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Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region / International Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Abdullah Kazemi, Herat University; Mahsa Khatibi, University of Hartford; Michael Crosbie, University of Hartford

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International

3 Technical Elective 3ES 222 Technical Drawing II 3 Arch. Design Project 4 Total: 18 Total: 19 Page 14.883.7AcknowledgmentThe authors thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the USAgency for International Development, and the World Bank for their financial support in fundingthe partnership

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thashika Rupasinghe, Clemson University; Mary Beth Kurz, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University

differentcourse modules which introduce the students to these NDI methods and the levels of teachingrequired to enhance the overall learning. Page 14.948.3Page 14.948.4incorporated into the curriculum to enhance student learning by providing hands-on experience.The assessment tools consist of projects, unit exams, quizzes and final exams. The proficiency ofthe materials is determined by the final grade.2. Pedagogical Material DevelopmentPedagogical material development was carried out using an integrated assessment paradigm. Theprimary deliverables include lesson plans, exercises, quizzes, exams, laboratory manuals, videomaterials, grading rubrics, and

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Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

6 Oral Communication Skills, Scientific Writing 3 Working with Projects 1 Media, E-Learning, Computer Aided Technologies 2 Elective Credit Points 2 Electives 2 In Total 20 Page 14.786.56. ConclusionThe program has been designed in order to fit the necessities of professionals and

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Emerging Information Technologies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

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Information Systems

used to provide a VPS(or container) to each student. In addition, students are allowed to retain their VPS throughouttheir academic career. Additional virtualizations are maintained on the server for faculty andstudent projects. As a result, the server has approximately 200 virtual containers on it.This number of containers is possible because on average, each is lightly used. In addition, theserver incorporates capable hardware and software. The hardware is from a commodity supplier,but includes four Intel XEON processors, 16 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB RAID. Thevirtualization software used for the first 3 years of its implementation was Parallel Corporations’Virtuozzo, but in the past year this has been replaced with OpenVZ as a cost-cutting

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Delfino, University of Florida

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-2438: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY:DECIPHERING CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESJoseph Delfino, University of Florida Joseph J. Delfino is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida where he has been on the faculty for 27 years. During that period, he served for 11 years as Department Chairman. He has supervised the theses and projects of 80 PhD and masters students and is the author/co-author of 100 papers in scientific journals. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Prior to joining the faculty at Florida, he was a tenured Full Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

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WEPAN and WIED Joint Panel: Life after Tenure--Leadership Roles in Academia

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Patricia Davies, Purdue University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; W. M. Kim Roddis, George Washington University

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Women in Engineering

department chairposition, where I am thriving.How Faculty Can Position Themselves for Moves into LeadershipIn addition to the development of their leadership skills and networking with others in theirprofessional societies, the panelists also shared some advice for faculty wishing to move intoacademic leadership positions. First, the panelists recommend that faculty find an opportunity todevelop their leadership skills. This can be through professional development activities orthrough seeking out opportunities such as leading large multi-disciplinary research projects orchairing institutional committees. In all of these opportunities, the panelists recommended thatfaculty do their homework and build a reputation of being reliable and fair. Faculty

Conference Session

Widgets, Add-ons, Toolbars, and Videos: Web 2.0 Tools for Searching, Managing, and Teaching about Engineering Literature and Information

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yue Xu, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Libraries

online tutorial projects that wereimplemented in engineering libraries would facilitate teaching and learning process if librariansemployed appropriate criteria to design online tutorials.This research was to determine the current status of the implementation of online tutorials inengineering libraries. This was done by proposing research questions, gathering informationregarding requirements for tutorial types, identifying the media types employed by the libraries, Page 14.927.2and determining their active learning capabilities. The purpose of this study was to help with thebuilding of future tutorials in selecting content, proper tools, and

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Sustainability in Engineering Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cliff Davidson, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris Hendrickson, Carnegie Mellon University; Scott Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Bridges, Carnegie Mellon University; David Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Cynthia Murphy, University of Texas, Austin; Braden Allenby, Arizona State University; Yongsheng Chen, Arizona State University; Eric Williams, Arizona State University; John Crittenden, Georgia Tech; Sharon Austin, EPA

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Environmental Engineering

Library are subjected to peer review, much the same as articles submitted to researchjournals. The submissions can include class handouts, lecture notes, homework assignments,projects, educational software, and other types of educational materials.The Electronic Library has only recently been established. To date there are thirty modulesposted, with many more out for review. This repository is part of the Engineering Pathwaywebsite of the University of California at Berkeley. All of the modules can be accessed throughthe CSE website at http://www.cse.org, or through the Engineering Pathway website athttp://www.engineeringpathway.com by selecting Advanced Search followed by HigherEducation Search, and choosing the Center for Sustainable

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

andresults include direct course assessment of student learning, design projects, coop and internship Page 14.1109.11employer feedback, undergraduate research papers, student portfolios, student exit surveys,alumni surveys, advisory board feedback, and national rankings, as examples. “Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2009, American Society for Engineering Education”Sustainability of the process allows assessment to be ongoing and not episodic. Assessment ismost effective when it looks at performance over time. As depicted in the OATS and

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Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

sharpen their knowledge inunderstanding wireless applications of the sensors and actuators. Students must take at Page 14.1376.3least 6 hours of internships during the last two semesters before graduation. Project orinternship experience will be designed by the student to meet their career goals. There isno specific outline for this course. Students will accomplish the following: a. Work within the biomedical industry for no less than 180 hours. b. Set and pursue goals and objectives in coordination with an industry mentor and the course instructor. c. Prepare and present written and oral reports.The undergraduate bioengineering

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

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

campuses in regions such as thePersian Gulf will lead to growing competition for students, creating a pressure to lowerstandards for admission. 8Another concern is that most agreements to construct and operate a foreign campus arereached at the highest levels of the offering university, often involving the president. Butsuccess requires the active involvement of faculty members who will design and delivercurricula, collaborate on research projects, and vote degrees. Without faculty support, auniversity will not be able to deliver on its promises of an American style educationalexperience. 9In addition, other countries frequently embrace cultures and business practices that wouldnever be tolerated in the US. Americans take for granted religious

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Paul Corder, Lamar University; Hsing-wei Chu, Lamar. University; X. Chang Li, Lamar University

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Computers in Education

vibration modes for the systems, and the effects of system parametersand input selections on output responses, two degrees of freedom mechanical systems, and theprinciples of vibration absorbers. Student response was very strong concerning the need of theGUIs to help foster a deeper understanding of course materials.Bibliography1. Avitabile, P., Pennell, S., and White, J., “Developing a Multisemester Interwoven Dynamic Systems Project to Foster Learning and Retention of STEM Material”, 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Mechanical Engineering Education – Innovative Approaches to Teaching Fundamental Topics, ASME, Anaheim, CA, November 20042. J.H. Matthews, Using MATLAB to Obtain Both Numerical and Graphical

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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; randa shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

qualitative methods.9 As part of the broader project (NSF-DUE 0431642), differentmembers of our interdisciplinary team analyze and report on strands and themes specific to oneof four under-represented or under-served populations 10-12 as well as themes that lendthemselves to cross group analysis.13-16This paper reports on experiences of mixed-race Native American undergraduate students inmultiple engineering disciplines. The coding of qualitative data generated from 29 ethnographicinterviews brought forth certain unanticipated phenomenon. ≠ No Native American student was raised on or came to college from a reservation. ≠ Twenty-seven students report the racial category of Native American in combination with one or more other

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Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Eisner, George Washington University

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Engineering Management

Project and Systems Engineering Management”, 3rd Edition, 2008, John Wiley2. Sage, A. and C. Cuppan (2001). “On the Systems Engineering and Management of Systems of Systemsand Federations of Systems.” Information, Knowledge and Systems Management 2(4): 325-345 Page 14.1117.7

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Contemporary Practices in Engineering Management Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stanislav Karapetrovic, University of Alberta; John Doucette, University of Alberta

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Engineering Management

isexplicitly or implicitly expected”7.Following the “Guiding Principles” and the “Framework” provided in sections 4 and 5 of ISO10001: 2007, respectively, the objectives, processes and resources for the application of threeS2C2s, as well as the codes themselves, were planned and developed in accordance with section 6of the standard. The S2C2s included the “response” code, which guaranteed the professor’sresponse to a student inquiry within a set time, as well as the “review” and “schedule” codes,which promised prompt review of projects, assignments and exams, and conformance to the setlecture schedule, respectively. Subsequently, the first two codes were implemented in all fourcourses, while the schedule code was used in courses “A”, “B” and “D”. The

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Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

study. When we entered the classroom and approached the female students, we were immediately surrounded by male students; it was kind of intimidating. It was not only that the male students were curious about the visitors and the project; it was like they were trying to protect their female peers. In addition, male students showed their pride in their female classmates, they told us that female students were better than them, ‘they [female students] are the best students [academically] [ellas son las más aplicadas].Literature on women’s learning33 suggests that women’s preferences are for learning that iscooperative, and studies on women in engineering22,23 indicate that a competitive climate hascontributed

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Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

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Women in Engineering

. During the 2006-2007 academic year, Barbara was a part-time visiting professor in Purdue University’s Engineering Education Department. Her research interests focus primarily on understanding and assessing engineering student learning, including recent work developing concept inventories for engineering topics with colleagues from CSM and Purdue. She has participated in a number of curriculum innovation projects and has been active in the engineering education and assessment communities. Barbara is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), currently serving as the Chair of the International Advisory Committee of ASEE. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee

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BME Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonya Seif-Naraghi, University of California, San Diego

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Biomedical

the model that Purdue has, short trips might be the best way to begin. Two to fourweeks would be a good start for a small group of bioengineering students to travel toanother country and interact with students there. A good example of this type of trip is aninitiative in the aerospace engineering department at Arizona State Univerisity – studentsfrom ASU collaborate with students from ITESM’s Monterrey campus to complete theirSenior Design projects. They communicate via teleconference and email throughout theyear and then spend three weeks together to assemble and present their completedproject. If relationships such as this could be initiated for the other disciplines, thatwould beneficial; the potential for positive cultural and

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

AC 2009-1142: ASSESSING ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT STUDENTS’PERCEPTION OF ON-LINE LEARNINGErtunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems (CLLES) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor in the capacity of a Customer Service and Curriculum Manager and a Consultant. He also worked as a project manager and a consultant for Tefen Consulting in the area of productivity improvement

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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New Engineering Educators

: smile, employ naturalposture and movement, frequent gestures, varied facial expressions, make only occasional glancesat notes, and maintain frequent eye contact with the audience (especially with the students in theback of the classroom). Present at least some of the lecture as you walk around the room. Whilespeaking, try to project relaxed confidence, enthusiasm and passion for the topic, honesty, concernfor the students, openness, warmth, and a sense of humor. Try to minimize distractive behaviorssuch as leaning against a wall or a board, repeating ”you know what” or ”uhm”, and repetitivemovements [2].Include breaks in lectures. Do not lecture for more than 20 minutes without some sort of astudent-centered break. Students cannot pay attention

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DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie-Pierre Huguet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Frank Wright, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

instrument ineducation3 and its integration is often seen as a significant force driving change4. It is nowcausing educators to re-think the very nature of teaching and learning. But where do you start?How can instructors design powerful, innovative, and effective web-based environments that canbe successfully integrated in a face-to-face class or stand alone to support a distance course?In this paper, we answer the question from the perspective of a four-year long project that led aninstructor from using an institutional, unimaginative, web-based template to designing a fullycustomized, award-winning course that truly reflected his teaching style and philosophy,supported the institution’s mission statement and the course objectives, and supported

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Department’steaching load rapidly expands to meet larger enrollments. This growth is attributed to theincreasing size of each graduating class from 84 to over 300 cadets and the development ofsenior level engineering courses. In the first year of teaching to a class of juniors only, a facultyof 5 taught a total of 14 sections during the spring and fall semesters of 2007. In the second yearof teaching to both senior and junior classes, a faculty of 13 taught a total of 52 sections duringthe fall and spring semesters. This rapid expansion, shown in Figure 3, is projected to continueuntil reaching a steady state of 92 annual sections for 2011 and beyond. Page 14.694.6 60

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Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin; D'Arcy Randall, University of Texas, Austin; Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin

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Liberal Education

AC 2009-1879: THE BIG PICTURE: USING THE UNFORESEEN TO TEACHCRITICAL THINKINGChristy Moore, University of Texas, Austin CHRISTY MOORE is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches engineering communication courses and a signature course on “Society, Technology, and the Environment.” Her pedagological and research interests include service-learning projects, engineering ethics and professional responsibility, research ethics, and strategies for advancing students' analytical and rhetorical skills. She is co-PI on an NSF project, The Foundations of Research Ethics for Engineers (FREE) and collaborated on the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Winton, Mississippi State University

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Electrical and Computer

spring semester 2004*. Date Concept development OTA design* Advanced design Projects 2003 6.5 wk 5 wk 1.5 wk 1.5 wk 2004 6.0 wk 5.5wk* 2.0 wk 1.5 wk 2005 6.0 wk 4.5wk 2.5 wk 1.5 wk 2006 6.5 wk 4.0wk 2.5 wk 1.5 wk 2007 6.0 wk 3.5wk 3.5wk 2.0 wk Table 4-1: Measure of the impact of the algorithm on Analog IC design course. Theschedule is a nominal 15 weeks. The data is taken from end semester class schedules as werereadjusted during the progress of the

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech; Kimberly Filer, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech; Jane Prey, Microsoft Research

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Computers in Education

Page 14.695.2with support from the college administration, alumni, corporate entities, and from variousresearch agencies such as the NSF. Innovations include the incorporation of freshman hands-onmechanical dissection labs, multi-disciplinary projects, and integrated subject material courses toname a few. Most notable among the teaching/learning innovations are the College’s efforts inthe effective use of computing and communication technology in the curriculum. This effortspans the breadth of digital network communications technology from gigaPOP networkingthrough advanced wireless nets, utilizing a broad spectrum of computing devices from personaldigital assistants through multiprocessor super computers. In this paper we describe howpersonal

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

notes, Supplement instructor provided notes with your own, Take all of your own notes, Not take notes at all)9. When do you refer to your notes outside of class (mark all that apply)? (Answers: Doing homework, Working on Projects, Before exams/quizzes, Never)10. When do you refer to the course notes posted on Angel (mark all that apply)? (Answers: Right after class, Doing homework, Working on projects, Before exams/quizzes, Never)11. When you reference the course notes posted on Angel do you (mark all that apply): (Answers: Print them out, Save them for future use, Access Angel when needed, Don’t use the notes on Angel)12. How often did your instructor use DyKnow during lecture? (Answers: Very Frequently, Frequently

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

seemed to be a viablealternative. Page 14.302.2Working together, a team partnering people from both Georgia Tech and the Fulton CountySchool System investigated the many challenges inherent in such projects, and proposedpotential solutions. Team members from the university included representatives from the Schoolof Mathematics, the Office of Undergraduate Admission, the Office of Financial Aid, CEISMC,and the Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) office, and from the schoolsystem included the school system curriculum coordinator, technology staff, and high school-level teachers and administrators.The objectives of the program were

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University

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Information Systems

component with each module of the CCNAExploration curriculum. Typically, it requires two hours per week for each module in a typicalsixteen week semester. Cisco Networking Academy provides students with lab projects either indownloadable PDF files or if they wish, student can purchase the lab textbook15 from CiscoPress. The proposed course curriculum also includes a lab component which is vital forunderstanding key concepts in each chapter. Ideally the lab should include Cisco routers andswitches to provide hand-on learning experiences, but Packet Tracer can be used to facilitate therequired learning if the instructor of the course is familiar with routers and switchesconfigurations. The lab projects can be mapped into the course learning outcomes

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Developments, Implementations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmundo Tovar, Polytechnic University, Montegancedo; Paola Carina, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Karen Castillo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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International

between some Maturity Models for EducationStages Description Per Maturity ModelLevel 0 EMM: Not performed: Not done at all.Level 1 E-CMM: Initial: Ad-hoc Processes EMM: Initial: Ad-hoc Processes ERP Maturity Model on Education: Initial: Enterprise systems curriculum not well defined CEMM: Initial: Educational processes are informal and poorly controlledLevel 2 E-CMM: Independent: Basic education level processes are established. EMM: Planned: Clear and measurable objectives for e-learning projects ERP Maturity Model on Education: Repeatable: One or more courses are defined with ERP concepts CEMM: Repeatable: Planning and

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tal Rusak, Cornell University; Christopher Barnes, Cornell University; G. Scott Russ, Cornell University; Vincent Kam, Cornell University; David Gries, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

CS 4621 Option Group CS 4701 CS Electives OR CS 5150 CS 5410 CS Project CS 5450 CS 2110 CS