Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Jevsevar, Vanderbilt University; Melanie Aston, Vanderbilt University; Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

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Biomedical

. Ms. Aston is again working on this project, scoring and analyzing field-test data from all biomedical imaging curriculum units.Shaun Price, Vanderbilt University Ms. Price is a senior in biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University. She was one of four undergraduates who conducted the beta testing and developed the project in the summer of 2007.Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University Dr. Paschal teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in biomedical engineering and conducts research in magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography. She is also Director of Undergraduate Studies in BME at Vanderbilt University and is co-PI of the NSF-sponsored project, “Biomedical Imaging

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

, “Effective Teaching of Engineering: LinkingTheory to Practice,” (ENE 595G) was designed for GTAs within an innovative first-yearengineering laboratory course (ENGR 126) to provide an opportunity to extend GTAs’teaching professional development (NSF #0632879). ENGR 126 introduces all first-yearengineering students to computer skills and techniques, provide practice withfundamental engineering concepts, and foster open-ended problem solving activities,known as model-eliciting activities (MEAs)[9]. GTAs are responsible for supervisingweekly 2-hour laboratory sessions. Within these laboratories, they provide formative andsummative feedback on students’ assignments, and guide students through the weeklytasks. In addition, GTAs design and grade quizzes

Conference Session

Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; David Lalush, North Carolina State University

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Biomedical

efficient use of faculty resources by allowing them to teach studentsat both institutions simultaneously. Several courses have been taught this way since 2004, usingour videoconferencing facilities, with some travel back and forth by the course faculty to provideface-to-face contact with all students. However, these were all lecture-based courses with littleor no laboratory component.There was a particular need at NCSU to offer more hands-on biomedical instrumentation coursesto serve the students in that track. Because faculty were not available to create new classes atNCSU, the authors decided to extend an existing class at UNC and offer it jointly at NCSU. TheMicrocontroller Applications course was chosen because it fulfilled a void at NCSU and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Rabb; David Chang, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

portray it as a subject with value beyond aspecific niche. This integration of teaching will bring various engineering subjects together asmost presently developed systems are an integration of engineering such as a camera,automobile, space shuttle, and robot. In the course, students reinforce their discipline specificknowledge and integrate it with new knowledge and applications. This requires the faculty tounderstand and have some fluency in the other discipline. For example, each instructor conductsdemonstrations and laboratories for his sections, regardless if the demonstration or laboratoryexercise is electrical and the instructor is the mechanical engineer. Unlike some demonstrationsin other engineering classes, sometimes a specific

Conference Session

BME Laboratories and Skills-Based Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary forengineering practice”. These tools may take on a variety of forms, including both engineeringsoftware (e.g. LabVIEW, SolidWorks, COMSOL, MatLAB) and engineering instrumentation(e.g. DAQ, oscilloscopes, multimeters, rapid prototype machines, and machine shop tools). Inour BME curriculum, we aim to introduce students to a broad range of engineering tools throughdirect hands on experiences. While some tools are incorporated into standard 2 hourinstructional laboratories, others are introduced through student-selected, open-ended, multiweekor semester long projects.In this paper, we present a two-project sequence spanning two semesters that was designed tointroduce students to

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-237: TEACHING OPTIMAL ENERGY EXPENDITURE USING ROBOTICPLATFORMS AND MICROCONTROLLERSVincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato Dr. Vincent Winstead is an assistant professor in the electrical and computer engineering and technology department at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Dr. Winstead completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in control systems. He had worked as a systems engineer for the U.S. Air Force and as a powertrain control research engineer for Ford Motor Company. Dr. Winstead is a registered professional engineer and holds numerous patents in hybrid vehicle system optimization and

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engineering Management

AC 2008-1287: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS INTEACHING ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CURRICULUMErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems (CLLES) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Prior to UNC Charlotte, he was teaching as part of the School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. At i2, he

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erich Schneider, University of Texas at Austin

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2008-657: TEACHING THE SN METHOD: ZERO TO INTERNATIONALBENCHMARK IN SIX WEEKSErich Schneider, University of Texas at Austin Dr. Schneider is an Assistant Professor of Nuclear and Radiation Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Since joining the UT faculty in 2006, Dr. Schneider has been active in the development of a modern nuclear energy systems analysis curriculum including courses in computational radiation transport and the nuclear fuel cycle. Prior to joining UT, Dr. Schneider was a Technical Staff Member in the Nuclear Systems Design group at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University; Eileen Rossman, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanics

themotion first hand. Similarly, toy gyroscopes can be used to help teach students about precessionand demonstrate how gyroscopic navigational devices operate. These hands-on laboratories canbe much more powerful than demonstrations and lecturing – the students can actually feel thegyroscopic moments generated. These demonstrations were assessed through two problems onthe final examination. The first asked what happens to the motion of a gyroscope when you pushgently on the outer gimble. The second involved the action-reaction moments involved withgyroscopic motion (e.g., if you are riding your bike and lean to the left, which way to do youhave to push on your handlebars). Scores on these different problems along with subjectivesurvey results were

Conference Session

Industrial Technology/Industrial Engineering Technology Forum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-222: SUCCESSFULLY TEACHING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTCONTENT IN A TECHNICAL CURRICULUMKenneth Stier, Illinois State University Page 13.1118.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Successfully Teaching Supply Chain Management Content in a Technical CurriculumAbstractThis paper explains how supply chain management is being taught at the graduate andundergraduate levels in engineering and technology programs. It overviews the objectives,content areas, teaching methodologies and evaluation methods that were developed for a course.For the purposes of this paper the author’s university will be referred to as university A and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-2072: TEACHING AND USING GPS/GIS IN ELECTRICALENGINEERING PROJECTSSaeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Dr. Saeed Sean Monemi is a professor of Electrical and Computer engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has published many papers and currently conducting projects in the areas of embedded systems, software engineering, and operating systems.Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Dr. Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu is a professor of Electrical and Computer engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has published many papers and currently conducting projects in the area of signals and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2008-2172: TEACHING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF MECHANICALSYSTEMS - PART IIWilliam Waldron, Grand Valley State UniversityPramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State UniversityShabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State UniversityJohn Farris, Grand Valley State University Page 13.1156.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching design and manufacture of mechanical systems using multidisciplinary teams-Part IIIntroductionA lot of progress has been made in recent years in improving engineering education, e.g.,emphasizing communication skills, working in teams, integration of computer-aided engineering(CAE), and capstone/senior design projects

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ram Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2008-2901: EXPERIENCES IN TEACHING AND MENTORINGINTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE STUDENTS OF DIVERSIFIEDBACKGROUNDSRam Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Ram Mohan is an associate professor with the computational science and engineering graduate program at North Carolina A&T State University.Vinaya Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Vinaya Kelkar is a statistician and assistant research professor in the Department of Biology at North Carolina A&T State University.Ajit Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University Dr. Kelkar is Director of Computational Science and Engineering graduate program at North Carolina A&T State University

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory Zieren, Austin Peay State University; John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2008-2140: TEACHING ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY FROMA HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEGregory Zieren, Austin Peay State University GREGORY R. ZIEREN is a Professor of History at Austin Peay State University. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Delaware in 1982. His interests include economic history and the history of technology.John Blake, Austin Peay State University JOHN W. BLAKE is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN. He served as department chair from 1994-2005. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, and is a registered Professional

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

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Civil Engineering

CAEE210 and the breadth of its content make the assignment ofappropriate teaching assistants difficult. The use of outside speakers also has its perils since lastminute changes in their schedules often overrides their appearance in class. Needless to say,contingency lectures and/or speakers should be available.The commitment of individual faculty in both CAEE201 and CAEE210 generally amounts totwo lectures and the oversight of a two-hour laboratory during one week of the 10-week term.The laboratory in CAEE201 is mostly computational in nature and is usually overseen by thefaculty member. The laboratory in CAEE210 is usually taught by a teaching assistant.One of the challenges is having faculty recognize that the sophomores in these courses lack

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

engineering (CE) materials course along with the other courses in the U.A. WhitakerSchool of Engineering (WSOE) at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is taught in anintegrated lecture lab style. In this non-traditional setting, instructors use an integrated, active,and collaborative instructional technique. Also, unlike many other universities, there is not aseparate time slot allocated in the schedule to conduct the laboratory experiments for this CEmaterials course. Instead, the lab is embedded into the course structure. Although it has beendocumented in the literature that this technique represents effective teaching pedagogy only afew engineering programs have adopted this method. In addition, the WSOE is only in its thirdyear since students

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

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Civil Engineering

Training Civil Engineers to Communicate Effectively: Teaching Technical Communication in a Student’s First Engineering CourseAbstractABET requires that graduates of accredited institutions have “an ability to communicateeffectively.” The importance of effective communication of technical information is alsoaddressed in the ASCE Body of Knowledge. How schools meet this outcome varies byinstitution but about half of the schools surveyed for this paper require a specific course on thesubject. Constraints at the United States Military Academy (programs can not extend beyondfour years and a very large core curriculum) make it impractical to require a technicalcommunications course

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Diane Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-721: LET’S ROCK THE BOAT: EVALUATING THE CONCEPT OFSTABILITY IN FLUID MECHANICSTanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University TANYA KUNBERGER joined FGCU as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in August, 2007. She graduated cum laude from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor's of Civil Engineering and a certificate in geochemistry. Her MS in Civil Engineering, with a minor in Soil Science, and her Ph.D. were obtained at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kunberger was a recipient of the 2003 Center for Transportation and the Environment's Student of the Year Award and a 2007 recipient of NC State's UGSA Outstanding Teaching

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering and Public Policy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Gillespie, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University

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Engineering and Public Policy

biodiesel emissions characterization from engines and home heating equipment, wind measurement and assessment, and methanol fuel cell flow field design and visualization. Before joining Rowan, Bhatia actively studied reformate gas carbon monoxide poisoning of hydrogen fuel cell catalyst layers for automotive applications as well as hybrid and electric vehicle power train design.Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University Peter Mark Jansson is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University teaching AC and DC electric circuits, power systems, sustainable design and renewable energy technology. He leads numerous Sophomore, Junior and Senior Engineering Clinic Teams

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Karen Lozano, University of Texas-Pan American; Karl Kiefer, Invocon, Inc., Houston, Taxes; Xinqing Ma, Inframat Corp, Farmington, Connecticut.

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Civil Engineering

the themes center on the nanotechnology for civil engineering,some proposed course and lab modules include currently available smart materials, e.g. ShapeMemory Alloys (SMAs) and Piezoelectric (PZT) materials, and micro/nano-scale technologies,e.g. silicon fume and micro-fiber modified concrete and MEMS (Micro-Electro-MechanicalSystems) sensors, and concrete maturity method, due to availability of applicable technologyand operational feasibility at the current civil engineering teaching laboratory. Even though thesetechnologies may not constitute real nanotechnology, they do demonstrate analogies of hownanotechnology will impact students’ careers and civil infrastructures in the future, and inspirestudents’ desire for creativity and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1509: KINESTHETIC STRUCTURESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Page 13.830.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Kinesthetic StructuresAbstractThis paper describes how students are engaged in hands-on activities that reinforce complexengineering principles. In addition to utilizing chalk board examples for design and analysisproblems, physical modeling, not necessarily traditional laboratory testing, is implemented tolink engineering theory with building behavior. Students design, build, and learn how structuresbehave in three dimensions.IntroductionFive years ago, the author switched careers and from practice to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bronzini, George Mason University; Michael Casey, George Mason University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-2395: SIMULATING CONSULTING ENGINEER RELATIONSHIPS IN ASENIOR DESIGN COURSE AND ASSESSING THE RESULTSMichael Bronzini, George Mason University Michael S. Bronzini currently holds the Dewberry Chair in Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE) in the Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and is also the Chair of the CEIE Department. Prior positions include Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Penn State University, and Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Andrew Watchorn, National Instruments; John DeBusscher, University of Michigan

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

educationalvalue, and the statistics is provided of student evaluation of the VIs as learning tools in the lab.1. IntroductionTo bring automatic, computer-controlled experiments into teaching laboratories, especially at theintroductory level, where they must be accessible to every student, might be a dream of many labinstructors. There are several challenges on the road to its fulfillment, both on the technical andpedagogical sides. The technical ones include: (a) availability of proper test and measurementinstruments along with computers, (b) successful choice of software, (c) its adaptation to theneeds of Instructional Laboratories, and – nearly inevitable – (d) debugging. The mainpedagogical challenge is to find the wise balance between traditional

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

CHITRA RAJAGOPAL, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus

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Engineering Technology

AC 2008-2925: DISTANCE LEARNING DELIVERY OF A WEB-BASED DEGREEIN ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, WHICHINCORPORATES HANDS-ON LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND REAL TIMEVIDEOCHITRA RAJAGOPAL, Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus Ms Chitra Rajagopal is Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at the Kent State University, Tuscarawas Campus, where she teaches electrical and electronic engineering technology courses in in-person and on-line formats. She is currently researching on embedded system design, microcontrollers and control system. Page 13.443.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

code, of good quality, without much formalinstruction in C programming per se. Similarly, students with little mechanical designexperience, or who had not previously played with LEGOs, could construct simple machines,design geartrains capable of trading speed for power, and build sturdy structures, simply byparticipating in the course and interacting with their groupmates.These observations suggested that the LEGO 375 curriculum and laboratory design could helpSTEM educators to teach computer or robotics laboratories at the secondary school level. In July Page 13.1283.61997, a group of high school science teachers and their

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Christopher, Rice University; Adam Parks, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Vipul Sharma, Air Force Institute of Technology; Michael Maixner, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-323: POWER PLANT ANALYSIS WITH MATHCADJason Christopher, Rice University Jason Christopher graduated from the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in 2007 at the top of his major, Mechanical Engineering. Jason is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering at Rice University, where his research focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), with specific emphasis on work related to the NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle parachutes. After finishing his studies, he will work as an Air Force developmental engineer.Adam Parks, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Adam Parks graduated from the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in 2007 with a

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

applications in this course. This coursehas been taught four times during the past two years. This is a four-credit-hour course consistingof three credit hours of lecture and one credit hour of laboratory. The evaluation and feedbackfrom students show that it is considered as one of the fun courses they had which helps themunderstand many of the topics in computer and network security field, and gain some hands-onexperience and skills to defend computer systems.The remainder of this paper is organized as follows: Section two discusses course developmentand describes the context, course objectives, references, and laboratory exercises. Section threepresents our teaching experiences and reflections and, finally, Section four presents ourconclusions.2

Conference Session

BME Courses & Curricular Content

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Torres, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

in the case of those bioengineering students not inclined towards theinstrumentation line. Utilization of the NI ELVIS has been in general terms well received bystudents. This paper focuses on describing the initial experience of developing a newcomprehensive and balanced introductory electrical circuits course in an undergraduatebioengineering curriculum using an integrated laboratory-lecture method and utilizing theaforementioned virtual instrumentation resource.Intr oductionWithin the framework of an undergraduate bioengineering curriculum, teaching a first course onelectrical/electronic circuits to students with no previous background presents a significantchallenge. Given the number of different multidisciplinary areas that a

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Kenneth Leitch, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-1431: A MODULAR APPROACH TO A FIRST-SEMESTERENGINEERING COURSE: TEACHING THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUIDMECHANICSEric Johnson, Valparaiso UniversityDoug Tougaw, Valparaiso UniversityKenneth Leitch, Valparaiso UniversityBarbara Engerer, Valparaiso University Page 13.63.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Modular Approach to a First-Semester Engineering Course: Teaching the Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics1. IntroductionOne of the most important responsibilities of a university faculty is to design the curriculum thattheir students will experience. The design of a first-semester engineering course is an especiallyimportant and challenging

Conference Session

1553 FPD3 - Computer & Programming Tools in First Year Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

departments. In August 2006, Professor John Dempsey invited agroup of sophomore engineering students who had just taken the class to attend a workshop onthe course to share their experiences. This workshop resulted in the introduction ofundergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) in each ES100 classroom.These UTAs provided, and continue to provide, input on revisions for many aspects of ES100,including course format, topics covered, and laboratory experiments. In particular, the UTAswere able to use their experiences in ES100 to assist in the redesign of course materials to bemore consistent, uniform, and mainstream, assisting in Professor Dempsey’s goal of making allengineering freshmen at Clarkson feel comfortable using MATLAB and LabVIEW. In