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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

system.This could be a huge opportunity if colleges adjust their curriculums to address the latesttechnology demands. One stated example was “What software programs do they use for theclass in mechatronics - a combination of mechanics, information technology and electronics?” 1.This is an area industry needs from the Indian higher educational system.Quality Engineering Education is a Worldwide ConcernRepresentatives from 31 organizations representing 10 countries and ASEE met in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil in October 2006 to launch the International Federation of Engineering EducationSocieties (IFEES). A November 2006 article titled “Engineering Educators Go Global to ShareSolutions & Resources: New Alliance to Shape International Engineering Education

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Engineering Ethics III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Godfrey, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Corinna Fleischmann, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Daniel Pickles, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Engineering Ethics

. Page 13.1161.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 TEACHING ENGINEERING ETHICS IN A MULTI- DISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAbstractMost engineering faculty will agree that student engineers need a strong foundation inengineering ethics. Incorporating professional ethics into an already crowdedengineering curriculum can be difficult. The engineering faculty at the United StatesCoast Guard Academy (USCGA) have implemented a multi-disciplinary approach toteaching ethics outside of the classroom environment. Our “Engineering Ethics Lunches”bring students and faculty from all four engineering disciplines: Electrical, Civil,Mechanical and Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering together in small groups todiscuss ethics

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Unique Student Opportunities in BME

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Jean Alley, Vanderbilt University; Penny Hirsch, Northwestern University; Stacy Klein-Gardner; Julie Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mark Bourgeois, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

dissemination. This summer, the focus ison ultrasound and nuclear medicine imaging modalities. These materials cover the basicfundamentals, techniques, applications, and imaging features of each modality.Additionally, since the curriculum is designed for the high school level, it must beaffordable; the required materials for an experiment must not cost more than $25. Thetools and resources under development follow the format of the Legacy Cycle, achallenge-based instructional approach that supports the How People Learn framework.A grand challenge is introduced, and students research multiple perspectives and perform Page 13.128.10experiments in order to

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Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh Kim LaScola Needy is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University. Prior to her academic appointment, she accumulated nine years of industrial experience while working at PPG Industries and The Boeing Company. Her research interests include engineering economic analysis, engineering management, integrated resource management, and sustainable engineering. Dr. Needy is a member of ASEE, ASEM, APICS, IIE

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Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, Purdue University; Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

students were likely to encounter in professional practice 5, 6. EC 2000 Criterion 3fstates that an outcome of accredited engineering and technology programs should be graduateswho can demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility 7. Subsequent Page 13.1299.2to the EC 2000 implementation, the engineering education literature has generated a largevolume of material that discusses a variety of pedagogical methods and curriculum integrationmethods 1, 2, 6, 8, 9. However, the literature appears to be lacking in long-term studies of trends inethical judgment among engineering students.Much of the instructional material

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

education, general chemistry, within an environmental engineeringeducation. Chemistry was selected as an area of investigation because of its repetitive application withinthe environmental engineering curriculum and, as such, provides a basic science topic that should bereasonably well understood by all environmental engineering undergraduates. Three successive cohortsof 12 seniors majoring in an ABET accredited environmental engineering program at the United StatesMilitary Academy were interviewed a few weeks before graduation on selected chemistry topics. Eachstudent was presented with five questions (Table 1) and asked to work the problems on a blackboard,explaining to the interviewers their thought process as they proceeded. The sessions were

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

education, general chemistry, within an environmental engineeringeducation. Chemistry was selected as an area of investigation because of its repetitive application withinthe environmental engineering curriculum and, as such, provides a basic science topic that should bereasonably well understood by all environmental engineering undergraduates. Three successive cohortsof 12 seniors majoring in an ABET accredited environmental engineering program at the United StatesMilitary Academy were interviewed a few weeks before graduation on selected chemistry topics. Eachstudent was presented with five questions (Table 1) and asked to work the problems on a blackboard,explaining to the interviewers their thought process as they proceeded. The sessions were

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Eileen M. Kowalski; Joe D. Manous

education, general chemistry, within an environmental engineeringeducation. Chemistry was selected as an area of investigation because of its repetitive application withinthe environmental engineering curriculum and, as such, provides a basic science topic that should bereasonably well understood by all environmental engineering undergraduates. Three successive cohortsof 12 seniors majoring in an ABET accredited environmental engineering program at the United StatesMilitary Academy were interviewed a few weeks before graduation on selected chemistry topics. Eachstudent was presented with five questions (Table 1) and asked to work the problems on a blackboard,explaining to the interviewers their thought process as they proceeded. The sessions were

Conference Session

Bridging and Freshman Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Mathematics

AC 2008-1277: FRESHMAN-LEVEL MATHEMATICS IN ENGINEERING: AREVIEW OF THE LITERATURE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONWendy James, Oklahoma State University Wendy James is a PhD student in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. Currently she has a fellowship promoting collaboration between the College of Education and OSU's Electrical and Computer Engineering department on an NSF funded curriculum reform project called Engineering Students for the 21st Century. She has her M.S. in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from OSU, and her B.B.S. in Mathematics Education from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She has taught math and math education classes at both the high school and

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Anything New in Dynamics?

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Nordenholz, California Maritime Academy

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Mechanics

that generally grow with time (due to the time integration). An estimationof acceleration and angular velocity measurement errors can be made by calibrating theaccelerometer and rate gyro using simple homemade devices.After describing how these experiments can be set up and performed in general, this paper willdescribe a specific experiment done in the author’s junior mechanical engineering laboratorycourse. The rigid body object under study is a remote controlled car. The technique describedabove is used to find the position, velocity, orientation, and angular velocity of the car as afunction of time. Results of the measurements and data analysis are compared with observationsof the car’s motion viewed by a video camera. An examination of

Conference Session

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

AC 2008-2236: OUTCOME ASSESSMENT PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURINGENGINEERING PROGRAMJahangir Ansari, Virginia State University Jahangir Ansari is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering in the Department of Engineering and Technology at Virginia State University. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1979 and Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering in 1983 both from Seoul National University. He joined the faculty at VSU in 2002. He has over 18 years of industrial experience in different areas including shipbuilding and cement plant industries. His research interests include Structural Vibration, FEM, CAD/CAM/CNC, and Computer Integrated

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Impacts of Public Policy on Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Zarjon Baha, Purdue University; Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton

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Engineering and Public Policy

, laboratories, and the bulk of the academic staff were provided by USSR as partof technical assistance. This program, too, had an organized plan to train Afghan faculty tocarry the academic operation of that institute in the future. The curriculum of Polytechnicwas devoted to the Civil Engineering, Mining, and Geology fields. The curriculum in eacharea was much more specialized at the undergraduate level than the typical undergraduateprogram in the US institutions of higher learning. The Polytechnic curriculum was a five-year BS program with six months practical. Most of the teaching materials were translatedinto the local languages, Pashto and Dari. In some cases, students in the last few semesterscould use Russian textbooks in their courses.Both male

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Gemma Mann, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2535: TEACHERS’ NOTICING ENGINEERING IN EVERYDAYOBJECTS AND PROCESSESSean Brophy, Purdue University Sean P. Brophy, PhD. is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Brophy is a learning scientist and engineer; his research focuses on the development of learners’ ability to solve complex problems in engineering, mathematics and science contexts. As a research scholar with INSPIRE he has been investigating teacher and students cognition of engineering problem solving and perceptions of engineering.Gemma Mann, Purdue University Gemma E. Mann is a research associate with INSPIRE in Purdue University’s department of Engineering Education. She received her

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Engineering Education Research and Pedagogy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Educational Research and Methods

embarking on educational research [1]. The last hurdle inBorrego’s assessment (a very engineer-like construct) was to integrate social scientists intoengineering education research teams. Essentially, her description of this process implies that thesocial scientists will be consultants supporting the efforts of the engineering educators.However, what we found was that our scholarship was improved and our experience moresatisfying when we moved beyond an engineer-consultant relationship to an integratedpartnership. Our research process is similar to those strategies espoused in recent forums andreports on qualitative research in engineering education and the work of social scientists studyingengineering education. (Ref. such as [2-21]) We will share

Conference Session

Experiential and Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jim Chamberlain, Clemson University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

university begin in the General EngineeringProgram (GEP). The two primary objectives of the GEP are to provide students with asound academic preparation for engineering study and to give them an opportunity to Page 13.913.3explore various engineering fields. Most students spend two to three semesters in thiscore curriculum as they learn the basic tools and fundamentals of engineering[3] whilebeing introduced via departmental presentations to the various engineering disciplinesthat are available on campus. As part of its overall mission, the GEP offers generaladvising, career counseling and engineering education.Students who leave the GEP and choose NOT to

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Jeffrey J. Heys

determine the workload distribution among the students in thegroup making it a challenge to give individual grades2. Second, some groups unable to scheduleenough meetings when every group member can be present. Third, the collecting of theindividual pieces of a project into a single coherent document or presentation can be difficult andfrustrating for some groups.Despite the disadvantages, group projects are an important and integral part of the educationalexperience in the chemical engineering curriculum. However, team projects in an industrialsetting are changing because geographically dispersed teams are becoming more common3, 4.Often, the team members can be located in two or more different cities or different countries. Ofcourse the team

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vijay Renganathan, Institute of International Education; Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peggy Blumenthal, Institute of International Education; Allen Greenwood, Mississippi State University

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International

competent” graduates who are able to functioneffectively in the global marketplace and provide leadership in the international arena.The approaches of different types of institutions to implement this vision vary widelyand are still evolving. But the direction is clear and is reinforced by a growingcommitment to this same goal within various agencies at the federal and state level,and through the professional and regional accrediting agencies.The issue is especially challenging for engineering schools, where the curriculum istightly focused on acquiring a set of technical skills and where faculty havetraditionally not seen much value in sending students abroad for an internationalexperience. Referring to the Open Doors 2007 report and Figures 1 and

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Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edmundo Tovar; José Carrillo; Jesús García

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International

VIEWPOINTS TO DEVELOP QUALITY POLICIES IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION AREAAbstractQuality assurance in Higher Education is by no means only a European concern. All over theworld there is an increasing interest in quality and standards, reflecting both the rapid growth ofhigher education and its cost to the public and the private purse. Accordingly, if Europe is toachieve its aspiration to be the most dynamic and knowledge-based economy in the world, thenEuropean Higher Education will need to demonstrate: it takes the quality of its programmes andawards seriously and is willing to put into place the means of assuring and demonstrating thatquality. The initiatives and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fred Cady, (Retired) Montana State University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor

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Electrical and Computer

components these days arefar too small and complex to allow an inquisitive student to explore and satisfy their curiosityabout how these gadgets work. These students often take to exploring mechanical systemsinstead and are thus led away from Electrical and Computer Engineering. Similarly, withadvances in computer simulations of engineering circuits and models that produce realisticresults, engineering programs have transitioned away from physical hardware and hands-onexperimentation. This trend away from having students being able to "tinker" with real hardwareis detrimental to their development into well rounded engineers. In addition, as globalizationcontinues, engineers must broaden their team-work and technical skills.This paper describes a

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Jackman, Iowa State University; Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University; Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University; Dale Niederhauser, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Engineering at Iowa State University. She has integrated complex, ill-structured problem solving experiences into her engineering economy course. Dr. Ryan's research focuses on decision-making under uncertainty in energy systems, asset management with condition monitoring, and closed-loop supply chains.Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University Dr. Craig Ogilvie is an Associate Professor in Physics and Astonomy at Iowa State University. He is a recognized leader in both nuclear physics and in the teaching of problem-solving skills in large enrollment physics classes.Dale Niederhauser, Iowa State University Dr. Dale Niederhauser is an Associate Professor in Curriculum and Instruction at Iowa State

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Physics Education Research (PER) Relevant for Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Meltzer, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-1505: INVESTIGATING AND ADDRESSING LEARNING DIFFICULTIESIN THERMODYNAMICSDavid Meltzer, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Page 13.812.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Investigating and Addressing Learning Difficulties in ThermodynamicsAbstractStudy of thermodynamic principles forms a key part of the basic curriculum in many science andengineering fields. However, there are very few published research reports regarding studentlearning of these concepts at the college level. As part of an investigation into student learning ofthermodynamics, we have probed the reasoning of students

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mansour Rahimi, University of Southern California; Alex John, USC

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Environmental Engineering

Page 13.826.5and needs. The literature in quality engineering is full of references to the fact that the user of asystem must be an integral and an indispensible component in the decision-making process3. Inthis respect, EWB-USC functions predominantly as a technical planner, system integrator, andfinancial fundraiser (see “Partnering Organizations” and “Initial Design Preparation”). 5.1 Participatory Model From the start, we became aware that the any approach to solving the problem should be performed cooperatively; as opposed to EWB-USC defining La Estanzuela’s “problem”, doing the work, and imposing the “solution” without further consultation4. For example, the villagers served as guides for the

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Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christopher Papadopoulos

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Mechanics

AC 2008-2537: ASSESSING COGNITIVE REASONING AND LEARNING INMECHANICSChris Papadopoulos, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Chris Papadopoulos earned BS degrees in Civil Engineering and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University. He previously served on the faculty of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he is currently a research associate, grant writer, lecturer, and director of educational programs. His research interests include biomechanics, nonlinear structural mechanics, computational mechanics, engineering education, and engineering ethics. He is an active member of American Society for

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Theis, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; patricia watkins, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Library; Mary Angela Beck, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Engineering Ethics

this statement with the program outcomes for ABET Criteria 3 which includethe following3: 3c) An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability; 3f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; and 3h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.Thus, integrating the theory and practice of sustainability into a curriculum is a critical issue forengineering educators to address. We seek to examine how best to insert these criteria ofsustainability into our

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Research in Multidisciplinary Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gary Halada, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Mary Frame, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Chad Korach, State University of New York at Stony Brook; David Ferguson, State University of New York-Stony Brook

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

York 11794-3760 Page 13.414.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Interdisciplinary, Research-Intensive Minor in Nanotechnology StudiesAbstract:At Stony Brook University, we have developed a multidisciplinary minor in NanotechnologyStudies unique in its ability to attract undergraduate students from a broad range of academicbackgrounds, to integrate into existing majors and programs through mentored research, and tofoster professional development through teamwork, communications and active learning. TheMinor in Nanotechnology Studies (NTS) is an interdisciplinary, research

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Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Libraries

organizations. He is now getting a Masters degree and has been told heneeds to use library resources. The library resources he has used in the past are books that hisprofessor put on reserve for his class. He’s not sure what he’s supposed to do.This scenario is common in Wisconsin and probably in many other places. Instructors andlibrarians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created an infrastructure to helpengineering graduate students learn how to find and use information. The Master of Engineeringin Professional Practice (MEPP) at UW-Madison includes information literacy 1 throughout thetwo year curriculum. Some students understand the need to go beyond Google early in theprogram, but most students are gradually won over to secondary

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

Promoting Systems Thinking in Engineering and Pre-Engineering Students Rashmi Jain, Keith Sheppard, Elisabeth McGrath and Bernard Gallois Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey, 07030 AbstractThe context of engineering is one dominated by systems. In order to better prepare graduates with asystems perspective and the competencies to be effective in system design, we discuss initiatives topromote the development of systems thinking, both in undergraduate and K-12 communities. This paperdescribes vertically-integrated curriculum innovation, in which graduate-level coursework spawned apilot program to embed

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

Promoting Systems Thinking in Engineering and Pre-Engineering Students Rashmi Jain, Keith Sheppard, Elisabeth McGrath and Bernard Gallois Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey, 07030 AbstractThe context of engineering is one dominated by systems. In order to better prepare graduates with asystems perspective and the competencies to be effective in system design, we discuss initiatives topromote the development of systems thinking, both in undergraduate and K-12 communities. This paperdescribes vertically-integrated curriculum innovation, in which graduate-level coursework spawned apilot program to embed

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas; Arnold Weimerskirch, University of St. Thomas

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Engineering Physics & Physics

course learning outcomes is a key part of assigning student grades.Second, accomplishment of course learning outcomes is used as an assessment tool for assessingthe curriculum. Third, assessment of how well students have accomplished the course learningoutcomes is used to improve the course in future offerings. It is the use of course data in this lastform as feedback for course improvement that is addressed in the fourth, course level, Demingcycle.Since each instructor is responsible for assessment of course learning outcomes, various methodsare used including portfolios, reflection papers, feedback from follow-on courses, pre and posttests or concept inventories, and grading systems that tie grades directly to accomplishment

Conference Session

Computer Applications in Energy Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

for developing integrated circuits and in working with electroniccomponents. Therefore an alternative was considered which incorporated an embeddedsystems approach and provided an opportunity for the students to learn about applied highspeed automotive communication and system control combined using the LabVIEWapplication. The National Instruments cRIO was chosen as the embedded system platformbased on its low relative cost and the capability to interface the tool with LabVIEW. Inthis way an automated control strategy could be implemented removing the necessity foroperator-based manual adjustments. All of the project objectives were not achieved at thecompletion of the senior design project period. Two graduate students from theManufacturing