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Laboratories and Computer Simulation in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

troubleshooting,and had many opportunities to encounter open-ended problems that required a creativesolution. While these skills do not always come easily, in the authors’ experiences,students, when motivated, rise to the occasion. As the instructor, the sequence providedcountless teachable moments that would not have developed in a traditional course.ReferencesRicherson SJ and Cavanagh DP “Vertical Laboratories: Within Biomedical EngineeringCourses and Across the Curriculum”, Proceedings of ASEE 2005.Cavanagh DP and Richerson SJ, “An Integrated Lecture-Lab Approach for anIntroduction to Biomedical Engineering Course”. BMES 2004.Tranquillo, J, “Qualitative, Quantitative, Open-ended Design: A Progression inLaboratory/Lecture Learning”. Proceedings of ASEE

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Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Orr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Independent Consultant; Jill Rulfs, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-K through post-secondary education programs and of professional development programs for educators. She has worked on projects relating primarily to the areas of literacy, science, technology, engineering, and math. Prior to joining the Donahue Institute, she worked as an independent assessment and evaluation consultant. Ms. Quinn received an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University and a B.A. in Psychology from Case Western Reserve University.Jill Rulfs, Worcester Polytechnic Institute JILL RULFS is Associate Professor of Biology & Biotechnology at WPI. In addition to being a former public school teacher herself, she has remained active in university/public

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cameron Coates, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Wayne Johnson, Armstrong Atlantic State University; Chris McCarthy, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Atlantic State University,Savannah, Georgia, USA; however the majority of students are from local and surroundingcounties. The majority of public schools in these areas perform substantially below the regionaland national averages in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) areas5. Inmany cases, local students who are mechanically inclined lack the fundamental mathematicalskills necessary for success in an engineering curriculum. These students therefore often opt forthe technical track in high school and inevitably choose to pursue post secondary programs thatqualify them as technicians or mechanics. While the latter phenomenon is not necessarily anegative one, the lack of local engineering expertise has a strong potential to

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

earlier gains, characterized stage two. Stage three:the stage of pondering and deliberations, which has lingered on for a long time, is characterizedby calls from industries, engineering graduates, and invited experts, for more rounded engineerswith the skills and abilities to function in a modern business climate. Unfortunately, the responseto these calls has been slow. The “piece meal” approach and/or periodic adjustments to analready over-burdened curriculum, in an attempt to meet a broad set of demands, have not beeneffective in meeting objectives, and have convinced many stakeholders that the time has comefor a radical departure from the traditional layered and sequential structure that has prevailed fordecades. There are clearly significant

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

AC 2007-1185: PROMOTING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH BY CREATING ARESEARCH OPTION IN A TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION COURSEJenny Lo, Virginia Tech JENNY LO, assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, is interested in engineering ethics, curriculum design, issues related to engineering freshmen, and undergraduate research.Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech LISA MCNAIR, assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, is interested in qualitative methods, interdisciplinary learning and collaboration, strategies for improving professional skills of engineering students, and risk communication.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY EDMISTER

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Khosrow Farahbakhsh, School of Engineering, University of Guelph; Warren Stiver, University of Guelph

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Environmental Engineering

the relevant axes of figures have been predefined. Mass Transfer Operations(ENGG*3470) is a course that was introduced into the Environmental Engineering curriculum atthe University of Guelph in 1998. A lack of facilities initially meant the course started withoutan appropriate laboratory component. Over the past four years the course has evolved throughstudent designed, built and tested experiments as an integral component of their coursework.Currently, the students are responsible for choosing a mass transfer topic, selecting compoundsinvolved in the mass transfer process, identifying most appropriate analytical techniques,designing, building and trouble-shooting the required apparatus, performing a minimum of twoexperiments and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Todd Easton, Kansas State University

AC 2007-903: CONCURRENT B.S./M.S. PROGRAMS: A METHOD TO INCREASEGRADUATE ENROLLMENTS AND ATTRACT TOP STUDENTS TO GRADUATESTUDYBradley Kramer, Kansas State University Dr. Kramer is the Department Head for Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering and the holder of the Ike and Letty Evans Engineering Chair.Todd Easton, Kansas State University Dr. Easton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Kansas State University. Page 12.397.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Concurrent B.S./M.S. Programs: A Method to Increase

Conference Session

Industrial Collaborations and Applications

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-782: INDUSTRIAL CAPSTONE AND DESIGN PROJECTS FORMANUFACTURING AND MECHANICAL ET STUDENTS ALREADYEMPLOYED IN INDUSTRYLawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology Lawrence J. Wolf is a professor of the Oregon Institute of Technology and a distinguished service professor of the Oregon University System. See http://www.etllc.us. After experience in the army and the aircraft, petroleum, and chemical industries, he began his academic career in 1964 as the founding head of the MET program at the St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley. As a research fellow he completed his doctorate in engineering at Washington University and then became an associate professor at the

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

Laboratory and Internship Innovations in IT/IS

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Michael Moore, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

ofuse, and in the case of the drives, portability between host computers. Other comparisons suchas weight and cost are readily apparent, but were evaluated according to their importance to thestudents. The study found that portable hard drives are an effective compromise between cost,flexible lab use, and performance.IntroductionEducating future Information Technology (IT) practitioners can be a very costly endeavor for auniversity due to the expense of obtaining, updating and maintaining computer hardware forstudent practicum. Typical IT laboratory curriculum includes networking, web programming,database development, information assurance and security, and system administration, all ofwhich may have unique system and configuration requirements

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Velasquez, Purdue University; Matthew Verleger, Purdue University

Page 12.1500.8such programs as the GT2C due to the lack of appropriate educational training 1, 2 found in thetraditional engineering doctoral curriculum. An example of such benefits is provided inAppendix 2, which highlights the work of a Mechanical Engineering graduate teaching assistantwho developed a simulation-based lesson to help students better understand the complexities ofPID controllers and the parameters affecting system performance.Bibliography1. Wankat, P. C., “Educating Engineering Professors in Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, vol.88,no.4, 1999, pp.471-475.2. Torvi, D. A., “Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistant Instructional Programs: Training Tomorrow’s FacultyMembers”, Journal of Engineering Education, 1994, pp

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Where questions about educational missionand values are skipped over, assessment threatens to be an exercise in measuring what'seasy, rather than a process of improving what we really care about.2. Assessment is most effective when it reflects an understanding of learning asmultidimensional, integrated, and revealed in performance over time. Learning is acomplex process. It entails not only what students know but what they can do with whatthey know; it involves not only knowledge and abilities but values, attitudes, and habits Page 12.289.5of mind that affect both academic success and performance beyond the classroom.Assessment should reflect these

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Kansaku, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Kehr, Klamath County School District; Catherine Lanier, Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium

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Engineering Technology

hands-onexperience and enough information to implement the program at their institution.After an OIT faculty member attended the Starting Student Space Hardware Programs workshop,OIT started its balloon program in 2002-03. One of the original goals was to encourage amultidisciplinary program that involved students, faculty, and staff. It was envisioned thatprogram participants would be involved through class-related and extracurricular projects andfunctions. Another goal was to provide a vehicle for carrying out outreach that would in someway address NASA’s educational mission. Approximately 26 students, faculty and staff wereinspired and took up the call.As mentioned previously, OSGC supports programs that impact university curriculum with

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Jake Lauer, Smith College; Katie Silva, Smith College; Netty Nina, Smith College

produced by five sections of a seventh-grade Language Arts class at the beginning of an integrated AI, language and philosophy unit.The students in these classes included all academic levels and interests. To begin the unit, theteacher asked students to draw a picture of what they think AI is, accompanied by a one-pageessay explaining their picture and their connotative definition of the field. These drawings andexplanations were examined by the authors to identify patterns and gender differences in theirresponses.SSEP Data SetThe second data set was collected from students participating in the 2006 Smith Summer Scienceand Engineering Program (SSEP). This four-week program, held at Smith College for highschool girls, is designed to enhance the

Conference Session

The Critical First Year in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pilar Pazos, Northwestern University; Denise Drane, Northwestern University; Gregory Light, Northwestern University; Annette Munkeby, Northwestern University

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Educational Research and Methods

students.Engineering Analysis Course ContextAll first year engineering students at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering arerequired to complete the four quarter, introductory EA sequence. While trailing classes areoffered to transferring students and students who fall behind, the majority of engineeringstudents start the sequence during their first quarter in college and complete it early in theirsecond year. As a completed EA sequence is a core requirement for the engineering curriculum,retention within the sequence is an early indicator of whether students will eventually major inengineering. The EA course sequence integrates math, science and computer programming withengineering applications, and as with typical “gateway” courses in other science

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Conversion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fanourios Chalkiadakis, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

associated with big power systems, Power World6is also used in lectures. The interface of this software is not as high quality as that of PSCAD butit offers a different view and a classical approach to the power flow problem.3.2 Transmission Line StudyCalculations of transmission line parameters have always been an integral part of a senior levelcourse in power systems. Studies include topics in modeling of short, medium and long lines,calculations of voltage regulation, real and reactive power losses, design aspects of overheadlines and cost analysis. Not all of these topics are covered in detail in our program due to timeconstraints. Modeling however is discussed at least for low and medium length lines.One of the problems presented as a

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gunnar Lucko, Catholic University of America; Panagiotis Tsopelas, Catholic University of America; Timothy Garland, Catholic University of America; Rodrigo Gonzalez, Catholic University of America; Thomas Lee, Catholic University of America; Justin Molineaux, Catholic University of America

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Construction

global context. Sincethen, an introductory course on sustainability has been added to the curriculum and the studentshave founded a student chapter that has begun to participate in organizing the outreach to apartner community in a developing region.In a new course sequence on disaster-mitigating design and practice, the undergraduate civilengineering and architecture students are working together in entrepreneurially oriented teams.Faculty members and representatives from industry and from foreign aid organizations arecollaborating in guiding the courses. The course activities address several accreditationoutcomes, have been structured to expose students to all six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy ofeducational objectives, and accommodate different

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-2822: LAMPSHADE GAME FOR TEACHING LEAN MANUFACTURINGErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Global Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement for Hitech firms. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Crown, University of Texas-Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas-Pan American

and SLTT on student learning and required faculty effort, a public forumwas created and used to assist with the implementation of SLTT activities in four mechanicalengineering courses. The courses span the curriculum from a freshman engineering graphicscourse to a graduate course in mechanical vibrations.Student Learning through TeachingThe objective of student learning through teaching is to improve learning of both the studentteacher and the students being taught without incurring unreasonable cost to the instructor. Ourbasis for the development of SLTT as an effective means of improving student learning was thebyproduct of a previous experiment in the engineering graphics course. The instructionalmethod in the engineering graphics lab

Conference Session

What's New in the Mechanics of Materials?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Linsey, University of Texas-Austin; Austin Talley, University of Texas--Austin; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin Wood, University of Texas-Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas-Austin; Rachel Kuhr, University of Texas-Austin; Saad Eways, Austin Community College

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Mechanics

Math and Science from 97-01. Dr. Eways received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. He Page 12.770.1 received an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering and an M.S. and a B.S. in Electrical Engineer from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Eways is very interested in improving student retention, increased student success and better and more efficient ways to teach science.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Page 12.770.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 From Tootsie Rolls to Composites: Assessing a

Conference Session

CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

maneuverable and aesthetic concrete canoe.The design/build process required to create a competitive concrete canoe provides civilengineering students with an opportunity to gain hands-on practical experience and leadershipskills that will enhance their engineering education. They learn the importance of effectiveproject management and teamwork, including communication, organization, quality and costcontrol and safety. The technical challenges of the project are quite similar to thoseencountered in a high-quality undergraduate research project.Students who participate on a concrete canoe team gain valuable skills that they would notnecessarily learn in a standard engineering undergraduate curriculum. The concrete canoecompetition is a program that

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Haman, University of Detroit Mercy; Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy; Will Wittig, University of Detroit Mercy; David Chew, University of Detroit Mercy; Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy; Chris Keimig; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit Mercy; Tim Rourke, University of Detroit Mercy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Display in Engineering Lobby – 1st floor Page 12.122.4 Figure 1. Locations of the seven PV assemblies and display.A disadvantage of a horizontal array is that the power output will be slightly reduced whencompared to an array that is tilted at the optimum angle. That said, amorphous silicontechnology is less sensitive to tilt angle than crystalline photovoltaic technology. United SolarOvonic cites data1 showing that horizontal amorphous arrays delivered a time-integrated power(energy) that was comparable to that of the competing tilted crystalline glass-framed modules(the same study also demonstrated that amorphous arrays delivered more

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

and Design Engineering and the Blended Learning Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Page 12.317.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Blended learning - enriching the class activity with technologyAbstractBlended learning presents new opportunities. Opportunities to enhance the conventionallecture experience and also stimulate the students outside the lecture theatre. This paperprovides some drivers for learning and indicates some of the influences likely to impact onthe development of a blended learning curriculum. To situate the work an example of blendedlearning from an Engineering Science

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anderson Prewitt, University of Florida; Wanda Eugene, Auburn University; Shaundra Daily, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

fields versus White menwho preferred engineering disciplines14. Although these surveys were done in the seventies, therestill remains a disproportionate amount of African-American college students in disciplines suchas education and other humanities13. Additionally, Brown characterizes engineering as a weedout and individualistic culture with an undergraduate curriculum designed for students not tosucceed4. The utilization of competitive grading schemes inhibits students' abilities to formcollaborative groups. Here, we see a culture at odds with that of African-American students. Page 12.1072.3Acting in parallel with the force of the engineering

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Bland, John Brown University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-83: THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN THE PROGRESSION FROMTECHNOLOGIST TO GENERAL MANAGERLarry Bland, John Brown University Page 12.1460.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of Education in the Progression from Technologist to General Manager: A Qualitative StudyAbstractA qualitative research study addressing looking at educational interventions in the careerdevelopment of engineers moving from technologist to general manager. For this study“education” is defined on a four-part continuum of formal, non-formal, informal, andincidental/experiential. Formal and non-formal education is an intentional and systematicenterprise while

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ChE: Innovations in undergraduate and graduate programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

pre-Engineering curriculum. Dr. High is involved with the development of an undergraduate entrepreneurship program at Oklahoma State University.Eric Maase, Oklahoma State University ERIC MAASE is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and was AIChE Student Chapter President and AIChE Local Chapter Student of the Year in 1993. He completed an M.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and his PhD from Oklahoma State University in 2005. His research interests include computer and mathematical modeling and

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Maddren, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Also, I think this is an important subject that everymechanical engineering graduate should understand completely. This portion of the class usestheir fluid mechanics textbook and additional notes from the lecture. The subjects of heatexchangers and fluid systems (pumps and piping primarily) are subjects that show up in a few ofthe textbooks on thermal systems design. The depth of coverage for a thermal systems designcourse will necessarily depend on the context of the curriculum, the intended use in the thermalsystems design course and the preferences of the instructor.The inclusion of system modeling and simulation, economics and optimization is a good fit in aclass on thermal systems design. The problem may be to integrate them together in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alhaji Cherif, Cornell University; Gary Fleming, University of Maryland; Siaka Kroma, Cornell University

In the sub-section, we discuss the “how” to use the Graphic Organizer we developed tofacilitate readings and learning of mathematics and sciences texts. Various researchers havetheorized that graphic organizers to increase achievement slightly. But what is a graphicorganizer? Ausubel and others have theorized that Graphic Organizer -- “an orderly arrangementof concepts”— can help students learn concepts by helping them to incorporate new ideas withprior or existing concept.1 As a result, we have modeled our device (Structured Reading GuideSRG) in the form of graphic organizer in the hope of facilitating the learning process. Theauthors believed that ideas incorporation occurs when new ideas are integrated with, and/or whennew ideas are added

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Donaldson, University of Dayton; M Zoghi, University of Dayton

manufacturingmethods and increased volume have driven the manufactured cost of composites downdramatically. They are an entire category of materials which are rapidly gaining acceptance andmarket share as engineered commodity materials. The volume of composites used has risen 65%since 1996 [2]. Composite materials do, however, present some unique challenges in design thatare not present in more traditional materials such as steel, concrete, etc. The traditional materialsare typically the ones considered in most undergraduate and graduate engineering curricula.Among the issues presented by composites include the tailoring of fiber types, fiber volume,fiber architectures, as well as matrix materials and processing methods. These are highlyanisotropic in nature

Conference Session

Electromechanical Capstone and Design Projects in ET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati; Laura Wilson, University Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

12.1597.9Figure 8 - Digital Section Printed Circuit Board Figure 9 - Inside View of Final Packaging Page 12.1597.10Figure 10 - Final Packaging Concept for the Pressure Sensor ProjectFuture Pressure Sensor Project EnhancementsRecent changes in the Computer Engineering Technology curriculum now introduces embeddedsystems concepts in the first two years. For the next iteration of the Applied Design course thedigital section of the project will be replaced with a microprocessor, programmed in a higherorder language, as well as a liquid crystal display. In addition, the three op-amps used to form theinstrumentation amplifier will be replaced with an actual instrumentation