Conference Session

Introducing Programming in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

an important concept for engineers and engineering students. Challengesexist for educators trying to introduce students to design early in their academic careers. Onechallenge is that students do not have much knowledge upon which to build a design from. Theyhave not had their engineering coursework yet and do not have the tools to do sophisticateddesigns. A fall back is to have students do simple designs that do not require much, if any,iteration and hardly any analysis. Students can have fun working on these design projects, butthey, in general, are not real designs and the students know they are not real. Trying to introducea human-centered design approach is doubly challenging for early students because they arelimited to what they can

Conference Session

IE and Manufacturing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Pitts, Morgan State University; Ricardo Camilo, Morgan State University

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Industrial Engineering

the optimal tolerances of manufactured parts using the assemblyand quality control station, (3) utilizing the entire flexible manufacturing cell to meet due datedemands of customer orders, or (4) studying repeatability and accuracy issues while utilizing theHP3 robot. In addition, the IRAM Laboratory will enable additional topic areas to be researchedand presented for final capstone senior design projects. From those projects, more significantresearch will be possible for dissemination through the following channels: (1) contributions ofthe methodologies and processes to education and research journals to add to the common bodyof knowledge, (2) outreach visits to K-12 schools to promote careers in engineering and roboticapplications and (3

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

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Women in Engineering

2001, 37 institutions across the country have received a National ScienceFoundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformational Award. The goal of the NSF ADVANCEprogram is to increase participation of women in academic science and engineering careers. TheNorth Dakota State University Advance FORWARD (Focus on Resources for Women’sAdvancement, Recruitment/Retention, and Development) project, funded by NSF in 2008, seeksto develop and implement a comprehensive research-driven strategy to increase participation ofwomen in all faculty and academic administrative positions. As NSF funding is limited to scienceand engineering, the institution provides funds for faculty not in science and engineeringdisciplines.Universities often maintain processes that

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

great success. This individual, who waspursuing a career working with college students, was full of energy and ideas, just the type ofindividual that was well suited to the task of planning extra-curricular activities. These activitiesincluded social dinners, picnics, and trips to sports activities. Couple these activities with thestudents living together in a dorm situation and it is easy to see how the goal of communitydevelopment was met successfully.Other areas that were difficult for the authors were field trips to energy facilities and bringing inguest speakers. Energy facilities, such as power plants, were not open to tours. This is thereality of the world in which we are living after 9/11. In its place, the ELG made use of

Conference Session

Outreach and Beyond: New Roles for Librarians

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jim Miller, University of Maryland; Bob Kackley, University of Maryland, College Park; Nevenka Zdravkovska, University of Maryland

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Engineering Libraries

school students.Typical of these sessions is the one requested by Bruk Berhane in 2009 for twenty-seven GearUp participants. Mr. Berhane’s main goal was for these high school students to find literaturerelated to future college choices based on career options with description of education/training,job prospects, job responsibilities and salary. We explained the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics(www.bls.gov/bls/occupation.htm) and the State of Maryland’s Career and WorkforceInformation (www.dllr.state.md.us/lmi/index.shtml) websites, both good places to start forinformation on jobs, salary outlook, and employment statistics. We demonstrated severaldifferent search strategies using Masterfile Premier and Academic Search Premier, Ebscodatabases

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Kelnhofer, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Electrical and Computer

ABET Engineering Criteria. There are threecomponents of the Engineering Criteria that carry a great deal of common sense for all programs: 1. A program should have educational objectives. They define the purpose of the program, what career paths the graduates ought to successfully be able to navigate, and suggest the kind of preparation that is required for those career path, i.e., they provide a deliberateness to the educational effort of the program. 2. A program should have program outcomes in the form of a knowledge base and defined capabilities of its students at the time of graduation. These are the characteristics and skills that propel graduates forward upon commencing their careers. They

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions - Mechanical Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-965: SIMCAFE: A WIKI-BASED REPOSITORY OF LEARNINGMODULES FOR DEPLOYING SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY IN MECHANICALENGINEERING EDUCATIONRajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University Page 15.1065.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 SimCafe: A Wiki-Based Repository of Learning Modules for Deploying Simulation Technology in Mechanical Engineering EducationAbstractComputer-based simulation technology has rapidly become a key component of mechanicalengineering (ME) practice. Commerical simulation packages are used by leading companies todesign, analyze and understand complex engineering systems. To help modernize the curriculumand better prepare students for their careers

Conference Session

CE Capstone: Innovations in Learning & Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Quagliana, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Michael Doran, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Rod Hassett, University of WIsconsin-Madison; Greg Harrington, University of WIsconsin-Madison

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Civil Engineering

semester. Eachstudent group has at least one industry mentor (and in many cases two) that works with the groupthroughout the semester.Before the semester begins, students respond to a questionnaire and provide a brief resume toinstructors. Instructors review the information and assign students to teams in one of three areasof focus; General Building, Transportation or Environmental, based upon their academiccoursework and performance, practical experience, and career goals.Active student involvement is the key to successful engagement of students in this course.Twelve of the 17 class assignments are design team related. This ranges from preparing writtenproposals and summaries to the development of drawing specifications and contract

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Pacella, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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First-Year Programs

ourcells, thus increasing the total energy we could capture without paying for additionalphotoelectric cells. Many other groups used various permutations of turbines to captureeither wind or hydraulic power.Observations and Impressions from a Student’s Perspective: At the time, as a freshman engineer I initially viewed this design project as simplyanother source of stress in my life; however, as our design evolved into the final product Ibecame quite proud of our accomplishment. This design project represented the first timein my academic career I had truly used synthesis in a project; looking back on this projectas a senior, I doubt I will ever forget this first milestone in my career as an engineer.This project also introduced me to the

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships: Bringing Industry into the Curriculum Development and Design Cycle

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy Baldwin, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.; Marisa Hemingway, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc

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College-Industry Partnerships

to cover their roles andresponsibilities as a mentee, the mentor roles, and expectations for future activities. Roles andresponsibilities for mentees include: communicating future goals and expectations clearly,actively participating in their career development plan, participating in networking activities,identifying potential pitfalls to success, and developing an increased sense of self-assurance andself-directed behavior. The coordinators asked mentees to commit time to regular meetings withtheir mentor that would include discussions beyond technical training. Topics to considerincluded general professional development questions, struggles and accomplishments, andopportunities for further education or experience. Again, these nontechnical

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Jenkins-Stark, Iridescent; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

. We employ a multi-method research approach to evaluate the program’s impacton the volunteer engineers by using formative, summative, and self-reflective assessments, aswell as interviews. Previous data from the program participants and impact numbers arepresented and implications and expected outcomes for the program are discussed.IntroductionIn 2006-07 of the 1.5 million bachelor's degrees awarded that year, only 5% were awarded to thefields of engineering and engineering technologies1. Furthermore, the representation of femaleand minority students in the areas of science and engineering remained, and continues to remaindisproportionate. Females and ethnic minority students in STEM careers have beenunderrepresented for the past 30 years2

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

context of theaerospace engineering program at GIT.Aerospace engineering requires depth of understanding. Engineering recruitment in industry andgovernment is usually based on perceived depth. Engineering curricula are designed on thereasoning that a firm foundation in basic disciplines gives the graduate a lifetime to gain breadth.Universities also try hard to “teach students to work in teams”, build breadth into the curriculumand retain the interest of learners in STEM (science/ technology/engineering/mathematics)careers, without compromising on depth or rigor of specialized learning or increasing time to 1graduation. Beyond preparatory first year courses, a course

Collection

2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

. • Case Study “B”, based on gender, shows a difference between genders but this might be discriminatory to consider this as an entrance requirement. Suffice to say, we should start encouraging students of the minority gender to take curriculums that are predominantly the other gender. Eventually, no career should be naturally male or female dominated. • Case Study “C”, based on cultural differences, indicates that although students of different cultures start differently, they end up with little to no real difference in how they learn. Maybe, as they mature the slight differences disappear. • We must build into the admission exams, a test to measure emotional quotient (EQ) and must understand the

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

. • Case Study “B”, based on gender, shows a difference between genders but this might be discriminatory to consider this as an entrance requirement. Suffice to say, we should start encouraging students of the minority gender to take curriculums that are predominantly the other gender. Eventually, no career should be naturally male or female dominated. • Case Study “C”, based on cultural differences, indicates that although students of different cultures start differently, they end up with little to no real difference in how they learn. Maybe, as they mature the slight differences disappear. • We must build into the admission exams, a test to measure emotional quotient (EQ) and must understand the

Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

Anthony Boccanfuso

• Boards   • Incubators • Compliance Advance‐ Research  ment One Stop  Shops Academic  Other Affairs• Legal Counsel • Colleges• CFO/Business  • Departments Services • Faculty • Career Services

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2010 ERC

Authors

Robert Morse

The Editorial Philosophy Behind the  U.S. News America’s Best Graduate  Schools Engineering Rankings wConsumer oriented mission­To provide  prospective engineering students and their  parents with key evaluative information  they need to make an informed choice  about grad engineering education that has  important job and career implications. wThis choice is heavily influenced by the  ever rising bill for tuition and room &  board, travel, clothes, entertainment and  other expenses. The Editorial Philosophy Behind the  U.S. News America’s Best Graduate  Schools Engineering Rankings w Provide the public and prospective students  with an understanding of graduate engineering w Give practical advice on many aspects of

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Andrea Bill, University of Wisconsin; Shashi Nambisan, Iowa State University; Ida van Schalkwyk, Oregon State University; Rod Turochy, Auburn University; Rhonda Young, Texas Christian University

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Civil Engineering

this, transportation engineers need a broad background aboutdifferent elements in this system. The breadth and complexity of the transportation system is oneof the aspects that makes a career in transportation appealing, but it is also one of the largestchallenges in educating the future transportation engineer.Traditionally, most transportation engineers graduate from undergraduate programs in civilengineering. Within the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum, three-quarters of theprograms require one or two transportation engineering courses to introduce civil engineeringstudents to the profession by providing a broad background of the field1. Most often, students donot take these courses until the junior year of the program. Elective

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Grant; Julie Trenor

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Educational Research and Methods

, formerpresident of the National Academy of Engineering, stated that diversity in the engineeringworkforce is a necessity: “My argument is essentially that the quality of engineering is affectedby diversity (or the lack of it). … Without diversity, the life experiences we bring to anengineering problem are limited. As a consequence, we may not find the best engineeringsolution. We may not find the elegant engineering solution. … To sum up, I believe thatdiversity is essential to good engineering!” 7 A number of researchers have reported that having a parent or family member who is anengineer is an influencing factor for students, particularly females, to choose engineering as acollege major. 8, 9, 10, 11 Yet, the academic and career choices of

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lester Gerhardt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Andy Riess, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

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International

. Simply put, we as acountry, as educators, and as individuals need to do more to properly educate the nextgeneration by incorporating a global experience as part of the educational process. TheFulbright Program offers just such a bi-directional opportunity for a highly diversifiedgroup of people in different stages of their career development.Overview of the Fulbright Scholar ProgramThe Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange programsponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to “increase mutual understandingbetween the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” With this goalas a starting point, the Fulbright Program has provided almost 300,000 participants—chosen for their academic merit

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

fill workforceand leadership voids. This concern was echoed by former Microsoft Chair Bill Gates, who inMarch 2008 warned Congress the shortage of engineers and scientists is so acute that “if we donot reform our educational system, American companies will not have the talent to innovate andcompete”4. Clearly, if the United States is to maintain its competitive edge in the globaleconomy, we must increase the pipeline of interested and qualified students prepared to enterSTEM careers, not only at the baccalaureate and advanced degree level, but also at the sub-baccalaureate degree level including associate degree and certificate level engineeringtechnicians.One of the reasons for declining enrollment in many engineering technology programs is

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University

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Students Constituent Committee

of 2004, I truly had no idea what challenges and opportunities I wouldencounter over the next six years. My tenure as a grad student has been a whirlwind of classes,research, teaching, reading, writing, presenting, adversity, and fun. The lessons I learned alongthe way have helped to shape me both as a scientist and an educator; however I wish that I knewexactly what lay ahead during my graduate odyssey.The goal of this paper is to provide that road map, both incoming and current graduate students,through a series of stories and lessons I learned during my graduate career. My goal is toprovide fellow grad students with advice necessary to navigate the potentially tortuous path theywill encounter such as taking classes, getting into the lab

Conference Session

Women in Biomedical Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Rice University; Sangeeta Bhatia, MIT; Gilda Barabino, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

Science Resources Statistics, Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2009, NSF 09-305 (Arlington, VA; January 2009). Available at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/.13 A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities," Dr. Donna J. Nelson, Norman, OK. January, 2005. Available at http://chem.ou.edu/~djn/diversity/briefings/Diversity%20Report%20Final.pdf14 Handelsman, J., N. Cantor, M. Carnes, D. Denton, E. Fine, B. Grosz, V. Hinshaw, C. Marrett, S. Rosser, D. Shalala, and J. Sheridan, Careers in science. More women in science. Science, 2005. 309(5738): p. 1190-1.15 Svarovsky, G.N. and D.W. Shaffer, Engineering girls gone

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Banerjee, Purdue University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2010-839: INSTITUTIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY: A RESEARCH METHOD TOINVESTIGATE THE WORK-LIFE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN FACULTYMEMBERS IN STEM DISCIPLINESDina Banerjee, Purdue University Dina Banerjee is a post-doctoral researcher in the Research in Feminist Engineering (RIFE) group. Her primary responsibility is the study of the career-related experiences of the women and minority faculty members of the STEM disciplines of Purdue University. She graduated with her PhD from Purdue University in May, 2009. After her admission in Purdue University in 2002, she graduated with her third Masters with sociology major in 2004. Her areas of specialization are gender, work and occupation; development and social change

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

. “Attitudes are the ways one thinks and feels in response to a fact or situation.Attitudes reflect an individual’s values and world view and the way he or she perceives,interprets, and approaches surroundings and situations.”6 It is further explained that during theundergraduate experience future engineers need to begin developing supportive attitudes, andthat these attitudes will need to be modeled by those charged with their education, the staff andfaculty. The aim being that students can model these supportive attitudes themselves upongraduation, or at least be aware of them.6 The author feels that responsible social behavior fitsinto one of these professional attitudes. The disastrous effects of alcohol abuse on any career arewell know, and sadly

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Pawley, Purdue University; Karen Tonso, Wayne State University

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Liberal Education

-34.” Marriageable material indeed — at least, in this article, the newspaperdoes not publish Cobb’s home street address. This is in contrast with the 1954 story in theDetroit News27 of Pieti (whom we met above) who had become “the first woman automotiveengineer officially to represent Chrysler Corp.” and who “lives with 10 other career girls in thechocolate brown and powder blue house at 825 Chicago, known by the girls’ dates as MantrapManor.” Here, women engineers were clearly positioned as the sexual objects of men.Not surprisingly perhaps, there was scant profiling of married women as engineers, or of lesbianengineers. One married engineer was described28 in 1958 as a “30-year-old green eyed blond”who is described exotically with her

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

AC 2010-387: TECHNICAL ENROLLMENTS AND MATHEMATICALPEDAGOGYAndrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics Throughout his career, Dr. Grossfield combined an interest in engineering design and mathematics. He earned a BSEE at the City College of New York. During the early sixties, he obtained an M.S. degree in mathematics part time while designing circuitry full time in the aerospace/avionics industry. As a Graduate Associate, pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Arizona, he was uniquely positioned as both a calculus teacher and as a student taking courses in applied mathematics. He prepared and attended lectures, concurrently, which developed his acute sensitivity to differences

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Lawrence Chatman, Camden County College

industry and academic institutions on theimportance and urgency of reflecting the impact of the SoC paradigm shift in engineeringeducation, as traditional programs, especially at the undergraduate level, have not keptpace with this evolution [1]. Recognizing the acute national demand for a new breed ofSoC engineers, our project proposes an innovative curricula prototype that cuts across theartificial course boundaries and introduces SoC knowledge through vertically-integratedand problem-oriented laboratory experiments [2]. In addition, we value the important rolethat community colleges play in starting students on the road to engineering careers, as Page

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conry, Clarkson University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

unique to each of thesister disciplines on the same campus. We also consider relationships between curricularcontent and the identified body of knowledge as reflected in this set of curricular exemplars. Page 15.1071.2IntroductionThe education of highly qualified software engineers who function effectively in multiple sectorsof our society and our economy is critical to the future of modern society. Evidence of this isfound in multiple sources. US News and World Report reported on December 28, 2009 thatsoftware engineering is among the top 10 careers identified for 2010.1 As is noted in that article,“There is an “app” for everything these days

Conference Session

Tablet and Portable PCs for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lin Li, Prairie View A&M University; Sherri Frizell, Prairie View A&M University; Yonggao Yang, Prairie View A&M University

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Computers in Education

. Sherri S. Frizell is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Her research interests include human computer interaction, educational technology, and computer science education. She is very involved in activities to promote the academic and career success of women and minorities in computer science and engineering. Dr. Frizell has served as mentor to minority students participating in the Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program and the LSAMP Bridges to the Doctorate Program. She is the recipient of the 2009 PVAMU College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher award. Dr

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education / Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

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International

practice of engineering can be unappeasable and difficult, the reason why so many students shy away from choosing it as a career. “Engineering…is an unforgiving and demanding environment…for students to succeed as engineers, they must acquire skills that go far beyond theories, simulations and exam- taking ….there is absolutely no substitute for the hard edged technical and business skills that are required to bring products and projects to market.” ~ Bernard M. Gordon, founder of NeuroLogica Corp., founder & former chair of Analogic Corp., and co-founder of Epsco Inc. “[Chuck House] was a Hewlett-Packard engineer in the 1960s, eager to build a large