Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Surendra Singh

to a B.S. degree, students have to takealmost two years of math, physics, humanities and other required courses, thereby, leaving thejunior and senior years for courses in their major. Some programs include a two-semestersequence of senior design course [1], which allows the students to design and build circuits orsystems. There is hardly a component in the education process where the students are able to getpractical work experience. Of course, some students find summer employment in theirhometown or get an internship in one of the national laboratories. But for the most part, there isno formal work experience built in the educational process. To quote Zdunek [2], “Formalcourse work is only part of an engineer’s education; training for

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell

synergistic interaction between industry and academia through the RowanEngineering Clinic Program. A case study is presented presented from the student perspective,focusing on the educational and professional benefits to students who have worked on theseprojects.1.1 Engineering Clinics The Engineering Clinics are taken each semester by every engineering student at RowanUniversity. In the Engineering Clinic, students and faculty from all four engineeringdepartments work side-by-side on laboratory experiments, real world design projects andresearch. The solutions of these problems require not only proficiency in the technicalprinciples, but, as importantly, require a mastery of written and oral communication skills and

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josephine Lamela; James Finne; Karen Ford; Deborah Iacontino

wrenches, pliers, etc.) and a variety of measuringtools. The area was equipped with a bench milling machine, miter saw and two drill presses.We had, at our disposal a CNC milling machine, lathes, grinders and sanders.The suggested building materials were plywood, ¼” phenolic (scrap contributed by a localmanufacturer), and 2 x 3 metal building studs. Other materials were available and, within limits,we were able to supplement the stores. A variety of standard hardware was available (sheetmetalscrews, machine screws, nuts & bolts, pop rivets, etc.). The hardware available was acombination of laboratory supplies from MCC and the stock of hardware loaned toTechXploration by a local high school FIRST Robotics team.For controls we chose Parallax

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Gregory E. Needel

Robotics as a Vehicle for Engineering Education Gregory E. Needel Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623An important factor in an engineering education is the students' ability to apply their theoreticalknowledge to solving real world problems. Unfortunately, many schools are unable to providefull laboratories for experimental experiences due to a variety of constraints. This is a seriousproblem for educators who wish to provide practical learning for their students. One of the morecommonly employed methods of providing a “hands-on” approach to learning is through the useof educational

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katja Holtta-Otto, University Of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; Pia Helminen, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK); Kalevi Ekman, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK); Thomas Roemer, University of California-San Diego

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2390: A PILOT PROGRAM ON TEACHING DISPERSED PRODUCTDEVELOPMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH AN INTERNATIONALUNIVERSITYKatja Holtta-Otto, University Of Massachusetts-DartmouthPia Helminen, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)Kalevi Ekman, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)Thomas Roemer, University of California-San Diego Page 12.88.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 A Pilot Program on Teaching Dispersed Product Development in Collaboration with an International UniversityIntroductionDispersed product development is becoming ever more prevalent across industries. Mostmultinational companies have research and development laboratories

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

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Minorities in Engineering

Economic Development Board, Inc. (Maui, Hawaii) and is funded in part by theDepartment of Labor as a workforce development project. Research indicates that the transitionfrom middle school to high school is a critical time when girls often lose interest in math andscience. They view these career fields as boring, not relevant to their lives, and Caucasian male-dominated―thus they do not pursue them. WIT has worked with Native Hawaiian culturaladvisors and Kupuna (native teachers) in conjunction to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory(which has oversight of the Maui astronomical assets) to address the dual barriers of gender andethnicity facing Native Hawaiian girls by exposing them at this pivotal point in their lives totechnology in the context

Conference Session

The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Dr. Shoaib Shaikh, Nothrup Grumman Corporation

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

. Universities can also provide other valuable servicesand unique resources to both the incubator, its clients and other regional start-ups such as (1)Faculty / technologist managerial or technical consulting on a pro bono or fee basis (2) Studentinterns and employees (3) Access to technical labs, facilities and equipment (4) Access todatabases and researchers (5) Access to research and development financing through programssuch as SBIR – federal grant funding is greatly enhanced when incubator clients submit a jointproposal with a university or federal laboratory (6) Additional services and resources includingpatent knowledge, alumni who may act as advisors, business contacts and strategic alliancefacilitators or investors, access to a far-flung

Conference Session

Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

development financing through programssuch as SBIR – federal grant funding is greatly enhanced when incubator clients submit a jointproposal with a university or federal laboratory (6) Additional services and resources includingpatent knowledge, alumni who may act as advisors, business contacts and strategic alliancefacilitators or investors, access to a far-flung network of laboratories and technical expertise, andaccess to investment by university foundations.All the above mentioned research findings and other issues and environmental factors wereconsidered when designing the engineering entrepreneurship programs at Florida Tech.Additionally, leading entrepreneurship programs in the country were benchmarked and the bestpractices were adopted.25, 26

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering and Pre-College Outreach Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for pre-service STEM education majors in Page 12.1380.2partnership with colleges and universities of higher learning. The PSTP project has beenongoing since 1995 with the overarching goal of providing enrichment activities to pre-service STEM teachers, expose them to best practices in K-12 STEM education, andintroduce them to advanced technologies utilized at NASA, government laboratories, andmodern industries that have relevance to K-12 STEM education.UMES partnered with NASA, National Institute of Aerospace, and Bennett College forWomen to host the 11th Pre-service Teacher Program for the first time. As in the past theprimary emphases were on (i

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Gatchell, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University

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Biomedical

education.MethodsThe Delphi methodThe Delphi method (often referred to as a “Delphi study” in practice) was designed by theRAND Corporation in 19637 for forecasting technological and sociological change based on thecollective opinions of experts in those respective fields. Recently, this method has been appliedto a diversity of topics in science and engineering education including establishing biotechnologycompetencies for K-12 students8, developing concept inventories in statics9 andthermodynamics10, and identifying core laboratory skills in the biomedical sciences11. Thestrength of this approach is that it capitalizes on the merits of group problem solving whileminimizing its limitations, for example, group conformity inherent to round-table discussions12

Conference Session

Influence of Race and Culture

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Mitchell, North Carolina State University; John F. Flannigan, III, III, Sloan Construction Company; Renee M. Wooten, SAS Institute, Inc.; Eric P. Pearson, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

General Electric Corporation NC Department of Hewlett-Packard Company Transportation Intel Corporation The Procter & Gamble Company International Paper Time Warner Cable, Inc. Microsoft Corporation NC Math & Science Education Milliken & Company Network Nortel Networks Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Northrop Grumman CaterpillarIn addition to formal board affiliations and interactions described in this paper, severalcompanies also host our students who attend a high

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Kevin Hall, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering

AC 2007-2846: BRIDGING BEAR HOLLOW: A SERVICE LEARNING CAPSTONEDESIGNNorman Dennis, University of Arkansas Norman D. Dennis, Jr., is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He is active in both ASCE and ASEE, currently serving as a member of ASCE's committee for faculty development and as a program coordinator for the EcCEEd teaching workshop. Dennis is also a director of the CE division of ASEE and past chair or the Midwest section of ASEE. His research interests include laboratory and field determination of geotechnical material properties for transportation systems and the use of remote sensing techniques to categorize geomaterials

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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First-Year Programs

worked on in CEGR 105.g Semester Title of project 2001 Design a plant that uses ocean tides to generate electricity. 2002 Design of a water treatment plant in the ocean using Osmotic pressure system. 2003 Design of a mass transit system for Baltimore City 2004 Design a structure to serve as a laboratory on the Martian surface 2005 Design a feature in a structure that allows the structure to respond automatically to a disturbance (earthquake, wind, tsunami, etc) so as to minimize damage to the structure. 2006 Design a system to protect a metropolitan area on the US coastline along the Gulf of

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Meyer, Clarkson University; Dick Pratt, Clarkson University

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Liberal Education

problems using both quantitative and qualitative in the major reasoning ̇ Mathematics, including statistics ̇ Think critically and imaginatively ̇ Science (with integrated laboratory) ̇ Technology course Areas of Knowledge ̇ Imaginative arts ̇ Five courses across six areas of ̇ Cultures and societies knowledge, including at least one ̇ Contemporary and global studies interdisciplinary course meeting ̇ Economics and organizations outcomes in two areas. ̇ Interrelation

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Haywood, Oklahoma State University; Forrest Austin, Oklahoma State University; Seth Williams, Oklahoma State University; Cameron Musgrove, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

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Electrical and Computer

activelearning techniques into the course. These techniques include individual web-based pre-lectureassignments, team projects, individual and group quizzes, in-class laboratory exercises presentedas case studies, and combined traditional and case analysis exams. Ideally, students will be moreengaged in the course and increase their depth of knowledge.In this paper we examine changes made to the course and what we hope to measure throughthese changes. A preliminary Student Assessment of Learning Gains (SALG) survey along withan attitude questionnaire (created by undergraduates working on the NSF project ES21C) wasgiven to students enrolled in the introductory electrical science course before changes weremade.I. IntroductionStudents graduating from OSU’s

Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Wierman, Johns Hopkins University; Lawrence Aronhime, Johns Hopkins University; Marybeth Camerer, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Gibbs, Johns Hopkins University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

officers in the Whiting School of Engineering, BloombergSchool of Public Health, as well as university laboratories and outside federal laboratories.Several students were hired full-time upon graduation by a technology commercializationassessment firm. They prepared studies, prepared business plans, found investors, andnegotiated deals, and recruited several other students as interns. Both the technology transferofficers and this firm have expressed interest in sub-contracting technology assessments to anHSE business. To further explore the possibility, we arranged summer internships for thestudents with the School of Engineering and a university laboratory, who were very happy withtheir contributions. In fall 2006, with a pledge from the Whiting

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Schulz, Mississippi State University; Herbert Ginn, Mississippi State University; Stanislaw Grzybowski, Mississippi State University; Anurag Srivastava, Mississippi State University; Jimena Bastos, Mississippi State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Electrical Engineering Faculty in 1969 and from 1975 through 1977. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He served also as a Visiting Scientific Advisor to Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas, Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1987, Dr. Grzybowski joined Mississippi State University, where he is now a Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the High Voltage Laboratory at Mississippi State University. Dr. Grzybowski is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. His main research interests are in the area of high voltage engineering. His current research focuses on the lightning protection of power

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Squire, Virginia Military Institute; Vonda Walsh, Virginia Military Institute; H. Francis Bush, Virginia Military Institute; Gerald Sullivan, Virginia Military Institute; Anthony English, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-628: RESULTS FROM A MULTI-CENTER INVESTIGATION OF THEEFFECT OF NETWORK LATENCY ON PEDAGOGIC EFFICACYJames Squire, Virginia Military Institute Dr. James Squire is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY and served in the army as a Military Intelligence officer during Desert Storm. Although his PhD is in electrical engineering, he completed his doctoral work in a biomedical engineering laboratory at MIT and has interests in analog and digital instrumentation, signal processing, biomechanics, patent litigation, and cardiology. At VMI he teaches

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Corrie Clark, University of Michigan; Robert Sulewski, University of Michigan; John Wolfe, Limno-Tech, Inc

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-689: OPTIMIZATION OF GREEN ROOF SYSTEMS FORMULTIFUNCTIONAL BUILDINGS: A THREE-YEAR INTEGRATED CIVIL ANDENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE EXPERIENCEPeter Adriaens, University of Michigan Peter Adriaens is a professor within Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan. His expertise includes fate pathways of persistent organic pollutants (POPs); laboratory and field investigations on contaminant biodegradation in soils, sediments, and groundwater; and sensors for microbial and chemical constituents in environmental matrices.Corrie Clark, University of Michigan Corrie Clark is a PhD Candidate in Environmental

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Minority Engineering Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Matanin, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Virginia Tech; Jean Kampe, Virginia Tech; Cory Brozina, Virginia Tech; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

the fall semester. Students were treated asif they were enrolled as freshmen, a key to past success2. Students attended classes during theday, Monday through Friday. Instructors gave tests and homework to show students the rigor ofcollege curriculum. Below are brief overviews of each subject. The average size of ASPIREallowed one section for each class.Chemistry - Influence on problem solving through problem sets and homework assignments - Covered chemical fundamentals, bonding, and thermodynamics - Three exams given with the opportunity to participate in prior help sessions - Pre- and post-tests given to assess comprehension of materialChemistry Lab - Covered lab safety, lab report format, and laboratory experiments

Conference Session

Best Practices for Campus Representatives

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University

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Campus Representatives

society and attend the annual Section meeting at which the cash prize and certificate are presented. The candidate’s contribution to the profession should include at least four of the following: 1. Participation in the development of courses or curricula; 2. Development of teaching equipment or development of a wider application of teaching equipment previously developed; 3. Contribution to the improvement of laboratories or other facilities; 4. Development or authorship of instructional materials or a text that enhances the student learning process; 5. Publication of original work, through any medium, that enhances the engineering education process

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

is greatly enhanced when incubator clients submit a jointproposal with a university or federal laboratory (6) Additional services and resources includingpatent knowledge, alumni who may act as advisors, business contacts and strategic alliance Page 12.717.4facilitators or investors, access to a far-flung network of laboratories and technical expertise, andaccess to investment by university foundations.All the above mentioned research findings and other issues and environmental factors wereconsidered when designing the engineering entrepreneurship programs at Florida Tech.Additionally, leading entrepreneurship programs in the country were

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

presentation on career opportunities afforded by a degree in the specialty, followedby brief instruction on the principles in the field that will be demonstrated in later activities.Following the brief introduction and instruction, the students complete a number of hands-ondemonstrations, laboratory experiments, or competitions. (B, C, G) Page 12.824.3Networking opportunities – Throughout the week, students are given numerous opportunities tonetwork with university faculty, staff, and students as well as prominent community leaders,established business owners, budding entrepreneurs, and career engineers. They are introduced tothe importance of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Miskimins, Colorado School of Mines; Ramona Graves, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

end-of-course surveys. Page 12.1523.4The development of the case for Criterion 3a shows one of the modifications to the seconditeration which was the inclusion of significantly more data for statistical verification of results.This additional data was made possible by faculty involvement from the entire PE staff andsenior graduate students. Additionally, a more detailed breakout of the rubric analysis wasgenerated to determine specific strengths and weaknesses that needed improvement. Table 1shows the rubric used to review the homework and laboratory assignments reviewed forCriterion 3a. Figure 1 shows the results from 2000, and Figure 2

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AnnMarie Thomas, University of Saint Thomas; Mark Breitenberg, Art Center College of Design

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

engineering laboratories and encouraged to correspond withscientists and researchers while working on their final projects. Something as seeminglyinsignificant as a post field-trip luncheon with a group of engineers has been reported as ahighlight of this course.Course Development and HistoryThe “Nature’s Designs” course was taught at Art Center College of Design by Dr.Thomas for 4 semesters (Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, and Fall 2005). It is anelective course which fulfills part of the science requirement that all degree-seekingstudents must complete. The course is based on one developed at MIT by Dr. Thomas,while she was an undergraduate, and Professors Triantafyllou and Yue. The MIT classwas designed as an introduction to the concept of

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

in electronics has a one unit laboratory associated with it. This work results from effortsto enhance the lecture portion of the course. The most recent course syllabus details coursemechanics and how the course schedules reading, homework, quizzes, midterm exams, a finalexam, and the course project.4Project AssignmentsThe projects focus on digital electronics subsystems. Table 1 lists project problems assigned todate. Complete assignments and a subset of student work appear online.4 Not as significant as theVLSI projects students would complete in a senior level IC design course, the design projectspoint in the direction of VLSI design by requiring similar and simpler analysis and simulationsupport. The projects have wider scope than

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Harb, Brigham Young University; Richard Rowley, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University; Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

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International

concerning innovation and creativity.• Instill Innovation across the curriculum (that is, within the teaching environment of all departments in the college).• Continue to support and further enrich the innovation-oriented classes that are currently in the curriculum of the college.• Establish an Innovation and Creativity Laboratory.• Establish an annual product innovation contest (with prize money) that encourages students to develop their own product ideas.In addition to the outcomes and recommendations listed above, SPIAC also crafted a matrix ofthe student characteristics exemplified at each of the four learning levels (shown previously inFigure 2) for each of the focus areas. Our intention is to use these characteristics as part of

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Eger Bill; Phillip Aaron, University of Dayton; Charles Schreier, University of Dayton

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International

communication, leadership and business skills.Furthermore, globalization in industry makes international experience an important, but oftendifficult to implement part of the engineering curriculum.1, 2 Experiential learning can be implemented into the engineering curriculum in a variety ofways including co-ops, internships, project and problem based learning, laboratory experiencesand service-learning. However, integration of international experience into an already packedengineering curriculum can be a little more difficult to attain. Study abroad, internationalinternships and co-ops and international service-learning represent some of the ways in whichengineering academia has provided international experiences for some of its students

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lin, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Floyd Patterson, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

programs. In the first week of the camp,students visit science and engineering departments, research laboratories and institutions, andindustrial facilities to gain general understanding of different scientific fields, and application ofscience and technology in engineering practice. In the second week, students work in smallgroups with professors on specific project to learn more about specific disciplines though hands-on and exploratory activities. Exercises in mathematics, journaling, and presentation skills areintegrated into daily activities. Students stay on campus during the entire period of two weeks ofcamp. In addition to academic activities, various social activities, such as sports, games, andvisiting local Native American groups, are

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhananjay Kumar, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

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Materials

class: hands-on experienceAs a part of this course, each student was required to complete a project (Table 3). Depending onthe number of students enrolled in the course, the project work involved working individually orin groups on an experiment and then writing an individual or a group report. At the end of theproject, each individual/group was required to make an oral presentation on his/her/their workcontribution and findings. The individual/group report was 10-15 pages in length with adequatetechnical content and literature survey.Guest Lectures and Laboratory Tours: The special feature of this course was lectures by a limitednumber of guest speakers (maximum two). In Spring 2005, one of the guest speakers (from ourDepartment of Electrical