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Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Ocean and Marine

AC 2011-700: UNDERWATER ROVS IN PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION:UNIVERSITY-K12 PARTNERSHIPS THAT GO BEYOND THE COMPE-TITIONSDouglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University Mr. Oppliger is a professional engineer and a lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Michigan Technological University. He is the director of the High School Enterprise program which has a mission to increase the numbers of students pursuing post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM fields. At its core, this program supports K-12 teachers who are leading teams of students in long-term STEM projects. This work is the latest in Oppliger’s history of working in K-12 STEM areas. For the past 10 years he has developed and taught first

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Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mikhail Gershfeld, S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Judith Ellen Sheine, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gary LeMarr McGavin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Architecture

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Civil Engineering

has published a number of books on the architect R.M. Schindler; she co-edited, with Lionel March, R.M. Schindler: Composition and Construction (Academy Editions, 1993) and authored ”R.M. Schindler: Works and Projects” (Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1998) and R.M. Schindler (Phaidon Press, 2001).Gary LeMarr McGavin, AIA, California State Polytechnic University Pomona Department of Architecture B.Sc. Geology UC Riverside 1973 M.ARCH CSU Pomona 1978 CA Registered Architect 1981 Member CA Seismic Safety Commission Member AIA Member EERI Page 22.148.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Integrating Technical Research into Professional Development and K-12 Classrooms

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Carlos A. Garcia, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Tamara D. Guillen, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) related collegedegree programs have experienced lower U.S. student enrollment1 and unwillingness of K-12students for science and mathematics courses2. The enrollment in undergraduate engineering andengineering technology disciplines was down by 16% during the 1986-2006 period3 and thenumber of awarded bachelor’s degrees in engineering fields fluctuated between 60,000-80,000during the comparable period4 in spite of more than 10% projected job growth in engineeringdisciplines in the near future5. Due to their tendency to pursue social sciences and to attendprograms at two-year institutions, underrepresented groups such as Hispanics, women orAfrican-Americans have generated even a larger deficit in enrolling STEM disciplines6. Thecurrent trend in

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Structural Education Applications in Architectural Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Orla Smyth LoPiccolo, State University of New York, Farmingdale State College

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Architectural

Management StudentsAbstract:To design projects most efficiently, architecture and engineering students need to develop theirspatial reasoning in order to augment their ability to visualize and manipulate two-dimensionaland three-dimensional objects. At our institution, architectural engineering and constructionmanagement students collectively attend 2 non-design courses (Graphics I (manual drafting) andMaterials and Methods of Construction I courses) in their freshmen year. Other than briefexercises, such as the incorporation of a field trip to a construction site, a soil sieve test lab, andprovision of material samples and construction videos in the classroom, both of these courses areheavily dependent on two and three-dimensional graphics to

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Computer Science Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan Li, Northern Arizona University

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Computers in Education

describeshow we integrate the hands-on component into the course work to enhance the learningof the core data mining topics. The hands-on projects give students an opportunity tocarry out experiments that illustrate core concepts in a realistic setting. In addition, theopen-source data mining tool, RapidMiner, is introduced to assist students to explore and Page 22.85.2digest various data mining processes and algorithms.The rest of this paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the background of thedata mining course offered in Fall 2010. It lists the core topics covered in this courseoffering as well as the hands-on experiments to support course

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Capstone Courses and Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trian M. Georgeou, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering mechanics. Before coming to academia, he was a design engineer, maintenance supervisor, and plant engineer. He is a registered professional engineer.Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Page 22.1225.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Redesign of Outboard Motors for Use in the Grand CanyonIntroductionThis paper details a two-semester design and build project accomplished by senior engineeringstudents from the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University. Thesestudents worked with students from two other institutions

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Lorenzo M. Smith, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; David Schall, Oakland University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

and math (STEM). Student participants work in teams onautomotive and energy-related research projects in mechanical engineering and also take part inother activities such as industrial research lab and facilities tours, meetings with workingengineers, conferences and seminars. To date, a total of 37 students– more than half of whomwere female - from 30 different universities have taken part in the program since its inception in2006.The purpose of this paper is to present some of the lessons learned from the first four years of theprogram. Some of the planning, logistics, procedures and outcomes will be described andanalyzed based on the results from the pre- and post-surveys conducted to assess the program.We believe that this type of

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Enhancing Instructional Effectiveness in Civil Engineering: Case Studies

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Fonseca, Brigham Young University; Steven E. Benzley, Brigham Young University; James Nelson, Brigham Young University; A. Woodruff Miller, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

to include management issues in thecurricula, and 3) the ASCE vision for civil engineering in 2025 to include leadership, teamwork,public policy, and management as educational outcomes.Some advantages of the MS management option include (a) a structured mentoring experiencefor graduate students, (b) an effective means to acquire projects for the undergraduateculminating design class, and (c) a forum that allows practicing engineers to share professionalexpertise directly with students. In addition, students gain an understanding of how technicalproficiency must be meshed with business acumen to have a successful career in engineeringmanagement.IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has become a strong advocate

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel A Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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NSF Grantees

as more prominently inlaw. And if service is part of the engineering profession, should it become part of the educationof engineering students? How? Should it be integrated into technical courses, as in service-learning, or should it be left to extra curricular activities?Student opinions were sampled recently. Courses with service-learning projects have beenintegrated into existing required courses in engineering over the past six years in fivedepartments of University of Massachusetts Lowell. A recent sampling of entering engineeringstudents at this university revealed that 75% agreed with the statement that public service shouldbe considered as part of the engineering profession. A survey of all students in the sameengineering school at

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Design and Graphics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William DeLuca, North Carolina State University; Nasim Lari, North Carolina State University; Jeremy V Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

) concepts. Cur- rently, Dr. DeLuca is the Principle Investigator of the GRIDc: Green Research for Incorporating Data in the Classroom project (Phase 1, 0737180; Phase 2, 0920268). The purpose of this NSF CCLI project is to develop curricula to teach STEM concepts associated with renewable energy technologies by provid- ing a living laboratory of performance data from numerous renewable energy systems. The overarching goal of the project is to develop undergraduate students’ higher-order thinking skills in the context of a data-rich learning environment. In addition, he is Co-PI of the NSF ITEST funded project GRADUATE: Games Requiring Advanced Developmental Understanding and Achievement in Technological Endeavors

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Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles; Peter Dusicka, Portland State University; Jeffrey W Berman, University of Washington; Edgar Bautista, California State University, Los Angeles; Michael Noddings, Portland State University; Linda My Hanh Nguyen; San Yu Aung, California State University of Los Angeles; Lang Anh Dam

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2011-2159: BRINGING CURRENT RESEARCH TO THE CLASSROOMUSING LINKED COLUMN FRAMED SYSTEM IN AN UNDERGRADU-ATE STRUCTURES LABRupa Purasinghe, California State University, Los Angeles Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University at Los Angeles, a predominantly an un- dergraduate institution. He teaches courses in computer aided analysis and design and capstone design project course.He is a co-PI for a NSF/NEES funded research project on Linked Column Framed system.Peter Dusicka, Portland State University Associate Professor Dusicka focuses his teaching and research on infrastructure engineering. He is the director of iSTAR (infraStructure Testing and Applied Research) Laboratory where he leads a team of

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Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College Industry Partnerships

Page 22.1285.2expensive, making them inaccessible to many in our society. Service-learning can help fill thisgap by leveraging the time and energy of students and their professors, teachers and mentors. Participants in early engineering-related service-learning experiences do not have to belimited just engineers nor those who think of themselves as future engineers. In the universityprograms, multidisciplinary teams are required and the same goes for high schools. For examplethe EPICS program at Purdue University draws from 60 majors, across engineering and outside.These kinds of projects need students who think of the people first and can react and evaluate asa user who is not as familiar with technology. While high school students

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia

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Computers in Education

Course for Engineering StudentsAbstractFor Spring 2011, a senior-level robotics course (first taught in Spring 2010) had been revisedaccording to principles for “Smart Teaching” described in the book “How Learning Works”.Homework, laboratory sessions and anchor projects had been redesigned to provide betterscaffolding for students with 2 different but complementary engineering backgrounds, and alsofor a better flow towards the theme of humanoid robotics. The e-portfolio tool EMMA wasintegrated into this course as a collaboration and feedback tool between instructor and students tohelp improve student algorithm development work, but EMMA was not found to be responsiveenough nor useful for this kind of use.IntroductionIn the Summer 2010, the

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Research and Models for Professional Development

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Kathleen Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie A. Tran, California State University, Fullerton

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-316: GUIDANCE COUNSELORS’ BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONSABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PRECOLLEGE ENGINEERING PREPA-RATIONMitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mitchell J. Nathan is Professor of Educational Psychology, Curriculum & Instruction, and Psychology, in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and past chair of the Learning Sci- ences program. He is a research fellow at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and at the Center on Education and Work. He uses experimental and discourse-based research methods to understand the cognitive, social and embodied nature of STEM learning and instruction. He is currently co-principal in- vestigator of the AWAKEN project in

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Introducing Sustainability into Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean D. MacRae, University of Maine

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Environmental Engineering

themselves best to each of these contexts.Environmental sustainability has been most heavily and effectively emphasized in the technicalcourse, since material and energy balance approaches can readily be used to assess sustainability,and the concepts of ecosystem services and resilience fit well within the scope of the field.Group projects encourage the exploration of sustainability issues including energy, water andresource use and management, biodiversity, resilience, ways to reduce negative environmentalimpacts and assessment techniques to “measure” sustainability.The international context of the EWB project and non-technical class brings the cultural andsocial aspects of sustainability into relief, so they are easier to recognize and

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First-Year Activities and Peer Review Strategies in Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan L. Hart, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering

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Civil Engineering

knowledge, garnering poor retention of knowledge in students, and generally failing to create apositive enough association to thwart the attrition of students to other seemingly less challenging majors.The ubiquitous progression of technical classes which engineering students march through, coupled with thegeneral disregard of American students towards math, science and technology appears to create a mindset instudents that is quite difficult to change. Calls have been made for transformation in curriculum, bothfundamental and finite although these changes garner limited returns on investment.This project was created to provide a positive association with the declared major, civil engineering, and tocreate a lasting impression to get through the

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Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Deniz Rende, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Nihat Baysal, Yeditepe University; Sevinc Rende, Isik University

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Chemical Engineering

are reported to be valuable in their daily life, emphasizing life-longlearning.1. IntroductionChemical engineering curriculum ensures students focus on learning the technical details of theprofession. However, problems in industry always involve much more than just finding technicalsolutions.1 Professional careers require skills such as proposing ideas, developing practicalsolutions, working in teams, meeting deadlines, establishing communication between technicalsupport and suppliers, overseeing financial issues and finally reporting and presentation skills.Very few chemical engineering programs incorporate project management courses that meetrequirements of professional life. Therefore, alterations and additions into the existingcurriculum

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Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-1833: THE CREATION OF TOOLS FOR ASSESSING ETHICALAWARENESS IN DIVERSE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMSCraig Titus, Purdue UniversityCarla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette CARLA B. ZOLTOWSKI, Ph.D., is Education Administrator of the EPICS Program at Purdue Univer- sity. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus; life-span developmental psychologist; principle investigator for NSF-funded project involving four programs developing measures for ethical awareness and

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Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gordon W. Skelton, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University

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Minorities in Engineering

-1980 Research Interests Wireless sensor networking, intelligent decision-support systems, robotics, software engineering, soft- ware quality engineering/assurance, data fusion, engineering education, wireless application development, computer / information security, engineering education Current Research Activities Director, Center for Defense Integrated Data, Jackson State University, working on data fusion, intelli- gent decision-making, disaster response and emergency management decision support, communications interoperability, wireless sensor networks, and related concerns. Major Funded Research: ORNL/SERRI DHS, Disaster Response Intelligent System (DRIS) Feb 2007 Present. Project Manager, US

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Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naiquan (Nigel) Zheng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Biomedical

biomechanicalengineering students, which can significantly prolong their 4-years to 6-years college life.WWW-based e-Learning enables students to learn medical knowledge (i.e., human anatomy andphysiology) that are needed in solving their PBL problems or DBL projects on their own pace, attheir preferred time and location. In addition, e-Learning allows students to select learningmaterials that meet their level of knowledge and interest. The overall purpose of the project was to develop an interdisciplinary course formechanical engineering students with an emphasis on student-centered education and use ofinformation technology. This project integrated WWW-based e-Learning, PBL and DBL toimprove our engineering students’ knowledge and skills in orthopedic

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Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert J. Durkin, IUPUI

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Engineering Technology

EducationAbstractSmall businesses face extremely difficult times in the current economic climate. They are facedwith international price competition, yet are unable to afford the very resources needed to helpthem become more competitive. At the same time, Engineering Technology education focuseson practical engineering methods, but has few opportunities to offer students practical casestudies in which to apply their training. This is an opportunity to match these needs, and perhapsexpand the potential employment base for our students.This paper explores the development of hands-on, project-centered learning opportunities byapplying engineering technology coursework to specific small business productivity and designproblems. A case study illustrates why these

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Information Systems and Computing Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Computing & Information Technology

roles and as the Director of the National Technology Training Center for the K-12 program and pre-engineering program Project Lead The Way. Page 22.1068.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Mobile GIS in a Multidisciplinary Academic CenterIntroduction and rationale for the Mobile GIS courseThe evolution of mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS), utilizing Global PositioningSystems (GPS), remote sensing, and location based computing, is leading to new and excitingapproaches for problem solving in STEM careers. The National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration

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Capstone Courses and Design Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Craig W. Somerton, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

student design competitions. Student design competitions oftenprovide projects that can be used as course material for independent study courses involvingsmall groups of students that benefit both the students and the faculty member involved. Themost immediate benefit to the students is the application of material they may have covered inlecture courses but never applied to real-life problems. This setting is the definition of problembased learning. The students also develop skills that will later be used at industry jobs orgraduate school. Furthermore, the contact time with the students is beneficial in determining ifthe students are well suited for a graduate research program, and can stimulate discussions aboutgraduate school. Offering an

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tyler Grandahl; Gianfranco Biondi; Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

situationis even worse for undergraduates who want to study energy storage, as typically even lessfunding is available to support them, regardless of their talent, enthusiasm, and dedication.We believe the lack of affordable electronic load banks, chargers, data acquisition systems, andsoftware to run these systems is one barrier to rapid progress in energy storage systems. In 2009we began a project to develop an affordable open source, open hardware system for performinglife cycle measurements on energy storage systems including batteries and ultracapacitors. Thispaper describes the system design philosophy, design choices, the initially targeted load cycle,and the integration of students into the development of the open source system.System

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Curriculum Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

professor and the director of Architectural Engineering Program at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He was re- sponsible for developing the current architectural engineering undergraduate and master’s programs at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). During his stay at IIT, he taught fundamental engineering courses, such as thermodynamics and heat transfer, as well as design courses, such as HVAC, energy, plumbing, fire protection and lighting. Also, he supervise many courses in the frame of interprofessional projects program (IPRO). In few months, Dr. Megri will defend his ”Habilitation” (HDR) degree at Pierre and Marie Curie Univer- sity - Paris VI, Sorbonne Universities

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Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean St.Clair, Oregon Institute of Technology; Charles E. Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; David K. Thaemert P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Roger Lindgren, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

professional skills into capstone courses12. Due to theaforementioned reduction in credit hours and the coincidental expansion of topics to teach, the civilengineering faculty at OIT did not have space in the curriculum to develop new service learning orprofessional skills courses and they desired to have these skills introduced prior to entering thecapstone design experience. As such, the civil engineering faculty at OIT attempted to introduce thebasics of management, business, public policy, and leadership piecemeal throughout the curriculum,especially during a course on project management. However, in two separate assessments,summarized in Table 1, students revealed that they were greatly lacking in the ability to explain basicconcepts of these

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Design Spine

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Frank, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University; Rick Sellens, Queen's University

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Design in Engineering Education

, biomedical, and consumer products indus- tries.Rick Sellens, Queen’s University Page 22.1489.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 The Professional Spine: Creation of a Four-year Engineering Design and Practice SequenceThis paper discusses the development of a four-year Engineering Design and Practice Sequence(EDPS) of project-based courses at Queen’s University. The four-year sequence is a corerequirement for all engineering students, and will develop competence in design processmethods and tools, problem analysis, creativity, economics and entrepreneurship

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Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bedrich Benes, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

special focus on adaptive approaches, and techniques for level-of-detail that allowrendering and visualization of massive datasets. Students must implement a project in which theymodel and visualize a 3-D implicit object. This task is embarrassingly parallel, and special focusis put on parallel implementation. Rendering is the last topic and students discuss it within thecontext of real-time photorealistic imagining on the GPU.We report on the students’ perceptions of their general experience related to the relevance of thecourse and its content. Overall, the students were positive in their responses of considering totake this course as a positive experience ( , 3.26, 0.45), even though they were neutral intheir perceptions of finding

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Oceans & Marine Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziqian Liu, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Ocean and Marine

is a powerful tool for efficiently and effectively developingsophisticated control systems in a wide range of applications. In the laboratory, a series of eightapplication projects were elaborated, which include the following design themes: ship controlsystem, submarine depth control system, DC motor control system, machine tool control system,automotive power train control system, PID controllers, aircraft control system, and satellite-tracking antenna control system. Through the above hands-on projects, students not only learnedhow to design, analyze and synthesize a control application system, but also strengthened theirunderstanding of theoretical and abstract subjects in control theory. With the feedbacks fromstudents, we are confident

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SE Tools and Techniques

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shane Markstrum, Bucknell University; Gary M. Haggard, Bucknell University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

learningobjectives. The course is structured around the implementation of a visualization tool for use inexplaining and demonstrating fundamental concepts and classical results of graph theory. Possiblegraph theory topics to be included in the tool are search techniques, Euler circuits, and minimalcost spanning trees. Many of the decisions about the project’s design and the topics covered are de-pendent on the students. As a result, the resulting tool can appear quite different from one offeringto the next. The project is intended to be developed by one or more student groups with all groups usingthe same interface for the graphs and visualizations. Strict enforcement of interface usage allowsthe opportunity to teach many design patterns that will aid in