Conference Session

Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of Technology; Shun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

atMingchi University in Taiwan. The evaluation results from the students measured before andafter using the approach are very encouraging which demonstrate its efficiency and success.The goals of micro-controller application coursesThe goals of presented teaching approach for micro-controller application course are thatstudents should gain knowledge of the principle of micro-controller operations and could designa real-world application project based on micro-controller topics. The period of the micro-controller application course at Mingchi University in one semester is a total of 51 hours (3 hoursper week times 17 weeks.) The syllabus of this industry-oriented micro-controller course isdescribed in Table 1. We teachers have already integrated

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andres Goza, Rice University; David Garland, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

wished to study architecture. This indicates the success of DREAM inpresenting physics concepts in an exciting and intellectually stimulating format.IntroductionOver the range of years form 2006-08, 25% of Houston’s population was African American and37% Hispanic or Latino 1 . Students from these groups, however, are generally underrepresentedin college, specifically in the STEM fields. Nationally only 11% of baccalaureate degrees in Page 15.953.2engineering were conferred to these two groups in 2006 2 . Over 30% of both the AfricanAmerican and Hispanic/Latino population in the US is under the age of 18 3,4 . Therefore,extending knowledge of STEM

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carol Sevier, Boise State University; Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

SL andNSL groups of students participated in collaborative project-based learning environments tocomplete given assignments, the types of collaborative learning differed in several ways: 1) TheSL students completed one comprehensive project for 7 ½ weeks, whereas the NSL studentscompleted a series of small scale problem-solving projects, 2) The SL students worked with thesame members of a team throughout the project, whereas the NSL students worked with differentteam members for each project (teams of four members worked on the SL project, and teams ofthree members completed the NSL projects), and 3) Each SL team worked with a client from thecommunity to solve a real problem (i.e., real-world learning experience), whereas NSL teamssolved a

Conference Session

Exemplary Outreach Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering activity. A new 30,000 sq.ft. building was nearingcompletion and two issues were being addressed: an outdoor art piece needed to be placed in frontof the building as per requirements by the university to provide 1\2 percent of the building’sconstruction cost to visible public art work. This was accomplished through the purchase of avibrant sculpture created by Charles McGee, a prominent artist from the Detroit area and shown inFigure 1. As with the artwork placed across campus since the mid 1990s, the McGee sculpturepresented a clear statement that there were definite ties between various disciplines across campus,especially with engineering and art. The visible nature of the art displays made it clear to allentering non art oriented

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero, Virginia State University; Ehsan Sheybani, Virginia State University

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Design in Engineering Education

established in 2001 as a traditional program of study,with most of the freshman directly graduated from high school. The program underwent ABETaccreditation during the 2006-2007 academic year for the first time, and the first cohort ofstudents graduated from the program in May 2006.Senior Design was initially a one-semester course with multiple teachers. Each teacher taught adistinct section. Each student selected his own teacher/section. Generally there were 3 or 4sections, each section having only 1 to 3 students. One problem with this initial structure wasthat the sections were very non-uniform. Another problem was that the class focused almostexclusively on building a working prototype, and neglected the overall process of design(especially soft

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

appreciation of the uses and value of money.” 1 Money is easily associated withwork and children begin the understanding process of knowing that their work has value and isrewarded with both knowledge and payment. Parents who instill in their children the knowledgethat work involves both a learning process and an earning process will make their childrenrounded individuals in the working world.“In the very beginning when children are very young money education can begin simply byteaching them to identify various coins. You can then reinforce what money is used for by takingyour children shopping even at an early age and pointing out what is going on.” Many parentsalready present these fundamentals to their young children. It does not require a great

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

data, to help guide the process of shifting from the old tothe new paradigm. The stakeholders should realize the shortcomings and discrepancies of thecurrent systems, be stimulated to debate, and eventually should arrive at scenarios that can beimplemented, to ensure the vitality and currency of engineering education in the Region.IntroductionAchieving change via engineering education reform is a formidable challenge to any college ofengineering, whether in North America or anywhere else in the world! This paper, is a follow upto prior papers (1-6) on engineering education reform in the Arab Region of the Persian Gulf(Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman)focusing on vital issues that have been

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Udaya Bhanu Prakash Sunku, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

become indispensable for most engineeringprofessionals. In an increasingly competitive global economy, there is expanding product varietyand decreasing product lifetimes.1 Today’s engineering and engineering technology studentswill enter a workplace where CAD is used throughout the development process 2. CAD hasbecome a valuable tool that allows engineers to quickly create and update designs andcommunicate them to others. The ability to use CAD is essential for most engineers today.Most engineers will likely use several versions of CAD programs over their career. This may bedue to the changes in their job, software changes at their company, or general softwareversioning (Pro/Engineer has had eight major versions in the past ten years). For their

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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International

factors affectingthis fact.1. Introduction Higher education, or Tertiary education, as the OECD1,2 has recently introduced in its ownGlossary of Statistical Terms, including Further education, is undoubtedly a major concern ofgovernments. It has been recognized as one of the major drivers for economiccompetitiveness in a globalised world, which has been demonstrating how education isplaying an increasingly important role. Europe is engaged in improving citizens’ ability todeal with and being able to prosper in a world of ever increasing global competitiveness. TheBologna process is part of that strategy. The OECD has defined two types of programs. Type A programs that represent heavilytheory-based curricula designed to provide qualifications

Conference Session

Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology; John Fishell, STEP Conference

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

CaliforniaCongressional District that includes a large portion of the Inland Empire region of SouthernCalifornia (Riverside, CA). Congressman Calvert had committee assignments on the ScienceCommittee and recently on Appropriations. He belongs to numerous House caucuses includingthe House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Caucus.In November 1999, Congressman Calvert received the “California Report on the Environmentfor Science and Technology” (the CREST Report) produced by the California Council onScience and Technology [1]. The report indicated that 9.3% of all jobs in California were inhigh technology industries which was well above the national average of 5.6% at the time.About 20% of the nations Research and Development (R&D) was

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Gadalla, Central Connecticut State University; Mahdy Alam, UTC; Yepery Soro, Central Connecticut State University

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Manufacturing

) Gadalla, M. A., Alam, M., *Watkins , P., Soro, Y. Central Connecticut State University *Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractLean manufacturing transformation has been adopted by many industries in the northernhemisphere including small businesses as a survival method against tough competition from low-cost labor markets. The lean manufacturing system is the final result of lean transformation. Alean manufacturing system is a manufacturing system that is characterized by low (Work InProcess Inventory) WIP, material pull instead of push, and the use of kanban cards.The heart of a lean manufacturing system is the cellular manufacturing [1]. Although cellularmanufacturing has a proven track of success

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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First-Year Programs

suggest that increasing interactions among students withphysical disabilities can considerably improve their peer interaction and social skills.In the rest of this paper we elaborate on our methodology and outcomes and look at howthe service-learning project improved communication and teamwork skills amongparticipating engineering students.2. BackgroundService-learning is defined as a credit-bearing educational experience in which studentsparticipate in an organized service activity in such a way that meets identified communityneeds 1. Studies suggest that service-learning can significantly impact various educationaloutcome measures, including academic performance (GPA, writing skills, criticalthinking skills), values (commitment to activism and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2010-317: PROMOTING TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AMONGMATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS: A GRADUATESTUDIES COURSEMoshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Page 15.1003.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Promoting Technological Literacy among Mathematics, Science and Technology Teachers: A Graduate Studies CourseAbstractThis paper addresses a graduate course aimed at fostering technological literacy amongK-12 mathematics, science and technology teachers. The course includes: 1) discussingbroad questions, such as what is technology and how technology relates to other fields,for example, mathematics

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Aerospace

Israel and other countries emphasize the educationaladvantages of the project method in fostering meaningful learning and raisingstudents’ motivation [1] [2] [3]. On the other hand, teachers having a strongengineering background frequently center on teaching specific subject matter, whilethe development of higher intellectual skills is often perceived as a side-effect or‘natural outcome’ of learning scientific-related subjects. As a result, students mightprepare very sophisticated projects from a technical viewpoint but progress only littlein terms of becoming independent learners and creative designers. In order tomaximize the educational potential of technology education in developing students’learning competences, we propose a model for

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Steven Kreh, United States Military Academy; Rhett Blackmon, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-319: PROBLEM SET ZEROSteven Hart, United States Military AcademySteven Kreh, United States Military AcademyRhett Blackmon, United States Military AcademyNicholas Melin, United States Military Academy Page 15.986.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Problem Set Zero What these students were good at…was feeding back correct answers: they had mastered the arts of short-term memory and recall. The whole class was a wonderful example of what the British call “surface learning.” But very little “deep learning”—which comes with time, depth, practice, and reinforcement— seems to have occurred.1 This

Conference Session

Simple Classroom Demonstrations for Mechanics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kiefer, Michigan State University

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Mechanics

examples adopted in this coursewere first created by Eann Patterson as part of a National Science Foundation sponsored projectto change the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum and make it more attractive to adiverse group of students. Specifically, this paper critiques the adaptation of five real lifeexamples taken from the original project. Student response to the lecture material was measuredby specific survey questions about the real life examples, survey questions about the course as awhole, interviews, and standard student course evaluation forms.1. Introduction A considerable amount of attention has been given to the retention of engineeringstudents in recent years. In fact, most universities with engineering programs are

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

threw down a serious challenge:“Engineering today involves more than the solution of technical problems, more than the designof advanced technological devices, more than the pursuit of pure research, and engineeringcourses must be reviewed and revised to ensure that engineers, once again, play a role in thewider issues concerning society.” 1 This challenge has been addressed by a series of curricularinnovations undertaken by leading institutions of engineering education around the world.Specifically, within the United States, a national trend toward more active, project-basedlearning in engineering education has been gaining momentum for more than 40 years.2 Awidely publicized illustration of the trend was the establishment in 1997 of the Olin

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Braun, United States Military Academy; Mark DeRocchi, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

search led to little information on the process of selecting appropriateindependent study projects. Rather than utilizing a formal evaluation and decision process, mostof the identified resources1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 provided simple justifications for performance ofindependent study projects. These justifications typically included important considerationswhich, when summarized, hold the potential to be utilized as selection criteria for such projects.The following table is a summarization of the common considerations noted within several priorindependent study publications:Table 1 – Summarized List of Independent Study Project Considerations  Does the potential project have a well defined scope?  Is there a detailed timeline for benchmarks

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McManis, University of Louisiana

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Civil Engineering

degree.The BOK2 Outcomes Rubric, using Bloom’s Taxonomy, is graphically presented in Figure 1.The reader is cautioned that this is a simple graphical representation of the full rubric only andshould refer to the full rubric as presented in Appendix I of the BOK2 report2 (which is availableat www.asce.org/raisethebar). What is clearly represented in Figure 1 is the recommended levelof achievement that an individual must demonstrate for each outcome to enter the future practiceof civil engineering at the professional level and, for each outcome, the level of achievement(LOA) expected to be fulfilled through the baccalaureate degree (B), the master’s degree orequivalent post-baccalaureate formal education (M/30), and pre-licensure experience (E

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

FOEEsymposium are summarized here to offer guidance to others who might consider similarmeetings.2009 Symposium SummaryThe inaugural FOEE symposium took place in November, 2009, and included 47 attendees, 7planning committee members, 2 program evaluators, 4 invited experts, 3 speakers, and severalNAE staff members. Attendees were expected to complete some pre-symposium activities inorder to define their own long-term goals in engineering education as well as short-term goals forthe symposium. The goal of these activities was to encourage attendees to familiarize themselveswith each others’ work and thus begin the process of forming a cohort. Specifically, they readportions of the book Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field 1 on

Conference Session

Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

BOK2 outcomes associated with the baccalaureate degree. Specific emphasis isgiven herein to these identified “challenging” outcomes. Curricular changes are then presentedthat would bring the curriculum into compliance with the BOK2, in addition to meeting currentuniversity graduation and ABET/EAC accreditation requirements.BackgroundAs mentioned, the first edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century1(BOK1) was released in January 2004, with a second edition (BOK2) released in February 2008.The emphasis of this paper is on the BOK2 and the BOK2 outcomes and achievement targetedfor the baccalaureate degree.The BOK2 Outcomes Rubric, using Bloom’s Taxonomy, is graphically presented in Figure 1.The reader is cautioned

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Miers, Western Carolina Univeristy; George Ford, Western Carolina University

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Architectural

catering business, along with other groups.In 2008, the Construction Management Department became involved in a lengthy discussionwith the Board of Directors of the Peggy Crosby Center. The board became concerned with therising costs of electricity and heating fuels and felt that alternative energy may be needed to meetthe economic demands of the Center, therefore, keeping it a viable asset for communitydevelopment. Various rooms have become vacant and renovation projects have been discussed.Many updates and upgrades to the structure must be considered due to lack of upkeep in previousyears.The board had several issues which they planned to address. Specifically, their primaryquestions were: 1. What is currently in place for energy conservation

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

scientific concepts, concepts that might be beyond their students’ reachwhen not assisted. After the demonstrations and a brief review of the engineering design process,teachers worked in groups of four, and were required to test materials, then design, build, andtest a dwelling that reduces heat transfer in order to keep a penguin-shaped ice cube frommelting1 as can be seen in Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1. Constructing the ice-penguin dwelling. Page 15.461.4As can be seen in Figure 1, using the material provided and after demonstrations and lectures,workshop participants begin to make decisions about designing a structure

Conference Session

Structure and Form in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Graham Archer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

process the building motions. Theheart of the test equipment is a portable long-stroke linear shaker with a total weight of about100 lbs (see Fig. 1). The shaker is capable of putting out a relatively constant sinusoidal force ofonly 30 lbs over a frequency range of 2-20 Hz. Due to the small forces involved, the shaker neednot be mechanically attached to the structure – friction at its base is sufficient. This shaker isappropriately sized for scale models of buildings and bridges. Nonetheless, the authors havefound that when appropriately placed in low-rise structures (<4 floors, <30,000 sq ft), the shakercan induce motions detectable throughout the building on all floors. Typical induced flooraccelerations range from about 20-40 g when

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiang Guo, California State University Los Angeles; Jose Macias, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jimmy Hoo, California State University Los Angeles; Rony Velasquez, California State University Los Angeles; Maxim Fastovsky, California State University Los Angeles; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; SaeRom Hong, California State University Los Angeles

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Design in Engineering Education

. To address this challenge, we propose to improvespacecraft building and operating processes with integrated software support environments.Added components of this environment include systems engineering approaches with researchfocused on mission success of the flight projects and the development of all the requirements tomake sure these projects minimize the unavoidable risks that such unique endeavors entail.To achieve this goal, JPL has developed a set of practices called FPPs (Flight Project Practices)and DPs (Design Practices) [1]. However, it is difficult to ensure that the work being done by thetypical “one-of-a-kind” JPL projects follow the FPPs and DPs in their entirety or at least to theextent that is necessary and sufficient to

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University; Farzana Sultana, Vaughn Construction

Tagged Divisions

Construction

contagion9. Figure 1 shows the alarming scale of the problem inBangladesh.Being a tropical country, Bangladesh receives heavy rainfall during the rainy season withan average annual rainfall of 95 inches10. This amount makes rainwater harvesting anobvious solution for the country. Figure 1: Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in BangladeshThe ever-increasing population in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is putting increased Page 15.1011.4load on underground aquifers. Dhaka receives an annual rainfall of about 100 incheswhich can easily be an answer to the vertical recharge for the aquifers11. Rainwaterharvesting has also the promise of

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silvia Carreño, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 15.451.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Eliciting P-12 Mexican Teachers’ Images of Engineering: What Do Engineers Do?AbstractThis study collected data using a modified Draw an Engineer (DAE) test followed up byunstructured informal interviews. The 134 Mexican teachers participating in the study weregiven the DAE test at the beginning of an unrelated workshop. The purpose of the DAE test wasto determine individual conceptions of engineers and engineering. Analysis of the teachers’drawings and answers to question prompts indicated the emergence of three main categories: 1)Engineers in action, 2) Occurrence of gender, and 3) Engineering tools. Drawings recorded asRepairing-Building

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA; Anil Kumar Domakonda, National University, San Diego, USA; Pradeep Goutam, National University, San Diego, USA; Jayanth Kadlur, National University, San Diego, USA

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Information Systems

all the activities of the users and their interaction with the system.Therefore use case diagrams give a complete picture about the system or applicationfunctionality. It also identifies the requirements and describes a value which results withthe user in operating the whole system. Figure #1 shows the use case diagram thatdescribes activities of the WECM and role of each actors interacting and using the system.Actors are the users of the system which represents their different roles that they playwhile interacting. The relationships between the use cases and actors are also depicted.Sequence diagramThis diagram is a type of representation in Unified Modeling Language (UML). TheUML 2.0 consists of thirteen different diagrams that are divided

Conference Session

Implementing the CE BOK into Courses and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

noted waslacking. This approach of using “rich” pedagogy and learning experiences will be necessary toachieve the requirements in the BOK2. Student feedback on the BOK2 may indicate wherecurriculum changes in a specific program are needed, and/or may be useful indicators of whataspects of the profession may be appealing to students who are underrepresented in civilengineering (females and minorities).BackgroundThe American Society of Civil Engineers developed a Body of Knowledge (BOK2) whichdefines the breadth and depth of knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to become a licensed,practicing professional civil engineer in the 21st century.1 The BOK2 is rooted in a vision forpreparing future engineers to benefit society via their practice of