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Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Paul Newton, The Boeing Company; Rick Stephens, The Boeing Company; George Backus, Sandia National Labs; Barry McPherson, Boeing - Learning, Training & Development

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Engineering and Public Policy

AC 2008-1063: THE S&T ECO-SYSTEM: PRESSURES FROM KINDERGARTENTO GLOBALIZATIONMichael Richey, The Boeing Company Michael Richey is a Boeing Associate Technical Fellow supporting the Learning Training and Development group. Michael has 30 years experience in tool design and metrology, analyzing commercial aircraft and has developed many advanced CAD/CAM and Product Lifecycle management standards and engineering educational programs. Michael is the industry representative for the FAA AMTAS Center of Excellent at the University of Washington and is the Chair of their A&A Department's Aircraft Structures Composite and Manufacturing Certificate Programs. Michael received his B.S. in

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Experiments and Laboratories in Mechanical Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alexander Colletti, The College of New Jersey; Joseph Monaghan, The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2008-2556: A COMPREHENSIVE LABORATORY CURRICULUM IN SINGLEDEGREE OF FREEDOM (S-D-F) VIBRATIONS; PHASE I – WORKING MODELEXPERIMENTSAlexander Colletti, The College of New Jersey Alexander Colletti Alex Colletti is a senior mechanical engineering major at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). He has been involved in TCNJ’s Mini-Baja SAE project and Society of Automotive Engineers (where he was secretary). He is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). After graduation Alex plans to go on to graduate school to obtain a PhD in the field of energy and heat transfer. He is working on the forced response system of the apparatus.Joseph Monaghan, The College of New Jersey

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Syed S. Rizvi; Aasia Riasat; Muhammad S. Rashid

1 Analytical and Speedup Models for Performance Evaluation of a Generic Reconfigurable Coprocessor (RC) Architecture Syed S. Rizvi1, Aasia Riasat2, Muhammad S. Rashid3Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of Bridgeport1, 3, Bridgeport, CT Department of Computer Science, Institute of Business Management2, Karachi, Pakistan {srizvi1, muhammsi3}@bridgeport.edu, aasia.riasat@iobm.edu.pk2AbstractNew analytical and the speedup models for evaluating the performance of a generic reconfigurablecoprocessor (RC) system are presented. We present a generic performance

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Gregory S. Parnell; Michael Kwinn

The First Course GREGORY S. PARNELL, Ph. D. MICHAEL J. KWINN, Jr., PhD Professor of Systems Engineering Associate Professor Department of Systems Engineering Department of Systems Engineering United States Military Academy United States Military Academy West Point, New York 10996-1779 West Point, New York 10996-1779 Office: (845) 938-4374 Office: (845) 938-5941 Mobile: (914) 720-3989 Mobile: (845)401-8361 FAX: (845) 938-5919

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Omar A. Shehadeh; Aiman S. Kuzmar

The Opinion of the Engineering Faculty Members at the Hashemite University in Zarka, Jordan on Teaching Engineering Using Arabic Instead of English Omar A. Shehadeh Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature The Department of Arabic Studies, The Hashemite University, Zarka, Jordan Aiman S. Kuzmar, P. E. Assistant Professor of Engineering The Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs Penn State Fayette- The Eberly Campus, Uniontown, PA, USAABSTRACTEnglish is used in engineering education in Jordan. It is the opinion of the two

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Omar A. Shehadeh; Aiman S. Kuzmar

The Opinion of the Engineering Faculty Members at the Hashemite University in Zarka, Jordan on Teaching Engineering Using Arabic Instead of English Omar A. Shehadeh Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature The Department of Arabic Studies, The Hashemite University, Zarka, Jordan Aiman S. Kuzmar, P. E. Assistant Professor of Engineering The Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs Penn State Fayette- The Eberly Campus, Uniontown, PA, USAABSTRACTEnglish is used in engineering education in Jordan. It is the opinion of the two

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Deepak S. Deepawale; Buket D. Barkana

have different AFC parameters, which will help us to classify the noisesource.2. MethodAutocorrelation Method assumes that the samples outside the time interval [n − M , n + M ] are all zeroand extends the prediction error interval i.e., the range over which we minimize the mean squareerror ± ∞ . For convenience, the short-time segment begins at time n and ends attime n + N w − 1( N w = 2 M + 1) .The short-time autocorrelation function can be given as, Nw −1−τφ[τ ] = ∑ s [m]s [m + τ ] m=0 n n (1)wheres n [m] = s[m + n] ∗ w[m] for m = 0,1,2,..., N W − 1 (2

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gregory S. Parnell; Michael J. Kwinn

The First Course GREGORY S. PARNELL, Ph. D. MICHAEL J. KWINN, Jr., PhD Professor of Systems Engineering Associate Professor Department of Systems Engineering Department of Systems Engineering United States Military Academy United States Military Academy West Point, New York 10996-1779 West Point, New York 10996-1779 Office: (845) 938-4374 Office: (845) 938-5941 Mobile: (914) 720-3989 Mobile: (845)401-8361 FAX: (845) 938-5919

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Jalpa Bani; Syed S. Rizvi

A New Dynamic Cache Flushing (DCF) Algorithm to Prevent Cache Timing Attack Jalpa Bani and Syed S. Rizvi Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT – 06604 {jbani, srizvi}@bridgeport.eduAbstractRijndael algorithm was unanimously chosen as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) by the panel ofresearchers at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in October 2000. Since then,Rijndael was destined to be used massively in various software as well as hardware entities for encryptingdata. However a few years back, Daniel Bernstein devised a

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action Aaron S. Bradshaw, Merrimack College Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. Merrimack College Franklin Miguel, Merrimack CollegeAbstractAdded to solid technical skills, there are a number of “soft” skills that a civil engineer must possess to besuccessful in practice. A concept for a course is proposed where students can develop technical and non-technical practice skills using the learning approach of reflective action which was first introduced byDonald Schon in the 1980’s. Reflective action is demonstrated through a design problem involving

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Aasia Riasat; Syed S. Rizvi; Faraz Arain

1 Innovative Glass-Box Approach: A Better Way to Enhance Learning of Complex Dynamic Systems Aasia Riasat1, Syed S. Rizvi2, and Faraz Arain3 1 Department of Computer Science, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan 2, 3 Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT aasia.riasat@iobm.edu.pk , {srizvi2, farain3}@bridgeport.edu 1 Abstract Due to increasing demand for simulation and

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Auf Akhtar; Syed S. Rizvi; Khaled M. Elleithy

1 A Novel Approach of Using Data Guard for Disaster Recovery & Rolling Upgrades Auf Akhtar, Syed S. Rizvi, and Khaled M. Elleithy {sakhtar ,srizvi, elleithy}@bridgeport.edu Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06601Abstract Though we already had a standardized way (from Oracle) for Disaster Recovery policy, a major crash ofthe PLM database made our DBAs to come up with a proposal to execute a procedure using

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action Aaron S. Bradshaw, Merrimack College Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. Merrimack College Franklin Miguel, Merrimack CollegeAbstractAdded to solid technical skills, there are a number of “soft” skills that a civil engineer must possess to besuccessful in practice. A concept for a course is proposed where students can develop technical and non-technical practice skills using the learning approach of reflective action which was first introduced byDonald Schon in the 1980’s. Reflective action is demonstrated through a design problem involving

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Aaron S. Bradshaw; Gary N. McCloskey; Franklin Miguel

Development of a Civil Engineering Design Course Based On Reflective Action Aaron S. Bradshaw, Merrimack College Gary N. McCloskey, O.S.A. Merrimack College Franklin Miguel, Merrimack CollegeAbstractAdded to solid technical skills, there are a number of “soft” skills that a civil engineer must possess to besuccessful in practice. A concept for a course is proposed where students can develop technical and non-technical practice skills using the learning approach of reflective action which was first introduced byDonald Schon in the 1980’s. Reflective action is demonstrated through a design problem involving

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Robert Dees; Ken S. Gilliam; Michael J. Kwinn

Strictly Proper Scoring Rules in an Absolute Grading Environment – Preliminary Findings Robert Dees, MS, United States Military Academy Ken S. Gilliam, MS, United States Military Academy Michael J. Kwinn, Jr. PhD, United States Military AcademyABSTRACT: Strictly proper scoring rules are used to elicit a person’s true probability beliefs about anuncertain outcome. The application of strictly proper scoring rules to grading in an academicenvironment is not new and is typically restricted to classes centered on Decision Analysis. For thepurpose of explanation, a typical application of strictly proper scoring rules in academic grading would beas

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne

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Educational Research and Methods

Rugarcia, “The Future of Engineering Education II. Teaching Methods that Work,” Chem. Eng. Ed., 34(1), 26-39 (2000).2. Moor, S. S. and P. R. Piergiovanni, “Experiments in the Classroom: Examples of Inductive Learning with Classroom-Friendly Laboratory Kits,” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Nashville, TN, (June 2003).3. Kolb, D., Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development, Prentice-Hall (1984). Page 13.280.114. Birol, G, A.F. McKenna, H. Smith, T. Giorgio and S. Brophy, (2007). “Development of challenge based

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shawn S Jordan, Purdue Univeristy; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-2031: "...A GOOD IMAGINATION AND A PILE OF JUNK"Shawn Jordan, Purdue Univeristy SHAWN JORDAN is a doctoral student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, where he is studying geographically distributed design teams. He has appeared on many television shows with Rube Goldberg machines, including Jimmy Kimmel LIVE and Master of Champions on ABC, and has won two National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest championships.Robin Adams, Purdue University Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also led the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) as part of the Center for the

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey S. Burmeister; Kyle A. Watson; Maria Garcia-Sheets

What is Engineering? – a University of the Pacific MESA Program/Johns Hopkins University Partnership Jeffrey S. Burmeister, Kyle A. Watson and Maria Garcia-Sheets School of Engineering and Computer Science University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA 95211AbstractWhat is Engineering? is a course designed by Johns Hopkins University, and in partnership withThe Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) Program, conducted atmultiple sites throughout California. This course is designed to introduce multiple engineeringtopics to high school juniors and seniors. The MESA Schools Program (MSP) provides academicdevelopment for

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Josh Coffman; Sachin S. Terdalkar; Joseph J. Rencis; Ashland O. Brown

Integrating Fatigue Analysis into a Machine Design Course or Finite Element Course Josh Coffman, Sachin S. Terdalkar, Joseph J. Rencis/Ashland O. Brown University of Arkansas, Fayetteville/University of the PacificAbstractFatigue is a major topic addressed in undergraduate and graduate machine design courses.Practicing engineers today commonly solve fatigue problems by hand coupled with static finiteelement analysis. More recently fatigue modules have been incorporated into a few commercialfinite element codes which are emerging as a powerful numerical tool. A literature review ofmachine design textbooks, finite element textbooks, engineering educational journals

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project MAJ Ryan A. Ebel, United States Military Academy MAJ Donald S. Abbott-McCune, United States Military Academy MAJ David Chang, United States Military AcademyAbstractThere is a real need to educate our engineering students in the application of electronics, controls,mechanics, and software; this multidisciplinary initiative has led to the creation of an undergraduateMechatronics courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and many other universitiesaround the world. The focus of these courses is to emphasize application and hands on laboratory work ingeneral, and design projects in particular. This paper presents an

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Rajesh G. Bachu; S. Kopparthi; B. Adapa; Buket D. Barkana

Separation of Voiced and Unvoiced using Zero crossing rate and Energy of the Speech Signal Bachu R.G., Kopparthi S., Adapa B., Barkana B.D. Electrical Engineering Department School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport AbstractIn speech analysis, the voiced-unvoiced decision is usually performed in extracting the information fromthe speech signals. In this paper, we performed two methods to separate the voiced- unvoiced parts ofspeech from a speech signal. These are zero crossing rate (ZCR) and energy. In here, we evaluated theresults by dividing the speech sample into

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

Undergraduate Mechatronics Couse Design Project MAJ Ryan A. Ebel, United States Military Academy MAJ Donald S. Abbott-McCune, United States Military Academy MAJ David Chang, United States Military AcademyAbstractThere is a real need to educate our engineering students in the application of electronics, controls,mechanics, and software; this multidisciplinary initiative has led to the creation of an undergraduateMechatronics courses at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and many other universitiesaround the world. The focus of these courses is to emphasize application and hands on laboratory work ingeneral, and design projects in particular. This paper presents an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; Janet Twomey, Wichita State University; S. Cheraghi, Wichita State University

. 19(1): p. 31.5. Khan, M.R., S. Harlock, and G. Leaf, Computer simulation of production systems for woven fabric manufacture. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 1999: p. 37745-756.6. Buxton, B. and E. Nielsen, How to be lean, mean and green. Financial Executive, 1995. 11(4): p. 29-33.7. King, A.A. and M.J. Lenox, Lean and green? An empirical examination of the relationship between lean production and environmental performance. Production and Operations Management, 2001.8. Florida, R., Lean and Green: The Move To Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing. California Management Review, 1996. 39(1): p. 80-105.9. Sutherland, J.W. and K.L. Gunter, eds. Environmental Attributes of Manufacturing Processes

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The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.; Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-611: THE NEW AND IMPROVED CIVIL ENGINEERING BODY OFKNOWLEDGERichard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh ConsultingKenneth Fridley, University of Alabama Page 13.1249.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 The New and Improved Civil Engineering Body of KnowledgeAbstractIn January 2004 the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) published the CivilEngineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century report (BOK1)1. Based on the favorablereception of the BOK1 in the civil engineering community, ASCE embarked on a revision of theBOK to take advantage of the comments received and the lessons learned in earlyimplementation of the

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Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Shannon G. Davis; Bryan W. Hill; Carol S. Gattis; Bradley M. Dearing; Edgar C. Clausen

UASPP: Helping Middle School Teachers Devise Their Own Hands-on Engineering and Science Activities Shannon G. Davis1, Bryan W. Hill1, Carol S. Gattis1, Bradley M. Dearing3 and Edgar C. Clausen2 College of Engineering /Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering2 1 University of Arkansas Technology Department3, Illinois State University High SchoolAbstractThe University of Arkansas Science Partnership Program (UASPP) focuses on the professionalgrowth of 6th, 7th and 8th grade science teachers through summer institutes and follow-upactivities. Teachers are teamed with

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Computers in Education

, 2005, Monte de Caparica, Portugal.4. Nirva H. Kapadia, Jose A. Firtes, and Marks S. Lundstromm. “The Purdue University Network-Computing Hubs: Running Unmodified Simulation Tools via the WWW.” ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, Vol. 10, No. 1, January 2000, Pages 39–57.5. http://www.Citrix.com/lang/English/home.asp accessed on January 15, 2008. Page 13.694.15

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Pedagogical Issues in Manufacturing Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University; Stephen S. Tompkins, Virgina State University; Keith Williamson, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing.Amir Javaheri, Virginia State University Amir Javaheri is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering and a member of graduate faculty at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Operations Management from Case Western University and a PH.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Cincinnati. His current research interests are primarily in the assessment of student learning in various stages of program objectives, program outcomes and course learning outcomes.Stephen S. Tompkins, Virgina State University Stephen S. Tompkins – Currently an associate professor in Manufacturing Engineering at VSU. Areas of major interest are solid mechanics, materials and thermal

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajesh Bachu, University of Bridgeport; Deepak S. Deepawale, University of Bridgeport; Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport; Lawrence Hmurcik, University of Bridgeport

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Graduate Studies

AC 2008-378: AN EVALUATION OF INDIAN INTERNATIONAL GRADUATESTUDENTS’ EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCESRajesh Bachu, University of Bridgeport Rajesh G. Bachu is Graduate Assistant in Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. He is pursuing his Masters of science, Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, CT.Deepak S. Deepawale, University of Bridgeport Deepak S. Deepawale is Graduate Assistant in Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT. He is pursuing his Masters of science, Electrical Engineering at the University of Bridgeport, CT.Buket Barkana, University of Bridgeport Buket D. Barkana is a Visiting Assistant

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rajeswari Sundararajan, College of Technology - Purdue University; Daniel Dangelo, Intel; kishore N.K., IIT Karagpur; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; Sundhasarath Somasundaram, Valliammai College of Engineering; umadevi S., highways; Robert Nowlin, retired

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International

AC 2008-1802: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN INDIA:ANOTHER LOOKRajeswari Sundararajan, College of Technology - Purdue UniversityDaniel Dangelo, Intelkishore N.K., IIT KaragpurHaritha Mogilisetti, IntelSundhasarath Somasundaram, Valliammai College of Engineeringumadevi S., highwaysRobert Nowlin, retired Page 13.478.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Electrical Engineering Education in India: Another lookAbstract:With outsourcing and globalization, India has become an important pool for the outsourcing ofservice and information technology work in the US and other industrialized countries. Inaddition to software development and call centers