Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock Barry, Purdue University; Sybil Sharvelle, Purdue University; M Katherine Banks, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

presented the results of a nation-wide survey of industryperceptions of engineering graduates. The weaknesses identified in their survey included: • Lack of design capability and creativity, • Lack of appreciation for considering alternatives, • Poor perception of the overall engineering process, • Weak communication skills, and • Little skill or experience with working in teams.Sageev and Romanowski2 conducted a survey to evaluate the impact that communication skillshad on the professional careers of engineering graduates. Their survey of 208 individualsindicated that 32% of the engineer’s work time is dedicated to written communication, 10% oralpresentations, and 22% other forms of oral communication. That amounts to 64% of

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

installation of a PV system, which allowed me to learn more about the technology that could not be learned inside of a classroom. Furthermore, it personally had a major impact on my future educational and career choices. I am now extremely interested in the alternative energy technology and its impacts on society. “ “I really appreciated having the opportunity to work on the 10kW PV project. I have carried the knowledge gained from that experience through the remainder of my studio classes at LTU. In every studio since then, I either used the technology in building design myself, or I helped another student understand the technology for their project…” “As an architecture student, I appreciated

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Silliman, University of Notre Dame

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International

to work in Benin, religious/spiritual motivations, or other motivations? 9 Thinking back on when you applied for this program, how would you characterize your primary objective(s) for becoming involved? (e.g., you wanted to determine your own interest in pursuing a research career, you wanted to determine your own interest in a future career in development, you wanted to expand your life experience to include living in a developing country, or other objectives . . .). 10 Do you believe that your objective(s) was(were) met? (Mote that this does NOT necessarily mean that you obtained the experience you anticipated. For example, if your objective was to determine your own interest in

Conference Session

K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanne Hubelbank, WPI Evaluation Consulting; Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shelley Errington Nicholson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephanie Blaisdell, Independent Consultant; Paula Quinn, Independent Consultant; Elissa Rosenthal, Marketing Research Consultant; Suzanne Sontgerath, Independent Consultant

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Women in Engineering

: Campers participate in a variety of Discovery Workshops that are active, interactive, and exploratory, with topics that are likely to be relevant and fun for 12-year old girls.• Breadth of opportunities: Discovery Workshop topics are selected to provide exposure to a wide array of engineering and science disciplines and careers.• Engineering as a helping profession: Wherever possible, workshop topics show how engineers make a difference and make the world a better place. Examples include rehabilitation engineering, fire protection engineering, biomedical engineering, and forensics. In addition, design project sponsors are non-profits serving people with needs (e.g., homeless shelters, homes for families with childhood

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne Scott, The Petroleum Institute; Jamal Ahmad, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

generationsserve to motivate students in problem solving? Would caring and concern be engendered? Howwould an environmental theme support skills in graphics, professional interaction, andeconomics analysis?Preparing our Students for Global CareersDowney 4et al., have identified the need to prepare our students for global careers. We felt thatthe environmental emphasis would give us an opportunity to introduce the topics of globalstewardship, environmental ethics, engineering codes and the environment, the possibilities ofworking on international teams, intercultural communication and international problem-solving.Russel C. Jones and Bethany S. Oberst have identified the need for reform in engineeringeducation in the Arab world and all parts of the world

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lynnane George, U.S. Air Force Academy; Robert Brown, U.S. Air Force Academy

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First-Year Programs

Mechanical Engineering and MSME from Ga Tech in 1989. She began her Air Force career in the Defense Satellite Communication Program Office at Los Angeles AFB, California where she served in the Mechanical Engineering Branch. She was then selected for a one-year Education with Industry program with the Aerospace Corporation, where she performed launch vehicle vibrations and launch wind loads analyses. She then moved on to the Titan System Program Office where she was the Flight Loads and Dynamics Manager for two years before moving to a mission management position. As mission manager for the Titan IV/Centaur mission TIV-23, she was responsible for all integration, planning

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Schimmels, Marquette University

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First-Year Programs

course sequence was that it act as anabstract (or “roadmap”) of the engineering curriculum as well as an abstract for a generalengineering career. Other design objectives, related to the program-level objectives providedabove, are that the courses: 1) engage students in activities similar to those performed bypracticing engineers to allow them to make informed decisions regarding persistence inengineering, 2) motivate the need for the analysis skills that are the focus of subsequentcoursework; 3) motivate, define, and exercise the skills and characteristics of an experiencedengineer related to design, communication, and teamwork, 4) demonstrate the importance ofthese not-exclusively-analysis skills and characteristics to students, and 5) instill

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Lee, University of South Florida; Linda Nook, Riverview High School; William Massolio, Riverview High School; Robert Liming, Riverview High School; Nancy Smith, Riverview High School; Susan Pantling, Riverview High School; Rodeny Jones, Riverview High School; Jan Davis, RIverview High School; Judy Meksraitis, Riverview High School; Effa Beauette, Riverview High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experience.The role of K-12 education in preparing students for an engineering education has been a veryimportant topic. Many projects have investigated the role of science and math classes inestablishing the foundations for an eventual engineering career, typically concluding that Ayoucan=t start soon enough@. Paralleling such interests, one of the motivations of the programreported below is to extend the engineering/arts environment developments occurring at thecollege level to the secondary level, specifically grades 9-12. Such a program is beingdeveloped at Riverview High School in Sarasota, Florida, and will be described below. As partof the development of such a program, a survey of high school students and parents wasconducted to explore the

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Corder, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

these space-oriented design team efforts in the context of satisfying both senior designproject requirements while addressing topics of interest to NASA JSC.IntroductionThe undergraduate curriculum in mechanical engineering at Lamar University has a prescribednumber of credit hours of math, science, and engineering. Students graduate from the programwith a good, basic mechanical engineering education that prepares them for success in a varietyof career fields. The faculty complements this education by sponsoring and encouraging suchthings as participation in activities outside the traditional mechanical engineering curriculum.Exposure to, and participation in, the U.S. space program is one example of that “extra” benefitof a degree from Lamar

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Mantey, University of California-Santa Cruz; RAM AKELLA, University of California-Santa Cruz; John Musacchio, University of California-Santa Cruz; Yi Zhang, University of California-Santa Cruz; Kevin Ross, University of California-Santa Cruz; Subhas Desa, University of California-Santa Cruz

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

of California graduate program, it proposes1 to offer both the M.S.and Ph.D. degrees, with the M.S. intended to prepare its graduates for careers in “high-tech”firms of Silicon Valley, California, and elsewhere. We view TIM as a new and distinctdiscipline within engineering, combining technology management, systems engineering, andinformation technology. As an engineering program, TIM addresses both the Management ofTechnology (MOT) and the Technology of Management (TOM). In MOT, initial emphasis is onthe development of theory, analytical results, methods and tools that more closely coupleeconomic factors into engineering and product decisions of firms. This includes studies of therole of information technology in the management of complex

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Design – General Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, Virginia Tech; Leigh McCue, Virginia Tech; Wayne Durham, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

and test pilot for a 22 year career including completing a MS at the Naval Post-Graduate School and spending three years as an Operations Officer at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Upon retiring from the US Navy he returned to graduate school to complete a PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Virginia Tech where he then joined the faculty as an Assistant/Associate Professor for 15 years. Presently an Emeritus faculty member, Dr. Durham's military and academic credentials are perfectly suited for educating and mentoring aspiring flight test pilots and engineers as well as educators who wish to teach flight test

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianping Yue, Essex County College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

test subjects include thosestudents who took ENR 103 and ENR 105 classes over the years (Table 3). Table 3 also includesseveral classes of high school students from Newark Technical Careers Center. These studentswere high school seniors who had already had CAD training in the high school and were takingENR 105 at Essex County College under a scholarship to earn college credit. Table 3 Number of students tested Course Isometric PSVT-R 3D PSVT-R ENR 103 Engineering Graphics 56 36 ENR 105 Applied CAD 31 22 ENR 105 Applied

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

career.16. Predict the long-term contributions of an engineering graduate throughout their career to the state of the planet’s resources.17. Predict the career impacts of resource consumption by an engineering graduate.18. Consider the probability of unanticipated consequences of technical policies and strategies.19. Articulate the concept of the Tragedy of the Commons.1020. Apply the concept of the Tragedy of the Commons to current commons in engineering, including but not limited to computing power, the internet, bandwidth, other technical resources, and natural resources.21. Articulate Commoner’s laws of ecology:16 • “Everything is connected to everything else • Everything must go somewhere • Nature know best • There is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

-hybrid microdevices and systems.Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul Kauffmann is Professor an Chair of the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. Prior to his academic career , he worked in industry where he held positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is a registered Professional Engineer. Page 12.205.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo McAfee, University of Michigan

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Minorities in Engineering

. For summers 2005and 2006, six of the science students joined the WIMS Center and worked suitably onresearch projects related to their major and to their planned career interests.WIMS faculty and graduate students can mentor and provide research projects appropriatefor second year to fourth year students and for science majors. Students with sophomorestatus and science majors were concerns prior to and during the early stages of summer 2005.However, our concerns were significantly reduced because the LSAMP REU studentsworked tirelessly, had high personal achievement goals, and cherished the challenge to learnnew research fields and then conduct undergraduate research in the new fields.WIMS LSAMP REU Secondary ComponentsCommunication Skills

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Tania Monterastelli, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

understanding of the basicconcept of electronics and an appreciation of evolutionary milestones of sophisticatedelectronics systems. In support of these objectives, the museum’s priority is to provide amotivational environment for students of all ages to gain an understanding of basicengineering and the career opportunities available through higher education. With thispriority in mind, the Historical Electronics Museum began the Young Engineers andScientist Seminars (YESS) program in the fall of 2002, intended for highly gifted highschool students in the Baltimore/Washington area with a strong aptitude in mathematicsand/or science. The first two years of the program consisted of a series of solelyseminars and covered topics as diverse and dynamic as

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Bigelow, University of North Dakota

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Electrical and Computer

toolsthey need to continue learning throughout their professional careers. Therefore, learning thebasics of electrical engineering and medicine will provide them with the tools they need to besuccessful innovators in biomedical engineering as well as allow them to collaborate withmedical professionals in the future. We hope that other electrical engineering programs will beable to implement a similar focus area in biomedical engineering broadening the trainingavailable at their institution. Page 12.476.5

Conference Session

ECET Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar Zia, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

materials that would significantly broaden the standard of first introductory systems course at the undergraduate level. 3. Develop follow-up courses at the undergraduate level that provide the necessary depth to prepare students both for industrial careers and for graduate studies in systems and control. 4. Make experimental projects an integral part of control education for undergraduate and graduate students. 5. Introductory control courses should place greater emphasis on digital control. 6. Emphasize the integration of control systems education and research at all levels of instruction. Page 12.1350.3 7

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Douglas, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. He received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the Ralph Teetor Education Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, and was named University of Florida Teacher of the Year for 2003-04. Page 12.587.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Effects of Sex and Ethnicity on Performance on the Materials Concept InventoryAbstractThis paper describes results on using the Materials Concept Inventory in an introductorymaterials course. The validity of the MCI is confirmed by correlation with student course gradesand student self-assessment

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Walters, Pennsylvania State University; Prasad Marugabandhu, MAGLEV, Inc.; Bryan Bond, MAGLEV, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

viable career option because it is seen as a dying technology. Some 64million baby boomers are poised to retire in large numbers by the end of this decade. This groupaccounts for over 40 percent of the U.S. labor force. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports thatby 2010, the number of unfilled skilled worker posts will reach 5.3 million, increasing to 14 millionby 2015. Rapidly advancing technology will heavily influence the trends shaping the workplace ofthe future. All studies that look to the education and skills needs of today’s workers conclude thatemployers require more education and more technical skills from their employees. In today’seconomy, skill development and education must be a life long process as new technologies

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wing Chan, Alabama A&M University; Peter Romine, Alabama A&M University

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Manufacturing

, students inthe Engineering Technology can become prepared for careers in Biotechnology Manufacturing.Acknowledgement The authors would like to thank Jimmy Hudson, President of CityScapes, for providingall the necessary information about the biotechnology history in the city of Huntsville, Alabama.Without his help and input, the writing of this paper would not have been possible. They alsowould like to thank Brian Pollack, CEO of Open Biosystems, for providing a brief descriptionabout the Huntsville Biotechnology Community. Special thank goes to Dr. Bill Teoh for apersonal tour of the facility of Operon Biotechnologies. Page

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoon Kim, Virginia State University; Shahzad Akbar

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

code is compiled, students can download the machine-language code to thesystem using a PC serial port and do not need any external EPROM burner. The data acquisitionsystem has non-volatile flash memory to hold the code, which allows students to run their codein a stand-alone mode.IntroductionComputer engineering is a discipline that combines both computer science and electricalengineering and prepares students for careers that deal with software and hardware componentsof modern computer systems 1. To educate computer engineering students effectively andpractically one needs to provide hands-on activity in class. It would be beneficial if they wereexposed to real-world engineering problems, which involve both software and hardwarecomponents of

Conference Session

Introducing Active and Inductive Learning and Improving the Learning Curve in ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; John Charonko, Virginia Tech; Alicia Williams, Virginia Tech; Satyaprakash Karri, Virginia Tech; Kelley Stewart, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

level for “research-based learning” which is inherent inthe graduate level but almost non-existent in the undergraduate level. To achieve this research-based learning at the undergraduate level, a new educationalparadigm is needed that, demands a commitment to the intellectual growth of individualstudents, redefines the role of engineering in society, and stimulates students to pursue careers inengineering and research. These goals can be accomplished by integrating research intoengineering education, serving to increase recruitment and retention and enabling futureengineers to become society leaders. To pursue these goals, we initiated an effort to translate state-of-the-art multidisciplinaryresearch examples and accomplishments

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

competitiveness and national security purposes.DiscussionThere is a large and growing need for the advancement of professional education for the nation’sengineers in industry. There is an especially critical need to develop engineers as ‘champions’,‘innovators’, and ‘leaders’ throughout their professional careers through professionally-orientedgraduate studies. This need is so large that it is not out of the question to consider creatingacademic departments [graduate centers] within existing colleges of engineering and technologythat cater solely to the professional graduate degrees. These “professional studies departments”[graduate centers] would have their own administrative structure, leadership, and faculty whoseprimary mission is to develop and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University; Nasir Ghani, Tennessee Tech University

of Electrical and Computer Engineering at TTU. Prior to joining TTU, Dr. Ghani has accumulated over 8 years of software and telecom industry experience and has held senior positions at Nokia, IBM, Motorola, and several start-ups. At TTU he has quickly built up a strong externally-funded research program and has established a state-of-the-art networking lab. Most recently, he received the NSF CAREER Award (2005) to conduct advanced research in multi-domain/multi-layer high-speed networks. He received his PhD degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

professionals in a diverse, interdisciplinary environment, and ‚ are well prepared for careers in the medical device, health care, or biotechnology fields, as well as for graduate studies or professional training. Draft of first three PEOS developed by Bioengineering Working Group and other participants in School of Engineering Retreat, 8/12/05. Approved by the WSOE Curriculum Committee, 9/2/05. Revised by WSOE SOE Advisory Board, 11/04/05. Revised by Bioengineering Working Group to add fourth PEO, 8/11/06. Modified (Founding Director) to change “multidisciplinary” to “interdisciplinary,” 10/1/06. Revised by Bioengineering Working Group during the WSOE Advisory Board meeting on 10/27/06. Approved by the

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Tulenko, University of Florida

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Nuclear and Radiological

AC 2007-480: A SUCCESSFUL PROTOTYPE FOR UNIVERSITY/NATIONALLABORATORY RESEARCH COOPERATIONJames Tulenko, University of Florida James S. Tulenko, a professor in the Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl, is also the Director of the Laboratory for Development of Advanced Nuclear Fuels and Materials. He was Chairman of the Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering at the University of Florida for sixteen years. He is a Past President of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). Prior to his academic career, Professor Tulenko spent 23 years in the Nuclear Industry as Manager, Nuclear Fuel Engineering at Babcock and Wilcox; Manager

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Bott, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

to be proficient in the workforce, and the Ph.D. is the defining degreefor technical work. At the undergraduate level, the objective should be to integrate realistic,useful, and externally-funded research experiences into undergraduate engineering education in awell-equipped laboratory, while at the same time providing a valuable service to regionalindustries, utilities, and consulting firms. These experiences bolster interest among students inthe technical and scientific aspects of Environmental Engineering, thereby enticing and betterpreparing students to pursue these topics in graduate school and in future careers. These projectsalso expose undergraduates to both the environmental engineering profession (collaboration withpracticing

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Said Abubakr, Western Michigan University; Dewei Qi, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

International

language and intercultural skills, as well astheir ability to collaborate across borders, business leaders need to demonstrate the economicvalue of study abroad by rewarding international experience in their hiring and advancementpractices.”Study abroad in non-traditional destinations is expanding rapidly, especially to countries whereAmerican students see potential career opportunities. Of particular note are large increases in thenumber of Americans studying in China and India, two countries of growing economicimportance to the United States. Study abroad in China increased by a dramatic 90% (4,737, upfrom 2,493 in 2002/03), making China the 9th-leading host destination for American students.American students continue to study abroad in larger

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Roy W. Melton

this reason, a surveywas conducted among last year’s freshman students consisting of all computer and someundeclared engineering students at RIT.BackgroundAll freshmen in the computer engineering program at RIT take Freshman Seminar. The seminarserves as a laboratory introduction to computer engineering where students gain hands-onexperience with real-world computer engineering applications and observe practical, necessaryinteractions with other disciplines.1 They also develop laboratory skills and experience withlaboratory equipment required in subsequent courses. In addition, they are exposed to technicalwriting aspects of professional communication at a point in their academic career where they areconsciously developing classical writing