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Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jessica Brakora, University of Michigan; Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan; James Holloway, University of Michigan; Nilton Renno, University of Michigan; Steven Skerlos, University of Michigan; Toby Teory, University of Michigan; Peter Washabaugh, University of Michigan; Daryl Weinert, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

training, exposure to global health issues and a medically-themed designcourse. As a result the expectation is that they will continue to cultivate these issues throughouttheir career, generating a new mindset within both the technology developer communities andthe medical community that uses technology. A key feature of the GHD program is immersionwithin a community where global health issues are prominent, leading to a problem formulation Page 14.766.8and specification process that is then the target of the two-semester design sequence. Studentsare expected to return to the field site well before the end of their program so that direct

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Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yuqiu You, Morehead State University

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Manufacturing

technologyprogram for their future careers in modern manufacturing companies, a new curriculum inRobotics Application Engineering has been developed and applied in the semester of spring 2008.This paper describes the course and laboratory of Robotics Application Engineering for studentsof manufacturing technology program (ITMT) in the Department of Industrial and EngineeringTechnology (IET).There are four Robotics courses offered in the IET Department spanning from 100 level to 400level to teach concepts, operation, programming, maintenance, interfacing, and applicationdevelopments of industrial robots. Robotics Application Engineering is taught as a 400 levelcourse for senior undergraduate students in the ITMT program. This course teaches

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New Research and Trends Related to Minorities in Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2009-2473: MEASURING THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY INSTEM EDUCATION: A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SURVEY ANALYSIS OFWOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIESTerrell Strayhorn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Dr. Terrell Strayhorn is Associate Professor of Higher Education, Special Assistant to the Provost, and Director of the Center for Higher Education Research and Policy (CHERP) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Recipient of a 2008 NSF CAREER Award (EHR #0747304) for his research on minorities in STEM, Strayhorn is author of several books and over 50 chapters, refereed articles, reports, and analyses

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gouranga Banik, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Construction

specifications are usedin this area, contractors make serious safety and economic mistakes dealing with these works.Most construction engineering and management programs in the United States require thestudents to learn structural design principles. Often the students do not realize the importance ofthe practical applications of the structural concepts covered in these courses. In many cases,course instruction emphasizes theory and abstract concept. Many students do not understandmath-oriented coursework, probably due to their marginal background in analytical skills. Evensome students understand the structural courses but they can not visualize the necessity of theseclasses in their career, and therefore feel it is ‘irrelevant’. These same students

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Voice, Michigan State University; Volodymyr Tarabara, Michigan State University; Mark Wiesner, Duke University; Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University

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International

Program Objectives, we have developed several additional objectivesspecific to our project. • Enable international opportunities for career growth and collaborative research • Evaluate water treatment alternatives across a range of economic, geographic, climate and water composition contexts • Advance applications of nanotechology to membrane science and water treatment • Investigate potential for membrane applications in developing economiesA group of international partners were invited to participate in the project by identifyinginternationally prominent groups who brought specific expertise complimentary to thecapabilities of the U.S. team. For example, a group in Toulouse, France was well known fortheir ability to produce

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenden Mervin, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Guillermo Maldonado, University of Tennessee

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Nuclear and Radiological

fundamental principles are now embedded in variouscomputational software packages developed by nuclear fuel vendors, software companies,universities and national laboratories. These software packages have become a larger componentof nuclear engineering practice, and therefore a gap presents itself as nuclear engineers transitionfrom the classroom to the workplace. Furthermore, the currently increasing demand for nuclearengineers is persuading more nuclear engineers to explore their career opportunities immediatelyafter receiving their undergraduate degree. This implies that most of these engineers will enter Page 14.484.2the workplace with little to

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Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Rabb, United States Military Academy; Margaret Nowicki, United States Military Academy; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

some haveeven asked for another AIAD for the upcoming summer; again this speaks to the success of theprogram motivating and educating students potentially interested in careers in engineering. Figure 5. Sophomore AIAD SurveyProject Sponsor ExperienceProject sponsor feedback is voluntary, and it provides us with an outside look at our academicprogram. We send students, who are products of our curriculum, out to an AIAD. We shouldknow if we are preparing them for engineering in the real world. Sponsors are asked to assess thestudents’ abilities and our program objectives. Their feedback helps in our internal assessment ofthe department’s goals, the level of student competence, and the scope of certain

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

. Going back to these simple situations is sometimes the bestway to help our students get involved in the mathematics they will use throughout their careers. Page 14.405.14

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New Trends in Graduate Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

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Graduate Studies

Marx, a commentator on future trends, notes thatone trend of the future is that education will shift away from averages toward individuals, that is,move away from standardization and toward personalization.v The degree allows for theindividual student to follow an intense, field-specific plan of study, or a more general,interdisciplinary focus, depending on the student’s interests and career goals..As a side note, the fact that the GRE is not required for our degree is also attractive to students.The admission standards for the Master of Science in Technology degree are based onundergraduate performance and professional experience, although the GRE may be considered asa helpful factor in evaluating credentials. Many of the returning working

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University; Aaron Clark, North Carolina State University; Alice Scales, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Design Graphics

AC 2009-512: A COMPARISON OF THE ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATION OFSTUDENTS IN AN INTRODUCTORY TECHNICAL GRAPHICS COURSEJeremy Ernst, North Carolina State University Jeremy V. Ernst is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at North Carolina State University. He currently teaches a variety of courses and supervises student teachers in the Technology Education Program. Jeremy specializes in research involving instruction, learning, and visualization for university students, students with disabilities and other at-risk populations in Career and Technical Education. He also has curriculum research and development experiences in technology, trade and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Potpourri

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katie Cadwell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Greta Zenner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Design in Engineering Education

 Animal Welfare  FDA Approval  Human Factors and Ergonomics  Global Engineering Design  The Design Process  Design Laboratory Notebooks  Codes and Standards  Product Design Specifications  Intellectual Property in Design  Intellectual Property Agreements  Patent Applications  Career Paths in Biomedical EngineeringResultsDuring Fall 2008, students were asked to complete two short, anonymous electronic surveys: thefirst midway through, after assignment of the first three topics (Working With Clients, ProgressReports, Oral

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-538: INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION IN AN IN-HOUSEFIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM: A FAST TRACK TO ENGINEERINGENCULTURATIONElizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland Dr Elizabeth Godfrey has a Ph.D. in engineering education from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. Her career that has included university lecturing in Chemistry, high school teaching and 10 years as an advocate for Women in Science and Engineering, and most recently completing a 9 year term as the Associate Dean Undergraduate at the School of Engineering at the University of Auckland She has been a contributor to Engineering Education conferences, and an advocate for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning since the

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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matt gallagher, Vermont Technical College; Andre St. Denis, Vermont Technical College; John Murphy, Vermont Technical College

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Electrical and Computer

theintent to give students more confidence in their ability to use these devices in their capstoneproject class and hopefully into their careers. The simple 16 pin MC9S08QG8 device has all thecapabilities we require in an introductory class and has the benefit of being cheap, available ineasy-to-use DIP package and requires no external clock circuitry. This makes it ideal for smallprojects done by relative novice students. In doing this we opted to forgo the wide array of Page 14.826.15available demonstration boards produced by manufacturers for the purposes of education andtraining. We developed our own training I/O boards and revamped lectures and

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego

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Electrical and Computer

volumecomputation and various mathematical proofing methods, usually quickly forgotten by studentsand hardly ever seen again in their engineering careers. However, implementing engineering-targeted preparatory courses is easier done in a new school dedicated to engineering than in aprogram that must be integrated within an already existing regional university. Embedding anew program with redesigned courses for engineering in an already established curricularinfrastructure is difficult, if not impossible, due to limited resources.Embedding Communication SkillsThe importance of efficient communication skills in engineering is now widely recognized andhas become one of the tenets of engineering education as well as an important requirement for

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Harris, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Minorities in Engineering

Engineers (SHPE) chapter at Northeastern, Advisor: National Society of Black Engineers chapter at Northeastern, Instructor: GEU100 Course: Intro to the study of Engineering, Instructor: GEU900 Course: Career Management SeminarBala Maheswaran, Northeastern University Page 14.1095.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 SUMMER BRIDGE: A STEP INTO THE ENGINEERING GAP We face a major demographic imperative. The U.S. Census Bureau projections show a steady decline in the White population (from 81% in 2000 to 72.1% in 2050); a slight increase in the African American population (from 12.7% in 2000 to 14.6% in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Project-based Experiences in Manufacturing

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Dong, University of Cincinnati; Janak Dave, University of Cincinnati

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Manufacturing

-ended problems and to prepare them for the transitionfrom an academic environment to industry.Most projects consist of designing, building, and testing a prototype of a product or process. Atthe completion of this capstone project, students will have acquired the following necessaryskills, which will apply to their professional careers: 1. Synthesizing knowledge from earlier courses. 2. Starting from concept to a working prototype. Page 14.424.2 3. Project management. 1 4. Time management. 5. Dealing with vendors. 6. Oral communication

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Distance and Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Immanuel Edinbarough, University of Texas, Brownsville; Jesus Martinez, University of Texas, Brownsville

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Engineering Technology

technology. He is planning for a career in engineering industry. Page 14.1361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Web Based Control for Mechatronics Laboratory ExperimentsAbstractMechatronics programs all over the country are gaining popularity and the student base isincreasing everyday. This field of engineering brings a multi disciplinary approach toengineering education reflecting the complex nature of common products that we come across indaily life such as cell phones, airbags and myriad of appliances. In other words, mechatronicproducts are the fusion of mechanical devices, sensors, actuators and

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Enno Koehn, Lamar University; Kishore Gopal Vaska, Lamar University; Kartik Paruchuri, Lamar University; James Koehn, Chadron State College

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Construction

5, January 2008.8) Petroski, H. “Forgetting The Present” Prism, ASEE volume 17, Number 9, Summer 2008.9) Petroski, H. “Launching a Career” Prism, ASEE volume 17, Number 2, October 2007.10) Shapira, A. “Contemporary trends in formwork standards-a case study,” Journal of Construction Engineeringand Management, v 125, n2, Mar-Apr, 1999, p 69-75.11) The State of Texas Law and rules concerning “The Practice of Engineering and Professional EngineeringRegistration,” Austin, TX, page # 3. Page 14.827.11

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Writing Is Fundamental

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

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Liberal Education

, non-literature texts).A second advantage to the participation of English Literature instructors is that they live inHerat, teach at the university, and plan to remain there to build careers. They are deeply investedin rebuilding their country and are eager to act as a “service center” for the university.The challenges of assessment—first semester and beyondStudents are admitted to the HU engineering program based on their performance in secondaryschools as well as an entrance examination, which focuses on math, science, and analytical skills.As noted above, there currently is no mechanism in place to assess incoming students’ Englishlanguage skills. Even if such an instrument were available, at this point there is no capacity forteaching

Conference Session

Engineering and Technology for Everyone

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

community has responded enthusiastically to the need toincrease the career awareness and understanding of engineering among K-12 students. Howeverefforts directed at the undergraduate non-engineering student population have been limited. Page 14.545.1To achieve widespread impact, classes must be taught at many institutions around the country.To accomplish this, standard models of technological literacy courses must be developed.Standard course models will reduce the effort needed by instructors who desire to offer coursesfor non-engineers. As a beginning to this process, a workshop was convened at the NationalAcademy of Engineering of representative

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University

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Computers in Education

Proficiency level of computational capability. It is important Page 14.356.5to note that the assumption (based on feedback from the industry panel) is that fewstudents will develop capabilities at the fluency level prior to embarking on a professionalengineering career. The levels are: Competency The individual has technical skill mastery of certain computational tools and/or programming languages. Limits in conceptual knowledge means that they are limited to solving well-defined tasks with specified tools. When faced with a more open-ended or complex problems, limits in conceptual knowledge will mean they will probably not be able to solve the

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Chad Laux, Purdue University; Edem Tetteh, Virginia State University; Carmen Caldwell, Virginia State University

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Engineering Technology

and living within a peerenvironment is giving way to a more unconventional model. The acceleration of an aging U.S.population has resulted in a wider demographic range of individuals identifying themselves ascollege students. Called non-traditional students, these individuals are often older, engaged inhigher education in a part-time basis, and live outside an environment of higher learning. Thereare some benefits that a non-traditional student brings into the classroom. As older adults, non-traditional students often have a background in a professional career that traditional studentslack. Also, non-traditional students are often working in an area that facilitates their learninginside the classroom. However, the main challenge of non

Conference Session

Laboratories in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-108: INTEGRATED SIMULATION AND ASSESSMENT SOFTWAREFOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER LABORATORY INSTRUCTIONCarl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Program located in the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois. His industrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He

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Meeting the Needs of Engineering Faculty, Researchers, and Students

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-140: USING ENGINEERING THESES AND DISSERTATIONS TOINFORM COLLECTION-DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CIVILENGINEERINGPatricia Kirkwood, University of Arkansas Patricia Kirkwood is the Engineering and Mathematics Librarian at the University of Arkansas where she has been carefully adding civil engineering materials to the collection for 5 years. Patricia has over 20 years experience as a chemistry librarian and a science librarian, but 2004 marked the new career of Engineering Librarian. Page 14.1320.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009USING ENGINEERING THESES AND

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2009-161: ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND RENEWABLE POWER DESIGNPROJECTS FROM A UNIVERSITY POWER GRIDCarl Spezia, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology Program located in the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois. His industrial assignments included power system modeling, power systems protection, and substation design. He received his M.S. and

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Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Holbert, Arizona State University; Jeffrey Goss, Arizona State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Page 14.204.4courses prior to graduation, and still have enough courses remaining to complete the graduate-level certificate program. Furthermore, for those who do wish to pursue a graduate degree, theyare generally more inclined to pursue an advanced degree in the same discipline for which theyearned an undergraduate degree, and the credits earned for this graduate certificate could beapplied to, for instance, the 30 hours required for a Masters degree in their particular major fieldof study.It is important to note that these courses and the certificate program were designed not only to beaccessible by students in a variety of fields, but also for the purpose of retraining (mid-career)engineers whose experience in other industries could be

Conference Session

Applying What We Teach to IE Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Ben Cranor, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

agencies, by leaders in the military, and by the adult education community. He has received patents, conducted research, motivated, encouraged, and led others during his nearly four decades in education, government, and industrial management careers. Page 14.1193.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Development and Implementation of an Expanded Capstone Design Experience by Replacing an Internship CourseAbstractThe Industrial Engineering (IE) program at the authors' university receives continued feedbackfrom industry, the IE Program Industry Advisory Board (IAB), and student

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Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Rainer Fink, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 143- 147, 1997. 3. ASA Section on Statistical Education Committee on Training of Statisticians for Industry, "Preparing Statisticians for Careers in Industry," The American Statistician, 34, 65-75, 1980. 4. Barton,R.R., Nowack, C.A., Bisgaard, S., Czitrom, V., Spurrier, J.D., Vardeman, S., “A One-Semester, Laboratory-Based Quality-Oriented Statistics Curriculum for Engineering Students,” The American Statistician, Vol. 52, 1998. 5. Bryce, G. R., “Data Driven Experiences in an Introductory Statistics Course for Engineers Using Student Collected Data,” Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, American

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Technical-Capacity Building & Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

AC 2009-199: CHASING THE POT OF GOLDRussel Jones, World Expertise LLC Russel Jones is Advisor to the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He previously served as founding president of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the UAE. His career in higher education in the United States included faculty member at MIT, department chair at Ohio State University, dean of engineering at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, academic vice president at Boston University, and President at University of Delaware. Page 14.318.1© American Society for

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Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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JungHun Choi, Ohio University; Wieslaw Grebski, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton; Kenneth Dudeck, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton

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Engineering Technology

have not much idea about Engineering Technologies and what kinds ofprofessions they can pursue. Moreover, they do not know the scope of the various fields thateach of these disciplines contain and which fields they may be interested in. Of course studentswill explore their entire selected major as they become junior and senior students and they willfind and concentrate on their favorite fields. By introducing introduce the freshmen students to a broad knowledge of each venue ofboth majors, students will develop an early interest and it will directly affect their motivations ofknowledge achievement, and tracking down of their careers. Obviously, it is not possible tointroduce all aspects of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering