Conference Session

Multimedia Tutorials and Web Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Donnelly, University of Florida

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Minorities in Engineering

with a laptop computer. Effective support, professional development activities, andmentoring were also built in to the program.UF MGE scholars were in 13 departments (Materials Science & Engineering, AgriculturalEngineering, Chemistry, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, CivilEngineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Environmental Engineering, ChemicalEngineering, Animal Sciences, Entomology, Microbiology & Cell Science). The group included34 (68%) African Americans, 14 (28%) Hispanic Americans, one (2%) Native American, andone (2%) of mixed descent. Of these 50 students, 23 are currently enrolled in the program, 12have graduated with a PhD, seven graduated with Master’s degrees, four transferred to

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ian Denholm, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Stevens Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of core engineering design courses in Freshman & Sophomore years. Prior to his current position, Blicharz worked for 25 years in project management and systems engineering in the aerospace & telecommunications industries. He has a B.E in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology Bernard Gallois is George Meade Bond Professor of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he was the founding dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering. He received the Diplôme d' Ingénieur Civil des Mines at the École

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Vonda Walsh, Virginia Military Institute; H. Francis Bush, Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Anthony English, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Computers in Education

, Cambridge MA, USA. He has held positions at the TRIUMF PET-Pion Research Facility in Vancouver Canada, Bell Northern Research in Ottawa Canada, and SONY Corporation in Atsugishi Japan. He is currently an assistant professor at The University of Tennessee in Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, Knoxville TN USA. His research interests include tissue engineering, thermodynamics of soft material phase transitions and biomedical signal processing. Page 12.1241.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Results from a Multi-center Investigation of the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Creese, West Virginia University; Deepak Gupta, West Virginia University

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Design in Engineering Education

projects to meet this element of the ABETaccreditation. The course is required in the Industrial Engineering program, the MechanicalEngineering program, and the Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering dual majorprogram, and over 50 percent of the students are non-industrial engineers. The lecture course isonly two credits, so only a few class periods can be devoted to the project. The teams require thatat least two different majors are represented on each team when formed, and the team sizetypically varies from two to five students.The project starts with a design problem, such as the support beams for a cantilever deck, therungs for a ladder or a footbridge across a small stream. The problem has a load requirement,either as a single load

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Thomas Johnson, Besam Entrance Solutions; Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour-Legrand; Dean Nestvogel, Pass and Seymour-Legrand

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Engineering Management

of Wisconsin and is an ASQ-certified Quality Engineer and Reliability Engineer. His research interests are in engineering system design, analysis and management, supply chain management, Lean systems, and quality and reliability management.Thomas Johnson, Besam Entrance Solutions Thomas E. Johnson III, President of Johnson Lean Consultancy, 28 years of manufacturing experience in all facets of production and operations. Consultant to operations for many Fortune 100 companies in aerospace, automotive, precision materials, and supply chain operations. Professional instructor and mentor for Lean transformations and new operation start-ups.Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour-Legrand Tom Benson is a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma; Hengzhong Wen, OU

AC 2007-784: ONLINE 3D COLLABORATION SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONKurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma Kurt Gramoll is the Hughes Centennial Professor of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Media Lab at the University of Oklahoma. He received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Utah and received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech. He has developed and published several CDs and web-based sites for engineering education.Hengzhong Wen, OU Hengzhong Wen is currently an engineer in JP Kenny. She was a Ph.D. student of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Priti Bhatnagar, Daniel Webster College; Christopher McInnis, Daniel Webster College; Chad Hebert, Daniel Webster College; Sonja Crowder, Daniel Webster College; David Guo, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

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Engineering Design Graphics

of JIT and Lean Manufacturing techniques at a subcontract manufacturer for the communications and data storage industry. His goal is to be involved in the Automotive Motorsports industry following graduation. Mr. Hebert is also a Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Email: Hebert_Chad@dwc.eduDavid Guo, Daniel Webster College David Guo is an assistant professor of aeronautical engineering at Daniel Webster College. He received his BSME in 1992 and his MSAE in 1995 from Beijing Institute of Technology, and his PhD of aerospace in 2005 from Old Dominion University. Since 2005, he has taught courses in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, statics, and gas dynamics. His major

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sang-Hoon Lee, Polytechnic University; Anshuman Panda, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Hong Wong, Polytechnic University

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Computers in Education

University and expects to graduate in June 2007. His research interests include control of mechanical and aerospace systems. Page 12.512.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Development of a Matlab Data Acquisition and Control Toolbox for PIC MicrocontrollersAbstract—This paper presents a personal computer (PC)-based data acquisition and control toolthat uses a Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller, Matlab, and Simulink.Specifically, a library of PIC microcontroller functions for Simulink is created. Moreover, thePIC microcontroller and Matlab are merged, by exploiting their

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Kornecki, ERAU; Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott; Wojciech Grega, AGH; Jean-Marc Thririet, LAG; Miroslav Sveda, BUT

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International

to identify the topics necessary for preliminary curriculum design. Itis critical to understand the role of general education requirements which complements theengineering facet of the curriculum and facilitates the main objective of university mission: toproduce valuable and contributing members of the society.CurriculumDespite well established computing curricula and the variety of excellent engineering offeringsin colleges and universities on both sides of the Atlantic, at this time, there is no international,interdisciplinary curriculum that directly focuses on real-time control systems, dependablesoftware development, safety, reliability and the certification issues in highly regulated industrieslike aerospace, medicine, transportation

Conference Session

Statics and Dynamics: What's New?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marisa Orr, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Matthew Ohland, Purdue Engineering Education; Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University

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Mechanical Engineering

University, and has been on the faculty at Clemson since 1989, after 8 years on the faculty at the University of Kentucky and 11 years in the aerospace industry. He is an associate fellow of AIAA and a registered Professional Engineer (PE). Page 13.1111.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Student Study Habits and their Effectiveness in an Integrated Statics and Dynamics ClassAbstractIntegrated Statics and Dynamics is a required five-credit course that was offered for MechanicalEngineering students at Clemson University for the first time in Fall 2006. The large

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Gray, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

era of the 1950’s and 60’s, the Reynolds Transport Theorem(RTT) began to appear in U. S. introductory fluid mechanics textbooks as a unified methodologyfor deriving the finite control volume forms of the continuity, linear momentum, angularmomentum, and energy equations. Today almost all American introductory fluid mechanicstextbooks directed at mechanical, aerospace, civil, or general engineering students use thisapproach. On the other hand, most introductory fluid mechanics textbooks for chemicalengineers, as well as a few other textbooks, use the balance principle instead of the RTT to reachthe same results. The Reynolds Transport Theorem is mathematically correct, and mastering itsderivation is a good mathematical exercise. Moreover, it

Conference Session

Anything New in Dynamics?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University; Eileen Rossman, California Polytechnic State University

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Mechanics

AC 2008-1437: A NEW SPIN ON TEACHING 3D KINEMATICS ANDGYROSCOPIC MOTIONBrian Self, California Polytechnic State University Brian Self has been an Associate Professor at Cal Poly for the last two years. Before that, he taught at the Air Force Academy for seven years. He is the ASEE Campus Rep and the Zone IV Chair-Elect. Besides his pedagogical research, Dr Self is actively involved in aerospace physiology and biomechanics research. He has worked extensively to involve undergraduates in his research, taking students to present at national and international conferences. By involving students in solving ill-defined projects and problems that don’t have a “correct answer”, Dr Self

Conference Session

Accreditation Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-1485: ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, LIFELONGLEARNING, AND THE IMPACT OF ENGINEERING ON GLOBAL ANDSOCIETAL ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOMKenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University Dr. Van Treuren is a professor on the faculty in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University. He teaches the capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory course as well as courses in heat transfer, aerospace engineering, fluid mechanics, and wind power. His research interests include energy education and literacy and gas turbine heat transfer. He can be contacted at Kenneth_Van_Treuren@baylor.edu. Page 13.153.1

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Michael Kozicki, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy

have risen. The alternative – waiting for the leaderto become obsolete – can take a very long time.The initial applications of the tool to nano-electronic products pointed towards a singleset of 10 levels for each of the 14 readiness criteria. Examples are given above.However, as the scope has been extended to energy, aerospace and nano-materials cases,some changes are necessary. The 14 NRPs are still valid – though they may justifyunequal weightings. However, it is more realistic to create new maturity scalesappropriate to the application. This is not as troublesome as it might seem. Examples formaturity 1 and 10 can be easily defined for each criterion and then the intervening levelscan be formulated. The process of thinking systematically

Conference Session

Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Salahuddin Qazi, SUNY Institute of Technology; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, materials and devices that impact awide spectrum of industries and consumer products. Therefore, it is pragmatic to view Nanotechnology as a “platform technology” with applications in a number ofindustrial sectors, and with potential for producing a variety of products. The list of currentand potential nanotechnology applications continues to grow. However, it would beappropriate to consider the following areas of nanotechnology application as the most asthe most promising beneficiaries (not ranked in any manner): - Electronics and Semiconductors - Information Technology (Computing and Telecommunication) - Aerospace and Automotive Industries - Chemical Processes and Engineering - Agriculture - Energy

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

of discipline, ethnicity, gender, and academic level. NESLOS Question NESLOS Response Percentage Aerospace Engineering 5% Civil Engineering 8% Chemical Engineering 11% Computer Engineering 3%What is your Computer Science 10%engineering discipline? Electrical Engineering 8

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Bobby Crawford, United States Military Academy; Erica Young, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-850: ME350 REMOTE EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES IN TEACHINGENGINEERING TO NON-ENGINEERING MAJORS STUDYING ABROADBrian Novoselich, United States Military Academy Brian Novoselich is a Major in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering.Bobby Crawford, United States Military Academy Bobby Crawford is a Colonel in the United States Army and the Director of the Aero-Thermo Group in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He holds a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Giddens, Georgia Institute of Technology; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-908: MESSAGES FOR IMPROVING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OFENGINEERINGDon Giddens, Georgia Institute of Technology Don P. Giddens is Dean of the College of Engineering, the Lawrence L. Gellerstedt, Jr. Chair in Bioengineering, and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He chaired the NAE Committee on Public Understanding of Engineering Messages. Dean Giddens received all three of his degrees (BSE 1963, MS 1965, and Ph.D. 1966) from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Giddens joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1968. In 1992 he left his position as the Chair of Aerospace Engineering to serve as the Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering and

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Paul Krueger, Southern Methodist University; Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

andreadings in the lab, I would shoot myself. I need interaction.Same. I’m still open to engineering. I still have a lot of possibilities, and this is one.Same. I still want to go into the automotive industry, but I want more practical work, and notonly analyzing data.Same. I want to go into aerospace and aerodynamic work with a company like Bell Helicopteror Lockheed.Evaluation of the REU Program Several questionnaire items and focus group topics allowed students to predict or reflectupon aspects of their REU experience. Unanimously, students reported that their primary goal ofgaining first-hand experience in a laboratory setting was achieved. “Great experience in the lab,”said one student. Another said “a chance to work with intelligent and

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; James Hyder, Intel; Michael Lesiecki, MCCCD; Thomas McGlew, Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center

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Engineering Technology

itsvalidity.Symptoms: How Industry Operates TodayThe treatment of technical subjects in most academic courses invariably only deals withthe materials, physical and electronic behaviors of inanimate objects. Little (if any)attention is given to the sort of company that successfully produces the products or wherethe job is done. The prevailing assumption is that everything is done within a singleorganization. When the foundations of today’s technology were being formed in the1950s, 60s and 70s, that was a valid picture. New tools, processes and materials wererequired and the only option was to develop them in-house. It was very effective and wassuccessfully applied across almost all business sectors from aerospace to semiconductors.Economists call this style of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ciaraldi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Cyganski, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou; Fred Looft; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bradley Miller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Eben Cobb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schachterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Stafford, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Yiming Rong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; James Van de Ven, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. The focus of this course is navigation, position estimation and communications. Concepts of dead reckoning, landmark updates, inertial sensors, vision and radio location will be explored. Control systems as applied to navigation will be presented. Communication, remote control and remote sensing for mobile robots and tele-robotic systems will be introduced. Wireless communications including wireless networks and typical local and wide area networking protocols will be discussed. Considerations will be discussed regarding operation in difficult environments such as underwater, aerospace, hazardous, etc. Laboratory sessions will be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech; Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joel Jackson, Georgia Tech; Jennifer Michaels, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Williams, Georgia Tech

AC 2008-1212: A PROGRAM FOR DISTRIBUTED LABORATORIES IN THE ECECURRICULUMBonnie Ferri, Georgia Tech Bonnie Heck Ferri received the BS from Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame in 1981, the MS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 1984, and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1988. She is currently a Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs in ECE at Georgia Tech. Her research has been in the areas of embedded control systems, applications of control, power electronics, and education. She is the recipient of the 2007 IEEE Education Society Harriet Rigas Award.Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology Jill Auerbach is a Senior

Conference Session

Research in Multidisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering career,” Technical Writing Teacher, 9(3), 133-136, 1982.3. Dannels, D. P., C. M. Anson, L. Bullard, and S. Peretti, “Challenges in learning communication skills in chemical engineering,” Communication Education, 52(1), 50-56, 2003.4. Wojahn, P., J. Dyke, L. A., Riley, E. Hensel, and S. C. Brown, “Blurring boundaries between technical communication and engineering: challenges of a multidisciplinary, client-based pedagogy,” Technical Communication Quarterly, 10(2), 129-148, 2001.5. Waitz A. and E. C. Barrett, “Integrated teaching of experimental and communication skills to undergraduate aerospace engineering students, 1996 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Washington, DC, June 23-26, 1996.6. Artemeva, N

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

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Mechanics

LabVIEW Virtual Instruments the studentshave to develop in this project. These examples clearly establish the utility and purpose of theproposed activity.I. IntroductionThis paper outlines a procedure which utilizes MATLAB and LabVIEW to contribute to theacademic development of sophomore-level engineering and engineering technology students.The specific sample project included in this paper is mainly geared for students who areinterested in pursuing a degree in civil, mechanical, or aerospace engineering. Similar projectscan easily be designed for students pursuing other engineering fields.To start this pilot project, a sophomore Mechanical Engineering Technology student wasselected in the spring of 2008 to develop programs for analyzing beams

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2003 GSW

Authors

Terrence L. Chambers; William E. Simon

solutions to engineering problems. Dr. Chambers is a registered Professional Engineer inLouisiana. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWILLIAM E. SIMONDr. Simon currently serves as Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at theUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests are in the aerospace and thermal science areas,including fuel cells, conventional and state-of-the art heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics,multidiscipline advanced development technology management, and large project management. Dr. Simonis a registered

Conference Session

Enhancing Mechanics Instruction

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University; Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University

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Mechanics

AC 2008-2283: A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING INSTATICS AND DYNAMICS: ASSESSMENT AND EVOLUTIONFrancesco Costanzo, Pennsylvania State University FRANCESCO COSTANZO came to Penn State in 1995 and is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Texas A&M University in 1993. His research interests include the mechanics of nanostructures, the dynamic crack propagation in thermoelastic materials, and engineering education.Gary L. Gray, Pennsylvania State University GARY L. GRAY came to Penn State in 1994 and is an Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics. He earned a Ph.D. degree in

Conference Session

Focus on Under-Represented Women

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

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Women in Engineering

Sigma Nu, and Omega Rho. Her professional affiliations include IEEE and ASEE. Her research interests include knowledge engineering and retention/persistence issues.Larry Richards, University of Virginia Larry Richards is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia. He also leads the Virginia Middle School Engineering Education Initiative (VMSEEI). VMSEEI partners with educators at the Virginia's Curry School of Education and local school districts to develop and distribute engineering teaching kits (ETK). ETKs promote awareness of the nature of engineering, and stimulate excitement about its practice. They also develop an appreciation for the

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K12 Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacquelyn Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado at Boulder; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado at Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Environmental and Architectural Engineering — popular among Fellows for its Engineering for Developing Communities program, which appeals to students who are motivated to give back to their community. In the nine years of the program, students matriculated from (or are currently enrolled in) the following engineering departments: The 2007-2008 cohort of TEAMS graduate fellows. civil/environmental/architectural, 57%; mechanical, 19%, aerospace

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University; Joe Jien-Jou Lin, Purdue University; Alexander Malyscheff, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-2417: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS TO FORECASTENGINEERING STUDENTS' RETENTION BASED ON COGNITIVE ANDNON-COGNITIVE FACTORSP.K. Imbrie, Purdue University P.K. Imbrie is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests in educational research include modeling student success, modeling student team functioning, and multidisciplinary engineering education. His technical research interests include solid mechanics, experimental mechanics, nonlinear materials characterization, microstructural evaluation of materials, and experiment

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

projects arelocked in, it is critical to allocate a faculty coach and insure that enough students of the rightdisciplines have been recruited to undertake the project. As more and more projects are definedand committed, student needs are aggregated by discipline. For example; suppose by June, tenprojects have been recruited and to complete all ten, 15 electrical engineers, 12 mechanicalengineers, 5 aerospace engineers, 10 computer engineers, 10 industrial engineers, and 8 chemicalengineers are needed. Therefore, at least 60 of this discipline mix would need to either beaccepted into IPPD or have applications in process. As projects are accepted, it is important tounderstand if enough students and faculty coaches of the right disciplines are