Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ashley Smetana, University of Michigan; Suzanne Lessack, University of Michigan; Thomas Liu, University of Michigan; Rebecca Wind, University of Michigan; William Woelk, University of Michigan; Theresa Biehle, University of Michigan; Laura Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University; Rafael Ramos, University of Michigan; Nathaniel Gallaher, University of Michigan; Katie Thorne, Michigan Technological University; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan

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Aerospace

hundred undergraduate and graduate students each year with the opportunity towork on real-world, design-build-test space systems projects. Such opportunities include themicrogravity flight experience available through NASA’s Reduced Gravity Student FlightOpportunities Program. By having a proposal accepted through a competitive evaluation process,students can design and fabricate an experimental payload that flies onboard a C-9 plane whoseparabolic flight trajectories permit short periods of microgravity test conditions.During August 2006, S3FL flew a C-9 microgravity test payload in support of the lab’s TetheredSATellite Testbed (TSATT) project, now known as the Tethered Satellite Ionospheric eXplorer(TSIX) satellite. In accordance with the 2004

Conference Session

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Malicky, University of San Diego; James Kohl, University of San Diego; Ming Huang, University of San Diego

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Mechanical Engineering

less compartmentalization of knowledge,greater student enthusiasm, and deeper learning of concepts. Integration of MENG 351 occursacross a number of courses, including Systems Laboratory, Mechanics of Materials, MachineDesign, Thermodynamics, and others.Projects were carefully chosen to achieve the learning objectives of MENG 351 and to interfacewith future courses in the inductive learning process. The shop portion of MENG 351 is aimedat developing skills in woodworking, manual machining, and sheetmetal fabrication. In a latercourse (Manufacturing Processes), students develop CNC and welding skills. Students workedin teams of 2 for almost all projects. In the shop, this buddy-system arrangement helped ensurestudents were attentive to each

Conference Session

Best Practices in Industrial Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Manocher Djassemi

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Engineering Technology

A Hands-on Approach To Teaching CAD/CAM for Manufacturing and Rapid Prototyping ApplicationsAbstractThis paper describes an integrated laboratory-oriented course IT445 in computer-aideddesign/manufacturing and computer numerical control. Teaching this subject in an 11-week ofacademic quarter is a challenging task requiring a combination of instructional delivery methods.We used a hands-on learning approach involving in-class computer-based exercises and team-based laboratory projects. The course content is designed around four major subjects: softwarefamiliarization, hardware familiarization, design and manufacturing integration, and industrialapplications. The author will share his observations and experience with

Conference Session

Retention of STEM Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Morrison Obeng, Bethune-Cookman College; Xiaohe Wu, Bethune-Cookman College

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Minorities in Engineering

. Page 12.650.2Student Intellectual Development StrategiesHands-on team-based projects in the curriculum have been reported in the literature to enhanceengineering student intellectual development and retention1,2. At BCU, a project of the typedescribed below are assigned in the microprocessor and embedded systems course.The project, assigned to a group of 2 to 3 students may be stated as follows: “design, developand implement a microcontroller-based system on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) to measure thetemperature of a specified location and transmit the measurement by wireless means to a givenserver”. In this assignment, the students will have to obtain on their own all the informationneeded to do the project. The instructor provides the

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Hakan Gurocak, Washington State University-Vancouver

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Manufacturing

State University Vancouver. His research interests are robotics, automation, fuzzy logic, technology assisted distance delivery of laboratory courses and haptic interfaces for virtual reality. Page 12.464.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Design Panel: A Tool for Assessment in Design CoursesAbstract - In this paper, we first present the fundamental framework of our ABETassessment plan for our program and explain how an assessment tool called Design Panelfits. The Design Panel tool is used to assess courses with substantial project components.Then, we explain the details of organizing and managing

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Management

has also worked at IBM in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education.Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Martin Kane earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mason Webster, Brigham Young University; Daniel Korth; Owen Carlson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University

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Design in Engineering Education

integration, optimization and customization of CAx tools, with a second focus in the direct machining of CAD topology. Page 12.1141.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 PACE Global Vehicle CollaborationIntroductionCapstone design teams have become an integral part of undergraduate engineering education.Through these programs, students have the opportunity to apply what they have learned in theclassroom to actual design projects. Capstone classes provide distinct benefits to students whoparticipate in them. Students are able to put to use their newly acquired “text-book” designexperience in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farhad Azadivar, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University

hope is to bringalong the technological innovation to the region and create additional jobs and economicdevelopment for the region.Having these centers owned and controlled by the university, like teaching hospitals that areoperated by medical schools, provides a great opportunity for advancing engineering education.Consequently, it is no surprise that some (though not as many as there should be) colleges ofengineering have taken advantage of this opportunity. These colleges have established aninternal internship program through which engineering students are hired as part-time interns andwork as a full fledged engineers on projects contracted with the industry. Although theadvantages of operating these centers in terms of the quality of

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering

Criterion 4, producing a product for thebetterment of the community, promoting university goodwill and instilling an ethic of publicservice in the student. In practice, however, poor project selection and poor conceptualdevelopment of service learning activities will negate any of the positive attributes listed above.In fact, the difficulty in creating meaningful service learning projects for the capstone designcourses has limited their use. Fewer than 30% of the 477 campuses that responded to the CampusCompact survey on service learning have used service learning projects as culminating designexperiences in all disciplines. The statistics for engineering disciplines is even lower. In light ofthe proposed “Body of Knowledge” for civil engineering

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hassan El-Kishky, The University of Texas-Tyler; Ralph Hippenstiel, The University of Texas-Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-2928: INTEGRATING THE HOBBY SHOP, A NON-CONVENTIONALFRESHMEN LAB, INTO THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMHassan El-Kishky, The University of Texas-TylerRalph Hippenstiel, The University of Texas-Tyler Page 12.930.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Integrating the Hobby Shop, a Non-conventional Freshmen Lab, into the Electrical Engineering CurriculumABSTRACT: This paper presents interim results of a project aimed at increasing the enrollmentand retention of engineering students through the development and integration of a broad-basedhands-on, design and development lab, the Hobby Shop, into the introductory electricalengineering

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

skills for the first timein their projects with little opportunity for continued reinforcement. In addition, some projectsmay not appropriately address all necessary skill areas. One curricular model that may addressthese limitations has recently been implemented by our Biomedical Engineering Program. Thisnew model, consisting of a sequence of four courses spanning the junior and senior years, wascreated to ensure that all students receive repeated exposure to a wide range of skills relevant tothe biomedical engineering profession as well as those required for accreditation.In this sequence, the first and second courses are each half-credit and focus on specific ‘soft’ and‘hard’ biomedical engineering skills, respectively, that students may find

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International; Jennifer Caffrey, Pennoni Associates Inc.; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Joe Sterrett, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-1092: STUDENT DESIGN OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY GOLF FACILITIESKristopher Lengieza, Weitz Golf International Kristopher M. Lengieza is a Project Engineer at Weitz Golf International. He earned a BS from Lehigh University. He is currently involved in constructing several buildings at Bella Collina, a Ginn Development in Montverde, FL. Kristopher has used his involvement in the 2003 Golf Practice Facility project to springboard his career into the Golf and Resort Construction Industry. Weitz Golf International is considered to be one of the top Golf Course and Hospitality Contracting companies in the world. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Eugene Niemi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Sammy Shina, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Chris Niezrecki, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Robert Parkin, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Majid Charmchi, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Mechanical Engineering

-learning projecs to meet real community needs.Cheryl West, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Program Manager of numerous community-university projects. Work Environment Ph.D. candidate with major emphasis on work and environmental policy with minors in cleaner production/ pollution prevention and epidemiology. MS in community psychology.John McKelliget, University of Massachusetts-Lowell Professor and Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Received his Ph.D. in 1980 in the UK, then was a Visiting Scientist at MIT, and has been at UML since 1984. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Member of ASME, and has been involved in the numerical simulation of thermal plasma systems for more

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

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Design in Engineering Education

stage. In the course, these process stages and visual steps are used tostructure and facilitate a semester long, student-directed, teacher-facilitated design project inwhich students are asked to design an innovative, inventive, or inspirational idea. Students arefree to choose a project focus in their area of interest. Students in the Digital Media program tendto choose topics such as: character, product, and game design, and architectural, interior, andenvironmental visualization. Self motivation, individuation, and actualization are pedagogicaldrivers that dramatically improve the students’ work ethic and academic performance.ScopeThe scope of this paper is intended to provide an outline of a design process and to describevisual thinking

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Ackerman, University of Alberta; Curt Stout, University of Alberta

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Engineering Technology

class sizes less than100) and as a result the senior design course has 80-100 students per 4 month term. The studentsare asked to form their own design groups (4 students per group) and are then asked at submit arequest for one of the 20-25 projects available for the term. Projects are then assigned on a “firstcome first served basis” putting the onus back on to the students for researching the projects andgetting the requests in early.The revised design program incorporates four features: • Industrially sponsored projects • A rigorous design methodology Page 12.1267.2 • A paperless environment for all course submissions • A

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology; Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ian Denholm, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Stevens Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of core engineering design courses in Freshman & Sophomore years. Prior to his current position, Blicharz worked for 25 years in project management and systems engineering in the aerospace & telecommunications industries. He has a B.E in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.Bernard Gallois, Stevens Institute of Technology Bernard Gallois is George Meade Bond Professor of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he was the founding dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering. He received the Diplôme d' Ingénieur Civil des Mines at the École

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Mechanical Engineering

and principles that will enable them tobecome contributing members of their social and professional communities, these tools includebasic science, mathematics, engineering science, and discipline-specific engineering principles.Many engineering programs provide exposure to real-world design challenges for their studentsbefore graduation. This paper discusses a program suitable for mechanical engineering seniordesign projects in support of the U.S. space program, specifically NASA, Johnson Space Center,Houston, Texas.The Texas Space Grant Consortium (“TSGC”) sponsors the TSGC DESIGN CHALLENGE, aunique experience for undergraduate students to propose, design and fabricate a solution to atopic of importance to NASA and its mission. After

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

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Manufacturing

Catalog Course DescriptionMPC 497-498 Senior Design Project (2, 2): Student teams conduct major open-endedresearch and design projects. Elements of the design process including establishment ofobjectives, synthesis, analysis, and evaluation are integral parts. Real-world constraintssuch as economical and societal factors, marketability, ergonomics, safety, aesthetics,and ethics are also integral parts. Page 12.291.3497: feasibility studies performed;498: implementation, testing, and production of design. Includes guest lecturers, teampresentations, team building sessions, team meetings, and guided discussions relating todesign. The course consists of

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Perwez Kalim, Wilkes University

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Mechanical Engineering

reorganization of a sophomore level thermodynamics course addresses these issues. Themain objectives of this effort are to expand the boundaries of students’ knowledge by engagingthem with the planning, design, build, and test concepts. The process included the reorientationof theory taught in the class and required an active student participation in a special designproject. The whole idea was to incorporate a hands-on design project and other pedagogicalchanges to transform the student’s learning into a pleasant and fulfilling experience. The projectwas successfully completed for the first time in the spring of 2005. The students associated withthis approach were divided into several groups, where each group was assigned to develop aStirling engine

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

been inprogress. Workshops for Pre-K16 (P16) teachers have been organized for the dissemination ofRP and this project. A project website3 has also been developed and feedback collected via anonline poll. The scope and current development of the project will be reported in this paper.IntroductionRP is expressed as a group of techniques used to quickly produce a scale model of a part using3D computer aided design (CAD) data. The methodology behind the RP process is an additivetechnology which builds the parts layer by layer. RP was first developed in the late 1980’s. Sincethen various RP techniques have become available in the market.There are various motivations in implementing RP technology. Foremost, this technologydecreases product

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Ardis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cheryl Dugas, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

roles: clients, architects, and developers. So, we let the teams changeroles during the course. That is, for each project one team played the role of architects, whileother teams played the roles of clients and developers. Student teams rotated roles on differentprojects throughout the term. A further variation in cooperative learning is that, to succeed oneach project, three different teams also had to cooperate.These innovations kept the benefits of cooperative learning while also exposing the students to 3different perspectives as they progressed through their projects. This is especially important forsoftware architecture, where the 3 perspectives must always be kept in mind. An additionalbenefit was that each student participated in 3

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Kazmer, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Ting, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Donn Clark, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Alan Rux, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

relating theory topractice and of civic engagement (“public problem solving”). In the current effort, service-learning is being integrated into a broad array of courses so that students will be exposed to S-Lin every semester in the core curriculum in each of the five engineering departments atUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell. The focus here is on the learning of traditional engineeringcontent by engaging diverse learners in solving authentic problems in the community and in theprocess achieving ABET criteria and attracting underrepresented groups into engineering.Thirty-three faculty members out of 75 in the college integrated S-L into 52 different courses in2005-06. Readers will find a wide array of projects and examples that can be adapted to

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Paris von Lockette, Rowan University; Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Courtney, Rowan University

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Design in Engineering Education

projects, one in the fall and one in the spring. An example from the fall 2003 and2004 semesters was the Hoistinator project. Student teams of 4-5 were challenged to build acrane that could lift at least 420 pounds, using no more than 75 cubic inches of aluminum and 50cubic inches of plastic. Teams would receive a score that was directly proportional to theamount of weight lifted, and inversely proportional to the amount of material used. The projectwas successful in many respects but there was room for improvement in the student’s overallapproach to the design problem. Students were generally successful at using statics to predicttheir crane’s performance, but the cranes they designed and built were generally not welloptimized. Many student teams

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Steve Kuennen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Construction

Integrating Element of a Comprehensive Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractThis paper demonstrates how construction can effectively function as the integratingelement of a comprehensive civil and environmental engineering curriculum. The UnitedStates Air Force Academy offers ABET-accredited undergraduate programs in civil andenvironmental engineering. Throughout these programs, construction is used to providerealistic experience, to teach project management, and to provide opportunities for multi-disciplinary capstone experiences.As in many other engineering programs, students at the Air Force Academy spend thefirst two years of study taking many required courses. Before beginning their junior year,students majoring in civil and

Conference Session

Educational Software

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston-Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown

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Computers in Education

simulationsoftware student and educational versions, and Visual Basic and the National InstrumentsLabVIEW student and educational versions. The industrial software includes the IntergraphSmart Plant Electrical industrial version. Advantages and disadvantages of the use of the types ofsoftware are considered. How each type of software is used to improve the curriculum andteaching practices is discussed. Innovative learning strategies and student project work are given.Many of the students in the four-year university programs have a wide range of technicalexperience and academics. These students often also work in quite different professions whileattending courses at the university even though most program graduates will later work in theengineering field

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kasarda, Virginia Tech; Brenda Brand, Virginia Tech; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

and Dr. Mary Kasarda, a colleague in mechanical engineering, are conducting a study on factors influencing girls' participation in robotics engineering.Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech Eugene Brown is Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is a computational fluid dynamicist with a special interest in computational nano-fluidics. His research is diverse and has ranged from the numerical simulation of fire extinction by water mist to the development of methods for predicting the performance of aircraft propulsion nozzles. For the past two years, he has been the technical advisor to the Virginia Demonstration Project, an ONR funded middle-school focused educational outreach project. His

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

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Design in Engineering Education

service-learningcourse must nevertheless be focused on career preparation of the college studentsas well. (Narayanan, 2004 e; Honnet & Poulsen, 1989). Furthermore it must be clearlyacceptable to the appropriate accreditation agencies. The Senior Design Project Class,which is a two semester-long course, with a total of four credit hours, can be viewed as aservice learning class, depending upon the project chosen by the select student group. Itcontains a substantial amount of education about ethics, ergonomics, economics,sociology and liberal education principles, in addition to rigorous engineering subjectmatter. The student groups are encouraged to appreciate the realities of the socio-economic impact of their chosen project. In many cases

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-2384: USING SERVICE-LEARNING TO DEVELOP A K-12 STEMSERVICE AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SITERebecca Blust, University of DaytonMargaret Pinnell, University of Dayton Page 12.1561.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Service-Learning to Develop a K-12 STEM Service and Experiential Learning Website Site Rebecca P. Blust, Margaret Pinnell Ph.D. University of DaytonAbstractThis paper will discuss a National Science Foundation grant project that has beendesigned to provide a mechanism to inform a significant group of science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) educators of

Conference Session

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

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Byrne, Western Kentucky University

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Mechanical Engineering

curricular and extra-curricular engineering projects. Thus, the creation of a project-basedenvironment built around the practice of engineering has resulted.Engaging students both in and out of the classroom is a means for fostering intellectual growthand contentment in students. In the undergraduate engineering programs this often meansstudent engagement in activities that connect the concepts from lectures or textbooks to tangibleengineering projects. In some academic environments the students in engineering programs maynot acquire meaningful project experience in the areas of faculty expertise. This can be due, inpart, to the expectations institutions place upon their faculty.The professional growth and creative scholarly contributions of faculty

Conference Session

Unique Developments in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2007-1518: INFUSING AN INTERDISCIPLINARY AUTOMATIONEXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University DONALD C. RICHTER obtained his B. Sc. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from The Ohio State University, M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He holds a Professional Engineer certification and worked as an Engineer and Engineering Manger in industry for 20 years before teaching. His interests include project management, robotics /automation and air pollution dispersion modeling. Page 12.892.1© American Society for