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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi Guo, Stevens Institute of Technology; Shubo Zhang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology

sized microrobot navigating inthe human’s GI tract. In particular, we built a simulation module in Webots 3D simulator, wherethe microrobot navigates along the GI tract and detects abnormality through an onboard camera.Using the case study and the laboratory module, we teach students building components of amicrorobot, and basic behaviors for robot navigation and detection.IntroductionIn the same way MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies provided new medicaldevices in the 80s, recent development in nanotechnology is enabling the manufacturing ofnanobiosensors and actuators to improve cell biology interfaces and biomolecular applications.As a consequence, nanorobotics and nanomedicine have evolved from pure science fiction to arapid

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New Trends in ECE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Benjamin Levine, University of North Carolina; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ivan Howitt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Electrical and Computer

areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.Ivan Howitt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ivan Howitt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests are wireless networks, adhoc networks, and wireless technology applied to industrial environments Page 15.452.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Embedded Wireless Networks Laboratory InstructionAbstractWireless sensor networks are now considered commonplace in the

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International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz, University of Hartford; MirGhulam BarizHosaini, Herat University in Western Afghanistan; Alnajjar Hisham, University of Hartford

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International

Hartford, Connecticut, USA,and Herat University (HU) in Herat City, Afghanistan was initiated in August 2007 to developand implement a modern program to strengthen and modernize engineering education at HU.The program includes a number of activities such as curriculum review and revision, facultydevelopment, and laboratory upgrading.Under the partnership, junior HU faculty members, who currently have only a bachelor’s degree,applied to enroll in the master’s degree program at the UH and are working toward obtainingtheir master’s degree. Earning this graduate degree will enable Herat faculty to be better teachersas well as better prepared to implement curriculum revisions. More qualified faculty also willattract better students and will provide the

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Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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International

Kabul wherethe curriculum included engineering, geology, mineral, oil and gas exploitation, roads andindustrial construction, hydroelectric networks and city planning. Later, Balkh University (1986),Herat University (1988), and Kandahar University (1991) were established. In the mid-1990s,institutions were opened in Baghlan, Takhar and Bamiyan. Most higher education institutionswere still functioning in 1996, albeit in severely damaged physical facilities, with next to notextbooks, libraries or laboratories, and hampered by under-qualified staff. The Taliban excludedwomen from universities in areas under their control6.Due to the lack of technical facilities in the country, the development of Technical VocationalEducation was slow compared to

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

conversion.Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania Tim Garrison is the coordinator of the mechanical engineering program at York College. He received his BS and PhD degrees from Penn State University and his MS degree from Stanford. He has worked in industry for both AT&T Bell Laboratories and AT&T Federal Systems. He has taught a broad range of classes across the mechanical engineering curriculum. His research interests are in the areas of experimental fluid mechanics, thermal sciences and engineering education.James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania James Kearns received his BSME (SEAS) and BS Economics (Wharton), University of Pennsylvania; M.Eng., Carnegie-Mellon University; PhD

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Capstone Design Pedagogy II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. Reza Emami, University of Toronto; Michael G. Helander, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-1374: AN OUTLINE OF EDESIGNM. Reza Emami, University of Toronto M. Reza Emami, Ph.D. in robotics and mechatronics from the University of Toronto, worked in the industry as a project manager in 1997-2001. He is a professional engineer and has been a faculty member at U. Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies since 2001. He is currently the Director of Space Mechatronics group and Coordinator of the Aerospace and Design Laboratories at the University of Toronto.Michael G. Helander, University of Toronto Michael G. Helander received the B.A.Sc. in engineering science from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, in 2007. He is currently working towards the M.A.Sc. in

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hamed Farahani Manesh, Eastern Mediterranean University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

environments and remotely/robotically controlled physical laboratory exercises for distance learning settings including associated pedagogies. Dr. Schaefer has published approximately 80 papers in journals, books and conference proceedings on Computer-Aided Engineering and Design as well as Engineering Education. In addition, he has substantial experience in curriculum development, ABET preparation and assessment. Page 15.111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Virtual Factory Approach for Design and Implementation of Agile Manufacturing

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Past and Future of Manufacturing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Wells, North Dakota State University

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Manufacturing

and efficient part manufacturing methods and complete production systems for commercial and industrial products. The common theme for students is mastering process, production system and enterprise design procedures that are applicable to any product in any industry. Graduates have been successful in manufacturing enterprises that produce virtually every type of product -- literally, from spacecraft to foodstuffs. In addition to traditional courses, Dr. Wells leads innovation teams in two engineering venues: product realization and transforming laboratory research into commercial products. Dr. Wells’ active research lies in orthopedic implants, micro-assembly, micro-machining, circuit

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Structure and Form in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Architectural

structure that bear little resemblance to reality.Unfortunately, the construction of a computational model is typically one of the first tasks ayoung engineer is asked to perform. In order to address this issue, the authors are constructing aseries of experimental and analytical laboratory exercises which challenge the student‟sconfidence in computer results. In the current work, forced vibration tests of the building areperformed to obtain both the natural frequencies and the resulting mode shapes. In this paper,the procedure to experimentally determine the mode shapes is described. The student predictionsof the building response before and after experiencing the ambient and forced vibrationlaboratories are then examined. One might think that

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Research on The First Year II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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First-Year Programs

student response systems("clickers") to enhance small group interactive discussions and peer-based learning; CAE/CAMsoftware and rapid prototyping technology to allow students to design and manufacturesophisticated components without overwhelming our machine shop resources; in-classdemonstrations of engineering principles with oversized components and associated interactivestudent team discussions and clicker responses; inverting the lecture/homework paradigm byproviding lectures on YouTube and using in-class activities to work on homework/exampleproblems in small groups in class; elimination of some textbooks when lecture material cansuffice in order to save the students money; hands-on laboratory experiments using inexpensive,mass-produced

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Engelken

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Electrical and Computer

4 different courses and alaboratory, on top of a heavy advising, service, and new course and laboratory development role.Thus, the overall workload was significant.In spite of being at an institution where research expectations were secondary to teaching, theauthor not only recognized the importance of establishing a research program relative topromotion, tenure, merit pay, and professional creditability and mobility, but also sincerely desiredto remain involved in research, as a follow-up to his graduate school research experience. Thelack of engineering graduate students, as well as a minimal research infrastructure, made thischallenging, so the author sought ways to creatively leverage the resources and time that wereavailable. He was/is

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Robotics in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

LEGOS w/HandyBoard43University of West Curriculum integration LEGOS w/HandyBoard44 Page 15.877.3FloridaSwarthmore College Research project preparation, AAAI Khepera, ActivMedia Pioneers45Missouri University State of the art of robotics and Instructor-created kit usingof Science and architectures embedded C, Matlab imageTechnology processing46Carnegie Mellon Robots for study problem-based LEGOS with HandyBoard47-48University laboratory experimentsPontificia

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Technical Papers

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dana Denick, Drexel University; Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Bradley Layton, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Engineering Libraries

, Chemical& Biological Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering,Environmental Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, andNuclear Engineering are led through three ten-week terms of hands-on design, culminating in afinal term where teams of four or five design, build and test an engineered structure, machine,system, or computer code. The course is structured with a one-hour lecture where techniques arepresented and a two-hour lab where they are practiced. Module topics vary, but are typicallydesigned to be relevant to emerging technologies. Current examples include nanotechnology andsustainable energy. Laboratory experiences are supplemented with weekly guest lectures, givenby

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Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

provided to undergraduates and the R&D activities carried out by the technical staffin the department’s state-of-the-art testing facilities, Figure 9, Figure 10, and Figure 11.Figure 9: Testing facilities. More than 10 test beds: engine, power train, acoustics, SHED, etc.The equipment in the testing facilities comprises a chassis dynamometer, stationary anddynamic engine test beds, a transmission and clutch test bed, an air/fuel mixture test bed, a Page 15.967.9titling bed, an acoustics laboratory, a SHED emissions testing system, a rapid prototypingmachine, as well as a skid resistance tester and equipment for measuring e.g. flow quantitiesand

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Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

inquiry.1. IntroductionAlternative energy (AE) has continued to be a hot-button topic for a number of years. Manycolleges and universities have consequently introduced courses on this topic, having a variety offormats: with1,2 or without3 experimental laboratories, project based4, or based on amultidisciplinary approach5. One issue when covering such a broad field is that many studentsnever get a complete picture on all that is involved or related to a given technology. To that end,with the support of our institution’s curriculum committee, it was decided to develop and offeran overview or introductory class for Mechanical Engineering students. The course must be insupport of the Program Outcomes adopted by our program (included in the Appendix

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Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

laboratory facilities development for the program. Dr. Looft’s research interests have evolved from the analysis and modeling of tactile neural responses to now being focused on student capstone projects, systems engineering programs, and global education. Outside of the academic world, Dr. Looft is an avid sailplane enthusiast, pilot and flight instructor, and is a lifelong fitness enthusiast. Page 15.370.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Designing Robotic Systems: Preparation for an Interdisciplinary Capstone ExperienceAbstractThe Robotics Engineering (RBE

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University

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Mechanical Engineering

for faculty to “Provide instruction or resources for self-study in experimentaldesign, statistical data analysis … only after the teams have encountered a need to know thematerial.” 4Many universities have integrated project management into their curricula to varying degrees,from individual PM courses 5, 6 and coursework 7 to its inclusion within senior capstone designprojects.1, 8, 9 Design of Experiments is often found to be included within laboratory-based andexperimentation courses 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and only some had DOE involved with the capstone designcourse.15, 16 Some of these efforts, however, did not institute formal training of traditional DOEmethodologies and designs.In its newly developed mechanical engineering program, CCSU has

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Aspects of Public Policy in Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Pringle, Central Washington University; William Bender, Central Washington University

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Engineering and Public Policy

service.How much energy would be saved and could the level of service be maintained in a highereducational environment by switching from five to four day weeks? This study occurs at aregional university within an Industrial and Engineering Technology department that hasexclusive use of a building. The department contains seven degree programs ranging from TAC-ABET programs to non-accredited technical degree programs. During the study period allclasses and laboratories were scheduled Monday through Thursday. Staff only worked Mondaythrough Thursday. Faculty but not students could gain access to the building on Fridays.The objective of this paper is to study the costs, benefits, and educational impacts of changingthe five day academic and building

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Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Brooks, Temple University; Tony Singh, Temple University; Hossein Rostami, Philadelphia University; Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Amithraj Amavasai, Temple University

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Graduate Studies

labs to be conducted. The TAs demonstrated the experimentand the students were asked to replicate the demonstration. This was the traditional method.Many students complained of lack of individual focus. 12 TAs were trained to use the newmethodology in the first week of Spring 2008 and Fall 2008. All the TAs used the newmethodology during the 2 semesters.The steps in the new methodology included watching a trained presentation, engaging thestudents in group discussions, staying with the group while they perform the experiment,developing a rubric for evaluation of student reports, providing a link between experiments andtheory, and helping the students to pick up a lifelong learning objective. The course content andthe laboratory experiments

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Program Development and Pipelines for Recruitment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Ramesh Narang, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jihad Albayyari, Indiana-Purdue University

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Manufacturing

which to apply the appropriatesolution. The MFET program will focus on practical applications in the respective industry workareas.PROPOSED CURRICULUMThe proposed degree has a major area of concentration of different and common manufacturingprocesses. The major areas of the degree are shown in the following table. The curriculumdescribed below provides a technical education in the area of industrial and enterprise computernetworking. The core provides the student with basic instruction in materials and manufacturingprocesses with hands-on laboratory work. It also introduces the fundamentals of design formanufacturing and assembly, computer applications using, spreadsheet and database suites. Thespecialization area provides in-depth technical

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Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; Diana Grauer, Kansas State University

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Environmental Engineering

constructivist approach and isappropriate for entry-level engineering classes. It can be modified for use in upper levelengineering classes as well. To prepare for the emissions analysis lab, students study thecomposition of atmospheric gases, products of combustion, and the measurement of automotiveemissions. The laboratory component is the actual sampling of engine exhaust from studentselected automobiles using an exhaust emissions analyzer. Students use sample values ofemission concentrations for O2, CO, NO, and NO2, combustion kinetics, and fluid dynamics tocalculate the engine fuel flow rate, exhaust flow rate, and mass emission rates for CO and NOX.This paper presents an overview of the introductory studies followed by a description of

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tzu-Liang Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, UTEP; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Carolyn Awalt, The University of Texas at El Paso

capabilities). Dr. Wicker’s current research interests are in the areas of advanced manufacturing (focused on layered manufacturing), tissue engineering (including scaffold fabrication, polymer synthesis, and in vitro and in vivo testing), and experimental fluid mechanics (with recent emphasis on cardiovascular flows). Dr. Wicker has published in excess of 100 refereed articles, provided more than 50 technical presentations at conferences and meetings, and managed more than $8 million in funded projects from agencies such as NSF, DoD, DoE, NASA, Sandia National Laboratories, and others, including a variety of corporations. Courses taught include topics in the thermal sciences.Rong Pan, Arizona State

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e-Learning Course Development and Instruction

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie-Pierre Huguet, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tom Haley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yaron Danon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

synchronous, off-site setting. Hands-on Nuclear Education integratesweb-based technologies with distance laboratory course delivery. This approach allowsextension of hands-on activity to universities and other organizations that do not have thefacilities currently available at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Blended learning, the quiet revolutionBlended courses have become part of a quiet revolution as they have changed the face of“traditional” higher education. Over the past decade, their numbers have grown dramatically 5 sothat now, over 80 percent of all higher education institutions offer blended courses 6. This movetoward a new kind of education has been quieter than much-hyped efforts to create completelyvirtual programs 7.Blended courses

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shalin Mehta, Arizona State University; Jayaraman Jayaraman Thiagarajan, Arizona State University; Photini Spanias, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Robert Santucci, Arizona State University; Susan Haag, Arizona State University; Mahesh Banavar, Arizona State University

interfaceinteractive and helpful for improving their learning.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported in part by NSF CCLI Phase 3 Grant # 0817596.Bibliography1. A. Clausen, A. Spanias, A. Xavier, and M. Tampi, “A Java signal analysis tool for signal processingexperiments,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing,ICASSP, vol. 3, pp. 1849-1852, May 1998.2. A. Spanias et al “Development of a web-based signal and speech processing laboratory for distance learning,”ASEE Computers in Education Journal, pp. 21-26, vol. X, no.2, April-June 2000.3. A. Spanias, F. Bizuneh, “Development of new functions and scripting capabilities in Java-DSP for easy creationand seamless integration of animated DSP simulations in

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Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Martina Trucco, Hewlett-Packard; Rich Friedrich, Hewlett Packard

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International

AC 2010-2419: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGYLEADERS IN CHALLENGING TIMES: THE US NSF-ASEE INDUSTRYRESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAMLueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard Lueny Morell, M.S., P.E., is Program Manager in the Strategy and Innovation Office staff of Hewlett Packard Laboratories (HPL) in Palo Alto, California. She is responsible for facilitating external research collaborations for HPL and lead initiatives focused on R&D talent development, collaborating with external partners (government entities and other corporate labs) to pursue strategies and initiatives of benefit to the research community. In the past, she was in charge of developing engineering/science curriculum innovation

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Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Banaszek, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Information Systems

module for teachingGeographic Information Systems to civil engineering students within the context of a problemrelated to crash data analysis. This module is one part of a National Science Foundation Course,Curricula, and Laboratory Improvement Project in which GIS modules are being developed forseveral areas of civil engineering. The module was used as a laboratory assignment in atransportation engineering course. Two days later students completed both an objective multiplechoice quiz over the material covered in the lab and a subjective questionnaire. Quantitativeanalysis was carried out on the quiz answers and the Likert scale portion of the questionnaire. Aqualitative grounded-theory open-coding analysis was applied to the open-ended

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Robotics in Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland; Susan Cooledge, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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Computers in Education

activities were limited to the use of the on boardmicroprocessor.Assembling the Toddler Robot Two Toddler Robot kits were purchased from Parallax. Each student documented thetime spent working in the laboratory together and the time spent working alone in the laboratory.Assembly of the Toddler Robot began with installing the servomotor installed on the body of thetoddler. The kit included two motors: the Tilt and Stride Servos. The tilt servo was used forrotating the robots center of gravity back and forth on both feet, while the stride servo movedboth legs back and forth. The horns and brass wire keepers were installed on the servos, whichwere used for controlling the legs and feet of the toddler. The top plate was installed on the topof

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Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Technology

School of Technology to develop thisgraduate certificate. GE and the EET program industrial advisory board wereheavily involved in curriculum development for the graduate certificate. Page 15.382.3Learning OutcomesTest Engineering is the process of verifying that a product performs withinspecified parameters4. Test Engineers should have a mastery of circuit analysisand the ability to design and troubleshoot hardware using laboratory equipment aswell as Automatic Test Equipment (ATE). The test engineer should also haveknowledge of programming skills such as C++, MATLAB, and LabVIEW todesign testing scripts for ATE equipment. Test Engineers should have

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Qing Zheng, Gannon University

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Electrical and Computer

insubjects with STEM components (c) promote the interaction between the engineeringfaculty at Gannon University and the K-12 school students through activities whichdeliver critical STEM components.Recently, the ECE department at Gannon University, Erie, PA organized twoEngineering Day events in its system integration laboratory. The laboratoryaccommodated nearly 105 high school students in six hour-long sessions with up to 20students in each session. During each session, the students worked on a traffic signalcontrol circuit. The project activities comprised the following steps (1) complete thedesign of the circuit (2) test the operation of the circuit. Two ECE faculty members andsixteen ECE students currently enrolled in the undergraduate ECE

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Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth English, State University of New York, Buffalo; Deborah Moore-Russo, State University of New York, Buffalo; Thomas Schroeder, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Gilberto Mosqueda, University at Buffalo-SUNY; Sofia Tangalos, University at Buffalo-SUNY

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that relate classroom topics to practical application. As a result of their comfort withthe use of information technology, contemporary students and teachers can find traditionalclassroom methods of lecture and guided laboratory experiments limiting. Recently, the need forincreasing the number of students graduating in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) fields United States has been recognized as a threat to continued economicdevelopment. This need, coupled with increasing technological literacy, has created anopportunity to leverage leading edge cyberinfrastructure in an outreach program targetingsecondary school teachers. This paper demonstrates the implementation of a targeted outreachprogram that engages pre- and in