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Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-82: WEST AFRICAN TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, ANDRECIPROCITY IMPLEMENTATION IN BENINBradley Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Bradley A. Striebig is an associate professor of Engineering at James Madison University. He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University, where he was the head of the Environmental Technology Group at the Applied research Laboratory. Prior to accepting a position to develop the engineering program at James Madison University, Brad was a faculty member in the Civil Engineering department at Gonzaga University. He has worked on various water projects throughout the US and in Benin and Rwanda.Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University Susan

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Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

program received local approval to hire two tenure-track assistantprofessors to start in August 2007 and one tenured-track assistant professor to start inAugust 2008 to replace the visiting associate professor.The August 2008 hire brought the faculty total to six with an average time of nine monthsat UT Tyler when the self-study was submitted. The faculty team had an average time offive months at UT Tyler when the ABET record year began. Can a program successfullyprepare and pass an ABET visit in one and one-half years with no current assessmentprocess in place, one tenure track assistant professor on staff, and teaching the seniorlevel courses for the first time during the ABET record year? This paper does not presenttraditional educational

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College; Gary Welton, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

-learningsoftware makes it more likely for them to “drift off.”We recently completed a campus-wide study of student motivation. In this paper, we present theresults of that study, and report on the relationship motivation has with student satisfaction. Webegin with a description of the campus technology supporting education.2. Campus Teaching TechnologyGrove City College (GCC) is a private, comprehensive college now in its 16th year of a 1:1computing program. Currently, the college provides an HP Tablet PC (tc4400) to all its nearly2500 students and the majority of its faculty. For these students and faculty, the Tablet PC istheir sole computing platform. It is common for students to use the Tablet PC both inside andoutside the classroom, including

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Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

requiresmajor curriculum redesign and/or major expenditures on laboratory equipment. After this astudent would need to take the course and could still be up to two years away from his or her firstposition. In simple terms we often need to look four or more years into the future to predict whatwill be cutting edge as our students enter the workforce. This problem has long guaranteed thatthere is a lag between industry need and graduate knowledge. Although some futuredevelopments are easily foreseen, many are not. To identify developments that can impactproduction within five to ten years we look to private and public researchers. Through their workthey develop new solutions to old problems, and to develop innovations that redefine what wecan do, and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Richter, Virginia Tech; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design.Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech LISA D. McNAIR is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech and co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). She is co-PI on several NSF-funded projects that explore issues of learning, practicing and teaching

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Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University

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Environmental Engineering

teaching materials hasbeen lead by environmental engineering programs and faculty, mining engineering was the onlyprogram criteria which specifically mentioned all three component concepts of sustainability.IntroductionRecently, sustainability has evolved as a discipline in its own right. Universities have developedgraduate programs where the focus of study centers on sustainability, such as master’s programsat the Rochester Institute of Technology1 and the University of Michigan2. However, institutionsmust not make the mistake of focusing upon the evolution of sustainability into a stand-alonediscipline, while neglecting the integration of sustainability related classes and concepts into allprograms of engineering. A compelling argument for the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

AC 2009-2325: BIOENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BANKClaire Komives, San Jose State UniversityErik Fernandez, University of Virginia Page 14.278.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 BIOENGINEERING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS BANKAbstractThe BioEngineering Educational Materials Bank is a web repository of biological applicationsthat can be used in undergraduate chemical engineering courses. A Phase I Course, Curriculumand Laboratory Improvement project has been carried out including the development of thewebsite and beta testing in chemical engineering programs across the country. The presentationwill provide a description of the website, outcomes of the beta

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Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, a research two-semester course is introduced in the freshman year. Thecourse is a small-scale model of the senior capstone project. The main objective of the course isto improve student retention and to recruit more students to one of the engineering clubs. Thefocus of the course is to introduce students to the project management skills. The majordifference between this course and the senior capstone project course is the technical level of thestudents. To overcome that, the theoretical part of the project was assigned to a sophomore levelcourse where these students have the needed technical skills for the project. The course wasoffered as a one-hour lecture for the first semester and three-hour laboratory during the secondsemester. The

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas, Austin; Jessica Jimenez, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberly Sills, Intel(r) Higher Education Program Manager

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Minorities in Engineering

uniqueopportunity to establish strong links with faculty, gain hands-on laboratory experience, anddevelop an appreciation for research careers in academia and industry. TREX participantsreceive a $2,600 research stipend ($1,300 per semester) and are required to spend an average of10-14 hours per week on his/her research project throughout the fall and spring semesters. Inaddition, TREX participants are required to submit: (1) a research plan; (2) monthly progressreports; (3) a daily research journal; and (4) a final written report. Finally, TREX participantsare expected to attend weekly seminars/group meetings and prepare a poster and oralpresentation.Since Fall 2001, 97 students have participated in TREX. The retention rate in engineering forTREX

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Greta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-518: DEVELOPING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ DESIGN SKILLSUSING ON-LINE VIDEO MODULES AND ACTIVE-LEARNING EXERCISESKatie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, MadisonGreta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, MadisonNaomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, MadisonWendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison Page 14.460.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Undergraduate Engineering Students Auxiliary Design Skills via Online Video Modules and Active Learning ExercisesAbstractBiomedical Engineering undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison participate insix semesters of engineering design. In addition to engineering design aptitude

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Alfrey, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Educational Research and Methods

appropriate for any assignment – in any class – that includes an open-endedproblem-solving component, including laboratory and design-oriented assignments.Moreover, the rubric can be used to track the development of critical-thinking skills asstudents progress through the curriculum. It is not expected that a freshman – or even theaverage senior – will score at the “Accomplished” level. Rather, instructors must decidewhat level of performance is reasonable for students in their class, and assign gradesaccordingly: freshmen may be expected to perform somewhere between the “Beginning”and “Developing” level, for example, with seniors expected to perform consistently at the“Competent” level. Applying this rubric to assignments at multiple points in

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Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to enrich teaching and learning. She works in all aspects of education including design and development, faculty training, learner support, and evaluation. Contact k.schmidt@mail.utexas.eduRichard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Dr. RICHARD H. CRAWFORD is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He is also Director of the Design Projects Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He received his BSME from Louisiana State University in 1982, and his MSME in 1985 and Ph.D. in 1989, both from Purdue University. He teaches courses in mechanical engineering design and geometric

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Linda Thurman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.William Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte William Heybruck received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2001. Prior to becoming the Director of the UNC Charlotte College of Engineering Industrial Solutions Laboratory he was a Senior Engineer for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies specializing in the Microdrive and automotive hard disk drives. Prior to Hitachi, he was Product Development Manager for the Wireless products at IBM. He has three patents in the field of test technology.Daniel Hoch, University

Conference Session

New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Adam Morris, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2009-423: SIMPLIFIED MANAGEMENT ZONES FROM ANALYSES ANDMAPPING OF MULTIPLE YEARS OF SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED HARVESTDATAAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Prior to joining UMES he worked in Turabo University in San Juan , PR as well as Duke University in Durham North Carolina as Assistant Professor and Research Assistant Professor, respectively. Dr. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, robotics, systems and control, remote

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Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Manufacturing

in that study can be used inconjunction with a virtual laboratory environment to facilitate learning.The problems faced in the SafetyNET study illustrate a broader problem that faces machinesafety training throughout both academia and industry. It is evident that engineering studentsand industry professionals are not receiving adequate training with regard to the requirements ofmachine guarding and safety. For engineering education to be improved in this area, facultymust recognize the importance of this material as an explicit component of the curriculum.Additionally, for the subject to be taught effectively, schools must be equipped with appropriateresources to safely teach students about machine safety.Until recently, the latter problem

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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E James Nelson, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University; Lourdes Manley, Brigham Young University; Oscar Dzul, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas; Joshua Draper, Brigham Young University

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International

attributes are mainly what the MESAprogram focuses to teach and assess in the students that enroll in the study abroad.The MESA course has its beginnings from internally funded grants that allowed some students totravel to Egypt and Chile to help train civil engineers in the use of water modeling softwaredeveloped by the Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory (EMRL) at BYU. In March of2005, a similar trip to Mexico was received with deep interest and led to an ongoing relationshipwith the University of Zacatecas (UAZ). This partnership has subsequently expanded to includeITESO University in Guadalajara. Because the benefits derived from the grants included thedevelopment of global engineering attributes in students that participated, an official

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doug Kueker, Vivayvic; Pam Newberry, Project Lead the Way

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-mail: dkueker@vivayic.comPam Newberry, Project Lead the Way The Director of Strategic Curriculum Initiatives for Project Lead The Way, Inc. Prior to joining Project Lead The Way, Inc., in July 2002, she served as the Associate Director for the International Technology Education Association?s Technology for All Americans Project for five years. She taught technology education and mathematics for 10 years. During that time, she was an Albert Einstein Fellow in 1996 and received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching in 1994. Address: 177 Stone Meadow Lane, Wytheville, VA 24382 Telephone: (276) 228-6502 E-mail: pampltw@embarqmail.com

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Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

Logistics Improvement Leader in the After-market Division at Cummins Engine Ltd. He received his B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2006 at Anna University in India and his M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida in 2008. He served as a Teaching Assistant at UF for the Industrial & Energy Management course and helped the professor revise the course syllabus to create a more interactive research based learning methodology for the students. He is actively involved as an alumni with the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and the Indian Student Association (ISA) at UF. Thuriya's main interest lies in continuous improvement and Lean in Global

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

the practice of engineering or its teaching for innovation. As a long-term consequence, U.S. research-oriented graduate engineering education has become world preeminent and is excellent for the graduate education of future academic scientists for basic research. But a ‘disconnect’ exists in professional graduate engineering education for the creative practice of engineering at too many of the nation’s universities ─ contributing to the long-term underdevelopment of the nation’s graduate engineers and sequential decline of U.S. engineering for innovation. As Eric Walker, pointed out years ago: “Teaching research isn’t teaching engineering.”16 The National Collaborative Task Force reaffirms Christopher Hill’s assessment

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

this new curriculum in 1997.10 The program was successful inincreasing retention and graduation rates in our engineering disciplines. Recently, we updated theIEC in order to address several factors described by the National Academy of Engineering’sreport: The Engineer of 2020.11 The newly implemented curriculum relies on a concept entitledLiving With the Lab (LWTL).The Living with the Lab ConceptIn the traditional laboratory and shop settings, faculty members or technical staff mustensure that the required equipment is ready and that supplies are on hand so that project activitiescan be performed and/or data can be collected. While it’s possible for energetic faculty membersto guide students through creative design projects and laboratory

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, College of Engineering, Michigan State University. Dr. Sticklen also serves as the College Coordinator for engineering education research, and is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, MSU. Dr. Sticklen has lead a laboratory in knowledge-based systems focused on task specific approaches to problem solving. More recently, Dr. Sticklen has pursued engineering education research focused on early engineering; his current research is supported by NSF/DUE and NSF/ CISE.Daina Briedis, Michigan State University Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr

Conference Session

Introduction to Materials Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

point of emphasis that seems to fallsomewhere between plea and demand. “It is extremely important that you read the textbook”, henotes. “It is very difficult for you to understand the concepts and succeed in this class withoutreading the text and attending all lectures.”As he sets the syllabus aside, the instructor expresses his desire for the class to work hard andenjoy the semester of materials science. He then pauses for a moment. “But above all else,” henotes, “I would like you use this course to become a more creative, more innovative engineer.”BackgroundCollege instructors have been struggling with a lack of creative skill development in theirstudents for many decades. Creativity is by no means a new topic in teaching and learning, but

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

real world and that teaching mustincorporate practice and hands-on learning [4].” Both the IIT and MSOE program are excellentexamples of integrating hands-on learning into the curriculum.Entrepreneurial curriculums now include experiential learning as an integral part of exposing thestudent to the entrepreneurial mindset. At Lawrence Tech, we have created an entrepreneurialcurriculum that integrates experiential learning in our senior projects, community outreach, planttours, E-Teams and laboratory environments. Our students participate in activities that provideexperiential learning. We are now working on integrating entrepreneurial content into 30 existingcourses. This includes the opportunity to link “theory and practice” through the

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University; Davis Harbour, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University; Danny Eddy, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

-loop control of the system, as well as provide a user interface where key system parameters aredisplayed. As part of our integrated freshman curriculum, this project provides hands-onexperience to accompany traditional approaches to teaching science and engineeringfundamentals including conservation of mass and energy, basic salt-water chemistry and electriccircuitry. Assessment of the skills imparted through this project is provided using before andafter survey data measuring student confidence in designing, fabricating and testing a workingelectro-mechanically controlled system. Page 14.56.2Introduction Engineering educators who are

Conference Session

Information Literacy Integration and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College; Rocco Piccinino, Smith College

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Engineering Libraries

aninformation literacy quiz-tutorial online.10 The college is in the process of improving this aspectof the first-year information literacy program to ensure a larger number of students receive thispreliminary learning opportunity in information literacy. This paper focuses on the second-semester first year course that builds on these preliminary skills and provides a basis for moreadvanced learning within the major. Later courses address other aspects of information literacyin the context of laboratories, design, and engineering analysis in a variety of areas. Thecapstone design course utilizes information literacy skills on a real-world design project for a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 14.61.3research is then positioned for commercialization and put into practical use. Any efforts pushingtechnology commercialization at the university level must include a strict focus on developing aselect subset of faculty as entrepreneurs and applied researchers.Many critics of faculty and student led startup initiatives from research activities assume thatthere is a conflict of interest between university researchers and institutions that promoteentrepreneurial activities. They argue that faculty who pursue applied research for technologytransfer and commercialization purposes may neglect the university’s primary foci of teaching,service and academics. The enactment of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980, which gave USuniversities, small

Conference Session

ERM Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Laura Lund, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

students to take a course in fluid mechanics (CEE 1402) with and accompanying lab. This course teaches principles that prepare engineers to basic design fluid mechanic design, such pumping systems, pipe systems, open channel flow, etc. The project was to help in the development of laboratory experiments designed to improve student learning of basic fluids concepts. Project will involve design and construction of various experiments requiring the use of the machine shop.J) Freshman Engineering Program, University of Pittsburgh. The project was to Design & Develop an Online Interactive Scholarship Information WebsiteBased on the experiences and the modifications the students had with these projects and our newgoals, we found

Conference Session

Exploring Retention

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

Engineering students. This program was introduced during the 2007-2008 academic year. Dr. Cassady is an elected member of the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy, and he has received numerous teaching awards including the Charles and Nadine Baum Faculty Teaching Award from the University of Arkansas (2006) and the inaugural Imhoff Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Engineering (2005). Dr. Cassady is a Senior Member of IIE and a member of Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, ASEE, INFORMS, and SRE. Dr. Cassady received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., all in Industrial and Systems Engineering, from Virginia Tech.Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas Dr. Sean W. Mulvenon is a professor of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hak Tam, University of California, Santa Barbara; Gary Hansen, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sally Blomstrom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Peter Robinson, Utah Valley University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

education hasalso migrated to engineering schools 2-7. This seems to be a logical development. In fact, it hasbeen reported that engineering entrepreneurship graduates have more new business start-ups thantheir business school counter-parts 8. Meanwhile, educators have voiced different opinions on what should be taught inentrepreneurship programs 9-12. The modality of delivery and the objectives of entrepreneurshipeducation is another area of lively discussion 11-18. Learning style is a much covered field ineducation 19. Matching teaching with learning style has also been addressed in the literature 20.While it is important that there is substantive content in any educational program, perhaps themore interesting question for educators in

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Management

engineering (IE) tendto focus on management of a process within specific engineering disciplines, and, like SE, areconcerned with operational decisions. This is in contrast to management of technology (MOT)programs that focus on traditional management techniques with application to technology assets,not engineering processes as with SE and IE. The opposite approach from SE is an MBAprogram that teaches pure management theory without application to any specific discipline. EMprograms straddle the gap between these approaches, emphasizing the management of allengineering disciplines and overlapping slightly with IE and MOT. Figure 1, adapted fromKotnour and Farr6, presents a visual of this overlap