Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Carberry, Tufts University; Morgan Hynes, Tufts University

underwater robot.This challenge also includes many of the ideas of constructionism[4] given that the students willconstruct actual artifacts as they engage in the learning process. The major tenets ofconstructionism are also incorporated as the students will be able to design and create apersonally meaningful project, discover and learn powerful ideas, and then reflect upon theirlearning. A number of researchers have successfully implemented such a framework while usingthe LEGO toolset [5-7]. These sorts of methods will be used as the students design and build their Page 12.1516.2LEGO submersible vehicles.Educational ObjectivesThe underwater robot

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Stephen Burke, University of Limerick; Sonya Quinn, University of Limerick

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-2020: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING EDUCATIONWilliam Gaughran, University of Limerick Dr Bill Gaughran is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Manufacturing and Operations Engineering at the University of Limerick. He leads a number of research groups, including one in sustainable design and engineering, which includes sustainability strategies for SMEs, waste minimisation in manufacturing, and sustainability in schools and colleges. He is a research partner with the EU INTERREG IIIC/DQE project (Towards a Sustainable Region), and contributes to developing strategies, which inform environmental sustainability policy in EU states. He has developed

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

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Engineering Technology

. Some of the learning outcomes considered in thepresented analysis were identified by Engineering Technology faculty for program assessmentpurposes. Additionally, there are also other outcomes that were considered by both faculty andmembers of the Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board during the developmentstage of the program assessment process. In two senior level courses dealing with subjects ofengineering design and manufacturing processes, each type of student activity was also assessedin terms of its level according to Bloom’s taxonomy. Various assessment methods andobservation are utilized in these courses to evaluate students’ performance. Design projects,concept generation, individual formal presentations, information search

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Blake Tullis, Utah State University; Steven Barfuss, Utah Stat University

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Civil Engineering

paper come from theauthors’ experiences associated with developing and teaching a design-based hydraulicstructures course over the last six years at Utah State University.Engineering design projects, in practice, can include a large variety of activities. Tullis1identifies key aspects of project feasibility studies, which include: a preliminary design,legal aspects, social aspects, and environmental concerns. The skill set required forengineers to master all of these areas cannot be acquired in a single engineering designcourse. In addition to academic experience, real-world, professional engineeringexperience is also required. As such, most hydraulic structure design courses focus onthe system design itself through the use of example problems

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerome Tapper, Northeastern University; Francis Dibella, Northeastern University; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

explain the reason for the small size of this laboratory facility,if additional corporate donors were to feel comfortable in assisting with this project. Havingcorporate visitors was a very touchy situation at that time as in marketing – presentation iseverything in the early stages of a project. Failure to perform early on could lead to corporatenon-interest and possibly a disastrous development plan.A New laboratory Space Emerges Page 12.113.5The middle of the year 2000 seemed to be the beginning of the end of this new program, aswithout a continuous influx of additional state-of-the-art resources, the existing program wouldcertainly stagnate

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shirish Sreedharan, University of Missouri; Frank Liou, University of Missouri

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Manufacturing

techniqueswere then implemented to achieve the future state map. These projects have facilitatedexperiential learning through “Hear, See, and Do” cycle by bridging the gap betweenacademia and industry via learning modules in lean manufacturing education. It not onlybenefits students working on the lean project as a practical learning experience, but alsoacts as a lean manufacturing education show case to students on campus.IntroductionLean manufacturing principles represent a radical departure from traditional planttechniques [1]. The employee's roles, skill-sets, process-requirements, and rules havechanged. Team members must operate like an independent business with totalresponsibility for the quality, manufacturing and delivery of the product to

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Karen Elmore, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Management

& problems, Make decisions at all levels of an organization from the top management problems, to strategic planning, product development and launching, production, marketing & sales, logistics support, and field services, Understand future trend in global markets and economy, and Manage multinational units, projects, & global supply chains.BSSE Curriculum DesignThe activities in the design of the BSSE curriculum include benchmarking other similarprograms, performing an industry needs analysis, and fulfilling the needs from other engineeringdepartments in SE skills and the institution’s B.S. requirements. Figure 2 shows the frameworkfor BSSE curriculum design analysis. The framework includes the

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

induction motors driving general industrial loads. The developed material providesthe basis for a design project that includes technical and economic aspects.I. IntroductionGenerally, engineering economics topics have been de-emphasized in engineering programs andreplaced with other material. Some electrical engineering programs have eliminated therequirement for engineering economics in favor of other discipline-specific courses. While thetrend is to eliminate this material, a need continues to exist for economic decision making inelectric power conversion courses as well as other areas of engineering.1Deregulation of electric utilities introduced significant energy price volatility especially forindustrial users. Electric machine efficiency and

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ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-80: TEACHING OPERABILITY IN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICALENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATIONThomas Marlin, McMaster University Department of Chemical Engineering McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tom Marlin joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as NSERC Research Professor in Industrial Process Control in 1988. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1972; then, he practiced engineering for 15 years in the chemical and petroleum industries. In 1987, he served as the Visiting Fellow, for the Warren Centre Study located at the University of Sydney, Australia. During the one-year project, a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

student programs. He has published and presented widely in areas of surface science, electronic materials and processes, project management, and industry/university relations. He holds 4 patents and has received awards for excellence in technical innovation (IBM), technical authorship (IBM), teaching (University of Colorado), and scholarship (National Science Foundation).Shekar Viswanathan, National University Dr. Viswanathan is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Engineering and Lead Faculty for Engineering Management and Homeland Security and Safety Engineering. He is the Lead for six full time and fifty two adjunct faculty members. His department offers three

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Nazemetz, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

innovative design solutions. This paper outlines the experiencesgained using the USPTO patent library to develop design solutions in the Introduction toEngineering Design with CAD course project. In this course, freshman and sophomoreengineering students use the patent library to develop an understanding of engineering conceptsand then apply these concepts to develop an integrated set of design components. Use of thepatent library allows students to make significant and rapid progress in understanding anddeveloping an integrated solution without having to have had all of the advanced engineeringcourses necessary to develop the components.Intr oductionOver 7.4 million U.S. patents have been issued since the first U.S. patent was issued on July

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Catherine Claiborne, University of Washington; Suzanne G. Brainard, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

butthere are differences. Sustainability of a program can be achieved with external funding and noinstitutional support. Institutionalization is achieved when the university makes a “permanent”financial commitment (i.e. line item) to a project or some aspect thereof. Ideally, a college oruniversity could and would fully fund and completely institutionalize a project like ADVANCE.However given budget constraints, it is most likely that a combination of sustainability andinstitutionalization is necessary for ADVANCE and projects like it to continue at the institutionallevel.In this preliminary study, the authors draw on conceptual frameworks of institutionalization andinstitutional theory to analyze issues of sustainability and institutionalization

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Leslie Potter, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Frank Peters, Iowa State University

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Industrial Engineering

‘real world’ company. Engineering expectations include applying both previously Page 12.578.3learned and newly acquired knowledge and skills to identifying, formulating, and solving acomplex engineering problem which results in tangible deliverables and a financial incentive forthe company. Engineered solutions will consider extensive ramifications, including political,ethical, environmental, social and economic issues, as well as sustainability andmanufacturability of solutions. Project developments will be communicated formally andinformally, through written and verbal means, to all levels of personnel. Personal effectivenessskills will be

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

project management. The honors program in the Kate Gleason College isstructured to give participating faculty members a full appreciation for the dynamics of the team-based, product development process and the numerous issues on the periphery of engineeringthat are critical for engineers to be aware of in order to successfully commercialize a product inthe global economy. Participating faculty members discover how knowledge creation in theirdiscipline ties into “value creation” in society, better equipping them to incorporate these ideas intheir own teaching and mentoring of students. Additionally, through their participation in theprogram, faculty members become much more receptive to the concept of team-based,multidisciplinary design as a model

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Engineering Management

engineering courses, communication skills are not taught explicitly;however, students are expected and held accountable for being able to speak and write well.Consequently, there is a need to change university engineering programs in order to provideopportunities for students to develop communication skills (Pet-Armacost, & Armacost, 2003).The importance and need for oral and written communication skills in engineering has beenclearly recognized. Engineering students who have good communication skills are more likelyto succeed and advance in the professional world than those who don’t.Team-Working Skills in EngineeringIn today’s work environment, project tasks generally involve the establishment of teams formedby people from different functional

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, SUSAN FREEMAN, and BEVERLY JAEGER are members of; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

physics behind such structures being implicitly involved in mostcases and explicitly examined in a couple. Recommended group sizes ranged anywhere from twoto five students, with ages ranging from elementary through high school.Many of our students have had prior experience with a tower construction project and withconstruction projects in general during their K-12 experiences. A survey of the freshmanengineering students at Ohio Northern University indicated that 24% had had some experiencewith a tower building assignment, and 50% indicated that they had had prior experience withconstruction-type assignments, primarily building either towers or bridges.One item that the authors were unable to find during their background research was

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

aspossible. Another illustration is that students have a difficult time conceptually understandingthat objects strain under load, but they do know that musical strings change pitch during tuning.Once the students understand the underlying concepts, they more easily make the transition toclassical problems. In addition to enhancements in the course and improving test scores, thisstrategy has succeeded in building excitement for materials engineering within the program. Forexample, two students subsequently worked on independent study courses and created an allcarbon-fiber composite violin, two students are working on creating new electric guitars, onestudent completed a senior project examining the dynamic mechanical properties of violin tonewood

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Klenk, Duke University; Frank Dreher, Duke University; Emilie Condon, Githens Middle School; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lara Oliver, Duke University; Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Nancy Shaw, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-316: ASSESSING ENGLISH-AS-A-SECOND-LANGUAGE MIDDLESCHOOL STUDENTS' ABILITY TO LEARN ENGINEERING CONCEPTSPaul Klenk, Duke University Paul A. Klenk, Ph.D., is a Visiting Scholar at Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, developing K-12 engineering education programs. He received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from the Pratt school of Engineering at Duke University in 2006. He is the Duke Project Director for the TeachEngineeirng Digital Library Project at Duke, and was formerly the Graduate Student Coordinator for the Techtronics After-School Program at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, NC. In addition to his K-12 outreach work, he has researched

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Maria Tahamont, Rowan University

agility: while we have used BME and ECE as novel and existing areas,respectively, the approach can easily be modified and implemented by any engineering program,on any novel content – and then be updated for other emerging areas as they appear – simply bysuitable choice of experiments. 4. Implementation Our proof-of-concept implementation of the proposed approach includes a total of eightexperiments to be incorporated into the ECE core curriculum, along with a new technicalelective with its own project(s). Depending on the specific class and the complexity of theparticular laboratory exercise, the experiments can take anywhere from 1 week to an entiresemester of 15 weeks. We should re-emphasize that an important objective of our effort

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Eisenman, University of Maryland; George List, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies

others, some focus on heavily on theory, othersfocus more on application driven research. Some research programs are team-oriented,while others concentrate on individual projects. Students need to be sure to consider eachof these things when choosing their new school. Page 12.1514.3Choosing an advisor might be the most difficult of the decisions. This is because theinformation incoming students have about advisors is limited to research papers, briefinteractions, and the opinions of others’. With this limited information, students aresupposed to determine who will advise and mentor them through their graduate study andthe rest of their career. A

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

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New Engineering Educators

projects sponsored by the FDOT and the Federal Highway Administration. Page 12.182.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007Adhere to your Style but be Flexible while Transitioning from One Institution to Another: A Case Study in Assessment Teaching StyleAbstractAdjusting to new and different institutional settings remains a challenge for young facultymembers. It is argued that one should not change their teaching pedagogy, for instance, in thefirst year or two, to adapt to a new institutional culture. A literature review reveals some tips andadvice to new faculty to be successful in academia. Oftentimes, these

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

requirements and ethical expectationsSkills: • Apply basic engineering tools such as statistical analysis, computer models, design codes and standards, and project monitoring methods • Learn about, assess, and, as appropriate, master new technology to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness and efficiency • Communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, convincingly and with passion, via listening, speaking, writing, mathematics, and visuals • Collaborate on intra-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary traditional and virtual teams • Manage tasks, projects, and programs so as to provide expected deliverables while satisfying budget, schedule, and other

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gangbing Song, University of Houston; Claudio Olmi, University of Houston; Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Instrumentation

Ingerman Å. “Lab on the Web – Looking at Different Ways of Experiencing Electronic Experiments,” International Journal of Engineering Education, 2006, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 308-314.8. Mo, Y.L. and Song, G., “A Smart Model Building for Teaching Structures, Dynamics, and Control Related Courses.” NSF Project Report, 2005.9. Nedic, Z., Machotka, J and Nafalski, A. "Remote Laboratories vs. Virtual and Real Laboratories,” Proceedings of the 33rd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Nov. 5-8, 2004, Boulder, Colorado. Page 12.677.1610. Patrascoiu, N. “Modeling and Simulation of the DC Motor Using MatLab and LabView

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

college atmosphere. The students designand build a prototype of an automated material handling solution using robots, sensors, conveyorbelts, and indexed lines. Simultaneously, the students receive orientation to plan their highschool courses in order to succeed in college, understand the type of jobs existing in theengineering fields. The senior camp is oriented for those high school students that have someinterest in engineering and science but want to know more about engineering, or those studentsthat are good in math and science but are undecided to pursue an engineering career. Thestudents work within cross-discipline teams on hands-on project using simulation, automatedmaterial handling systems, a Pegasus robot, a CNC mill, and RF wireless

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby Crawford, USMA; Tony Jones, USMA

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New Engineering Educators

andhands-on projects that supported the overall objectives of increased student learning andachievement of USMA’s Engineering and Technology Goal outcomes. The results wereremarkable. Students, who expressed concern about their abilities to perform well in thesequence at the beginning of the second course, completed the program wondering if theyhad made a mistake in NOT majoring in mechanical engineering.This paper describes the issues, examination of methods used in other courses to enhancestudent motivation, implementation of techniques in the second and third courses of thesequence, assessment of the results, and recommendations for its applicability outside ofUSMA. Student feedback and the comparative results of student surveys from

Conference Session

K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Hubelbank, WPI Evaluation Consulting; Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shelley Errington Nicholson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephanie Blaisdell, Independent Consultant; Paula Quinn, Independent Consultant; Elissa Rosenthal, Marketing Research Consultant; Suzanne Sontgerath, Independent Consultant

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Women in Engineering

institutions including Rice University in Houston, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. While at MCPHS Shelley was awarded the National Association of College Student Personnel 2004 Best Practices in International Education and Learning award.Stephanie Blaisdell, Independent Consultant STEPHANIE BLAISDELL is a consultant for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematic) projects, based in Memphis, TN. She directed women in engineering programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Arizona State University and has authored over 30 publications on the topic of girls and women and STEM. Stephanie co-directed

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Patti Culley, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

quitecommon that their work experience has been limited to fast food or customer service. Studentsoften feel that this is of no value and that they have nothing to offer. What we emphasize is thatwhile these positions do not involve technical proficiency, they are opportunities to describe the‘soft skills’ that engineers often lack. Even the most generic ‘Burger Land’ job may require suchskills as communication, team work, integrity, trustworthiness, leadership, or work ethic. Thestudents simply need to emphasize the aspects of the job that demonstrated them on the resume.This experience is usually placed in the lower half of the resume, following the engineeringrelated items such as education, technical skills, coursework, projects or any

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Switzer, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

received both the Outstanding Faculty Member in Teaching Award from the Eugene T. Moore School of Education, and the Prince Award for Innovation in Teaching presented by the Clemson University Student Government. In 2005 she was named the Eugene T. Moore School of Education Outstanding Faculty Member in Service. She has given teaching effectiveness workshops at new faculty orientation for over a decade. Dr. Switzer is serving in her third term as a consulting editor for the Journal of Educational Research. In research projects she has collaborated with faculty in engineering, psychology, education, recreation, counseling, public health, and business, supplying expertise in assessment and

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, University of Wyoming; Steven Fletcher, University of Wyoming; Sadrul Ula, University of Wyoming; Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

) Page 12.932.3 3Assignment 3: Feasibility study of wind and solar electric power generations. Both the projects are 5-15kilometers away from the distribution line. The Study assumes that the distribution line has the capacityto carry the extra power generated by the wind firm and the photovoltaic power plant. Photovoltaic power plant (1 MW to 5 MW) Wind electric firm (5 MW to 30 MW)Laboratory demonstration: A demonstration of the DG can be built in the laboratory using the simplifiedmodel presented in this paper. The benefits of the DG can be demonstrated using the

Conference Session

Perceptions of Women's Success in STEM

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

. Susan served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator of several national projects including: Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE), a current study involving 25 universities; FacultyfortheFuture.org, a website designed to support women and underrepresented minorities interested in pursuing faculty positions in the STEM fields; Achieving Success in Academia, a program to assist junior women faculty to navigate the tenure system; Making the Connection, an initiative designed to increase awareness of engineering among students in grades 3-12; and Increasing Access for Women in Engineering, a curriculum and technical assistance project to establish or