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Christopher W. Swan; Julia Carroll

accepted norms of ethicalbehavior. Furthermore, it was clarified that while acting ethically constitutes goodprofessionalism, not all un-professional actions constitute ethical misconduct. Part of theworkshop consisted of a pre- and post-discussion survey of student views on professionalism andethics; students were asked to evaluate several situations as to whether the engineerdemonstrated poor conduct or judgment (PC) OR demonstrated inappropriate ethical behavior(IEB). Discussion between the pre- and post-surveys focused on the various Canons of Ethics bythe American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), National Society of Professional Engineers(NSPE), and the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET). Case studies

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John Hartke; Robert Kewley; Greg Kilby; Greg Schwarz; Gunnar Tamm

system requiresthe integration of numerous science and engineering disciplines as well as considerations of other factorssuch as the legal implications for fielding the system. Over the last two years a multidisciplinary team ofundergraduate students and faculty from the United States Military Academy have been working withLawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office to helpdesign portions of a mobile high energy laser weapon system and to examine the feasibility of fielding asystem. The team consisted of physicists, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, systems engineers,and a law student. This paper will describe the Solid State Heat Capacity Laser developed at LawrenceLivermore used in this

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Ashraf Ghaly

Statement, one of Union’s major goals is to further integrate engineering withthe liberal arts. The college recognizes that “students graduating from Union belong to a generation inwhich technology has revolutionized communication and that they are part of a world where theunderstanding and appreciation of a multiplicity of cultures and perspectives will be essential to theirsuccess.” -1- American Society for Engineering Education ASEE Zone I Conference, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, March 28-29, 2008The college acknowledges that “preparing students for the 21st century requires that we take Union tonew frontiers of technology

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

endeavor,whether graduate studies or engineering practice. Clearly, this outcome goal is entirely desirable. The challenge in developing realistic education outcome goals has become increasingly difficult asthe body of knowledge required to be conversant, much less master, a field has grown at an increasingrate over the past century.3 To illustrate, the fields of geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering,environmental engineering, and biological engineering, to name a few, were all created in the past 90years. In addition to new fields of endeavor, the introduction of technology, especially the personalcomputer, has greatly expanded the opportunities for exploration, testing, and publishing in all fields ofscience, technology

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Bassem Alhalabi; M.K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

maintenance, student safety, and ample flexibility that may provide peoplewith disability the comfort of experimenting online with real physical setups and without having to leavetheir homes. In order to build a RLE experiment, specific hardware and software setup is required (see Figure1). For example, a typical remote lab experiment might include the following basic components or buildingblocks: 1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton Florida, 33431, alhalabi@fau.edu. 2 Professional Pedagogy & Educational Technology Leaderhsip, Lamar University, Texas, hamzamk@my.lamar.edu. 3 Department of Computer Science, Jackson State

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Carol Siri Johnson

The Evolution of Technical Communication at Lukens Steel, 1810-1925 Carol Siri Johnson New Jersey Institute of TechnologyAbstract: Complex technology necessitated increasing levels of literacy among workers and engineers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This paper analyzes the changes in technical communication in a single company, Lukens Steel, between the years 1810 and 1925. Until 1870, literacy was not necessary in the workplace; only the owners wrote letters and kept accounting records. By the end of the 19th century, quantitative literacy became increasingly important across the plant as foremen kept records

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R. Radharamanan; Ha Van Vo

mixing cup, and a spoon. The robot armshould be programmed to include all the necessary motions to complete the mixing process. The resultsobtained from the student team projects on the above three modules are also presented, analyzed, anddiscussed.1. IntroductionThe advancement of industrial applications of process technology, computers, and automation demandscontinuous improvement in the quality of engineering education both in classroom theory and in hands-onpractice in design, computer simulation, and manufacturing laboratories. There is a growing need forpreparing students both in theory and practice so that they are well prepared to meet the challenges of thejob market, especially in the manufacturing industries of the 21st century. A

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Linda Ann Riley; Charles Thomas

probability of these students choosing a STEM major incollege is low. This ultimately will affect the production of U.S. scientists and engineers needed to solveour future technological and research challenges. 1To place the K-12 mathematics and science scenario in perspective, when compared to foreign countries,the U.S. significantly lags most with respect to performance. Table 1 presents a compilation ofmathematics scores of 15 year olds enrolled in secondary education institutions in OEDC (Organizationfor Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. This international comparison of mathematicsperformance by 15 year olds indicates that the U.S. falls almost at the bottom of the comparator

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Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

mechatronics curriculum developmentefforts: an undergraduate concentration in mechatronics, Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35thAnnual Conference 19-22 Oct. 2005 Page(s):F3F - 7-8[8] V. Genis, W. Rosen, R. Chiou, W. Danley, J. Milbrandt, G. Marekova, S. Racz,T. Kitchener, and B. LaVay, Laboratory- and Project-Based Courses in the Engineering Technology Curriculum,Philadelphia, PA Fall proceeding of ASEE Mid Hudson Section 2007[9] Murray, W.R.; Garbini, J.L.; Mechatronics capstone design projects at the University of Washington, AdvancedIntelligent Mechatronics, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE/ASME International Conference on 19-23 Sept. 1999Page(s):598 - 604[10] Weiner , Tim, New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle, NY Times

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Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Khaled Elleithy

do such a feedback from within to the outside world if anemergency to happen to one of the buildings in the University of Bridgeport, in particular, Engineering &Technology Building where we work most of the time. 3.1 Assessment We started to study how we can implement such a system in the engineering and technology buildingunder the following conditions: 1. Simple and cheap implementation since acquiring a huge budget for such a project was not feasible 2. Fixed system and dedicated to the building; works 24/7. 3. Can work in most if not all the emergencies. 4. In case of an emergency, it can send information from inside to outside. 5. Emergency responders can communicate directions and instructions

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Daniel J. McCarthy; Michael J. Kwinn

development; • remaining linked to the industry we serve - the Army; and • integrating state-of-the-art computer and information technology into the education process.With these objectives as the backdrop, Kays established the Systems Engineering program as a newacademic major to be offered by the department. (Upon its establishment, the new department hadassumed responsibility for the Engineering Management program which had been established some yearsbefore as part of the old Department of Engineering.) Most of the courses for the new SystemsEngineering program had to be developed from whole cloth especially as there were less than a handful ofsimilar undergraduate programs throughout the country. Through Kays’ efforts and those of his

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John Adams; Charles Kochakian

course itself, are both discussed in thispaper.The lecture component of this RFID course includes presentation of technical material such asantenna design and frequency of operation. The growth of RFID technology is presented across abroad spectrum of applications ranging from tracking of high-valued items in the pharmaceuticaland health care sectors to the “Internet of Things.” An undergraduate teaching lab has beendeveloped in partnership with companies including TagSys, Alien, Symbol, Intermec, Radianse,and Zebra among others.Background and OverviewThe Merrimack College Department of Electrical Engineering is a unique department in that itsits in an undergraduate, Augustinian college. The department is the only ABET accredited EEProgram to

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Mir M. Atiqullah

Effect of Defects on Mechanical Properties of Composites: Undergraduate Research on Materials Mir M. Atiqullah Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta GA 30060 matiqull@spsu.eduAbstractUndergraduate research in engineering and technology is gaining popularity as an added opportunity oflearning and a gateway to advanced studies. Many students find undergraduate research as a tryout forpotential graduate studies, as well as a way to establish relationship with research faculty

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Arthur Heinricher; Brian Savilonis; David Spanagel; Robert Traver; Kristin Wobbe

mission, and others build first-year seminars connecting students withfaculty research interests. (See Upcraft, et al, 2006.)WPI made project-based learning the core of its academic program in the early 1970’s when itdefined graduation requirements that included two major projects (Grogan, 1988). One is in themajor and is usually completed in the senior year. The second project is usually completed in thejunior year and challenges students to work on a problem at the interface of science, technology,and societal needs.Today, about half of WPI’s students (about 400 students each year) complete their junior-yearproject at one of 23 project centers around the world. For example, a team of three students (onechemical engineer, one civil engineer and

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Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

Western-influenced modern development. That is, the belief in the power of scienceand technology over nature.COURSE THEMESThe instructors that co-teach the New Wall of China course are an engineer and a liberal artist. Coursethemes are equally divided between the two. Although the engineering faculty used, in addition to the3GD, examples of several other mega dams from all over the world, the liberal arts faculty concentratedon China and on the basin of the Yangtze River. The rich heritage and long history of this area provideabundant sources of information to demonstrate the closely-knit and inter-woven relationships betweenthe people and the river.Engineering and Environmental ThemesGeneral background on dams: Dams are massive structures

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Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

undergrads and serves as a service course for other engineering and technology undergraduatestudents.The material taught in ISE 306 includes confidence intervals, types of error, statistical power, hypothesistesting, analysis of variance, and simple and multiple linear regression. Typically, a student’s grade iscomposed of some combination of in-class participation, homework assignments, quizzes, and tests.Although teachers direct the quality of in-class learning experiences, out-of-class experiences are largelyunregulated unless the student comes in during office hours. Students may choose to work with otherstudents or they may not. During the course of studying, students often do not have means for feedbackon their work. This can lead to

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found that by providing open-ended experiences,students become actively engaged, exhibit a high level of satisfaction with the course, and become awarehow important it is to enhance their practical skills and capabilities.IntroductionThe Engineer 2020 Report from the National Academy of Engineering outlines the key attributes thatengineers must have in order to succeed in the future1. The report states that engineers in 2020 must havestrong analytical skills, must exhibit practical ingenuity, must be creative, etc., amongst other attributes.Creativity is stated, will grow in importance due to the new challenges and new technologies in the 21stcentury. Creativity can be defined as being usefully innovative in diverse situations. Typical

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Abdelrahman Elleithy; Alaa Abuzaghleh; Abdelshakour Abuzneid

A NEW MECHANISM TO SOLVE IEEE 802.16 AUTHENTICATION VULNERABILITIE Abdelrahman Elleithy, Alaa Abuzaghleh, Abdelshakour Abuzneid Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Abstract- Wi-Max (Worldwide) Interoperability for Microwave Access is a new technology that canprovide broadband access at a high bandwidth. The availability of microwaves towers provides a verycost effective for delivering high bandwidth in metropolitan. Wi-Max is a multi-hop network wheresecurity is a major issue in designing such networks. Designing a secure Wi-Max is a major

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M.G. Guvench

courses mentioned above. As a matter of fact, thanks to anotherNSF grant received in mid 1990’s it became integrated in our Electrical Engineering curriculum and it isused extensively in most of the courses we deliver. Having such a standard computational tool gives thestudent long enough a time to become a competent user and saves time from training particularly in thehigher level courses where course-specific tools have to be introduced.2. Description of the CourseThe Analog Integrated Circuits (=”CMOS Analog IC Design”) course has the goal to introduceprinciples of operation, fabrication technology and design of analog integrated circuits to ElectricalEngineering students at the senior level. VLSI fabrication is introduced with an emphasis on

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degree in Mechanical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science degree in mechanicalengineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004. He has served in various command andstaff positions during his Army career and during his tenure at USMA has course directed the aeronauticalsubdiscipline courses. He is the current faculty advisor for the SAE Design Build Fly team.

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David J. Palazzo; Chad C. Schools

, each with a full suite of Pasco equipment and a desktop computer. As new technologies filter into the hands of physics, engineering, and science teachers, we are facedwith many questions. Are there valid reasons to use the technology to teach or is it solely for the sake oftechnology. Does the technology allow us to reach students we might not otherwise reach? Does thetechnology help our modern students to establish a link between “classroom physics” and “playgroundphysics?” In retrospect, we attempt to answer these questions based on three case studies conductedduring the Fall 2007 Introductory Newtonian Mechanics course and the Spring 2008 Electricity andMagnetism course. Over a two-year period, the United States Military Academy

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Harry Knickle; Don Gray

Adding Automatic Control to the Senior Laboratory Experience Harry Knickle and Don Gray Chemical Engineering, URI ASEE 2008, West PointDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island knickle@egr.uri.eduIntroduction and BackgroundOur program has 2 semesters of senior laboratory requiring a total of 4 credits. We alsohad a second semester junior level required data acquisitions and control laboratory for 2credits. The Department decided to drop the junior course and integrate data acquisitionand control into the senior lab courses. One objective was to reduce the credit load.Another objective was to introduce larger

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M. Ali Montazer

Helping Connecticut Aerospace Parts Manufacturers Become Lean M. Ali Montazer, Ph.D. University of New Haven – Tagliatela College of Engineering West Haven, Connecticut 06516 AbstractWith funding support from the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) /National Aerospace Leadership Initiatives (NALI), a Center for Simulation Modeling andAnalysis has been established at the University of New Haven. The objectives of theCenter are (1) to bring modeling and simulation techniques and tools, through faculty andstudent teams, to the Connecticut aerospace parts manufacturers to support their efforts inimplementing Lean / Six

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Saikat Ray

Indian school system. In India (excluding the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) and Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs), and a handful others) many Indian universities are just an examination body. Students study in various colleges that are affiliated with a given university and they all get the diploma from that university. These colleges, however, differ widely in quality. While some of them are reasonably good, many others are below the minimum standard  many do not even have professors to hold classes. Therefore the established culture is studying only for the examinations; the importance of classes is limited since the examinations are not set by the teachers.In summary, in

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Abdelrahman M Rabie; Rahman Haleem

1 A Model for a Bi-lingual Curriculum Abdelrahman M Rabie, Associate Professor, ISAT Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA Rahman Haleem Assistant Professor and Director, Institute for Technological Innovations (ITI), Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAbstractThere has been an increasing demand for multilingual professionals, in various fields includingengineering, which in turn which in turn lead to the increased demand and

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studiesinvolving human subjects (Borrego, 2007). The predictive model discussed in this paper isbroadly applicable to the measurement of only student achievement, but is still a powerful toolfor making a direct measure of the impact of a particular change on the achievement of a studentgroup.The best metric by which to predict undergraduate student performance in engineering, science,and technology-related courses is a topic open to further exploration. Researchers have foundvarying levels of success using diverse student characteristics as indicators. For example, Eskewand Faley (1988) proposed a complex model of factors affecting student performance inbeginning accounting courses; among the factors found to be most significant were SAT scores,high

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Richard B. Mindek

Development of a Programmable Logic Controller Experiential Learning Platform Richard B. Mindek, Jr. Western New England College, Springfield MassachusettsAbstractAn experiential learning platform was recently developed to expose graduate engineering students, aswell as undergraduate junior and senior mechanical engineering students, to the concept, components,operation, and application of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The platform consists of aprogrammable logic controller, which can be programmed with a desktop PC, in order to control severalsimple output devices. The system allows students to write their own ladder logic programs, and