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Professional Practice and AEC Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

engineering or relevant field, be California licensed structural engineer (S.E.) with at least ten years experience as a structural engineer.Currently in ARCE department, of the thirteen full time faculty members, (a) three have Ph.D.’s, (b) five have Ph.D.’s and are California licensed P.E.’s., (c) three have MS and are California licensed S.E.’s and (d) two have Ph.D.’s and are California licensed S.E.’s.This shows that, with seventy seven percent of the faculty licensed P.E.’s in California and thirtyeight percent licensed as California S.E.’s bring the environment of the consulting engineer tothe ARCE program. This human resource data is an envy of any structural engineeringconsulting company. The faculty in the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Mwangi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Design in Engineering Education

graduation on designingthese types of projects.IntroductionMasonry construction dates back as early as man’s civilization when cut stone was used to buildpyramids. Burned clay bricks have been in use for a long time and use of grouted brick masonrydates in the U.S.A. as far back as in the 1860’s. Laws governing construction with masonry goesback to the 18th century with the Code of Hammurabi; “If a house collapses and kills the owner’sson, the son of the builder shall be put to death”. To date, design and construction requirementsfor masonry structures are specified in the International Building Code which references the Page 14.718.2MSJC.In

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Christine Kelly, Oregon State University

number of universities beyond Oregon State University to develop evidence of the portability and generalizable use of the virtual laboratory instructional materials. Table 2 lists the institutions that have used the Virtual CVD laboratory remotely. Table 2. Summary of experimental activity of the Virtual CVD Laboratories outside OSUClass Term Students Groups Runs Measurements Virtual CostU Oregon Su 06 11 3 40 538 $240,350U Oregon Su 07 10 3 57 610 $330,750UC Berkeley S 07 25 25 96

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Mohammadzadeh, Grand Valley State University; Salim Haidar, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanics

2Solution Page 14.929.5To find the damped natural frequencies of the system one sets: ms 2 + (c1 + c 2 ) s + k1 + k 2 (c 2 l 2 − c1l1 ) s + k 2 l 2 − k1l1 det  2 2 2 2 2  = 0.  (c 2 l 2 − c1l1 ) s + k 2 l 2 − k1l1 Js + (l 2 c 2 + l1 c1 ) s + l 2 k 2 + l1 k1 With the aid of MATLAB and using given system’s parameters, one finds the followingdamped natural frequencies with their corresponding damping ratio and naturalfrequencies. ωd 1 = 4.9676rad / s

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Josue Njock-Libii, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Mathematics

were essentially viscously damped, with amaximum discrepancy between theory and experiment of 5% 6. The motion of that sphere isbeing used here as a convenient reference with which that of the golf ball can be compared.Table 2. Sample experimental data for two spheres Metal Metal Golf Golf Time(s) x(cm) Log(x) x(cm) Log(x) 0 1.94 0.662688 1.875 0.628609 25 1.645 0.49774 1.525 0.421994 50 1.4 0.336472 1.3 0.262364 75 1.3 0.262364 1.1 0.09531 100 1.15 0.139762 0.93 -0.07257 125 1.01 0.00995 0.775 -0.25489 150 0.905 -0.09982 0.675 -0.39304 175 0.875 -0.13353

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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Robert Stiegler, NSWC-DD

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

government beginning in the 1960s and secured the technologicalsuperiority of the United States during the latter part of the 20th century.America was once again shocked into reassessing the adequacy of our future science andengineering (S&E) workforce after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. That self-examination, and the need to put more people to work on technical solutions to the problems ofterrorism, war, and national security, led Congress to authorize the Department of Defense tocreate the SMART (Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation) pilot programunder the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2005.The immediate positive response to the SMART program prompted Congress to make

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Laura Borowski; Mary Lowe; Robert Bailey

was measured using a “catch and time” approach. A beaker was placed inthe lower reservoir to collect solution while a stopwatch was used to determine the time passed.Before each obstruction experiment, fluid volumes were collected over three time intervals: 5minutes, 4 minutes, and 3 minutes. Each volume was divided by its respective time to get anaverage fluid flow rate in mL/s. The lowest flow rate we used in our trials was 0.092 mL/s andthe highest was 0.262 mL/s. The apparatus is capable of sustaining higher flow rates, but theflows were turbulent. Velocity was measured by observing the distance a particle in the flowmoved between two sequential video frames, i.e. ∆t = 1/30 s = 0.033 s. Four trials were averagedto calculate the mean

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Techniques

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Steve Roach, University of Texas, El Paso; Omar Ochoa, University of Texas, El Paso; Veronica Medina, University of Texas, El Paso; Ann Gates, University of Texas, El Paso

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

highlyexpressive and widely used in formal verification tools such as the model checkers SPIN [8] andNuSMV [2] . LTL is also used in the runtime verification of Java programs [18]. Formulas in LTL are constructed from elementary propositions and the usual Boolean operatorsfor not, and, or, imply (¬, ∧, ∨, →, respectively). In addition, LTL provides the temporal operatorsnext (X), eventually ( ), always (✷), until, (U), weak until (W), and release (R). These formulasassume discrete time, i.e., states s = 0, 1, 2, . . . The meanings of the temporal operators arestraightforward1 • The formula Xp holds at state s if p holds at the next state s + 1, • p U q is true at state s, if there is a state s ≥ s at which q is true and, if s is such a state, then

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

green technology jobs. Given these goals, it is important that SJSU contribute notonly research and development but also well-educated graduates to advance the cause of thisimportant endeavor.At the state level in California, energy research will be accelerated by state law AB 32. AB 32mandates aggressive standards for emissions in California by 2020. Economists have found that,in order to meet AB 32’s goals, businesses will generate tens of thousands of new jobs forCalifornia2. According to a World Wide Fund for Nature study3, California is expected to gainover 140,000 new clean tech jobs by 2020. Along with new jobs, Californian industries willinvest heavily in research and development efforts in renewable energy.When it comes to developing

Conference Session

Advanced Materials Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Somnath Chattopadhyay, Pennsylvania State University

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Materials

  (2) I SWhere S = I/ym, which is also known as the sectional modulus of the cross section. Page 14.1046.4If we denote the cross-sectional area of the beam as A and the aspect ratio by , then wehave, A bd (3a )   b/d (3b)We also have, ym  d / 2 (3c)The quantity S = I/ym the section modulus can be written in terms of the quantities A and as: I A3 / 2 S  (4) ym 6 1 / 2Now we

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

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Manufacturing

shows atwo dimensional computer-aided design drawing of the retailer station drawn in AutoCADsoftware. The drawing was plotted on an ANSI D- 22 x 34 in. (landscape layout) size paper andthen laminated. There is one laminated retailer layout for each of the groups that play the beergame in class. One player in each group is assigned to the retailer stage to role play this supplychain partner. The end customer is the retailer’s customer and is the source for the orders of beerat the retailer station. Once the retailer fills the end customer’s order, s/he sends another order tothe wholesaler.Figure 1. Drawing of the retailer station. The wholesaler is the retailer’s supplier and therefore is the next partner in the supplychain layout of

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saeed Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

, Page 14.575.2such as seniors and juniors, to supervise and mentor younger college students. A faculty advisorPage 14.575.3Page 14.575.4 The amount of students who choose Engineering Technology majors within thedepartment has increased from 12 to 14 percent and is expected to continue in this trend (seeTable 2). Table 2: Percent Engineering Technology Per Academic Semester F 08 S 05 14% 12% F 05 S 08

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative-energy Concepts

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Mark Jansson, Rowan University; Ulrich Schwabe, Rowan University; Kevin Bellomo - Whitten, Rowan University; Jonathan Bucca, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

temperature (and with that performance)of solar modules, is the airflow around them. With only average daily and not hourly wind data available from anearby town, this data may only be used to verify a visual trend of any impact stronger winds may have onmodule temperature. Figure 4 gives an example of this data, the trend-line creating a very clear divide on highinsolation days, between higher winds (red- above 2.65m/s) and lower winds (blue- less than 2.65m/s).This didnot hold up for some other months, as seen in Figure 5. While seemingly random, all high winds for themonth(>=3m/s – Figure 6) did correlate to lower temperatures (though not vice versa). This is expected to bedue to the necessity for much stronger winds in order to cool the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Burnham, University of Texas, Austin; Jules Campbell, University of Texas, Austin; Surya Santoso, University of Texas, Austin; Arturo Compean, University of Texas, Pan American; Jaime Ramos, University of Texas, Pan American

Renewable Energy Systems Courses D. J. Burnham,⋆ J. C. Campbell,⋆ S. Santoso,⋆ A. Compean,⋆⋆ J. Ramos⋆⋆1 IntroductionIn recent years wind turbine technologies have made significant advances, and more than 30 U.S.states have implemented aggressive renewable portfolio standards. These standards require thatelectric utilities obtain 10% to 30% of their energy from renewable sources, with target datesbetween 2020 and 2030.1 In support of this effort the U.S. Department of Energy is consideringthe viability of wind energy to supply up to 20% of nation’s electricity by 2030.2 In addition tothe technical challenge of integrating wind power into the national grids, another criticalchallenge in the 20% wind power scenario involves preparing the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Kongar; Jani Pallis; Tarek Sobh

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

A Hybrid Approach to Evaluate the Performance of Engineering Schools School of Engineering University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 06604 ABSTRACTScience and engineering (S&E) are two disciplines that are highly receptive to the changes indemand for products and services. These disciplines can either be leading in nature, viz., they createthe demand in the market (push) for new products and/or services, or can adopt the changes causedby the varying market conditions (pull). Regardless of the reason, both science and engineering havethe responsibility to be compatible

Conference Session

Case Studies and Engineering Education Around the Globe

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafiqul Islam, Northwestern State University

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International

and prevention.Simultaneously, business and industry are increasingly seeking graduates withappropriate background and training in this emerging and lucrative field of biomedicalengineering and technology. The United States Labor Department supports this area ofconcentration by forecasting a job growth of 31.4 percent through 2010, double the ratefor all other jobs combined. The aging U. S. population as well as the increase demandfor improved medical devices and systems, are contributing to this increase in demand.Women will be motivated so that the stagnant or even decreasing 20 percent level ofenrollment in engineering and technology fields nationwide may be lifted byunderstanding that the careers in this area are exciting, rewarding

Conference Session

Getting Started: Objectives, Rubrics, Evaluations, and Assessment

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak, Central Connecticut State University

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New Engineering Educators

various learning styles by individual learners can be catered to by drifting awayfrom typical scholastic activities: lecture – reading – theory-reinforcing calculation exercises –examination. The 21 learning activities listed in Table 2 can address most of the eight MI.Course evaluations will be undoubtedly more favorable if every student finds his/her favoriteniche activities during the course.QFD for Defining Course ActivitiesQuality Function Deployment (QFD) technique parallels engineering procedures used forexamining specifications and performances of products and processes 10, 11. Developed in the1970’s in Japan and used in Kobe Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, QFD methodologystemmed from quality improvement tables and was originally

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yunjun Xu, University of Central Florida; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Charles Remeikas, University of Central Florida; Xiaojun Geng, California State University, Northridge; Sagar Chowdhury, University of Oklahoma; Chen Ling, University of Oklahoma

teacher assigned ID andpassword (Fig. 5). After that s/he can select any module s/he likes to work on (Fig. 6), in thisstep, the program will tell the student how many time s/he has already tried. If the maximumtrial time is met, the system will not allow her/him to continue on this particular module. Page 14.643.7 Figure 4: Programming logic for accessing the database. Figure 5: GIVE model log in system Figure 6: Module selectionFigure 7(a) gives the overall picture of the course module. In Fig. 7(b) a movie clipcorresponding to the question is playing. In the movie clip, important aspects are highlighted

Conference Session

Project-Based Service Learning

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Ethan LaRochelle, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

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Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

in most texts ≠ A numerical approach with Microsoft Excel®74 ≠ Excel/VBA based simulation75Trouble SpotsTrouble spots for this course can include: ≠ Students not understanding the physical meaning of the Laplace variable “s”. This will likely remain a mystery. Instead, focus on how conservation laws in the Laplace domain can be arranged to yield key information about process behaviors through parameters like gains and time constants. ≠ Bringing in computing tools too early or too late. Students must understand the how and why before actively developing models with software like Simulink. The appropriate time to introduce them will depend on your curriculum, but probably should be after

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Mechanical Engineering

roots of the beams. Since these sensors are an integral part of the beams,they would experience the same levels of stress / strain. At a certain level of deformation, theywill generate the necessary level of voltage to activate the switch(es) for deploying the airbag(s). Page 14.795.2 Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2009, American Society for Engineering Education m – 1 = Hanging (proof) mass #1 m – 2

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Instrumentation and Controls Laboratories

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston; Alan Rolf Mickelson, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 14.259.8 [6] James E. Corter, Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Sven K. Esche, and Constantin Chassapis. Remote ver- sus hands-on labs: A comparative study. 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2006. [7] D. Deniz, A. Bulancak, and G. Ozcan. A novel approach to remote laboratories. ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pages T3E–8–12, November 5-8 2003. [8] S. K. Esche, C. Chassapis, J. W. Nazalewicz, and D. J. Hromin. A scalable system architecture for remote experimentation. Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston. MA, November 6-9 2002. [9] L. Hesselink et al. Cyberlab: A new paradigm in distant learning. NSF Workshop: Learning from the Net: The Leading Edge in Internet

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Qinghai Gao; Xiaowen Zhang; Michael Anshel

functions, which are believed to bedescriptive for information security professionals. 4 We further developed the two ciphers to improve their security and proposed methods toapply them for information security. Specifically, we proposed to use DNA, RNA and proteinalphabets to represent information, to use pseudo random sequence to intronize plaintext, and touse modified genetic code for information translation. Future research will be on designing an encryption scheme in which a single ciphertext canbe decrypted into different plaintexts based on key(s).References[1] Landau, S. (2006). Find Me a Hash. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 53(3): 330-332.[2] Pappu, R., Recht, B., Taylor

Conference Session

High-School Engineering Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Kehnemouyi, Montgomery College; Uchechukwu Abanulo, Montgomery College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

FutureProject’ was recently added to the curriculum for the College Institute ES 100 taught to12th graders at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland. This projectinvolves motivating students to develop an academic map/career plan for themselves byobserving and interviewing successful engineers in different fields, creating overviewprofiles for each of them, and studying these profiles to determine how they connect withtheir career intentions.A detailed explanation of the Engineering your Future Project and how it fits into the ES100 curriculum is given in this paper. Results from qualitative and quantitative evaluationof the project will be presented. In addition, since the project was also added to one of theES 100 sections taught to

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kari Cook, Brigham Young University; Geoff Wright; Steve Shumway; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

unchanged pre to post.Table 1: All Students Pre to Post Comparison Pre Post Pre Post S Effect S Effect#1 Mean2 Mean2 Size3 Opinion4 Change5 #1 Mean2 Mean2 Size3 Opinion4 Change5 Interest in learning Relationship to Math and Science1 2.5 2.43 0.06 Disagree Extreme *6 6 3.93 3.98 0.05 Agree Extreme12 3.09 3.16 0.07 Agree Extreme 11 4.17 4.05

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Project-Based Student Learning: Part II

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Blanton, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

Page 14.632.10Figure 10. Filtered signal in the frequency domain.n= 128;subplot(2,1,1);plot(t(1:n),x( 1:n));grid on; axis([0 8e-3 -3 3]);xlabel('time(s)');ylabel('Amplitude ');title('Original and Filtered Signal ');subplot(2,1,2);plot(t(1:n),y(1:n));grid on; axis([0 8e-3 -3 3]);xlabel('times(s)');ylabel('Amplitude '); Original and Filtered Signal 3 2 1 Amplitude 0 -1 -2 -3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 time(s) -3

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Design Communications

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech; Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Design in Engineering Education

(two prospective freshmen females, two freshman minority student, one juniorminority student, and one sophomore). The duration of the study was eight weeks. A rubric forresearch notebooks was developed and discussed. The rubric has a potential for usage as aneffective tool to map creativity instances during team activities in a research project on design.Acknowledgement The first author would like to acknowledge the grant from the ?? program at ?? University. Page 14.1304.4Bibliography1. Ekwaro-Osire S, Orono PO, "Design notebooks as indicators of student participation in team activities," in Proceedings of 2007 Frontiers in Education

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Innovations in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Programs

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fredrick Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Ronald Krahe, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Engineering Technology

AC 2009-389: DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLID MODELING COURSE FORELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ECET)STUDENTSFredrick Nitterright, Pennsylvania State University, Erie Mr. Fred Nitterright is a lecturer in engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He received the A. A. S. in Mechanical Drafting and Design in 1989 from Westmoreland County Community College, the B. S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1991 from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and the M. S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. Mr. Nitterright is a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), and a member of the American Society for

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

M. Nazrul Islam

and high-speed fingerprint verification technique is proposed in this paper. Theproposed technique is observed to be very successful in recognizing a target fingerprint which isincluded in the database and reject any other fingerprints. It produces an efficient correlationoutput which clearly identifies the target fingerprints. The technique is also capable ofidentifying multiple fingerprints in the same input scene simultaneously. Computer simulationresults verify the effectiveness of the technique in different practical real-life scenario, like noisyscenes. Optical implementation of the technique will yield a real-time fingerprint verificationsystem for security applications. REFERE CES[1] S

Conference Session

Classroom Engagement

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Holbert, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

and Bowers (1997) of studentsstudying physics found that reading is, in fact, more important than hearing.IntroductionHaving been challenged by a member of the public—specifically a K-12 school teacher—toprovide authoritative source(s) of the STATEMENT, what was envisioned as a simple search andproof would ultimately reveal a lack of evidence for the cited statistics. The STATEMENT beingreferred to here is that people (or students) learn (or recall/remember): • 10% of what they read • 20% of what they hear • 30% of what they see • 50% of what they hear and see • 70% of what they say (and write) • 90% of what they say as they do a thingThere are various forms and permutations of the STATEMENT found in published