Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, The University of Texas at Brownsville; Fitra Khan, U of Texas at Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, The University of Texas at Brownsville

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Computers in Education

primary goal of this infrastructure is toenhance the existing curriculum in the undergraduate level by providing a state-of-the-artenvironment, isolated from the university campus network, in which Computer and InformationSciences (CIS) students can get hands on experience in areas such as Networking, Ad HocComputing, Wireless and Mobile Networking, Operating Systems, Image and Video Processing,Computer Vision and Distributed Processing.The involved faculty, joined by top selected students, went through three distinct phases increating the networking and distributed processing lab (NDPL): design and setup, specificationand implementation, and integration into CIS curriculum. The design phase of the project relatesto setting up the physical and

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joye Jepson, Antioch University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

incorporate research and hands-on exercises up-front inthe curriculum, instead of just lectures and theories.[8,43,51] Additionally, the curriculum andfaculty should reference diverse populations in the examples used; women and minorities shouldbe incorporated into references, lectures, readings, and other course work.[8]Diversity in ExperienceFinally, enhanced global awareness and experience are critical if the U.S. is to maintain an equalfooting with the rest of the world in engineering. Many countries are working on ensuringquality engineering education and diversification. Global awareness would ensure anappreciation of different cultures and business practices. To guarantee that the U.S. remainscompetitive, STEM fields have to be seen as

Conference Session

Mobile Robots in Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Campus

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Computers in Education

inhabited by humans.The contest has been successfully integrated into an undergraduate robotics course andinto an undergraduate research activity. Educational resources, such as a database ofcampus path pictures, are available to facilitate the computer vision algorithmdevelopment. An example of a successful robot platform and a software developmentenvironment (based on MATLAB) has been provided. This prototype can be used as aguide or as a benchmark for educators and students to assist in the development of a robotsolution. Additional resources can also be found on the website for the contest [3]. Page 13.1116.10Overall, the contest has been very well

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Ashley Babcock, University of Georgia; David Gattie, University of Georgia-Athens

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1296: THE ENGINEERING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A PROPOSEDMODELNadia Kellam, University of Georgia Nadia Kellam is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Georgia. Her research involves an integration of systems and engineering ecology with engineering education, resulting in a deeper understanding of student learning through a complexity lens. In particular, she is developing the Ecological Inspiration for Engineering Education research program, which involves an innovative approach of borrowing concepts from healthy, ecological systems and applying these to engineering education systems. Ecological concepts such as distributed cognition, systems

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M International University; jack esparza, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

): This program allows teams from schools to acquire new teaching resources and technology tools using NASA's unique content, experts and other resources to provide exciting learning experiences science, mathematics and technology for students. v. NASA Quest: This program is an online educational experience allowing students to interact in the classroom with NASA experts, from all fields of work. Activities include background information and curriculum materials. vi. Space Center Houston - Teacher Camp-ins: This program allows educators to participate in hands-on activities that they can use back in their classrooms while having a great time with fellow teachers. vii. Space Vehicle

Conference Session

Hardware Descriptive Language Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

and understands the coordination involved.Technology programs, in contrast with engineering programs, have less emphasis on design aspart of the curriculum. Technology students learn how to use various devices and how theywork rather than design systems with them. Furthermore, technology programs emphasize“hands-on” learning and contain many labs throughout the curriculum. This toolkit can beutilized in an automation or instrumentation course for several experiments involving the varioussensors and circuits on the robot. Content demonstrates the relationships between pulse-widthmodulation (PWM), the electrical drive signals, mechanical motion of the motor, and rotationalmeasurements provided by the optical encoder.The toolkit provides design

Conference Session

Foster Excellence

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University; Pabitra Saha, Alabama A&M University; James Foreman, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

session was primarily due toschedule conflicts, it also is an indicator of low student commitment. The review sessions arevoluntary so it is not possible to enforce attendance at the sessions.Strategically, in order to circumvent this lack of student commitment the department has decidedto modify its curriculum to increase the lecture hours in one of the senior level required courseseach semester and integrate an FE review session into this regular course. By embedding reviewtopics into a mandatory course, students would essentially be compelled to attend the whole FEreview session without any conflict whatsoever.In the future, perhaps in the next three to five years, the authors would be willing to share anyfurther experience and findings with

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; Khaled El-Sawy, United Arab Emirates University; Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

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International

Engineering offers B.S. degrees in civil, computer, electrical,mechanical engineering, chemical, and petroleum engineering.The paper presents the framework developed for preparing the Civil Engineering program forsubstantial ABET accreditation. The paper discusses all direct and indirect program outcomesand a summary of the process to achieve these outcomes. In addition, the paper focuses on themajor steps toward developing and achieving the curriculum assessment of the program. Thepaper will present the major step in integrating the program assessment tools by a comprehensiveand sophisticated spreadsheet that lists all the curricula and course outcomes of each course inthe program. It automatically imports the individual course outcome into the

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-1332: COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT: THENATURAL PARTNER FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGRoger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne Roger Hadgraft is a civil engineer with more than 15 years involvement in engineering education research. He has published many papers on engineering education, with a particular focus on problem/project-based learning and the use of technology to support learning in this way. He was instrumental in introducing a project-based curriculum into civil engineering at Monash University, commencing in 1998. From 2002-6, his work at RMIT was in curriculum renewal to embed graduate capabilities, specifically through a stream of project-based courses/subjects, one

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Liu, California State University-Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University-Los Angeles

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Minorities in Engineering

Project which allows Hispanic students froma local High School district to participate in the SERENADES researches in summers. Inaddition, three senior/graduate level courses have been developed to leverage the research resultsof real-time and embedded systems, and image processing from the SERENADES laboratory tothe electrical engineering curriculum at CSULA. Page 13.1133.21. IntroductionCalifornia State University (CSULA), Pasadena City College (PCC), and University of SouthernCalifornia (USC) have established partnerships through an educational pipeline under theNASA’s MUCERPI program. The associated activities were conducted mainly in the

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Michelle Shafer, Mt Notre Dame High School; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Carolyn Rost, Mother of Mercy High School

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-919: FROM 0 TO 60 IN 1 YEAREugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati Eugene is an Academic Director in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He is the project leader of a collaboration to develop and deliver pre-eengineering to high schools. Eugene also manages the college's accelerated engineering degree programs.Michelle Shafer, Mt Notre Dame High School Michelle is a degreed Biomedical Engineer who now teaches science at Mt Notre Dame High School near Cincinnati.Brian Lien, Princeton High School Brian Lien teaches technology education classes at Princeton High School near Cincinnati.Carolyn Rost, Mother of Mercy High School Carolyn teaches science and serves

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford

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Computers in Education

provides the transmitter andreceiver electronics. The adapter board attaches to an off-the-shelf field programmable gatearray (FPGA) development board, which provides the digital aspect of the data link.The first audience we are addressing is undergraduate technology students. As such the designgoal of the toolkit is to provide a system that clearly demonstrates functionality, allowingstudents to investigate all aspects of the system. The choice of using an FPGA provides a levelof flexibility, allowing the toolkit to be used in other curriculum as well. Further, with a soft-core processor, the toolkit can be used to implement a modest microprocessor system. It is ourintent that the fiber optic toolkit will be useful in undergraduate classroom or

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Veronica Hinton-Hudson, University of Louisville; James Lewis, University of Louisville

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Minorities in Engineering

with the New Basics standards recommended by the National Commission onExcellence in Education (NCEC) for high school graduation. Kentucky New Basicsrequirements (in Carnegie units) include: 4 units of English/language arts, 3 units Social Studies,3 units Mathematics, 3 units Science, 1 unit Health/Physical Education, and 1 unitArts/vocation.[8] The pre-college curriculum (PCC) required for admission into the University ofLouisville is in alignment with the NCEC requirements, including an additional 2 units in foreignlanguage for incoming freshmen. Table 2 shows the PCC required for incoming freshman at theUniversity of Louisville. Although most high school students are told by their high schoolcounselor the coursework requirements for

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kristen Mekemson, Kern Family Foundation; David Pistrui, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Masters in Liberal Arts from DePaul University, Chicago (USA), and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Western Michigan University. Page 13.265.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Building an Entrepreneurial Engineering Ecosystem for Future Generations: The Kern Entrepreneurship Education NetworkAbstractThe integration of entrepreneurship and innovation into undergraduate engineering education hasbeen found to enhance student performance and improve retention rates (Ohland, 2004). It alsoprepares graduating engineers to work in rapidly changing environments defined by acompetitive global

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathieu Desnoyers, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Michel Dagenais, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal

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Computers in Education

AC 2008-1339: TEACHING REAL OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH THE LTTNGKERNEL TRACERMathieu Desnoyers, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal Mathieu Desnoyers is the maintainer of the Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) project since November 2005, taking over the development with the new LTTNG. He is the author of Linux Trace Toolkit Next Generation (LTTNG) and the main developer of Linux Trace Toolkit Viewer (LTTV) since the project started in 2003. He did an internship at the IBM Research T.J. Watson Research Center in 2006 where he applied tracing in commercial scale-out systems. In 2007, he did an internship at Google, where he integrated ideas from Google ktrace into LTTng to merge themin a single project. He

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felipe Arango, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gonca Altuger, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

. Most textbooks and classroom teaching are intuitive, verbal, deductive,reflective and sequential, and thus they do not meet the needs of the second-tier students who aresensing, visual, inductive, active and global learners. Most researchers agree that an importantrole in current learning structures is played by “collaborative learning”, which allows students toexchange information as well as to produce ideas, simplify problems, and resolve tasks.Therefore, engineering educators have been reshaping the undergraduate engineering curricula torespond and adapt to the ever changing nature of engineering practice that is becoming moreglobal, interdisciplinary and influenced by other disciplines such as computer science,information technology

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Wiegley, California State University-Northridge

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Computers in Education

divisions that his-torically employed primarily electronic, computer or mechanical engineers can beexpected.The College of Engineering at CSU Northridge is organized as a set of autonomous Page 13.430.2departments, each of which maintains a highly specific curriculum focused on thedepth of its discipline. Students are isolated into knowledge silos. Obtaining a deepunderstanding of their chosen field comes at the expense of operating effectively ina team of diverse engineers.In response to these factors a course in embedded software design was established.The topics of the course are focused on instructing students in the specialized tech-niques used to program

Conference Session

Computer Simulation and Animation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Chandler, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

in the Department of Software Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has been actively involved in the development of this program, the first undergraduate software engineering program in the United States. This involvement included bringing active learning and problem-based learning into the curriculum, developing an inter-disciplinary course sequence in real-time and embedded systems, and guiding the program through its ABET accreditation. Prior to RIT, Dr. Vallino had seventeen years of software development experience in industry, followed by his PhD studies in Computer Science at the University of Rochester. His research interests include pedagogy for software engineering

Conference Session

Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Salahuddin Qazi, SUNY Institute of Technology; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

/innovative activitiesNanotechnology Commercialization at The Pennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University Nanofabrication Facility (Nanofab) is a completelyopen access National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN) user facility. TheNNIN is an integrated networked partnership of user facilities, supported by the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), serving the needs of nanoscale science, engineering, andtechnology. The Nanofab facility provides state-of-the-art micro and nanofabricationequipment worth $ 32 million, in Class 1 and Class 10 clean rooms.The Nanofab facility was established to enable advanced interdisciplinary academic andindustrial research and development in the semiconductor electronics and optoelectronics,micro

Conference Session

Potpourri II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Waterfall, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Elizabeth Albrecht, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 13.402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developmental Advising – Exploring the Boundaries What are appropriate, caring limits?AbstractIt is generally recognized that developmental advising is a key component for studentretention and academic success. Yet faculty advisors may feel inadequately prepared to dosuch advising for what they think are very good reasons. Academic advisors in engineeringhave backgrounds in technology, industry, and curriculum but may forget that they havedeveloped life skills from which

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

problem solving andhands-on experiences representing the essence of the engineering profession. New engineeringtools, a deeper understanding of the responsibilities of engineers to society and the environment,and an appreciation for the diverse and global nature of the workplace are continuallyincorporated into the engineering curriculum (Gilbert, 2003).For incoming freshman in 2006, a Tablet PC computing initiative mandated the purchase of aTablet rather than the previously required laptop. The initiative is supported by an alliancebetween Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corportation, andMicrosoft Corporation offering students higher levels of hardware and software purchasingpower and support. A current

Conference Session

The Pipeline

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Women in Engineering

industrial experience by bringing practical examples and interactive learning to help students understand fundamental engineering principles. Her current research focuses on engineering education, outreach and curriculum development.Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Julia Ross is Professor and Chair of the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her technical research interests are in the area of cellular engineering. In particular, her work focuses on bacterial adhesion to physiological surfaces. In addition, she maintains an active research program in curriculum development with a focus on workforce

Conference Session

Influences on Female Interest in Pursuit of STEM Fields

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Mobley, Ecology & Environment, Inc.

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Minorities in Engineering

servicesto underserved, racial/ethnic groups through the valuing of differences and integration of cultural attitudes,beliefs, and practices…” [2].I believe that many professionals in engineering are on an elitist power trip; unwilling to share theirknowledge with anyone not like them. I also believe that there are some who are just unable to do sobecause they don’t know how to make the concepts practical. All they really know is the same lecturethey’ve taught over and over again. And I believe these individuals are afraid of being exposed, so theyhurl insults and derogatory comments to protect themselves. I believe it has become for them a badge ofhonor. It hasn’t matter on an individual level that our country is in an economic and technological

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Monson Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

speech processing theory and analysis in the classification of human vocal patterns for determining speaker demographics (i.e., dialect, language, etc.), speaker characteristics (i.e., gender, dimensions, etc.), and speaker state (i.e., emotion, stress, etc.). Additionally, Dr. Moore’s interests in engineering education have involved improving the implementation of technology in distributed education for creating active learning environments. He has been awarded grants from HP and Microsoft to support his research efforts in this endeavor. In 2005, Dr. Moore received an NSF CAREER award for the development of new techniques for extracting and integrating features of the voice source into

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-2650: COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS: DOESGENDER MAKE A DIFFERENCE?Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University MARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND, PhD, is the PI of three academic scholarship programs and a fourth program for transfer students. An Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University, she was the Associate Dean of Student Affairs in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University from 1993-2004. She received the ASEE Minorities Award 2006, the SHPE Educator of the Year 2005, and won the Narional Engineering Award in 2003, the highest honor given by AAES. In 2002 she was named the Distinguished Engineering Educator by the Society of

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ricky Castles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Aditya Johri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; David Kibler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Computers in Education

Engineering department is the largest engineering major in the COE. All MEsophomores (approximately 300 to 350) own Tablet PCs due to the Tablet initiative of fall 2006.A pilot study was conducted by the 3rd author to integrate Tablet PCs technology into twosections of ME 2024 – Engineering Design and Economics for enhancing students’ learningexperiences. ME 2024 is a required course for all ME students and provides an introduction toproduct development and design. The course emphasizes team collaboration and technicalwriting skills and includes topics like project management, mechanical dissections, engineeringeconomics, and ethics. Ten sections of ME2024 are offered each year with class sizes limited to30 to 36 students. It may be noted that all

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobia Steyn, University of Pretoria; Alan Carr, University of Pretoria

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Educational Research and Methods

curriculum in the Professional Orientation course is structured with little emphasis onprogramming per se and a minimum of Logo programming commands (approximately 20) areused. In addition to the development of thinking skills (procedural, logical, analysis andsynthesis), Logo tasks and the results of the Logo programming are also used to fostercomprehension as well as skills in observation and communication. The formal exposure to Logois purposefully spread over six weeks, with one class per week, so that students have time toexplore Logo and to progress in the development of thinking skills at an individual pace. Most ofthe students usually need more time than one class period to finish a Logo tutorial. Students, whodo finish in time, usually

Conference Session

The Pipeline

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Mary Ann Sheline, Grand Valley State University; Margo Dill, Grand Valley State University; Jessica Noble, Grand Valley State University

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Women in Engineering

received the SME Outstanding Young Engineer Award.Mary Ann Sheline, Grand Valley State University Mary Ann Sheline is Director of the Regional Math and Science Center at Grand Valley State University and has been involved with K-12 science education for 45 years as an elementary, middle and secondary science teacher, college instructor, and administrator. She has taught biology, chemistry and earth science at a variety of grade levels. She has experience developing curriculum and administering collaborative programs such as the National Science Foundation’s Teacher in Industry Program, National Science Olympiad Tournament and is presently Co PI of a Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant. Mrs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects at the institution. These include thecapstone design courses that are an integral part of each departmental curriculum, the seniorproject and thesis requirements for students, and the individual interests and efforts of bothstudents and faculty. In the current nascent stage of the PBLI there are a range of activitiesacross the spectrum of departments. Unit requirements for the capstone design experience rangefrom 4 to 9 quarter units, senior projects are occasionally integrated with capstone design, butmany are stand-alone classes or individual study experiences. Single student experiences are thenorm, with a few departments offering “interdisciplinary” experiences. Projects range frominstructor selected activities across an entire course

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Minorities in Engineering

to be focused in demographicallyLatina/o-concentrated areas, involving counselors and parents in the application process, andcoordinating with early outreach programs in high schools.” 7 Increasing underrepresentedstudent enrollment cannot be achieved from an administrator’s desk or through web pages.Recruiters must travel to where the pools of prospective students live and learn.ECAP informational recruitment strategies educate the prospective students’ entire family on theexciting possibilities and benefits of an engineering degree, and illustrate how students canstructure their high school (or earlier) curriculum in preparation for college. When parents learnabout engineering as a profession, they spread the word to others through