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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sidi Berri; Andy S.J. Zhang

specific design and drafting skills related to theirchosen field from their own department. The existence of a generic CADD program that wasdesigned to meet the demands of most technology fields loses its appeal. Over the years, we have 1been working hard to enhance the CADD program by introducing the state-of-the-art softwareand hardware such as Autodesk Inventor, Pro Engineer, and 3D printer into various courses, butthe program name did not reflect what we were doing. Most people still refer CADD simply as a“drafting” program. Another reason for this decline is the lack of growth opportunities for thegraduates. No colleges in this country offer

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Harold R. Underwood

the World (STW) as part of their general education requirement.Beyond increasing their technical literacy, the STW course intends to help studentsrecognize how science and technology (S&T) relate to other parts of culture, preparingthem to reflect critically on the nature and scope of S&T, and develop a personalperspective of their own. The case study in this innovative teaching approach, isintended not only to facilitate stated course objectives, but to encourage students to studyother cultures on their own, where they may plan to travel, or have already visited, to seewhat role technology has played. In so doing, they may find nuanced instances of thedigital divide worldwide, and issues that may either realistically complicate or

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tatiana Malyuta

FROM THE “DATABASE” TO “DATA” COURSES Tatiana Malyuta tmalyuta@citytech.cuny.edu NYC College of Technology 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 Abstract: The paper discusses different roles of data in today’s applications, Information Systems (IS) and the Web, the new approaches and data technologies that support these roles, and the necessity to reflect these issues in the curricula of computer majors. Databases remain the most important topics of data courses, which have to be updated with coverage of the tremendous advances in database technology that

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sunghoon Jang; Malgorzata Ciszkowska; Robert Russo; Hong Li

a disposable contact lens type electrodes andelectrochemical detection. Our tear glucose sensing system is based on measuring a very lowcurrent, probably in a nano- or pico-ampere scale. This current would be directly proportional tothe tear glucose levels, and therefore, should reflect directly glucose levels in blood. Theproposed glucose sensing contact lenses with implanting the metallic sensor should be capable ofmonitoring very low glucose levels with the accuracy and precision that would satisfy medicaluse criteria; and this method is expected to be fast and simple. The cost of the proposed testingdevice would be significantly lower than for existing methods because only a monitor withcontact lens would be required, and the high

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Betsy Calhoun

storage into living space; a Trombe wall collecting heat behind a glass wall andreleasing the heat at night; or a sunroom that allows heat to move into living space behind orabove it. (Images) Given good exposure to the winter sun, all of these systems work passively.They also lend themselves to refinements of control and monitoring assisted by currenttechnology.The second most effective way to use the sun’s energy directly, after passive heating of abuilding, is to heat water. A black surface absorbs heat while a white one reflects heat. A hotwater collector can be as simple as a black plastic bag overhead that releases hot water onto aperson by gravity. Using this principle on a larger scale, I can imagine a series of black tanks on1 Strong

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

perfect student output is regarded as preferable to late and looking a little prettier, classgrading regimes reflect this.Key ethical matters that are brought before the students involve communication and diversity. Aquick personality test is administered to alert them to the vagaries of working on teams withdifferent individuals [10]. There are usually students from different cultures, and also from manydifferent parts of the US, there are loud-mouthed ‘expressives,’ highly motivated directed andinsistent ‘drivers’ (both the latter being characterized as ‘poor listeners’), the all- important‘amiables,’ and the ‘analyticals’ that never have sufficient data to reach a decision. They are allmade aware that ‘it takes all kinds’ to make an effective

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

published by Murray [3] indicate that engineering students are a smallminority in U.S. colleges. In 2000, the figures showed that just 4.7 percent of U.S.undergraduate degrees went to engineers, while 38.7 percent of the undergraduate degrees inChina were awarded to engineering students. Just in terms of raw numbers, the U.S. is waybehind China, and also behind Japan in the data. Further note that data from India is difficult toget and is not reflected in Table 1. But, popular opinion is that India graduates around 250,000engineers per year.Assuming that science and engineering education strongly influence the economic prosperity andstandard of living of a nation, the data does not bode well for America’s future. Engineeringeducation has shown a

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William E. Kelly; Theodore A. Bickart; Richard J. Forselius

it is ambitious - Establish standards education as a high priority within theUnited States private, public and academic sector.One of the specific tactical initiatives under ten is to “Develop or significantly enhance standards education programs that address theneeds of specific groups within the United States. These programs must reflect the multidisciplinary environment in which standardsdevelopment takes place and address national and international standards development procedures; the relationship between privateand public sector standards; the environment, health, safety, sustainability, international trade, public policy, competition, legal,economic benefits, and strategic considerations; and how to balance the interests of

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carlos Bertha

a roadmap for its application: In its traditional guise, casuistry involves five components. First, casuists attempt to classify the event in question drawing upon paradigms and taxonomies. Frequently this process involves analogical reasoning, drawing together similarities and differences between well-established paradigms and novel cases as an initial step toward “getting a handle” in such cases. Second, casuists identify which presumptions add to our perception of the morally salient features of the case. Third, casuists comment on the case’s circumstances and how these might affect our overall judgment of the event in question. Fourth, casuists often reflect upon the opinions of prior

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mark Miles; C.M. Chewar

amount (less than 5% of theassignment) of bonus points were offered for the most efficient solution. As expected, the response that this particular problem invoked was “knowledge-seeking”behavior. Out of 22 students in the class, 14 came to the Instructor/Developer as they wereworking on the problem for feedback and guidance on how to take the next steps. Of those thatcame to the instructor for additional instruction, their attitude can be summarized: “Now that I’ve done this and know where I’m trying to get to, I’m not sure what to do next.”This provided the opportunity to provide clues, which were nudges toward analytical steps orinferences. Ultimately, the products that students submitted reflected many extremely complexand