Conference Session

Engineering Accreditation Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Salazar, Ibero-American Association of Engineering Education (ASIBEI); Jorge Ignacio Velez Munera, Universidad Sergio Arboleda, ACOFI; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

associations, fellowships, employers,and for society in general. Auto-evaluation is the fundamental essence in the system.The Asociación Iberoamericana de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Ingeniería (ASIBEI – inEnglish: Iberoamerican Association of Engineering Education Institutions) published a book onthe state of accreditation of the Iberoamerican Engineer in 2003[1]. International recognition ofthe engineering degree and mobility has grown in importance, and an international register forprofessional engineers has emerged[2]. Although no Engineering accrediting agency in LatinAmerica has signed the Washington Accord, some have signed agreements with signatories, andsome engineering institutions have sought substantial equivalence by undergoing

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school level. Moreover, the projects used in first year engineeringcourses can be used to bring “reality” to the interdisciplinary project-based learning initiatives insecondary education. Faculty, both high school and college, can work together:• to design learning experiences for students;• to explore alternative teaching pedagogies;• to explore strategies for motivating students (& teachers): and• to find ways to connect learning for the students.The benefits are by no means one-way from the university into the high-school. Engineeringprograms benefit from (1) students who are better prepared academically, (2) an increasedunderstanding by both students and teachers of what the engineering profession does, (3

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University; Richard Mark French, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

that should be fully covered in theMechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum. Page 13.300.3 11. Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design EducationThe partner institutions involved in the project Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive DesignEducation are Purdue University and four two-year schools: Sinclair Community College, FoxValley Technical College, Mott Community College, and Butler County Community College, asshown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design EducationThe project has the following

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Barker, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

can be undertaken.The Freshman Engineering CurriculumIn 1998 the College of Engineering and Science moved to an integrated engineering curriculumbased on the educational practices of the National Science Foundation Educational Coalitions16.Along with our freshman engineering course sequence, our freshman integrated curriculumincludes differential and integral calculus courses, basic chemistry lecture and laboratorycourses, and a calculus-based physics course, as summarized in Table 1; students also typicallyenroll in several non-technical courses during the freshman year. The freshman integratedcourses are taken in “blocks” so that classes of 40 students share the same sections of eachmathematics, science and engineering course during each

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

solveproblems derive from three areas: 1. balance laws (e.g., force, moment, momentum, angular momemtum, energy, etc.); 2. constitutive equations (e.g., friction laws, drag laws, etc.); and 3. kinematics or constraints.Since we didn’t see any reason why this approach can’t and shouldn’t be applied to problems inStatics and Dynamics, we developed a structured approach to problems in these courses based onthe classes of equations listed above and this approach was presented at the 2005 ASEE AnnualConference.1 At the time, a similar approach had just appeared for the first time in Statics andDynamics textbooks,2, 3 though we were not aware of it when we developed ours. Since then, wehave taught Dynamics using our structured approach to problem

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Applications

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Nail, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Engineering Design Graphics

Page 13.427.2industrial internship, a senior capstone design project, and passing the National Council ofEngineering Examiners (NCEES) Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE). The 128 semestercredit hours derive from general education (50 hours), engineering core (51 hours), andengineering concentration (27 hours) requirements. The engineering concentration requirement isunique for each discipline. Thus, the courses that make up this requirement identify the disciplineof the degree candidate.Civil Discipline ConcentrationThe engineering core courses are listed in Table 1. Note the very first course in the list, ENGR101 Engineering Graphics. Historically, this course was the place where manual drafting, ormechanical drawing, was introduced

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Provide Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Civil Engineering

engineering SOIL MECHANICS course. The instructor and students used pen-based tablets with collaborative note taking software in class to manage lectures, discussions,example problems, classroom learning assessments, practice problems, and spreadsheet-basedproblem-solving tools. Assessment of learning is being conducted on four levels: (1)assessments of the students’ attitudes about using the technology and their learning; (2)independent, institute-level assessment at the beginning, middle, and end of the course; (3)evaluation of student performance on the final exam compared to prior course offerings; and (4)instructor reflection.The study found that students usually expressed a high acceptance of the learning process,believe both in class and out

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

as follows. First, the selected PCI DAQ board and its Page 13.1371.2necessary accessories are introduced in detail. Then the five experiments are described, followedby the assessment methods and the results. The conclusions are given at the end of the paper.The PCI DAQ board and its accessoriesThe PCI-DAS1002 board as shown in Figure 1 is a multifunction analog and digital I/O boarddesigned for the PCI bus. This board offers 24 bits of parallel and digital I/O (82C55A, two 8-bitports and two 4-bit ports). Each port can be configured independently as input or output. Thisboard has A/D and D/A capabilities in addition to the I/O ports. This

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

other products. C2B2 issupported by state, institutional, and industry funds. The center includes the three primary stateuniversities and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). At CU-B most of theefforts associated with this center are located in the Department of Chemical Engineering(http://www.colorado.edu/che/c2b2/index.html). Recently, the CHEN degree added an option toallow students to gain competence in energy-related areas. The Energy Option allows studentsto select one of three core concentrations: fossil fuels or petroleum, photovoltaics, and biofuels.Course requirements for each option are shown in Table 1. Note that students pursuing thesecurriculum options have no remaining free technical electives in their 4-year B.S

Conference Session

Survivor: The First Few Years

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program [1]. The goal of this program is to support active research participation by undergraduate studentswith the long-term goal of encouraging more students to pursue advanced degrees and to increase participation ofgroups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering. One key attribute of such a program is that theREU projects must involve students in meaningful ways – i.e. the undergraduates may not be simply lab technicians.It is viewed favorably if the REU Sites include professional development training including ethics. Also, involvingparticipants from diverse schools across the country (especially those from primarily undergraduate institutions) aswell as inclusion of an

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University; Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

amount of material that can be taught and that the students’ interest in the material isenhanced.IntroductionTo maintain and enhance our nation’s ability to be on the forefront of technology development,colleges and universities have been called to adopt the most effective teaching practices of Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses as well as to provide undergraduateswith opportunities to study STEM “as practiced by scientists and engineers as early in theiracademic careers as possible”.1 In fact, the practice of engineering today requires that graduatesbe prepared in a large variety of ways, which are reflected in ABET criteria as well as other recentstudies.2, 3 In addition, as supported by a wide body of literature

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Aerospace

senior level courses to create higher fidelity models withimproved strength characteristics. Additional details regarding the use of these printers inindividual courses and in undergraduate research are provided in the sections which follow. Aphotograph showing the three printers is provided in Figure 1, below. Figure 1: 3D Printers Page 13.693.3The Stratasys printers are shown on the left of the figure. The process used for creating parts inthe 3D printers begins with the generation of solid CAD models using either CATIA orSolidWorks software. The CAD models are then converted to the printer language and

Conference Session

Focus on Under-Represented Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

ofAY 2005, 19.3%.6). The data are from the American Society for Engineering Education’s(ASEE) series Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges.1-5The observation that overall retention rate of female undergraduates has been relatively flat orrising slowly for the past decade despite concerted, dedicated efforts at many institutionsmotivates this research and leads to the conclusion, reinforced by representative entries in theliterature,7-9 that there are entrenched cultural barriers, both institutional and personal, toretention/persistence of female undergraduates in engineering to graduation. This research Page

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Najwa Hanel, University of Southern California

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International

respond to users’ changing needs by continualevaluation of user expectations and by promotion of collections and services to meet the needsand challenges of the digital and electronic age. The Libraries serve primarily the students,faculty, administration, staff, and alumni of the University. They also engage and interact withbroader communities, where possible, given their material and human resources.”- Page 13.520.5The University Libraries comprise the following: --The Jafet Memorial Library is the Central Library and has two branches: 1) The Engineering and Architecture Library and 2) The Science and Agriculture Library, which

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods

capable of using any or all of these patterns but have preferences which the LCIquantifies. The scaled responses are scored on a scale of 1 (Never Ever) to 5 (Always) and thereare seven statements associated with each of the four learning patterns, so scores for each patternrange from 7 to 35. Each individual pattern is measured along a continuum of “Use First” (25-35), “Use as Needed” (18-24), or “Avoid” (7-17). Once a student understands his/her ownlearning patterns, he or she can: • Forge or intensify use of patterns that he or she prefers to avoid or use only as needed, but needs for particular tasks • Tether, or reduce, use of preferred, but task-inappropriate, patterns • Understand, appreciate and value peers who have

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair Rowley, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Thomas Bazzoli, Wright State University

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First-Year Programs

, wind, and hydrogen fuel cells asenergy sources and a writing across the curriculum assignment on global warming.The paper includes the revised structure of the lectures and labs, how the video is integrated, andthe response of the students through their writing across the curriculum assignment. Details onthe pre and post perception survey has been submitted as a separate paper.IntroductionThe emphasis for this effort came about because the common freshman book chosen at ouruniversity for the 2007-2008 academic year had its focus on global warming. This was formerVice President Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”. [1] The book has a compelling presentationof data related to the causes and effects of global warming. There is also a companion DVD

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Birdy Reynolds, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Michael Lovell, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

designexperiences and a curriculum that promotes awareness, interest and increased studentachievement.BackgroundIn 2001, the principal investigator of our RET site began a program to promote diversity withinthe field of engineering and feed underrepresented minority students into our undergraduateuniversity engineering program. The program, which we will refer to as the Engineering CareerAccess Program (ECAP), was successful at increasing college enrollment for the students whoparticipated in the program, however, those students rarely enrolled in engineering programs.Table 1 shows how from 2001-2004 almost all of the ECAP participants entered college, but lessonly 10% of the students enrolled in engineering fields. These numbers were very surprising

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Serdar Tumkor, Stevens Intitute of Technology; Kishore Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. However aesthetical success of the design can only be verifiedsubjectively and cannot be imagined from 2D drawings or 3D models. Observing and touchingthe products prototype may help overcome this obstacle. Rapid prototyping (RP) techniquesallow creation of prototypes in short amount of time. RP enables realization of a design andpromotes the enthusiasm and motivation in students. This paper describes the visualization of thedesign ideas and the position of the RP in the design methodology.1. IntroductionDesign as activity involves creativity and innovation but it is constrained by high quality and lowcost to meet customer expectations. Customers are increasingly demanding both innovation andvalue. Methodological design courses exist in

Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Swanbom; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

centrifugal pump project, as depicted in Figure 1, is the first major project in the freshmancurriculum and is designed to provide a vehicle with which to show the practical importance oftools used in engineering. Engineering software tools covered in the first course in the freshmansequence are solid modeling (with Solid Edge®), spreadsheets (with Excel®), and computeralgebra (with Mathcad®). All three of these software programs are required for the completionof the centrifugal pump project. Engineering fundamentals covered in the first course in thefreshman sequence include basic circuits, linear regression, and conservation of energy. Thetesting phase of the pump project requires that students apply knowledge of each of these threeengineering

Conference Session

Engineering Economy -- Outside the Introductory Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Peterson, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy

: (1) cost-benefit ratio(under which net benefits, rate of return, and payback period are included) and (2) return oninvestment. The discussion is less than a page and no numerical example is given. Again anengineering text ignores the time value of money and this time seems to endorse ROI, since it iswidely used.A Somewhat Problematic ExampleIn a project management text4 – and one this author has used for years – there is a section onnumerical models used in problem selection in which the authors of the text briefly discuss, in Page 13.1274.3order: (1) payback period, (2) average rates of return, (3) discounted cash flow (net presentworth

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

stereotypes.The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) measures progression of worldview orientationstoward cultural differences.13 The basic model is shown in Figure 1. The five main dimensionsare: (1) denial/defense; (2) reversal; (3) minimization; (4) acceptance/adaptation, and (5)encapsulated marginality. Intercultural competency is evaluated using a written survey Page 13.345.3comprised of 10 demographic questions and 50 statements to which participants respond on a 7-point Likert scale. The IDI has been used in a diversity of studies.11,13Figure 1. Sequential phases of cultural competency13The Cultural Diversity Attitudes Scale9 is a written

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum Univeristy of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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International

in 19992. The following paragraphs provide a general description of the Page 13.1288.3features of the original curriculum which were maintained. Figure 1 lists the courses, groupedaccording to semester, which form the current curriculum. Vehicle Technology CurriculumSemester 1: Semester 5:Engineering Mathematics 1 Sensors and ActuatorsMechanics 1 Vehicle DynamicsInformatics and Programming 1 Design and CaXIntroduction to Natural

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

examplesJacquard’s invention of automated weaving, and the modern computer A computer program is a non-repetitive series of instructions which can beexecuted by an appropriate machine to produced a desired outcome. The origins of themodern computer hark back to Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, his companion. Atthe base of all calculating machines is ultimately a binary system, typically represented aszeroes and ones. The earliest use of such an information encoding system occurred not incomputing but in weaving, and was promulgated in Lyon, France, during the industrialrevolution. Lyon was Europe’s silk capital, and the weaving of silk produced remarkably softfabrics. The fineness of the silk thread meant that, at 1/20,000 of an inch in

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

Education, 2008 Focused Follow-Up to 2005 National Capstone SurveyAbstractThis work details a survey of engineering capstone design courses focused on faculty teachingload and capstone funding levels. The survey was distributed to the attendees of the inauguralNational Capstone Design Course Conference in June 2007. The survey yielded responses from59 participants, representing 45 institutions. The results of the survey provide valuable insightinto number and duration of design projects, team size, capstone teaching credit, facultyinvolvement, direct project costs, and external funding levels.1. IntroductionCapstone design courses offer engineering students a culminating design experience through anapplied engineering project

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Page 13.721.2EquipmentThe gas turbine experiment was conducted using the SR-30 turbojet engine manufacturedby “The Turbine Technologies, LTD”; a cut-away view of the SR-30 model gas turbineengine is shown in Figure 1.and its major engine components are shown in Figure 2.The SR-30 turbo jet engine is comprised of: 1. A single stage axial flow turbine, 2. Radial flow compressor and 3. Reverse flow annular combustion chamber. 4. The engine is of single shaft design. 5. Both the compressor and turbine rotate on the shaft at the same speed. 6. The engine is fully throttleable from an idle speed of 45,000 rpm to a maximum speed of up to 90,000 rpm. Figure 1. Cut-Away View of Turbine Technologies SR-30 Gas Turbine Engine1

Conference Session

Information Technologies Classroom Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Hansen, University of St. Thomas

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Information Systems

leisure time was the sport ofbird watching. The complexity of the number of plumages of birds due to age, sex, andbreeding plumages made identification a very difficult task for some species.In the 1930s, a method of identification was developed by Roger Tory Peterson4 thatbroke down bird identification to a listing of identifiable patterns, and he created theconcept of field guides containing paintings of each species with a listing of fieldidentification marks to look for when identifying the species. This method has beenwidely copied, and is now used for many organisms and other natural entities in additionto birds. An example of the use of this system for program code is provided in Figure 1.Figure 1. Example use of Peterson Identification

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky

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Civil Engineering

set they need to be successful as civil engineering leadersin Iraq and Afghanistan is much the same as civil engineers working in other developing nationshaving limited or inferior infrastructure.The Current CE ProgramThe current CE program at the USMA emphasizes fundamental civil engineering skills with afocus on structural engineering. Figure 1 depicts the last five of eight semesters for a typicalprogram of study with a focus on structures. 4th Semester 5th Semester 6th Semester 7th Semester 8th Semester CE 300 (L) CE 364 (L) CE 403 CE 404 (L) ME 306 (L) Mechanics and Mechanics of Structural Analysis Design of Steel Dynamics

Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

choicesregarding drinking water.BackgroundDemand for environmental engineers is expected to grow significantly in the coming years. TheU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for environmental engineers will growby 25% between 2006 and 2016; this is the highest percentage increase for any of the types ofengineers.1 To meet this demand, it is important that more students are recruited to major inenvironmental engineering (EVEN). Waiting until students are enrolled in college may be toolate to recruit EVEN students. In particular, many students interested in environmental issuesoften elect to major in a variety of sciences (such as chemistry, ecology, atmospheric studies) orenvironmental studies. These students might make great

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunachala Nadar Mada Kannan, Arizona State University; Barbara Rempel, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Bert Valenzuela, Arizona State University

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Information Systems

age-old format of separating lecture and lab in Engineering and Technology curriculahas many drawbacks given scheduling and classroom constraints. With the shift toward amore non-traditional student population, students are seeking courses taught in astreamlined fashion, preferring to complete weekly meetings in one day, if possible. Thecompressed format makes it even more imperative to diversify the experience in theclassroom in order to heighten motivation, and facilitate learning. The eStudio (SeeFigure 1), is a very new project within the department. The goals for the program aremultifaceted and include promoting collaboration among the students, facilitatingcontinuous improvement of the curriculum, and providing for distance learning

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew O'Fallon, Washington State University; Jack R Hagemeister, Washington State University; Clint Cole, Washington State University, Pullman; Joseph Harris, Digilent Inc.

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Electrical and Computer

to start with. In this way we kept the initial cost down and had theflexibility to only include peripherals that we could include in our course.The Digilent CerebotII Embedded Controller Board, shown in Figure 1, is designed around theATmega64L microcontroller. The board provides a stable platform for an introductory oradvanced microcontrollers and embedded systems courses. The board is designed to beinexpensive, less than $40, and very versatile. The CerebotII contains eight R/C servoconnectors, eight Pmod connectors (5 x 12-pin, 3 x 6-pin) for use with peripheral modules or Page 13.738.4devices. It also is compact in size, 4.3” x 2.8