Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Vargis, Vanderbilt University; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical

' ability to use critical thinking skills to tackle engineering problems, as well as theirability to research and discuss current technologies. There were two goals of this project: 1)implement a challenge-based learning module (based on the Legacy Cycle framework) todiagnose skin cancer with optical spectroscopy in a junior to senior-level undergraduate courseon biomedical optics and 2) assess the value of this module compared to previous years' lecture-only method of teaching optical spectroscopy. The experimental design was introduced over onesemester. The module was assessed using 3 indicators: comparing test answers between 5semesters worth of classes, a 1 page study guide on an emerging technology of skin cancerdiagnosis created by the

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Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

project as a teaching tool. Todd et al3presented the results of a survey performed in the nineties about the use of capstone engineeringcourses. The results indicate that they are widely used to increase student awareness of soft skillsand as tools to subject them to “real world” open-ended problems. Napper and Hale4 presentedthe use of capstone senior projects as assessment tools for engineering programs. They discussedthe ABET requirement for the program outcomes and how a senior project serves as a goodindicator for student ability to work in teams and use critical thinking to solve open-endedproblems.Design projects were also used as a tool to enhance the learning in undergraduate courses. Forexample, Mokhtar et al5 discussed the use of

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Industry based new Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in Industrial Technology and Industrial Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

manufacturing technology, product design, and engineering economics. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois and holds memberships in SPE and ASEE. Page 15.134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Alumni Perceptions of Project Management InstructionAbstractAfter teaching a project-oriented capstone course several semesters, the author observed someteams failed to provide quality solutions for their semester-long, team-based project. The rootcause appeared to be poor project management skills. This prompted the author to considerasking alumni, who have demonstrated success leading teams in their

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

http://www.aspp.org/ASQ American Society for Quality http://www.asq.org/ASTC Association of Science Technology Centers http://www.astc.orgAVMA American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/AWAA American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/Biophysical Society http://www.biophysics.org/BFRL Building and Fire Research Laboratory http://www.nist.gov/bfrl/ESA Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology http://www.faseb.org/FMB Federation of Master Builders

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Anthony; Josh Price; Joe Harris

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Incorporating Engineering Research Experiences into High School Physical Science CurriculaAbstractAs high school teachers, it is rare that we have the opportunity to see the engineeringapplications for the mathematics and science concepts we teach. In Summer 2009, however, weparticipated in a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) project at Tennessee Tech University.Our research experiences varied: the second author conducted research that explored packcementation processes and the variables affecting the aluminide coatings on nickel-based alloysin terms of composition and microstructure. Pack runs were conducted on the samples usingdifferent methods. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to look at

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Oscar Nespoli, University of Waterloo; Steve Lambert, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1258: ENGINEERING DESIGN CASE STUDIES: EFFECTIVE ANDSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT METHODSOscar Nespoli, University of WaterlooSteve Lambert, University of Waterloo Page 15.480.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engineering Design Case Studies: Effective and Sustainable Development MethodsAbstractCase studies and the case method of teaching and learning have demonstrated pedagogicalbenefits. Sustaining the effective and efficient development of cases requires strategies andmethods that are proven and systematic.Waterloo Cases in Design Engineering (WCDE) is a unique program to enhance designengineering education by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, USF

teaching assistants assignedto a Numerical Methods course that the first author teaches. The common practice is theassignment of a 10hr/week TA in the spring semester and none in the summer semester. Withanywhere from 40-70 students taking the class, the first author had to critically think about thebest use of the assigned TA. Should the TA spend time to maintain generous office hours, gradecomputer projects, assist in programming and experimental laboratories, or grade homeworkassignments? The question we are trying to answer in this paper is whether grading thehomework problems improve the student performance. We are not questioning the importanceof assigning the homework problems but if they help the students if picked for a grade.Cartledge3

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

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Liberal Education

, representing all five major branches of engineering offered atSchulich (Mechanical, Chemical and Petroleum, Civil, Electrical and Computer, andGeomatics), who supervise the individual lab sections; a fine arts instructor and acommunications instructor; in addition, the course also has a full time technician, 20-24engineering teaching assistants, 4-8 fine arts/industrial design teaching assistants and 4-6communications teaching assistants.Communications instructor as Solo InstructorThe primary role of the communications instructor in ENGG 251/253 is that of sololecture instructor. As one of the two lecture instructors, the communications instructor isresponsible for half the lectures each semester, as well as at least two laboratory periodsof

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

, students enter the design courses in their junior yearhaving taken two core classes – Introduction to Mineral Processing and Properties of Materials.Both of these are three hour lecture and one hour laboratory courses. During their junior year,MME students primarily take discipline specific classes, usually 7-11 credit hours per semester.The courses and hours taken are variable as the MME department is relatively small, ~20students per year, and the upper division classes are offered on an every other year basis toensure that the number of students in each course is of sufficient size to meet minimum sizerequirements1.Design StreamBeginning in the 2008-09 academic year, the Department of Materials and MetallurgicalEngineering (MME) at the South

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huanmei Wu, IUPUI

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. "Integrated Teaching of Experimental and Communication Skills toUndergraduate Aerospace Engineering Students," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 86, no. 3, 1997, pp. 255--262.9. Joe Linhoff , Amber Settle, Motivating and evaluating game development capstone projects, Proceedings of the4th International Conference on Foundations of Digital Games, April 26-30, 2009, Orlando, Florida10. Ian Parberry , Timothy Roden , Max B. Kazemzadeh, Experience with an industry-driven capstone course ongame programming: extended abstract, Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer scienceeducation, February 23-27, 2005, St. Louis, Missouri, USA11. Robert W. Sumner , Nils Thuerey , Markus Gross, The ETH game programming laboratory: a capstone

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston, Downtown

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Engineering Technology

finished product meets contractualspecifications. The fees for these engineering services are typically seven percent of the cost ofthe contract2.This paper describes some of the assessment aspects that have developed in engineeringtechnology departments. Engineering technology departments are considered high costdepartments due to several factors: Laboratories for educational practices, relatively high facultysalaries, and low enrollments that are in most cases limited by the available facilities.Considering this cost environment, it is necessary to implement new activities with detailedconsideration of the full cost of the activity. This is the case for assessment. Assessment isnecessary but its satisfactory implementation also requires

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Shawn Racz, Lockheed Martin, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has three U.S. patents. From July 2003 to July 2005, as a team facilitator, he worked on the development of the curriculum for the “Partnership for Innovation in Nanobiotechnology Education” program in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and several Community Colleges.William Danley, Drexel University Dr. William Danley, Assistant Clinical Professor of Applied Engineering Technology in the Goodwin College, Drexel University, taught and developed undergraduates courses in thermodynamics, thermal system design, fluid mechanics, thermal, pneumatics and hydraulics laboratories, materials

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Cynthia Rice-York, Tennessee Tech University; Dalton York, Tennessee Tech University; Cynthia Stowers, Clark Range High School; Robert Sircy, Tennessee Tech University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) program at Tennessee TechUniversity during the summer of 2009. The program provided the teachers with the opportunityto experience the full cycle of research from formulating a research question and a research plan,to carrying out the research plan along side mentors who acted as consultants to the teachers.The two of the participants were a high school math teacher and a pre-service high schoolchemistry teacher. Although the two participants worked in the same fuel cell laboratory andshared to some extent the same mentor, the focus of their research and how they would take backtheir experience to class was completely different. The math teacher focused on research aimedat trying to identify patterns in the response of a PEM fuel cell under

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

. Faculty members often expose students to standards in laboratory exercisesthroughout their college careers. These subtle opportunities are documented in the paper.ABET criterion and outcomes used to evaluate engineering and engineering technologyprograms now emphasize the use of standards, especially in the design process. This is a newchallenge for the engineering educator. Given that new engineering educators teach theirstudents about standards, it is necessary to become familiar with available information that mayhelp students as well as typical best practices for academic libraries. Acquiring access tostandards is the first step in using standards. The next step is to acquire skill and learn how tocritically read and apply them.The literature

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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International

AC 2010-1111: FORMING COLLABORATIVE LINKS BETWEEN TURKEY ANDUS: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RAPID TECHNOLOGIESIsmail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University Dr. Ismail Fidan currently works as a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Nigde University, Nigde, Turkey. He is also a Tenured Full Professor at Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing for the last 10 years. He has teaching and research interests in additive manufacturing, electronics packaging, knowledge-based systems and distance education. Page 15.595.1

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University

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Materials

AC 2010-210: EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO IN CASTING EDUCATIONCraig Johnson, Central Washington University Page 15.444.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Effectiveness of Video in Casting Education Craig Johnson, Ph.D., P.E. Central Washington University (CWU)AbstractOur traditional casting course features both lecture and laboratory venues. However it is notedthat many students have never interacted with foundry equipment, and there is a significantlearning curve associated with the ability of a student to execute basic green sand foundryoperations. Education methods were sought to reduce

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

from Tanner research Inc havebeen utilized for the custom ASIC design.The course was offered before at IUPUI with the two components ASIC &FPGA, andPCB technologies, and then modified to feature MEMS technology. The paper detailsthe contents and the CAD tools used in the design. The course was three credit hourdelivered in one semester (16 weeks) in three separate modules, one credit hour each.Students can register for one or more module within a semester period. The industrialpartner at the Indiana Life Sciences Inc. was part of the teaching team for the PCB andMEMS sections.I. INTRODUCTIONWith the continued and rapid increase of technology, electronic manufacturing hasbecome a significant sector in manufacturing industry. Electronic

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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First-Year Programs

improvement based on several modifications. Its creation has been guided bybest practices in the research, most notably the experience of Hoit and Ohland (1998). Hoit and Page 15.392.3Ohland developed a new freshman engineering course at the University of Florida that wasextremely successful in terms of retention and student attitudes. Their course, which was theinspiration for the revised GE1030 at University of Wisconsin-Platteville, was a laboratory-basedcourse which gave students hands-on experiences. Each section of the new course at University of Wisconsin-Platteville is team taught byseven faculty members, one from each engineering program

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Hannemann, University of Kentucky

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Design in Engineering Education

Internet as well as experienced in FIEworkshops. The author has adapted/developed evaluation rubrics to grade the reports andpresentations. Finally a rubric to evaluate the students’ performance and their projects on thefinal showcase has been developed. Graduate students, faculty, and industrial advisors have usedthis rubric now for several semesters to find the best-presented project of the showcase.The author hopes that the full set of outlines along with evaluation rubrics stimulate ideas in thecommunity to develop new and better means of teaching and evaluating the technical as well asprofessional skills needed by our graduating seniors.IntroductionSenior Design or Capstone courses are common for most engineering degrees. These coursesprovide

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

teaches courses in science curricula, teaching and learning, and assessment courses with an emphasis on constructivist theory and issues of equity. Her research focuses on issues of gender, science, and science teaching. She has won two awards for her research in these areas. In this work she is responsible for developing assessments and overseeing data collection, analysis, and feedback to the project.Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University Amaneh Tasooji is an Associate Research Professor in the School of Materials at ASU and has been teaching and developing new content for materials science and engineering classes and laboratories. She has developed new

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jai Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet; Omer Farook, Purdue University, Calumet; Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Interfacing, Digital Communication, Networking, C++ and Java Languages. He has authored several research papers in IEEE journals and conferences.Chandra Sekhar, Purdue University, Calumet CHANDRA R. SEKHAR is a member of the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet. Professor Sekhar earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from the University of Madras (India), a Diploma in Instrumentation from Madras Institute of Technology and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania. Professor Sekhar’s primary teaching and research focus is in the areas of Biomedical and Process Control Instrumentation and Clinical Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

AC 2010-231: EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OFIMPROVING MATH COURSE PLACEMENT FOR INCOMING FRESHMEN IN ASUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMJohn Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee John R. Reisel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM.) He serves as Associate Director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, and co-Director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. His research efforts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Dr. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the 2000 UWM-College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstanding Teaching Award, and a 1998 recipient of the SAE Ralph

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy; christopher conley, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-1925: A “GLOBAL” CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT CIVILENGINEERING IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: THE FINAL RESULTFred Meyer, United States Military Academy Colonel Fred Meyer is the Civil Engineering Division Director in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA in 1984, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993 and 2002, respectively. Fred has been a member of the USMA faculty for over seven years and teaches courses in basic mechanics, structural steel design, reinforced concrete design, and structural system design. He has served as a senior mentor and seminar presenter

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

TechUniversity, we began our own engineering curriculum reform in 1995. Through the support ofthe College and the National Science Foundation we have implemented and revised multipleIntegrated Engineering Curricula.One obstacle to implementing an active-learning, laboratory experience at the freshman level isthe required infrastructure and setup time. These barriers can lead to either poorly implementedprojects with no connection to the curricula or to time-intensive preparations by the faculty andstaff. Through multiple iterations of our freshman curriculum, we have developed an active,hands-on lab-type experience at the freshman level that is both tightly integrated to the coursecontent and does not require extensive set up and tear down time by the

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Jablonski Erin, Bucknell University; Buffinton Keith, Bucknell University; Richard McGinnis, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

International

offered in the UK (2004 and 2006), Argentina (2007), Switzerland, Germany and France(2008), and Norway and Sweden (2009). The cost of the program has been set at the tuition costfor one 4 credit-hour course during the regular academic year. The program fee covered tuition,airfare, lodging, transport and all scheduled activities. Students needed additional funds formeals and non-program travel. The program is cost-neutral to the university.Faculty are remunerated for teaching the course based upon the scale for teaching summer schoolcourses but adjusted for the special nature of the course. The adjustment includes an additional50% consistent with courses that have laboratories and therefore additional contact hours.Another 50% is added because the

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jason Buchanan, Southern Illinois Universaity, Carbondale

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

received his M.S. and Ph.D. from SIUC in 1991 and 2002 respectively. He teaches courses in electric power and machinery, industrial automation, and electric circuits. His research interests include power systems economics, power markets, and electric energy management.Jason Buchanan, Southern Illinois Universaity, Carbondale Jason Buchanan received the Navy Education Code (4125) in the U.S. Navy in 1995. From 1995 to 1999, he was a Gas Turbine Systems Electrician, power distribution operator, gauge calibration coordinator, investigative firefighter, and a propulsion plant monitor in the U.S. Navy. From 1999 to 2006, he worked as a maintenance electrician in the underground coal mining

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

AC 2010-1698: USING PROCESS FMEA IN AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE COURSEMary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mary E. Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Aviation Technology and the Industrial Technology departments at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She has earned her BS, MS, and PhD in Industrial Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington. She teaches capstone courses in the Aeronautical Engineering Technology program, in addition to graduate courses in Aviation Technology and Industrial Technology. Mary has extensive experience in the aerospace industry, both prior to coming to academia and while in academia

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

System Operators and a variety of other local, state and regional committees. He is a licensed engineer in Kentucky and Texas, is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer through the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, with specialty certification in Water and Wastewater and a Diplomate, Water Resource Engineer through the American Academy of Water Resource Engineers.Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University Ms. Wade is the Education Coordinator for the Water Training Institute (WTI) at Bowling Green Community College (BGCC), a division of Western Kentucky Univeristy (WKU). In addition to giving guidance to existing and prospective students in the WTI program, she teaches WTI and

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Liles, NCA&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Courtney Lambeth, NCA&T State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

was comprised of a diverse group of high schoolsophomores, juniors and seniors, deriving from geographically disparate locations throughoutNorth Carolina. The camp provided intensive, hands-on learning experiences for campers.Science (K-14) teachers (who also were participants in the University’s RET program),undergraduate students in bioengineering and professors in mechanical engineering andbioengineering served as camp instructors.There were two over-arching goals for the camp, specifically, to introduce campers tobioengineering and to encourage campers to pursue a baccalaureate degree in tissue engineering.The content for camp teaching and learning largely focused upon tissue engineering, and morebroadly bioengineering, a field of study

Conference Session

Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joan Kowalski, Penn State University - New Kensington; Tracie L. Brockhoff, Penn State University - New Kensington

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

nontraditional careers such as engineering. Joan also displays her dedication to mentorship as advisor to the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) student chapter on campus along with advising the Tau Alpha Pi (TAP) National Honor Society for engineering technology students of the Iota Beta Chapter, Penn State New Kensington. Over the years, Joan has received numerous awards including the prestigious Penn State University’s Women’s Achievement Award in 2003 because of her commitment to the FIRSTE Program and other effective mentoring activities both on campus as well as within the community. In addition, Joan was the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award at Penn State New Kensington in 2005