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Multidisciplinary Engineering Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Hansberry, Northeastern University; Jennifer Love, Northeastern University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

today’s engineers at themultidisciplinary level. Literacy in graphics includes the ability to read the graphics dialectacross the engineering disciplines, create drawings as they are applied in the field includinginstrument and computer drawings, and to transfer mental images to a graphic design, which isthe beginning of the creative design process.IntroductionThe Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) sets the criteria for a broadbased engineering graphics program to include: “an ability to function on multi-disciplinaryteams”; “an ability to communicate effectively”; and “an ability to use the techniques, skills andmodern scientific and technical tools necessary for professional practice”.1 A multidisciplinarygraphics program

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Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

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International

AC 2007-422: ENGINEERING STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS: FORMATS,CHALLENGES, BEST PRACTICESAlan Parkinson, Brigham Young University Alan Parkinson is a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University. Page 12.653.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering Study Abroad Programs: Formats, Challenges, Best PracticesAbstractThis paper is a report of a survey of engineering study abroad programs made in order tounderstand a number of questions, such as: 1) what types of programs are

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Steven Skinner

concern that engineering studentsof today may not be appropriately educated to meet the demands that will beplaced on the engineer of the future, without refocusing and reshaping theProceedings of the 2007 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education rev5 2undergraduate engineering learning experience. In the first report, the groupprovided guiding principles that will shape engineering activities in 2020: • The pace of technological innovation will continue to be rapid. • The work in which technology will be deployed will be intensely globally interconnected. • The population of

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ramazan Asmatulu; Mehmet B. Yildirim; Waseem Khan; Adebayo Adeniji; Humphrey Wamocha

, and it will be extended in the near future. 6Figure 5: Comparisons of human hair and pollen sizes with different size electrospun nanofibers.5. EDUCATION Nanotechnology education is offered either as an option or required courses by manyuniversities around the world. It usually involves a multidisciplinary natural science educationwith courses in engineering, physics, chemistry, math and biology. Additionally, nanotechnologyis also considered to be taught as part of science studies at high schools and middle schools. Thisemerging field of science and technology is leading to a technological revolution in the newmillennium [8-10]. The corresponding author has

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Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Association for the Advancement of Science in 2004.Stephen Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is Professor and Associate Director of the School of Materials at Arizona State University. He teaches courses in general materials engineering, polymer science, characterization of materials, and materials selection and design. He conducts research in innovative education in engineering, including a Materials Concept Inventory, and also in adapting design, engineering and technology concepts to K-12 education. Page 12.561.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 How Well Do

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Design of Lab Experiments I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

defining the problem, then breaking it down toworkable steps and apply known information to solve them to arrive at an acceptable solution.IntroductionAlbany State University (ASU), located in Southwestern part of Georgia, conducts the RegentsEngineering Transfer Program (2+2) and Dual Degree Program (3+2) to transfer students toGeorgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) under a cooperative agreement. Over 90%student of ASU belong to the African American community as well as the entire group ofengineering students which currently stands at around 50. ASU follows an open enrollmentpolicy for engineering studies in spite of an entrance requirement suggested by Georgia Tech. Onan average 2 to 3 students per year transfer to Georgia Tech with 5

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Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

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Minorities in Engineering

initiative, 25 engineering faculty members actually implemented S-Linto at least one of their courses during the 04-05 academic year and 34 faculty in 05-06. In2005-06 over the two semesters an average of 700 undergraduate students participated in S-Lprojects in 52 courses, some with required S-L projects and others elective. This wide variety ofcourses included, for example, a first year introduction to engineering with 300 students,kinematics, soil mechanics, heat transfer, engineering ethics, electronics, plastics design, strengthof materials, and a senior EE capstone course on assistive technology with 70 students.Community partners included the Lowell National Historical Park, many local rehabilitationclinics, a local food bank, the City

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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Efstathios Michaelides, University of North Texas; Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas

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Mechanical Engineering

acting chair (1985-1987) of the Mechanical Engineering of the University of Delaware.Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas Professor Reza Mirshams is Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs at the University of North Texas. Dr. Mirshams has degrees in Industrial Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering in the area of mechanical behavior of metals and alloys from the University of Birmingham, England and the University of Tehran. He is a Full Professor in the area of Materials Science and Engineering in the Engineering Technology with joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering Departments. He has been a Principal Investigator and Project Director for several

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FPD11 -- Multidisciplinary Experiences

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

also actively involved in encouraging women to the engineering profession. Page 12.1388.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ENGINEERING CLINICS FOR TEACHERSIntroductionThere is a growing realization among engineering faculty that a new vision for the education ofengineers needs to evolve to keep this country at the forefront of technology. Science andengineering are essential partners in paving the way for America’s future through discovery,learning and innovation1-2.A recent report3 indicates that the United States lags behind the world in technologicalinnovation because of its poor performance in

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven Trimble, Arizona State University; Ronald Bengelink, Arizona State University; Valana Wells, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

current focus on meeting customer needs through the use ofvalues-driven, multifunctional project teams has recruiters looking for graduates that possess“soft skills” such as communications, teamwork, project management, and professional ethics.Moreover, the rapid pace of technological innovation and changing markets requires graduatingengineers to be skilled in the art of life long learning. As society becomes evermore driven bytechnology, there will be a growing need for articulate, team-oriented, socially-aware, andvalues-driven engineers to move into positions of global leadership. ABET 2000 challengesengineering schools to produce graduates with these skills. The Department of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering (MAE) at Arizona State

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Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christian Hipp, University of South Carolina

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Engineering Ethics

Engineering Education. 85(2) 1996: 93-96; Muskavitch, Karen M.T. “Cases andGoals for Ethics Education.” Science and Engineering Ethics. 11(3) 2005: 431-434.2 Weil, Vivian. “Ethics in Engineering Curricula.” Research in Philosophy and Technology 8, 1985: 243-250;“Teaching Ethics to Scientists and Engineers: Moral Agents and Moral Problems.” Science and Engineering Ethics1(3), 1995: 403-416.3 Kymlicka, Will. “Rawls on Teleology and Deontology.” Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol 17, No.3 (Summer1988), pp173-190. This article is also good for framing ethical discussion by distinguishing duty and utilityapproaches through a discussion of ‘the right vs. the good’ or ‘deontology vs. teleology.’4 Brittan, Samuel. “Two Cheers for Utilitarianism.” Oxford

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Johannes Strobel

library can be found at thehomepage of the Center for the Study of Problem Solving, School of Information Science andLearning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia (http://csps.missouri.edu). Details onthe creation of the library and an initial analysis of the contained data can be found elsewhere[37]. The main goal of the second study was to test the findings of the first study across a largerpopulation of cases.A. ProcessFindings from the first study were utilized to generate a rubric that was applied to 90 interviewsconducted with engineers on problem solving in a variety of different engineering fields. Therubric consisted of elements that were found from the single-case study, mainly theintertwindness of different problem types

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Industry-Academia Collaborations

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University; Jim Subach, Arizona State University; John Magrane, Microchip Technology Inc.; Carol Popovich, Microchip Technology Inc.

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2007-2148: INDUSTRY–ACADEMIA COLLABORATIONLakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University Lakshmi Munukutla received her Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio and M.Sc and B.Sc degrees from Andhra University, India. She has been active in research and published several journal articles. She is the Chair of the Electronic Systems Department at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus.Jim Subach, Arizona State University Jim Subach received his BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Maine, and his MS and Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. He has 30 years of experience in technology, was a Visiting Scientist at NASA-JSC

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BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Gatchell, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-2786: VANTH* BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING KEY CONTENTSURVEY, PART TWODavid Gatchell, Northwestern University David W. Gatchell is a research associate in the VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bioengineering Educational Technologies and in the department of biomedical engineering at Northwestern University.Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University Robert A. Linsenmeier has a joint appointment in Biomedical Engineering in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and in Neurobiology and Physiology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. His primary teaching is in human and animal physiology. He is the Associate Director of the VaNTH Engineering

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FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Grimm, Wayne State University

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First-Year Programs

two years, the effect of this program on retention is promising. The Fall 2006 program hasbeen enhanced and is anticipated to further increase continued enrollment. Assessment of theprogram will be ongoing, focusing on retention and academic performance.IntroductionAs the economy changes and more emphasis is placed on jobs in technology-related industries, itfalls to the higher education system to prepare students for careers in these fields. Many collegesof engineering, especially those with an urban mission, have recognized that a poor preparationin math and science reduces their students’ chance for success in an undergraduate engineeringprogram. However, for many students it is lack of opportunity – rather than lack of ability – thatis

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How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Subhi Bazlamit, Ohio Northern University; Farhad Reza, Ohio Northern University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-2603: LEARNING THROUGH WORK STUDY OPPORTUNITIES INCIVIL ENGINEERINGSubhi Bazlamit, Ohio Northern University Subhi M Bazlamit is a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Ohio Northern University. Dr. Bazlamit is the Director of Pavement management Center for Cities Counties and Villages (PMC-CCV)Farhad Reza, Ohio Northern University Farhad Reza is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Ohio Northern University. Dr. Reza's research interests include pavement management,design and maintenance. Page 12.1012.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

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Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bethany Jones, James Madison University; Russel Jones, World Expertise LLC

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International

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Quality engineering education for the Arab states regionAbstractReform in engineering education is needed in all parts of the world, as universitiesprepare graduates to enter the profession of engineering which has been transformed bymassive technological developments and by globalization of all aspects of concern toengineers. Engineering educators in the Arab states region face particular challenges inaddition to those facing similar educators in other parts of the world: tailoring programsto fill the needs of countries that are undergoing rapid modernization, providing access totheir education programs for segments of their societies that may not have had it in thepast, offering programs

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Teaching Ethics II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Emine Atasoylu, Eastern Mediterranean University

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Engineering Ethics

Industrial Engineering in 2001 and is currently a member of the full time faculty as an Assistant Professor. She is the course coordinator and one of the lecturers of the “Ethics in Engineering” course offered to student’s studying engineering. In May 2003 Dr. Atasoylu was appointed Vice Dean for the Faculty of Engineering. She is on the board of directors of the Research Center for Water and Marine Sciences at EMU since November 2002, on the board of directors of the Advanced Technology Research and Development Institute since December 2004 and an Advisory Board member of the EMU Continuing Education Center since September 2004. She is also an active member of several committees

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Howard Pearlman, Drexel University; Greg Biren, Rowan University; John Chen, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Ali Navvab, Gloucester County College; Anthony Marchese, Rowan University; Robert Sterner, Rowan University

fact that the world of sportsprovides for an exciting basis to study multidisciplinary engineering principles and that moststudents can relate to sporting activities in some way or another, either as a participant orspectator. Over 90 million people in the U.S. over the age of 6 are frequent exercisers orparticipants in recreational sports. A clear majority of the population (68% or 170 millionpeople) participated at least once in any of the sports/activities monitored by ASD.[1] Due to thepopularity of sports, studying technology and its effect on sports is a good way to teach basictheories but also a way to allow students to bring their designs to the marketplace. “Studyingsome of the dynamic effects contained in sports, we can introduce all

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Design in BME Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

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Biomedical

AC 2007-482: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGEDUCATIONVladimir Genis, Drexel University Dr. Vladimir Genis, Associate Professor and Program Director of Applied Engineering Technology in the Goodwin College, Drexel University, taught and developed graduate and undergraduate courses in physics, electronics, biomedical engineering, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. He serves as a member of the Drexel’s Faculty Senate

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Mathematics in Transition

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Anne McClain, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Dale Feldman, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Lee Meadows, University of Alabama Birmingham

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Mathematics

‚ Tasks should be factually and conceptually correct (in an effort to avoid initiating or perpetuating misconceptions or oversimplifications of scientific concepts)Task 1: Wound Healing for Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic ThinkingThe first task developed and presented, “Wound Healing”, was carefully crafted to be pairedwith the MEC Patterns, Functions, and Algebraic Reasoning course, and to fall within theconstraints listed above. The application of science and math can take many forms, includinginnovative solutions to enhance wound healing, the topic of the first engineering task presented.This topic comes from the discipline of Biomedical Engineering, which is defined as theapplication of engineering principles and technology to the

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ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

topics in operability (asking the right questions),(2) Locating and using resources available to engineers when investigating operability (applying good problem solving and inquiry methods), and(3) Mastering selected design and control modifications available to enhance operability (knowing a suite of good solutions).3. Operability in Design EducationWhile most engineering courses are focused on a specific technology, the design course consistsof defining an acceptable outcome (product, production rate, etc.) and applying technical andprofessional skills in achieving the outcome. In this section, we discuss a few of the key aspectsof the design definition that influence operability

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Roy W. Melton

., “A laboratory approach to multidisciplinary freshman computer engineering,” 2006 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, Nov. 17-18, 2006, available from http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Conferences/ASEE2006/ASEE%20Papers/Session%203/Paper_Melton.pdf.ROY W. MELTONDr. Roy Melton received B.E.E., M.S.E.E., and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from theGeorgia Institute of Technology. He is currently Lecturer of Computer Engineering at the Rochester Institute ofTechnology. During his graduate studies he worked as a teaching assistant as well as in Georgia Tech’s CERL andEASL laboratories. In addition, he has worked for AccuSentry and for IBM.

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Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Quintanilla, University of North Texas; Nandika D'Souza, University of North Texas; Jianguo Liu, University of North Texas; Reza Mirshams, University of North Texas

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Mathematics

metals and alloys from the University of Birmingham, England and the University of Tehran. He is a Full Professor in the area of Materials Science and Engineering in the Engineering Technology with joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering Departments. He has been a Principal Investigator and Project Director for several engineering education grants for undergraduate research experience, a bridge and mentoring program, departmental curriculum reforms, and innovative interdisciplinary project oriented engineering education programs. Page 12.938.1© American Society for Engineering

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Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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Design in Engineering Education

forEngineering and Technology) Criterion 4 implicitly specifies creativity as follows: “Theengineering sciences have their roots in mathematics and basic sciences but carry knowledgefurther toward creative application. These studies provide a bridge between mathematics andbasic sciences on the one hand and engineering practice on the other.” Once more explicitstandards for creativity are developed by ABET, Smith11 proposes that senior engineeringstudents could be taught TRIZ during the capstone project stage of their education. However,ideally the capstone course should only be a demonstration of previous learning. So, it may bemore desirable to teach creativity prior to the capstone and perhaps even in several differentcourses to reinforce the

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Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Elvin Shields, Youngstown State University

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Mechanical Engineering

forEngineering and Technology) Criterion 4 implicitly specifies creativity as follows: “Theengineering sciences have their roots in mathematics and basic sciences but carry knowledgefurther toward creative application. These studies provide a bridge between mathematics andbasic sciences on the one hand and engineering practice on the other.” Once more explicitstandards for creativity are developed by ABET, Smith11 proposes that senior engineeringstudents could be taught TRIZ during the capstone project stage of their education. However,ideally the capstone course should only be a demonstration of previous learning. So, it may bemore desirable to teach creativity prior to the capstone and perhaps even in several differentcourses to reinforce the

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Jason Salonga

deals with improving or adapting technology that already exists. Engineers generate ideas fromshows some initial sketches I made for my graduate an existing body of knowledge, that of completed works of engineering.2 These reference worksbridge design project. A problem with the concept’s sta- serve as excellent starting points for design. Like in the contemporary art project, the intent is not Figure 5. Initial sketches (top) and Steviebility was quickly identified by the professor, which I Wonderful (2004) (bottom) by Salonga to mimic, but to understand

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Innovations in Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Collura, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; W. David Harding, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

parallel track with traditional programs where it has been adopted. This is the currentsituation, for example, at Texas A&M and Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, two of themore progressive engineering schools. Thus the sophomore and junior years typically are notchanged significantly from the traditional model. Attempts to develop a multidisciplinaryperspective by using mixed teams in senior design projects is too little, too late to truly developthe broader view. By this time the students have already adopted the strong disciplinaryperspective modeled by faculty mentors.Another approach taken by a few schools has been to eliminate traditional discipline-specificprograms in favor of a broad-based general engineering program. Harvey Mudd

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2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

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Ramazan Asmatulu; Waseem Khan; Humphrey Wamocha; Adebayo Adeniji

Improving the Nanotechnology Education for Future Engineers R. Asmatulu, W. Kahn, H. Wamocha, and A. Adeniji Department of Mechanical Engineering Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount Wichita, KS 67260-0133 Abstract Nanotechnology education offered by many universities in the USA involvesinterdisciplinary and multidisciplinary education with courses in nanotechnology, engineering,chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology. The challenge of nanotechnology education is toprovide advanced technologies to the students in a wide verity of fields. In the presentcommunication, we

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FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Matthew Stimpson, Virginia Tech; Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Amanda Martin, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-2367: FRESHMAN ENGINEERING LIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITIESAT VIRGINIA TECHJean Kampe, Virginia Tech J.C. MALZAHN KAMPE is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University, her M.Ch.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, and her B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Michigan Technological University.Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech WHITNEY A. EDMISTER is the Assistant Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sate University. She received her