Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nichole Au, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learned to the computersimulation of the solar energy system as well as theirown design projects. Page 14.554.7Final Design ChallengeThe overall design challenge for the EngineeringEnergy Solutions module is to design and build asystem that collects energy from a renewable source(solar, hydro, or wind), converts the energy into a formthat can be transported, stores it for a specified periodof time, and then uses the energy to illuminate a lightbulb. The goal is to optimize the efficiency of thesystem, which means to maximize the ratio of theuseful work output to the energy input. This designproject is unique because it requires the students to lookat an

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University; Bill Whitson, Kansas State University; Greg Payne, Kansas State University; Trevor Heitman, Kansas State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Nuclear Engineering Department at Kansas State University (KSU). He worked on the wing morphing test setup as part of a senior honors research project.Greg Payne, Kansas State University Greg Payne is a senior in the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Kansas State University (KSU). In addition to his work as laboratory assistant on our MNE wind tunnel facility, where he has contributed significantly to wind tunnel lab development projects such as the current smoke rake and wing morphing project, he was also the team leader for the KSU SAE Aero Design Competition in 2008.Trevor Heitman, Kansas State University Trevor Heitman is a junior in the Mechanical and Nuclear

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Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuhong Zhang, Texas Southern University

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Engineering Technology

signal Figure 2Filter design plays an important role in communication systems. Digital filter design hasmany advantages. There are several structures, such as FIR transversal structure, IIR-Direct forms, Ladder WD network, Lattice WD network etc. After introducing theconcept and methods of filter design, a project is assigned to students: to recode his/hervoice wave and then add some noises. Observe the difference between them. They hadthe concept of “good” signal and “noise” signal. Figure 3 shows an example of originalsignal and noise signal generated by Matlab.The students design digital filters to filter the noise from the original message. Thespecification for the design of filter is ψ p ? 20 rad

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen; Nurdan Yurt; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

first is a critical thinkingrubric developed by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) on the author’s campusand the second is the Thermal and Transport Science Concept Inventory. At issue arehow to fit in new and different assignments, how or if to give students credit for theseactivities, and how to adapt the instruments to your course and material.IntroductionIn assessing a novel pedagogical approach, referred to as CHAPL, developed atWashington State University (WSU) which combines several effective pedagogies in asingle course including: the forming of Home Teams for conducting projects and solvinghomework problems (Cooperative Learning - CL); manipulating fluid and heatexchanger equipment to observe principles in action (Hands-on

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashlyn Munson, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Alka Harriger, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Computer Information Technology and Assistant Department Head. Professor Harriger's current interests include reducing the IT gender gap, web application development, and service learning. Since January 2008, she has been leading the NSF-ITEST SPIRIT project which is discussed in this article and seeks to rekindle enthusiasm for information technology disciplines as a career choice among high school students, especially young women. Page 14.1104.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Surprising Possibilities Imagined and Realized Through Information Technology (SPIRIT

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Panel: Forming an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Mills, University of South Australia; Judith Gill, University of South Australia; Suzanne Franzway, University of South Australia; Rhonda Sharp, University of South Australia

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Women in Engineering

. Page 14.1111.2Here we should briefly note that there are several different definitions of multidisciplinaryresearch [4], [5], [6]. The terms multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary are often usedinterchangeably, but Borrego & Newswander [3] have provided an excellent discussion of theseterms in the context of engineering education research. They define multidisciplinarycollaborations as those where “collaborators come together to work on a problem, each bringinghis or her own expertise and unique contribution. There is limited exchange of information inthis approach … collaborators leave the project without having learned much about the otherdiscipline(s)” (p.124). On the other hand interdisciplinary collaborations are defined as

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Samples, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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New Engineering Educators

of achieving goals. around when questions arise.Communication Continuous, on a schedule, On an exception basis or when weekly meetings, more frequent something needs to be done. during projects. Interchange of Information passed haphazardly – information early enough to allow sometime too late for proper action. adequate time for completion.Assignments Passed on early with sufficient Passed on with short suspense. details to allow student time and Student pressured – no plan to ability to get the project assist student with the project

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Bannatyne, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Dan Baldwin, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kevin Marshall, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Computers in Education

and a positive perception of thelaptop program itself. IUPUI was also in the midst of updating all of the wireless access pointsthroughout campus in an effort to embrace mobile computing. No longer would students feel theneed to stay within the confines of a lab or classroom when they could now identify morecomfortable work areas as they study, develop projects or work with peers.In an effort to show an outward symbol of support and generate value in the laptop program tothe students, the department opened a library, populated with course textbooks. The departmentallibrary was seen as a positive benefit. Several textbooks for each course were available forcheckout, helping to alleviate any additional financial burden to the

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Chang, United States Military Academy; Peter Hanlon, United States Military Academy; Kirk Ingold, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

munitions, detect and disable ordnance in hazardous environments, maneuver inrelatively small areas, be used as a decoy or be sent to draw out opponent fires without riskingthe life of the operator. There have also been various universities that have integrated roboticsinto their curriculum or developed new courses that use robotic platforms as the center piece.Weingarten, et. al. used robotics as a vehicle to engineering education and to propel the studentsinto research and life-long learning5. Chung and Anneberg6 summarized how to use contests tostimulate learning in computer science and engineering education. Mehrl et. al.7 used anautonomous robotics capstone design project to enable students to used their preferred learningstyle to learn how to

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamala Mahanta, State University of New York, Oneonta

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Instrumentation

equipment on the grant for LG beamshave made this feasibility study a successful venture that leads to future possibilities worthpursuing. An educational outcome of this project has been undergraduate student research8and contribution to a DOE/NYNBIT summer camp organized by SUNY Institute ofTechnology on the foundations of nanotechnology for selected high school seniors andteachers10.IntroductionLimits of shrinking devicesThe serious limitations experienced in the miniaturization of devices with the current-switchparadigm of turning the current “on” and “off” giving binary digits 0 and 1 include theinability to turn the current on and off cleanly, needing longer time to charge the interconnectlines between devices, presence of large statistical

Conference Session

LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

apply theirmechanical design knowledge when they build a robot. The software that comes with the kit,MPLAB IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and a C compiler, supply a true Cenvironment. MPLAB is a popular open source development tool for embedded systems and isalso used in a senior level embedded system course in our department. Hence choosing the VEXrobotics kit provides students with important skills for their later design project and for theirfuture career.The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. First, the VEX robotics kit and the necessarysoftware are introduced in detail. Then the four experiments and a final project are described,followed by the assessment methods and the results. The conclusions are given at the end

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Abi Aghayere, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Two Year College Division

Education, 2009 ET2 Program for Transfer Students from Two-Year CollegesAbstractThis paper describes the Engineering and Technology Transfer Scholars’ (ET2) program recentlyfunded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that focuses on students who transfer at the 3rdyear level from 2-year schools to our university. With scholarship support from NSF, we aim torecruit, retain and graduate 25 additional transfer scholars per year in our engineering andengineering technology (EET) BS degree programs. The NSF scholarship is in addition to grantsand aid awarded by our university. In support of this project, the university will contribute$50,000 to ensure that ET2 scholars have continuing financial support after the grant expires andhelp them

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janet Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

problematic when amplified bygender and under-represented (URM) minorities issues. And such faltering so early in the majorcan cause a student to leave engineering.While difficulties in the course arise for several reasons, our project seeks to address the problemof context. Our hypothesis is that women and minorities particularly, and students generally, aremore likely to do well in statics when the problems are placed in the context of real worldusefulness. An approach to teaching that effectively scaffolds students' efforts at model buildingand connects abstract principles/concepts to real world, every day applications will benefit allstudents while promoting diversity in engineering. Towards that end, we have been developingInTEL (Interactive

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Rogers, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Christopher Korpela, United States Military Academy; Ryan Ebel, United States Military Academy

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Learning Mechatronics Through Graduated ExperimentationAbstractMechatronics at the United States Military Academy at West Point is a senior level course thatintroduces the interdisciplinary design of smart systems. It is a central course in the roboticstrack of the electrical engineering program, and the centerpiece of the mechanical engineeringprogram mechatronics track. Details of four hands-on activities that are graduated in difficultyare presented in this paper. The culminating lab utilized an unmanned vehicle. Relatively highspeeds of the vehicle make the project fun and engaging. Instructors report that the hands-onnature motivates students to excel and be creative. Their often

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Paul Kuban, University of Southern Indiana

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

; Analysis, at least until a sufficient number of students exist in the program to meritcreation of a new course. This section of ENGR 471 will be part of the two semester seniorcapstone experience, with the later course being Senior Design. These nine engineering electivecourses contain 12 design hours, which when combined with the 5 design hours in theengineering course, are more than the departmental goal of 16 hours. The last engineeringelective would be selected from one of the following: Manufacturing Systems, ElectricMachines, Vibrations, Engineering Materials, or Special Design Project. In addition, thecommittee discussed the creation of a course in robots, a 1-credit laboratory course inManufacturing, and a course in Advanced Dynamics

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

engineering, have difficultyseeing the value of such training for them. Melissa Moore noted that “the most successful groupinstruction which takes place is in the context of a course, with the involvement and support ofthe teaching faculty member15.” It works especially well when tied to an individual assignmentor project. The literature shows many examples from freshman seminars16 to senior designclasses17. Some very effective learning experiences come from creative partnerships betweenlibrarians and teaching faculty.One of the author’s most memorable examples occurred in a graduate level environmentalengineering class. The professor wanted the students to explore a subject in depth. With theauthor’s help a series of assignments were created

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

the sixthiteration of the program. This project has been supported by grants from the Department ofEducation (MSEIP P120A050080) and Alamo Community College District Foundation.Brief History of the ProgramThe original version of the EDGE program was intended to serve well-prepared high schoolstudents in the 10th and 11th grades who would have participated in the San Antonio Pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP) 2. EDGE was designed to introduce them to collegelevel course work as a learning community and provide activities to help them developindependent learning and teamwork skills with the goal of increasing their likelihood of earninga college degree in engineering, science, math, or other related field. The learning communitycourses

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

so,students are well informed about the choices they have for developing a working prototype fortheir capstone design project. Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) provide a flexiblehardware platform to accommodate digital systems. FPGAs provide further opportunities forruntime reconfiguration that may be quite useful in applications requiring frequent changes insystem behavior. In addition to having the necessary background in digital systems design,students need a tool that allows them to easily model their design such that the design could beimplemented smoothly on FPGAs. Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) HardwareDescription Language (VHDL) appropriately meets that need. VHDL even enables IntellectualProperty (IP) cores to be

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education

Professional Communication course at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where she has taught since 1999. Previous research has included the Professional Engineering Genres Project, and her focuses include engineering communication and rhetorical analysis. She is currently serving as Program Co-Chair for the IEEE Professional Communication Society Conference (IPCC 2009). Page 14.340.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Communication Pedagogy in the Engineering Classroom: A Report on Faculty Practices and PerceptionsAbstractThe purpose of this project was to analyze

Conference Session

Integrating Computer-based Technology in the Civil Engineering Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Chajes, University of Delaware; Glen Loller, University of Delaware; Frank Conforti, Bentley Systems; Scott Lofgren, Bentley Systems; Laura Meier, Bentley Systems

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Civil Engineering

editing books including “MicroStation for AutoCAD Users”, “Managing and Networking MicroStation” among several others. In 1995, Frank was hired by Bentley Systems to spearhead the development of Bentley’s own commercial training operation (MicroStation Institute now known as the Bentley Institute). Recently, Frank was senior project manager for the development and deployment of the Bentley LEARN Server, a robust learning management system designed for use by all of Bentley’s commercial and academic users. Frank is currently the Learning Technologies Manager for the Be Careers Network, the organization within Bentley that works with academic institutions to educate faculty and students alike

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Cawthorne, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Melissa Stacer, Purdue University

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Biomedical

results reported are trends associated with graduate student participants’ experiences withVaNTH. Page 14.262.4Quantitative analysis Prior to their involvement with the VaNTH project, many of the participants identifiedthat they were unfamiliar with education, research and learning strategies for engineeringeducation. Only 34% of graduate student participants had been engaged in some form ofeducation-oriented research. Nearly two-thirds of the participants had no extensive experiencewith implementing educational concepts into research for “understanding” of learning and/ordesign of biomedical educational modules. Figure 1 shows the HPL

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lok PASUPULETI, Northern Illinois University; Omar Ghrayeb, Northern Illinois University; Hubert Ley, Argonne National Laboratory; Clifford Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Young Park, Argonne National Laboratory

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Computers in Education

. Through this software researcherswere able to model events and transportation into and out of the city. In addition, undergraduateand graduate students were involved in this complex year-long project. The authors will provideinformation as to the modeling, input, and output that was obtained. Through an analysis of themotion of the population working and living in the city, planners have a much better Page 14.494.2understanding of how to react to emergencies that might occur, and ensure that emergency reliefcan get to the targeted location in a timely manner.IntroductionTransportation planning is currently undergoing a metamorphosis from a

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lydotta Taylor, EdVenture Group; Erika Shaffer, EdVenture Group; Gary Winn, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

explaining engineering concepts than they think; Page 14.726.2once they build some expertise and confidence, they become enthusiastic about doing so.At West Virginia University, a STEP (Science, Technology, Engineering, and MathematicsTalent Expansion Program) project called “Engineers of Tomorrow” began in 2005 to bringmore Appalachian students, particularly rural students, underrepresented minorities and women,to engineering as a career path. This large-scale project brings together the College ofEngineering and Mineral Resources, the College of Human Resources and Education, theCollege of Arts and Sciences, and The EdVenture Group, a private

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

, with a small but increasingpercentage of residential students.ii The University is a master’s level campus, with a renewedemphasis on and commitment to graduate level education. Currently, the campus has 1000graduate level students, up from 904 for Spring 2008.iiiThe MS in Technology is a directed-project based, thirty-three hour degree program: three corecourses (9 credit hours) taken by all students in the program, Measurement and Evaluation inIndustry & Technology, Quality and Productivity in Industry & Technology, and Analysis andResearch in Industry and Technology; four primary area courses (12 credit hours) in the area ofconcentration, three courses in technical electives (9 credit hours), which vary by student area ofinterest

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Minorities in Engineering

Engineers (SHPE) chapter at Northeastern, Advisor: National Society of Black Engineers chapter at Northeastern, Instructor: GEU100 Course: Intro to the study of Engineering, Instructor: GEU900 Course: Career Management SeminarBala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Page 14.1095.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 SUMMER BRIDGE: A STEP INTO THE ENGINEERING GAP We face a major demographic imperative. The U.S. Census Bureau projections show a steady decline in the White population (from 81% in 2000 to 72.1% in 2050); a slight increase in the African American population (from 12.7% in 2000 to 14.6% in

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Descoteaux, Norwich University; David Muckerman, CH2M HIll; Scott Sabol, Vermont Technical College

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Graduate Studies

events with fellowstudents, families, faculty, and administrators, and a live-in experience in the University’sdormitories are but a few of the activities of residency week. The week culminates with atraditional commencement exercise.Our experiences have shown these residency events to be a fundamental component of theoverall educational process. After attending the events most students agree that Residency is ahighly enjoyable and useful experience that should be continued. Live, in-front-of-an-audiencecapstone design project presentations during the week, peer reviewed by students and faculty,present an opportunity for final academic and professional education and training as part of thegraduate program. Just as important, the week provides

Conference Session

Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University

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Engineering Ethics

discussions of „found Page 14.1221.3objects,‟ which were biological objects and organisms identified and researched by the students.The remainder of the course alternated between guest lectures on various technical topics withinBID, such as locomotion and materials design, and continued discussion of found objects orstudent design projects. Guest lecturers were faculty members from various departments whowere actively researching the BID topics on which they lectured.Outside of class, the primary assignment was a design project in which the students chose abiological system to mimic and translate into a manufacturable conceptual design. Students

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

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Women in Engineering

engineering at nine institutions distributed throughout the U.S. Thepreliminary sample of institutions consisted of nine institutions that supplied a letter fromthe dean of a college or school of engineering to accompany a grant applicationindicating their willingness to participate in the project and to designate an institutionalliaison to work with the project over the course of two years. Using information from2003 Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges16, private and publicinstitutions were selected based on the number and percentage of women completing anundergraduate engineering degree in 2003. From among institutions graduating at least50 female engineers in 2003, we labeled a group of universities as “high” where

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samantha Jacques, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Thomas Swiontek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Ron Gerrits, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Vincent Canino, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Nancy Schlick, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical

Biomedical Engineering faculty saw manyplaces to incorporate these together.During the freshman design course, teams are used to design, build and test a product intendedfor rehabilitation. Student teams work with the machine shop and the rapid prototyping center tocomplete these projects. In this course, the teamwork is stressed and effective teamcommunication is discussed.Students take this experience and apply it to their senior design courses. Students spend over twoyears in a team completing the senior design sequence. This includes a marketing analysis,business plan, feasibility study, system and component design, design reviews, building andtesting. Students have the ability to “hire” engineers from other majors to help them completetheir

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Engineering and Public Policy

previous workshops that have explored the representations ofengineers and engineering in films and television in order to advance the implementation of a“prime-time” commercial television series that highlights the positive roles of engineers inmodern society. A key first step was to have a committee plan and convene a forum whereinexperienced producers, writers, and directors devoted one and one-half days in November, 2008,to discussion of key questions which will determine the viability of attaining an engineering-focused narrative television series. This project builds upon social constructivism and cultivationtheory to offer the hypothesis that those who view positive television and/or movie images ofengineers are more likely to believe that