Conference Session

Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dong Young Jang, Seoul National University of Technology; Heewon Lee, Seoul National University of Technology; Sitae Won, Seoul National University of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Capstone DesignEducation model and expanding the reeducation program of industrial workforce.Engineering students, after learning system design, an interdisciplinary curriculum of designeducation, a design information system with a data base of various design techniques, designelements, and teaching materials are expected to grow out of the projects. The SeoulNational University of Technology has hosted annual engineering education forums since Page 12.451.52001 and has recommended students of design engineering to participate in national andinternational design contests.Second, specific methods to spread capstone design education are as follows

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

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Design in Engineering Education

. The authors are ofthe opinion that service learning relieves the students of the monotony of routineclassroom work and learning disengagement. The authors believe that service learninghelps to rekindle the social consciousness of the student learner. The authors promotedesigning of service-learning programs that can make a significant impact in the area ofsocial activism.This philosophy has been put in to practice at Miami University. A Senior DesignCapstone Experience has been designed in such a manner that it does not become an itemthat occupies a table in an engineering laboratory. Instead, it has been transformed to beviewed as a major event that brings the college, the community and the schools togetherto experience a technological

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oenardi Lawanto, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

, “During this phase, we focused on the what thing rather than the how thing.”Special attention was given to learn about these components as each component has its ownworking characteristics that have direct impact on the performance of the bike. Lessons learnedfrom studying the historical aspect of the hydraulic bike were also integrated in this team’s future Page 12.1264.8design.Preliminary computational analysis. After having a more qualitative analysis of the project fromthe previous phase, this team proceeded with a quantitative analysis through numerous computersimulations. In this second phase these students tried to gain an understanding of

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II / Design for Special Services

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Conry, Clarkson University

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Design in Engineering Education

and the ways in which each fosters accomplishment of the learningobjectives that are articulated in concert with the process-oriented aspects of the tacticsassociated with the pedagogical framework. To ensure that our curriculum provides acomprehensive treatment of the topics and skills an emerging software engineer should master,the department has adopted a set of core learning objectives for each required course in theprogram of study. The core learning objectives for the software engineering culminating designexperience are:1. Students will participate in the process of carrying a significant software development effort from a conceptual idea through integration and testing of the complete product.2. Students will be thoroughly familiar

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

companies during the design exposition banquet.All forms, spreadsheets, and documents described in this paper are available from the websitehttp://www.srdesign.uncc.edu. Page 12.1308.97. Conclusions and Future WorkA multi-disciplinary industry sponsored senior design course has been developed and integratedinto the College of Engineering curriculum at UNC Charlotte. Shortcomings in the student-project generated senior design courses used by the engineering department in previous yearshave been identified and the new program has been developed to concentrate on these problemareas. The industry-sponsored course affords students an opportunity to work

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. Internal • Marketing and Sales. Stakeholders • Shipping and Distribution. • Investors. • Purchasers and users. External • Nursery shops (e.g. Frank's). Stakeholders • Hardware stores (e.g. Ace, Aco). • Retail Outlets (e.g. Meijer, K-mart, Target, Wal-Mart, Sears).Understanding the design problem is accomplished by identifying the needs of all the relevantstakeholders, setting target specifications for the product, and decomposing the problem intocritical sub-problems. Although the latter is not explicitly shown in Fig. 2, it corresponds to thefirst activity of the concept generation task. As an integral part of the process of setting targetspecifications

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

settingstandards in Afghanistan as they are more attuned to donor requirements.Finally, purists in civil engineering are reluctant to consider why more management-orientedcourses, as in construction management, maybe necessary to integrate in the curriculum to equipgraduates to successfully compete for civil engineering projects. Moreover, the integration ofinformation-based tools, such as, AutoCad, engineering graphics, digital drawings, and globalinformation systems (GIS) in civil engineering2 has not been fully considered as non-existenttraditional laboratories remain the focus of attention.To address some of these issues, a series of workshops and meetings were held in 2006 withthose who follow the Kabul University model with an attempt to modify the

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

regarding the need to modify the engineering curriculum in order to betterprepare engineering graduates to face the new challenges that the current engineeringenvironment presented. In 1994, “industry and academe realized that their concerns were thesame, [therefore] they began to mobilize through ABET, the organization responsible for settingthe standards of engineering education” (ABET, 2004, p. 1). As a result, the AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology (ABET) acknowledged this call from industry andeducational leaders, and started working towards changing the standards of engineeringeducation in order to guarantee that engineering students not only have an education in thetechnical disciplines of engineering but also in human

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

15. Ability to apply the creative problem solving process 16. Achieve an excellent project outcomeBy integrating the creative problem solving process into conceptual design, a dynamic is createdfor efficient learning which involves both explicit and tacit components in the most effectivesequence5. The goal is to provide a structure that will encourage students to follow the optimalsequence of steps to set the stage for a superior project outcome coupled with a solidunderstanding of the conceptual design process. Therefore, the last five criteria of Table 1 relateto capabilities that will enable students to meet sponsor expectations. They will also help

Conference Session

Innovative Instruction Strategies in Calculus

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Ruth Ellen Hanna, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

AC 2007-58: PREDICTING STUDENT SUCCESS IN CALCULUSJenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University Jenna P. Carpenter is Director of Chemical and Industrial Engineering and Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor of Mathematics at Louisiana Tech University. She was co-developer of the mathematics sequence for NSF-funded integrated engineering curriculum at Tech and currently leads an NSF-funded effort to develop an integrated science curriculum for math, science and education majors. She received her B.S. in Mathematics from Louisiana Tech University. Her M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics are from Louisiana State University, where she was an LSU Alumni Federation Fellow.Ruth Ellen Hanna, Louisiana Tech

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

technicalcommunications9. By this fourth clinic experience students are involved in solving open-endedengineering problems, and considering the merits of numerous solutions. Students enrolled inthe Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic work in teams to carry out independent research projects.The Junior/Senior Engineering Clinic, a 4-semester required course, is an integral part of theengineering curriculum in which students apply engineering principles to emerging technologies.Students work on service related projects or research grants funded by industry or government inmultidisciplinary teams6. The makeup of the teams is driven by the requirements of the project.Teams of students are organized based on their particular skills, interests and background, andmatched to

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Rhoads, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Brian Olson, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Terry Ballinger, Lansing Catholic High School

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Mechanical Engineering

of the program’s curriculum has been a short course inmechanical engineering. This course, which is taught by a representative of the mechanical engi-neering department (a faculty member or doctoral candidate) in conjunction with a local secondaryschool educator, is intended to introduce the fundamentals of mechanical engineering in an infor-mative, yet approachable, manner.Structurally, the mechanical engineering course is divided into ten two-hour academic units, eachof which includes a brief technical lecture (approximately twenty minutes in length), a varietyof hands-on demonstrations, and a competitive group project of a design-build-test nature. Thecourse’s curriculum presently consists of three distinct sections: (i) mechanical system

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Tech University

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Engineering Design Graphics

fundamentals. The newsequence of computer graphics courses in the BSMET curriculum are TechnologyComputer Applications, Practical Applications in Parametric Modeling, and ComputerAided Manufacturing.The Technology Computer Applications course introduces the multiple applications ofthe Unigraphics NX software capabilities in the context of a design project involvingmodeling, drafting, structures, manufacturing, and motion. The course also introducesapplications in the Microsoft Office Suite related to the computer graphics project usingExcel, Project, PowerPoint, and Word. The Practical Applications in ParametricModeling course integrates Unigraphics NX modeling, assemblies, motion and draftingmodules also using a design project approach. This course

Conference Session

The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael McCorquodale, Mobius Microsystems, Inc.; Richard Brown, University of Utah

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

property (IP) macros. The company’sflagship technology is based on research originally conducted by the authors at the University ofMichigan from which Mobius retains a world-wide exclusive license. The case is presented as anillustration of the typical protocol for the commercialization of university research while demon-strating gaps that exist in both the academic curriculum and in the extracurricular resources whichare mandatory for the “spin out” of new technology ventures. The case is presented as a history ofthe company and is followed by an analysis. The paper concludes with both academic and legisla-tive recommendations based on the analysis.II. The Development of Mobius MicrosystemsA. University Incubation and Seed Financing

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-2460: EXPERIENCES AND TEACHING TOOLS IN ALTERNATIVEENERGY EDUCATIONSlobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University Dr. Slobodan Petrovic is an associate professor at the Arizona State University, with teaching and research interests in the areas of alternative energy (fuel cells, hydrogen production and storage, CO2 reduction), MEMS and sensors. Prior to joining ASU Dr. Petrovic held appointments at Clear Edge Power (formerly Quantum Leap Technology) as a Vice President of Engineering; at Neah Power Systems as Director of Systems Integration; and Motorola, Inc. as a Fuel Cell Group Manager and Reliability Manager. Dr. Petrovic has over 20 years of experience in energy systems

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; Frank DeRego, Purdue University; Silvia Mah, University of California-San Diego

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

]. Page 12.728.2Within the field of engineering education, there has been recognition for the need for instructionin multidisciplinary teaming. In a special report in the Journal of Engineering Educationoutlining the research agenda for the new field, attention is given to the need to understand theengineering thinking in a multidisciplinary environment[3]. In an article published in ASEEPrism[4], a survey of industry representatives showed that there is a strong need to emphasizemultidisciplinary, team-based, and collaborative problem-solving.As a result, many programs have been instituting multidisciplinary learning experiences in theirengineering curriculum. For instance, the Colorado School of Mines[5] instituted a capstonecourse in

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darnell Austin, California State University-Fresno

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Engineering Technology

at thedistance community colleges. How to make this connection is a study in itself, but it willinvolve some sort of personal interaction with department faculty. This link can’t be donethrough email or telephone. Faculty must visit these remote campuses, which can be tied toinstruction, as will be seen later.After recruitment, the second major concern is having a quality curriculum. A departmentcould create a degree plan just for the distance learning student and the university curriculumapproval process would assure that such a new plan would be academically sound. However,this is a complicated process that has to be completed before students enter the program.Working within an existing curriculum is a better way to start.At CSUF, the

Conference Session

Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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W. Andrew Clark, East Tennessee State University; Peter Hriso, East Tennessee State University; Craig A. Turner, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

andentrepreneurship. Carolyn O’Grady in her text, “Integrating Service Learning andMulticultural Education in Colleges and University”1 described the National Service Actof 1993 as a method: • “Under which students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service experiences that meet actual community needs and that are coordinated in collaboration with the school and the community; • That is integrated into the students’ academic curriculum or provides a structured time for a student to think, talk or write about what the student did and saw during the actual service activity; • That provides students with opportunities to use newly acquired skills and knowledge in real-life

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan; Joe Guarino, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; John Gardner, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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Mathematics

Professor in the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Department at Boise State University. His research interests include simulation modeling for engineering education, vibrations, and acoustics.Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University Dr. Yonnie Chyung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Instructional and Performance Technology at Boise State University. She received her Doctor of Education degree in Instructional Technology from Texas Tech University, and her Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction, with a specialization in Computer-based Education, from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Her research interests have been focused on the development of self

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Liang Zhu, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Mechanical Engineering

quantitative value is obtainedindicating success in achieving the ABET outcomes. An example QuACO for the engineeringmathematics course is given in Table 5. Table 5. Sample QuACO for ENME303: Topics in Engineering MathematicsCourse Outcome Basis for AssessmentThe student will be able to solve linear algebraic equations One final exam problemnumericallyEach individual student will learn numerical methods to fit Three final exam problemcurves to data.Students will find roots of equations numerically. One final exam problemThe student will learn to evaluate integrals and One final exam problemdifferentials numerically.Students will solve differential equations numerically

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

pedagogical observation from the projects, further curriculum revision under developmentare explained in Section 3, namely, to tie Matlab programming skills with hardwareimplementation in DSP and/or FPGA boards. 2. GUI system designs using MatlabDigital signal processing is taught as a senior-level, 4-hour/week lecture, 2-hour/week laboratoryclass. The lab culminated in an intensive team-oriented class project. The projects wereproposed by the students to the instructor, who revised the project for appropriate content and sizeprior to approval. All specifications were chosen by students themselves, save for one criterion:the inclusion of a Matlab-based GUI system. Most of the students are seniors in EE, and morethan 60% of them had prior

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Subhi Bazlamit, Ohio Northern University; Farhad Reza, Ohio Northern University

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Civil Engineering

. 90 no. 7 (Oct) p. 36-42 3. McKee, Sally A.; Kubarek, Diane M. Real-World Engineering: A Course for Masters Students Headed for Industry Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference. v. 2 (2003) p. F1E16-F1E21 Engineering as a Human Endeavor: Partnering Community, Academia, Government, and Industry. Westminster, CO, United States, Nov 5-8 2003. Sponsored by IEEE Education Society, IEEE Computer Society, And American Society for Engineering Education, The University of Colorado. Conference code: 62139 4. Aglan, H. A., Ali, S. F. October 1996,“Hands –On Experiences: An Integral Part of Engineering Curriculum Reform”, Journal of Engineering Education, pp 327-330. 5. Goldberg, D.E., April 1996, “Change in

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, business plan formation, elevatorpitches, and a group presentation. As such a significant piece of the program curriculum, the nextsection describes the project in greater detail. (A, B, C, D, E, F, G)Table 1 – Program Objectives A – Participants will develop an understanding of the importance of being innovative in an ever-expanding, global economy. B – Participants will gain knowledge of engineering as a program of study, its various disciplines, and the academic rigor required of engineering students. C – Participants will come to realize the numerous career and professional opportunities afforded to engineering graduates. D – Participants will experience the many facets of evolving innovative ideas into business ventures. E

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

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Biomedical

askfor input from the program faculty. A visual chart or “map” helps considerably in this processand may be completed initially for each course then for the entire curriculum. An example ispresented in Figure 3 for the course presented in Figure 1. The Program Outcomes a-k closelymatch the prescribed a-k in the ABET requirements with minor variations that make them more Page 12.1483.3specific to the Biomedical Engineering Program. It may be noted that this course only maps toProgram Outcomes a, b, c, f, and k. It is obvious that not every course will address or assessevery Program Outcome. The “Measured Score” column reflects the information

Conference Session

FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Lifford McLauchlan, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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First-Year Programs

the technicalskills, the students are also expected to develop soft skills that are necessary in the engineeringand technology fields, such as teamwork, ethical and professional responsibilities,communications, and time management, all deemed an integral part of the learning experience,and necessary by the ABET accreditation guidelines.Since introductory courses play an important role in student retention and success, there is a needto generate new ideas and develop creative teaching strategies to ensure student interest,attention and learning. Many groups studied innovative methods to achieve the desiredclassroom goals. The following section reviews some of the relevant findings in the literature.The proposed method and its pilot

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carsten Ahrens, F.H. OOW

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Civil Engineering

one.Modularization and Study Load (ECTS)In addition all curricula have to be taught or learned in modules, which is more an educationin a series of “pieces” rather than the former more “all-in-one” approach. All modules as wellas the total curriculum have to come with a description of the study load of the “normal”student. This study load is at least the time necessary for a “normal” student to fulfill thedemands of the study program and to successfully finish his studies. The study load of onesemester is 30 ECTS-credits, which are awarded to the successful student per semester. - ECTS stands for European Credit Transfer (and Accumulation) System. – The basis for anormal work load is very much comparable to the normal work time in any normalprofession

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

curriculum improvement.Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the Center for Advanced Materials andSmart Structures (CAMSS) for providing access to several laboratories that were used forproviding students hands-on experiences. We would also like to thank NSF-NIRT (DMR-0403480) and NSF-NUE (EEC 0634218) grants which have helped in the development of newcourse/course modules.Bibliography1. W. D. Callister, Jr., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Integrated Approach,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 20052. W. D. Callister, Jr., “Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,” John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 20033. L. Dee Fink, “Creating Significant Learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tebbe, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Sharon Kvamme, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Brian Weninger, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Jess Boardman, Minnesota State University-Mankato

).Stewart Ross, Minnesota State University-Mankato Stewart Ross is the founding Director for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Minnesota State University. He holds a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. in Music Education from Northwestern University. He is an active presenter at colleges round the country on “Integrated Course Design.” He was Director of Bands at the university for 21 years prior to his appointment in the Center.Sharon Kvamme, Minnesota State University-Mankato Sharon Kvamme is a graduating senior in the Mechanical Engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is a McNair scholar and currently serves as President of the local SWE student

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Dale Feldman, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham

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Mathematics

scaffolds.Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham Dr. Meadows is a science educator employed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His work focuses on teaching and on science education reform. He serves as the director for Alabama LASER (Leadership Assistance for Science Education Reform). Dr. Meadows is a participant in the Greater Birmingham Mathematics Partnership which focuses on improving mathematics instruction in middle school classrooms. Page 12.617.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

• Report writing • Good design requires a cost estimating • Oral presentation mastery of chemical engineering sciencesThe profession has nearly unanimous agreement that these learning goals are important andshould be achieved by performing a project within the undergraduate chemical engineeringcurriculum. Examples of design projects are available in many textbooks and from CACHE2. Page 12.1366.32.2 Learning Goals for Operability This paper presents an argument for an enhancement in the curriculum by providingadditional operability topics to achieve the following learning goals