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Kenneth W. Santarelli

uniqueattributes of the high desert which make attracting and retaining new graduates difficult1.The Greater Antelope Valley is a triangular region extending from Ridgecrest, CA at thenorthern apex to Gorman, CA near the western apex, and the communities of Lake Los Angelesand Pearblossom, CA near the eastern apex2. The region defined as the Greater Antelope Valleyis often referred to as Aerospace Valley. The Aerospace Valley reference is due to the fact thatthe Greater Antelope Valley is the home of Edwards Air Force Base which also hosts NASADryden Flight Research Center, the Mojave Space Port, the China Lake Naval Air WeaponsStation, and Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale Airport. These facilities have hosted the manufactureand flight test of such notable

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Marilyn A. Dyrud

Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 104Why Teach the Holocaust?While from a pragmatic point of view, such instruction can help engineering educators addressABET outcomes that deal with professionalism, ethics, and the societal/global impact ofengineering, a deeper reason for studying this historical period involves the maintenance ofcivilized society in general. According to the Task Force for International Cooperation onHolocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research, founded in 1998 by Göran Persson, theSwedish prime minister, the Holocaust warrants continued study because ―it fundamentallychallenged the foundations

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Wangping Sun

engineering students. It concludes that the current practices by variousuniversities will help engineering educators to create more practical, scaleable, diversified andsustainable programs in a global context.I. IntroductionEngineering is now practiced in a global, holistic business context1. It is common for engineers to workon multi-national teams designing products, which will be manufactured in one part of the world andsold in another part2. The ever-increasing trend of economic globalization necessitates dynamic andmeaningful collaboration between engineers, designers and executives, transcending political andcultural boundaries3,4.Today’s engineering students graduate in a world that is becoming highly competitive as geographicalbarriers are

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for Future and Current Female Engineering Students” Maria C. Sanchez, Nell Papavasilou, & Hernan Maldonado ...................................................................... 6“Use of Video in Casting Education”* Craig Johnson............................................................................................................................................ 18“Sustainable Design: Meeting the Thunder Beings of the West” John M. Murray, Roger A. Greener, Heong-seok Kim, & William T. Murray ........................................ 25Session EE: Electrical Engineering and Technology“Curricular Innovations for Real-Time Embedded Systems Course” Reza Raeisi & Sudhanshu Singh