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Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josue Njock-Libii, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Mathematics

themoving mass pushes against and displaces the surrounding fluid. The analytical solution to thisdifferential equation is compared with experimental data collected from testing a spring-masssystem in the open air of a laboratory. Collected data are analyzed using the concept of thelogarithms. It is shown that the model is reliable under special conditions.IntroductionOne way to bring excitement in the use of mathematics in the engineering classroom is to showthat it can be applied to model physical reality accurately. This paper presents work conceivedand implemented to test the extent to which an ordinary differential equation and its solution arevalid for use in actual applications. The equation chosen is commonly used in mathematics,physics

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Meng, Michigan Technological University; Jeff Naber, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; John Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-269: HYDROGEN CURRICULUM AT MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICALUNIVERSITYJason Keith, Michigan Technological University Jason Keith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University Dan Crowl is the Herbert H. Dow Professor of Chemical Process Safety in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.David Caspary, Michigan Technological University Dave Caspary is the Manager of Laboratory Facilities in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University Jeff Allen is an Assistant Professor

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Tim Katz, University of Brighton

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International

Polytechnic Institute was founded with the technical assistance from the USSR in1963. The Polytechnic had eleven degree awarding departments and the curriculum of allthe departments were developed using models from Polytechnics that existed in theUSSR at that time. Furthermore, the laboratory equipment to support the curriculum wasalso based on the technology in the USSR at the time. The curriculum was developedover three decades ago and has not been updated in the light of new technologicaldevelopment around the world.Since then, the beautiful campus of KPU has reverted to a wilderness and the buildingshave been severely damaged due to neglect and war damage. Furthermore, some of theacademics have been killed or forced to leave the country and those

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Juan Manuel Garibay, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 14.305.2IntroductionUniversidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning committed to first-class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide rangeof academic disciplines including business administration, the physical and social sciences,engineering, humanities, and the arts. The studied course, Introduction to Engineering Design(EI-100) is a first-semester 3 credit required course for almost every engineering program ofUDLAP since spring of 2001. Course content and classroom activities are divided into three,two-hour sections (Modeling, Concepts, and Laboratory) per week. Students have six differentEI-100 facilitators (an instructor and teaching assistant for each section). EI-100

Conference Session

Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 2

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Guerra, NASA; John A. Christian, University of Texas, Austin; Wallace Fowler, University of Texas, Austin

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Aerospace

will most likely receive the same answer – systems engineers.Recognizing this future need for systems engineers in the aerospace community, an aerospaceengineering department at a major US university, The University of Texas at Austin, partneredwith NASA’s ESMD to sponsor the development of a systems engineering curriculum. Thecurriculum includes an undergraduate course focusing on systems engineering for aerospaceengineers with an accompanying laboratory course that introduces students to the spacecraftsubsystems and methods for assessing their performance. This course and lab combination isintended as a prerequisite to the senior-level capstone spacecraft /mission design course and as atraining ground for students involved in UT’s student

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Loutfallah Georges Chedid, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 14.691.4required sophomore-level core course, but at a higher, fifth-year level. We believe thatWentworth’s biomedical systems concentration is not only competitive with Tufts’ program, butis stronger in terms of the classroom and laboratory experience in biomedical subjects providedto the students.Boston University:Boston University has an older and larger biomedical engineering undergraduate program.Boston University5 requires courses of signals and systems, control systems, and an electivechosen among biomechanics and fluid mechanics. These courses have the same theoreticalcontent as the corresponding electromechanical courses at Wentworth, in addition to applicationsin biology. The Wentworth biomedical concentration provides the same

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Raresh Pascali, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Engineering Technology

Director of Accreditation and Assessment Services for the College of Technology. His primary focus is the practical application of assessment and evaluation strategies to enhance educational quality in the college and university. Prior to joining the University of Houston, Dr. Ramos worked as a researcher for the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, and as an Evaluator for Boston Connects. He earned a Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College in 2004.William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston WILLIAM FITZGIBBON, III earned his PhD degree from Vanderbilt University. He is serving as Dean of the College of Technology and holds professorial rank in

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Autenrieth, Texas A&M University; Karen Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Cheryl Page, Texas A&M University; L. Diane Hurtado, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Welch, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

used to continuously improvethe program experience and impact. It should be noted that this is not a research project, and assuch, there are neither research questions nor a research design. However, the E3 program hasgoals and anticipated outcomes, and has used qualitative questions to measure these outcomes.The program has become more refined and impact is being felt through the state. Teachers arerecruited from targeted schools, but the application is open to all teachers. Selection is rigorousand competition for available positions has intensified. Selected secondary (grade 8-12) science,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers work in teams of 2 with engineering facultyin his/her laboratory during a 4-week summer residential

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sondra Miller, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Amy Moll, Boise State University; Melissa Wintrow, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

first and second-year concurrent science laboratories(SCI. LAB.). All course grade data were averaged over the three semesters included in thisstudy (i.e., fall 2007, spring 2008, and fall 2008) to ensure adequate sample sizes. Course gradesare reported out of 4.0 and were considered passing when greater than 1.7. Similar results for allother undergraduate (1) engineering or computer science students residing in on-campus housing(Eng-on), (2) non-engineering students residing in on-campus housing (Non-Eng-on), (3)engineering or computer science student who resided in off-campus housing (Eng-off), and (4)non-engineering students who resided in off-campus housing (Non-Eng-off) during the 2007-2008 academic year and fall 2008 semester were

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Hulme, State University of New York, Buffalo; Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Kemper Lewis, State University of New York, Buffalo

broad availability of visuallyengaging and fast-paced games, contemporary students can find traditional classroom methods oflecture and guided laboratory experiments limiting. This paper presents a novel methodologythat incorporates driving simulation, motion simulation, and educational practices into anengaging, gaming-inspired simulation framework for a vehicle dynamics curriculum. Theresearch places students into a gaming scenario where learning occurs during game play, ratherthan using a formally structured learning approach to vehicle dynamics. The application of themethodology is demonstrated in the context of an advanced vehicle dynamics course. This paperreports on work done under National Science Foundation grant DUE-0633596 in the

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Impelluso, San Diego State University

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Mechanical Engineering

information regards text editors, compilers, and operating systems. (In the case of a spoken language, information is presented using technologies that must be mastered, such as laboratories with recorders.) ≠ “Germane cognitive load” was first described by Sweller, van Merrienboer, and Paas in 1998 [4]. It is that load devoted to the processing, construction, and automation of schemata necessary to integrate knowledge into consciousness. This includes motivations to learn and how the knowledge is conveyed in the rest of the curriculum such as reading novels, or programming mathematical algorithms. These three loads are additive in the learning process and research suggests [4] that whencourses are

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sharlene Katz, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge

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Electrical and Computer

developed increased theirunderstanding and motivation. Cost was minimal and could be nearly zero with available freesoftware and downloadable signals.I. IntroductionThis paper presents a set of classroom demonstrations developed for use in the senior levelanalog communications course that is common to most electrical engineering programs. Thedemonstrations are intended to provide motivation to students with little or no practicalexperience with communications systems. By using software defined radio (SDR),communication systems are demonstrated with signals that are familiar to students. Thedemonstrations can be used in any classroom or laboratory with minimal cost.Section II of this paper provides background on some of the issues that faculty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Michael Oehrtman, Arizona State University; Janice Meyer Thompson, Arizona State University; Josh Gardner, Arizona State University; Christopher Mehrens, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

is currently a student in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at Arizona State University where he is a student of Dr. Robert Spring. Gardner received the Bachelor degree in Page 14.549.1 Music Education and Clarinet Performance from the University of Kentucky, where he studied with Dr. Scott Wright and Dr. Ron Monsen. He has performed both nationally and internationally and has studied additionally with renowned clarinetists, Larry Combs and Eddy Vanoosthuyse. Joshua is currently collaborating with the Vocal Tract Visualization Laboratory at the University of Maryland Dental School to map

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; Mequanint Moges, University of Houston; Victor Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Reddy Talusani, Houston Community College System; Shruti Karulkar, University of Houston

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Educational Research and Methods

manner as well as in presenting the findings of atask performed. The goal of this project was to assess the efficacy of the C Map techniquethrough mentor-mentee interactions.The primary objective of this project was: 1. Increase students’ capacity to engage in “real world” problem solving: The fundamental goal of this program was to initiate critical thinking amongst the students. The students were motivated to apply the knowledge gained in the lectures during the laboratory sessions. 2. To better retain and engage underrepresented students: The mentoring sessions had mentees from diverse backgrounds and the mentors conducted the sessions with such a varied group and instilled the principles of equality, discipline

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

context of abusiness environment. These are valuable lessons that will serve the students well once theyleave the university and begin their careers.Entrepreneurship in the Freshman YearEvery first-semester engineering student at _________ University takes GE 100: Fundamentalsof Engineering. This course provides students with foundational knowledge concerning thefundamental topics of mechanical, civil, electrical, and computer engineering9-12. The course isstructured as a series of modules, each of which consists of a lecture (with associated activelearning exercises) followed on the next day by a 50-minute laboratory experiment. The studentscomplete a total of 26 of these modules, on topics ranging from statics to electronic circuitdesign and

Conference Session

Modern Software Measurement Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Stan Mitchell, LogicForce Consulting, LLC; Hugh Berryman, Middle Tennessee State University

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Instrumentation

Advanced Technological Education grants over an eight-year period. He also served as the Coordinator of the Computer Engineering Technology program for more than six years. Dr. Sbenaty published and presented over 30-refereed national and international articles and attended/conducted over 60 workshops. He is also conducting research in the area of mass spectrometry, biosensors, electrical characteristics of concrete, and instrumentation. Dr. Sbenaty has several years of industrial and research experiences with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lockheed-Martin, and TVA. Dr. Sbenaty served as a Guest Editor and on the Editorial Board, Journal of SMET Education: Innovations and Research. He is

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Gustafson; Bruce Trott, Ohio State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

Page 14.1286.6Or ENG 202 (5) Technological Studies II:ENG 191H (4) Engineering Fundamentals and Analyzing Our World, (New Course) Page 5 of 9 Laboratory I Or Option 2:ENG 193H (4) Engineering Fundamentals and ENG 181 (3) Introduction to Engineering I, Laboratory III ENG 183 (3) Introduction to Engineering II ISE 504 (3) Engineering Economic Analysis Or ENG 191H (4) Engineering Fundamentals

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

paperprovides details of laboratory exercises and a senior project that is implemented using both softcore and hard core processors on three different FPGA boards. Advantages and disadvantages ofeach of these implementations will also be presented. The paper will also detail the challengesinvolved in using continually-evolving embedded processing tools and the efforts made to reducetheir learning times.IntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires providing studentswith a significant hands-on design experience. Graduating electrical engineering students shouldhave the ability to design, test, and verify the correctness of operation of systems, subsystems,and components for real-time application.The aggressive

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware

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Engineering Technology

departmental laboratory space for teaching laboratory-rich ET subject matter.≠ Recruitment of faculty who can contribute to a general ET program when hiring decisions are based primarily on the ability of a potential tenure-track faculty member to support the research mission of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources – a mission that does not specifically include research related to ET.≠ Recruitment of faculty in a department with no doctoral program and only a fledgling master’s program.The role of adjunct faculty, future evolution of the ET program at UD, and implications forprograms in more conventional settings are also discussed.Introduction:The history of the general ET program at the University of Delaware (UD) goes

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University; Andrew Kornecki, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Jerzy Nogiec, Fermi National Accelerator Lab

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, Fermi National Accelerator Lab Jerzy Nogiec is the Software Development and Support Group Leader at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and an adjunct professor of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests, in addition to software engineering education, include distributed systems and data acquisition systems. Page 14.1152.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Teaching Software Development for Modern Real-Time Data Acquisition and ControlAbstractModern data acquisition and control systems, in the most demanding

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Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-60: DESIGN UNDER ALTERNATIVE INCENTIVES: TEACHINGSTUDENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF FEATURE SELECTION ANDORGANIZATION IN CADMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Christe, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

outlines and textbooks for all courses required for graduation. Sufficient examples of student work in technical, mathematics, and science courses must be available to the visiting team for the entire campus visit. The examples should show a range of grades for assignments, including homework, quizzes, examinations, drawings, laboratory reports, projects, and samples of computer usage in technical courses. Examples must also be presented to demonstrate compliance with the requirement for student competence in written and oral communications.1To meet this directive, student assignments such as quizzes, homework assignments, laboratoryreports and tests, related to a particular course, were typically duplicated and

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mouna Nakkar, University of Sharjah

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Electrical and Computer

be also used in embedded system laboratory courses as well as a workshop onSoC. The tutorial is organized to be completed within 6-8 hours. A sample group of junior/seniorstudents took this survey and the initial results are positive. The design and tutorial are availablefor public at the University of Sharjah website.IntroductionA. SoC revolutionThe last ten years witnessed a revolutionary shift in the traditional design of VLSI to a moremodern approach which is SoC; i.e. a board with reconfigurable hardware (FPGA) and otheradded chips and I/O features. As a result, the embedded systems market in general increaseddrastically. Jackson estimated that 98% of processors are used in embedded systems1. Currently,the market for SoC is a $2 billion

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

engineering programs across the U.S. declined 34% between1997 and 20061 and The University of Tulsa (TU) has mirrored this trend. This same period oftime saw significant changes in the technology infrastructure at TU in the College of Engineeringand Natural Sciences. Every classroom was equipped with a computer console and display forinstruction. All engineering departments established computer laboratories for their students inaddition to the numerous facilities available to all students. WiFi was installed campus-wide.Two instructional laboratories were created with computers for 20 or 30 students.In 2007 and 2008, the public watched the price for a barrel of oil rise to unprecedented levels.Salaries for engineers prepared to work in the petroleum

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

module students synthesized biodiesel and analyzed theproducts through chemical analysis and using it as fuel in a jet engine. The 12principles of Green Chemistry were presented as foundational knowledge for comparingthe life cycle of petroleum-based diesel to vegetable-based biodiesel. Students’ learningwas assessed quantitatively for each module along with qualitative comments using theStrengths, Improvements, and Insights (SII) format. From feedback gathered in the firstcourse offering, the Green Chemistry module was enhanced to include the use of thestudent-made biodiesel in a laboratory jet engine housed in the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment. In addition to the student assessment, the role of Green Chemistry in thiscourse was assessed by

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit, Mercy; Eswara Venugopal, University of Detroit, Mercy; Daniel Maggio, University of Detroit, Mercy; Meghann Mouyianis, University of Detroit, Mercy

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Engineering Physics & Physics

replaced a traditional introductory collegemechanics laboratory curriculum, which was not inquiry-based and provided only limitedopportunities for students to construct their own knowledge by performing open-ended activities.Research into physics education provides insight for the design of innovative curricula andpedagogy. 3 The learning environments that are able to demonstrate the highest rates of studentachievement, as measured by standardized examinations, involve some form of what iscommonly called interactive engagement. Hake defines, ‘‘Interactive Engagement’’ (IE)methods as those designed at least in part to promote conceptual understanding throughinteractive engagement of students in heads-on (always) and hands-on (usually) activities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Howard Pearlman, Drexel University; Ali Navvab, Gloucester County College

high.Table 2 – Survey questions and resultsQuestion 4 year university 2 year college1) What is your interest level in engineering? 4 4.12) What is your interest level in engineering 3.7 3.6related to sports and sporting activities?3) Please rate the quality of the instructions in your 4.1 3.6lab handouts.4) How did the laboratory experiments affect your 4

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University; Melissa Yale, Purdue University; Deborah Bennett, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Qt, (9) client-server networking, and (10) multithreading. Thetextbook is “Programming with Objects: A Comparative Presentation of Object-OrientedProgramming with C++ and Java” by Avinash C. Kak published by Wiley2. All lectures wererecorded in advance using Camtasia Studio. This tool performed screen capture with narration sothat the instructor could show slides, websites, code, and demonstrations of program execution.The course included five programming assignments, ten laboratory exercises, four exams, and afinal exam. There were three lecture sessions (50 minutes per session) scheduled per week. Thelectures were recorded on video. Students were encouraged to view the lecture according to aschedule for the course materials. There were two

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Hovell, University of Texas, Austin; Kimberly Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin

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Graduate Studies

Page 14.652.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Grad Students Just Wanna Have Fun: Great Sociability Makes a Great Graduate ProgramAbstractThe Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin combinesunique research and social aspects of graduate work for structural engineering students. Theresult is an education and experience that aids in the development of students who surpass theirpeers from other universities, as evidenced by consistently high rankings of the graduateprogram. In research, the students are responsible for producing top-quality results in anextensively equipped, hands-on laboratory. Socially, the lab employees, graduate researchers,and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

working with complex aircraft systems.1.1. Aircraft Maintenance Technology (AMT) ProgramsDue to the close integration of AMT curriculum with the high-end technology, the AMTprograms require improved educational environments to realistically create scenarios of complexmaintenance environments5. However, not all institutions can afford to invest in expensivetraining aids, wide-bodied aircrafts and stimulus materials. Therefore, implementing educationalmaterials integrated with technology aids that are less expensive, portable and effective can beconsidered as an efficient solution.ViSIns Laboratory (Virtual Simulated Inspection) was established in Greenville TechnicalCollege as a part of this ongoing research effort to diminish the gap between high