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Student Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Alexander Malyscheff, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

accuracy would drop slightly to 70.5%.Results from training and testing the same model using student data from different cohortsindicate the ANN model’s predictive performance is generally stable across different cohortyears. Also, a model trained with earlier year (2004) freshman cohort’s data has maintained itspredictive power very well when tested with student data from later (2005 and 2006) cohorts.IntroductionAs Thomas Friedman described in his best selling book ‘The World is Flat’1, the world hasbecome flatter because of the numerous new technologies and developments in the past decades.Engineers in India, China or other parts of the world today are now able and eager to competedirectly with the engineers from the United States. An alarming

Conference Session

Careers and Professional Development in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce-Cottler, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

2007-2008 academic year, thusforming the basis of comparison for assessment.The professional skills mentioned previously are implemented in our Capstone course innumerous ways (Table 1), several of which are highlighted in the sections that follow. By wayof background, students in our program have covered many professional skills prior to taking Page 13.278.3Capstone. In the second year, they study team dynamics, personality types, and interpersonalcommunication in detail, including formal assessments of and reflections on their Myers-BriggsType Indicator (MBTI) and Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B) results

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Design in the BME Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Johnson, University of Cincinnati / Engineering; Mary Beth Privitera, University of Cincinnati; Daria Narmoneva, University of Cincinnati; Balakrishna Haridas, University of Cincinnati

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Biomedical

otherdisciplines, while collectively learning about the unique requirements of developing medicalproducts in a highly regulated environment.The MDIEP implements a process that is a subset of the FDA Design Control Waterfall (Figure1). The design waterfall governs the iterative process of design, design verification, and devicevalidation. The goal of the MDIEP is to create a prototype and verify that the prototype meets thedesign requirements. Therefore, the elements of the waterfall that deal with the medical deviceand the validation of the medical device are not implemented in the MDIEP. Page 13.359.2 Figure 1. The FDA Control Waterfall. All medical

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Ieta, Murray State University; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University; Arthur Pallone

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New Engineering Educators

selected four questions of particular interest: "the course as a wholewas...?"; "the course content was...?"; "the instructor's contribution to the coursewas...?"; "the instructor's effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was...?". Apreliminary survey asked students to identify their specific judgment process related tothe scores they assign to these questions. Student responses were analyzed andaggregated into categories. The results of our analysis are likely to be of interest to newfaculty trying to improve their teaching evaluation scores. However, they may be usefulto others involved in education, as the practical factors suggested by students may notalways be obvious.1. IntroductionStudents routinely evaluate their instructors

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Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

is an EDC emphasis in the environmental engineering focus area of theCivil Engineering (CVEN) M.S. degree. A newer EDC emphasis for undergraduate CVENmajors was approved in spring 2007. A college-wide certificate in EDC open to students in anymajor is being planned. Many of the students in the EDC program participate in EngineersWithout Borders (EWB) as an extra-curricular activity (http://www.ewb-usa.org). EWB projectsserve communities around the globe. The EWB student chapter at the University of Colorado isvery strong, with on-going projects in three countries, Nepal, Peru, and Rwanda.The goals of this study were to determine: (1) if there are differences in the attitudes of freshmanstudents toward community service (CS) based on selected

Conference Session

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

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Daniel Amos, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

the first year remainedvirtually unchanged into their fourth year. That is students constructed hopeful images ofengineering, images with high expectations and high status. We also have an interestingasymmetry in our data; many students had vague images of the day-to-day work of engineering,but they had more vivid and extended imagery about what their lifestyles would be when theywere employed as professional engineers 1.Another asymmetry that emerged was that students identified with a particular image ofengineering work, the designer, whom they recognized as an engineer whose status anddistinction was regarded as higher than that of a draftsperson. In this paper we discuss howstudents’ images of engineering work and engineers changed over

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

primary applications developed expressly for this purpose, WebCT andBlackboard. Simultaneously with efforts to increase virtual lab experiences, there was anincreased emphasis on including experiential learning into traditional lecture-based classes.Eventually one aircraft panel design project was refined to the point of being a repeatable Page 13.246.2exercise of the final senior structures design course (Figure 1).Figure 1: Panel Test in the test fixture (Left), showing failure mode (right)Beginning in 1999, an experimental sequence of courses was developed in an effort to increasestudent retention and to introduce the use of computer

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Innovations in ME Laboratory Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Shaw, Geneva College

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Mechanical Engineering

% Final Exam 20% Page 13.554.3Giving feedback on laboratory reports in such a course requires a significant amount of work,and the instructor would like to be certain that feedback is actually used by the students andresults in improvement. It is reasonable to assume that laboratory report grades should improvethrough the semester, as students incorporate feedback from previous reports and correctrecurring errors. Linear regression analysis of laboratory report grades as a function of numberof assignments shows no general trend of improvement during the 2002-2005 academic years.Table 1 summarizes this analysis

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Kelley, Baylor University; Robert Doty, Baylor University; Bill booth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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Engineering Economy

that suchknowledge is needed for their graduates to distinguish themselves. The need for theglobalization aspect has been fueled largely by improvements in transportation, communication,and manufacturing.1, 2 These technological advances have influenced and altered how businessand commerce are conducted domestically and globally, and the organizational structuresinternational corporations employ.3 It is interesting that the very innovations developed withinthe technology sector have the competing effects of increasing the need to add technical focusand specificity, while simultaneously increasing humanistic- and business-related content.4Increasingly, the technological knowledge associated with an engineering or computer sciencedegree is not

Conference Session

Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Collura, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

instructors for specifictopics in a course. The focus in the work is student prediction of grade on a test of specificknowledge. His conclusion, consistent with much of the other literature, is that higher-performing students are more accurate in predicting their grades.Based on the literature reviewed, several points stand out as relevant for our work. 1) Theaccuracy of student self-assessment appears to be linked to the length of time they have studied aparticular area - depth in the field rather than time as a student. For example juniors in adiscipline are better able to judge their performance in disciplinary course than are freshmen, butseniors taking a freshman level course outside their primary are of study are not particularlyaccurate; 2

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Crown; Arturo Fuentes; Bob Freeman

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Educational Research and Methods

enhanced learning obtained from integrating elements of the learning environmentwhere it yields optimal results considering learning, costs, and complexity9,10,11. An SIenvironment seeks to integrate course content and the learning process with content from othercourses, the educational setting, accessible assessment/feedback, and family and studentinvolvement. Integration of the educational setting takes advantage of the many opportunities forguided learning in settings outside of the classroom and laboratory and allows for makingstronger connections by instructing students in different mental and/or emotional states. Interests Goals STUDENT Aspirations Values Activity #1: Activity #2

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jacob Marszalek, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Annel Medina, California Polytechnic State University; Susan Linnemeyer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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First-Year Programs

increased student diversityas one of the major goals within its strategic plan (Adesida, 2007; University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign Strategic Plan, 2007). However, the percentages of students who areAfrican American and Latino/a in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign have remained consistently low in comparison to the other top engineeringschools in the nation and the national average as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 below(Engineering and technology enrollments, 2005). Page 13.1104.4Figure 1. Percentage of African Americans in B.S. Programs at Top Engineering Schools in theNation (Engineering and

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Anthony, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Marjory Palius, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Carolyn Maher, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Prabhas Moghe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Graduate Studies

students who are engaged inthematically intertwined research projects but who belong to diverse engineering programs andrelated programs in life sciences and physical sciences. All doctoral students must learn how todisseminate their research and learn from the research of others. However these challenges areamplified by the major differences in knowledge base, terminology, and culture that exist in theincreasingly multi-disciplinary and cross-functional contexts of engineering in the 21st century.We are exploring how our forum for research interchange, developed as a core activity forresearch fellowship recipients of an Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training(IGERT) grant from National Science Foundation[1], can contribute towards

Conference Session

Sustainability in AEC and AEC Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Kirby, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hilal Ozcan, Prairie View A&M University; Fouad Fouad, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Architectural

-establishedconsiderations such as ethics, economics, aesthetics, and structural integrity. Architecture andcivil engineering departments should take the lead and responsibility for promoting sustainabledevelopment, and the topic should be treated as a major consideration similar to protection of thepublic health and safety in design. Ultimately, the objective should be to graduate a new breedof design professionals (engineers and architects) who are knowledgeable of sustainable designand can integrate its concepts in real-world design projects.Diversity in Architectural Design and its Relation to SustainabilityIn recent years, the discipline of architecture has been impacted and reshaped most dramaticallyby two critical understandings: 1) the awareness of

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Ejiwale, Jackson State University; Della Posey, Jackson State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics IV

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norma Mattei, University of New Orleans

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-2465: COMPARISON OF CHEATING BEHAVIORS INUNDERGRADUATENorma Mattei, University of New Orleans Page 13.312.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Comparison of Cheating Behaviors in Undergraduate Engineering Students and the General Student Population at the University of New OrleansAcademic dishonesty is a problem at most universities, including the University of New Orleans(UNO). The percentage of students who report cheating varies by college major. Recent studiesindicate that engineering students more frequently engage in cheating behavior than students ofmost other majors [1]. One of the most recent studies, called

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Brent Jenkins

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Electrical and Computer

insists that the 32"mC 10 mA."current in its branch is 10 mA. Such perspectivesprovide useful intuition about circuit behavior ingeneral, but they are especially useful when (b)discussing source combination or sourceneutralization. Figure 1: Ideal Source BehaviorSource CombinationThe selfish nature of ideal sources provides amemorable explanation about why it is 32"mCimpossible to combine non-identical ideal 2V 3Vvoltage sources in parallel or non-identical idealcurrent sources in series. In Figure 2a, the left 37"mCsource

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Nelson, University of Texas at Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas at Tyler; William Geiger, University of Texas at Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas at Tyler

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

dependent on a knowledge-based economy requiring a dynamic,motivated, and well-educated workforce with superior science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) skills. Thomas Friedman (1), in the book The World is Flat, makes a casethat other nations such as India and China are rapidly catching up to the U.S. The title is ametaphor for viewing the world as flat or level in terms of commerce and competition, as in alevel playing field —or one where all competitors have an equal opportunity. Friedman suggeststhat there must be a shift in education if countries, companies and individuals want to remaincompetitive in a global market where historical, regional and geographical divisions arebecoming increasingly irrelevant. In the report from

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Melvin Cooke, GE Aviation

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Electrical and Computer

SA6027 and PLL-based FM demodulation using the LM565C8. The communicationsboard also includes the ability to jumper around sections of the circuitry, or to add inadditional circuitry if desired.Communications Board CircuitryThe communications board block diagram is shown in Figure 1. As shown in the figure,there are two modulation/demodulation blocks for each of AM and FM, along withsupport circuitry for filtering, summing and buffering. In order to allow a variety ofexperiments, the blocks can be configured in various permutations using simple jumpers.It is assumed that the user supplies the carrier signal and the message (information)signal, while using bench equipment to sense and display output signals. These input andoutput signals are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

that by year three, 20 students participated even though NSF funded only 9 on the grant. Thisretrospective focuses on measures of success for student development in the program; assessment figures arereported.Keywords: Research Experience for Undergraduates, Research Program, Professional Development, Projects. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUNDThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has an ongoing effort known as a 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

Conference Session

Graduate Education in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cuprak, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; John Rajadas, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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Engineering Technology

of literature for tunnel design quicklyrevealed that the existing inlet convergence profile, while appropriate, was not optimal and thatthe convergence ratio was too low to assure good flow quality within the test section1,5,8,10.While other parameters such as flow conditioning screens could be incorporated or the length ofthe test entry section changed, the current performance parameters were found to be sufficientfor the task at hand.ModificationsA new convergence profile was designed incorporating the recommended features of a 6:1 to12:1 area ratio (inlet-to-test section area ratio), as well as a fifth order polynomial contractionprofile. This was done initially using Excel® to establish the profile, then constructing a 3-Dsolid model

Conference Session

Novel Energy Applications in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Schroeder, University of Toledo; Mohammad Elahinia, University of Toledo; Walter Olson, University of Toledo; Mark Schumack, University of Detroit Mercy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

over thesubject-based learning. The authors have identified the following attributes of the first learningmethod: (1) Learning is student-centered (2) Learning occurs in small student groups (3)Teachers are facilitators or guides (4) Problems are the organizing focus and stimulus forlearning (5) Problems are the vehicle for the development of critical problem-solving skills (6)New information is acquired through self-directed learning. More importantly, the problem-solving approach prepares the students for formulating and solving problems they have neverbeen exposed to before. The authors have observed that the willingness and the desire to learnare directly related to the students’ ability to understand how the knowledge can be utilized for

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Brophy, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

instructors and researchers at the university. Therefore, students learn to developprogramming and algorithm design skills as part of the course. The large cohort of students isdivided into four sections; one of the sections is taught by the author. Students attend twolectures a week prior to going to a 2 hour lab. The lectures provide an introduction to newconcepts that are applied and expended on later in the lab. Students develop their problemsolving skills of open-ended, ill structured problems through an experimental curricular approachfor STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) learning called Model ElicitingActivities (MEA)1. An MEA presents a complex challenge that requires the development of amathematical model as part of the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Naumov, Purdue University Calumet; William Obermeyer, Purdue University Calumet; Rahul Singhal, Purdue University Calumet; Eduardo Garcia, Purdue University Calumet; Nasser Houshangi, Purdue University Calumet

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

assignmentsand five design projects resulted from performing the integration. Horizontal integration wasachieved by providing a consistent presentation of concepts across two computer architecturelaboratory courses while simultaneously providing students the necessary skill-set for developinga successful career as a computer engineer. Vertical integration was achieved by interweavingcommon technical theories and skills to establish interdependence among all digital system andcomputer architecture laboratory coursework. The restructured laboratory sequence provides acohesive educational experience and significant exposure to concepts, design methodologies, andsoftware tools ubiquitous in the semiconductor and computer industry.1. IntroductionThree

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Capstone Experiences in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Ejiwale, Jackson State University

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Manufacturing

, Page 13.1148.2Engineering and Technology (CSET) where research has currently begun. This approach willhelp prepare and put our graduates at the forefront of employment in the new industrialrevolution.Knowledge sharing and management among departmental scholarsSince nanotechnology is highly interdisciplinary, relevant activities on this new industrialrevolution at JSU has synergized many disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology,mathematics, technology and engineering with focus on the strength of the participants. This hasled to the development and implementation of research clusters across science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) or simply the STEM fields. The research clusters listed infigure 1 with their subgroups

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.

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Women in Engineering

Needs Assessment Survey was hosted on a web site forthree weeks. An email and two follow-up emails were sent during this period to a listservof approximately 4,000 members. A total of 1,067 members responded to the survey.Table 1 presents the demographic profile of the PLTW respondents who completed thesurvey. As you can see from the table below, the majority of the survey respondentswere male and white. Most of respondents were teachers (89%) and there was a largerange of teaching experience.Survey respondents were given eight topics and were asked to rate the extent to whichthey thought each topic was an important issue to the field of engineering on a scale of 1(Not at All) to 5 (Extremely). The ratings of these topics are below in Table 2

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Panchul, UTSA; David Akopian, UTSA

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Electrical and Computer

Development of Educational Applications for SmartphonesAbstractCell phones are one of most ubiquitous portable technology devices available. New services areadded almost every day and cellular telephony became a bright example of co-evolution ofhuman societies and new information technology.This paper presents a study of using this widely available platform for educational purposes,specifically for digital signal and image processing (DSP/DIP) education. While cell phones arealready used for different educational purposes they were not used for DSP and DIP which arefundamental disciplines in electrical and computer engineering.The following learning and technology goals are addressed. (1) An educational software toolboxfor cell-phones is developed

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Christie, Loyola Marymount University

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Minorities in Engineering

the day-to-day work of engineers and scientists. Students are housed on campus in Rains Dormitory and eat their meals in the LairDining Hall. In the evening and on weekends students utilize the Fritz Burns RecreationCenter for basketball, working out, tennis and swimming. The summer school program has five (5) components that enable young scholars(and their families) to visualize themselves as college students studying mathematics,science or engineering. 1) Academic Preparation for Engineering and Science Degrees Component The results of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)show that, as a nation, we are not adequately preparing our high school students forcollege science and math courses. High

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Magleby, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

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Electrical and Computer

descriptions of what content should be included as well as step-by-step instructions on how to format the reports, as seen in Figure 1 and Figure 2 . These werefound to be an excellent resource to help students understand the format and content that areexpected for lab reports, and also provide a consistent format to make grading easier for TAs.We observed that when students are given a template, they immediately download the template,and begin using it. This was not necessarily true of instructions! By combining the instructionsinto the template, the students had to delete the instructions (hopefully reading them in theprocess) before typing their own work. This practice is being used for many professionaltemplates, including those for this ASEE

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Kessler, Iowa State University; Emily Merrick, Iowa State University; Lawrence Genalo, Iowa State University

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Materials

engineers. These societies are also beneficial to the career progression of their members byproviding networking and professional service opportunities.1 Typically, engineers are firstexposed to professional societies as college sophomores or juniors through pre-professionalstudent chapters of the society, where students are able to join at substantially reduced fees andparticipate in a variety of networking, project, and service experiences.2 Most often, studentscontinue their membership upon graduation from college and as a way to stay abreast of thechanges in their field and enhance their professional and technical capabilities.3At universities, active student pre-professional societies can greatly enhance the engineeringcurriculum. Reid and