Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

this study, ateam of five industrial engineering students agreed to allow the investigator to observe their teammeetings, individually interview each team member and analyze their work related to theircapstone project. For the laboratory based study, eight industrial engineering seniors were askedto think aloud while completing a three-hour design problem. The findings from the capstonestudy guided the analysis of the data from the laboratory based study.Mathematical thinking behavior was investigated using Schoenfeld’s five fundamental aspects ofmathematical thinking: knowledge base, problem solving strategies or heuristics, effective use ofresources, beliefs and affects and mathematical practices1 . Additionally, Atman and Bursic’sdesign

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ulas Toros, University of Florida; George Younis, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

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International

high school Grade Point Average (GPA), ScholasticAptitude Test 1 (SAT 1) and the American Collegiate Test (ACT). International students arerequired to have either been educated in an English speaking country or provide results ofTOEFL test.The minimum requirements for qualification into the program are2: • Graduation from a regionally accredited or state-approved secondary school or the equivalent (G.E.D., etc.). • Fifteen academic units, including 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 3 years of natural sciences (two with laboratories), 3 years of social sciences, and 2 sequential years of a foreign language. • A cumulative C average in the academic core, as computed by the university, at all institutions

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sang-Hoon Lee, Polytechnic University; Anshuman Panda, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Hong Wong, Polytechnic University

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Computers in Education

is currently pursuing a dual B.S/M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and expects to graduate in June 2007. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi. He has worked as a teaching and research assistant with responsibilities in the area of mechatronics.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote 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

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

manner ‚ Page 12.446.2 Ability to learn about the latest trends in thermal management or pertinent field of study ‚ Ability to design and build laboratory equipment, and high value-added or high end products ‚ Ability to learn how to assemble equipment and components from different suppliers at low costIn the case of advanced thermal systems, students, engineers and plant managers should alsopossess or acquire the necessary technical skills to meet future energy-related challengesincluding energy conservation in a competitive global economy. Students should have the abilityto specify fluid mechanics and heat transfer

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

implemented by our Biomedical Engineering Program. This 1new model consists of a sequence of four courses spanning the junior and senior years. It wasdeveloped to ensure that all students receive repeated exposure to a wide range of skills relevantto the biomedical engineering profession as well as those required for accreditation. The topicscovered include a wide range of ‘soft’ skills,5 such as regulatory issues, environmental impacts,and project management, in addition to laboratory-based ‘hard’ skills, such as rapid prototypingand computer-aided design (CAD). While this sequence does not address the issue of the seniorcapstone being the students’ only exposure to open-ended design, it does provide

Conference Session

Student Teams And Project Based Learning / The Critical First Year in Engineering Education / Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Moore, University Of Minnesota; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

teamfunctioning.The course is structured with two fifty-minute lectures per week and a two-hour computerlaboratory meeting. The students are assigned to a three or four person team starting in week 3of the semester and remain with that team through week 7 of the semester. Students are assignedto a different team starting in week 8 of the semester. Students are placed on teams by teachingassistants with the use of guidelines that assure diversity in terms of self-evaluation of computerand programming skills, and placement of females and international students so that theseunderrepresented groups are not isolated. Teams are asked to work together on a weekly basis inlecture, laboratory, and outside of class for team assignments. Although this study

Conference Session

Biology and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; David Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

single screw laboratory scaleextruder. Extrusions were carried out with 18% moisture starch and three polystyrene levels of15, 20, and 25%. Talc was added at 0, 1,2, and 5 percent. The size of foam pellets wasmeasured. Fuzzy logic methods including FCM clustering ANFIS rule-generation were used tomap torque and pressure to radial expansion, and torque, pressure, and talc to radial expansion.The models training and validation were able predict expansion very well with correlationfactors around 0.94.Student AcceptanceStudent reaction to this class was very good. The overall class score was (3.38+0.54 /4.0). Theoverall instructor score was (3.67+0.35 /4.0). Students were quite complimentary about thecourse. They felt both instructors did a good job

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Jernquist, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Liberal Education

necessarily help the student transition to the skills necessary for engineering andscientific technical writing.Since effective communication skills are as important to engineers as their technical skills,students need guidance from department and institutional support teams to help them understandthe complexities of the engineering writing processes and products. Writers need to understandand appreciate the investment of time required for informal writing, such as writing to learncourse content. They also need to value audience expectations and learn the forms in which toexpress content knowledge, such as laboratory reports and design projects. Further, they need tolearn the conventions of sentence-level expression within those forms. This includes

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Environmental Engineering

Professor of Educational Research at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. Dr. Wang teaches educational research and statistics courses. Dr. Wang received a master of applied statistics degree and a PhD degree in educational research from The Ohio State University. Page 12.1083.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MULTI-CAMPUS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM-BASED-LEARNING COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNINGIntroductionThe project described here began with a civil engineering and biology laboratory

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Lorenzo Smith, Oakland University; Yin-ping (Daniel) Chang, Oakland University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the category of outreach to humanities and liberal arts students.Courses specifically designated for teachers in the course description were not Page 12.1478.4included in the table. Additionally, laboratory courses were not included in the table,since these courses were almost always affiliated with another class and includingthem would have artificially boosted the enrollment numbers.DiscussionAfter analyzing the thirty universities, thirty-seven general education physics coursesdesigned primarily for non-science majors were found to have enrollments totaling5,711 students. This contrasted with only four commonly taught engineeringoutreach courses

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

, and integrate analytical and designskills.The ME Capstone Design Projects include the following types of projects: 1) Industry Partner projects are supported by gifts to the program. Students have an opportunity to work on practical design projects and to interact with outside engineers. 2) Research Partner projects are supported by research or University funding to support current University research projects. Students have an opportunity to work with leading international researchers, graduate students, and research laboratories. 3) Student Organizations and Design Competitions include the SAMPE Bridge and Wing Competitions, the Mini-Baja Car race, and Engineers Without Borders. Our student teams have

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred DePiero, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-2527: MULTIDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTSFred DePiero, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects including a high-compression video transmission system for remote driving and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. His research interests include

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darnell Austin, California State University-Fresno

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Engineering Technology

Page 12.155.4Angeles. The department has established a relationship with SSMT laboratories in the LosAngeles area where the southern California students get a real life exposure to the testingapplications.In other words, this class combines all the features of how a distance learning class can beorganized. Lecture material is covered on-line through virtual methods and accounts for halfof the course. In person, it meets for two long weekends in Fresno for lab work. For one halfof a weekend, distance students meet in their area and the instructor travels with them to acommercial laboratory. If the student evaluations are to be believed, this is one of theirfavorite classes. There are side benefits from having these students visit the campus

Conference Session

ChE: Computers and Simulation in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Melissa Stefik, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

the School of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Science an experimental learning laboratory exists.Contained in this laboratory are two rooms separated by a two way mirror. In one of thetwo rooms there is a Smartboard system. This works like a whiteboard but also recordseverything that students in the room write on its surface (in addition to many otheroptions). From the second room observers may watch the students in the first room aswell as record all of their actions (both audio and visual), comment of these actions, andcommunicate with the students when necessary. To probe for possible reasons why students might struggle with the work in thematerial and energy balance course we asked for four volunteer two-person teams fromthe

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown

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Computers in Education

thatwork in the electrical power sector of industry do have prior knowledge of electrical powerindustrial software.A virtual electrical power systems laboratory is used in the EET-3334 course in conjunction withthe theory and application of the lecture. This virtual electrical power systems laboratory allowsa variety of electrical power systems to be designed effectively with minimum cost. In addition,the lab use of industrial software allows the students to practice using a tool that typically isrequired later when they work in industry. The students in the virtual electrical power systemslab first learn basic theory power theory using the Electronics Workbench / Multisim software.The students then learn to program some small projects by using

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Palmquist, Western Kentucky University

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Civil Engineering

environment is typically a passive Page 12.174.2experience such as in a lecture hall (with the exception of the laboratory courses), whereasengineering practice is an active experience. Students in a classroom setting need more activeand engaged experiences6. Real life engineering projects, that encourage active participation andphysical exposure to real structures such as buildings and bridges, can significantly improvestudent understanding of the applied principles of engineering analysis and design, and can helpbridge the gap between engineering education and practice.In a junior level structural analysis course, a project was introduced into the

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

Microwave Engineering course includes weekly laboratories where students performbasic microwave measurements and learn to use a contemporary microwave and RF CAD tool(the most recently used CAD software was Ansoft Designer SV). In addition to these weeklyreinforcement exercises, the students are assigned a project to use the tools studied throughoutthe semester to design, simulate, layout and test a prototype microstrip low pass filter circuitbased on LC ladder prototype in the nominal 1200 MHz frequency range. The students usedCAD for the design and simulation and implement the final prototype using inexpensive 1/16”thick single sided FR-4 printed circuit board and easily obtainable copper tape (1/4” and ½” isused). The students then use a Hewlett

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Villanova University

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Mechanics

under thirty students meeting for fifty minute period, threetimes a week during the fall semester. A total of three sections were taught in the fall thispast year. There were no laboratories as part of this class, though all the students had anengineering laboratory during their freshmen year in which they had built bridges frompopsicle sticks. This had made them aware of problems in statics in general. All studentshad a common final examination and there was no differentiation in grading for studentswho had challenges in the class.Typically most instructors pick a teaching strategy and continue to use this based onprevious experiences and successes they have had with this approach. The strategy isthen modified on an as needed basis, but

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morrison Obeng, Bethune-Cookman College; Xiaohe Wu, Bethune-Cookman College

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Minorities in Engineering

resources requested by the students. Theseresources must not be readily available in the laboratory. This type of project may also beassigned in the “Senior Thesis Projects” capstone course. A project such as the one described,may involve a multi-disciplinary team of engineering, computer science and physics majors.Knowing that the completion of a project will help them with their performance in industry andin graduate schools, the students are motivated to do what it takes to complete the projectsuccessfully3. The functional, finished products are put on display in the engineering laboratoriesto be used as demonstration tools for other students to encourage and motivate their interest inScience, Engineering and Mathematics. Middle School and High

Conference Session

International Engineering Education Ii / International Engineering Education I - Poster Session / International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Webert Lovencin, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

the target audience willperceive it as a viable career choice.Other activities used to expose students to engineering topics and concepts are accomplishedthrough laboratory exposure. Some institutions of higher education establish an introduction toengineering lab at local high schools. The laboratory set-up employs active learning and smallerclasses to better inform students about the nature of engineering and its specific disciplines.Research has shown that the overall perceptions of students concerning the engineeringprofession have improved as a result of their educational experience and exposure. According toa study done by Besterfield-Sacre et al., the attitudes of students towards the engineeringprofession improved in programs that

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

technology has become in professions, education, and society ingeneral.The current model for implementing visualization techniques has taken on the form of adedicated, geographically and administratively removed entity. It is interesting that this approachfollows how new (and often expensive) technologies have been implemented in the past inhigher education. Some may remember when even electronic calculators were housed indedicated “computing laboratories.”It is general practice to implement visualization technologies in a centralized and dedicated“center,” a facility separated physically, intellectually, and pedagogically from academicenterprises that might use it best. This is not because visualization is a new, recently discoveredtechnique

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok Verma, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-152: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING IN ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS ? A CASE FOR PHYSICAL SIMULATIONSAlok Verma, Old Dominion University ALOK K. VERMA Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory at Old Dominion University. He also serves as the Chief Technologist of the Lean Institute at ODU He received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, MS in Engineering Mechanics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the Mechanical Engineering Technology Department at ODU in 1981. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, a certified manufacturing engineer and has certification in Lean Manufacturing

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

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Industrial Engineering

usually harder to teach in a fully online environmentbecause of the need for laboratories, machinery, chemicals or equipment. The structure of theclassroom blended with the Web could be the answer for engineering education. Blendedlearning can be described as the optimum balance of online and face-to-face classes that fosterstudent learning at reasonable costs. The limited literature on blended learning is full ofexamples from all disciplines. A number of universities (State University of New York,University of Massachusetts, University of South Florida, and Penn State University) haveconverted entire programs to the blended format1. Other universities are considering the blendedformat as an option to increase student learning and decrease costs

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Bougie, American University; Philip Johnson, American University; Nathan Harshman, American University; Teresa Larkin, American University; Michael Black, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

: Page 12.1232.3 • Provide students with knowledge of physics. • Provide students with technical skills such as familiarity with modern laboratory equipment, technical writing, and computer programming. • Provide students with the experiences and skills necessary for them to do scientific work independently and within larger groups. • Provide students with the academic skills required to achieve success in later academic degree programs.The physics curriculum should have adequate options to prepare students for graduate work, butalso be flexible enough for students to get a solid foundation in physics. In addition, anopportunity to develop the skills required of a scientific thinker and researcher is vital to

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Tech University

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Engineering Technology

concentration in Advanced Manufacturing processes, both traditional and Manufacturing. Student is Processes nontraditional. Study of both theory and introduced to advanced methods practice will be tied to laboratory utilized in a modern manufacturing experiments utilizing a spectrum of unique facility. materials and methods. MET4900 This course studies conventional and This course was added to build a Alternative Energy emerging energy sources. Conversion concentration in Fluids & Power Systems methods are discussed in terms of their long Systems

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Manufacturing

Strength of Sophomore level Materials core requirement Figure 1. Course Relation to Other CoursesThus, students are expected to have fundamental knowledge of engineering material properties,both macroscopic and microscopic, before taking this manufacturing processes course. TheENGR 220 course is a typical first course in engineering solid mechanics. The ENGR 310course has a laboratory component which includes activities on materials testing and processingof materials to affect properties. Both of these courses are core program required courses.Text SelectionAfter reviewing several excellent textbooks, the author/instructor deemed it beneficial to use atext that placed

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas-Austin; Janet Ellzey, University of Texas-Austin; Brad Hull, University of Texas-Austin; Jessica Rosinski, University of Texas-Austin; James Wright, University of Texas-Permian Basin

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Nuclear and Radiological

crucial issues concerning energy production and consumption. A brief introduction into many types of energy systems. Regulatory laws, as well as economic and environmental issues. Suggested Texts: Boyle, G., Everett, B., Ramage, J., Energy Systems and Sustainability, Oxford University Press, 2003. Fanchi, J., Energy in the 21st Century, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2005.Sensors and Instrumentation is a course designed to be very “hands-on”. Students willhave been exposed to several methods of measurement in previous laboratory courses;this course, along with the accompanying laboratory course, will provide a more in-depthlook at various

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

station and fuel cell power demonstration project, funded by the Department of Energy. He and his student research team have a research contract with the Army to study the long-term durability of multiple PEM fuel cells used under a wide range of operational conditions. He is also establishing an alternative energy laboratory at LTU that will contain integrated fuel cell and hydrogen generation systems, as well as equipment for solar (thermal and photovoltaic), biomass, wind and other alternative and renewable energy generation equipment. Page 12.1563.1© American Society for

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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International

in another laboratory 3000 Page 12.950.7mile away. It is of interest only if the graduate student can go abroad and continueproject work begun at home in the laboratory of a collaborator abroad, thus makingthe departure a “win” for all persons involved. The faculty can benefit from eachother’s expertise and complementary facilities, as can the student. The time inGermany under such circumstances can become a rich international experiencewith the potential for joint publications, and laying the groundwork for futurefunding and collaboration as well as support for the next graduate students.With a grant from the German Ministry of Economics and Technology5

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Chonacky, Yale University

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Computers in Education

, atmospheric physics, applied computer science, sensor engineering, instrumentation, and environmental engineering. He has been associated with, among other institutions: the Southern Connecticut State and Columbia universities; Bates, Bowdoin, and The Evergreen State colleges; the Rome Air Development Center of the U.S. Air Force; and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In addition to the ASEE, he is a currently a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Physical Society, the IEEE-Computer Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1967