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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida; Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

at the University of South Florida. She received her Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) degrees in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. Her research interests include computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided molecular design (CAMD), human-computer haptic interfaces, computational geometry for design and manufacturing, and engineering education. She is the director of the Virtual Manufacturing and Design Laboratory for Medical Devices (VirtualMD Lab) at USF. Page 15.1234.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Impact of Active Learning and Social

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

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Electrical and Computer

publication at the level appropriate for each target audience),the PowerPoint presentations for the topic, the teaching notes including instructions on themotivation of the topic, descriptions of active-learning exercises that can be conducted during thelecture, example quizzes, and the evaluation surveys to be completed at the end of the module. Inaddition, laboratory exercises and simulations (Flash and Java animations) are beingincorporated into the module.Examples of Knowledge and Application Module DescriptionsIn this section we offer two examples: one KM and one AM. These and other modules will beevaluated during the Spring 2010 semester in our Nanophotonics EE 459 course using methodswe have developed previously [5-6].KM: Plasmonics

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Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Educating Students for Professional Success

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Amr Safwat, The University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

the countless, lonely hoursspent in the laboratory, reading, and writing. While I understand my research has very importantand tangible environmental impacts, I found myself still feeling something was missing in myscientific endeavors; sharing my research experience with the generation that will improve on itand carry it forward. I was excited by the fact that students at Norwood High School were eagerto learn about my research, they understood my research, and realized the positive impacts ofconducting scientific research.” This type of learning, not acquired in a classroom setting, isinvaluable for future faculty.Fellow Feedback DataFellows are at the heart of Project STEP. A review of the survey reflections submitted by 12 ofthe 15 past

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Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Gianfranco DiGiuseppe, Kettering University

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Computers in Education

/Thermodynamics_Software/Suppliers/pid5061.htm2 Bhattacharjee, S., http://thermo.sdsu.edu/testcenter/3 Patrick Tebbe, Patrick, et.al, “Development of Software Applications forthermodynamics Related Courses: The THERMOVIEW Project”, ASEE AnnualCongress and Exposition, 20014 Friedman, Ella, “Interactive Learning Tools For Undergraduate Thermodynamics”,ASEE Annual Conference, 20045 Kumpaty, Subha, “Learning Enhancement in Thermodynamics Classroom via use ofTEST™ Software in Design Projects and Laboratory”, ASEE Annual Conference, 20026 Gramoll, Kurt, et. al., “Online Interactive Multimedia For EngineeringThermodynamics”, ASEE Annual Conference, 20047 Stanley, Richard, “Interactive Web Based Animation Software: An Efficient Way toIncrease the Engineering

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Gregory Leman, Baylor University; William Jordan, Baylor University; Brian Garner, Baylor University; Brian Thomas, Baylor University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-disciplinary teams; and(g) an ability to communicate effectively.Student communication performance in senior design is assessed by the professors. Designperformance is assessed by the professors as well as project sponsors (if there is an externalsponsor). Students do anonymous peer assessment of how they work on teams. Teaminvolvement is also assessed by the professors in charge of the course. Senior design is one oftwo courses that are used as the prime location in which to assess criteria (c) and (d). Criterion(g) is assessed through two courses, senior design and senior laboratory. We believe that bycomparing results over time we will likely see an improvement in these three areas. With onlyone data point (spring 2009 offering of senior design) we

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University; Anita Persaud, Pennsylvania State University; Drey Kharem, Pennsylvania State University; William Rothwell, Pennsylvania State University; Edgar Yoder, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

educational resources, from tutoring to special workshopsand media. It determines whether students have access to computer and other electronicresources. In a broader sense, income dictates where families live and the local tax basethat funds public schools. Schools located in communities that include wealthier taxpayers have a wide range of educational resources, such as qualified teachers, currenttextbooks and laboratories, and a wide range of subjects available for study 36. Schoolsthat receive less tax support from poorer residents will often be under-resourced. Asbudgets are cut, math and science are often the first to be diluted or eliminated,preventing those students from entering fields that require strong math and science skillssuch as

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Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qaiser Malik, Michigan State University; Punya Mishra, MSU; Michael Shanblatt, MSU

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Educational Research and Methods

: assessment and the quest for best practices at the Cooper Union., 2005.16. D. P. Ausubel, Novak, J. D. and Hanesian, H., Educational psychology: a cognitive view. New York, Holt: Rinehart and Winston, 1978.17. J. D. Novak, and Gowin, D. B., Learning how to learn: Cambridge University Press, 1984.18. J. D. Novak, Gowin, D. B., and Johansen, "Using concept mapping as an assessment method," in North central regional educational laboratory, 1983.19. A. Arruarte, Elorriaga, J. A., and Rueda, U. , "A template-based concept mapping tool for computer-aided learning," in Second IEEE international conference on advanced learning technologies (ICALT'01), 2001.20. Q. H. Malik, Mishra, Punya, Shanblatt, Michael "Identifying Learning

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeanne Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Bellinger, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Joseph Stanislow, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-1808: STEPWISE METHOD FOR DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARINGSTEM STUDENTS IN SOLVING WORD PROBLEMSGary Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology Gary Behm is a Senior Project Associate and Director of the NTID Center on Access Technology Innovation Laboratory and a Visiting Lecturer at NTID. He is a deaf engineer at IBM who received his BS from RIT and his MS from Lehigh University. He currently serves as a loaned executive at NTID/RIT working in the Center on Access Technology and the department of Engineering Studies. At IBM, he is a delivery project manager in the Rapid Application Development Engineering System. Behm has six patents and has presented over 20 scientific and technical papers

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Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Gary Pawlas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Design in Engineering Education

investigating teenage girls’ participation in engineering and technology activities from multiple disciplinary frames, the impact of four-year hands-on design curriculum, and the effects of service learning in engineering education.Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder DANIEL W. KNIGHT is the engineering assessment specialist at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) and Program. He holds a BA in psychology from Louisiana State University, and an MS degree in industrial/organizational psychology and a PhD degree in counseling psychology, both from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Knight’s research interests are in the areas of retention, program evaluation and

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

Professional DevelopmentEleven (11) experienced and six (6) inexperienced GTAs were employed in Fall 2007.Experienced GTAs had been assigned a first-year engineering laboratory section and gradednearly all students’ work, including students’ work on MEAs, in at least one prior semester.Inexperienced GTAs had no prior experience with the first-year engineering course. All GTAsreceived four hours of professional development (PD) training prior to the start of the Fall 2007semester. The PD focused on several aspects: connecting engineering practice to teaching, theMEA pedagogy, audience information (first-year engineering students), and practical issues ofMEA implementation and assessment14. GTAs were trained to understand the open-ended andrealistic

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Journalism and Fiction Writing and their frequency correlates with thenumber of students of the given major. For the contrary, there is a pattern when checking inwhich year the students are in their degree. Most of the students taking the class are freshman orsophomore. This same pattern could be find in the other science classes or in the generaleducation requirements courses the college offers; therefore it is possible to say that theenrollment roster in the class is a random sample of the student population. The requirements forcourse completion include: laboratory reports, quizzes, a final examination (conventionalassessment tools) and a self-directed project (performance assessment). This research willcompare the results of the analysis of the

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Sandi Hyde, Middle Tennessee State University

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International

signal “OK,” or “good job,”in Egypt, Greece, or Ireland means something offensively opposite if displayed in Iran orNigeria, then it is vital to be aware of these differences in order to achieve both business andsocial successes.4 Furthering the verbal and non-verbal communication challenges are the often-parodied communication abilities of scientists and engineers, exemplified even in children’sprograms through characters like Jim Henson’s laboratory MuppetTM “Beaker” who is only ableto speak in unintelligible “meeps.” It is easily conceivable that domestic science and engineeringstudents, studying abroad or exposed to and working with students of varying cultures, candevelop skills necessary to overcome these, and other similar, communication

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Katharine Golding, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

evaluation methods. Her research in this area has been funded by the NSF, Department of Education, Sloan Foundation, Engineering Information Foundation, and the NCIIA. She has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Education and is currently associate editor for the Applications in Engineering Education Journal. Additionally, she co-authored the book Total Quality Management, 3rd Edition (Prentice Hall). Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Sacre worked as an industrial engineer with ALCOA and with the U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory. She received her B.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla, her M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Wathen, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Hunt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Peter Ludovice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

detection. Adam has also performed research on electron plasmonic energy loss spectroscopy in gold thin films and nanoparticles as a Sandia National Laboratories MESA Student Intern. Adam has received significant educational experience at the high school and collegiate level as an NSF GK-12 Fellow for the 2009-2010 academic year, a graduate teaching assistant for 5 semesters at Georgia Tech during which time he received the Georgia Tech ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, and as an adjunct faculty member at Southern Polytechnic State University in 2008 and 2010 in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology.William Hunt, Georgia Institute of Technology William D

Conference Session

Computer Gaming and Virtual Reality for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katrina Neville, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Ian Burnett, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

script their own objects. The 3-Dobject creation tools and the in-built Linden Scripting Language (LSL) available, allow for astrong creative aspect to be included in course material where students can work together tocreate and script objects4.This paper will look at one way Second Life has been used to create a virtual learningenvironment. The environment created is a replica of a real-life television studio used by on-campus students. It is hoped that this virtual studio can aid in bridging some of the gap local andoff-campus students have in their laboratory experiences.BackgroundMultimedia Engineering courses are offered at RMIT University's Melbourne city campus aswell as their international campus in Vietnam.The Multimedia Engineering

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Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Eugenio Lopez-Aldea, NIEDAX; Nuria Oliva, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv Universifty; Catalina Martinez-Mediano, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Mihail Milev, Plovdiv Universifty; Slavka Tzanova, Sofia University; Edmundo Tovar, UPM; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo

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Electrical and Computer

international service management certification, developed by EXIN7 and interesting for many different computing science jobs: “ITIL v3 Foundations”. ≠ “Computer Architecture Simulation course. Concepts and terminology”. The objective of this course is to serve as a tool for improving the capacities of students in laboratory practices time. In the course the students can learn and practice using microprocessors Page 15.892.7 simulators and extract the concepts related. They will compound the structure of a Generic Microprocessor (and practice with MC68000 concretely) understanding the principal issues

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

its first few years, the engineeringfaculty operated out of classrooms and laboratory spaces borrowed from across UCLA‟s stilllimited campus.14The postwar enrollment boom, and the special interest that students expressed in technicalsubjects, ensured that Boelter would receive the appropriations necessary for expanding hisfaculty and facilities. However, in terms of the College‟s early postwar growth, a more rapid, and Page 15.474.4exciting expansion occurred in the area of off-campus graduate instruction.From the standpoint of the industrial recruiters, who were given the resources to draw from anational labor pool, there was little to be

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Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; David Walden, Sysnovation, LLC

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2010-741: ASSOCIATE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL (ASEP)CERTIFICATION: A CREDENTIAL TAILORED FOR STUDENTS AND JUNIORENGINEERSSteve Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Steve Walter is the Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). Before joining the IPFW faculty in 2006 he held positions as a systems engineer and project manager with the Northrop Grumman Space Systems Division where he served in a variety of systems engineering and program management roles. Prior to that, he was a senior member of the technical staff at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) where he developed new and innovative

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Patterson, University of Alabama; Nicholas A. Kraft, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

in both science and engineering. It istruly a multi-disciplinary society that addresses technological needs that are also quite varied. Inaddition to diversity in disciplines, the society members are diverse in their affiliations.Members, volunteers, and symposium registrants come from academic institutions, governmentagencies, national laboratories, and industry. The Industrial Physics Forum (IPF) associated withthe AVS brings industry executives, researchers, and science-policy decision makers together toshare business knowledge, to assess critical needs, and to determine future directions.2Using vacuum technology for characterizing material surfaces and interfaces was a primaryfocus in the early days. Controlling the environment in a

Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Gordon, The Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

students completing the course received three hours ofcollege credit and a waiver of the freshman course if they attend the university.The modeling and simulation skills are tied to a variety of applications that require anunderstanding of applied mathematics, computer programming principles, and simplifiedengineering and physical systems behaviors. The computer simulation was mixed in with a few,simple laboratory exercises where experimental data were collected and compared to simulationresults from a mathematical model. Those were then topics of discussion concerning thevalidation of model accuracy. Other example model exercises included a ball dropped from abridge and a population growth forecast. Students also heard presentations on large

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

95: Issue 94. http://www.greencareersguide.com/index.html5. http://Engineering.com/suitableEngineering/RenewableEnergyEngineering/solar.6. http://culturechange.org/Wind.html7. D.J Buenham, J.C Campbell etc, ‘Developing Wind Power Simulations and Laboratory Experiments forRenewable Energy System Courses’, proceedings of annual ASEE conference and expedition at Austin, Texas,during June 14-17, 2009.8. http:// www.Spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/wind floating -wind-turbines-to-be tested.9. http:/ www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_market_data_wind.html.10. Iana, El Chaar, ‘Integration of Renewable Energy in the Electrical Engineering Curriculum’, proceedings ofASEE conference and exposition at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, during June 22-25, 2008.11. http

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Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bharathwaj Muthuswamy, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

linear circuit theory and are starting the study of op-amp circuits. Theframework involves mathematically understanding a nonlinear op-amp circuit, simulating thecircuit and implementing the circuit in the laboratory. The students compare and study theresults from all three approaches. The goal of this framework is to teach a few basic butvery powerful concepts which can be used to analyze practical nonlinear op-amp circuits.This paper describes the framework followed by an application to the design, simulation andimplementation of a negative impedance converter.1 IntroductionThe main objective of this paper is to present an approach (i.e..framework) for understandingnonlinear op-amp circuits. Although other frameworks have been proposed in the

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Mark Shreve

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

with recommendations for further refinement of instructional strategies will be presented.Keywords: hybrid instruction, blended instruction, online assessments.INTRODUCTIONEvaluation of online learning in engineering education has pointed to the increased popularity ofonline course offerings in engineering fields, but has also noted the particular challenges ofproviding online instruction for curriculum that has a large laboratory component1. However,newer, web-based tools have provided flexible options for componentized delivery ofengineering course resources in the media and format that best suits learning outcomes andstudent acceptance2,3, including the delivery of material that was historically provided in a labsetting. The Graphic

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, since the first 39 formulas failed. They do not get discouraged, theyaccept criticism, have a can-do attitude, and are resilient.Innovators like to champion ideas. They take action, take risks, get beyond their comfort zone,“fail forward” to succeed. They keep competing with themselves, and do not feel that they areexperts. They improvise, create, make something from nothing, act it, draw it, and play it. Thefollowing slide is an example of a “product” developed by determined freedom seekers to escapefrom Cuba to the USA by sea using a 1951 Chevrolet. Page 15.662.7Contrary to popular belief in the “genius” alone in his laboratory, innovators do

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright; Thad Welch; Michael Morrow

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Using Inexpensive Hardware and Software Tools to Teach Software Defined Radio Abstract Signal processing topics such as software defined radio are more easily taught by using demonstra- tions and laboratory experiences that pique the students’ interest. This paper describes a new, inexpensive software defined radio educational platform based upon M ATLAB and the Texas Instruments C6713 dig- ital signal processing starter kit. We describe the various hardware and software issues and discuss how such a platform can be used in the classroom.1 INTRODUCTIONSoftware defined radio (SDR) is a topic that is becoming

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Multidisciplinary Capstone

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hitt, USMA; Robert Floersheim, US Military Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

feasibility of the design,and make decisions leading to an optimal system design. System integration, human factorsengineering, computer-aided design, maintainability, and fabrication techniques are addressed.This course provides an integrative experience in support of the overarching academic programgoal, and is often interdisciplinary in nature. Students spend extensive time in projectdevelopment laboratories fabricating and refining their final products.The course learning objectives are: • Apply the Engineering Design Process to design and build creative solutions for open- ended engineering problems. • Work effectively within a multidisciplinary design team in a professional and ethical manner. • Develop and conduct experiments

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Jing Chen, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

, 126(2), pp. 237-248.16. Tetley, Josephine, Grant, Gordon, Davies, Susan. (2009). Using narratives to understand older people's decision-making processes. Qualitative Health Research. Vol. 19 Issue 9, p1273-1283.17. Thom, RM, Tyre, D, Anderson, MG, & Fleming, CA (2009). Adaptive management for decision making at the program and project levels of the Missouri River recovery program. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Richland, Washington: 99352.18. Thurston, D.L. (2001). Real and Misconceived Limitations to Decision Based Design with Utility Analysis,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 123( 2), 172-186.19. Younker, J., & McKenna, A. (2009). Examining student use of evidence to support design decisions

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Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

quiz require the student to consider a concept in connection with a situation reflective ofactual practice so that the relevant concepts allow solution of real problems. Page 15.1007.7Group problems – In engineering school, we learn in much the same way that we practice aftergraduation, in groups. In study groups and laboratory work, students don’t learn in isolation.Group learning exposes students to a variety of individuals and viewpoints, and enables them toask questions in a relatively safe environment. A small group in the classroom is one form of a“circle of trust.” [10] In the revised statics course, students usually are asked to