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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci

ENGINEERING FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN K-12 EDUCATION AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThe human mind is of its very nature inquisitive. It is a mystery of sorts why so relatively few individualspursue science and engineering careers, especially since they are well paying and very satisfying. Thispaper presents a history of the involvement of engineering faculty for more than 35 years in teachingstudents

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Beena Sukumaran; Joshua Bonzella; Kevin McGarvey; Heather Klein

Teaching Engineering Design with a focus on the developing world Beena Sukumaran, Joshua Bonzella, Kevin McGarvey, Heather Klein College of Engineering, Rowan UniversityAbstractThe paper describes a program, Entrepreneurs without Borders and a project undertaken through theprogram. The program seeks to establish entrepreneurship opportunities for the developing world. Thiswill be done through student teams comprising both engineering and business majors at RowanUniversity. The engineering and business students perform a survey of local communities in thedeveloping world, identified as having a need for engineering skills by Engineers without Borders1.During this initial survey, the students

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Imin Kao

Using Video Podcast to Enhance Students’ Learning Experience in Engineering Imin Kao Department of Mechanical Engineering State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-2200 Corresponding author: imin.kao@sunysb.eduAbstractThe students and faculty today have available to them many technologies that did not exist adecade ago. Such technologies can be great tools for the delivery of course contents to enhancestudents’ learning experience. In this presentation, podcast is employed as an asynchronousonline tool in engineering courses to record lectures and supplementary materials

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Dean M. Aslam; Zongliang Cao; Cyrous Rostamzadeh

Innovative Engineering Education Using Programmable Lego Robotic VD Graaf Generators Dean M. Aslam, Zongliang Cao and Cyrous Rostamzadeh* Micro and Nano Technology Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824 * Robert Bosch LLC, EMC Department, Plymouth, MI 48170. aslam@msu.eduAbstract The Technology Assisted Science, Engineering and Mathematics (TASEM) learning, with majorfocus on innovations in the use of technology to explain new and complicated concepts rather than oneducation research, goes far beyond the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Kanti Prasad

IMPARTING CONSUMMATE INSTRUCTIONS IN MICROELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AND VLSI TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL Kanti Prasad Ph.D.; P.E. Professor/Founding Director Microelectronics/VLSI Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Massachusetts Lowell Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduAbstract:For consummate VLSI program, theoretical instructions must be complemented withadequate laboratory facilities in order to validate the design from its conception to thefinished chip along with its real time testing. This comprises of

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Jennifer Zirnheld; Adam Halstead

communication skills, and to establish peernetworks that the students can utilize through their engineering educational careers. This course has anaverage enrollment of approximately 400 students each year. Of these, a fair portion each year aregeneral engineering majors without a declared discipline (approximately 20% the last time the course was 1  offered). Many of the rest end up changing their minds about which discipline to pursue during the firstyear or two of college. Engineering Solutions seeks to ease the decision-making process by introducingthe students to the various fields of engineering in an unbiased fashion. For the past several years, thishas been accomplished through the use of

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ismail I. Orabi

Comparison of Student Performance in an Online with traditional Based Entry Level Engineering Course Ismail I. Orabi, Ph.D. Professor of Mechanical Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Sciences University of New Haven West Haven, CT 06516AbstractThe purpose of this study is to compare course performance over time between online andtraditional classroom students enrolled in an entry level engineering course. The Introduction toEngineering Course is a three semester-hour course. It provides an introduction to the engineeringprofession

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Elif Kongar; Paul Kontogiorgis; Nancy L. Russo; Tarek Sobh

Increasing the Participation of Women in the Engineering and Technical Services Industries Elif Kongar*Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Technology Management. University of Bridgeport Paul Kontogiorgis IBM Almaden Research Center Nancy L. Russo Department of Operations Management and Information Systems, Northern Illinois University Tarek Sobh University of Bridgeport AbstractServices have surpassed agriculture

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

Cognitive Learning in Introductory College Science EducationEileen M. Kowalski, Department of Chemistry and Life Science, and Joe D. Manous, Jr.,Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States MilitaryAcademyAbstract This research seeks to categorize dominant areas of cognitive learning weakness and strength withintraditional college-level, introductory science education. The basis of any undergraduate STEMeducation is an understanding of fundamental concepts and how these concepts describe or predictphysical phenomena. However, the apparent retention and understanding of basic concepts is sometimesminimal as expressed by student work during subsequent courses. Potential causes for this difficulty in

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly

technology who know that their ability to excel in the realworld depends on their being critical, broad-minded, and informed.Building on its history of innovation in education, Union designed its undergraduate program around oneof its most distinctive features: being the first college to offer engineering (civil engineering in 1845), andthat its curriculum has a variety of courses that is unusual among small colleges. The FreshmanPreceptorial and the Sophomore Research Seminar are two major fixtures in Union’s undergraduateprogram. They are designed as venues to pursue innovative approaches in teaching, help the studentsthink critically, improve their writing ability, investigate the intersection between the sciences,engineering, and the liberal

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David A Gray

Accelerating Engagement of First-Year Students in Academics: Use of Ideas from Quality Literature David A Gray Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania Abstract: This paper discusses three ideas that stem from concepts in the literature of Quality that combine to promote a more rapid transition of first year engineering students from the high school environment to the academic environment of college. These three ideas are: 1) The student is the primary employee in the academic process, 2) Grade distribution interpreted in the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ashraf Ghaly; Megan Ferry

To Dam Or Not To Dam: An Insight Into The Environmental Politics Of Rivers Ashraf Ghaly, Ph.D., P.E. Professor of Engineering, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308 Megan Ferry, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Modern Languages, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308ABSTRACTIn today’s highly charged climate of environmental politics, decisions about building dams are extremelyhard to make. Simply put, those who have the authority to make such decisions are damned if they damand are also damned if they don’t! There is no easy answer to many of the questions related to damconstruction. No matter what the

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Abdelshakour Abuzneid; Khaled Elleithy

Using Available Wireless / Wired Network Infrastructure for Public Safety and Emergency Early Response Abdelshakour Abuzneid, Khaled Elleithy {abuzneid, elleithy, mohannad}@bridgeport.edu Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 Abstract- After September eleven the idea of Public Safety became a key policy goal for everygovernmental, education and commercial institute. Currently, most of the buildings are equipped withinfrastructure for internal and external communication and networking. By being able to utilize

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Vicki V. May

Student Development of Class Notes using a Wiki as an Alternative to a Single Course Textbook Vicki V. May, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Director, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, and Instructor, Thayer School of Engineering Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 Vicki.V.May@Dartmouth.eduAbstractHow often do we as faculty members complain about the textbook? Not to mention thecomplaints we get from our students. Yet, the first thing we often do when planning a courseis select a textbook. Selecting and relying on a single text tends to be teacher-centered andcontent