Conference Session

Engineering Accreditation Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Vedula, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

. Krishnan, GIW Industries, USA 13 VLSI Design Andrew Mason, Michigan State University July 7 to 11 14 Engineering Design Projects in Service to Community William Oakes, Purdue University (Parallel 15 Project Management; Data Base Design; Security Vijay Kanabar, Boston University Workshops) 16 Electric Energy and Power S.S. Venkata, University of Washington17A Academic Systems and Processes M.P. Ravindra, Infosys Technologies Ltd July 7 to 817B Engineering Education for Building Knowledge Economies Andreas Blom, World Bank

Conference Session

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

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rex Kanu, Ball State University

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Engineering Technology

goal of both methods is to achieve completedispersion of clay nanoparticles, which exist in layers/stacks, in the polymer matrix if thebenefits of PCNs are to be realized. Figure 3 is used to illustrate an ideal situation wherethe clay nanoparticles are dispersed completely in the polymer matrix. Figure 3. An illustration of clay nanoparticles dispersed in polymer matrix.The method of conveying this information to the students is through lecture presentationssupplemented by handouts from trade journals. As part of the course requirement, put inplace to reinforce the students’ understanding of PCNs, the students are required to doexperimental research projects based on information covered in class. The findings ofthese projects are

Conference Session

Distinguished Lecture: Indo/Us Collaboration

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishna Vedula, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

. Krishnan, GIW Industries, USA 13 VLSI Design Andrew Mason, Michigan State University July 7 to 11 14 Engineering Design Projects in Service to Community William Oakes, Purdue University (Parallel 15 Project Management; Data Base Design; Security Vijay Kanabar, Boston University Workshops) 16 Electric Energy and Power S.S. Venkata, University of Washington17A Academic Systems and Processes M.P. Ravindra, Infosys Technologies Ltd July 7 to 817B Engineering Education for Building Knowledge Economies Andreas Blom, World Bank

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okechi Egekwu, James Madison University

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Information Systems

– This manufacturing automation course investigates, primarily through lectures and class projects, specific uses of RFID technology in automation systems. Specific topic areas like CIM, automated material handling, vulnerability of automated systems, and even robotics are used to introduce critical technological challenges that students will face in a real-world environment. 3. ISAT 433 – This is a project-based course and makes it easy to focus students’ attention in researching technological issues in specific industries. It requires regular technical presentations throughout the semester by student teams and a comprehensive project paper and presentation at the end of the term. Students thus learn

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Crismond, The City College of New York

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

curriculum development project, Technology for Science, and an NSF-funded teacher professional development project, Design in the Classroom. Dr. Crismond’s main research interests revolve around the issues of K-12 design cognition and pedagogy, and teacher professional development in science and pre-engineering. Page 13.1259.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Case Studies on the Role of Diagnostic Reasoning in Engineering DesignIntroduction Design activities have been used in K-12 classes to contextualize student learning of STEMideas, to raise interest in

Conference Session

Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University; Brian Anderson, Kansas State University; Mina Hosni, Kansas State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

graduate and is currently a graduate student in the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Kansas State University (KSU). He was team leader for the for the SAE Aero Design Competition in 2007 and has contributed significantly to previous wind tunnel lab development projects including the current smoke rake system.Mina Hosni, Kansas State University Mina Hosni is a freshman in the the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Kansas State University (KSU). She is working on the smoke rake flow visualization project in conjunction with the Campus Internship Program (CSI) at KSU

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

countless research studies. Its notoriety and use has much to do with itsreliability and validity 16. Many studies conducted present findings indicating gender and agediscrepancies on the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test - Visualization of Rotations 4, 17, 18.VisTEThe VisTE (Visualization in Technology Education) Project was a three-year National ScienceFoundation funded instructional materials development project (ESI-0137811) which developedvisualization-based materials based on the Standards for Technological Literacy for use intechnology education grades 8-12. The goal of these materials was to integrate science andtechnology and promote technological literacy through the creation of student computer-generated visualizations. Over the three

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

BioMedical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1996 and 2001 respectively. He is often involved in multidisciplinary work at Louisiana Tech, either through the Integrated Engineering Curriculum or through the IMPaCT (Innovation through Multidisciplinary Projects and Collaborative Teams) program. He is also very involved in STEM education at both the pre-college and college levels.James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Jim Nelson is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. He is also the Robert Howson Professor of Civil Engineering and specializes in water resources. He played a key role in establishing

Conference Session

Writing and Portfolios

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Hull, Louisiana State University; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Lillian B Bowles, Louisiana State University; Jennifer Farrell, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University

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Educational Research and Methods

indicators are encouraging.Introduction. In most composition classrooms, informal writing techniques and revisionstrategies have long been accepted as effective for improving student writing. Broadly, informalwriting is risk-free (not graded and does not follow specific conventions) writing that is designedto aid the student thinking and learning process. Informal writing takes many forms: listing,freewriting, journaling, and even doodling. Ultimately, informal writing is a place where thewriting process begins. When informal writing is applied to a larger assignment, it may also bereferred to as generative writing or prewriting since its goal is to generate ideas for andapproaches to a larger project. Conversely, formal writing is writing that must

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queen's University; Donna Riley, Smith College; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Ethics

that it can be compared across countries and be easily interpreted. The Ginicoefficient demonstrates how income has changed for poor and rich. If the Ginicoefficient is rising as well as GDP, poverty may not be improving for the majority of thepopulation.Module 2: Design of Energy Systems in Rural AreasThis module entails a three-week introductory engineering design project on rural energysystems for developing countries. It serves as an introduction to context-responsiveengineering design and is suitable for general engineering courses and introductorydesign courses. With appropriate modifications, it could be made appropriate toengineering analysis courses or to upper-level courses in a variety of engineeringdisciplines. The module

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad Mustafa, Savannah State University; Hope Cranford, Savannah State University

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Engineering Technology

recruitment and retention asvital issues for higher education. Survey research indicates an increasing percentage of minoritystudents at elementary and secondary school levels. The National Action Council for Minoritiesin Engineering 3 presented the following data related to minority participation on academicinstitutions.Higher education’s group of students is increasingly made up of minority youth. AfricanAmericans, Latinos and American Indians constitute 30 percent of the nation’s undergraduatestudents today, a proportion that is projected to grow to 32 percent in 2010 and 38 percent by2025. Corrective actions must be taken to recruit and retain minority students. Several collegesand universities across the nation have implemented minority

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Capstone Experiences in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Myers, Ohio University; Peter Klein, Ohio University

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Manufacturing

AC 2008-100: MANUFACTURING CENTRIC UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONEEXPERIENCETodd Myers, Ohio University Todd D. Myers Ph.D, M.B.A. is a researcher in Center for Automatic Identification and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology at Ohio University. Dr. Myers has ten years of manufacturing experience in the supply side of the automotive industry. His responsibilities have included multi-plant materials management, ERP implementation, project management, and engineering management. His funded research has included RFID OEM capability studies, Barcode robustness studies, and Manufacturing Operations Studies. Dr. Myers is a certified GlobeRanger trainer and three-time recipient of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tongele Tongele, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Design in Engineering Education

references made to standards and codes during thesetours?” General Knowledge Freshmen Tours Passive Learning Freshmen Seminars Student Field-specific Courses Field-Specific Knowledge Active Learning Senior Projects Figure 2 A Process of Exposing Students to Codes and Standards Let’s leave these questions right there for now, and remark that beyond the freshmentours, there exist freshmen seminars conducted by engineering departments to introduce

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, Morehead State University; Sam Mason, Morehead State University; Xiaolong Li, Morehead State University

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Engineering Technology

Mason, CMfgT, CSIT is an instructor of Industrial and Engineering Technology in the areas of Manufacturing/Robotics and Graphics Technology. He has a Master of Science in Industrial Technology and currently pursuing an Educational Doctoral degree in Instructional Systems Design for curriculum and instruction. His industrial work background ranges from supervision, quality, manufacturing and automation engineering and instructional training. He is Chairman – Elect for the Lexington, KY Society of Manufacturing Engineers chapter and on the State Project Lead the Way Certification TeamXiaolong Li, Morehead State University Xiaolong Li joined Morehead State University in 2006, after graduation from The

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Thomas Richter, University of Stuttgart

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Computers in Education

University of Stuttgart. Additionally, she holds a co-professorship at the TU Berlin, in particular targeted towards the co-ordination of the design of new curricula in technology-oriented studies and the coordination of several eLearning and eResearch projects.Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitaet Berlin Olivier Pfeiffer received his M.Sc. in Mathematics at the Berlin University of Technology in 2002. His thesis in numerical mathematics investigated “Error Control using Adaptive Methods for Elliptic Control Problems in Matlab”. He has been working in several eLearning projects at the TU Berlin, beginning as a student assistant in the Mumie project - a platform using new

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Michael Kozicki, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy

success and the vulnerability to a weakness in any one of them. It is a useful framework for student projects where some reasoned case has to be made for the likely evolution path.Many parties have an interest in making objective assessments of the possible success ofemerging technologies - from investors to students pondering their career direction. Tomake the task more tractable, cases that are judged individually on merit have beenexcluded. This avoids the minefield of research project funding, venture capital andpeer-reviewed publications. Instead, this paper concentrates on cases where there is nosingle project advocate. The goal is to determine the maturity state and intrinsic merits ofan emerging technology rather than

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Friauf, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Steven Reyer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

students experience in both team and individual communicationcovering a wide range of styles. The assignments naturally serve to propel the project, but alsoinvolve and demonstrate important aspects of team cooperation and lifelong learning. The intentis to assure personal and professional growth on the part of the students as engineers, teamplayers, and societal members, in conformance to the program outcomes and to enhance theirfuture success as prescribed by the program objectives.Our writing communication requirements have been developed over many years of teachinghundreds of senior electrical engineering students. The normal expectations of three major teamreports are guided by specific clearly communicated content and style requirements. But

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Cady, (Retired) Montana State University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor

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Electrical and Computer

upcoming generations of engineers in a cooperative learning environment.First, we will discuss the adoption of a teaching methodology which spurs creative, scientific,and collaborative thinking. Initial care has been taken to re-think the way we write coursematerials so that they are more easily adapted to the changes in technology. With this approachwe are able to encapsulate the fundamental information and quickly and easily apply to the latesthardware.Next, we will show how the Freescale Student Learning Kits embrace an adaptive, modular and Page 13.1014.2reusable teaching platform. Modular hardware boards (Application Modules), a project board

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Gardner, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Boise State University. She oversees projects in freshman programs, math support, mentoring, outreach, and women’s programs. She earned a B.S.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University Cheryl B. Schrader is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University. Dean Schrader has an extensive record of publications and sponsored research in the systems, control and engineering education fields. She received the 2005 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Engineering and Mathematics

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Engineering Education Research and Pedagogy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Educational Research and Methods

an open-ended interview protocol to allowstudents to tell us their stories in their own words. An optimal team for accomplishing thisresearch would need to include a cultural anthropologist who would be familiar withethnographic interview-based research and socio-cultural theoretical frameworks. We expect thatother kinds of social scientists would provide similar benefits to research projects with othergoals, as has been suggested by others [1, 20].When the STEM practitioners that dominated the initial group integrated social scientists intoRISE, we blithely assumed that the social scientists would be assimilated into the existing STEMresearch culture. We’d all share calendars using Outlook, track changes in Word documents, and

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Instrumented hammer Figure 2. Vibrations kits used in lab Page 13.1382.4Brief descriptions of the current laboratories are shown in Table 1. From Table 1 it can be seenthat these laboratories can be grouped into four different categories: Introductory lab, ECP labs,PHOTON and DIAMOND labs, and project work time. Table 1 – Description of laboratory activities in Mechanical Vibrations Week Brief description of lab activities ‚ Load RT Pro software on laptops (for data acquisition and signal processing) ‚ Load DIAMOND12-13 (for curve fitting and mode shape animation) 1

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Jose Salinas, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

science and other non-engineering degree programs. Theeffectiveness of the course at inspiring this somewhat reluctant student population to getexcited about applying engineering principles and problem-solving techniques isprimarily due to a syllabus that is structured around three engineering design projects, orEDPs. These projects, which become progressively more complex throughout thesemester, require students to take taught theory out of the classroom and apply it to thedesign of mechanical systems. Observations and data collected over the course of theprevious three years, to include direct student feedback and an analysis of embeddedlearning indicators, indicates that these design projects promote effective learning indirect proportion to

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University

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Engineering Technology

approach utilized various means of teaching mechanisms, consequently addressingvarious types of learners. These means, presented in the following sequence, were:1. Study of theory of machines including kinematics and dynamics22. Observation of working mechanisms and computer animations3. Reverse engineering of mechanisms found in animated toys4. Assembly and successful operation of commercially available automata kits5. An open-ended design project where a group of students had to design and build automata.During the course, students learned the theory governing mechanisms and their uses inthe real-world. The students followed a practical path to learn about joint, element, andmechanism types as well as functions of joints and

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bower, The Citadel; William Davis, The Citadel

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Environmental Engineering

onABET criteria to institute a Body of Knowledge (BOK) for civil engineering graduates.The ASCE-BOK [1] promulgates a wide variety of academic ideas and philosophies,including use of 15 program outcomes comprised of the eleven contained in ABETCriteria 3 a-k, and four additional outcomes on specialized areas of civil engineering;project management, construction, and asset management; business and public policy;and leadership. Table 1 includes a list of all 15 program outcome criteria identifying bothABET and corresponding ASCE-BOK designations. For the purposes of this paper,program outcome criteria will be referenced based on ASCE-BOK designations (1-15).In addition to program outcomes, ASCE-BOK promotes adoption of six levels ofBloom’s

Conference Session

Focus on IE Course Design and Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Griffin, Georgia Tech; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Tech

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Industrial Engineering

skills has beenintegrated into the Stewart School of ISyE at Georgia Tech Capstone Design course since2002[15]. The course involves student teams working on real-life design projects with for-profitcorporations, non-profits, health care organizations and government agencies. Students give sixpresentations during the course. The proposal presentation, interim presentation, and finalpresentation are each given to the Faculty Committee and class and to the client.ApproachThe presentation instruction is unique in its stress on information about communication collecteddirectly from people in the workforce: practicing industrial engineers, managers, and seniorexecutives of organizations employing many IEs. The interview process is described in

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan, College of Technology - Purdue University; Daniel Dangelo, Intel; kishore N.K., IIT Karagpur; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; Sundhasarath Somasundaram, Valliammai College of Engineering; umadevi S., highways; Robert Nowlin, retired

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International

grasping of the young, well-educated, andflexible engineering students of both genders. Since “business as usual” doesn’t work anymore,the curricula are kept current and up-to-date. Topics such as mechatronics, bioinformatics arecovered to meet the competition and challenges posed by outsourcing and globalization. Theimportance of soft skills, such as project management skills, IT, and good communication skillsin addition to the basic sciences, engineering sciences and in-depth skills in a specificengineering discipline has been realized and implemented in the curricula. In this paper, thecontemporary curricula in EE at Indian Universities will be investigated and compared to pre-outsourcing curricula. The merits of these curricula and areas for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Kent Johnson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma

papers. Prior to joining OU, Dr. Zhang was a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Page 13.89.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Progress Report on a Hands-On Interdisciplinary Program for Severe Weather and Next-Generation Multi-Function Radar Through the team’s community of scholars, this paper describes the pedagogical detailsof an on-going NSF Department of Undergraduate Education (DUE) project that com-menced in the fall 2004 semester. Fostering deep learning, this multi-year project offersa new active-learning and hands-on laboratory program that is

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Fairley, Georgia Institute of Tehnology; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adrianne Prysock, Georgia Institute of Technology; Leyla Conrad, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

• Lodging, meals and a travel allowance for student participants • Local industrial research site visits • Oral and written research project summaries prepared by the student participants • Social interaction between the student participants and their graduate mentors • Program evaluation by the student participants This knowledge-base provides information regarding the program time constraints(ten weeks), research support network (faculty advisor and graduate student mentor),academic enrichment (weekly emerging research seminars), student participantaccommodations (stipend, meals, lodging, and travel allowance), professional enrichment(industry visits), requirements (oral and written research project summary), andassessment

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos; Andrew Hable, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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Engineering Ethics

demonstrated, these fractions of overall disciplinaryeffort can be construed to underestimate the actual numbers of engineers who work ondefense-related projects. With respect to research efforts, based on data from theNational Science Foundation, about 50% of federally supported research in engineering isdefense-related, far higher than for most other disciplines.A variety of ethical questions surround the engineer’s participation in military or defense-related work. But despite this, and despite the historically strong and persistingassociation between engineering and the military, surprisingly little attention is paid toquestions of military, defense, or weapons research and development in engineeringethics literature. We surveyed several