Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cech, University of California, San Diego; Tom Waidzunas, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

provided with equality of opportunity to pursue and advance in engineeringcareers”.1; i While this is an important position statement, it is notably missing the humandiversity dimension of “sexual orientation,” ii among other possibilities. Students who identify aslesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) are enrolled in our engineering colleges, but what are theexperiences of these students? Do they have equality of opportunity within Americanengineering schools?Researchers have made impressive strides in understanding the experiences of women andracial/ethnic minority (REM) engineering students, exposing how cultural biases foster chillyclimates which hinder the success of these students. But the issue of sexual orientation inengineering has yet to be

Conference Session

Computational Tools and Simulation III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University; Jacob Schroeder, Clemson University; Hanjun Xian, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

focuses on a qualitative analysis of articles in the engineering educationliterature drawn from The Journal of Engineering Education spanning the past 10 years. Fourbroad criteria guided the selection and analyses of the articles: (1) Content: What major types of content for cyberlearning environments are being created focused particularly on engineering education? For example, the NSF identifies various categories of content for cyberlearning environments such as interactive online courses, intelligent tutors, virtual and remote laboratories, and serious games. (2) Pedagogy: How are these cyberlearning environments being incorporated in the classroom to promote learning? For example, several educators have reported

Conference Session

ASCE Policy 465: Raising the Bar

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Musselman, CMA Engineers

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Civil Engineering

engineeringeducation requirements by NCEES is the assertion that the body of knowledge related to thelicensed practice of engineering has dramatically expanded in recent decades and will continueto do so. Concurrently, the number of credit hours required for graduation has decreased dueprimarily to political and economic pressures in virtually all states to provide baccalaureateprograms with fewer hours of coursework. Thus, the body of knowledge required to enter thepractice of engineering in the future does not fit within the curricula currently provided byundergraduate engineering programs.This is generally reflected in the following statement, which is provided in the report entitled“Educating the Engineer of 2020,”(1) prepared by the National Academy of

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Ferguson, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Paul Weber, University of Minnesota, Duluth

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

forecasts. In additionto these results, this research will illustrate the implementation of such class projects, describecommon student strengths and weaknesses relative to energy conversion, and explain theimportance of defining appropriate prerequisites for a diversity of engineering majors.1. IntroductionEnergy touches every aspect of human behavior, spanning a spectrum of use that ranges frompowering the human body to satisfying creative and recreational needs. The complexity of itsvarious uses, forms, and means of transport is complicated further by the level of requiredinvestment, lengthy planning and implementation timelines, and public policies (includingenvironmental protection). Public awareness on energy is continuously shaped by the

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Homer Nazeran, University of Texas, El Paso

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Biomedical

benefit from thespecialized skills associated with each major and better replicates the multidisciplinaryenvironment encountered in industry. Each team is assigned a laptop on which they are initiallyresponsible for installing the “Gentoo” 1 Linux distribution. Later in the course, each of thesegroups will also be assigned an OpenMoko3 cell phone, and their projects will involve thecreation of radio-connected applications that will incorporate radio communication between thecell-phones and the laptops which simulate medical control and monitoring applications.Several approaches to student assessment are employed. There are three scheduled examscovering a combination of the theory from each module. The course has a strong practicalcomponent thus

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session / Our Future in Manufacturing: STEM Outreach

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Palmer, Kettering University; Douglas Melton, Kettering University; Henry Kowalski, Kettering University; Gerald Allen, Kettering University

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Manufacturing

, and2) The results of this in-house experiment – or the success of the pilot course.Development of Pilot CourseContinuous Improvement requires that one regularly review how well one is meeting the needs ofone’s “customers”. As IME-100 is required of all engineering freshman, we felt that theengineering faculty best represented our “customers”. Our approach to continuous improvementwas done in three phases.Phase 1 - Systematic Survey (note this was automated and a demonstration will be included inthe presentation)We began by systematically surveying faculty from various departments. They participated in afour round survey.The first round focused on brainstorming, two questions were asked.Question One focused on topical coverage : “Please

Conference Session

Alternative-energy Laboratory Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

of 2007. Additionally, detailed modelingof a power system and an interface with a protection relay using the RTDS were demonstrated inthe “Power System Modeling and Simulation” course. Operation of a protective relay fordifferent types of faults and relay modeling were explained in this class using the hardware setup Page 14.226.3as shown in figure 1. Several students completed projects demonstrating the use of the RTDSsystem for training and educational activities.Some of the final group projects for the ‘Power system operation and control’ course, are listedhere. i. Frequency droop characteristics of a generator: Frequency management is a

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seung Youn Chyung, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Kendra Bridges, Boise State University; Joanna Guild, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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Mathematics

. Page 14.711.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Improving Students' Learning in Precalculus with E-Learning Activities and through Analyses of Student Learning Styles and Motivational CharacteristicsAbstractDuring the spring semester of 2008, a quasi-experimental study with 138 students who wereenrolled in 4 sections of an undergraduate Precalculus class was conducted. The studyinvestigated (1) the effectiveness of using a systematically sequenced and managed, self-paced e-learning program, ALEKS, on academic performance of students with different learning styles,and (2) the relationship among the students’ dominant learning styles, motivationalcharacteristics, and overall performance

Conference Session

International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Hill, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Eric Crispino, United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

unique experiences and our development as faculty members,stressing those things we brought back that have enhanced our teaching in the US. While ourefforts were focused on one program, in one country, these lessons could be applied to anyfaculty members building educational programs elsewhere in the developing world.Creating a Civil Engineering Program in AfghanistanThe National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA) located in Kabul, Afghanistan,recently graduated its first class as a result of the combined efforts between US advisors andAfghan military leadership.1 Its short history began in August 2003, when the Vice Dean forEducation from the US Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY, went to Afghanistan andmet with Afghan and US

Conference Session

Design for Society and the Environment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Reichle, Old Dominion University; Avery Bang, University of Colorado; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the design feasibility.The students also researched indigenous bridge designs. The Incas constructed numerous simplesuspension bridges over canyons and gorges to provide access for the Inca Empire. The bridgeswere made out of: 1) massive cables of woven ichu grass linking two pylons together; 2) twowalkway cables; and, 3) an additional two cables, which acted as guardrails. The cable supportedfoot path was reinforced with plaited branches which made the bridges strong enough to evencarry the Spaniards when they came and conquered the Incas while riding horses. Part of thestrength and reliability of these bridges came from the fact that each cable was replaced annuallyby local community members who had the sole task of maintaining and

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

females. Studentinterviews, administered during the last semester of their senior year, provide additional evidenceabout confidence in engineering students, with marked differences in the responses of male andfemale students. This multi-method approach, utilizing the rich dataset of the AcademicPathways Study, enables us to consider approaches to understanding the ‘confidence gap’ inengineering students.Introduction:Despite years of research and intervention, women continue to be underrepresented inengineering.1 Women earned less than one-fifth of the bachelor’s degrees in engineering andengineering technologies granted in the U.S. in 2004.2 One reason for the gender gap which hasbeen explored by researchers is a gap in self-confidence, which

Conference Session

Critical Thinking and Creative Arts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin; D'Arcy Randall, University of Texas, Austin; Hillary Hart, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

unbalanced in the argument.Pathos, Ethos, LogosThe first step in reaching our pedagogical goal to develop students’ critical thinking is to go backto Aristotle. Aristotle’s Rhetoric introduces the concepts of pathos, ethos, and logos as threeessential “modes of persuasion” in verbal argumentation. Pathos refers to the mode by which thewriter/speaker appeals to the emotions of the audience; ethos to the writer’s own credibility;logos to the strength of the argument itself. Today, these modes are usually taught as the threecorners of a “rhetorical triangle”(see Fig. 1), and visual representations are included. Forinstance, in the introductory Engineering Communication lecture, the instructor typicallypresents a rhetorical triangle and illustrates the

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Thuriya Rajkumar, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

liaisons and feedback from many faculty project mentors, a “how-to”guide was developed as a resource for liaison engineers. This guide includes an overview of theIntegrated Product and Process Design program, roles and responsibilities for variousstakeholders, a collection of best practices, and a frequently asked questions section.A checklist for faculty project mentors was developed as a companion to the liaison engineer’sguide. This checklist helps to build rapport between the faculty mentor and the liaison engineer,and informs the liaison engineer about the Integrated Product and Process Design programmilestones, travel dates, and available resources.1. IntroductionThe Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) program1-4 is an innovative

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn Brown, East Carolina University; Heather Ries, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

wereallowed to appeal their placement, and some students who had taken AP Calculus in high school Page 14.1214.6but did not do well on ALEKS were allowed to take Calculus. Not too far into the fall 2007semester, it became evident to the Precalculus instructors that some of the students who placedinto Precalculus did not have the mathematics background to succeed in that class. Althoughthere were good results from the students who placed into Calculus (see Figure 1), there were anumber of students who were unable to pass Precalculus. This led the EMC to believe that theremay need to be a second line established for ALEKS scores. Students who scored

Conference Session

Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ray Tsai, Taiwan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

. Page 14.782.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Interesting Different Decision ProblemsIntroductionConsider a choice among three used cars based upon three criteria, miles, price, and year. Year isused as a proxy for other features, such as an adjustable seat and so forth, that have been addedto cars over time. The three cars have the following values on the criteria: Criterion miles price year 1 45K $8K 2000 Car 2 100K $9K 1995 3 60K $10K 1998 Figure 1

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

higher level of details is provided for the first project toserve as a sample of the depth and breadth of information that may be added and transmitted tothe students.Project #1: Design of a Two-Stage Accelerometer for Automobile AirbagsPerformance requirementsAn accelerometer that would deploy a Two-Stage Airbag System with the first stage deployed ata G-Force of ≥ 7*g with a Voltage Range of 6 ≤ V ≤ 9 volts and the second stage deployed at aG-Force of ≥ 12*g with a Voltage Range of 9 ≤ V ≤ 12 volts. The spatial constraints limit thespace to a rectangular prism with the dimensions of 3.0 mm deep, 4.50 mm wide and 6.0 mmlong.Design CharacteristicsFigure MP-1 illustrates a proposed design for the Two-Stage accelerometer. In this figure, themiddle

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bishop, United States Naval Academy

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

aforementioned three fundamentalquestions: Page 14.1132.2Question 1: What is possible, based on our current understanding of the laws of the universe?This is projection, and is important in that it prevents the students from discussing their favoriteFaster-Than-Light travel methods and techniques for perpetual motion as part of the class, andalso makes them question closely the science behind current projects aimed at extremely esotericobjectives. Projection is rarely a negative, in that it is very difficult to say with certainty thatsomething is not possible. Rather, projection typically results in either a positive (a thing ispossible) or a neutral (it

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Programs and Curricula

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Nemes, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

Page 14.1199.3in the program as practical in order to spread the developmental tasks widely and avoidoverwhelming one or two faculty members. In addition, faculty buy-in is essential forsuccessful implementation of an online program, as described by the Sloan study1. Thus,faculty involvement from the earliest planning stages is essential. The final curriculumselection, as selected by program faculty, is shown in Table 1.Online learning can be either synchronous or asynchronous or some combination of the two.In asynchronous delivery students are separated by time and location, whereas insynchronous delivery students are separated only by location. Midkiff and DaSilva4 havedetailed the differences between these two formats from their experiences

Conference Session

LABVIEW-Based Experiments and Robotics Laboratory

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

of thepaper.VEX Robotics KitThe VEX standard kit was selected for the laboratory experiments. This kit includes motors, geartrains, metal frames and shafts, basic sensors, controller and program modules. The VEXcontroller is composed of two PIC 18F8520 μCs. The sensors include two light sensors, twolimit switches and two bumper switches. The programming hardware includes an USB-to-SerialCable, a VEX programming module, and a RJ11 phone cable. For the software, a MPLAB C18compiler for the VEX system provides a true C programming environment. The USB-to-SerialCable, VEX programming module, and phone cable are to be connected together as shown inFigure 1 (a). Figure 1 (b) shows the downloading of a program into the VEX controller. (a

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education III

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Winton, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

linkedtogether into an integrated cell design, usually that of the 8-transistor operationaltransconductance amplifier (OTA).This paper identifies a technique that reduces much of the extra design overhead by framing theOTA as a single schematic who test configurations are controlled by a simulation version of aswitch matrix. The switch matrix (1) links a set of independent sources and loads to the circuitunder test and (2) reconfigures the test topology of the circuit. The new technique is of value toboth the instruction process and the circuit designer since it is simple and direct. Given thesimplicity it is also possible to compare effects of different technologies, usually by a collateraluse of a spreadsheet utility and its graph capabilities. The

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audeen Fentiman, Purdue University; Susan Fisher, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

there are the costs and time involved in beginning thetraining of a new graduate student to replace the one who left. Scott Smallwood points out thatattrition rates do not appear to change. “What is changing is the university administrators’willingness to do something about the problem.”1 Most would agree that actions should be takento promote positive experiences for the student while at the university and to reduce attrition ofPh.D. students. One of those positive experiences is social and collegial interaction – being partof a group.Because so much of graduate life revolves around research, isolation for hours or days is not anuncommon experience for a Ph.D. student. Although students interact with others, it is oftenwith a small, select

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

in Norway has collaborated with faculty fromPennsylvania State University to pilot a national workshop (given in English) forNorwegian Ph.D. students on communicating scientific research. Funded primarily byNorwegian industries, the 3-day workshop was divided into three segments: (1) makingresearch presentations to a technical audience, (2) writing research papers anddissertations to technical audiences, and (3) making research presentations to generalaudiences. The first two segments, on making research presentations and writing researchdocuments to technical audiences, were based on a workshop series that was developed atnational laboratories in the U.S., taught to more than 1000 professionals and graduatestudents, and formally

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kuang Xu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

research experiences, and few present a detailed organizational framework tomake such research opportunities available to undergraduate students. Nagda et al. describe theUndergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), run by the College of Literature,Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan2. Like many other undergraduate researchprograms run by universities in the United States4,5,6, UROP is administered by the University ofMichigan and relies mainly on faculty members to provide research opportunities2,7.Unlikely most undergraduate research programs, the PURE program at the University of Illinoisbegan as a student-led initiative. The students who established PURE made the followingcontributions:1) They analyzed the intrinsic

Conference Session

Retention Tools and Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; John Courtney, Michigan State University; Ruth Heckman, Lansing Community College; Denise Fleming, Michigan State University; Louise Paquette, Lansing Community College; Renee Mickelson, Lansing Community College; Mark Urban-Lurain; Clifford Weil, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, and end with our current status. This report will set the stage forthree companion papers, and for a series of future reports. The three companion papers describeour subproject applying “supplemental instruction,” a second subproject connecting our facultymore effectively to our early engineering students, and a third paper describing the methodologyfor research analysis that we will employ.1. Motivation: Importance of increasing STEM numbersTo sustain US leadership in science and technology we must increase the number ofundergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Anestimate from The Information Technology Association of America indicates that by 2015, adoubling in the number of STEM degrees will be

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Crown, University of Texas, Pan American; Arturo Fuentes, University of Texas, Pan American; Constantine Tarawneh, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Hashim Mahdi, University of Texas, Pan American

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

tools on students andfaculty.Student Advising ProcessThe student academic advisement process in the ME program at UTPA is part of a departmentalcontinuous quality improvement process that also addresses specific ABET accreditationconcerns. The student advising process was reviewed in detail by the ME faculty during theacademic year 2005-2006. Advising objectives were defined to make sure that students andfaculty have clear expectations of this important process. The student advising objectives are:1) ME Faculty will monitor and advise students in areas such as proposed course workload / reasonable progress towards graduation, evaluation of grades, course prerequisites, graduation requirements, transfer/CLEP credits, university requirements

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soumya Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

a list of eleven most common concernswith 1 as the greatest concern and 11 as little or no concern. These common concerns are listedbelow: 1. Transcript evaluation 2. Meeting the deadlines for admission 3. Getting VISA 4. Being accepted into the program 5. Housing 6. Language and culture change 7. Funding/ Support 8. Finding a good academic advisor 9. Finding good courses Page 14.788.4 10. Finding job after graduation 11. Safety and security of the CampusRanking data obtained by all respondents were averaged and inverted by subtracting from 11(lowest rank possible) to find the composite average rank. Same

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; Robyn Fillinger, North Carolina State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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Graduate Studies

qualified to review the proposal and/or persons they would prefer not review the proposal.These suggestions may serve as one source in the reviewer selection process at the ProgramOfficer's discretion. Submission of such names, however, is optional. Care is taken to ensurethat reviewers have no conflicts of interest with the proposal.All NSF proposals are evaluated through use of the two National Science Board (NSB)-approvedmerit review criteria: intellectual merit and the broader impacts of the proposed effort. In someinstances, however, NSF will employ additional criteria as required to highlight the specificobjectives of certain programs and activities. Brief descriptions of merit review criteria follow: 1. What is the intellectual merit of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Paul Skaggs; Richard Fry, Brigham Young University; C. Richard Helps, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

college (i.e., Industrial Design,Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Technology Engineering Education, InformationTechnology, and Construction and Facilities Management), to identify and solve problems usingprocesses of innovation.Innovation Boot Camp: How We Did ItBoot Camp ArchitectureInitially the Boot Camp’s primary curriculum and instructional techniques were based on“Design Thinking.” Design Thinking is a method that is user centered, has a tradition ofprototyping (which includes visualization), and a trust in the process of: 1) Seeking inspirationfor problem finding through the activities of Look, Do, and Ask; 2) Broad divergent ideation; 3)Implementation in the form of prototyping; and 4) Public Presentation using the activities ofShow

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanfei Liu, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Jiaxin Zhao, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, sizeconstraint, cost, and etc. Then the top rated design was chosen as the final design. The CADdrawing and a picture of the final built system are shown in Figure 1. The kicking system iscomposed of a pneumatically driven kicker, a PIC microcontroller based control and drivingunit, and software design3. The Pioneer 3-DX robot and its attached kicking system had to beable to locate a soccer ball, approach the ball, and control it. It also had to be able to kick the ballin a particular direction for a minimum of 5 meters. RoboCup provides rules regarding the sizeand weight limitations of the robot for specific leagues. These restrictions together with thegiven dimensions and weight of the Pioneer robot determined the allowable size and weight of

Conference Session

Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jon Jeffryes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

about creating anonline presence for ourselves and our library that allows us to enter our users’ worlds at theirconvenience. We continue to add facets to that presence as we encounter new tools, giving ourusers a variety of options for finding out about library happenings as a part of their personalworkflow. By experimenting broadly with different means of promotion and communication, wewill gain a better sense of what works with our user communities.Marketing: About Me PageThe University provides a small amount of server space for individual websites, so Jan set up theAbout Me page shown in Figure 1 with information on the library services she can provide.She's also highlighted the fact that she is an alumna of the University's Aerospace