundergraduate engineering education in America.Our paper reports on two related beliefs that

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Regis University

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Educational Research and Methods

MotivationNationwide, need for U.S. engineering talent continues to grow, yet enrollment in and graduationfrom engineering institutions continues to decline. If engineering educators better understandhow students come to engage with their studies and chosen institutions as well as develop anidentity with the profession, engineering colleges can adjust institutional climates to encouragemore students to enroll in engineering studies and persist to completion.Methods and ParticipantsThe Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) is a study funded by theNational Science Foundation exploring the experience of undergraduate engineering studentswith the intended outcome of improving engineering education.1, 2, 3 The Academic PathwaysStudy (APS) is

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cleon Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

graduate program of study. In addition to thepositive impact the SURE experience had on the decision to attend graduate school (93.5 percentof respondents), this research uses logistic regression techniques to illuminate other relevantfactors on graduate school attendance--such as attitudes about graduate school before SURE, theenvironment of the home institution, academic encouragement from others, and frequency ofcontact with SURE faculty and mentors after program completion.IntroductionDespite some gains in the representation of minorities in engineering and science fields, arelatively small number of underrepresented minorities (16% in 1999) graduated with degrees inthose fields.1 Although this figure represents a modest increase over the

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Brittany Claar, Colorado School of Mines; Tori Bailey, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

knowledge of engineering before they begin college.In addition (and possibly as a result), students’ intentions to major in engineering waiver, evenwhile they actively complete engineering requirements. Nearly all students in our sample wereentrepreneurial in seeking experiences within and outside of engineering to help them decide ontheir major. Implications of this research are that 1) attrition rates from engineering may beinflated, and 2) classroom, departmental, and institutional adjustments could increase retention ofstudents in engineering.Persistence in Engineering EducationFrom the era of Sputnik through to the present, concerns about preparing sufficient numbers ofengineers to meet the demands of industry and national security have gained

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

greatertechnical self-efficacy than the females who graduate as engineers8.MethodologyThe method used to gather and analyze data was grounded in the descriptive study surveyapproach. The question posed was what technical and tinkering characteristics engineers deemedimportant and to what extent these characteristics corresponded to the ABET Criterion 3 a-klearning outcomes. To answer this question a volunteer sample of engineering faculty, students,and practicing engineers, who are members of ASEE, were recruited. They were asked torespond to two open-ended prompts on a survey in paper and pencil format and electronically.These prompts were; 1) List the characteristics of someone with good tinkering skills, and 2) Listthe characteristics of someone with

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilan Grave, Elizabethtown College; Nat Hager III, Elizabethtown College

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Materials

materials including High-PerformanceConcrete1 and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete.2The material is embedded with an inexpensive capacitance sensor and interrogated by broadbandTime-Domain-Reflectometry (TDR), providing a molecular rotation spectrum of water over anextremely wide frequency range (10 kHz - 8GHz.)Three separate states of water participating in the hydration reaction are identified, including afree-water rotational state, a bound-water rotational state, and an ion-hopping state. The threestates have been fit to appropriate models as a function of cure time, while a variation in cementchemistry revealed the nature of the processes involved.The results are: 1) a free-water relaxation which monitors the disappearance of water intohydration and

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

curator. a) b) Page 12.704.2Figure 1. a) The SciTechatorium at the Bellvue Santa-Fe K-6 Charter school in Avila,CA houses b) numerous demos and items that promote scientific inquiry for all ages.The SciTechatorium is open for a few hours per week (depending on docent volunteers),and is available to the K-6 students during recess and lunch. The children can come inand spend as much (or little) time as they wish to take out the reptiles, use the computers,look at displays, talk to Chick and the docents, and play with any of the numerousinteractive items at the museum. The museum is an amazingly fun and inviting

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

Page 12.367.3resources for learning, choosing and implementing appropriate learning strategies, andevaluating learning outcomes.” Knowles points out that there is convincing evidence that peoplewho take the initiative in learning (proactive learners) learn and retain more than do people whosit at the feet of teachers passively waiting to be taught (reactive learners). They enter intolearning more purposefully and with greater motivation. Knowles’ popularized a four-stepprocess for SDL: 1. Diagnose & formulate learning needs 2. Identify resources for learning 3. Choose and implement learning strategies 4. Evaluate learning outcomesWe have attempted to integrate this process throughout our project activities. This

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

” 1. Joseph Lowman in Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, statesthat “college classrooms are fundamentally dramatic arenas in which the teacher is the focalpoint, like the actor or orator on stage” 2. What better way to break the monotony of informationtransfer than a good story. Papadimitriou has recognized three main ways of using storytelling inthe teaching of a technical subject: (a) providing historical/biographical context to a subject, (b)illustrating a concept by a story, and (c) embedding educational material into a story 3. Thispaper provides examples of storytelling in a Materials Science class and student reactions to theclass. The paper is intended to serve as the starting point of an audience discussion during thepresentation

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Jinkins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Jill Clough, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Engineering Management

exams on the job or even true false or matching for that matter, so wecouldn’t use the familiar evaluation techniques for the class. In truth, one often has noidea of how one’s effort is perceived on the job until the yearly evaluation. Dependingupon the manager, then it may have little to do with the year’s work. This vaguenessmay be tolerated in the workplace but was not considered acceptable to the class.To address the students’ desire for a grading scale they could more easily understand anddiscuss, a performance scale similar to some seen in industry was devised as shown inFigure 1. Although it is not perfect, it--like most performance appraisal systems--is stillevolving. Student input is invited at the beginning of each semester to help

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education

the importanceof the course topics and provided him confidence in his knowledge by forcing him tothink about the course and the connections between the course knowledge andprofessional discipline.The various impacts we found in this study confirm and provide further empirical supportfor findings reported in the literature. For example, we found that portfolio creation couldhelp students have a better understanding of what they learned as in Jalkio 1, take fullownership for their portfolios as in Williams 2002 2, help students enhance their learningas in Christy 1998 3, see the major advantages in keeping a record of achievement as inKnott 20044, feel positive about the value of portfolios for increased awareness ofeducational attainment as in

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Information Systems

concludes with a list ofresources that include many more active and cooperative learning exercises.1. IntroductionIn bygone days, the “sage on the stage” was seen as the consummate teacher. Authoritative andentertaining, his words were eagerly listened to by students, and dutifully copied into spiralnotebooks. But today, the competition is tougher. Students grow up with interactive games,watch video on their cellphones, and surf the Web from their laptops during class. To be sure,spellbinding lecturers still exist, but most of us would not count ourselves among them. We canstill use class time to deliver an abridged oral rendition of the textbook, but the majority ofstudents will see it as a waste of time. We can do better.Active and collaborative

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Claude Thomassian, Georgia Southern University

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Electrical and Computer

the reader knows how to use PSpice to obtain simple dc biaspoint .OP and linear frequency sweep (phasors) .AC analysis. Numerical (PSpice) and symbolic(Analog Insydes) simulation results are presented and some comparison are offered. The purposeof this paper is not to lay out specifics or technical details.Example 1: Simple DC parallel resistor circuitIn the first example, Fig. 1, we have an ideal DC current source in parallel with three resistors.We will solve this example by using both PSpice and Analog Insydes and compare the results.An expression for V1 is obtained; some results are given illustrating approximation working inconjunction with one of the resistors, R3, passing to a ı limit

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

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International

amongst the highest inthe World, 52% in 2002 1.Ireland’s economy is flourishing within a global economy over which it has littlecontrol. It is vulnerable to factors occurring in the global economy. If the success ofthe Irish economy is to continue, then the national workforce must be as fit for themarket as is possible. That means being capable of innovation and change as themarketplace dictates. Society, organisations and people living in a learning societyrequire education on a lifelong basis suited to their needs so that they are equipped todeal with the challenges evolving in society. According to the Irish Government’swhite paper on adult education, modern workers are likely to have many jobs andcareer paths in their lifetime, and the higher

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments and Programs Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lanny Griffin, California Polytechnic State University; Victor Yu, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

(nanoelectromechanical systems – NEMS), and smart materials (piezoelectric materials, shapememory alloys, and electrorheological fluids). In the biomaterials block of instruction, a newlaboratory exercise was devised and incorporated to provide the students exposure tocontemporary methods in measuring mechanical properties of biological tissue. Thus, thisexercise tasked the students to measure the elastic modulus of a cow femur using ultrasoundtechnology. The primary learning objectives of this laboratory exercise were (1) to determine theelastic constants of a biologic composite material using an ultrasonic method. (2) To gain anappreciation for why natural materials are nearly always composite, and (3) to discuss howmedical devices may influence the

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

Page 12.1504.3circuit rises, by 1975 economics may dictate squeezing as many as 65,000 components on asingle silicon chip.” Forty years ago, 1 billion transistors per integrated circuit wasinconceivable.This technology trend of an exponential increase in the number of transistors per die has fueledthe growth in the electronics industry over the last forty years. Not only does this technologytrend have a significant impact on commercial products but it also has a significant impact ondigital system designers, the tools they use, and the level of abstraction in which digital designerswork. Obviously we do not have an exponential increase in the number of engineers that areavailable each year to design integrated circuits. Therefore, to keep pace

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

thought processes, personalabilities, understanding of important requirements, and capabilities to deliver valuable products.The authors, with the help of design education consultants, defined four areas of performancethat encompass essential aspects of engineering design performances:Learner development outcomes are defined under two areas of performance: (1) Personal capacity: Individuals performing and improving individual skills essential to engineering design (2) Team processes: Teams developing and implementing collective processes that support team productivity in design Page 12.293.3Solution development outcomes are defined

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Ben Latigo, University of the District of Columbia; Sisay Beru, University of the District of Columbia; Mamadou Keita, University of the District of Columbia; Steven Omoijunanfo, University of the District of Columbia

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design of a Renewable Energy Based Power System for a Zero Energy Visitors’ CenterI. IntroductionThe work presents the design and building of a hybrid, solar and wind powered system, whichwill provide electricity to a “zero energy visitors’ center” (ZEVC). The hybrid energy systemand the “Leed”1 certified visitors’ building will be located on the Van Ness campus of theUniversity of the District of Columbia. The system is intended to increase the viability anddeployment of renewable energy technologies by way of disseminating in the community atlarge, valuable information on the benefits brought to society by renewable energy sources. Theproposed system will serve as a

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College; Adrienne Smith, Springfield Technical Community College

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Engineering Technology

of students enrolled in the field of Engineering Technology has been declining from anall time high in the early 1980s to today’s lower full time equivalent (FTE) student count.According to the NSB figures, degrees awarded in the Engineering Technologies (typically in thefields of civil, electrical/ electronics, construction, computer, and mechanical technology) havefallen from approximately 53,667 in 1985 to 35,544 in the year 2000. One might note that duringthe same time frame, AS degrees awarded in the computer sciences rose from 26,500 to 33,700[1] . In a survey taken in 2002, a majority of respondents said that enrollments in their ETprograms had declined 20 to 90% in the last decade [2]. Today, most faculty teaching in theseprograms

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Smith, University of Arkansas; Waleed Al-Assadi, University of Missouri

CurriculumAbstractAs demand rises for circuits with higher performance, higher complexity, and decreased featuresize, asynchronous (clockless) paradigms will become more widely used in the semiconductorindustry, as evidenced by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors’ (ITRS)prediction of a likely shift from synchronous to asynchronous design styles in order to increasecircuit robustness, decrease power, and alleviate many clock-related issues 1. ITRS predicts thatasynchronous circuits will account for 19% of chip area within the next 5 years, and 30% of chiparea within the next 10 years 2. To meet this growing industry need, students in ComputerEngineering should be introduced to asynchronous circuit design to make them more marketableand more

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; MohammadOmar Andar, Kabul University; Maria Beebe, Washington State University

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International

in the 1970s as afive-year program, as shown in Table 1. The KU model is a typical American-style engineeringeducation consisting of basic sciences, such as, two courses in chemistry, three courses inphysics; a mechanics series including statics, dynamics, and strength of materials, fluidmechanics, and thermodynamics; a math series, including pre-calculus, calculus I and II, calculusof several variables, and differential equations.Major areas of civil engineering are covered through required as well as elective courses,including structures, water resources, transportation, and geotechnical engineering. Structuralengineering is covered by two courses in structural analysis and two courses in concrete. Waterresources engineering is covered by

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Graduate Studies

students for study and researchin graduate school. The authors have implemented this approach for the past two years andhave noticed positive results including increased graduate enrollment and an increased qualityof graduate research. We highlight these results by presenting case studies in which we followthe progression of several students through undergraduate senior projects and graduate studies.IntroductionIn the past few years, the authors reported their efforts of enhancing students’ learning byutilizing a systems approach [1] - [4]. These methods focus on the functionality of systemblocks to improve students’ understanding of system performance parameters. Positive resultshave been observed in strengthening students knowledge development