Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jon Duff, Arizona State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

honorary for professions in technology. He has been recognized as Outstanding Professor of Industrial Technology by the National Association of Industrial Technology, Teacher of the Year by Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus, and Distinguished Technology Alumni by Purdue University. Professor Duff joined the faculty at Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus in 1997 and currently teaches a variety of courses including modeling, animation, illustration, and technical publishing. He has received the Oppenheimer Award and The Distinguished Service Award from the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education for his technical and

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NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Goang-Shin Liaw, Alabama A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

demonstrate specific capabilities and technologies at MIs; • Opportunity to team-up with NASA researchers; and • Enhancement of undergraduate and graduate research at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).In addition, during the tenure of a fellowship, fellows receive a series of professional trainingcourses designed by UNCFSP. Some of the topics covered by the professional training sessionsinclude leadership development, strategic management, institutional advancement, and externalrelations and STEM policy.IntroductionAfter many years of teaching, research, and administrative experience at Alabama A&MUniversity, a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), I was fortunate to have the opportunity to applyfor the NASA Administrator’s

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education

Paul Revere in the Science Lab: Integrating Humanities and Engineering Pedagogies to Develop Skills in Contextual Understanding and Self-Directed LearningAbstractABET, ASEE, and the wider engineering community have long acknowledged the potentialbenefits of interdisciplinary education, including the opportunity to develop non-technical skillssuch as communication and teamwork while cultivating a broader awareness of the ethical,societal, historical, and environmental impacts of engineering work. Instructors haveencountered many challenges in planning and implementing integrated courses, such as thedifficulty of coordinating the teaching methods, content, and learning objectives of differentacademic disciplines in a finite and

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shih-Liang (Sid) Wang, North Carolina A&T State University

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Design in Engineering Education

features (force and weight), and then it maps genericinventive principles to specific solutions (the counter weight principle yields the solution ofspoilers.) Obviously, creating more examples will help users understand the mapping processand help them to work on their own problems.TRIZ in Teaching Engineering Design Page 12.483.2There is a definite need to provide students with helpful strategies and guidelines to solve designproblems. The ultimate student design experience in an engineering curriculum is the seniorcapstone design course. Some of our senior capstone projects like SAE Mini Baja and SAE AeroDesign are annual competitions, and

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University; Judy Sutor, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-317: HIGH SCHOOL MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS' AWARENESSOF GENDER-EQUITY ISSUES FROM A RESEARCH-BASED WORKSHOPStephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor and an Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Materials in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. His teaching responsibilities are in the areas of design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Computers in Education

is currently pursuing a dual B.S/M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and expects to graduate in June 2007. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi. He has worked as a teaching and research assistant with responsibilities in the area of mechatronics.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Remote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics that has been featured on WABC-TV and NY1 News, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research

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Design Experiences in Energy Systems

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-2153: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LAB-SCALE GROUNDSOURCE HEAT PUMPJorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University Dr. Jorge Alvarado is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences, fluid mechanics and fluid power. Dr. Alvarado’s research interests are in the areas of nanotechnology, micro-scale heat transfer, electronic cooling, phase change materials, solid and liquid desiccant regeneration, energy conservation and use of renewable energy in buildings. Page

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Communication and Professional Skills in BME

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donna Ebenstein, Bucknell University; Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh

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Biomedical

implemented by our Biomedical Engineering Program. This 1new model consists of a sequence of four courses spanning the junior and senior years. It wasdeveloped to ensure that all students receive repeated exposure to a wide range of skills relevantto the biomedical engineering profession as well as those required for accreditation. The topicscovered include a wide range of ‘soft’ skills,5 such as regulatory issues, environmental impacts,and project management, in addition to laboratory-based ‘hard’ skills, such as rapid prototypingand computer-aided design (CAD). While this sequence does not address the issue of the seniorcapstone being the students’ only exposure to open-ended design, it does provide

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elise Amel, University of Saint Thomas; Camille George, University of St. Thomas; Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine

model, using her academic background to solve practical problems and using her problem solving experiences to enhance her teaching. She has received an award for excellence in service learning. Professor Amel has specific expertise developing assessment plans and dissemination approaches through her work on the UST Bush Foundation Grant. She has completed pedagogical presentations and publications about international education and service learning.Camille George, University of St. Thomas Dr. George is an Assistant Professor in mechanical engineering at the University of St. Thomas. She teaches the core course in thermodynamics and has received outstanding student evaluations on her

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Jacquot, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; Thomas Edgar, University of Wyoming

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Computers in Education

groundwater has been described using web-based graphics5 and another paperreports a virtual laboratory for teaching quasistationary electromagnetics.6 Another recent paperdiscusses the solution of groundwater problems using a spreadsheet.7 Still another paperemploys a spreadsheet to examine the topic of electromagnetic wave propagation.8 Two recentpapers reported the use of animation to clarify a variety of partial differential equationsolutions.9,10 There are a number of approaches to the animation of distributed parametersystems and one is the application of finite element software (ANSYSTM) to illustrate thevibration of beams and plates.11 A recent paper discusses the use of animation in MATLABTM toanimate the solution to a variety of electrical

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New Trends in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronny Veljanovski, Victoria University; Alex Stojcevski, Victoria University

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Electrical and Computer

completed a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education from Victoria University and now is currently completing a Masters in Problem Based Learning in Engineering and Science at Aalborg University in Denmark. Currently Ronny is employed by Victoria University in the School of Electrical Engineering as a Senior Lecturer. His teaching ranges from post-graduate masters in microelectronics to undergraduate electrical engineering courses in the new Problem Based Learning teaching and learning style. Ronny’s research interests are in enabling technologies, such as microelectronics, to provide solutions to e-health applications.Alex Stojcevski, Victoria University Dr. Alex Stojcevski is a Senior Lecturer

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University

research experience, and (2) afall segment to teach students how to document that research experience. This research optionculminated with the students participating in an undergraduate research symposium that showedother undergraduates the benefits of and the opportunities for research experiences. The main results of the experiment have been positive. First, the course has been able toattract students who are academically strong and capable of succeeding in graduate school. Forthe two years, the average GPA of the students has been 3.7. Second, the course has been able toattract a significant number of students from underrepresented groups. Over the two years of theexperiment, the course has had almost a 50 percent enrollment from

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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Nhut Tan Ho

design classes;and enhancing the competence of participating professors in teaching CDIO skills. Futuredirections for further developing and evaluating the framework and student retention goals arealso discussed. Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Annual Conference Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering EducationI. Introduction and BackgroundProjected U.S. engineering workforce needs call for 48% representation by underrepresentedminorities by 20501,2. Meeting this need will be challenging: Data show that ScienceTechnology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) students who are African American, Latino andAmerican Indian remain vastly underrepresented in university

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Yeboah, North Carolina A&T State University; Harmohindar Singh, North Carolina A&T State University; Shamsuddin Ilias, North Carolina A&T State University

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Architectural

Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Ilias has been engaged in membrane separations and membrane reactors, Energy and Environments research, since 1986 and is a recognized authority in his field. Over the past six years, Dr. Ilias received 15 grants and contracts totaling over $1.9 million in sponsored research. Most of his current research is funded by the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (under Fossil Energy Program). Under his supervision, 31 graduate students completed their MS Thesis work. Dr. Ilias is also actively involved in teaching of graduate and undergraduate core courses in chemical engineering. To his credit, Dr. Ilias has over 30 refereed journal papers

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The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Keathly, University of North Texas; Robert Akl, University of North Texas; Ryan Garlick, University of North Texas

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Women in Engineering

activities. Results from student surveys andparent surveys will be presented. The paper concludes with recommended changes andimprovements in the program, as well as a discussion of adaptations that would create programssuitable for implementation at other institutions as well as programs aimed at a different targetpopulation.The three phases previously enumerated each build upon currently accepted educationalpractices. The robotics summer camp in particular used problem-based learning approaches,similar to those described in The Power of Problem-Based Learning2. This study clearlydemonstrates the significant benefits of teaching students how to think by using a problem-basedapproach. We also developed a mobile laboratory so that the summer camp can

Conference Session

Novel Applications of Computers/Software in Energy Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute; Michael Sexton, Virginia Military Institute; Craig Somerton, Michigan State University; Andre Benard, Michigan State University; Norbert Mueller, Michigan State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

-dimensional steady state conduction solutions for cases where temperatureboundary conditions were prescribed. The present research expands the features of the programto include prescribed heat flux boundary conditions as well as convective boundary conditions.Moreover, the expanded program also handles transient cases so that students can watchtemperature changes in a material on a real-time basis. The addition of these boundaryconditions also now allows one dimensional problems to be solved by specifying a zero heat fluxcondition on opposing sides of the body.The solutions for the original version of the program were generated using a code developed forSandia National Laboratory which was DOS based. The revised program has replaced thiscomputational

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-456: IMPROVING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS THROUGHADAPTING PROGRAMMING TOOLSLinda Shaykhian, NASA Linda H. Shaykhian Linda Shaykhian is a computer engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Kennedy Space Center (KSC). She is currently co-lead of the Information Architecture team for the Constellation Program’s Launch Site Command and Control System Proof of Concept project. She was lead of the Core Technical Capability Laboratory Management System project, which is currently used for resource management and funding of KSC Core Technical Capability laboratories. She was the Software Design Lead and Software Integrated Product Team Lead for the Hazardous Warning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Kurt Rosentrator, USDA

pounds). It’s anticipated that 39,030 pounds ofCarbon Dioxide will be saved every year. On average, around 2,615 trees would be required tooffset this early emission8.The disciplines of engineering and technology have a long history of adapting to the needs ofindustry and society so that they remain relevant over time. Thus, to help fill this currenteducational gap, teaching resources and a subsequent plan of action are necessary components tosuccessful integration of renewable energy concepts into mainstream engineering and technologycurricula. The purpose of this work is to incorporate renewable energy into engineeringtechnology courses at Georgia Southern University (GSU) making use of a recently acquired asolar power generation station. The

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Alfred A. Scalza

teaching environment and how does it affect the way students learn? Also,what disciplines contribute to organizational behavior and how do they affect the classroom learningexperience?When a college student joins a class to study a particular technical subject today, he or she moves into anew world of project based learning. Today, students must participate in self learning, critical (outsidethe box) thinking, team skills including managing the team, and individual as well as team ethics. Thestudent has moved into the “new” learning arena of group dynamics called experiential learning. Thestudent’s level of participation has been greatly raised and he/she will be required to participate in activeand self learning while developing enhanced

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1018: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF PEN-BASED COMPUTING ONSTUDENTS’ PEER REVIEW STRATEGIES USING THE PEER REVIEWCOMMENT INVENTORYRichard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Richard House is Assistant Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, where he teaches courses in technical, professional, and scientific rhetoric as well as literature. His research explores a variety of intersections among narrative, rhetoric, science, and technology, and has appeared in SubStance, Contemporary Literature, and IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Anneliese Watt, Associate Professor of English at Rose-Hulman

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Technical Capacity Building for Developing Countries

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Micheal Dreznes, International Road Federation; James Ekberg, University of Florida

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International

AC 2007-863: THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTHE ENHANCEMENT OF THE ECONOMIC EXPANSION OF DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIESFazil Najafi, University of Florida DR. FAZIL T. NAJAFI Dr. Najafi is a professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. He earned his BSCE from the American College of Engineering, Kabul, Afghanistan, and his BSAE, MS, and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has worked for 35 years in government, industry, and education. Besides teaching during the last 14 years, Dr. Najafi has conducted research, has been a participating member of several professional societies

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Daughton, University of Missouri; Benjamin Dow, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

AC 2007-121: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND THE PROFESSIONALSCIENCE MASTERS (PSM) PROGRAMWilliam Daughton, University of Missouri Dr. William Daughton is professor and chair of the Engineering Management and Systems Engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He has significant industrial management experience in the semiconductor industry and over 15 years of teaching experience.Benjamin Dow, University of Missouri Dr. Benjamin Dow is a Lecturer in the Engineering Management and Sytems Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He has considerable expertise in project management and holds a PMP from the Project Management Institute. He also has indsutry

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Chitralekha Potnis; Ajit Potnis

development. Engineering syllabi should bemodified to be consistent with the latest engineering practice followed by industries and updatedat regular intervals. This should be done by involving industrial & practicing engineers incurriculum development.3. ConsultancyThe educational institutes can play a commendable role in the field of consultancy. This isbecause these institutes have the largest concentrations of most qualifies men in various areas ofscience & technology. The initiative in this regard should come from industry and theeducational institutions must accept the challenge. Consultancy will immensely improve theutility of both teaching and research which would turn out to be an advantage to the industry.4. Research &

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Wei Cao; Peggy Vance; Robert Lockhart

, and did the experiments bythemselves under the supervision of NASA bus crew. Those shows and experiments covered thewide range of NASA research projects, such as model shuttle launch, model wind tunnel, turboengine experiment, satellite communication ground station and other advanced technology fromNASA. A particular Lego Mindstorms Robot show drew much attention from the kids. And theNASA colleague told the kids that this small robot is mimic version of the real robots sent toMars. They both used the same scientific and technology principles. And that the LegoMindstorms Robots was invented by MIT learning lab, which aims to teach the science andengineering principle for k-12 kids. Dr. Wei Cao shared his experience with

Conference Session

Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Birmingham, Grove City College; Blair Allison, Grove City College; James Dupree, Grove City College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-1633: ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIA MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRODUCTDEVELOPMENTWilliam Birmingham, Grove City College Dr. Birmingham is the chair of the Computer Science Department at Grove City College. Before coming to Grove City College, he was a tenured associate professor in the EECS Department at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Birmingham's research interests are in AI, computer gaming, mobile computing and communications, and computer-science pedagogy. He received is Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. all from Carnegie Mellon University.Blair Allison, Grove City College Dr. Blair T. Allison is professor and chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Grove City College. He teaches

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bert Davy, Morgan State University; Indranil Goswami, Morgan State University; Jiang Li, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimen, Morgan State University; Charles Oluokun, Morgan State University; Arcadio Sincero, Morgan State University

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First-Year Programs

Design for Civil Engineering Freshmen. Bert Davy, Indranil Goswami, Jiang Li, Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein, Charles Oluokun, Arcadio Sincero. Department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251.AbstractA freshman design course - CEGR 105 Introduction to Civil Engineering - was designed anddelivered as part of the effort for ‘early introduction of design into the engineering curriculum’.The course is a second semester orientation course that follows a broader first semester coursecalled ORIE 104 Orientation to Engineering.With a team-teaching approach, members of the civil engineering faculty with varied

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Paul Racette, NASA; Scott Askew, NASA; Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Belay Demoz; Paul Mogan, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2007-504: NASA OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY AT MINORITYINSTITUTIONS: REFLECTIONS OF NASA ADMINISTRATOR FELLOWSLouis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso Louis J. Everett is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. Dr. Everett is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and has research interests in the use of technology in the classroom. His technical research interests include robotics, machine design, dynamics and control systems. He began his NAFP tenure in 2006 and is presently with the Mobility and Manipulation group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California. leverett@utep.edu http://research.utep.edu/pacelabPaul Racette, NASA

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andre Encarnacao, University of California, Los Angeles; Paul Espinosa, University of California, Los Angeles; Lawrence Au, University of California, Los Angeles; Lianna Johnson, University of California, Los Angeles; Gregory Chung, University of California-Los Angeles; William Kaiser, University of California-Los Angeles

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Computers in Education

in Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology and started developing software for use in teaching molecular biology and genetics. In 2001 Interactive Genetics was published through Hayden-McNeil Publishing. In 1996 she became Academic Administrator in the Life Science Core Curriculum and received the 2002 Copenhaver Award for Teaching with Technology. In addition to her teaching, she has published 29 scientific papers and presented talks at numerous conferences. Page 12.884.1William Kaiser, University of California-Los Angeles Professor Kaiser received a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

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Instrumentation

the College of Engineering at Rowan University, we have developed a curricularcomponent, “Engineering Clinics” [3], to address this challenge in engineering education.Based upon the medical school model, students and faculty work side-by-side inEngineering Clinics on multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary laboratory experiments,design projects, applied researches, and product developments. While each clinic coursehas a specific theme, the underlying concept of engineering design permeates all clinics.The progression through clinics systematically develops our students as collaborativedesigners. This begins with the Freshmen Engineering Clinic, which introduces designthrough reverse engineering [9]. At the sophomore level, students experience

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Rawles, Purdue University

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1839: MEASURING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN GROUP PROJECTSTHROUGH AN ONLINE PEER EVALUATION SYSTEMPhil Rawles, Purdue University Phil Rawles is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Professor Rawles specializes in teaching network administration and information security in the network engineering technology program. Page 12.1044.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Measuring Student Participation in Group Projects Through An On-Line Peer Evaluation SystemBackgroundGroup work is an