Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, component-based software architectures, software and systems engineering process models, intelligent control, the semantic web, and real-time artificial intelligence. In 1999, Dr. Hawker joined the Computer Science Department at the University of Alabama as an Assistant Professor focusing on software engineering, and in 2004 he moved to the Software Engineering Department at RIT. Dr. Hawker is also co-director of the Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making, which focuses on modeling and understanding the impact of freight transportation and automotive industry activities and public policies. Dr. Hawker is a member of the ASEE, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Sherra Kerns, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Paige Smith, University of Maryland; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

these questions. Rather we seek to use ourdiscussion to stimulate further study.Diversity in Graduate ProgramsIncreasing the number of underrepresented students in graduate programs is inherentlymore difficult than at the undergraduate level. Many undergraduate programs areadministered at the college level, where resources for supporting diversity can be usedmore efficiently and assessment can be supported more easily. At the graduate level,admission decisions and support for developing study groups or other communityactivities are more likely to be focused at the department level or even at the level of anindividual professor's laboratory, so it may be more difficult for students inunderrepresented groups to meet one another and to develop

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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Educational Research and Methods

, and professional skills in diverse inengineering environments. This paper describes the University of Southern California, Viterbi School ofEngineering’s response to this important National Academy of Engineering challenge. Thispaper will describe both curricular research and metrics associated with global preparedness forworking in diverse engineering contexts. In this study, engineering students receivedinterdisciplinary globally focused training via their coursework and laboratory experiences andwere assessed as to their preparedness to work in global workforces and research environments.A global preparedness index was developed and administered to assess the impact of theseeducational and research experience with a summative focus

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Innovation, International Cooperation, and Social Entrepreneurship

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; William Hurley, Villanova University; Edmond Dougherty, Villanova University; James Klingler, Villanova University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

excited and inspired thestudents and taught them much about the process of innovation.One of the key concepts we wanted to drive home to the students was that theentrepreneurial spirit does not reside exclusively in small start up firms, but that sameexcitement, attitude and vision can be found in businesses of all sizes and maturity levels.In fact, the entrepreneurial force is a key component in the continued success of some ofthe largest businesses in the world. To illustrate the point, a field trip to the AdvancedTechnology Laboratory (ATL) of Lockheed Martin Corporation was arranged to providethe students the opportunity to see intrapreneurship in action. A Lockheed managerexplained that encouraging intrapreneurship is a key goal in ATL’s

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Harding, Purdue University; Benjamin Scott, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

dissipation (i.e., attenuation wouldbe proportional to the distance from the speaker instead of the square of the distance from thespeaker).Other possibilities include measuring electrical-to-sound power conversion efficiency and addinga digital signal processor (DSP) to create sound effects, such as reverb, bass/trebleboost/attenuation, etc. This would be a fun addition to a course that teaches DSP.ConclusionOverall this project experience was positive. Our local department now has a useful piece of testequipment to use in conjunction with some laboratory activities, and it doubles for show-and-tellduties at recruiting events, open houses, etc. It was encouraging to find some small businesses inthe area that are very willing to support our program

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Clara Fang, University of Hartford

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Civil Engineering

. I then incorporate the projects into my class lecturesand laboratory tutoring so that the students have the theoretical background and necessary skills Page 14.342.3to complete all components of the project. A description of two projects is provided below: 21) Land Surveying Project in CE 250 Geomatics (Sophomore Level)In the past two years, sophomore students have conducted several projects involving landsurveying on the University’s conservation easements. As an example, shown in Figure 1, thesurveying area includes 12 sectors (A-L) and the sectors

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

. The modular curriculumThe EE curriculum is a modular one as follows: Module Description Credits at least Core Modules 8 Theoretical and Practical Engineering Pedagogy 6 Laboratory Methodology 2 Theory Modules 4 Psychology and Sociology 3 Ethics (1 credit) or Intercultural competencies (1 credit) 1 Practice Modules

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

disabilitieswhile the lectures and discussions will center on the impact of disabilities as well as thepsychosocial aspects of those disabilities. The sensitivity training module includes roleplaying and simulation to explore the interaction of a student with a disability and his/herenvironment. The workshop will also focus on the barriers to learning that are oftenapparent yet frequently overlooked within the classroom, laboratories, campus, andcommunity.School teachers are continually challenged with their task to teach 30 or more students,four or more times a day. If we add to that task the need to accommodate a student with adisability, then the challenge may become overwhelming and may cause the teacher to beless effective. The goal of the workshops

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Weese, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

objective of EI courses is to enhance the critical ability of citizens tocomprehend technological systems, to improve their abilities to make intelligent choices.The EI courses should include most of the following characteristics: ≠ Contain well-founded engineering principles; ≠ Relate to engineered systems with which students readily identify, ≠ Involve good science, introductory-level analysis, economics, societal/environmental impact, and such topics as global engagement, ethics, and cultural aspects; ≠ Provide, as appropriate, hands-on laboratory experiences; ≠ Require well-conceived reports based on literature and database searches that include critical assessments and elements of analysis; and ≠ Include basic

Conference Session

Outreach and Hands-on Materials

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Bahr, Washington State University

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Materials

were primarily distributed around thestate to three junior high school teachers in conjunction with visits from the WSU students.Initial anecdotal feedback has been quite positive. Kit distribution is continuing in the 2008-9academic year to another five schools.Acknowledgements The fabrication, development, and distribution of these kits would not have been possiblewithout the financial support of the ASM International Foundation, HiRel Laboratories, CastleMetals, Pacific Metals and Recycling, and the DeVlieg Foundation. The students whoconstructed, tested, and delivered these kits across Washington include Kale Stephenson, SarahMiller, Monica Zosel, Nicole Overman, David Koch, Megan Dahl, Stefhanni Jennerjohn, andmany others from the

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Walchko, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

set-up.3. Study Results This “no numbers” methodology was implemented in an undergraduate dynamics coursewithout any laboratories, only lecture style classes. At first, only a partial “no numbers” conceptteaching method was use. That is, only the examinations were created and administered in the“no numbers” format. The homework problems and in class examples still had numbers andforced the students to utilize some type of solving routine to determine a final numerical answerto a given dynamics problem. As time and computer access were not an issue on homeworkproblems, it was determined that a “complete” analysis of a particular dynamics problem wasbeneficial to the students learning and understanding. The “no numbers” exams were

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Shek, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert Hendricks, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

development of hands-on learning materials since 2003. Page 14.960.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Podcast Tutorials on PSpice and Lab-in-a-BoxAbstractAn approach has been developed to provide students with 24-hour access to multimedia tutorialsfrom a department website using a readily available means to distribution – podcasts. Tutorialshave been developed to cover select topics in PSpice as well as to address issues commonlyencountered when using the hardware and the software oscilloscope used in an introductorycircuits lab course, which is not taught in the traditional classroom laboratory environment

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Rahrooh, University of Central Florida; Scott Shepard, University of Central Florida; Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University

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International

University of Central Florida. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from Kansas State University in 1979; and a M.S., and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, in 1981 and 1992 respectively. From 1980 to 1986 he was a Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories. His research interests currently include quantum optics, nonlinear dynamics, communication and control system performance assessment and refinement, solar energy, and optical sensors.Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M University Walter W. Buchanan is J.R. Thompson Chair Professor and Department Head of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A

Conference Session

Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

levels. At the undergraduatelevel, income from out-of-state tuition payments provided important financial resources,as well as providing diversity of perspectives in the classroom and on campus. At thegraduate level, foreign students typically filled teaching assistant and research assistantpositions, providing necessary classroom and laboratory support for faculty members.Graduate students from abroad have been particularly important in engineering andscience, at a time when too few American students chose to enter these difficult fields ofstudy. And the foreign graduates of master’s and doctoral programs in engineering andscience have provided a necessary and desirable flow of employees to American firms –particularly those in the high tech

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

Teaching Methods for Surveying and EngineeringGraphics,” Proceedings of Mi-Atlantic Conference, Kean University, NJ 2003b.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques To Teach Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory,” Proceedings of theASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT 2004.5. Mehta, Y. A. “Innovative Techniques to Teach Transportation Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE AnnualConference, Chicago, IL 2006.6. Mehta, Y. A and Riddell, W. “Dynamics Course for Sections with both Civil and Mechanical Engineers”Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 2007. Page 14.517.7

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harley Hartman, P.E., Pennsylvania State University, York; Peter Idowu, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

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Electrical and Computer

, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 3831, 2000, p 252-2582. Burewicz, Andrzej; Miranowicz, Nikodem, Categorization of Visualization Tools in Aspects of Chemical Research and Education, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, v 88, n 5, Jun 20, 2002, Proceedings of the 2001 Fock School on Quantum and Computational Chemistry, p 549-563.3. Haque, M.E., Interactive animation and visualization in a virtual soil mechanics laboratory, Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, v 1, 2001, p T1C/5-T1C/9.4. Lawrence, Dale A.; Pao, Lucy Y.; Lee, Christopher D.; Novoselov, Roman Y., Synergistic Visual/Haptic Rendering Modes for Scientific Visualization, IEEE Computer Graphics and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton; Roy McGrann, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-902: IMPROVING AN ABET COURSE ASSESSMENT PROCESS THATINVOLVES MARKER PROBLEMS AND PROJECTSBruce Murray, State University of New York, Binghamton Bruce T. Murray is a professor of mechanical engineering at the State University of New York at Binghamton and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the ME Department. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in ME from Rutgers University in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in ME from the University of Arizona in 1986. Earlier in his career he was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories where he was involved in system thermal management and reliability. He also was a research engineer at the National Institute of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Herkert, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Jameson Wetmore, Arizona State University; Heather Canary, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University

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Liberal Education

Ethics & Computer Ethics: methods and concepts from Computer Ethics with significant implications for engineering research and practice such as intellectual property, privacy, and safety-critical systemsPlans call for the online modules to be piloted in a graduate engineering course in earth systemsmanagement as well as a graduate course in ethics and emerging technologies.Model IV – Ethics and the LabThis model is based on the idea that scientists and engineers sometimes disregard traditionalethics training in the classroom because they don’t see how the lessons could pertain to theirdaily work or how the ethics instructor could understand their situation. Holding these sessionsin laboratories where the students are comfortable

Conference Session

Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Parhum Delgoshaei, Virginia Tech; Chelsea Green, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

programming environment d. If programming is not a major component of the course, then assigning a programming project involving a student competition is perhaps not a good idea, particularly if the class includes a significant number of students with prior programming experiences.LabVIEW ProgrammingLabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) is a visualprogramming language from the National Instruments. LabVIEW uses a dataflow programmingmodel in which the output of each computation node is calculated when all the inputs aredetermined for that node. The calculations take place concurrently for nodes that do not have adata dependency. LabVIEW has been used in educational settings for implementing capstonedesign

Conference Session

Collaboration, A Cool Tool: Librarians/Faculty/Students Work Together for Quality Results

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jameson Detweiler, Drexel University; Cody Ray, Drexel University; Andrew Cebulski, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University

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Engineering Libraries

collaborationbetween students, faculty, librarians and outside contributors as well as ensure the sustainabilityof the project in coming years.The Smart House is a student-led, multidisciplinary project to retrofit an existing house to be aliving-laboratory. The house will be a platform for testing innovations in the areas of energy,health, environment, interaction, and lifestyle. The ultimate goal of the organization is toimprove the quality of life for those living and working in an urban residential setting. TheSmart House is a collaborative design project not only across different disciplines, but alsoacross student year and domain knowledge levels. This collaboration produces a wide array ofstudent information needs and presents a unique opportunity for

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Thuriya Rajkumar, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

director withquestions and concerns.2.2 Overview of the ProcessThe process overview section describes what the IPPD program is and how it operates, thegeneral philosophy of the approach, and the benefits of industry participation. The overviewemphasizes the educational aspects of the IPPD program. It is important to reinforce thateducational success is the primary mission and that project success is secondary.The IPPD program provides both classroom and laboratory experience that show: ≠ How fundamental engineering science is relevant to effective product and process design ≠ That design involves not just product function but also manufacturability, cost, schedule, reliability, quality, customer preferences and life cycle issues ≠ How to

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

program outcomes (Criterion 2, a-k).3 Text Citation and Full textbook citation (if applicable) and any additional Study Materials reference materials issued to the student.4 Homework Self explanatory. Assignments and Samples of Student Work5 Projects and Self explanatory. Samples of Student Work6 Laboratory Self explanatory. Experiments and Samples of Student Work7 Exams and Self explanatory. Samples of Student Work8 Course-level Behind this tab is an end of semester summary sheet Assessments that organized by course objective (see sample form, Figure 1). Contribute to For each course objective, an assessment instrument

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Gilbert, Iowa State University; Pam Shill, Iowa State University; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University

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Information Systems

the middle of the summer, internsusually begin scheduling and coordinating their own extracurricular events. These activities arecritical to the team building and warm environment fostered at SPIRE-EIT.The Research EnvironmentThe architecture and interior design of the SPIRE-EIT research environment promotes opendiscussion and teamwork. The laboratory is located in the Engineering Teaching and ResearchComplex (ETRC), central to Iowa State University’s efforts to strengthen engineering education,research, and outreach. The workspace consists of five “pods” of three computers, one pod foreach research team of three participants. The space is open and flexible with the one wall servingas a whiteboard and projection space for five different

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University

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Electrical and Computer

I and II sequence.This course deals with the fundamentals of Linear Systems.We cover topics such as description and analysis of continuous-time anddiscrete-time signals and systems, differential equations and difference equations,convolution, Z-transforms, transfer function. The Fourier Series, Fourier Transforms, FourierIntegral, etc. (see course outline for more details).In short, there are five main parts to this course:1. Continuous-Time (CT) Signals,2. Continuous-Time (CT) Systems3. Fourier Series4. Transforms (Laplace, Fourier, Z)5. Discrete-Time (DT) Signals6. Discrete-Time (DT) SystemsLab ContentsThe laboratory part of the course consists of five laboratory assignments. Some of the labsrequire the use of MATLAB. The titles of the

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Heffner, Lehigh University; Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University; Steve Martin, Iowa State University; Kathleen Richardson, Clemson University; Eric Skaar, Clemson University

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Graduate Studies

AC 2009-2429: MULTI-INSTITUTION TEAM TEACHING (MITT): A NOVELAPPROACH TO HIGHLY SPECIALIZED GRADUATE EDUCATIONWilliam Heffner, Lehigh University Bill Heffner is the associate director of the International Materials Institute for Glass at Lehigh University where he has been since 2004. In this position he facilitates research exchanges promoting new functionality for glass and is developing an e-based glass learning curriculum for the glass research community as well as developing hands on experiments for the young science enthusiasts.Prior to this current role, for 25 years he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories and Agere Systems as a distinguished member of technical staff. Bill has taught

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hahn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Alan Hansen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 14.840.10example with the aid of photographs. In addition, some knowledge about laboratory andworkshop facilities in South Africa beforehand would have been useful in terms of preparationsrelated to fabrication and construction work. From a communication standpoint, more than onevideo conference was regarded as necessary and holding such a conference soon after theformation of the teams was recommended. It was also suggested that more regularcommunication between team members be prescribed either via email or through group phone orweb-based conferences.There was also a suggestion to build in more social time with the South African students, forexample inviting them to socialize at the bed and breakfast facility. With respect to

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audra Morse, Texas Tech

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Environmental Engineering

University, TAs have been employed to coverundergraduate lecture courses in addition to the laboratory classes typically taught by TAs, due Page 14.223.3to the departure of faculty and the hiring of new faculty with reduced teaching loads. To help theTAs, the author of this article taught a special topics course during the spring 2008 semesterbased on the ExCEEd teaching model. The purpose of the course was to introduce and exposeTAs to the ExCEEd teaching model and assess teaching effectiveness. Topics of the ExCEEdmodel were presented at weekly class meetings. TAs were observed at the beginning and endingof the semester to assess each TAs

Conference Session

Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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First-Year Programs

recruitment and retention efforts of the department and program.Besides the technical skills to be acquired, one of the purposes of these courses is viewedto be enticing the student in the field of study, motivating them to learn more, and in turnstay with the program. In a continuously demographically changing classroom,instructors face the challenge of adjusting the content of the course and the projects suchthat both the lecture and laboratory assignments are suitable, interesting, and useful forall types of students; these students include traditional recent high-school graduatestudents, transfer students with some prior college course credit, professional students,and other mature students.In the classical style of teaching this course, it has

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Fleming, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Vedant Jain, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Page 14.688.2axis. In the emulation mode, the simulation is performed on the computer hardware that willimplement the controller. In this mode the student can ensure their algorithm will run in real time(i.e., the algorithm’s execution time is less than the sample period). In the implementation mode,the controller is deployed on the hardware system and experimental data is gathered. The RDSprovides the interface needed to operate the controller in these three modes.There has been an abundance of work in developing hardware control laboratories including, toname only a few, double tank system [1], inverted pendulum [2], inverted double pendulum[3,4], triple inverted pendulum [5], and ball and beam [6], ball and beam on a roller [7].However

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Manufacturing

Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA) suggest that many of the most serious machine related injuries could have beenprevented by proper guarding. Studies have found that degreed engineers, many of whom haveresponsibility for machine safety, are either uneducated or poorly educated on the subject ofmachine guarding and safety standards.A significant challenge to exploring machine guarding in the classroom is the inability to allowstudents to safely explore guarding problems in an independent and hands-on environment.First, Students are not necessarily qualified to operate such machines. Second, it is not advisableto create a laboratory environment in which students are allowed to operate and test machinesthat have been made deliberately