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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elyce Winters, Stony Brook University; Imin Kao, Stony Brook University; Jennifer Dellaposta, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christine Szaraz, SUNY Stony Brook College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Minorities in Engineering

impact of advising interventions on the academicsuccess of engineering and applied science pre-majors at a large, multicultural, top-tier researchuniversity. There is a growing body of literature addressing the impact of specific academicinitiatives with respect to how higher education students are taught math, science, andengineering subjects, though there is less focus on the value of intensive psycho-social supporton the retention and advancement of students pursuing the science, technology, engineering andmath (STEM) disciplines. This paper seeks to address that issue and illustrate how earlyadvising interventions can improve retention and graduation rates.Kitzrow notes that colleges and universities in the United States have seen enormous

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Curricular Developments in Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Mohammed Safiuddin, State University of New York, Buffalo; Chilukuri Mohan, Syracuse University; Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-648: MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONIlya Grinberg, Buffalo State College Ilya Grinberg graduated from the L’viv Polytechnic Institute (L’viv, Ukraine) with an MS in EE and earned a Ph.D. degree from the Moscow Institute of Civil Engineering (Moscow, Russia). He has over 30 years of experience in design and consulting in the field of power distribution systems and design automation. He has over 30 published papers. Currently he is Professor of Engineering Technology at Buffalo State College. His interests are in the field of electric power distribution systems analysis, design automation, and systems engineering.Mohammed Safiuddin, State University of New York

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BME Course and Curriculum Development

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Aston, East Tennessee State University; William H. Blanton, East Tennessee State University

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Biomedical

technology program for 10 years and then retired as a tenured associate professor. He taught a medical imaging equipment course to undergraduate seniors about seven times. He was granted a Ph.D. by The Ohio State University in 1969, and is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in Pennsylvania. His contact is: 33 Barney St. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702. E-mail: astonrj@yahoo.comWilliam H. Blanton, East Tennessee State University Wm. Hugh Blanton received the B.S. Technology degree in electronic engineering technology from the University of Houston in 1971, the M.S. in math/physics education from West Texas State University in 1979, the MBA from West Texas State University in 1986, and

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Thinking, Reasoning & Engineering in Elementary School

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

by the school systems and trained in teaching EiE. The teachers weresupported by staff and professors of engineering, technology, mathematics, and science from twocommunity colleges.This paper describes the year-long process to introduce a unit of EiE into the classrooms of eachof the twenty-two elementary school teachers, in such a way that each selected unit meshed withthe unique curriculum of each elementary school.The paper also describes the work done implementing surveys of student attitudes andimplementing pre- and post-tests of student learning about engineers, the engineering designprocess and a unit of EiE.Each school district also developed and began to implement appropriate plans for theprofessional development of additional

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Gloria A. Monaghan

Cr eativity and Engineer ing: Constr ucting Poems Gloria A Monaghan Wentworth Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Humanities at Wentworth Institute of Technology“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” - Andre GideFocusIn the 21st Century engineering students are expected to use creative ways to findproblems and solve problems within their fields. A poetry course might be the leastlikely place you would find budding mechanical, civil and construction managementstudents- but as it turns out, these were the students who signed up for

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Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Riddell, Baker College Of Flint; Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2010-1670: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, AN INTRODUCTION FOR ENGINEERSJames Riddell, Baker College Of Flint James A. Riddell is Dean of Engineering and Technology at Baker College of Flint. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, SME (past chair) and SAE (past chair.)Anca Sala, Baker College Of Flint Anca L. Sala, Associate Professor, is Chair of the Engineering Department at Baker College. Dr. Sala coordinates several engineering and technology programs, teaches and develops engineering curriculum, and leads the ABET accreditation activities in the department. She is an active member of ASEE, ASME, and OSA

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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R. Asmatulu; E. Asmatulu; B. Zhang

: Nanotechnology, nanoethics and recent developments.Email: ramazan.asmatulu@wichita.edu1. INTRODUCTION1.1 BackgroundNanotechnology is the creation of materials, components, devices and/or systems at near atomicor molecular levels. Usually, one of the dimensions of nanoproducts is between 1 nm and 100nm length in scale. This emerging technology involves fabricating, imaging, measuring,modeling, and manipulating matter at this scale. The goal of nanotechnology is to controlindividual atoms, molecules, or particles to significantly improve the physical, chemical,physicochemical, and biological properties of materials and devices for various purposes. Itincludes a broad range of highly multidisciplinary fields, such as engineering, materials science

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Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; William Michalson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Michael Demetriou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2010-525: A ROBOTICS ENGINEERING M.S. DEGREEMichael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Prof. Michael A. Gennert is Department Head of the Computer Science Department and Director of the Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, the University of California/Riverside, General Electric Ordnance Systems, Pittsfield, MA and PAR Technology Corporation, New Hartford, NY. He received the S.B. in Computer Science, S.B. in Electrical Engineering, and S.M. in Electrical

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Keith M. Gardiner

Embedding Sustainability into the Engineering Curriculum Keith M. Gardiner, Lehigh University Mohler Labs, 200 West Packer Av., Bethlehem, PA 18015AbstractThe background, conception, development and history of a course including the word„Sustainability‟ in the title are described. Subsequently the topic is being added whereverappropriate in courses that deal with „Introduction to Engineering Practice,‟ „OrganizationalPlanning and Control,‟ „Manufacturing Management, „Agile Organizations and ManufacturingSystems.‟ Students exposed to sustainability concepts range from first year through to graduatelevels. The original course offered in summer 2003 is now a regular university

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Don Malzahn; Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Julie-Ellen Acosta

requires graduates tocomplete three of six activities (Whitman, et al. 2007): • Undergraduate Research • Cooperative Education/Internship • Global Learning/Study Abroad • Service Learning • Leadership • Multi-Disciplinary EducationThese activities were identified through the National Academy of Engineering’s “The Engineerof 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century” and ABET Criterion 3 (Table 1). Theresulting interest in technical and civic leadership, points to the “maturing” of the engineeringprofession. “As technological innovation plays an ever more critical role in sustaining thenation’s economic prosperity, security, and social well-being, engineering practice will bechallenged to

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

tasks and largely determine the usability, performance, and cost-effectivenessof a plant or unit. These in turn have a direct effect on the safety and environmental compatibilityof the plant or unit in subsequent operation.”3. An Approachable Process Model. The two-step FEED-Solution (F-S) design process modelis simple for students to understand, and as such, it is very likely to improve student learning. InFigure 2, we show the F-S model for the case of market pull. Since the market is the driver ofthis process, we refer to it as market driven. This is distinct from the case in which an invention(technology push), a spin-off (from say R&D), or public policy is the driver. None of thereferenced engineering design texts teach this F-S model

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Leslie Guadron; Alen M. Sajan; Olivia Plante; Stanley George; Yuying Gosser

to instill this same sort of basic knowledge in its students. In the case of the engineeringstudents who take the course, they are really learning this to enhance their general knowledge.They may never use this information in their future careers, but they will have an understandingof everyday occurrences. Many new technologies that involve genes raise concerns and causedebates because they impact our everyday lives. Some of the major issues related to genetics arethe use of DNA evidence in criminal trials, genetically engineered food products, cloning, andgenetic screening.2 Engineers should be able to form informed opinions about these subjectsbecause they will most likely encounter them in their lives. At some point, they may have

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Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J Thompson, Kansas State University; Ata M. Nazar, Kabul University

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International

Technology (ABET). The guiding principle andultimate outcome of the Engineering Partnership is accreditation of the KU programs to ABETstandards. The partnership agreement is for ten years with the first three years funded. One of themeasures of the quality of engineering education of graduates and the primary step in obtaining aProfessional Engineering (PE) license in the US is passing the Fundamentals of Engineering(FE) examination. The ability of KU graduates to pass the FE exam is a primary metric of thepartnership. The Engineering Partnership is an integrated and iterative approach to improve theoverall quality of the Faculty of Engineering. This approach emphasizes improved and updatedinfrastructure and physical resources (laboratories

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Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Howard Eisner, George Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

ofvideo and storage technologies, ways to better respond to student and institution needs andcreating even greater efficiencies while at the same enhancing the areas of focus, courseware andeducational experience. Finding new ways and means of expanding these notions can besupported by using some of the recommended “out of the box” thinking.Bibliography 1. Buede, D., “The Engineering Design of Systems”, John Wiley, 2000 2. Standard for Systems Engineering, IEEE P1220 (1994), Piscataway, New Jersey, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Department 3. C4ISR Architecture Framework, version 2.0 (1997), Washington, DC: Architectures Working Group, U. S. Department of Defense, December 18 4

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New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christina White, Columbia University; Richard Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kris Wood, University of Texas; Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin

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Minorities in Engineering

is to glean information about the interdisciplinary nature of learningand practicing engineering [Figure 3]. This goes back to our previously stated assumptions of theinterconnectivity of learning experiences, engineering for this study specifically. The responsesto this question show that all of the participants rank Education as the most highly significantinfluence to humanitarian engineering. Technology, Medicine, Business, Economics, andArchitecture are also ranked as highly significant. Language Arts and Kinesiology followed inthe ratings as being significant to Humanitarian Engineering whereas Fine Arts, Philosophy,Gender Issues, and Pop Culture Media represent topics that are of neutral significance. Whendisaggregated, results differ

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Robotics Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Fred Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lance Schacterle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

engineering and mechanicalengineering. The motivation for the program is twofold: First of all, the dramatic drop in the costof sensors, computers and actuators is making possible entirely new classes of products, capableof both automating nontrivial tasks as well as performing functions not possible before.Secondly, robotics has proven to be an excellent means to excite pre-college students aboutscience, technology, and engineering. While much of the technical foundation for the newprogram is drawn from Computer Science, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering, we believethat Robotics Engineering is on the path to emerging as an independent discipline with its ownintellectual goals and body of knowledge. Thus, graduates from the program are expected

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Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2010-1502: FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACHTimothy Hinds, Michigan State University TIMOTHY J. HINDS is an Academic Specialist in the Michigan State University College of Engineering Undergraduate Studies and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the lead instructor and coordinator for the Cornerstone Engineering program teaching courses in engineering design and modeling. He has also taught courses in machine design, manufacturing processes, mechanics, computational tools and international product design as well as graduate-level courses in engineering innovation and technology management. He has over 25 years of combined academic and industrial management

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DELOS Best Paper Nominations

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Susan Heller-Zeisler, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-151: THE NIST SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLSCIENCE TEACHERS: TRANSLATING NIST RESEARCH INTO ACTIVITIESFOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMMary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and TechnologySusan Heller-Zeisler, National Institute of Standards and Technology Page 15.1247.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers: Translating NIST Research into Activities for the Middle School ClassroomAbstractThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Institute for Middle

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Israel Urieli, Ohio University-Athens

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Mechanical Engineering

., Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, http://www.ent.ohiou.edu/~bayless/.14. NIST Chemistry WebBook, http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/fluid, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, accessed 2008. Page 15.498.1415. Bhattacharjee, S., TEST (The Expert System for Thermodynamics), http://www.thermofluids.net, San Diego University, California, accessed 2009.

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Fulfilling the CE BOK2 - Case Studies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Joshua Hewes, Northern Arizona University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-275: A POSSIBLE CIVIL ENGINEERING BOK2 CURRICULUMDebra Larson, Northern Arizona University Debra S. Larson is a Professor and Associate Dean for the College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. She served as department chair for civil and environmental engineering at NAU for four years. Prior to her faculty appointment at NAU, Debra worked as a structural and civil engineer for various companies. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Arizona. Debra received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Arizona State

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Douglas R. Carroll

, then they cannot be recognized on the Host Campus transcript as an honors student or as having earned a minor and they are not eligible to participate in NCAA athletics at the Host Campus.References 1. Egbert, R. I., Stone, L.H. and Adams, D.L. “Characteristics, Similarities, and Difference Among Four-Year Cooperative Engineering Programs in the United States”, in review for ASEE Prism, Please contact the author for a copy of the paper.Biographical InformationDr. Douglas R. Carroll PhD PE is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the MissouriUniversity of Science and Technology. He recently became the Director of the CooperativeEngineering Program, a cooperative program between Missouri S&T and Missouri

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Programs Using New Instrumentation Concepts

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Thomas Adams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Instrumentation

AC 2010-1626: ON TEACHING THE OPERATING PRINCIPLES OFPIEZORESISTIVE SENSORSRichard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard A. Layton is the Director of the Center for the Practice and Scholarship of Education (CPSE) and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from California State University, Northridge, and received his M.S. and Ph.D., both in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Washington, Seattle. His areas of scholarship include student team management, assessment, education, and remediation, undergraduate engineering laboratory reform focused on student learning, data analysis

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Signal Processing Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of Technology; Shun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-294: A NOVEL TEACHING APPROACH FOR UNDERGRADUATES INMICRO-CONTROLLER APPLICATION COURSESYuan-Lin Chen, MingChi University of TechnologyShun-Chung Wang, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology Page 15.69.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Novel Teaching Approach for Undergraduates in Micro- Controller Application CoursesAbstractThe micro-controller application technologies have become more and more important forengineering students, especially with respect to the field of Electric Engineering, in the age ofknowledge-economics. This paper presents a novel teaching approach for undergraduate studentsin the micro

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Computers in Education Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Leonid Revzin, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-799: INVOLVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CONSTRUCTINGAND USING DEVICES FOR AUTOMATION OF CHEMISTRY LABORATORYIgor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Igor M. Verner is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Technology Education at the Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He received the M.S. degree in Mathematics from the Urals State University and the Ph.D. in computer aided design systems in manufacturing from the Urals State Technical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia. His research interests are in engineering education with emphasis on experiential learning in technological environments, educational robotics

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Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lie Tang, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Robert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-1436: REMOTE USE OF A LINEAR AXIS RAPID DEVELOPMENTSYSTEMLie Tang, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRobert Landers, Missouri University of Science and Technology Page 15.1027.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Remote Use of a Linear Axis Rapid Development SystemAbstractA Linear Axis Rapid Development System (RDS) was developed and tested in a previousresearch study. The Linear Axis RDS, which is based on Matlab Simulink, provides the studentwith a tool to explore all phases of controller development (i.e., simulation, emulation, andimplementation) after the theoretical work is complete. However, the Linear Axis RDS did notprovide

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Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stacy Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Marlene Aviles, Dr. Ercel Webb School # 22, Jersey City School District; Jennifer Case, East Middle School; Augusto Macalalag, Stevens Institute of Technology; John Brockway, East Middle School; Christie O'Hara, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Asheim, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Brian Lien, Princeton High School; Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2010-95: BEST PRACTICES PANEL 2010Stacy Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Stacy Klein-Gardner is the Associate Dean for Outreach at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. A former high school teacher and active K-12 engineering curriculum developer, Dr. Klein-Gardner leads the Best Practices Panel committee's work for the K12 Division.Marlene Aviles, Dr. Ercel Webb School # 22, Jersey City School District Marlene Aviles is an elementary school teacher at the Dr. Ercel Webb School #22.Augusto Macalalag , Stevens Institute of Technology Augusto Z. Macalalag, Jr., is a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology.Jennifer Case, East Middle School Jennifer Case is a middle school

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Simin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Sam Conn, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-361: A CASE STUDY OF A THERMODYNAMICS COURSE:INFORMING ONLINE COURSE DESIGNSimin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech Dr. Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and Polytechnic Institute. Her applied research in education is focused on cognitive processes and motivational factors in problem solving in computationally intensive courses such as engineering using online technology. Prior to joining ME at Virginia Tech, she completed a collaborative research project between the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, College of Engineering at Texas A&M, and Department of Sociology at University

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Mentoring Graduate Students, Diversity, and Assessment

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Frehill, Self employed consultant; Amanda Lain, Freelance Consultant; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

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Graduate Studies

PhDprogram, which is the goal of the AMP-BD program - but the magnitude of the gender gap ismuch smaller. The stark differences in the engineering fields are important to study.Case Study AnalysisIn this section we provide an overview of each of the students who left the program without adegree and then compare and contrast them to students who were able to complete a master’sdegree. We use pseudonyms and have avoided use of too much identifying information toprotect the confidentiality of the students. All five students who left without degrees had beenenrolled in the electrical engineering program.Three women attempted the engineering technology (ET) to electrical engineering (EE)transition and one man had made this transition early in the program

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Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

) Indianapolis, IN 46202 Telephone Number: (317) 274-9719 E-mail: mrizkall@iupui.eduKey words: engineering education, ECE, processes, ASIC, PCB, MEMS, CAD,industrial involvement.ABSTRACTA new course in electronic manufacturing for senior electrical and computerengineering was developed at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis(IUPUI) to incorporate importance of information technology and processes inengineering. The course covers elements from engineering 2020 objectives. Thisincludes new technology with industrial involvement towards the application specificintegrated circuits, printed circuit board design, and micro electro motion (MEMS). Alayout editor, Catapult software and L-Edit, software

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Design in the ECE Curriculum

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

AC 2010-2315: ENABLING AND EVALUATING COLLABORATION OFDISTRIBUTED TEAMS WITH HIGH DEFINITION COLLABORATION SYSTEMSRandal Abler, Georgia Tech Randal Abler received the BEE degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986, and worked as a Research Engineer until completing his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2000. Dr. Abler’s research spans computer networks, embedded systems, sensor networks, and collaborative and educational applications of those technologies. Modern computer networks such as the Internet are a sophisticated combination of computer hardware, network protocols, and user applications. Advances in each of these three components affect the nature of a network in