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New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kuang Xu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer

applications are collected through an online web form system. The applicants are asked to list two preferred mentors and to write for each mentor a 300-word passage to justify that choice, discussing what they know about the mentor’s research and how it matches with their own interests. Twelfth day after The mentee application online system is closed. the first day of class Page 14.995.6 All mentee application information is compiled in a master

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Bonner, Texas A&M University; Felecia Nave, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Helene Cook, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

Texas A&M University. Her research interests include underrepresented populations in Page 14.784.1 higher education, cultural practices and their impact on education for Hispanic students.Helene Cook, Texas A&M University Helene E. Cook is a second year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at Texas© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A&M University. A native of Buffalo, NY Helene completed both her bachelors degree and masters degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her area of study was psychology with a minor in history. Prior to her

Conference Session

Design Methodology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Rinehart, NIOSH; Donna Heidel, NIOSH; Andrea Okun, NIOSH; Michael Barsan, NIOSH

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Design in Engineering Education

Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Presently, she is the Deputy Director of the Education and Information Division. Dr. Okun received her Masters of Science in Public Health, with a concentration in environmental health, from the University of Massachusetts. She received her Doctorate in Public Health, with a major in health policy and administration and a minor in epidemiology, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her present research interests include the integration of occupational safety and health (OSH) into high school curriculums, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of utilizing various methods and channels to disseminate OSH information, and understanding

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haluk Ozemek, San Jose State University; Preetpal Kang, San Jose State University; Albert Khanh Nguyen, San Jose State University; pradeep badhan, San Jose State University

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Electrical and Computer

in circles. Once the motor code was fixed, work began on theinfrared distance sensors, which would allow the robot to dodge walls and obstacles, as well asdetermine how far away a person or object was. At first, it didn’t work. Many frustrating hourslater, the simple fix of speeding up the infrared sensor’s input speed proved to be the solution.Finally the RFID sensor was attached, and coding for it applied to the master code. Several codecorrections, missing libraries, and finally meshing the two codes together, the robot coulddistinguish between a good RFID tag and a bad one. With a working, moving, stable robot,housings for the auxiliary pieces (batteries, sensors, wires, PCB) could begin. Many Lego’s,some hot glue, and some sauder

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Educational Research and Methods

-centered in that it allowed students to progress from beingnovice problem-solvers to expert problem solvers. It provided the students with a series ofwriting competencies and provided them with opportunities to master those competencies. Thetest method was learner-centered in that the various competencies were selected based on thecompetencies with which students had struggled with the most in previous semesters.Community-centeredness was addressed through the in-class active learning exercise andensuing discussion. Students also performed an in-class peer-review for the concisenesscompetency. Finally, the weekly feedback helped make the test method assessment-centered.The control method of writing instruction provided students with a more

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

, expecting studentsfrom diverse educational and cultural backdrops to master computers and relatedtechnologies at the same rate is unrealistic. By recognizing that both mastery and time Page 14.398.2cannot be kept constant, PSI offers students the freedom to identify their own individualstrengths and weaknesses and therefore ascertain the amount of work they personallymust invest to successfully complete the course. Keller3, Koen2 and Morita3 elaborate onthe functional and logistical requirements of a PSI class and ways and means of coursedevelopment. Two key elements to consider when developing a PSI course are presenceand transition.Presence is a

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qiang Le, Hampton University; Eric Sheppard, Hampton University

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Minorities in Engineering

team working skills.In a survey of the instructor’s experiences to the LITEE team, the instructor wrote: “I believe theuse of case studies has changed the students’ learning in my class. In my opinion, a businessstudent who is destined to pursue money, master money, and make more money is hard to be fed Page 14.85.4with technical stuff. The business students take the engineering courses not because of theirinterests, neither because they think the engineering courses would be useful in their futurecareer, but because their curriculum requires them to. So changing their minds about engineeringis a challenge for engineering faculty.” Based

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Programming for Engineering Students I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christiaan Gribble, Grove City College

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Computers in Education

only a cursory knowledge of calculusand statistics, so the details of this problem solving technique are thus accessible toundergraduate students with a standard mathematics background.3.2 The pthreads Programming ProjectsTo help students manage the complexity of the problem, the pthreads project is composed of aseries of C programs, each of which implements a subset of the functionality required by thefinal task. Students thus construct the full Monte Carlo estimator incrementally, mastering thekey parallel programming concepts along the way. The following points outline each of thetasks involved in the problem solving process, highlighting the features of the pthreads interfacerequired to complete the task: • Task 1

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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L. Brent Jenkins, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

techniquesinto clearer focus, which better defines the correct approach.Difficulty Identifying Series and Parallel Elements in a Series-Parallel CircuitOne of the most fundamental circuit concepts that students struggle to master is the identificationof series and/or parallel circuit elements in series-parallel networks. Students often treatcomponents that are graphically parallel as if they are electrically parallel, and they frequentlyconsider any two elements that share a single common junction to be in series. Some studentsalso have the mindset that components that are not in series must be in parallel, and vice versa.Proactive StrategyPresent precise, but concise definitions of series and parallel elements in terms of bothconnections and circuit

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Mary Kay Roy, University of Texas, El Paso; Alexandria Ogrey, University of Texas, El Paso; Ann Gates, University of Texas, El Paso

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Electrical and Computer

that even non-engineering students were already comfortable with Cartesiancoordinates. We modified the graphical library to include a new "Raster" class which providesonly random-access row-column accessor functions that conveniently represent coordinates andRed-Green-Blue pixel contents as Python tuples.This permitted the course to begin with an immediate exposure to nested loops, a topic that isdifficult for many students to master in CS-1. In contrast, when introduced to nested looping inthis 'natural' context, students expressed no confusion and they were self-motivated toexperiment with adjustments to ranges and strides. Furthermore, students were not intimidatedby these explicit uses of tuples to represent RGB triples and more quickly

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Spang, Burlington County College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

having behavioral causes, such aspoor communication, rather than technical causes. Technical skill is necessary, but not sufficientto maintain high levels of patient safety over time. The same can be said for EngineeringTechnologists and Engineers.The efforts to reform and update the Engineering Technology Program in the current project willcertainly contain elements of assessment in order to demonstrate that the critically identifiednon-technical skills are appropriately mastered by students. Page 14.744.5Program Analysis and DevelopmentAfter identification of the most critical technical and non-technical skills from industryparticipants in

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Abi Aghayere, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Two Year College Division

, automation, robotics, computer aided manufacturing and operations strategy. Prior to joining the MMET/PS Faculty he was Director of RIT’s Manufacturing Management and Leadership Program and Engineering Manager for the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies. His industrial experience includes work as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for Allied Signal. He has a Master of Engineering Degree in Manufacturing and a BS in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from RIT as well as an AAS in Engineering Science from Hudson Valley Community College. Page 14.587.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Hackworth, Old Dominion University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Vernon Lewis, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1319: A COMPARISON OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY METHODSBASED ON STUDENT-EVALUATION DATAJohn Hackworth, Old Dominion University John Hackworth is an associate professor and director of the Electrical Engineering Technology program at Old Dominion University. He holds a B. S. Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, both from Old Dominion University. Prior to joining the Old Dominion University faculty, John had approximately 20 years of industrial experience in test engineering and plant automation with General Electric Company. He is the co-author of two textbooks which are currently in use by several electrical engineering

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

of graduate programs, course based and thesis/project based.Thesis based program are particularly difficult to identify because they are largely driven by theresearch interests of the chief advisor and are often in programs other than Manufacturingengineering. Course based programs are often tied to accredited undergraduate manufacturingengineering programs, with the exception of the University of St. Thomas with a Masters levelaccreditation. * Project/Thesis Based * Course Based * Part/Full TimeMany students in manufacturing grad programs often do not have manufacturing undergraduatedegrees. For these students the graduate level coursework is often directed towards learning avariety of manufacturing fundamentals. The

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curricula for the Year 2015 and Beyond

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University; Venkitaswamy Raju, State University of New York, Farmingdale; David Wells, North Dakota State University; Robert Mott, University of Dayton

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Manufacturing

≠ Emerging methods of educational delivery ≠ Manufacturing topics in non-manufacturing named programs ≠ Manufacturing education programs; associate, baccalaureate, masters ≠ Integrating bio-, nano-, and electronics-manufacturing in curricula ≠ Manufacturing education within non-manufacturing named programs ≠ Pipeline development and recruiting into manufacturing careers ≠ Collaboration among relevant professional societies with interest in manufacturingThe two forums are part of a longer term plan for regular similar gatherings and larger, open-attendance conferences. Plans are being developed for a large conference in the summer of 2009.OverviewThere has been massive change in global manufacturing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Arunachalanad Kannan, Arizona State University; Richard Newman, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovich, Arizona State University; Govindasamy Tamizhmani, Arizona State University

organizing technical informationin a way that facilitates acquisition of technical knowledge and industry-relevant skills. Developing curriculum for rapidly advancing fields makes it imperative to utilize SMEswho have up-to-date knowledge and are able to share this knowledge with IDs as described inthe article by Gayeski, Wood, & Ford, 1992. Large companies and industry associationssometimes use their “workforce dollars” to enable some of their most knowledgeable employees(SMEs) to use company time to help develop training and education. This educational support isprovided only to the degree that a significant number of graduating students master skills thatmake them valuable candidates for employment at contributing companies. The

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Cases and Models

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jane Laux, Arizona State University; Anshuman Razdan, Arizona State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

area where traditional effort has been lacking yet it has the potential of Page 14.264.3big pay off.3 ATIC: A case study in works Arizona State University is a Research I university. It is somewhat unique in that it has beendeveloped as a set of many campuses spread over the Phoenix metro area. It has a traditionalSchool of Engineering as well as a College of Technology and Innovation (CTI). CTI is housedon the Polytechnic campus, does not have a PhD program, and is focused on developingengineers (bachelors and terminal masters) for the work force. It is a relatively young campusand college with a mission that is still evolving. One of

Conference Session

Projects and Problems in First-Year Courses

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Benson, Clemson University; David Bowman, Clemson University; Randolph, Randy Hutchison; Carol Wade, Clemson University

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First-Year Programs

skills and practicing engineering problem-solving (CES 101). In order to helpstudents in these courses master the required basic mathematics, we have developedsupplemental course materials that they can access at a self-regulated pace outside of class.Table 1. Summary of mathematics courses for which students in the first year engineeringcourses earned high school credit. Students taking Pre-Calculus during their first semester incollege were enrolled in CES 101; those taking Calculus were enrolled in CES 102.First Algebra 1, Algebra 1, Algebra 1, Algebra 1, Algebra 1, Algebra 1, AllYear Geometry Geometry Geometry Geometry Geometry GeometryEngr Algebra 2 Algebra 2

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

Manufacturing Studies. His industrial experience includes work as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for Allied Signal. He has a Master of Engineering Degree in Manufacturing and a BS in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from RIT as well as an AAS in Engineering Science from Hudson Valley Community College.Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology Brian K. Thorn is an associate professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include sustainable

Conference Session

Curriculum in Civil Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvester Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Engineering Technology

organizations is tomake sure they are not the only bodies that embrace those definitions and descriptions.Licensing AgenciesAt present, engineering technology graduates are eligible to apply for professional licensure inabout 30 to 35 states in the U.S.A. A sample of states that allow ET graduates to apply forprofessional licensure is provided in Table 1. Of the remaining 15 to 20 states, the rulesregarding ET graduates vary and include: (a) case-by-case review of undergraduate degreetranscripts of graduates, (b) requiring a masters degree from an engineering school that has anABET-accredited undergraduate degree program in the same discipline, and (c) completerestriction of ET graduates from licensure.To most engineering technology graduates

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Ruhala, University of Southern Indiana; Paul Kuban, University of Southern Indiana

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

1, pp.16-28, March 19962. University of California, Berkeley Web Site: www.me.berkeley.edu/mechatronics.html, 20003. University of North Carolina, Asheville Web Site: www.unca.edu/ncsu_engr/index_jem.html, 20084. A. S. Brown, "Who Owns Mechatronics," Mechanical Engineering Magazine, June, 20085. Southern Polytechnic State University We Site: mechatronics.spsu.edu/indel.html, 20086. V. V. Vantsevich, and Steven K Howell, “Development of a new Master of Science in Mechatronic SystemsEngineering program,” Proceedings of the 10th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference, Malvern,PA, June 19-21, 2006 Page 14.74.97. Educating

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Baer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

required program outcomes that the students must obtain both a“recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning” and “anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility11.” In order to be life-long learners,students must be information literate. The Association for College and Research Libraries Page 14.384.4eloquently states the following which appeared in Information Literacy Competency Standardsfor Higher Education. Information literacy forms the basis for lifelong learning…. It enables learners to master content and extend their investigations, become more self-directed, and assume greater

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ehsan Sheybani; Singli Garcia-Otero; Keith Williamson

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Electrical and Computer

(EBI) for gathering a significant amount of data that can provide meaningful andreliable information about the quality of programs. In addition to data gathering, the system inplace also performs some preliminary evaluation of data, both in the quality of data beinggathered and in the effectiveness of the process. There are four easily developed sources of data:(1) student exit interview; (2) an external advisory committee; (3) alumni interview for programobjectives (3-5 years after graduation); and (4) corporate feedback requests.Additionally, every semester and in every course, feedback from students is gathered where theyare asked to rate how well they have mastered the ABET Program Outcomes in their respectiveprograms. While ABET has

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Pawan Agrawal, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

3 1 0 0 0 0 -11 -9 -7 -5 -3 -1 1 3 5 7 9 11 Figure 1. Scoring on Felder/Silverman Inventory of Learning Styles (Visual/Verbal)Development of a Software Tool Designing a software tool that scaffolds the transition from written to visualmaterial faces a fundamental challenge: how to provide students with enough guidancethat they can master the skill, without giving them so much guidance that they cannotperform the transition without the use of the tool? A tool similar to what we were aimingfor comes with virtually all

Conference Session

Curriculum in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-1542: COURSE DEVELOPMENT IN DIGITAL SYSTEMS TARGETINGRECONFIGURABLE HARDWAREMuhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University Muhammad Zafrul Hasan received the B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1988. He received the Master of Electronic Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) in 1991 under a Philips postgraduate scholarship program. He subsequently held several faculty positions in an engineering college and in a university in Malaysia. He obtained the Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He was awarded the NJIT Hashimoto Fellowship in the academic year 2005-06. He is

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiecai Luo, Southern University; Fred Lacy, Southern University; Pradeep Bhattacharya, Southern University & A&M College; Perry Daniels, Texas Instruments

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Electrical and Computer

. In order to let students to master the materials, labs related to lecture topics are setfor the courses, and the details are given in the next section. Again, the faculty atSouthern worked with the test engineers at Texas Instruments to ensure that the lecturematerials and the lab materials were appropriate and to also ensure that the lab Page 14.1173.5assignments were suitable to re-inforce the theoretical concepts covered in the lecture. 3. Laboratory Experiments Related to the Course Many students are never exposed to job areas beyond design work. Test engineeringis an area that SU students could immediately make a

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Plumley, United States Coast Guard Academy; Andrew Foley, United States Coast Guard Academy; Earnest Greene, US Coast Guard Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2009-1673: PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION UNITS, USING COMMONCOMPONENTS, FOR AN INTRODUCTORY THERMODYNAMICS COURSEMichael Plumley, United States Coast Guard Academy LCDR Michael Plumley is an Assistant Professor, and 1998 graduate, of the Mechanical Engineering program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He has served as coordinator for a variety of courses, including Capstone Design, Machine Design, Mechanisms, Heat Transfer, and Modeling and Control of Dynamic Systems. He holds Master of Science degrees in both Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sundararajan Madihally, Oklahoma State University

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 14.79.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Novel Paradigm for Training Graduate Students in Soft SkillsABSTRACTMost chemical engineering programs which offer masters and PhD degrees have a commonseminar series for all the graduate students. Typical seminar series includes presenters withexpertise in cutting edge topics are invited. Chemical engineering is expanding and manyresearch topics could address only a portion of the students. Further, conducting seminars for theentire duration of the semester may be cost prohibitive, leading to reduction in number ofseminars. Interestingly, there are very few seminars that introduce graduate students to non-technical content that could be paramount to their future success

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

program.Conclusions: The Lessons LearnedThere are many paths to a successful evaluation; consequently, this paper is not intended to serveas a set of rules, but rather as an example of what worked for us. These lessons learned can begrouped into several main categories, although there is overlap amongst the categories.Cultivate a culture of continuous quality improvementOur department has selected an assessment chair (who is not the chair of the department) toorganize and delegate all tasks associated with assessment. However, this person is not just a“task master,” they also serve a philosophical purpose. In this role of “cheerleader,” they need toconvince everyone (or at least nearly everyone) that nothing they do is more important thanmaintaining

Conference Session

Design Cognition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University

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Design in Engineering Education

several General Motors Vehicles, Platforms, and Architectures. He was a Quality, Reliability and Durability (QRD) Performance Integration Team Leader and Subject Matter Expert at General Motors Car group, Truck Group, and Advanced Vehicle engineering for over ten years. Dr. El-Sayed has several awards from GM related to vehicle development and validation. Dr. El-sayed has also worked as the chief engineer for Joalto Design developing advanced automotive components and safety subsystems. Dr. El-Sayed has advised several Ph.D., Master and over a hundred automotive related theses. He has several patents, and published over eighty research papers