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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Asad Esmaeily, Kansas State University; Anil Pahwa, Kansas State University; J Thompson, Kansas State University; Donald Watts, Kansas State University

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International

in this paper are the result of a three-year partnershipbetween Kansas State University and Kabul University, as the first phase of a potentially 10 yearproject, funded by the World Bank; as well as the familiarity of a couple of the authors of thispaper with the cultural, social and economical facts in the region due to their much longerperiods of living in the region. The partnership started by an assessment trip to Kabul by a groupof administrators and faculty members from three major engineering departments, colleges ofArchitecture and Planning and Department of Modern Languages at KSU, on November 2006.Technical issues and the progress in rebuilding Kabul University Engineering Program areaddressed in another paper. This paper

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Rover, Iowa State University; Monica Bruning, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University; Mary Goodwin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University; Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Jacqulyn Baughman, Iowa State University; Harry McMaken, Des Moines Area Community College

STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP). Thegoal of the SEEC project is to increase the number of engineering graduates at Iowa StateUniversity by approximately 100 per year. In addition, the percentage of women and minoritygraduates will approach 20% and 10%, respectively. The project is a collaborative partnershipbetween Iowa State University (ISU) and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC).Project objectives are designed within the areas of learning communities, curriculum, advising,networking, and evaluation. Activities are planned in each of these areas using a logic modelapproach that identifies resources, outputs, outcomes, and impact.The project is grounded in established and emerging practices in retention and recruitment. Thekey

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Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Natalia Salies, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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Minorities in Engineering

potentialsin STEM fields. Analysis of mentee responses to the P.E.S. provided very promising evidence ofthe effectiveness of the DREAM program. Questions 10 and 12 on the P.E.S. ask, “How muchmath do you plan to take in high school,” and “How much physics do you plan to take in highschool,” respectively. In spring 2009, the number of mentees planning on taking a greaternumber of years of math and physics increased from the initial survey to the final survey, whilethe number planning on taking the minimum number of years of math and physics dropped. Thisdirectly shows that DREAM has been effective in stressing the importance of taking math andscience courses for success in higher education, specifically in the STEM fields. It also showsthat DREAM has

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Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Praveen Malali, Old Dominion University; Pooja Bais, Old Dominion University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Sushil Chaturvedi, Old Dominion University

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Mechanical Engineering

a Web- Based Virtual ExperimentAbstractKey words: Web-based, Virtual Experiment, Instrument selection, Uncertainty Analysis.A methodology has been developed and successfully implemented for transforming physicalexperiments in an undergraduate thermo-fluids laboratory at Old Dominion University (ODU), adoctoral university, into web-based virtual experiments while the Mechanical Engineering (ME)faculty at Western Kentucky University (WKU), an undergraduate university, have developedand implemented a Design of Experiments (DOE) Plan to assure that graduates of their programhave acquired the skills necessary to design and conduct experiments and analyze experimentalresults. This paper presents details about a web-based

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Launching Successful Academic Careers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University

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New Engineering Educators

Foundation. I submitted (as a co-PI) my firstproposal in summer 2004. I was a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site proposaland was funded in December 2004. Batting 1000 is not typical, but the PI and I spent the entiresummer planning and writing the proposal. It was so polished and had been internally reviewedby so many people that I now understand that is the minimum that new faculty need to target. Ithen had a Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) funded in 2006 (NOTE: these are nowGrants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for ExploratoryResearch (EAGER)). My second submission of the CAREER award was funded in 2007 (plus 5supplements), and a Course, Curriculum, and Lab Improvement (CCLI) proposal (NOTE

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Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Manufacturing

Target valueFigure 1: House of QualityThe following four steps are followed when using the QFD approach in a systematic fashion.Step 1: Planning the curriculum to meet customer demands: This is the first step of the 4phase QFD. It tries to ascertain the needs of the customer. The customer in this case is a widebody of constituents ranging from students, government agencies, employers, safety regulatorsetc. It focuses on making students graduating with a safety engineering qualification employable.This step tries to ascertain what outcomes stakeholders expect out of the program. Opinionsexpressed are generally qualitative in nature. However, before we can proceed, this qualitativedata has to be converted to quantitative data. This is accomplished

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Andrea Bill, University of Wisconsin; Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University; Ida van Schalkwyk, Oregon State University; Rod Turochy, Auburn University; Rhonda Young, Texas Christian University

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Civil Engineering

efforts on over 145 research projects that have addressed and responded to local, statewide, regional and national issues in transportation and information systems management related to policy analysis, management, planning, infrastructure development, safety, and operations.Ida van Schalkwyk , Oregon State University IDA VAN SCHALKWYK is a Senior Assistant Research Professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University, where she teaches courses related to transportation engineering and conducts research in the area of transportation safety. Dr. van Schalkwyk received her Ph.D. from Arizona State University and her M.Eng. in Transportation

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Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mazen Hasna, Qatar University; Abdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar University; Boualem Boashash, Qatar University

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International

AC 2010-827: PREPARING AND EDUCATING THE QATARI ENGINEER OF 2030Mazen Hasna, Qatar UniversityAbdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar UniversityBoualem Boashash, Qatar University Page 15.973.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Preparing and Educating the Arab Qatari Engineer of 2030AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of adapting Engineering Education to a changing situation inQatar, a small country that is part of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. It presents theframework for a national project planned to take place in the State of Qatar during the 2010/11academic year.Over the past few years, several professional organizations started reviewing the issue

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

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Mechanical Engineering

complianceare raised; consequently, the effort required to plan, prepare and follow-up on general visitsplaces an increasing burden on programs, departments and colleges. This paper discusses themeans, methods and techniques developed to efficiently deploy departmental and programresources on small undergraduate institutions.Our College maintains nine accreditations with both the Technology and the EngineeringAccreditation Commissions of ABET. The following practices have been put into place tomaximize productivity: (1) prime movers lead, plan and coordinate the process, (2) standardizedtemplates are employed, (3) deliverables are assigned and shared by faculty, (4) useful content issourced from all programs and (5) faculty are supported with ‘how to

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

clarity of the tasks to be done.Introduction and PurposeUndergraduate engineering programs are discovering the benefits and costs of continuous [1-10]improvement. Since the 2006-07 accreditation cycle ABET has required programs toimplement a Continuous Improvement Process (CIP). The plan must demonstrate evidence of Page 15.1152.2actions which improve the program based on the assessment and evaluation of a program’sobjectives and outcomes. In the 2009-10 accreditation cycle the ABET Criteria for AccreditingEngineering Programs established Criterion 4 Continuous Improvement as a separate [11]criterion.Long before ABET

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

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Two Year College Division

point it is important present objectives for students1 Develop a plan to build your wealth2 Prepare a Budget3 Try to save $10 per week4 Do not purchase anything on credit that you cannot pay for at the end of the month5 If you don’t have enough earnings than limit you’re spendingIf you are able to save $10 per week then in one year you will have $520 and in ten years$5200!How can you limit your spending? When you shop for food in a store ask if they have a card tosave money. Here are some examples of stores that have discount cards: Stop & Shop,Waldbaum’s, Duane Reade, Pathmark, Winn Dixie to name a few. If they do, fill out anapplication and use the card when making purchases. When you go into the store, ask if there isa circular and read

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

science students.The paper includes a brief description of these successful programs and how they encourage andsupport the students to do well academically as well as broaden their general knowledge aboutengineering, including resumes, internships, research, networking, portfolios, career planning,graduate school, industry (through industry speakers with graduate degrees), and academia.This paper details the Fall 09 semester program and the end of the semester evaluation. Thisstudy includes 79 current students in the programs. The evaluation completed by these studentsmeasures how well the program covered the topics of graduate school, research, networking,engineering careers, portfolios, engineering contributions, communication skills, and study

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Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

give them preparation for it.Soft skills, or professional skills, are commonly understood to include those skills whichprofessionals must possess in addition to their technical skills in order to be effective inthe workplace. While there is no definitive list of professional skills (outside thecommonly recognized ABET accreditation standards), a review of academic literature,accreditation standards, and popular media reveals a list which variously includes:effective oral communication and presentation skills; effective written communication;creativity and/or creative problem solving; interpersonal skills; ability to work effectivelyon a team; time management and planning; conflict resolution; ethical decision-making;the importance of

Conference Session

Enhancing Environmental Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Roper, George Mason University

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Environmental Engineering

Research and Development Program. He has published over 150 technical papers and made numerous presentations at national and international forums. Page 15.1356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WATERSHED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE STORM WATER ASSESSMENTAbstract:The Sustainable Development and Next Generation Buildings class worked with ArlingtonCounty Virginia to assess impacts and alternatives for a sensitive storm water project in thecounty. This was a real world application of the subjects and technologies used in the class roomfor storm water management and planning. Within Arlington

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi-Cheng Chen, Meiho Institute of Technology; Yi-Chien Lin, Meiho Institute of Technology; Ron Chuen Yeh, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology

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Information Systems

each of the course in their formal education, are now familiar with aboutit as well as how practical the topic will be in their career. The research findings may beinstrumental for e-commerce training programs, licensing bodies, departments and curriculumdesigners in field of software engineering. The results of this study can provide usefulsuggestions to help software engineers for selecting the suitable and right learning courses aswell as to act as practicable guidelines for EC curriculum planning and development.Keywords: software engineer, e-commerce, EC education, curriculum development, knowledge topicIntroductionWith the invention of World Wide Web (WWW) by 1990, the global network is applied tovariety of domains. The digital

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Sara Skiles, University of Notre Dame; Sean Kelly, University of Notre Dame; Leo McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

at the end of first year to continue in an ABET-accredited engineeringdiscipline).The survey analysis yielded several broad conclusions. First, certain aspects of a student’s pre-college experiences and preparation are statistically significant predictors of retention into thesophomore year. Second, students who enter the program with settled plans to pursueengineering-related goals after college are much more likely to be retained in the program than arestudents with unsettled or non-engineering-related goals.These findings indicate the importance of prior experiences to continued engineering study, andindicate that exposure to pre-college programs that support or complement engineering, such asparticipation in science fairs, robotics teams

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

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Engineering Technology

models and embedding them into thedepartmental culture to maintain effectiveness and sustainability3. This is especially true forthose technology programs that have undergone accreditation review under the TC2K criteria bythe Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET and the engineering programs that havebeen reviewed using the Engineering Criteria (EC 2000)4,5,6.Outcomes-based assessment requires ongoing program-level assessment. Most often this is theresponsibility of the faculty in the program being accredited. The planning and documentationrequirements can require significant investment of time on the part of faculty if not carefullymanaged. This can cause issues with faculty which can place the outcomes assessment plan injeopardy7.Even

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Importance of Technical & Professional Writing in Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peilin Fu, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University, San Diego; Ronald Uhlig, National University, San Diego; Howard Evans, National University, San Diego

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Engineering Technology

xResume and cover letter x xBiographical sketch x x Memo x x Executive summary x x Cover letter for a report or proposal x x Technical-based Briefing paper x x business Business plan x x communications Consultant's report to a client x x Expert

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Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Barbe, University of Maryland; James Green, University of Maryland; Dean Chang, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Engineering and industry in the State of Maryland. Initialprograms included: • On-campus incubator opened in temporary buildings and moved to a permanent building in 1998 • Program to establish industrially oriented laboratories • Manufacturing extensionIn 1987, a new program was added to facilitate R&D projects for Maryland companies, carriedout on campus by faculty and graduate students – Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS).Since 1999, Mtech’s entrepreneurship programs have evolved significantly with the followingtimeline:1999 Hinman CEOs residential program for juniors and seniors2001 Technology Startup Boot Camp University of Maryland Business Plan Competition

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Entrepreneurship and Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

that could serve as guidance forsubsequent development of new models; [2] production system: design of a complete factory forserial manufacture of commercial telepharmacy workstation products; [3] business: design of aviable business enterprise that could operate the designed factory and manufacture and distributethe workstations. The entire project was subject to explicit cost and time-to-market constraints. In parallel, student recruiting was launched. The original plan called for a team of sixstudents: one undergraduate each from Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering andManagement, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering, plus one graduate student eachfrom the Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Pharmacy

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati; Sarai Hedges, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

Green Belt. She has numerous publications and is a member of American Society for Quality (ASQ), American Statistical Association (ASA) and Project Management Institute (PMI) Page 15.455.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Employing Six Sigma as a Tool for Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology EducationAbstractSeveral members of the College Assessment Committee interested in improving the collegeassessment plan for continuous improvement became interested in using Six Sigma methodologynot only for manufacturing processes but for learning processes in engineering

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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

industry partner as contributing authors. Typically thecase study source material has been collected and reviewed prior to this point, and thedevelopment team has been introduced. They have had time for preliminary discussionsregarding the broad educational goals and promotional benefits to all stakeholders.The case developer then develops a case plan document. The purpose of the case plan is toprovide an outline of the case study in order to obtain provisional approval. Obtainingagreement at this stage reduces the risk of investing work in developing a full case and then notbeing able to obtain approvals from the stakeholders at a later time. Figure 1 – WCDE Case Development Process (CDP)The case plan includes the following

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Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phil Lewis, North Carolina State University; Michael Leming, North Carolina State University

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Construction

economic factors, safety, reliability,aesthetics, sustainability, ethics and social impacts. The construction process can also includethe design of temporary engineered systems and components.CE 469 seeks to provide a transition-to-practice experience preparing the student to be asuccessful practicing engineer. CE 469 emphasizes management-level decision making andlearning to "think like the boss – think like the client." Development of alternatives, riskassessment, evaluation of opportunities and potential problems, cost control, professionaldocumentation, and an analysis of cash flow are required. The students develop an appreciationfor identifying critical, "make-or-break" aspects of planning and bidding a project in a timeconstrained

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Online and Web-based Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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HsinPiao Hsu, Kainan University; Hui-Ying Wu, Ching Yun University

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Computers in Education

requirements, (b) planningsite design and page layout, (c) understanding Adobe Dreamweaver interface, (d)adding content, (e) organizing content, and (f) evaluating and maintaining a site.The results indicated that there were significant differences between students ofthe Information Communications Department and those of other departments inthe domain of web communication. Four competency indicators of planning sitedesign and page layout, understanding Adobe Dreamweaver interface, addingcontent, and organizing content were detected, and the findings were that the ICDepartment students outperformed the others. The students’ background variableson the influence of web communication competency were analyzed and resultsindicated that background variables

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Cornell University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-2224: AN ASSESSMENT OF LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THREEON-CAMPUS K-12 ENRICHMENT PROGRAMSFleur Gooden, Virginia Tech Fleur Gooden earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from the University of the West Indies, Mona. She is currently completing her Ph.D. In Planning, Governance and Globalization at Virginia Tech while working for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) in the College of Engineering. Her research efforts are focused on reducing crime through the implementation of activities targeting at-risk youth.Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, GSU

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Engineering Technology

improvement whose results areused to constantly update and evaluate the program for sustained improvement and continuedsuccess. A plan must exist that details program-level continuous improvement, as well ascourse-level continuous improvement.In this paper, we describe an ABET-driven assessment plan that was originally developed toaddress some weaknesses and concerns identified by program evaluators during a previousaccreditation visit. However, faculty of the Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) seized thisopportunity to embark on a major program revision making use of its newly organized IndustrialAdvisory Board (IAB). As a result, a five-step process that consists of 1) program assessmentplanning, 2) data collection, 3) data analysis, 4

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Hyman, University of Missouri; Jim Borgford-Parnell, University of Washington; Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri

insight to, andexperience with, many aspects of real-world engineering projects. Simultaneously, capstonedesign projects will be advanced further towards industry implementation andcommercialization.The refinement activities in the pre-capstone courses are being planned and managed by studentsenrolled in a new senior/graduate course in management of design, working under the directionof the pre-capstone course instructors. This approach makes it feasible to systematicallyintegrate project-based learning into engineering education without requiring major curriculumreforms or new faculty resources.In this paper, we first describe the process we went through to select the capstone designrefinement opportunities, identifying the pre-capstone courses

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Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

Page 15.1104.22-1. OVERVIEWAs engineers mature into mid career planning and leadership positions and assume greaterresponsibilities, they must learn new skills, develop new abilities, and act in moderately complexsituations. Mid level leaders/planners are progressing towards becoming the engineering profession’shighest level thinkers, executive practitioners, and leaders of change for continuous corporateimprovement and innovation.2-1-1. Engineering Education: A Lifelong Growth Process ─ The National Collaborative Task Forcefor Engineering Graduate Education Reform has deliberately taken a broad, holistic approach thataddresses the overall professional education of the engineer as a lifelong developmental and self-studygrowth process that is

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Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

a time.Traditionally little time was spent during the product definition phase, instead considerable timewas exhausted throughout the design phase, and even more time was expended redesigning theproduct. “The key to shortening the overall design time is to better define the product and betterdocument the design process” (Morse & Babcock20, 2007, p. 221). Concurrent engineering (CE)spends more time initially planning and designing the product in order to avoid laterinterruptions and speed up the entire process. Concurrent engineering can be “defined as theearliest possible integration of the overall company’s knowledge, resources, and experiences indesign, development, marketing, manufacturing, and sales into creating successful new

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Michael Parker, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Robert Bridges, B&W Y-12 Technical Services, LLC

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Engineering Management

literature refer to atriple bottom line comprised of financial, environmental, and societal factors.5 Hitchcock offersa guide for creating and implementing sustainability plans.6 When Dr. Harry Hertz gave hispresentation at the 2009 Excellence in Tennessee Conference, the lead author was frustrated by Page 15.119.4the “simple” change in the Baldrige definition of sustainability in the 2009-2010 “Glossary ofKey Terms”; because Dr. Hertz went on to say that there was no corresponding change in thecriteria themselves.7 In a hallway conversation, Dr. Hertz was kind enough to explain that the“triple bottom line” had been around for a long time. The