Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kaustubh Nagarkar, General Electric; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of NY-Binghamton

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Graduate Studies

., Srihari K., and Kushner L., Rivero R., “Reducing Patient Turnaround Time at an ED”, International Conference on Production Research (ICPR), Blacksburg, VA, USA, August, 2003.8. Nagarkar K., Gandhi T., DeGennaro M., Srihari K., and Kushner L., Rivero R., “Effective Utilization of Ancillary Services to Reduce Patient Turnaround Time in an Emergency Room”, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, TX, May 2004.9. Nivarthi S., Thalacker G., Nagarkar K., DeGennaro M., Kushner L., Srihari K., & Rivero R., “Enhancement of the Utilization of a Suite of Operating Rooms”, Industrial Engineering Research Council Conference, Houston, TX, May 2004.10. Ramakrishnan S., Nagarkar K., Courtney A., DeGennaro M., Srihari K., and Emick F

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Design for the Environment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Douglas Gabauer, Virginia Tech; Tim Bayse, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

, as well as asking the students to explain howor why a particular design works (or doesn’t work). These are applicable to the undergraduatedesign as well – the trick is to find new and innovative ways to awaken the inner curiosity of thestudents. For at least one of the graduate student authors, whose goal is a career in academia,this take home message was an invaluable one.Dealing with the UninterestedOne particular student on author 1’s team was almost entirely not interested in participating inFLL. This was very frustrating to the teacher as well as the mentor. Both teacher and mentoroften asked themselves, “Why did they even bother to show up?” This posed a formidablechallenge; both to get the student involved and prevent the student from

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; John Lloyd, Michigan State University

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International

e tur un uni l da l u The io na ti-C cati ry ul New Sp f es s M ons

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston-Downtown

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Engineering Technology

an additional pride effect because the students were performing the analysis on theirown vehicles. Page 12.1306.6Figure 5. Otto cycle graphs presenting the p-V and T-s Charts for a Toyota CamryHeat ExchangersAnalysis and design of heat exchangers are important parts of thermodynamics dealing with thecomponent of an energy conversion system that keeps temperatures within operational limits.The different types of engines used in cars generate very high amounts of heat requiring coolingsystems to avoid bearing seizure due to lubricant failure at high temperatures.Figure 6 Heat exchanger details and instrumentation of a Mercedes C230 Kompressor

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri

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Educational Research and Methods

study of first-year S&E students in 1990 found that fewer than 50percent had completed an S&E degree within five years.3 Furthermore, retention of engineeringstudents is a primary goal of Women in Engineering (WIE) and Multicultural Engineering(MEP) programs.Understanding why some students leave engineering to study another discipline at theiruniversity is an important factor in addressing low retention. Studies from Seymour and Hewitt6and Brainard and Carlin7 provided our communities with results essential to developing anunderstanding of why students from those institutions during that time period chose to leaveengineering. However, WIE, MEP, college of engineering administrators and faculty have anongoing need for these data from

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Frolik, University of Vermont

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Computers in Education

. Additional thanks to MicroStrain, Inc. of Williston, Vermont forgenerously supporting a wide range of wireless sensor related activities at UVM.Bibliography1 J. Frolik and J. Zurn, “Evaluation of Tablet PCs for engineering instruction and content development,” ASEEComputers in Education Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, July-September 2005.2 J. Cimbala, R. Toto, M. Wharton and J. Wise, “One step beyond: lecturing with a Tablet PC,” 2006 ASEE AnnualConference, Chicago IL.3 S. Brophy and G. Walker, “Case study of the pedagogical impact of Tablet PCs as a presentation medium in large-scale engineering classrooms,” 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, Portland OR.4 J. Griffioen, W. Seales, J. Lumpp, “Teaching in realtime wireless classrooms,” Frontiers in Education

Conference Session

Cooperative Education Addresses ABET

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Mathews, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2007-234: USING CO-OP EMPLOYER SURVEYS TO ASSESS ABETOUTCOMESJohn Mathews, Mississippi State University John M. (Mike) Mathews. Mike Mathews is currently the Associate Director of Cooperative Education and Assistant Professor of Cooperative Programs at Mississippi State University. He has been involved in Cooperative Education at Mississippi State University for 31 years and active in ASEE for over 20 years. He can be reached via email at mike@coop.msstate.edu.Donna Reese, Mississippi State University Donna S. Reese. Professor Reese is currently the Associate Dean for Academics and Administration for the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University and a

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rusek, Oakland University; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University

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Electrical and Computer

. References[1] M. N. O. Sadiku and L. C. Agba, "A simple introduction to the transmission-line modeling," IEEE Page 12.567.17 Transactions on Circuits and Systems, vol. 37, pp. 991-999, 1990.[2] C. W. Trueman, "Teaching transmission line transients using computer animation," IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 10–13 Nov.), pp. 9-11, 1999.[3] S. H. Mousavinezhad, "Electric & magnetic fields, transmission lines first?," 2006 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Excellence in Education, 2006. http://www.asee.org/acPapers/code/getPaper.cfm?paperID=11331[4] P. C. Magnusson, Transmission

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul Klenk, Duke University; Frank Dreher, Duke University; Emilie Condon, Githens Middle School; Gary Ybarra, Duke University; Lara Oliver, Duke University; Glenda Kelly, Duke University; Nancy Shaw, Duke University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Stephanie Farrell

, havegained exposure to industrial culture, gain experience with deadlines, progress meetings,presentations and written deliverables, and in many cases have secured summer or full-timeemployment with the sponsoring company. Students have won external awards for their workand have presented their work at national conferences.References1. R. A. Buonopane (1997), "Engineering Education for the 21st Century: Listen to Industry!," ChemicalEngineering Education, Vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 166-167.2. J. K. Borchardt (1998), "Navigating the New Workplace," Graduating Engineer, Vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 22-26.3. S. H. Bhavnani and M. D. Aldridge (2000), "Teamwork across Disciplinary Borders: A BridgeBetween the College and the Workplace," Journal of Engineering Education

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Colin Campbell; Steve Lambert; Oscar Nespoli

. Campbell, C. and Lambert, S., “Using Case Studies to Teach Introductory Design Concepts to First Year Engineers”, Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (www.asee.org.) 4. McClain,S. “A MathCAD Function Set for Solving Thermodynamics Problems”. Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. (On-line at www.asee.org.)6. Biographical InformationCOLIN CAMPBELLColin Campbell, BMath is the Assistant Director of the Waterloo Engineering Design Case Studies Group in theFaculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His particular case study interests are in courses that cross alldepartments, such as

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Lisa Schneider; Michael Kelley; Shefford P. Baker

: Transfer as an Epiphenomenon,” Detterman, D.K., and Sternberg, R.J. (Eds.), Transfer on Trial: Intelligence, Cognition, and Instruction, Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub. Corp., 1993.[7] Prince, M., “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 3, 2004.[8] Johnson, D., R. Johnson, and K.Smith, Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom, 2nd ed., Interaction Book Co., Edina, MN, 1998.[9] Johnson, D., R. Johnson, and K.Smith, “Cooperative Learning Returns to College: What Evidence is There That it Works?,” Change, Vol. 30, No. 4, July/Aug., 1998, pp. 26-35.[10] Springer, L., M. Stanne, and S. Donovan, “Effects of Small-Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Blanco, California Institute of Technology; Kenneth Pickar, California Institute of Technology; Luz Marina Delgado, GEMA; Oscar Arce, Universidad Rafael Landivar; Jeff Kranski, California Institute of Technology; Francoise Herrera, Universidad Rafael Landivar; Charles MacVean, Universidad Rafael Landivar

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Design in Engineering Education

Knew About The World Bank, a World Bank publication,The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433· USA, 2006. See also: http://info.worldbank.org/etools/reducingpoverty/about_b.html2. See http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/afghanistan/3. Smith, A. B., Banzaert, A., & Susnowitz, S. (2003). The MIT IDEAS Competition: Promoting Innovation for Public Service. Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference, Session S1B. Retrieved February 14, 2005 from Frontiers in Engineering web site: http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie2003/papers/1401.pdf4. Banzaert, A., Goss, J., Smith, A., & Susnowitz, S. (2003). MIT’s Public Service Design Seminars: Inspiring Applied Innovation. Proceedings of the NCIIA

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramzi Bualuan, University of Notre Dame

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to2001, our office would send a brochure to guidance counselors at thousands of highschools from around the country, hoping that they would alert their students to ourprogram. The web site, followed by word of mouth resulting our success, has made ourprogram much more visible.As the numbers have increased, we have been forced to set a cap. While numbers in themid-50’s per session are usually ideal, we have recently been able to properly manageover 60 students per session. We feel though that a cap of mid-60’s is necessary, as a Page 12.986.9higher number would have a negative effect on the quality of the program.Figure 2 below depicts the

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Murray, University of Missouri; Stephen Raper, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

– Importance of Knowing What Is Going on in the World Reported by SeniorsThe students were then asked to select their source(s) of current events from: Television,Websites, Radio, Magazines/Newspapers, and Others. They were allowed to select asmany as applied and asked to specific examples of each. Page 12.609.3 Sources of Current Events 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 r pe o er

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in Student Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Peterson, Lamar University; David Cocke, Lamar University; Jewel Gomes, Lamar University; Hector Casillas, Lamar University; Morgan Reed, Lamar University; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Chemical Engineering

: Jerome Bruner’s constructivist view of teaching and learning, http://www.gtce.org.uk/policyandresearch/research/ROMtopics/brunerROM/study 8. Collura, M.A., Bouzid, A., Daniels, S., Nocito-Gobel, J., (2004), “Development of a Multidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral”, 2004 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings 9. Work in Progress - Spiral Curriculum Approach to Reformulate Engineering Curriculum Vinod K. Lohani, Kumar Mallikarjunan, Mary Leigh Wolfe, Terry Wildman, Jeff Connor, John Muffo, Jenny Lo1, Tamara W. Knott, G. V. Loganathan, Richard Goff, Mike Chang, John Cundiff, Greg Adel, Foster Agblevor, Mike Gregg, David Vaughan, Ed Fox, Hayden Griffin, Saied Mostaghimi

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Journal of Engineering Education 1997;86(2):133-8.6. Vidal R, Mulet E, Gómez-Senent E. Effectiveness of the means of expression in creative problem-solving in design groups. Journal of Engineering Design 2004;15(3):285-98. Page 12.827.77. Carkett R. "He's different, he's got 'Star Trek' vision': Supporting the expertise of conceptual design engineers. Design Studies 2004;25(5):459-75.8. Ekwaro-Osire S. 'Pan-Mentoring' as an effective element of capstone design courses. The International Journal of Engineering Education 2003;19(5):721-4.9. Ekwaro-Osire S, Orono P, "Pan-mentoring in creative engineering

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College; Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College

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Engineering Technology

course to others. 6.222. Overall I was very satisfied with this course. 5.723. Before starting my online course(s) I received sufficient information about registration requirements 5.2 and prerequisites.24. Before starting my online course(s) I received sufficient information about student support services. 5.7 Page 12.41.114.2.3 Quality of Service Survey Once every three years, Excelsior College conducts a comprehensive assessment of the“Quality of Service” (QOS) provided to the students at

Conference Session

Digital and Embedded System Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Bolding, Seattle Pacific Univ; Dave Van Ess, Cypress Semiconductor

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Electrical and Computer

. Check with alumni and industrial contacts to learn of their evaluation of the quality of the software. Look for well-designed software that provides an integrated development environment. ‚ Examine the available evaluation boards, including those from third-party manufacturers. Look for a board that will support the various objectives of your course with few external components needed. ‚ Test the hardware and software systems together. How much training will be necessary before your students are able to compile an example program, load it, and run it on hardware?Support from the manufacturerThe degree of support from the manufacturer(s) of your development system and hardwarecomponents can make the

Conference Session

Design for Special Services

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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Design in Engineering Education

design, and infrastructure design gives us insight into what benefits,intended or unintended, may arise when we apply these principles in the classroom. In addition,as design instructors, it is useful as a lesson on the way in which social movements and ideastransferred from field to field inform, or reinvigorate, an area of practice in engineering.The concepts of design for accessibility began to take hold in architecture, particularly for thedesign of public buildings, in the 1970’s. These principles form the foundation for legislationenacted in the United States and elsewhere.1 The implementation of legislation, such as theAmericans with Disabilities Act, led to a change in building requirements intended to makebuildings more accessible to

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

- PIC board as interface) and in Experiment 2 to perform motor speed controlusing a perforated disc and optical interrupt sensor. For this the PIC is used for pulse widthmodulation and the NI USB 6009 is introduced for counting - shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 Using USB 6009 DAQ and PIC board for motor speed controlThe students apply this knowledge to their group’s choice of one of three projects that require Page 12.1272.5use of sensors, acquisition of sensor data and its use for a simple control function(s). Studentsare also required to develop a ‘dashboard’ on their laptop in LabVIEW to display the sensor data,etc. All students are

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World / International Engineering Education II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Dees, Middle Tennessee State University; Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

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International

vehicles entering the Solar BikeRayce USA are classified as S Class. An SClass vehicle must have a functional electric propulsion system, battery, and solar array, usingno other source of energy other than the battery and solar array. The size of the solar array andthe dimensions of the vehicle are subjected to limitations for use on the track. Teams maychoose one battery from the following types: Sealed Pb-acid, NiMH, NiCad, or Li Ion/Li IonPolymer/Li Ion Alloy batteries. The S Class solar vehicle also must exhibit roll over protectionfor the driver, meaning that it must have sufficient strength to help protect the driver in the eventof a roll over and should shield the driver from the incidental movement of body and chassisparts.15MTSU’s solar

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University

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New Engineering Educators

that best serves student learning. • Instructors should be good listeners and excellent observers. They should conduct student evaluations regularly.AcknowledgementsI would like to acknowledge with gratitude the support of the engineering faculty at the U.A.Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University and Professor Neville Parker atThe City College of New York.Bibliography1. Alley, M., Crowley, L., Donnell, J., and Moore, C. Writing Guidelines for Engineering and ScienceStudents. 08/2006, Available online at: http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/workbooks/design.html (accessed January 2,2007).2. Brent, R., Felder, R., and Rajala, S. (2006) Preparing New Faculty Members to be Successful: A No-Brainer and Yet

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Durward Sobek, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

traditionis a capstone design experience within each program in the senior year. Each program hasevolved its own senior design course over the years to suit its particular curricular needs.Typically projects have been team-based with representation from within the disciplineexclusively.A few years ago, the College of Engineering initiated a program to offer a multi-disciplinarydesign opportunity for the senior design project. The “No Walls” program had students takean engineering design course (ENGR 401) offered through the general engineering programas a substitute for their discipline’s capstone course(s). The faculty coordinator identified theappropriate disciplines as dictated by the project requirements, and recruited students (largelythrough

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane Zemke, Gonzaga University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Smith, K.A., and Imbrie, P.K., Teamwork and Project Management, 3rd ed., Boston, MA: McGraw Hill, 2006.10. Deacon Carr, S., Herman, E.D., Zarotney Keldsen, S., Miller, J.G., and Arkinstall Wakefield, P., The Team Learning Assistant Workbook, Boston, MA: McGraw Hill, 2005.11. LaFasto, F. M. J., & Larson, C. E. (2001). When Teams Work Best. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.12. Wankat, P., and Oreovicz, F., “A Push for Participation,” ASEE Prism, Vol. 15, No. 5, 2006, pg. 39.13. Prince, M., “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 3, 2004, pp. 223-231.14. Smith, K.A., Sheppard, S.D., Johnson, D.W., and Johnson R.T., “Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Swan, Tufts University; Jesse Cooper, Tufts University; Amanda Stockwell, Tufts University

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Environmental Engineering

these initial efforts are also described. Finally, an assessment of thestudents’ advising is presented including current observations by this cohort on if and howstudents’ academic direction were effected by the research experience. Page 12.964.2Window on Research and Scholarship (WORS) Advising ProgramWindows on Research and Scholarship is only one of six advising option that incoming first-yearstudents may chose to participate in at Tufts. The semester-long program assigns a small groupof students (10 or less) to an advisor who meets at least once a week with them during thesemester to work on a research topic(s) of interest to that advisor

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sang-Hoon Lee, Polytechnic University; Anshuman Panda, Polytechnic University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Hong Wong, Polytechnic University

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Computers in Education

Figure 3: Template and model properties3.2. PIC Library The PIC Library is a custom library of Simulink blocks (in the form of s-functions) thatinterface with sensors and actuators connected to the PIC microcontroller. The following blocksare currently included in the PIC library: ADC, PinStateIn, PWM, and PinStateOut. Moreover,the library includes a block labeled IOBlock that is required in all user-designed Simulinkdiagrams to enable serial communication between the PIC microcontroller and Matlab.Hardware settings and parameter requirements of each block are detailed below. ADC Block (see Figure 4) configures the analog to digital conversion module of the PICmicrocontroller. Note that five of the six I/O pins of port A and three I/O pins of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lionel Craddock, Bluefield State College; Daphne Rainey, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Susan Faulkner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College; Martha Eborall, Bluefield State College; Lewis Foster, Bluefield State College; Stephen Cammer, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Betsy Tretola, Virginia Tech; Bruno Sobral, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Oswald Crasta, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

diverse student backgrounds. The course can be adapted to several teaching formatsfrom classroom to sustainable online implementations. CART at BSC is currently working toimplement the course as an online course in the near future.References 1. Atkins, DE, Droegemeier, KK, Feldman, SI, Garcia-Molina, H, Klein, ML, Messerschmitt, DG, Messina, P, Ostriker, JP and Wright, MH. (2003) Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure. 3 Feb. 2003 (http://www.communitytechnology.org/nsf_ci_report/) 2. Greene, K. and S., Donovan. (2005) Ramping Up to the Biology

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Hay, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

ESE SW SE SSW SSE S Figure 2. Wind Rose for January 2005. This shows the average strength of the wind foreach of the 16 compass points during the month of January. N NNW 100 NNE NW NE 50 WNW ENE W 0 E WSW ESE SW

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mohamed Chouikha, Howard University; Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Boardclassroom (exhibited in the top panes of (100KS/s version) and Hardware/Software Environmentfigure 1). This Mobile StudioInstrumentation Board (I/O Board) technology replicates the functionality of an oscilloscope,function generator, multimeter, power supplies and additionally allows users to control externaldevices with 16 reconfigurable digital I/O ports. With the advent of a Mobile Studio lab, manyinstrumentation-based course offerings could be held in normal classrooms rather than in speciallyoutfitted studio facilities. In addition, students will be able to perform hands-on experimentsoutside of the classroom anywhere/anytime, thus facilitating new opportunities for them toexplore/tinker and gain insight through practical experience