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Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Lisa Grable, North Carolina State University; Patricia Dixon, Florida State University; Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

track REU students 1999-2009, as well as a study on same-sex camps effects on course choice in high school and college. Dr. Dixon is also an adjunct instructor at Flagler College, developing their Science Methods for Elementary Teachers syllabus and teaching the course since 2001. In addition to overseeing all educational programs K-20 at the Magnet Lab, Dr. Dixon is actively engaged in educational research on the effects of programs from national laboratories on students and teachers.Sharon Schulze, North Carolina State University Dr. Sharon K. Schulze is the Director of The Science House and an Associate Faculty member of the Physics Department. She manages the day-to-day operations

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, SUNY-Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

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Electrical and Computer

ECE consist of several studio and project labs and the curriculum is developed withthe intent of incorporating multidisciplinary courses with a modern approach to teaching communication,basic science, and mathematics skills. As students can now own portable versions of a laboratory stationin the form of computer attachments small enough to carry in their backpacks7 the choice of the labequipment was the use of traditional laboratory stations with stand-alone instruments along with sets ofcomputer-based measurement equipment8. One of the ECE faculty is currently based in the Physicsdepartment teaching courses related to electrical engineering. The inherited Electronics course and labwere in need of significant restructuring. The goal of this

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ying Tang, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

contents.CONCLUSIONThis paper presents a collaborative effort by the faculty of the Electrical and ComputerEngineering department at Rowan University and the Engineering Science department atCamden County College to integrate SoC concepts across the curricula. In particular, thepaper addresses the activities of reconfiguring and developing courses at CCC tofacilitate their students’ transition to major in ECE at a 4-year educational institution.These newly developed or modified laboratory-oriented courses not only teach studentsbasic ECE principles, but also give students skills and tools necessary to advance theirknowledge in SoC.ACKNOWLEDGMENTThis work is supported under a Course and Curriculum Laboratory Improvement grant#0633512 from the National Science

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Conceptual Learning

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morris Girgis, Central State University

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Educational Research and Methods

-solvingcompetencies has been developed. First, an engineering conceptual and procedural taxonomywill be presented. The taxonomy is organized into seven taxa and three cognitive levels.Further, an exercise of conceptual and problem-solving analysis will be performed on a spring-pulley problem. Using this analysis, a model of a CPI was developed. An assessmentinstrument was then constructed to aid in the placement of students at their appropriate levels ofthe taxonomy. A sample laboratory assignment will be presented to show how such hands-onexperiences could effectively complement the classroom teaching activity. Finally, preliminarytesting results and concluding remarks will be reported.II. Development of the Conceptual and Procedural TaxonomyA. The eed for

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock LaMeres, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Fred Cady, (Retired) Montana State University

AC 2010-415: IMPROVED STUDENT LEARNING OF MICROPROCESSORSYSTEMS THROUGH HANDS-ON AND ONLINE EXPERIENCE:Brock LaMeres, Montana State University Brock J. LaMeres is an Assistant Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Montana State University (MSU). LaMeres teaches and conducts research in the area of digital systems and engineering education. LaMeres is currently studying the effectiveness of online delivery of engineering education including the impact of remote laboratory experiences. LaMeres’ research group is also studying the effective hardware/software partitioning using reprogrammable fabrics. This work involves exploiting the flexibility of modern FPGAs to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

meetonce per week for 110 minutes each. The instructional team is composed of faculty membersfrom each of the nine engineering programs in the College. Each member of the team develops Page 15.589.10and presents at least one of the lecture sessions during the semester. In addition, graduatestudent teaching assistants are charged with conducting the laboratory sessions. A group of threeundergraduate mentors per lab section (juniors and seniors in their respective majors) aid thestudents with homework and projects during the laboratory sessions. Lectures are held in atraditional auditorium, whereas the laboratory sessions are held in a

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Firas Hassan, Ohio Northern University; Srinivasa Vemuru, Ohio Northern University

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Electrical and Computer

systems23.ConclusionIn this paper, we described teaching plans to introduce the hybrid design approach at the Page 15.805.9undergraduate level from two different universities. These plans were successfully applied in arequired/elective classes in the ECE department at The University of Akron and Ohio NorthernUniversity. The paper includes a detailed description of the laboratory plans from these courses.Future plans include introducing other projects that make use of the interface capabilities of theconfigurable processors especially with external memory devices. Frame grabbers for exampleare usually built in hardware because of the real-time video

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Newly Developed Engineering Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Concluding RemarksThe combination of lecture topics and laboratory exercises proved to be useful while teaching thecourse. The course was taught for the first time in the Fall of 2009. The students that took thecourse either belong to the mechanical engineering technology or power engineering program. Itwas a required course for the students in the power engineering technology program, but just atechnical elective for the ones in the mechanical engineering technology program.There are several lessons that were learned after teaching the course once. Firstly, the instructorneeds to make sure all registered students have the proper prerequisites to be able to take thecourse. Secondly, the professor should spend some time with the students reviewing

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

teaching subject matter through student-centeredapproaches ensure effective student learning 3. These approaches promote activities valued byindustry that encourage active student participation in the learning process 4, 5. Moreover, it isalso important for the students to be exposed to the open-ended nature of design problems 6.These facts emphasize strong cohesion between the materials covered in a lecture class and itsassociated laboratory activities 7. In addition to this, students need to appreciate the practice ofdesign trade-offs among several competing requirements 8.Limitation of traditional courses: Normally a course covering computer architecture andorganization uses built hardware as the platform that has little configurability for

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

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Manufacturing

particularly useful to teach concepts of reverse engineering.A three-dimensional co-ordinate measuring machine (3D CMM) is shown in Figure 5while Figure 6 shows the cold isostatic press (CIP) used in the manufacturing of powdermetallurgical parts. The laboratory is equipped with a conventional workshop thatcontains lathe, milling machine, drill press, belt grinders and power saw as shown inFigure 7. An advanced HAAS CNC machining center is shown in Figure 8. An injectionmolding machine that produces polypropylene and polyethylene parts is shown in Figure9 while a MIG welder is shown in Figure 10. Figure 11 is a display case that exhibitssome of the components made by the students in this lab. Figure 12 is a SAE Baja vehiclemanufactured by RMU

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Willits, Saint Louis University; David Barnett, Saint Louis University

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Biomedical

AC 2010-1038: EARLY CAREER BIOENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCEFOR UNDERGRADUATESRebecca Willits, Saint Louis University Rebecca Kuntz Willits is an associate professor of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University and has developed courses in Transport Phenomena, Biotransport, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, and Design of Laboratory Experiments. She was the 2009 Director of BE@SLU, an NSF-sponsored REU in Bioengineering.David Barnett, Saint Louis University David Barnett is the Chairperson of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Saint Louis University, as well as the Director of the 2010 BE@SLU program

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Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

permitted. The limited laboratory space and equipment does not providesufficient hands-on experience for all the students. Several universities have a situation similarto that of Rowan University, and this makes teaching core courses like civil engineeringmaterials very challenging. The author re-designed the course to ensure that every studentactively participates in the laboratory and understands the material behavior. The number oftopics covered in this class was divided into four major areas, timber, aggregates, asphaltconcrete and cement concrete. The course was modified to address the concepts required toconduct laboratory experiments and its practical applications. The objectives of the laboratoryexperiments were well defined, but it was up

Conference Session

Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Keska, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Instrumentation

that were all developed and built in-house with student participation.Topics: laboratories and experiments; innovative experiments; instrumentation emphasis inundergraduate programs. IntroductionDuring the undergraduate teaching process, instructors and students often get bored solving simpletextbook problems that require little, if any, imaginative thinking. These types of problems areusually significantly simple compared to real life situations, and more often than not, they havevery limited connections to the real world. They are also very limited in terms of their usefulnessin incorporating the individuality of the students involved, and they make it difficult to givestudents genuine

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Electrical and Computer

retention and quality in an introductory Electronics and Network Analysiscourse offered at a university in northeastern United States. It also seeks to study the effects oftechnology-based instruction that complements conventional instruction. This progress, as wellas lessons learned in the first three years of Media Based Instruction in introductory engineeringcourses (namely Circuits, Electronics, Network Analysis, and C++ for Digital Computations) isevaluated with data. The efficacy of embedding conventional teaching with Media BasedInstruction is assessed.IntroductionThis paper explores the results of a study and feedback completed by students. The feedbackwas based on their outlook toward a media-based tool that was used in the instruction

Conference Session

Project-based Education in Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith Coogler, Sam Houston State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

education and help the students to understand the concepts and applications ofthis type of energy. Due to the high costs of the training units, it becomes a budget concern topurchase training units for laboratory sections. Some of the pre-built training units already on themarket have a price range from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars per unit. If there are budgetconcerns for the program, the only option that remains is to teach theory without the benefit ofhands-on training. Taking these issues into consideration, the students in the IndustrialTechnology program have designed, built, and tested a multi-purpose renewable energy trainingunit for the alternative energy related classes. This prototype trainer is designed to be used forhands-on

Conference Session

Critical Issues in IT and IET: Focus Group

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Ram Prasad Diwakaran, Texas A&M University; Justin Zsiros, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-996: CONVEYING THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTURINGPROCESS DESIGN USING SIMULATION RESULTS AND EMPIRICAL DATAMichael Johnson, Texas A&M University Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, he was a senior product development engineer at the 3M Corporate Research Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota for three years. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and his S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Johnson’s research focuses on design tools, specifically, the cost modeling and analysis of

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

AC 2010-710: UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS AND INSTRUMENT SELECTIONUSING A WEB-BASED VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTPraveen Malali, Old Dominion University Praveen Malali is a graduate student of Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University. He is also a teaching assistant in the thermo-fluids laboratory.Pooja Bais, Old Dominion University Pooja Bais is a graduate student in the College of Business and Public Administration at Old Dominion University.Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University Robert Choate is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western Kentucky University. He teaches thermo-fluid and professional component courses, including Sophomore Design, Thermo-Fluid Systems Lab and ME

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David McDonald, Lake Superior State University

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Instrumentation

mechanical engineering.IntroductionThe application of modern instrumentation is important in engineering education to providestudents with critical skills for use in research and industry. Providing interesting andmotivational learning opportunities in engineering laboratory experiences builds students’enthusiasm while teaching critical skills in modern instrumentation and engineering problemsolving. It is relatively easy to provide students with interesting instrumentation activities todayby using low cost data acquisition hardware and software, and to explore interesting dataacquisition applications while implementing group, project-based instruction. Vehicleinstrumentation applications today embrace a large spectrum of applications with the

Conference Session

Incorporating Advanced Technologies into Curriculums

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

the conventional machine tools that populate the typical manufacturing engineering laboratory. Many processes require quite different machine tools (e.g., manufacture of electronic devices or nano-scale products). Others at least require resolution, tolerances and control well-beyond the traditional norms (e.g., micro-manufacturing). A simple or universal solution to the equipment challenge does not seem to be available. University budgets everywhere are under great pressure, and coaxing out the significant new investments necessary will likely be at long odds. There are very few opportunities to compete for grant funding for teaching apparatus -- not nearly enough to serve the needs of even a significant fraction of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Roemer, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah

, sequentially:1) Newton’s and Faraday’s laws as applied to Cartesian particle dynamics, plus an introductionto elasticity, 2) the same concepts extended to rotational systems, 3) fluid dynamics, and 4)conservation of energy and heat transfer. Teaching of the fundamental technical and physicsemphases will be done through lectures, and their application will occur in the team-based designprojects. Laboratories will be used to teach about, test and characterize the mechanical andelectrical devices associated with the physics emphasis, and to teach the associated softwarepackages and manufacturing techniques to be used in modeling and constructing the student

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Gibbon, University of The Witwatersrand; Ian Jandrell, University of the Witwatersrand

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Electrical and Computer

saw them as being totally unrelated.As the authors believe that conceptual knowledge is best developed with “hands-on” experience,major changes were again made to both the laboratories and lecturing styles in 2007. Thesechanges were made to introduce a concept of “global learning” where the laboratory experimentsundertaken by individual students are directly related to the material being covered in thelectures5. The “global learning” concept is based the best teaching method of induction, asdefined by Felder and Silverman6, 7. The pass rate for the course improved to 80% in 2007 and74% in 2009, showing an improvement for two successive cohorts.Students entering the university in 2009 were the product of both a major curriculum change anda new

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Na Lu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert Swan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

, University of North Carolina, Charlotte MR. ROBERT H. SWAN, JR., is a Faculty Associate and the Director of Laboratories at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. Though Mr. Swan is relatively new to teaching, he has brought to the university over 25 years of work experience involving geotechnical and materials testing and engineering. He has owned and managed various testing laboratories with an emphases on performance testing of geosynthetics and soil-geosynthetic interaction. He is a proponent of test method and equipment development and Quality System implantation

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sumit Dutta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Shreya Prakash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; David Estrada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eric Pop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

connected computer or web-browsing mobiledevice (Fig. 1). Web browser (AJAX client)The initial WS design is aimed as part of a large under- Figure 2. Photograph of hardwaregraduate electronic device course (~150 students), where used for our remote laboratory (top)individual lab access is prohibitive. With the WS access, and schematic of the remote instru-students benefit from doing real-time measurements, and ment WS and Web interface archi-can perform subsequent data analysis. Currently, the WS tecture (bottom).enables measurements of typical silicon transistors fab-ricated at the University of Illinois (Fig. 2 and Fig. 5),state of the art nanoscale transistors provided by Intel

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Easley, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Nicholas Beard, Louisiana Tech University; Glenn Fardsalehi, Louisiana Tech University; Nathan Wallace, Louisiana Tech University; Michael Swanbom, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education

floor, organize a messy cabinet, and encourage a student who isdown, all in the same evening. Academically strong students who are good at troubleshootinghardware and software applications are desirable. The dream student is one that takes ownershipof the laboratory and in their role as a mentor.4. MarketingAs with any successful venture, promotion of the product is a key to success. Initially, the facultymembers teaching in the freshman program placed an emphasis on the availability of the helpdesk as well as the services provided by the help desk. In addition, strategically placed signageprovided additional exposure. The best advertising tool, however, proved to be word of mouth -students discussing amongst themselves their experiences with

Conference Session

Demonstration and Project Enhancements in Chemical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Zenaida Otero Gephardt, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering

. Eng. Ed., 84(45) 351-359 (1995).3 Bulter, A., Moses, W.M., Introducing Experimental Design in Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, Proceedingsof the Annual ASEE Conference (2005).4 Waitz, I.A., Barrett, E.C., Integrated Teaching of Experimental and Communication Skills to UndergraduateAeorspace Engineering Students, Proceedings of the Annual ASEE Conference, Session 2302 (1996).5 McCluskey, R.J. and Harris, S.L., The coffee Pot Experiment: A Better Cup of Coffee Via Factorial Design,Chemical Engineering Education, Summer 1989, pp. 150-153. Page 15.804.8

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Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

students interested in pursuing a minor in ECE. This paper reports onour method of teaching such a class that is particularly appealing to non-major students.In this paper we would like to share our experience thus far with colleagues who are teachingsimilar non-major classes. We intend to discuss the following traditional and rather non-traditional topics: 1. Analogies to mechanical engineering concepts 2. Current flow in DC circuits 3. Basic semiconductor (diode) theory - is it difficult? 4. Basic solar cell and thermoelectric engine 5. Laboratory materials 6. MATLAB and LabVIEW 7. Historical context 8. Video tutorials 9. Conclusions and assessment1. Analogies to mechanical engineering conceptsIn our

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

robotics labwill be used to teach students to program a real robot, in real time, in a safe, controlledenvironment without sacrificing the opportunity to operate on the robots commonly used inindustry. The proposed state-of-the-art robotics laboratory will also be capable of demonstratingthe current advances in the area of robotics during department open house and visits, and willcertainly serve as eye-catching demonstration during recruiting and “show and tell” events.The proposed robotics course will advance undergraduate research within School of Technology, Page 15.942.8fostering enhanced robotics-related senior design projects and allowing

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Harlow, Western Kentucky University; Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

, designing telecommunication, data communication and information technology equipment.H. Joel Lenoir, Western Kentucky University Joel Lenoir is the Layne Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WKU, and primarily teaches in the dynamic systems and instrumentation areas of the curriculum. His industrial experience includes positions at Michelin Research and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as extensive professional practice in regional design and manufacturing firms. Page 15.570.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Extracurricular Project Enhances Student Learning

Conference Session

Educational Methods and Technologies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

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Manufacturing

that is the result of neuroscience research on how the human brain processes and retainsnew information”. 1Introduction“Acknowledging that students learn at different speeds and that they differ in their ability tothink abstractly or understand complex ideas is like acknowledging that students at any givenage aren’t all the same height: It is not a statement of worth, but of reality”.2 In adifferentiated classroom and laboratory, the teacher proactively plans and carries out variedapproaches to content, process, and product in anticipation and response to student differencesin readiness, interest, and learning needs. According to Tomlinson, our teaching style “caninfluence a students’ IQ by 20 points in either direction, that’s a 40 point IQ

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Kaiser, Montana State University; Peggy Taylor, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Howard Tenenbaum, La Jolla High School, San Diego Unified School District; Seth Hodges, St. Michael Indian School, St. Michaels, AZ

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science teachers of classrooms throughout the nation, hires program faculty and organizes their professional development, manages administrative issues of the program, and develops and oversees program evaluation processes. Taylor has 12 years experience teaching high school chemistry, biology, and physical science. She has 7 years of experience teaching biology and education at the university level. Taylor coordinated an alternative teacher licensing program in which she supervised student teachers, managed program coursework and faculty, and developed a distance component to education coursework that has allowed teacher candidates throughout vast geographical areas to pursue their teaching