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Women in Engineering Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Murguia, Arizona State University; Erin Kube, Arizona State University; Jennifer Bekki, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Bianca Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2235: CAREERWISE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE FORGRADUATE STUDENTSErika Murguia, Arizona State University Erika Murguia Blumenkranz is a Ph.D. candidate in Industrial Engineering, School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. She earned her Master’s degree in Quality and Productivity Systems and her BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. Her personal research interests are focused on the dynamics of workforce protocols in manufacturing environments and supply chain management. Erika has worked as a research assistant on the CareerWISE project since October 2008 and her role has been recruiting

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Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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First-Year Programs

been at WPI since 1995. Email kwobbe@wpi.edu; phone 508-831-5375. Page 15.472.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engaging Students with Great ProblemsAbstractWPI’s Great Problems Seminars were designed to bring first year engineering students intomeaningful contact with current events, societal problems, and human needs. Key learningobjectives include: introducing project team work and developing writing and presentation skills.Each seminar has focused on a large global issue: food and hunger, energy and its utilization,health and healthcare delivery, the NAE Grand Challenges. Seminars are co-taught by

Conference Session

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

described by a three-pillar model. Figure 1: Three-pillar modelPraxis-oriented learning includes project and problem based learning, as well as a focus on theapplication of theories and methods learned in core engineering subjects (i.e. mathematics,mechanics, electrics). The main challenges are the coordination of the lectures with regard tocontent and timing, and lecturers’ motivation. Furthermore, project and problem basedlearning demands much more time in terms of supervision than standard lectures. Involvingstudents in industrial projects is not without risks and we have to ensure that such projects arecompleted to the satisfaction of our partners in industry.All departmental staff who teaches engineering

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Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Mellodge, University of Hartford; Fouad El Khoury, University of Hartford

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Design in Engineering Education

technology in a professional setting.Within engineering education, wikis have been used in several ways at several different levels.One example is the creation of ePortfolios in a freshman engineering design course8. Thestudents were given writing assignments in which they reflected on the human implications ofdesign. Another example can be found in a team-based capstone design project in which thewiki was used to document social knowledge and assess group performance9. A third example isa student-written online textbook5. In a senior level chemical engineering process controlscourse, an open-source text was written, edited, and reviewed by the students to allow them tolearn the course content though teaching it.This paper describes the use of a

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education

, Mexico, challenging engineering students enrolled in the course Engineering and Sustainable Community DevelopmentAbstractOver the past ten years, engineers and engineering students and faculty have increasingly turnedtheir efforts toward “underserved” communities. Such efforts raise important questions. Is thereanything problematic with wanting to help a community? How do engineers listen to acommunity? If invited, how do engineers work with a community?Wondering about questions like these in relationship to engineering courses, design projects,volunteer activities, or international assignments motivated us to develop a project in criticalpedagogy entitled Engineering and

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Leslie Reed, Reed Environmental

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1609: IMPROVING INNOVATION BY ENHANCING CREATIVECAPABILITIES IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY STUDENTSJeffrey Richardson, Purdue UniversityLeslie Reed, Reed Environmental Page 15.698.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Improving Innovation by Enhancing Creative Capabilities in Electrical and Computer Engineering TechnologyAbstractThis project evolved from an existing research effort in electrical and computer engineeringtechnology in which the gap between the creative capabilities students brought to bear whensolving technological problems, and the level of creativity demonstrated in a capstone designproject, was explored

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Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Aerospace

. Page 15.1334.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Process FMEA in an Aeronautical Engineering Technology Capstone CourseAbstractIn the Aeronautical Engineering Technology program at Purdue University, undergraduatestudents gain experience in performance improvement in the capstone project courses. Theperformance improvement proposed and implemented by the students must also consider theimpact on safety. Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) is one tool used in theaerospace industry to identify risks in products or processes, and to take action to mitigate oreliminate the risks. Using the SAE standard for PFMEA, students use a structured method toanalyze the process steps and

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Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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International

AC 2010-706: EVALUATION OF INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN ANEDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM FOR STEM UNDERGRADUATESChrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chrysanthe Demetry is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Educational Development & Assessment at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), where she has been on the faculty since 1993. A materials scientist by training, she co-directs WPI's Bangkok Project Center and has advised approximately 75 off-campus student research projects in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Her research interests include measurement of student learning outcomes from international education, active and

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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

of Virginia. With more than 13 years professorial experience, he has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management.Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte DR. CHUNG-SUK CHO is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Engineering Technology. His teaching and research focus on project scope definition, pre-project planning, sustainable construction, project administration, construction safety, construction simulation, and project management. He has prior teaching experience at

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida; Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

Relevance on Product Design and Manufacturing CoursesAbstractThis paper presents the research work of a NSF CCLI project for analyzing the impact ofmedical device-related active learning pedagogies in two courses within the engineeringcurriculum: New Product Development and Manufacturing Processes. The main focus of thestudy is on the impact of these approaches on students’ engagement and conceptualunderstanding of course material. A project-based learning (PBL) approach was incorporatedinto both courses through real medical device projects to provide students with hands-onexperiences on the challenges of medical device design and development. The courses wereenhanced to provide a combination of lectures on theoretical concepts

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Computer Education Innovations II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Kuczenski, University of Notre Dame; Joshua Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame; Jay Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

educational process outside the classroomand ways to encourage students to have a more direct role in their own personal development.For this purpose, we present here the Notre Dame Electronic Portfolio (NDeP) project, which isdesigned to help us meet this goal. To date, we have successfully launched the NDeP project to aclass of ~80 chemical engineering sophomores who were able to create electronic portfolios, andwe were able to assess these portfolios using a rubric developed for this purpose.IntroductionThe primary goal of our undergraduate program is to produce engineers who are one step aheadof their peers, who have begun to prepare themselves for more than just their entry-level jobs. Inorder to reach this goal for our students, our department

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Early Engineering Design Experiences

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

and teachers to increase and enhance engineering content in K-12 education. In 2004 Mr. Oppliger was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service honoring this outreach work. Before coming to Michigan Tech, Mr. Oppliger taught math and science at the secondary level for 11 years. Before that, he worked for 5 years as a project engineer in the marine construction industry.Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University Page 15.643.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 High School Enterprise: Introducing Engineering Design in a High School Team

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Teaching Mechanical Systems: What's New

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Richard Dippery, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

in a typical machine designcourse. These are some of the attributes for innovation and creativity which help them develop amindset for possible entrepreneurship. It takes a mechanical engineering graduate a long way topractice professional engineering if he/she develops strong engineering and problems solvingskills with a different mindset. Machine Design is a typical course that gives this experience.Based on many years of teaching this course, in this paper, the authors present the assessment ofcourse learning objectives (CLOs) and how they are linked to direct assessment of homework,class work, exams and design project outcomes. The CLOs are also mapped with the ABETProgram Outcomes. This being a core course it is offered every quarter at

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Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian Belu, Drexel University; Alexandru Belu, Case Western Research University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

methods of teaching in the lectureor the laboratory. We use a laboratory project-based approach, where the students arelearning by doing. The course is divided into two sections, lecture and laboratory session.During the laboratory session, the students work at mid-term and final projects, while thelecture the programming, numerical and computational techniques and methods arediscussed. The usefulness of this approach is evaluated by surveys conducted everysemester, and feedback from other educators is highly appreciated.I. IntroductionComputational physics is an independent way of doing physics, and an essential tool ofthe physics research. Numerical computations are essential to further understanding ofphysics problems, and computers and

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Faculty Set the Preliminary Standards for Co-ops

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Jane Leung, University of Calgary

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2010-1556: BRINGING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL AWARENESS INTO THEFIRST YEAR DESIGN EXPERIENCEDaryl Caswell, University of CalgarySarah Lockwood, University of CalgaryJane Leung, University of Calgary Page 15.244.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Bringing Social and Cultural Awareness into the First Year Design Experience Caswell, Lockwood and LeungAbstractAt the Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 730 first year students arerequired to take two half courses in Design and Communications. These courses (ENGG251 and ENGG 253) are project-based, with students participating in 5 real-world

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Man, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

principles of medical imaging.SimuRad is an interactive software which implements numerical algorithms to simulate physicaland biological processes in most common medical imaging modalities. The software containsexpandable modules, each to support a series lab exercises related to a particular modality.Currently implemented modules include math fundamentals, computed tomography (CT), x-rayphysics, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), image enhancement and analysis. With thesemodules, seven computer lab exercises have been designed. Lab 1, Convolution and Fourier Transform (math preparation) Lab 2, Projection and Projection Slice Theorem (tomography) Lab 3, Frequency domain reconstruction – number of projects, interpolation methods (x

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Innovation in ECET Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Luciano Boglione, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Engineering Technology

of the course are outlined first to provide acontext within which this project was developed. An outline of the educational approach taken bythe author will follow. Then, a description of the projects and challenges faced by the studentswill be sketched out. A review of the students’ feedback on their experience will be described anddiscussed. Some suggestions on how to improve this experience will be made before concludingthe paper.The Microwave Engineering Technology Course at the University of Massachusetts, LowellThe University of Massachusetts, Lowell, is located in an area where high technology companiesare often competing in securing new graduates. At the same time, a need for continuing educationof their workforce has often brought

Conference Session

Design in BME Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Kennedy, Bucknell University; Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

developed to introduce students to hands-onskills that could be important for BME students in design and their future careers.The BME “Cube of Knowledge” is a design and prototyping project where six design teamswork together to create a six-sided cube. Each team first develops a CAD model, rapidprototype, and engineering drawings for one side of the six-sided cube. After the creation ofengineering drawings, each team fabricates their individual side of the cube with a conventionalmilling machine based on the engineering drawings. After each team has manufactured theirown part, the six individual parts are assembled in class. A successful design and manufacturingexperience would predicate that the six parts, or “sides,” combine to create an

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Moira Lafayette, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Paul Peercy, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Darryl G. Thelen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Klingenberg, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Wendt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

societal context ofengineering and a passion for life-long learning. This will be achieved by guiding studentsthrough new educational opportunities to: • build disciplinary excellence with multidisciplinary perspective, • nurture critical thinking, • develop multicultural competence, • cultivate collaboration and leadership skills, and • promote an ethic of service to the profession and the communityTo provide the necessary incentives and mechanisms for change, to-date the College has heldthree internal solicitations for proposals to transform undergraduate education providing facultyand staff with modest grants for release time and other resources. A total of 26 projects havebeen funded. The purpose of this paper is to describe our

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Design in Engineering Education

are formed, the early design stages, prototyping and test, oralpresentations, and conference attendance for the last two years. The students’ evaluationmethods and outcomes assessments are also presented. Finally, the problems and challenges inthe Senior Design course are discussed. Overall, this “new and improved” Senior Design coursehelps students to develop many skills which were not previously developed. As one example ofa successful student project, “Sense-o-matic Cane: Ungrounded Detection for the Blind” wonSecond Place in Technology and Engineering at the 2008 HBCU-UP National Researchconference.IntroductionThe Computer Engineering Program at the Virginia State University, a small Historically BlackColleges and Universities (HBCU), was

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

fuel cell course has three 1-hour lecture periods per week and one 3-hour lab period perweek to make a 4 credit-hour course. One lecture period per week is devoted to discussion ofrelevant papers, which serves to reinforce the technical content and facilitate discussion of thebroader social, economic, and technical issues. The lab periods are used alternately for additionalclassroom instruction, experiments, recitation time, and modeling or project work. This adds adegree of flexibility to administering the course and provides the students with extra time toengage and reflect on what they are learning.Student learning assessment is based on homework, experimental lab write-ups, a midterm exam,a nonlinear dynamic fuel cell model, and student

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials & General Mechanics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

as a full class and in small groups, andproblem- and project-based learning experiences (PBL). When the full class cooperates insolving a problem, all students get exposed to the different possible solution strategies fortackling a problem. Small groups allow students who may be hesitant to ask questions in front ofthe entire class an opportunity to ask questions of their peers or even of the instructor in a moreprivate setting. The use of PBL reinforces the concept that multiple strategies for approaching aproblem are possible. Students are asked to produce a specific outcome, such as the developmentof a reduced order model, but they are not told what method or approach to use for this process.At the end, the students must evaluate the

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

oftheir job requirements. It is essential for engineering and technology students, at a minimum, tobe familiar with renewable energy technologies and their applications and implementations. Thiscourse serves as an introduction to renewable energy with an emphasis on energy harvesting,conversion, and storage systems. It is a combination of lecture, demonstrations, student inquiry,in-class problem solving, and hands-on projects. Students are required to complete a series ofexercises/projects and/or tests that reflect their knowledge of the stated objectives. A short powerelectronics section covers the major electrical equipments required for power transmission andpower conditioning. Topics include photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, green

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

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State Univ.; Marcus Duffy, Oklahoma State University; Lynn Franzmann, Stillwater; Rebekah Reece, Stillwater; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

middle school teachers (teaching Biology and Math) were selected toparticipate in research dealing with tissue engineering. Teachers worked for six weeks (fourdays a week) within the research laboratory on formation of porous structures usingbiodegradable polymers. Teachers were exposed to the technique of forming porous structuresusing chitosan and gelatin solution in various shapes using the apparatus available in thelaboratory. A low cost freeze drying system that is safe for operation by sixth grade students wasdeveloped. The overall cost of performing the experiment is also significantly cheap and lesstime consuming.An envisioned project for the current academic year under implementation in the sixth grade isfreeze drying chitosan-gelatin

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Alamgir Choudhury, Western Michigan University

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Mechanical Engineering

, every factor in the life cycle of the product should be taken into account. Aspart of a Capstone Design Project, and with the goal of illustrating complete engineering designprocesses where factors besides the technical ones need to be taken into account, industry-sponsored projects are undertaken by teams of students. The project presented here deals with anautomotive subassembly that needed to be redesigned and evaluated. The system is a powerslider assembly which is installed in the rear of current-model trucks and powers the rearwindow. The current design is bulky, expensive, and takes too much time to install. Theobjective of the project was to introduce a new design for the power slider which would be moreefficient in terms of operation

Conference Session

Communication in Design

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Steve Patterson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

information control processes and procedures that are expected ofpracticing engineers. Work in an organization with global reach increases theimportance of real time document and information control and sensitivity to therequirements of a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system shouldposition the students exiting the program to be more competitive in theworkplace. This work describes a simple but effective system of requireddocumentation, naming conventions, release structure and revision controls thatenable student teams to track documentation changes during the life of theircapstone project, along with the rationale for any implemented changes.Additionally, the students learn to keep secure, controlled document archives andto standardize

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Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

their country 1965 College work-study programs established 1966 "Service-learning" phrase used to describe a TVA-funded project in East Tennessee with Oak Ridge Associated Universities, linking students and faculty with tributary area development organizations 1969 Atlanta Service-Learning Conference. Southern Regional Education Board defined Service Learning as the integration of the accomplishment of the tasks that meet human needs with conscious educational growth 1971 White House Conference on Youth report full of calls for linking service and learning. Circa National Student Volunteer Program (became the National Center for Service- 1971 Learning in

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BIM and Other New Construction Practices

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

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Construction

based on Object Oriented Programmingthat integrate 3D-2D operations. This study utilized an online survey which was sent to 236construction firms drawn from the top 400 contractors listed in the 2008 Engineering NewsRecord (ENR) who were identified as having over 80% of their projects categorized as generalbuilding 2. The study utilized the following expanded utilization-level categorization: level 1(use of BIM technology that is limited to 2D and 3D capabilities for document production andvisualization functions), level 2 (use of BIM for additional analysis done on the 2D and 3D datathat is based on geometry and positioning of building systems including change management of2D and 3D documents, and conflict/clash detection between different

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Custer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Harriet Lamm, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University; Kuruvilla John, University of North Texas

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Two Year College Division

memorandum of understanding was obtained from each institution acknowledgingtheir participation in the TAMUK’s STEP project. The project’s internal evaluator collects andprocesses the TAMUK transfer data for the partnering institutions, assesses project data, andprepares reports for the project’s sponsor and for dissemination.Purpose There are three main objectives that the STEP program addresses. Objective 1 targets thenumber of community college SEM transfers. Objective 2 focuses on the enhancement ofstudent success. Objective 3 concentrates on improving persistence to degree completion for thepredominantly first generation and Hispanic students of South Texas. While all three objectivesare vital to the project, this paper discusses only