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Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media

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International

thiscourse. This project is used not only to develop important skills such as project management,teamwork, global design, creativity, innovation, and problem-solving abilities but also to fostercultural awareness, understand diversity, master the use of technology for communication, andmore recently to promote global ethics issues in engineering design.Collaborative Design ProjectsThere are different types of international projects that can vary from a very simple case studywhere a team reports a final result of a design to their opposite group to a more complex Page 22.846.6integrated team project where students from multiple countries work

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University

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NSF Grantees

, visual, and sequential learning patterns.However when looking at the individual learning styles for the students their profiles show a mixof learning styles. Individual learning styles may be address by PBL and case study teaching Page 22.848.6methods because this method allows the individual student to learn from the instructor, peers, 5and as an individual student researching and mastering material. Active learners could benefit byactively participating

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Industrial Collaboration and Applications

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-953: INDUSTRY-DRIVEN POWER ENGINEERING CURRICU-LUM DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEER-ING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMAleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University Aleksandr Sergeyev is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the School of Technology at Michigan Technological University. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev is earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering in Moscow University of Electronics and Automation in 1995. He obtained the Master degree in Physics from Michigan Technological University in 2004 and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 2007. Dr. Aleksandr Sergeyev research interests include

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Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State Univeristy; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford

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Instrumentation

Saeid Moslehpour is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture at the University of Hartford. He holds PhD (1993) from Iowa State University and Bachelor of Science, Master of Science (1990), and Education Specialist (1992) degrees from University of Central Missouri. His research interests include logic design, CPLDs, FPGAs, electronic system testing and distance learning. Email: moslehpou@hartford.edu Page 22.955.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introducing Advanced

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa A. Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-300: INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR FRESH-MAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE LEARN-ING FOR BROADENING ENGINEERING INGENUITYLisa A Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley EDUCATION Ph.D. Engineering Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1993 Doctoral Thesis: Cyclic Damage Ahead of Fatigue Cracks in Amorphous Solids: Theory, Experiments and Implications Sc.M. Engineering Brown University, Providence, RI, May 1990 Masters Thesis: Fatigue Behavior of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites Under Far-Field Cyclic Compression Sc.B. Materials Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, May 1988 Sc.B. Chemical and Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, May 1988

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Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

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Biological & Agricultural

were conferred. Over 90 percent of full-timetenure track faculty members at NCA&T have doctorates, and for the fifth consecutive year,NCA&T is ranked third in the UNC System in terms of sponsored funding totaling $57.7 millionin 2009. NCA&T currently offers 89 bachelors, 43 masters, and 6 doctoral degree programs.NCA&T is committed to broadening the participation of underrepresented minorities in STEMprograms. Several new initiatives are being planned in this regard, including the appropriation ofuniversity funds to broaden student participation in STEM, the establishment of a universitywide STEM committee, and the creation of an undergraduate research office.The University’s new Chancellor announced his goal of positioning the

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald R. Ulseth, Itasca Community College; Glen D. Hodgson, Itasca Community College; Ed Damiani, Itasca Community College; Glen Duane Hodgson, Itasca Community College

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Educational Research and Methods

implemented engineering learning communities in first year programs. Recently, Ulseth began a new 100% project-based, industry- sponsored, engineering curriculum.Glen D. Hodgson, Itasca Community College For the past 11 years Hodgson has been an instructor of engineering at Itasca Community College where he has taught physics, engineering graphics, statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and fluid mechan- ics. Prior to teaching at ICC, he practiced civil engineering for 25 years in several midwestern states.Ed Damiani, Itasca Community College BS CIvil Engineering Iowa State Univ 1989 Naval Nuclear Power 1989-95 Master of Arts Teaching, UW- RiverFalls, 2003 High School Physics Teacher, Grand Rapids,MN,97-03 Engineering

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Student Learning and Teamwork

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William J. Sawaya, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

adapted to virtually anyacademic discipline or course, but should be particularly beneficial to courses with a significanttechnical content where the repeated integration of concept and the practice of working problemsis key to student’s ability to master the material. Individual adaptation to students and courserequirements will increase the quizzes’ effectiveness.Quiz DesignQuizzes are delivered on a daily basis with several key objectives and benefits. First, they areconstructed to review material that has been recently covered in order to solidify the concepts inthe minds of the students. It also allows the students immediate feedback, via the gradingmechanism, on how well they comprehend the material. Second, it can facilitate the

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan C. Ordonez, Florida State University; Jose Vargas, Universidade Federal do Parana; Chiang Shih, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Necesio Gomes Costa, Universidade Federal de Itajubá

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Design in Engineering Education

Universidade Federal Fluminense (1983), master’s de- gree in metallurgical engineering from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1988) and Ph.D. in Materials Science - The University of Birmingham (1996). He is currently Associate Professor I, Fed- eral University of Itajub. published numerous articles in professional journals and papers in proceedings of international events. GUIDELINE: directed several dissertations, works of undergraduate research and technological work of completing an undergraduate, participated in several bunkers of defense completion of course work (doctoral, masters, undergraduate). He is currently general coordinator of international co- operation between French Univerisdades (ENSAM - cole

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Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christopher L. Brace, University of Wisconsin; Willis J. Tompkins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Biomedical

, P., and Alldridge, D., “The ABCs of Preparing for ABET,” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, July/August 2003, pp. 122-132.3. Tompkins, W.J., D. Beebe, J.A. Gimm, M. Nicosia, N. Ramanujam, P. Thompson, M.E. Tyler, and J.G. Webster. “A design backbone for the biomedical engineering curriculum,” Proc. of the 2nd Joint Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the Biomedical Engineering Society, 2002, pp. 2595-2596.4. Tompkins, W.J. “Implementing design throughout the curriculum,” Proc. Annual Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Chicago, 2006, pp. 35.5. Tompkins, W.J., Block, W.F., Chesler, N.C., Masters, K.S., Murphy, W.L., Tyler, M.E., and Webster, J.G. Development

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abed El Hameed El Madwar, University of Northern Iowa; Kenan Baltaci, University of Northern Iowa; Reg Recayi Pecen, University of Northern Iowa

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-2094: INTEGRATION OF HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TECHNOL-OGY TO UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN EET PROGRAMSAbed El Hameed El Madwar, University of Northern Iowa Hameed Madwar is currently a doctorate student in the Industrial Technology Program at the University of Northern Iowa expecting to graduate on May 2011. He has a B.S in Electrical and Computer Engi- neering and a Master degree in Industrial Management. His research interests are in the area of industrial Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Virtual Manufacturing applications. He has more than three years of industrial experience in Manufacturing Technology and four years as a teaching assistant in the areas of Circuits Designs, Renewable Energy, Electrical Power

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IE Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jo Min, Iowa State University; Wenbo Shi, Iowa State University

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Industrial Engineering

in Automation from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2006, and received the Master of Science degree in Control Theory and Control Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2009. He is now a Ph.D. candidate and a research assistant in Opera- tions Research Lab of Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State Univeristy, 3032 Black Engineering Building, 50011. (e-mail: wenboshi@iastate.edu) Page 22.1003.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Learning Improvement in Leadership, Teamwork, and Contemporary Issues through a

Conference Session

Design Education I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Mainul Kader Faruque, North Carolina A&T State University; Kwadwo Mensah-Darkwa, North Carolina A&T State University

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Manufacturing

Page 22.929.7students impacted by these initiatives are expected to form an excellent talent pool forNCAT‟s traditional graduate engineering programs, as well as non-traditional graduateprograms newly instituted at NCAT, such as the graduate programs of the ERC-supported Bioengineering master‟s program and the graduate programs of the JointSchool of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN). JSNN is a joint venture betweentwo state universities (NCAT and University of North Carolina at Greensboro, UNCG) inGreensboro, North Carolina.VII. ConclusionUsing research funding from multiple sources, we have worked with nanomaterials for diverseapplications including the electronic, magnetic and, starting recently, biomaterials sector.Processes that have

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tom A. Eppes, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Frederick Sweitzer, University of Hartford

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 22.1131.2programs, accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of ABET, areavailable in the following majors: Architecture, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringTechnology. The 11 E and ET programs, as well as a Masters program with 150 students, areadministered by 4 departments with a combined fulltime faculty of 38.Within E and ET programs, there is a fine balance between courses preparing students for thespecific technical demands of the profession and non-technical courses that belong to thecategory of general education. Since we offer four year programs with a relatively narrow rangeof credit hours (125 to 135), an increase in one area must for the most part be offset by adecrease in another. We periodically re-visit

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Manufacturing Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert W Simoneau, Keene State College; Megan C Piccus, Springfield Technical Community College; Gary Masciadrelli, Springfield Technical Community College

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Manufacturing

vocational education as a Master Teacher in the Plastics Technology program at Minuteman Regional Technical High School. He is also an adjunct professor for the Plastics Engineering Program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He has been a consultant to Ford Motor Company, Polaroid Inc., Timken Aerospace, and SMITHS Industries. He was also a guest scientist at the Army Materials Research in the Composite Development Division. He continues to co-teach Technology Studies courses with the technology faculty at Keene State College. He has published numerous articles over the years in engineering technology and materials research. He is a consultant on the Virtual Ideation Platform (VIP) project for Central Maine

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

the button next to the light. When the button ispushed, the light will turn off and the user will receive a point, which is displayed on a digitalcounter next to the model. For each game, there is a master timer that gives each user a time limitof 30 seconds. The highest score is stored in the memory and displayed on the digital counter.This model was very popular among the younger students attending a recent communityoutreach activity sponsored by the College of Engineering. Figure 5 shows one of the youngerplayers. Page 22.1220.8 Figure 4. Whack A Mole Model. Figure 5. Playing Whack-A-Mole Game.Basketball Game ModelFigure

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Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David S. Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Chung-Suk Cho, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Materials

, guided-inquiry modules were designed to be utilized within theframework of traditional “lecture only” courses. The actual duration covered by a single modulewould vary but typically covered more than one lecture period. Modules were topic focused andtook 1 – 2 weeks of class time. To date, the modules have been used in multiple introductory tomaterials engineering courses covering major topics such as polymers and ceramics.5 Moduleswere designed to be independent, complete, and detailed to support portability to other facultyand universities. A module typically would be distributed in booklet form to the students andwould include a variety of items necessary for them to master appropriate learning objectives.6 In the course on construction

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne E. Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; William J. Wepfer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey A. Donnell, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Teaching Practicum providesa competitive advantage to the mechanical engineering doctoral degree at Georgia Tech. Theconsensus opinion appears to be in retaining the current topics in the course. Considerationshould be given for adding a session(s) on obtaining research funding and preparing grantproposals. Also, since many graduates do not enter academia, more coverage could be spent onadditional topics from industry and other career paths.Bibliography1. Wankat, P.C., Oreovicz, F.S., Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1993.2. Norris, Pamela M., Palmer, Sheila C., Effectiveness of the Woodruff School Doctoral Teaching Intern Program,Journal of Engineering Education, Volume 87, No. 3, 1998, pg. 223-2263. Lowman, Joseph, Mastering the

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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K. Hodge, Mississippi State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-2072: USING TRAVEL AND THE INTERNET TO DEVELOPAND FORMULATE ENHANCED HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTSB. K. Hodge, Mississippi State University B. K. Hodge is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU) where he served as the TVA Professor of Energy Systems and the Environment and was a Giles Distin- guished Professor and a Grisham Master Teacher. He is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Page 22.1650.1

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Dettman P.E., Western Kentucky University; Walter L. Collett, Western Kentucky University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Concrete with Shape Memory Alloy Fibers. Unpublished Masters thesis. California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. 3. Felder, R.M. and Brent, R. (1994). Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures, Pitfalls, and Payoffs, ERIC Document Reproduction Service Report ED 377038. 4. Kaufman, D.B., Felder, R.M., Fuller, H. (1999). Peer Ratings in Cooperative Learning Teams, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual ASEE Meeting, ASEE, June 1999. 5. King, A. (1993). “From Sage on the stage to guide on the side.” College Teaching 41(1), 30-35. 6. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). (2009). Criteria for accrediting engineering programs, effective for evaluations during the 2010-2011 accreditation cycle

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Osterwood, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Jason Douglas Monnell, University of Pittsburgh; Chris Koch, GTECH Strategies; Maureen Copeland, GTECH Strategies

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Urban Exchange, and Princeton University. Chris holds a Masters of Public Policy and Management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, and a BS in History from the same. In 2008, Chris was named an Echoing Green fellow for her work with GTECH out of 1500 applicants worldwide.Maureen Copeland, GTECH Strategies Page 22.1284.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Service Research and Service Learning: Developing collaborative research and education between a university and a nonprofitAbstractThe principles of service-learning are expanded to create a

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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

Authors

Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Ocean and Marine

confidence builder.To a very practical end, the advisor should give, or bring in people to give, mini-tutorials ontopics that will help the students develop their ROV. This author has given tutorials onelectronic constructions techniques and microcontrollers. The latter topic is especiallyinteresting to team members because engineering students typically don’t get exposure tomicrocontrollers until late in their curriculum. Simple yet capable microcontroller boards thatcan be easily mastered by beginners are readily available such as the Basic Stamp (Parallax Inc.,Rocklin, CA) and the Arduino (www.arduino.cc). Microcontrollers form a good context tointroduce a lot of electronic concepts to students such as sensors, amplifiers, digital logic

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment in SE Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Thomas B. Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

chain serving the needs of home owners in building,furnishing, repairing, and improving their homes. The HomeOwner management has decided todevelop a prototype DigitalHome (DH) system that has the following features: • The DH system will allow any web-ready computer, cell phone or PDA to control a home's temperature, humidity, lights, and the state of small appliances. • The communication center of the DH system will be a personal home owner web page, through which a user can monitor and control home devices and systems. • The Digital Home will contain a master control device that connects to the home’s broadband Internet connection, and uses wireless communication to send and receive communication between

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Guerra, NASA Headquarters; Wallace T. Fowler, University of Texas, Austin; Martin James Brennan, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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Systems Engineering

career at Eagle Engineering Corporation in Houston focusing on conceptual design of advanced spacecraft for human missions to the Moon and Mars. Ms. Guerra continued working on space exploration-oriented assignments at SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) in support of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Ms. Guerra earned a B.S in Aerospace Engineering and a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame. She received a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Her Master’s thesis, ”A Commonality Assessment of Lunar Surface Habitation”, was performed under a research grant from the Johnson Space Center. Ms. Guerra is also a contributing author to the

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard W. Freeman, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

is Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff (Coast Guard Officers permanentlyassigned to teaching positions at CGA), another third is rotating Military Officers and the finalthird is tenure-track and temporary civilian educators. This mix of faculty is responsible fordeveloping and delivering the academic content necessary to award Bachelor of Science Degreesin the eight majors. In addition to teaching and other collateral duties, the faculty also performssome basic research. Since military service Academies are undergraduate institutions, there areno Masters and PhD students available to help develop and maintain Research One or ResearchTwo quality research programs.In addition to a full academic load every semester, CGA Cadets participate in

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

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Two Year College Division

typically offergreater flexibility in course scheduling, often catering to the needs of part-time students (e.g.working students).Cumulatively, the above factors outline a compelling argument to look to community colleges tobroaden participation in engineering and other technical careers. Accordingly, Norfolk StateUniversity (NSU) has outlined a curriculum leading to the Bachelor (BS) and Master of Science(MS) in Engineering degree in three years beyond the Associate of Science in Engineering(ASE) degree. The Two Plus Three Community College to University Programs (TT-CCUP orT-CUP) project was launched in fall 2010 by NSU and four collaborating two-year institutions:Central Virginia Community College (CVCC), College of Southern Maryland (CSM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, Electrical Engineering Department, University of North Dakota

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NSF Grantees

AC 2011-586: USING UNDERGRADUATE MENTORS TO DELIVER EN-GINEERING CONTENT TO CALCULUS FOR INCREASED PERSISTENCEIN ENGINEERINGJ. Neubert, University of North Dakota Jeremiah Neubert is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of North Dakota. He conducted research and taught at Cambridge University. Prior to that Dr. Neubert attended the University of Wisconsin and obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering as well as Masters of Science degrees in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering. During his time at the University of Wisconsin he served as a National Science GK12 fellow where he worked with a team of high school teachers and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

predominately the expectations andprocedures from KNUST because that capstone design course had the shortest duration. Until Page 25.285.8the faculty at RHIT become more familiar with those expectations and procedures, the studentsfrom RHIT will continue to feel burdened to appease two masters. Page 7 of 8 The faculty at KNUST indicated that although there was only one international collaborationteam, the members of other teams also learned a lot about the experience. Unfortunately, theother teams at RHIT did not experience much benefit. The faculty at

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Maryland State Highway Administration; Thavavigna Thanikachalam, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

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International

Mechanical Engineering, Faculty ofElectrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering,Faculty of Management Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Humanities. There are 77 Page 25.310.2graduate programs that lead to Masters or Doctor of Philosophy degrees in graduate schools ofFaculty of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Information and CommunicationEngineering, Faculty of Management Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Humanities. Themedium for instruction of lessons at Anna University is English. 1The

Conference Session

Project-based and Cooperative Learning in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Adams, University of Kentucky; Jens Hannemann, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Electrical and Computer

: Students will personally perform, produce, fabricate or generate an artifact or artifacts that demonstrate their engagement with the creative process (e.g. an object, product, installation, presentation, record of a performance etc.) either as an individual or as part of a collaborative. As part of this process, students should - Define and distinguish different approaches (historical, theoretical, and methodological issues) to “creativity” as appropriate to the disciplinary practices specific to the subject, medium, or approach that informs a particular course. - Apply the logic, laws, or constraints of the area of study (e.g, “out of the box” thinking, or the masterful, elegant treatment of given rules or