Conference Session

Leadership Perspectives in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1498: FACULTY WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE BRING A REALWORLD PERSPECTIVE TO ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDonald Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling.William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University WILLIAM R. LOENDORF obtained his B.Sc. in Engineering Science at the University of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Aerospace

AC 2007-1340: EVOLUTION OF A CLASS IN SPACECRAFT DESIGN:EXPERIENCES GAINED OVER A DECADE OF TEACHINGMichael McGrath, University of Colorado at Boulder Page 12.703.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 1/25/2007 4:25:00 PMEvolution of a Class in Spacecraft Design: Experiences Gained over a Decadeof TeachingAbstract.Spacecraft Design at the University of Colorado at Boulder is a project-based approach to thedesign of an unmanned spacecraft mission, focused at the senior and graduate level. Teams ofstudents produce a Concept Study Document and series of oral presentations for a hypotheticalNASA

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

evolving innovativeideas into business ventures, convincing students of the importance of being entrepreneurial intheir future endeavors, improving students’ communication and teamwork skills, and recruitingstudents for further academic and entrepreneurial pursuits in the University of Kentucky (UK)College of Engineering. In order to meet these objectives, the students participate in a number ofactivities including team building exercises, hands-on engineering labs, engineering companytours, networking opportunities, a group business venture competition, and recreationalactivities. Through the group project, students are involved in concept development, productdesign, prototyping, business plan development, and public presentation.This paper will

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-1867: EXPERIENCE WITH AND LESSONS LEARNED IN A STEMSUMMER CAMP FOR TRIBAL COLLEGE STUDENTSWei Lin, North Dakota State University Dr. Wei Lin is an Associate Professor of environmental engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of the interdisciplinary Environmental and Conservation Sciences graduate program. Dr. Lin teaches environmental and water resources courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His research areas include water and wastewater treatment technologies, wetland studies, and river water quality modeling and management. He has participated in the ONR, NASA and ND EPSCoR funded Native American educational outreach projects as

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Engineer of 2020 and highlights their callsfor what we term “inspiring students.” The paper then analyzes various effects and parts of acivil engineering program to include guest speakers, case studies, field trips, summer enrichmentopportunities, ASCE Student Chapter events, and service learning projects that can be used to domore than merely educate and train students, but also to inspire them.IntroductionThe purpose of any educational endeavor is to impart learning; for engineering education, anadditional practical element is included to provide students with the necessary skills andattributes to prepare them for their future applications of engineering. At this point, the exactneeds of the future are not known; but we do know that engineers of

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosemary Kilmer, Purdue University; Lisa Kilmer, Purdue University

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Architectural

asLEED, is the most credible out of five systems that were rated. This announcement will no doubtdirectly impact the sustainable and green design building market, as the GSA serves as a landlordto the federal government and the federal government is one of the largest owners and operatorsof commercial buildings.The LEED rating system allows building owners and operators to have tools to measure thesustainability of their building and provides a framework for what constitutes a green building.Performance is measured in five main areas: sustainable site development, water savings, energyefficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. Additionally, LEED has sixdifferent rating systems based on the nature of the project. These are

Conference Session

Design for Special Services

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey

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Design in Engineering Education

Rehabilitation Engineering & Technology Program that isbased at USF. This program is a unique program that integrates services to individuals withdisabilities with education, research and development. Seven field engineers and six techniciansdeployed throughout the state identify barriers to accessibility for individuals with disabilitiesand refer projects that do not have commercial solutions to the Capstone students. Theseprojects range from devices for personal hygiene, wheelchair mobility, driving adaptations torecreation and sports equipment. The program helps people with disabilities becomeindependent and have a better quality of life. These projects are ideal projects for mechanicalengineering students and several students have proposed their

Conference Session

Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yaomin Dong, Kettering University; Jacqueline El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Materials

materials. Togetherwith Properties of Polymers (MECH-580), Polymer Processing (IME-507), and Plastics ProductDesign (MECH-584), this new course will be an integral part of the course portfolio for thePlastic Product Design Specialty at Kettering University, which emphasizes both experimentallabs and simulation techniques. Topics include Classical Laminate Theory (CLT), materialcharacterization, failure and damage, manufacturing techniques, and composite structure anddesign. A course project is also developed to demonstrate the application of composite materialsand design simulation. Kettering is a member of the Partners for the Advancement of CAEEducation (PACE) program, and the term project will be performed using advanced workstationsand CAE

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rob Reed, Hewlett-Packard Corporation; Jim Vanides, Hewlett-Packard

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Computers in Education

” higher education grant initiative and community of over 200 campuses in 34 countries. He also writes a blog about best practices emerging from grant-supported projects around the world (www.hp.com/go/hied-blog). In his “spare” time, Jim teaches an online course for Montana State University on the Science of Sound (www.scienceteacher.org). Page 12.1503.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Transforming Teaching and Learning using Tablet PCs A Panel Discussion using Tablet PCsAbstractThis panel discussion will highlight emerging best practices in the use of Tablet PCs to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver

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Environmental Engineering

serviceability requirements, but they must also be conscientious of how these projectsimpact the environment. Rarely do civil engineering courses address issues of sustainability, andwhile it may be unrealistic to introduce new courses into an already crowded curriculum, somecourses can easily be amended to include new “green” ideas. One such course, CivilEngineering Materials, is required in almost all curriculums at the sophomore or junior level andis one of the first true engineering courses in the degree sequence. In this article, threeprofessors at different universities in different regions of the country share three projects whichcan help students learn how concrete can be an environmentally friendly material.IntroductionProtecting the

Conference Session

Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Lindsley, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

-servicesecondary math and science teachers. This latter course is part of a series of courses, offeredthrough the NSF-sponsored MSP (Math and Science Partnership): Project Pathways,1 designedto help integrate mathematics and science, and can be taken as partial fulfillment of a Master’sdegree in Science/Math Education. An attitude survey, based on the well-documented PFEAS(Pittsburgh Freshmen Engineering Attitude Survey),2 was taken by both sets of learners. Bothgroups completed the survey at the beginning and end of the Fall 2006 semester. Initial datashows a statistically significant difference between the two groups in attitudes about engineering.The greatest difference in the two groups’ attitudes at the beginning and end of the semester wasin the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arlen Planting, Boise State University; Sin Ming Loo, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2136: BRIDGING THE GAP WITH SLIPArlen Planting, Boise State UniversitySin Ming Loo, Boise State University Page 12.324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Bridging the Gap with SLIP AbstractMany embedded system projects make use of some type of serial communications in order totransmit data packets between devices. The choice of methods to manage transmission andreceiving of data is critical, and small systems are no exception. Communications of this typecan be troublesome without borrowing techniques from other disciplines. However, one veryimportant criterion is that the protocol must be

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

AC 2007-2693: DESIGNING A COURSE ON BUSINESS PROCESSREENGINEERING (BPR): BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESSOPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSRashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology RASHMI JAIN is Associate Professor of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Jain has over 15 years of experience of working on socio-economic and information technology (IT) systems. Over the course of her career she has been involved in leading the implementation of large and complex systems engineering and integration projects. Dr. Jain is currently the Head of Education and Research for International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Her teaching and research interests include

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Darin Marriott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Thomas Gally, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Design in Engineering Education

times for 2 hours each - the 2ndhour is normally left open for in class work time on projects or homework. All course sectionsoffered included a basic portion which was based upon the successful predecessor to this coursewhich focused on CAD only. This common portion of 28 class meetings consists of: - 3 Lectures on Design, Design Philosophies and Design for Manufacturing - 19 Lectures on Drafting principles and using CATIA. This includes two days focused on layout a wing and fuselage – time closely associate with the aircraft projects. Page 12.248.3 - 3 Exam Days - 2 Working Days on semester projects

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2871: ATTRACTING UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS TOENGINEERING WITH SERVICE-LEARNINGLinda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Linda Barrington is the Service-Learning Coordinator for the Francis College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is a second career Mechanical Engineer, who also brings over twenty years of human services management to this position. She assists faculty in all five engineering departments to develop course-based service-learning projects by linking them with appropriate non-profit organizations to meet real community needs.John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor of Mechanical and Solar Engineering, faculty coordinator of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont; Frederic Sansoz, University of Vermont; Donna Rizzo, University of Vermont; Adel Sadek, University of Vermont

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

First-year Design Offered since ~80 Utilizes CricketSat wireless sensor EE & ME Experience Spring 2004 as project platformSenior/Grad Wireless Sensor New offering ~15 Utilizes commercial wireless All Networks for Fall 2006 sensors to develop networks forEngineering custom applications & CS Junior Mechanical Revised for ~40 Integration of commercial wireless ME Engineering Lab Spring 2007 sensors for beam mechanics and III vibration monitoring Junior

Conference Session

Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Carroll; Hong Sheng, University of Missouri

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Mechanics

student learning and understanding. It should be better than a traditional lecture. 2. The new technology should be easy to use. Learning to use the technology should not create excessive work for the faculty member. Class preparation should take approximately the same amount of time as for a traditional lecture. 3. The new technology should be reliable and convenient. The author is currently using a technological method for teaching engineering mechanicscourses that meets the criteria listed above. A key component to the method is that the facultymember projects complex figures on the board and then uses chalk (or markers or a smart boardor a tablet) to modify the figures. This teaching method blends the traditional lecture

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Swan, Tufts University; Jesse Cooper, Tufts University; Amanda Stockwell, Tufts University

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Environmental Engineering

. Students who participate inthis advising program receive one-half course credit (pass/fail grade) for their efforts. The finaldeliverable is for the students to develop and present a poster at the WORS Spring symposium.As is the case for all first-year advising programs, students are assigned a new academic adviserwhen they must choose an engineering major at the end of their first year. They may keep theirfirst-year advisor if their current advisor advises students in their chosen major, but this is notautomatic and must be requested.In Fall 2004, another student cohort worked on various research efforts involving material reuse.None of the projects had been undertaken by the advisor prior to the student’s efforts. The fourefforts, performed by

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Abbott, University of Missouri; Katie Grantham Lough, University of Missouri

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Design in Engineering Education

instructors in theireffort to effectively teach this concept.The goal of the educational tool, component functional templates, is to not only aid classroominstructors in presenting the concept of functional modeling to students in a timely manner, butwill also aid the students through modern visual and interactive learning techniques that promoteproper form and assisted development. Ultimately, the templates will only be a first step, muchlike training wheels, in the process of learning how to functional model and will be an invaluabletool for the novice user with more in-depth engineering design problems to tackle.2.0 BackgroundThe educational foundation on which this project is based is the active learning process, whilethe primary method of

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Todd Morton, Western Washington University

senior level microprocessor, embedded systems, and senior project courses. Most of thesechanges have been made practical because of the continued developments in the embeddedmicrocontroller industry. New microcontrollers continue to get more powerful – or, in somecases, less powerful – with increases in memory, on-chip resources, and bus speeds.We have traditionally used Motorola (now Freescale) microprocessors and microcontrollersincluding the 6800, 6809, 68HC11, 68HC12, and now, the 9S12 family of microcontrollers.Because of this, we will focus on the 9S12 family in this paper, though many of the newtechnologies apply to other manufacturers as well.We have found that the 9S12 family is a very versatile family of parts. This allows our

Conference Session

FPD3 -- Professional Issues for First-Year Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mathias, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Lalit Gupta, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Jale Tezcan, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ronald Caffey, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Bruce Chrisman, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Chris Pearson, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; John Nicklow, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ernest Lewis, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Rhonda Kowalchuk, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Kathy Pericak-Spector, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Hasan Sevim, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

applying massively parallel architectures in the development of smart munitions, from Seagate Technology on image compression research, and from Cleveland Medical Devices on signal processing and pattern recognition NIH funded research related to brain wave form analysis and classification. Currently, he is working on a NIH project awarded by Think-A-Move related to Human-Machine Interfacing and by Neuronetrix on detecting neurological disorders from evoked potentials. He serves as the Associate Chair for the ECE Department ABET review committee and is a mentor in the College of Engineering Faculty Mentoring Program. Dr. Gupta serves as an Associate Editor of the Pattern Recognition

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Edith Gummer is the Director of the Classroom-Focused Research and Evaluation Program for the Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. She coordinated the structure of the research design and the data collection and analysis processes of the project. She has been faculty in science and mathematics education quantitative and qualitative research design courses at the doctoral level. She has been involved in the development of innovative mathematics curricular activities and formative assessment in mathematics problem solving.Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Frank Peloubet, North Dakota State University; Huizhen Wang, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Yajun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture

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International

worked on various environmental projects in the US and China as design engineer and project manager. He serves as the faculty advisor for American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) Student Chapter at NDSU.Frank Peloubet, North Dakota State University Francis (Frank) H. Peloubet is an adjunct professor and guest lecturer with the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Department of Civil Engineering. Frank teaches University Studies/Skills for Academic Success, Introduction to Civil Engineering, Surveying, Fluid Mechanics, and Capstone Senior Design. His research interests are in the areas of transportation and environmental engineering. Frank holds a Master

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachael Schmedlen, University of Michigan; Mimi (Miriam) Adam; Robert Sulewski; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

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Biomedical

problems for a real client, 2.exploring the leading edges of the field, and 3. learning strategies to solve novel problems.Our challenge has been to turn teenagers straight out of high school into individuals with a realappreciation, based on experience, of what it takes to be an engineer. To this end, the course isorganized as a company, Blue Genes Research and Development, and our students are formedinto project teams, each assigned to a client, a specialist physician at the University of MichiganHospitals. Each team must work with the physician to develop a diagnostic test to detect adisease before the onset of symptoms. Course material emphasizes the fundamental doctrines ofsystems biology, the central role of quantification in design and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Remer, Harvey Mudd College; Karen Ahle, Raytheon; Kevin Alley, Southwest Research Institute; John Silny, Raytheon; Karen Hsin, Accenture; Elijah Kwitman, Harvey Mudd College; Allison Hutchings, Harvey Mudd College

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Engineering Economy

AC 2007-513: COST ESTIMATING CERTIFICATES OFFERED BYPROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROADDonald Remer, Harvey Mudd College Donald S. Remer is the Oliver C. Field Professor of Engineering at Harvey Mudd College. He received his BSE at the Univ. of Michigan and his MS and PhD at Caltech. He is a registered professional Engineer in several states. He has presented short courses to thousands of engineers and managers in industry and government in the areas of Project and Engineering Management, Cost Estimation and Economic Evaluation of Projects, and Managing and Estimating Software Projects. He received the Centennial Award from ASEE.Karen Ahle, Raytheon Karen M. Ahle graduated

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mireille Battikha, Consultant

compileknowledge of construction activities and products from different construction projects. Cases aredesigned to compose sets of scenarios useful in analytical and decision-making processes for thedelivery of integrated teaching. This consists of using compiled predefined representationsincluding sections of digital videos capturing real construction site activities and products for thecomposition of new sets of situations useful to several management processes and engineeringconcepts under a current/new study. Several scenarios have been illustrated and findingssummarized including advantages and limitations for further research and implementation. Thecase-based system will provide the educator with an effective tool to deliver the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Deborah Hwang, University of Evansville

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Electrical and Computer

-obvious advantages as well in the areas ofprogram assessment, shared resources, team projects, and the new ideas and opportunities thatare generated when programs are mixed. Disadvantages of a combined department have arisenas well.This paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of a combined department, details themethods used to accomplish the successful combination, and provides advice for thosecontemplating such a change.IntroductionElectrical engineering and computer engineering programs commonly reside in a singledepartment with a single department chair and separate program directors. They have commoncore and elective coursework, and often share assessment objectives, outcomes, and rubrics. Inrecent years a few universities

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Nathan Vizzi, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Wind Working Group for SmallWind and Terrestrial Applications2. The project has enabled the students to learn first hand howpublic policy impacts the expansion of the green power market (specifically wind energy) inspecific municipalities. As part of their project-based learning experience in the clinic3-4 thestudent team has documented that a wide range of public policy positions, embodied in localzoning ordinances, will directly affect how many customers will pursue wind energy as apotential option for generating their own electric power. The New Jersey Clean Energy Program5provides some of the most lucrative rebates for renewable energy system installation in thenation and represents an embodiment of the State’s policy commitment to become

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

are being added to the INSPIRES Curriculum in 2006-2007: Engineering inFlight: A Hot Air Balloon Case Study and Engineering Energy Solutions: A Renewable EnergySystem Case Study. Each introduces students to the engineering design and decision-makingprocess, while also teaching basic engineering concepts. In these curriculum modules, thestudents progress through a series of hands-on activities and demonstrations, web-based tutorials,and computer simulations during which they learn the principles that govern the system understudy. Next, the students are issued a challenge to design, build and evaluate their own systemsby utilizing results obtained from computer simulations. At the end of the project, the studentsreturn to the computer module to

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clara Fang; David Pines, University of Hartford

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Civil Engineering

transportation networks, and test hypotheses aboutthe effects of various driver behavioral, land use, and network decision on resulting traffic levelsand future network improvement decisions. As part of the learning experience offered by thiscourse, students have also applied their skills and knowledge gained from classrooms into a real-life service-learning project. The project was to use the learned theory in traffic models andemploy simulation to evaluate traffic operations along an important urban corridor in Hartford interms of existing, future, and future with improvement scenarios. The study results werepresented and communicated to the community public. It is believed that the simulationtechnology-enhanced learning activities can de-emphasize