Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

presentation, it tracks the development of atechnique the authors call “project-directed mathematics” and its incorporation with writing as alearning strategy. Data gathered from mostly female students taking courses in ContemporaryMathematics over the five years support the authors’ claims, which include new observations andrecommendations that may be adapted to transform other “Western” courses into culturally-appropriate studies.IntroductionVirginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUR) is a stateresearch university located in the heart of metropolitan Richmond, Virginia’s capital since 1779.Over 32,000 students enroll on its two Richmond campuses. VCUR’s mission is to educate “full-time and part-time students of all ages

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

course.They were split into four teams of two students each working on separate projects. The generaltopics were pulley systems, vibrations, alternative energy and thermoelectric devices. Some ofthe projects were more successful than others, as might be expected. The overall outcome was asuccess and resulted in several hands-on activities that have been used for students in grades 1-12.This paper begins with a brief overview of the outreach programs in the School of Engineering.The main topic of the paper is the independent study course. The course goals and generalproject requirements are included. Each of the four projects are discussed with an emphasis onthe project goals, activities that were developed, success levels, and ongoing efforts to

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Liberal Education

) printer, which enables students tosee their designs come to life by creating a functional ABS plastic model directly from designfiles. Additionally, a large-format printer allows students to create posters and CAD drawings informats up to 42 inches wide. To aid in the development of communication projects, the Studiooffers a wide range of audio-visual resources for student checkout. These resources include stilland video cameras, wireless and corded microphone systems, and highly portable projectors andprojection screens.The campus-wide CxC program and the Studio comprise a sustained support system forengineering students and faculty. This has contributed to enthusiastic acceptance ofprogrammatic changes by both faculty and students and helped

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa and the Middle East

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mazen Hasna, Qatar University; Abdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar University; Boualem Boashash, Qatar University

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International

AC 2010-827: PREPARING AND EDUCATING THE QATARI ENGINEER OF 2030Mazen Hasna, Qatar UniversityAbdelmagid Hamouda, Qatar UniversityBoualem Boashash, Qatar University Page 15.973.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Preparing and Educating the Arab Qatari Engineer of 2030AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of adapting Engineering Education to a changing situation inQatar, a small country that is part of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council. It presents theframework for a national project planned to take place in the State of Qatar during the 2010/11academic year.Over the past few years, several professional organizations started reviewing the issue

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Curran, University College Dublin; Colleen Doyle, University College Dublin; Enda Cummins, University College Dublin; Kevin McDonnell, University College Dublin; Nicholas Holden, University College Dublin

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First-Year Programs

of a problem-based learning module called the BiosystemsEngineering Design Challenge. The focus of the module is on designing and building a working,bench-scale device that solves a practical problem relevant to Biosystems Engineering. Itprovides an early opportunity for students to learn about engineering design, project managementand teamwork. The module aligns well with the academic policy of University College Dublin tointroduce alternative teaching and learning strategies compared to the conventional lecture.While the original aim of the module was to enhance the learning experience specifically forBiosystems Engineering students, it was considered beneficial to adopt a multi-disciplinaryapproach by allowing students from a wide variety

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Herbert Detloff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha

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Computers in Education

mobilerobotics learning platform was developed by faculty and students of the department to be used asthe centerpiece of outreach efforts to middle school math and science teachers in order todemonstrate STEM concepts at the K-16 levels and to provide a sense of excitement and buy-infor University students enrolled in the CEEN program. The platform, named the CEENBoT™,was first introduced to freshman CEEN students in the fall semester of 2008, while currentCEEN seniors, projected to graduate in 2010, possess no direct experience with the newplatform.This paper gives the results of an assessment conducted in the fall semester of 2009 with the goalof measuring the educational impact of senior students’ project-based experiences with theCEENBoT™ mobile

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

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Wangping Sun

;  Project management skills. Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 78III. Available programs to educate global engineersThere are at least eleven formats available in engineering programs that educate globalengineers2,19,20,21,22,23,24,25. 1. Dual degree: students obtain two degrees - one from the home university and one from the university abroad. Students follow an integrated program, which includes substantial study at the university abroad. 2. Student exchange: students from the home and

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Harry Knickle

Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Programs, Northeast LSAMP: Recruiting STEM Majors Harold N. Knickle, knickle@egr.uri.edu College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island New England Section of ASEE at Wentworth Institute, May 2010 Introduction The College of Engineering at URI joined with Northeastern University, WPI, UConn, and UMass-Amherst in a joint proposal to NSF to fund the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Programs. UMASS-Amherst is the lead institution. The proposal was funded for a five-year period beginning October 1, 2001 and then for a second five year period in 2006. The purpose of the project is to increase minority

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE III

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Greg Nordstrom, Lipscomb University; John Pettit, David Lipscomb University

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Electrical and Computer

information can be gathered by interviewing previousinstructors and/or the department chair. The review is documented with dates, comments, andrecommendations regarding the upcoming course, including changes to lectures, homework/labassignments (if applicable), projects, quizzes and tests. This is demonstrated in Figure 4 below.Non-bold entries represent data provided by the instructor

Conference Session

Liberal Education for 21st Century Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nadia Kellam, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Tracie Costantino, University of Georgia; Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia

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Liberal Education

of artistic cognition and the transformative potential of aesthetic experience as an educative event. She is exploring this topic in an interdisciplinary curriculum project funded by the National Science Foundation with colleagues from engineering and creativity studies. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters, Costantino has served as the editor of the Arts & Learning Research Journal and associate editor for the International Journal for Education & the Arts.Bonnie Cramond, University of Georgia Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia. An international and

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jaime D. Alava; Keith M. Gardiner

available, the introduction to engineering concepts, and informs them ofthe attractive opportunities available at Lehigh University. The goals are accomplished throughpresentations from each engineering department, two projects in specific departments, andlectures from various experts. The course is lead by Professor Keith Gardiner who organizes thelecture sessions, while the projects are overseen by key faculty members from each of the sevendepartments in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science: ChemicalEngineering (CE), Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), Computer Science andEngineering (CSE), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Industrial and SystemsEngineering (ISE), Materials Science and Engineering (MSE

Conference Session

Instructional Innovations in Architectural Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammed Haque, Texas A&M University

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Architectural

AC 2010-640: MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTION VISUALIZATIONSWITH EXAMPLES: SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR GRADUATE COURSEMohammed Haque, Texas A&M University MOHAMMED E. HAQUE, Ph.D., P.E. Dr. Mohammed E. Haque is a professor of Construction Science at Texas A&M University at College Station, Texas. He has over twenty years of professional experience in analysis, design, and investigation of building, bridges and tunnel structural projects of various city and state governments and private sectors. Dr. Haque is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and members of ASEE, ASCE, and ACI. Dr. Haque received a BSCE from Bangladesh University of Engineering and

Conference Session

Lean and Six Sigma Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mohamed Gadalla, Central Connecticut State University; Mahdy Alam, UTC; Yepery Soro, Central Connecticut State University

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Manufacturing

, it suffers a major drawback. That is, when theproduct and/or the product mix changes, a cell reconfiguration may be required. This leads tomovement of heavy machinery inside the work area. Besides being a time consuming activity; itis a major contributor to employee dissatisfaction. This paper is based on extending leanmanufacturing systems by enabling machine mobility through converting static machines intomobile ones.IntroductionThe research in this paper is based on work done by two undergraduate students as their capstonesenior design projects at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) and Texas A&MUniversity at Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). The work was not only indented to expose students tointeresting projects, but also expose them

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Edward F. Glynn; Frank E. Falcone

andcommunications skills. The authors agreed with their colleagues that sophomores should beexposed to these professional practice issues; the challenge was how to do so in a course that islargely devoted to technical topics.The Fundamentals course is structured around five group projects: surveying a closed traverse,mapping and gauging a stream, conducting hydraulics experiments in a flume, measuring theproperties of civil engineering materials, and the design/construction/testing of a model truss.The professional practices component of the course is integrated into and among the fiveprojects. It includes three activities: (1) a mentoring program; (2) leadership exercises; and (3)communications skills. The three activities are discussed in detail in the

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randal Abler, Georgia Tech; James Krogmeier, Purdue University; Aaron Ault, Purdue University; Julia Melkers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tamara Clegg, Georgia Institute of Technology; Edward Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Economic Development Quarterly.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Planning, State and Local Government Review and Economic Development Quarterly.Tamara Clegg, Georgia Institute of Technology Tamara Clegg is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech in the area of Learning Sciences and Technology. Her research focuses on how we can design technology and learning environments to foster identity development and understanding how this identity development happens. Her research project, entitled Kitchen Science Investigators (KSI) is a hands-on cooking and science program where middle schoolers learn the science behind cooking and scientific reasoning

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Southeast Missouri State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-1268: LIVING WITH THE LAB: SUSTAINABLE LAB EXPERIENCESFOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSKelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech UniversityDavid Hall, Louisiana Tech UniversityPatricia Brackin, Southeast Missouri State University Page 15.846.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Living With the Lab: Sustainable Lab Experiences for Freshman Engineering StudentsAbstractIn the United States, a movement toward project-based freshman engineering curricula began inthe 1990’s due in large part to the National Science Foundation’s Engineering EducationCoalitions. This movement continues at Universities across the country. At Louisiana

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Marsocci; P.K. Raju; Chetan Sankar

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Architectural

Educational Methods for Design Courses: Functional DormitoriesAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to describe a student-led international engineering project that isboth exciting and educational. The challenge with this project is to reach the proper balance ofstudent-led creativity and learning, collection of data, adequate expert review, and transfer ofknowledge to other students. This paper details an international student project that was thendocumented as a case study. After providing a synopsis of the example case study, a suggestedstructure for developing such a case study is provided with references to the example. This canhelp guide a faculty member design such a project in the future. A suggested classroom

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

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International

thatrequire redesign or development of a device that will enhance the quality of life of the local area.The students then work on modifying or designing the device using local materials and inputfrom the local community. Some examples of projects undertaken include development of ahuman powered grain crusher and a tree climber. The grain crusher being designed at RowanUniversity has undergone many revisions to make it more affordable and sustainable based onpilot studies and end-user feedback. It can be powered easily by a single person and thereforecan utilize human energy for crushing grains efficiently. The second project currently inprogress is a palm tree climber. The tree climber will provide a safer alternative to the traditionalclimbing

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

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Graduate Studies

TaskForce Engineer-Leaders Project. The Project concerns the deliberate advancement of professionalgraduate engineering education relevant to the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. The strength of the innovation and leadershipcapacity of America’s professional engineering base in our civilian, aerospace, and defense industries is acritical asset in our global economic recovery. As with other learned professions, there are progressiveskill sets and actions that must be learned or developed at the advanced levels of the practice ofengineering. This series of papers addresses the skills continuum in three main parts: a) Part I addressesthe Direct Leadership Skills and Actions

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy

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Aerospace

Tangible Aircraft DesignAbstract Implementation of an undergraduate aircraft design curriculum in a short aeronauticalengineering course sequence can be challenging. Ideally, students need to be taught fundamentalaircraft design material in a way that can easily be transitioned to a hands-on design project. Theproject should be both interesting and fun but also try to cover the entire design process from aconceptual standpoint to the preliminary design phase and finally expose them to the detailedmanufacturing of a prototype for testing. As is often the case, time and resources are limited andmuch of the hands-on engineering education experience so valuable to a student is hard toachieve. While many

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

AC 2010-2255: EXTROVERT: SYSTEM FOR LEARNING ACROSS DISCIPLINESNarayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology Associate Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. Page 15.572.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 EXTROVERT: SYSTEM FOR LEARNING ACROSS DISCIPLINES ABSTRACTThe EXTROVERT project builds resources to enable engineers to solve problems cutting acrossdisciplines. The approach is to enable learners to gain confidence with the process of

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Titus, Purdue University; Carla Zoltowski, Purdue University; William Oakes, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

decision-making process that studentscan adapt and implementin their own projects. We have also created methods of assessment to determine how muchprogress students make in their moral decision-making abilities and in their ability to identify,characterize, and reflect on the specific ethical issues they encounter in their project work. Tothis end we have created reflection questions, lectures, workshops, and an assessment instrument. Page 15.763.3As with all curriculum development, these tools are continually updated as we learn more aboutthem, but our data so far suggest these tools have enabled us to be effective in our task ofteaching

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Pamalee Brady, California Polytechnic State University; Manoochehr Zoghi, Cal State Fresno; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville; Xiong Yu, Case Western Reserve University

largepart, the story of failures, both imminent and actual, and of the changes to designs, standards andprocedures made as the result of timely interventions or forensic analyses. In addition totechnical issues, concepts such as professional and ethical responsibility are highlighted byfailure cases. Pilot studies have been carried out over several semesters to assess the use offailure case studies in civil engineering and engineering mechanics courses at Cleveland StateUniversity under an earlier NSF project. Student learning has been assessed through surveys aswell as focus groups, led by researchers from the Cleveland State University College ofEducation and Human Services. Students were asked specifically about the technical lessonslearned, as

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati; Patrick Brown, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 15.1299.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 UNIVERSITY AND URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS TEAM TO USE LEGO ROBOTS TO TEACH PHYSICSAbstractUnder a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Teachers1, project leadersa the University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) recruited sixhigh school science and math teachers teaching in low income urban schools. The schools thatwere selected had less than $200 per school year for equipment and the classes were usually 26-30 students. Some of the goals of this RET effort were to provide a better understanding of therole of engineers in industry and society, expose teachers to university research and itsapplication in

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Sridhara, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

-on project and an industrial visit. The student teams are required to design, build and test aHelmholtz resonator. A Helmholtz resonator, which can be modeled as a spring-mass system,consists of a body (cavity) and a neck whose dimensions can be selected to tune the resonator torespond at a desired natural frequency. In the fall of 2007 student teams as well as the authorbuilt resonators using steel and aluminum. We used a laptop computer and a freeware (software)to test the resonators. The testing included pressing the resonator neck opening against our lowerlip and quickly blowing once and simultaneously recording the time domain data. The freewarewas useful in recording the time domain data but the frequency response was not good because

Conference Session

Research in Graphics Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University

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Engineering Design Graphics

-ended individual projects where students get to select a mechanism to modeland analyze are presented. In addition an overview of the strategy adopted and experiences inconducting a collaborative team project for creating a complex mechanism will be discussed.This strategy enables a realistic model of an assembly with over 100 components to be modeled,simulated and analyzed within a 10 week term.The paper concludes with a discussion of observations made on how students benefit from theinstruction, assignments and project work in this advanced area of CAD. This includes theirability to assimilate and apply both the mechanics and strategies of advanced assembly modelingand the challenges faced in collaboratively creating large

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Pierce, Sweet Briar College; Hank Yochum, Sweet Briar College

AC 2010-1854: ENGAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN A DESIGN-BASEDSERVICE LEARNING COURSE EMPHASIZING CONNECTIONS BETWEENTECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETYRobert Pierce, Sweet Briar CollegeHank Yochum, Sweet Briar College Page 15.468.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Engaging Engineering Students in a Design-Based Service Learning Course Emphasizing Connections between Technology and SocietyAbstractHistory has shown that there is a complex relationship between technological projects and theindividuals that a technology is intended to serve. Failure to understand or anticipate the socialenvironment in which a technology is implemented often leads to unintended

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

practicing engineer in industry. The objectives of thisresearch are to explore the types of cognition and social interactions of student teams as theyengage in these virtual laboratories, to determine the role of instructional design in the responseof student teams, and to ascertain whether virtual laboratories can effectively promote types oflearning that are difficult or impossible to achieve from physical laboratories.Objectives The specific objectives of the NSF CCLI Phase 2 project are to: 1. Create the following learning materials and teaching strategies based on virtual laboratories: A. Enhance the Virtual CVD laboratory by including interactive reflection tools (e.g., interactive lab notebook, a virtual supervisor

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Tito-Izquierdo, University of Houston, Downtown; Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

consistsof two vertical trusses with 10’0” height and spaced by 10’0”; a top horizontal truss, and aconcrete slab at the bottom that is supported on steel beams spanning between the verticaltrusses. The bridge is supported by straps at the ends and by pin-type supports on the centralbents. All the steel joints are welded. The substructure consists of concrete frames which areconstructed over drilled shafts.The project tasks are to obtain the material take-off and cost estimating; obtain the naturalfrequency; make the structural modeling; and verify if the structure is able to withstand the loadsindicated in current codes.This type of project is motivating for the students because they see a real application of theirstudies. The course assessment

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Yung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-1820: INTEGRATION OF REAL WORLD TEAMING INTO APROGRAMMING COURSECordelia Brown, Purdue UniversityYung-Hsiang Lu, Purdue University Page 15.785.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integration of Real World Teaming Into A Programming CourseAbstractHistorically, teaming experiences for engineering students has primarily been found infirst year engineering courses, design courses, and laboratory courses. Occasionally,other types of engineering courses integrate teaming as a part of some of the courseprojects. In this paper, we are reporting our findings of integrating teaming into aprogramming course. This study examines team projects and team interaction in a