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Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Richards, University of Virginia; Christine Schnittka, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-2866: ENGINEERING TEACHING KITS: BRINGING ENGINEERINGDESIGN INTO MIDDLE SCHOOLSLarry Richards, University of VirginiaChristine Schnittka, University of Virginia Page 12.655.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Teaching Kits: Bringing engineering design into middle schoolsAbstractEngineering Teaching Kits (ETKs) introduce engineering concepts and methods intoexisting middle school science and math classes. We identify topics from science, math,and technology that have interesting engineering applications, and then help studentslearn science and math in the context of engineering design. Each ETK includes

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

A New Freshmen Engineering Design Experience in Chemical Engineering at NJIT R. Barat, G. DiBenedetto, and T. Boland Otto York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102IntroductionThere is a general recognition of the need to give their students considerable training beyond the standardknowledge of a particular engineering fieldi. Students must now have the ability to think critically andcommunicate effectively, to work in multidisciplinary teams and have good interpersonal skills, and toexhibit a broader professional and ethical

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Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Annette Mallory Donawa; Clifton Martin, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-3115: RE-ENGINEERING ENGINEERING: TEACHING STUDENTSHOW TO THINK CRITICALLYAnnette Donawa, Morgan State University/CAMRA Prior to pursuing a doctorate degree in Higher Education at Morgan State University, Annette Mallory Donawa served as the Deputy Director for the Center for Advanced Microwave Research and Applications (CAMRA), a $6 M NASA-sponsored research grant. She received her BS in Mass Communications, along with a minor in English from Towson University, Towson, Maryland in 1987. Mrs. Donawa earned her Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois in 1994. Mrs. Donawa has more than 20 years of experience working for

Conference Session

Teaching Ethics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2007-367: FOSTERING MORAL AUTONOMY OF FUTURE ENGINEERSTHROUGH ENGINEERING CLASSROOMSJune Marshall, St. Joseph's College JUNE MARSHALL received her doctorate from North Carolina State University and is a tenured faculty member at St. Joseph’s College in Maine. Her specialization is learning strategies focusing specifically in cooperative leaning and character education.John Marshall, University of Southern Maine JOHN MARSHALL received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Internship Coordinator for the University of Southern Maine’s Department of Technology. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Electronic Control Systems, and Automation

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Student Teams and Project-Based Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Rachel Wasserman, Illinois Institute of Technology IPRO Program

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2007-2940: ASSESSING FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO UNDERGRADUATEMULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TEAM EFFECTIVENESSMargaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of TechnologyDaniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of TechnologyRachel Wasserman, Illinois Institute of Technology IPRO Program Page 12.266.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ASSESSING FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO UNDERGRADUATE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TEAM EFFECTIVENESS AbstractThe Interprofessional Projects Program at Illinois Institute of Technology is a project-basedlearning experience with the learning objectives of strengthening multidisciplinary

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Innovative Instruction Strategies in Calculus

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

AC 2007-1169: STUDENTS WITH CALCULUS CREDIT: WHAT CAN WE DO?Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Elton Graves is a member of the Mathematics Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where he has taught since 1981. He received his doctorate in mathematics from Idaho State University in 1981. He co-authored the first $100,000 ILI Grant to incorporate the use of CAS into the teaching of calculus, and differential equations. He is currently the director of the Fast Track Calculus Program. Page 12.1324.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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What's New in Dynamics?

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

AC 2007-40: HISTORY AND TRIVIA TO ENLIVEN DYNAMICSPhillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Phillip Cornwell is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989 and his present interests include structural dynamics, structural health monitoring, and undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Cornwell has received an SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 1992 and at Rose-Hulman he has received the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher award in 2000 and the Board of Trustees Outstanding Scholar Award in 2001

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Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences; Melany Ciampi

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International

"International Council for Engineering and Technology Education" (INTERTECH), Board Member of “Global Council on Manufacturing and Management" (GCMM) and Director of Brazilian Network of Engineering (RBE/SP). He was President of Brazilian Chapter of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc), Member of Administrative Committee of Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (IEEE-EdSoc) in USA, Secretary of Santos region of SBPC - Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science, Adviser for International Subjects of the Presidency of Brazilian Society for Engineering Education (ABENGE), Dean of

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Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1924: FIXED-POINT DSP IMPLEMENTATION: ADVANCED SIGNALPROCESSING TOPICS AND CONCEPTUAL LEARNINGWayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Wayne T. Padgett received his Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994. He has been teaching digital signal processing and related courses at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for 12 years. He is a member of ASEE, a senior member of the IEEE, and is on the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s Technical Committee on Signal Processing Education. Page 12.752.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fixed-Point DSP Implementation

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Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danny Bee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Bob Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Manufacturing

mechanical engineering at Michigan Technological University, developing research in the area of environmentally responsible design and manufacturing.Bob Meyer, University of Wisconsin-Stout Page 12.1130.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Opportunities and Challenges for Manufacturing EngineeringAbstractDuring the decades of the 1980’s and 1990’s, the development of undergraduate and graduatemanufacturing engineering programs advanced and legitimized the manufacturing engineeringdiscipline. With recent perceived loss of manufacturing production to oversees locations and thecontinued public perception of

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

Capacity Building in Developing CountriesAbstractIn the pursuit of a more secure, stable and sustainable world, developing countries seek toenhance their human, institutional and infrastructure capacity. To do so they need a solidbase of technologically prepared people to effectively improve their economies andquality of life. Such a base will facilitate the infusion of foreign capital through attractionof multinational companies to invest in the developing country, assist in making the mostof foreign aid funds, and provide a basis for business development by local entrepreneurs.The World Federation of Engineering Organizations is mounting major efforts attechnical capacity building in developing countries.IntroductionAn old Chinese proverb says

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Introducing Active and Inductive Learning and Improving the Learning Curve in ME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Günter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Domagoj Rubesa, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2007-1020: 3-PHASE MULTI SUBJECT PROJECT BASED LEARNING AS ADIDACTICAL METHOD IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING STUDIESEmilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of AutomotiveEngineering, Graz, Austria Emilia Bratschitsch is head of the Department of Vehicle Technologies (Automotive and Railway Engineering) and teaches Electrics, Electronics and Methods of Signal Processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in Medical Electronics as well in Technical Journalism from the TU of Sofia and received her PhD

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ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

all ASU institutional mandates forundergraduate degrees. The net effect is that a student must take 51 hours of engineeringcourses, 32 hours of math and science, 15 hours of humanities and social science and 9hours of courses that emphasize communications. There are 21 hours left and this wherewe allow the student to impose their own “mandates”. We illustrate this with thecurricular pie shown in figure 3. The individual student therefore makes their own finaldecision about issues such as a breadth/depth tradeoff. A student could take as many as72 hours of engineering and engineering technology in our program and minimalamounts of everything else. Should they do this, they can build in novel mixtures ofengineering topics such as a 50:50 blend

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Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Günter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Domagoj Rubesa, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,

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Mathematics

, Department of AutomotiveEngineering, Graz, Austria Emilia Bratschitsch is head of the Department of Vehicle Technologies (Automotive and Railway Engineering) and teaches Electrics, Electronics and Methods of Signal Processing at the University of Applied Sciences Joanneum in Graz (Austria). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Transport of the Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria). She graduated with a degree in Medical Electronics as well as in Technical Journalism from the TU of Sofia and received her PhD from the Technical University of Graz (Austria). She gained industrial experience in automation of control systems, engineering of electronic control systems and software

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Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paul King, Vanderbilt University; Mark Richter, MaxMobility

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Biomedical

AC 2007-160: CURRENT TOPICS IN REHABILITATION ENGINEERINGPaul King, Vanderbilt University Paul King is a long time member of the engineering faculty at Vanderbilt University. He has an appointment in both Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, with past joint appointments in Anesthesiology and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. His primary area of endeavor is the teaching of design.Mark Richter, MaxMobility Mark Richter is the director of MAX mobility, an assistive technology R&D company, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Richter’s research interests include: wheelchair design, propulsion technique

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Chitralekha Potnis; Ajit Potnis

Engineering Education from an Industry Perspective Chitralekha Potnis, Ajit Potnis The Learning Institute / T I AutomotiveAbstractDevelopment of a country to a large extent depends on the progress made in science andtechnology. It has been widely accepted that industrialization is one of the major tools whichshapes national destiny. The qualitative and quantitative improvement in the industrial status of anation is strongly based on the quality of engineering education.Technical education must be suited to the development in economy, science and technology, andculture of the country and it plays a vital role in promoting their development. Due todevelopment of higher

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; Frank Peloubet, North Dakota State University; Huizhen Wang, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Yajun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture

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International

AC 2007-2361: ENGINEERING FIELD EXPERIENCE ? AN INTERNATIONALAND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENTSWei Lin, North Dakota State University Dr. Wei Lin is an Associate Professor of environmental engineering in North Dakota State University. He also serves as the Director of the interdisciplinary Environmental and Conservation Sciences graduate program. Dr. Lin teaches environmental and water resources courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His research areas include water and wastewater treatment technologies, wetland studies, and river water quality modeling and management. Before join NDSU, Dr. Lin was a senior engineer with Ecology and Environment, Inc. He has

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IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Brunkhorst, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

ten years. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis in Management of Technology from Arizona State University. He earned his MBA from Stanford and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana. His research interests are in marketing, technology management, financial management and engineering education. He also has fourteen years of industrial experience with Digital Equipment Corp., Castle and Cooke Inc. and Westinghouse (R&D Center). Dr. Nystrom was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant in 2005 to teach in Oman.Donald Myers, University of Missouri Don Myers is a Professor of the Engineering Management Department at the

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Riley, Smith College

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Liberal Education

needs, working to endpoverty, or providing students with cross-cultural design experience in preparation for careers ina globalized economy, numerous small-scale engineering projects have proliferated indeveloping countries, either driven by or with participation from U.S. engineers and engineeringstudents. Many different models have been employed to this end, curricular and co-curricular, incollaboration with foreign governments, educational institutions or non-governmentalorganizations, with entrepreneurial, sustainable, appropriate technology and/or community-basedapproaches to design.These engineering projects are occurring in the context of globalization and broader economicdevelopment efforts. It is important that we in the engineering

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Day W. Radebaugh

1 Complexity in Engineering: The Silent Killer Day W. Radebaugh Assistant Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas 67260AbstractA review of the list of recent technological disasters suggests that the risk to society oflarge-scale engineering projects has grown in proportion to the complexity of thedesigned system. Illustrative cases include the Challenger explosion, the power gridblackouts of

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Currin, Southern Polytechnic State University; Timothy Zeigler, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

which it has become a reality.Lessons learned during this process are presented along with advice to those who seek tofollow a similar path.Special emphasis is given to the interaction between multiple academic departments, thecollaboration of several colleges and universities and the vital role industry played in theprocess. Input was obtained from universities in several states including sisteruniversities within the state of Georgia. The program's development was unique in thatcivil engineering technology, construction management, and architecture faculty allplayed key roles as full partners in the process. Their contributions/interactionsthroughout the project is presented as well as development of a curriculum which meetsthe needs of

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Sustainability & Environmental Issues

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Gaughran, University of Limerick; Stephen Burke, University of Limerick; Sonya Quinn, University of Limerick

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

educational intervention modules for SMEs as well as for engineering and design undergraduates for Interregional EU application. He lectures in design for sustainability across a number of courses in UL, and endeavours to link academic research with industry, through seminars and onsite coaching. He believes that the application of sustainability strategies is not just a moral obligation in manufacturing, but also helps secure competitive advantage. He holds a PhD in Design and Ergonomics from Brunel University.Stephen Burke, University of Limerick Stephen Burke graduated from the University of Limerick with a 1st Honours in Technology Education in 2002. He has served for two years as a teaching

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Education, 2007 A New Multidisciplinary Engineering Education Initiative at Philadelphia UniversityAbstractPhiladelphia University is developing a new engineering school based on a strategic decisionmade three years ago to re-engineer its School of Textiles and Materials Technology and expandundergraduate educational offerings beyond its legacy B.S. textile engineering program. Today,the school has re-emerged as the School of Engineering and Textiles, currently offeringbaccalaureate degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, andGeneral Engineering with a choice of minor concentration tracks in Industrial, Mechanical,Environmental, Textile, or Architectural Engineering

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Mariasingam, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Smith, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gregory Moses, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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International

Engineering Education, 2007 1 Globalization and Engineering Education for 2020IntroductionThe emerging global trends in business have a great impact on the workforce needs, and theeducation and training of the workforce. The engineers of tomorrow will be expected to functiondifferently from today as they face new ever changing work environment that includesglobalization, outsourcing and emerging technologies. What do these emerging changes andchallenges mean to the employers, the institutions that prepare engineers, and the organizationsthat assure quality? What should be their response to these trends as they unfold? In

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Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Evers, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; James Ledlie Klosky

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Civil Engineering

work will be extended and integrated with structural engineering, construction managementand other aspects of the project as the students work to complete their capstone experience. The other useful feature of the course is that it is also proving to be a convenient vehiclefor discussing or incorporating advances in technology and discussing current events. CE390 isan excellent method for introducing and evaluating some of the American Society of CivilEngineers developed Body of Knowledge outcomes that are more difficult to judge performancein with more traditional CE courses. Page 12.980.2Why teach a Site Design course? Recent

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Environmental Engineering Curricula I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Xiaoqi Zhang, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Clifford Bruell, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Yexin Yin, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Praveen Jayaradu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Mark Hines, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Environmental Engineering

undesirable byproducts [9].Lead is among the most toxic elements and has widespread presence in the environment [10, 11].Common treatment technologies for lead removal include chemical precipitation and adsorption.However, precipitation becomes less effective and more expensive at high metal concentrations[12] and successful adsorption depends on finding low-cost, high-capacity sorbents [12-23] ormicroorganisms that accumulate toxic metals [24-26]. Innovative nanospheres have shownpromise for lead complexation.Despite the research progress that has been made, there is very little effort to introducenanotechnology into undergraduate environmental engineering curriculum. The objective of thisproject was to introduce nanotechnology experiences into

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Theodore W. Manikas; Gerald R. Kane

Developing and Funding Undergraduate Engineering Internships Theodore W. Manikas, Gerald R. Kane Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Tulsa Tulsa, OklahomaAbstractCooperation between academia and industry is essential due to rapid changes in technology andincreasing global competition. An important component of this cooperation is the establishmentof undergraduate engineering intern programs.Internship opportunities with engineering companies enhance undergraduate engineeringeducation, as students learn how to transform their theoretical technology background intopractical design

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Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

literature shows thatthey lack the people skills that are needed in order to have a successful long term career (ABET,2004; Baren, & Watson, 1991; Darling, & Dannels, 2003; Manseur, 2003; Selinger, 2003). Human Behavior Skills for EngineersOver a decade ago, the U.S. engineering community (industry, academe, and government)collectively concluded that engineering students need to be trained on human behavior skills inorder to succeed within the modern American industry, and that consequently, a change inengineering education needed to be made (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology,2004). Since then, some actions have been taken to incorporate human behavior skills as part of

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Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business / Engineering and Poverty

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

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Engineering Ethics

; to point to somenew efforts in engineering and engineering education that begin to address ourresponsibilities towards the poor; and to encourage a vigorous and ongoing conversationfocused on our responsibilities as engineers and educators towards the poor.IntroductionEngineering and its product, technology, hold immense promise and unlimited potentialfor all of us who share our destinies on planet Earth. Each of us can imagine a time in thefuture at which all of the world’s dreaded diseases are eliminated, there is abundance forall and each of us can live our life to its maximum. No doubt it will be the problemsolvers of society, the engineers, who will be called upon to get us to that point. Thequestion then becomes will engineering as we

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International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ian Robinson, Edge Hill University; Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; John Rowe, Sheffield Hallam University

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International

, to manage the developmentand implementation of new technologies, coupled with the ability to appreciate and take cost/benefit account of the financial, social and political implications of decisions taken’ 1.In short, engineering graduates were required to be business-minded for the first time.By 1988, the Engineering Council was becoming more outspoken, observing that ‘educationfor working life rather than first job should...be the aim’. The engineer in industry must be‘an authority on technology, a leader of others, a communicator’ and engineering coursesmust ‘improve working habits’ 5. The council was itself beginning to warm to the theme ofintervention in the undergraduate curriculum, and would indeed be funding and influencing