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Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zorica Nedic, University of South Australia; Andrew Nafalski, University of South Australia; Ozdemir Gol, University of South Australia; Jan Machotka, University of South Australia

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Electrical and Computer

-on university by further advancing the practical Page 14.90.3component of student experience in all programs and courses. As a result, all courses have beenreviewed with an aim to expand and to improve quality of the practical component in courseswhere it has already existed and to introduce experiential learning in courses which did not haveit.As part of this process, the practical component of the first year course Introduction to ElectricalEngineering was reviewed and a Teaching and Learning Grants were obtained in 2005 and 2006to develop a project based laboratory that would replace the set of five independent laboratoryexperiments in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Scott VanderStoep, Hope College

four or more courses persemester. Faculty have little time for course or laboratory development. There is limitedlaboratory support staff and budgets to buy and maintain equipment. While many communitycolleges exist, the relentless teaching demands on the faculty, and geographic separation tend toresult in community college engineering faculty working in a state of relative isolation. Anyeffort to attract students into engineering through community colleges must contend with thesechallenges.Topics Cited as Appealing by Non-Engineering StudentsBased on experience from technological literacy courses for non-engineers [2,3,6-8], particulartopics or characteristics have been found to attract the interest of the non-engineering student.These are

Conference Session

International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Aliza Williams, Elizabeth City State University; Kerry Krauss, Elizabeth City State University; Amir Rezaei, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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International

knowledge of a large number of diverseundergraduate students in the area of PLC usage and robotics. Also it promotes the use of remotecontrol laboratory and maximizes utilization of equipment and facilities.Online enrollment in higher education classes has been increasing at a substantially higher ratethan overall enrollment for several years. More than 3.5 million students took at least one onlineclass in 2006 an increase of almost 10% from the previous year1. However, the teaching oftechnical disciplines often requires the use of costly laboratory materials which are frequentlybeyond the reach of some universities. Particularly, under developed countries, with insufficientbudgets have the major challenge of absorbing the cost of remaining

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; Ramesh Chawla, Howard University

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Electrical and Computer

laboratory, and computer-aided design for undergraduate engineering education.Ramesh Chawla, Howard University Dr. RAMESH C. CHAWLA is Chair and professor of chemical engineering at Howard University. He has over thirty years of experience in teaching, research and industrial consulting in the fields of chemical and environmental engineering. His research and teaching interests include reaction engineering, separation processes, environmental engineering, and physical, chemical and biological treatment of hazardous wastes. Page 14.830.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009LABORATORY

Conference Session

Laboratory Development and Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Burian, University of Utah; Alfred Kalyanapu, University of Utah; Dasch Houdeshel, University of Utah; David Judi, University of Utah; Christine Pomeroy, University of Utah

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Civil Engineering

course at the University of Utah hashighlighted the need to specifically improve the linkage of lab experiments to class examples andprofessional practice. The virtual laboratory concept may be configured to meet this need inaddition to facilitating distance education and providing review of laboratory procedures andconcepts.The idea of a virtual lab environment to aid teaching and learning makes sense, but to beeffectively integrated into an existing course it must not substantially increase student timecommitment to the course. The laboratory core objectives related to data analysis andcommunications (writing) must remain the focus of the report writing outside of the lab session.A virtual lab environment must be streamlined to provide

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Engineering Technology

received his M.S. and Ph.D. from SIUC in 1991 and 2002 respectively. He teaches courses in electric power and machinery, industrial automation, and electric circuits. His research interests include power systems economics, power markets, and electric energy management. Page 14.748.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrated Simulation and Assessment Software for Programmable Logic Controller Laboratory InstructionAbstractProviding students with engaging laboratory experiences in sequential process control ischallenging. Simple training devices that use lights and switches to

Conference Session

Critical issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Michael Mauk, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

manufacturing processesin industries as diverse as microelectronics, automotive, aerospace, materials processing, biomedical,and energy conversion.8,9There is already a significant amount of course, curricular, and laboratory development workoccurring at U.S. universities and community colleges in an effort to introduce science, engineering,and technology students to nanotechnology concepts and applications. Also, there are currentlyprograms to teach engineering technology students various nanoscale research tools, such as atomicforce microscopy (AFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), and optical characterization, as used in R&D laboratories.10 However, very little in the wayof nanomanufacturing principles

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC; Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Amin Karim, DeVry University; Gary Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-2163: SIMULATION-BASED VIRTUAL AND HYBRID LABORATORIESFOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS EDUCATIONYakov Cherner, ATeL, LLC YAKOV E. CHERNER, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of ATEL, LLC. He combines over 25 years of teaching experience with extensive experience in writing curricula and developing educational software and efficient instructional strategies. Dr. Cherner develops new concepts and simulation-based e-learning tools for STEM education that use real-world objects, processes and learning situations as the context for science, engineering and technology investigations. He also proposed and implemented the pioneering concept of integrated adjustable virtual laboratories and designed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

in industry. The objectives of thisresearch are to explore the types of cognition and social interactions of student teams as theyengage in these virtual laboratories, to determine the role of instructional design in the responseof student teams, and to ascertain whether virtual laboratories can effectively promote types oflearning that are difficult or impossible to achieve from physical laboratories.Objectives The specific objectives of the NSF CCLI Phase 2 project are to: 1. Create the following learning materials and teaching strategies based on virtual laboratories: A. Enhance the Virtual CVD laboratory by including interactive reflection tools (e.g., interactive lab notebook, a virtual supervisor), improved

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

real data. The labs are conducted in three steps. First, thestudent views a video presentation that explains the overall experiment, how it is set up and how toread and collect the data. Second, each student performs a simulation to enforce the concepts. Fi-nally, each student runs the experiment, collects the data and writes the report. Each set of reportquestions includes calibrated questions that are used to perform formative learning assessment.2 IntroductionThe laboratory experience is considered fundamental in the teaching of science and engineering.Both cost and the need to accommodate off campus students have spurred the use of online educa-tion. There is no present consensus on the value of the learning experience provided by the

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adnaan Jiwaji, MIT; James Hardison, MIT; Kayode P. Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa, Makerere University; Alfred Mwambela, University of Dar-es-Salaam; V. Judson Harward, MIT; Jesús A. del Alamo, MIT; Bryant Harrison, MIT; Samuel Gikandi, MIT

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Electrical and Computer

sensor and© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 environment and has directed research projects focused on intelligent distributed sensor and decision support systems. He co-teaches one of the large undergraduate computing courses at MIT. His research interests include object-oriented application design and distributed multimedia.Jesús A. del Alamo, MIT Jesus A. del Alamo received a telecommunications engineer degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain in 1980 and MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California in 1983 and 1985, respectively. From 1985 to 1988 he was with NTT LSI Laboratories in Atsugi (Japan

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University; Philip Harding, Oregon State University; Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

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Educational Research and Methods

disciplines. Dr. Harding has 15 years of professional experience in the oil, pulp and paper, and microelectronics industries and holds several patents. His primary objective is to prepare students for the work force by providing them context for applying their technical training, developing their written and oral communication skills, and building leadership skills.Edith Gummer, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Edith Gummer is the Director of the Classroom-Focused Research and Evaluation Program for the Center for Classroom Teaching and Learning at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. She coordinated the structure of the research design and the data collection and analysis

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Wagner, Clemson University; Katie Knaub, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors

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Mechanical Engineering

Laboratory AssessmentTo evaluate each laboratory experiment, an assessment tool will be administered at theconclusion of the given exercise to gather student feedback. The assessment document (refer to Page 14.1271.16Appendix) has been divided into four areas. The first three segments seek information regardingthe performance of the laboratory teaching assistants (Questions 1-2), student work load anddifficulty for the laboratory (Questions 3-4), and whether the assignment reinforced engineeringconcepts and student skills (writing, software, statistics, design and conducting experiments) perQuestions 5-10. The responses are entered on a strongly

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in ET: Remote and Virtual Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Nankivell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Engineering Technology

in combination with their impact on students, teachers, researchers,and the curriculum.Virtual Laboratories have taken on many forms and delivery methods over the years. Theinternet is the new medium of choice for (VL) delivery but the introduction of new technologieshas provided educators many avenues to creatively develop content and teaching methods. Alongwith the various methods of delivery and forms, the VL has been defined in many ways. Thebalance of this article is divided into the following sections. The second section describes themethodology of the literature review. Section three provides a brief perspective of VL and theirimplementation outside academia. Section four examines case studies of the implementation anddesign of VL

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Butler, Mercer University; William Moses, Mercer University

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Mechanical Engineering

Page 14.52.7engineering laboratories at Mercer University.References1. Engineering Accreditation Commission, “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs—Effective forEvaluations During the 2009—2010 Accreditation Cycle,” ABET, Inc., December 2008.2. Mullisen, R.S. “A mechanical engineering programme categorized into curricular threads,” InternationalJournal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 27, Issue 3, pp. 230-234, July 1999.3. Moller, J.C., Schmahl, K.E., Bardes, B.P, and Shinn, K.D. "Manufacturing Design thread in a manufacturingengineering curriculum," 27th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Teaching and Learning in an Era ofChange, Proceedings, Vol. 3, pp. 1308-1311, 1997.4. Metz, P. O., "MAE 402L, Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ed Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sam Shearman, National Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2009-1230: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LABORATORY PROJECTSFEATURING INTERACTIVE SIMULATION AND VISUALIZATIONEd Doering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Edward Doering received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1992, and has been a member the ECE faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology since 1994. He teaches courses in digital systems, circuits, image processing, and electronic music synthesis, and his research interests include technology-enabled education, image processing, and FPGA-based signal processing.Sam Shearman, National Instruments Sam Shearman is a Senior Product Manager for Signal Processing and Communications at National Instruments

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Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Wentworth, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

recently authored Fundamentals of Electromagnetics with Engineering Applications, by John Wiley & Sons, 2005, and Applied Electromagnetics: Early Transmission Line Approach, by John Wiley & Sons, 2007. and is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications. He has won several teaching-related awards and is a member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education. Page 14.171.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 AM Radio Construction – A Junior

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Henry Christiansen, Brigham Young University; Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Spencer Guthrie, Brigham Young Univeristy; Gaurab Paudel, Brigham Young University

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Mechanics

AC 2009-1417: EFFICIENT TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY ENGINEERINGMECHANICS COURSESHenry Christiansen, Brigham Young University Henry N. Christiansen obtained a BS degree in Mathematics from Utah State University in 1957 and MS and PhD degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Stanford University in 1958 and 1962. He began his career at the Western Development Laboratories, Palo Alto CA in 1960 and later joined the faculty of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Brigham Young University in 1965. He served as chair of this department from 1980-1986. Professor Christiansen’s primary research has been in the field of computer graphics. He founded and served as Director of the Engineering

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aurenice Oliveira, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer

enter engineering programs asfreshman do not earn an engineering degree.The purpose of this paper is to discuss the main challenges and to share teaching methodsthat the author has used to encourage active learning and engagement among non-EEmajor students. The author addresses the use of technology for teaching, the use oflecture time effectively, the importance of well designed laboratory experiments, and useof basic simulation tools. Assessments of an introductory electrical engineering coursetaught following the author’s guidelines were performed to evaluate the teachingeffectiveness, and they indicate that the teaching methods have been successful inmeeting their objectives

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Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarel Lavy, Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2009-1500: TEACHING FACILITY-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: A CASESTUDYSarel Lavy, Texas A&M University Dr. Sarel Lavy (corresponding author), Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Science, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3137, USA, e-mail address: slavy@archmail.tamu.edu. Dr. Lavy is a faculty member in the Department of Construction Science, which is one of four departments in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University. He also serves as the Associate Director of the CRS Center for Leadership and Management in the Design and Construction Industry. Dr. Lavy is a member of the International Facility Management

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Electronics and Electrical ET Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-2087: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO ASSESS TEACHINGINDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICSYouakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University Page 14.183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Effective Approach to Assess Teaching Industrial ElectronicsAbstractIn this paper, we describe an effective approach to assess teaching of industrial electronics in amodern engineering technology program. Several active learning techniques were used toreinforce student learning of power electronics theory and applications, including motor variablespeed drives, solid-state converters, and the energy conversion in electrodynamics systems. Theeducational merit of this approach is discussed

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jay Wierer, MSOE; Steven Reyer, MSOE

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Electrical and Computer

do an acceptable job in the analog course they wouldoften express displeasure regarding the level of rigor required by the course. It was suspectedthat the calculus content of this first course dealt a blow making the material somewhat abstract.Plus, the course had no laboratory, so the only exposure to signals problems was “on paper.”Four years ago the EE program was changed significantly1,2 to a model that includes teachingmaterial on an as-needed basis. For example, we teach the ideal op amp topic to freshmen,delaying the details of the internal workings to a later course. The freshmen could then see theutility of, and use in simple designs, a powerful circuit tool.Another change was to institute DSP as a required course, and to be taught

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed Lyons, University of South Carolina

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-918: TEACHING ENGINEERING IN SINGLE-GENDERMIDDLE-SCHOOL CLASSROOMSJoy Watson, University of South CarolinaJed Lyons, University of South Carolina Page 14.1134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Engineering in Single Gender Middle School Classrooms AbstractStudents in middle school are often given pre-planned laboratory experiments which providelittle or no opportunity to develop creativity or problem solving skills. This paper describes aninvestigation of middle school students’ reactions to an open-ended engineering design problem,specifically to create a machine to move a Cheerio™ or a plastic egg seventy centimeters. If theproblem was solved

Conference Session

Structural Education Methods

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Estrada, University of the Pacific; Luke Lee, University of the Pacific

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Architectural

AC 2009-947: CHALLENGES OF TEACHING EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING TOUNDERGRADUATESHector Estrada, University of the Pacific Hector Estada is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at University of the Pacific; a position he has held since August 2006. Prior to joining Pacific, Professor Estrada was chair of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. While at Texas A&M Kingsville, he was instrumental in establishing a new program in Architectural Engineering. Professor Estrada received his B.S. (with honors), M.S., and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993

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Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-1887: TEACHING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES USING ASOCIOTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT MODELBradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy Bradley E. Bishop is a Professor in Systems Engineering at the United States Naval Academy. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University in 1991, and his M.S. and PhD, both in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994 and 1997, respectively. His research focuses on novel robot locomotion, unmanned sea-surface vessels, and disruptive technologies. His teaching interests include mobile robotics, emerging technologies, and engineering research and design

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-2331: STUDENTS CREATE PROBLEMS FOR TEACHING ANDLEARNINGClaire Komives, San Jose State UniversityErik Fernandez, University of Virginia Page 14.1086.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009AbstractThe BioEngineering Educational Materials Bank (BioEMB) is a web repository of biologicalapplications that has been designed to enable chemical engineering students to learn to applytheir chemical engineering principles to biological processes and problems. In spite of gettingmany offers of contributions to the website from Biochemical Engineering faculty, only very fewproblems were submitted except by a handful of faculty. In order to expand the contributions tothe website

Conference Session

Alternative-energy Laboratory Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2009-1871: APPLICATIONS OF A REAL-TIME DIGITAL SIMULATOR INPOWER-SYSTEM EDUCATION AND RESEARCHAnurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University Anurag K. Srivastava received his Ph.D. degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago, in 2005, M. Tech. from Institute of Technology, India in 1999 and B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, India in 1997. He is working as Assistant Research Professor at Mississippi State University since September 2005. Before that, he worked as research assistant and teaching assistant at IIT, Chicago, USA and as Senior Research Associate at Electrical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marvi Matos, University of Washington; Danilo Pozzo, University of Washington

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Chemical Engineering

that are suitable for instruction ofthese new and evolving concepts. It is often believed that large investments of funds and effort are required to bringcontemporary topics into older laboratories that teach the traditional unit operations such asdistillation, heat exchange and reactor processes. In this article, we present our recentexperiences in the design and implementation of a new experimental module that has beenintroduced in the second part of the Chemical Engineering laboratory sequence at the Universityof Washington using existing facilities and only a minor financial investment. Our primary aimis to modernize some of the laboratories by introducing concepts involving some of the latestdevelopments in areas of biotechnology

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Alternative-energy Laboratory Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Genik, Michigan State University; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2009-874: CONNECTING LAB EXPERIMENTS TO A DESIGN PROJECTLaura Genik, Michigan State University Laura J. Genik is a teaching specialist in the Department Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. She teaches a broad range of undergraduate courses and thermal-fluid graduate courses. Dr. Genik has research interests in transport phenomena in porous media, inverse problems and parameter estimation in heat transfer processes, and computer design of thermal systems. She received her B.S. in 1991, her M.S. in 1994, and her Ph.D. in 1998, all in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University.Craig Somerton, Michigan State University Craig W. Somerton is an Associate Professor