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Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jiasheng Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University

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Aerospace

2006-1914: AN INTEGRATED CIVIL AVIATION ENGINEERING EDUCATIONPARADIGMJiasheng Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University ZHANG JIASHENG, born in March, 1966, graduated from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1989 with a master degree in aircraft engineering and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, in 2002 with a master degree of management in science and technology. Now teaching in Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China Page 11.195.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An integrated civil aviation engineering education paradigmIntroductionInstead of operating

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Capstone Courses II

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Rogers, Arizona State University; Dale Palmgren, Arizona State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-422: A RIGOROUS FOUNDATION FOR SECURITY ENGINEERINGPROGRAMSBradley Rogers, Arizona State UniversityDale Palmgren, Arizona State UniversityAlbert McHenry, Arizona State UniversityScott Danielson, Arizona State University Page 11.114.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Rigorous Foundation for Security Engineering ProgramsAbstractSecurity may be defined as the protection of an asset from a malevolent human attack. Thedevelopment of a security system capable of preventing successful attacks requires integration ofhuman resources, technologies, and policies and procedures. Therefore, the development of asecurity system to protect high value assets can be

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Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University; Maryann Llewellyn, Uniondale School District

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-864: ENGINEERING EFFECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTM. David Burghardt, Hofstra University Dr. M. David Burghardt is Professor, Chair of the Engineering Department, and co-Director of the Center for Technological Literacy at Hofstra University. He is the author of 11 engineering and technology education texts, numerous publications, and is Principal Investigator of the NSF MSP grant, Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Partnership.Maryann Llewellyn, Uniondale School District Dr. Maryann Llewellyn is Deputy Superintendent of the Uniondale School District and oversees the curriculum and instruction in the district

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Liesl Hotaling; Susan Lowes

Engineering Our Future New Jersey: Middle School Program Liesl Hotaling Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Dr. Susan Lowes Institute for Learning Technologies Teachers College Columbia UniversityAbstractEngineering Our Future New Jersey (EOFNJ) is a collaborative effort between Stevens Instituteof Technology, New Jersey Department of Education, the Museum of Science, Boston, andother partners to bring exemplary technology and pre

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Curriculum for Green Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

2006-378: INFUSING THE MATERIALS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM WITHSUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLESKatherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University KATHERINE C. CHEN is an Associate Professor in the Materials Engineering Department at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. She received her bachelor degrees (in Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering) from Michigan State University, and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Cal Poly, she teaches numerous materials engineering courses and labs.Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University Linda Vanasupa is a professor in the Materials Engineering Department at the California Polytechnic State

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EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

Education, 2006 Engineering Management in a Competitive Global EnvironmentAbstractThe world around us is changing. The beginning of the twenty-first century is a period of rapidtransition in which the pace of this transformation continues to accelerate. New organizations,technologies, and products are materializing at an escalating rate. Those organizations unable tokeep up and successfully compete will quickly fade away. The shifting dynamics of trade andbusiness continually reflects the increasingly competitive nature of the global marketplace.Organizations along with their managers must adopt and adapt new methods in order to survivewith these sweeping transitions. Together these changes have created an entirely new paradigmfor global

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Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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gregory zieren, Austin Peay State University

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International

American technology ondisplay at the World’s Columbian Exposition for the Association’s journal. Riedler’sinterest in American engineering education had its origins in his role as a jury member atthe Philadelphia Centennial in 1876 and his admiration for the accomplishments ofAmerican civil and mechanical engineers, whom he considered to be among the world’sbest. He was also the leading German proponent of reform of engineering educationaway from overly abstract and theoretical instruction, equal standing for newer technicaluniversities with traditional institutions of higher learning, and improvement in theprofessional and social standing of the engineer in German society.Riedler’s report singled out programs at Cornell University, Massachusetts

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-130: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT FOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARYMANUFACTURING ENGINEERING PROGRAMFrank Liou, University of Missouri-Rolla Dr. Frank Liou is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). He currently serves as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at UMR. His teaching and research interests include CAD/CAM, nano-technology, rapid prototyping, and rapid manufacturing. He has published over 100 technical papers and has research grants and contracts over $7M. Page 11.384.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

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Climate Issues for Women Students

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Women in Engineering

2006-548: WOMEN ENGINEERS: FACTORS AND OBSTACLES RELATED TOTHE PURSUIT OF A DEGREE IN ENGINEERINGRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling is a Professor of Human Behavior in Engineering in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois. Her research interests relate to the career development of women in management, information technology, and engineering. Her reseach also focuses on diversity and human behavior in engineering.Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Cristina Camacho is a Graduate Student and Research Associate in the Department of Industrial and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-432: EXPERIMENTS IN DRUG DELIVERY FOR UNDERGRADUATEENGINEERING STUDENTSStephanie Farrell, Rowan University STEPHANIE FARRELL is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. She received her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, her MS from Stevens Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Rowan in September, 1998, she was a faculty member in Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. Stephanie has research expertise in the field of drug delivery and controlled release, and she is currently focusing efforts on developing laboratory experiments related to membrane separations, biochemical

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Building a Community in Materials

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Craig Johnson, Central Washington University; Joe Fuerte, Central Washington University; James Protzeller, Central Washington University

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Materials

2006-949: PROGRAM SYNERGY: ENGINEERING LABS USING FOUNDRYRESOURCESCraig Johnson, Central Washington University Craig Johnson (www.cwu.edu/~cjohnson) is the Coordinator of both the Mechanical Engineering Technology and the Cast Metals Industrial Technology Programs at Central Washington University. He is a Foundry Education Foundation Key Professor and has a P.E. in Metallurgy. Dr. J. is also a past chair of the ASEE Materials Division. He specializes in test design, interface characterization and process optimization (forming & casting).Joe Fuerte, Central Washington University Joe Fuerte is a student in the Masters of Science in Engineering Technology Program at Central

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Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Hector Estrada, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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Architectural

2006-1748: A SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGCURRICULUMHector Estrada, Texas A&M University-Kingsville DR. HECTOR ESTRADA is Associate Professor and Chair of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Page 11.131.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Survey of the American Architectural Engineering CurriculumAbstract This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey of all ABET (Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology) accredited architectural engineering programs. The analysis isbased on data collected from a detailed study of the curricula

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ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Don Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

2006-1933: RE-ENGAGING ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN HANDS-ONEDUCATIONDon Millard, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJason Coutermarsh, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteKenneth Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Page 11.1062.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Re-Engaging Engineering Students in Hands-On EducationAbstractThis paper presents the technologies and implementation activities that are underdevelopment to re-engage students in “hands-on”, in and out of class exploration,experimentation and design to aid students’ understanding of the “big ideas” in electricalengineering. It describes (while the presentation will demonstrate) the Mobile Laboratoryhardware

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Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

that goal.Furthermore, both programs thoroughly integrate technology throughout their curricula, buildingon a student’s current technological knowledge to show them how that knowledge can translateto the use of technology in their careers. Students are taught about technological trends, thehistorical evolution and development of technology, and how they can spot future trends thatcould be either opportunities or threats for their own businesses and careers.4. Recruiting Engineering Students to Graduate Management ProgramsStudents graduating with an undergraduate degree in engineering offer graduate managementprograms a unique opportunity. Their combination of technical and mathematical skills ensuretheir success in the analytical decision

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Virtual and Distance Experiments

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Prakash Kripakaran, North Carolina State University; Abhinav Gupta, North Carolina State University; Vernon Matzen, North Carolina State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1963: SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES FOR REMOTELY OPERABLE CIVILENGINEERING LABORATORIESPrakash Kripakaran, North Carolina State University Prakash Kripakaran is a post-doctoral researcher in the applied computing and mechanics laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland. His research interests lie broadly in the area of computing technologies and their applications to civil engineering. He is specifically interested in design optimization and decision support for structural engineering. He was formally a doctoral student in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering specializing in computer aided engineering.Abhinav Gupta, North Carolina State

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Innovative Classroom Techniques

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Lee, University of South Florida; Mernet Larson, University of South Florida; Jack Heller, University of South Florida; Douglas Lunsford, University of South Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

with the direct experience of a real ocean,especially by someone who has never experienced an ocean. Both passages suggest thatrepresentation as a means of effective communication may have inherent problems.In a broader sense, science and technology routinely rely upon visual representations toefficiently communicate concepts and summarize information. By “representation”, it is meantthat some visual symbol (often simple in nature), diagram, or other communication device isemployed to represent or model a more complex “real” object. Often the represented object is infact “real”. For example, a mechanical engineering text may present a simple diagram intendedto represent an actual pump (see Figure One). Sometimes the represented object is an

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik Peterson, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Electrical and Computer

. His research and teaching interests include application of MEMS and microfluidics to biology and medicine. Page 11.7.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Biomedical Microsystems Course for Electrical EngineersIntroductionMicromachining or Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies are considered anenabling technology having revolutionary impact on many areas of science and engineering.MEMS technologies are now being applied to health monitoring, diagnosis and therapeuticapplications, which are frequently referred to as BioMEMS or Biomedical Microsystems.Biomedical Microsystems research

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Capstone Courses I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Smith, University of Kentucky-Lexington; Jamey Jacob, University of Kentucky; Suzanne Smith, University of Kentucky; James Lumpp, University of Kentucky

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

2006-1834: BIG BLUE: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE ENGINEERINGDESIGN PROJECTJames Lumpp, University of Kentucky James E. Lumpp, Jr. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University in 1988 and 1989 respectively, and the Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iowa in 1993. He joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky in 1993. He is a Member of IEEE, AIAA, ACM, and SWE and the Center for Advanced Networking and the Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center at the

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Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Arthur Snider, University of South Florida

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Liberal Education

subject of fine artfrom a perspective where technology-oriented students would have an advantage, rather than ahandicap; to exploit the experience so as to reinforce some aspect of engineering science byreviewing it in a new context; and to place the engineering students in an environment composedmostly of others in the same discipline.BackgroundAlthough many engineering students would argue otherwise, an exposure to the arts is anessential part of every undergraduate's curriculum. This is underscored by its de facto inclusion,in some form, in the required "distributional elective" hours imposed by virtually every degreeprogram in the United States. Educators recognize that many young people who selecttechnology as a career objective at an early

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Elementary School Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Caroline Beller, Oklahoma State University; Pamela Fry, Oklahoma State University; Adrienne Redmond, Oklahoma State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

is a Graduate Student and Teaching assistant in the School of Teaching, Curriculum, and Leadership in the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. Her interests include developing fraction sense, representation and how it impacts students ability to visualize and "do" math, math anxiety and its impact on pre-service teachers, impact of high-stakes testing on teachers and the way they teach, technology as a learning tool, and teacher retention. Page 11.302.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Can an Engineer Teach Elementary Education Majors How to Teach

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FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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P.K. Raju, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University

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First-Year Programs

, and economy together withpossible positive as well as negative impacts on U.S.-based engineers. Thesecontemporary challenges require a systems perspective and a growing need to pursuecollaborations with multidisciplinary teams of technical experts. Important attributes forthese teams include excellence in communication (with technical and public audiences),an ability to communicate using technology, and an understanding of the complexitiesassociated with a global market and social contextii. In order to ensure that engineering students studying in any university in the USreceive an appropriate and useful education, ABET a-k criteria have been created. Thisstates that engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates attain

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Giri Venkataramanan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Annette Muetze, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

2006-1309: A PROJECT EXPERIENCE IN POWER ENGINEERING DESIGNASPECTSGiri Venkataramanan, University of Wisconsin-Madison Giri Venkataramanan received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, the M.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After teaching electrical engineering at Montana State University, Bozeman, he returned to University of Wisconsin, Madison, as a faculty member in 1999, where he continues to direct research in various areas of electronic power conversion as an Associate Director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and

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Mobile Robotics in Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

2006-2015: ROBOTICS OLYMPIADS: A NEW MEANS TO INTEGRATE THEORYAND PRACTICE IN ROBOTICSDavid Ahlgren, Trinity College David J. Ahlgren is Karl W. Hallden Professor of Engineering at Trinity College and is Director and Host of the Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest. His scholarly interests lie in robotics, modeling and simulation, and broadband communications amplifiers. He received the B.S. in Engineering from Trinity College, the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tulane University, and the Ph.D. in E.E. from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Igor M. Verner is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education in Technology &

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Omnia El-Hakim, Colorado State University

/PEAKS (Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate), 2) Fast Track to Work, 3) GEM fellowships, and “Building a Foundation for Graduate School” Graduate Preparation Seminar (40 hours) CE595V, 3 credit hours. Her efforts Page 11.930.1 have been focused on increasing the number of women and underrepresented minority students receiving master and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Colorado, and nationally. b. Undergraduate: 1) Louis Stokes Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation (LS CO)-AMP), 2) CSEM Scholarships (Computer

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Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

process is a self-policing function that protects the high qualityof civil engineering programs around the country. Others find this system to be stifling,inflexible and too prescriptive. As state legislatures have forced civil engineering programs to fit Page 11.1260.4into 120 or 128 credit hour programs, there is little room for creativity or innovation after all ofthe mandatory requirements have been met. As technology has expanded, engineering hasbecome more interdisciplinary and the expertise required goes far beyond the traditional civilengineering sub-disciplines. The cutting edge areas of research are not in reinforced concrete,channel

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EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Steve Lawson, Leeds Metropolitan University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University

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Engineering Management

exercise, with curriculumbeing designed to minimise competition with other regional Higher Education Institutions(HEIs). Courses are often planned to attract students who are ‘initiative-’ or ‘technology-aware’ (for example, the recent explosion of courses in Internet Engineering). It is bothdifficult and resource intensive to maintain meaningful advisory relationships with a broadrange of current engineering practitioners. Therefore many HEIs prefer to simply consult aselect band of industrially-based departmental friends when proposals are all but complete.One should therefore not be surprised that our curriculum is not always ideally suited to thecomplexities of the current industrial environment.The University’s PerspectiveThroughout the rapid

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Innovative Teaching Methods

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

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Environmental Engineering

engineering projects7. Learn to professionally communicate technical findings and develop ability to work effectively in a groupThe objectives of the new EnvE course are as follows:1. Develop understanding of water quality parameters used in characterizing water and wastewater pollution (augmented by laboratory experiments)2. Motivate the need for water and domestic wastewater treatment3. Develop knowledge of commonly used technologies in water and wastewater treatment (augmented by laboratory experiments)4. Given raw water quality and effluent requirements, recommend and justify a train of treatment of processes5. Develop knowledge of commonly used technologies in air pollution treatment (augmented by laboratory experiments)6. Given input

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Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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International

2006-2313: A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO GLOBAL COMPETENCY FORENGINEERSJuan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines JUAN LUCENA is Associate Professor in Liberal Arts and International Studies and affiliated faculty member in the Center for Engineering Education at the Colorado School of Mines. He is also 2005-2006 Boeing Company Senior Fellow in Engineering Education at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and was keynote lecturer at the 2004 National Conference on Engineering Education in Colombia. Trained in mechanical and aeronautical engineering (B.S. Rensselaer 1987, 1988) and in Science and Technology Studies (Ph.D. Virginia Tech 1996), he is Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded project

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Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Bowman, Purdue University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

pursue a individually tailored upper level program of study to earn aBachelor of Science in Engineering. The flexibility offered by the MDE program will enableresponsiveness to emerging technologies that lie between traditional disciplines. For thisprogram to be successful foundational coursework that provides problem solving context whilesubstituting for existing engineering courses such as statics and dynamics as well as physicscontent such as electricity and optics that have historically required mostly beginning-collegemath skills for problems solving. The first MDE course (MDE 1) will be developed to presentphysical properties of matter as they interact within engineering systems and is entitled PhysicalProperties in

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University; William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Thomas Griffith, North Seattle Community College; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University

in the University of ULSAN, South Korea, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering in Washington State University. His interests are in the areas of speech and image signal processing, signal processing in communication, photoacoustics and embedded systems.Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University CLAUDIO TALARICO is an Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering at Eastern Washington University. Before joining Eastern Washington University, he worked at University of Arizona, University of Hawaii and in industry, where he held both engineering and management positions at Infineon Technologies, IKOS Systems (now Mentor Graphics), and Marconi. His