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Ramazan Asmatulu; Heath E. Misak; Bailey Cooper; Waseem Khan

Nanotechnology and Relevant Technologies Lab Development at WSU Ramazan (MI) Asmatulu1, Heath E. Misak2, Bailey Cooper3, Waseem Khan4 Wichita State University Wichita, KS1-4Abstract This work reports on the development of a nano-technology lab at Wichita State University.Undergraduates and graduate students learn and experience nano-technology processes withrespect to ferro-fluid nano-particle fabrication, nano-composites, nano-coatings, nano-fibers, nano-porosity films, biodegradable nano-particle polymer for use in drug delivery and solar cells.Introduction: Universities strive to prepare students to be successful in the industry by providing the mostadvanced education possible

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Theodore W. Manikas; Kaveh Ashenayi

Industry-University Partnerships for Undergraduate Engineering Internships Theodore W. Manikas, Kaveh Ashenayi Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Tulsa Tulsa, OklahomaAbstractCooperation between industry and academia is essential due to increasing global competition andrapid changes in technology. The establishment of undergraduate engineering internshipprograms can help strengthen industry-university partnerships. These programs enhanceundergraduate engineering education, as students learn how to transform their theoreticaltechnology background into practical design applications. In addition

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Christi L. Patton

highlights of what did and didn’t work.BackgroundDegrees conferred from chemical engineering programs across the U.S. declined 34% between1997 and 20061 and The University of Tulsa (TU) has mirrored this trend. This same period oftime saw significant changes in the technology infrastructure at TU in the College of Engineeringand Natural Sciences. Every classroom was equipped with a computer console and display forinstruction. All engineering departments established computer laboratories for their students inaddition to the numerous facilities available to all students. WiFi was installed campus-wide.Two instructional laboratories were created with computers for up to 30 students.In 2007 and 2008, the public has watched the price for a barrel of oil

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Dominic M. Halsmer

charitable organizations.22 It has become popular in some circles to emphasize abuses that have occurred under the guise of Christianity, but these must be weighed against all the good for which it has been responsible over the past two millennia. Engineers evaluate the utility of various scientific truths for potential useProceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 9 in the development of new technologies. This ability should also assist in their evaluation of the utility of various worldviews in solving the problem of life‟s meaning and purpose. It seems clear that the Christian

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Dan Cernusca; Douglas R. Carroll

Integrating Online Instructional Tools in a Large Engineering Course: An Exploratory Study Dan Cernusca, Douglas R. Carroll Missouri University of Science and Technology - RollaAbstractDuring the past two years a Mechanics of Material course was offered with two enrollmentoptions for lectures: a) face-to- face attendance in classroom; and b) online participation, eitherlive or delayed (recorded) via streamed recorded lectures. Two online instructional tools wereintroduced to support the described format of this course. First tool, the Webex11 onlineconferencing tool was used for the synchronous online delivery of the lectures as alternative tothe face-to

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Shannon G. Davis; Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Bradley M. Dearing; Edgar C. Clausen

UASPP: Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities Shannon G. Davis1, Bryan W. Hill1, Carol S. Gattis1, Bradley M. Dearing3 and Edgar C. Clausen2 College of Engineering /Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering2 1 University of Arkansas Technology Department3, Illinois State University High SchoolAbstractThe University of Arkansas Science Partnership Program (UASPP) focuses on the professionalgrowth of 6th, 7th and 8th grade science teachers through summer institutes and follow-upactivities. Teachers are teamed with

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Shaibal Mukherjee; Pallabi Mukherjee

researchhas led to better vaccinations against infectious diseases such as smallpox, tuberculosis, polio,diphtheria, cholera, and typhoid4. Life expectancy in the United States increased from 47.3years5 in 1900 to 77 years6 in 1999. Medical research and technology, including advances inbiomedical research, is believed to be an important element of the increased life expectancy4.According to a study by Scott et al.7, the enhancement of returns on investment (ROI) forpublicly funded research and development (R&D) range from 20% to 67% depending upon thearea7 (engineering, agriculture and pharmaceuticals, etc.). A recent study on “social rates ofreturn”8 indicates that graduates from a single university in the United States established

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Peter LoPresti; Theodore W. Manikas; Jeff Kohlbeck

high school students.These include an emphasis on hands-on activities and team projects with minimal lectures, andfield trips to local industries to illustrate applications of concepts learned in program. In additionto developing technical skills, it is important for prospective engineers to develop professionalskills. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has identifieddesirable professional skills for engineering graduates6. These include the ability to function onmulti-disciplinary teams, an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, and theability to communicate effectively. Therefore, to properly educate students about theengineering field, our program incorporates both technical and professional

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Chih-Hao Wu; Kim Troboy; Tracy Cole; Loretta Cochran; David Roach

2of assessment and compares the ratings between sophomore and senior class levels as well as theratings between disciplines.Background Both the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and theAccreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) have added a requirement that anyaccredited program should be composed of learning experiences aimed at the development of“ethical understanding and reasoning abilities”2 (p. 15). Business and engineering schools haveresponded by adding ethics courses and integrating ethics education into existing courses. Inaddition, Schwartz3 reported a widespread call for the need to implement corporate codes ofethics as a result of scandals such as Enron and WorldCom. However, there

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Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Dan Allison; Colin Davidson; Martha Shawver; Shelly Belles; Chris Wilkinson

A Global Design Competition Lawrence Whitman, Zulma Toro-Ramos, Dan Allison, Colin Davidson, Martha Shawver, Shelly Belles and Chris Wilkinson Wichita State University Spirit AeroSystemsAbstractIndustry has made it clear that engineering graduates should be more prepared tointeract in an integrated product team with colleagues around the world. WichitaState University has initiated the Spirit Global Design Challenge mainly due toindustry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)and the College of Engineering’s Engineering 2020 program which have stressedthe need for engineering graduates to function on multi-disciplinary teams and ina

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Chang-Soo Kim; Steve E. Watkins

Graduate-level hands-on laboratory practices of microdevices for microoptic and biosensor applications Chang-Soo Kim 1,2, Steve E. Watkins 1 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 1 Department of Biological Sciences 2 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USAAbstractWe present our experience in graduate-level, small enrollment size, hands-on laboratoryinstruction of microoptic and biosensor microdevices. Inherently, instructing the twomicrodevices types can be largely benefited by linking with microfabrication laboratory practicesto design, fabricate and characterize these devices in class. Based

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James A. Ejiwale

2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4thinking and organizational leadership skills necessary to manage both personnel and materialsin the organization. Since people still hold the key to significant productivity improvements,attempts at improving productivity with primary focus on technological improvements should beextended to the improvement of people (Goetsch5, 1992, p. 429). What is of greater importanceis to know the people that work for you so as to as to be successful as a supervisor. Therefore, amanager should be well versed in different ways in which employees’ productivity can

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Ashland O. Brown

and computer technology matured, FEM was introduced at theundergraduate level in engineering and engineering technology programs, even in some two-yearengineering technology programs. FEM is today primarily offered as an elective undergraduatecourse in mechanical, civil, and aeronautical engineering programs.8 Fatigue analysis that once was carried out by hand and/or in-house computer programs isnow done using commercial FEM software. Fatigue modules have recently been integrated intocommercial FEM codes that include ABAQUS®9, ALGOR®10, ANSYS®11, COMSOL®12,COSMOSWorks®13, and Pro/ENGINEER®.14 The usage of FEM in fatigue analysis does not gowithout limitations. An absence of actual loading data throughout the life of the components willnot

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J. Moore; M.A. Thornton; R.W. Skeith

, S.D., and Bates, M.R., “Converting the physical to thevirtual: providing a laboratory experience for distance learners in engineering”, CurrentDevelopments in Technology-Assisted Education, 2006, pp. 1208-1213.[3] Elliott, Stephen J. and Kukula, Eric P., “The Challenges Associated with Laboratory-BasedDistance Education”, EDUCAUSE Quarterly Vol. 30, November 2007, pp. 37-42.Biographical InformationJason MooreJason Moore is currently a PhD candidate in computer engineering at Southern Methodist University. His researchinterests are in high-performance digital arithmetic circuits and he has extensive experience as a TA and instructor inthe course described in this paper and others. Prior to coming to SMU, Jason also worked as a TA at the

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Rebeca G. Book

engineering technology program was established in 1971 at Pittsburg StateUniversity in Pittsburg, KS. During the start-up of the program, an advisory council wasoriginated to counsel and advise the program. The program started with a group of 4-5representatives from different facets of industry and would meet twice a year or once peracademic semester. The selection of industry members was informal through Society of PlasticsEngineers (SPE) contacts and industrial contacts to begin with and members were appointed bythe administration, after the members had agreed to serve.This advisory council methodology is now used for all programs within our college oftechnology. The plastics advisory council has now grown to a group of approximately 20-30attendees

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Jerry McCoy; Scott Holmstrom; Parameswar Hari

The Physics Journal Club Jerry McCoy, Scott Holmstrom, Parameswar Hari Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, The University of TulsaAbstractThe Physics Journal Club is an innovative and successful outreach programs organized by theUniversity of Tulsa Department of Physics and Engineering Physics. The club meets monthlyduring the academic year to discuss current progress in physics. The club will begin its twelfthyear this coming fall. Attendees include current and former TU students and faculty, high schoolstudents and their teachers, and interested community members. Average meeting attendance isover a hundred. Prior to the meetings, articles from current journals are

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James A. Ejiwale

teams are confronted with the challenge of establishing trusting working relationships through technological interaction alone. • A third challenge is accessing and leveraging the unique knowledge of each member to successfully achieve the team’s goal. Helping virtual team members learn to address Proceedings of the 2008 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4 these differences in ways that will support full, open, and complete communication is also a fundamental teaching objective in preparing people for virtual teaming.Forms of Virtual TeamsVirtual workforce and related

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R. Asmatulu; H. Misak; W. Khan

A New Recycling Course Development for Undergraduate Education at WSU Asmatulu, R., Misak, H. and Khan, W. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0133AbstractThe use of recyclable materials has been continuously rising worldwide due to the economic andtechnological developments. Without recycling these materials, they will get degraded orcorroded, and then completely destroyed by the nature, which will be a waste of resources andhuge environmental damage. In order to increase the academic and public attentions to recycling,we have developed a three credit hours recycling course “Recycling of Engineering Materials

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R. Asmatulu; W. Khan; M.B. Yildirim

, electrospun nanofibers and demonstration for undergraduate students.1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Nanotechnology EducationNanotechnology is the fabrication, manipulation and characterization of materials at nanoscale(usually between 1 and 100 nm), which will significantly affect economical, educational andsocial developments in all areas, such as engineering, science, defense, biomedical, biology, etc.It is one of the leading technologies for educational revolution in the new millennium.Nanotechnology education is being offered by many universities around the world for theintegration of all engineering and science courses for our future generation [17-20].Several nanotechnology programs and centers in the U.S., Japan, Europe, Australia and manyother countries