Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeri-Anne McKeon

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

quickly.The professional engineers’ licensing examination tests the candidate’s ability to findinformation reliably and quickly by asking questions about many subjects that the studentprobably has not studied. The successful candidate knows the maxim that an engineer is definedby his bookshelf. The candidate will enter the test, as well as his professional career, knowingwhere to find information within the references of his field.Engineering education has not reflected this aspect of engineering practice. Students typicallygain only a passing familiarity with the references that will become their prime professionaltools, and typically acquire their own professional bookshelves only after leaving school. Theheft and high cost of engineering

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

morphological analysis12 using the components and features found inour survey which we thought would appropriately support the seminar’s pedagogic goal is onemethod for reviewing the range of possible implementations. A truncated sample of the resultingmorphological box is given in Table 1, below. This analysis also helped us to meet the mandatethat the seminar provide a learning experience that did not replicate services offered by otherUniversity programs, such as the SEAS Center for Engineering Career Development and UVa’sWomen’s Center. Providing a unique educational opportunity, we believe, will facilitateacceptance of and participation in the seminar.Table 1. Truncated Sample of the Morphological Box Used in the Seminar’s Design Process

Conference Session

Digital Communications Systems

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

independent study or research credit in continue working on their own SDRdesigns.5. Summary We encourage other programs to consider developing an SDR course as it can be used totie together many of the concepts students learn during their undergraduate electrical engineeringprogram. One student team wrote “we felt that this was a good class to take to end ourundergraduate career because it served to sum up much of what we had learned in previousclasses. To create a complete SDR system, several interdisciplinary subjects must be considered:DSP, communications theory, and RF theory are just of few of these.” Indeed, this is exactlywhy the course was offered.ReferencesBenson and Lall, “System-level design using FPGAs and DSPs,” white paper, The

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

concepts, to usingthose concepts in real-life problem solving situations, to analyzing under what conditions thoseconcepts apply (or do not apply), and ultimately to making decisions.Based on the findings of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 2, it is now widelyaccepted that increasing student engagement is a critical role of engineering educators in oursociety. This study stresses that student engagement should not be addressed in just a singlecourse in a student’s academic career, but rather it should become the pattern of his or herinvolvement in a variety of activities. It is believed engineering colleges have a vital role toimplement effective strategies to increase engagement of students in learning. National expertshave also

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

to pursue a college degree that will prepare them to work in the spaceindustry. Meanwhile, a very mature space industry already exists to support a myriad of space-related industries. Informal surveys of entering freshmen indicate that nearly half of them wouldlike to work in space-related jobs during their aerospace engineering careers. The depth andbreadth of a well established and diverse aerospace engineering program, and the emphasis ofthis program primarily on aeronautical education, research, and technology development isdocumented. The contrast of the needs of employers in support of space-related industries, fromindustry and alumni perspectives is described. The discussions that established a definitive needfor a dual track system

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2006 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jung Oh, Kansas State University at Salina; Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University at Salina

searchsummary integrated with a context-sensitive information fluency lecture, prior to inquirylab on “Chromatography” with required librarian in-service lecture/conference andwriting center consultation visit and (2) search on “Chemicals in Consumer Products” toevaluate benefits and precautions. The two assignments are designed for maximumflexibility; allowing students to research a Chemistry concept within the realm of theirrespective disciplines. This not only leads students to further recognize how Chemistryplays a role in their future career, but it affords them an opportunity to familiarizethemselves with the professional literature and information repositories of their field.Another goal of the assignments is for the student to reflect on

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

José L. Torres; Vijendra Agarwal

,technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines has existed much longer than socialsciences and humanities. It is not surprising given the fact that faculty in STEM areas havebeen discussing ways to integrate UR as a capstone experience longer and found that URenhanced student learning, increase critical thinking skills and steered students into successfulSTEM related careers. It has also been relatively easier to provide UR experiences in sciencesand engineering because faculty typically have their research laboratories to fit in one or moreaspiring undergraduates. In the current global competitive environment and United Statesfacing a critical shortage of students majoring in STEM areas, it is more critical than everbefore that institutions

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orlando J. Hernandez

EngineeringDesign Experience at TCNJ. With this platform, students receive a solid foundation inmicrocoontroller based design. The goal is to provide student with powerful learning experiencesthat they can easily transfer to a future workplace.References[1] MCDOWELL, CHARLIE; WERNER, LINDA; BULLOCK, HEATHER E.; FERNALD, JULIAN; “Pair programming improves student retention, confidence, and program quality”; Communications of the ACM, v 49, n 8, Music Information Retrieval, 2006, p 90-95.[2] A-WIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; “C Stamp Syntax and Reference Guide Manual”; v 1.5.[3] REYER, STEVEN; WRATE, GLENN; WHEELDON, JOHN; PETERSEN, OWE; “Freshman electrical engineering course addressing retention and career choice”; ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2002

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Philip L. Brach; Pathickal Poulose; Ahmet Zeytinci

part of a Department of Education Grant to create a two-course sequence that maybe used to interest and motivate students to pursue careers in science, engineering andtechnology.The original design is for the course to be a college freshman level course. However, theexperiments are being designed so that they may be stand-alone experiences that may beincorporated into high school curricula as well. As such the mathematical rigor may be variedbased on the ability of the student population to be served. It is important to recognize andacknowledge that the rigor of math and science incorporated with any experiment is notintended to diminish the importance of these tools to the study and practice of science,engineering, and technical

Conference Session

Novel BME Courses and Course Adaptations

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Conrad Zapanta, Pennsylvania State University; Keefe Manning, Pennsylvania State University

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Biomedical

reliability and device testing. Special emphasis was placed on reviewingFDA protocols and applications for prosthetic heart valves and artificial hearts. A series oflectures were also presented on the artificial organ (medical device) industry. These lecturesincluded topics on careers in artificial organs in academia and industry, grant writing, andfunding streams.The remaining lecture portion of the course described different examples of artificial organs,drawing heavily on the concepts introduced previously. These artificial organs includedcirculatory support devices, drug delivery systems, artificial lungs and oxygenators, artificialkidney, pacemakers, neural prostheses, prosthetic heart valves, orthopedic implants, bioartificialorgans (tissue

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

lecture format fails todevelop applied E&M skills. Since the mission of the UST School of Engineering (SOE) is to“… provide an applied … learning experience …” and since there were no labs associated withthe original approach, this presented an ‘applied’ problem. In addition to this, a majority of theUST engineering and physics graduates begin their professional job careers immediately aftergraduating. Of the remaining graduates that do pursue an advanced degree, few continue withtheir study of E&M. Since a substantial amount of time is dedicated to E&M and sinceundergraduate credit hours are precious, the challenge was to develop an E&M pedagogy thatimparted an applied E&M learning experience without significantly increasing

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Pioneering Courses

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Green, Mississippi State University; Jerry Emison, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

alone. We explained to the students that, intheir professional careers, they will often run across those who do not share the load equally butthe job must still be done and, if done poorly, reflects on everyone on the team. We consideredthe possibility of using peer reviews of the teams when we assigned grades but so far have optedto give the same grade to each team member. Figure 3 shows that, in spite of the few problems,most of the students thought everyone contributed. Page 11.932.9 Everyone in my group contributed to the case study presentation. 20

Conference Session

Web-based learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Patcha, Virginia Tech; Glenda Scales, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Learning and Computing in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. She began her career working for the U.S. Department of Defense in Fort Meade, Maryland as a computer analyst. Dr. Scales served in a major leadership position at North Carolina A&T State University where she, along with the distance learning team, launched the University’s virtual campus. She has presented her research in Electronic Performance Support at national conferences, including a recent market research study on graduate distance learning programs for working engineers at the American Society for Engineering Education national conference. As the Associate Dean, Dr. Scales is leading the College in

Conference Session

NASA Fellowship Program

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, UNCF SP; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA; Robert Singleterry, NASA; Victor Obot, Texas Southern University; Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jianping Yue, Essex County College; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Kenneth Fernandez; Pamela Denkins

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

on how to follow the Page 11.949.4protocols of research, carrying out experiments on the CNC machines in the college’smanufacturing laboratory during the summer. They investigated machine chattering undervarious spindle speeds, feed rates, and depths of cut. Through participating in research, studentshad a better understanding of the purpose of research, enhanced their knowledge of the researchtopic by the hands-on experiments, and increased their interests in manufacturing engineeringtechnology. They reported that the research better prepared them for advanced level engineeringeducation and inspired them to pursue a career in the field.2. NAFP

Conference Session

Design Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Taylor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kurt Colella, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; William Simpson, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

only in an academic environment. Page 11.194.9Not all of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering graduates pursue an engineeringcareer path, but all of them serve on active duty in the Coast Guard where their technicalknowledge is a definite asset. The majority of our Naval Architecture and Marine Engineeringgraduates do choose to pursue an engineering career, and they spend the first few years aftergraduation gaining shipboard engineering operational experience. After that they typically go toa shoreside ship maintenance support office or to a Coast Guard Marine Safety Office. In theseshore assignments they serve as junior engineers

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Gulick, Georgia Institute of Technology; Debbie Pearson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gayle Elliott, University of Cincinnati; Jennifer Oliver, IAESTE United States; Karl Zimmer, General Cable

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

universities, work abroad programs can be facilitated through the Officeof International Education, Career Services, Division of Professional Practice, ModernLanguages, and/or through individual faculty members. The variety of departments involved hascreated a challenge for employers, students, and faculty to find the most effective way tocoordinate such an effort. Due to the variety of options for international opportunities forstudents, the need was identified to hire an international practicum coordinator at Georgia Techto coordinate all international work opportunities on campus. Through the creation of acentralized work abroad program, Georgia Tech has overcome one of the largest obstacles for asuccessful work abroad program. After a centralized

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Kinsey, University of New Hampshire; Erick Towle, University of New Hampshire; Grace Hwang, University of New Hampshire; Edward J. O'Brien, University of New Hampshire; Christopher F. Bauer, University of New Hampshire

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

e.g. their freshmanto sophomore years. However, since retention was not found to be affected by spatialability of engineering students, the improvements found between upperclassmen andunderclassmen may be attributed to all of the science, mathematics and engineeringcourses that upperclassmen have completed in their college careers. As the study iscontinued for multiple years, the tracking of students from their freshman year tograduate will indeed confirm this effect.The self efficacy test was developed for this research; therefore, it is still being validated.However, the results from these initial analyses are promising. For example, astatistically significant difference was found between subgroups tested. Upperclassmenscored higher on the

Conference Session

Design for Manufacture and Industry

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Semke, University of North Dakota; Richard Schultz, University of North Dakota; James Albrecht, Imation Corp.; Jason Moses, Imation Corp.; Peter Ridl, Imation Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

within Page 11.181.7the University of North Dakota School of Engineering & Mines, through corporate fundingand premiere career opportunities at Imation. Maintaining the professional relationshipsbetween UND and Imation Corporation is critical in sustaining and growing this partnership.V. Funding OpportunitiesThe work with Imation has strengthened the research capabilities of UND and has helpedestablish a successful and productive research environment that is well-positioned to seek outexternal federal, state, and local government funding opportunities. This has been establishedthrough strategic purchases of appropriate equipment in the

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

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

programs such as Page 11.670.2Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) at the University of Cincinnati, whose goal is to 1transform the way the aspiring faculty members prepare for their careers. Though thisinitiative is a cluster of 295 participating institutions, the disciplines primarily involvedare in arts and sciences and the participation of the engineering discipline is meager [6].Finally, students can participate in American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)meetings, either at the national, sectional or local levels (re: student chapters) to beexposed to issues of interest to faculty members concerning

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

June Marshall, St. Joseph's College; John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, the Education Commission of States, and The Johnson Foundation.These Seven Principles are also presented in Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F.Gamson’s book entitled Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice inUndergraduate Education (1991).Encourage Student / Faculty ContactFrequent student-faculty contact in and out of classes is the most important factor instudent motivation and involvement. Faculty concern helps students get through roughtimes and keep on working. Knowing a few faculty members well enhances students’intellectual commitment and encourages them to think about their own values and futureplans. • I make a point to talk with my students on a personal level and learn about their educational and career goals

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Qualters, Northeastern University; Jacqueline Isaacs, Northeastern University; Thomas Cullinane, Northeastern University; Ann McDonald, Northeastern University; Jay Laird, Metaversal Studios

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

on economic and environmental assessment of manufacturing. Initial development of Shortfall resulted from her CAREER grant funded by the National Science Foundation (DMI-9734054), and subsequent NSF funding (DMI-0537056) to continue its development.Thomas Cullinane, Northeastern University THOMAS P. CULLINANE received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been a member of the Northeastern University faculty since 1981 and is currently Director of the Engineering Management Program. He has been an ASEE member since 1975 and is a former director of the industrial engineering division.Ann McDonald

Conference Session

FPD4 -- Real-World Case Studies & Projects

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University; Ric Williams; Keith Williamson, East Carolina University; Geoffrey Dieck, East Carolina University; Steve McLawhorn, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

one team, two members designed, developed, constructed and operated the robot. The non-attending members were isolated from the oral report, the written report and the competition by the participating members. During the oral presentation judging, the external judges noted the anomaly and queried the students. The students, both participating and non- participating, provided direct, honest feedback which the judges used to relate to real- world examples and career impacts.)The robot project was also evaluated through the use of an instructor survey. This survey wasadministered to the four faculty members comprising the instructing cohort immediatelyfollowing the end of the semester. The most valuable

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

lamp is still undergoing reengineeringto improve its stability and proportions. Access to the CD slots near the shade is alsoproblematic; and the switch, which is currently in-line, is being analyzed.Integration of business students into the projectThe business students who participate in MIMIC, the entrepreneurial component, are enrolledin a capstone course, Integrated Business Operations, required in their Associate in AppliedScience degree programs. They are from a variety of career fields, including marketing,accounting, management, computer systems and information systems, which allows themakeup of the "companies" to be representative of an industry. Integrating students fromvarious disciplines not only fulfills the technical needs of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohan Krishnan, University of Detroit Mercy; Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Figure 12: Assessment Data – Part 6 Page 11.162.12 How likely is it that you will use your knowledge of mechatronic systems in your future career? 85.7% Time 1 14.3% 0.0% Very Likely Somewhat Likely 75.0

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Stephen Pennell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Charles Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

need for basic STEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics) material that is critical to the solution of engineering problems. Closelyrelated material may be spread out over several courses. By the nature of the structure ofsemesters (or quarters), material is grouped together into logical units to allow for material to bedeployed in a controlled fashion with specific timetable that integrates the material in thestudent’s academic career. Unfortunately, students don’t understand this. As far as they areconcerned, the material does not appear to have any connection to other material from previouscourses. This then makes the material appear to be unimportant. Students naturally tend to hitthe “reset button” after each and every course

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Kosky, Union College; William Keat, Union College; George Wise, Union College; Robert Balmer, Union College

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

career. It should not be so formal that the students are repelled or overwhelmed bytechnical issues while, at the same time, it should introduce some of the basic principles ofengineering so that the students can experience what it might be like to spend their life as aprofessional engineer. Ideally the first year engineering course should emphasize basicprinciples as physical realities rather than be an exercise in abstruse terminology and/or evenmore abstruse mathematical formulae. An associated freshman-engineering textbook shouldreflect the excitement of the profession with language, topics, and examples that will stimulateyoung men and women. It should also assure that all students are getting the same message in amultiple section

Conference Session

Energy Curriculum Advancements

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Smith College; Israel Koren, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Baaba Andam, Smith College; C. Mani Krishna, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; C. Andras Moritz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

trend is observed anddocumented in the book Talking About Leaving. “Both male students of color and all womentend, more often than white males, to enter S.M.E. [Science, Math, Engineering] majors withaltruistic career motivations…[they] reject job opportunities they had already been offered infavor of work which incorporated preferred lifestyles, values and social goals.”11. The studydescribed in the paper “Deconstructing Engineering Education Programs to Foster Diversity”was conducted to determine the motivations behind the selection of majors for women andminorities. They conclude that most students chose majors with which they can personallyidentify. The sciences and engineering are designed for a white male audience. One examplefrom their

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Behling, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

; Formal Presentations16 Business Management & Lecture & Discussion Wrap-upIt was anticipated that this introductory course would be utilized by many students as an electiveregardless of their prospective career direction; however, 19 students of the approximately fiftyenrolled to date expressed an interest in working in the demolition industry. The support of guestspeakers from the demolition industry was employed to take full advantage of this opportunity toinform future construction managers of circumstances where general contractors frequentlymismanage or misunderstand the demolition process. The guest speakers, as experiencedpractitioners, presented credible instances of demolition work that had been

Conference Session

What's New in Mechanics of Materials?

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Creuziger, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

a team taught course in spring semester, difference in teaching styles of the faculty,difference in learning styles of the students, timing of the course in the students academic career,or general class makeup; it is not measured by the data.Responses to the question “How well do you feel that you understand the concept of shearstress?” were similar between semesters. When comparing the near 90% of respondents thatcould recognize the term shear stress, recognize equations containing shear stress and useequations containing shear stress, the main difference in is in the proportions that indicate if itwould be ‘easy’ or ‘very easy’. Fall semester respondents were more confident in how easythey considered each question with the exception of

Conference Session

Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Lin, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Saeed Monemi, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

impacts. Have the common sense and knowthe basic procedures to protect the computer from the general attacks. Able to perceive if somesecurity of the computer is compromised.Stage 2: Hands On Capabilities and Experience: able to use the tools, emulate attacks ordefenses, develop software / devices for attack / defense.Stage 3: Professionalism: know the different issues of security such as legal, social, economic,ethical, etc., achieve the technical level of professionals, pursue a career in this profession,conduct professionally (ethically, such as ethical hacking).Most books or courses on security education cover stage 1: statement of knowledge which makesthe students aware of the security issues. It is good for the students to achieve stage 2