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History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Darryl G. Thelen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Klingenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

in Year 1, and to add a fourthcourse in electrical engineering. This faculty involved will collaborate in finding effectivemethods to introduce sophomore students to the principles of computer problem solving.)Integrating Professional Development into Undergraduate Design and ResearchExperiences 2 (Goal: To develop undergraduate-level training materials on professionaldevelopment topics associated with the context of design and research.)Year 3 (2009-10)Modules for Data Acquisition and Experimental Measurements Development andIntegration (Goal: To leverage the coincidental occurrence that three departments (Mechanical,Chemical and Biological, and Civil and Environmental Engineering) are implementing similarupgrades to laboratory experiences

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Research on the First Year I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas; Gigi Secuban, University of Arkansas

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First-Year Programs

1123/1121L University Chemistry II (with laboratory) and PHYS 2074 University Physics II. This selection has no impact on the students’ selected CoE major at the conclusion of their first year. The University Core Elective can be any course that satisfies one of the requirements of the University of Arkansas core curriculum in the social sciences, humanities, and fine arts.Like similar students at many of our peer institutions, a significant number of FEP students donot have the mathematics ACT score (26 or greater in the 2007-2008 academic year, 27 orgreater in the 2008-2009 academic year) required to enroll in MATH 2554 as a new freshman.Most of these students qualify to take MATH 1285 Precalculus Mathematics

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Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jess Everett, Rowan University

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Environmental Engineering

15.943.2materials before covering them in class. Calculation exercises were used as homework (HW) toPage 15.943.3Page 15.943.4was insufficient evidence to claim that students completing MML homework performed betterthan the students using traditional paper-based, instructor-graded homework (at a significancelevel of 0.05). However, the student success rate (final grade of A, B or C) was 70% in theMyMathLab group and 49% in the traditional homework group. In another study, introductoryphysics students completed homework using either the Web or paper.12 Performances on regularexams, conceptual exams, quizzes, laboratory, and homework showed no significant differencesbetween the two groups. Students in an electrical engineering signals and systems course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mrinal Saha, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Bipul Barua, University of Oklahoma; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University

applied [16-17].During the early development stage of the CSI system, heuristic evaluation methods willbe used to evaluate the scenario design aspects including interface, story, and mechanics.When the CSI system takes shape, laboratory-based user testing sessions will beconducted with students, followed by satisfaction questionnaires and interview. User’scomments, failures, and subjective feelings will be used to identify design charactersleading to positive and negative user experience.Conclusion and Future WorkIn this paper an interactive scenario based learning environment has been presented. TheCreate your Scenario Interactively (CSI) module has been developed to actively involvestudents in the learning process and to enhance the learning

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Construction Classroom Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis Audo, Pittsburg State University; Seth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University

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Construction

forward. The propertiesof differing materials are discussed with special attention given to which loads, tension orcompression, each material is capable of holding.The properties of concrete material are explored along with the ingredients that make upconcrete. Students then go into the materials laboratory and mix up the proportions of rock,sand, cement and water to make up a concrete mix. The students then make a test cylinder usinga plastic mold. Their test specimen is then tested in compression in a later session so they can seehow the strength of their mix is performing.Students are then taken to the computer lab to use AutoCAD Revit Architectural to design theirdream house. They are shown the basic steps of using the Revit Architectural

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmine Balascio, University of Delaware; Thomas Brumm, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University

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Engineering Technology

documents; b. conducting standardized field and laboratory testing on civil engineering materials; c. utilizing modern surveying methods for land measurement and/or construction layout; d. determining forces and stresses in elementary structural systems; e. estimating material quantities for technical projects; and f. employing productivity software to solve technical problems.Baccalaureate degree programs must demonstrate that graduates, in addition to the Page 15.299.3competencies above, are capable of: a. planning and preparing design and construction documents, such as specifications

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Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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New Engineering Educators

within a laboratory or other staged environment. Studies that have previously beenconducted in the past, such as certain behavioral studies, require that the subjects do not knowthey are participating in the study. Knowledge of participation may hinder the ability for the testsubjects to be unbiased during the research process. The first step in conducting a meta-analysisis to define the research problem. For this study, the subject in question is one that involveshuman interaction with one another through faculty mentoring relationships. For the meta-analysis process, the research question may be summed up as, “What mentoring types orcombinations thereof are most successful for STEM faculty in small institutions?”Once the research question is

Conference Session

Business Meeting

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Farison, Baylor University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation 3471 2:15 – 4:00 pm Engineering and Other DisciplinesThis was the first year in which the number of MULTI Division paper sessions declined. Thereason is likely, at least in part, due to the rapid spread of “multidisciplinary” influencesthroughout both engineering education and the engineering profession. This year, in addition tothe MULTI Division sponsorship of six sessions and the co-sponsorship of one session, therewere three other conference sessions with “multidisciplinary” in the session title. These weresponsored by three other divisions: Design in Engineering Education Division, Division ofExperimentation & Laboratory Oriented Studies (DELOS), and Manufacturing Division.The MULTI

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Oranuj Janrathitikarn, Pennnsylvania State University; Lyle Long, Pennsylvania State University

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Aerospace

small group and two groups werepaired to work as a team. This course also included the closed laboratories to provide in-depthtraining on the particular skills.In order to develop the software engineering course for students in majors other than computerscience and engineering, other approaches should be integrated into the course because thosestudents have limited background and experience in computer language programming. Forexample, another software engineering course provided the lectures in six areas: ComputerArchitecture, ADA 95 Constructs, Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Software Engineering,and Introduction to Other Classes6.The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University had offered the Introductionto Software

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Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

skills, project management, engineering ethics and other relatedskills.1, 2 This paper focuses on the assessment of the curriculum improvement from these threenew courses.Various methods have been reported in the engineering education literature to assess theeffectiveness of the curriculum improvement. Dempsey et al. 3 presented using senior mini-projects instead of traditional senior capstone projects in electrical and computer engineeringcurriculum assessment. Ricks et al. 4 used student perceptions of their abilities and quantitativemeasures of student performance using both written assignments and laboratory assignments toevaluate the effective of a new embedded systems curriculum. Gannod et al. 5 described the gapanalysis and its impact on

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Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; Rollin Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-239: ACHIEVING CIVIL ENGINEERING BOK2 OUTCOMES OFGLOBALIZATION, LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICALRESPONSIBILITY AND TEAM WORK IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSSteven Benzley, Brigham Young University Steven E. Benzley obtained BES and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis. He was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Since 1980 he has been on the faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. He has also served as Associate Dean of the BYU College of Engineering and Technology, Associate Dean of BYU Honors and General Education, and is

Conference Session

Educational Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Helen Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

15.344.123) Program-level decisions this finding could affectGroup # Comments Group # Comments ** Credit for 1) Study abroad; 2) internships; 3) independent study - serviceGroup 1 no answer Group 10 projects. 1) ensure problem-solving skills in courses for every semester of the curriculum, 2) promote student organizations, 3) sponsor travel to competitions and field ** Retuning the course curriculum withGroup 2 trips, 4) esure handss-on laboratory

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Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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College-Industry Partnerships

Requirement for GraduationIntroductionProfessional internships are not a new concept to college and university programs.However, to require this experience in the form of a demanding, well designed andimplemented internship is a very time consuming investment, which will yield excellentreturns for your students and for your program. Students, both traditional and non-traditional, are given an opportunity to demonstrate, advance, and refine technical andsupervisory competencies learned in the classroom and in the laboratories. Graduateswith this type of resume-worthy experience have a substantial advantage over peers withno internship experience. “Once, having an internship or two on your resume made you areal standout in the marketplace. Today

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in Engineering Technology Education & Administration: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Robert Strangeway, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Engineering Technology

of Engineering (MSOE). He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1985 and is a registered Professional Engineer in Wisconsin. He previously was a Member of Technical Staff at L-3 Communications and currently performs systems engineering consulting in the area of communications for DISA (U.S. DoD). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and teaches courses in circuits, signals, and communications.Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Petersen is Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Valenzuela, Auburn University; Jeffrey Smith, Auburn University; Ben Reece, Auburn University; David Shannon, Auburn University

programming skills in solving engineering problems without having to be explicitly told todo so. During Phase 1 of the project, we are exploring the feasibility of our framework and havedeveloped and evaluated five instructive modules for four IE professional courses in ourcurriculum.Modeling FrameworkThe methods that are commonly used to achieve educational objectives include: lectures,experimental laboratory, design projects, case studies, games, and internships1. All of thesemethods are used in teaching IE courses in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department atAuburn University. However, the lecture method is by far our most common approach forinstruction. This is also the case at most other engineering academic departments. One of

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome Schaufeld, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; McRae Banks, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thestudents take three intensive courses, usually consisting of four lectures plus problem sessions asappropriate. In some cases laboratory sessions replace lectures. The course was designed to fitinto one term.The course was designed to contain the following elements:“Toolbox”: To conduct meaningful discussions about the role of commercialization ininnovation and how to identify and pursue entrepreneurial opportunities with the students it isnecessary to introduce the basic functional elements of business fundamentals. We choose to doso by introducing a commercial “toolbox” early in the course that would enable the students toembrace the concepts presented in subsequent lectures. The elements of the “toolbox” were

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wael Mokhtar, Grand Valley State University

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Design in Engineering Education

blocks on a table inside a work cell located in the engineering laboratory inthe School of Engineering. Through the internet, a user can send orders to the robot and see itlive using a set of web cameras installed inside the work cell. The objective of the project is todevelop a recruiting tool to attract prospective students to engineering. Robot Controls Local Internet Server Video

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Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Myers, Ohio University; Ben Stuart, Ohio University-Athens

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Engineering and Public Policy

”) are notcapped by University requirements, most faculty teaching J-courses restrict enrollments to 20students. This is done primarily due to the heavy writing component and the need for facultyfeedback on students’ writing skills. Significant out-of-class time is devoted to each student inthe development of critical written communication skills. Further, while engineering studentsoften have developed sufficient technical writing skills by the Spring quarter of their Junior year,policy writing to targeted audiences is substantially different that writing laboratory or designproject reports. For this first class offering it is of interest to note that the class enrollment was 25students, with several additional students requesting

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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

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

are summarized in Table 5. First note, a 74% majority of alumnibelieve teamwork skills are not the same as project management skills. This is supported by thedata illustrated in Figure 3 as the leadership gap. Second, alumni do believe PM skills can betaught in the classroom with 83% responding yes. Note, for these alumni, "classroom" isunderstood to mean more than a lecture setting. Approximately one-half of the "classroom" timethese alumni had in college was laboratory or teamwork related time. Working on team-basedprojects would be viewed as "classroom" in this population. The question of learning PM "on thejob" was asked in order to verify the responses given about learning in the classroom. A smallmajority disagree that PM can only be

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Brad Cross, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Susan Morgan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Civil Engineering

some resources that might not be readily available in some office locations (e.g.,research laboratories, instrumentation, and finite element programs) that can be used to furtherinvestigate questions that arise.Some companies have identified excellent student projects, yet there were proprietary orconfidentiality concerns. To address these challenges, presentations and reports were authoredfor “faculty eyes only.” Otherwise, presentations are open and reports may be used for Page 15.159.7accreditation purposes. 6 Before the change to industry

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Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

. Accessed Nov 2009. 4. Louisiana State University Engineering Communication Studio. Accessed January 2010. 5. Oklahoma State University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Accessed Nov 2009. 6. Alley, M. "The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid". New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2007.7. University of Arkansas Department of Mechanical Engineering, "Oral Presentation Evaluation Form." Accessed Jan 2010. .8. University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin. "Checklists for presentations Writing Guidelines for Assignments in Laboratory and Design Courses", 1998, Accessed Jan 2010. 9. Utah State University Department of Engineering and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas; Nicholas Evangelopoulos, University of North Texas; Uyi Lawani, University of North Texas

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-2137: OPEN-BOOK VS. CLOSED-BOOK TESTING: ANEXPERIMENTAL COMPARISONLeticia Anaya, University of North Texas Leticia Anaya, M.S. is a Lecturer in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of North Texas College of Engineering. She is currently working in her PhD in Management Science at the University of North Texas. She received her M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. Her research and teaching interests include Thermal Sciences, Statistics, Quality Assurance, Machine Design, Simulation and Educational Teaching Methods. She has published previously in ASEE Conferences and has developed three laboratory manuals in the following areas

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Programming for Engineering Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Baker, University of Kentucky; Vincent Capece, University of Kentucky; Keith Rouch, University of Kentucky

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Computers in Education

islimited in courses. Certainly, example solutions can be made available for students to reviewoutside of class. But, using screencasts, the students can watch the progression of the examplesolutions while listening to recorded explanatory audio comments, and this provides advantagesin limiting misunderstandings.Another topic discussed is use of screencasts to allow students in a distance learning Page 15.442.2environment to observe laboratory demonstrations.BackgroundScreen capturing software, such as Camtasia Studio1, supplied by TechSmith Corporation, is auseful tool for easily creating video recordings using a standard tablet pc. All activity

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Patterson, San Diego State University; Christopher Paolini, San Diego State University; Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

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Mechanical Engineering

. Using virtual laboratories, a rapid understanding of factors influencing cycle efficiencycould be grasped by students even before they undertake fundamental thermodynamics study.Calculating Equilibrium CombustionThe process for calculating equilibrium distribution and adiabatic flame temperature can quicklybecome difficult if done by hand using Kp tables, especially as more species are added to themix. Chemical reactions involve energy, either through absorption or expulsion, usually in theform of heat. If all the reaction heat is used to raise the temperature of the products, the resultingtemperature is called the adiabatic flame temperature. If a flow reaction proceeds with negligiblechanges in kinetic and potential energy and no external

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Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Hunter, Tennessee Technological University; Jessica Matson, Tennessee Technological University; Margaret Phelps, Tennessee Technological University; Roy Loutzenheiser, Tennessee Technological University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and engineering-based content and activities in their teaching, they must themselves experience learning throughinquiry, collaborate with other teachers, have access to and competence in using technology, andhave experience with engineering.8,9The interdisciplinary nature of engineering merges laboratory, field, and classroom inquiry withhistorical and cultural perspectives and the technology in the students’ worlds.10 Effectiveclassroom practices include conceptual understanding, thinking skills, inquiry, cooperativelearning, graphic organizers, computer simulations, actual observation, clear objectives, and on-going feedback.11 Students develop deeper understanding when they generate and testhypotheses, compare and contrast, summarize, and

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Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Walk, Old Dominion University; Roland Lawrence, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

; Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering Technology, of Old Dominion University. Since joining the faculty in 2006, he has developed an Electromagnetic (EM) materials measurement laboratory at the Applied Research Center to expand research in the area of materials. This research will include the synthesis and characterization of materials and nano-composites or meta-materials to create novel EM properties. Dr. Lawrence is also interested in the development of advanced sensor concepts to enhance measurement capability to enable improved understanding of the Earth’s environment. He is particularly interested in materials for large deployable antenna concepts and calibration approaches for

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Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Tennessee State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

  training  in  systems  modeling. Systems  Engineering  Analysis  replaces  Energy  Conversion  course  in  the  senior  year. Communication  System,  Software  Systems  Engineering,  Control  Systems  and  Power  Systems are the senior level courses that provide systems engineering based design experiences that lead to 100% systems engineering based Electrical Systems Engineering Design Laboratory and a two sequence  Capstone  Design  experience  that  will  incorporate  systems  engineering  (life  cycle) design  process.  Course  descriptions  for  new  courses  are  provided  to  show  how  skill  sets  are developed  through  course  outcomes.  The  new  required  and  technical  electives  in  the  systems engineering  concentration  are  in

Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Santucci, Arizona State University; Tushar Gupta, Arizona State University; Mohit Shah, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

, presentedearlier by Spanias et al2-3.This paper is organized as follows. First, the various features are explained briefly along withtheir mathematical description. The simulated results obtained from J-DSP are then given.Finally, a set of on-line laboratory tutorials and exercises is developed to review these concepts.Feature ExtractionThe features can be broadly classified into two categories – global descriptors and instantaneousdescriptors. In the former, the feature is calculated for the entire signal as a whole. The latter Page 15.131.3features are calculated for each frame obtained by segmenting the given signal. In this paper, weare interested in

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

Search Engine technology, and the rapid rise of user comfort with theidea of having to sift through large numbers of links, made such complex schemes irrelevant.Design Team ExperiencesIn recent times, design team experiences have become accessible at all levels, including “Design-build-fly”, “RASCAL”, and other projects that include freshmen through PhDs. Research projectparticipation as paid assistants or in “Special Problem” courses for credit, and collaborative teamexperiences such as “Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity” and “NASA MeansBusiness” are increasingly seen. These complement experiences as Interns or Co-Ops.Multidisciplinary Systems Design and OptimizationSince the early 1990s, the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at

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Best Zone Paper Competition

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito Enriquez, Canada College

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Council of Sections

applyingpreviously proven collaborative teaching and learning techniques commonly used in smallerengineering laboratory and discussion sessions to a larger, more traditional lecture setting.Currently, the range of use of Tablet PCs in the classroom includes enhancing lecturepresentations8,9, digital ink and note taking10, E-Books (books in electronic format) that allowhyperlinks and annotations11, Tablet-PC-based in-class assessments8,9, and Tablet-PC-basedclassroom collaboration systems such as the Classroom Presenter12, and the UbiquitousPresenter13 that can enhance student learning and engagement. As the use of Tablet PCs in theclassroom grows, there is a growing need to understand how these various uses and applicationscan facilitate and enhance student