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Engineering Economy -- Outside the Introductory Course

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Peterson, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy

involved in project analysisand justifications since graduating with a BIE degree in 1970. Since 1993, the author has beenteaching engineering economy on a regular basis in a variety of programs and for a variety ofaudiences at both the undergraduate and graduate level. During this time the author of this paperlist 58 different courses on his cv in programs as diverse as industrial engineering, engineeringmanagement, manufacturing engineering, industrial management, and technology management.During the past thirteen years, the author has regularly attended the annual ASEE conferencesand attended countless sessions. These sessions have been eye-opening and thought provokingand well worth the time to attend. At the same time it has educated this

Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania; Katherine Kuchenbecker, University of Pennsylvania; Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; John Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Lukes, University of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

belief may stem from theinternal confirmation of understanding that hands-on work provides. Students seem to gainconfidence when they are able to apply class material successfully to real-world systems, rathersolving text book problems on paper. It is not yet clear where the critical learning takes place,whether in the lab or in the associated lecture, but it is obvious from our experience thatlaboratory work catalyzes student understanding and excitement about mechanical engineering.Based on student feedback and our belief in the value of project-based and experiential learning,we have developed a practice-integrated mechanical engineering curriculum that spans the fullfour-year undergraduate experience. Our goal is to ingrain theoretical

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Christi L. Patton

Using Self-Paced Learning to Personalize Engineering Education Christi L. Patton The University of TulsaAbstractAs class sizes in the freshman chemical engineering class outgrew the available rooms and oneteacher’s ability to safely manage hands-on design projects, a new class management philosophywas needed. Two hours of this three-hour course were conducted electronically. Students met ina classroom with one-third of the group for the remaining one-hour-per-week lecture.Blackboard Learning System – Vista Enterprise was used to post video lectures and managequizzes and homework assignments. This paper presents the details of management of this classand the

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Graham Thomas, Texas Southern University

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Engineering Technology

on screen a graphical overview of a project structure in the form of a UML(Unified Modeling Language) like class diagram as shown in Figure 1. It then allows theinteractive creation of objects from any given class in a software project. Once an object hasbeen created, it becomes visible to the user and any of its public methods can be interactivelyinvoked by selecting it from a pop-up menu. Parameters and method results are entered andpresented through dialogue windows. In particular, using the Inspect option of the pop-up menuassociated with objects, students can directly see the values of the fields of an object. This allowsthem to immediately see the effect of a method invocation on that object and also simplifies thedebugging process.The

Conference Session

Educational Outreach Efforts Led by the US Navy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Barkyoumb, NSWC Carderock Division; Steven Ouimette, NSWC Carderock Division

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Ocean and Marine

tricky business. A dynamic intern program is a great aid to these goals.The Carderock Division strategically uses the visiting faculty and intern program sponsored bythe Office of Naval Research to achieve these goals. Furthermore, our approach is to involvethe interns in ongoing projects supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) or otherNavy Sponsors for research, acquisition or fleet support (generally this means NAVSEA andthe Program Executive Offices) that explicitly includes mentoring of the student interns byscientists and engineers from within the Division.The Office of Naval Research started the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program in thesummer of 2002. The programmatic details can be found at the website of the AmericanSociety

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Don Dekker, University of South Florida; Stephen Sundarrao, University of South Florida; Rajiv Dubey, University of South Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Capstone Design Courses: Content RecognitionIntroduction:The Capstone Design course at The University of South Florida brings realistic designexperiences into the academic environment. The course is completed in each of the two 15 weeksemesters. The students do all of the design phases: define the project, conceptual design,embodiment design and detail design, plus other experiences, such as report writing, makingdrawings, and presentation skills. In addition, the students read and discuss two engineeringethics case studies, are instructed in Pro-Engineer, and have lectures on several pertinent topics,such as patents and licensing, entrepreneurship, professionalism, and safety. The

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

principles through active hypothesis testing and discovery.Engineering laboratory courses use active learning. Often, open-ended projects are used aspowerful pedagogical tools for discovery-based learning. To minimize the time to buildprototypes and to minimize the cost of such projects by using low-cost plastic parts andenforcing reusability of parts, many instructors adopted LEGO bricks and LEGO computerizedsystems as educational tools. A large body of engineering education research describes the use ofLEGO brick8. Most examples use LEGO Mindstorms RCX with the Robolab programmingenvironment (RIS 2.0) based on National Instruments LabVIEW software for various projectsand courses like robot competitions9, 10, programming11, 12, and project-based

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anbu Elancheziyan, Drexel University; Jaudelice de Oliveira, Drexel University; Fernand Cohen, Drexel University; Fredricka Reisman, Drexel University

this paper, we detail the ongoing efforts at Drexel University, aimed at adapting the successesof previous experiences in teaching sensor networks at the undergraduate level1-6, to create a newlaboratory-based undergraduate course in sensor networks, and to make extensive use of the newlaboratory’s modular experiments in other courses and disciplines. The project is funded by NSFCCLI program of the Division of Undergraduate Education.Sensor networks as a pedagogical toolWe believe that sensor network experiments can be very pedagogical in illustrating manyabstract concepts in other courses/disciplines. For example, medium access and routing protocolscan be used in undergraduate networking sequence courses; basics of radio communication

Conference Session

Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brant Price, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University

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Graduate Studies

-based algorithms, have had some success with this problem. The use ofHigher Order Statistics (HOS), more specifically PSD and auto-correlation functions,were used for statistical signal processing [3]. Data analysis could also be accomplishedusing the Weighted Fourier Linear Combiner (WFLC), which is based on the FourierLinear Combiner (FLC) [6]. The WFLC has the capability to extend the FLC to the caseof an unknown fundamental frequency; essentially, the WFLC can essentially track thefrequency and amplitude modulation of a time varying input signal [7].This paper reports the progress of a graduate research project on human hand tremordetection and analysis. This project has two major aspects: hardware and software. Thehardware was used to

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Alex Friess; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

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International

AC 2008-656: DEVELOPING ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR INTERNATIONALEXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONIvan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State Brandywine. His current research interests are in the areas of Global Engineering Education, Engineering Design Education, Innovative Design, and Global Design. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is Vice-President for Region I and assistant of the

Conference Session

ET Leadership, Administration, and Articulation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

traditional theory-basedcurriculum to more team-based learning, problem solving with open-ended solutions, additionalhands-on projects, and team-oriented communications.1 Furthermore, many manufacturing jobsin the tri-state area (PA, NJ, and DE) have been lost to outsourcing, creating a growing need forengineering technologists who can competently maintain and service existing equipment andprovide support to the designers and engineers. Addressing the needs for skilled engineeringworkers is a required competitive and survival strategy for most manufacturers. 2Students’ recruitmentDrexel University is located in West Philadelphia and is surrounded by a large number of publicschools where the majority of students are women, minorities, and

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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) Page 1 of 3 Pacific Southwest Regional ASEE Conference Continuous Improvement in Engineering Education Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Radisson Woodlands Hotel, March 27-28, 2008 Thursday Afternoon1:15 – 3:15 Concurrent Session Presentations Kaibab Integrating Contemporary Issues I Topics in Design and Projects Canyon Moderator: Rich Phillips Moderator: Debra Larson • Paul Blowers, et al., Integration of • Dieter Otte, Optimal team

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

that more closely resembles the reality of the actual design process, to include the abilityto use Chemical Engineering software in an earlier stage of the development process.Results and Discussion Chemical Reaction Engineering Design Project In the Chemical Reaction Engineering class, the students were given a design project with thefollowing specifications: 1. Volumetric flow rate υ0 is 52 L/min; 2. A desired product ratio of 50:50 n-propyl-p-xylene to isopropyl-p-xylene at the outlet; and 3. T min is 15°C and Tmax is 70°C. The studentswere directed to use ChemCad to develop their designs, but ChemCad needs frequency factor andactivation energy values to correctly model the reactions mathematically. Since these values could

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

that more closely resembles the reality of the actual design process, to include the abilityto use Chemical Engineering software in an earlier stage of the development process.Results and Discussion Chemical Reaction Engineering Design Project In the Chemical Reaction Engineering class, the students were given a design project with thefollowing specifications: 1. Volumetric flow rate υ0 is 52 L/min; 2. A desired product ratio of 50:50 n-propyl-p-xylene to isopropyl-p-xylene at the outlet; and 3. T min is 15°C and Tmax is 70°C. The studentswere directed to use ChemCad to develop their designs, but ChemCad needs frequency factor andactivation energy values to correctly model the reactions mathematically. Since these values could

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Matt Armstrong; Richard L. Comitz; Andrew Biaglow; Russ Lachance; Joseph Sloop

that more closely resembles the reality of the actual design process, to include the abilityto use Chemical Engineering software in an earlier stage of the development process.Results and Discussion Chemical Reaction Engineering Design Project In the Chemical Reaction Engineering class, the students were given a design project with thefollowing specifications: 1. Volumetric flow rate υ0 is 52 L/min; 2. A desired product ratio of 50:50 n-propyl-p-xylene to isopropyl-p-xylene at the outlet; and 3. T min is 15°C and Tmax is 70°C. The studentswere directed to use ChemCad to develop their designs, but ChemCad needs frequency factor andactivation energy values to correctly model the reactions mathematically. Since these values could

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suk Kim Chin, Australian Catholic University

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Electrical and Computer

Education, 2008 A Structured Assessment Framework for TeamworkAbstractAnecdotal evidence from students shows that ACU undergraduates have difficulty managingtheir time due to various commitments and responsibility outside university. As such, this paperproposes a cooperative learning model which endeavors to help students utilize their timeoptimally in a first year programming course in MATLAB. Included in this model is a structuredassessment framework, as well as teamwork training to facilitate effective teamwork strategy.This model also places emphasis on strong alignment of curriculum objectives to progressiveassessment tasks.To deploy this framework, a MATLAB programming project is designed to be just large enoughfor a group of 3

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Meyer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

logictemperature and humidity control, human exercise machines and energy exchange,insect detection and counting with optical sensors, pH controllers, and water flowmeasurements from small to large scale. Some activities are web-based bringinglocal research projects and instrumentation to the classroom. Student teams alsodevelop semester projects starting at midterm. Those projects are presented aspapers and posters during an annual department open house. A summary ofselected student projects for the past four years and student assessments will bediscussed.Keywords: Courseware, biological systems, sensors, electronics, measurements, controls. Page 13.753.2Course

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Issues of Cooperative Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Maura Borrego, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

female students participating in co-op experiences?Herein, we employed a survey instrument, National Engineering Students’ Learning OutcomesSurvey (NESLOS), derived from ABET criteria and extensive literature review, to assessstudents’ learning outcomes as a result of participating in a co-op experience. Survey itememphasis was placed on assessing knowledge and skills pertaining to but not limited to: (1)problem-solving, (2) writing and communication skills, (3) understanding and applyingknowledge, (4) teamwork, (5) confidence gains, (6) organization and management skills, and (7)interest and engagement of project. In this paper, we present key findings of what studentslearned and valued, insight into variations across female and male students

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Institute of Technology. He is coordinator of leadership development education for the School’s Executive MBA, Project Management and Undergraduate Business and Technology programs. His research interests focus on leadership and leadership development and his consulting work includes executive coaching, team-building and process consultation. Prof. Dominick received his Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from Stevens, earned his MA in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, and completed his undergraduate studies in Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology Edward Blicharz is a Distinguished Service Associate Professor in the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Meyer, Purdue University; Mark Johnson, Purdue University School of ECE; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

Laboratories with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University since July 1999. He received his PhD in 1998 from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He teaches Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design, advises senior design project teams, supervises teaching assistants in several laboratories, develops computer engineering laboratory curricula, manages design automation software for instruction and research, and is chair of an ECE committee for instructional innovation. Dr. Johnson served as proceedings chair for Microelectronic Systems Education 2003, program chair for Microelectronic Systems

Conference Session

Professional Development in Materials Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Schubert, Packer Engineering; Kara Cunzeman, Purdue University

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Materials

AC 2008-969: ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS FOR LUNARPROCESSINGPeter Schubert, Packer Engineering Dr. Schubert conducts research into alternate energy, space-based manufacturing, and engineering education at Packer Engineering in Naperville, IL. He is Senior Director, and has served as PI on projects from DOE, NASA and the GSA. He has published 51 technical papers, has 26 US patents, and is an instructor with the Society of Automotive Engineers. Prior experience includes 21 years in automotive electronics with Delphi Corporation, where he was a Technical Fellow. His doctorate in EE from Purdue was sponsored by a GM Fellowship. His MSEE is from U. of Cincinnati on a Whirlpool

Conference Session

FPD5 - Teaming and Peer Performance

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claribel Bonilla, University of San Diego; Leonard Perry, University of San Diego

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First-Year Programs

positions at John Deere and Amkor Technology. Her research interests are in the area of quality, productivity improvement, supply chain, lean manufacturing and engineering education. Dr. Bonilla consults, instructs, and collaborates on quality improvement projects with representatives from healthcare, as well as traditional manufacturing operations. She is an ASQ certified Six-Sigma Black-Belt.Leonard Perry, University of San Diego Leonard Perry is an Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of San Diego. He has research interests in the area of system improvement via quality improvement methods especially in the area of applied statistics, statistical

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Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Kurt Colvin, California Polytechnic State University; Joel Shrater, The Aerospace Corporation; Daphne Dador, California Space Education & Workforce Institute; Matt Everingham, California Space Authority

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Continuing Professional Development

, he was founder and President of Xeragen, Inc., a San Luis Obispo-based biotechnology startup company. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was employed by McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, where he was a lead engineer and Principal Investigator on projects to develop technology evolution plans for the Space Station.Kurt Colvin, California Polytechnic State University Kurt Colvin joined the Cal Poly faculty in January 2000. He completed a Ph.D. in industrial engineering at Oregon State University in 1999, preceded by a Master's degree in 1997. He has worked as Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) development engineer at Festo

Conference Session

Preparing a Modern Aerospace Workforce

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

aerospace students. Several examples of current “grand projects”are considered, and progress towards them is summarized. Several ideas and proven strategiesfor nurturing such talents in formal curricula are considered.IntroductionWhen asked how to define and differentiate aerospace engineering, the best answer used to be:“Aerospace engineers turn the dreams of Humanity to reality through science and engineeringinnovation”. This is hard to remember in an age when air travel has become less pleasant than avisit to the dentist, working for airlines and aerospace companies seems to be a perpetualscramble to stay aloft in a downdraft, and we are under constant pressure to bring “cost reality”to squelch the enthusiasm of students and “focus on realistic

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Howell, Western Carolina University; Robert Houghton, Western Carolina University; Elaine Franklin, Western Carolina University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Page 13.1177.2restricting teachers' and administrators' desires and resolve to expend time and money ontechnology based educational “novelties.”It is to address these issues that the “Camp Robot” idea was proposed. This paper outlines thefoundational elements which led up to the idea of Camp Robot, the demographics served, and theresults observed. Unique elements included non competitive strategies; focus on problemsolving, not on the specific technology, role reversal between teacher and student, and servicelearning for the college student participants.Geographic and Student Educational NeedThe region served by this project included four educational jurisdictions and two post secondaryinstitutions. The region served was Western North Carolina

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Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teac

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Birdy Reynolds, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Michael Lovell, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering projects through presentations or the observation ofothers performing research. This approach may give the impression that teachers are capable ofdeveloping curricular materials, but only engineers are capable of solving authentic engineeringproblems. This “look but don’t touch” model potentially only reinforces the belief, “if I can’t dothis, my students sure can’t.” With this RET model, participants are likely to gain a limitedperspective on authentic engineering practices and less likely to able to convey to their studentswhat engineers actually do.Figure 1: Models of RET sitesWe believe that our RET site has been successful because we have focused on directly linkingthe teachers’ summer engineering research experience with their K-12

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica Jovanovic, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mileta Tomovic, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

, she is involved in the following projects: National Science Foundation project: Midwest Coalition for Comprehensive Design Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation Project: Product Lifecycle Management Curriculum Modules and Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Opportunity Fund for North Central Indiana: Development of Integrated Digital Manufacturing Curriculum. She is a student member of the American Society of Engineering Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Society of Woman Engineers (SWE), and Woman in Technology (WIT). She published two chapters in two textbooks, two journal articles and presented 23

Conference Session

Electromechanical Curricula

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vincent Winstead, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Technology

camless valvetrain control. Page 13.1169.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching Optimal Energy Expenditure Using Robotic Platforms and MicrocontrollersAbstractIn this paper we describe an example of a project-centered approach to teaching optimal(i.e. minimal) electric energy expenditure while navigating through a set of coordinatewaypoionts in a mobile vehicle. The platform used is an in-house ruggedized robot designbased on a commercially available robotic chassis design, commercially available parts anda simple sensor suite incorporating a multi-channel Global Positioning System (GPS)receiver module for

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four