Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

pre-entry academic preparation ofAmerican Indian students who want to study engineering, (2) Help shape theengineering, engineering technology, and computer science workforce byincreasing the number of American Indian students graduating from the Collegeof Engineering, and (3) Improve access to quality engineering and technology torural and underserved populations by returning highly educated professionals tothese communities. Objectives relating to these goals include increasingawareness of career opportunities in engineering and increasing awareness of thecontribution that engineering makes to quality of life.We have developed many different ways to reach our goals and objectives,including a new approach we piloted spring 2006: a service

Conference Session

Preparing Civil Engineering Students for a Flat World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Lance Kenney, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of International Studies and Overseas ProgramsThe Office of International Studies and Overseas Programs (OIS) at Villanova University is just Page 12.1327.2over 15 years old. The primary charge of OIS is to oversee all aspects of education abroad,facilitate student exchange, manage international summer programs, and act as a campusresource for all things international. OIS has grown from having just a director and full-timesecretary in 2000 to five full-time staff in 2006. Student participation rates in study abroad havedoubled in five years, and a third of the class of 2006 had studied abroad as part of theiracademic career (with a quarter

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

provided by the National Science Foundationunder grant REC-0643048.Bibliography1. Martin, C.D., & Pearson, W., 2005, Broadening Participation through a Comprehensive, Integrated System: Final Report on an NSF Workshop "Pathways to STEM Careers: Preparing the STEM Workforce for the 21st Century", National Science Foundation2. Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, 2004, Broadening Participation in America's Science and Engineering Workforce: Executive Summary, Committee on Equal Opportunities in Page 12.271.9 Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation3. Policy

Conference Session

Engineering, Engineers and Setting Public Policy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; William Riddell, Rowan University; Nathan Vizzi, Rowan University; Krishan Bhatia, Rowan University; Ryan McDevitt, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

ofinstalling wind measurement systems and wind turbines based upon the feedback of surveys sentto the zoning officers of over 80 municipalities that lie in the richest wind resource areas of theState. The result of the work has raised the students’ awareness about how public policy affectstheir careers and the engineering projects that they attempt to perform. The interplay betweenpublic policy and project-based learning is dramatized by these types of clinic experiences wherestudents attempt to solve the real world’s problems in real time.BackgroundEnergy and fuel prices are rising exponentially and societal consumption habits are everincreasing the demand for power. Consumer purchasing power, now more than ever, seems tobe dramatically affecting the

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Sterk, Virginia Tech; Tim Thacker, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Tranter, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

introductory power electronics class, and more importantly the programgave the student confidence that they could pursue a graduate degree and influenced many of thestudents to pursue a career or graduate degree in power electronics.Due to the fact that the lecture portion is unique portion to the CPES REU experience, severalquestions in the survey were directed at assessing the effectiveness of the lecture portion of theREU program. A generalization can be made from the responses that the lecture portion of theprogram helped the participants understand their research quicker. It was also indicated thatwithout the lecture, much time and effort would have to be spent between the student and mentorlearning and teaching the fundamentals.Having the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. She also teaches courses in engineering and orbital mechanics. Page 12.509.1 Lynnane George earned her commission in the Air Force from ROTC at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988 with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and MSME from Ga Tech in 1989. She began her Air Force career in the Defense Satellite Communication Program Office at© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Los Angeles AFB, California where she served in the Mechanical Engineering Branch. She was then selected for a one-year Education with Industry program with the Aerospace Corporation

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Emanuel, Bradley University; H. Dan Kerns, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

improvement. Examples of some final presentations that have resulted fromthis approach are included.BackgroundAn ability to communicate effectively is ABET criteria (g.) for all programs accredited byABET-EAC1. Managers rated the “ability to communicate ideas and plans effectively in front ofan audience” as the most important career skill2. Recognizing the importance of good oralcommunication skills and actually putting good oral communication skills into practice are notsynonymous. How often have you watched a presentation given by a professional engineer thatconsisted of words copied from a written report? The speaker may have included a graph or achart, but most of the presentation consisted of words that you could read in the report.Furthermore

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

discover about ‘real world’ applications related to the contentthey have learned. This part of the curriculum includes career information and video ofpracticing engineers highlighting their work.In addition to the curriculum development effort, professional development and in-servicetraining with the curriculum are being provided for teachers prior to module use in theclassroom. During the 2006-2007 academic year, several Maryland high schools covering abroad range of demographics will be testing the curriculum and providing data to the study. Inthis presentation, we will provide an overview of the two new curriculum modules and presentresults of student learning, interest and attitudes. Finally, we will discuss the results of therelated

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Maccariella, Urban Engineers, Inc. / Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

coverage of instruction. There are estimates that as many as 40% offaculty members nationwide are adjuncts.In addition, Sputo5 points out that in light of shrinking budgets, it is a fact of life that manycolleges and universities must rely on adjunct faculty to carry a portion of the teachingresponsibilities. Often, the use of adjunct faculty is seen as a stopgap measure, until a moresuitable tenure-track faculty can be hired.However, adjuncts can serve a very useful function by diversifying the faculty and providing adifferent perspective on the profession. Gappa and Leslie6 suggest that adjuncts may bedescribed by four categories: career enders, aspiring academics, freelancers, and specialists.Adjunct engineering faculty most often fall into the

Conference Session

Design Methodolgy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

.‘Guesstimation’ With most ‘design’ courses, particularly introductory sophomore level courses,tremendous difficulty is experienced by students with the open ended nature of problems.In most of their academic career, analytical science/technology courses invariably setwell posed problems. (E.g. solve for three unknowns given three equations). As suchstudents become accustomed to the ‘one correct answer’ syndrome which is usuallyachieved by drawing on methods and processes that have recently been taught in thesame course. An expectation arises, frequently bordering on dependence, which meansthat when then faced with open ended, multi solution problems, students quickly becomefrustrated and incapable of progressing to a valid solution. Because of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benson Tongue, University of California-Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

well defined body of knowledgeto the enrolled students. Our concern here is rather different. Our aim is to address a broaderand more diffuse set of needs. We address the question of ‘why’ and to a large degree leavethe engineering classes to provide the ‘how.’ “What is the point of taking a particular classand how does it fit into a larger picture?” “Why will I need to know what a coefficient offriction is?” “I really enjoyed my first course in dynamics - so what does that mean in termsof further courses and career paths?” These are the class of inquiries we address. Page 12.515.2These questions are typical of students who already, for one reason

Conference Session

Undergraduate Spacecraft Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Miller, University of Oklahoma; Yunjun Xu, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

gives students a dedicated project where they canrefresh their skills of using different design tools such as Pro-E, Matlab, and AN-SYS which is critical for aerospace related career. Because of the nature, size and Page 12.1468.14scope of the project, student enthusiasm for working on it is much higher than onother paper projects. Specifically, mimicking professional team arrangement andpeer competition in the SLS project gives students a reality feeling.Up to this point, there is no enough information to draw a conclusion on how SLSproject affect students learning. But just as an example, the following items haveobtained a high ranking as compared with

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Rezak

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Nuclear and Radiological

nuclear power careers. If the US is toenjoy a resurgence of nuclear power, nuclear engineering education must step up with renewedvigor. Challenging and lucrative career opportunities will await graduates with expertise todesign, construct and operate these complex facilities.Conclusion Usage of electricity in the US now approaches generating capacity. The NRC has pre-approved construction and operating licenses for several nuclear plant designs. Performance ofnuclear plants has improved consistently for decades with no serious safety challenges. Utility Page 12.1115.6deregulation by the states is creating a more favorable environment for plant

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

original intent of the Departmentof Education grant was to develop the laboratory so that the students can gain an insight into howengineers use a combination of theoretical and experimental methods to solve real life problems.A secondary objective was to motivate incoming students as well as high school juniors andseniors to the rewards and challenges of an engineering career by providing them an opportunityof conducting experiments in industry standard equipment.Once the laboratory equipment started arriving and being installed and new experiments andprojects developed, it became apparent that the best vehicle to carry out the missions of the grantwill be to use the “Principles of Engineering Analysis and Design” course to introduce studentsto

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Brandon W. Olson

student’s perspective it can often lead toa seemingly disconnected group of concepts and tools with no clear link to real-worldexperiences. This is especially confusing for students whose learning mechanisms aremore physically oriented. In an environment of nearly exclusive lecture-style learning, students are conditionedto absorb material in this fashion, in spite of the fact that most of the learning in theirfuture careers will not occur in this learning mode. In addition, there exist a substantialgroup of students (and instructors) whose learning processes are rooted in physicalexample and in having the opportunity to experiment with concepts, rather than throughan oral “download”. The present work is a step towards a method of instruction

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh; Monika Bubacz; Andrey Beyle; Stefano Bietto; Stan Scoville; Dilip Paul; Charles Blatchley

” program, and5. provision for adequate faculty level to staff the graduate “materials science andtechnology” program,2008-101. implementation of the “materials science and technology” program,2. sustainability of efforts for funding of the Center for Nanocomposites andMultifunctional Materials (CNCMM), and the graduate “materials science andtechnology” program, and3. development of a strategy for enhancing career opportunities for graduates of the“materials science and technology” program.Results and Discussion of ResultsConcurrently, CNCMM is implementing several research and education programsinvolving students at various levels of academia. The REACH-RS [Research andEducation Academy for Coaching/Mentoring High School – Rising Stars

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

)that may be used with diverse student populations and for which no prerequisite science ormathematics background is required.An integral aspect of each experiment is to illustrate the importance of fundamental science andmathematics as “tools” necessary to solve engineering problems before the student has mastered thescience and mathematics. It is the opinion of the authors that the mystique associated withmathematics and science is often a deterrent to students selecting a career in engineering ortechnology. By demonstrating the final results of engineering and technical applications and showinghow the necessary math and science relate to the solution, it is expected that the students willappreciate the importance of math and science and

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Laurent Simon; Piero Armenante; Rajesh Dave

Research Center funded by the National ScienceFoundation, and comprising four partner universities, i.e., Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute ofTechnology (NJIT), Purdue University, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.The Camp Pharma program consists of working with both high school science teachers and students inorder to (1) increase their knowledge in pharmaceutical manufacturing, with an emphasis on particulatesystems, which constitute most pharmaceutical drug products (e.g., tablets), and (2) to create an interest inthe pharmaceutical industry as a career option.During the summer, the high school students attending the program will work with NJIT undergraduateand graduate students to learn basic methodologies and lab protocols

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

)diversity.ConclusionMost engineers will spend their careers in the process of slow modifications within a given toolset ofknown solutions, which make reference books such as “The Art of Electronics” by Horowitz invaluable[33]. Students can be taught to go to the reference and to not reinvent the wheel, but rather to use atoolbox of ready-made solutions and components. This does package complexity and reduce the time ofproduct development, but it can also lead to poor design solutions. Many engineering students are nottaught to explicitly understand the design process even as they may go through a senior design capstonecourse. In their technical careers many will work in teams on projects that were well defined before themand will continue after them and wherein

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

L. Kuczynski; C. McGuinness; S. Farrell; B. G. Lefebvre; C. S. Slater

interactionbetween industry and academia and prepares undergraduate students for careers in regionallyand globally important industries. Through the Engineering Clinic program industriallysponsored research or design projects are performed in an academic environment. The abundance of pharmaceutical companies in New Jersey demands a steady pipeline ofwell-prepared engineering graduates. Undergraduate Rowan Engineering students have workedon a variety of research projects sponsored by pharmaceutical companies such as Brystol-MyersSquibb, Johnson Matthey Pharmaceuticals, and Novartis. This paper presents case studieswhich examine successful synergistic interaction between pharmaceutical industry andacademia through the Rowan Engineering Clinic Program. The

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Zachary Bensusan; Leslie Gregg; William Leonard

problem, which limits many graduatingstudents looking for a positive start to their careers. Not only does the process of working withindustry serve as a learning strategy, it also assists students in finding higher-level jobs as theygraduate college. Because of this, many students express interest in the series of courses.The first advantage of a classroom/industry partnership is the learning that takes place throughteamwork. In traditional class projects, students learn how best to communicate and interact withother students and faculty only. When an industry is involved, this presents a third connectionwith which students must become familiar. The ability to effectively speak and work withrepresentatives, who ultimately release the product, is

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Michael A. Jackson; Thomas Schulte; Nathaniel Kane; Elaine Lewis; Surendra Gupta; Santosh Kurinec

and sciencedisciplines interested in a career in the semiconductor industry that include design, manufacture,equipment, chemicals, and software sectors. The minor consists of five courses: three core andtwo electives as given in Table I. The prerequisites for each of these courses are basic universitylevel math, physics and one course in chemistry. The courses are multidisciplinary in content sothere is an enormous knowledge value for students of every science/engineering program. Thesefive courses will equip students from other disciplines to work in the semiconductor industry orgo to graduate programs in emerging fields of MEMS, nanotechnology. For instance- electricalengineering students with fabrication and processing knowledge will be

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Doug Reeve P.Eng.; Annie Simpson; Veena Kumar; Emma Master; Dave Colcleugh; Greg Evans P.Eng.

: “Provide opportunities for soft skills development and professional training inareas such as team building, leadership, citizenship, ethics and social awareness in orderto produce graduates fully prepared to embark into leadership roles in corporate,entrepreneurial, or future research careers in a global environment.” The Faculty’srecord in leadership development is strong. We have integrated collaboration, communityoutreach and communication skills into the curriculum through such initiatives as thefirst-year Engineering Strategies and Practice course (McCahan, et al 2004).The University of Toronto's Academic Initiatives Fund, in early 2006, granted $1 millionover five years to implement a Leadership Development Program across the

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Creating successful NEEs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Osman Tokhi, University of Sheffield, UK.

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

matters ‚ Assessment of students ‚ Program approval, monitoring and review ‚ Career education, information and guidance ‚ Placement learning ‚ Recruitment and admissions The QAA can be compared with the ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Engineering Technology) of the US 30. There are a number of differences between theABET and QAA: a) ABET only deals with engineering and engineering technology, whereQAA manages all branches of higher education; b) QAA deals with both the undergraduateand postgraduate programs, when ABET deals only with the undergraduate programs; c)All UK higher qualifications must be accredited by the QAA, while ABET’s accreditationis optional; d) ABET now practices outcome based

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Powe, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

International

, was designed to expose primarily science and engineeringmajors to types of professional writing common to their fields. The course rationale was asfollows19: The ability to communicate clearly and effectively is an invaluable life skill, as well as one of the biggest indicators of an individual’s future success. Strong English writing and speaking skills will help students planning to study or work in the U.S. succeed in their courses and later in their professions. While this course alone cannot guarantee successful English communication skills (students must practice for the rest of their academic careers to graduate with those), it can at least set students on the road to developing

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiwei Guan, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

entire course content is something that's, you know, valuable to employers, and if you can present it in like some easy, visual way, like maybe create like a block diagram or something or flowchart.”Portfolios could be used useful when preparing career documents. As a student with aninterdisciplinary background, she was also struggling with the complexity of presentingherself to future employers. She reported having to prepare different documents aboutherself for different audiences. She seemed to suggest that a course-based portfolio couldprovide her a chance to write statements about the profession and knowledge for eachcourse. If done across her courses, she could accumulate a pool of statements from whichshe could easily select

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Mahler, The Boeing Company; Ann Broughton, Purdue University; Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, 2007 Fall Space Day – An Educational Outreach and Professional Development Program ModelAbstractAn emerging aspect of engineering outreach is service-based learning and outreach. In theservice learning model, university level students take active and leading roles in community-based outreach activities. For over 10 years, Purdue’s Fall Space Day (PFSD) has been asuccessful outreach program to excite third through eighth grade school students about science,technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and space-related careers. PSFD was developedby the Purdue University chapter of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space(Purdue SEDS) and has been sponsored annually by the Purdue University

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers – II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daphne Duncan, Purdue University; Euridice Oware, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; however, this is not the case. The fact is thatthe number of engineers graduating in the United States has remained unchanged over the pastthree years, while countries like China and India have far surpassed us. In an age wheretechnology is ever evolving, the US needs to keep up with competing countries or our place inthe technological world will be threatened1.So, why is the U.S. producing so few engineers? Why aren’t university students choosingengineering as a career? It is becoming increasingly clear that the answer begins in elementaryschool. Unfortunately, engineering is not traditionally part of the K-12 curriculum and manyteachers are apprehensive about attempting to teach these topics2. Teachers are likelyuncomfortable teaching

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

joined East Carolina University as an Assistant Professor in August, 2005. Prior to this appointment, he served as a Research Engineer in China from 1995 to 2001. His research interests include wearable medical devices, telehealthcare, bioinstrumentation, control systems, and biosignal processing. His educational research interests are laboratory/project-driven learning and integration of research into undergraduate education. Dr. Yao is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

undergraduate and six graduate programs and has a student population of three hundred students. Dr. Viswanathan is an educator, researcher and administrator with more than twenty-five years of industrial and academic experience encompassing engineering and environmental consulting, research and development, and technology development. His career experience includes teaching at the University level, conducting fundamental research, and developing continuing educational courses. Page 12.73.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Multidisciplinary Master’s Program in Homeland Security and