Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

AC 2008-1891: INTEGRATING TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, AND AESTHETICANALYSIS IN THE PRODUCT DESIGN STUDIO: A CASE STUDY AND MODELFOR A NEW LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ENGINEERSDean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean Nieusma’s research and teaching focus on interdisciplinary design collaboration and the expertise that enables it. With a BS in mechanical engineering and another in general studies and a PhD in interdisciplinary social sciences, Dean has worked as a member of design teams in contexts as diverse as the U.S. and European automotive industries; Sri Lanka’s renewable energy sector; and STS, engineering, and design curriculum planning. He teaches across Rensselaer’s Product Design and

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 13.241.7calculators to develop a mathematical expression for describing the function for position-timerelationship for the context of a vertically tossed ball. She says, "I was able to incorporate the useof vertical motion as a real world phenomenon represented mathematically by a quadraticfunction. Students conducted experiments and collected data to find how high a ball was throwninto the air. This provided motivation for the students and they were actively engaged in thelesson."Tanya, a Tempe math teacher, is going to use an inquiry "math" lab with spring oscillations tocontextualize trigonometric functions. Sue says, "One concept that I did not use, but plan to usenext year (it was just at the wrong timing) is the use of a spring and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emily Wischow, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lynn Bryan, Purdue University; Shanna Daly, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

images (taken beforehand), and an online simulation to constructrelationships between quantum dot size and color. The final phase was a group presentation, in Page 13.1016.5which teachers would create a presentation for a fictional “company” in the area of biosensors,LEDs, or medical imaging, describing the use of quantum dots in their specific field. Thisapproach was designed to target the three goals described previously.This lesson was first implemented in summer 2007, and some deviations to the planned lessonoccurred. The most important of these was the elimination of the presentation component of thelesson. This decision was made based on

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Natalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

mathematics curricula2. Afterexamining 147 studies, classified into four categories of evaluation methodologies (contentanalyses, comparative studies, case studies, and syntheses), the committee developed aframework to guide curriculum evaluations based on three major components: (a) the programmaterials and design principles; (b) the quality, extent, and means of curricular implementation;and (c) the quality, breadth, type, and distribution of outcomes of student learning over time. Inour larger research study of engineering education, we plan to address all three componentswhen examining the PLTW curriculum and those in mathematics and the natural sciences.However, the scope of this paper is limited to the first component of PLTW curriculum

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Otherstudents report that the program confirmed that graduate school was right for them. Moststudents think that graduate work is only for those planning to go into academia. They aresurprised and inspired by engineers from industry who tell about interesting and challengingcareers because they have a graduate degree. Some students are convinced that graduate schoolis good, but they need to go to work in industry right after their BSE/BS. Although it is verydifficult to do graduate school while working, some of the program students have completed aMaster’s degree while they have worked full-time in industry.Since the programs are composed of over 50% of the students being either a woman or anunderrepresented minority student, the peer support and role

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

different metrics than two weeks of contact) and range from a daily index carddipstick of “What’s hot/What’s not”, to our “standard” workshop evaluation form for a 2-8 hoursession (see Appendix A), to a much more extensive online instrument designed to measurecontent knowledge and classroom implementation for multiple day sessions. Also very importantare informal comments, conversations, and email communication that occur throughout thecourse of planning and offering a workshop. The informal dialogue often surfaces nuances orconcerns that are not captured on paper, permits deeper probing and articulation, surfaces fears,and allows ongoing feedback.The EiE staff members who lead professional development regularly discuss what they havetried, what

Conference Session

Computer ET Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Forsman, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

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Engineering Technology

. Plan; Determine unknowns; What needs to be found; What fundamentals apply;Develop a solution; what is with all that? Don’t you just DO things? Can’t you just trial-and-error applications until you get the desired result?Input – Transformation – Output (ITO) charts, Flowcharts and Psudo-Code appear to be justmore busy work when introduced to the students.Students are asked to come up with an algorithm in ITO chart format for computing the surfacearea and volume of a simple block that has material removed. There is a lot of eye rolling by thestudents when it suggested that it is more difficult than it appears on the surface. The assignmentis presented as follows on the next page

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anthony Brizendine, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experiencesin completing their work plans and incorporating TECT concepts into their classrooms.The research hypothesizes that this mix of diversity awareness based teacher professional developmenttraining coupled with improved career guidance counseling training will provide a necessary foundationto increase the number and diversity of students entering STEM related fields. This is to be facilitatedthrough the TECT project by providing teachers knowledge about technical areas, impacting informationavailable to counselors and presenting the engineering profession and engineering topics in a sociallyrelevant context to engage all populations20,22,23,24 .3.2 TECT Workshop ContentStudies have shown that any effective pre-college outreach program geared

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; Kimberly Filer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

information gained from this pilot study, activities can be further developed using theTablet PC to enhance the learning of mechanical engineering students. With the study expandingin spring 2008 to include a control group, our goal is to better understand the Tablet PCs impacton the teaching and learning process. Using a refined assessment instrument in a pretest/posttestdesign, we will measure the change in student learning strategies from the beginning to the endof the semester and determine if the table PC is changing the way in which future engineers useinformation to learn.The mechanical engineering department at Virginia Tech plans to increase implementation ofTablet PC based learning in the fall of 2008 when additional ME 2024 instructors

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adnan Zahed; Abdullah Bafail; Reda Abdulaal; Ali Al-Bahi

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International

AcademicAccreditation Unit (AAU) was formed. The unit held its first meeting in May 2005 and definedits mission as: "To Qualify the Education System in the College of Engineering to Meet ABETEC 2000 Standards."The first task carried out by AAU was to define several college and departmental committees toaddress different aspects of ABET preparations. Nevertheless, the main work stream of the unitstarted one month later by a Technical Note that proposed a "Rationale for an ABET EC2000Road Map.” The Note outlined a Tentative Departmental Work Plan and led to a complete 2-year time schedule for both college-level and program-level preparations.The follow-up of the plan immediately indicated several cultural-related problems. Linguisticbarriers led to fruitless

Conference Session

STEM Pipeline: Pre-College to Post-Baccalaureate

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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Educational Research and Methods

.Initially, a problem is identified, action is planned and implemented, then the results areevaluated and reflection occurs. The insights gained from the initial cycle feed into theplanning of the second cycle, for which the action plan is modified and the research processrepeated, as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1. The action-research process from Riding, Fowell and Levy 7The aims of the first action cycle (whose results form the basis of this paper) were toinvestigate the level of preparedness that the student cohort brings to a year-one course inElectrical and Digital Systems, to determine key factors that lead to success in this course andto measure the effectiveness of remedial and support mechanisms.Student entry-level

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Study, Virginia State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

N = 31.00 2.0 6.0 10.0 14.0 18.0 22.0 26.0 30.0 34.0 38.0 42.0 46.0 Table 2. HVDT ResultsDiscussionThe minority subjects in this study and its preceding study tended to have significantly lowerthan average spatial visualization abilities as measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test(PSVT). These abilities however can be developed through instruction9, 10, 11, 12, 1 and it isimportant to consider the differences in learning style when planning instruction, remediationand testing of spatial abilities.Because the use of a variety of remediation activities that specifically included sketching andmanipulation of physical objects led to improved PSVT scores for similar

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Harriger, Purdue University; Mike Aikens, Butler County Community College; Mark French, Purdue University; Steve Shade, Purdue University

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Manufacturing

nation. The traditional recruitment approach of static websites and brochures fail to attractthe interest of potential students. This approach must be adjusted to include the evolving interestsof each new incoming generation of students; if it’s not animated, colorful, virtual, “cool” andmost importantly part of their current world, capturing student interest is difficult at best. This paper will address a planned summer workshop for high school students that will usethe guitar to introduce the “fun” side of engineering and specifically manufacturing. Theworkshops build on experience from semester classes in stringed instrument manufacturing andfrom an adult summer workshop on guitar making. Additionally, details of the guitar workshop

Conference Session

Design Project Based Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Forsberg, Hofstra University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

instructor provided the locations of the diffusers and also the location ofthe fan. Figure No. 1 shows the required location of the fan and the required locations ofthe five diffusers. The possible duct routings are shown as dashed lines. The studentshad to size and route the ductwork from the fan to the diffusers. At first, it was planned Page 13.129.2to temporarily support the ducts from the ceiling. This proved to be unfeasible due tolack of suitable ceiling supports. Therefore, it was decided to support the ducts on chairsin the aisles and other open areas of the room. Some experiments in the room are onmovable carts, and these were allowed to be moved

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

received news that the Engr 12 course hadbeen approved for transferability to the UC and CSU systems. The next hurdle would be the UCGeneral Education Review Committee whose official decisions would be sent in April of ’08.The Engineering & Physics Department at SRJC would continue the planning for offering theEngr 12 class in the Fall of 2008.In the middle of January ’08, the author received unofficial feedback through the college’sarticulation officer that the UC GE committee had performed an initial screening of the Engr 12submission. The feedback was not good. The committee will be rejecting Engr 12 for inclusionas a science GE for the UC and CSU system.The SRJC Engr 12 course outline is included below and is also available at:http

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Cathy Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; David Eddington, University of Illinois at Chicago; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati; Hugo Caicedo, University of Illinois at Chicago

then use the University of Cincinnati’s state-of-the-artclean room facility to prototype the designed devices in polymer and characterize them usingfluorescence microscopy. Employing teams of students working together to conduct laboratoryassignments allows team members to learn from each other and takes maximal advantage ofstudents teaching students. At the end of the term, in seminar-style presentations, each studentgroup discusses their device design, and compares experimental results with simulations.Following two successful offerings at the University of Cincinnati, we are now offering thecourse at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with plans of disseminating the course to otherUniversities across the

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Pinellas County School District

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineers and biographies scientists to society Writing • Research information on • Understanding engineers need Reading engineers/scientists to overcome obstacles and • Write biographies using persevere in order to achieve Science the signs as a formatting • Recognize engineers use plans, guide designs, models within their Technology • Recognize influential work people in history • Characteristics of engineers

Conference Session

Developing Communication/Teamwork Skills in ChEs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sibel Özgen, University Rovira i Virgili; Joan Alabart, University Rovira i Virgili; Magda Medir, University Rovira i Virgili

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. o Investigates the capacities of the team and its individual members and encourages them to improve continuously.Builds the Team o Is responsible for the team charter (clients, stakeholders’ needs and requirements, team norms, project scope, time schedule, product definition, communication processes, etc.). o Monitors process execution and manages changes in the planning. o Assesses team members to improve performance (givesManages the continuous feedback and quantitative performance appraisal toProject team members, applies balance of consequences). o Handles conflicts

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology

some significant changes planned for teaching themetrology course: initial practice on instruments as a review of the introductory course, moreexample parts, and to do basics of profile tolerance. Overall the course appears to be meeting itsobjectives and learning outcomes according to the student feedback and assessment evaluation.Instructor feedback is that students have been engaged in the course, with satisfactory exposureto the theoretical and practical aspects in the field of applied GD&T measurements. Thestructure of first grounding in basic theory and then hands-on measurement setups with somedemonstrations, and finally with an independent project work appears to have worked well.Bibliography1. Geometric Dimensioning and

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Alice Stewart, NCA&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

confident in: • Tracking adequate yearly progress (AYP) • Documenting student achievement on state standards • Instantly gathering student data • Generating comprehensive student and school reports • Applying data to enhance the learning process • Designing lessons that get 100% student participation • Getting students motivated and excited about learning againCamp Summary and Data Presentation: The Engineers Starters Program met in June of 2007 and 13 young men and 11 youngwomen attended. Of the 24 students, 22 were African-American. The CAMSS staff planned andimplemented the 3-day program for the students. Many of the same students attend the campevery year. This camp is an annual event sponsored

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Curtis Welborn, Utah Valley State College; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College

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Information Systems

AC 2008-929: TEMPORAL EXTENSIONS FOR ENHANCED ENTITYRELATIONSHIP NOTATIONCurtis Welborn, Utah Valley State CollegeReza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley State College Page 13.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Temporal Extensions for Enhanced Entity Relationship NotationAbstractAn organization can have many business rules to implement in their daily operations.When these rules deal with the planning of business operations, there can be a strongneed to specify the temporal relationships between business objects. Software engineersare seldom educated as to the use of temporal logic though it is often needed to accuratelyexplain time-based relationships

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca Sala, Baker College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

using examples and exercises available on thesoftware CD, we were ready to create and analyze our own motions. The recording of thestudents’ motions in class was an exciting activity involving team work and also fun. One teamwas typically made of the student using the camcorder, the volunteer performing the motion, andthe student responsible for the scaling information. The first time the course was taught we usedonly one camcorder, which restricted our motions to motions which can be analyzed in 2D. A 3Dmotion requires two camcorders recording the motion from two perpendicular directions, withthe two movies needing to be synchronized for the analysis. The process to create the files in thiscase is more difficult, so we planned to go through it

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabil Lehlou, University of Arkansas; Nebil Buyurgan, University of Arkansas; Justin Chimka, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, the soil can tell the water that it is thirsty. This vision became aninspiration for one of the research topics: “Everything is alive1,” also known as EiA. “Everythingis Alive” is a concept that says that all objects in the world can be connected to a network calledthe “Internet of Things2” and be intelligent enough to communicate with humans as well as otherobjects without human intervention. Once these abilities are acquired by an object, it is called an“EiA agent,” and it is said alive because it can interact with humans and agents.While many people think that the vision of the future is just a dream and may not be feasible atall, EiA does have a plan to make it come true. Ideally, one can integrate a microchip into anobject, program it to

Conference Session

The Latest in Improving Learning in ChE Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Jonathan Brown, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

, we plan to conduct a formal experimentalstudy that compares the ChemProV tool to simple paper-and-pencil—the current “goldstandard” medium for solving chemical balance problems. In our within-subjects study, agroup of twelve to 20 students recruited from an introductory chemical engineeringcourse will be asked to solve two chemical balance problems that are isomorphic withrespect to difficulty: one using the ChemProV tool, and the other using pencil-and-paper.Task and treatment order will be fully counterbalanced in order to guard against ordereffects. We will record students’ problem solving activities. Their solutions will beevaluated with respect to four dependent measures: time to complete the task, accuracy ofthe process flow

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Mincic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. One ofthe biggest hurdles encountered by students is the uncertainty of theirdegree choice or perhaps career choice and many a student findthemselves taking several experiential courses in the early years of theirpost secondary experience.This paper looks at students who are very focused in their degree plan andhave chosen a specific degree at the community college. These studentsthen transfer into the university setting to complete a bachelor’s degree.Each student in this study have been awarded an AAS (Associate of Page 13.1298.3Applied Science) degree in Civil Engineering Technology (CET) at any ofthe Colorado Community Colleges offering the degree or have taken

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabriel Alungbe, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University; Jason Stepp, Morehead State University; Ahmad Zargari, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

by the professional is a direct result ofcertification. Certification is a marketable credential for a professional to offer an employer,prospective employer or client. Some certification requirements provide a plan to systematicallycontinue professional development in support of career advancement. Page 13.1002.2A person being certified as a construction professional is immediately identified as someonepossessing proven skills and the knowledge to manage the construction process. As a certifiedindustry professional, an individual will become part of the construction industry committed tothe constant advancement of their skills and education

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

expressed high level of commitment for this program at NC A&T SU.At present the Intel Undergraduate Research program supports students for two consecutivesemesters. Based on students’ response and faculty insight we believe that students could benefitfrom an extended research experience. To support this activity we plan to continue their researchexposure through the NSF supported NC-LSAMP program throughout their undergraduateprogram. The National Science Foundation's Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Page 13.717.5(LSAMP) program is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, undergraduate program designed toincrease substantially the

Conference Session

At The Institutional Level

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Didion, Association for Women in Science; Karen Peterman, Goodman Research Group, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

managing a range of projects, including an evaluation for the National Academy of Engineers; a project for the Girls Get Connected Collaborative, entitled Technology at the Crossroads; an evaluation for WGBH-TV of their new television series NOVA scienceNOW; and a project for the Wildlife Conservation Society. She has expertise in embedded assessment and evaluation design, and assists in the development of proposals and evaluation plans for upcoming projects. Prior to joining GRG, Dr. Peterman consulted with Insight Research Group and assisted with a summative evaluation project at the Exploris Museum. Dr. Peterman received her Ph.D. from Duke University and was an NIH Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

solutions to real needs 8-10.Students were expected to complete an extensive PLC design project based on the topicscovered in the PLC course11-12. The project involves a proposed problem and solutionwith programming of ladder logic program. The final project technical report format andprofessional class presentation include the following contents:1) A brief description and purpose of the project.2) Plans, literature search, illustrations, schematic drawings and simulations3) A written summary of the activities performed to complete the project4) A power point based professional presentation and discussion in the class5) Results, conclusions, and recommendations.The design project started with a project proposal. The project proposal explains

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

class. Over the last ten years, the CET Surveying program has expandedto contain an extensive distance learning component, with at least half of the enrollmentlocated off campus. The model for the typical distance-learning class is to meet for threehours, once a week, with a fully interactive (voice) live class. Laboratories for distancelearning programs require resourceful planning. The distant students in the past traveledto the local campus for a weekend laboratory, but with the increased growth of theprogram, many students are located in other states, making travel for the weekendlaboratories difficult.In consideration of the demand of a growing distance learning system, it was decided tomake the laboratory available to the remote students