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Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Sugg, United States Navy; Bruce Galloway, United States Navy; John Fishell, STEP

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: Page 14.856.7STEP’s primary mission is to “Inspire students to pursue careers in math, science, engineeringand technology” through an innovative, proactive approach that engages students, teachers, andthe local K-12 educational system with high technology companies, universities/colleges, hightech government agencies and all of their collective resources to achieve its purpose ofincreasing and sustaining the high technology job sector in the Inland Empire. Through theformation of new educational partnerships between businesses, academia, and governmententities within the community, STEP seeks to pave the way to achieve a prosperous future for allInland Empire citizens based on the sustainable growth of a high technology industry.Specifically

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Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Elizabeth Gentry, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Page 14.901.5NCSLI has begun developing a Metrology Ambassador Resource Toolbox to remove commonobstacles to make conducting Metrology education outreach simple, easy, and efficient. TheNCSLI resources are designed to help Metrology Ambassadors convey measurement sciencefundamentals and let students learn about careers in the Metrology profession. MetrologyAmbassador are located all across North America and volunteer at diverse set of outreachvenues: a presentation at a ‘Career Day,’ spending an hour in science classroom at your localschool conducting hands-on measurement activities, inviting science teachers and students fromhigher education institutions with Engineering or Metrology curriculums to attend NCSLI regionand section meetings, or

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Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Messiha Saad, North Carolina A&T State University

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broader educationalobjectives are to improve the students’ understanding of thermodynamics, to help them integratethis knowledge with other subjects, and to give them a better basic understanding of the first andsecond law of thermodynamics. Practically speaking, it also gives them insight into the actualoperation of a steam turbine electrical generation power plant, which may inspire some toeventually pursue a career in this field.IntroductionThis experiment is designed to give the students a hands-on experience with a Rankine Cycle,and to directly relate the mechanical device to the theory learned in a typical thermodynamicscourse. This paper describes the experiences the students gained in the areas of thermodynamicsand power generation. The

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Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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students are required to enroll in a sophomore level introductory engineering course called“Principles of Engineering Analysis and Design” which is a prerequisite to all the 2000 levelengineering courses and as such treated as a gatekeeping course for the engineering program.The course is taught in the third semester with Pre-calculus as the prerequisite. This course iscomparable to any other “Introduction to Engineering” course taught in virtually everyengineering program and covers such topics as career opportunities, survival skills, team work,communications, ethical practices. Our course also reinforce the concepts learned in Algebra andPre-calculus with brief exposure to differentiation and integration, linear algebra, complexvariables and

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LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Edwin Bartlett, East Orthopedics

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practical application, especially the two female students who were interesting inpursuing future career in the medical field. One of the students, in response to a post-project survey,attached a statement: “My experience working on the injection trainer project was wonderful. I enjoyedevery part of the project starting with the problem solving, going through the design and finishing withthe presentations. It was a great experience to work on a provisional patent and creating somethingnobody has ever created before. This project gave me great experience in prototypical product design,and I would be glad to work on it or any project like it again.”The student learning outcome assessment results are summarized in Figure 11, where for all the

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Rogers, United States Military Academy; Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Christopher Korpela, United States Military Academy; Ryan Ebel, United States Military Academy

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Headquarters Commander for the 439th Engineer Battalion (USAR) while deployed and attached to 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Korpela is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course, Engineer Captains Career Course, Ranger School, Airborne School, Air Assault School, and the Combined Arms and Services Staff School. His awards include the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. His research interests include embedded systems and autonomous control of small, unmanned ground vehicles.Ryan Ebel, United States Military Academy Page 14.839.1

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Guido Lopez, Old Dominion University; Anthony Seaber, Old Dominion University

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real opportunity forengineers, technologists and researchers to subject engines, body and structure of groundvehicles to extreme conditions that test and verify their durability, power, safety andaerodynamics.Motorsports is indeed a dynamic industry. It attracts countless businesses and sponsorsand offers a multitude of career opportunities for engineers, scientists and technologists.MOTORSPORTS ENGINEERING AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITYMotorsports engineering is a relatively new field of specialization in higher education.This is an educational program that focuses on the science and the technology behindrace vehicles and race competitions.In the early days of motor racing a very limited number of engineers were part of theteams since decisions

Conference Session

Experiments in Remote-access Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Hyder, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Post, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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as a Lecturer in Computer Science at two private IT Academies in Esslingen and Dresden. In addition, he was the Managing Director of an IT consulting firm which he founded in 1999. Dr. Schaefer started his career as an apprentice Toolmaker with one of Germany’s leading metal forming companies, where he specialized in CNC machining and the manufacture of compound tool sets for knuckle joint presses. On completion of his apprenticeship he went on to obtain an Advanced Technical College Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and followed this with a Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Duisburg, Germany. Prior to working in academia Dr. Schaefer gained experience as