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Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University at Erie – The Behrend College

Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Projects – An Industry-Education Partnership Robert Edwards Pennsylvania State University at Erie – The Behrend CollegeAbstractAt Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) seniorsare required to successfully complete a senior design project for graduation. The vast majority ofthese projects are industrial based design and/or analysis projects which are sponsored by localand regional industries. They are part of a two semester capstone course for seniors. Typicallytwo students and a faculty advisor are assigned to a project however more students may be partof a team for larger

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Warren Lewis, Oklahoma State University

"Advanced Technology: Bringing Today’s Standards to the Industrial Laboratory" Warren Lewis, MS Oklahoma State UniversityIn order to save lives, doctors stay current with the latest medical developments and technology.In order to build the best houses, contractors keep abreast of the most current standards, methods,and equipment. And so it must be in engineering education. Faculty must be knowledgeable ofthe latest processes and equipment used in the engineering world. ABET recognizes this as seenin its program outcomes (Criterion 2: a-k).1 To the best of our ability, we must teach currentmethodologies in our classroom along with

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Douglas R. Carroll, University of Missouri - Rolla

Using Technology to Improve the Traditional Chalk and Talk Lecture Douglas R. Carroll University of Missouri-RollaIntroduction This is a report on several years of experimentation trying different ways of incorporatingtechnology into teaching basic engineering mechanics courses of statics and mechanics ofmaterials. I've taught at least one section of statics or mechanics of materials almost everysemester for the last 18 years, a combined total of over 60 sections of statics and mechanics ofmaterials. I'm a popular teacher with the students and have won many teaching awards. Most ofmy attempts at bringing technology into the classroom have failed, and I

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Saeed Khan, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

of our citizens as possible have the opportunity to capture the benefits that flowfrom that engagement1." The urgency with which this “vigorous engagement” has to be pursuedin the area of technical education is apparent from remarks made by William Wulf, in hisPresidents Speech to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003, in which he concludes withthis advice: “Our society is dependent upon technology created by engineers. Engineering ischanging rapidly, and I believe engineering education has to change even faster for us tomaintain our quality of life. We’ve studied it to death. We know what to do. So let’s get on withit!2” The rapidly changing technological ecosystems demand that students in science andtechnology prepare for the growing

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Pedro Leite, Kansas State University at Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University at Salina

multicultural leadership. Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 3TAC/ABET Learning OutcomesAnother framework that will be taken into consideration is related to the TAC/ABET(Technology Assessment Commission/Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)accreditation document. There are eleven student learning outcomes ranging from technicalskills to personal traits to citizenship. This project will focus on the student learning outcomeknown simply as outcome j. It states that graduates will demonstrate “respect for diversity andknowledge of contemporary professional, societal

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Avery Schwer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; James Goedert, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

UNL College of Engineering HUD project for New OrleansDR. AVERY SCHWER DR. JAMES GOEDERTAssociate Professor Associate Professor and ChairDepartment of Construction Systems Department of Construction SystemsCollege of Engineering College of EngineeringUniversity of Nebraska – Lincoln University of Nebraska – LincolnPeter Kiewit Institute Peter Kiewit InstituteOmaha, NE, 68182-0571 Omaha, NE, 68182-0571Tel: (402) 554-2777 Tel: (402) 554-3281Fax (402) 554-3304 Fax (402) 554-3304E-mail: aschwer

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Scott C. Smith, University of Missouri - Rolla

Integrating Asynchronous Digital Design into the Undergraduate Computer Engineering Curriculum Scott C. Smith University of Missouri – Rolla Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 133 Emerson Electric Co. Hall, 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409 Phone: (573) 341-4232, Fax: (573) 341-4532, E-mail: smithsco@umr.edu Website: www.ece.umr.edu/~smithscoAbstractThe development of synchronous circuits currently dominates the semiconductor designindustry. However, there are major limiting factors to the synchronous, clocked approach,including the

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Ahmed M El-Sherbeeny, West Virginia University; Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; Andrea E. Ware, West Virginia University; James E. Smith, West Virginia University

currently a graduate research assistant. Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 7 JAMES EARL SMITH, Ph.D. is currently the Director of the Center for Industrial Research Applications(CIRA) and the Associate Director for the Vision Enhancement Technology Center (VETC) at West VirginiaUniversity where he is a Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for

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Day Radebaugh; Kurt A. Soschinske; Glyn Rimmington; Mara Alagic

engineering professionals to assess awareness and facilitatedevelopment of ethical reasoning skills within a cross-cultural context. This paper proposes anadaptation of an existing metaphorical approach to intercultural communication (ICC) called“cage painting” to explore the complexities and uncertainties of ethical decision-making. Thecurrent methodology of ethics training in a university environment includes case-based learning,which provides specific instances of ethical decision-making scenarios with clearly establishedoptions, but may not include the complexity and uncertainty factor of new technology, whichmay cloud the decision-making process. Or the scenarios may be so open-ended that nodiscernable course of action can be determined. The

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John E. De Leon, Kansas State University at Salina

1 Establishing a Vision of Shared Governance through SWOT Analysis: Experiences of a New Department Head Dr. John E. De Leon, Professor and Head Department of Engineering Technology Kansas State University at Salina 785-826-2677 jd17@sal.ksu.eduAbstractSWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis has proven effective in assistinginstitutions of higher education establish goal and objective prioritization. This ideal was put tothe

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Rena Hixon; Steve E. Watkins; Sean J. Bentley; Marcus Huggans

precollegeattendees in the conference activities. Similar introductory competitions can be used asprecollege outreach activities for professional and university meetings, as teamwork activities forfirst-year engineering students, or as social interaction among engineering student groups.I. Introduction Student technical competitions can take a variety of forms. College engineering teamsregularly design solar cars, human-powered vehicles, concrete canoes, chemically-power cells,robots, Rube Goldberg machines, etc. for competitions. Precollege teams participate in similartechnical competitions. These contests allow students to exercise their creativity and teamworkand to apply their understanding of mathematics, science, and technology. Technical

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Jung Oh, Kansas State University at Salina; Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University at Salina

information from multipledirections. Highly toned information literacy skills are the key to unlocking the potentialfor lifelong learning.How do we teach our students to be lifelong learners? This paper shares a glimpse of howa science course instructor, librarian, and the writing center staff have dialogued for acommon goal based on individual and collective teaching/learning outcomes. Scienceliteracy, information literacy and communication skills are crucial and criticalfoundations for students in Engineering Technology programs to become lifelonglearners. One of assignments from the University General Education course,Introductory General Chemistry, involves an integrated three-step process withdiscipline-specific pre-lab activity, general

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Lawrence E. Whitman P.E.; Barbara Chaparro

teaching production concepts.” in Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference. 2004 Houston, TX.17. Whitman, L.E., Malzahn, D., Madhavan, V., Weheba, G., and Krishnan, K., “Virtual reality case study throughout the curriculum to address competency gaps.” International Journal of Engineering Education, 2004. 20(5): p. 690-702.18. Arnone, M.P., “Using Instructional Design Strategies To Foster Curiosity.” 2003, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY.: New York. p. 4.19. Flowerday, T. and G. Schraw, “Effect of Choice on Cognitive and Affective Engagement.” Journal of Educational Research, 2003. 96(4): p. 207-15.20. Azevedo, R., Cromley, J. G., Winters, F. I., Moos, D. C

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Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin; William O. Jolley

softwaredeveloped for the user has become very easy to use. It has become more important thanever to insure that the analyst, in his/her search for the best modeling method, correctlyuses the tools available.What Type of Education is Required to Carry Out a Proper Element Analysis?When FEM first appeared in the 1960's it was introduced into the engineering curriculumat the graduate level. As the method and computer technology matured, FEM wasintroduced at the undergraduate level in engineering and engineering technologyprograms, even in some two-year technology programs. Graphical user-friendlyinterfaces (GUI) have significantly reduced the complexities of the actual application ofFEM software such that engineers with education equal to or less than the

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Daniel T. Bennett

of life-long learning.StudyStudents used for the survey were from two different classes, 63 from EE 301 (junior and seniorlevel core electrical engineering course for non-EE engineering majors) and 161 from IT 105(freshman level introductory Information Technology Course). The students who took thesurvey received scores broken into four categories, see (1), ranging from -11 to 11 each foractive/reflective learners, sensory/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global where -11 meanshighest to the left category and 11 means highest to the right category. The absolute value of thedifference between each of their scores versus their respective instructor’s score in the samecategory was then taken. Those four differences were then added. The