Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Bartonek, Cessna Aircraft Company; Bruce Dallman, Pittsburg State University; James Lookadoo, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

over a million dollar economic impact per employee.Accreditation ImpactsThe EET program was facing a TAC of ABET program review in the fall of 2007. Thatprospect allowed a heightened focus on several key accreditation factors. Specifically, thefaculty member of the team recognized an opportunity to note specifics on how EETalumni were utilizing the required attribute components of program objectives (the “a-k”list) on the job. Additionally, job responsibilities for alumni make strong arguments thatthe program’s longer term educational objectives are being met. Finally, the encounterswith alumni offered a way to assess how the professional society mandated outcomes (inour case, the IEEE’s outcomes for Electrical/Electronic(s) Engineering

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Issues in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cortney Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Barbara Bekken, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

range of scientific applications. ‚ Epistemological development that provides the cognitive infrastructure for longer-term gains in scientific reasoning and correlates with more general advances in critical thinking. ‚ Critical thinking as demonstrated by increasingly sophisticated analysis, evaluation, application and synthesis as indicated, in part, by the ability to discover patterns of information in data across fields, interpret the meaning(s) of those patterns, and argue convincingly for significance of the interpretation. ‚ Greater engagement of students in learning.ResultsA comprehensive set of both quantitative and qualitative development measures have beenassessed throughout the ES

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Shayevich, Pima Community College; Jeff Goldberg, University of Arizona; Judy Edson, University of Arizona

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Two Year College Division

, Thermodynamics, Dynamics • Electrical Engineering – Introductory Circuits (non EE majors), Advanced Circuits (for EE majors), Intro to Digital Systems • Other Engineering – Numerical Methods, Technical WritingInstructors at Pima have advanced degrees in engineering fields (MS and PhD), generally haveextensive industry experience, and focus largely on teaching. Class size for engineering classesare typically in the 10’s and 20’s. There are 4 campus locations, but most engineering classesare offered only at the West Campus location.There is a formal articulation agreement that is posted on the Arizona Community College StateSystem website. The Community Colleges submit syllabus and course materials to the systemand the equivalency is

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World / International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Dennis Jet, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

beginning of • Faculty participation/ and develop solu- support and counsel- the school year presentation and tions to enhance the ing. acquaint students interview workshops existing method(s). • Provide scholarships, with departmental, for UG & G• Provide leadership fellowships (offer in college and univer- BHIOM programs in to coordinate Dec/Jan), and grants. sity guidelines. other relevant states. BHIOM of UG & • Tuition waivers. • Acquaint students • Computer orientation G of all depart- • Improve stipends and with

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Schneider, University of Texas at Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

animationshows the assignment of the individual source terms for neutrons traveling in the directionassociated with each ordinate from the collision density and scattering kernel. Intensity ΩN/2 Ordinate Set I0 … On mesh ΩN/2 Ω1 interval i… … Ω1 S1(xi)=ΣsI(xi) Assign s1i,n Neutron given Σs(Ω•Ω’) Beam I(x)=I0e-ΣΣx ≡S1i [n/cm3/s] Figure 2. Animated Illustration

Conference Session

Design Communications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Richard Goff, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Design in Engineering Education

perform? Describe this function. What does it mean? How important is it that your design do this? How do you know? What evidence supports your evaluation of the importance? How will you measure how well your design does this function? How is this function related to other functions? What is an existing means for implementing this function? How do you know? Is this means feasible? Is this means incompatible with identified means for other functions? Which one(s)? What other means might you use to implement this function in your design? Is this means feasible? Is this means incompatible with other

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dutko, Bloomsburg University; Cathy Auburger, Bloomsburg University; Patrick Anderson, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

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Engineering Technology

, critical design review,final report, and a formal presentation. Student presentations and final reports are archived foruse as part of the display materials for future accreditation visits.Laboratory setupEach station is equipped with a PC, and GPIB/RS-232 interfaced instruments such as digitalmultimeter, triple output laboratory power supply, arbitrary function generator, and two-channelcolor digital oscilloscope. The instrumentation and data acquisition specific software andhardware are briefly described below.Software: LabVIEW 8.5 from National Instruments7Data acquisition (DAQ) board: Model 6024E from National Instruments8 ‚ 16 single-ended or 8 differential analog input channels, 12 bit resolution, 200 kS/s ‚ 2 analog voltage output

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Boyer, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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International

entire switchboard in an image and maintain readability of every devicemounted in the switchboard itself. Using this technique, it will be possible to fullycapture an entire switchboard and retain small details with respect to the overall imagedimensions. While exhaustive comparison with other more complex algorithms2,3,4 hasnot been performed, we suspect that, given the simplicity of the algorithm, it uses lessCPU time than its counterparts.Bibliography[1] E. Wasatonic, S. Agili and A. Morales, “Range Determination Algorithm Performed on Mars Exploration Rover Stereo Images,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Portland, Oregon. June 2005.[2] A. German, M.H. Jenkin, and

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosemarie Guzman, University of the Pacific; Michael Golanbari, University of the Pacific

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Electrical and Computer

designed and incorporated into the existing prints. Because installation of a fullyfunctional temperature monitor device and completion of Unit 3’s annunciator system will mostlikely not occur until mid-2008, a scaled down example of a temperature monitor is used in thisproject for demonstration purposes. The scaled down example successfully demonstrates theoperation of the temperature monitoring process and activation of the alarm and unit trip at settemperature points.Theoretical BackgroundCalifornia’s State Water Project is the largest state-built multipurpose water project in thecountry. With construction beginning in 1957 and continuing indefinitely, it is comprised of 29storage facilities, 18 pumping plants, four pumping-generating plants

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

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Manufacturing

project to facilitate student learning of the newsoftware.AcknowledgementsThe author would like to thank the Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence for their supportof this project through the Innovative Teaching Grant.Bibliography1. DARPA http://www.darpa.mil/mto/mems/presentations/memsatdarpa3.pdf2. Felder, R. M., and Brent, R., “Learning by doing”, Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 37(4), 2003, pp. 282- 283.3. Hall, S. R., Waitz, I., Brodeur, D. R., Soderholm, D. H., and Nasr, R., “Adoption of Active Learning in a Lecture-Based Engineering Class,” 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, 2002.4. Impelluso, T. and Metoyer-Guidry, T., “Virtual reality and learning by design: Tools for integrating

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Schmitt, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg; Aldo Morales, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg

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International

, pp. 411–426, Mar. 2005[4] Singh, G.K.; Kazzaz, S.; Ahmed, S., “Vibration signal analysis using wavelet transform for isolation and identification of electrical faults in induction machine,” Electric Power Systems Research, v 68, n 2, pp. 119- 136, February, 2004[5] Ebrahim, E.A.; Hammad, N., “Fault analysis of current-controlled PWM-inverter fed induction-motor drives,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Properties and Applications of Dielectric Materials, v 3, 2003, pp. 1065-1070[6] Benbouzid, M.; Kliman, G., "What stator current processing-based technique to use for induction motor rotor faults diagnosis?," IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol.18, no.2, pp. 238- 244, June 2003[7] G. Strang and T. Nguyen

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Wolf, Oregon Institute of Technology; Michael O'Hair, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

13.528.6Holderman, Kenneth L. Pennsylvania StateHughes, Walter Franklin Institute, BostonJohnson, Lawrence V. Southern Technical Institute, AtlantaJones, Charles S. (Casey) (Original) Casey Jones School of Aeronautics, ChicagoLohman, Pete Oklahoma StateMaedel, G. F. Academy of Aeronautics, New YorkMarcus, Joe Franklin Institute, BostonMazzola, Mike Franklin Institute, BostonMcCallick, Hugh University of HoustonMetz, D. C. University of DaytonPurvine, Winston Oregon Institute of TechnologyRietzke, E. H. (Original) Capitol Radio Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Economy -- The Introductory Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, University of Florida

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Engineering Economy

Learning in the Large IntroductoryPsychology Class,” Teaching of Psychology, 18, 1991.2. Ives, S. M., “Faculty Center for Teaching and e-Learning: A Survival Handbook for Teaching Large Classes,”UNC Charlotte Faculty Center for Teaching, accessed from www.fctel.uncc.edu, December, 2007.3. Felder, R. M., “Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes,” Proceedings of the 1997American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June, 1997.4. Felder, R. M., D. R. Woods, J. E. Stice, and A. Rugarcia, “The Future of Engineering Education II. TeachingMethods that Work,” Chemical Engineering Education, 34(1):26-39, 2000.5. _______, “Engineering Economy: Suggestions to Update a Stagnant Course Curriculum,” Proceedings of the1998

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Beasley, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Labor, 2007. http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm webpage accessed in January 2008.2. J. Carr and J. Brown, Introduction to biomedical equipment technology, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2001.3. J. Enderle, S. Blanchard, and J. Bronzino, Introduction to biomedical engineering, Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, MA, 2005.4. B. Feinberg, Applied clinical engineering, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1986.5. J. Webster, Medical instrumentation: Application and design, Wiley, New York, NY, 1998.6. J. Bronzino, Biomedical engineering handbook, CRC Press, 2000.7. S. Blanchard and J. Enderle, “Introductory biomedical engineering textbooks,” ASEE National Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA, 1998

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. 4 Performance 46 The SF is imaginative. 4 Performance 47 The SF has moving parts. 4 Performance 48 The SF has detachable parts. 4 Performance 49 The SF has interchangeable parts. 4 Exciting The SF is 50 The SF has a landing mechanism. 2 Exciting entertaining. 51 The SF has storage area(s). 4 Performance 52 The SF glows in the dark. 2 Exciting 53 The SF is

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Drushel, Case Western Reserve University; John Gallagher, Wright State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael Phillips, Department of Engineering Technology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Adam Harris

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ofthree events held on the UNC Charlotte campus during the academic year: (1) a trebuchet design Page 13.540.4competition; (2) a bridge or beam design competition (3) a written research paper/publicspeaking competition, (4) the national TEAM+S test; and (5) a robotics competition. In addition,an engineering/technology conference that is co-sponsored by local industries and professionalorganizations is included as one of the academic year events. Each of these events attractsseveral hundred high school students, parents and teachers, as well as industry representativesand Lee College students, faculty, staff, and administrators. Last year seven of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kevin Hulme, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah Moore-Russo, Suny - Buffalo; Kenneth English, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills Build Success in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Gene Gloeckner, Colorado State University; George Morgan, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

relationship between theindependent variable and the dependent variable. It indicates how much variance in thedependent variable can be predicted from the independent variable.(Effect size scale usedfor the study: small (s) = 0.1 – 0.15, small-medium (sm) = 0.151 – 0.249, medium (m) =0.25 – 0.35, medium-large (ml) = 0.351 – 0.449, large (l) ≥ 0.45). The recommendationsbased on the study suggest ways to improve faculty development and training activities topromote student learning in the domains of engineering technology. Page 13.1114.2 1I. Introduction Rapid

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinay Kumar Domal, University of Western AustraliaUWA; James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

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International

of Engineering Education, 2005. Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 41-55.2. M. E. Gorman, Turning Students into Professionals: Types of Knowledge and ABET Engineering Criteria. Journal of Engineering Education, 2002. Vol. 91, No. 3, pp. 327-332.3. ABET, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs 2006-2007. 2005. http://www.abet.org/, accessed.4. Engineers Australia, Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers. 2005, Canberra: Engineers Australia. http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/about-us/course- accreditation/publications/publications-and-supporting-documentation.cfm, accessed July-15 2006.5. S. Florman, Non-technical studies for engineers: The challenge of relevance. European Journal of Engineering

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1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Illig, Clarkson University; John Hrynuk, Clarkson University; Matthew Pennington, Clarkson University; John P. Dempsey, Clarkson University

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First-Year Programs

other six topics that posed problems for students in Spring 2007. Inthe case of arrays and array functions, the majority of examples were modified to include agraphical representation of the array operation(s) being performed, in the hopes that this wouldassist students in understanding what was going on in MATLAB when they performed a givenoperation. In addition, more examples using arrays were included in the lectures succeeding theintroduction of arrays, with the goal of reinforcing student understanding of arrays. For theintroduction of fprintf() and formatted output, examples were revised so that one small featurewas added to each example throughout the lecture. It is hoped that this incremental approach tointroducing fprintf() and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; William Johnson, University of Utah; Fred Montague, University of Utah; Arrin Holt, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Jim Nielson, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates; Rachel David, Cooper Roberts Simonsen Associates

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Civil Engineering

between the student ideas and the pre-selected project(s) for the course.Subsequent class periods cover topics of team dynamics, communication, climate change, energymanagement, sustainable design, and presentations from design professionals, decision makers,and other stakeholders associated with the pre-selected course projects/themes. The guestspeakers and affiliates serve to provide the much needed multidisciplinary perspective tosustainable development. Students are expected to improve their ability to (1) solve problemsindependently and collaboratively, (2) succeed within multidisciplinary teams, (3) communicate,(4) comprehend sustainable development from a multidisciplinary perspective, (4) learnindependently, (5) work within conflicting

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Liberal Education

education a discipline? In this respectthe nineteen sixties debate between Phenix (an American) and Hirst (an Englishman) are ofparticular interest.40 One thing they are both agreed about is the importance of concepts and itis for this reason that key concept maps are important in determining the curriculum providedthey take into account what engineers do.41Thus, what we think about knowledge and knowing clearly influences the aims of educationwe have and in turn the curriculum, the mode(s) of instruction, and assessment. We have to beclear about what we mean when we talk about knowledge and knowing.In another analysis of important terms Wringe insists that aims are not objectives even thoughthe terms may be more or less synonymous.42 There has

Conference Session

Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zarjon Baha, Purdue University; Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

been recognised that the establishment of Engineering and TVEinstitutions is vital for the reconstruction and future development in the country. Therefore,recommendations are made as to how TVE and Engineering education in Afghanistan maybe re-established to meet international standards and to address local needs.1. IntroductionAfghanistan was a stable country during the period of the early 1930’s to the late 1970’sand had a relatively established educational system in the country. Although education wascompulsory in the country at the primary level where such facilities were available, theliteracy rate was still very low. The country was progressing well towards democracy andthe people in general were realizing the importance of education

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pines, University of Hartford; Hisham Alnajjar, University of Hartford

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Design in Engineering Education

years has led to changes in theformat of the semester long design project. While the overall outcome of having the studentsmore competent in the design methodology, program management, communication skills, andunderstanding the ethical considerations of their design have been met, it is important that thestudents are excited about selecting engineering as their professional career. The design coursesequence provides this opportunity if the courses are planned and implemented in a way toharness the students creativity and passion.Bibliography1. NSF Grant Award Number 9872433, “Integrating Engineering Design with the Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences and Mathematics,” 1998.2. Shetty, D., D. Leone, H. Alnajjar, S. Keshawarz, L. Nagurney and

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; shannon sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

Mutchler of RHIT is gratefully acknowledged.References 1. ASCE (2008) ExCEEd: Excellence in Civil Engineering Education, Civil Engineering Faculty Workshop, http://www.asce.org/exceed/ accessed February 29, 2008. 2. Berque D. An Evaluation of a Broad Deployment of DyKnow Software to Support Note Taking and Interaction using Pen-Based Computers", Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Proceedings of CCSC:NE 2006 annual conference, Holy Cross College, April 21-22nd, 2006. 3. Devasher, R.; Ferro, P.; Kirtley, S.; Mutchler, D.; Sexton, S.; Watt, A., and Williams, J. (2007) “Development of a Multi-level Assessment for a Cross-Disciplinary Project Evaluating the Symbiosis of Tablet PCs and Collaboration

Conference Session

Projects & Partnerships Result in Student Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

-Supported, Resource-Based Learning Environment: Does One Size Fit All?” Distance Education, v 24 no 2, October 2003, 141-158.[3] CMapTools Knowledge Modeling Kit by Institute for Human Machine Cognition, last accessed 07/02/2007 at http://cmap.ihmc.us.[4] Derry, S., 1990, “Learning Strategies for Acquiring Useful Knowledge,” Dimensions of Thinking and Cognitive Instruction, B. Jones & L. Idol (Eds), Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ.[5] Georgiadou, E.; Hatzipanagos, S., Berki, E. (2005), “Resource-Based Learning and Teaching: Concerns, Conflicts, Consensus, Community”, The 3rd ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, 2005, 878-882.[6] Inspiration by Inspiration Software Company, last accessed 11

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Winston Jackson, California Institute of Technology; Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, California Institute of Technology; Julian Rimoli, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

performancein introductory mechanics classes at MIT.3 What they found was that high gains from pre to postMBE tests were achieved by using written homework assignments and group problem solvingmethods in class, strategies that were also used in this shortcourse. For their study, normalizedgain is defined as follows, S after − S before Page 13.980.7 gain = 100% − S beforewhere Sbefore is the test score from the pre-examination, Safter is the test score from the post-examination, and the 100% denotes the maximum achievable