Conference Session

Writing and Communication II: Practical Perspectives on Teaching and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Liberal Education

leaders in service to our nation.USCGA provides the U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) with approximately 190 new Coast Guardofficers each year. Each graduate earns both a commission (as Ensign, USCG) and a Bachelor ofScience degree in one of eight academic majors. Four of these majors are in engineeringdisciplines: Civil; Electrical; Mechanical; Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.A typical cadet day at USCGA involves academics, leadership and military training, and somesort of athletic activity (NCAA division III or intramural). At least once each semester, eachcadet is required to participate in an outside community service project either individually or as agroup. All cadets must complete the academic requirements for their chosen major

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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

“space operations expert”,K-12 classrooms can also go on a “journey to the edge of space” through collaboration thatcenters on a high-altitude balloon launch.OIT has collaborated with Ferguson School since the fall of 2004. The collaboration has sincegrown into a semi-formal program themed and named, “To the Edge of Space”. Using thecapabilities developed through its university-level LaunchOIT program, OIT students and facultyprovide the BalloonSat “vehicle” (see Figure 1a), as well as launch and tracking services, forFerguson School. Elementary students develop experiment payload projects (see Figure 1b) inclass and then go through an internal process to select which project or projects will fly on aparticular year’s BalloonSat mission. The

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

. Page 12.1341.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Tablet PC Applications in a Large Engineering ProgramAbstractA Tablet PC computing initiative was announced by Virginia Tech in summer 2006. Use ofTablet PC-based instruction was implemented in a freshman engineering course with about 1200students in fall 2006. Examples of instructional activities included electronic note taking, use ofinking features to review homework solutions and completing skeleton PowerPoint slidesdesigned to increase the engagement level of students in a large classroom, and setting up onlinecollaboration sessions to do group design project and problem solving activities. In addition, theTablets helped students maintain an electronic log of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Bor Jang, Wright State University; George Sehi, Sinclair Community College; Richard Jones, Sinclair Community College

AC 2007-2197: GATEWAY INTO FIRST-YEAR STEM CURRICULA: ACOMMUNITY COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION PROMOTINGRETENTION AND ARTICULATIONMichele Wheatly, Wright State University Michele Wheatly (PI) is Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Wright State University. She has had a 25 year history of continuous NSF funding to support her lab research, as well as significant experience directing large projects targeting increasing representation in the STEM disciplines (including the Creating Laboratory Access for Science Students, heralded as one of the most innovative projects in undergraduate STEM curriculum in the US). Her career funding from competitive sources has totaled

Conference Session

Computer-Assisted Lab Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, interdisciplinary experiments.Due to the evolutionary advances in computers, sensors, and actuators, the need exists to teachall engineers to use electronics, to program computers for real-time control, to design controlsystems, and then to integrate all into the design process. In countries like Japan and Koreadegrees are offered in mechatronics. Although this is not the intent at the moment, we should atleast introduce our students to the reality of the workplace. Even if mechanical engineersworking on a team project do not design the electrical components, they will at least be able tocommunicate with the electrical engineers effectively, and the electrical engineers will havesome knowledge of mechanical systems.Control systems are inherently multi

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Willie Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Ahmed Abdul-Rahman, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Emmanuel Nutsuklo, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Michael Brenu Osae, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

probability versus bit energy to noise power ratio. Trade-offs forthe different parameters such as intersymbol interference (ISI) which should be zero, andthe appropriate choice of pulse-code modulation (PCM) waveform type that is used forbaseband transmission to yield the performance metric can be effected to achieve thedesired result6. Page 12.871.4Educational ImplicationsThis project is planned to be a student project and students of Kwame NkrumahUniversity of Science and Technology (KNUST) will be involved in the project.Considering the different activities involved, the project in divided initially into threephases. The first phase will involve

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

and study guides such as Schaum’s Outline series,online tools such as MIT’s OpenCourseWare3, and archived online lectures. Online lectures arefrequently accessible only to enrolled students, but some schools provide complete archivedlectures free of charge, for example, the EECS 40 circuit analysis course at UC Berkeley4.However, students have limited time to devote to any particular class, and searching throughhours of archived lectures for the single needed example relevant to the problem at hand is notfeasible. A single “one-stop shopping” web-based repository of worked examples accompaniedby expert explanation would be a valuable resource.We have developed Project CLEO (Circuits Learned by Example Online) as a comprehensive

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Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brendan Egan, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Dechant, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christopher Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-1342: BUILDING AS A POWER PLANT: MODELING AND SELECTIONOF A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM FOR AN ADVANCEDCOMMERCIAL BUILDINGBrendan Egan, Milwaukee School of EngineeringStephen Dechant, Milwaukee School of EngineeringChristopher Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Page 12.330.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Building as a Power Plant: Modeling and Selection of a Combined Heat and Power System for an Advanced Commercial BuildingAbstractIn this Mechanical Engineering senior project, combined heat and power (CHP) systems wereevaluated based on their effectiveness in supplying the

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Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

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Aerospace

to design aircraft and aircraft parts. The authors of this paper haveincorporated a new project in the AT166 Aircraft Materials II course to reinforce the knowledgegained in the introductory course and to apply this new skill set to design, and manufacture analuminum alloy formed wing rib using CNC equipment and conventional sheet metal equipment.For this project students select a wing airfoil using commercial available software based onassigned parameters like gross weight, cruise speed and stall speed. An airfoil for a small pistonpowered experimental aircraft is selected with a maximum gross weight of 500 pounds, cruisespeed of 150 mph, and a stall speed of 50 mph. Airfoil optimizer software is used to downloadthe drawings of the selected

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; John McLaughlin, Clarkson University; Stephen Doheny-Farina, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, 13699-5700Abstract Understanding particle transport, deposition and removal are of crucialimportance to many environmental and biological processes. In addition, manytechnologies that are critical for the competitiveness of the US microelectronic, imagingand pharmaceutical industries require an engineering work force that are competent invarious aspect of particulate processes. The primary objective of this NSF supportedcombined research and curriculum development (CRCD) project is to make the results ofnew important research findings in this critical area available to seniors and first yeargraduate students in engineering through developing and offering of specialized courses.In this CRCD project a series

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Hansberry, Northeastern University; Jennifer Love, Northeastern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

1. Table of Contents from Engineering Graphics by F.E. Giesecke et al.6 1 The Graphic Language and Design 13 Threads, Fasteners and Springs 2 Introduction to CAD 14 Design and Working Drawings 3 Instrument Drawing, Freehand Sketching and 15 Reproduction and Control of Drawings Lettering Techniques 16 Axonometric Projection 4 Geometric Constructions 17 Oblique Projection 5 Sketching and Shape Descriptions 18 Perspective 6 Multiview Projection 19 Points, Lines and Planes 7 Sectional Views 20 Parallelism and Perpendicularity 8 Auxiliary Views

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Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hildreth, Virginia Tech; Michael Vorster, Virginia Tech

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Construction

and necessary dimensions, which are referenced in thesame manner as it will be in the field. Physical models are scale replicas of the project or component to be constructed.They are most beneficial for pre-planning erection and construction sequences. Modelscan be disassembled and used to plan fabrication sequence and material staging areas.Models may also be three-dimensional CAD models, which can be manipulated andviewed from any angle. The fact that pre-planning benefits the project team and has value is not disputed.However, the value of it is difficult to quantify as the value is often in costs not realized.Ghio et al.13 struggle to measure the value of operations pre-planning, but rather relies oncomparing the outcome of a

Conference Session

Thinking Ahead: Supporting New Technologies in Engineering Libraries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Reid, Pennsylvania State University-Wilkes-Barre; Francis Derby, Pennsylvania State University-Lehman

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Engineering Libraries

research activities. Even though the project was well planned and thought out,unforeseen problems have hindered the planned training program which was planned for thelibrary staff. The project has not proceeded as quickly as was intended for the following reasons: • Proposed trainer at the Maps Library moved to another position outside the area. • The newly proposed GIS course to be taught at this campus was placed on hold because of administrative changes in the University. This decision had a direct effect on training of instructors as well as promoting GIS to students who would have taken the course. • Plans to reorganize existing courses to include aspects of GIS technology have also been suspended because Penn

Conference Session

Two Year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Theodore Branoff, North Carolina State University; Duane Akroyd, North Carolina State University

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Two Year College Division

University. Duane is currently the PI on an NSF grant to provide online faculty development for community college STEM faculty. His research interests include factors that impact community colleges faculty view of their jobs. Page 12.377.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Community College Teacher Professional Development: Year Three Data from an Online Graduate Certificate Program in Community College TeachingIntroduction and Project OverviewThe departments of Adult and Higher Education (AHE) and Mathematics, Science andTechnology Education (MSTE) within the College of

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

. Table 1 Graduate Certificates in The EMSE DepartmentGraduate Certificate Courses StatusProject Management EMGT 308 Economic Decision Analysis Implemented EMGT 361 Project Management Certified by EMGT 362 Case Studies in Project Management PMI EMGT 461 Global Project ManagementMilitary EMGT 313 Managerial Decision Making ImplementedConstruction EMGT 314 Management for Engineers andManagement Scientists CE345 Construction Methods CE 442 Construction Administration

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Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Moss, Clemson University; Dorothy Moss, Clemson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

: Adapting and Implementing the SCALE-UP Approach in Statics, Dynamics, and Multivariate Calculus. He is also supported by an NSF Mathematics Education CCLI grant: Adapting K-8 Mathematics Curricular Materials for Pre-Service Teacher Education.Dorothy Moss, Clemson University Dot Moss is a lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Clemson University where she serves as Project Director of Math Out of the Box™, a K-5 curriculum and teacher professional development project. She has a BS from Bob Jones University, a Masters from Clemson University, and thirty hours above a Masters in Library Science. In addition to serving as one of the principal authors of Math Out of the Box

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Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alice Agogino, UC Berkeley; Sara Beckman, University of California at Berkeley; Leslie Speer, San Jose State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). At NAE she served on the Committee on Engineering Education, working on the Technologically Speaking and the Engineer 2020 projects. She is currently a member of the National Research Council's Board on Education and the Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, which recently released the report Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. She has supervised 67 MS projects/theses, 27 doctoral dissertations and numerous undergraduate researchers.Sara Beckman, University of California at Berkeley Sara Beckman teaches new product

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Miles, United States Military Academy; C.M. Chewar, United States Military Academy

subject. The plans for class instruction werereinforced through homework assignments and then tested on exams. Two multi-part projects(labs) involved applying various concepts learned in the class in a design fashion. It was atypical introductory course, in that the book presented problems which sometimes requireddesigning and implementing a solution, but which all had a definitive right answer that thestudents could shoot for. The two labs were larger problems that involved more effort from thestudents, but also had an approved solution that was non-negotiable. With the intention of concurrently redeveloping and teaching the course, we looked forimprovements that could be made to invoke a deeper learning experience. For the first half

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Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Hossein Mousavinezhad, Western Michigan University; Liang Dong, Western Michigan University

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Electrical and Computer

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Digital Signal Processing, Theory & Practical ConsiderationsAbstractDigital Signal Processing (DSP) is an important and growing subject area withinelectrical and computer engineering (and also computer science). With the availability of“powerful” tools, software packages and hardware/software systems for use in DSPcourses, we need to be careful and use professional judgment as to where/when to useand introduce these teaching aids and tools. The authors have taught both graduate andundergraduate DSP and real-time systems courses, established industry-certifiedlaboratory in the home university where students can do projects without the actualexperiments in lecture-only courses. Even “DSP on wheels

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cesar Guerrero, University of South Florida; Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida; Rafael Perez, University of South Florida

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International

and Engineering in 1983, Dr. Perez worked as Project Manager with Westinghouse International Company. His research interests are in artificial intelligence, neural networks and genetic algorithms. Dr. Perez also has served as Coordinator for the IEEE Computer Society Latin America Distinguished Visitor's Program, Program Evaluator for the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and Mentor for McNair Scholar's Program for Underrepresented minorities. Page 12.674.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Enhancing the Global Perspective of REU Site

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IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bin Wu, University of Missouri, Columbia; Cerry Klein, University of Missouri; Michael Hosokawa, University of Missouri; Karen Cox, University of Missouri; Beilei Zhang, University of Missouri

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Industrial Engineering

multi-skilled professionals withqualifications in healthcare systems engineering.For example, in the U.S. healthcare costs reached $1.678 trillion in 2003, which represents15.3% of the nation’s total GDP1. In addition, the nation’s projected annual growth rate ofhealthcare spending is at an estimated 7.2%. Consequently, hospital payments have been, forthirty years, the single largest components of health costs in the U.S., and these high costs aredirectly affecting the nation’s industrial competitiveness. The need to improve system efficiencyin the healthcare sector in terms of service safety, quality and cost (SQC), has become moreimportant over the last twenty years, and from all quarters there have been calls forimprovement2.What is the

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Caroline Van Ingen-Dunn, Arizona State University

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Two Year College Division

activities both in the Fulton School of Engineering and the Maricopa County Community College District. Page 12.611.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ENCOURAGING TRANSFER STUDENTS TO PURSUE A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Mary R. Anderson-Rowland and Caroline VanIngen-Dunn Arizona State UniversityAbstractThe Maricopa Engineering Transition Scholars (METS) is a collaborative project to encouragecommunity college students to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or computer scienceand also

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Michael Lesiecki, Maricopa Community College; Robert Simington, Intel; Mariano Carreras, SMC-IT; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Natalia Sandburg, University of South Florida; Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida

theconception of and ultimate realization of the HAS 200 (Highly Automated System)Training Platform, currently available from SMC - International Training. HAS 200training systems were installed at the Pilot schools over a 12 month period in 2003 –2004. The Pilot group has been facilitated and coordinated by MATEC, a NationalScience Foundation National Center for Advanced Technological Education. This paperdescribes the long range planning and implementation of this project, and lesson learnedduring this long term development partnership between industry and academia.Equipment Concept DevelopmentThe role of manufacturing and production technicians in many industries is rapidlychanging. Technicians are now required to have a working understanding of

Conference Session

Electromechanical and Manufacturing Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahad Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; SANTOSH KAPARTHI, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

thesystem complete the main components of the robot. The chassis is completed with a mountedcamera on the robot, and streaming video in taken on the computer. Advantages to this systeminclude reduced cost, reduced complexity in hardware, and smaller software parts. Hardwarerequirements for this project include a computer, in order to interface and program themicrocontrollers, a serial cable and power supply.RS-232 (Protocol)RS-232 stands for Recommend Standard number 232. It provides serial communication betweencomputer and microcontroller provides full duplex, asynchronous transmission and specifies theline voltages, connection considerations and baud rates. It consists of MAX-232 converter/chip(level shifter) used to connect the microcontroller

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Mike Englert, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; cody ross, TAMUCC

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Instrumentation

userin operating the boat wirelessly through a laptop. The system provides information tofacilitate tracking and controlling the boat when it is not easily seen by the operator. Theselected compass, Dinsmore R1655 analog compass sensor, was used in conjunction ofan 8051 microcontroller to provide the necessary data. The system was able to read ananalog value from the sensor and convert it to digital direction. The paper will describethe system design and present test results.IntroductionDuring the design and construction phase of a remotely operated vessel (ROV), it wasdetermined that a compass onboard would benefit the project by providing usefuldirectional information. As a result, an analog sensor, a Dinsmore R1655 analogcompass, was selected

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

CityCollege. Additionally, the center works with a number of the California State Universities onprojects ranging from experimental delivery modes, new 2+2 program development andarticulation.CREATE was previously funded by two NSF-ATE projects, which met or exceeded all of theirobjectives. The project had four primary goals, which included curriculum development,enrollment and retention, work-based site experiences, and professional development. TheCREATE consortium developed programs that began with a common core curriculum in eitherengineering technology or computer networking. The common core curriculum allowed studentsto transfer from a participating college to any college in the consortium to take classes in any ofthe specialty areas offered by

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mativo, Ohio Northern University; Adam Stienecker, Ohio Northern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-730: INNOVATIVE EXPOSURE TO ENGINEERING BASICS THROUGHMECHATRONICS SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTSJohn Mativo, Ohio Northern University JOHN MATIVO teaches Materials and Product Manufacturing courses at Ohio Northern University. He has conducted several summer projects for middle an high school students. His university teaching experience totals eleven years six of which he served as Department of Technology Chair at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton. He holds degrees in Technology, Education and Engineering. His Doctorate is from the University of Georgia. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Epsilon Pi Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Beta Delta.Adam Stienecker, Ohio Northern

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine

engaging teaching style. She maintains a strong interest in technology literacy and educating the general public. Professor George has prepared several innovative courses. She has taught a course specifically about fuel cells that mixed senior engineering students with students from other disciplines and adult learners (non-engineers). Professor George has also spearheaded several international service-learning projects in Haiti and Mali. These innovative projects included students from the department of Modern and Classical Languages, the communication studies department and the engineering program for an interdisciplinary year-long effort.Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine Professor Yvonne

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Efstathios Michaelides, University of North Texas; Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas

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Mechanical Engineering

acting chair (1985-1987) of the Mechanical Engineering of the University of Delaware.Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas Professor Reza Mirshams is Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs at the University of North Texas. Dr. Mirshams has degrees in Industrial Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering in the area of mechanical behavior of metals and alloys from the University of Birmingham, England and the University of Tehran. He is a Full Professor in the area of Materials Science and Engineering in the Engineering Technology with joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering Departments. He has been a Principal Investigator and Project Director for several

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri; Ashley Rasnic, University of Missouri; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

Bridge the Gap Material/Equipment Management Business Operations Management Science Decision MakingTerm Systems Problem Solving Ethics Staffing Controlling Resources Project Management Organizations Planning Marketing Cost/Finance Organizing Communication Leadership