Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Weber, Lake Superior State University

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Electrical and Computer

component of engineering education is helping students understand how the informationof a given class is applied to the current technology and applications of that field. In addition, it isalso critical for students to understand the broader impacts of a product during the design,manufacturing, and useful life stages as well as how the materials are disposed of, recycled, or re-used afterwards. One method of helping students achieve this insight is through the use ofmarketing-based presentations in which groups of students present competing technologies.This paper will describe such presentations that encourage students to explore both the technicaldetails of a product as well as the economic, environmental, and societal impacts in order toconvince

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-1153: TEACHING INTERACTIVELY WITH GOOGLE DOCSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia. Page 15.1177.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching Interactively with Google DocsAbstractActive learning has repeatedly been shown to be

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Goldbergmechanisms. The authors worked with a multidisciplinary group of freshmen software andmechanical engineering students to complete an Intelligent Rube Goldberg mechanism toassemble cheese sandwiches. VEX Robotics Development System was selected to complete thetask at hand. The project was accomplished by generating an automated assembly line with RubeGoldberg contraption elements controlled by a VEX microcontroller. The Robot C programminglanguage was used for programming. The project details, project evaluation and studentresponses are also included to conclude this paper.BackgroundAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and the industry demands thatengineering students be able to “do” design, to work in teams and to be

Conference Session

e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2010-1131: THE CASE FOR CASE STUDIESJohn Robertson, Arizona State University John Robertson is a Professor in the Engineering Technology Department at Arizona State University Polytechnic. He was formerly an executive with Motorola and now participates in many senior technical training programs with the JACMET consortium. Page 15.1208.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Case for Technology Case StudiesAbstract. The paper describes a two-target solution that uses industry short courses for‘front-line’ trials followed by condensation of the outcomes into academic programs.The

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Ocon, Purdue University Calumet; Opal McFarlane, Purdue University Calumet

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2010-544: WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP: PREPARING (FEMALE) STUDENTSFOR THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGERalph Ocon, Purdue University CalumetOpal McFarlane, Purdue University Calumet Page 15.1378.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Women and Leadership: Preparing (Women) Students For the Leadership ChallengeAbstractThe workplace can provide many career opportunities and challenges for graduatingstudents. While pursuing their careers, many engineering and technology students willperform roles that are outside their principal academic field of study. In addition tohaving to deal with career issues related to global competition and technological

Conference Session

Best Practices in Existing College-Industry Partnerships

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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College-Industry Partnerships

inception. Not much has beenwritten about the program in the literature though it deserves more recognition.6 Theobjectives of the Welliver Program are5: 1. To provide faculty with a better understanding of the practical industry application of engineering, manufacturing, information technology and business skills 2. To help faculty enhance the content of undergraduate education in ways that will better prepare tomorrow's graduates for careers in a global environment 3. To have faculty observe the Boeing environments, processes, and procedures with "fresh perspectives." Faculty will use their expertise to help identify areas for possible improvements and document their observations at Boeing

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Chia-Lin Tsai, University of Missouri; Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-384: PEER MENTORING: IMPACT ON MENTEES AND COMPARISONWITH NON-PARTICIPANTSRose Marra, University of Missouri ROSE M. MARRA is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She is Co-Director of the NSF-funded Assessing Women andMen in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women In Student Environments (AWISE) projects and Co-PI of the National Girls Collaborative Project. Her research interests include gender equity issues, the epistemological development of college students, and promoting meaningful learning in web-based environments.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY A. EDMISTER is the Assistant Director of the

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Central Connecticut State University; Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

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Aerospace

and supervised its team that took part in the 16th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Races in April 2009.Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University Dr. Prusak is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. He teaches courses in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology programs. He has over 10 years of international industrial and research experience in the fields of precision manufacturing, design of mechanical and manufacturing systems and metrology. Dr. Prusak received M.S. Mechanical Engineering from Technical University of Krakow and his Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Noelle Comolli, Villanova University; William Kelly, Villanova University; Qianhong Wu, Villanova University

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First-Year Programs

toengineering concepts without scaring students away from engineering. The projects offeredwere: Robotics with Matlab & Lego NXT, Analytical & Experimental Evaluation of aSMARTBEAM, Application of Acoustic Technologies, Fuel Cell Electric Car, ArtificialKidney: Improving the Current Dialysis System, Aerodynamics of Vehicles. The goal of theseprojects was to excite the students about engineering, provide an understanding of whatengineers do, and give a basic understanding of the level of independent learning andprofessionalism expected of an engineering student. At the beginning of the second semester,the students had a choice of a second mini-project (from the same six offered in the fall), afterwhich they are to select their major within

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Wojciechowski, Grand Valley State University; Charles Standridge, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

of the 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Session S1D6.2. Milliken, Barbara and Fereshteh Fatehi. 2007. “Co-Op and Internship Opportunities for the Department of Electronics, Computer & Information Technology.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.3. El-Sayed, Jacqueline and Denise Stodola. 2009. "Integrating Co-op and Classroom Learning Experiences." Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.4. Gunn, Craig. 2006. "Co-Op, Communication, And Engineering Disciplines." American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.5. Eastman, Mike, Anthony Trippe, Walt Bankes, Jeff Lillie, and George Zion. 2005

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

professional practice. The approach to PBL asdescribed in this paper gives engineering students the opportunity to appreciate the relationshipsand interactions between analysis and design more readily.The Capstone Design ProjectThe capstone design project is the foundation for the PBL experiences we propose to dispersethroughout the engineering curriculum. According to the Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology, “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculumculminating in a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earliercourse work and incorporating engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints".5 Thismajor design experience typically takes the form of a capstone design

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Daphene Koch, Purdue University

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Construction

AC 2010-1570: INDUSTRY COLLABORATION THROUGH A TECHNICAL ANDLEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES WITHIN A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTCURRICULUMMichael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis Michael J. Soller., Strategic Account Manager at Bowen Engineering Corporation. B.S. Civil Eng., University of Dayton, M.S., Purdue University. He has over 24 years of commercial and industrial project management experience and was an adjunct professor for the Department of Construction Technology of Purdue School of Engineering & Technology at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) for 11 years. Mr. Soller is a member of ASCE, ASEE, AIC, Advisory Board with the Construction

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Savilonis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-323: ENGAGING STUDENTS WITH GREAT PROBLEMSBrian Savilonis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Brian Savilonis is a professor in Mechanical Engineering; he has been at WPI since 1981. His teaching and research is primarily in thermofluids and biofluid mechanics. Email bjs@wpi.edu, phone 508-831-5686.David Spanagel , Worcester Polytechnic Institute David Spanagel recently joined WPI in the Department of Humanities and Arts; his scholarship is in history of technology and science. Email spanagel@wpi.edu, phone 508-831-6403.Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kristin Wobbe is Associate Dean for the First Year and associate professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry. She has

Conference Session

Student Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

staff. A particular interest is in helping faculty to develop and implement classroom-based assessment and action research plans to establish the effectiveness of instruction and to use the data to improve teaching and student learning. She is currently working with several engineering faculty, researching the impact of in-class use of technology on teaching and student learning. Dianne has also worked as an education consultant for a number of organizations and is currently serving as external evaluator on several grants.Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University Dr. Eric Wiebe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at NC State University

Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olshefsky, ASTM International

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Materials

meet criteria outlined by the code body.Standards must be developed through a consensus process and be written in mandatory languageto insure that the application and intent of a standard is clear. The resulting referenced standardsare considered part of the requirements of the code. Page 15.1087.4Best Practices for Integration of Standards Education in CurriculaABET, Inc., formerly known as The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, setsengineering accreditation requirements for the incorporation of standards in engineeringcurricula: “Students must be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminatingin a major

Conference Session

International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane Grayson, University of Pretoria

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International

support. Three hundred students wereadmitted into the ENGAGE program. It will be several years before we know whether theprogram has an effect on graduation rates. However, we are hopeful that the combination ofscaffolding, relatively small group learning and integrated skills development in ENGAGE willenable talented but underprepared aspiring engineering students to successfully make thetransition from high school to university and acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that willenable them to fulfill their dreams and meet South Africa’s need for more engineers.Bibliography1 NARSET (1997). Issues relating to access and retention in Science, Engineering and Technology inhigher education. Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology

Conference Session

BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

AC 2010-598: A CONSUMER AND LABORATORY DEVICES APPROACH TOTEACHING PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF BIOELECTRICITYJames Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University JAMES D. SWEENEY is Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1988 and 1983, respectively, and his Sc.B. Engineering degree (Biomedical Engineering) from Brown University in 1979. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

AC 2010-1892: ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING IN EXPERIMENTALDESIGN USING VIRTUAL LABORATORIESMilo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel Faculty Fellow and has won awards for his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

, 2010 Mobile and Wireless Networks Course Development with Hands- on LabsAbstractRapid advances in wireless networks technologies present opportunities for innovative educationat undergraduate and graduate level. Wireless networks courses become increasingly popular incolleges (including community colleges) and universities. However, there is a real concern withthe lack of hands-on labs based active learning in computer science, engineering and technologycurriculums. Hands-on project based learning is found to be the best way of learning andteaching wireless networking technologies. These hands-on projects also provide the problembased learning (PBL).In this paper, an undergraduate computer information

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Michael Mauk, Drexel University; Yueh-Ting Yang, Drexel University; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University; Yongjin Kwon, Ajou University

AC 2010-1936: ON-LINE SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT USINGLABVIEW AND VISION METHOD FOR E-QUALITY CONTROLRichard Chiou, Drexel UniversityMichael Mauk, Drexel UniversityYueh-Ting Yang , Drexel UniversityRobin Kizirian , Drexel UniversityYongjin Kwon, Ajou University Page 15.920.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 On-line Surface Roughness Measurement using LabVIEW and Vision Method for E-Quality ControlAbstractThe annual results of laboratory development under an NSF, CCLI sponsored project,“CCLI Phase II: E-Quality for Manufacturing (EQM) Integrated with Web-enabledProduction Systems for Engineering Technology Education” (NSF Award # 0618665

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

increasedemphasis on CAN communications and emerging areas such as the growth in electric vehicledevelopment and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. This technology provides an avenue toteach core concepts and techniques of data acquisition while focusing on modern applicationswithin vehicle engineering including electric vehicle applications. Page 15.341.2Instruction ApproachProject-based learning is effective in improving learning outcomes and increasing students’retention for courses and programs. The use of projects in both lower and upper level coursescan increase students’ interest and success provided the level of difficulty of the project matchesthe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

AC 2010-1812: SYSTEMATIC IDEATION CURRICULUM EFFECTIVENESSINVESTIGATION & DEPLOYMENT TO ENHANCE DESIGN LEARNINGNoe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El PasoGul Kremer, Pennsylvania State UniversityJulie Linsey, Texas A&M UniversityLinda Schmidt, University of Maryland Page 15.1160.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Systematic Ideation Curriculum Effectiveness Investigation & Deployment to Enhance Design LearningAbstractThis paper presents our current research on the effectiveness of TRIZ, emphasis on sketchingand technology enabled sketching in improving the ideation performance of undergraduateengineering

Conference Session

Materials Selection & Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Diane Folz, Virginia Tech

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Materials

Research Project: Planning and AssessmentAbstractThis paper describes the planning and assessment of a summer transitional program as part of amulti-year undergraduate research project. The summer program is a focused, project-basedlearning experience for undergraduate students in engineering at two universities withsignificantly different demographics – one, a top-tier research university and the other, a smallerprivate university focusing on undergraduate education. The two universities are workingclosely with an industry partner who is providing materials and expertise and who mayeventually incorporate into their manufacturing process the technology being developed in thisproject. The students are juniors and seniors involved in independent

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State Univesity; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Colleen McDonough, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-420: THE EEES/CONNECTOR FACULTY PROGRAM: SURVEYS OFATTITUDES, EXPERIENCE AND EVALUATIONSDaina Briedis, Michigan State Univesity Dr. Daina Briedis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. Dr. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co-PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Cotae, University of the District of Columbia; Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Lily Kemathe, University of the District of Columbia; Suresh Regmi, University of the District of Columbia; Kamden Patrice Kouam, The University of the District of Columbia

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Electrical and Computer

received her education in the United Kingdom, where she achieved her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1985. She was also a Visiting Professor at Michigan Technological University for five years, and an Associate professor at Tennessee Technological University for 7 years prior to arriving at the University of the District of Columbia in the Fall of 2001. Dr. Ososanya is interested in new applications for VLSI, MEMS, parallel processing, and pipeline architecture. In recent years, she has worked with colleagues to apply these technologies to such environmental problems as watershed monitoring and management, Biosensors, and Sustainable Energy applications.Lily

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Glenn Blackwell, Purdue University

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International

Page 15.796.4German as their primary language with English as a secondary language. Figure 3 - Team Performance Curve (image from: Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers [5])Once the team members had an opportunity to get to know each other, the real team work began.The team held a formal meeting in one of the Purdue University Electrical and ComputerEngineering Technology laboratories that was equipped with a chalk board, multiple computersand an overhead computer projector. This environment allowed the students all the resourcesthat they needed to exchange ideas, create diagrams, and perform research. The faculty coachesof the team outlined the Darwin21 challenge and rules, and

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Dayvon Green, Morgan State University

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Instrumentation

exchange student involved in theproject worked with a multidisciplinary team of faculty, graduate students, and NASA scientists,and learned new software tools and got introduced to the expanding field of geospatialinformation technologies. In the courses (Marine Botany and Instrumentation), the students wereable to hone their communication skills through presentations and written reports, timemanagement skills, ability to work in diverse teams and identify and solve problems pertainingto environmental and marine sciences and engineering, programming, and system design .In the context of learning outcomes advocated by ABET for engineering students, theinvolvement in the project provided a platform to influence several of the “a through k”outcomes

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

positions. We describe IE’s use as a research method within theADVANCE-Purdue project. ADVANCE-Purdue is a NSF-sponsored project that aims toimprove the job success of faculty, with a particular focus on women of color, in the science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines of Purdue University. Using IE asa method to study the career-based experiences of the women faculty members of the STEMdisciplines, we ask how institutionally generated texts (at the departmental, college, anduniversity levels) shape their experiences as faculty members.We have selected two kinds of policies that are directly related to women faculty members’ worklives: a recently implemented parental leave policy (PL), and the promotion and tenure

Conference Session

Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Feola, Sinclair Community College

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-804: CAREERME: ENCOURAGING AN ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING WORKER PIPELINESandy Feola, Sinclair Community College Sandy Feola is the Customer Relations Manager for the NCME (National Center for Manufacturing Education) at Sinclair Community College and a part time instructor for the University of Dayton’s Engineering Technology Department (since 2007) and Sinclair Community College’s Operations Technology Department (since 1995), teaching industrial engineering and quality engineering curriculum. As an independent quality professional in Dayton, Ohio since 2004, She provides consultation and training to manufacturing and service organizations for performance improvement initiatives in the

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

subsequent engineering education. The two credit lecture, one credit labcourse entitled „Production Engineering‟ now includes significant hands-on work ontraditional machines (lathes and mills), powder metallurgy, plastic injection molding,welding, 3-D co-ordinate measuring machine, and several rapid prototyping / rapidmanufacturing technologies. Appropriate laboratory tasks were designed and applicablesafety and operational instructions were prepared.The laboratory curriculum was implemented since the Fall „06 term. Despite increasedworkload for the students that sometimes required them to work additional hours outside Page 15.39.2of the scheduled class