Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

students. It appears that the discipline may also share a similarsuccess at attracting Native American and Hispanic students. Data presented at the 2006 ASEEconference indicates that, across the nation, the discipline attracts more Native American andHispanic students than engineering overall1. However, this paper takes a closer look at this data,which indicates that just a few schools across the nation are enrolling minority students withinenvironmental engineering.Perceptions of a discipline can alter career choice among first year students. This paper presentsstudies regarding the perceptions of the discipline among k-12 and first year students, andhighlights the need for research regarding the perceptions of the discipline among minorities

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri

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Women in Engineering

Engineering. She is co-PI of AWE and AWISE. Her research interests include recruitment and retention of women in engineering, assessment and career development.Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri KELLY A. RODGERS, M. A. is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include motivational issues in minority student retention and the socio-emotional aspects of gifted minority adolescents.Demei Shen, University of Missouri DEMEI SHEN is a doctoral candidate in Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include social computing and motivation in web-based learning

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Temple, University of California-San Diego; Peter Chen, University of California-San Diego; Robert Sah, University of California-San Diego

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Biomedical

encouraged to share their ideas withfaculty and other students during discussions. Both courses have proven to be successful informat and content. Students enjoyed the variety of topics that were presented, met thedepartment faculty at an early stage, and were assisted in picking an area of focus withinbioengineering. Since these courses were pass/fail, the students did not feel pressured at avulnerable time in their college career, when they are transitioning to the demands of collegecourses. Group design project gave the students some experience with working on teams andperforming background research necessary for research, and prepared them for other courses.Introduction The bioengineering program at UCSD was founded in 1966 with an

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Douglas Ramers, University of Evansville; Greg Rawski, University of Evansville

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Engineering Management

program in Computer Science,and AACSB accredited programs in Business Administration and in Accounting.Since 1976, UE has offered a BS degree in Engineering Management which is a combination offundamental engineering courses and fundamental business courses, together with electives. Thedegree was not designed to be ABET accredited and has never been submitted for evaluation.There were two “ideal” candidates for the degree; students who sought a career at the interfacebetween engineering and business (e.g. technical sales, construction management) and studentswho wanted a second degree to compliment a degree in engineering or in business.In recent years, faculty interest in the program has been lukewarm and student demand has beenvery light. Often

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Paul Klenk, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lee Anne Cox, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-school SettingAbstractFor both genders characteristics of effective STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, andMath) after-school programs include opportunities for youth to build competencies, form bondswith peers and staff, and participate in program decisions. After-school program characteristicsfound to foster STEM interest and persistence of girls in particular across age, race and ethnicdiversity include collaborative, hands-on activities, mentoring, parent and community support,emphasis on practical applications, and teaching of science or engineering in a more holistic andsocial context 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. In addition, programs for girls that combine hands-on activities, rolemodels, mentoring, and career

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Matthew Stimpson, Virginia Tech; Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

M.S. in Counselor Education, Student Affairs Administration from Radford University, and M.S. in Career and Technical Education and B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University.Matthew Stimpson, Virginia Tech MATTHEW STIMPSON is a doctoral student in the Higher Education program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. He is also a graduate assistant in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, also at Virginia Tech. He holds a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration and a B.A. in political science, both from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.Brad Matanin, Virginia

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

largecorporations, high levels of creativity and innovative idea generation have not been seen ascentral to the engineer’s role. However, to compete in a changing marketplace fraught withrapidly changing technology, shorter product life-cycles, downsizing and outsourcing, engineersneed to re-invent themselves as independent and entrepreneurial and market their creativity.25 Inmany large corporations, entrepreneurially thinking engineers have been observed to show moreentrepreneurial initiative and a higher level of productivity, efficiency and cost-consciousness. Itis a known fact that engineers who manage their engineering careers as entrepreneurs from thestart enjoy a higher probability of advancing within the company.26 The Systems Engineeringand

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Switzer, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

AC 2007-2269: ASSESSING IMPACT OF OUTREACH ACTIVITY ONMOTIVATION OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTSDeborah Switzer, Clemson University Dr. Debi Switzer is a Professor of Teacher Education at Clemson University. She teaches educational psychology courses, including learning and motivation theory, measurement, and research methods. She spent the first nine years of her career as a secondary mathematics and computer science teacher. She has been at Clemson University since 1989. In 2000 Dr. Switzer was named a Governer's Distinguished Professor by the S.C. Commission on Higher Education, and she received the Award for Faculty Excellence from the Clemson Board of Trustees in 2001. In 2003 she

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

the future will need to beflexible, adaptive, life long learners. Much has been written about the future our students willencounter, where the “world is flat,” more technologically based, and subject to rapid advancesin all fields. All academic institutions and disciplines aim at preparing students for the future,our department’s current mission statement is: “To educate cadets in civil and mechanicalengineering, such that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character who can understand,implement, and manage technology; and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Armyand a lifetime of personal growth and service.” This mission statement represents an intentional

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom Moran, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

,noting that the single “A” grade was in English, and sarcastically suggesting that his son mightbetter pursue “literary engineering” rather than the real thing.1 Hickam finished his engineeringstudies and enjoyed a successful engineering career but he is best known for his “literaryengineering”, in particular a narrative of the rocket launching campaign he and his friends, all thesons of West Virginia coal miners, embarked upon in the shadow of Sputnik, a story brought tothe screen as the popular movie October Sky.Hickam is not alone. Engineering has provided a starting place for a surprising number of quitesuccessful creative writers, including poets, short story writers and novelists. These writer-engineers have won awards, gathered smash

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Minorities in Engineering

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

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Ting, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Donn Clark, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

AC 2007-2639: SERVICE-LEARNING INTEGRATED INTO EXISTING CORECOURSES THROUGHOUT A COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGJohn Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty Coordinator SLICE Program.David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor, Plastics Engineering Department.Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Service-Learning Coordinator for the Francis College of Engineering. She is a second career Mechanical Engineer, with over twenty years of human services management.John Ting, University of Massachusetts Lowell Dean of the College of Engineering.Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Associate Professor, Plastics

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; David Socha, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara

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New Engineering Educators

changing such as the recent transformation of the Journal ofEngineering Education into the premiere journal for engineering education research [8]. Centralto these changes are conversations around envisioning engineering education as a newprofessional discipline [9-11]. These conversations focus on such issues as frameworks for newdisciplinary endeavors [12], guidelines for rigorous research [13], and research agendas [14].One challenge emerging from all these conversations is how to share what we as a communityare learning about the process of conducting engineering education research, ways to make animpact on engineering education, and strategies for successfully navigating an engineeringeducation career. As an interdisciplinary endeavor

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Marcus Jones, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 12.420.10described intending to focus more on engineering-oriented extracurriculars in the future—including NSBE. “This semester I didn’t do much in engineering itself, mostly like, like clubs, 9the extracurricular things outside, just generally nothing very specific to engineering….Theyhave career fairs and stuff like that, but I really didn’t do much in engineering, so I’m trying todo that more next semester."Mark, a male Civil Engineering student, found his first year extremely difficult, because, “I playfootball out here, too. I joined in September and like it wasn’t a scholarship, I just walked on.”Mark said his academic advisor was

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Part 2

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mica Hutchison, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

: National Academies Press, 2007.4. Bandura, A., Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control, New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1997.5. Pajares, F., "Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Academic Settings," Review of Educational Research, Vol. 66, No. 4,1996, pp. 543-578.6. Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., Schmidt, J., Brenner, B., Lyons, H. and Treistman, D., "Relation of ContextualSupports and Barriers to Choice Behavior in Engineering Majors: Test of Alternative Social Cognitive Models,"Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 50, No. 4, 2003, pp. 458-465.7. Schaefers, K. G., Epperson, D. L. and Nauta, M. M., "Women's Career Development: Can TheoreticallyDerived Variables Predict Persistence in Engineering Majors?," Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 44, 1997,pp

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terrance Boult, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; Jeremy Haefner, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Roundtable2 found: 33% of opinion leaders and 18% of voters said improving U.S. science and technology capabilities to increase U.S. innovation and competitiveness is our country’s single most important objective; 62% of both groups said that addressing this problem is equally important to other challenges such as national security, transportation, health care, energy and the legal system; 76% of opinion leaders and 51% of American voters rank a focus on education as the most important way to solve the problem; Only 5% of parents said they would try to persuade their child toward careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), while 65% said they would allow the child to pursue whatever career

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Frehill; Amanda Lain, New Mexico State University; Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Lauren Ketcham, New Mexico State University; Karen Luces, New Mexico State University

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Graduate Studies

is now has a fourth cohort of students at NewMexico State University. For each student, pre- and post-program data were available viaindividual interviews, focus groups, transcripts, students’ writings related to career goals, andinterviews with their advisors. These rich data provide multiple insights about the students’mentoring experiences as well as the expectations of their mentors.Although the program is now working with its fourth cohort of students, the analyses in thispaper are based upon results from just the first two cohorts. Almost all of the members of thesetwo cohorts have transitioned out of the program. The cohorts differed in terms of thedisciplines and ethnic backgrounds of the students. For example, all of the members of

Conference Session

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

curriculum.The two engineering entrepreneurship sections each met for 15 hours during thesemester, and extra time was provided for meetings with success coaches and peermentors. The six main areas covered in the sections are detailed below: • Academic Success- study skills, time management, finding help for classroom material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Dale Feldman, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham

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Mathematics

applications ofinterest to middle school students. Although many wonderful resources are available thatprovide educators with a connection between engineering, science, mathematics, and real worldapplications, there is a need for development in support of inquiry-based engineering applicationtasks for the middle school mathematics classroom, as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1. Integration of Project GoalsAt the same time, narrow views of what constitutes engineering have resulted in increasinglyreduced pools of students interested in pursuing engineering as a career, a decrease ofapproximately 2,000 students from 1991 to 2002 [2,3]. This is especially true among groups,including women and minorities, who have

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Boeing Co.; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Raymond Morrison, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Mohammad Noori, California State Polytechnic University; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

productiveengineering careers in industry. As reflected by the National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE), there are “nine levels” of progressive professional responsibility and leadership abilitiesrequired in creative engineering practice. Undergraduate engineering education prepares the engineerfor entry into the profession at Level I Engineer. But, it does not prepare the engineer for creativepractice at all levels of engineering. Further professional studies, experience, and actual creativeperformance are required beyond entry-level for further professional development in engineering.Finding # 5: Revitalizing the U.S. Engineering Workforce for leadership of technologicaldevelopment & innovation in industry is one of the nation’s primary engines

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Sah, University of California-San Diego; Jessica Lin, University of California-San Diego; Michele Temple, University of California-San Diego; Edward Chuong, University of California-San Diego; Anish Jina, University of California-San Diego

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Biomedical

Page 12.755.5with industry members, professors, graduate students, and UCSD alumni/ae. The halftime eventwas so successful that it was extended from the originally-planned 15 minutes to >30 minutes.Students interacted with faculty, graduate students, industry members and alumni to talk aboutresearch and job openings, current trends in bioengineering, career development decisions, and,in general, gained insight into what their futures might hold.The Future of BQBsThe 1st BQB completed its mission, to establish a tradition in the UCSD Department ofBioengineering, to foster recognition of advances in bioengineering, to raise awareness ofachievements in the field of bioengineering, to connect students with educators and members ofindustry, and

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Muthar Al-Ubaidi, University of Cincinnati; Richard Kegg, Tech Solve Inc.

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Manufacturing

industryneeds, develop skills to solve practical problems for the industry community, and grasp theknowledge of project planning and managing. The outcomes are to provide graduates who arewell trained and are experienced at creative problem analysis, solving, planning and managing,for the manufacturing community. Understanding these techniques and gaining the experienceoutlined above is vital to the success of students who pursue a career in the manufacturingindustry [1] [2].Strategies for Enhancing Manufacturing Curriculum Our vision is to make the College the leading source of well-educated problem solversand project managers for the manufacturing community. Our goal is to deliver graduates withexceptional skills at solving problems in an

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Phillips, Oklahoma State University

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Architectural

seismic loads are determined using the ASCE 7-05 code‘Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures’. This is the student’s first exposureto this code that will be highly used throughout their careers. Preliminary design calculations areperformed to determine structural sizes that are modeled in a frame analysis program used in thiscourse. The frame analysis program used is the RISA-3D analysis/design program, and a modelFig 3: Students utilize the RISA-3D Program during the Analysis Phase of the Project 2for the entire building structure is input for analysis. Though the students have used this programin a previous course, its use in that course was limited, and did not include a three dimensionalstructural modeling. Utilizing this

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Manufacturing

the senior/Masters level in the coming year. He is currently, offering aPh.D. level special topics course INEN 885: Nano and Bio Manufacturing in Spring 2007.Introducing nano and micro technology modules within the IE curriculum is an important avenuefor instilling interest, educating and inspiring students to pursue higher degrees and career pathsin nanotechnology field. This will expand the possible career options for Industrial engineeringstudents.8. ConclusionNano and micro manufacturing modules were introduced within the industrial engineeringcurriculum at NC A&T SU. Pre and post surveys were used as evaluate the benefit of the nanoand micro manufacturing modules. Statistical analysis results indicated that students had highercorrect

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bethany Jones, James Madison University; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

State University , and then served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at James Madison University in VirginiaRussel Jones, World Expertise LLC RUSSEL C. JONES is a private consultant, working through World Expertise LLC to offer services in engineering education in the international arena. Prior to that, he had a long career in education: faculty member at MIT, department chair in civil engineering at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University of Massachusetts, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware. Page 12.1214.1© American

Conference Session

Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

technology-based firms5,6.With engineering entrepreneurship being a relatively new phenomenon within undergraduate andgraduate engineering programs, thousands of working engineers who graduated prior to 2000 arebecoming interested in developing their invention, innovation and entrepreneurship skills toeither enhance their current career or explore starting a company. For many colleges anduniversities, providing entrepreneurship courses is viewed as a service they should provide tomeet both internal and external demand, a step to help keep U.S. engineers competitive andinnovation leaders, a way to support their alumni, and possibly a revenue source.For the authors of this paper, baseline data was needed to help their institutions (the Universityof

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

by the United Negro College Fund Special Programs(UNCFSP) through a contract with NASA / Office of Education. More detailed informationregarding the NAFP program as well as application procedures and forms can be found on theUNCFSP website at http://www.uncfsp.org.Typically, applicants to the program fall under one of two categories: NASA Career Employeesand STEM Faculty of Minority Serving Institutions. Applicants who are already NASAemployees will teach and / or conduct research at a MSI and then participate in a professionaldevelopmental assignment at a NASA or NASA related agency, other government agency, or inthe private sector. Those who fall under the STEM Faculty category are those who currentlywork in academia who will conduct

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

. Page 12.1334.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Surface Modeling Techniques for Automotive and Product Design:Autodesk’s recent acquisition of Alias adds the industry leading computer aided industrial designsoftware, Alias Studio Tools, to its’ software arsenal. A practical understanding of thissophisticated surface modeling program is beneficial to engineering graphics students interestedin careers in automotive and consumer product design. The software provides complete NURBSbased curve and surface control, and advanced surface curvature analysis and rebuilding tools.With many tools and technical surfacing techniques the software has a very steep and intenselearning

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Micheal Dreznes, International Road Federation; James Ekberg, University of Florida

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International

once the Fellows return Page 12.1464.8home.Many of the Fellows use their educational experiences to enhance their careers once they returnhome. Their contributions have helped to develop the road networks in their home countries.While it is difficult to determine the exact monetary value of these contributions to society, it isclear that the technology transferred and the relationships developed during these Fellowshipshave significantly affected the growth of the infrastructures of these home countries. Thefollowing individual examples clearly demonstrate how important these Fellowships have beento a variety of different countries around the

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Romine, Alabama A&M University; William Gile, Alabama A&M University; elisabeth scherff, Alabama A&M University

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Engineering Technology

not follow the material presented in classtextbooks or have a single correct answer. Results from studies on the influence of problembased learning suggest students are better at applying knowledge skills. In addition to this Prince9states that while problem-based learning has been used in undergraduate engineering programs“there is very little data available for its effectiveness with this population of students.”Critical Thinking A report from AC Nielsen Research Services for the Department of Education1 found thatnew graduates with university degrees were “particularly poor at critical thinking.” As Beder2points out it is no longer enough to teach students technical knowledge to carry them throughtheir careers. A broader approach