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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

students, if they are holdingoutside jobs, participate less in non-academic extracurriculars – instead, trying to focus on thoserelated to their future careers. Still these findings, are not novel – Berger, Milem and Paulsen19found significant differences in the types of activities freshmen engaged in relative to their SES.We found high SES students had greater motivation from their family (Variable 2) to studyengineering than their low SES counterparts. This, in part, may be due to the fact that nearlyone-third of APPLES subjects had an immediate family member with an engineering degree20,an achievement that likely results in a SES score that was not in the lowest quartile.Differences in confidence in areas perceived to be closely related to

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reynaldo Pablo, Jr., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

ahelpful tool to quantify the risk involved in this process of bridge assessment.Addition of a semester-long course on reliability of bridges in the civil engineering curriculumcan greatly help the students understand the fundamental concepts of bridge safety. Civilengineering graduates will have the capability in evaluating bridge safety which they canconfidently use in their future career. As a result, this will encourage students to specialize in thefield of bridge reliability and eventually the nation’s bridge assessment experts will grow innumber. These experts will have the technical know-how to help maintain bridge infrastructuresto avoid catastrophic failures and most significantly of all, save lives.IntroductionThe load carrying capacity

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New Ideas for ChEs II (aka ChE Potpourri)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerardine Botte, Ohio University; Keeley Schneider, Ohio University; Bryan Boggs, Ohio University

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Chemical Engineering

engineering among the next generation in the United States has beendeclining at an alarming rate for several decades. This may be caused from intimidation thatthese subjects pose to primary and secondary education students. Educating these students (K-12th grade) on the social and economic benefits of pursuing careers in science and technologythrough fun, unique, and interactive parties is an excellent opportunity and is the focus of thispaper. These science-oriented parties can be used for a plethora of occasions including: birthdayparties, Bar Mitzvahs, lock ins, celebrations, and much more. Typically, educational outreachprograms teach students who are already interested in science and engineering. Theseengineering parties are a surprise and

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens

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Mechanical Engineering

2.88 6.00 12High Workload will limit student effectiveness 3.29 9.00 12Program will decrease in size or be unable to grow 4.00 6.00 29Recruiting & RetentionInadequate Recruiting & Retention of New Students 3.76 9.00 29Inadequate career support will limit student success ingetting jobs or grad school assistantships 3.65 9.00 24Inadequate diversity of student body will limit the totaleducational experience 2.88 9.00 18 Table 3f: Summary of ME Program Risk RatingsCommunication & Relations

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Graphics and Visualization

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Norma Veurink, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Design Graphics

Engineering Design Graphics Division of ASEE. She was a recipient of the Dow Outstanding New Faculty award and the Distinguished Teaching award, both from the North Midwest Section of ASEE. Her research interests include spatial visualization and computer aided design. Page 13.696.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Impact of Spatial Visualization Topic Order on Student Performance and AttitudesAbstractSpatial visualization skills are critical to many scientific and technical careers. AtMichigan Tech, we identify first year engineering students who may not have fullydeveloped their

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Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Kurt Colvin, California Polytechnic State University; Joel Shrater, The Aerospace Corporation; Daphne Dador, California Space Education & Workforce Institute; Matt Everingham, California Space Authority

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Continuing Professional Development

navigation, guidance and control products at Litton, at Singer-Kearfott, and at Bendix.Daphne Dador, California Space Education & Workforce Institute Daphne Dador received her M.A. from the George Washington University in Space Policy and Communications. She also holds a certificate from the International Space University. Dador is currently a project manager at the California Space Education & Workforce Institute where she oversees STEM-related education and workforce development projects through a state and federal economic development initiative. As an active member of the space community, her work has often focused on attracting young people to become involved in space activities and careers

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LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

into several lab courses, and students will benefit from the shortened study curve, and improved concentration on the course subjects.2. Enhancing student comprehensive capability from hardware to software, benefiting their future career development and also motivate more students of choosing STEM related majors Page 13.833.9 in their undergraduate studies.3. Promote the integration of research and education in department and support faculty professional development.4. Some other universities who have similar program can follow this exemplary pedagogy of using consistent graphical tool from freshman to senior courses to benefit more

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Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

of the case study delivery, thestudents are engaged in an exercise where they are asked how they would proceed to setupappropriate scale model tests/non-dimensional parameters for this situation.Case 2: Ray Gunn and Somanetics and ClarityRay Gunn Case: Background MaterialThis case study is about a man named Raymond (Ray) Gunn whom Professor Weaver first heardspeak at an NCIIA Invention to Venture Workshop at Lawrence Technological University. RayGunn has spent his career acting as the principal financial and strategic architect to build concepttechnologies into commercialized ventures/companies. He has led ten teams through theirformation, funding, growth, and ultimate sale or Initial Public Offering (IPO). Additionalinformation about

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Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

Center. Over 30% of the WPI faculty are involved in theseactivities at some point in their careers. Interactions involve integration of information literacyskills instruction into the online course site as well as face-to-face consultations. Within eachBlackboard course site, librarians add a Library Assignments section with information forstudents on how to complete the tutorials, quizzes, and a preliminary research plan questionnaire.Consultations with librarians take place during the first three weeks of the term during eachacademic quarter. Page 13.646.4Online TutorialsStudents gain a basic overview of library resources available for

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Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Neeley, University of Virginia; W. Bernard Carlson, University of Virginia; Sarah Pfatteicher, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Bruce Seely, Michigan Technological University; Douglass Klein, Union College; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

and careers. The answers to both these questions have rootsdeep within academic culture. Changing that culture is a significant challenge, but one that seemsclearly worth making.A third possible area of research would focus on service learning and community-based studentresearch, another area where multiple forms of expertise are required for effective course designand meaningful research.ConclusionTechnology in Context offers an incremental approach to integrating courses that achieve theaims of TL into undergraduate curricula. With a relatively small investment of faculty time, theapproach should result in a much larger number of courses that both function as and areexplicitly recognized as TL courses. Perhaps more importantly, designing

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AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cowan, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

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Architectural

careers. 3. Service learning should be implemented in more courses at the institution. 4. The services that the students would provide were clearly articulated to me. 5. Overall student expertise was sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the service. 6. We benefited from the activities of the service learning students. 7. Participation in this project had economic benefits. 8. Participation in this project had valuable social benefits.The section that followed focused upon client personal reflections of theexperience and contained all closed questions set within the same 5 point Likertscale: Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree 1. I see myself as

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Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Ewing, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Heidi Barker, Regis University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Morning Session Afternoon Session 9:00-10:00 Day 10:00- 1:00- 2:00- 11:00-12:00 3:00-4:00 4:-5: 11:00 2:00 3:00 • Pretest • IntroductionMon 7/9 State Standards • Plotting and Interpreting Graphs • W-2 Forms Day 1 • Careers in Math and • Introduction to Probability • Pretest

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Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Terenzini, The Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Russell Long, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 13.207.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Apples and Oranges? A Proposed Research Design to Examine the Correspondence Between Two Measures of Engineering LearningAbstractIn 2004, ABET commissioned Engineering Change, a study of the impact of EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC2000) on the preparation of undergraduates for careers in engineering. Onelegacy of that study is a database of EC2000-specific self-reported student learning outcomes at40 institutions, including precollege characteristics and engineering program outcomes for morethan 4,300 graduates of the class of 2004. A second dataset, the Multiple-Institution Database forInvestigating Engineering Longitudinal

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DEED Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; John Caffrey, California State Polytechnic University; Kyu-Jung Kim, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Design in Engineering Education

left for more investigation by theresearchers.This paper is primarily an undergraduate research level paper and its primary goal is to designand investigate improving such mathematically complex problem of artificial leg using the stateof the art solid modeling and analysis technology available to students in an undergraduateeducation. The intent of the paper is to open the way to other undergraduate students to getinvolved in research early in their education and be able to choose their future career path morereadily. A short introduction is gathered from the available literature about the mechanism andkinematics of human leg. A few designs similar to the ones already in existence is studied andinvestigated and a few more new designs are

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Interdisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Kurtanich, Youngstown State University; William Wood, Youngstown State University; Edward Garchar, Youngstown State University

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Engineering Technology

respective tasks. Because of the coursecomposition, the site development, structural design and electrical design components aretypically more developed than the mechanical and plumbing components. Although all students have previously completed group projects throughout theiracademic careers, the scope of dependency on others for project completion and the potentialimpact on their course grade makes this collaboration unique for most of them. Peer pressureand the general desire to do a good job are generally sufficient motivators for the completion ofvery good projects by each group. The quality of the final project is most often determined bythe real-world experience of the group members [6]. Often one or more of the participants hasworked

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Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

-flops. From the papers published in recent years in various venues [4~8] it is apparent thatthe academic departments are adding new courses or content to teach HDL based designflows at some level to undergraduate EET students.Therefore, to help the graduates to be competent and competitive in their major disciplines,UPJ EET majors are exposed to the HDL based digital design techniques at theundergraduate level. There were several key considerations taken into account during theadaptation of Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and automation based digital designflow to the UPJ curriculum. The demographics of UPJ’s student population and theirimmediate careers suggest that most graduates do not pursue graduate studies in computerengineering, nor

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Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lanny Griffin; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Szlavik, California Polytechnic State University

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Continuing Professional Development

Poly is poised to become the national leader in biomedicalengineering professional Master’s programs due to the large number of graduates in theworkforce who continue to do great things, and the recognition of our industrial partners.Program GoalsThe MS programs goals are: 1) to provide graduates with an underpinning of a rigorous, broad-based advanced engineering education and an opportunity to create an individualized focus thatwill propel graduates into the many diverse career opportunities of Biomedical Engineering. 2)to provide graduates an empowering professional degree for students who are currently orintend to become practicing engineers, 3) to provide graduates job-entry education andopportunities for the more complex and evolving

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ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

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Educational Research and Methods

with student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. Career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses. Page 13.907.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Motivating Research in an Engineering Teaching InstitutionAbstractThis paper discusses multiple ways of

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Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanfei Liu, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

interfacing design. These five experiments were carriedout by three groups of students in the fall of 2005, 2006 and 2007. At the end of fall 2007, asurvey was conducted among the students to assess these five experiments. The assessmentresults are presented in this paper.Introduction“Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing” is a core subject in both Electrical and ComputerEngineering curricula. Since there is large variety of microprocessors, an engineering programhas to pick the ones that benefit students the most in their future career. With the rapid changesin microprocessor technology, laboratory courses associated with this topic have to becontinuously kept up-to-date. Some years ago in the Department of Engineering at IndianaUniversity – Purdue

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Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Helbling, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Lance Traub, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Aerospace

evaluate state-of-the-art concepts. Additional curriculum improvements will be achievedonce the faculty gain more experience in using the facility and more fully understand thecapability of the equipment. In the meantime, the improvement in the undergraduate learningenvironment afforded by the Rapid Prototyping Laboratory continues to better prepare ourstudents for the next phase of their academic or professional careers, thereby adding to ERAU’sreputation for producing quality engineers who understand the relationship between theory andapplication.References1 Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Effective for Evaluations during the 2003 – 2004 Accreditation Cycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, November 20022 ABET

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Engineering Accreditation Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deborah Wolfe, Engineers Canada; Phil Alexander, University of Windsor

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International

-specialization in curricula, provide sufficient freedom to accommodate innovative educational development, allow adaptation to different regional factors and permit an appropriate expression of the institution’s individual qualities and ideals.• reflect the need for the engineer to be adaptive, creative, resourceful and responsive to changes in society, technology and career demands.• ensure that students are made aware of the role and responsibilities of the professional engineer in society and the impact that engineering in all its forms makes on the environmental, economic, social and cultural aspects of society.• reflect the need for the professional engineer to function as an effective member of a team, able to communicate

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Service Courses for Non-Engineers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Suchan, United States Military Academy; Susan Schwartz, United States Military Academy; Edward Sobiesk, United States Military Academy

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

studentswho embrace and believe in IT, and who are confident from their current experiences that theywill have the ability to successfully employ future, not-yet-developed IT tools throughout theirprofessional career. We accomplish this goal by emphasizing hands-on learning, with studentscompleting numerous in-class exercises and labs as well as several team projects, all of whichare designed to help them learn how to learn IT.Even though this course is for non-engineers, we receive an abundance of anecdotal evidencefrom our former students that the technological literacy gained in this course has made asignificant difference in their chosen fields.A Foundation Based on CyberspaceThe concepts of the World Wide Web (WWW) and electronic media permeate

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Soumya Keshavamurthy, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Graduate Studies

with set dates for deliverables. The student is hired to complete the research to meetthese deliverables and interruptions for internships or co-ops which do not directly contribute tothese goals can be grounds for removal of the research assistantship altogether. Any studentinterested in pursuing these opportunities should discuss them with their advisor; in some cases,it may be possible to work out a mutually beneficial research assistantship and internshipappointment, while still meeting the deadlines for research deliverables. Hiring summer researchinterns in place of regular research assistants could be one solution. Every school has a career

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Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Liu, California State University-Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles

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Minorities in Engineering

education andmultidisciplinary researches. The main activities of the partnership program have been conductedin the Synergetic Education and Research in Enabling NASA-Centered Academic Developmentof Engineers and Space-scientists (SERENADES) Laboratory 1 sponsored from 2004 to 2007under the NASA’s Minority University and College Education and Research PartnershipInitiative (MUCERPI).One of the primary objectives is to use the excitement of NASA’s mission and the MUCERPIprogram to inspire more minority/underrepresented students to pursue education and research,and ultimately to choose careers in the areas of electrical, computer, or astronomical engineering.During the entire funding period, the SERENADES Laboratory endeavored to the preparation

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Multidisciplinary Teams

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

thank the individuals who have taught with me through out my short career at CalPoly; Tom Leslie at Iowa State University, James Doerfler and Tom Fowler in the ArchitectureDepartment, plus Brent Nuttall and Ansgar Neuenhofer in the Architectural EngineeringDepartment . Team teaching with each of them has exposed the students to a wide array ofdesign approaches, unique perspectives on building design, and unparalleled camaraderie in theclassroom. Without their presence, these qualities would be impossible to replicate on my own.BibliographyDavis, James R. Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching. (Phoenix: American Council on Education/OryxPress Series on Higher Education, 1997).Maroney, Sharon A, Some Notes on Team Teaching, Western Illinois

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Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Andrew Hak, Rowan University

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-2705: MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHGEAR, TRANSFORMER ANDINTERCONNECTION SPECIFICATION IN AN ECE CLINICPeter Mark Jansson, Rowan UniversityUlrich Schwabe, Rowan University Ulrich K.W. Schwabe has received his Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University in 2007 and is currently enrolled in their Master’s program.Andrew Hak, Rowan University Andrew Hak is a Senior electrical and computer engineering major at Rowan University, NJ. He is expected to graduate in May of 2008 and start a career as a power engineer working in the electric utility field. Page 13.882.1© American Society

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Computer Applications in Energy Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

engineering design, from sensor measurement and vehicle interfacing toelectrical energy consumption and strategy implementation on some of the most advancedvehicle technology available today.Introduction and BackgroundA unique and successful degree program at Minnesota State University, Mankato is theAutomotive Engineering Technology (AET) undergraduate program. Unique in that it isone of the only, if not the only, ABET accredited program of its type in the United Stateswith numerous graduates each year pursuing primarily automotive technology andengineering test and development careers in industry. As part of the program,undergraduates complete a two semester (one year) senior design project related to anautomotive system development, student

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The Use of Computers in Teaching Mathematics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Leslie Sena, Bethune Cookman College; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; David Bethelmy, Bethune Cookman College

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Mathematics

) motivating students in the applications of themathematical concepts that reflect realistic problems in their prospective engineering careers, 2)integrating these complicated applications into the tight schedule of engineering courses, 3)leveraging the overwhelming complexity so that the students are not intimidated, and 4)compensating for the lack of physical models required in most engineering applications Theauthors considered these challenges in the development of modules and agreed that a frameworkfor module development was required. The authors began preliminary research to develop sucha framework centered on the concept of abstraction.The authors began by exploring resources developed by other colleagues, reviewing the existingdigital library

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Capstone Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

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Design in Engineering Education

to a full year. This will allow additional topics such as engineering ethics, leadershipand career development to be added to the content portion of the course. It will also allowstudents greater time for both the design and the construction process. Both elements arecurrently compressed in the 20 week schedule. It is anticipated that at 10 weeks the students willhave a preliminary design review with the critical design review occurring mid-way through thesecond quarter.LogisticsFaculty OrganizationFor each offering of Senior Design Project, one faculty member is assigned the courseorganization task. They are responsible for finding the projects, organizing the students intoteams, giving the weekly lecture and organizing the participating

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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 1

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Lobaugh, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Manufacturing

to Students Engineering students, especially those pursuing a career in the manufacturing arenawould greatly benefit by understanding the concepts and methods of Value Stream Mapping(VSM). Many engineering students do not have the background knowledge or experiencenecessary to fully understand the manufacturing processes and the process flows let alone thecomplexities associated with them. This inexperience that the students have can be improved byusing the simple methods of VMS. After initial discussions on the types of manufacturingprocesses and discussions on the non-manufacturing processes involved the student would havethe basic knowledge necessary to generate a map. Graphically depicting the process flow and