Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Flores, University of Texas-El Paso; Ann Darnell, University of Texas-El Paso

interest by science and engineering. In addition to the general university-wide orientation content, STEM students receive intensive advising and course registration thatlinks to a first semester science or engineering oriented learning community (course cluster).Intensive math reviews, science and engineering laboratory activities designed in teams, andlunch with engineering and science faculty occur throughout the week of orientation to benefitthe students’ placement in learning communities.Course Content for STEM StudentsThe course content for the introductory science and engineering learning communities has beencontinually modified throughout the years. Placement in these courses is based on math andEnglish levels of preparedness. Typically

Conference Session

Electromechanical & Manufacturing ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

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Engineering Technology

through the course’s laboratory experiments. Analog todigital conversion techniques and data acquisition systems are also studied in this course. Tohelp pull together the topics and concepts discussed in class, a rocket payload data acquisitionsystem is employed. As each device is studied, its application to the payload system is presentedand discussed. A thermistor is used to measure the air temperature at various altitudes. Amicromachined accelerometer is used to measure the acceleration of the rocket during launchand throughout the mission. Integrated silicon pressure transducers are used to measure bothaltitude and speed of the rocket. The axial speed of the rocket is determined by using the body ofthe rocket as a Pitot tube together with a

Conference Session

Faculty Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Brent, Education Designs Inc.; Richard Felder, North Carolina State University; Sarah Rajala, North Carolina State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, reviews assessment data for eachelement, and offers recommendations to engineering schools wishing to establish their ownprograms for new and future faculty members.I. IntroductionThe default preparation for a faculty career is none at all. Graduate students may get sometraining on tutoring, grading papers, the importance of laboratory safety, and the undesirability ofsexual harassment, and new faculty members may hear about their benefit options, theimportance of laboratory safety, and the undesirability of sexual harassment, but that’s about itfor academic career preparation at most universities. This is an unhealthy state of affairs. Being a college professor requires doing a numberof things that graduate school does not teach you to do

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a.m. to noon each day with aCEE faculty member and a dedicated graduate student on a research project for six weeks duringthe summer in their laboratories. In the afternoon from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. the teachers tookprofessional development seminars taught by education and engineering faculty members andpracticing engineers, and went on four field trips. They also worked with a team of engineeringand education graduate Fellows working for a NSF Graduate K-12 Fellows Grant to developlesson plans that would be implemented in their classrooms before they finished the summer Page 11.183.3RET summer experience. They presented their research findings

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan

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Biological & Agricultural

, detergents,and bioplastics. The ethanol is used as a solvent and for transportation fuels. Additionally, anon-site cogeneration system provides electricity and steam for the conversion processes [14].The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) biorefinery concept (Figure 4) is built ontwo different "platforms" to promote specific product streams. The "sugar platform" is based onbiochemical conversion processes and focuses on the fermentation of sugars extracted frombiomass feedstocks. The "syngas platform" is based on thermochemical conversion processesand focuses on the gasification of biomass feedstocks and by-products from conversionprocesses. Page

Conference Session

Curriculum Development & Assessment in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Long, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC; Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Nuclear and Radiological

Laboratory • Plant Systems OverviewIn addition to the Nuclear Engineering Technology core requirements, students must complete a3-credit Integrated Technology Assessment (ITA) requirement.The 3-credit ITA requirement consists of the submission of a comprehensive portfolio by the BS-Nuclear Engineering Technology students at Excelsior College. This portfolio consists ofinformation regarding students’ achievement of the learning outcomes of the given program ofstudy. The academic and professional portfolios are effective tools for academic programs to usein assessing program outcomes. All the desired outcomes for engineering education identified byABET Criteria are addressed by these portfolios.Integrated Technology AssessmentAll BS candidates in

Conference Session

Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods

even more dramaticresults using active-engagement methods coupled with inquiry-based laboratory modules. Themeaning of “inquiry-based” has many slightly different definitions [8], all of which share the keycharacteristic that students pose and answer questions through physical experience and directobservation rather than by listening to lecture or following a highly prescribed laboratoryprocedure. In this work, we define inquiry-based learning to be that which incorporates thedefining features shown in Table 1 [6]. Table 1: Elements of Inquiry-Based Activity Modules [6] (a) Use peer instruction and collaborative work (b) Use activity-based guided-inquiry curricular materials (c) Use

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Computers in Education

Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi. He worked for the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH, during the summers of 2000 and 2001. He is currently a doctoral student at Polytechnic University. His research interests include control of mechanical and aerospace systems.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1 News, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremy Noonan, Purdue University; Jaemeen Baek, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sangil Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ulas Tezel, Georgia Institute of Technology; Grant Michalski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Chia-Hung Hou, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

categorize respondents into demographic/characteristic groups. Thesecond set of questions was designed to assess student satisfaction with the resources they needto perform research. These questions were divided into three categories: office space (Block B),lab space (Block C), and computers (Block D). The third set of questions (Blocks E and F) wasdesigned for student self-assessment of preparedness to perform EnvE research successfully.These questions examined how prepared students felt they were for research when they beganthe program, how well the program has prepared students for research, and how well a laboratory Page 11.130.10course has

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ChE: Experimental Design & Error Analysis

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Connelly Barnes, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Derek Meyers-Graham, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

implementation of an assessment plan toevaluate the effectiveness of this tool in promoting higher order thinking skills. The NorthwestRegional Educational Laboratory is providing support for the project evaluation and assessment.A five-member advisory committee consists of engineers and statisticians from academia(Oregon State University, University of Oregon) and industry (LSI Logic, Intel, WaferTech).The VirtualCVD Learning Platform is available now for use in approved courses. Instructorswho are interested in adopting this software into their curriculum can go to the following webpage for information: http://che.oregonstate.edu/research/VirtualCVDMotivationProficiency with statistical methodologies such as Design of Experiments (DOE) is

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

skills.Course Design and GoalsOlin’s introductory materials science is a project-based course that combines new pedagogicalpractices with modern laboratory facilities. The introductory materials science course employs aproject-based approach and emphasizes hands-on experimentation. The course’s strong linkagesto everyday stuff – products such as sporting goods, tools, and toys – as well as cutting edgematerials and processes are highly appealing to Olin’s undergraduate engineering students.The course is designed to provide significant opportunities for student self-direction.Several key elements of the course give students practice in controlling their own learningprocess. The course features open-ended projects with self-designed experiments, self

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

is an example of what waslooked for when partnering.Though successful precollege programs differ in their organization, length, and programelements, they do possess similar attributes and features.6 In general these include mathematicsand science preparation, hands-on laboratory experimentation, guest speakers, journal writing,exposure to the engineering workplace through field trips, and others. The TexPREP program isdiscussed from the standpoint of its serving as a model for a successful precollege program.The goals for El Paso TexPREP program are the following: • To acquaint student participants with professional opportunities in engineering; • To reinforce the mathematics preparation of these students at high school and college

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University; Barath Baburao, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

through the stimulation and motivationof students [1]. Accordingly, it makes sense that those selected to teach undergraduatestudents should be trained properly for this function. Unfortunately, while mostcandidates applying for openings have little teaching experience, the institutions that arelooking to hire prospective faculty expect their candidates to be “teaching ready”[2].Adding to this problem is that the teaching experience that graduate students receive isquite different across the nation. For example, some graduate students are just used tograde homework and examinations, while others run homework recitations and a thirdgroup handles the laboratory. All of these experiences are quite unique and, at somelevel, a newly-hired faculty

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

year-long design course. This courseplays the critical role of keeping students engaged in engineering while giving them experiencesthat have been shown to promote retention (see discussion below under “Utilization of BestPractices”).Each year of the curriculum has themes that we plan to emphasize. These are shown in Figure 2.In the first two years, we emphasize engineering basics and systems thinking. Two courses inthe sophomore year have been added to promote these themes and two existing laboratories wereadjusted. The two sophomore-level courses are Materials Selection for the Life Cycle, andNanotechnology, Biology, Ethics and Society. Both courses emphasize systems thinking, thefirst in the design process, the second through articulating

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

and logic copying everything from the board. from electronic screen.Progression towards iterative learningTable 3 summarizes progress that I have made towards enabling students to use iteration inlearning engineering. In the early 1990s, dynamic digital imaging capabilities became accessibleon personal computers, especially the Apple Macintosh, with reasonable levels of coding effort.By integrating these into course assignments4, students could use images of real flows,conveying physical insight on dynamic phenomena. Laboratory experiments incorporated workwith digital video. This found use in teaching static deflection modes, structural dynamics, andfluid dynamics. Solutions of differential equations could be linked

Conference Session

Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven; Corinne Lenk, Smith College

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Aerospace

both undergraduate and graduate level Mechanical Vibrations and Multimedia Engineering Analysis, and undergraduate level thermodynamics, Measurement Systems, Engineering Mechanics and Introduction to Engineering. One of Professor Orabi's most recent projects involves the development of Learning Modules on the web. These modules provide information, not only about particular course material, but also about more general topics relevant to engineering. He is also working on Computer-Aided Experimentations using LABVIEW. Professor Orabi has received a number of research awards from the State of Connecticut and Untied Technologies. He has established two Laboratories: the Materials Testing

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot Diaz, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Carlos Rosaly, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Michael Figueroa, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Eddalis Batista, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico; Othoniel Rodriguez-Jimenez, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

2006-1487: REDUCING THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR ACTIVE ANDINTERACTIVE LEARNING OBJECTS THROUGH WEB-BASEDCOLLABORATIVE AUTHORINGElliot Diaz, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Elliot Diaz Research Assistant within the eLearning Research Laboratory at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, where he is pursuing a Master in Computer Engineering. Elliot holds a BS in Computer Science.Carlos Pacheco, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Carlos Pacheco is a programmer with the Connect To Learn Project which is developing web-based authoring for the collaborative authoring of learning objects. He completed a BS in Computer Engineering summa cum laude at the Polytechnic University of Puerto

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Scheibler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Glenn Wrate, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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International

Professional Engineer in California, and has held numerous positions in the ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Division.Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Petersen is Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He is a former Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and received his Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and an ABET EAC program evaluator in Electrical Engineering. Page 11.366.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

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Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wicker, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind Royer, U.S. Air Force Academy; Allen Arb; Daniel Pack, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Member of Tau Beta Pi, and a Life Senior Member of IEEE. His research activities include organizational process improvement and unmanned aerial vehicles.Allan Arb, U.S. Air Force Academy PhD, received his BSEE from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1991. Upon graduation, he was stationed in San Antonio, TX where he conducted research and analysis on various military and commercial radar and weapon systems. He graduated from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) with an MSEE in 1996 and a Ph.D. from AFIT in 2001. He has spent time in the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

Reforming the Industrial Engineering Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Diane Strong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jamshed Mistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Industrial Engineering

Gerstenfeld and Amy Zeng, she recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a laboratory for an introductory lean supply chain design course. Her work has appeared in Operations Research, the Business Process Management Journal, the Case Research Journal and Water Resources Research. She is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), the Institute for Operations Research Management Science (INFORMS), the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Diane Strong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Diane M. Strong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Worcester

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

LeeRoy Bronner; Peter Kazanzides; AmenRa Mashariki; Paul Domingo; Pauline Pelletier; Trevor Thomas

Analysis & Compare Application & • Perform laboratory experiments to: • Evaluate the candidate middleware products. 1

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Doheny-Farina, Clarkson University; Fa-Gung Fan, Xerox Corp.; Xiangwei Liu, Clarkson University; Cetin Cetinkaya, Clarkson University; John Mclaughlin, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University; Jeffrey Taylor, Clarkson University; David Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Kambiz Nazridoust, Clarkson University; Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

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Environmental Engineering

interface for the module for Brownian particle motions in cross flows.Module III, Experimental The course sequence includes several experimental modules. One mainexperiment is the measurement in the aerosol wind tunnel with the use of Particle ImageVelocimeter (PIV). The aerosol wind tunnel is located in the Turbulence and MultiphaseFlow Laboratory at Clarkson University. The laser used was a 120mJ Nd:YaG laserwith a 20° adjustable width sheet generator. In this experiment, the sheet width was 0.5 Page 11.981.4mm. The digital camera that was used was a Kodak ES1.0 MegaPlus camera. The 3camera

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Vincent Childress, North Carolina A&T; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Craig Rhodes, North Carolina A&T

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Teamwork is very important in order to succeed at engineering design.3. Becoming an engineer demands dedication.Among the highest rated (mean = 4 for very useful) parts of the Bridges workshops andprofessional development were: • What engineers do • Steps in the design process • Tours of engineering design firms • Students’ perspective on engineering • Communication skills in engineering • Engineering sciences • Engineering laboratory exercises • Engineering design results • Women in engineering • International design.Among the most low rated (mean = 3 for useful; not very low at all) workshop components are: • Principles of statics • Design process in industry • Principles of kinematics, dynamics • Gears and

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; William Semke, University of North Dakota; Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota; Arnold Johnson, University of North Dakota; Ofer Beeri, University of North Dakota; George Seielstad, University of North Dakota

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Design in Engineering Education

discussed his interest in the BugHunter payload and why he needs mosquito populationsamples for his research on biogeography, and Dr. Nilles introduced the participants to potentialbiological pathogens that could use an airborne detector flown as a UAV payload to protectagainst bioterrorism. Two NASA experts were also brought to campus to meet the students. Dr.Adam Steltzner, Flight Systems Chief Engineer with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,California, talked about his experiences in helping to design and build JPL’s twin rovers, Spiritand Opportunity. Dr. Steltzner discussed the rovers’ development, testing, and recent trip to theRed Planet. In the “Marsapalooza” tour sponsored by JPL in 2004, he talked to over 10,000 K-12students, and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Jones, Southwest Tennessee Community College; James M. Northern, Southwest Tennessee Community College

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Computers in Education

areconverted to PowerPoint presentations and more problem-based case studies that support criticalthinking, interactive learning, and team/peer instruction are added. The Engineering Technologycurriculum has many problem-based courses and laboratory exercises that can be used to supportactive and collaborative learning while using the wireless tablet PC.The wireless capability of the tablets allows for the quick conversion of a regular classroom to acomputer lab. All that is required is the wireless tablets and an access point connected to theInternet if Internet access is desired. The instructor can use the tablet PC and projector to makepresentations. Using the pen input, the instructor can easily annotate PowerPoint slides duringthe presentation

Conference Session

Meeting ABET Requirements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

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Mechanical Engineering

23 3.96 0.69 integral calculus avg 4.04 st dev 0.14 3 12 6 2 23 3.30 0.80 I feel that I am prepared for MECE 3369 (mechanics of solids) and MECE 3336 (dynamics)As noted above, course surveys such as the ones already described in this document are notsufficient to demonstrate learning. Once it has been determined which Outcomes are to beassessed in which course, the next step is to determine exactly what type of assignments will beused to directly assess student learning related to these designated outcomes. Possibilitiesinclude specific homework assignments or problems, projects, laboratory

Conference Session

Use of Technology to Improve Teaching and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Madeline Schreiber, Virginia Tech; Katrina Ramsdell, Virginia Tech; John Muffo, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

question then arises: Issuch a design the most effective at having the audience retain the main assertion of theslide? According to Robert Perry of Hughes Aircraft and Larry Gottlieb [2] of LawrenceLivermore National Laboratory, the answer is “no.” Since the 1960s, Perry has argued fora succinct sentence headline on presentation slides. Following Perry’s lead, Gottlieb hascome to the same conclusion at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Although the sentence-headline design is the standard at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, the design is seldomused outside of that laboratory. In The Craft of Scientific Presentations, Alley [3]presented an argument for using succinct sentence headlines. More recently, Jean-lucDoumont [4] and Cliff Atkinson [5

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Z.J. Pei, Kansas State University

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Manufacturing

feedbacksurvey, “One thing I would like to suggest is that all of the students here are not studyingengineering. So don’t assume we are all the same.” Table 1 shows the disciplines from which therecent semesters’ students came from.Students are also quite different in their prior knowledge of manufacturing. In a mid-termfeedback survey, one student wrote “You may have presented the material too easily to us. We(students) generally need a little more in depth.” In the same feedback survey, other studentsrequested that “Don’t move quite so fast.” Some students have years of working experience inmanufacturing environment, while some have never been on any manufacturing floor. There is alab course, “Manufacturing processes laboratory” (IMSE 251), associated

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Campbell, TechnicalMastery.com Corp.; Faycal Saffih, UAE University; Khaled Nigim, University of Waterloo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

imaging. Currently, he is a Visiting Scholar to the Communication Research Laboratory, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, working on research and development of “Smart Imaging Systems for Biomedical Applications” such the Endoscopic Capsule.Khaled Nigim, University of Waterloo Khaled Nigim is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada, senior member of the IEEE, has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Leicester, England UK and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Zagazig University of Cairo, Egypt. He is currently the coordinator of the Master of Engineering professional development graduate program offered on-line at the University of

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Pietryga, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown

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Computers in Education

connected to BUS 2 contributed 2, 470amperes. FIGURE 4 Three-phase Short Circuit Analysis of Power SystemInclusion in the Power System CurriculumThe PowerWorld simulator tool was incorporated into the Power Systems 1 curriculum severaldifferent ways which included classroom demonstrations, take home quizzes, and small groupprojects. Many sample load flow and short circuit analysis problems were demonstrated to theclasss during the laboratory period accompanying the course. The students were required tocomplete several assignments using the simulation tool on their own personal computers. Oneparticular assignment consisted of calculating the load flow solution of a simple 3 bus networkby hand. Then, it was required to use the