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James Helbling

472 INTEGRATING DESIGN APPLICATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS INTO SENIOR DESIGN COURSES James Helbling, Department of Aeronautical Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZThis paper recounts the evolution of a capstone senior design course taught at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. It will discuss the development of the applicationbased learning objectives and the integration of a technical communication component into thecourse in question, and the challenges and negotiations involved in successfully implementingthese

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(http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html) were also gathered for each student in an attempt to correlate the success of the tutorials for different learning styles. More information about these assessment tools and their use in this study can be found in Brown et al.3.Conclusions This paper reports the use of heat transfer tutorials in a required mechanical engineering undergraduate heat transfer course. Increasing industry demand for graduates to have the ability to use and apply commercial FE packages has created a need for integrating FE instruction into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. These tutorials provide a tool for easily implementing the FE method and application into the curriculum in order to

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Yusuf Ozturk; Emrah Orhun; Chris Bowerman

semester (4-6 months) at one ofthe partner insitutions across the Atlantic. This paper describes the goals and activities ofthe project and discusses current implementation issues.2. The project’s goalsThe goals of the project align with the expectations of the EU-US Atlantis Program andinclude the following:• To integrate multidisciplinary knowledge into current computer science courses for taught undergraduates and masters students.• To directly influence curriculum developments in partner and other institutions by means of curriculum development teams, practical experience of student and staff exchanges and dissemination workshops. This will be furthered by staff exchanges which will provide 8-10 staff with benefits from alternative

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DingXin Cheng; Joel Arthur; Albert M. Johnson

409 Curricula for Using Waste Tires in Civil Engineering Applications DingXin Cheng, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, CSU, Chico Joel Arthur, Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction Management, CSU, Chico Albert M. Johnson, California Integrated Waste Management BoardThe United States generates about 300 million waste tires each year. Approximately 40 millionof these are generated in California alone. Waste tires stored in stockpiles can pose significantpublic health and environmental issues. Stockpiled waste tires provide an ideal breeding groundfor mosquitoes and rodents

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Raman Menon Unnikrishnan; Ricardo V. Lopez

Americancountries. The majority of this surge has been from first-generation college students. The college,in an attempt to reverse its historical legacy for high student attrition, provides support andservices that will help its diverse student population succeed academically and socially. Theoverall retention effort centers on a number of initiatives but this paper focuses on one suchprogram, The Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) Scholars Program that is intended tocreate learning communities during the freshmen years. The ECS Scholars program is a learningcommunity established in collaboration with Title V Retention Programs, the UniversityLearning Center (ULC), the Center for Academic Support in Engineering and Computer Science(CASECS) and

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Eniko T. Enikov; Malcolm T. Gibson

years, MEMS research has supported thedevelopment of technologies such as switches, displays, pressure sensors, accelerometers,gyroscopes, inkjet printer heads, and lab-on-a-chip chemical detection systems. Discoveriessuch as these have not only inspired the industrial world, but have given rise to interest amongacademic institutions in incorporating MEMS into their curriculum 2,3 . MEMS research has an Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 381interdisciplinary nature originating from the need to design and integrate electrical, mechanical,optical, and

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Jesa H. Kreiner; Peter W. Othmer; Timothy W. Lancey

experience at California State University, Fullerton has as itsgoal to provide this experience2. The theme of the experience is set jointly by the studentsand faculty during the beginning of the first class. Interests of the students are explored andevaluated and ideas for projects requested. Subsequently, additional ideas are brought forconsideration by the teaching faculty. Usually, these are projects obtained from localindustry or from different parts of the University. The discussions about which projects toselect are an integral part of the course as the financing of the projects with respect to theability of the department to fund these is of course quite limited. The current financialcircumstances in the university and the inability of the

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Donna M. Schaeffer; Patrick C. Olson

a problem if the results are curricula that lack integrity and ultimately utility. For manyfields the key to this problem is the idea of experience. Additionally, there are two aspects to theissue of experience for many curricula. First is the idea that experience is important and necessaryas identified externally (beyond higher education) and the second is the idea that some knowledgemay not be gained without experience. The following discusses John Dewey and his work, createsa broad description of the concept of experience in higher education for the purpose of furtherilluminating the aforementioned problem, and provides an initial attempt at a framework forconsidering the use of experience in curriculum.Introduction In order to

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Thomas MacCalla; Jacqueline Caesar; Michael Maxwell; Shay Vanderlaan; Sandra Valencia; Terena Henry; Matt Leader

add to the promise.The purpose of this paper is to introduce a multi-level, interdisciplinary education, outreachand training approach to integrating CIBRED (Cyber-Infrastructure into curriculum design,development, and delivery for Biological Researchers, Educators, and Developers) andcontribute to the preparation of future scientist and engineers in our global knowledgeeconomy. CIBRED’s mission is to empower current researchers and the future workforcewith specific CI tools and an interdisciplinary work environment that will enable them togenerate new knowledge with a focus on the problem that transcends the boundaries ofdifferent disciplines and technologies needed to achieve their scientific objectives. The basisfor the trans-disciplinary

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local companies. The intent of thispaper is to describe the benefits and difficulties associated with this methodology. While specificclasses in this experience are typical of an industrial engineering curriculum, the lessons learnedand benefits could translate to other disciplines.Introduction The use of Project Based Learning (PBL) has contributed to Cal Poly’s reputation of“learn by doing” for many years. As part of the Industrial Engineering (IE) curriculum at CalPoly, students work in small groups with local companies on facilities related projects. Theunique aspect of these projects is that students from a senior class and students from asophomore class are partnered together to work on these industry based projects. These

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Thomas J. Impelluso

term memory after first beingproperly integrated, by working memory, into a mental structure that represents the schema ofthe material. However, the faculty of working memory has limits and this, unfortunately, canhinder learning, especially when many extraneous facts compete to challenge the cognitivelearning loads (which, in the case of programming, encompass text editing, operating systemsand compilers). CLT posits that there are three basic types of cognitive loads placed on alearner: • “Intrinsic cognitive load” was first described in 1991 [2] as the essential material to be learned. Accordingly, all instruction has an inherent difficulty associated with it and Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering

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Kurt Colvin

(online) learning and traditionalface-to-face learning.The intent of this paper is to describe a method for redesigning an existing, lecture-only f2fcourse into a 50-50 blended course and to share lessons learned in the process.BackgroundExisting Systems Engineering CourseAerospace 510 (Systems Engineering I) is an introduction to the system engineering (SE)discipline for graduate students. SE is truly the integration and orchestration of all engineeringactivities to meet customer needs. One widely-accepted definition of SE is given by theDepartment of Defense (2001). Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

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Ranjan K. Sen; Pradip Peter Dey

 related to the integrated approach we discuss here. 5. Foundation course We present an high level outline of a course that help introduce parallel programming to students that have completed one or more traditional programming course. It is useful to professional programmers who have experience in programming single processor computers. The items below point to key topic areas that should be covered in such a course.  It also gives relative hours to spend with a percent value for each topic.   Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 355 • Executing code on

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Geon S. Seo; Eniko T. Enikov

information—in order to create useful toolsand technologies. Consequently, engineering education has the objective of not only presenting thescientific principles, i.e., engineering science, but also of teaching students how to apply these toreal problems. It is not surprising, therefore, that hands-on laboratories have been an integral part ofthe engineering curriculum since its inception [1]. Their importance has been recognized by theAccreditation Board of Engineering Education (ABET) and its predecessors by creation of criteriarequiring adequate laboratory practice for students [2-6]. Unfortunately, during the last severaldecades, engineering laboratories have become highly complex and expensive, with multiplesimulation tools and computer

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Arun K. Datta; Jacqueline Caesar; Daphne Rainey; Stephen Cammer; Julie Schuman; Oswald Crasta

, analyzing, visualizing andinterpreting the experimental data and results4. Through competitive, merit-reviewed awards forleading-edge, IT-based infrastructure, which is increasingly essential to science and engineeringleadership in the 21st century, OCI is developing an infrastructure, termed Cyberinfrastructure (CI)to facilitate rapid progress in education and research.Cyberinfrastructure and teragrid“Cyberinfrastructure” describes integrated information and communication technologies fordistributed information processing and coordinated knowledge discovery, which promises torevolutionize the way that science and engineering are done in the 21st century and beyond3. It isthe coordinated aggregate of software, hardware and other technologies, as

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47253. The Integration of Ruby on Rails As An Agile Teaching Tool in IT Curricula, Gordon Romney 48154. Problem-based Learning: Implementation of Efficient Two Factor Authentication for University Computer Systems, Gordon W. Romney and Paul Juneau 493 Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 6Welcome by Conference Host     Howard Evans, Ph.D., PE Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, National University

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Kate Disney; John Krupczak

ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”Technological literacy should be as important to our students as cultural literacy. A foundationof technological literacy not only helps explain the workings of technology but illustrates howfully integrated technology is into the fabric of society.Technological literacy courses can serve as an educational bridge between the liberal arts andengineering. Samuel Florman 3 called for educational bridges to provide a route for engineers toaccess the arts. In the case of technological literacy courses, they are the bridge that gives thenon-science student access to engineering and technology.Types of Technological Literacy coursesEngineering departments on