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CE Poster Session in Exhibit Hall

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Candace Sulzbach, Colorado School of Mines

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Civil Engineering

group of students. Page 12.665.3IntroductionThis paper is intended discuss the importance of student participation in engineering designcompetitions. Student design competitions closely mirror real-life engineering and provide thestudents with experiences in project management, design, analysis and testing, andcollaboration with professionals in the field of engineering that they would probably notexperience in the classroom. This is very beneficial to them as they begin their professionalengineering careers. Student participation in the National Concrete Canoe Competition will beused to illustrate how a design-build competition of this type can

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Assessing Design Coursework II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Nazemetz, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Design in Engineering Education

students to be successful in their first design projects.At the current time, many engineering programs provide an introduction or overview toengineering design early in the student's academic career. This introduction, to be meaningful,often includes an initial exposure to engineering design through a small design project. Students,however, are generally not prepared to develop solution concepts Ðfrom scratch,Ñ nor are theyprepared to document and describe their solutions in precise engineering terms. This is whereexposure to and use of patent information can have significant impact.Patents, by their very nature, provide conceptual descriptions of solutions, accompanied byannotated conceptual drawings. In design courses at the introductory

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Environmental Engineering Curricula II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Jami Montgomery, WATERS Network - CLEANER Project Office; James Johnson, Howard University; Chris Brus, University of Iowa; Dan Giammar, Washington University; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bette Grauer, McPherson High School; Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Steven Safferman; Tim Wentling, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-1459: WATERS NETWORK’S POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORMENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONElizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University Beth Eschenbach is a Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering at Humboldt State University. Beth left civil engineering as an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, and graduated with honors in mathematics and in psychology. She obtained her MS and PhD at Cornell in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the diversity of engineering students and improving education for

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Frances Stewart; Malgorzata Zywno, Ryerson University

enrollments in technology-focused programs have been linked to two contributingfactors. The first is globalization of the economy with a host of implications for the job prospects(e.g. outsourcing, “race to the bottom” in labor market, etc.) that impact potential students’ Page 12.1172.2perceptions of the desirability of certain career choices. While this factor is completely outside ofthe academic purview, the second contributing factor, quality of student undergraduateexperience, is an area where action can be taken. While some students withdraw because of poorperformance, others choose to leave for many different reasons. There is evidence that

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Jenny Daugherty, University of Illinois,-Urbana-Champaign; Martin Westrick, University of Illinois,-Urbana-Champaign; Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

instruction to deliver these three coreengineering concepts to secondary level technology education students. Using a mixed methodquasi-experimental, pre-test post-test no control group design, this study explored the extent towhich students understood and were able to demonstrate an understanding of constraints,optimization, and constraints. It is believed that through this strong conceptual base, a betterunderstanding of engineering and engineering design can be achieved.Review of the LiteraturePredictive AnalysisIn a review of science, engineering and technology careers, Deal stated that engineers apply Page 12.443.2mathematical and scientific

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Design Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frederick Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William Eccles, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bruce Ferguson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Terry Schumacher, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Yoder, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

transplanted middle westerner, having spent her childhood in Norfolk, Virginia. She came to Rose-Hulman early in her teaching career and has taught a wide variety of courses over the past three decades. Pat has held a number of American Society for Engineering Education summer fellowships that have taken her to NASA-Goddard, NASA-Langley, the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland, and NASA’s Classroom of the Future in Wheeling, WV. She was on loan to the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory from 1989 to 1995, managing a project to transition advanced instructional technologies to ten different middle schools located in five states. She is on the editorial board of three

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Sustainability & Environmental Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Richter, Virginia Tech; Sean McGinnis, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2005 Rigorous Research in Engineering Education evaluator. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study interdisciplinarity in engineering graduate programs nationwide. Page 12.263.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessing and Improving a

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Best of the NEE

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Jennifer Turns, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

) Content centered approachesFaculty centered approaches - Creating more faculty timeAs mentioned above, time is limited. Faculty members need to balance their time in terms ofthe three main responsibilities: research, teaching and service. In some faculty memberscases, complicating the time issue can result in creative ways to carve out more time forthemselves.Creating time for oneself is important as faculty members need to juggle between multipleroles and responsibilities within their positions. Most of our participants commented aboutthe three components of a faculty career – research, teaching, and service – have arbitraryand complicated boundaries. In the examples below, three participants claimed that it washard for them to make the

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Drnevich, Purdue University; John Norris, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

programming to create balanced teams using aprogram entitled Balanced Student Assignment Team Macro (BSTAM) implemented withMicrosoft Excel® spreadsheets. The method has been used by the Krannert Graduate School ofManagement at Purdue University over the past six years for assignment of individuals to teamsin the Professional Masters Program, encompassing the Master of Business Administration(MBA), Master of Science in Industrial Administration (MSIA), and Master of Science inHuman Resource Management (MSHRM) programs.One especially positive outcome of using the BSTAM method is that the course instructors havea much better understanding of the attributes of each class. The course instructor’s work with anMBTI expert in the Center for Career

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Advice from the Experts for NEEs at Small Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Larson, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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New Engineering Educators

time on teaching than on research. Colbeck also notices that theproduction of research was somewhat constricted by the narrow definition of what someinstitutions considered as “acceptable” scholarship.The book by Wankat11 is a great resource for new engineering educators. It concentrates on thedevelopment of time management skills in new faculty and discusses effective and efficienttechniques for teaching, scholarship, and service. Reis9 addresses his book mainly to graduatestudents and postdoctoral researchers preparing for academic career. However, the last chapter ofthe book is dedicated to the first years in an academic position and includes advice on timemanagement, teaching, research, professional responsibility, and tenure.3. Choosing

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ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

-driven design. While the curricular goals are to provide value-added experiences forstudents that go well beyond the scope of a traditional, discipline-centered BS degree program,an additional benefit of the program lies in its ability to transform the perspectives of thecollege’s faculty in regards to the vital role that multidisciplinary, team-based productdevelopment will play for engineering graduates who strive to add value to the global economy.Individuals often choose an academic career for the freedom it provides to explore and extendthe boundaries of knowledge in a particular sub-discipline for which they have a passion. Butthis orientation runs counter to the broad-based, customer-oriented perspective needed in productdevelopment and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Wheatly, Wright State University; Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Bor Jang, Wright State University; George Sehi, Sinclair Community College; Richard Jones, Sinclair Community College

AC 2007-2197: GATEWAY INTO FIRST-YEAR STEM CURRICULA: ACOMMUNITY COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION PROMOTINGRETENTION AND ARTICULATIONMichele Wheatly, Wright State University Michele Wheatly (PI) is Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Wright State University. She has had a 25 year history of continuous NSF funding to support her lab research, as well as significant experience directing large projects targeting increasing representation in the STEM disciplines (including the Creating Laboratory Access for Science Students, heralded as one of the most innovative projects in undergraduate STEM curriculum in the US). Her career funding from competitive sources has totaled

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

strategies for effectivelyincorporate writing and speaking into engineering courses1-41. The approaches include writing-to-learn exercises to enhance students’ mastery of technical concepts, individual courses thataddress specific types of documents and presentations (e.g., the design report, the laboratoryreport), and integrated curricula that support students throughout a curriculum. What all of theseapproaches share is a commitment to helping students learn to use writing productively in theirengineering careers. Whether it be an emphasis on writing to learn, where students come to seewriting as a tool for thinking, or introducing students to the types of genres common in aparticular discipline, engineering faculty are seeking ways to support

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2449: DEVELOPMENT OF A CAPSTONE DESIGN PROGRAM FORUNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGStephen Laguette, University of California-Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette received his MS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA in 1977. His career has included executive R&D management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical devices with over fourteen US patents issued in a variety of surgical fields including General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, ENT, Voice Restoration, and Ophthalmology. As the Director of Device Research for Advanced Medical Optics (AMO), a major ophthalmic medical device company, he

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati

. Page 12.1112.5Overall, the course exposed students to polymer microfabrication technologies that are beginningto dominate microfluidics, as previously discussed. The course lectures complimented thelaboratory sessions and included discussions of the microfluidics theory, microfabrication, andthe practical issues encountered in the lab. This course provided students with the skill set theywill need to pursue graduate work or a career in industry.Course assessmentGood assessment techniques are critical in both developing and measuring the success ofeducational activities, such as the course discussed here. The assessment of both short-termoutcomes, such as individual laboratory experiences, and long-term outcomes, such as increasedstudent

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

93 The contents of the This project improved The Solid Modeling is This project improved course were my knowledge and helpful for my future my design ability. interesting skill in product career realization Figure 7. Result of the students surveyConclusion:In conclusion, project based teaching of design and product realization gives students the chanceto develop their creativity, critical thinking, and hands-on skills in the areas of their interest. Inthe peer evaluation process during the project presentation they learn from each

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid; Pete Hylton; Marguerite Hart, Washington Township Schools; Kathy Rieke, Washington Township Schools; Douglas Gorham, IEEE

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Since 2003, the ASEE has created a new K-12 division dedicated to K-12 engineeringeducation, created a guidebook for high school students called Engineering, Go for It! that hasbeen distributed to almost 1 million secondary students, created an e-newsletter that reaches10,000 secondary teachers, guidance counselors, and outreach program leaders, created theEngineeringK12 Center to gather in one place the most effective engineering education resourcesavailable to the K-12 community, and created a survey to understand what secondary teachersthink of engineering as an academic and career pathway for their students.1 Finally, ASEEbrought together leaders from industry and higher education along with K-12 teachers for aLeadership Workshop on K-12

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Technology Literacy for Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University; David Ollis, North Carolina State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

while it has become increasingly complex for those who produce and maintain technology. It is also pervasive and an integral part of growing up and being educated. As such the need for programs in technological literacy is diminished 5. The use of information technology in the workplace and the need to prepare students for careers that use information technology has long been the cornerstone of policies for the use of TL in raising productivity. This seems indisputable, but the market is a much stronger driver than policy in achieving this. Where policy can help is in reducing the digital divide that leave students from low income backgrounds stranded in low income jobs.5 It is also helpful in

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Topics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-1476: CULTURES WITHIN CULTURES: WELCOMING ORUNWELCOMING FOR WOMEN?Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Elizabeth Godfrey is currently the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland after a career that has included university lecturing, teaching and ten years as an advocate for Women in Engineering. Her research interests have focussed on the Culture of Engineering Education and Gender but new research interests are opening up in the First Year Experience, Engineering Cultures and the evaluation of learning outcomes. Page 12.430.1

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Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Gardner, Boise State University; Pat Pyke, Boise State University; Marcia Belcheir, Boise State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University

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Mathematics

test these assumptions. We have found that more than 30% of oursuccessful students (those who earn bachelors degrees) began their college career at theeighth or tenth grade algebra level. Even more significantly, we found that the gradeearned in their first college level mathematics class was significantly correlated towhether or not they persisted in engineering while the level at which they beganmathematics study at the university was not. These results, if they prove to berepresentative, have significant implication for policy, admissions standards and programdevelopment to improve retention in engineering schools.IntroductionNearly every discussion about recruitment and retention of students in engineeringinvolves, or focuses on

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ChE: Computers and Simulation in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Zollars, Washington State University; Christopher Hundhausen, Washington State University; Melissa Stefik, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

will need not only in the material and energy balanceclass but throughout their careers as chemical engineers.Solution for the Observed Weakness Thus, after observing this first group of students, we felt that we needed todevelop some type of tool or procedure by which we could help students make thetransition from written material to visual material. This is not only a necessary skill butalso would allow students to continue learning using their preferred learning style. Ifstudents were able to master this skill they would be more successful in the material andenergy balance class and thus more likely to succeed in completing their educationalgoals. The difficult part of this task is to give the students enough guidance so that

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shekhar Sharad, National Instruments

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Computers in Education

being used in every industry, in aerospace, mechanical, chemical and evenbiomedical engineering. That said, there is a need to create excitement and awareness about thisexciting and pervasive field to the students freshly enrolled in engineering because no matterwhich major they choose, they will eventually have to deal with embedded devices. It is alsowidely acknowledged that embedded programming is not trivial and hence may not be the mostappropriate form to be introduced early in the engineering career; hence, there is a continualsearch for better tools and techniques to teach with embedded devices early in engineering. Oneof the more promising methodologies available today is Graphical Programming.2. Why Embedded Devices Early?Given the

Conference Session

The Evolution of Engineering Economy

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University; David Enke, University of Missouri

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Engineering Economy

. An advanced engineering economy course wouldbe for those students pursuing engineering careers, with topics including advanced methods foranalysis under risk and uncertainty (simulation and real options analysis) with applications inequipment replacement and capacity planning. An advanced course in financial engineeringwould include topics on options pricing and portfolio optimization. For those curriculums thatcannot afford three courses, two courses may suffice, but applications must be mixed. Forexample, a discussion of the Black-Scholes model for options pricing should be followed by itsapplication to a real options-based invest/delay/do-not-invest decision for a manufacturing ordistribution facility, followed by alternative forms of

Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brock Barry, Purdue University; Aman Yadav, Purdue University

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Engineering Ethics

, this provides us with a good starting point to thinkabout how cases can be effectively integrated in engineering ethics as an instructional method.ConclusionWhile case-based instruction is clearly the most commonly employed method of ethicsinstruction in the engineering curriculum, it is by no means the only method. Other methods ofintegrating ethics into the engineering curriculum include the use of external course work (e.g.,philosophy classes), service-learning projects, team-based senior design course work, and theacross the curriculum approach (integration of ethics in multiple courses throughout theacademic career). However, we know little about whether or not the use of case studies is betterthan the other methods of ethics

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Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Massoud Moussavi, California Polytechnic State University

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Engineering Technology

, NEBHE received a three-year grantfrom the Advanced Technological Education (ATE)program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) fortheir PHOTON2 project. In the PHOTON2 project,educators from several geographic locations (four to sixregions nationally) brought together to facilitate photonicstechnology education at their institutions that isintelligently developed and seamlessly articulated. The‘Alliances’ consisted of four to six participants per region,including high school and two- and four-year collegescience, technology, engineering, and math instructors, aswell as their institution's career and admissions counselors.In August 2004, the ECET program at CalPoly-Pomonaorganized an alliance with high school science teachers aswell as a

Conference Session

Successful Professional Development Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rogelio Rodriguez, UC Irvine

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Continuing Professional Development

mayhave a relatively short time-to-market cycle, medical products can take anywhere from 3 to 7years before they make it to the market.Modern technology has made many inroads in the advancement of medical technologyand engineers and scientists are playing a key role. As students make the transition to becomingprofessionals and professionals seek to enhance their careers, continued education and skillsenhancement is taking center stage. This paper describes the development of a continuingeducation certificate program in medical product development for both professional developmentand workforce development. Various disciplines may be involved throughout the developmentcycle from marketing to engineering to regulatory affairs. Possessing a thorough

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Global Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roobik Gharabagi, St. Louis University

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Engineering Ethics

engineers wouldbe facing during their careers. Important topics related to patentability of a product and/orprocesses, steps in patenting process, disclosure issues, duration of a patent, and costassociated with patenting are covered. These types of legal exercises provide theopportunity for students to experience many of the legal issues/considerations faced bypracticing engineers. Evaluation of students understanding of covered material is carriedout in a quiz at the conclusion of the workshop. The results of the evaluation phase areused to provide feedback to further improve programs’ stated outcomes and objectives.Many aspects of engineering practice such as safety, environmental, political, social,economical are also discussed in various

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Sheridan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Eve Fine, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jessica Winchell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christine Pribbenow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Molly Carnes, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Women in Engineering

training appears to becorrelated with increased hiring of women faculty, as well as other desirable changes toour hiring processes at UW-Madison.INTRODUCTIONAfter years of attempting to increase the gender diversity of our academic science and Page 12.1257.2engineering leadership through awards to individual women (e.g., Research Opportunitiesfor Women, Visiting Professorships for Women, Career Advancement Awards, FacultyAwards for Women, and Professional Opportunities for Women in Research andEducation1), the National Science Foundation (NSF) changed course in the early 21stcentury, choosing instead to focus on the institutions in which academic

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Caverly, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

circuit design that provides a smooth entry point either to a career path or future graduate work in this area; and • details of a development effort into the creation of an extensive integrated series of concept modules in RF circuit design that will be made available to the general academic community in support of curriculum development areas at other universities.Undergraduate Curriculum Track in RF and Microwave Engineering The overall curriculum track (Figure 1) begins with the required EngineeringElectromagnetics course in the junior year. This course builds upon the static electromagneticscourse the students take in the freshman/sophomore year and emphasizes dynamicelectromagnetics and wave theory and

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jill Auerbach, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary May, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cleon Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

attendance. According to arecent study by SRI International,4 undergraduate research programs can assist students who areuncertain about going to graduate school to clarify their intent to pursue those goals and toreinforce the commitment among students who have already decided to pursue those goals. Thedecision to attend graduate school can be highly influenced by the amount of facultyinvolvement in the undergraduate career of minority students.5 Quality interactions with facultycan have a significant impact on a student’s decision to pursue graduate education, since suchinteraction provides the student with effective role models. Thus, faculty members in scienceand engineering fields are a critical link in the challenge to increase the likelihood