Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Nelson, University of Texas at Tyler; Michael Odell, University of Texas at Tyler; William Geiger, University of Texas at Tyler; Kristian Trampus, University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thisduplication does indeed exist, and the authors believe that it does, there is considerable losteducational opportunity that could be mitigated through curriculum alignment and revamping.The Proposed Integrated Curriculum Four elements are necessary when developing a curriculum to provide for success in a flatworld. These elements are: ‚ The secondary education curriculum must provide a balanced education grounded in fundamental principles that will enable a student to pursue a career of their choice in higher education. ‚ The curriculum must provide the necessary skills for success in an increasingly technological environment. ‚ The curriculum must enable the student to function in a global

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

technologies andthe actual integration of visualization technologies within curricula. This is not a unique situationin the history of digital technology maturation. Almost every digital technology has gone throughstages culminating in an “island” or “silo” of technology. What has happened after that point hasdetermined, in large part, how imbedded that technology has become in professions, education, Page 13.902.3and society in general. The question is: Are visualization technologies embedded in curricula andif so, how; if visualization technologies are not embedded in curricula, why not. Currently, visualization technologies are at a critical

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Hill, Weber State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

an associatedegree program. Integral and differential calculus, or other appropriate mathematics above thelevel of algebra and trigonometry, constitutes the foundation mathematics for baccalaureateprograms.” While this language differentiates between associate and baccalaureate degreeprograms, it does so in a manner which does not give much guidance to associate degreeprograms in particular.What constitutes mathematics above the level of algebra and trigonometry? Further what kind ofalgebra and trigonometry are they referring to, the kind that is usually called college algebra andis a prerequisite for calculus or the kind that is frequently called intermediate algebra and isequivalent to the second year of high school algebra? Or to confuse

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

issues and proposedattributes for successful engineers of 2020, these attributes and issues may almost alwaysbe couched within the following pedagogical concerns: There is a need to construct engineering curriculum so as to serve more diverse learners. There is a need to help students develop better complex thinking skills. There is a need to provide learning environments that more actively engage students on multi-disciplinary team projects. There is a need to create an opportunity for value added curriculum, particularly in the areas business, management, and leadership skills.To do this is going to require more active and engaged pedagogies that usually providesome opportunity for experiential

Conference Session

History and Future of Engineering Technology

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; James Hyder, Intel; Michael Lesiecki, MCCCD; Thomas McGlew, Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

10 10 # Parts produced Figure 5. Paths to volume productionMost of these high quality integrated components can be obtained in small volumes forprototyping. If the concept is successful, production volumes can be readily scaled up tomeet market demand. By comparison, a manual assembly process using simple circuits(of the kind that are commonly used in teaching labs) can only give quality at the level of1 or 2 sigma. That may be enough to demonstrate a simple prototype but suppose it wereto be successful? It cannot be scaled up without being redesigned to use high qualitytechnology. As an example, TTL or CMOS gates are building blocks that are much toosmall for

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Krogh, Carnegie Mellon University; Tsuhan Chen, Carnegie Mellon University; Tuviah Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

traditional Figure 1. A traditional view of EE vs. CE.courses (circuits, devices, communication, control,signal processing, power, electromagnetics, etc.). Italso became clear that CE is something separate from computer science (CS) and could notsimply be absorbed into the CS curriculum. Nevertheless, the close relationship between CE andcertain traditional sub-disciplines in EE (not to mention the often non-intellectual reasons fordefining academic boundaries) made it natural at many universities for CE to become a programin the EE department.The reasons for EE departments turning into ECE departments are clear. The question iswhether maintaining ECE as simply an umbrella for two distinct

Conference Session

New Ideas for ChEs II (aka ChE Potpourri)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Brooks, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2008-976: A WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGLEARNING TOOL THAT PROMOTES CONCEPT-BASED INSTRUCTIONMilo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He currently has research activity in areas related to thin film materials processing and engineering education. He is interested in integrating technology into effective education practices and in promoting the use of higher level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. Dr. Koretsky is a six-time Intel Faculty Fellow and has won awards for his work in engineering education at the university and national levels.Bill Brooks, Oregon State University

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kate Thomes, University of Pittsburgh; Beth Bateman Newborg, University of Pittsburgh; Kate Joranson, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Steven Abramowitch, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Washburn, University of Pittsburgh; Carol Baker, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Of CollaborationAbstractCollaborations between engineering faculty and skilled experts outside of engineering properbuild strong undergraduate engineering curricula that clearly emphasize professional skills andABET program outcomes (Criteria 3 d, f, g, h, i,). With shared goals of providing undergraduateswith a rich educational experience in which research, communication and critical thinking arecentral to achievement and to the development of integrity in engineering, such collaborationsproduce an instructional program that readies students for the requirements of continuouslearning and complex analysis essential to a successful, principled engineering career.This paper will describe the contributions to undergraduate engineering education

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Pierre Lafleur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Yves Boudreault, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Richard Prégent, École Polytechnique de Montréal

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

project includes: • the list of courses which will be set up jointly with other programs; • the list of courses which will be delegated to the departments of support; • the sequence of the courses; • the process of integration of the courses which will be privileged; • strategies to include an internship in the program; • strategies to include an international aspect in the curriculum; • strategies to facilitate access to the graduate levels; • the supervision process which will be set up; • various methods of assessment which will be adopted; • various methods of teaching and learning which will be used.The development of the curriculum is based on the principles exposed in the framework of thiseducational

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2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Dan Allison; Colin Davidson; Martha Shawver; Shelly Belles; Chris Wilkinson

A Global Design Competition Lawrence Whitman, Zulma Toro-Ramos, Dan Allison, Colin Davidson, Martha Shawver, Shelly Belles and Chris Wilkinson Wichita State University Spirit AeroSystemsAbstractIndustry has made it clear that engineering graduates should be more prepared tointeract in an integrated product team with colleagues around the world. WichitaState University has initiated the Spirit Global Design Challenge mainly due toindustry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)and the College of Engineering’s Engineering 2020 program which have stressedthe need for engineering graduates to function on multi-disciplinary teams and ina

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Knud Holm Hansen, Copenhagen University College of Engineering

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International

AC 2008-1198: SEVERAL WAYS OF PREPARING EXPORT ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRACTICEKnud Holm Hansen, Copenhagen University College of Engineering Page 13.1077.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Several Ways of Preparing Export Engineering Students for International PracticeAbstractExport engineers work in many different kinds of Danish and foreign companies where theymarket projects and products with substantial contents of engineering knowledge – in a highlyinternational environment.Besides giving an overview of the study program, including objectives and structure, this paperdescribes the different ways to

Conference Session

Faculty Attitudes and Perceptions

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cathy Burack, Brandeis University; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alan Melchior, Brandeis University; Eric Morgan, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

presenters and community partners to discussobjectives, techniques, problems, solutions with improving the S-L projects in our courses.Other goals of the SLICE program with regard to faculty are to:• study the art and science of service-learning and form a community of practice ,• create a formal program to connect faculty to community groups (local and international) ,• develop appropriate projects/experiments for integration of S-L into at least forty core courses in the undergraduate engineering curriculum at UML ,• develop assessment tools to gauge the impact of this integration on students, faculty, institution, and community ,• become an engaged college—engaged with the students, each other as faculty across departments, and with the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Oliva and W.K. Waldron Jr., “Virtual Design Competitions in a Computer Aided Engineering Course,” Proceedings of 2004 ASEE/NCS Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (2004).2. W. Waldron, P. Chaphalkar, S. Choudhuri, J. Farris, “Teaching Design and Manufacture of Mechanical Systems,” 2007 ASEE National Conference and Exposition, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 24-27, 2007.3. S.J. Noble, “An Approach for Engineering Curriculum Integration for Capstone Design Courses,” Int. J. Engng Ed. Vol. 14, No. 3, p. 197-203, 1998.4. L.S-B King, T. Lin, “Interdisciplinary Integration of Courses – Automation and Quality Control, International Conference on Engineering Education, Gainesville, Florida, October 16-21, 2004.5

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

data show that at least 30 of the student ventures funded by NCIIA havebrought at least one new product or service to the market, and an additional 15 projects areactively pursuing commercialization. In addition, NCIIA-funded projects have led to $36 millionin additional leverage ($1.6 million from awards and competitions; almost $3.7 million in privateand federal contracts; almost $9 million in grants; and $23 million in additional investment).ConclusionsNCIIA’s mission has focused on expanding opportunities for engineering students to engage inentrepreneurship by supporting curriculum, projects, and complementary activities that gearedtoward commercialization outcomes. The outcomes of the past decade provide strong evidencethat engineering

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Levelle Burr-Alexander, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Mark OShea, CSU Monterey Bay

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to makeengineering principles a part of their instruction for student learning, then engineering principlesand design must be a part of the state science standards. Unfortunately, most existingengineering curricula lack an appropriate translation into standards-achieving lessons forenriching the science curriculum. Translation into standards-achieving lessons is critical.Aligning with StandardsMost states have promulgated content standards in important subject matter, and school districtsare working on the alignment of their curricula. Curriculum frameworks have been prepared,lesson and unit plans have been revised, and new assessments are intended to measureachievement of the standards by students at all grade levels. Unfortunately, the

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

workethic, while at the same time take on the social identity of a first year university student.Strategies such as the ones discussed in this paper (online and onsite orientation, and facilitatedstudy groups), and the need for these strategies has been promoted through research on the firstyear experience. Braxton and McLendon1 note that social integration and subsequent institutionalcommitment are empirically reliable sources of influence on college student departure, and theyspecifically note that advising, communication with students, the development of socialenvironments, techniques of collaborative learning & active learning, and student orientationprograms all have an impact on student retention. These methods are key components of

Conference Session

Cooperative Education and Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tylisha Baber, Michigan State University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Cooperative Education: A Literature ReviewAbstractCooperative education began as an experiential education program for engineering students atthe University of Cincinnati in 1906 and remains a key component of many engineeringprograms nationwide[1]. Cooperative education provides opportunities for students to engage inexperiential education, integrating academic course work with practical work experience. Whilemany sources have commented on the affective benefits of cooperative education, this paperexamines the literature to assess the academic value of cooperative education.Faculty, Student and Employer Views on Cooperative EducationRelatively little is known about how engineering faculty value, account for, and

Conference Session

Issues of Cooperative Education I

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

ROBERT GRAY, Penn State Erie

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Design with Industry (3semester hr) to the systems design curriculum, students have been provided an opportunity for adeeper understanding of the need and benefit for systems design and systems engineeringmethodology.1This paper describes: 1. the perceived shortcomings of a systems design course curriculum in a traditional classroom setting; 2. the development of a non-traditional systems design course with the cooperation of a local industry partner; 3. examples of off-campus field trips to the industry partner that support systems design learning experiences; 4. the outcomes, feedback, and experiences from partnering with a local industry;2 5. additional student opportunities resulting from developing a partnership

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yeary, University of Oklahoma; Robert Palmer, University of Oklahoma; Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma; Tian Yu, University of Oklahoma; Kent Johnson, University of Oklahoma; Mike Biggerstaff, University of Oklahoma; Phil Chilson, University of Oklahoma; Guifu Zhang, University of Oklahoma

middle school teachers via its Earthstorm outreach program. Finally,an assessment plan has been devised by a nationally known expert who specializes in learn-ing and course development. There are several special features in this research-oriented teaching program, including:(1) it is the only program in the country with a full and equal collaboration between theSchool of Meteorology and the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering for the purposeof adding strength to an existing, successfully integrated curriculum on weather radar,(2) it has access to weather data from the recently constructed National Weather RadarTestbed (NWRT). Students have a unique opportunity to take advantage of the weatherdata derived from the new phased array

Conference Session

LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; Yongpeng Zhang, Prairie View A&M University; Cajetan Akujuobi, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

microcontrollers to controlvarious devices. Read input from sensors, perform analysis through software, and then providecorresponding control signals. Currently, students perform labs on stand-alone project MPUproject boards. Another course is CPET 4381 Digital Signal Processing Applications Lab,experiments in signal processing using commercial DSP processors for performing variousimage and speech processing task. Previously, the lab is made through MATLAB simulation,and TI DSP 6416 boards just become available recently. We are planning (4) To introduce LabVIEW to integrate the Freescale or TI board with the software. Embedded project manager is an add-on toolbox to make teaching embedded systems using DSPs or MPUs easy and affordable

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Engstrom, ITEA/Cal U

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2008-641: INVENTION, INNOVATION AND INQUIRY - ENGINEERINGDESIGN FOR CHILDRENDaniel Engstrom, ITEA/Cal U Dr. Engstrom is an associate professor and principal investigator for Invention, Innovation, and Inquiry. He has written national curriculum that integrates science, mathematics, and engineering with technology education. He currently works in teacher preparation in technology education at Cal U Page 13.811.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Invention, Innovation and Inquiry - Engineering Design for ChildrenAbstractThis preservation will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Michael Hilgers, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard Elgin, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Charles Morris, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Glenn Morrison, Missouri University of Science & Technology

. Page 13.808.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Introduction of GIS into Civil Engineering CurriculaAbstractThis research project developed a web-based learning system to teach students the use ofGeographic Information Systems (GIS) within the foundational courses of a typical civilengineering program. As opposed to generating a series of GIS courses, the GIS know-how isintroduced within existing courses as a module that will reinforce basic concepts taughtthroughout the curriculum in a comprehensive manner. Evaluation research of a proof-of-concept prototype for geotechnical course supported the efficacy of such an approach. With thisprototype as a guide, modules are developed in the following five areas

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Andrea Beach, Western Michigan University; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado; R. Sam Larson, Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. After the introduction, the paper will be organized in thefollowing sections: (1) goals for change, (2) barriers to change, (3) foci for change, and (4)strategies for change.Intr oductionAs an engineering faculty member, you may be in the midst of working on a curricularinnovation or contemplating making a curricular innovation. In either case, you may be thinkingthat the curricular innovation on which you are working (or hope to be working) will eventuallybe broadly adopted across your department, college, or institution. However, issues that you facewhen developing your curricular innovation are almost entirely different from issues that youface when contemplating broader adoption of your curriculum. Curriculum developmentintegrates subject

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

, which is not implemented in any otherautonomous vehicle programs.III. Approach The AUGV project at USMA is a multidisciplinary activity with electrical engineering andmechanical engineering curriculum. Figure 1 shows the course map. This paper focuses on theAutonomous Vehicle block. The design project consists of building an autonomous vehicle which will Figure 1 Course Map 2incorporate applied knowledge of robotics. In an introductory mechatronics course, there needs to be adesign project which allows students to apply these concepts in a meaningful way. This is done duringthe last five weeks of the semester by inductive learning. Inductive

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ryan A. Ebel; Donald S. Abbott-McCune; David Chang

, which is not implemented in any otherautonomous vehicle programs.III. Approach The AUGV project at USMA is a multidisciplinary activity with electrical engineering andmechanical engineering curriculum. Figure 1 shows the course map. This paper focuses on theAutonomous Vehicle block. The design project consists of building an autonomous vehicle which will Figure 1 Course Map 2incorporate applied knowledge of robotics. In an introductory mechatronics course, there needs to be adesign project which allows students to apply these concepts in a meaningful way. This is done duringthe last five weeks of the semester by inductive learning. Inductive

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2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas N. Duening; Jeffrey R. Goss

standard MBA curriculum included the competencies theywere seeking to develop.12 For example, one corporate partner mentioned that the MBAwould not help the sales and marketing people better communicate with engineers andother technical staff. They wanted an engineering based degree that would provideengineers and non-engineers alike with a high level understanding of technology,enterprise systems and their integration, and the application of technical analytics toachieve high performance. Most importantly, they repeatedly stressed the need toprovide degree participants with a thorough background in enterprise innovation andmanaging innovation. This was clarified as a comprehensive view of the processes, tools,and disciplines essential to the

Conference Session

Novel Courses and Content for ChEs II

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nichole Au, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2008-1005: EXPOSING CHEMICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS TO REALWORLD PROBLEMS: HEALTH CARE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMSNichole Au, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Ms. Au is a 2008 Magna Cum Laude graduate with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering (Bioengineering Track) with a minor in History. She is also an Honors College graduate and a member of Tau Beta Pi. She has been working on the INSPIRES curriculum for the last year and will continue this work as she completes her MS degree in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering in spring 2009.Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Taryn Bayles is a Professor of the Practice of Chemical Engineering in the Chemical and

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Kelley, Baylor University; Robert Doty, Baylor University; Bill booth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

-appropriate global knowledge. Page 13.502.3A faculty committee was charged with recommending curricular elements for an on-campusexperience to equip ECS students with global and business knowledge while not diminishingother important academic topics. A limiting factor imposed on the committee included addingno additional credits to the curriculum. This caused the committee members to focus onadjusting or modifying courses common among the different ECS majors and that contained ortaught complimentary topics. Because courses in Engineering Economic Analysis, Professionaland Technical Writing, and Technical Speaking satisfied these criteria, they

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dmitriy Garmatyuk, Miami University

imaging using random noise waveforms. His industrial work experience extended to CMOS analog circuit design and signal integrity in gigabit-speed data architectures. His current research interests are in advanced imaging radar systems and sensor networks and in non-conventional approaches to modeling and solving signal integrity problems in above-10 Gb/s wireline links. He is also interested in improving electromagnetics curriculum on undergraduate level. Page 13.398.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Developing Problem-Based Introductory Electromagnetics

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jennifer Zirnheld; Adam Halstead

paper will discussthe advantages and disadvantages of each technique as well as what we have learned by introducingmethodical changes in these techniques over the past several years.IntroductionMany first year engineering students face the dilemma of choosing which engineering discipline fits hisor her interests and career goals the best. Because of this, it is common for engineering schools to have acourse early in the curriculum to introduce engineering students to each of the engineering disciplines.The choice of engineering discipline can have a very important effect on the futures of these students.This poses a daunting task to the instructors of these courses: How does one portray as many disciplinesas possible in an unbiased fashion, and