Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Cheng, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Kathleen Hayden, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

them.Debugging of a complex SHC system was made easier by using Xilinx ChipScope, whichwas similar to a logic analyzer for hardware debugging of digital circuits. A ChipScopeCore was instantiated and connected to the on-chip peripheral bus to enable it to captureany data on the addresses, data, and control information on the bus. One could set uptriggering conditions based on the address, data or control.The six laboratories were adopted from a two-day faculty workshop conducted by Xilinx.Despite the minor differences in the software version of Xilinx Platform Studio and thetargeted FPGA boards, most of the students in the class were able to successfullycomplete the lab assignments.Several SHC design projects were studied and analyzed in the class, but

Conference Session

Engineering and Poverty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Legand Burge, Tuskegee University; Heshmat Aglan, Tuskegee University; Pradosh Ray, Tuskegee University; Nader Vahdat, Tuskegee University; Connie Price, Tuskegee University; Prakash Sharma, Tuskegee University; Stephen Sodeke, Tuskegee University; Vascar Harris, Tuskegee University; Gregory Murphy, Tuskegee University

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Engineering Ethics

. Engineering has a direct andvital impact on the quality of life for all people. Accordingly, the services provided by engineersrequire honesty, impartiality, fairness, and equity, and must be dedicated to the protection of thepublic health, safety, and welfare. Engineers must perform under a standard of professionalbehavior that requires adherence to the highest principles of ethical conduct. When a solution canbe found it is important to contribute the innovation in technology to society.Engineering as Social ExperimentThis lecture is provided to students to emphasize that engineering is an experimental process. Atits heart, engineering is an experiment on a social scale involving human subjects. The reason isthat any engineering project is carried

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

developing the discrete time signal processing toolkit for a digital signal processing(DSP) course, to be useful to students learning DSP principles as well as to advanced studentsworking on their own projects. As an introductory tool, the toolkit will allow a deductiveapproach where students investigate existing systems. Advanced students ready for a moreinductive approach can use the toolkit in their own projects by drawing schematics or modifyingexample VHDL modules. Students are not expected to write code using a hardware descriptionlanguage, but the underlying code is always available for inspection.The toolkit is multipurpose that along with course materials provides several methods to processsignals. First off, the toolkit demonstrates signal

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

projects assigned to the course, providing ample office hours, lecturing clearly, real-lifeapplications and faculty fairness.Key Words: GPA, Teaching Effectiveness, Students, Faculty, ConstructionIntroductionFinding an appropriate mechanism to evaluate teaching and its effectiveness has always been,and continues to remain, a difficult task. In a national study that tracked the use of studentevaluations of faculty in 600 colleges between 1973 and 1993, the use of student evaluationincreased from 20% to 86% (Seldin, P. 1993). Student evaluation of faculty has become the mostprevalent mechanism to examine the quality and effectiveness of teaching (Lindenlaub, J andOreovics, F., 1982; Haskell, R. 1988).The philosophy behind the student evaluation of

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Bonita Anthony, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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First-Year Programs

theDepartment of Engineering Technology (which offers degrees in Mechanical EngineeringTechnology, Civil Engineering Technology and Electrical Engineering Technology). The twocourse sequence, Exploring Engineering and Technology I and II, involve the five departmentsin teaching at least one five week module in each of the two courses. Each department generallyinvolves the students in a basic design project related to its discipline.The freshman course sequence has provided an excellent opportunity for the BCET to interactwith first year engineering students to address the issues related to student retention and allowsthe division to provide student guidance in determining the appropriate major that best satisfiestheir individual needs in choosing a

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Paul Racette, NASA; Scott Askew, NASA; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Belay Demoz; Paul Mogan, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

concept, development and deployment for five highly-innovative remote sensing instruments. Each of these instruments has produced unique, scientifically rich data. Paul has participated in fifteen major field experiments around the world pioneering techniques to observe the Earth. As a member of the senior technical staff at Goddard, he has initiated technology developments, research projects, and international collaborations that have advanced the state of the art in microwave remote sensing and instrument calibration. For these efforts and accomplishments Paul received the NASA Medal for Exceptional Service and was the first recipient of Goddard’s Engineering Achievement Award established

Conference Session

Best of the NEE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Stacee Harmon, Oklahoma State University; Richard Bryant, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-2062: DISTINGUISHING THE ART FROM THE SCIENCE OFTEACHING WITHIN RESEARCH-BASED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENTWendy James, Oklahoma State University Wendy James is a PhD student in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. Currently she has a fellowship promoting collaboration between the College of Education and OSU's Electrical and Computer Engineering department on an NSF funded curriculum reform project called Engineering Students for the 21st Century. She has her M.S. in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from OSU, and her B.B.S. in Mathematics Education from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She has taught math and math education classes at both the high

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Kim, Youngstown State University; Hazel Marie, Youngstown State University; Suresh Patil, Youngstown State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-821: TWO-DIMENSIONAL CFD ANALYSIS OF A HYDRAULIC GEARPUMPHyun Kim, Youngstown State University Hyun W. Kim, Ph.D, P.E. Hyun W. Kim is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Fluid Power Research and Education Center at Youngstown State University. He has been teaching and developing courses and research projects in the fluid thermal area. He is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in Ohio and is currently conducting applied research in fluid power control and computational fluid dynamics with local industries. Dr. Kim received a B.S.E. degree from Seoul National University, a M.S.E. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Univ. of Toledo.Hazel

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

Management, studying Management Science / Quantitative Methods. He received his MBA at Purdue University and his Bachelor of Science at the University of Richmond. He has worked at Information Resources Inc. and IBM Global Services. He has worked on consulting projects at Lucent Technologies and the New York State Department of Transportation. John is a member of the Academy of Management (AOM), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Page 12.294.1© American Society for

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Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University

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Computers in Education

exemplar of systematic curricularreform, and as such the lessons we have learned may be of broad general interest.In the current report we will describe in detail the background that led us to the belief thatcurricular change is necessary towards systematic use of MATLAB in our programs. We go onto give background on the broad area of curricular reform as relates to our needs-driven situation.We then describe the specific initial projects we have undertaken on our path to reach the broadgoal of MATLAB infusion across our undergraduate engineering programs. We end with asummary and a statement of our future plans.Nature of the Problem We Address: Computational Tool Use in Engineering CurriculaUndergraduate education in engineering has been

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University; Andy Swapp, Milford High School; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Thomas Erekson, Western Illinois University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of Science degree with a dual major in Psychology and Technology from Brigham Young University, Jared decided to pursue a career in understanding teaching, learning, and technology. He began teaching for three different public high schools in Utah while he finished a Masters degree in Technology Teacher Education. He worked for two major IT corporations and also spent a year as a project management consultant in the IT field before he chose to pursue a PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At Illinois, he coordinated an online masters degree program, was an NSF sponsored technology trainee, and consulted with faculty from the College of Engineering and College of

Conference Session

Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics Instruction

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Bruce Cain, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

textbooks which sell in the thousands of copies annually,each PTC sells at most a few hundred copies per year) and 2) when used as legal documents,even a steep price (a few hundred dollars) is insignificant in light of the larger legal and testingcosts. For use of PTCs in education to become widespread, the cost will have to be lowered.(Note: Copies of PTCs used in the projects described in this paper were donated to the author’sprograms by ASME).3. Experiences in Using Performance Test Codes in the CurriculumA. A Student-Performed Performance Test This option was investigated at the University ofEvansville. The students were enrolled in a senior-level elective, Principles of Turbomachinery.The emphasis in this course is primarily on industrial

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Grandin, University of Rhode Island

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International

continued technological and economicsuccess for nations such as ours will rely on scientists and engineers able tocollaborate with peers, partners, and competitors from many locations around theworld. Engineering educators acknowledge that this era of globalization hasextensive implications for the curriculum and are thus experimenting in search ofappropriate changes to keep the next generations competitive. Many internationalprogram models for engineers are emerging at campuses across the country, withfocus on language and culture study, study abroad, student exchange, internationalprofessional internships, projects carried out by global student and faculty teams,distance learning partnerships with schools abroad, and so on. Another sign of

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hyun Kim, Youngstown State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-815: INDIVIDUAL COURSE ASSESSMENT AS A CORE ASSESSMENTTOOLHyun Kim, Youngstown State University Hyun W. Kim, Ph.D., P.E. Hyun W. Kim is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Fluid Power Research and Education Center at Youngstown State University. He has been teaching and developing courses and research projects in the fluid thermal area. He is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer in Ohio and is currently conducting applied research in fluid power control and computational fluid dynamics with local industries. Dr. Kim received a B.S.E. degree from Seoul National University, a M.S.E. from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Univ. of Toledo

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Michael Chajes, University of Delaware; David Mongan, Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani

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Civil Engineering

engineers provide the essentialunderpinnings of design and project oversight, produces hundreds of thousands of jobs anddrives community development. From the functional and beautiful Golden Gate Bridge in theU.S., Petronas Towers in Malaysia, and Pont du Gard in France to the largely hidden watersupply and sanitary sewer systems, civil engineers have made their mark, day in and day out, inmany aspects of the daily life of essentially everyone around the globe.Civil engineers know they cannot rest on their laurels. An ever-increasing global population thatcontinues to shift to urban areas will require widespread adoption of sustainability. Demands forenergy, drinking water, clean air, safe waste disposal, and transportation will driveenvironmental

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

whether or not changes to the classroom environment have any impact on studentlearning due to a lack of validated instruments. Therefore, the overall purpose of this project isthe development of a stable instrument designed to measure the impact of pedagogic changes andsupporting classroom materials on student learning. This paper documents the rationale fordeveloping a new instrument and describes its development process.IntroductionAssessment of students’ engineering design knowledge at various points during their engineeringcurriculum is very critical. This assessment might have many purposes including gaining anunderstanding on: 1) are most students able to meet the intended objectives for the course? 2) isthe information retained after a

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin; Christy Moore, University of Texas-Austin

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2291: DEVELOPING CURRICULUM ON RESEARCH ETHICS FORENGINEERS: GATHERING THE DATAHillary Hart, University of Texas-Austin Hillary Hart teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Technical Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. An Associate Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, she is the Academic Liaison officer for STC. She is a co-director of the PRiME project at the UT College of EngineeringChristy Moore, University of Texas-Austin Page 12.493.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Curriculum on Research Ethics for Graduate Engineers

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

this specification, the project technician set aboutmaking a prototype tool from drill rod stock. The result is seen in Figure 5, with an end flat ofabout 200 microns produced with a 5 degree relief angle. Figure 5: In-house-produced tapered one-flute end mill [scale divisions are 1/100” (~250 microns)] Page 12.1063.7 In the process of testing this hypothesis, a very steep learning curve led, rather naturally, tothe perception of a rich opportunity to explore micro-machining in the context of a course in theManufacturing Engineering major. It was concluded that the pre-requisite knowledge

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in undergraduate and graduate programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; Zachry Kraus, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Mahmoud El-Halwagi, Texas A&M University; Charles Glover, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-257: A WEB-BASED COMPLEMENT TO TEACHING CONSERVATIONOF MASS IN A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMLale Yurttas, Texas A&M University Lale Yurttas is a Senior Lecturer and Assistant Department Head in Chemical Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. She chairs Departmental ABET Committee. She also participates in Engineers Without Borders-USA, especially in TAMU Chapter and coordinates service learning activities for the current NSF project. She has 10 years of experience in engineering education and curriculum development.Zachry Kraus, Texas A&M University Zachary Kraus is a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University in the Department of Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Large Seagrave, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

, includinginstructors from Communication, Writing and Engineering in order to accomplish them byfollowing the collaboration in one department-required technical communication course overfour semesters.The BOK and Traditional Engineering FacultyThe idea that multi-disciplinary collaborations might infuse engineering classrooms withmultiple perspectives and expertise is not new. However, the implementation of such multi-disciplinarity in required Civil Engineering courses has largely been confined to multipleengineering disciplines, e.g. geotechnical, structural, and water resource engineers comingtogether to complete a project. These multi-disciplinary experiences help students demonstrate“an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams,” satisfying one of

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Hands-on & Real-World Studies

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Bland, John Brown University

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First-Year Programs

National Academy ofEngineering projects that, because of growing political and economic ties among nations,engineers will discover that their designs have much broader and more significant impacts thanthey once did. As a result, engineering practice will be driven by attention not only to thefamiliar topics of intellectual property, project management and cost-benefit constraints, as wellas multilingual influences, cultural diversity, moral/religious repercussions, global/internationalimpacts, and national security.1In 2000, Smerdon noted that, “Perhaps there is no single factor of greater importance in its effecton engineering education than the internationalization of engineering practice.”2 A recurringtheme Smerdon recognized is that engineers

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Sullivan, The College of New Jersey; Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey; John Karsnitz, The College of New Jersey

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the curriculumthat should be used to teach technology. As a result, the technology programs from stateto state, and from district to district within individual states, vary widely in both qualityand content, with no defined metrics to test student aptitude. Thus one school’stechnology program may provide students with instruction in cabinet making and metalworking while another school in the next school district may be teaching digitalelectronics, robotics and, multimedia design.The goal of any far-reaching STEM program needs to address the curriculum needs oftechnology education. Programs such as Project Lead the Way (PLTW)[12] and TheInfinity Project[13] have stepped into this perceived curriculum void and have createdprograms that bring

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Kurt Rosentrator, USDA

solar system will serve as a demonstration platform foreducating undergraduate students about contemporary renewable energy theory and technology.Key to this educational strategy is to develop projects that can assist in educating students in allaspects of renewable energy.Traditional Energy SourcesThe U.S. Department of Energy has compiled much historical energy supply and consumptionstatistics over the years, and provides access to this data via the Energy InformationAdministration9. Based on this data, Figure 1 was developed, which depicts the history of U.S.energy consumption in terms of total energy used as well as the energy consumed from theprimary fossil fuel and nuclear power sectors.It is obvious that the United States has an

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Ted Astleford, University of Florida

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering student participants developed their technology deliverables (product design specifications, concepts, detail designs, and prototypes) in parallel with, and frequently independent of, the business team’s market research. In other words, design work was completed prior to establishing market requirements. This issue inhibited meaningful exchange of ideas and unnecessarily limited team interdependency. 2. In cases where the technology was discovered to have limited market feasibility (crowded market space, high cost of entry, or small market), the business team tended to disband, while engineering team was stuck with the project since they were enrolled in a 2-semester course. 3. Occasionally the

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi

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International

accomplishment of the program can be donein other regions of the Country in according to the needs or the desire of the group. The previousexperiences has showed positive aspects of such program like the opportunity for students andteachers to intensify the exchange of ideas and experience despite the fact that all the involvedpeople have a chance to develop projects in joint ventures. For the students may be the bestaspect is the life time experience to know more about a different culture and explore the workingworld in a nice and safe environment. In 2007, in May around 3 students of a group will remainand live in town for three months and will conceive and develop a project in a joint venture witha local researcher of any education institution

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

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Industrial Engineering

business and managementperspectives, and will include a case study that illustrates how environmentalconsiderations can be incorporated in the design process.In addition to the multi-disciplinary faculty component, an industrial advisory boardmade up of local industry professionals and university professors has been created tooversee the project. The advisory board meets annually to review technical progress bythe group and also to provide guest speaker and plant trip opportunities. Ford Partnershipfor Advanced Studies has offered a set of modules for use in adaptation andimplementation of the course. Page 12.325.2The National Science Foundation is

Conference Session

Developing Programs for Adult Learners

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.

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Continuing Professional Development

: Expert participants Chief Engineer Expert participants Instrumentation Expert participants Software Engineering Expert participants Project ManagementAn important feature of the management process is to ensure that the continuousimprovement process to validate quality is systematically and extensively applied. Theframework is shown in Figure 1. Strategic review Existing courses of skills (PB & TAB) LCT * review team Requirements (Industry + faculty

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Truc Ngo, San Diego City College; Armando Abina, San Diego City College; Gene Lyons, Kyocera America Corporation

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Manufacturing

channels, targeting bothmanufacturing companies and the general public. SDCC has strong industry partnershipsthrough a number of advisory boards, grant and project collaborations over the years.Many of our new students were recruited through these industry partners who believe inthe values and integrity of our academic programs. Last but not least, the paper writesabout various campus events, sponsored by different organizations, that the Engineeringand Technologies Department at SDCC used to promote students’ interest in engineeringand engineering technology. These events include engineering and engineeringtechnology academic and career fairs during National Engineers Week, engineeringtechnology open houses, campus orientations, technology

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Environmental Engineering

understanding, better retention of concepts, increasedinterest on the subject matter among the students, and stronger problem solving skills. Severalapproaches have been practiced by educators to ensure meaningful participation of students inlearning including problem-based learning1, “learning by doing”2, and “project-orientededucation”3 to name a few. All these approaches emphasize a “learner-centered approach” and amove from a “content-based” to a more “context-based” education4.In addition to sharpening student’s laboratory skills, most undergraduate lab-based courses areused to promote some type of hands-on learning. In conventional laboratory course students areprovided with detailed instructions on how to perform the work and, in many cases, how

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Livingston, Virginia Military Institute

engineering—microcontrollers and microprocessors, mechanicalengineering—mechatronics, physics—instrumentation, and chemistry—process control. Withinan ECE curriculum, microcontrollers can be applied in digital and computer courses,introductory courses, signal processing and controls courses, robotics courses and capstonedesign courses. Parten1 emphasizes the importance of microprocessor education to ECE studentsthat first take a formal course on microprocessors followed by a design projects course where thefocus is the application of microprocessors in embedded systems. Microcontrollers also findtheir way into various robotics courses2 and design contests such as the Trinity FirefightingHome Robot Contests3 and the IEEE Region 3 Student Hardware