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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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YoonJung Cho; Sohum Sohoni; Donald P. French

want graduate students for their research program and which graduate students„need‟ funding, irrespective of whether they are qualified or prepared to be GTAs, teachingquality among beginning GTAs can be extremely uneven. GTAs often receive no or littlesystematic training[10-13], and are unprepared to take on their teaching responsibilities due to lack Proceedings of the 2010 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3of exposure to the best practices in teaching and classroom management[14-15]. At the institutionunder study, international GTAs must pass an exam and receive some training on culture

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Sara E. Wilson

. Forexample, computational modeling of weather and climate impacts the prediction of weatherconditions such as hurricanes and the public policies on greenhouse gases. Computationalmodeling of a car structure may be used in the design of safety systems in the vehicle. Second,even when modeling does not directly impact human health and safety, models can impactscientific progress and irresponsible modeling efforts can lead to slowing of this progress to thedetriment of the profession and our body of knowledge.Like computational modeling, design in research also presents unique issues for responsibleconduct courses. These issues include: • Human health and welfare in the design of devices/ structures/constructs • Global/social impact of

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh

that has flight path correction.Subhasish Mitra, Philip H. S. Wong, “Nanotechnology-Carbon Nanotube (CNT)Electronics,” Stanford Nanofabrication Lab25-26This research effort epitomizes some of the best practices in nanoelectronics as it leveragesfundamental research in CNT science into useful nano-chip technology for high speedcomputing based on quarter-size CNT chips. CNTs are highly electrically conductive, andtheir small, nanometer size allows for wafer scale, smaller circuits than the conventionalsilicon circuits. In this, CNT instead of silicon is grown on quartz wafer facilitated by catalystnanoparticles at 900 oC for 17 hours. This growth process is carried out at optimal conditionsof density, length and uniformity to marginalize the

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

analysis; and Agricultural communications participants are required to develop and deliver a marketing plan and promotional materials. The following participants of the Innovations Process were identified: Six full-time faculty members; One graduate research assistant; Approximately 40 participants per year; Approximately five client companies;Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4 Laboratory technicians; and Additional faculty/guest speakers. Outcome (impact): The following short, long-term and

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Dave Sly; Daniel Bumblauskas; Frank Peters

within the Industrial and ManufacturingSystems Engineering department (IMSE).Review of Sales and Marketing Positions for EngineersThe committee conducted a review of sales and marketing postings within the COE, on thenumber of advertised positions that had Sales or Marketing in their title or description, as well asthe number of graduates with Sales or Marketing in their job title. It was interesting to find thatwhile nearly 15% of job postings indicated Sales or Marketing functions, that only around 1% ofpost-graduation job titles included Sales or Marketing. This difference is attributed, in part, tothe fact that many students are not reporting their job title to career services, and also that it islikely that a sales or marketing position