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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-188: PERSPECTIVE OF A TRANSFER ENGINEERING PROGRAMAtin Sinha, Albany State University Atin Sinha is the Regents Engineering Professor and Coordinator of the Engineering Program at Albany State University. He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1984. He had worked in aeronautical research and industry (National Aerospace Laboratory - India, Learjet, Allied-Signal) for 12 years before moving to academia in 1990. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer in Oklahoma. Currently, he is engaged in motivating undergraduate students in inquiry based learning through laboratory experimentations

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Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo; K Cyril Masiulaniec, University of Toledo; Douglas Oliver, University of Toledo

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-2198: LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT: A STUDENT PROJECT TODEVELOP INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION AS A PERMANENT STATE OFMINDSorin Cioc, University of Toledo Sorin Cioc is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME), College of Engineering, University of Toledo. He received a Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo. His main research and publishing area is tribology. He is a past recipient of the Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award for the best paper on the practical aspects of lubrication

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ibironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2250: WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: POLITICS OFGENDERIbironke Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University Page 12.1613.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Women in Science and Engineering: Politics of GenderAbstractBecause they are fewer than men in science and engineering, women are generally said to preferarts and humanities. But to some analysts, the reason for the low percentage of women in scienceand engineering may be due to innate mental and psychological differences between them andmen. Others contend that women have the capacity to excel in any profession and that theirfewness in science and engineering can be attributed to other

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Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-578: MIND LINKS 2007: RESOURCES TO MOTIVATE MINORITIES TOSTUDY AND STAY IN ENGINEERINGMaria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University María M. Larrondo Petrie has over 20 years of experience in higher education. Presently she is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Associate Dean for Academic and International Affairs for the College of Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. In the past, she has served as: President and Executive Council member of the Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines, and on the Education Board of ACM SIGGRAPH. Currently she serves as Executive Vice President and as Vice President of Research of

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-2856: EOE FIRST YEAR INTEREST GROUPS: A SUCCESS MODEL FORINCREASING RETENTIONAndrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin ANDREA OGILVIE is the Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program at UT Austin. She came to UT as Director in July 2001 after six years in industry where she worked as a Structural Engineer for KBR and HDR Engineering, Inc. designing petrochemical and commercial structures, respectively. Andrea received her BS Civil Engineering degree from UT in May 1995 and her Texas Professional Engineering License in February 2001. She is an active member of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) and the American Society of

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Sharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-1648: THE PACT: A FRAMEWORK FOR RETAINING 1ST YEARAFRICAN-AMERICAN ENGINEERING MENTremayne Waller, Virginia TechSharnnia Artis, Virginia Tech SHARNNIA ARTIS is currently a Ph.D. student in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2002 and a Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2005.Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech DR. BEVLEE A. WATFORD, P.E. is the founding Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity, established in 1992. Watford received the ASEE 2003 Minorities in Engineering award due

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Rhoda Baggs, Florida Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-1138: A NAFP PROJECT: USE OF OBJECT ORIENTEDMETHODOLOGIES AND DESIGN PATTERNS TO REFACTOR SOFTWAREDESIGNGholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA Gholam “Ali” Shaykhian Gholam Ali Shaykhian is a software engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Engineering Directorate. He is a National Administrator Fellowship Program (NAFP) fellow and served his fellowships at Bethune Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ali is currently pursing a Ph.D. in Operations Research at Florida Institute of Technology. He has received a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Systems from University of Central Florida in 1985 and a second M.S. degree in

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MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-456: IMPROVING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS THROUGHADAPTING PROGRAMMING TOOLSLinda Shaykhian, NASA Linda H. Shaykhian Linda Shaykhian is a computer engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC). She is currently co-lead of the Information Architecture team for the Constellation Program’s Launch Site Command and Control System Proof of Concept project. She was lead of the Core Technical Capability Laboratory Management System project, which is currently used for resource management and funding of KSC Core Technical Capability laboratories. She was the Software Design Lead and Software Integrated Product Team Lead for the Hazardous Warning

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Sustainability & Environmental Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne; Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-1561: ENGINEERING SUSTAINABILITY?!Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne ROGER HADGRAFT is Director of the Engineering Learning Unit in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. He has been working on problem-based learning issues since 1991 and has implemented significant curriculum change using project-based learning at both Monash and RMIT Universities. He is a civil engineer with interests in hydrologic modelling, knowledge management and engineering education. He has recently moved to the University of Melbourne to assist in the implementation of the Melbourne Model.Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University Jenni Goricanec has 25+ years of experience in

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Eric Durant, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

2000” (EC2000, now called the Engineering Criteria) was implemented inthe later 1990s. Many aspects of the new criteria required a new mind-set and were quitedifferent from the Traditional Criteria, which had significant elements of “bean counting.”EC2000 at its heart was to allow greater freedom in how an engineering program defined itselfvia its intent, its constituencies’ needs, and its curriculum [1][2][3]. But, along with freedom tochoose comes the need to properly understand the new criteria and its implications.One item of lingering confusion relates to the program educational objectives and programoutcomes. Even now significant difficulties appear to exist in understanding the meaning of

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Education Network(KEEN) and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), with a broadmandate to undertake a first-time effort to instill the ideas of entrepreneurship in the minds of ourfaculty and students. Faced with the challenge of integrating entrepreneurship into an alreadyambitious engineering curriculum, we decided to focus our resources on activities that wouldbring together business and engineering students, two groups that normally do not interact intheir course of study, to work together on a design project.ChallengesWhile there is agreement around campus that a focus on entrepreneurship is both a timely and aworthy undertaking, there are significant obstacles to be overcome in order to achieve our goal.The

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-787: PAUL REVERE IN THE SCIENCE LAB: INTEGRATINGHUMANITIES AND ENGINEERING PEDAGOGIES TO DEVELOP SKILLS INCONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNINGRobert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Robert Martello is an Associate Professor of the History of Science and Technology at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Jonathan Stolk is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Page 12.1147.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

AC 2007-2681: STORYTELLING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRobin Adams, Purdue University Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also leads the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) as part of the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE). Dr. Adams received her PhD in Education, Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington, a MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Washington, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Adams' research is concentrated on design cognition and learning

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jose Branco, Politecnico de Viseu; Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

, and engineering societies in Portugaland abroad. The goal was to provide cases and situations where students could know andunderstand the importance of engineering in society, to recognize the field of engineering and theapplications that can be performed, as well as the social and ethical responsibility that anengineer must keep in mind when designing and taking decisions.Also under this item, through the professor’s own life experience, students’ awareness was raisedto the importance of life-long learning; he also raised their awareness of cases of engineers whoexperienced several changes in their lives which forced them to redirect their professionalcareers, thus stressing the need for an open-minded approach when planning one’s life.The

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

post 60’s educational world, it is in vogue to pass over the fundamentals andlaunch students at a very early age into the holistic writing process. The idea is the fundamentalsof how to write a sentence will be absorbed by little insights and little on-demand discussionswith teachers about nouns and verbs and at some point in time the light will go on and everythingwill come together,” Henderson explains. “Well, sadly that rarely happens. It is particularlybothersome to the engineering mind, because the engineering mind knows that process just isn’tgoing to work. At the very get go. So the engineering mind is desperately wanting somebody tosit down and share the fundamentals first. The other thing the engineering mind craves iswhenever

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K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Kathleen Sernak, Rowan University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

robot and competed in head-to-headcompetitions to achieve a given goal. Figure 1: Teachers building bridges using Jenga™ Blocks Figure 2: Teachers building Lego™ RobotsThe “Hands on the Human Body” clinic module focused on comparison of the human body withengineered systems. When most people think of engineering, the human body usually is not thefirst thing that comes to mind, but the systems of the body can be used to demonstrateengineering principles from all of the major disciplines. Simple experiments using the humanmuscles were used to demonstrate the concepts of levers and force balances which are verycommon in Physics. Blood pressure monitors and the human heart were used to demonstrateconcepts of

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pedro Gazmuri, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Gonzalo Pizarro, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Jose Bilbao, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

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International

curricular adjustment. In a broader scope,the project would review the actual status and the kind of discussions and issues addressed inrelation to curricular analysis in the rest of the World, particularly in the USA and Europe1.The development of this Project, which is still active, has generated a very rich mind openingprocess in both academic institutions. A key aspect of this process has been the visit ofspecialists from different prestigious universities in the USA. They have offered seminaries andworkshops about issues like curricular design based on competences and skills, course programconstruction, methodologies for teaching – learning, new approaches for the teaching of physics,the relevance of Design in the training of an engineer

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Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Mark Breitenberg, Art Center College of Design

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

that it is their belief that any engineering topic could be made to meet the secondcriteria, however, the use of this criteria keeps relevance on the mind of the instructorwhen writing lectures and course materials. Below is a listing of some of the main coursetopics, as well as information on how they were presented. 1. Biologically Inspired Products: Students are introduced to products, buildings, and materials which are consciously based on biological systems. This unit is also used to stress the difference between being inspired by nature and in superficially copying the appearance of a natural organism. Janine M Benyus’ Biomimicry5 is recommended as supplemental reading as it gives examples of commercially viable biologically

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Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama; Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

mind of the appropriate information. Knowledge represents the lowest level of learning outcomes in the cognitive domain.Defining the characteristics of the future engineer is hardly unique to civil engineering. Forexample, in a separate and independent effort, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) wasalso studying the future education of engineers. The NAE’s Committee on Engineering Page 12.258.4Education undertook and completed a two-part project resulting in two seminal reports6,7: “TheEngineer of 2020 – Visions of Engineering in the New Century” and “Educating the Engineer of2020 – Adapting

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Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-892: EXPERIENCES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AMONG PRACTICINGENGINEERS ? IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLlewellyn Mann, University of Queensland LLEWELLYN MANN is a PhD student in the School of Engineering at the University of Queensland and a member of the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical & Space) and a Bachelor of Science (Physics) from UQ, as well as a Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education). Major research interests include; Engineering Education, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, Engineering Design, Technology and Society.David Radcliffe, University of Queensland DAVID RADCLIFFE is the

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Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; Masud Hassan, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

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Engineering Technology

kept in mind inthe design and manufacturing of the AIR MOTOR: Envelope dimensions shall not exceed 3x4x5 in inches. Either horizontal or vertical piston movement. Single piston - no impeller - no rotary valves. Maximum air pressure allowed is 60 psi. Inlet port to be threaded to accept tubing compatible with available lab sizes. Single acting. Drive shaft to be supported by a bushing. Bushing must be capable of delivering oil to drive shaft. Do reverse engineering of Air Motor. Come up with your own and improved design. Exchange your product drawings with another group. (So the other group can manufacture the product) Do literature searches to identify

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Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brook Sattler, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

all participants were cognizant that diversity issues can be highlysensitive and chose their words carefully when discussing diversity issues. Some participants whowere comfortable with discussing diversity were surprised by the thoughts and opinions of theirpeers about diversity issues, and then reported being more mindful of voicing their thoughts andopinions with others based on this experience. Page 12.558.11Based on these findings, we have the following suggestions for engineering educators who want toconsider diversity issues in their teaching, and faculty developers who provide resources forhelping engineering educators consider

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ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

General Education Math and Science Multidisciplinary Engineering Concentration ElectiveFigure 3. The 128 credit curricular pie of the BSE program of Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus. The breadth in engineering segment consists of the freshmen and sophomore engineering courses along with the capstone project.The Concentration OutcomeWe started with the end in mind. The first step in

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

AC 2007-1644: NEW TRENDS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION WORLDWIDEClaudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences Claudio da Rocha Brito is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; President of Council of Researches in Education and Sciences (COPEC), President of Fishing Museum Friends Society (AAMP), President of (Brazilian) National Monitoring Committee of "Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpädagogik" (IGIP) and Vice-President of Brazilian Nucleus of Environmental Researches and Health (NBPAS). He is Chairman of Working Group "Ingenieurpädagogik im Internationalen Kontext" and Member of International Monitoring Committee in IGIP, Council Member of

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

AC 2007-1015: PROMOTING LEARNER AUTONOMY IN ENGINEERINGMichael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University Mike is Head of Learning, Teaching and Assessment at Sheffield Hallam University's Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences. He is the Associate Director of the Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy at Sheffield Hallam. He is also the Associate Director of the UK Centre for Materials Education at Liverpool University, which is part of the UK Higher Education Academy.Keith Radley, Sheffield Hallam University Keith is a Lecturer in Curriculum Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University,(specialising in media and resources)in the Learning and Teaching Institute. Keith has 25

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

, to manage the developmentand implementation of new technologies, coupled with the ability to appreciate and take cost/benefit account of the financial, social and political implications of decisions taken’ 1.In short, engineering graduates were required to be business-minded for the first time.By 1988, the Engineering Council was becoming more outspoken, observing that ‘educationfor working life rather than first job should...be the aim’. The engineer in industry must be‘an authority on technology, a leader of others, a communicator’ and engineering coursesmust ‘improve working habits’ 5. The council was itself beginning to warm to the theme ofintervention in the undergraduate curriculum, and would indeed be funding and influencing

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Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul King, Vanderbilt University; Mark Richter, MaxMobility

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Biomedical

enjoyed all of the guest lectures. I hope to take moreclasses throughout my four years at Vanderbilt in the field of Rehabilitation Engineering”.Another student has applied for a summer internship in Rehabilitation Engineering at theUniversity of Pittsburgh based on her newfound interest in the field.One student was so affected by the course that she is now considering career in RehabilitationEngineering. She wrote “I started out in BME thinking it would be a good Pre-Med track, butbecause of your class I think I've changed my mind. I wanted to be a doctor because I wanted tohelp people. And I wanted to be an engineer because I love math and science and, in general,fixing things. But then, when I started to learn about all the different ways to

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Bob Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Manufacturing

, and graphic communications management.The fall Career Day is for high school juniors and seniors and the spring Career Day is for highschool freshmen and sophomores. Since its creation, 2,200 high school students have attendedthe Engineering & Technology Career Days. New College of Technology, Engineering, andManagement (CTEM) student surveys indicate that on average 15 percent obtained informationon UW-Stout and the programs offered from on campus events such as the Engineering andTechnology Career Days.The FIRST LEGO League (FLL)18 Regional Tournament is a 2005 addition to the outreachofferings and programs supported by the University of Wisconsin-Stout . FLL is a dynamicsport for the mind tournament style event that draws 9 to 14 year

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FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George List, North Carolina State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-1478: INTRODUCING CIVIL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS THROUGHPROGRAMMINGGeorge List, North Carolina State University George List is Head of the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Department at NC State University Page 12.961.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Civil Engineering Analysis through ProgrammingAbstractThis paper describes a course in computer programming that is being offered to freshmen andsophomores in civil engineering at NC State. Visual Basic (VBA in Excel) and MATLAB arebeing used as the programming languages. Much of the learning occurs through

Conference Session

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

they have or is available. The instructor’s role must be an extra tool that thestudents can use as a mentor, guide, and/or a consultant, watching and evaluating closely thestudents’ performance; their responsibility is the same, but now the students are the main playersof the learning process.Having that in mind, we have implemented the fundamentals of engineering learning center,fully equipped with Amatrol ® skill-based, integrated technical learning systems, consisting ofreal-world industrial replica quality hands-on training equipment workstations, coupled withcomprehensive training solutions including interactive multimedia, simulation software, andprint-based student learning materials and teacher's guides. The computers in the learning